About an hour later, the carriage carrying three people had already left the East Gate of Yuejing.

It was said that it was leaving the city gate, but there were still dense houses around it. However, compared to the orderly nature of the city, it was much more chaotic. There were clusters of houses in the east and stalls of the west. Outside the straight and spacious road of the city gate, countless such settlements gathered.

"Today, the old minister came out and mainly looked at these places." Quan Yun pointed to the messy settlements and said. "Your Majesty, after several years of traveling to the capital, the people were almost overturned. The city was crowded, but it was not quiet outside the city."

Looking at this large settlement, Qin Feng was also speechless.

"I haven't noticed this before."

Quan Yun smiled and said, "Your Majesty is busy with all kinds of things every day, so such a small matter will naturally not be handed over to Your Majesty's desk."

Qin Feng glanced at Quan Yun and thought to himself that you are afraid you will deal with more things than me every day. Is this ridiculing me for not being diligent enough?

"What's the problem here?" he asked.

"There is a big problem!" Quan Yun said slowly: "Originally, there were large fertile fields outside the city, but with the large gathering of the population of Yuejing City, the city contents were quite large, so someone built such a batch of houses outside the city to rent them to outsiders who had no housing in the city or could not afford to live in the city."

"This person is very smart!" Qin Feng smiled and said, "I think it's a considerable income."

"Of course it's a considerable income. Your Majesty, don't look at these houses as simple as the summer is hot and the winter is extremely cold, but even such a small house costs one tael of silver for a month."

"One tael of silver?" Qin Feng was a little surprised. The room where Quan Yun pointed was too small. He knew the income of the people in Yuejing. As long as he was diligent, it would not be too difficult to earn three or five taels of silver a month, but it would be too expensive to have a small room for one tael of silver.

"Yes, one tael of silver." Quan Yun nodded: "But the court doesn't care about such a thing. One is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten, which is not a big deal."

"Then are you going to see here specifically today?" Qin Feng looked at the other party in amazement.

"Your Majesty, it's not because of this." Quan Yun said: "But these places are the most chaotic areas in Yuejing. On average, a murder occurs every day. As for other small cases, there are countless. Jian Fang, the deputy commander of the City Gate Army, who is responsible for public security, is almost in a mess for this and is criticized by the Ministry of Justice almost every month."

"How many people are there?" Qin Feng asked.

"What Your Majesty sees is the area of ​​Dongchengmen. If you count all the populations of these settlements outside Yuejing, you will probably exceed 200,000. This is just statistical data. I don't know how many black households are hiding in it. If you count these, 300,000 is more than enough." Quan Yun said.

Qin Feng couldn't help but speechless. There were 300,000 people, and this was a large county town.

"There are mixed here, and there are all kinds of people. In less than two years, it has almost become a big cancer in Yuejing City." Quan Yun said.

"Is the chief minister going to manage this place?" Qin Feng asked.

Quan Yun nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, the population of 300,000 is worth the population of a large county town. If it is not included in an orderly order, it will be more and more difficult to manage in the long run."

"What's the difficulty?" Qin Feng asked understandingly as he looked at Quan Yunwei's frown.

"Land." Quan Yun smiled bitterly: "The old minister wanted to put this matter on the agenda this year, so he checked it. As a result, the land here is all subject to mastery, and these people are not ordinary people, so if you want to do it, you will inevitably get in the way."

"Tell me how many people come and listen?" Qin Feng said with a smile.

Quan Yun smiled and spit out a few names. Sure enough, in the Ming Dynasty, they are all well-known figures now.

Qin Feng didn't care, "When did the Ming Dynasty be so hindered? Just let go of what you think you should do. Could they still dare to get angry?"

"That's not what you said, Your Majesty." Quan Yun shook his head and said, "It's better to do things smoothly than to take some measures. These places are hens that these people can lay golden eggs, so it's difficult to ask people to give up. If the order is forced, these people will not obstruct on the surface, but secretly give you some stumbling blocks. It would be okay if the court had nothing to do outside the outside world now, but now there are many external troubles, and this is a major place in the capital. If there is any movement, the old ministers have to be careful!"

Qin Feng's expression couldn't help but sink.

"Your Majesty, let's not talk about anything else. Just saying that these people are now relying on Yuejing City to make a living. As long as someone who is interested makes a little noise and says that the court is preparing to expel them, it will be enough to cause an uproar." Quan Yun looked at Qin Feng's bad expression and immediately gave an example. "When the trouble starts, how can you deal with it? Suppress it?"

If hundreds of thousands of people are in trouble, it is really not a trivial matter. Qin Feng couldn't help but breathe a breath of turbid air. Sometimes it seems very simple to face the foreign enemies. If you are convinced, we will have a good talk. If you are not convinced, then I will push you over and teach you a lesson and then have a good talk. However, internal governance is much more troublesome. It is all your own people, and suppressing is never an excellent choice.

"The Prime Minister wants to nationalize all these places and then re-plan an outer city?" Guo Jiuling asked.

"I do have such an idea. But if you want to reclaim the land, the first step is to redeem these lands. The land price in the capital city is to go to the capital city. Hehe, it would be fine if it was just fertile land. But if you know that the old minister had this idea, you are afraid that the land price here will soar to a terrifying level. The court cannot afford such a large-scale renovation and expansion project. We cannot afford the land price alone."

"After all the time, it's still money!" Qin Feng sighed: "The chief minister is right. This matter is really impatient. Although those people are hateful, the land belongs to him and is recognized by the state. We cannot take advantage of it. Such a hole cannot be opened, and we cannot break the rules. We can only take it slowly. We should let it go first for the transformation of this matter. However, the public security here must be well managed."

"It seems that this is the only way." Quan Yun nodded. If it is confirmed that the Ming Dynasty has not had any foreign war within the next two years, then Quan Yun would be confident that he would do this. However, Qin Feng's previous two were not sure, and he immediately destroyed his thoughts. It is hard to say that external troubles are treated internally!

"Old Guo, the security management in these places cannot be just relying on the Chengmen Army and Yuejing City Government Office. The Chengmen Army is now being reorganized, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is panic. After the adaptation, the Yulin Army will become a regular field army in the Ming Dynasty and will no longer be responsible for local security. But if he put this matter on Yuejing City Government Office at once, he will not be able to take it. If he let it go, he will probably become more and more chaotic. Eagle Nest will put this matter first. Tian Zhen’s domestic officer might as well concentrate his efforts to do this after the New Year." Qin Feng ordered.

"Yes, I understand." Guo Jiuling said: "In any such area, there will always be some gangs in the world. As long as you find the pulse and take a knife, you can catch this person, be locked up, be killed, and kill him. After a group of people is rectified, you will always get better. Tian Zhen is very experienced in doing this."

"Let's just fool this. After the court has gone through this difficult period and has money in hand, let's go back to manage it." Qin Feng looked at the area on this side with a scratching head. The densely packed small houses were like abscesses on his intact body. No matter how you look at it, you won't like it.

I felt a little uncomfortable, so I felt so depressed, "Sincere assistant, let's go to the Luo River to have a walk. Have some breathing!"

"The old minister should accompany you!" Quan Yun said with a smile.

The Luo River is a main passage from Zhengyang County to transport grain from Yuejing City. It was already frozen at this time, so naturally the ship could not be seen. Standing on a high place, occasionally someone could see a few holes on the thick ice of the Luo River and squat there to fish.

"It's just leisurely and comfortable!" Qin Feng smiled at those people.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not just leisure and freedom, but life is forced!" Quan Yun shook his head: "This is the first day of the Lunar New Year. If it's not that the next meal is out of food, do you think someone will come out to drill holes and fish on this day?"

Qin Feng fell silent immediately.

"Sinceremony, do you think, how many people are there like this in my Ming Dynasty?"

As soon as he asked this, Quan Yun became a little embarrassed. Even though the Ming Dynasty was booming, how could there be fewer people like this who were extremely poor in wars? Even if there were many such people in the capital, let alone other areas.

"This is true in Yuejing. I am afraid that Yiyang, Wuling, Taoyuan, Kaiping, and Fuyuan are the places like Yiyang, Wuling, Taoyuan, and Fuyuan. Chief Minister, officials in these places always have memorials. I am afraid that many people will starve to death this winter, right?" Qin Feng's tone became heavy.

Quan Yun bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, this kind of thing has been indispensable in the past years. Even Qi Chu is no exception. Your Majesty has done well enough. But there are always shadows under the sun. Yiyang, Wuling and Taoyuan. Your Majesty has exempted them from their taxes for three years. In time, they will definitely get better day by day."

"But in this process, many people will die!" Qin Feng sighed, "Sincere assistant, I have no intention of visiting, I'm back to the palace."
Chapter completed!