Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 567 The Elixir
Li Jing smiled: "You saw it too? In fact, I also decided to stay and take a look when I saw the chaos here. After asking, I found out that Tianjin Wei has become like this. I just didn't expect to suffer from the wind and cold that day. It was only a two-day delay."

Xiaozhu sighed softly: "Master is working too hard. Your health is not good yet, so you go out to investigate overnight. In fact, wouldn't it be better to wait until dawn to go out and have a look?"

Li Jing shook his head: "If I don't go out and take a look, I won't feel at ease, I have something on my mind, and I won't be able to sleep well."

Xiaozhu took a look at Li Jing, and said softly: "Now the master has seen it, and things have been arranged, so let's go to bed early."

Li Jingjing nodded: "You are also tired these two days, go back and rest."

Xiaozhu nodded slightly, stood up and put the cloak on Li Jing's shoulders.He beckoned to Li Xiang, Li Xiang took the lantern and lit it, and the two of them walked out of the room gracefully.

Li Jing smiled, got up and sat beside the desk, looked at the sketch and began to think silently.

There is a good saying, one person counts the short, two people count the long, through the conversation with Xiaozhu just now, Li Jing has a lot of thoughts in his heart.

For a long time, Li Jing tried to use the experience of later generations to deal with Ming Dynasty's government affairs, but the facts proved that the experience of later generations was not applicable to the Ming Dynasty.

There are two main reasons. First, there are too few educated people in Daming, and the educated people are too heavily influenced by Confucianism, and it is difficult for these people to accept the ideas of later generations.Because of this, Li Jing worshiped Yuan Keli as his teacher, systematically studied the culture and way of thinking of the ancients, and truly regarded himself as a Ming Dynasty person.

But even so, Li Jing will inevitably be influenced by the thoughts of later generations, and he will inevitably be eager for quick success and quick benefits in doing things, so he makes mistakes in handling many things.For example, despising literati and recruiting a group of uneducated people to serve as grassroots officials, resulting in a sharp drop in the quality of officials.

Fortunately, Yuan Keli raised a point in time, which made Li Jing discover this problem. Li Jing then stopped the original selection method and re-issued the decree to let the literati gradually accept the court's change in the way of selecting scholars.

In fact, even so, there are still many literati who do not accept Li Jing's method of selecting scholars, and many people in organizations that promote new ideas such as Fushe are unwilling to accept this change.

Secondly, there is the issue of communication in the Ming Dynasty. It takes a long time for a government order to be transmitted to a local area, especially in remote areas, and it may even take several months to convey an order.In fact, the common people and even grassroots officials in many places in Daming did not know that the imperial court was now headed by Li Jing.

With such blocked communication conditions, one can imagine how difficult it is for the common people to accept modern ideas.

Therefore, Li Jing had to deal with the problem in the way of the ancients. The decrees that Li Jing planned to implement in the first year of his administration were postponed to the next year.

But everything cannot be generalized. The ruling experience of later generations may not be applicable to the Ming Dynasty, but it does not mean that other experiences are also not applicable to the Ming Dynasty.

There is one thing, even if it is pushed forward a few hundred years, I am afraid that the experience of later generations can still be applied, and that is business.

The way of thinking of businessmen is the same in any dynasty, that is, profit-seeking.As long as there are benefits, there will be businessmen, and for the sake of benefits, businessmen are absolutely willing to invest.

Everyone knows that one of the most profitable businesses in later generations is real estate, and the most expensive real estate is located in the most prosperous areas of politics and economy.

This point is the same in the Ming Dynasty and later generations.For example, in the capital city, housing prices in the outer city will never catch up with the inner city, and the closer the inner city is to the palace, the higher the housing price. Similarly, the housing prices in prosperous commercial areas are much more expensive than elsewhere.

Li Jing is now going to build Tianjin Wei into a commercial city, so of course such a profitable business as real estate must be done well.

But before engaging in real estate, we must highlight the commercial atmosphere and let everyone know that this is a treasured commercial land, so that everyone will settle in and be willing to spend money on investment.

Moreover, the real estate business that Li Jing wants to face can only be businessmen, not ordinary people. This positioning must not be biased.

When Li Jing talked to Xiaozhu just now, they both mentioned the pier at the same time, and the renovation of the pier was Li Jing's first move to highlight Tianjin Wei's commercial status.

Tianjin Wei's geographical location is unique, and what makes the geographical location play a role is water conservancy.The north-south canal and the Haihe River all converge here. Whether it is river or sea transportation, it is extremely convenient, so the construction of the wharf is very important.

The construction of a wharf requires planning. It does not mean that ships can come in and unload or load cargo.

Where there is an entry, there must be an exit, and the entry and exit must be distinguished. Now, the loading and unloading of the docks are all in one place. During the busiest time, workers may make mistakes.

In addition, a cargo platform will be built at the wharf, which is not only convenient for cargo stacking, but also convenient for cargo loading and unloading.

While thinking about it, Li Jing picked up a pen to draw, mark, revise and revise. He was busy until it was dusk, and finally got the floor plan of the pier.

When Li Jing was sorting out the drawings, Xiao Jiu opened the door and came in. Seeing Li Jing sitting behind the desk, Xiao Jiu exclaimed, "Ah? Marshal, why didn't you sleep all night?"

Li Jing looked up at Xiao Jiu, smiled and said, "I couldn't sleep, I did something. You came just in time, bring me a basin of water, I'll wash my face, and refresh myself."

"Marshal, you often say that things should not be rushed, but should be done step by step, but why are you working so hard?" Xiao Jiu asked anxiously.

Li Jing said with a smile: "The following people do things in detail. Of course, they must be steady and step by step, but this is different from policy formulation. Policy formulation cannot wait, and the more comprehensive the policy formulation, the fewer mistakes will be made. The people below will be efficient when they execute it. Since I have this position, I have to do things well with my heart. If I don’t do these things, why should someone else do it for me?”

"But these things that the commander-in-chief does seem to be errands of the Ministry of Industry, right? There is no need for the commander-in-chief to do these things himself. Could it be that the commander-in-chief can't trust Mr. Fang Fang?" Xiao Jiu asked, pointing to the drawings on the desk.

"How can I not trust Wujie? But how many things does Wujie have in his hands? He is so busy all day long, how can I arrange errands for him." Li Jing shook his head and said.

"But isn't there anyone under the Ministry of Industry?" Xiao Jiu continued.

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "There are people, but which one of those people in the Ministry of Industry is idle? They can't finish their work now. I will arrange things for them, and let them celebrate the New Year? If they are in a hurry, they will probably design a blueprint to fool me. In that case, it's better to do it myself while I'm free."

"But you can't ignore your own body?" Xiao Jiu asked hurriedly.

Li Jing sighed softly: "Yes, if you want to work for a few more years, you have to ignore your body. After returning to Beijing, you have to continue to exercise every morning."

"Marshal, my child heard that some Taoist priests can make alchemy, and if they eat it, they can live forever. Or, let's find some Taoist priests who can make alchemy to try?" Xiao Jiu said.

"Nonsense, how can there be such a Taoist priest? If they knew how to refine and eat the elixir of immortality, they would have become immortals and attain the Tao, and it will be your turn? Don't believe these rumors." Li Jing said with a smile.

"But didn't those gods become immortals after eating the elixir?" Xiao Jiu asked hurriedly.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Have you seen those gods? Who has seen them? From the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty to the emperor Sejong (Jiajing) of this dynasty, after thousands of years, countless emperors wanted to live forever, but which one succeeded? Actually In fact, those so-called golden pills refined by Taoist priests are not only useless, but harmful to people if they eat them."

Xiao Jiu was shocked when she heard the words: "What? It's harmful for people to eat? Damn it, bastard, this is the most important thing to kill the handsome!"

Li Jing frowned: "What's going on? Who are you talking about?"

Xiao Jiu hurriedly said: "It's like this. The general's health has not been very good in the past two years. The children were thinking about finding someone to take care of the general's body. Someone introduced a Taoist priest to the children. The Taoist said that he can make alchemy. It is said that you can live forever if you take the elixir."

"When did it happen?" Li Jing asked.

Xiao Jiu hurriedly said: "It's been a few months. At that time, the commander-in-chief was in the worst physical condition. However, when they introduced the Taoist priest to the boy, the commander-in-chief had already started exercising, and his body gradually improved. I didn't mention it to the commander in chief, and gradually forgot about it, until the commander in chief fell ill suddenly in the past two days, the child didn't think of him, so I mentioned it to the commander in chief."

Li Jing nodded lightly when he heard the words: "You are very gratified to have such filial piety, but you are still young and have little experience. Let me tell you, the Taoist priests who say such things are all swindlers. Good at speculative drilling.

If I recruit people like this to my side, they will immediately raise the banner and pull the tiger's skin. They will collect money wantonly in the name of alchemy for me, and even point fingers at the officials of various ministries and disrupt the government. Such examples have been common in all dynasties.Such monsters must be severely punished, and they must not be given any chance to take advantage of them. "

"Understood, I will arrest that monster when I go back! By the way, the monster said that his surname is Zhang, and he is the successor of the Orthodox Sect of Longhu Mountain. My boy will send people to arrest all those monsters in Longhu Mountain." Nine said.

"Wait, you said that Taoist claimed to be surnamed Zhang, and he was taught by Zhengyi of Longhu Mountain?" Li Jing asked suspiciously.

"That's right, my child has seen the Taoist priest's certificate, and it is indeed from Longhu Mountain." Xiao Jiu said hurriedly.

Li Jing waved his hand: "It's not that the Du Die of Longhu Mountain cannot be counterfeited, it's too arbitrary to conclude that this Taoist is from Longhu Mountain just by looking at the Du Die."

Xiao Jiu said with a smile: "Whether he is a fake or not, since they are all Taoist priests, then arrest them all."

Hearing this, Li Jing glared at Xiao Jiu: "Nonsense, after all, there are very few Taoist priests bluffing and deceiving, most of them are true cultivators, how can we generalize it?

Moreover, this Taoist from Longhu Mountain has done a lot of good things. There was a plague many years ago in Ming Dynasty, and many Taoist priests were sent down the mountain to prevent and control the plague. How many people survived because of them? talk.

Do you think that the emperors of Ming Dynasty are all fools, and the reason why they named the real masters of Longhu Mountain as the real masters of heaven is mainly for political purposes, but there is another reason because they have done a lot for the country and the people . "

(End of this chapter)