When he returned to the Yan manor, Yan Song wrote a letter and sent it to Jiangxi to call Feng Ji back.
In the next few months, Yan Song was going to do something big. He really couldn't handle it with himself and Shen Shixing. Feng Ji happened to come back to give advice.
To hold a birthday banquet, this matter could not be accepted without a million silver.
The emperor was not prepared to pay for it, and Yan Song could not use his own money. Therefore, the simplest way was to pay for it and hire people.
The only way was to allocate resources and use the power of capital.
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The next day.
Yan Song woke up early as usual and changed into a set of ordinary clothes.
"Little Nian, call a few guards and get a few horses. We're going out of the city today. Oh right, remember to wear ordinary clothes.”
Yan Nian was surprised. Out of the city? Lord Yan hasn't left the city for several years, right?
However, even though he was very surprised, he still carried it out to the letter. Soon, he got five horses, one of which was exceptionally tall and handsome. Usually, Yan Song did not know how to ride a horse, but that did not mean that he did not know how to ride a horse. This also showed that Yan Song was originally a person who did practical things, and not an ordinary scholar who did not work hard.
There were also three guards, all of whom were guards of the Yan Residence. As the chief assistant of the current dynasty, the people following him were naturally not third-rate trash. They were all elites in the army, and it was not difficult for them to fight against ten people alone.
Not long after, Yan Song and the others left the city gate and arrived at the outer city.
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Speaking of the outer city of the capital, one had to talk about its history.
Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing and only built the imperial city and the inner city. The east and west walls of the inner city used the city ridges of the Yuan Dynasty. The south wall was pushed more than two miles south, while the north wall was retracted five miles.
At that time, the Ming army had driven the Mongolian forces into the vast desert, and because the economy of Beijing had not yet recovered in the early Ming Dynasty, the military and economic needs for the construction of the outer city were not very urgent, so they had no time to take care of this project.
Later, Emperor Renzong and Emperor Xuanzong both had plans to restore their capital to Nanjing, calling Beijing "Xing Zai". Of course, they had no intention of building an outer city of Beijing.
After Emperor Yingzong ascended the throne, he decided to set up the capital in Beijing. He ordered an Annam eunuch Ruan, Governor Tongzhi Shen Qing, and Minister of Works Wu Zhong to lead tens of thousands of civilian workers to carry out extensive reconstruction of the city wall built during the Yongle period. They built a nine-gate tower, added arrow towers outside the city gate and turrets at the four corners of the city wall, deepened the moat, and used bricks to wrap the inner side of the city wall. These projects had exhausted the savings of the previous dynasty, so there was no more money to build the outer city.
(Outer City: "You guys are bullying me, right?”）
In the 14th year of the reign of Emperor Yingzong (1449), the so-called "coup d'état" happened.
In August 1476, the 12th year of Emperor Xianzong's Chenghua reign, Jiang Wan, Marquis of Dingxi, petitioned for the construction of the outer city of Beijing.
He said,"Emperor Taizu built a foundation in Nanjing and built an earth city outside the capital to protect the residents. This is a foundation that will not be uprooted for thousands of years.
Today, Beijing only has an inner city and no outer city. After the change of orthodoxy, Esen (namely, Yexian) drove straight into the city, and the people fled, leaving no place for them. The past can be used as a reference. Moreover, after a long period of peace, the number of people gathered increased. If you want to take precautions against hardship, you must wait until the day of abundant enjoyment.
What's more, in the northwest area, the old site of the previous generation is especially preserved. If you punish those who work hard, it will be a success soon." The so-called " northwest area, former site " referred to the abandoned northern city wall of the Yuan Dynasty.
However, when the court discussed Jiang Wan's memorial, he said: "The construction of the city should be held on the day when the army and the people rest.”He put it aside.
It had been put aside for more than sixty years.
In the twenty-first year of Jiajing (1542), Mongolia Anda rose and repeatedly invaded, and the frontier fortress was in danger. At the same time, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, after more than a hundred years of development, the population multiplied and the business flourished. Especially since the number of residents living outside the city had already exceeded the number of residents in the city. Among them, the South Pass was densely populated with residents and goods. Therefore, the request to build an outer city was once again raised.
The voices of the government officials and the people demanding the construction of the outer city were growing day by day, and there was a "resident Zhu Liangfu and others in Nanguan who were willing to use their own financial resources"("Ming Shizong Shi Lu" Volume 370) to build the city.
At this time, the historical Yan Song appeared. In the "Calendar Official Table" and "Jiajing Report", there was a "Please Beg to Build the South Gate Wall".
(In the original history, it was Yan Song who proposed the construction plan in the end, and under Yan Song's vigorous promotion, the outer city was built. Although Yan Song was scolded for being a treacherous official, he was an outstanding and capable official.）
This was also the reason why Yan Song thought of building the outer city. This was the great political achievement of his original body.
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When Yan Song and the others arrived at the outer city, they saw extremely chaotic buildings.
(See the slums in India)
When the surrounding commoners and merchants saw Yan Song and the others, they all revealed frightened and wary expressions, afraid that Yan Song and the others were the kind of powerful figures who would prey on the commoners. In the past, there were often many second-generation heirs, Jinyiwei, and people from the East and West Factories who rode their horses here. They didn't even need to take responsibility for killing people. They were very vicious.
Yan Song didn't go in. Instead, he rode his horse and walked around the outer city.
In the end, they arrived at a hill that overlooked the outer city. It stretched for dozens of miles and was extremely wide.
The more Yan Song looked at it, the more he liked it.
This was definitely a location with an advantage!
It was not a problem to call it an Earth King.
There was a large population at the edge of the capital, and resources were scarce.
Moreover, it was a feudal society now. There was no civilized law enforcement like in the 21st century. Under the chaos, those who did not want to demolish the houses would be forced to demolish them. Moreover, there were better places for them, right?
"Master, what are you doing?"
"I want to rebuild an outer city here!”Yan Song waved his whip and pointed at the outer city in the distance. He was in high spirits. Combined with his words, he had a heroic air of pointing out the country.
"What is it? You want to build an outer city here?" Yan Nian was a little confused. Would this work? Why did it feel so unreliable?
"I thought it wouldn't work, but now it's quite possible!" Yan Song laughed.”
Yan Nian couldn't believe it. Such a huge construction, how much silver would be used? However, thinking about it in the blink of an eye, Yan Nian's eyes lit up. Heavens, if they were to build an outer city, how much profit would that bring? Just a little bit of it would be so rich!
Yan Nian was enlightened. He flattered," Master, you must be trying to make use of this opportunity to build a city to earn some money, right?" Old Master is really too wise."
Earn a handful of silver?
Puff ~~~
Yan Song almost vomited blood!
He pointed his whip at Yan Nian.
"Come over here, I promise I won't kill you!”
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