Beijing, under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and the assistance of Shuntian Prefecture, the Infrastructure Bureau has begun to undertake the construction of the outer city wall of the capital.

The outer city wall is still in the style of a hip roof with two layers of three-drop water corridor pavilion, and the outside is still covered with bricks, which makes the city wall still look as beautiful and atmospheric as the old city wall, but the inside is turned into cement reinforced concrete, which is more firm.

Building a wall for the outer city of the capital was historically a matter of 32 years of Jiajing, which took ten years, and only the outer city wall in the south was built.

The Ming Dynasty in this era naturally had far surpassed the middle and late Jiajing period in history, so the construction of the outer city wall was no longer just the outer city wall in the south, but directly built a circle of walls for the entire outer city of the capital.

The construction speed is also very fast. Stimulated by the more scientific management model and salary system, the migrant workers responsible for construction are very enthusiastic and the quality of completion is also very high. The rapid cement condensation speed and the technology of forging fine steel wires allow the craftsmen of the Infrastructure Bureau to cast a solid structure inside the city wall in a short time without having to spend time and effort to consolidate the three-combined soil.

Before the construction of the outer city wall, the Infrastructure Bureau had built a ring cement road around the outer city. Now that the outer city wall has basically been completed, the Infrastructure Bureau has still built an eight-lane ring cement road outside the outer city, and connected it with the cement road leading to the outside world outside the newly built Yongding Gate.

Yongding Gate became a landmark building for entering the capital at this time. Shuntian Prefecture built a bus stop here, using large horse and carriages as buses, responsible for operating transportation routes from the ring and directly to Daming Gate. In addition, there is also a long-distance horse and carriage station responsible for operating transportation from the capital to Tongzhou.

Today, the Ming Dynasty is a peaceful and prosperous dynasty, with industrialization and commodity economy developing rapidly. As a political center and a scientific research base of the Ming Dynasty, as well as a gathering place for large manufacturing companies and countless powerful people, the city is naturally extremely prosperous. Whether in spring, summer, autumn and winter, countless people enter and leave the city.

The migrant population living in outer cities and outside cities has reached one million. Some have lived in villages or villages, but most people are still in a state of no land or house. Although these people have good economic income and can make a lot of money even if they sell breakfast in the capital, they still find it difficult to take root in the capital city where every inch of land is valuable.

Because the land in the capital was mainly the land of the imperial village and the powerful, and a large part of it was official land, that is, the public land managed by Shuntian Prefecture. Moreover, Zhu Houzhao expected that as early as the early years of Zhengde that the economic development would lead to a rise in the capital. In order to avoid wealth being occupied by the powerful, the imperial village and Shuntian Prefecture directly allowed the imperial village and Shuntian Prefecture to acquire the land of the capital at a high price.

Nowadays, the land in the capital is mainly divided into official fields, imperial villages, and powerful people's farmlands. It is naturally difficult for the people who come to Beijing to buy land to build houses and settle down, and most of them can only rent houses to live.

Zhu Houzhao asked the cabinet to preside over the court discussion on letting people coming to Beijing settle down, so Shuntian Prefecture began to sell some of the official land in a planned manner, and let merchants be responsible for contracting this part of the official land for commercial housing. At the beginning, the price of commercial housing was not high. Most people who came to Beijing for a long time could afford it, and they all successfully became people in Beijing and began to settle in Beijing to enjoy education and corresponding benefits.

But from ancient times to the present, people have been equally smart. In the shortage of commercial housing, many powerful and wealthy chaebols began to smell the business opportunities here and began to speculate on houses. In the 30th year of Zhengde, the prices of commercial housing have been high enough to more than five times the prices of the same houses in other places.

The officials of Shuntian Prefecture also began to adapt to this social change, began to make a series of policy changes, and began to regulate the economy of the entire capital. The most important thing was housing prices, and to control the economy of the entire capital to a state that is most stable and easiest to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people for production.

Moreover, in this era, without the impact of the theory of free economics, the pressure of government intervention in the economy was not great. Therefore, many administrative interventions in Shuntian Prefecture did not encounter too many voices of slander, but there were still resistance. After all, many people in the capital were either rich or noble, and it was not easy to control them.

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao, the biggest powerful man in the capital, supported it, but Shuntian Mansion could also be controlled.

However, it is inevitable that the government will over-control and excessive intervention in the market economy will lead to the fact that capital vitality is still lower than that of Jiangnan and Guangdong and Guangxi, and its development speed is not as fast as that of Guangdong and Guangxi, but it is more stable than that of Jiangnan and Guangdong and Guangxi.

The emergence of securities trading in Guangdong and Guangxi has led to several crises in the economy of Guangdong and Guangxi. Each time it was the central court that took action to save it, which prevented Guangdong and Guangxi from turmoil due to excessive development of the free economy.

In any case, Xu Jie, the head of Shuntian Prefecture, was still very grateful to the Emperor Zhu Houzhao for asking Shuntian Prefecture to invest in the acquisition of a large amount of civil land and land that was infringed on the powerful as official land, because now Shuntian Prefecture can obtain a lot of fiscal revenue by selling land alone, which is enough to raise the municipal level of the capital to a level that can manage millions of people.

It is precisely because Shuntian Prefecture has sufficient financial income that almost every yard in the capital has a civilian medical clinic, and all old doctors with excellent medical skills are in the hall, and there are even surgeons who specialize in graduating from the University of Beijing.

Even outside Yongding Gate, the capital city at this time, it seemed very neat and clean because of the high level of municipal service in Shuntian Prefecture. Two rows of green trees set off the wide cement road with a bright contrast. All kinds of four-wheeled carriages of different sizes were spotless, and only in this way could they be allowed to enter the city.

The police officers responsible for maintaining traffic order and public order have patrols almost every ten steps, and there is a security pavilion every mile. No matter who enters Beijing or leaves the city, they are not allowed to rush around except for the officials who report urgently.

On the cement road ten miles away from Yongding Gate, there are not only ten miles long pavilions, but also toll stations. This was invented by Xu Jie, and Zhu Houzhao did not stop him. Now he and the six ministries of the cabinet no longer take care of the urban management of Shuntian Prefecture. The management of Shuntian Prefecture was basically handed over to Shuntian Prefecture itself, and the roads of Shuntian Prefecture were also maintained by Shuntian Prefecture itself.

Xu Jie, the new head of Shuntian Prefecture, set up a toll station. Although it is not high, there are so many people leaving and entering Beijing, so they can collect a lot of them every year. This can not only satisfy the maintenance of Shuntian Prefecture, but also allow Shuntian Prefecture to have more public funds income.

Of course, Shuntianfu uses the maintenance, charging and inspection of cement roads to solve the employment problems of many people, especially vulnerable groups such as elderly and weak bodies, so that they will not become beggars and can support themselves.

Because Zhu Houzhao issued an edict to let the vassal kings go to Beijing to attend the royal meeting, many royal children entered the capital one after another during this period. Zhu Chengqi, the general of the Xiangyuan Prince's Mansion, also came to the capital at this time, and he rode his horse and rushed over. When he saw the Yongding Gate toll station, he shouted: "Get out of here for me!"

Gu Shi, the toll collector at Yongdingmen toll station, ignored it. There are countless dignitaries who come to Beijing every year, and he has seen many who are unruly. Therefore, Gu Shi ignored Zhu Chengqi's call at this time. At this time, Zhu Chengqi directly got off the horse and came to the toll station, ordered the guard to lift Gu Shi out and press it on the ground, and then whipped it over:

"Bitch! This general is the general of the royal family and the nobles of heaven. I will let you make way for you! Why are you stopping here? Are you looking for death?!"

Zhu Chengqiu said and shouted, "Boll me to death!"

Gu Shi didn't even have the chance to beg for mercy, so he was beaten violently. After a while, he was beaten to pieces and screamed on the ground. In the end, he was knocked unconscious.

Zhu Chengqi just smiled coldly, and when he felt tempted, he simply ordered the Gu Shi to spread his mouth apart and then spill it in.

After Gu Shi was awakened, Zhu Chengqi laughed: "This is dragon urine, which can heal your injuries!"

After saying that, Zhu Chengqi ordered the guards to evacuate the roadblock. At this time, Fenglin King Zhu Taihan also appeared at this time. He happened to see this scene and asked: "What's going on? Why is this person beaten up! Are you from the royal family?"

"Zhu Chengqiu, the assistant general of the Xiangyuan Palace!" Zhu Chengqiu first reported his royal family title.

"Zhu Taihan, King of Fenglin", Zhu Taihan also replied.

Seeing that Zhu Taihan was higher in the royal family than him, Zhu Chengqi bowed: "Uncle, don't ask too much. This lack of vision will not give way to me when I see this general coming. I will only teach him a lesson!"

Zhu Taihan said angrily: "Since you are a child of the royal family, you should have the ability to compete with ordinary people, beat people so hard, and why do you want to set the king's law?"

"The whole world belongs to our Zhu family, just one hundred people, so what if you kill him!"

After Zhu Chengqiu said that, he happened to come out: "Chengqiu is right. We are the nobles of heaven. What is the point of killing one or two people!"

Zhu Taihan was about to persuade Zhu Chengqi to say a few words, but when he saw that the man also came with a large group of guards, he hurriedly asked about his origin.

"The Lord is Zhu Houyu, King Hui." After saying this, King Hui Zhu Houyu said: "Everyone is a blood relative of the royal family. You may as well go to the chariot and have a few more talks."

Zhu Taihan and Zhu Chengqiu did not expect that the person in front of him was Zhu Houji, the King of Hui. Although he was not a close relative of the emperor, he was more intimate than his own in terms of closeness. Therefore, Zhu Taihan and Zhu Chengqiu took Zhu Houjiu's chariot and left.

Only the wounded Gu Zhi was left on the ground and still moved.

The royal family members of the vassal kings usually had no chance to get together. Now that they were ordered to come to Beijing, they just had the opportunity to chat. After chatting for a few words, they became more familiar with each other. They were talking about the emperor summoning him to Beijing and the recent matters about the tax affairs of Jiangnan and the collection of heavy taxes within the pass.

In fact, the vassal kings were also quite dissatisfied with these policies of the court. Although the ancestral teachings of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the royal family of the vassal kings could not go through business, these vassal kings would naturally not really obey the ancestral teachings honestly, and most of them had their own agents doing business for themselves.

However, the examples of the failure of rebellion by King Anhua and King Ning are in front of us. These vassal kings dare not to confront the court explicitly. The only thing they can do is to express their dissatisfaction with the court through some violent behaviors. After all, they are all children of the royal family anyway, and it is difficult for the law to restrain themselves.

"Your Majesty, the city inspector Du Min reported that outside the Yongding Gate of Shuntian Prefecture, a royal family member beat Gu Shi, the official road toll collector of Shuntian Prefecture, and insulted him with urine! According to Shuntian Prefecture, three royal family members entered the capital that day. Among them, Zhu Chengqiu, a famous policeman was killed outside Yongding Gate because he refused to be inspected!"

The Zuodu Censor Jin Xianmin reported this to Zhu Houzhao at this time. After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but hold his forehead: "It seems that these vassal royal families are used to being presumptuous in the local area, so they forget the rules. Do they think that the court's laws cannot control them?!"

Jin Xianmin could hear that Emperor Zhu Houzhao was obviously quite dissatisfied with the arrogant behavior of the royal family, but he was benefited by King Hui and could not let King Hui get in at this time: "Go to Your Majesty, there have been many arrogant children of the royal family, but there are also virtuous people, such as King Hui, who has always been good at loving the people. This time he happened to go to Beijing with Zhu Chengqiu and others, probably also persuaded him, but he might have a weak face and did not persuade him. I believe that for the children of the royal family, the role of the clan mansion should be strengthened and the clan family should be controlled."

Zhu Hou took a look at Jin Xianmin. From Jin Xianmin's expression, he confirmed two information: one was King Hui's Xianming, and the other was to ask the clan mansion to strengthen the management of the vassal kings.

If Zhu Houzhao didn't have the eyes of the West Factory, he really believed the previous words of Jin Xianmin, namely, King Hui, whether Hui, or not, Zhu Houzhao could be sure that Jin Xianmin was at least not that clean on the surface. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao only smiled and said, "You will go to the East Factory Inspection Department by yourself later, and I will not have to send someone to the East Factory to issue an order."

Jin Xianmin was slightly stunned and then understood. For a moment, he felt mixed feelings in his heart. He didn't know how to explain, and he knew that it was useless to explain, so he had to say yes.

Zhu Houzhao saw Ma Yongcheng here and asked, "At that time, in Jiangnan, the East Factory found that Ji Xuan and King Hui had a relationship, and confessed that he was the King Hui. The Xuanwu Lake assassination case was also related to King Hui. I asked you to investigate King Hui, but what did you find out?"

"Report to Your Majesty, King Hui has been staying in his palace since he learned that Ji Xuan was arrested and has not done any abnormal behavior. This time, Your Majesty summoned the vassal kings into the capital, and the King Hui left the palace to enter the capital, and there was no panic. The Insider just learned that King Hui and King Fenglin Zhu Taihan and General Zhu Chengqi had been together in the chariot for a long time. As for what he said, because they were in the car, they could not monitor it."

Ma Yongcheng replied.

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "After Jin Xianmin confession, submit the record of Jin Xianmin's confession immediately."

"Abide by the order!"

Ma Yongcheng retreated, and at night, he asked to see Zhu Houzhao again and reported, "Your Majesty, according to Jin Xianmin's instructions, he knew King Hui because of Tao Zhongwen, an ambassador of Liaodongku;

Tao Zhongwen is good at treating demons and treating diseases. Last year, Jin Xianmin's grandson got chickenpox and was unable to treat him. After being introduced by someone, Tao Zhongwen was able to pray and heal his grandson. Therefore, Jin Xianmin respected Tao Zhongwen deeply. Tao Zhongwen recommended King Hui to Jin Xianmin, saying that King Hui is good at morality and is especially good at making immortal medicines. An old man in Huang County, who was 87 years old had already died of illness, but was saved by his talisman water and medicine. Now he is 110 and 1 year old this year! After Jin Xianmin got it, he asked King Hui through the King of Hui to get his medicine. After taking it, he was so energetic that he could not leave this medicine every day."

After hearing Ma Yongcheng's words, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing. She thought that chickenpox was a self-healing disease. Chickenpox had a high rate of self-healing in children. Tao Zhongwen could actually successfully show off and gain the trust of Zuodu Censor Jin Xianmin. The key was to pull King Hui in, and King Hui was actually good at immortality.

If I were not a time traveler, I might have believed in this lie because of my longing for life, and really thought that King Hui would be the art of immortality, so I chose to forgive King Hui.

However, Zhu Houzhao is now very curious about what elixir of immortality that King Hui took to the 87-year-old man and Jin Xianmin, which can also make people feel energetic.

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly and said, "Let King Hui Zhu Houqiu come to see me tomorrow."

Ma Yongcheng thought that Emperor Zhu Houzhao was also interested in the so-called elixir of immortality, so he retreated and sighed in his heart that even his wise Majesty is easily moved by things like immortality. After all, who doesn’t want to live longer?

...

Ji Xuan was captured by the people from the Dongchang. It was impossible for King Hui to be afraid or worried, but he had no other way. In front of the Emperor Zhu Houzhao, who had absolute strength, even if he had plans to surpass Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen, it would be useless.

Because of this, when he received the order to go to Beijing to discuss, he still chose to go to Beijing, and took advantage of the opportunity to go to Beijing to continue to spread his own art of immortality.

King Hui can only hope to use the elixir of immortality to deceive most powerful people and then deceive the Ming Emperor.

He didn't believe in Emperor Zhu Houzhao's unwillingness to live longer.

When Ma Yongcheng came to find King Hui, King Hui guessed that Emperor Zhu Houzhao must have become interested in his elixir of immortality.

then.

A stone hanging in King Hui's heart finally fell to the ground. He hoped that His Majesty the Emperor could accept his elixir of immortality. In this way, he could achieve his goal even without changing the emperor.

...

After Zhu Houzhao's decree was issued, at this time, General Zhu Chengqi, the auxiliary state, had been escorted from the Tenth Prince's Mansion by the people from the Ministry of Justice. Moreover, Zhu Chengqi was still shouting: "Let me go, I am a clan of the royal family, why do you catch me? Isn't it just to beat a pariah and kill a Qiu Ba, what's the big deal? Do you still want me to lose my life?"

King Hui happened to see this scene and saw Zhu Chengqiu in a messy manner. He was very glad that he was not punished because of his special Taoism. However, he also began to look forward to the emperor's elixir of immortality that could be truly enjoyed, so that he would not have to wear shackles like Zhu Chengqiu.

...

Zhu Houzhao met Zhu Chengqi first. He had already heard of the arrogance of the royal family, but he did not expect that some of the royal family members were so arrogant that they dared to act wildly under the feet of the emperor.

Therefore, this time, Zhu Houzhao planned to treat Zhu Chengqi as a typical example. He wanted everyone in the world to understand that anyone who violates the law will be subject to legal sanctions, and even the children of the royal family cannot get away with it.

Therefore, looking at Zhu Chengqiu, Zhu Houzhao said, "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, since you have killed someone, you will naturally want to pay your life! Zhu Chengqiu is the most courageous to give you, and dare to act wildly in the capital. Do you know who the police officer you killed is? They are warriors who once opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty. Even the toll collector Gu Shi who was humiliated by you are also a scholar who graduated from junior college, unlike you, a ignorant waste! You are not only a waste but also a blind eye!"

Zhu Houzhao said and ordered: "Mr. Wang Jun, Minister of Justice, directly sentenced, no need to tolerate it!"

"I obey the order!"

After Wang Jun said that, he immediately issued the Jun Order of the Ministry of Justice: "Behead!"

Zhu Chengqi was shocked after hearing this and hurriedly knelt down at Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I am a descendant of the royal family. How can you make me compensate for the lives of a few common people? I am not convinced, but I am not convinced!"

Zhu Houzhao ignored Zhu Chengqiu and left directly.

For the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Chengqiu's death was indeed very practical. It not only made the royal family rule a lot, but also made the common people and officers and soldiers have increased their favorability for Zhu Houzhao a lot. He knew that His Majesty was a good emperor who was willing to make decisions for those of him and others.

Even some eunuchs in the inner court thought so, and they were talking in a low voice. King Zhu Houyu of Hui heard a few words of discussion, so he couldn't sneer and said in his heart: "The good emperor doesn't want to live forever, and hopes that he can be the best forever!"

When Zhu Houzhao saw King Hui come in, he asked directly: "Are you the King Hui Zhu Houjiu?"

King Hui bowed and bowed: "Your Majesty, I am Zhu Houyu."
To be continued...