Chapter 707 Proceedings
The next day, after breakfast, the family of three returned to the British government.
Huo Nian and his younger siblings were waiting at the gate of the house early to pick them up.
"Sister, brother-in-law."
"Uncle!" "Hey, Xiao Yuer, come and hug me!" Huo Nian hugged Xiao Yuer into his arms. This little nephew is good-looking, cute and cute, everyone loves him.
Zhang Mao helped Huo Xi out of the carriage, and the siblings walked to the mansion together.
Arriving at the main hall of the outer courtyard, the whole family was there, welcoming them with smiles.
Xiao Yuer was snatched into Zhang Fu's arms again. The grandparents and grandchildren were as close as one person, and even whispered, which made people uneasy.
Mrs. Tai has been out of business for the past few years, and spent most of January burning incense and worshiping Buddha in the ancestral hall, watching the whole person become a little more incensed.
In the mansion and Huo Xi's generation, except for Bizhu Biyue who is married, the other juniors are still in the mansion. However, several of them have also reached the age of saying goodbye.
The young master, Zhang Bin, is also seventeen years old. Hou Shi attends this banquet and that flower party from time to time, and sometimes takes Huo Xi to go with her, asking her to help with palm eyes.
It's just that I haven't picked a pleasing daughter-in-law so far.
The third young master, Zhang Xie, has become more peaceful these years. He has gone from being a little squeamish and irritable when he was a teenager. I heard that his academic performance is good. Nice job.
And Zhang Mao has followed Huo Nian by Zhang Fu's side, working in the army. It seems that he is really going to be a military division.
Everyone gathered for a while to talk about the daily life, and then talked about the move of the capital that the emperor said yesterday.
"I'm afraid that as soon as the Forbidden City is completed, the emperor will issue an edict to the world. At the beginning, our Zhang family moved here from the north, and it took a lot of trouble. Now we have to move back, and we have to go through a lot of trouble. This person who abandoned his family, There are so many people in the clan, how do we arrange them in the north?"
Yesterday in the Shuowang Dynasty, Zhang Yu was also in Fengtian Temple. He is also a military officer. Although he also agreed to move the capital, how can it be so easy to move the capital?
It is not easy for this big family to buy a house in the north.
"Now there is only one imperial decree to announce to the world. Our family still needs to make preparations earlier." Zhang Fu was also there yesterday, and the emperor's firm determination cannot be changed.
As military officers, he and his eldest and second brothers will definitely move to Beijing with the royal family.
It should be said that the vast majority of officials will move to Beijing. At that time, all families and ethnic groups will have to buy houses in Beijing to settle down, I'm afraid it will be very chaotic.
Their family has the title of eldest brother, and the mansion will be bestowed by the emperor, but their second and third bedrooms still want to have their own private property, otherwise the children and grandchildren will divide the mansion when the time comes, and they will not be able to buy a house in the inner city, so they will be pushed to the outer city. How embarrassing.
"Although our family doesn't have to worry about housing, if the people of the clan want to move to Beijing, I'm afraid they have to make preparations early."
Zhang Fu let Xiao Yuer pull out his beard to play with, and said with a serious expression.
Mu Yan nodded in agreement: "It's time to prepare early, and then we'll all squeeze past, I'm afraid we'll be left behind."
Hearing everyone talking about the house, Huo Xi understood the official housing system of the David Dynasty.
At the beginning when Taizu established the country and established the capital in Nanjing, he ordered the Ministry of Industry to build official residences.
Officials from other provinces are not allowed to buy houses in other places. They will live in the yamen. The court will even provide you with furniture, so you can just go to other places to be officials and serve the people.
As for Beijing officials, a housing rationing system is implemented.
Military officers are honorable, following Taizu to conquer the world, of course the mansion must be rewarded and distributed, and civil servants are of course indispensable. All package distribution.
But how good is the private residence built by the Ministry of Industry for officials stationed in Beijing? It's just a sample house. Moreover, the situation of each family is different. Some families have a large population, and the heads of each house live together, so it is difficult to turn around.
After Taizu established Nanjing as his capital, a population of one million people crowded along the Qinhuai River.
"The residences of the soldiers in the capital are all given by the officials, and there is no gap in the house." That is to say, the houses are so built that there is not even the slightest gap.
No way, the land is narrow and densely populated.
Now Emperor Yongkang is going to move the capital. While building the Forbidden City, of course the residences of the officials in Beijing must not be missed.
However, the residences assigned by officials must be returned to the court if they are sent to other places, demoted, or retired. Then if the children and grandchildren are worthless in the future, are they going to live in the street or return to their hometown?
And how big can the house allocated by the court be?
If you want to live comfortably, don’t you need to buy another house?
Otherwise, you don’t even have to go under the wall, and you can hear the voices of colleagues next door teaching their wives and children to beat and scold servants. How about a good experience at home?
Nowadays, the second- and third-bedrooms want to buy private property. If the clansmen want to move, they will naturally buy a house to live in. Of course, they can also rent a house. But this is not a long-term solution.
"I heard that Xi'er bought a house in Beiping a few years ago? Or Xi'er has a better vision and a long-term perspective. Now I don't know how much money the house over there costs?"
Ms. Hou is a little worried. Now she wants to buy some property for their second wife, and her natal family is not doing well now. Should she stay in Nanjing or follow her to Beijing?
Hearing this, everyone looked at Huo Xi.
Huo Xi smiled, "When I heard that the emperor sent people to the north to find auspicious land to build a mausoleum, I noticed some signs. It happened that I was going to check the property along the river, so I went to Beiping. The house shop is Zhuangzi, I did buy some at the beginning. If there are people in the clan who want to move to the north with us, I can help resettle some of them."
Everyone looked at her in surprise.
How old was she when the emperor wanted to build the Changling Mausoleum? Ten years ago, right?
Also bought a lot of houses and shops?
"Sister Ning, you are this..." Zhang Fu gave her a thumbs up. Sister Ning did a good job of planning for a rainy day.
Mrs. Wu swallowed her saliva, how much money would it cost? "Xi'er, how much is the house you can buy?"
"It's not expensive for me. You can buy a five-hundred-thousand-dollar house in the inner city."
"The five-entry house in the inner city only costs five hundred and one thousand taels?" Everyone's eyes widened.
Huo Xi laughed, "What do you think? In Beiping at that time, it would be good to have tens of thousands of people. The original people all moved south in large numbers. How many people are there in Beiping City. There are vacant houses everywhere. Although I bought It’s cheap, but it’s spent a lot of money on repairs over the years.”
Ms. Wu and Ms. Hou sighed with emotion, "Sister Ning, you have a good vision. Now if you want to buy a house with five entrances in the inner city, you may not be able to buy it for a few thousand taels."
It hurts when I think about it.
Now the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty know that the capital will be moved, and those who buy houses and shops will probably get together. I don't know if they are sending people to the north now, whether they can still buy shops and Zhuangzi.
Why don't they have the vision of Sister Ning?
"If the second aunt and the third aunt want to buy a property, there is still time. It was only said yesterday that the capital will be moved, and the construction of the Forbidden City has just started. I am afraid that it will not be moved in the next few years, and I can buy it at a low price."
The two were very moved when they heard it.
Zhang Fu thought for a while, "I will call the elders of the clan and the heads of the houses to discuss matters in the mansion, and ask them what they think. If you intend to move to the north with us, you should make preparations early."
(end of this chapter)