Chapter 53 Planning Division

He Xi carefully looked at the streets of the city above, as well as the gun emplacements on the city wall, especially many of the cannon emplacements protruding from the walls, which had the feeling of a fortress.

In fact, the design idea of ancient fortresses has been around for a long time. The only problem is that there are ideas, there are ideas, but they are not implemented in mathematics. Therefore, the effect is not very good. Without rigorous technology, there are still dead ends in firepower.

Not to mention, in the case that long-range weapons are not too developed, this convex design has limited effect, and is only one of many city fortifications. It seems that the arrival of He Xi has greatly affected the development of firearms, at least artillery, which is nothing.

Therefore, the city also needs to defend against artillery.

And embodied in the design, that is, there is a complete moat, as well as sheep and horse walls, and other fortifications. As a result, the whole city is not very beautiful.

This may be the difference between the national temperament of the Tang and Song dynasties and the Ming and Qing dynasties.

As can be seen from the ancient paintings of the Song Dynasty, the city gate was wide open, and the guards guarding the gate were lazy and went to drink. There are no serious guards at all. In the ancient paintings of the Ming Dynasty, even in the prosperous south of the Yangtze River, there were things such as antlers to block horses when entering and exiting the city gate, and soldiers checked them.

The Ariake generation is basically like this.

The invasion of the Yuan Dynasty and the destruction of Chinese orthodoxy still left deep cultural traces.

It's just that He Xi feels uncomfortable.

If he could, He Xi didn't even want the city. It's just that he understands very well that when everyone thinks that there is a city wall, he challenges everyone's perception more than worth the loss. But he didn't want to make the walls look like this. Because he knew that no matter how thick the walls were, they couldn't stop the artillery.

If all goes well, in just a hundred years, the walls will lose their military value. He didn't want the walls he had built to be torn down like this. It can't be a monument if it can stay, so it must be magnificent and beautiful.

Don't have a twisty façade.

He Xi said: "These, these. These. None of them are needed. ”

Whether it is a gun emplacement protruding from the city wall, or a low wall outside the city, or even a small city protruding from the outside of the city. All were denied by He Xi. If you look at it from a purely military point of view, these facilities are good, and they are military support outside the city of Beijing. and the trend of the horns of the city of Beijing. If one day is not lost, the enemy will not be able to go straight to the city of Beijing, not to mention that the two rivers in Beijing City serve as a moat. Only the river to the north is the easiest to cut off. Easiest to attack.

And this is even more important.

Although it can't be called a golden soup and will not be allocated for eternity, if it is according to the design of Kuaifu, as long as there are enough soldiers and enough food, it will be difficult to conquer it in a few years.

But in He Xi's view, the city of Beijing was not used for war at all.

None of this is needed.

Kuaifu was a little overwhelmed and said, "My lord-----"

He Xi said: "Xianyang City in the Qin Dynasty has no city walls. Beijing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not magnificent enough to be powerful. Moreover, if the imperial army is there, can it still let others fight under the city of Beijing, and such military measures, needless to say. More than 100 years later, it's not like this, Kuai Dagong, haven't you been to Suzhou City? ”

Kuaifu was still a little reluctant, after all, the master who came from the war, he has built a lot of cities, almost all of which focus on military use, in this regard, he has done quite well, which will rise step by step, step by step to today.

But he is also a citizen of Jiangnan and has seen Suzhou City.

Before Zhu Yuanzhang went down to the south of the Yangtze River, Nanjing, although its geographical location was critical, was not a big city. However, Suzhou is, although Suzhou was expanded by Zhang Shicheng, as a long-term solution. However, when the city wall was expanded, many houses were demolished, and after the city wall was built, there were still many people outside the city wall.

It really empties the people outside the city. It was a siege battle in which the Ming army surrounded Suzhou.

And in this dynasty, the people outside Suzhou appeared again. Settled around the city walls of Suzhou. It can be said that the current Suzhou city wall is within the city of Suzhou.

A hundred or two hundred years later, Beijing is the same.

In Kuaifu's heart, he didn't seem to really think about what it would be like after the world was peaceful?

Kuaifu said: "The little one understands. ”

He Xi nodded, and didn't say anything more? He asked Kuaifu to bring other drawings.

He Xi read it one by one.

I'm still quite satisfied.

He Xi said: "Even if the imperial court approves my recital, from today onwards, I will establish three divisions in Beijing, the construction department, the planning department, and the banking department. But before the boss you're waiting for arrives, all sorts of things have to be done first. Kuai Dagong. ”

Kuaifu said: "The little one is here. ”

He Xi said: "You are also a member of the Planning Department, presiding over the affairs of the Planning Department. The design and planning of the entire city of Beijing, the budget must come from you. You must know that if something goes wrong on the paper, you only need to write a pen. But when it falls on the ground, it is not easy to change. Lord Kuai, be cautious, be cautious. ”

Kuaifu couldn't believe his ears for a while.

In fact, after He Xi arrived, Daming's treatment of craftsmen improved a lot. But even so, there are still very few people among the craftsmen who can be officials. And with a single word, He Xi made things that he couldn't think of before done.

Why isn't Kuaifu excited?

This can be an outsider.

It's a subordinate of Langzhong, a deputy.

Among the six departments, he is no longer a petty official. It is from the five products, and in the later generations, that is, the deputy minister of the majority and the minister of the small department. Or the central leaders who enjoy the treatment of deputy ministers.

It's a step to the sky.

Kuaifu's nostrils couldn't stop shrinking, magnifying, and several times in a row, before he calmed down, his white hair was pale, but there seemed to be hot blood surging, and he said: "Please rest assured, if there is anything wrong with Beijing City, please behead me." The small one is death, and this one thing must be done well. ”

He Xi said: "There is one thing, you are wrong. ”

Kuaifu was stunned in his heart, and he didn't know where he had said the wrong thing.

He Xi continued to say slowly: "You should claim to be a subordinate now. ”

Kuaifu immediately said: "The subordinates know their mistakes. Subordinates know their mistakes. ”

Small or something, the name of the little people, and the subordinates are officials.

Kuaifu's performance He Xi is already very accustomed to it. Without him, no matter how he changes, being an official in Daming is still the best way out. It's like Kuaifu, he can only sit in this position, not to mention anything else, in the future, he Kuai family will not be regarded as a craftsman family, and he will enter the ranks of the official family with one foot. Only among the children and grandchildren can compete for anger and enter the officialdom. In the future, he will be able to claim to be an official eunuch.

That's the real change.

He Xi said: "The drawings still need to be revised, but what is needed must be put forward as soon as possible." I'm going to have to prepare it too. ”

Kuaifu said: "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates will revise it until the adults are satisfied." ”

He Xi said: "Tie Xuan. ”

Tie Xuan immediately stepped out and said, "The subordinates are here." ”

He Xi said: "You are a member of the construction department. What we have to do now is to mine the minerals that have been explored before, settle the people brought from Liaodong, and start production immediately. By this winter, all preparations will be completed. You get the idea. ”

Tie Hyun said, "My subordinates have been waiting for this day for a long time. Please rest assured, your subordinates will do a good job. Just ------"

He Xi said: "Just what? ”

Tie Hyun said, "What about just money? There is not much money on the account. ”

He Xi said: "It's okay, the money of the imperial court is about to arrive, and there are still hundreds of thousands of taels of silver bills in the accounts of Liaodong in Beijing, which is enough for you." Moreover, I have already played the Ming court, Beijing, Liaodong, Hebei, Shanxi, Guanwai and other places, allowing the use of silver stamps instead of taxes and labor servitude. Therefore, if it really doesn't work, there is a way. ”

If it really doesn't work, just print more money.

Anyway, there is no capital to buy, and He Xi is confident that he will digest all these silver tickets.

Tie Xuan was a little uneasy in his heart, but He Xi said so, and he could only do this.

However, here's what the saying goes. But He Xi was still a little worried in his heart, he really didn't know how much silver taels there was in Nanjing. He Xi secretly said in his heart: "I can't either, rely on the court alone." In the end, the resources of the imperial court are limited. It's more about finding your own way. ”