At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 340
The implementation of the New Deal brought earth-shaking changes to Daming. The most intuitive manifestation is the railway.

On the map, a huge railway network is being rolled out in an all-round way, with the two capitals as the center, connecting major prefectures and cities across the country.

One of them extends to the southeast, has passed through Chengdu, and reached the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

The other goes straight into the hinterland of Mobei, leading to the North Sea.

Before the last section of the road was opened to traffic, King Ning handed over the memorial to the capital, requesting Shengjia to go on tour.

The general meaning is to let the emperor take a turn along the newly built railway.

This move is not only to increase the sense of ceremony, but more importantly, to show the emperor's importance to railways and trains, so as to ensure that the railway bureau's business is booming.

After all, the railway bureau in King Ning's hands is already quite large. Although it is not as good as the imperial court's railway bureau, it is one of the best among all the vassal kings.

When Zhu Qizhen saw the memorial, he immediately agreed. During this period of time, none of the powerful enemies around him could fight, and he faded away in the capital. Taking advantage of this opportunity, hurry up and go out for a walk!
The cabinet and the Ministry of Rituals were naturally reluctant. In their eyes, as an emperor, he had to stay in the capital and could not run out at every turn.

What if something goes wrong?
However, Zhu Qizhen finally caught the opportunity, so how could he give up so easily.

The censor, above the court hall, the president of the Academy of Sciences, Bei Lin, said that under the new policy of the court, all industries are booming, and the emperor should go out and take a look.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Xinggu, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, began to talk eloquently, which probably meant that this can be had!
In this way, the Ministry of Rites became passive.

Because both the Ministry of Rites and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are responsible for supervising and restraining others, if each insists on the rules of etiquette, it will be a tie in the end, and no one can do anything to the other.

On the other side of the cabinet, Yu Qian presided over the New Deal in Uzang. Cao Nai and Zhang Yi came out to oppose it, but they were immediately opposed by a large number of officials.

Now everyone has learned to be smart, unlike before, they either speculate on the emperor's mind every day, or rely on contradicting the emperor to gain a clear name.

The emperor's thoughts are already well understood, as long as he does his job well, he can talk about anything.

Otherwise, it is useless to try to figure it out.

As for the clear name... Hehe, look at Tang Xinggu, if you hug your thighs, you have to choose the thickest one!
In the end, the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites were defeated, and Zhu Qi started his tour in a dignified manner.Accompanied by Bei Lin from the Academy of Sciences, Tang Xinggu from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and others, Jin Yiwei escorted him throughout the journey.

Now it is easy to get out of Beijing, just take the train and go to Nanjing first.

Zhu Qizhen, Fan Zhong, Bei Lin, Tang Xinggu, Yuan Bin, and Huai En sat in the first carriage, and the other accompanying officials sat in the second carriage according to their official positions.

After everyone was seated, a censor suddenly appeared, saying that such an arrangement was unreasonable, and then ran to the first carriage.

"Show the emperor, Li Yan, the official censor, has something to play."

Zhu Qizhen first looked at Tang Xinggu, and then asked: "What's the matter with the Qing family?"

Behind him, Tang Xinggu also looked puzzled, let me know in advance if you have something to do, why don't you just run to the emperor to join in the fun?
Li Yan said respectfully: "I think that the emperor is the emperor of ninety-five years. How can those coachmen and furnace workers be in front of you? This is against the norms of the monarch and ministers, and it is not in accordance with etiquette!"

Zhu Qizhen's face changed, thinking that this guy came here on purpose to find trouble, right?
Tang Xinggu was ready to chase people away, but after listening, he fell into deep thought.

Apparently, he was drawn into it.

Li Yan's reason is very simple. Before the first carriage, there is a locomotive, inside which are the driver in charge of the control, the workers who fill the coal, and some craftsmen responsible for the maintenance of the car body. These people are ordinary people. The rule is that one cannot sit in front of the emperor.

But the problem is, how does the train run if the driver is not driving in front?
However, that censor is not concerned with this, after all... the censor, his job is to make things happen, and only by making others unhappy can he show his sense of existence.

In the era when monarchy was above everything else, this so-called etiquette was indeed a problem.

Zhu Qizhen knew that Tang Xinggu might not be able to react for a while, so he said, "You mean...you want me to drive the train?"

Li Yan hurriedly said: "What I mean is, can you put the front of the car at the back?"

Finally, Belin couldn't bear it any longer, she stood up and said, "You mean, let the engine push the train? Why don't you go home, turn the carriage you're in upside down, and let the horse put its head against yours?" Let the car go, anyway, you are also a censor, and that horse is a beast. You let the beast run in front of you, it is against the rules, where will you put the face of the procuratorate?"

Tang Xinggu also looked at Beilin with a resentful face, and said to himself that this is a member of the Procuratorate, and when you slander someone... at least save some time for me. Save face!

Zhu Qizhen didn't want to get too entangled in this matter, so he waved his hand and said, "Go down, the train is about to leave!"

Li Yan seemed to want to insist, and said: "The identity of the emperor..."

"The emperor asked you to go down, didn't you hear?"

Belin didn't save face at all, and said directly: "You are not willing to let you learn more about natural science on weekdays. Now you don't even know what a train is. The railway built by the imperial court spent millions of taels of silver. I didn't let you gang of speech officials who are full and have nothing to do go around fooling around!"

Li Yan's face was like a pig's liver after being sprayed, so he had no choice but to leave in despair and return to his second car.

Tang Xinggu looked confused, as if he was asking, who am I and where am I...

After experiencing this little episode, the train made a long beep and started slowly.

Zhu Qizhen secretly laughed in his heart, in fact, in this era, there are not a few people like Li Yan.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing government built a railway in Xiyuan, Beijing. At that time, the Empress Dowager Cixi even abandoned the steam locomotive introduced by the Germans because the driver sat in front of her, and used eunuchs and mules and horses instead.

At the time, this kind of behavior was incomprehensible and unethical. It was disrespectful to Cixi for the train driver to sit and drive at the front of the car.

This situation, or such sadness, is entirely due to the complacency of those in power.

Until later, Cixi understood that the train driver must sit in the front and drive, but set two strange rules:

First, all craftsmen on the train must dress up as eunuchs.

Think about those train workers, wearing black satin boots, round-necked brocade robes, and umbrella hats on their heads, sweating profusely by the coal pile. What kind of funny scene is it?
Second, everyone on the train, except Cixi, who can sit, must stand.

That's right, even the train driver had to drive while standing. I don't know how crazy the driver's mood was at that time.

(End of this chapter)