Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 798 Zongfan
"Have you seen that something happened in the palace last night!"

"No way, the emperor is the real dragon emperor, what can happen?"

"That's right, with the emperor here, how could something happen!"

"Really, didn't you see it? The real dragon emperor appeared. The long eyes are very big. When they are closed and closed, the long eyes can shoot beams of light straight into the sky! It is said that this is because the emperor was drunk. Be careful what's exposed. If a mortal would have this?"

"Hey, you said this, don't say it, I seem to have seen it too, the light beam is very bright, it turned out to be the longan eye of the real dragon emperor!"

"..."

After this kind of remarks came out, it was confirmed that the current emperor is the son of the real dragon.Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel amused after receiving the report from the factory guard.It's just that the prince and his concubines like to play with that electric light, I don't know much about it!
After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen didn't think about dispelling the rumors, anyway, the rumors were not a bad thing for him.And as time goes by, the outside world will eventually know what's going on!

At this time, he checked the wiretapping system and found that Hong Chengchou's troops were far away on the Tianshan Mountains. Because he vigorously popularized Sinology among herdsmen, he aroused dissatisfaction from neighboring countries, and there were already small-scale wars.

Although every conflict was won by the Ming army, it is funny that Hong Chengchou received the report that he would not accept it at night. It was because several neighboring countries were preparing to unite to attack Luntai.What they said to ask Daming to go back, Tianshan is their Tianshan words.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sneer at this.They are just nomads. In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Han was able to drive the Xiongnu to Europe. With the strength of Ming Dynasty today, let alone drive them away, they happened to be arrested to build the railway from Gansu to Tianshan. This is a shortage of manpower!
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not wait for Hong Chengchou's report, and issued an imperial edict to him, emphasizing that those who dared to offend the Ming Dynasty would be arrested to repair the railway.

In the past two years, under the circumstances that Emperor Chongzhen personally grasped the infrastructure, the railway has developed greatly.At least in places with sufficient manpower in the customs, many towns have already begun to connect with the main railway roads planned in advance.

The reason why the efficiency is so high is that Emperor Chongzhen personally caught it. After all, in this way, officials would not dare to slack off, funds would be sufficient, and manpower would be available.Another reason is that the demonstration effect of the railways in Jingshi and Tongzhou is good. Whether it is transporting people or goods, it shows great advantages over road transport.

Especially for businessmen, if the train is built, logistics costs can be greatly reduced, so people like them are the most active people in building railways.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen received enthusiastic responses to the issue of railway treasury bonds issued at the beginning of the year to raise funds for the construction of railways.After all, everyone saw the prospect of the railway.The emperor issued treasury bonds with the income of the railway as a guarantee, and with the prestige of the emperor, it was much more cost-effective to buy treasury bonds than to store money in the cellar.

For Emperor Chongzhen, money was not too much.He tried to issue treasury bonds for the first time, using railway income as guarantee, but he did not expect to be so successful. Of course, he was also happy.As long as there is enough money, as long as private funds can be fully utilized, Daming's infrastructure construction will never be slow.

No, the railway from Beijing to Tianjin is the first long-distance railway completed.The reason why this was completed first is that since the 15th year of Chongzhen, under the order of Emperor Chongzhen, Daming began to focus on shipping.

And Tianjin Port is a very important port of Ming Dynasty. Not only the materials transported from the customs to Liaodong and North Korea, but also to the sea from Tianjin Port, and even to Japan, which should be called Fusang Province today, all depart from Tianjin Port.Of course, more importantly, as long as you come to the capital from Jiangnan, or even further away from Fujian, Guangdong, Annan and other places, many of them arrive at Tianjin Port by sea boat.

Once the railway from Jingshi to Tianjin Port was built, the original journey from Jingshi to Tianjin was more than 300 miles. It would take three days to get there by horse-drawn carriage.However, the steam train can run non-stop, at a speed of about [-] miles per hour, which takes about [-] hours and can be reached in a day.

After the train started running, not only the traffic time between the two places was shortened several times, but the number of passengers and goods transported at one time was not comparable to that of a horse-drawn carriage.Tianjin Port Wharf immediately became busier, and Tianjin City also began to expand rapidly. It can be said that it changes every month. If you don’t go to Tianjin in a year, you probably won’t recognize Tianjin.

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On this day, in the imperial garden, Emperor Chongzhen was chatting with his concubine.Suddenly, he saw Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian's expressions were a little unnatural, and he knew something was up at a glance, so he asked: "What's the matter, look on your foreheads, it's already written that you have something to do."

Upon hearing this, Empress Zhou ignored it, and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, you see, they are both grown up. Although we, as mothers, hope that our children can always be by our side, but when they reach their age, it is true. It’s time to go to Fan.”

When Emperor Chongzhen saw what she was pointing at, he saw Zhu Cijiong, who was born to Queen Zhou, and Zhu Cijiong, who was born to Concubine Tian Guifei.The two princes, who would have disappeared in [-], are now almost adults.

Older than them, the prince has moved to the East Palace, Princess Changping is married, and her husband is Song Yingxing's youngest son, Song Shixue.The husband and wife are both fond of scientific research, especially chemistry.Moreover, the husband and wife already have the title of "Professional Craftsman".If you come up with some important results, you will definitely be named a "master".

For these two, Queen Zhou is satisfied.

However, she, Concubine Tian and others were worried about the other children.My daughter is better, she is not very old yet.Even if you grow up, just choose a good son-in-law to marry.However, they were very worried about their sons, especially the two sons who had already become kings.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen had promulgated an imperial decree before, setting a national policy of descending and inheriting the noble titles of clan relatives, and starting with his own son, which made them a little worried.

Then, as for the sons who have been conferred kings or not, they have been on the side of the capital, and they have not been able to become feudal for a long time, which made Queen Zhou and others have a feeling that maybe the emperor will come up with something when he is in the royal family. Come.

Due to the increasing prestige of Emperor Chongzhen, they dare not make political intervention.However, it has been 23 years since Chongzhen, and the princes are getting older and older, giving them pressure and excuses. On this day, they finally couldn't help but speak out.

Although Concubine Tian Gui didn't speak, but of course she was very concerned about her son's matter, watching Emperor Chongzhen without blinking her eyes.On the contrary, Concubine Yuan Gui is very calm, because she has no son, only one daughter, and she is still young.But after all, this is a big thing, and I am listening with my ears up.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and saw their expectant and nervous faces. After thinking for a moment, he asked all the maids and maids to withdraw, leaving only the queen and two noble concubines. Then he said to them: "Taizu Chengzu I believe you have all seen the Zhu family's clan policy that was set at that time, which once put the Ming Dynasty in danger. The country's wealth for a year was not enough to pay for the clan. As a result, the court had no money, and the clan was in a dire situation. Difficulties, there are even cases of being a beggar..."

These things, Emperor Chongzhen had already analyzed them in detail when he reformed the suzerainty policy, and Empress Zhou and the two noble concubines also knew about them.However, upon hearing this opening remark, their hearts sank involuntarily.They could have a premonition that their guess was right, and the emperor would attack Zong Fan.

"...Although I have worked tirelessly to expand the territory and increase the land area, there are still not many rich lands." Emperor Chongzhen patiently told them, "For the sake of future generations, for the sake of the ancestors. Sheji Jiangshan, I don't plan to divide up the vassal kings in the mainland, and even move out the vassals above the county king..."

Hearing this, Empress Zhou couldn't help but interrupted Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, where does the native land refer?"

"Your Majesty, where is the suzerain going to move?" Concubine Tian Gui was also nervous and asked.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at their worried expressions and said kindly: "Don't worry, they are also my children. Don't I feel sorry for you? It's just that for the royal family, the country and the country are more important. But even so, I Your son's treatment will be much better than that of ordinary people, so you don't have to worry about this."

Having said that, Queen Zhou and Concubine Tian were still not happy.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them, and continued: "The mainland is the current territory of the Ming Dynasty. As for where they will move in the future, I have actually already thought about it for them."

After speaking, he ordered Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch on duty, to fetch a map of the world.This map, which has not been released to the public, is a world map drawn by Emperor Chongzhen based on the memory of later generations.

After it was spread out, Emperor Chongzhen pointed to the location of Australia in later generations and said: "This place is almost as large as the territory of the Ming Dynasty before, but it is still an undeveloped area. Except for the natives, no one knows."

Then, he pointed to the map of North America and said: "You should have heard of it here. There are Spaniards in the south, but most of the area is still undeveloped."

Empress Zhou, Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan all stood up, huddled to the edge of the world map, lowered their heads and carefully looked at the map, paying special attention to the places Emperor Chongzhen pointed out.Because they knew that, nine out of ten, the vassals of the Ming Dynasty might go to those places.

(End of this chapter)