Chapter 862 0857 [Capital Reconstruction]

"This is the reconstruction plan of Luoyang Fangxiang. Please take a look at it."

Fatty Zheng used to be the prefect of Kaifeng, but now he has become the prefect of Luoyang.

In normal urban reconstruction, local officials can make the final decision.

But this is the capital, and Zheng Hong even bypassed the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs and came directly to report the matter to the emperor.

In terms of writing official documents, Zhu Guoxiang has actually set the rules.

First, the writing cannot be difficult to understand.

Second, you can’t write in a boring and long way.

Third, daily official documents must be written on formatted paper. If there are too many specific contents, they must be submitted as attachments.

Zhang Guangdao could not understand the official documents of the Ministry of War because his educational level was too low.

Even if it were Zhu Guoxiang, he would definitely be able to understand it and wouldn't find it a problem. Because after the official document system was established, even the use of allusions was very common.

After all, the Ministry of War is also a civilian agency!

In comparison, the Privy Council's official documents are even more superficial, because there are a lot of bigots in them.

Ju Ming read the plan briefly and frowned: "In Luoyang City alone, there are thirty-three temples?"

Zheng Hong replied: "Exactly. Two or three years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the prefect of Luoyang was ordered to clean up the temples. At that time, they had been reduced to five. Monks who did not have ultimatums were ordered to return to secular life and arranged to allocate land for farming in the suburbs. Farmers.”

"But there are too many monks and monks in Youdu, and the five temples that are concentrated together are very crowded, so some people sneak back to the original temple. In recent years, the number of temples that are still receiving pilgrims has returned to nine. "

"Due to the lack of population in Luoyang before, it was difficult to deal with the vacant temples, and most of them were left idle and became abandoned."

"Among them, the northeastern urban area has the largest number of temples. I plan to change Lide Square and Qinghua Square into Taixue. The shops and houses in these two squares will be moved to the vacant spaces left after the temples are demolished in nearby squares. . Of course, Lide and Qinghua can also retain some shops specializing in selling pens, inks, paper and inkstones, books and paints, etc. "

The Imperial Academy hasn't moved here yet, so there's no need to worry about this.

Ju Ming read the official document carefully again and was so amused that he almost sneered.

The northeastern urban area of ​​Luoyang is the wealthiest, and most of its residents are dignitaries. The southeastern urban area is followed by wealthy businessmen and businessmen. The southwest urban area is the poorest and belongs to the lower-class settlements in Luoyang.

The distribution of temples in Luoyang is also consistent with the distribution of power and money.

The northeastern urban area has the most densely populated temples, followed by the southeastern urban area, and the southwest urban area has the fewest temples.

Moreover, the only two temples in the southwest city are located in areas where retired ministers live - retired ministers from the former Song Dynasty who wanted to retire in Luoyang often settled in the southwest city where land prices are the cheapest. However, they do not mix with the lower-class civilians and live concentratedly in two squares in the northeast of the city.

Whether it is the Buddha or the Heavenly Lord, it seems that they can only save "beings".

There is not even a temple in the real lower-class civilian community!

Zhu Ming carefully read the locations of temples and temples and said, "Can't poor people believe in Buddhism? Move the Xingjiao Temple in Yanfufang to Datongfang in the southwest city! It doesn't need to be too grand, and the Buddha statues and monks who have been moved there , just have a house to shelter from the wind and rain.”

The corners of Zheng Hong's mouth twitched: "Guan family, that place used to be a cemetery."

"Is there a cemetery in Luoyang City?" Zhu Ming felt that it was outrageous.

Zheng Hong explained: "During the Five Dynasties, Luoyang City was desolate. Later, with the establishment of the Song Dynasty, the northeast and southeast urban areas gradually became prosperous. However, the southwest urban area was still sparsely populated, and some people even farmed in the city. Since the Five Dynasties, some people have taken the dead They were buried in the southwest city, and this burial habit continued in the early Song Dynasty."

Ju Ming was quite curious: "Didn't the former Song Dynasty court and officials just ignore it?"

Zheng Hong replied: "It was not until the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty that Luoyang was clearly divided into quarters. The tombs with owners buried before were difficult to demolish. This was when the Ming Dynasty was about to move the capital, so Bai Sanlang ordered the demolition of the tombs in the city. Without an owner, The tombs were flattened directly, and the government arranged for them to be moved to the suburbs. There were scattered tombs in the entire four squares, and the people living nearby were all poor people."

Ju Ming had a very bad taste: "The tomb area is just right. There may be innocent souls, and let the monks go and pray for them. That's it. It's decided that the whole Xingjiao Temple will be moved there."

Zheng Hong had tried very hard to hold back his laughter, but he still couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The imperial court ordered the Xingjiao Temple to be relocated, and it would certainly not give much money to rebuild the temple. The wealth accumulated by Xingjiao Temple had already been confiscated by Han Shizhong at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. In recent years, they have to pay taxes honestly, and there are too many monks who have been relocated centrally. Xingjiao Temple has really not saved much money.

Now we have moved to a cemetery, surrounded by poor people. The monks can only live in very simple houses with Buddha statues...

Moreover, there are temples to worship in wealthy areas. The Xingjiao Temple has been moved to the corner of the corner. How many faithful men and women are willing to donate money to build the temple?

Zheng Hong said: "In the past, when the temple was demolished to house the monks, the number of monks in the Xingjiao Temple became very large, and the daily food consumption was very large. After the relocation, the money will definitely be used to build houses. I am afraid that within a year and a half, we will be poor. Go around for alms.”

Ju Ming said: "If Buddhism is profound, it will definitely be able to make money. If you really can't survive, you can still return to secular life and become a farmer. Farming is not difficult to learn. If the monks are willing to return to secular life, the court will allocate fields to them."

Zheng Hong continued to talk about the urban construction plan: "Several main streets in Luoyang are too narrow, and I plan to widen them all."

"All kinds of illegal buildings have been demolished, and the court can allocate appropriate compensation. Remember, don't cause trouble." Zhu Ming reminded.

Due to the lack of management by the Northern Song government, the houses and shops on both sides of the street continued to occupy public areas and build illegally.

Take Dingdingmen Street, which extends from the imperial city, for example. It is now renamed Zhuque Street.

In the Tang Dynasty, the width of this main street was more than 120 meters. In the Song Dynasty, the space was gradually occupied by the people, and the narrowest part was only 90 meters.

Moreover, it was sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, jagged and crooked. There were illegal buildings on both sides of the street, and even poor people built tree houses.

Where is the appearance of the imperial street?

This is the main road extending from the imperial city!

Knowing that Zhu Ming was going to move the capital, Bai Chongyan hurriedly rectified this street, at least making the street uniform in width. But it still could not restore the width of the Tang Dynasty, and finally it was constant at about 110 meters.

In addition to this main road, Bai Chongyan did not rectify other streets because he had more important work at the time - dredging Luoshui and Yishui.

These two rivers pass through Luoyang and connect to the Yellow River.

Due to the serious siltation, there was a flood during the Yuanfeng period, drowning thousands of residents in the city.

In addition to floods, it also affects shipping.

During the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the city was dredged vigorously and river embankments were built for flood control. However, the siltation has been serious in recent years, and it must be dredged properly before the capital can be moved.

In addition to the land tax, Bai Chongyan's main energy is on dredging the river.

Luoyang is still in chaos now, especially those tree houses are too annoying. Not to mention seeing it with his own eyes, Zhu Ming thinks it is outrageous when he thinks about it. There are tree houses in the capital of the Ming Dynasty?

...

Zhu Guoxiang stood on the wall of the imperial city and looked around with a telescope.

The entire Luoyang city has become a large construction site.

An area within the palace city is being built in the East Palace.

Several squares outside Donghuamen are being demolished to build the Imperial College. The relocated citizens and merchants are resettled in the vacant land left by the nearby destroyed temples, and those vacant lands are also being demolished and constructed.

There are also illegal buildings being demolished everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Some shacks and tree houses that were built randomly were also demolished one after another. The relevant poor people were resettled in the southwest end of the southwest city, where many graves had been moved and remained empty.

The government compensated some money, enough for the poor to build rammed earth thatched houses.

Now that Luoyang has become the capital, it must be developing very fast, and the poor people can save money if they work hard. Perhaps in a few years, the money they have saved can change the thatched houses into tiled houses.

Especially during this period, the whole city is engaged in large-scale construction, and the poor have no worries about finding work.

Many poor citizens whose illegal houses were demolished moved directly to the former cemetery to build shacks. They are not in a hurry to build thatched houses for themselves, but are employed as laborers at other construction sites, and quickly take advantage of this construction trend to make some hard-earned money.

These days, Zhu Guoxiang also went to inspect the suburbs.

The suburbs of Kaifeng are well-matched with the city development. There are people who specialize in growing grain, growing vegetables and fruits, and breeding... Luoyang still needs to be planned, otherwise the free development will be too slow and chaotic.

Zhu Guoxiang sent agricultural officials everywhere, visiting eight townships and dozens of villages including Jingu Township, Pingle Township, Xianxiang Township, etc.

According to the local soil, water system, transportation and other conditions, the future development direction was roughly divided. Then he called the village head and merchants to talk, asking them to consult and cooperate in the future to build a basic living material supply system as soon as possible.

"You must be exhausted during this period?" Zhu Ming walked behind his father.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "It's okay. I only visited a few villages in person, and the rest were run by agricultural officials."

Zhu Ming said: "After this year's work, Luoyang should have something. Bai Chongyan actually did a good job. He dredged the two rivers very well and helped the court solve the capital's flood and water transport problems."

"Alas, Luoyang was the Western Capital of the Song Dynasty after all, and it turned out to be such a ghost." Zhu Guoxiang couldn't help sighing.

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "If you don't look at the southwest city, Luoyang is still very prosperous."

Zhu Guoxiang said unhappily, "How can you not see it? The southwest city is right outside the main gate of the imperial city!"

This is the crux of the problem. Outside the main gate of the imperial city, only a few neighborhoods near the river are relatively wealthy.

The rest are all fucking slums!

Where does this put the face of the Ming Dynasty court?

Luoyang is the back garden of the Northern Song Dynasty's relatives, retired ministers, and noble families. The central court is too lazy to manage it, and the local government can't manage it. The whole city has gradually become extremely deformed.

The wealthy urban area is comparable to Kaifeng.

The poor urban area is not as good as a remote small county town.

Especially after the Yuanyou Party Imprisonment, the Luoyang nobles collectively lost power, and the consumption of the entire city was downgraded, and the life of the bottom poor became even more difficult.

If the Luoyang clans are not severely punished and land, real estate and other resources are not redistributed, this city will not be able to develop normally.

Zhu Ming looked at the houses on the streets to the south and said, "Within five years, the southwestern city will be prosperous. At least all of them will be converted into large tiled houses!"