Daming Military Empire

Chapter 421 Expanding the Capital
The capital of Ming Dynasty is indeed the best in the world, because at this time the global population is less than one-tenth of the later generations, and most of the countries are agricultural countries. They are all great big cities; if the population is over a million, it is already one of the few super big cities in the world; like Daming Capital, which has a permanent population of 10 million, it is definitely the only one, and there is no other place in the world. two.

The problem now is that the scale of 300 million is not big enough, and it needs to be expanded, otherwise it will be overcrowded!

Why are there so many people pouring into Daming's capital?
First of all, it is because it is the capital of Ming Dynasty and a place where humanities gather. Anyone who has a relationship or ability, who would not want to come to the capital to hang out? Difficult, when you arrive in the capital, you can grab a lot of seventh-rank, sixth-rank, and fifth-rank ones, which are very common.

Then, the law and order in the capital city must be the best in Ming Dynasty and even in the world. There are a few who dare to be ashamed under the emperor's feet. The Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Imperial Guards are not vegetarians. what?Are you going to seek death?

Finally, and most importantly, the capital has convenient transportation, developed commerce, and a large consumer population. It is simply too easy to do business here and make a fortune.

You must know that the capital not only has the railway that runs through the north and the south, but also the Dongdaying New Port that is very close at hand, the Daming Royal Nikko Bank provides funds, the Daming Royal Machinery Group provides production equipment, and the Daming Royal Xinglong Company and Daming Royal Western Commerce buys all kinds of commodities. It can be said that even if you are a pauper and run to the capital of Daming with bare buttocks, as long as you have a brain, you can get rich in no time!
This caused merchants from all over the Ming Dynasty, various vassal states, and even countries around the world to flock to the capital of the Ming Dynasty desperately. It is no wonder that the population does not grow rapidly.

Now the expansion is definitely going to be expanded, but the extent of the expansion depends on the needs of various aspects.

After Zhu Cijiong expressed his emotions, he immediately consulted: "It is imperative to expand the capital now, but the scale of the expansion depends on the needs of various aspects. Ruizheng, you first talk about the evacuation of the increasingly crowded flow of people. How much does the capital need to expand?"

Naturally, He Ruizheng had a draft in mind. When the emperor asked about it, he immediately said without hesitation: "Back to the emperor, I feel that in order to solve the increasingly congested situation in the capital, we must maintain a good momentum of development and build a business as big as Dongcheng District." District is the most suitable."

Zhu Cijiong nodded appreciatively and said, "Well, that's right, there's no great success, what about the others, do you have any needs?"

As soon as his words fell, Huang Daozhou rushed to say: "Your Majesty, there are humble ministers, and the Guozijian is also overcrowded. The Ming Dynasty conquered so many vassal states, and doubled the number of provinces. Students from all over the country are asking to come to the Guozijian." I’m learning more and more, and I can’t live anymore!”

In Zhu Cijiong's impression, the grade of the supervisory students of the Imperial College is already quite high. Although the supervisory students have no fame, the outstanding ones can directly participate in the examination, which is equivalent to juren. Question, where did Daming get so many juren?

He couldn't help asking curiously: "What are the main sources of this supervision?"

Huang Daozhou said without hesitation: "The source of the supervising students, according to the regulations at the beginning of the dynasty, is mainly non-Han students from various provinces and students who are interested in Sinology from other countries. By the way, some officials' children can also be recruited. This nature gradually changed, and almost only recruited officials and eunuchs. It no longer has the function of promoting the study of sages and sages. It didn’t matter at first, because the non-Han students in various provinces and those who love Sinology from other countries are not right. However, in recent years, it has become a serious situation. The number of students required by various vassal states to come to the Imperial College has already exceeded the limit that the Imperial College can accommodate. , plus these newly added provinces, this, this..."

What is this, let them learn the newly added provinces by themselves, if you want to take care of their studies, then it’s okay!

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help urging: "Why are you hesitating? You don't want to recruit them all to the Imperial College to study!"

Huang Daozhou heard the words, and said bravely: "Your Majesty, it's not that the humble officials want to recruit all of them to study in the Imperial College. They, they are not my students of the Han nationality. According to the ancestral system, they are qualified to study in the Imperial College!"

Fainted, how could I forget this? Indeed, there are almost no Han people in the more than ten newly added provinces, and they are all from other ethnic groups. This is a bit troublesome. Let them all come to study. It is possible, and the capital will not be able to hold even if it is doubled in size. Zhu Cijiong had no choice but to say: "Then choose the best ones and admit them. It is impossible to recruit them all. You must give a specific number for the minimum number of recruits."

This Zodiac Zhou had already thought about it, and he said without hesitation: "It stands to reason that there are about 2000 candidates for each subject and province, and [-] new provinces and four vassal states, that is [-] two hundred. In addition, there are more and more scholars from other countries who are interested in sinology, and we have set a quota of [-] for them for the time being, so the Guozijian must be expanded by at least three times!"

This is necessary. The imperial examination must be carried out in the directly subordinate territories and vassal states, so that they can be subtly influenced and let them slowly accept the fact that they are part of the Ming Empire. Zhu Cijiong gritted his teeth and nodded: "Yes, I will build you a five Double the size of the New Imperial College!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Cijiong raised his head and looked at the crowd. Unexpectedly, Xu Guangqi was the second to speak. He continued, "Your Majesty, this state hotel is also overcrowded. In recent years, there have been an endless stream of envoys from various vassal states, and their domestic The children of high-ranking officials all yearn to live and study in the capital of Daming, and the state guesthouse has long been unable to accommodate them. In addition, the emperor ordered to vacate a large house for the royal family of the Mughal Empire. Now, Daming is a little afraid to receive the state guests of the vassal state There is really no place to live!"

There is also this kind of thing. The State Guest House is built on the scale of tens of thousands of people. This is not enough, it is funny!

Zhu Cijiong asked in confusion: "Master, how many distinguished guests have requested to stay at the State Guesthouse?"

Xu Guangqi said with a sad face: "There are more than 3 this year alone, and they will not be able to line up until next year!"

Damn, these vassal states want to bring all the family members of high-ranking officials to Daming, right? However, this is a good thing. It is to make them yearn for the life of Daming so that they will not have any disagreements. Zhu Cijiong gritted his teeth again, nodded and said: "Okay, I will build a state guest house five times the size, come, let them all come, it doesn't matter how long they stay!"

Calculated in this way, plus the palace promised to the Mughal Empire, it is almost half the size of the Dongcheng District. It will definitely not be able to fit into the newly built commercial district. Just build a new city. .

Anyway, two more new towns are going to be built, Zhu Cijiong doesn't care about one more, he looked up at the crowd again, his eyes seemed to say: "Come on, is there any more, whatever you want to build, I will build it for you! "

(End of this chapter)