Taichang went crazy and caught the vassal kings from all over the country to deal with it. The problem of the vassal was finally solved.

At least, these vassal kings will no longer affect the survival of the Ming Dynasty in a short period of time.

As for how to handle these vassal kings properly in the future, they still have to take it step by step. It is already good to be able to do this now.

Of course, he was so crazy about dealing with the vassal kings in various places. It was not just to solve the vassal problem. The money and food in the hands of these vassal kings were also his goal.

If it weren't for the money and food in the hands of these vassal kings, he wouldn't have had to do such a lot of trouble.

Fortunately, his hard work was not in vain, and the money and food he harvested this time was quite amazing.

The eighteen vassal kings are all rich and rich masters!

There are countless fields. If the remaining ten vassal kings "take the initiative" to replace the fields, 100 million mu will definitely be more than 100 million mu.

With so many fields, it will take several months for the Ministry of Revenue officials to clarify.

Moreover, it is now the autumn harvest season. After the grain is harvested, it is enough to distribute some to the tenant farmers on the spot and then transfer it to the victims.

In this way, no matter whether it is a tenant farmer or a disaster victim, he should not go hungry in the next year.

As for how to use these fields to completely solve the disaster situation in the northwest so that all the victims can rely on themselves, there is still a key water truck short of this field, so the Ministry of Revenue can only clarify the fields before talking about them.

All that is left is money, food, treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc.

These vassal kings were really so rich. Just for the grain, more than 20 million stones were found in the residences of the 18 vassal kings, and more than 30 million taels of silver were collected!

Now he is really short of money or food.

He planned to hand over the silver directly to the Daming Money House, so that the Daming Money House would open the semicolon throughout the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible. Not to mention that every prefecture must have a semicolon for the Daming Money House, at least the capital of each province must have it.

In this way, these silvers can continuously create profits, the business environment in the entire Ming Dynasty can be greatly improved, and the court's taxes will increase.

As for food, he decided to use it to gather craftsmen and build all weapons and equipment factories as soon as possible.

In the Wenhua Hall Conference Hall, a group of trusted ministers gathered again.

Taichang was full of energy and spirit at this moment, as if he wanted to do something big immediately, but his confidants looked strange and worried.

Alas, the emperor is really crazy this time.

None of them expected that the emperor would catch the vassal king like this.

The eighteen vassal kings were cut as soon as they were said, and hundreds of thousands of royal relatives were demoted to common people!

It's really ruthless to do this.

Chengzu, who came to power in Jingnan, was not so cruel to his own vassal kings!

The name of the Crazy Emperor Taichang has been circulating among the people now, and some people really think that the emperor has a problem with his mind!

Of course, they dare not mention this nickname in front of the emperor. Moreover, the affairs of the vassal kings are the emperor's housework, and they cannot control them. They are just worried that the emperor will be so angry when he knows that someone slanders him like this.

How could they know that Taichang had already heard the folk rumors and was not angry at all.

What's wrong with Crazy Emperor Taichang?

As long as he can bring the Ming Dynasty into an unprecedented prosperous era, he will eventually become a famous king for all ages!

He really doesn't care about this name as the Crazy Emperor. He just wants to build all the weapons and equipment factories as soon as possible.

He adjusted his thoughts a little, and then said loudly: "Everyone, we are finally not short of money and food, and the weather is right now, neither cold nor hot, so I am going to recruit craftsmen as soon as possible and build all the weapons and equipment factories as soon as possible. What are your plans for the city on the front line of Haihe?"

Of course there is a plan, and the Ministry of Industry is specifically responsible for this matter.

Upon hearing this, Bi Maokang hurriedly bowed: "Your Majesty, the area along the Haihe River is large enough, but it is quite difficult to build a large city to cover it, because there is a Haihe River in the middle, and it is difficult to connect the two sides.

Moreover, the Haihe River is too long, and it is more than 150 miles from the Sancha River estuary of Tianjin Acropolis to the Haihe River estuary. The outer wall of Jinling City, the largest city in the Ming Dynasty, is only about 120 miles in total.

In this way, Jinling City was built for nearly thirty years.

If we want to build a big city to include the entire Haihe River, the length of the city wall will be at least about 500 miles. If we calculate based on the construction progress of Jinling City, we will have to build such a big city for at least more than a hundred years!"

ah?

More than a hundred years!

When Taichang heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath.

How could he wait for more than a hundred years?

He has lived for less than a hundred years!

It seems that building a super city is unrealistic, at least at the current construction speed.

So what should I do?

He was stunned for a while before asking, "Have the Ministry of Works come up with any solution?"

Bi Maokang nodded, then took out a large piece of paper with several stacks of stacks from his arms and carefully spread it in front of Taichang.

This is a map, a topographic map on both sides of the Haihe River, and there is already a city plan on it.

However, the city above looks a bit weird.

Taichang looked at it for a few times but didn't understand it. Why did this city look so weird?

He really didn't understand because he had never seen such a city before. What was the square in the middle? It looked like a road, but the road was not like this!

He couldn't even understand the city's drawings, so he was really a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Bi Maokang immediately introduced: "This is the method that the Qingli Department came up with. We can build cities in one grid according to the number of weapons and equipment factories. Each grid is a factory. Moreover, the houses of relevant craftsmen are also built inside. We can build as many grids as we need now, and we can slowly add them in the future. This will not only be built quickly, but also have much stronger defense effects than a unified city."

A good idea!

If you have a long time to do this, you will be the city!

It is indeed unrealistic to build a city of 500 miles at one time, but it is no problem to build one by one according to the number of factories.

A factory, a craftsman and its family members are at most tens of thousands, which means that each grid is only a few miles in a radius, and at most more than ten miles in a radius.

Such a small city is easy to build, and if it is built one by one, the city walls in the middle can be shared, saving countless time.

Taichang looked at the general plan and said decisively: "Okay, just build it like this, every grid is one by one. We will build as many grids as we need. We will expand it in the future before we continue to build it!"

Bi Maokang hurriedly bowed and said, "The emperor is wise, please give the emperor a name for this city."

Taichang knew that this was for the convenience of compiling official documents. With the name of the city, various expenses and materials, it was easier to compile records and classification.

So, what's the name of such an important city?

He thought about it for a while before he made a decision: "Denglai has a Japanese city, which is built specifically to prevent Japanese pirates. This is built specifically to create weapons and equipment, so it is called Wubai City."

This is easy to deal with with the name of the city. As for what the name is, what the emperor says, that is what it means.

Bi Maokang bowed without hesitation: "The emperor is wise."

Well, this guy's flattery is getting smoother and smoother the more he slapped it, which is not good.

Taichang shook his head and smiled and said, "Meng Hou, please be careful when the word "wise" is used in the future."

When Bi Maokang heard this, he couldn't help but say embarrassedly: "The emperor forgives the crime. I am just saying this, and I will definitely change it in the future."

When a group of trusted ministers heard this, they couldn't help but smile.

Taichang shook his head slightly, and then said solemnly: "The city plan for this Wubei City has been decided. Next, let's discuss how many grids to build first."

Everyone discussed it for a long time, but finally decided to build more than ten grids on the south side of Hai and Henan.

Because there are only a dozen factories that need to be built and relocated at this time, and the shipyard, gun factory, musket factory and Tianjin Acropolis are all on the south bank of Haihe River. Building it in the south first is also conducive to the transportation between these grids. If you build it across the river, it will be a bit troublesome, because it is too difficult to build a bridge in the main stream of Haihe River, which is more than 100 steps wide.
Chapter completed!