my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 548

Since Emperor Taizu Gao.

In fact, Emperor Ming was very stingy with rewarding titles.

Of course, this is also based on the experience of the previous dynasty. Every title awarded means the support of the court from generation to generation. Once you have too many titles in your hands, it will definitely increase the burden on future generations.

Therefore, even the duke, after experiencing the founding of the country and the disaster, is actually one of the few.

And the marquis and earl are also very few.

In the whole of Ming Dynasty, there are very few people who really have titles.

But... just now, the way of thinking has changed.

What kind of person is Zhu Di!He is not an ordinary emperor. In the past, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty was agriculture, and agriculture meant that the carrying capacity of the land was limited!

The only way to keep Guozuo going is to think about how to save money.

After all, with so much land, even if the grain production is doubled, there is a limit to its growth.

At this time, throttling is the root of everything.

But now, the national capital of Ming Dynasty has begun to turn to overseas development and business, so it is obviously very inappropriate to continue to hold back the money and pursue the method of saving money.

Pioneering needs someone who dares to go into the sea, and someone who is not afraid of hardships and dangers, so...there must be brave men under heavy rewards.

What's more, the land that has been opened up also needs someone to guard it. The essence of the so-called enfeoffment of the imperial court is to take the land of the local natives and award it to the meritorious officials and clan.

Such an approach did not cause any actual loss to the imperial court. On the contrary, each enfeoffment strengthened Daming's maritime trade, enabled the imperial court to obtain a more stable source of taxation, and planted seeds for the imperial court overseas. The seeds of the Ming Dynasty made the Ming Dynasty more impressive.

As for the industry and commerce, the industry and commerce is still in the initial stage, but the results have been very obvious. Encouraging more people to participate in it has also brought huge profits to the court.

And to encourage, then the basic essence of this industry and commerce is the railway, and the developed railway will greatly strengthen the foundation of industry and commerce. Compared with the huge annual income, rewarding some titles is really not worth mentioning.

Seeing Zhang Anshi and Hu Guang, Zhu Di dared not answer.

It is clear that they are afraid of this!
If it supports the emperor's claim, it will be contrary to the tradition of Ming Dynasty and even the ancestral system.

But if they object, both Zhang Anshi and Hu Guang are the beneficiaries of this knighthood system, so how can they object?

Therefore, Zhu Di smiled and said: "You will be rewarded for your merits. What's more, this time, Xiao Huqing's family is close to death. I have already checked his merits. It is also a model. If I am indifferent to this, who will be willing to fight like him in the future? Come..."

He was also disappointed when he looked.

Zhu Di has always been a vigorous and resolute person, since he has made a decision, there is nothing to hesitate.

Facing Zhu Di's gaze, Yi Shiha hastily said, "Your maidservant is here."

Zhu Di said solemnly: "Canonize Hu Mu as Uncle Guangxin, and he will not be replaced by hereditary."

Yi Shiha said, "Here."

After a pause, Zhu Di went on to say: "In addition to this, the rest of the dead and injured people will also be heavily compensated. Some silver taels will also be taken out of the internal funds! Zhang Qing, your hall also needs to be rewarded. Don't pretend to be stupid and talk about your own just because I took out the pension money."

Since Zhu Di came to the conclusion in person, Zhang Anshi was happy, as long as he did as His Majesty ordered, he hurriedly said, "Observe the order."

Although the earl is the lowest among the titles of Ming Dynasty, in fact, the gold content is extremely high, which almost means that the descendants of the Hu family can enjoy the glory and wealth for generations.

In Daming, almost all the earl's children belonged to the backbone of the imperial guards. Even if they were ineffective, they would have no worries about food and clothing, but those with a little bit of ability would have a bright future.

At least in the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies, those military officials who rank first rank are almost all exclusive to those with titles.Even after that, the Five Armies Commander's Mansion is useless, but the status of high-ranking military officials can be guaranteed.

For a moment, Hu Guang had mixed feelings.

Even if you are a bachelor, what you can leave to your descendants is nothing more than a small official.

It's rare for the emperor to be so generous today, and the Hu family's merits and virtues can be regarded as consummated!Immediately worship: "I am on behalf of the dog... Thank you for your kindness."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "You're welcome."

He didn't say much, he was really tired after being busy for so long today, so he immediately ordered people to leave.

But on the next day, he led Zhang Anshi to Raozhou station with great interest.

Looking around, the place is quite large, and around the station, various car dealers, warehouses, markets, and workshops have also gathered.

With these, it means that a lot of jobs have been created!
Therefore, the flow of people gathered here, followed by many people living in groups, and many houses also rose from the ground.

Seven or eight miles away from this station, there are big chimneys.

Zhu Di climbed up to look, pointed at the chimney, and asked curiously, "What is that?"

Zhang Anshi looked in the direction Zhu Di pointed, and said, "Your Majesty, I have heard someone introduce that this is a brick kiln."

Zhu Di was a little surprised, and said, "So many?"

Zhang Anshidao: "The common people need houses, new workshops need to be built, and there are countless other demands for bricks. Because of this, what is lacking most in this place now is bricks and stones. The problem is that the Railway Department also has a special decree that all brick kilns can be exempted from tax for five years."

Zhu Di nodded, although he is already the master of the world, but he is still very curious about these things that he has never touched before, so he asked: "Do the people in other places have no need to live, do not need to use bricks?" ?"

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "This is different. Most of the common people in the world have thatched houses, and a layer of mud can be used to form a wall. This brick and tile house is not affordable for ordinary people. This is It seems... the city walls of our Nanjing City are naturally made of bricks and stones, but in fact, most of the cities in the world are only made of rammed earth."

Zhu Di nodded, then looked at him, and said with a smile: "You are a good guy. I may not understand what I asked, and other people's hard-working explanations. The more they quote the scriptures, the more people quote them. Confused, because...some people quote scriptures in order to show that they are erudite, the more uncommon, the more mysterious the allusions they use, so that they can show their ability."

"Zhang Qing is different. I know that I am familiar with the city walls. I have fought all the way, and I have seen many cities in the world. If I say this, I can immediately understand the reason."

Zhang Anshi also laughed and said: "Because I am not a scholar, so there is no need to borrow these to show my knowledge."

Zhu Di shook his head and said, "Knowledge doesn't lie in reading a few books, or knowing a few more uncommon characters or uncommon allusions than others, that's rotten Confucianism."

After walking here for a few days at Raozhou Station, the Railway Department also came over to give a general report on the progress of the various sections of the Jiangxi Railway Department. Now Nanchang Station and Raozhou Station are about to be connected, and other construction sections have also begun. Exploration, just waiting to start.

In order to build the railway, a large number of merchants from Zhili began to lay out along the railway, and many steel workshops also started work, in order to obtain materials nearby.

The number of people settled along the railway has exceeded 14.

With the rolling out of the railway, the number of people settled in the new towns at each station will also increase dramatically.

Borrowing the railway to build a new city means that for the city, there will be more convenient transportation, which will enable the new city to have a huge advantage in transportation and traffic in the future.

At the same time, it also puts many old cities under enormous pressure. If the New Deal is not implemented thoroughly, these old cities are very likely to be in danger of being eliminated directly.

And ten or twenty years later, it is even possible that the imperial court no longer needs to send county magistrates and prefects there, and the railway department has replaced their duties.

As for the medical colleges, schools, inspection stations, farm stations, animal husbandry stations, and markets built along the way, there are as many as a cow's hair. There are more than a dozen major stations and small stations, just on the line from Nanchang to Raozhou.

In just one year, it can be said that the effect is remarkable.

Zhu Di read the report carefully, and was very satisfied. He said to Zhang Anshi with a smile, "Zhang Qing, Zhanji is here, and it's quite effective. The railway company goes up and down, so many things, but nothing happened." What a big mess. It seems...Zhan Ji is enough to take care of himself."

As he said that, he had a look of relief on his face.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "The so-called independence is slowly tempered. There is no such thing as a genius in the world. The more you see, the more you learn, and the longer you experience, it will naturally come to conclusion. Come up with a set of ways of doing things. What's more, His Royal Highness is talented and intelligent, and it's much faster to get started."

Zhang Anshi paused, and continued: "Actually, this is still secondary. The biggest advantage of being alone is that His Royal Highness has a set of methods to control people. How to discover talents and how to make the best use of them are all knowledge. .”

Zhu Di answered with deep approval, "That's right, hey... I can finally rest assured."

He paused, seemed to think of something, and said: "Tomorrow, let's drive back to Beijing."

Zhang Anshi said in surprise: "In such a hurry? I thought... Your Majesty is going to Nanchang Mansion to meet His Royal Highness."

Zhang Anshi knows Zhu Di's feelings and expectations for Zhu Zhanji's grandson best.

However, Zhu Di waved his hand: "There is no need to see you. I am here to deal with such a matter. I am afraid that many people in the capital have been frightened. If I do not return at this time, there is no guarantee that something will happen. thing."

Zhang Anshi immediately understood Zhu Di's meaning, nodded his head in a hurry, and said nothing more.

The progress of the Jiangxi Railway Department is really too fast.

In addition to this time, His Majesty severely dealt with a group of Raozhou government officials.

This is almost... an explicit indication that the entire Ming Dynasty will look like Jiangxi in the future.

The whole of Jiangxi is like a model.

Obviously, for some people, this is a catastrophe.

Zhu Di obviously saw clearly for his courtiers, if he was not in charge at this time, no one would be safe and nothing would happen.

So the next morning, after a simple breakfast, Zhu Di led the people back to Beijing.

Along the way, Zhu Di seemed very excited, and he couldn't help saying: "This railway can run from morning to night, even if the emperor goes on a tour, the cost will be greatly reduced. When Qin Shihuang was here, he used to tour the world and mobilized hundreds of thousands of people. It took several years, wasting money and wasting money. Therefore, since ancient times, the emperor's tours have been criticized at home because of their huge expenditure and extravagance."

"But today, if this railway is built to all parts of the world, and the emperor goes on tour, it will only cost one train, and the time it will take is only a mere month or so. I really hope that I can live until this time and also follow the example of the emperor." , patrol the world, and take a good look at these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains."

What Zhu Di said, even Hu Guang agrees.

The reason why the ancients opposed the emperor's tour was indeed because it cost too much. Not to mention the precedent of Qin Shihuang, Emperor Yang of Sui also spent countless people's money because of his tour.In people's eyes, this is the cause of chaos in the world.

This is mainly because the transportation in ancient times was really inconvenient. The emperor went out, picked up and greeted the driver, and there were a large number of guards along the way, many entourages, and the food and drink expenses of tens of thousands of people along the way were all amazing.

And going out for a long time will be protracted, no less than a large-scale war.

But obviously, the application of the railway has greatly reduced the time and the scale of personnel. This alone made it possible for the emperor to go on tour.

I didn't stop too much on the road, so I finally arrived in the capital at noon the next day.

Zhu Di drove back to the palace, while Zhang Anshi and Hu Guang rushed back to Wenyuan Pavilion without stopping.

Because the two came back so hastily, Wenyuan Pavilion didn't get any news in advance. Xie Jin and others were very surprised to see the two came back suddenly.

Even the calm Jin Youzi showed great surprise.

"Your Excellency... The old man is not on duty for the past few days, which has made you tired." Hu Guang's face was sullen, but he still couldn't hide his joy.

Seeing him like this, everyone exchanged greetings with him.

Hu Guang said: "But I don't know whether you have obtained your majesty's order from Raozhou?"

"Decree?" Xie Jin frowned and said, "So far, it hasn't been delivered yet."

Hu Guang said with emotion: "The emergency delivery shop and the Secretary of General Administration are too slow in handling the facts. With this time, His Majesty drove back to the palace, but the decree issued the day before yesterday has not yet been delivered. From this point of view, there are many people everywhere. It’s time to clean up the post station.”

Zhang Anshi said hastily beside him: "I don't think it's necessary to clean it up. In my opinion, there is still a lot to do in this station in the future. Not only can it not be cleaned up, but it can also be used to expand it."

Now once the railways start to be built all over the world, the traditional post stations are bound to be at risk of weakening.

But in Zhang Anshi's view, this may not be a good opportunity.

Zhang Anshi couldn't help thinking about it, and his mind began to move.

On the contrary, Xie Jin went in without knowing it. He knew Zhang Anshi's character. This guy was a little dazed by the New Deal.

Xie Jin is such a smart person. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Zhang Anshi. Seeing Zhang Anshi's thoughtful expression, he seemed to have noticed something, but then he became silent.

In fact, when Hu Guang mentioned this station, he just used it as an introduction. Unexpectedly, everyone really brought the topic to the station.

So he hurriedly said: "The most important thing is His Majesty's will, gentlemen, we can't take it lightly, we must hurry...to do it."

Yang Rong knew Hu Guang well, and immediately knew that Hu Guang was eager to talk about His Majesty's intentions, so he couldn't help being curious, so he said immediately: "What is the intention?"

"The prefect of Raozhou was wiped out by the family, and the rest of the imperial convicts were all exiled to Xinzhou..."

"In addition to this, there is also a reward, which is about... the canonization of Hu Mu, the railway administrator, as the uncle of Guangxin."

"Uncle Feng? What military merits does this man have?" Xie Jin asked subconsciously.

Jin Youzi also frowned: "This seems to be against the rules."

Zhang Anshi only smiled beside him.

Hu Guang stroked his beard with a smile, and said: "Yes, this is indeed against the ancestral system. Regarding this matter, the old man also wants to make excuses."

decline……

At this moment, everyone understood.

That's right, the surname Hu!

Everyone was startled and suspicious!
Xie Jin was the first to ask, "This Hu Mu, but who is Mr. Hu?"

"It's a dog." Hu Guang said: "I didn't make any merits, it was just the reward of eating the king, the matter of being loyal to the king, plus... sacrificing oneself to save others, which caused me to suffer a little flesh and blood injuries. But your majesty attaches great importance to this , Hey...Your Majesty is too generous."

Well, this time, it's a dead end.

It must be known that the scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion did not cause any prejudice against Hu Guang.

After all, Hu Guang's temperament belongs to anyone who can establish a good relationship with him.

But they are both bachelors, and occasionally mention the situation of their own children. After a long time, they still have some comparisons.

Now that Hu Guang's son has been conferred a noble title, you can say you are happy, but you are really not happy.

So, everyone laughed dryly and congratulated.

But Hu Guang pinched his beard and said: "Hey... the dog really can't afford such a reward. He... still has a lot to learn. This is just a kindness from His Majesty to his courtiers. In my heart, I am not only displeased, On the contrary, I am worried, only worried... the dog is so proud of being favored, and the more I don't know the heights of the world, and the success of youth is not a good thing!"

"It's a pity that he is injured, and this trip with His Majesty is in a hurry, otherwise... the old man will have to send the dog to the ancestral hall, and teach him to bow down to his ancestors there for a few days, introspecting. At that time , the old man will teach him personally, so that he will know..."

Yang Rong said: "Grand Hu, I still have some memorials that need to be drafted, let's talk about it later."

Xie Jindao: "Jin Chun, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, is here. I will discuss a matter about the Ministry of Punishment later. The old man will prepare one or two."

Jin Youzi was standing on the side just now, but at this moment, it seemed as if the world had evaporated, and he had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)