Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said, "How could I do such a thing?"

Tsinghua Garden became even more important during the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Youxiao was particularly interested in Tsinghua Garden because it was the location of Tsinghua University. Opposite Tsinghua Garden is Peking University.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to build a new city here, so the surrounding garden needed to be well tidied up.

For Zhu Youxiao, these people occupied this area and built so many gardens. In addition to Tsinghua Garden, there are many other gardens, and many temples and Taoist temples have also been built.

This is not what Zhu Youxiao wants. An empty place is a good place. As for how to build this place, Zhu Youxiao already has an idea in his mind.

It must be cleared, but you can't tell Empress Zhang.

Zhu Youxiao pulled Empress Zhang aside and said, "Don't worry about this matter. I have my own ideas."

After hearing this, Empress Zhang also understood and could only look at Zhu Youxiao helplessly.

Having been married for so long, how could Empress Zhang not understand her own emperor?

Just because she wasn't allowed to take charge of this matter didn't mean the emperor wouldn't do it. It was obvious that the emperor had set his sights on this piece of land, and these people definitely needed to give it up.

Being looked at by Empress Zhang felt a little embarrassed. Zhu Youxiao reached out and took her hand, took her to the front of the map, and said, "Look here, the terrain is perfect, and it's not far or close to the capital. Letting them stand here and build a garden is simply a waste."

"I will build a college here, relocate all the colleges in the capital, and concentrate them here. When the time comes, the students of the colleges will study here. I will also build the Confucius Temple here, and the new Yanshenggong Palace will also be here. This place will become the cultural and educational center of the Ming Dynasty."

"Letting them occupy this place and build a garden is such a waste of good land!" Zhu Youxiao explained indignantly.

But only Zhu Youxiao knew that by doing this, in addition to concentrating the academies, he was mostly speculating in real estate.

It’s not easy to find a home in Beijing, and this hasn’t been the case for a while now. Housing prices in Beijing are really high.

In the capital, the court had already acquired a considerable amount of land for academies, of which Shoushan Academy occupied a large area. By freeing up these lands and moving all the academies outside the city, land within the capital would be freed up.

Whether these lands were used to build shops or houses, they would bring in a lot of money. Exchanging land outside the city for land inside the city would not be a loss.

Zhu Youxiao even planned to build a residence here. He would use part of the property for sale, part for rewarding officials, and part for their dormitories. It could be said that this was a win-win situation. He could win people's hearts and make a profit.

As for the areas outside the city, Zhu Youxiao would not let them go. Where there are people, there is money, and real estate can be developed.

Zhu Youxiao concentrated the academies in Tsinghua Park, where the teachers and the Confucius Temple were all located. This was a sacred place for culture and education. When scholars came here, they naturally wanted to visit it.

If we create a unique reading culture and a distinctive commercial street in Tsinghua University, it is inevitable that this place will not appreciate in value.

If all the schools were concentrated together, the spending power of the students alone would be enough to boost the economy. This was a common practice in later generations, and Zhu Youxiao had seen it too many times.

Concentrate all schools in one area and build a new district. As students enroll, surrounding industries will naturally come.

After all, there are many students with high spending power, and they can free up old land to develop real estate. Every time they make a lot of money, doesn’t it?

Although I can’t get a school district house, this is enough.

As for these gardens, they must be cleared out. How could they be allowed to occupy this space? It's simply incomprehensible.

At that time, we can build a garden next to Tsinghua Garden, or move the prince's palace in the capital to a certain place. In the future, we can build a prince's palace next to Tsinghua Garden and let all the princes who come to the capital live there.

There is such a large area of ​​land in the vacant palace in the city, what can't be done with it?

Of course, these were all Zhu Youxiao's thoughts, and he naturally couldn't tell Empress Zhang.

It's so embarrassing.

Empress Zhang also knew that what Zhu Youxiao said was not true, but as the empress, she naturally could not let the emperor lose face.

She didn't ask any more questions, and said hesitantly, "But the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the palace always has to give out some rewards. And the nobles and relatives of the nobles also have to be rewarded."