Chapter 883: East and West expansion is not a long-term strategy
There is a house in the inner gate of the east city. It was originally a meadow that was built in the outer city. It was once a horse farm for Guixun. Later, when Emperor Chengzhi visited in a private private visit, he saw that the poor people in the city were everywhere, and most of them were idle. He gathered with the green scoundrels and joined the various religions and all the people. He forced Guixun to give up the land and issued an edict to establish a temporary slum area in accordance with the Western Army.
But he didn't expect that there were some benefits that people wanted, but the area where the poor lived was planned, and the quality was not qualified at all. The money allocated by the old emperor did not cost 10 or 2 at all, and the remaining money was all in the pockets of no one knew who was the one who had left.
The old emperor ordered the Jinyiwei to investigate, but in the end the investigation was incomplete.
This is nothing more than that. After the completion of the cultivation, the poor who are displaced on the streets should have a place to live, right?
No!
Weiyang stood in a slum area with a wide area. He saw the city structure in the Tang Dynasty. All the houses facing the street were open inside. Outside, there were only rows of yellow mud walls, with white painted on the top, which looked a little black. There were faint laughter and crying, cries, shouts and scolding, and people in the world shouting and changing cups.
This shouldn't be a slum.
"This is not a slum," Wang Xinru reported in a low voice. "The general doesn't know that the poor should be placed here, but before Lord Yin Haichuan became the prefect of Shuntian, it was designated as a slum, and there were all living there, well, it is hard to say."
for example?
"There were three thousand families living here, about 20,000 people. Most of them had their ancestors who lived here. They recruited craftsmen from the 24th yamen in the inner court from other places, and some were small imperial guards. Since then, these people have been occupied by these people, but these people can be regarded as some ways. Therefore, the monthly rental money of 300 to 3000 yuan per month was not available, so someone exposed the matter to the court. Therefore, after these people were dismissed, they were replaced by prostitutes, porters, people of all kinds of religions, etc.." Wang Xinru sighed, "Only those poor people who should live here were driven out of the capital, and were arranged in Hebei and even the county towns within the capital, almost..."
So who live here now?
"It's still those people, the leader among prostitutes, the ruthless man among the pectoralists, and the idle people who have some kung fu but no prestige in the world," Wang Xinru hesitated for a while, "There are also some rich and powerless officials."
oh?
Are there any rich people here willing to live?
"The General doesn't know, there's a lot of stuff here." Nie Ziyi, who kept looking at the three or five selected women who were following him, snorted, "Looking at the dilapidated one, but later those who were driven away left here, some of them had circled and built houses here. I heard that there were people here who were not enough for a 300-acre yard. They had a life-related relationship a few days ago because the neighbors on both sides of his family refused to give them land."
The emperor doesn't care?
"Your Majesty can't control it. As soon as the factory guards were dispatched, the ministers immediately attacked us, but who else can you use besides these people? That year, Your Majesty asked the Beijing Camp to investigate this matter. The man accepted the imperial edict but did not investigate at all. Later, Your Majesty sent the deputy commander of the Beijing Camp to investigate secretly. Before the person arrived, he died suddenly at the duty station that night," Nie Ziyi sneered, "So, Your Majesty killed those people in the Beijing Camp, and none of them killed the wrong soldiers. The soldiers were wrong, but which of those generals should not kill them?"
"After the Jingying was killed and scattered, the Jinyiwei secretly investigated. The twelve commanders of the Jingying had land in slums, and the remaining five were not without land, but large houses. They put a lot of money in it, forced good men to become prostitutes, and even took the risk of life. The Jinyiwei dug out more than 300 corpses from those backyards." Wang Xinru shook his head.
So that's it.
"I thought the entire army would not die any more," Wei Yang looked back at the entourage who was following not far away. The entourage looked confused, "You were once a lower-level officer of the entourage. Haven't you even heard of the wind at all?"
"No," the follower said in surprise, "we know that those officials must have a way to get money, but I didn't expect it to be like this."
"The emperor is wrong. This matter should not be given to the lives of thousands of athletes. The Tatars arrived, but the Jingying should be killed." Wei Yang waved his hand, "urged the three departments and asked them to try the case as soon as possible."
"Yes, but this matter really needs to be resolved. Lord Yin is a good candidate. He said at the beginning of his term that the first problem that the capital needs to solve is the slums. There are no poor people in the slums. If this harm is not solved, a large number of people in the capital cannot be organized to participate in labor." Wang Xinru praised, "The nobles, civil servants and military generals, they must solve Lord Yin before His Majesty's great dynasty. Isn't it because there are already many evidence of crimes here that have fallen into Lord Yin's hands."
oh?
Why not say it earlier?
"The general bullies me. There are iron-armored soldiers inside and outside the Lord Yin's mansion. Who can harm him? Besides, Zhang Cai is most afraid of death. When he is watching over there, it is impossible for anyone to assassinate him," Nie Ziyi was extremely contemptuous. "But this man is famous for being a fence-bearer. When the general suppresses idiots from all sides, he will definitely be the first to jump out and give those bastards who are eating in the slums in exchange for his power reserve."
"That's because he was thinking too much. The Western Army intelligence shows that in order to get ahead, this person has created dozens of unjust cases alone, and he can't survive." Wei Yang waved his hand, "I know you have capable people under your command, so check it for me. Everyone living here must have files. Whose house they live in must have files."
"Yes!" Nie Ziyi said, "After picking the salt gang, the subordinates followed the clues they left behind to investigate this slum area for nearly three months, and obtained sufficient complete evidence."
"Carrange it, and you will use it tomorrow morning." Wei Yang was very satisfied.
"However, what I don't understand is why the Japanese envoys look for the most inconspicuous places here to buy them. According to the investigation, they have at least twenty yards that are not usually occupied at all, and occasionally there are only a few people living in a few days. Do they dare to reconnaise our dynasty?!" Nie Ziyi was puzzled.
It’s not that she couldn’t imagine it, but that she didn’t understand it at all.
The little Japanese slave dared to have that kind of thought about the Ming Dynasty?
"I knew these idiots were indispensable." Wei Yang smiled, "Okay, after the morning court tomorrow, all government offices will release relief in scripts, and send people to stare at Japanese envoys, no, stare at the envoys of various countries."
What does it mean?
"They, they have made a lot of money in business with us over the years, now," Wei Yang said, "they need to use this money to develop their manpower!"
"You can kill a dog with a small man and a big man, just kill him directly. Why bother with them?" Nie Ziyi was puzzled.
Wei Yang said: "Then you don't understand. These Japanese people really lack everything, but they don't lack silver. Our Ming Dynasty economy is still not short of anything else, but the only one is the most lacking in silver. What do you think we should do?"
"Snatch the damn!" Nie Ziyi was overjoyed.
Wang Xinru thought for a while before laughing: "I understand why the general wants to form a navy."
"The silver standard seems to be the most suitable for the current economic situation. With insufficient credit, the country is unable to bear the disadvantages of credit currency. The silver standard is relatively stable, so we need a lot of silver," Wei Yang said. "They lack goods, especially war horses and weapons."
What?
"Give them war horses, they can't cross the sea, give them weapons," Wei Yang pondered for a moment, "Everyone can carry a knife, and everyone can kill them. We are the country of the Heavenly Kingdom, and we must have a reason to take action to fight against the rebels."
A traitor?
Yes, they should be traitors.
Otherwise, what else can it be?
Chapter completed!