In the extremely prosperous Dongcheng District of the capital, the most lively one is Dongchang'an Street. This street directly passes through the newly built East Chang'an Gate from the imperial city's Chang'an Left Gate, extending all the way. The streets are wide, the roads are neat, shops are everywhere, and there are crowds of people coming and going.

If you want to talk about the largest storefront on East Chang'an Street, it is the four major general accounts, that is, the four major royal merchants. These four general accounts are located in the middle section of East Chang'an Street in Dongcheng District. They are huge in scale, luxurious in architecture, and rich in variety of products, making them the best of the entire Dongcheng District and even the entire world.

Rumor is that as long as you go to the four major accounts, you can buy anything you want, so there are traffic in front of the four major accounts and crowded.

By the way, didn’t the Ming Dynasty Royal Rixing Bank manage money? Do they also sell things?

Of course they sell. They not only sell complete sets of dragon coins, but also gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. The transaction is so big that it scares people when they tell it. It is rumored that the original work of Wu Daozi, a famous Tang Dynasty artist, "The King of Heavenly Sends a Son" was bought back by a wealthy businessman at a high price of 3 million taels of silver. It really made him have a son when he was old and his business was booming!

Of course, this is just a rumor. On that day, a huge team appeared near the four major general accounts of East Chang'an Street. The leaders were two handsome young men, one young and one young, two masters with bright eyes followed closely, and dozens of strong men lined up to set up a crowd to guide them.

When they saw their attitude, it was a wealthy young man who was traveling. This situation was rare in the capital, because the people who dared to be so arrogant were almost nowhere to be found on the ground of the capital. The crowds on the street were also consciously separated from the left and right. No one dared to stop them and find trouble. Just kidding in the capital, those who dared to bring a few guards to show off were all amazing figures. These two people brought dozens of them directly, and they were so noble that they could imagine who would be so bad that they had nothing to do.

By the way, why are those who bring a few guards to show off outside and are all amazing figures? Because the Jinyiwei and the Imperial Guard are strictly controlled, and the capital is at the foot of the emperor. When the Jinyiwei spies are usually sent to the streets to practice disguising skills and maintain public order. It is very likely that a farmer, a sold ice bullet gourd, a porter, or even a pregnant woman is a Jinyiwei spy!

Those who steal and rob, cheat, or cheat were almost all caught by them during their training. Later, they dared to take a large group of guards to swagger across the market, and oppress civilians became their targets. Generally, as long as they are a little arrogant, they will be surrounded by the imperial guards if they can't go far, they will be carried away one by one. No matter how old the official is, no matter which child it is, they will be caught and talk to you after they beat them.

Over time, even the thieves on the ground in the capital have disappeared, and the public security has been very good. Ordinary dignitaries only dare to keep a few guards in a low profile, walking silently among the crowd, and the foolish hats that have been swaying across the market with a large group of people have almost disappeared.

When Zhu Cijing saw the fearful eyes of the civilians around him, he couldn't help but whisper to Wang Zhengnan: "Lai Xian, do they all know my identity? Why are they all so afraid?"

You should know that your identity is still lying on the ground and shouting long lively. Wang Zhengnan gathered in a line and told Zhu Cijiu a little bit about the experiences of those nobles in Zhu Cijiu's ears. When Zhu Cijiu heard this, he couldn't help laughing and praised him with a thumbs up: "Let's do a good job, and General Qin, did he really catch the Prince of Tang and beat him up? Why don't I know!"

Just kidding, it would be a death sentence for the vassal kings to enter Beijing without being summoned. Although the prince of Tang had not inherited the throne, he would not dare to come to complain to him. Besides, who is Qin Liangyu? The current queen's aunt and the commander of the First Corps of the Imperial Guards, he would be beaten. How many people in the world dare to disobey!

Zhu Cijiong saw that Wang Zhengnan was speechless and said indifferently: "Actually, it's nothing. Now the sea ban and the civil ban have been opened. If the royal family wants to come to the capital, let them go. If they just come to stroll around secretly, you can just pretend that they didn't see it. Anyway, there are not many vassal kings now, so they can't cause any storm."

Nowadays, it is not only the descendants of the vassal kings who want to come to the capital to see the world. None of the nobles of all the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty did not want to come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Even the European allies, Portugal, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire, had many people who came to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. There were many people wearing strange clothes on the streets, with blue eyes and white skin, and even civilians were not surprised.

The reason why Zhu Cijiu brought Zheng Chenggong to the streets was not because he had nothing to do, but because he came to inspect the current flow of people in the capital. Because the memorial handed over from Shuntian Prefecture said that the residents of the capital had exceeded 3 million, and the number of migrant population was more than 3 million. Therefore, they suggested expanding the capital again!

It is of course a good thing to expand the capital. Zhu Cijiu also wants to expand the capital. However, this capital cannot be expanded by expansion. It also needs to consider the development issues after the expansion. Although Shuntian Prefecture should not dare to use the governor to deceive the emperor, it is not ruled out that they exaggerate for political achievements and promotion. If the flow of people is not enough, it will disperse the consumer group and cause duplicate construction, which is extremely unfavorable to the development of the capital.

Now it seems that Shuntian Prefecture has not exaggerated the words. The capital is indeed crowded everywhere. It seems that it is time to expand the capital again.

After Zhu Cijing returned to the palace, he thought carefully and issued an edict to summon relevant personnel to discuss the expansion of the capital.

The people who were convened this time were not just from a certain yamen or from a certain aspect, because he wanted to hear opinions from all aspects.

When the emperor summoned him, no one dared to neglect him. Soon, all the people arrived. It was still the same rule that Zhu Cijiu sat high in the first place, and the others were given to each side.

On the left is Prime Minister of the Cabinet, King Xin, Zhu Youjian;

Next is Bi Maokang, the Minister of Works;

Sun Yuanhua, Minister of War;

Cheng Guoxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue;

On the right is Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Rites of the Cabinet;

Wang Zhengnan, commander of the Jinyiwei

Next is the Zhanshi Mansion Zhanshi Imperial College Priest's Wine and the Zodiac Zhou

Shuntian Prefecture He Ruizheng

Apart from being both high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty, these people seem to have nothing in common. What was the emperor summoning them for?

Only Zhu Youjian and Xu Guangqi looked at He Ruizheng thoughtful, because the memorial of Shuntian Prefecture was first handed by Xu Guangqi, and then presented it to the emperor by Zhu Youjian. They all knew what was written in the memorial of Shuntian Prefecture. Now that the emperor has attracted the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, it is probably to discuss the expansion of the capital.

Sure enough, after everyone sat down, Zhu Cijiu asked He Ruizheng to read the memorial he presented in public, and then said loudly: "I went to the street in person today. It is indeed as mentioned in the memorial. There are crowds everywhere, and I am very happy that the capital of the Ming Dynasty has grown to such a scale in just a few years. Now, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is already the most well-deserved world. In a prosperous capital, all merchants from all countries are proud to be able to do business in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The wealthy people of all countries are proud to be able to travel to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty should also be proud to be there!"
Chapter completed!