Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 351 The Successor of the Ming Empire (please subscribe!)

Kangxi educates the Raksha people in Yaksa, and Daming is not idle here!

Time went back to February 1686. Tang Duanhu, head of the Department of Cleaning Up Officials of the Ministry of Industry, clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, how about starting construction on the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway tomorrow? Today is the Lantern Festival, and everyone is waiting to go home for the festival."

Zhu Kezang hummed: "They're all waiting to go home for the holidays? Shouldn't they be at home for the holidays at this time?"

It is difficult to answer Tang Duanhu's question like this. Looking at the emperor's face, he bit the bullet and explained: "The Ministry of Industry thinks that the emperor may come to inspect the railway construction site, so we asked everyone to wait at their workstations and wait for the emperor You can only take a vacation when you leave Hangzhou."

Zhu Kezang: "..."

This kind of preparation for the inspection reminded Zhu Kezang of the days in the later generations when the superiors came to make surprise sweeps, but after the sweeping, the superiors went to other units and left.

Now Zhu Kezang is facing such a similar situation. If the emperor wants to come, even the countryside below must be cleaned up. What if the emperor is happy to go?
It's called being prepared!

Zhu Kezang waved his hands to Shen Cheng and the old eunuch Li and said: "Try not to reveal your whereabouts when you go out in the future, don't cause trouble to the local area, and don't delay the normal rest of the people. If similar things happen in the future, they will be severely punished!"

Shen Cheng and old eunuch Li bowed to answer.

Tang Duanhu also cupped his hands: "It is a great blessing for the emperor to be sympathetic to the people!"

Zhu Kezang ignored this flattery: "When building a railway, use your brains more and study machines more. If workers have good ideas for saving time and effort, inventing useful tools, and improving certain parts, you must Encourage and reward. The railway is a new thing. Don’t think that what is stipulated is right. Everything is still in the groping stage. You have to be brave in trial and error. The Beijing-Hangzhou Railway is still a test line after all, and it must be continuously improved before it can be used in large-scale railway construction. .”

The Beijing-Hangzhou Railway is the railway from Yingtianfu to Hangzhou.

Tang Duanhu agreed with this very much: "What the emperor said is that during the construction of the Hangzhou section, many workers below proposed a lot of improvements and improved efficiency. As for the research machine that the emperor said, Huang Luzhuang of the General Manufacturing Bureau is researching a This kind of track-laying car is inspired by the cranes in coal yards and docks, using train steam engines as power, the sleepers and rails are assembled on the train, and it can be transported in place at one time, which can save manpower!"

Zhu Kezang heard that this thing was very similar to the track laying machine of later generations: "Very good, don't be afraid of difficulties, I think it is feasible, and report to the Ministry of Households to approve research funds for you."

There are quite a few research projects of its own within the General Administration of Manufacturing, such as the research on large flat glass in the glass factory, the research on tempered glass, the research on high-permeability glass, the new coking oven researched in the coking factory, the new artillery project in the foundry factory, etc. It is a high-tech technology, and Zhu Kezang has taken away a lot of silver dollars!

The carriage started, and Zhu Kezang set off to respond to Tianfu at [-] o'clock in the afternoon, seeing that most of the troublemakers who laid the railway had dispersed.

There are also many people looking around near the newly built railway station, wanting to see the novelty of this locomotive.

The people of Hangzhou Prefecture are not afraid of the novelty of trains!
They heard about it in Huangming Daily, the emperor often sits in Chengtian Mansion, it is very safe!

After all, what are they afraid of when the emperor sits, and the emperor sits the same as the emperor, and it is also a kind of talk.

It's a pity that the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway has not been repaired, otherwise there must be many people who experience the train.

Zhu Kezang went back to the palace directly. In the past few days, Concubine Chen has reached the expected date of delivery, and Zhu Kezang is still waiting to see the baby.

Not only Zhu Kezang was waiting, but now many people in the entire Ming Dynasty were eagerly looking forward to the birth of the eldest son of the emperor.

On this day, when Zhu Kezang was dealing with political affairs in the study, the official daughter of Kunning Palace hurried over and said in an excited voice, "Your Majesty, the empress is about to give birth!"

Surprised, Zhu Kezang immediately rushed to Kunning Palace.

There were many people in the main hall of Kunning Palace, and when a baby cried, everyone in the hall was overjoyed.

Zhu Kezang couldn't care about anything else, he hurried into the warm pavilion without looking at anyone at the door.

I saw Empress Concubine Chen lying quietly on the big kang with her eyes closed, her face was very pale, even her lips were bloodless.

A wet nurse was holding the baby in her arms. Zhu Kezang didn't even look at the baby, and went straight to Concubine Chen.

Seeing her dying, Zhu Kezang bent down, took her hand and asked softly, "Concubine Chen, I'm here."

Concubine Chen suddenly opened her eyes, looking at Zhu Kezang with such bright and innocent eyes.

Afterwards, she fixed her fiery eyes on the child held by the wet nurse, and asked weakly but nervously, "Is it a boy or a girl?

The wet nurse said happily: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the empress, the baby is a prince!"

On the eighth day of February in the fifth year of Daming Shenwu, Concubine Chen successfully gave birth to the eldest son of Emperor Daming.

According to the naming rules of the Ming royal family, the character generations of "Gao Zhan Qi Jianyou, Hou Zai Yi Chang You, Ci He Yi Bo Zhong, Jian Jing Di Xian You" were formulated from Yongle, and then the five elements of reincarnation of fire, earth, gold, water and wood were stipulated.

However, Zhu Kezang's descendants are not easy to arrange. After all, he became a monk halfway and is not a real descendant of Zhu's family.

Therefore, according to his seniority, Zhu Kezang can only choose the generation of Yi character, and then the last character must be accompanied by the character Jin.

Zhu Kezang wanted to name Zhu Yiming, which means brilliant and outstanding, implying knowledge, foresight, and excellence.

With this name, many ministers can see Zhu Kezang's ardent hope for his son!
If there is no accident, the prince must be him!

On March [-]st, at the Great Court Meeting, Zhu Kezang named Zhu Yiming, the eldest son of the emperor, the crown prince, and announced that March [-]st would be Children's Day every year.

Zhu Kezang was 24 years old this year, and the crown prince of Ming Dynasty was born, which means that the crown prince became an adult when Zhu Kezang was 42 years old.

This day was celebrated in the Ming Dynasty, and the hearts of the people were put back in their stomachs, especially those who followed Zhu Kezang to fight in the country. If Zhu Kezang had a descendant, it meant that their wealth and title would continue.

After the birth of the prince, the Queen Concubine Chen was strictly protected, and Zhu Kezang also changed the candidates for the guards and guards of the Queen Chen Concubine, and stipulated that they should be replaced every year.

The fighting in the palace has always been bloody. Zhu Kezang was deeply influenced by the TV dramas of later generations. He was afraid that something would happen inside the palace.

For the safety of the crown prince, Zhu Kezang helped him choose a personal eunuch.

In addition, in order to prevent wet nurses like Ke Shi from appearing, the wet nurses who nursed the prince also set a practice time. Each nurse can only nurse for half a year, and the prince must be weaned when he is one and a half years old.

And all the wet nurses who have fed them are all out of the palace to make a living, and they are not allowed to follow the prince.

Zhu Kezang thought of everything he could think of, and formulated all the regulations that could be stipulated. Since the birth of the prince, the inner palace has formulated and promulgated regulations almost every day.
(End of this chapter)