Great Ming National Teacher

Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian delegated their powers to various ministries and committees. Everyone performed their duties. Every fifteen days, they went to the Taihe Palace to hold a small cabinet meeting. They studied and solved problems with each other. They were only needed when reconciliation failed When they came forward, Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian calculated the time and took a few days to come out to play.

The city of Beijing is divided into three parts: the outer city, the inner city, and the imperial city. With Li Yunya's great industrial development and the migration of prisoners of war, laborers, and military households from other places, Beijing's population has increased rapidly. Since the fifth year of Chongzhen, the population has reached 20 per year. Rapid growth.

When the population increases, it will bring security, health, education and other problems. Li Yunya has made the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and other departments tense up. Everyone who enters and leaves the city must be registered. , Those who do not have a household registration book and ID card are not allowed to enter, and there are records of when they entered the city, when they left the city, and which city gate they walked through.

Today's security situation in Beijing is very good, so Li Yunya dared to drag Zhu Youjian out in casual clothes. The Ouchi guards and national security bodyguards were not on his body, and only Wang Zhengnan, the chief instructor of the Northern Zhili Armed Police, Wudang Sect, led the people. followed secretly.

As the capital of the Jin, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, Beijing has always been prosperous, and it is the place where the world’s merchants gather. Due to the extensive use of reinforced concrete, buildings have sprung up one after another. Four or five-story buildings can be seen everywhere, and occasionally you can see Six or seven-story high-rise buildings, the inner city of Beijing is full of rich people, one group of powerful people fell, and another group of powerful people rose. The cinnabar walls, colored porcelain tiles, carved beams and painted buildings are beautiful, and there are commercial streets in each workshop. People come and go, shoulder to shoulder.

Zhu Youjian sighed: "As far as I can remember, Beijing has never been so lively. It seems that only Chang'an in the prosperous Tang Dynasty recorded in the book has such a scene!" He was quite depressed and said to Li Yunya gratefully, "These are all thanks to the national teacher!"

Li Yunya grinned, and led Zhu Youjian out of Zhengyang Gate to Chaoqian City, one of the four most famous markets in Beijing. This was originally a very lively market, but after Li Yunya's planning and reconstruction After that, it became dozens of times more prosperous than before, and it can be called the largest market in the northern region. There are not only large-scale trading houses for pawns, silk, grains, vegetables, and ready-made clothing, but also small shops such as Yangji and Liuji. There are individual households, and there are many small vendors who either set up stalls on the street or walk around the streets.

The items for sale are also dazzling, from all over the country, porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting, jewelry, silk, various daily groceries, gourmet snacks, as well as Japanese sake, Korean ginseng, northeast mink, Nanyang spices, America grains from Africa, ivory from Africa, and so on and on.

Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian first picked an old Wang shop in the alley to drink soy milk. The high-quality beans had been soaked for a long time, and they were newly ground before dawn, steaming hot, and served with freshly baked sesame bread. The fragrance is matched with the fragrance of wheat, which is extremely delicious.

After breakfast, the two of them strolled along the street. After walking one street, they went to the other. Li Yunya first entered a watch shop. It was a small two-story building, well decorated and full of customers. Some of them bought dozens of dollars. Even hundreds of dollars have to be taken to other provinces to sell.

Li Yunya has transferred all the industries under his name in the past few years. Some of them have been handed over to the state to become state-owned enterprises, and some of them have been sold to other merchants with technology and factory buildings for technology transfer. He only keeps industries with relatively high technology content, and seals clocks. It is one of them. The Tang Dynasty of China was able to make a timekeeping escapement, but that was an instrument for measuring astronomy with a timekeeping function.Li Yunya brought a lot of various watches, among which the two best ones are brought by oneself, and the other is on Zhu Youjian's arm. They are fully automatic mechanical watches, which do not need to be charged or wound, and follow the daily activities of the arms. He also has an ordinary mechanical watch for the craftsmen to study, plus two alarm clocks, which are used as the basis for the development of Fengyuan clocks in the Ming Dynasty. A desk clock, and a pocket watch the size of an adult's palm.

Although it is his own business, neither the shopkeeper nor the staff recognize Li Yunya. There are too many stores under Fengyuan Watches. Li Yunya only negotiates with the president who accepts his fate. The shopkeepers have no chance to meet Li Yunya at all. .

The shopkeeper was busy instructing the staff when he glanced at the two of them from the corner of his eye. Seeing their extraordinary identities, he immediately greeted them in person, clasped his fists in both hands, and bowed slightly: "Young masters, please come inside. The clock is on the second floor and the watch is on the other side." Lou, where do you two want to see?"

Because the sound of the clock and the end is the same, Chinese people are taboo to buy a clock and send a clock, and the watch is a new thing. People are used to calling it a small clock, which is not good to say. , is quite polite behavior.

"Just watch it here." Li Yunya said to Zhu Youjian, "I'm going to give Xuan'er a pocket watch, which one do you think is better?"

Zhu Youjian saw that he was hiding his identity to buy things in his own shop, and thought it was quite fun. He scanned the pocket watches on the shelf and pointed to one: "The one with the sandalwood case is very good."

The shopkeeper gave a thumbs up: "This young master is really discerning." He handed over the pocket watch, "This is one of the three best pocket watches in our store. Just looking at the case, it is made of high-quality red sandalwood. Made by skilled craftsmen, there is a picture of eight steeds engraved on it. Please take a look, every horse is lifelike, just like the real one. The inside cover is made of yellow glass, and the inside dial and hands are gold-plated , the twelve scales are inlaid with Nanyang rubies..."

The shopkeeper's mouth, blah blah, eloquent, not only praised Zhu Youjian's knowledge of goods, but also praised his own things. Li Yunya nodded while listening: This shopkeeper's is worth adding a chicken leg.

Zhu Youjian was praised very comfortably, and looked at Li Yunya with a little pride: "That's it?"

Li Yunya shook his head: "This watch is very good, but it is not suitable for Xuan'er." He told the shopkeeper, "Show me the one with the enamel case."

The shopkeeper brought the enamel watch over again, and boasted fiercely: "This watch is good, rich people buy it for young masters, and they all choose this model. I would like to ask, what is your young master's family?" The one that belongs to the snake? Then you can’t take this pig’s.” He opened the lock and found another one from the cabinet, “This snake plate gold pen is the best. Just good calligraphy and good writing!"

Li Yunya smiled: "I'll just buy it!" After paying seven Chongzhen Yuanbao, the two walked out of the watch shop.

At this time, I met a group of people moving down a clock from the second floor. The clock is more than two meters high. The boxwood shell is carved with the image of Guanyin Bodhisattva preaching in the South China Sea. The front and sides are full of water waves, and there are people between the waves. All kinds of creatures, such as ghosts, dragons and snakes, Raksha Yakshas, ​​etc., the clock dial and hands are all enamel, the top of the clock dial is divided into six, symbolizing reincarnation, the hands are men, women and children, and the pendulum below is a cross-legged cross-legged Arhat looks like.

A rich man watched from the side: "Be careful, be careful! You won't be able to pay for a broken corner if you sell it! My ancestor asked for it by name. I've been looking forward to it for several days. I'll definitely see you today!"

Looking at this Bodhisattva clock, Zhu Youjian was also surprised: "The clock can still be made like this? It must be custom-made, and you can make a lot of money!"

Li Yunya smiled and said, "It's fine for others to say this, but you are a bit guilty of saying that! You have so many properties under your name, and such a small amount of money for a clock can even fall into your eyes!"

From Chongzhen fleeting years, while reforming the country, Li Yunya also helped Zhu Youjian organize his personal royal assets. First, he handed over all the land under Zhu Youjian's name to the state, and originally only included the mining tax, etc. They are also nationalized together with the land.Only some good ones were kept in the manor, and all the rest were sold, and many shops were eliminated.

In order to compensate Zhu Youjian, Li Yunya gave him the chicken rack industry under his name, such as Fengyuan furniture, foldable dining table seats, dressing tables with mirrors and other novelty furniture that sell well all over the country, and it is a very profitable business. .Li Yunya also gave Zhu Youjian the Daming Hou Bao, and renamed it Daming Royal Hou Bao.He also helped Zhu Youjian set up a whole set of factories for the production of toiletries, including toothpaste, soap, facial cleanser, shower gel, etc., all of which were named after the Ming Dynasty Royal, and competed fairly with his own Fengyuan series.

Therefore, the total assets under Zhu Youjian's name did not decrease but increased compared to the original one. One day, the two counted each other's assets. There is still money, Li Yunya counts the Forbidden City, and the royal gardens such as Xiaotangshan, and finally concluded that Zhu Youjian is still the richest man in Ming Dynasty.

After a series of incidents such as fundraising and forcing the palace after ascension to the throne, Zhu Youjian has deeply realized that saying that the emperor is rich all over the world, is it possible that the world is the king's land, etc. are all nonsense, and they are all used by those ministers to fool themselves. Judging from the results of previous home raids, those ministers are all richer than themselves, but they don’t raise a penny when the country is in crisis. The poorest is myself. Now that the country has money, I also have money in my hands. Six or seven years ago, it was simply He didn't even dare to dream about it, and he could see that Li Yunya was really helping himself, working hard for this country, and working hard for this nation. In his opinion, in the entire Ming Dynasty, only the two of them really had such a mentality Yes, others are more or less selfish, including some officials in office today.

The two continued to wander on the street, and Li Yunya bought two more sets of clothes with good styles, which were also produced by Feng Yuan, similar to the tunic suits of later generations in the Republic of China. The two clothes that Li Yunya loved in the end, one was the windbreaker , one is the Chinese tunic suit, which looks very tall and straight after wearing it, with thin waist and long legs, wide shoulders and narrow hips, showing a fit body, exuding youthful vitality from head to toe.

This time he bought two sets, both in white, and gave one set to Zhu Youjian: "Next time we will both wear this suit, play the piano together, play with four hands, and match it with that light. good results!"

After shopping for clothes, Zhu Youjian looked at a bookstore with a big face on the side of the road, and said with a smile: "You go to your own shop when you buy things. It looks generous, but it is actually a left hand for a right hand. Destiny, it depends on whether you feel distressed when you pay later."

Li Yunya was overjoyed, and entered the door behind him, deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Just take whatever looks good." After a pause, he added, "Just don't let people catch you."

One sentence made the young man who greeted him amused: "What books do you two guests want to buy?"

Zhu Youjian didn't know what to buy, so he asked curiously: "What is the best seller here, just take it, don't you see the young master of the Li family behind him? He is the richest man in Beijing, He promised to pay the money, just because I'm afraid you don't have good books to sell."

"Okay, then you can pick it up!" The little guy quickly brought a lot of books, "This Jin Ping Mei, an illustrated edition, contains a small elephant drawn by the artist, and it is the best seller. This is The Book of Rejuvenation... ..."