When Wu Haogu met Zhao Ji, who had become an official in the Song Dynasty, it was already the 20th day of the first lunar month. In the past few days, he was busy moving for Zhao Ji, managing finances and arranging women.

It was only the 19th day of the first lunar month that he finished his work, and then he entered the palace to report to Zhao Ji. He was now a "confidant". Seeing that the official family did not have to work in the same rank, he went in from Donghuamen with Gao Qiu and Pan Xiao'an, and took the route that Wu Haogu took when he was on duty at the Hanlin Academy of Painting, and went directly to Chongzheng Hall.

After waiting outside Chongzheng Hall for a while, the three of them were led by Yang Jian, who had served Zhao Xu, to see Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji, the official who had changed into a filial piety uniform, looked unhappy and seemed to be mourning his newly-dead brother.

"Please express my grief to you." After the salute, Wu Haogu comforted her with kind words.

"Dalang, I..." Zhao Ji waved his hand, "Everyone goes out, go out. I will tell them some private matters, and there is no need to record them."

The living man and the eunuch in Chongzheng Hall both followed the order and retreated. Seeing that everyone had left, Zhao Ji sighed: "I have been so bored these days. The palace is dead and dilapidated. I can smell the musty smell when I sleep. No wonder my brother died at such a young age. It must be because of the malaria in the palace."

The imperial palace in Kaifeng Prefecture is indeed very old. It was built in the Houliang during the Five Dynasties and has been around for more than 200 years. Although it is renovated from time to time, but with this foundation, what else can I do?

So although the area is not small, it is not as comfortable as Zhao Ji's original Duan Mansion when he lives.

In addition, there are few places to play in the palace. The only one is the Imperial Garden of Yanfu Palace, which is also an old garden for 200 years. It also belongs to the harem, so it is not convenient for outsiders to enter. Zhao Ji could only walk around with a few wives with no common language, and they were almost suffocated.

"Your Majesty, the palace is indeed a bit old," Pan Xiao'an smiled, "After a while, I'll be able to renovate it and live in it."

"Yes," Gao Qiu also said, "I brought in a dozen beautiful girls today. They are all innocent and can serve His Majesty. With their company, His Majesty will not be bored."

Zhao Ji still sighed, obviously not very satisfied.

"Why might as well build a new palace." Wu Haogu made a surprising suggestion as soon as he spoke.

"What?" Pan Xiao'an glanced at his brother-in-law, "Dalang, what are you talking about?"

"Build a new palace." Wuhao Ancient Road, "This old palace has been 200 years old, and it is too old to renovate it. It would be better to just put it in order and then use the money for renovation to create a new one. Wouldn't that be great?"

"This, this... how much does it cost?" Pan Xiao'an never expected Wu Haogu to make such a suggestion.

Not to mention that the Empress Dowager Xiang is now in charge of the court, even if Zhao Ji is in charge of power, the priests will join forces to block this suggestion.

Wu Haogu smiled, "Is this still cost money?"

Don’t spend money? What can you do if you don’t spend money?

Zhao Ji stared at Wu Haogu. Wu Haogu smiled faintly and said, "Building a palace requires money, but as long as there is a place to earn it back, it doesn't have to be hidden or paid by the user department, it means there is no money left."

"How to make money?" Pan Xiao'an asked.

"Demolition." Wu Haogu replied.

“Demolition?”

"What does it mean?"

Pan Xiao'an and Gao Qiu didn't understand!

"It is to demolish and then move, free up high-priced land, and move to places with low-priced land, so that you can earn money to build a house."

Although Zhao Ji is an official, he does not know how rich he is, the money in the warehouse is actually just a small part of the wealth that Zhao Ji owns, not even a fraction of it. Most of Zhao Ji's property exists in the form of real estate.

The Jibancheng in the Pingjiang River of Ji Yi family is known as fake. But Zhao Ji's Kaifeng Zhaobancheng is real! Kaifeng Prefecture is now "the highest housing price in the universe". Half of the city belongs to Zhao Ji. How rich do you think he is?

"What a bottom?" Zhao Ji understood a little, but after thinking about it carefully, he shouted, "You want to give the palace..."

"No, no, no... it's not the palace." Wu Haogu waved his hand quickly. The palace is of course the most valuable part of the many real estates owned by Zhao Ji, but it is difficult to cash in. It is estimated that the ministers in the court will fight Wu Haogu desperately!

“Where to remove it?”

"First demolish the Dutingyi and Imperial College."

Wu Haogu had already thought of the "old city renovation plan" for Kaifeng Prefecture. He said: "The place of Duting Post is very good, close to Zhouqiao Night Market and Daxiangguo Temple, which is the most expensive place in Kaifeng Prefecture. If a batch of residential buildings are demolished and sold, it can be obtained for two or three million yuan. If 200,000 yuan is taken out, you can build a similar inn near Qionglin Garden in the west of the city for Liao envoy to live in.

This will allow at least two million pieces to be moved, which is enough to start the construction of the palace and the relocation and reconstruction of the Imperial College... I think a garden can be built on the basis of Qionglin Garden and Jin Mingchi as your Majesty's palace. It is very close to Fengfu City, and it should not affect the officials' court. The new Imperial College is built on the edge of the palace and can be greatly expanded, and at least tens of thousands of students can be accommodated to show the prosperity of our dynasty's civil administration."

"Carry the palace in Qionglinyuan and Jin Mingchi?" Zhao Ji interrupted Wu Haogu's words, "Is 2 million yuan enough?"

2 million yuan is actually a lot, and building a palace is probably enough. However, the royal family always likes to spend money in vain when doing things, and Wu Haogu is not good at breaking the rules, so they said: "Isn't there still the Imperial College? The territory of the Imperial College is much larger than that of Dutingyi, so they have to build a larger one. Considering the land price difference, at least 3 million can be evacuated (the Imperial College is in the south wing of the Kaifeng Prefecture).

There are also Tongwenguan used for envoys of Goryeo, Concierge houses used for envoys of Uighurs and Khotan, and Zhanyunguan and Huaiyuan Offices used for envoys of Sanfoqi, Zhenla, Dali and other countries. They can also be gradually demolished and all of them will be moved to the Ligong west of Kaifeng Prefecture and placed together with Duting Posts of the Liao envoys.

If conditions permit, a large barracks in the north of the city will be demolished and some of the imperial guards and their families will be moved to the Li Palace to protect the safety of the Li Palace.

This will free up a lot of land in Kaifeng Prefecture. On the one hand, it can alleviate the current situation of scarce and high prices in Kaifeng Prefecture; on the other hand, it can free up a lot of money to build a brand new Li Palace for His Majesty in Kaifeng Prefecture; at the same time, it can also drive the market near Li Palace and find a job for the idle people in Kaifeng Prefecture..."

Wu Haogu is actually going to play a big real estate game. Not only do he want to build six or seven large-scale projects in Kaifeng Prefecture City, but he also intends to develop real estate around the Xili Palace of Kaifeng Prefecture City.

This Jinmingchi and Qionglinyuan are actually very close to Kaifeng Prefecture City. They are surrounded by real estate of wealthy and high-ranking officials in Kaifeng Prefecture. Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an also have a lot of land there. They can all be used for development, build a "school district house" and official residences, and also build markets, tiles, wharfs, warehouses and other facilities.

In addition, Zhao Ji's palace, embassy area, market tile, residential area, school area, and camp area can form a small and sturdy city attached to Kaifeng Prefecture in the future.

By the way, the current city wall of Kaifeng Prefecture is not actually the tall, majestic and indestructible appearance that later generations imagine. The city wall of Kaifeng Prefecture is actually very broken! After years of disrepair, many places have collapsed, and only the city gate building is more decently built.

However, even if the city wall of Kaifeng Prefecture is fine, this big city with a population of more than one million cannot defend itself. One is that the city wall is not strong enough to defend against the floods of the Yellow River; the second is that there are too many people, and eating is a problem; the third is that the city is too large and there are too many defending troops that need to be invested.

Therefore, Wu Haogu, a treacherous official in the official family who was worried about the country and the people, thought about a way to abandon the big and guard the small. He gave up the big city of Kaifeng Prefecture, and at the same time built a small and solid city next to Kaifeng Prefecture.

"Dalang's method is pretty good..." Zhao Ji thought seriously, "But it's still not possible now."

Zhao Ji was not so frivolous that he immediately repaired the palace for himself! Now his throne of emperor is not stable!

"You can take it slowly," Wu Haogu said, "Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, so you should do something that can be praised by the people of the world first."

"Praise all over the world?" Zhao Ji asked, "Dalang, what do you want to say?"

Wu Hao Ancient Dao: "After the late emperor, his civil and military achievements were quite successful, but the two parties in the court fought fiercely, which showed signs of hurting the foundation of the country. His Majesty's first ascendance to the throne may ease the party struggles and resolve grievances, so that the two parties in the court can somewhat abandon some prejudices."

"How to ease?" Zhao Ji asked.

"Your Majesty can allow court officials and above to be convicted and placed and escorted to Haizhou."

Zhao Ji asked: "Everyone goes to Haizhou?"

Wu Haogu nodded and said, "Let's go to Haizhou. Haizhou is beautiful and beautiful. It is also a good place for older officials. Moreover, it is not far from Kaifeng Prefecture. It is convenient to transfer along the way. It can save a lot of travel expenses and save them from passing away on the road... The old and new parties are now in a bit of water and fire. If they are demoted to the official position and deposed many lives, they may have to fight even more in the future."

"Yes, yes, yes," Pan Xiao'an echoed, "those old ministers were shaking when walking. They stayed in Kaifeng Mansion and got sick every now and then. If they really wanted to be demoted to the distant evil place, they would definitely have gone but not returned, and there was no difference between beheading."

Gao Qiu said: "Your Majesty, many old ministers in the Yuanyou period have been punished and demoted. It will take a process to pardon them. If Your Majesty can let them go to Haizhou first, the Empress Dowager will definitely agree."

Unlike Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an, Gao Qiu's party color is very strong. He was a distant relative of Empress Dowager Gao and worked as a clerk in Su Dongpo and Wang Sheng's mansion, which is a typical old party background. Therefore, he did not mention the treacherous officials of the new party who would be demoted in the future, but only mentioned the Yuanyou and other wise men of their old party.
Chapter completed!