The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Wu Lou.

Zhu Gaochi was sitting on the couch. There were two cups of hot tea on the table in front of him. The tea came from Fujian Province. Zhu Gaochi, who was reading the newspaper, saw the news about He Kuan. After thinking about it for a moment, he remembered this person.

"From now on, the tea used in the palace should be from Fujian."

Zhu Gaochi said slowly.

"Yes."

The eunuch laughed.

With the increase of the wealthy population, many people have solved the problem of food and clothing, and tea has become a daily necessities for every household. Therefore, the tea gardens in Fujian are getting larger and larger, especially in Wuyi Mountain at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian, where the tea produced there is in short supply.

Brothers Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou, as well as Yuan Rong and others, looked ahead with different expressions.

far away.

A dozen teenagers were riding horses.

One of them is Zhu Zhanji, the eldest son of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The name of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's eldest son was given by Emperor Taizu, and he left behind a set of naming rules, which are basically fixed names.

If there are no accidents, the energetic 12-year-old boy riding on the horse will be the future helmsman of the Ming Dynasty. He is also surrounded by the eldest sons of various noble families, including those of the Xu family.

Since the queen left, the Xu family has become increasingly quiet.

In the queen's last words, she asked the emperor to treat the Xu family strictly, not to encourage the Xu family's ethos, and to prevent the two Xu family brothers from acting recklessly by relying on the power of their uncle.

Compared with other Xunchen families, the Xu family's family tradition is actually really good.

Especially Xu Huizu.

Zhu Gaochi took a look at Xu Huizu, his uncle.

Xu Huizu was not wrong in history.

Whether it was for the country's righteousness or his own personal righteousness, it was Zhu Di's fault that he was too capable, and then Xu Huizu was wrong. He was on the wrong team, which became his biggest mistake.

But these things did not happen.

Moreover, Zhu Di was the prince designated by Zhu Yuanzhang himself and the legitimate successor of the Ming Dynasty.

So the incident of the former emperor's grandson has come to an end in recent years, with the death of Zhu Yunwen.

Too many people I know are leaving one by one.

Urgent news came from Guangdong that the "King of Yue" died of illness.

really?

Zhu Gaochi was not so sure.

Neither his father nor himself had any intention of murdering Zhu Yunwen, because there was no need, and he was confident that Zhu Yunwen could cause trouble. He couldn't do it before, and he can't do it now.

It's just that the local government must consider the imperial court.

Over the years, the Yue Palace has not been repaired. According to new information, Zhu Yunwen has been living in private houses over the years, and even the vassal salary has been in arrears for many years.

In fact, not only Zhu Yunwen, but also the Liao Palace was not repaired.

Xu Zengshou winked at his elder brother.

The eldest brother is the number one in the Xu family in terms of reputation, qualifications and prestige. People outside admire him. Xu Zengshou knows that his ability is far inferior to his eldest brother compared to his talent.

What's more, the eldest brother has been hiding in the house these years to "avoid suspicion", which made Xu Zengshou feel aggrieved.

They are all old men. How can the Xu family still have different intentions from the royal family? The eldest brother should have gone out to work long ago. Today's summons by the prince's nephew made Xu Zengshou sensitively discover the opportunity.

The prince's nephew probably had the intention of asking his eldest brother to come out.

After all, you can rest assured if your own people use it.

But it’s not enough to just use your own people, you also need to have talents, so who else is more suitable than the eldest brother.

Xu Huizu saw his younger brother's eyes, but Xu Huizu's face was calm and he did not take the initiative to speak. Instead, he stayed quietly aside, as if he was unmoved by the outside world, like a gentleman.

"People always hope for a saint to appear, and for beautiful things, they always want higher standards to meet their expectations."

Zhu Gaochi withdrew his gaze and said to people with a smile.

"He Kuan, I still remember him. He was the hero of Peking's propaganda and made great contributions to the pacification of Monan Province. So after heroes, people always use a magnifying glass to observe."

The magnifying glass of the Song Dynasty has no difference from the principles of later generations. It is very mature. The earliest record of a magnifying glass in China is a gold ring-embedded crystal magnifying glass unearthed from the tomb of Liu Jing, King of Guangling in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is made of crystal.

However, the magnifying glass of the Song Dynasty was already a folk commodity, so there was a big difference between the two.

Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou didn't know who He Kuan was.

Yuan Rong explained to the two of them.

"Actually, this is not good. The son of a hero is also a human being. As a human being, there are good things and bad things. He can fight with others, bully others, and may be bullied by others."

"The man who saw a child falling into the water did not care about the danger and jumped into the water to save him, but he was the local bully. It is human nature to save people, and it is also human nature to bully others for profit."

"So human nature is complicated. We have to praise the good sides, but we also have to adhere to the perspective of human nature, otherwise we will fall into extremes."

The comments in the newspapers even said that the father of a tiger is like a dog and his son.

Zhu Gaochi was a little dissatisfied.

Just as future generations give up their seats.

Everything has a degree, but too much is too late.

It is human nature to give up your seat, and it is also human nature not to give up your seat. The more you look into it, the more unclear it becomes, and it is not beautiful. Society is not a machine, so there is no perfect fit.

Therefore, Zhu Gaochi does not have high requirements for others.

Be strict with yourself and be lenient with others.

It is based on the personal ideological level of studying things to gain knowledge, taking conscience as the criterion, and integrating knowledge and action.

Many people think that they are at a disadvantage and live in many unprofitable calculations, but they have never thought about the magnanimity of others' lives. They only care about what they care about and are not moved by external appearances. This is not from the perspective of interests.

Morality is never spoken, but is a manifestation of society's needs.

Different social and economic stages will have different moral needs. For example, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Jiangnan area already had a small bourgeois class, and it was rare for women to study. However, some areas were displaced and uninhabited.

Everyone tried to figure out His Highness the Crown Prince's thoughts. Yuan Rong smiled and said, "It's just a joke between young men."

Zhu Gaochi shook his head.

He was not trying to defend He Kuan's son from breaking his classmate's arm. If it was wrong, it was wrong. The reason why society reacted so strongly was because they hoped that the hero's son would also be a saint.

Zhu Gaochi didn't think this was good.

It is right to treat diseases and save talents. Based on the current public opinion in the society, I am afraid that He Kuan's son committed suicide to thank the world, which is in line with the expectations of most people. In short, it is not a big deal to watch the excitement and satisfy their spiritual pursuit.

These are all small details. Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Huizu.

The court needs stability.

Military power is the basis of everything.

Then the nobility is an inseparable product, otherwise the army will become a warlord, and just using civil servants will not work, which will lead to civil and military imbalances and form the pattern of the Song Dynasty.

Xungui was eliminated in the Tang Dynasty and warlords emerged. The Song Dynasty stopped generals from becoming powerful. Unexpectedly, Xungui was revived in the Ming Dynasty. It was because of the failure of the Song Dynasty that later generations were given measures to make up for it. However, The Tumu Fort Incident wiped out the backbone of Xungui.

The power of the new nobles was not restored. The civil servants relied on their own abilities and found that they could win the war without the nobles. In addition, the civil servants were competed for, while the nobles were hereditary. Various reasons led to the Ming Dynasty. When the power of nobles and nobles declines, the balance is destroyed.

In the end, it led to the resurgence of eunuch power. Everything happens for a reason.But the royal family cannot do without honors.

A royal family without the support of nobles and nobles will eventually become a mere embarrassment.

Even in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a lot of the military power in the two capitals was still controlled by nobles. Only then did the Ming Dynasty have the stability of imperial power. However, most of the local military power fell into the hands of the civilian class.

After much thought, Zhu Gaochi decided to use Xu Huizu.

Yuan Rong's prestige and qualifications are not enough.

Although Xu Zengshou was loyal to his father, he was far inferior to Xu Huizu. As for other honorary ministers, although some were reused, after all, their relationship with the Xu family was not as good as that of Xu Zengshou.

After the beginning of the new year, Fang Kuan died of illness. After discussions with his father, it was decided to let Xu Huizu temporarily take over the post of Governor of the Chinese Army.

Zhu Gaochi needed to feel Xu Huizu's attitude.

"What His Royal Highness the Prince said is quite similar to the way everything has been done in the past. When you think about it, it contains the Great Way, which can be said to be an unchanging principle." Xu Zengshou smiled happily, but he could not see the suave appearance of his youth.

People change, and Xu Zengshou also changed.

Zhu Gaochi didn't react much.

When you are in a high position, fewer and fewer people around you tell the truth. Everyone has to think about what they say. They simply say good things and say irrelevant things. Those officials who can do practical things have too much quality. high.

An official who can do practical things must have a strong heart. He needs to have a matching core of thoughts in his mind to make him behave in ways that are not in line with the norm.

Zhu Gaochi passed Xu Zengshou and his eyes fell on Xu Huizu.

Everyone fell silent, feeling that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had something to say, and that the person was Xu Huizu. Xu Zengshou on the side subconsciously held his breath and looked at his eldest brother expectantly.

Even Xu Huizu, who was unmoved by the outside world, felt a sense of sadness and couldn't help but cheer up.

"In those days, the status of military households was low. Even if the court paid attention to it, it did not stop this phenomenon. As a result, people were unwilling to marry their daughters to military households for fear that they would be implicated. If the court needed it one day, their families would be divided into military households. .”

"This is because of interests. After all, military households have to work and fight wars. The preferential treatment given to them at the beginning of the founding of the country has not kept pace with economic development and lagged behind society. So starting from Peking, I have vigorously improved the status of military households."

"Nowadays, the status of military households has been raised, but the management of military households has also become one of the most important state affairs in the country. Therefore, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion is very important and is related to the foundation of the country."

Everyone's eyes then turned to Xu Huizu.

The Xu family really has a deep foundation.

Although the queen is no longer here, the Xu family cannot be underestimated.

soon.

Xu Huizu led the left governor of the central military governor's mansion.

When various families in the capital sent people to visit the Xu family to congratulate the head of the Xu family, the newspapers in Peking also reduced the coverage of Qimei, and the lives of their mother and son returned to peace.

Students from Peking Gongnong Middle School, organized by the school, came to the ancestors' cemetery to pay homage to the martyrs.

There is a Taoist temple next to the tomb area.

The 15-year-old He Hu has long lost his former naughtiness. After returning to school, He Hu experienced a painful blow and became quiet, completely different from his former unruly appearance.

When they arrived at He Kuan's grave, the students in the class couldn't help but look at He Hu.

Many students showed contempt in their eyes.

If it weren't for his father's fault, He Hu would have been expelled from school long ago. There would be no mention of him returning to school. Coupled with the public opinion in newspapers some time ago, those friends who had been good friends with He Hu in the past had also alienated He Hu.

The corners of He Hu's mouth moved, he didn't know what to say, he just lowered his head.

The Yanxin Palace Taoist Temple is responsible for the maintenance of the tomb area, and ordinary people come here on weekdays. The tomb area only provides sacrificed soldiers and famous scholars, but many people are also buried in ancestral graves in their hometown.

This is not the case in the past.

Even the future West in history has not yet flourished.

The status of scholars and scientists in later generations has not been raised to such an extent that during the first and second industrial revolutions, it was politicians who still dominated the country and society.

But what is particularly different is that with the advancement of social transportation, the development of overall social productivity, and the improvement of communication efficiency, scholars have their own circles.

Circles have disadvantages, but they also have special advantages.

The prosperity of the academic circle provides the soil for the great development of academics.

These academic circles, which do not dominate power, have promoted great progress in the Western knowledge system.

Zhu Gaochi promoted the status of scholars and inventors from top to bottom, and provided leading social treatment, which can be said to be the first in the world.

A huge stone tablet was erected in the tomb area.

This monument divides the tomb area into two parts. The ground is paved with stone bricks for people to walk on. There is open space on both sides and some flowers and plants are planted. It is a garden-style ingenuity that integrates with nature.

Half an hour of free time.

No one wanted to talk to He Hu, so He Hu walked alone in the Taoist temple without knowing where he went. When he passed the corner, he saw an old Taoist priest meditating under a tree.

The inexplicable magic on the other party made He Hu stop. The old Taoist priest who woke up from the shock looked at He Hu with a smile and asked him if he was a student. He Hu felt the peace on the other party and took the initiative to introduce himself. .

Finally, He Hu sat on the ground aside and stared at the old Taoist priest with envy in his eyes.

"I also want to be a Taoist priest."

The old Taoist priest didn't pay attention to the young man's nonsense.

"Do you accept people here?"

He Hu summoned up the courage to ask.

The old Taoist priest shook his head.

"I don't like reading. Reading is not interesting at all, and I don't want to go home. I only have my grandmother at home, and my grandmother is not good at all. She often scolds my mother, and my mother is always not at home."

When she was young, Qimei's parents were not very nice to her.

Later, the elder brother's family had a hard time, so they left the village and found a new livelihood in the city. The mother was scolded by her daughter-in-law all day long. The soft-hearted seventh sister took her mother back to her home and helped take care of He Hu when she was a child.

Grandma doesn't like it either.

He Hu heard how his grandmother blocked his father and mother. His mother suffered a lot of difficulties in her early years.

But people are so contradictory.

He Hu sometimes misses his deceased grandmother who took care of him since childhood.

Anyway, He Hu didn't like the atmosphere at home, so He Hu often stayed outside after school, and his grandmother scolded him for it, but his grandmother couldn't control He Hu, so He Hu became even more unruly, except for Qimei who came home. Only then did He Hu restrain himself.

"I like to make waterwheels and water clocks. You know, I once caught a mouse and used the mouse to drive the waterwheel. It was fun. However, my grandmother beat my mouse to death and threw away my mouse. Water wheel.”

"Really."

The old Taoist priest replied casually.

Seeing this, He Hu became more enthusiastic and talked about his favorite things when he was a child.

Until the bamboo whistle sounded.

He Hu reluctantly said goodbye to the Taoist priest.

He Hu didn't want to work in a factory, nor did he want to go to the Grand Theater. He Hu didn't like the atmosphere there, and he didn't want to go to the army. He was fed up with being asked this and that. People had asked him since he was a child.

But what can I do.

He Hu felt confused and was about to graduate in half a year. (End of chapter)