Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 280 Qianlong: If we can’t keep this dragon chair, what use will the world have? It doesn't matter if you smash it, destroy it or sell it.

Going forward is the dock.

There are 2 boats on top.

"Which process is this?"

Lao Kuai immediately explained:

"Your Majesty, please look at the ship on the left. The ship on the left is filling gaps. Putty made from three materials: lime, tung oil, and hemp, is struck with special tools, and finally embedded in the gaps."

"So it won't leak?"

"There will be no problem for two years. There will be slight leaks in the gaps later, and you can just embed them with putty again."

"The one on the right?"

"The gaps on this ship have been filled and the last step is being painted. It needs to be painted 4 times."

The flower of technology needs freedom and money to bloom.

asked:

"I am planning to set up a shipbuilding department. You will be the director, and you will choose the second or third most capable nephew and apprentice to be your deputy."

The inspection is over,
Li Yu and everyone had a simple understanding of the shipbuilding process.

"Your Majesty, what is this?"

The "Eternal Emperors" know everything, and are even experts in certain fields, but they are extremely hostile to technology.

During the Qing Dynasty, technology was completely surpassed and crushed by Europe. This does not mean that there are no smart people among the 3 million people.

Giving kindness is to win over people's hearts and bring out better subjective initiative.

"Yes. The smell is a bit strong and it needs to be simmered for a long time. It also needs to be painted at noon when the sun is at its best, especially in summer."

Two painters each carried a small bucket of paint and were busy working on the side of the ship.

……

"What did you see?"

The Qing Dynasty did not need gravity, steam engines, and electromagnetic waves. The Qing Dynasty only needed sabers, minions, and big braids.

Kneel down on one knee:

The two painted at the same height, just like a cat's hind feet always stepping on the footprints of its front feet. The purpose is to prevent omissions during the painting process.

Lao Kuai looked at it carefully and nodded:
"The design of this hammock is quite good."

Li Yu covered his nose and stepped back slightly.

"It's a complete set of drawings of the armed merchant ship Annie's Baby, including detailed dimensions. You can learn from their hulls and learn from their strengths."

……

With the pinnacle art of ruling compiled by the Aisin Giorro family, if there is no external influence, it may really be possible to set a record and break the curse of "the dynasty cannot exceed three hundred years".

"The sides of the upper half of the hull are not vertical. Instead, they gradually draw inward from bottom to top, which is a bit interesting."

"Lao Kuai, who can take over from you in the future?"

One person brushes in front, and the other person follows closely behind.

"Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace."

Lao Kuai was surprised and quickly left the table.

People are products of the environment.

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"The center of gravity of the ship is more stable, breaking waves is more reasonable, and the usable space is larger."

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"What does the prince mean?"

What the Aisin Gioro people believe in is:
If you can't keep this dragon chair, what's the use of this world? It doesn't matter if it's smashed, destroyed or sold.

He personally handed Lao Kuai a drawing.

Instead, the "scientist seedlings" were chewing cornstarch, pulling fibers, squatting in cages, and were humiliated to the ground by the slaves with big pigtails.

Li Yu smiled and said:

"Director Kuai, I drew you a drawing of a gantry crane. I think it will be useful."

Since Li Yu is here, he might as well give him a sweet date.

Because technology benefits the common people, but it subverts the imperial power!

"The bottom of the boat is pointed at the front and rounded at the back."

In a word:

"Is it tung oil?"

Jiangnan Shipyard is Li Yu's heartache.

Li Yu smiled and took out a piece of manuscript paper.

The shape and principle are similar to the gantry cranes of later generations. Power is impossible and it relies purely on manpower and pulleys.

"Look at it slowly, modify it with an expert's eye, and then take it to Xishan Iron Works to have them make it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The establishment of the Shipbuilding Department was a signal.

It means that the status of technical craftsmen has risen and can be ranked alongside scholars and military officers.

The status of an industry depends on whether it can be linked to power.

The high status of European businessmen, inventors, and writers is actually based on this reason.

Successful businessmen can enter parliament, outstanding inventors can obtain noble titles, and writers can even become guests of the royal family.

The meaning behind it is also these two words: power!

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Without reasonable incentives, people have no motivation.

Policies that go against human nature cannot last long.

Maybe it can be implemented for a while, but eventually it will melt and disappear under everyone's gaze like an ice skate.

After leaving Jinshanwei, Li Yu changed to an inland river flat-bottomed boat.

Enter the inland waterway and go directly up to Taihu Lake.

The journey was calm and the scenery was picturesque.

In order to inspect his territory, Li Yu simply asked someone to bring a chair and sit on the bow.

Observe the villages, roads, and rice fields along the river through a telescope.

Half an hour later, Li Yu returned to the cabin to read a book.

Everyone in the palace knows that the prince generally does not read serious books. None of the 24 histories of Fuzhong are complete, and there is only one set of "History of the Song Dynasty". Therefore, "History of the Song Dynasty" is the only serious book that the prince reads.

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When passing through Qingpu County, former magistrate Huang Wenyun boarded the ship to report the work.

His responsibilities during this period were: water conservancy and farmland irrigation. However, the official status is not clear, and the identity is a bit embarrassing.

"I'm going to pay my respects to the prince."

"No courtesy, please sit down."

Huang Wenyun carefully sat on half of the chair and took out a dozen pieces of paper.

"This is your work briefing."

Li Yu put down the "History of the Song Dynasty" in his hand and started to look through it one by one.

Huang Wenyun is a capable official. There is no fool who can rise from a poor student to a high official.

On the drawing,
A map of the irrigation water system of the prefecture and county drawn with a brush.

Everything he has dredged and newly excavated has been painted with gouache with different pigments, and there is an introduction in small letters next to it.

Li Yu nodded with satisfaction,

There is no shortage of water in Jiangnan, but the aorta does not lack water, which does not mean that the capillaries do not lack water.

"Xiaguan deeply thought about and understood the prince's good intentions. By opening up the last mile of the road, the idle labor of each village was fully mobilized. By combining rewards and voluntariness, the people along the canal were successfully mobilized to actively participate."

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Li Yu was stunned for a moment.

Why do these words sound so familiar?

“What is the model that combines rewards and voluntariness?”

"Back to my lord, digging canals will also benefit the people nearby. I just told them about it, and they responded enthusiastically, and they were only willing to accept half of the wages."

"So, the people's consciousness is very high."

"Yeah yeah."

Li Yu did not continue to struggle with this issue, as he had always viewed history books: history should be rough rather than detailed~
That's pretty much it, don't be too meticulous.

The consequences of getting serious are serious.

I can dig out an elephant from between the words and burst the roof.

Turning over another piece of paper, Li Yu felt familiar.

asked:

"Is this the river we are walking on now?"

"Yes, Xiaguan named this route the East Tai Inland Waterway, East China Sea - Taihu Lake."

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"Any section of the river that cannot be carried by a 1500-ton flat-bottomed boat must be dredged. Sooner or later, this waterway will become a golden waterway. We cannot be too stingy."

Huang Wenyun rolled his eyes and guessed a bit.

A waterway flowing with gold?
The prince will definitely open a sea ban and engage in export trade with foreigners.

Sea and river combined transportation, goods are collected and distributed in Jinshanwei. It is rich in products, has a safe hinterland, and has a dense river network. Wonderful, wonderful.

But he said nothing,
The current status is embarrassing, don’t imitate Yang Xiu. People who are too smart in this world tend to die young. But after returning home, you can secretly ask your family to buy some land in Jinshanwei.

No one knows this waterway better than you!
If you can't get along in the new dynasty, it's not bad to be a rich man. You can sit at home and collect rent, and you can feed three generations.

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"There are no floods in the Jiangnan area, but there is waterlogging. You can organize the manpower to build a few more flood discharge channels so that the rainwater can be quickly discharged into lakes and canals. You can start with Suzhou Prefecture."

"I obey your orders."

"Do your best, I will cherish my old friendship. If you live up to me, I will live up to you."

Huang Wenyun burst into tears instantly and choked with emotion.

The weight of this sentence is too heavy.

After he finished crying, Li Yu asked casually:
"You have also served as a prefect. I have been busy with military affairs and have not invested much in the governance of the people. There are many vacancies in the yamen of each county. To put it harshly, many things are still maintained by the old people. .”

"So do you have any suggestions?"

Huang Wenyun was stunned and began to think silently.

"The responsibilities of the state and county government offices are nothing more than three. Money and food, prison, and education. The prince can leave the first two to the gentry's children. As long as they pay attention to supervision and set rules, there will be no big problem."

Li Yu did not express his position immediately, but the meaning behind his words was obvious:

"I'm afraid these people still want to follow the old system of the Qing court and become princes from ten miles away."

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After a moment of silence, Li Yu asked again:
"The imperial examination and not paying food are what they really want."

Huang Wenyun could only lower his head and say:

"Your Majesty is wise. If these two things exist, the gentry group will exist. If these two things disappear, the gentry group will exist in name only. Emperors of all dynasties know that it is not that the imperial power does not want to go to the countryside, but that it is unable to go to the countryside."

Li Yu nodded and waved:

"You go down."

"Yes."

The fleet rested here for a while and replenished supplies. Huang Wenyun disembarked to prepare meals.

Hearing someone coughing twice behind him, he looked back and quickly handed over his hand:

"Minister Hu, please bow down~"

"Hey, there's no need for that. We were all colleagues in the same government, so there's no need for birth."

The two of them chatted and reminisced about the past for a while.

Hu Xueyu opened the topic:
"Master Huang has read many poems and books. Do you know what is special about "History of the Song Dynasty"?"

Huang Wenyun immediately remembered the scene he saw in the cabin.

After thinking for a moment, he replied:

"Among the 24 histories, "History of the Song Dynasty" has the largest length and the largest number of words."

"Any more?"

“When the people of the Yuan Dynasty were compiling the History of the Song Dynasty, the state of the country was already unstable, so they hastily included all the historical materials of the Song Dynasty, literati records, and folk histories that could be collected, and even declared it complete without deleting or revising it.”

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Hu Xueyu was enlightened and understood.

Authentic!

He sighed:
"Master Huang is still rigorous in his studies. I was busy with practical work and neglected a lot. It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be."

"Minister Hu promoted the lower official. 24 The history is so vast that the lower official has read only % of it, and the rest is just hearsay."

"When the time comes, the prince intends to set up a farmland and water conservancy department, Mr. Huang~"

"I understand, senior, thank you for your advice."

The conversation ended with no real meaning but profound meaning.

The fleet continued westward and arrived at Xishan Island in Taihu Lake.

Li Yu returned to his loyal Xishan again and met two ladies who were about to give birth.

It's nothing more than a family meal, harmonious and warm.

No business was discussed at the dinner table, only light topics.

Rest in Hu Ling'er's room that night.

With such a heavy burden, it is naturally not appropriate to talk about it, but just talk about some interesting things and the situation on the island.

Xishan Island has already laid off many redundant personnel.

Today, the only ones still on the island are the gun factory, the shrunken Xishan Iron Works, and some small supporting factories.

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It's inconvenient for Hu Ling'er, so of course it's convenient for others.

In line with the principle that wealth should not go to outsiders, she summoned three personal maids.

They have all been dressed up and cleansed, and have applied a little makeup and makeup, which is of great use.

"Husband~"

Li Yu smiled and said:

"The two on the left and right are the maids from your natal family. Who is the one in the middle?"

"My new maid. Well-educated, intelligent, and flawless."

"Oh?" Li Yu said, "Look up, what's your name?"

"My servant Hu Zheng is from Huizhou. My father is a scholar."

Li Yu looked up and down, pointed to the one on her left and said:

"Just you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Princess."

After the selected maid thanked her, she happily walked to the next door.

This is equivalent to taking the imperial examination and being named on the gold list.

Li Yu talked about the current financial situation for a while, then got up and went next door.

There is nothing to talk about the process.

It was just because of his fiddling that the gears of fate were turning. One urgency, one fulfillment, that’s all.

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In the feudal era, it was not uncommon for wealthy families to have their maids take over the house if the mistress was inconvenienced.

Belongs to an excellent traditional dross!
Li Yu was also very calm. Only the maid Hu Zheng who was waiting on the side felt sour and a little uneasy.

The mistress asked her to stand in the middle because she wanted to promote her.

It's just that the lord doesn't like this one of his.

I could only be an embarrassed bystander and had to be handed a warm white towel.

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The next night,

Li Yu rested in Yang Yunjiao's room and refused the same plot. The maids felt resentful.

Yang Yunjiao smiled:
"Go down."

"Yes."

After the maids and wives all left the room, the conversation between the two became serious.

"Is there any restriction from the Ministry of Home Affairs during this period?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the funds and personnel are all self-contained. Without the King's order, I will not let others get involved."

"Well, let me tell you something happy. Liu Qian successfully assassinated Qian Feng in Yangzhou Prefecture and persuaded Jiang Chun, the head of the salt merchants, to completely switch to us."

Yang Yunjiao smiled and said:
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, there is hope for Jiangbei."

"Tell me the truth, has the Ministry of Internal Affairs placed any personnel in the Yangzhou Government Office?"

"No." Yang Yunjiao answered simply.

"That's strange. Could it be the Yangzhou government that was secretly helping?"

"what?"

After explaining, Yang Yunjiao couldn't help but laugh.

This absurd but true thing is a bit unbelievable to say, but it is extremely true.

Li Yu also said with emotion:

"Today I have experienced the unity and boldness of the official group."

Yang Yunjiao remained silent and just put her hand on her stomach.

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After a while, Li Yu said quietly:
"It seems that I need to re-evaluate the relationship between the Qing court and the local official groups. Maybe I overestimated the sharpness of the Qing court's butcher knife, and maybe I underestimated the unity of the official groups."

Yang Yunjiao said softly:
"People die for money, and birds die for food. Caoliang and Huaiyan are intertwined and involve the vital interests of too many people. If Qian Feng wants to dig up both, then he is the public enemy of everyone! Husband, this matter may It can serve as a lesson for us.”

Li Yu sighed, it's difficult, it's difficult.

That night, he had a ridiculous dream:
A group of zombies with red tassel hats were marching in a neat line. They encountered a large river with a narrow bridge.

Passersby retreated when they saw it.

On the bridge,
A fat man smiled and said: My surname is Kong!
The red tassel hats were unmoved and pushed him into the river.

An old man was frightened: My surname is Aixinjueluo!

The red tassel hats remained silent and pushed the old man Aixinjueluo into the river.

Throughout the process, the actions were uniform and the purpose was clear.

Push away anyone who stands in front of you.

It wasn't until they encountered a mountain that the zombies stopped angrily~
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(End of this chapter)