I want to ruin the country

Yining Road,

“You are closely related to the lives of the people, how can you say you are not important?

Unless you want to be idle and do nothing!

Otherwise, your Ministry of Industry can accomplish a lot and change the world!"

Peng Yunzhang said,

"Your Majesty, your words have enlightened me. I now understand your Majesty's intention. You want us to truly help the people live a better life!"

Yining Road,

"Yes, Lord Peng, I am sweating profusely to make you understand your importance!"

Peng Yunzhang said,

"It's all my fault for being so stupid. I've caused Your Majesty so much trouble!"

Yining Road,

"Now that I understand the principle, it's time to tell you how to do it!"

Peng Yunzhang was sincerely convinced.

"Your Majesty, please explain clearly!"

"Let's not talk about the big things that will happen later today, let's talk about what we need to do right now!"

"Listen, old minister!"

Yining Road,

"So many people are about to flood into the capital. Once they arrive, they'll need food, shelter, and shelter. You must first improve the city's infrastructure!"

Peng Yunzhang asked,

"What aspects should I start with?"

Yining Road,

“When you go out, you only need food, clothing, housing and transportation. As long as you take care of these, you’ll be fine!

First, we need to arrange their food and lodging. If the inns are not able to accommodate them, we need to rent some vacant houses, temples, or Taoist temples in advance. We can't let them sleep on the streets!"

"I've made note of it!"

Yining said again,

"We also need to build more storage space for the horses and prepare more fodder. We can't let some people drive up prices because of inadequate preparations!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

"We need to build more public toilets and assign people to clean them. We don't want the streets to be littered with feces and garbage, and the stench is so bad!"

Peng Yunzhang was truly convinced and impressed. It turned out that the emperor was so considerate!

"Your Majesty, I will take note of this!"

Yining said again,

"After this event is over, you must produce a city plan for me to review."

Peng Yunzhang was even more puzzled.

"Urban Plan?"

Yining explained,

“The first thing is to clean up, widen and straighten the streets.

It would be best to adjust some of the winding streets and alleys so that they are arranged in a crisscross pattern.

Then, we need to rationally plan out recreational areas, vegetable markets, commercial areas, residential areas, and so on. We need to plan with a long-term perspective!"

Peng Yunzhang's eyes widened.

"Your Majesty, I really can't!"

Yining was happy.

"I know you can't do it, so I'll help you when the time comes. That should be fine, right?"

"Long live thanks!"

Yining said again,

"Those whose properties need to be demolished should discuss it with the people and build houses for them elsewhere.

The location is not good, so give them appropriate compensation.

If you can't build it right away, you should spend money to rent housing to people so they have a place to live first. Don't bully others by taking advantage of your power!"

"I've made note of it!"

"Roads must be divided into main roads, secondary roads, and branch roads. Main roads cannot be lower than 12 zhang, secondary roads cannot be lower than 9 zhang, and branch roads cannot be lower than 6 zhang.

Peng Yunzhang was surprised.

“So wide?”

Yining said in his heart, it is surprising to see something unusual. If you go to Chang'an Avenue in the future, you will see that the widest part is more than 120 meters. Or go to Jingshi Road in Jinan, which has 24 lanes in both directions and the widest part is more than 140 meters. That is what you call wide!

However, there is no need to build it that wide yet. This is not something that can be done overnight, and forty meters is enough for now.

Yining Road,

"Build drainage ditches on both sides to prevent water from accumulating during heavy rains. The outermost sidewalk should be at least ten feet wide.

The main, secondary and branch roads must all be paved, and the roads must be gradually smoothed out to avoid bumps.

Peng Yunzhang's jaw dropped in shock.

"Your Majesty, how do you harden them all?"

"I will develop some new materials to harden the road surface. Can you make the plans first?"

"How much will it cost and how long will it take!"

"We have to do it no matter how much it costs, and there's no time limit. Urban transformation isn't something that can be done overnight; it requires long-term planning!"

Peng Yunzhang said,

“Weren’t there some things we were not responsible for before?”

Yining Road,

"From now on, it's your responsibility. You will set up an Urban Construction Preparatory Office to be responsible for urban construction.

We will also set up an urban management office to specifically manage small vendors and the city’s appearance and sanitation.”

Peng Yunzhang was happy now.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Who wouldn’t be happy to expand their business scope? What could be more exciting than having an entire city in their hands?

Yining said again,

"We need to rationally arrange morning markets, evening markets, night markets, and bazaars to make the capital's economy prosperous!"

"Your Majesty, that's going to cost a fortune. That old man in Ruijin is so stingy, asking him for money is like trying to skin him alive!"

Yining Road,

"Don't worry about that. You can still ask him to pay for the previous expenses of your department. I will pay for the rest. How about that?"

"Your Majesty, as long as there's money, I'll do whatever you ask me to do, and I won't bargain!"

Yining nodded.

"I give you my full trust, but you have to keep a clear account. If anyone under you embezzles money, I will punish you. If there is a big mess, the relationship between us, the emperor and his subjects, will be gone!"

"This old minister will never let your majesty down!"

After talking about city construction, Yining said,

"Besides, the exam is actually quite simple. No matter what he knows, just let him compete with his peers and figure out who is first, second, or third. That's all!

But there must be justice, injustice is the root of all evil!"

"Old minister understands!"

Yining Road,

“If there is only one person who knows a skill, he is the best.

Even if this kind of person is useless for the time being, I still have to keep him, give him a salary, and let him use his brain to think of things he can do. I will have use for these people in the future!"

"What kind of talent do you want?"

Yining laughed and said,

"Let me put it this way, he just pees farther than anyone else, and I want him to pee. Got it?"

Peng Yunzhang smiled.

"Your Majesty, you really spent a lot of money this time!"

"There's no other way. We're so short of talent, we have no choice but to resort to this method!"

Peng Yunzhang asked,

“How are these people arranged?”

"Your government office definitely can't accommodate them, so just rent them a house or an inn first. Build a canteen in your department and stew meat and chicken every day to keep them well fed!

Then, you build your house in the suburbs. The land needs to be large, at least one thousand acres!"

"So big?"

"Even this big isn't enough. I want to build the Ministry of Works into the largest ministry, so they can be jealous!"

Peng Yunzhang is so old that he has long been indifferent to fame and fortune, but today he was also very excited by the emperor!

It seems that there is hope in following the new emperor!

Yining Road,

"Now your Ministry of Works has too much to do, and it's too complicated. Most of the original officials are good at calculating, and there are too many people for the job.

I have decided to make an exception and promote some truly capable people to help you. I will add two assistant ministers to your Ministry of Works!

In the next few days, you should make a list of people who can be reused, and I will approve it for you.

Make a list of your unusable subordinates and solve the problems you can solve yourself.

If you can't solve it, I'll help you drive them away!"