Chapter 854 0849 [Emperor's Holiday]

The car was not dismantled immediately, but thirty sons of local Luoyang craftsmen were first selected. There must be no adulterers in the third generation, a clean family background, both parents are present, and they must be smart and between 10 and 15 years old.

These thirty children were all arranged to live in officials' dormitories in several courtyards, and could only go home to rest for one day every ten days.

Arrange old craftsmen to teach them traditional mechanical knowledge, and then arrange teachers to teach them reading and literacy, as well as mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Every half a year, I go to a factory that builds cars, guns, cannons, and ships for two months of practical study.

When they get older, the government will help them find matchmakers, and the person they want to marry must also come from a clean family background.

The car was temporarily hidden in the basement and was regularly wiped and cleaned by eunuchs. The ground was kept dry with lime and charcoal, and a layer of paint was painted everywhere on the body to prevent the iron products from continuing to rust.

Ju Ming was not in a hurry, because it was useless to be anxious.

Lacking relevant and comprehensive new knowledge, ordinary craftsmen will only do random demolition, and they must cultivate a group of available talents themselves.

"By the way, you don't need to clean up yourself, right?" Ju Ming looked at his father who was cleaning the car.

Zhu Guoxiang rushed down with a bucket of water and said with emotion: "The car I just bought must be washed by myself."

Ju Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he picked up an iron brush to help remove the rust.

It must be cleaned inside and out. After flushing, rust removal, and wiping, several fires are made nearby to dry it, and then the rusted areas are painted.

Anyway, Ju Ming didn't have that spare time, so he brushed it a few times, and then he went to the palace and the imperial city for a walk.

The capital move has just been completed, and no one from the emperor to the ministers is familiar with it.

Ju Ming changed the name of the palace within the palace. Moreover, the most beautiful ones among the various palaces of the Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties were selected.

For example, the place where the imperial meeting was held was renamed Taiji Hall. Names such as Longtuge from the Song Dynasty were retained, and Wenyuan Pavilion from the Ming Dynasty was added.

The two main gates in the north and south of the imperial city were renamed back to the names of Luoyang Palace in the Tang Dynasty, namely Zhuque Gate and Xuanwu Gate.

The Supreme Emperor wants to live in the East Palace?

No way!

The Luoyang Palace built by Zhao Kuangyin is very different from that of the Tang Dynasty. The area of ​​the East City (the outer city on the east side of the imperial city) is too huge, almost half of the palace city, and it is impossible to use all of it for the prince to live and work.

Ju Ming planned to renovate the palace city and create a special east palace.

As for the current Dongcheng, it was changed to the imperial office area and rest area.

For example, the Inspectorate is planning to be located in Dongcheng.

The Dengwen Drum is located outside Dongcheng. When ordinary people beat the Dengwen Drum, the Inspectorate can hear it immediately.

In addition, when officials were waiting to go to court or meet the emperor, they also waited slowly in the tea room in Dongcheng. If officials have to work overtime, they don't have to go home at night and can live directly in the rest area in Dongcheng.

Stations, stables and parking lots will also be set up in the east city for officials to take shuttle buses within the imperial city.

Xuanren Gate, the main gate of Dongcheng, was changed to Donghua Gate by Ju Ming.

The Zhuque Gate and its left and right gates will no longer be opened every day and will only be used for various large-scale ceremonies.

The two Guanglu and Xingyao squares outside Zhuque Gate were completely demolished and rebuilt into a square directly south of the imperial city.

Currently, small-scale renovations are underway both inside and outside the imperial city.

There is no need for major repairs, Song Huizong has already renovated it.

Moreover, Song Huizong's crazy renovation project of Luoyang Palace was the largest in the entire Northern Song Dynasty. It’s like moving the capital!

Qin Hui, as the Minister of Industry, is currently inspecting various construction sites in person.

When he saw Ju Ming coming, he hurriedly ran to greet him and accompanied the emperor around.

The monarch and his ministers came to the northeast corner of the imperial city. Qin Hui stood on the city wall and said: "In the Tang Dynasty, the northeast area was the Daming Palace in Luoyang. Now it has been turned into shops and residences. If your Majesty wants to restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty, you can That whole area was demolished to build palaces, and the Ming Dynasty built the Ming Dynasty Palace, which was in accordance with God's will."

Zhu Ming turned around and glared at this guy: "The palace city and imperial city in Luoyang are already far larger than Kaifeng. Do I still want to ignore people's livelihood and demolish several cities and build large-scale construction projects?"

After flattering the horse's leg, Qin Hui quickly changed his flattery: "Your Majesty is wise and kind, which is a blessing to the people of this country!"

Ju Ming gave a few more instructions and then took a walk to the back garden of the palace.

The concubines were playing there, all of them were very curious, and they took the children to wander around.

The same is true for civil and military officials. During this time, they just hang out after work.

It's a pity that the peony blooming season has passed, otherwise Luoyang City would be even more beautiful.

Ju Ming also gave some houses to ministers, including officials of the third rank and above. He was not very generous and split a garden into three or four parts and gave them away after the large clans migrated.

There is no way, the top-notch gardens here cover too much area.

Since the Northern Song Dynasty, Luoyang gardens have been the best in the world. Countless royal family members, retired ministers, and aristocratic families settled in and around Luoyang City, and began to build gardens as they lived there.

Even the royal family of the Northern Song Dynasty had a royal garden in Luoyang.

Ju Ming split up and moved the big families in Luoyang, clearly plundering them by force. But he didn't have any psychological burden at all. He could only say that those rich people deserved it.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, they concealed their property and population, and the court was unable to investigate. As a result, the registered population of the thirteen counties of Henan Prefecture (where the government is located in Luoyang) is actually lower than that of Daming Prefecture. You must know that Daming Prefecture often suffers from floods due to the overflow of the Yellow River.

At least half of the wealth accumulated in the previous dynasty should be disbursed in the new dynasty, right?

"Official!"

"Daddy!"

This garden was occupied by the sisters Zhao Fujin and Zhao Fujin, who were playing with their children. When they learned that Zhu Ming had arrived, they hurried forward to greet him.

With them was the unmarried daughter of Song Huizong. When the capital was moved, she was taken into the harem along with Wu Qimai's concubines and daughters.

However, Song Huizong's daughters were all made female officials.

And Wu Qimai's concubines and daughters were all reduced to maids, and most of them were responsible for washing clothes.

Shunde Princess Zhao Yingluo, Yifu Princess Zhao Yuanzhu, Roufu Princess Zhao Duofu, Baofu Princess Zhao Xianlang, Renfu Princess Zhao Xiangyun, Huifu Princess Zhao Zhuzhu, Yongfu Princess Zhao Fobao... A total of twelve people, the oldest was 23 years old, the youngest was 15 years old, all of them were named "noble lady" or "beauty".

There were also three minors, named Zhao Jingu, Zhao Jinling, and Zhao Xiaojin, who were temporarily raised in the palace to learn to read and write.

I don't know why Song Huizong always named his daughters with the word "gold".

But one thing is clear, Song Huizong's daughters are much more beautiful than Wu Qimai's daughters.

This group of former imperial concubines all had bright eyes when they saw Zhu Ming.

How could they care about the hatred of the country's demise?

When Zhu Ming led his troops to capture Kaifeng, the oldest of them was only sixteen years old. Moreover, Song Huizong had too many children, and these imperial concubines did not enjoy any fatherly love, and even did not see their father a few times.

Their mothers or brothers were not executed by Zhu Ming.

They themselves were also arranged to do needlework in the suburbs, helping to sew official uniforms, military uniforms and so on.

They lived a relatively hard life, but they were still well-fed and well-clothed.

It was a pleasant surprise that they all suddenly entered the palace this year, and they wished they could give the emperor a son as soon as possible.

Zhu Ming subconsciously looked at Zhao Yingluo and Zhao Duofu, a pair of twins, whose biological mother was Concubine Wang. Just a few days ago, Zhu Ming exchanged feelings with the two sisters, and last night the three of them discussed life together.

They got along very well.

After the fall of the Jin Dynasty, the emperor became even more corrupt!

"Your elder brother Zhao Huan has been promoted to the director of the Agricultural Persuasion Institute and transferred to Jiangnan for his contribution to the study of cotton planting." Zhu Ming announced the good news as soon as they met.

These more than ten princesses of the previous dynasty were all happy. Although they and Zhao Huan were not born of the same mother, their brother's promotion in the new dynasty proved that the emperor had completely trusted the royal family of the previous dynasty.

Zhu Ming added: "Also. Each of your brothers from the same mother will be rewarded with a working ox, ten pieces of cotton cloth, and fifty strings of copper coins this year."

How stingy.

But the symbolic meaning is greater. After the reward, supervision is completely abandoned.

The soldiers who used to supervise the princes of the previous dynasty nearby were all incorporated into other troops. Song Huizong's sons can go wherever they want in the future, even if they run to Xixia, no one will care.

Moreover, everyone was given cattle, cloth, and money, and they had already divided the land. As long as they work diligently, they will at least be rich farmers in the future, and they may even become small landlords.

"Thank you for the gift!" All the girls saluted in unison.

Zhu Ming reached out and picked up a little girl, who was born to him by Zhao Fujin. Her name is Zhu Yue, and she is only five years old this year.

"Is the new palace fun?" Zhu Ming put his daughter on his neck and rode her.

Zhu Yue hugged her father's head and said with a smile: "It's fun. The garden here is bigger, and you can hide in many places when playing hide-and-seek."

"Hahaha!"

Zhu Ming laughed at the words: "In two days, Daddy will take you to the lake. There is a lotus pond outside the city, which is bigger than the Jinming Pond in Kaifeng."

Zhu Yue said: "Then I will go boating and feed the goldfish!"

"There are no goldfish there, only in the pond in the palace." Zhu Ming said.

"We can raise some." Zhu Yue said.

Zhu Ming smiled and said: "Okay, then raise a hundred goldfish in."

"Okay, okay." Zhu Yue clapped his hands happily.

Zhao Fujin watched the father and daughter chatting, and his eyes smiled into two crescents with joy.

The former imperial concubine, who had just entered the palace not long ago, was extremely envious.

There are quite a lot of women from the Zhao family in the harem.

In the past few years, Zhu Ming deliberately suppressed the inclusion of women into the harem, just to make everyone feel at ease and not think too much.

Now it doesn't matter. The crown prince has been canonized, and another prince of Yu has been canonized. No matter how many children the Zhao family women give birth to, they can't cause any trouble.

After playing here for a while, Zhu Ming went to Zhang Jinping's place again.

On the way, he met Li Shishi, Pei Chang'e and Zhong Miaoyun. The three women were in the garden with their children, directing a group of eunuchs to make swings.

Their children always wanted to help (make trouble), excitedly picked up shovels to dig holes and build racks, but made the eunuchs feel constrained.

"I'll help you!"

Zhu Ming rolled up his sleeves and asked the eunuchs to hand over the shovel. The princes and princesses immediately shouted happily, and carried small buckets to help their father carry away the excavated soil.

The eunuchs were instantly unemployed because the emperor was busy, and Li Shishi, Pei Chang'e and Zhong Miaoyun did not dare to be idle.

The swing construction site was packed with people, and those who were waiting could only stand aside.

After working for a long time, Zhu Ming clapped his hands and stood up, feeling that such a day was so comfortable.

Unfortunately, he had to go to work again tomorrow.