The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 250 Expansion Like a Rainbow

The widow of the Zhao family has been busier than ever since she came back from Zijinguan. She told her sons that the Grand Theater had to rehearse a new play.

The second son Zhao Rui is very happy, and there is a new play to watch.

The eldest son Zhao Hong was very silent.

Knowing a child is like a mother. Similarly, Zhao Hong also knows his mother very well. The smile on his mother's face is getting brighter and brighter. It should not be that simple.

He couldn't accept it in his heart, and couldn't stand the gossip and gossip from his neighbors when it really happened, and it would drive him crazy just thinking about it.

When thinking of his father who died of illness, he would even have the idea of ​​hating his mother, because this thought shocked him.

But in the face of the happy smile on his mother's face, Zhao Hong chose to endure, and did not say a harsh word in front of his mother.

until this day.

The family of three is the same as usual. There are three dishes on the table, one is boiled tofu soup, one is dried salted fish, and one is scrambled with leeks and eggs.

In front of Zhao Hong, besides the bowls and chopsticks, there was also a jug of wine and a wine glass.

The mother picked up a chopstick dish for the second son, and a piece of dried salted fish for the eldest son, which is a good appetizer.

The standard of living of Zhao's mother and son is pretty good among workers, not to mention ordinary farmers.

In a family of three, two of them have stable and not-so-small incomes, and they are free from disease and calamity, so they are naturally richer.

"I'm going to Liaodong in a few days." Zhao Hong said suddenly.

"A business trip to Liaodong?"

The widow of the Zhao family asked subconsciously, but she quickly realized that her son works in the dispatching department of the Railway Engineering Department, so there is no need to travel.

"I transferred my military status a few months ago, and now I am called to go to the army for training, which will take three months." Zhao Hong said while looking at his younger brother.

"During the time I'm away, you should stir up more things at home."

"Okay, big brother."

Zhao Rui didn't react, and answered as usual, and immediately felt that something was wrong, and quickly looked at his mother to judge whether he had guessed wrong.

At this time, the widow of the Zhao family looked at the eldest son in a daze.

In the room, the harmonious atmosphere just now became dignified, and the eye circles of the widow of the Zhao family began to turn red with tears.

"Mother didn't do anything, don't be fooled by the rumors outside." The widow of the Zhao family choked up.

The eldest son hesitated to speak in front of her many times. She had noticed it for a long time, but always pretended not to know.

Unexpectedly, the eldest son would make such a decision.

She is very sad.

Her eldest son's revenge made her feel heartbroken, and she also regretted it. She would rather not go to work at the Peking Grand Theater than her eldest son join the military.

Seeing his mother's remorse, Zhao Hong felt very happy, but when his mother cried bitterly, he felt bored again.

indeed.

He did not deny that he was transferred to the military, and he had the idea of ​​revenge against his mother, but he was Zhao Hong after all, who studied and suffered a lot when he was young.

He is not a character who makes random decisions.

Now that his mother had spoken, the depression that had been stuck in his heart suddenly felt that it was no big deal.

"China Heavy Industry's care of military status is the highest priority, whether it is treatment or promotion, military status is the first."

"My son wants to join the army. Apart from this consideration, he also wants to serve the little prince more."

There are many workers in China Heavy Industries, and very few of them can talk to the young prince in person. Zhao Hong doesn't know if the young prince still remembers him, but he doesn't want to miss this opportunity.

Zhao Rui was absorbed in reading.

He was born late, and although he suffered a lot, the changes in his family did not make him remember as deeply as his elder brother.

Hearing the conversation between his mother and elder brother, if there was something he didn't know, he looked back and forth on the faces of his mother and elder brother, trying to find out what it was.

"Brother, you are so good. Why did you transfer to the military? If there is a war one day, what will happen, mother will be so sad."

Zhao Rui was a little dissatisfied.

Zhao Hong shook his head, "There are so many guards in Beiping, and we have no shortage of military households in Ming Dynasty. If there is a real war, it will never be our turn."

"no."

The widow of the Zhao family cried.

She was originally a soft-tempered woman. When her husband was alive, she only took care of family affairs. After her husband died, the misery of life suddenly surrounded them.

After crying for a long time, she stopped crying.

When times are hard, she can't cry, but when times are good, she tends to cry more easily.

Her cultural level is not high, but she has a lot of experience in the Grand Theater, but not so much. She can feel some things, but she can't express them.

"Now Xuanjun has a lot more slogans."

"The new film we shoot in the Grand Theater should focus on supporting the army."

"A lot of people said strange things."

.......
Listening to the widowed mother's intermittent and messy words, the expressions of the two brothers became serious.

Zhao Rui reads books, not by rote books.

Zhao Hong's character is not ordinary youth.

The two felt something, plus some words from their mother. Although they didn't know what was going to happen, the changes in the army were still depressing.

The young Zhao Rui didn't grow up after all, his life experience made him stare nervously at his elder brother.

He didn't know what to say, and he didn't have any good ideas.

Zhao Hong calmed down.

"The little prince's kindness to our family is as great as a mountain. I am willing to serve as a soldier for the young prince, and I should do so."

"Don't say there is no war now, if there is such a day, as long as the little prince needs it, our family must have someone. I am the eldest son in the family, and I should serve the little prince."

Just as Zhao Hong finished speaking, there was a cry of "woooooo~".

The widowed mother of the Zhao family held her face and began to cry.

Zhao Rui gritted his teeth, lowered his hair ruthlessly.

"Don't say these words indiscriminately." Zhao Hong glanced at his younger brother, and Zhao Rui looked at his elder brother inexplicably. How could such words be said out of nowhere, for no reason at all.

……

Since the death of the King of Qin, the 28th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, it seems very strange, full of stability on the surface, but everyone knows that the atmosphere is not right.

The first to bear the brunt was King Jin.

In Shanxi, Jin Wang diligently seized military power, as did Yan Wang in Beiping.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang had to issue an edict again to reiterate that he required the kings to abide by the court system and not violate the system.

In history, the movement of several vassal kings has not been small.

This change is inevitable.

Just like in history, the only real power in the later Ming Dynasty, the Duke of Mu in Yunnan, fought with the local government for hundreds of years for military power.

The death of King Qin made the officials very nervous for a while, for fear that the saint would be involved in a major case.

Therefore, in the 28th year of Hongwu, the officials' attitude towards the vassal kings was relatively restrained, and they did not make any major movements.

But the behavior of the vassal kings to seize military power has indeed stimulated many officials, especially the new faction in the family of the emperor and grandson of Yingtianfu.

The development of things must have a context to follow.

In Zhu Gaochi's eyes, it was precisely because of these actions that after Zhu Yunqi ascended the throne, the new faction trusted by the new emperor came to power.

The new sect must first secure the interior in order to fight against the outside world, and pushed out figures like Zhong Ruyu from the old school and transferred them to other places.

The court, which unified its thinking, launched the most ruthless strategy of cutting down the vassal kings.

Zhu Gaochi didn't want to die.

The contradiction between the two is irreconcilable and must end with the victory of one side, which itself represents the advanced productive forces.

Therefore, no matter whether it is out of public or selfish intentions, Zhu Gaochi hopes that the people in the imperial court will lose.

Simultaneously.

Zhu Gaochi didn't want to be like in history, although Zhu Di's rebellion was only four years old, he could win a small victory, and too many wars happened.

He hopes to compress this process to the minimum cost.

Many outstanding talents were selected. Those from military households were sent to Shixia Camp for training, and those from civilian households were sent to Jinzhou for training.

These specially trained talents are the reserves of reserve military officers, which are used to strengthen the foundation of Zhu Di's rebellion.

……

Shaanxi.

The eldest son of the King of Qin was finally decreed by the sage to succeed the new King of Qin. Zhu Shangbing, who was relieved, did not dare to make a fuss.

Just like the performance in history, whether it was Zhu Yunqi's cutting down the vassal, or Zhu Di's rebellion, and even Zhu Di became emperor.

The second generation King Qin remained indifferent, obediently staying in the Palace of Prince Qin in Shaanxi, doing nothing.

Therefore, the current Zhu Shangbing is obedient and filial, and will not leave the palace even if there is no major event.

After all, the saint's evaluation of his father was too bad, which dealt a devastating blow to the political prestige of Prince Qin's residence.

Although the Shaanxi Construction Business Group started late, its large investment scale and numerous participating forces, coupled with the complicated situation in Shaanxi, made the royal and government offices look like ostriches.

As a result, although the coal mine resources in Shanxi are more abundant and high-quality, the development momentum of the Shaanxi Construction Business Group this year far exceeds that of Shanxi.

Coal mines were opened one after another, and a steam engine factory was established in Shaanxi, and the production was fully fired, and the second branch factory was established.

Honeycomb coal factories, under the plan of the Honeycomb Coal Chamber of Commerce, opened one by one in 57 prefectures, [-] scattered prefectures, and hundreds of counties in Shaanxi.

In the face of the briquette chamber of commerce, which is rich and powerful and is rapidly grabbing the market, local businessmen are simply unable to compete.

In terms of power, the Honeycomb Chamber of Commerce is backed by the Shaanxi Construction Business Group, which is also a giant.

What to do if you can't beat it, then you can only join.

Smart local businessmen try to please the Honeycomb Coal Chamber of Commerce and try to join it, and the Honeycomb Coal Chamber of Commerce will not blindly suppress it, and absorb some powerful local snakes in order to develop their business.

Just as Guo Song, the owner of a small honeycomb coal workshop, said, a small business can also become bigger and stronger, which won the support of China Heavy Industry.

Under the leadership of this ambitious businessman, the Honeycomb Chamber of Commerce, which was still very weak at the time, has indeed become a large business house covering several provinces.

The first in terms of scale and capital is of course the Coal Mine Industry Association.

The only ones who can compete with it are the salt merchants in the south.

However, the organization of the salt merchants is not as strict as that of the mine owners organized by the chamber of commerce, and the mine owners are backed by China Heavy Industry.

The Coal Mine Industry Association is undoubtedly the number one business force in Ming Dynasty.

New Year's Eve.

The headquarters of Zhonghua Heavy Industry in Beiping held the second general business meeting, these big businessmen who are out of the country, and the new big businessmen from other places.

Whether they are newcomers or old people, they all arrived in Peiping happily.

Businessmen never imagined that they would have such a relaxed external business environment, and it was so cool to use capital to suppress people.

(End of this chapter)