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Chapter 495 If you don’t want people to know

Only in mountainous areas and complex terrain, wooden tracks cannot be built in a short time. This is a technical issue, and progress needs to be summarized slowly, and no one can achieve it overnight.

Hong Tao has given Xiong Sanba the construction order for the second wooden track, which will connect Tongzhou City and Dagukou Shipping Terminal in a line, interspersed with the Naval Base, Haihe Shipyard, Haihe Machinery Factory, Liuguangzhai, and Limestone kiln.

After it is completed, supplies from the south going north by boat and supplies from the north going south by boat can be quickly collected and distributed by rail carriages. Within a few years, Tianjin Wei and Dagukou will become the busiest and most prosperous cargo distribution centers in the north, which will bring more capital investment, more population and more tax revenue.

This means that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. A transportation system does not exist alone. Although it cannot create profits by itself, it can become a catalyst for the rapid growth of other industries that rely on it. As long as you plan well, it must be profitable overall, or make a lot of money.

After this Tonggu track is repaired, the construction of the third wooden track must also start immediately. Starting from Tianjin Wei, head east, passing through Luanzhou and arriving at Shanhaiguan.

First of all, it is for military purposes. Its existence can more than double the time for troop mobilization and logistical material supply from the capital to Shanhaiguan. The second is the artery of economic development. As long as transportation is convenient, villages and towns will soon appear along the way, attracting more people to gather and driving local economic development.

However, no matter how wonderful the idea is, what needs to be solved now is not the funds or technology, but the thoughts of the ministers of the DPRK and China. If we cannot fully control the direction and allow some officials to create obstacles to the New Deal, no matter how good the future is, it will be delayed forever unless it is in their interests.

"Tell me, who has been jumping up and down in the capital these days without me, and what kind of excitement has it caused?" Yujia had just returned to the palace, and before he had finished changing his clothes, a fat black man wearing a three-mountain crown appeared at the door. Wang An has gained some weight over the years and is obviously getting older.

"Back to Lord Long Live, according to the report from Dongchang, Han Xu, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Sun Shenxing, the editor, Liu Yishen, the reviewer, Bao Jianjie from the criminal department, Shen Fengxiang from the household department, and Song Yi from the military department Han, Tang Binyin, who was offering wine at the Imperial Academy, and Hou Qingyuan, the young minister of Taichang Temple, had the most suspicious behavior. They met in Hou Qingyuan's house several times. According to servants of the Hou family, there were many complaints about the New Deal during the dinner, and some encouraged his son to go to the Three Laws Department to report. The language of love.

Han Xu and Bao Jianjie also went to Wengshan (Wanshou Mountain in the Summer Palace) in the north of the city twice for spring outings. They met by chance twice with their sons Fang Zhenru, Qian Qianyi, Zhou Tingru, Miao Changqi and others, and they went together to play together. What they said during the trip was unknown. Know.

However, after returning to the city, these Jizi people traveled between guild halls, temples, and inns every day, meeting many Jizizi, and then it happened that nearly a thousand Jizizi came to Sanfa Si for advice. "

The emperor took advantage of the spring flowers to go for a walk around Dagukou. Wang An did not follow him to wait on him, but he was not idle either. He was busier than accompanying the driver on a patrol. Even Dongchang and Haikou started to move.

Using a method of casting a net over a large area and focusing on harvesting, we tried hard to find signs of abnormality in the daily behavior of thousands of guizi and thousands of Beijing officials, and then sent dedicated personnel to monitor them all day long. Finally, we fulfilled our mission and found the motivating zizi. Clues of trouble.

Moreover, he was smart enough not to use Jin Yiwei's power. Compared with Dongchang and Haihusi, although Jinyiwei has been cleaned up many times by Wang Zhizhen, its members are still too complex and should not participate in too confidential investigations. "Is there anyone from the six departments, nine ministers and nobles involved in this?"

Hong Tao read the investigation report and immediately found something unreasonable. It is contrary to common sense to incite thousands of people to cause trouble in the capital without the support of important officials in the court. But among the major suspects, the one with the highest level was the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine, which was only ranked fourth grade.

"Shen Fengxiang and Fang Zhenru visited Fang Congzhe's house one after another, but they were not able to meet each other. It is said that Academician Fang suffered from a foot disease and was unable to walk, so it was inconvenient to see guests. The others also closed the door to thank guests and rarely moved around, as if they had agreed upon it average."

Wang An couldn't help laughing when he answered this question. He had to put some thought into making up a lie. It's okay to avoid suspicion, but he couldn't have a head ailment or something like that. If he had to get athlete's foot, he would have to go barefoot when meeting guests!
"Don't laugh. Academician Fang is very thoughtful. By doing this, he not only expressed his attitude to the princes and courtiers, but also expressed his position to me. Neither side will be offended. It is a very clever calculation."

But Hong Tao didn't think Fang Congzhe's pretense of illness was too sloppy. Compared with several other important ministers who forcibly thanked guests behind closed doors, this bachelor was a good person. Although he didn't say anything, he expressed clearly what he wanted to say. As for whether colleagues and the emperor can understand it, that is another question.

"My servant has an unknown matter. Since there are no important officials in the court involved, the matter will generally not be accepted by Long Live Lord. Why do these people risk demotion and conviction to encourage the princes to cause trouble, knowing that there will be no results?"

There is no need for the emperor to draw the conclusion that Fang Congzhe is a scheming person. Wang An has experienced it deeply in his daily work. But he was a little confused as to what the purpose of this incident, which was secretly fueled by others, was to be achieved.

"How is it possible that there are no important officials in the court involved? The reason why you can't find out is not that they were not involved, but they just didn't show it. I have been on the throne for eleven years, and I have ruined their good deeds more than once during this period. You have to take a step back. They have gained wisdom. Now they are smarter and know that if they want to succeed, they must avoid my eyes and ears.

It doesn't matter, in addition to Dongchang and Jinyiwei, I also have a navy and an army. In the past, the reason why I looked left and right and looked forward and backward was entirely due to lack of strength and my inability to keep my word. Now that I have enough strength, I no longer need to fight with them in a laborious battle of wits and courage.

You personally take my handwriting with you and lead the Jin Yiwei to pick up the person in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. You bring the person who was friends with the deceased and the shopkeeper of the restaurant to Yangxin Hall. I want to sit in the court in person to see who is there. Trouble behind the scenes. "

Is it true that, as Wang An's secret investigation showed, the officials just gathered together spontaneously to spread the word, and at most a few middle- and lower-level officials were involved without knowing it? Hong Tao firmly disagrees. Some things do not require careful planning and deployment, and they can achieve tacit understanding and cooperation.

Take this incident as an example. When the candidates had disagreements over the pros and cons of the New Deal, and a fight broke out, killing someone, someone immediately realized that they could use it to make an issue, such as Shen Yingwen, the Minister of Punishment.

(End of this chapter)