The capital is the place where the world gathers great fortunes.

In times of turmoil, the region was neither ravaged by smallpox nor devastated by war, but was emerging with each passing day.

The city of Beijing has not only not been eroded by the years, but has been renewed. The bluestone-paved pavement of the inner city is as smooth as a mirror, and the streets are lined with greenery and the fragrance of flowers.

Because there is no expansion of the outer city, the domestic demand for land is expensive, and the price has continued to rise over the years.

The dilapidated houses in the inner city have changed, and they have either made money to renovate their homes, or sold them at a high price and moved out of the suburbs.

Now the inner city is full of ancient architectural style houses with various characteristics, which are full of oriental elements, and the delegations of various countries can dazzle them even if they are just blind.

As residents' incomes remain high, it not only promotes the consumer market in Beijing, but also makes the business atmosphere here stronger and stronger, even inferior to the first-tier cities in the south of the Yangtze River.

In particular, those shops are more and more willing to spend money, today the most luxurious restaurant is in the east of the city, tomorrow the title of the most luxurious restaurant may fall to the north of the city.

In fact, the biggest change is in the outer city, after the imperial court clearly built the Beijing-Tianjin railway, everyone knows that "Beijing is not to the south", and many industries have moved closer to the east.

According to a source familiar with the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, in the planning of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, the future Beijing railway station will be located in the eastern suburbs, so the land price in the eastern suburbs will rise.

At that time, Qian Yuan hoarded land on the outskirts of the city, and originally gambled on the imperial court to build an outer city to meet the housing needs of the population.

Although the imperial court has obviously given up the construction of the outer city, now everyone has more and more confidence in the Ming army, and there are a large number of people living in the suburbs, resulting in the price of land is also soaring, and the investment of Qian Yuanwai has brought back ten times the return.

Of course, this is due to the new urban plan proposed by Zhu Youji, which carves the eastern suburbs into a large area like a chessboard, in which a wide cement road is built.

If the inner city is the keynote of ancient construction, then the eastern suburbs new area presents modern elements, with two-story brick buildings rising from the ground, which has become the preferred style of many people.

Unlike the elegance pursued by the wealthy, ordinary people only need to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, so buildings that make more use of land have become the economic choice of ordinary people.

Although the buildings that are constantly rising are also silently driving the economic development of the Ming Dynasty, they inevitably consume pig iron.

Pig iron has become the most urgently needed material for the entire dynasty.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had a lot of iron ore, and overseas vassals also continued to pay tribute to pig iron, and even the Zhancheng State used the power of a country to mine iron ore for the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this pig iron can only be said to be enough, and if the Ming Dynasty wants to continue to build like this, then it also needs to get a large amount of pig iron from other places.

At present, the most huge project in the capital is naturally the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, which extends from Beijing to Tianjin Port for more than 200 kilometers, and will be a landmark project for the rise of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty's finances were estimated to exceed 10 million silver dollars, and although most of the cost was the purchase of iron ore, some of it was the wages and food of the workers, and the money was slowly flowing into all walks of life.

Taking animal husbandry as an example, as more and more people participate in the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin railway, a large amount of meat is needed every day, and this also drives the income of livestock owners.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had already established a national brand breeding base in Juyongguan, and also established a mutton trade from the Northern Yuan, Duoyan Sanwei and Haixi Jurchen Sibu.

Although the Ming Dynasty is still the first priority to enter the office, with the prosperity of all industries, more and more people are willing to let them invest in this kind of production and construction.

In particular, the most popular architect now not only has the fame of the Guozi Supervisor, but also can be attached to the Ministry of Industry, and can even become an official of the Ministry of Industry in the future.

In the latest plan of the Ministry of Industry officials, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry will require that he be mainly from the School of Engineering in the future, which adds another fire to the originally hot college.

As for Jia Jun, the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry who successfully entered the cabinet, it made everyone realize the importance of the emperor to the Ministry of Industry and the special care for engineering talents.

The construction of such a hot project in the Ming Dynasty is not only silently promoted by the imperial court behind the scenes, but also the enthusiasm of the people across the country today, and even a wave of construction has been formed.

It is precisely in this way, driven by the construction as the keynote, that the buildings in Beijing's inner city remain antique, but the Chengdong New Area is already permeated with a modern atmosphere.

West Garden, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

It has become a well-deserved center of the empire, and officials come and go here every day, and no one is not happy to be here.

After slowly correcting his temper, Zhu Youzhi maintained absolute rationality in everything, and now he has become a very good emperor.

In the face of the affairs of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, it is now easy to handle them, and the officials below are obviously becoming more and more capable, and there are also some officials who dare to take responsibility.

In the past, officials were able to push and push, and they only dealt with it by speculating on their intentions, but after several purges, they also realized that mediocrity could not be reused in this dynasty.

There have been clear investigation results into the corruption case in Nanliujiang, and when he saw that Liu Zheng was involved in the case, Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but sigh.

No matter how honest officials are, they may only be temporary, but once they are delegated to local power and monopolized, they will inevitably lose themselves because of this.

Zhu Youzhu knew that it was absolutely impossible to put an end to the corruption of ink, but he would never compromise with the corrupt official group, and he would definitely clean up a gang when he found it.

In the past, they were all praising Zhang Juzheng for using the corrupt official Yin Zhengmao, so as to successfully suppress the Yao rebellion in Guangxi, but he must be a greedy person who must be punished here.

Zhu Youzhu believes that there is no shortage of talents in China, and things have proved that there are more and more talents now, but there is no need to compromise with insatiable people at all.

"Your Majesty, your lordships have arrived!" Liu Jin came in from outside, and after flicking off the snowflakes on his body, he stepped forward and reported cautiously.

Zhu Youzhu put down the pen in his hand, but his face looked very ugly.

Seeing this, Liu Jin hurriedly followed to block the wind for Zhu Youji.

The Imperial Study, where heating has also begun.

"The ministers knock on Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Yin Zhi and other important ministers who were waiting here knelt down one after another, looking respectful and authentic.

Zhu Youzhu did not go up to the attic, but sat on the dragon chair in the royal gatehouse very rarely, and then threw a piece of music down angrily and said: "Some of you are probably still in the dark, take a look!" ”

"Yes!"

Yin Zhi was the first to react, and then carefully picked up the song to browse, but the content was actually known, and it was passed on at a glance.

This note was passed on in this group of important ministers, and after everyone read the content, their faces looked very dignified, and Yin Zhi, the secretary of the special etiquette department, lowered his head in shame.

They are all one of the highest decision-makers of the empire, admired by the world, and are the goal of countless people. It's just that at this moment, he is obediently kneeling.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the transmission almost, and then slowly spoke: "You are all pillars of the country, but no one can understand a woman's conspiracy, are you worthy of me?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the temperature in the entire imperial study plummeted by several degrees.

"Ministers deserve death!" The cabinet chief assistant Yin Zhi and other important ministers who knelt on the ground knew that Zhu Youzhu was in a state of anger, and they also confessed their guilt very remorsefully.

Zhu Youji's anger did not subside, but he said hatefully: "Don't talk about these useless things now, I heard that you arranged for the northern concubine to be provincial, but what is the result now?" ”

Because Manduhai was seriously ill and the Ming Dynasty had a different political purpose, everyone unanimously agreed to Manduhai's request to let Concubine Bei go back to save his relatives.

It's just that no one thought that this was a conspiracy set up by Manduhai.

After Manduhai received the northern concubine's interrogation team, he detained the northern concubine Isik and his party, and the key was that this time the northern concubine Isik brought the prince Zhu Houxuan with him.

It's good if it's just that Concubine Bei falls into the hands of Manduhai, after all, it is unlikely that a mother will threaten Daming with her daughter's life, but it is difficult to say about the prince Zhu Houxuan.

This......

He Cong, the head of the household, couldn't help but raise his eyes and glanced at Zhu Youji, and couldn't help but feel a pang of bitterness in his heart.

Although their gang did unanimously support Concubine Bei to go back to the province, the emperor obviously agreed at that time, and the original topic did not include the prince Zhu Houxuan to go together.

It's just that now things have gone wrong, and the emperor wants to put all the blame on them.

But now that things have come to this point, they will have to take full responsibility after all. After all, the prince's entry into the provincial team was promoted by Zhang Changsheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and they were also tempted to control the political situation of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so they fell into the trap laid by that woman.

"Your Majesty, please take the dragon body as the priority, everything is the fault of the minister, please punish your majesty severely!" Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, climbed a few steps and solemnly admitted his mistake towards Zhu Youji.

Although his original intention was for the benefit of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also out of the emperor's filial piety considerations, so he would promote the northern concubine to save his relatives, but this cannot be an excuse.

What's more, in the face of the Mongolian envoy's request for Concubine Bei to take his son to see his grandmother for the last time, he also helped clear the obstacles, which led to the current situation.

If you really want to talk about the first person responsible, then he, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who is relied on by His Majesty, is undoubtedly the first person responsible, and he is also the culprit who caused the prince Zhu Houxuan to fall into the hands of Mandu Hai.

Zhu Youzhu knew that Zhang Sheng could not be a spy of Mongolia, but he waved his hand and said: "I don't need you to confess, I need a strategy to save the prince, which is also the only topic of today's Supreme Council!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!" Yin Zhi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and others secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and they said respectfully.

Zhu Youzhu did not continue to stay below, but got up and left the dragon chair and went up the attic along the stairs next to it.

Although he doesn't like this situation very much, but now that his wife and son have fallen into the hands of Manduhai, he can only want a safe solution.

Whether it is to send troops to fight or to exchange, he must let Concubine Bei return from Mongolia with her son.

When Zhu Youzhu went up to the attic, everyone sat back in their seats, and every important minister felt an unprecedented pressure at this moment.

It's no wonder that the emperor was so angry, the emperor trusted them so much before, but he actually fell into Manduhai's scheme, so that the northern concubine and the prince fell into the hands of Manduhai.

Liu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, faced all the important ministers and took the lead in speaking: "The Northern Concubine and the prince are related to the face of the Ming Dynasty. The old man thought that he would immediately raise troops to recruit the Northern Yuan, and he would definitely save the Northern Concubine and the prince! ”

This......

Chen Kun and other officials of the Ministry of Industry turned their heads to look at Liu Xuan, their eyes looking quite complicated.

It is said that it is indeed a method for them to conquer the Northern Yuan now, but now they are raising troops for the sake of the Northern Concubine and the prince, but it seems that they have worked hard in the past.

Whether it was the Tokai Governor's Office attacking Shikoku Island, or sending Wang Zhendong to raid the Ryukyu Kingdom, these two places stayed there like a fixed target.

It's just that the Northern Yuan are nomads, not to mention that they have no fixed residence, once the Ming army really beats them, they will move away from the desert.

You can't underestimate Mongolia, the territory of real Mongolia is half the size of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the degree of wealth is worlds apart, if he really escapes north, he will almost have to find them in most of the land of China, which is simply looking for a needle in a haystack.

On the contrary, now everyone knows that the emperor is on top of his anger, and if he rashly opposes this conquest plan that is in line with the emperor's mind, maybe the anger will burn on himself.

Hey?

Liu Jin followed Zhu Youzhu up to the attic, but stood in front of the railing and found that the important ministers below were suddenly silent.

The left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yu Shi Wanyi, adhering to the tradition of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, only came with a pair of eyes, but found that these important ministers were so silent, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

Thanks to his father's teachings for many years, he has high political talent, and naturally knows that these important ministers now have the taste of wisdom and self-protection.

It's just that now the Ming Dynasty is just starting such a big war for the Northern Concubine and the prince, which is actually very cost-effective, unless the Ming Dynasty starts the plan to annex the Northern Yuan.

Cough......

It was then that a cough broke the silence.

Liu Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, and other important ministers looked over one after another, and their eyes couldn't help but flash a touch of surprise.

"Let's say a few words, old man!" Wang Yue, who almost never spoke, stood up, and then said very seriously: "The art of war is cloudy: know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles!" Manduhai designed to put the northern concubine and the prince under house arrest, but the little prince who was hostage in the capital has been confirmed to be from Manduhai and Dayan Khan, isn't it strange about this? ”

Although Zhu Houxuan, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, fell into the hands of Manduhai, Manduhai also sent the little prince to Beijing as a hostage for safety considerations in the early years.

Originally, the Mongolian envoys also hoped to bring the little prince back this time, but the Ming side finally adopted the compromise plan of his grandson Zhu Houxuan on the grounds of the little prince's personal safety. (End of chapter)