Jingming

Chapter 274 Daming Needs a Group of Pioneers

Since Huguang's memorial to Huai'an at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month last year, Zhu Houcong didn't go to Nanjing again, but rushed back to the capital directly, spending the new year in the palace.

After returning to the palace, the emperor stayed more with Concubine Shu and Concubine Jing, plus Concubine An, whose father had made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion, good news spread from Sangong within a few months.

There are still political factors.

But Zhu Houcong really liked staying with Zhang Qinghe more and more.

Although her father was only a scholar, Zhang Qinghe is a woman who is truly talented and beautiful in this era.

Calm down, she is far superior to Wen Zhengming's daughter Wen Suyun in terms of talent, learning, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

After Zhang Qinghe became pregnant, Zhu Houcong still came often to listen to the piano.

It's not about prenatal education or anything, it's just some things he thinks, and he can't tell anyone. It's his thinking about his own concept, the throne, and imperial power.

"Just hear it here." Zhu Houcong heard the sound of the piano stopped, and walked over to help her up, "I still remember to take a walk every day. You don't like to move, but think about the empress's difficult labor back then, for your own safety. Think about it, don’t be negligent.”

"The concubine remembers."

As she became more and more familiar with him, the restraint in Zhang Qinghe's eyes became less and less, and more and more tenderness.

Zhu Houcong left her palace courtyard in the dark and walked slowly towards Kunning Palace.

After moving to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, at that time Zhu Zaiqi was still young, and Sun Ming was the queen, so they never stayed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

But now Zhu Houcong sleeps in Kunning Palace more days.

Staying in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where government affairs are handled, Zhu Houcong's heart cannot be completely calmed down.

Zhu Zaiqi is over one year old and can talk and walk.

Zhu Houcong stayed with him for a while, and then someone took him to sleep.

When only he and Sun Ming were left in the room, Zhu Houcong said, "The imperial doctor has been arranged, so don't worry about it."

Sun Ming forced a smile and shook his head.

During a rebellion, Sun Jiao first stayed in Huguang to be busy, and then rushed back to the capital to serve as Zhu Houcong's southern tour of the town.

Four years after entering Jiajing, several older people became seriously ill one after another: Xu Guangzuo, Sun Jiao, Shi Ping...

There is another person who is sick, Empress Xia of Zhuang Su.

In every major crisis that has been involved with her, she has been seriously ill.

For the first time, the Nissei Gate was on fire.

The second time, Zhang Heling fled.

The third time, Pu Zitong rebelled.

"After tomorrow's court meeting, I'll go to the Tenth Prince's Mansion first. You can take Zai Qi to visit your father. If you are in a good mood, it will be easier for your body to get healthy gradually."

A person in his 70s who can still give birth to a baby, Zhu Houcong believes in Sun Jiao's body.

After the court meeting the next day, Zhu Houcong left Donghua Gate.

Although the princes of the Ming Dynasty all lived in the vassal state, before becoming a vassal and when they were a little older, they all lived in the ten princes' mansion built by Zhu Di back then.

Here is the Wangfujing area that Zhu Houcong remembers very clearly, not far from the Forbidden City.

Xiaozong had only one son who grew up, and Zhu Houzhao had no sons before his death. It was the first time in the ten princes' mansions that a prince lived here in the past 30 years.

After being sent back to the capital at the beginning of the year, Zhu Houcong arranged for Xia Clan and Prince Rui to live here.

I heard that Xia's physical illness has been cured, but what about the mental illness?
Yu Jia came in person, and Xia Shi took Prince Rui to meet with him.

Looking at Prince Rui who had been a puppet "emperor" for four months, Zhu Houcong saw the unconcealable fear in his seven-year-old eyes.

Looking at the silent Xia family, Zhu Houcong also saw indifference.

"Is it okay to live here?"

Hearing his question, Xia Shi just said calmly: "Don't dare to worry about Your Majesty. Since His Majesty has forgiven us, it is a supreme grace."

"When Prince Rui grows older, I will arrange to teach Kai Meng."

Should the "orthodoxy" in the call to action be killed?
Zhu Houcong's previous purpose was only to rely on the rebels to groups dissatisfied with the new law, emphasizing that they are only seeking to abolish the new law in the name of so-called orthodoxy.

Now, Zhu Houcong is not only the one who drove away Yiwang's family and Prince Rui's biological father, but also the one who actually treated Zhu Houzhao's mother and wife harshly.

As an emperor, Zhu Houcong had learned to be a qualified political animal, and became increasingly indifferent.

Now that he has come here for a while, it is inconvenient for Zhu Houcong to stay for a long time.

"Sister-in-law Huang can live here in peace from now on, and she doesn't have to worry about anything anymore."

Seeing that the emperor didn't explain anything, didn't admit any mistakes, Xia's eyes were full of indifference as he watched his leaving back.

Although this is the case in the emperor's house, although the previous two times were due to the mistakes of the Queen Mother Zhang and the Zhang brothers, but this time is different.

She has a son in name, and she still has a responsibility to her dead husband, so she wants to raise her son.

But after this rebellion, she also thought through many things.

Do not kill or demote, is it to save face and reputation?He is not afraid of another change of seizing the door after many years.

Mrs. Xia lowered her head, turned around and walked in, her voice was a little harsh: "Let's go, continue to practice calligraphy."

Kai Meng?
She is already opening for her son.

Zhu Houcong left the ten princes' mansion and went to the Ministry of Industry.

The city of Beijing has been determined to be expanded, and this time it includes not only the city walls of the outer city, but also many plans and relocations of the inner and outer cities.

When going to Linqing, Zhu Houcong took people from the Ministry of Industry to inspect the functional division of the city.

Now what Zhu Houcong is focusing on is to move out many unnecessary places in the inner city that have potential safety hazards.

"Let's set it here." Zhu Houcong chose two of the several positions they had proposed. "There is a fast road leading to Liangxiang, and it is easier to transfer here. The smoke and dust produced by Wanggong Factory, Heiyao Factory, etc. It’s not easy to drift into the city. In the direction of Tongzhou, we will arrange Shenmu Factory to build factories that don’t need to use more open flames.”

Naturally, there is no talk of heavy or light industry now, but Zhu Houcong first selected a place in the southwest and southeast of Beijing.

If we want to burn cement and smelt steel in the future, we will need water.

Zhu Houcong also thought that Beijing was short of water, but now the Liangshui River is a landscape in the southwest of Beijing.

In the Yuan Dynasty, there were more pavilions and pavilions on the banks of the Liangshui River than in Puzhong by the waterfront.

At this time, it is still "narrow through the wild pavilion, long in the river and willow".

In any case, Zhu Houcong decided to arrange the black kiln factory and Wanggong factory, which tend to pollute and open flames, here first.

Even if it is just hatching first, some people will see the profitability of certain things in the future, and then promote it.

The most important thing is that Zhu Houcong decided to move the princes from all over the country to the capital.

Although the ten princes' mansion also has some positions, Zhu Houcong can give birth by himself now, and the number of vassal princes in various places cannot be accommodated by the ten princes' mansion.

The new Wangfu gathering area is located in the Heiyaochang area.

The ponds and landscapes that have been formed must be more attractive than the future Taoranting Park after some renovations.It is located in the outer city, so it is a good choice in many aspects.

In addition, there were too many official institutions in the original inner city.

For example, Wang Gongchang, a gunpowder factory under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, was actually located in the southwest corner of the inner city, only three kilometers away from the Forbidden City.

Knowing about the so-called "Apocalyptic Big Bang", Zhu Houcong naturally wanted to move this place away from the densely populated urban area first.

It's nothing more than a little more management trouble.

"The construction bureau of the Ministry of Industry, the first major event at the beginning of its establishment was the expansion of Beijing City and the construction of two industrial towns on the outskirts of the city." Zhu Houcong looked at the current main officials of the Ministry of Industry, "The officials of the Construction Bureau are led by the Ministry of Industry The election appointment, position and affiliation all belong to the Ministry of Industry. However, from now on, the Construction Bureau is a commercial firm, and the Ministry of Industry cannot be deceived by the commercial laws that should be followed and the taxes that should be paid.”

The Ministry of Industry used to manage many artisans and local factories and mines, but their thinking still regards the work of artisans as service, even though they also need to pay them a certain amount of wages.

Now Zhu Houcong has exposed some problems.

"Although the craftsmen need to be sent to serve in the military, the small craftsman's family also depends on their wages for a living." Zhu Houcong said calmly, "After the establishment of the Construction Bureau, at least the craftsmen in Beijing will be registered and naturalized. After that, there will be a lot of project purchases and printed money. .Under the constraints of the new accounting law, I hope you don’t treat craftsmen as slaves. They are all asking for a living. Don’t let craftsmen work hard but can’t eat enough and can’t support their families.”

As the emperor, he can only set the tone first.

Awareness and habits cannot be transferred in a hurry. Zhu Houcong had to explain the charter and ideas first, and then raise the knife of auditing and punishment.

Compared with the slow progress of expanding the city of Beijing and welcoming the kings to enter the capital, it seems that Zhu Houcong's previous plan to clear up those who oppose the world is hasty.

I have to say that from Huianbo Zhang Wei at the beginning of the third year of Jiajing to Gao Kewei, Meng Chun, and Pu Zitong later, many people felt a little bit rebellious by him, and Yansheng Gong Kong Wenshao even became a "rebel" in a daze. ".

But after more than half a year, Zhu Houcong has also let go in his heart.

After all, he is neither the most ruthless political animal, nor can he act according to the previous thinking.

He spared the lives of Prince Rui's mother and son, neither killed nor demoted.There was quite a dispute among the consultants. Some said that the emperor's benevolence was important, and some said that there should be no future troubles, but Zhu Houcong was willing to take it as a warning.

Prince Rui was only over six years old and less than seven years old, whether there will be another change in the future depends on what kind of situation Zhu Houcong can lead Daming to.

If the final fact is that he finally scattered people because of his too advanced thinking, then there is nothing to say.

Now, Zhu Houcong is acting according to his adjusted understanding.

The new planning of Beijing city was preliminarily set at the meeting attended by the emperor. In addition to the already well-established southern city, the west, east, and north areas also extended two or three miles away.

This means that the scale is far superior to the previous outer city walls.

This is a huge project, and Zhu Houcong arranged the first, second, and third phases according to his familiar routine.

In the first phase, only the walls of the outer city of the southern city were built.In the second phase, only the "moats" on the north, east and west sides were built first to form a new small water system.In the third phase, if necessary, then build these three walls.

Zhu Houcong believes that there may not be a third phase, because in his conception, the threat from the north must be eliminated after all.

Or, like Linqing, only one earth wall with a slight city defense effect can be built on the three walls.

After the meeting in the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Houcong returned to the palace.

Now, I have developed the habit of taking a nap.

Because most of the officials in the Ming Dynasty were already working at sunrise, Zhu Houcong always got up early.

His young body made him indifferent to this kind of work and rest, but he knew how long it would take to realize the picture he imagined, and he became more and more aware of the importance of keeping his body healthy.

After taking a nap, today is another schedule.

The entrance ceremony of the master craftsman training class of the School of Engineering of Huangming University.

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In the morning, Zheng Kui had a taste of the magnificence of the entire Huangming University.

It turned out that this was the royal garden, and idlers were not eligible to enter.

Today, many of the original pavilions have been changed in their interior furnishings.

Zheng Kui visited the former Leopard Room of Emperor Zhengde, which is now the Faculty of Science, and went to the courtyard where the Emperor first received him, which is now the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences.

At Shicha Beach, he also met Westerners.

The Westerner named Count Alfonso was actually one of the professors of their engineering school.

While inspecting the seaside, the Institute of Engineering actually has a small dock.

It is said that the emperor wanted Count Alfonso, who was conferred by a small western country but not recognized by Ming Dynasty, to teach him everything he knew about western navigation, shipbuilding, and naval warfare.

A steward of the engineering college even said: You should respect Count Alfonso, because his daughter is in the palace and is the emperor's woman.

As for the Agricultural College, they only have a small courtyard in Huangming University College, because there is only a small piece of farmland by the Shicha Seaside, and they are only responsible for communicating with the emperor.

Most of the professors in the Agricultural College are in Huangzhuang.

Of course, they will also try to grow something in this small piece of farmland by the sea.

Zheng Kui saw several unfamiliar products. He heard that one of them was called yam, which is now being promoted in water-deficient places such as Shaanxi and Shanxi, and the yield per mu can reach several thousand catties.

Located on the south side of this street in the west gate of the imperial city is the Military Academy known as the Martial Arts Academy.

Zheng Kui couldn't go there because he heard that some master craftsmen from the Military Bureau of the Palace and the Military Weapons Supervision Department of the Ministry of Industry are also there.

In addition, there are many famous martial arts masters and military scholars invited from the people.

Those who study in this martial arts academy include not only the children of Xun Qi, but also young officers and soldiers selected from various guards.

What Zheng Kui focused on was the locations where most of the students would hang out in Huangming University: auditorium, dormitory, dining room...

After finishing his lunch in the wooden basin with three grooves in the dining room, Zheng Kui couldn't rest for a while after returning to the dormitory.

In fact, none of his other nine craftsman friends in the same dormitory could rest.

Because I can meet His Majesty soon.

"What do you think His Majesty chose us here for?"

They are all selected from various places and factories, and now each of them is excited.

"Since it's a college, of course we need to learn something." Someone said, "Didn't you hear what the doctor said? If you learn well, you will reach the sky in one step; if you don't learn well, you will be ashamed and have to bear the blame!"

"...But we are all working, so why don't we still study the Four Books and Five Classics to take the imperial examination and become masters of talent?"

In their eyes, a scholar is already a master.

Learning is even more difficult, even though they are already experts in their respective fields.

Zheng Kui spent noon in this atmosphere until he heard the faint sound of a bell.

It was a tall building built on the shore of Shichahai, between the North and South courtyards.

On the top of that building, there is a huge clock with a disc the size of a house on all sides.

The steward of the engineering college has already taught them, and that person is called Zhong.

In Huangming University College, instead of beating the watch drum or watching the hourglass, we watch the clock.

There are 24 hours in a day.There are six 10 minutes in each hour and 60 seconds in each minute.

The bell rang fourteen times, which meant that it was four quarters of the ugly time, and fourteen o'clock was exactly two o'clock in the afternoon.

Zheng Kui bounced off the bed he was leaning on like a spring, and so did the others in the room.

Soon to see the emperor!
At about the same time, the steward's voice sounded from the yard outside the dormitory: "Students of the master's training class, come out and line up!"

Zheng Kui hurriedly went out with the crowd while arranging his clothes.

Is the emperor really coming?

At this moment, Zhu Houcong had just stepped out of the west gate of the Forbidden City.

When the distance is close, he walks.

Now in front of him is another group of people, a squad organized by him after suppressing many opinions.

With classes like this, Zhu Houcong knew there would be more.

Some were established in Huangming University, and some were established in the Forbidden City.

No matter what class it was, after Zhu Houcong went, he only talked about three points.

First, these people are actually important, so you have to see the emperor with your own eyes to know what the emperor wants.

Second, if they need to have basic cultural literacy, they should start with literacy, simplified characters.

Third, they will all have a bright future.

Now, Zhu Houcong is going to the advanced training classes for master craftsmen selected from various ministries.

For the future of farmers, there are agricultural colleges and measures to reduce the pressure of corvee in the new law.

The future of craftsman households lies in the many official and private commercial firms of the Ming Dynasty that are related to Huangmingji, Huangming Liang Chuhao, the Construction Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, and so on.

These are aimed at a huge group, but what Zhu Houcong wants now is how to guide the development of technology and the improvement of productivity.

Related to his Ming education plan, it will inevitably include the stability of the basic agricultural market, the development of basic light and heavy industries, and commerce.

Daming also needs a group of pioneers!
(End of this chapter)