I am the king of the dead

Chapter 815 Technology is not neutral, let alone universal
Zhu Qiyu came to the racecourse. Representatives of the Ming Dynasty who participated in the race meeting include Qin Tianjian, Shishi Calendar Bureau, Shijing Factory and other official factory craftsmen. Make out-of-the-box tricks;
And the entire [-]-mile-long road is jointly guarded by His Majesty's imperial guards, Tiqi and Jingying, to prevent people from maliciously destroying the road and the competition, and is also responsible for delivering news in real time;
And Shang Ren led a group of Hanlin from the Hanlin Academy, the censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and supervisors from the Imperial Academy to sit on the viewing platform, whispering to each other, while two scholars in Confucian robes were communicating with the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor;
Not far away are a group of envoys from the Fan Kingdom of the Siyi Pavilion, standing on an arc-shaped platform and looking around. According to the Ming Dynasty ritual system, they still have no seats. Hino Tomiko and Hosokawa Katsumoto from the Wa Kingdom Jiang Mengqing and Jin He, as well as Ivan III from the Principality of Moscow and envoys from various Southeast Asian countries.

Zhu Qiyu also saw envoys from the Kingdom of Kang and the Kingdom of Timur, which surprised him a little. What surprised him even more was that the Roman envoy and the last governor, Nikolaoz, who had already perished, and the Minister of Rites, Xiao Xuan and Yao Kui, Liu Ji, and Ma Huan sat together.

"Is there any problem with the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites?" Zhu Qiyu asked Yu Qian sideways, about why Nikolaoz was in the position of the Ministry of Rites instead of the Fanyi envoy.

Yu Qian frowned and said: "Nikolauz is the head teacher of the Maritime Hall, and he is also the general officer of the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty. It is normal for a Tartar official who receives the salary of the Ming Dynasty to be in the Ministry of Rites."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "Ivan III is also the general officer of Honglu Temple, and he also translated Roman documents together. Ivan was on the side of the envoy. When there were any activities in the past, Nikolaoz insisted that he was not the Roman envoy. Ken is on the side of the Ministry of Rites."

Of course, Zhu Qiyu knew that Nikolaoz was the Tartar official of Ming Dynasty. After all, when Nikolaoz came, he brought with him three hundred hungry and emaciated Roman soldiers. This was the only remaining armed force in Rome. Before this time, Nikolaos never regarded himself as a Ming official, just like Ivan.

Today is a little different.

"Send someone to ask." Xing'an said in a low voice, and sent a small yellow door to hear the news, and got a reply soon.

"Your Majesty, it's because the Fifth Prince was born." Xiao Huangmen said very respectfully: "Young Master Hu reminded Nikolaoz that if Nikolaoz still regarded himself as a Roman, it might bring some trouble to the Fifth Prince."

Zhu Qiyu understood, it turned out to be the case.

Nikolaoz is not stupid, pedantic, or ignorant. This is a result that both parties are happy to see.

After Zhu Qiyu took his seat, he looked in the direction of the Imperial Academy and the Imperial College. These people are the other side of today's competition.

"Does Yu Shaobao still remember the iron lock Hengjiang in Hukou County?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly talked about the past to Yu Qian. Encountered Iron Lock Hengjiang.

"Of course I remember." Yu Qian said without knowing why.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian's puzzled expression and explained: "It was right at the time. I discussed the five arts of weak people with Yu Shaobao, and Yu Shaobao sneered at it."

"In summary, the five arts of weak people are actually better than no development, and stability is more important than everything else."

Yu Qian recalled the content of the Five Arts for the Weak People a little bit, nodded and said, "That's true."

"In the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, riots broke out in the capital of Rome, and Emperor Nero committed suicide. Since then, the heads of the Roman armies began to fight for multiple emperors. In the end, a man named Vespasian [xiāng] became the Roman emperor."

"This emperor who rebuilt the order of the Roman Empire, was good at managing the treasury, and was known as greedy and gluttonous just like me, is a chaotic monarch."

"One day, Weipasian accepted a gift from a craftsman and got a water-drawing dragon tail cart, which could save manpower. Weipasian was overjoyed and rewarded the craftsman, but he didn't let the craftsman continue to make waterwheels. .”

After the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide, a chicken-eating contest was launched on the vast land of Rome, and Vespasian succeeded in eating chicken and became the emperor of Rome.

The emperor re-established the order in Rome, but he did not let the artisans order the manufacture of dragon tail carts.

Yu Qian nodded and said: "This is the same as the Five Arts of the Weak People. It is better not to develop than to develop. The pursuit of stability comes first."

Zhu Qiyu mentioned Wei Paxiang, but he is the epitome of meat eaters. These meat eaters are not stupid. Technological progress can bring wealth, but technological progress will definitely bring about changes, and changes will definitely touch the interests of some people.

For example, Mobutu, one of the five tyrants in Africa, saw that Burundi was ousted by the uprising, so he wrote to Burundi and said: [I told you not to build roads, and now they are driving against you on the road you built. . 】

Zhu Qiyu added: "Actually, not only the carnivores are afraid of change, but even the common people are afraid. When the eighty spinning wheels came out, they were directly smashed to pieces."

"In fact, technological progress is not neutral, nor universal. Technological progress is often highly bound to meat eaters, and technology is also part of the rule of meat eaters."

"So the common people are also afraid of technological progress, because technological progress may bring various new means of exploitation."

Yu Qian said convincingly: "Your Majesty really is, his eyes are like a torch, and his eyes are like a fire."

Yu Qian understood the meaning of His Majesty's words. Starting from the five skills of the weak people, he said that meat eaters hate technological progress, and then extended to the common people who also hate technological progress, because the so-called technological progress cannot enjoy the dividends, but all kinds of The new method of exfoliation is painful.

Take Xiu Chidao as an example, that is, Zhu Qiyu used his work as a substitute for relief. Not only would he not starve to death as an industrial craftsman, but he could also receive generous rewards. What if he changed to the later Daqing?

The Daqing only recruited civilians, and if they refused to recruit, they killed them. In the end, the railway was repaired, and the railway was given to foreigners with a contract.

This is what Zhu Qiyu said that technology is never neutral, let alone universal good, but highly tied to the interests of meat eaters.

For the sake of their dominance, the Qing Dynasty sent the railroad full of flesh and blood, and a treaty to foreigners, which even some Manchus with vested interests could not accept at all.

"Actually, a bachelor of commerce is quite unlucky. Look at his distraught appearance." Zhu Qiyu knew from looking at Shang Ren's sitting wax expression that he didn't want to come at all, but as a scholar of the Imperial Academy, he had to come.

Shang Ren Sanyuan Jidi, he is good at reading and academics, but he is not very good at dogfighting between courts and Chinese. He just wants to study history in a safe and stable manner, and finish the "Records of King Jili" that His Majesty confessed.

The result was first the Renhe Xia family's imperial examination fraud case, and then the North and South Yongjian Shengsheng case, which made Shang Ren exhausted and his expression full of lovelessness.

Today, Shang Ren has to represent the decadent and pedantic Confucian scholars to participate in this horse race. In this horse race, Shang Ren stretched out his face and was slapped from the left to the right.

So what if the good horse of the Yumajian wins?
The Confucian scholar lost at the beginning of this game, because the game was played on the Chidao!

Even if the Confucian scholars had placed high hopes on the horse to win and landed in a grand manner, wouldn't His Majesty's goal be achieved?
Even if the iron horse lost, wouldn't the military battle bureau not use the steam engine to stamp silver coins?Doesn't Shijing Factory use steam engines to pump water?Doesn't the Weaving Bureau use steam engines to spin and weave?

In the end, it is His Majesty who wins.

The general trend has been achieved, no matter how hard you struggle, it will be futile, but the appearance of struggling is to make a fool of yourself. The more intense the struggle, the happier His Majesty will be.

Figure what.

"When today's matter is over, let the business scholars move their nests. Even the ancient and modern Tongji Library is better than the Hanlin Academy." Zhu Qiyu still planned to let Shang Ren go. Since he is good at literature and history, he is good at literature and history. It's the same as before.

"What does Yu Shaobao think is the right place?" Zhu Qiyu asked suddenly.

Yu Qian thought for a while and said, "Then go to the Gujin Tongji Library to see the library."

How could Yu Qian, the biggest fish in the court, want such a hook even if His Majesty still wanted to fish with his skills?Yu Qian was fishing, not being caught.

The appointment and removal of officials in the capital is decided by His Majesty. After the battle of the capital, to this day, Yu Qian only makes suggestions on the appointment and removal of personnel.

Zhu Qiyu was a little disappointed, thinking that this unexpected hook would yield something, but obviously, Yu Qian was always vigilant.

Naturally, Shang Lu couldn't look at the gate, but he could still continue to write history in Niuniwo.

"Your Majesty, the preparations are ready!" Shi Heng came from a distance, bowed his head and said: "As soon as the iron horse should be ready, the good horse also took out the bridle. We only need to wait for Your Majesty's order to start."

Zhu Qiyu looked at the track, the horses were already in place, the iron horses had been placed on the rails, the water had started to boil, steam was coming from the chimney, and the car body was vibrating non-stop.

The sleepers are a steel-concrete structure with a strength of about nine feet, and the track of the road is made of special steel. The cost of the sixty-mile road is about 120 million silver coins, and each mile is as high as [-] silver coins.

The price is so high that Shen Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, wailed endlessly. It is only sixty miles away, but His Majesty wants to build it to Jiayuguan, which is eight thousand miles away. If it is built to extend in all directions, the price makes Shen Yi dare not even think about it. think.

Moreover, this is a policy loss. Even if Chidao is repaired, running Chidao will also be a money-losing business, and it will be difficult to make a profit.

Policy-related losses are opposite to operating losses. Policy-related losses are losses caused by the implementation of imperial government orders, but if you lose on one side, you will earn back on the other side.

Chidao is a fulcrum that leverages the economy and commodity circulation. If you lose ten silver coins on one side, you will earn one hundred silver coins on the other side.

"Let's start." Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.

Xing'an held a scarlet flag and waved it vigorously. After the eunuchs on both sides of the gallop saw the flag fluttering, they let go of the gates that prevented the horses from starting.

"Drive!" The groom shook the whip in his hand vigorously, and the two horses started to start, at first walking slowly, then walking quickly, and finally began to run.

In order to adapt to the running of the horses, the distance between the sleepers is restricted. The closer to the starting point, the closer the distance between the sleepers. Only after leaving the station, the distance between the sleepers is the same width.

And the air intake of the iron horse was twisted, and the screaming sound began to come, and the flywheel drove the gears to start rotating.

In comparison, the starting speed of the iron horse was far slower than that of the good horse. When the good horse had already left the station, the iron horse began to move slowly.

This kind of slow speed made everyone who watched the ceremony lean forward and backward with laughter.

Just such a thing, is it worth letting everyone come out to see it?

"It's moving." Zhu Qiyu said rather pleasantly: "It doesn't matter if you walk slowly, it's a good thing to be able to move."

"Now the steam engine is finally one year old, and it is progress if it can move."

The carriage pulled by the iron horse, even though it was slow, was still moving forward unswervingly, then slowly began to accelerate, and finally disappeared from everyone's sight.

All the people present were discussing in whispers, Zhu Qiyu turned sideways and said a few words to Xing'an.

Xing'an shook his whisk, walked to a platform, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has an order: waiting is not an option, it's better to add some color."

"Your Majesty took out a pair of jade kui, and the iron horse won."

"Yu Shaobao took out three silver coins, and the good horse won."

"Our family took out a thousand silver coins, and the iron horse won."

"Stop investing at three poles in the day, buy and leave."

Zhu Qiyu's pair of Kodama, worth [-] silver coins, was taken out from internal funds. They are absolutely good things. This is his bait. Since it is a bet against each other, it is natural to take out something of equal value.

He just wanted to see if the Hanlin of the Imperial Academy would use real money to oppose Daming's technological progress, and secondly, he wanted to see if the Qingliu of the Ming Dynasty were really as clean as the rumors expensive.

The Hanlins are interested in his money, and Zhu Qiyu is interested in their property and heads.

Yu Qian looked at Shi Heng and asked with a smile, "Won't Marquis Wuqing add some color?"

Shi Heng shook his head and said, "Gambling is banned in the Ming army. I am the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, and I will not participate in this matter."

The prohibition of gambling in the Ming army is a military discipline regulation after His Majesty ascended the throne. Anyone who violates it will be punished, even he, the chief military officer, will not be spared.

"Twelve good horses, six of them have already passed Xitu City!" The commander rode a horse with a scarlet flag on his back, and yelled as he walked into the horse farm of Beitu City and shouted loudly with.

Not long after, another commanding officer walked into the racecourse and shouted loudly: "Twelve good horses, six of them have passed Bagou Mountain! Twelve iron horses, six of them have passed Xitu City!"

The iron horse was a full stop behind.

Zhu Qiyu had been waiting for someone to place a bet, but the nest was obviously not well laid, and no one placed a bet until noon.

"What's the use of only verbal objections! You won't even take out real money!" Zhu Qiyu's tone was a little helpless. The fish pond in the capital of the Ming Dynasty can only be pumped, and he can't catch it, at least he can't catch it. come up.

The fish mouth in the Beiya is obviously not as good as that in the Nanya.

In Nanya, the fish jumped into the fish cage by themselves!

　Ask for a monthly ticket, woo! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)