Chapter 274 The Feng Shui Bureau of the Capital
Finally started work.
After dilly-dallying for nearly a month, Zhu Zaijing finally released the first batch of construction drawings and handed them over to the Ministry of Works, asking people from the Ministry of Works and Shuntian Prefecture to organize construction workers He Minfu started work.
Under the unified command and dispatch of the Ministry of Industry and Shuntian Prefecture, a construction team of thousands of people arrived outside Chongwen Gate, one of the south gates of the capital. Chongwen Gate is the third south gate among the nine gates of the capital. One, along with Zhengyang Gate and Xuanwu Gate, are collectively called the first three gates.
There is also an iron turtle in the northeast outside Chongwen Gate. Its shape is very simple. It is said that there is a sea eye under the bridge of this section of the moat. So, under the guidance of the Feng Shui master, it A turtle was used to calm the eyes of the sea and protect the safety of Beijing.
In addition, according to some ancient ruling ideas and the pursuit of harmony and unity in form, the Feng Shui layout of these three gates is also very interesting. Among the three gates, the middle is "Zhengyang", the left one is "Chongwen", and the right one is "Chongwen". "Xuanwu".
The main theme is a man who is both civil and military, and who respects Zhengyang.
However, the priority for construction this time is not Zhengyang Gate, because Zhengyang Gate is the highest gate among the nine gates of the capital. It is known as the "Gate of the Country". In previous years, the emperor went to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices. Oh my god, all the people who plowed through the Xiannongtan Temple walked through this door.
So in order to ensure that the entrance to the country gate is not affected for the time being, Zhu Zaicheng's preferred construction location was on the Chongwen Gate side.
Speaking of Chongwenmen, there is actually an interesting story. The famous cigarette brand Hademen in later generations was actually the old name of Chongwenmen.
Therefore, the history of this city gate is actually very long, and it can be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty era hundreds of years ago.
A construction team consisting of thousands of people arrived outside Chongwen Gate. The foreign merchants coming and going from Chongwen Gate looked at these workers who suddenly appeared, and they also showed curiosity.
“What are they doing?”
A merchant from afar asked a familiar friend curiously.
"You don't know, right? The imperial court is going to expand the outer city of the capital. These people are probably the workers and civilians who are expanding the outer city."
The locals who were familiar with the situation started to learn more about it.
Seeing so many workers and civilians gathered here, the merchants couldn't help but exclaimed: "The capital is indeed the capital. It takes so many people to expand the outer city."
Locals After hearing the emotion of the foreign merchant, he smiled proudly, and then curiously asked the foreign merchant: "Are you here to sell wine too?"
The foreign merchant hummed, "Good old wine on credit. .”
“Haven’t heard of it?”
The local asked again curiously.
The foreign merchants immediately started chatting, "This wine originated in the Han Dynasty. It is said that when Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty launched an army to rebel, he summoned all the talented people at the Yiliu Ji Tavern in Wandong Town. , to discuss the important matter of justice. "
"The tavern manager Liu brought out the good wine to entertain the guests. After the wine was half drunk, the plan was agreed upon, but the only thing missing was the commander's flag. Emperor Guangwu looked out and saw that the tavern's wine cover was fluttering in the wind. , the word "Liu" in the middle was dazzling and clear. He couldn't help but said with great joy: God helps me! So he took the wine flag as the commander's flag, raised troops in Nanyang, fought in Kunyang, and finally settled in Luoyang. "
"After Emperor Guangwu achieved great success, he remembered that shopkeeper Liu Liu had made great contributions to credit flags, so he named the tavern a credit flag store and the wine as credit shop old wine. Therefore, the town was renamed credit store town, and it has been used to this day. And my car The wine is the old wine from Shengdian Town, and the wine tastes very good!" The local people after hearing the story said, "I hope the wine will sell well and become famous in the capital."< br>
Because as locals who have lived near Chongwenmen for a long time, they have seen too many good wines from all over the world pass through Chongwenmen, and every good wine can tell a long-standing wine culture story, such as Fenjiu Xinghua Village in Shanxi , Shaoxing’s rice wine Nuerhong, Sichuan’s Shaochun Jiannanchun, etc., which one is not a well-known wine brand?
So for this foreign merchant who came to the capital for the first time to sell wine, the locals who talked to him did not think his wine was very special.
Because of the wine channel, there is never a shortage of good wine here in Chongwenmen. All fine wines coming from the north must pay taxes and enter the city through Chongwenmen, so there is a constant flow of wine carts passing here all year round. The fragrance has long been immersed in the air.
The foreign merchants who chatted for a few words were also queuing up to enter the city to pay taxes, so he quickly left here with the wine truck and did not stay for long.
A large number of construction workers and civilians quickly gathered from Chongwenmen, and then officials from the Ministry of Industry responsible for directing the construction and Shuntian Prefecture officials who maintained public security took them to the designated place. construction site.
Naturally, Hai Rui arrived early on this day, and together with Zhang Tianci supervised the progress of the first phase of the capital's outer city expansion project.
While the construction site outside Chongwenmen was in full swing, Shuntian Mansion finally became active.
With Zhang Juzheng's matchmaking, Wang Youzhao of Shuntian Prefecture finally realized the necessity of the Urban Construction Department.
If it is really possible to set up a subordinate yamen of the City Construction Department under Shuntian Prefecture, wouldn’t it mean that when Shuntian Prefecture wants to build major projects in the future, it can skip the Ministry of Industry and directly connect with the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Receive direct funding from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Wang Youzhao became excited when he thought of this, so before Zhang Juzheng could reveal Xu Jie as the big man behind the scenes, Wang Youzhao impatiently wrote a memorial requesting the establishment of a city construction department and submitted it to the General Affairs Department. .
Soon this memorial was also sent to the Superintendent of Ceremonies. When the eunuch Bingbi in the Supervisor of Ceremonies was sorting out these memorials, he was also very aware of the weight of this memorial, so he forwarded it to Huang as soon as possible. Brocade.
After reading the suggestions in this memorial, Huang Jin paused for a moment, and after thinking about it, he realized that this might be Prince Yu's new move.
Otherwise, relying on Shuntian Mansion’s style, they would never think of such a good way to gain power and benefit.
And in this matter, they still have to compete with the Ministry of Industry for benefits. With Yan Shifan's current momentum, they would not dare to compete with Yan Shifan for food no matter what.
But now Shuntian Mansion not only dares, but also has specific suggestions and ideas, which is interesting.
Huang Jin immediately took this memorandum to the Longevity Palace, where Emperor Jiajing meditated.
"Emperor, a memorial has been sent to the Shuntian Mansion. I dare not reply without authorization. I specially ask the emperor to read it."
After Emperor Jiajing heard Huang Jin's words, he opened his mouth slightly. He turned his head and looked at Huang Jin with some curiosity, "What's going on?"
Huang Jin said: "Shuntian Prefecture requested to set up a subordinate yamen to be responsible for urban construction tasks. But this proposal seems to have something to do with the Ministry of Works. The responsibilities overlap, so the servant dare not make the decision.”
(End of this chapter)