Emperor Ming Dynasty

"Oh? Tell me."

The emperor's face was relaxed, and his leisurely heart was evident in his words. Although his thighs were gradually growing, he could still cross his legs.

Facing this political assessment, Zhu Cunqu was cautious, not daring to look directly into his father's eyes, so he could only lower his head slightly and say:

"When a big event happens, the most intuitive thing is to see who makes the most profit."

"Direct benefit, or the benefit of the fisherman."

"The robbing of taxes this time has involved the cabinet from Anhui. It seems that the chief assistant has made a lot of profits, but several people in the cabinet are also suspected of being a fisherman. It's hard to say."

"However, in the final analysis, Anhui has been corrupted, corruption is rampant, and people's livelihood is difficult."

"It's quite knowledgeable!"

Zhu Yixi nodded, and said casually: "There is a saying that is good, when you find a cockroach in the living room, then the cockroach has already crawled to every corner of the room."

"Let's talk about this robbery case, the official corruption is serious, so from the small to the big, under this prosperous age, not only Anhui, but other provinces have already revived..."

"Furthermore, corruption is not a one-time event. It has to be done every year and every month. Once there is any negligence, it will be a catastrophe."

"Since Jiajing in the former Ming Dynasty, the government has been turbid and corrupt officials have been prevalent, so that exploitation has become more and more serious. Miscellaneous taxes have been levied twice as much as regular taxes, and the people have suffered."

The crown prince naturally nodded: "Yan Song and other treacherous ministers are in power, even the first assistant Xu Jie will not be able to protect him at the end of the year. The family property is tens of thousands of hectares, and half of Huating is dying."

"Hmph, you've got the point." Zhu Yixi sneered and said, "You are greedy for abilities, you are greedy for stupid officials, and you are greedy for no officials."

"How do you think Hai Rui is famous for being clean and honest? He just followed the law of the Ming Dynasty, and he was already out of the mud."

"Just like Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty, it's the same, all relying on his colleagues in the officialdom to support him."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yixi was full of emotions: "It is said that during the Hongwu period, there were countless upright officials like Hai Rui, but now they are rare."

"Father." The prince hesitated for a while, and finally said: "But according to the folks, honest officials don't need money but can't do things, while corrupt officials need money and can do things..."

"Put tmd bullshit——"

Zhu Yixi immediately cursed, stood up, and said, "Hai Rui opened the door to handle cases. I don't know how many cases have been tried. Isn't this doing business?"

"Besides, being an official in a local area is nothing more than enlightenment and taxation. If the aides raise their minds, follow the rules, don't harm the people and harm the people, and invite subordinate officials, they are already better than ninety-nine percent of officials."

"If there is such absurd thing in the future, don't talk nonsense."

"My son is guilty." Zhu Cunqu nodded in response.

The father and son discussed the important affairs of the next kingdom, and then they talked about the Arctic City, Heilongjiang General's Mansion.

Zhu Cunqu is quite familiar with this: "Heilongjiang has snow for half a year, but there are a lot of fur, wood, and seafood. This is its main tax..."

"As for the gold mines in North America, they were dispatched to mine them, and they are expected to bring a lot of harvest."

"That's good." Zhu Yixi said a little relaxedly: "Nowadays, there is a lot of money in the treasury of the imperial court, but the folks don't have enough money. If we can make more gold coins, we can scatter those silver coins."

Although the biggest impression of the west coast of the United States is Hollywood and Los Angeles, San Francisco has heard a little about it thanks to the legend of the TV series Bruce Lee.

There must be a reason for the Chinese to name it like this.

There must be a lot of gold mines.

The world's three major gold-producing areas, Siberia, North America, and South Africa.

All he could touch were two.

If there is really a lot of mining, then the gold and silver double standard can be expected.

The Spaniards were also cunning, and most of the gold was shipped to Europe, while most of the silver came to the East.

Through sea trade every year, the import of silver continues to grow, but gold is rare.

"Go back and have a rest." Zhu Yixi said casually: "I'll give you two months' leave, and get together with your concubines more often. I don't have three or five grandchildren, so I'm too lazy to talk to you."

"Yes!"

The power was taken away, which is what it should have meant, and Zhu Cunqu was not surprised.

It is thanks to the emperor's indulgence that he can cultivate private ministers in Heilongjiang openly and aboveboard.

Putting it away and taking it away, he was going to observe him, the prince who had been in the field for more than a month, under his nose. This was the emperor's mind.

After all, when the kite is flying high, it is easy to break the line.

In the Summer Resort, the prince also has a palace, which is no less than the East Palace in the Forbidden City.

Simple, low luxury, revealing the casual feeling of summer vacation.

Perhaps this is the original intention of the Summer Resort.

Many concubines don't have to abide by the strict rules too much, bathing, mahjong, playing chess, flying kites, etc., can do as they please.

The proof is that the most important morning and evening meditation for the queen has also been simplified to once every three days.

The emperor slept late every day, slept with the big quilt, and prostituted himself during the day, etc., there are countless.

"Where is the princess?"

Back in the hall, Zhu Cunqu hurriedly asked when his son was nowhere to be seen.

"The crown princess went to the harem to pay her respects to the empress, and the emperor's grandson was also taken away..."

The female officer explained softly: "To the prince, Zhu Cheng asks to see—"

Zhu Cunqu frowned.

This Zhu Cheng is Zhu Mou's son. Although he belongs to the same clan, the Zhu Mou family is playing down their influence, and the name does not contain the word "generation".

This is also the choice of the clans who are officials in the court.

The identity of the clan can sometimes become an obstacle.

The same is true, when the number of words is not enough, the number of people who follow the words plummets. Only those princes and county kings are so honored, and the lieutenants and generals are basically free.

"Let him in!"

Zhu Cheng's open and aboveboard visit caught him off guard, but he still wanted to see him after all, since he was the son of the Chief Assistant.

However, Zhu Chengnian is two years younger than Zhu Cunqu. He walks smartly, is cheerful, smiles a lot, and has many friends among the nobles.

"Your Highness, I heard that you came home from a long-distance training experience, and our nobles wanted to cleanse you up..."

"No need." Zhu Cunqu said casually, his face calm.

Seeing this, Zhu Cheng couldn't see any movement on his face, so he could only leave knowingly.

"Hmph!" Zhu Cunqu felt a little disgusted with Zhu Mou in his heart.

Back home, Zhu Mou read the book calmly, without any trace of the panic and doubts from the previous days.

Calm and relaxed, with aloe fragrance curling up, it exudes a bit of elegance, which is completely different from the usual manner.

"Father!" After Zhu Cheng came back, he could only describe the situation in detail.

"If the crown prince doesn't agree, then I won't agree." Zhu Mou didn't seem to care, "Go down, remember not to cause trouble, in the capital, even the chief assistant can't be the master."

"Go down!"

After he left, Zhu Mou's heart sank, and his eyes were full of regret.

Now that the prince didn't even want to see him, it seemed that the emperor hadn't given up his plan to replace the chief assistant.

"Is it true that I can only sit for another half a year and become the chief assistant for a year?"

When Zhu Mou thought of Zhao Shu and Yan Chongxin's ten or five years of going to sit together, he felt very envious.

……

At this time, in the experimental area of ​​Yuquan Mountain, the emperor was invited here again.

The transformation of the train has been completed a lot, and it is only four months since the last time.

The problem of coal burning efficiency has been solved.

Or how to say it is a lure, for the craftsmen, sealing their wives and children is also their pursuit.

A carpenter named Tian Chuyi effectively solved the problem of steam engine efficiency and increased it several times.

A thousand catties of coal can travel thirty miles, and the time required has been reduced to half an hour.

In this regard, Zhu Yixi did not hesitate, and directly made him a baron, and then rewarded him with 100 gold coins, which can be described as an extremely heavy reward.

However, its load remains the same, it can only carry eight carriages, 600 people, about [-] catties, any more will be dangerous.

Car crash.

At this time, a craftsman suddenly raised his hand and put forward his own suggestion: "Caomin thought that a locomotive can only carry one steam engine, so why not add an extra locomotive?"

"One head and one tail with two fronts, wouldn't it be possible to carry sixteen carriages and hold a thousand people at a time?"

"this is a good idea."

Zhu Yixi patted himself on the head, why didn't he even think of such a simple thing?Damn it.

"A reward of ten gold coins."

With a wave of the emperor's hand, it was a 100 yuan silver dollar, which can be described as extremely heroic.

The craftsmen were overjoyed, and all kinds of strategies were presented in an instant, but one of them poured cold water:

"Your Majesty, although the more heads there are, the more carriages will be carried, but the rails can't bear it, it's very easy to be crushed, and it's easy to derail and overturn."

Zhu Yixi casts her gaze.

This is a standard craftsman image.

Short clothes and brown clothes, dark skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, two thick arms, thick lips, looks very honest.

In his thirties, he stood out in front of the middle-aged and old craftsmen.

Either the son inherits the father's business, or the master guides the apprentice.

"Oh, what you said makes sense, but I don't know how to solve it?"

With a smile on the corner of Zhu Yixi's mouth, he motioned for him to continue talking.

"Caomin really can't do anything about the rails, but they have some ideas about changing the wheels."

As he said that, he said to change the parallelism of the contact surface between the wheel and the rail to a concave shape.

That is, low outside and deep inside.

"In this way, when the train is turning, it is not easy to derail and it can run more smoothly."

"Caomin has experimented many times, and it is safer."

Hearing this, Zhu Yixi was very happy: "Okay, you have put your mind into it, as long as the suggestion can improve the train, I will adopt it."

"Since you have this opinion on the wheel, how can you not reward it?"

So, another ten gold coins.

This time, it was like cold water pouring into a frying pan, which completely aroused the interest of this group of people.

Zhu Yixi was happy to see this, but in the end, he still expressed his thoughts: "If the train wants to run faster, it doesn't have to be a steam engine."

"Look at the boxy front compartment, isn't it more windy when running?"

"It's better to set it as the cone shape, just like the funnel, the wind will run to both sides, and it will save more effort when running."

Faced with the emperor's suggestion, this group of artisans who had no contact with physics, who only knew about it but didn't know why, nodded their heads one after another.

He patted his chest and said that he would try it out.

In this regard, Zhu Yixi was very pleased: "That's right, everything needs to be tested. If you run a few more times, you can see the difference. Only practice can bring true knowledge, and empty talk will only harm the country."

"In terms of trains, you can think carefully about the wheels, rails, pillows, carriages, steam engines, and even how to control its brakes, so as to make it as comfortable and stable as possible, easy to operate, and better to transport personnel and materials."

"I am not stingy with rewards."

After saying that, Zhu Yixi was taken to another realm.

A huge behemoth came into view.

It is one foot high, two feet long, and ten feet wide. A huge chimney is extremely eye-catching.

Of the four wheels, the front two are small and the rear two are huge, and they seem to be all made of iron, which looks extraordinarily hideous and terrifying.

"Your Majesty, this is the Iron Bull."

The craftsman introduced with a smile on his face: "Listening to your request, we moved the steam engine to the carriage and made this iron ox. It eats firewood and coal, runs, whirring, just like people walking, But it's powerful."

As he spoke, he walked behind the iron ox, where iron rake nets were hung, with a row of ten or so, thirteen or four rows, and the length reached two feet.

Because they are afraid of stones, they all use pig iron, which is heavy and safe.

"Is this the Iron Bull?"

Zhu Yixi looked left and right, and the more he felt that it was a tractor, but it was powered by steam, not an internal combustion engine.

If it is steam, he also knows that it is relatively simple to boil water, but the internal combustion engine is on the basis of the first industry, which is even more difficult.

However, although it is not as good as the internal combustion engine, the steam engine can also be used!

What about bulky and inefficient?
Much stronger than manpower.

"Open it and try!"

Zhu Yixi left dozens of steps, and then ordered.

Immediately, this behemoth started to start, bang bang bang dang, extremely loud, a thick white smoke drifted out from the chimney.

The guards looked shocked, they felt that something was wrong today, what the hell is this, is it something wrong?
They swarmed in front of the emperor, preparing to use their physical bodies to block the attack of this behemoth.

Zhu Yixi didn't take it seriously, and even sniffed it with his nose. Although the smell was not right, it was an industrial product.

Soon, the iron bull moved at a walking speed, like an old cow, slowly.

And behind it, the huge iron rake net easily turned the land, many grass roots and stones were dug out, and more than a dozen long ditches were formed.

Zhu Yixi came to the ground where he plowed, and the trench was a foot deep. He got rid of the weeds on the surface, turned it over again, sprinkled some fertilizer, and it became arable land.

After a while, about half an acre of land was reclaimed, [-] meters long and [-] meters wide.

What an exaggerated figure.

If manpower is needed, a family of five can't solve the problem within half a month.

Even in the Construction Corps, with oxen and plows, it takes one day to obtain arable land, which is still shallow plowing, less than half a foot deep.

"good--"

At this time, Zhu Yixi immediately felt happier than getting the train.

Such a behemoth has such a great effect on reclaiming the virgin forest!
There are two reasons why the reclamation of wasteland in the Northeast was untenable in the past dynasties, and it was only occupied in the Ming Dynasty.

Cotton clothes are the main ones, but the huge primitive deep forests in the Northeast are also an important obstacle.

And with this Iron Bull, the Northeast Development can be put on the agenda.