Chapter 52 Construction Society
On the private side, it is to lure noble people into the water.
This is He Xi's selfishness in reforming the law.
There are three major political forces in the court: the first is the nobles, the second is the scholars, and the third is the clan. As the vassal kings were externalized, the influence of the clan power on the center had been reduced a lot. Although it cannot be said that it has no influence at all, it no longer has a deterministic influence.
There were only two major forces in the court, the nobles and the scholars.
Shilin was completely opposed to the reform.
Although He Xi tried his best to attract some people from Shilin. But on the whole, it is a drop in the bucket. He has no advantage.
What can He Xi do? Pull the nobles into their chariots as much as possible.
There are pros and cons to this.
In fact, most of the nobles have no political ideas at all, such as Confucian and Legalist ways of governing the country. Sorry, they have never studied and do not understand this. Even the so-called Confucian generals who studied and were actually killed from the dead were extreme pragmatists. Don't care about this at all.
so. Give them benefits and they will be willing to support it.
This is both a benefit and a disadvantage.
Because the nobles were already at the top of the Ming Dynasty's food chain, the only one who could limit them was Zhu Yuanzhang.
And once Zhu Yuanzhang is gone, they have too many ways to gain benefits. The benefits given by He Xi, that is, the benefits of legitimate business operations, in their view, are just a drop in the bucket. After working hard to make money, there is no way to get money quickly.
Don’t you, gentlemen, want to rob it?
Therefore, it is not easy to bind these nobles with the benefits He Xi has given, even if others offer higher benefits in the future. They can defect at any time. Of course, this benefit will not be monetary. It's about political interests.
But no matter what, now make more of your own people and less of the enemy. This is a question that He Xi has to think about every day.
There are actually no aristocratic families in the north. These so-called aristocratic families have long been wiped out by the chaos of more than two hundred years after the Jingkang Rebellion. Those who really have influence are the local health offices and nobles.
Winning them on board will make it easier for He Xi to do anything.
Moreover, the nobles are currently in a state of secrecy in the court. Because of Zhu Yuanzhang's suppression, nobles were not allowed to discuss government affairs. But it’s hard to say in the future.
This can be considered a precautionary measure.
It's just that Deng Zhen didn't expect He Xi's intentions. He didn't expect how profitable it would be. After he felt that it was hard money, he denied it in his heart. Said: "If Mr. He is interested, just mobilize the guard army directly. There is no need to build a community. At worst, just pay the workers."
He Xi said: "How many guardhouses are there?"
Deng Zhen said: "Then it will be done according to Master He's wishes. I will send someone to make arrangements. Report to the court."
He Xi thought for a moment and said, "Can we start doing it now? I will send people to train the guards and start the preparation project."
Deng Zhen said: "If it were anyone else, this would never be possible. However, Mr. He brought it up, so let's do it according to Mr. He's wishes."
Dismantling the four guard stations is no small matter. This is something that needs to be reported to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, to the Ministry of War, and even to Zhu Yuanzhang's writing. The whole process, coupled with the distance between Beijing and Nanjing, has been running for more than half a year, and it is very normal. Even if it is processed on an expedited basis, one or two months is still considered fast.
But He Xi didn't want to waste too much time.
Because He Xi knows that building Beijing city is actually a systematic project that requires many projects to go hand in hand and influence each other. Among them, the Construction Society is the main force, so the quality of these people is the most important. 33
There are a lot of new materials, new technologies, and new tools to use.
Without proper training, they probably won’t be able to get started.
Although it is said that sharpening the knife does not stop the woodchopping. But sharpening the knife always comes before chopping wood. Advance as much as possible.
Deng Zhen would not embarrass He Xi in small matters, as long as they were not matters of principle.
He Xi thanked me and didn’t mention it.
At this moment, an imperial edict suddenly arrived.
It was originally sent to He Xi's house, but there was also one addressed to Deng Zhen. So the two imperial edicts were sent here together.
He Xi and Deng Zhen stood up together to receive the order.
The imperial edict to He Xi is very simple. It is to tell He Xi your memorial. Ask He Xi to report the budget, and the court will prepare and allocate funds. That is to say, the Beijing construction project can officially begin.
The imperial edict given to Deng Zhen is to ask Deng Zhen to assist He Xi in completing the important task of building the city of Beijing.
This is invisible, giving two determined masters and slaves. He Xi ranks above Deng Town.
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After He Xi received the imperial edict, he immediately returned to his mansion.
After showing the imperial edict to his staff, he said: "This can be considered settled. By the way, where is the great work of Kuai Fu Kuai?"
Kuai Fu was the most experienced craftsman in building cities in Nanjing, and He Xi had met him once before. Nowadays, the construction of Beijing City has exhausted all the craftsmen in the world. Most of the skilled craftsmen in the world are near Beijing City.
This was not done by He Xi, but prepared by the prince.
After He Xi arrived, he had several in-depth discussions with these craftsmen and asked them to make several plans.
In the end, He Xi still felt that Kuai Fu was the best among them. So He Xi will make Kuai Fu a great engineer in Beijing. That is the chief engineer. Responsible for the design of the entire Beijing city. Of course, this was also a position where Kuai Fu's hair almost fell out.
Without him, He Xi asked Kuai Fu to provide not only design drawings, but also construction drawings, down to the details of how much work each project involved. And prepare to calculate the total project quantity and let the construction company contract it.
However, although Kuai Fu had rich construction experience and built many large cities in his life, he had never done it in such detail. Many times, he just needs to build a model and let the people above him know what it looks like.
How can you be so picky?
Not to mention, the amount of calculation involved is too great.
As a great craftsman, Kuai Fu cannot be said to be bad at mathematics. After all, in the art of construction, many places require mathematical calculations. However, such a large amount of calculation is still beyond Kuai Fu's ability.
In addition, He Xi was also very pressed for time.
This is simply not the amount of work one person can accomplish.
So He Xi pulled most of the students from Yingkou University Hall over at once and put them into Kuai Fu's men to help Kuai Fu. After the construction of Beijing City is completed in the future, these people can be directly arranged to go to Beijing Mansion. Yamen, or other Yamen.
It can be regarded as a shortcut to the south.
However, these people are also very useful. If nothing else, there is no problem in taking on a lot of calculations for Kuai Fu.
After hearing what He Xi said, Kuai Fu stepped out and said, "The little old man is here."
He Xi said: "Look, how is your plan going?"
Kuai Fu agreed, and then asked his assistants to put several tables together, one by one, to move the models one by one, and finally put them together to form a large model, that is, a style.
This is the future Beijing city.
On the whole, it was not unexpected.
Because cities in the north are all like this, horizontally and vertically like a chessboard, symmetrical about the central axis, with the palace in the middle, facing north and south. If these architectural rules are not broken, the city of Beijing will not be able to change.
However, He Xi has no intention of changing these architectural rules. After all, this is the consensus of almost everyone. Except in Nanjing or the cities in the south, which are restricted by terrain and have twists and turns, any city that can be spread out will look like this.
He Xi never thought about going against everyone's common ideas.
And this look has a kind of grandeur, which is not bad.
However, as a result, Kuai Fu has less room to play. But it's not without its performance. He Xi soon noticed something, that is, Kuai Fu led two rivers into the city of Beijing, crossing the entire city of Beijing, providing water intake for the entire city of Beijing, and allowing large ships to directly enter the city of Beijing. Outside the city, two lakes, East Lake and West Lake, were planned to coordinate the water volume of the canal and the tidal river. This ensures that Beijing city will not be threatened by floods.
It was He Xi's idea, and the implementation was very clever.
Some people died, but not completely...
