Jinyi champion

Chapter 791
The matter of Mao Cheng becoming an official has finally been settled.

Yang Tinghe was very reluctant to accept Mao Cheng's official appointment. Although Mao Cheng did not completely follow Yang Tinghe's arrangements in many matters in the past two years, with Mao Cheng in the end, Zhu Si has never done anything about the ceremony. article.

Now that another Minister of the Ministry of Rites hastily came up, who knows if the little emperor will make any more messes?

But Mao Cheng is on sick leave.

The illness was indeed so serious that he could not go to court.

Originally, Mao Cheng was supposed to return to his hometown in Nanzhili after he was allowed to beg his old man to return to the land, but because of his serious illness and poor performance, he could only stay in the capital temporarily.

The person who will succeed Mao Cheng as Minister of Rites has also been decided, and indeed it is Luo Qinshun, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, and this person is still on his way to the capital.

After Mao Cheng left the court, Zhu Si was really ready to move, and discussed with Zhu Hao several times to see if he could make a fuss about the ceremony earlier, as if he wanted to use the ceremony to force Yang Tinghe to leave.

However, Zhu Hao kept comforting Zhu Si, letting him calm down and wait for Yang Ting and Li Chao.

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Zhao Huang didn't hide it: "Your Majesty ordered people to build it in Xishan, saying that it is to connect Xishan and the capital, transport the coal from Xishan to the capital, and transport it to the south of the Yangtze River by canal boats."

But after thinking about it for a while, Zhao Huang came here at night just to ask him if he had seen this thing before?
It’s tricky!
Sun Jiao didn't answer directly, but asked instead: "Since you came to ask, I guess you know about it?"

Yang Tinghe didn't know, nor did he, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhao Huang took out the blueprint for Yang Tinghe and asked, "Brother Zhitong, do you know what this is?"

"...Zhongtang, I have heard that your majesty has been planning this matter secretly for many years. I heard that this material is as powerful as a cow. It can load thousands of stones of grain at a time, and transport hundreds of people at a time. This thing needs to be supported by something called rails below. It can be operated in cold and hot weather, but the Ministry of Industry has not been involved in it from beginning to end.

Because Zhao Huang belonged to a neutral faction in the court, and the Ministry of Industry itself was not involved in the political disputes of the court, Zhao Huang's status as the six ministers was the lowest, and his presence in the court was not even as good as Jin Xianmin, the censor of the left capital.

This is what Zhu Hao did.

Zhao Huang thought about it, and it was indeed such a truth.

An unimaginable anxiety appeared between Yang Ting and his brows, and he said, "Can you confirm that it really happened?"

Sun Jiao was relieved when he heard this.

It seems that you would rather trust Yang Tinghe than me.

Yang Tinghe asked: "Then...does the Ministry of Industry have any accounts to check?"

Seeing Sun Jiao's weird smile, Zhao Huang was a little confused.

Because this incident was caused by the little emperor.

Sun Jiao took a look, what the hell?

He wanted to persuade Zhao Huang to turn back, but he couldn't persuade him.

Sun Jiao had already fallen asleep, but Zhao Huang's rash arrival interrupted his good dreams, and he had to get up to treat the guests.

When Yang Tinghe was still in court, the emperor made these unreliable things. Can it be said that this is actually some kind of blindfold against Yang Tinghe?

Yang Tinghe continued to ask.

Sun Jiaodao: "Are you suspicious of the old man? Yes or no, it's not just as simple as going to the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts, everything can be investigated... You didn't ask the governor of Jingcang whether the imperial court has allocated money ?”

Zhao Huang shook his head.

Before he knew what the little emperor was up to, he would not rashly go to the court meeting to argue with the emperor. If he stopped inappropriately and was pushed back by the emperor at that time, Yang Tinghe would lose face again.

Zhao Huang didn't want to do anything that would endanger the court in the name of the Ministry of Industry.

Yang Tinghe always wanted to involve himself in the things he encountered, because he knew that when he was in court, the emperor's main goals were all focused on him alone.

Zhao Huang's temper is quite straightforward, he said: "Since brother Zhitong doesn't know, then I can only talk about it at the meeting."

Just looking at the drawings, I feel that the amount of work is huge, but no one knows what happened. After all, only a dozen miles of roads have been laid. From the drawings, it is actually the same thing. I haven’t seen the real thing. Who knows it’s an empty shell. real stuff?
Even the width of the rails, Yang Tinghe did not have a very intuitive feeling when writing.

Sun Jiao was a little impatient, and looked at Zhao Huang with unkind eyes.

Zhao Huang folded and opened the book, but it turned out to be a blueprint, which was the scene of the train rumbling along the rails, and this was the transcript obtained by the Ministry of Industry from the Xishan Coal Mine, which described in detail the The condition of the train.

One day in mid-April.

What train?
Daming didn't have this thing before, and he doesn't need it in the future.

This time he came to find Yang Tinghe because he learned of a strange thing.

No matter how arbitrarily the emperor wants to do this, where can he get so much money?
Zhao Huang sighed: "Send someone to investigate, it should be right."

Originally, I wanted to give you a hand and let you join my camp.

I told you this, and you, Sun Zhitong, have the nerve to laugh?

No matter how hard it is to open a mine in Xishan, it's just a matter of a few mines, and they want to get a means of transportation that has never appeared in this era?
From the looks of it, it seems that we have to dig mountains and pave the way, which will inevitably require a lot of manpower and material resources. Even if these are just preliminary preparations, it is estimated that the cost will exceed 10 taels, or even several 10 taels.

"Ting Shi, why did you come here late at night? Could it be because of the Queen's father's residence?"

Since it was built according to the specifications of the earl's mansion, it cost a lot of money. Zhao Huang had previously argued with the emperor as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, requesting to lower the specification or use the existing house for renovation, but the emperor refused to listen, so Sun Jiao naturally thought that Zhao Huang sought his help for this matter.

Zhao Huang stared blankly, and asked: "Has the imperial court allocated money?"

"The railway track has been laid for more than ten miles. The news from the people in the mine said that the imperial court planned to lay this thing from the west mountain to the capital, and connect it with the canal..."

"Ah."

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"Ting Shi, there are some things that are not as you think. Your Majesty is a king who strives hard to govern. It is completely understandable to have such unconventional actions. Just don't tell Jiefu. Jiefu, what's the matter? If you want to control it, you will be in trouble... If you let him know, there will be some articles in the court... It will be tiring!"

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Yang Tinghe was very cautious.

It is precisely because the imperial court has not spent any money so far, so it can be hidden from everyone. Even you and I, the six ministers, have not known until today.

Yang Tinghe met him in his study.

Does that mean you know about it?

As Zhao Huang is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, it is considered good if the accounts of the Ministry of Industry can be sorted out, but can he also manage the Ministry of Households and the inner government?
Besides, now that Sun Jiao is rising strongly, who knows if Sun Jiao will help the emperor behind his back to complete this matter?But if Sun Jiao is involved, the money must come out of the treasury. The problem is, how could Yang Tinghe be completely unaware of any extra expenses beyond the normal expenses?
The matter was so bizarre that Yang Tinghe couldn't figure out the trick.

Zhao Huang still shook his head, but added: "I don't know."

Zhao Huang had no choice but to come to Yang Tinghe.

If this kind of thing was known to outsiders, they would think that he, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was secretly working for the emperor, so Zhao Huang had to explain clearly to Yang Tinghe that this matter had nothing to do with him, and at the same time hoped that Yang Tinghe would stop it.

Recently, the Ministry of Industry has an important task, which is to build the residence of the queen's father Chen Wanyan in the capital.

Yang Tinghe didn't really believe it.

Yang Tinghe pondered for a while, but couldn't figure out what the trick was.

Zhao Huang went to visit Sun Jiao overnight at Yang Tinghe's instruction.

Zhao Huang shook his head again and again.

"Ha ha."

"Then you can talk about it when it's a waste of money and people, otherwise it's nothing but worrying."

Looking at this posture, it is clearly a large-scale project that wastes people and money. What does the emperor mean by not saying hello to the Ministry of Industry?
It is clear that they do not believe in the Ministry of Industry!

From the perspective of Zhao Huang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the imperial court did not greet the Ministry of Industry when it launched a major project, which meant that the Ministry of Industry was regarded as transparent.

Zhao Huang hurriedly said: "But I heard that this thing is very huge. It is marked on it that it is two or three feet high and several hundred feet long. Such a huge thing, if it is built on a large scale, wouldn't it be a waste of money and people?"

Sun Jiao was old and frail, and he finally fell asleep but was woken up by someone, so he was unavoidably a little annoyed.

Sun Jiao nodded.

"The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Imperial Household Department, do you have any news?"

Yang Tinghe said to Zhao Huang as if giving an order, "If he also says he doesn't know, let's talk about it in court. Otherwise... maybe it's just thunder and rain, and it won't cost much money, so there's no need to make a big fuss about it."

It's just that in the past, Sun Jiao didn't think that Zhu Hao could make any big battles, but now it seems that he seems to be doing well.

Sun Jiao sighed and said: "You can tell it, it's up to you. When you ask my household department, the household department can only say that it doesn't know. Your Majesty has not allocated funds from the household department, and the money and food are useless. Besides...just a few iron frames, Adding something like a bullock cart, how much money can it cost? What a fuss!"

Sun Jiao persuaded.

Then why are you looking for me?
Just to ask if the Ministry of Households secretly transferred money to the past?
This kind of thing really needs to be adjusted, who can we hide from it?

It seemed that he had to tell Yang Tinghe, but in fact he met Yang Tinghe first and then Sun Jiao, and the matter could not be changed.

Zhao Huang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, took a booklet and went to pay a visit to Yang Tinghe's residence overnight.

When Sun Jiao saw Zhao Huang looking at him, his expression was full of doubts, and he hurriedly explained: "It's for training, and the court didn't give out any money. It's free, why don't you give it a try?"

"Go and ask Sun Zhitong."

What's Zhao Huang's temper?I don't want to suffer from that kind of stubborn temper, small belly, good ability, but very good at budgeting. This is why Zhao Huang can be in the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry, and has not joined any faction until today, but he can be at ease.

The whole thing is that he basically doesn't get involved in the party disputes in the court, and only cares about the one-third of an acre of land in the Ministry of Industry. When he encounters someone who is unhappy, he will directly say that it has nothing to do with it, and he will stand by and watch no matter how big the matter is.

"Go and ask Yang Jiefu first, if he agrees, you can mention it later, otherwise you won't be good either way."

Sun Jiao reminded again, "In addition, you also need to find out your majesty's attitude towards this matter. If your majesty has made up his mind, I'm afraid that you will be like an old man, and come back with a flirt for nothing."

(End of this chapter)