Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Zhu Biao's question made Yang Xian a little embarrassed.

The most annoying thing for men is to be told no.

What confused Yang Xian the most was that he was obviously very good at it, but he was so good that even Wang Yuemin, a daughter of the grassland, couldn't handle it at all.

Moreover, Yang Xian did not deliberately take protective measures after the marriage, but the fact was before his eyes that Wang Yuemin was not pregnant. It seemed that he would have to work harder after returning, Yang Xian thought to himself.

Wuwuwu——

At this moment, the train roared, which relieved Yang Xian's embarrassment.

Yang Xian smiled and said: "The departure ceremony is about to begin. His Royal Highness, let's go over and meet His Majesty and the others."

Zhu Biao turned his head and glanced at the smoking locomotive, his eyes shining brightly. The train in front of him could be said to be the real steel monster of this era.

Boys’ obsession with steel machinery transcends the times.

Originally, the carriages relied on horses, but the number of carriages was greatly limited and would not be too long. The train in front of us, named Daming Dragon, has twenty or thirty carriages. Each carriage is made of pure metal. From a distance, it really looks like a giant black dragon.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the train in front of him, but he was thinking about something further.

Because what Yang Xian said to him at that time has not been forgotten until now.

A steam engine is a machine that uses only firewood and coal to replace human and animal power. It can use steam to propel everything.

The new trains before us proved that steam engines could do just that.

Since steam engines can be used on trains, they can naturally be used in other aspects.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, he seemed to see a scene decades later, when the people of the Ming Dynasty lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the seas and rivers in the world were clear.

The development of science and technology means that life will get better and better for most people.

But for some people, there is only deep panic.

From the day the imperial court began to study steam engines, Song Lian felt deeply uneasy in his heart.

In the past two days, after hearing that the new train departure ceremony was about to be held, Song Lian couldn't eat or sleep.

When I close my eyes at night, I have nightmares again and again.

Either he dreamed that he was thrown into the huge furnace of a steam engine and was burned to ashes, or he dreamed of the terrifying sight of a black dragon opening its bloody mouth and swallowing him.

What he had been worrying about finally happened.

Today steam engines have replaced war horses.

Horsepower has been directly replaced, so can manpower be far behind?

If manpower is saved, won't the people become slack and all rely on external things? What will the world look like?
Confucianism mainly focuses on seeking what you need from yourself, looking inward rather than outward.

In Song Lian's view, people will become more and more impetuous if they continue to rely on external things. When people are free, they will have troubles and lustful thoughts!

As soon as the machine turns around, people’s hearts will change!
After a serious illness a few years ago, coupled with his old age, his body has long been like a withered and rotten tree.

Now because I was worried about the steam train, I coughed for several days. Last night, I coughed up blood.

But even so, Song Lian still dragged his dilapidated and sick body to the departure ceremony of the Daming Dragon.

dong dong dong-

The sound of wooden sticks hitting the ground sounded on the train platform.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the sudden sound, the smile on his face gradually faded and he turned his head to look.

Yang Xian and the others also followed Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze and turned around to see the old Song Lian holding a cane and walking to the Ming Dynasty starting ceremony with the support of his student Fang Xiaoru.

It blocked the way for Zhu Yuanzhang and the others to board the car.

Then in front of everyone, Song Lian put down the crutch in his hand, knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have a memorial for Song Lian!"

Hu Weiyong, who was following Zhu Yuanzhang, stood up and scolded: "Master Song, do you understand the rules? Today is the departure ceremony of the fire train, there is no discussion!"

Song Lian raised his head, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "I am bold, today's Ming Dynasty is in danger of capsizing."

On a day like today that was supposed to be full of joy and congratulations, he came out to say such unlucky words, which made Zhu Yuanzhang laugh angrily at Song Lian.

Could it be that even today, he still thinks that the steam engine is some kind of wonder?

"Master Song, we miss you because of your old age, so we won't argue with you today." Zhu Yuanzhang said, waving his hand and motioning for the people below to pull Song Lian away, but Song Lian refused to get up.

"Your Majesty, I am not being alarmist." Song Lian shouted loudly.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Song Lian, his face livid and extremely ugly.

It can be said that the Ming Dynasty's national power has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, and its territory has become larger than any previous dynasty. Now that artifacts like the steam engine have been invented, it is only a matter of time before it reaches the top of the world.

But now Song Lian is constantly badmouthing the Ming Dynasty at this time. It is strange that Zhu Yuanzhang has a good temper.

"Okay, we will give you a chance today, but if you can't tell me why, don't blame me for punishing you for your lies." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Song Lian first saluted Zhu Yuanzhang, and then continued: "The steam engine advocated by Yang Guogong, as he said, can use steam to propel all things. With it, more things can indeed be produced, but Your Majesty, veteran I want to ask, can this really make the people of Ming Dynasty live a better life? "

When most people present heard Song Lian's words, their first reaction was that this old guy was really confused.

If we can produce more things in a shorter time, can people's lives become worse?
Even Song Lian's former student Prince Zhu Biao failed to understand.

Only Yang Xian frowned and took a deep look at Song Lian, as if he understood what Song Lian meant.

Now that the facts are in front of him, Song Lian is not questioning the role of the steam engine.

In Song Lian's opinion, after using a steam engine. The Ming Dynasty's national power will indeed become unprecedentedly strong.

It can even reach heights that were unimaginable in ancient times.

But what about the people?
Can you really get more?
Song Lian asked such a question only when he truly stood on the standpoint of the common people.

From this point of view, he is indeed a well-deserved great scholar.

And what followed, Song Lian's words really verified Yang Xian's view.

Just when Hu Weiyong and others wanted to send someone to send Song Lian away, Song Lian then said, "I went to Yangzhou about three or four years ago."

Seeing Song Lian mentioning Yangzhou, everyone present glanced at Yang Xian subconsciously.

"At that time, I returned to the capital from Yangzhou and ordered a carriage. The carriage master told me that he had not received this kind of cross-city business for a long time. Since the introduction of rail trains, his life has not only not changed for the better. On the contrary, the income is getting less and less, and it is difficult to even support the family. He said that if it weren't for my business, he might not be able to open up the matter in two days," Song Lian said.

When Song Lian met the coachman, it was because he was so angry that he refused to take the train after his argument with Yang Xian failed, that the two frustrated people met.

"The rail train is fast and comfortable, and buying an ordinary ticket is cheaper than hiring a carriage directly. Isn't it a matter of course that no one wants to hire a carriage." The twelfth prince Zhu Bai said.

The people present to participate in the launching ceremony of the fire train were all high-ranking officials. They couldn't help but recall that since the construction of the rail train, they almost always traveled across the city by train, whether it was for official business or private matters, unless it was that kind of rail train. It has not become popular yet.

The twelfth prince Zhu Bai has already mentioned the reasons, not to mention the current firepower train.

You must know that according to the imperial court's plan, the railway will be laid all over the country, which also means that these coachmen will completely lose their business.

The most affected department of the imperial court was the inn, but for those who were on public payrolls, the most they could do was to change their government offices, but for those who were running their own lives outside, it would be a ruin to their jobs.

Zhu Bai then said: "Since these coachmen know that they will have no business in the future, why don't they change careers?"

Everyone around them was silent and did not speak.

Obviously Zhu Bai, who grew up in the palace, is still too young.

It's not that these rickshaw drivers are unwilling to learn new skills, but they have been working as rickshaw drivers for half their lives. When they are middle-aged, it is not easy to lay them off and change careers.

These people here have all come from hard times, and they know this fact in their hearts.

Their silence meant that they had given their answer.

Song Lian looked at Yang Xian and asked, "If we go by what you said, Mr. Yang Guo, and railways are laid all over the country, then there will no longer be a place for these horse-drawn carriage drivers in the entire Ming Dynasty."

"I would like to ask Duke Yang, aren't these carriage drivers citizens of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Or are you trying to convince me with the Twelfth Prince's rhetoric?!"

Zhu Bai on the side wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Yang Xian.

Yang Xian shook his head gently. After all, he was still limited by history. Even though Song Lian saw some problems brought about by the industrial revolution, he still saw it too lightly.

"What Grand Scholar Song said is indeed true." Yang Xian paused and then said. "However, a person cannot refuse to eat because he may choke to death. There is no such reason in this world."

"In the next few decades, the Ming Dynasty will develop at a speed far beyond the imagination of everyone present. The development of steam engines will bring far more than just fire-powered trains. The development of steam engines will trigger a revolution. An industrial technological revolution!”

Yang Xian looked at Song Lian and said: "In this revolution, people's production methods began to undergo major changes. By then, various machines invented based on steam engines will gradually replace human or animal power. By then, it will affect not only Just the carriage driver industry, the entire Ming Dynasty society, and all walks of life will be affected. The unemployed will not only be the carriage drivers mentioned by the Song Dynasty."

Hearing Yang Xian's personal admission of this matter, Song Lian's old face showed an extremely sickly rosy color, and he said extremely excitedly: "Your Majesty, you can hear it. Yang Guogong admitted it himself. He knew it would happen a long time ago. If he still does this in such a scene, he is going to bring Ming Dynasty to a point of no return. "

"When all walks of life are unemployed, will the world still be stable?!"

"Your Majesty! Whether it is the steam engine or these other iron lumps, they should be destroyed directly!"

"Otherwise, we will surely fall into a state of catastrophe in the future!"

After listening to Song Lian's remarks, some ministers present could not help but feel that what he said was reasonable.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered without speaking.

People like Zhu Biao and Zhu Bai were not shaken at all.

Because they believe in Yang Xian, it's that simple.

The social problems mentioned by Song Lian have a professional term in later generations called structural unemployment, which refers to changes in the employment structure and employment caused by the adjustment of industrial institutions due to changes in the system, changes in the demand structure, or technological progress. Diminished opportunity.

It is inevitable in the process of technological revolution.

But development cannot be stopped just because of the pain of development.

Everyone was waiting for Yang Xian to speak.

People like Hu Weiyong and others who have suffered at the hands of Yang Xian are eager for Yang Xian to fall. You must know that if the crime mentioned by Song Lian is proven true, Yang Xian will really be doomed.

Yang Xian looked at Song Lian, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "Let me tell University Scholar Song, what is the use of these iron knots in your mouth about unforgivable sins."

"The industrial revolution will lead to the continuous improvement of production tools, and agriculture is the first of them. Both agricultural technology and farming methods will continue to improve under the influence of the industrial revolution. With various advanced machines, whether it is sowing, cultivating, Whether it’s harvesting or harvesting, the benefits will be greatly increased.”

"Daming will reclaim more soil suitable for planting. Using these machines, labor costs will be greatly reduced and output value will be greatly increased."

"At that time, the food produced by our Ming Dynasty will be able to allow everyone in the world to have enough to eat. They will be able to eat white rice three meals a day."

Even with the intervention of Yang Xian, the artifact like potatoes was brought, but it solved a large part of the food problem and was the savior in the famine era.

But as long as productivity does not develop further, it is simply impossible to completely solve the food problem.

"The second is the textile industry. The Yangzhou Research Institute is already developing textile machines designed based on steam engines. I believe it will be available soon. The new textile machines can provide ten times the existing textile efficiency, and because The integrated manufacturing of the machine allows even an unskilled worker to operate the machine for textile production, and the safety during spinning is greatly improved.”

"When these new textile machines are promoted to weaving bureaus across the country, it won't take long for our people in the Ming Dynasty to no longer suffer from the cold, and everyone will no longer have to worry about not having clothes to wear."

"Everyone in Ming Dynasty will have clothes to wear and food to eat, and the population will also show explosive growth. By then, our economy in Ming Dynasty will have reached unprecedented prosperity." (End of Chapter)