Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 698 The wolves are sealed off as Xu, and the Mongolian ministries respectfully invite the emperor to inspect the grassland
Lack of motivation!

This question cannot be answered clearly in a few words.

After boarding the locomotive and inspecting the steam wheels, Zhu Youxiao started the train together with the craftsmen. As the firewood and coal began to burn, the water in the boiler boiled quickly, and the steam power reached the wheels. With the sound of the whistle, the train started slowly. Start off and gradually accelerate.

Accompanied by the sound of the whistle and the noise of the wheels turning, the train began to gallop on the oval rails. After the speed increased to a certain level, it began to stabilize.

Zhu Youxiao watched the craftsmen control the train to send charcoal to the boiler continuously, with a calm expression.

After running for a while, the train stopped slowly, and Zhu Youxiao got off the locomotive: "This power is weak, and needs to be improved."

Zhang Haogu pondered and said: "Your Majesty, this power problem involves many aspects. Wheels, water, and fuel may all be the key."

"Now that the train is available, the track can be laid. If it is laid early, it will be convenient to open to traffic in the future. It will save money when the train is improved in the future, but there is no track to use."

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "I agree with Master's words."

"Academician Song, I will leave it to you to improve the power of this train. There is no need to hurry up, just proceed step by step."

Song Yingxing bowed and said, "I accept the order."

When leaving the Academy of Engineering, Zhu Youxiao said again: "Wei Banban, the safety protection of this Academy of Engineering should be improved. I don't want to spread the fact that the train is available, especially in Liaodong."

Eunuch Wei said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, your slaves will spare you."

After returning to Xiyuan, Zhu Youxiao showed some disappointment: "I thought this train would come in handy, but I didn't expect it would not work now."

Zhang Haogu smiled and said comfortingly: "Your Majesty, this kind of equipment is already extraordinary. The imperial court can research it now, which is enough to shock the world. It will only take another year or so."

Zhu Youxiao took a sip of tea: "I know what Master said."

"But I'm still not reconciled. I obviously participated in the research myself, but how can I run so slowly? Even if I ride a horse or a donkey, they are probably faster than this train."

"Your Majesty, this train has just been researched, and it is already very rare to be able to move. If we only need to improve the power, it will be beyond the reach of animals. A thousand-mile horse can run thousands of miles in a day and night, but it will still be exhausted. This train only needs to Guaranteeing the supply along the way means working day and night." Zhang Haogu said with a smile.

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Now we have to wait."

"A year and a half, I can afford to wait."

"Master, tell me about your Chidao plan."

Zhang Haogu asked someone to fetch the map, and Zhu Youxiao went to the map and drew on it with a charcoal pencil: "At present, the foundation of the imperial court is still in the north, focusing on Shandong and Henan."

"The imperial court still has a canal to connect with Nanzhili, so at the moment we only consider the land route, and I think the following roads should be laid."

"The first is from Gyeonggi to Jinan, Shandong; the second is from Gyeonggi to Taiyuan, Shanxi; the third is from Gyeonggi to Kaifeng, Henan; and the fourth is from Taiyuan to Datong."

"These roads are mainly from Gyeonggi to Taiyuan, and from Taiyuan to Datong. If these two roads are properly built, the supplies of the imperial court will continue to reach the frontier fortress and then connect to the grassland."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the four galloping roads described by Zhang Haogu: "This is a galloping road of three or four thousand miles, and the money it costs is not a small number."

Zhang Haogu said: "Your Majesty, the rails running along the road need to be made of wrought iron, and the sleepers also need to be made of good materials. In addition to the labor, the repairs required along the way, the erection of bridges, the leveling of the road, etc., the cost of a mile of railway is about Do go up and down."

"One million miles?!" Zhu Youxiao was startled by the offer.

What is the concept of ten thousand miles?
Ten miles is one hundred million, and four thousand miles of galloping is worth 400 billion Daming Treasure Banknotes!
It is equivalent to one-tenth of the imperial court's annual fiscal revenue, and this is only a preliminary estimate!

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao was frightened, Zhang Haogu said quickly: "Your Majesty, this is the preliminary cost. After all, the materials used for this road are all excellent, and it requires the cooperation of countless craftsmen along the way. It is normal for the cost to be a bit expensive."

"But this road has been repaired, and it only needs to be maintained in the future. At least for a few decades, there will be no major problems. Moreover, this road can be used to carry goods and materials in the future. After this year, there will be a lot of charges. Short If it takes eight or nine years, or ten years at most, it will always pay back."

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "That's true."

"In that case, let's make it!"

Zhang Haogu encouraged Zhu Youxiao: "In the early days of the left and right, there were only three or four thousand miles of roads, and it was impossible for the imperial court to build four roads at one time. It would not cost much a year to repair them one by one. The fiscal balance is affordable and will not affect normal spending."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao felt confident. As long as the normal expenditure of the imperial court was not affected, there would be no pressure to build Chidao, and there was no need to grit his teeth.

Immediately, Zhu Youxiao said: "In this case, let's build it."

"Didn't the imperial court collect a large amount of stolen money from the collection, and use it to pave the road?"

With Zhu Youxiao's consent, Zhang Haogu then also proposed the imperial court's plan to start laying the road at the cabinet meeting.

"Everyone, the meaning of the emperor and this pavilion is that in the next two years or so, four roads will be laid first, from Gyeonggi to Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and the frontier fortress, and the four roads will be built in batches. Build Chidao to accumulate some experience and skilled craftsmen."

After hearing this, Huang Liji couldn't help asking: "Yuanfu, how much does it cost to lay the road?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Huang Xiang, I have calculated here, the court laid the road to the three provinces, the labor, wrought iron, good materials, etc., as well as various expenses, road repairs, and the cost of a mile of land are about 900 yuan. 1000, to around [-] million."

"1000 million?!" Huang Liji's voice became sharp, "The cost of the straight road for this mile is 1000 million, and the cost of the straight road for the imperial court is not so much!"

Lu Xiangsheng explained: "Huang Xiang, the straight road is mainly made of cement and gravel. Although cement is also more expensive, it is still cheaper than wrought iron. The paving of this fast road requires road repairs, leveling the place, clearing roads across mountains, and building bridges when encountering water. So the total price is higher."

Huang Liji waved his hand: "One mile consumes 1000 million yuan, and this thousand miles is 100 billion yuan! The imperial court's annual tax revenue is only 6000 to 400 billion yuan. Except for the imperial court and local expenditures, there is not much left. Now it will take If you spend [-] billion yuan, the imperial court will have no money. If there is any emergency, where will the imperial court pay for it?"

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Master Huang, this Chi Road will not be built in a year. It will not cost much to lay a section every year in the future. What's more, the tax revenue of the imperial court is increasing every year, plus a lot of extra income, to support the Chi Road. Dao, more than enough."

Wei Guangwei asked: "Dare to ask Yuanfu, even if this road only swallows 200 billion a year, what about the construction of straight roads and the repair of official roads in the local area? This is another large sum of money."

"This money must be spent by the court, right?"

Zhang Haogu said: "The court can afford it, and Prime Minister Wei can rest assured."

"Yuan Fu." Wei Guangwei wanted to dissuade him, but was interrupted by Zhang Haogu.

"This matter is just decided. The Ministry of Industry will undertake the laying of the road, do the initial survey and plan, and then submit it to the cabinet, and the Ministry of Households will allocate funds." Zhang Haogu directly made a decision.

Wei Guangwei and Huang Liji looked at each other, and couldn't help sighing, their words were becoming more and more useless.

This cabinet seems to have six cabinet elders and five on duty, but in fact, it is Zhang Haogu's one-spoken hall. The Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Households, Ministry of Officials, and Ministry of Rites are all under Zhang Haogu's control, and the Ministry of Punishment is vacillating. The Ministry of War is just a microphone. If people don't give you face, you can directly transfer troops without the Ministry of War.

The Donglin Party is not only in decline, but also has no right to speak at all, and is completely regarded as a transparent person.

Zhang Haogu didn't come here to discuss, but to make a notice!

After talking about Chidao, Zhang Haogu looked at Xu Guangqi below again: "Has the Ministry of Industry's road survey on repairing Datong to Baliannadu been completed?"

Xu Guangqi said, "Yuanfu, it's finished."

"From Datong to Balianna is a total of 970 miles. In the early stage, the ancient road was used as the basis for widening and repairing, and then gravel and cement were laid for compaction and reinforcement. The total cost was about 35 billion."

"35?!"

Huang Liji wanted to object when he heard it, but Zhang Haogu didn't give him a chance at all: "Then pass the note to the pavilion, and the Ministry of Households will allocate funds after the pavilion approves it. The repair of this road will begin immediately."

"Didn't the ministries and alliances of the grassland come to Beijing to pay tribute to His Majesty before? Recently, the Ministry of Rites received documents from the ministries and alliances of the grassland, requesting His Majesty to go to the grassland to observe the ceremony. His Majesty probably wants to go. Needless to say, this pavilion is important. Go ahead and fix it."

Xu Guangqi said: "Yuanfu, don't worry, the Ministry of Industry will be able to complete the preliminary repairs within two months."

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Next, this year's tax revenue from various places will arrive in Beijing, and the imperial court's salary for this year will also be prepared to be distributed. This year, there will be many more people in all ministries and localities of the imperial court. The salary statistics of the various ministries of the imperial court and the salary statistics of officials in various places must be completed as soon as possible, and submitted after the internal review is completed. Don't wait for the big guys to work hard for a year, and the salary will not be available when the time comes. It's time to scold your mother."

There was a small meeting in Wenyuan Pavilion, and discussions were held among the various alliances on the grassland.

Although Daming took over three thousand miles of pastures in Balanadu and Chahar on the grassland, how vast is the grassland and how many tribes are there?
Now that Ming is strong and is catching up with Yongle, all the tribes in the grassland are naturally obedient and obedient.

Seeing that the tribes of Balanadu and Chahar relied on Daming to live a good life, drinking kumiss, eating sweet potatoes, new clothes on their bodies, more iron pots in the dome, and even some broken tea leaves , and occasionally eat meat!

Not to mention being able to eat all day and night, you can still eat well, and you won’t live on cheese. What kind of a good life is this? !

How could other ministries not be envious?
But now Daming has only two grasslands, Balanadu and Chahar, on the grasslands, which add up to 180 pastoral areas, and each pastoral area has ten banners, which add up to [-] banners, and there will be no more additions.

This made the other ministries pan sour, why didn't this good thing happen to them?

Seeing that Ming was getting stronger and stronger, the emperor of Ming beat Liaodong and trampled Tatars, and the grassland sons who beat him dared not fight back. This made the ministries think about whether submitting to Ming was a good way out.

After all, the grassland is full of pastures and cattle and sheep, but right now is the Little Ice Age, with occasional droughts and snowstorms, as well as the terrible white hair wind.
This day is simply not human.

When you were shivering bitterly in the yurt with air leaks everywhere, the cattle and sheep fell to death, and the hunger was unbearable, the herdsmen in Balanadu and Chahar lived in a strong and warm house, roasting the stove and drinking water. With hot tea, potatoes and sweet potatoes were buried in the fire, meat and wild vegetables were boiled in the pot, cattle and sheep were also kept in solid pens, and there was also silage.

This gap is here, and everyone should be moved.

If you have money, others will envy you and try to get some from you, but if you not only have money but also a knife, then others will respect you.

Today's Ming Dynasty is like this, with money and power, the Ming Dynasty in the Apocalypse Dynasty, it was thriving, the Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao was in power for ten years, the military and martial arts were at their peak, and the internal rectification of officials, the appeasement of the people's livelihood and the development of commerce, the achievements are comparable to Wenjing .

Facing such a great emperor who single-handedly opened up a new prosperous age, the ministries of the grassland had no other thoughts at the moment, so they knelt down very decisively.

Seeing that winter is coming this year, and it is rare for the grasslands to have a better winter this year, the ministries thought about asking the Great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to come to the grassland to inspect the country of the Ming Dynasty, so as to take advantage of the opportunity to see how obedient and respectful the ministries are.

The ministries and alliances of the grassland have already sent two letters to the Ministry of Rites for such a request document.

Again and again, if the third letter arrives, Zhu Youxiao will definitely set off on a northern tour.

Sure enough, Zhang Ruitu came to Zhang Haogu within a few days: "Yuanfu, the various ministries and alliances in the grassland have sent documents again, please Your Majesty to patrol the grassland north."

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Well, send it to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is also waiting."

After Zhang Ruitu arrived at the Hall of Martial Arts, he respectfully presented the documents of the grassland ministries and alliances: "Your Majesty, the grassland ministries and alliances invite you to inspect the grasslands and the rivers and mountains outside the pass of Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youxiao signaled Wang Tigan to bring the document over, and when he opened the document, Zhu Youxiao's eyes shone brightly: "Okay, okay!"

"This prairie has been conquered by me after all."

Saying that, Zhu Youxiao smiled at the crowd with the document: "At present, all the ministries and alliances on the prairie are in a state of fear and fear, and they will surely submit their words. Okay, I have been waiting for this day, and I have been waiting for a long time!"

"Zhang Aiqing, please come here, I want to see him."

Zhang Ruitu brought the envoy to the Hall of Martial Ying. The envoy from the grassland who was sent to the left kneeled down and kowtowed in accordance with Ming etiquette: "Foreign minister, Dada Tuomu, kowtow to His Majesty the Great Emperor."

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, long live, long live, long live."

"Get flat." Zhu Youxiao said.

Dada Tuomu got up, and then bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, your prestige is like the sun's rays spreading over the grassland, your prestige is like the snow-capped mountains of the prairie, and your kindness is like the longevity bestowed on us. Your heart is as sweet as the rain and dew, and your mind is wider than the vast North Sea."

"All the alliances on the grassland are impressed by your bravery and kindness, and look forward to your riding an eagle to come outside the pass and inspect your pastures, cattle and sheep outside the pass."

"Your most fulfilling courtier has prepared gifts and is waiting for your arrival."

This series of compliments with very Mongolian and Yuan characteristics was uttered by Dada Tuomu, and Zhu Youxiao was obviously elated: "I heard from you, the envoy, the loyalty of all the ministries in the grassland."

"I'll take a look too."

"Go back and tell Nayan of the ministries to get ready. I will arrive in the grassland on the seventh day of November."

After getting the exact answer, Dada Tomu immediately said excitedly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, on the day you fly to the grassland on the eagle, the people of all the tribes in the grassland will definitely send you the most beautiful flowers to welcome you." s arrival."

"Take the messenger down to rest." Zhu Youxiao said.

After Dada Tuo went down, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing, it's cool, it's really cool!
All the ministries and alliances in the grassland voluntarily surrendered and invited themselves to patrol the grasslands north.

When did this happen?
Yongle, the treatment only available in the Xuande Second Dynasty.

Now that I am here, Daming has regained the glory of the prosperous age, this is Guangzong Yaozu!

For this matter, instead of going to the Taimiao to sue the ancestors, let the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty see how great a career they have done, and feel sorry for myself for being so good!
Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and nodded: "We must prepare well, prepare well, and let all the tribes in the grassland see the benevolence and majesty of Ming Dynasty."

"Wang Tiqian, go prepare. I'm going to sacrifice to the Taimiao, so that the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty can see how powerful the Ming Dynasty is!"

Wang Tiqian hurriedly went to prepare.

And Zhu Youxiao was still very excited. After all, he was only 25 this year, and he was still a young man. All the tribes in the grassland surrendered to Daming, and he completely scratched the itch in Zhu Youxiao's heart.

Speaking of which, if Taishan Fengchan hadn't been lowered by the disgusting stuff of the Song Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao would have planned Taishan Fengchan.

After all, let's see who is the number one in Taishan Fengchan?
That was the first emperor of China, the first emperor of Qin who swept the six kingdoms and unified the world.

Later, the one who conferred on Mount Tai was the Emperor Wu of the Han who swept the Xiongnu and became himself, making the word Han a backbone of the nation;
Behind is the Zhongxing Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu, who is known as the son of the plane and the great magister;
Then followed by Tang Gaozong who created the most prosperous Yonghui rule in the Tang Dynasty by Zhengqi Zhenguan, and Tang Xuanzong who single-handedly created the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

In the end, Song Zhenzong, who lowered the level of Fengchan, dared to go to Fengchan Taishan for what kind of urine in the Song Dynasty, Song Zhenzong.

One person lowered Feng Chan's grade, which made Zhu Youxiao's teeth itch with anger just thinking about it.

Think about Emperor Hongwu, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, from the south to the north to recover the rivers and mountains of the Han family; think about the ancestor Yongle, who went to the West in five expeditions to Mobei and seven times to compile the Yongle Canon;

After thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao estimated that he would have to go to Yinshan Mountain, Langshan Mountain to have a look, and Saihan Mountain for a walk.

Pity.

(End of this chapter)