When Wu Haogu saw Zhao Ji, who had become an official of the Great Song Dynasty, it was already the twentieth day of the first month. In the past few days, he was busy moving, managing money and arranging women for Zhao Ji.

It was not until the nineteenth day of the first month that he was busy, and then he entered the palace to report to Zhao Ji. He is now a "confidant", and seeing that the official family of course does not need to arrange shifts in the door division, he entered from Donghua Gate with Gao Yu and Pan Xiao'an, and took the route taken by Wu Haogu when he was on duty at the Hanlin Painting Academy, and went directly to the Chongzheng Palace.

After waiting outside the Chongzheng Hall for a while, the three of them were led to see Zhao Ji by Yang Jian, who was originally serving Zhao Xu. Zhao Ji, an official who had changed into a filial piety suit, didn't look very happy, and seemed to be mourning his brother who had just died.

"Please mourn Your Majesty." After saluting, Wu Haogu comforted him with good words.

"Da Lang, I ......" Zhao Ji waved his hand, "all go out, all go out, I will talk to them about some personal matters, there is no need to record it." ”

The living room in the Chongzheng Hall and the attendants in the Yellow Gate all obeyed the order and retreated. Seeing that everyone was gone, Zhao Ji sighed and said: "I've been really stuffy and panicked these days, the palace is lifeless and dilapidated, and I can smell musty in the place where I sleep." No wonder the sixth brother died at such a young age, there must be miasma in this palace. ”

The imperial palace of Kaifeng Mansion is indeed very old, and it was built in the back beam of the five dynasties, and it has been more than 200 years now. Although it is renovated from time to time, what other tricks can there be if the foundation is like this?

So the area is not small, but it is really not as comfortable as Zhao Ji's original Duanwang Mansion.

In addition, there are few places to play in the palace. It is a Yanfu Palace Imperial Garden, which is also a 200-year-old garden. It belongs to the harem, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to enter. Zhao Ji could only go around with a few wives who had no common language, and they were all about to suffocate to death.

"Your Majesty, the palace is indeed a little old," Pan Xiao'an said with a smile, "After a while, it will be renovated and it will be comfortable to live in." ”

"Yes," Gao Yu also said, "I also brought in more than a dozen beautiful women today, all of them are innocent and can serve Your Majesty." With their company, His Majesty will not be bored. ”

Zhao Ji still sighed, obviously not very satisfied.

"Why don't you build a new palace?" As soon as Wu Haogu opened his mouth, he made a surprising suggestion.

"What?" Pan Xiao'an glanced at his brother-in-law, "Da Lang, what are you talking about?" ”

"Build a new palace." Wu Hao said, "This old palace is 200 years old, and it is too old to renovate it, so it is better to put it on first." Wouldn't it be nice to use the money from renovation to build a new one? ”

"This, this...... How much does it cost? Pan Xiao'an didn't expect Wu Haogu to make such a suggestion at all.

Not to mention that it is now the Empress Dowager who is in the court, even if Zhao Ji is in power, the deacons will also join forces to block this suggestion.

Wu Haogu smiled: "Does this matter still cost money?" ”

Doesn't cost money? Does it cost people to do it for nothing?

Zhao Ji stared at Wu Haogu with beads in his eyes. Wu Haogu smiled faintly and said: "It costs money to build a palace, but as long as there is a place to earn this money back, there is no need to hide it or use it, it means that there is no money." ”

"How do you earn it?" Pan Xiao'an asked.

"Demolition." Wu Haogu replied.

"Demolition?"

"What do you mean?"

Pan Xiao'an and Gao Yu don't understand!

"It's to demolish and relocate, vacate the land with a high price, and move to a place with a low land price, so that you can earn money to build a house."

Although Zhao Ji is an official family, he doesn't know how rich he is - the money in the treasury is actually only a small part of Zhao Ji's wealth, not even a fraction. Most of Zhao Ji's property is in the form of real estate.

Ji Yi's family's Pingjiang Ji Bancheng is claimed and fake. But Zhao Ji's Kaifeng Zhao Bancheng is genuine! Kaifeng Mansion is now the "highest housing price in the universe", and half of the city is Zhao Ji's, how rich do you say he is?

"What's the hell?" Zhao Ji understood a little, but after thinking about it carefully, he shouted, "You want to give the palace to ......."

"No, no, no...... Not a royal palace. Wu Haogu hurriedly waved his hand. Of course, the palace is the most valuable piece of the many real estate owned by Zhao Ji, but it is difficult to realize - it is estimated that the ministers of the court will fight with Wu Haogu!

"Where?"

"First demolish Dutingyi and Guozijian."

Wu Haogu had already thought of the "old city renovation plan" of Kaifeng Mansion. He said: "The place of Dutingyi is very good, close to the Zhouqiao Night Market and Daxiangguo Temple, and it is the most expensive place in the city of Kaifeng. If a batch of houses are built and sold after demolition, two or three million can be obtained. Take out 200,000 yuan from it, and build a similar pavilion near Qionglin Yuan in the west of the city for the Liao envoy to live.

In this way, at least two million taels can be freed up, which is enough to start the construction of the palace and the relocation and reconstruction of the country...... The minister felt that a garden could be built on the basis of Qionglin Garden and Jinming Pond as His Majesty's palace. It is very close to Fengfu City, and it should not affect the officials too much. The new Guozijian is built on the edge of the palace, which can be greatly expanded, at least to accommodate tens of thousands of students, in order to show the prosperity of our dynasty. ”

"Build a palace in Qionglin Yuan and Jinmingchi?" Zhao Ji interrupted Wu Haogu's words, "2 million yuan is enough?" ”

2 million is actually a lot, and it is probably enough to build a palace. However, the royal family has always liked to spend money in vain, and Wu Haogu didn't break the rules, so he said: "Isn't there still a national eunuch?" Guozijian's territory is much larger than that of Dutingyi, that is, to build a larger one, taking into account the difference in land price, at least 3 million can be vacated (Guozijian is in the south of the city of Kaifeng Mansion).

In addition, the Tongwenguan was used by the Goryeo envoys, the protocol house was used by the Uighur and Khotanese envoys, and the Zhanyun Pavilion and Huaiyuanyi were used by the Srivijaya, Chenla, Dali and other countries. It can also be gradually demolished, and all of them can be relocated to the west of Kaifeng Mansion next to the palace and the Liao envoy's capital pavilion to rest together.

If conditions permit, a large barracks in the north of the city will be demolished, and part of the forbidden army and their families will be moved to the palace to protect the safety of the palace.

In this way, a lot of land in Kaifeng Mansion can be freed up, on the one hand, it can alleviate the current situation of scarce and high prices in Kaifeng Mansion; On the one hand, you can also free up a lot of money to build a brand new palace for Your Majesty in the city of Kaifeng Mansion; At the same time, it can also drive the market near the palace, and it can also find a job for the idlers in Kaifeng Prefecture......"

Wu Haogu is actually in the next real estate chess, not only to engage in six or seven large-scale projects in Kaifeng Fucheng, but also to develop the real estate around the palace in the west of Kaifeng Fucheng.

This Jin Ming Chi and Qionglin Yuan are actually very close to Kaifeng Mansion City, surrounded by the real estate of wealthy and high-ranking officials in Kaifeng Prefecture, and Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an also have a lot of land there. It can be used for development, and it can be used to build a "school district house" and officials' residences, as well as to build facilities such as markets, tiles, docks, and warehouses.

In addition, Zhao Ji's palace, the embassy area, the market tiles, the residences of the rich and officials, the school area, and a camp area could all form a small but fortified city attached to Kaifeng Prefecture in the future.

By the way, the current city wall of Kaifeng Mansion is actually not the tall and majestic and indestructible appearance imagined by later generations. The walls of Kaifeng Mansion are actually very broken! It has been in disrepair for a long time, and many places have collapsed, and only the city gate building has been repaired more decently.

However, even if the walls of Kaifeng Mansion are fine, this large city with a population of more than one million people will not be able to defend it. One is that the city wall is not strong enough to defend against the flood of the Yellow River; Second, there is too much population, and eating is a problem; The third is that the city is too large, and there are too many garrison troops that need to be invested.

Therefore, Wu Haogu, a traitor of the official family who was worried about the country and the people, pondered a way to abandon the big and guard the small. Abandon the big city of Kaifeng Mansion and build a small but strong city next to the city of Kaifeng Mansion at the same time.

"Da Lang's method is not bad...... Zhao Ji thought about it seriously, "but it still won't work at the moment." ”

Zhao Ji has not been frivolous enough to repair the palace for himself immediately! Now his throne as emperor is not secure!

"You can take your time," Wu Hao Gu said, "Your Majesty has just ascended the throne now, you should do something that can be praised by the people of the world first." ”

"Blessed by the world?" Zhao Ji asked, "Da Lang, what do you want to say?" ”

Wu Hao Gu said: "In the first emperor's dynasty, the cultural and martial arts were quite accomplished, but the vicious struggle between the old and new parties in the DPRK and China showed signs of hurting the country. His Majesty's ascension to the throne for the first time may ease the party contention and resolve grievances, so that the two parties can abandon some prejudices to some extent. ”

"How to de-escalate?" Zhao Ji asked.

"Your Majesty can let courtiers and above officials be convicted and placed and managed, and all those who are convicted will be sent to Haizhou."

Zhao Ji asked: "All go to Haizhou?" ”

Wu Haogu nodded and said: "Let's go to Haizhou, Haizhou is a beautiful place for elderly officials." And it is not far from Kaifeng Mansion, and it is also convenient to transfer along the way, and it can also save a lot of travel expenses, and also save them from dying on the road...... Both the old and new parties are now in a bit of a fiery situation, and if they degrade their officials and lose a lot of lives, I am afraid that they will fight even more fiercely in the future. ”

"Yes, yes, yes," Pan Xiao'an echoed, "Those old ministers are staggering when they walk, and they stay in Kaifeng Mansion and get sick every once in a while, if they really want to be degraded to a place far away from evil, then there must be no return, and there is no difference from killing their heads." ”

Gao Yu said: "Your Majesty, now there are many old ministers in the Yuan You period who have been convicted and degraded, and it will take a process to pardon them, if Your Majesty can let them go to Haizhou first, the Queen Mother will definitely approve of it." ”

Unlike Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an, Gao Yu's partisan color is very strong. He is a distant relative of the Empress Dowager Gao, and he has worked as a scribe in Su Dongpo and Wang Xu's mansion, which is a typical old party background. Therefore, he did not mention the traitors of the new party who were going to be demoted in the future, but only the sages of their old party.

"Okay, that's it." Zhao Ji listened to Gao Yu's words and finally made a decision. In fact, he is not in power now, and can only make suggestions to the Queen Mother, and cannot make his own will. However, if he can please the Queen Mother's suggestion, Zhao Ji is still very willing to put it forward.