Iron Dynasty

The charcoal burned in the charcoal pot and made a crackling sound.

Zhang Qiyun gritted his teeth and finally said, Rongmin girl give it a try.

Fei Yue'er smiled when she heard the words, she said, That's right, the precepts of our girls' school is that women don't allow men, this is because the emperor asked Ben Gong to write on the wall of the school, since the emperor gave With the support of us weak women, you just have to try boldly, if you succeed, it will also win glory for our women's school and glory for the palace.

Yes, the Empress. Zhang Qiyun responded.

After settling on this matter, Zhang Qiyun went back, and Xiao Ming said to Fei Yue'er at this time, The queen has taught a good student.

The emperor has won awards. It is better to say that the emperor's teaching is worse than the teaching of the concubine. After all, the ink in the belly of the concubine is taught by the emperor. Fei Yue is now more and more like a queen, said Time to be generous.

Xiao Ming laughed when he heard the words. As an emperor, his biggest worry is the fire in the backyard. Therefore, a qualified queen is very important to the harem. In this way, he can concentrate on state affairs instead of being disturbed by trivial matters.

Now Fei Yue'er can not only get along well with Luluo and Aster, but also assist him in internal affairs, which is really rare.

I have some credits, but the most important thing is that the queen is smart. Xiao Ming and Fei Yue'er teased each other. This is also a way for the husband and wife to develop their relationship on weekdays.

With a slight smile, Fei Yue returned to the main topic, she said, Your Majesty, my concubine has become more and more aware of the importance of women's schools in recent days. Women are not as good as men in fighting and farming, but this kind of learning is not a memory. lost to the men.

The queen is right. This is why I asked the queen to set up a women's school. Now this women's school has achieved initial results, but it will continue to run in the future. Xiao Ming said.

Fei Yue'er nodded, When the concubine's body recovers, the concubine will keep an eye on the women's school.

At this time, the breakfast was brought, and the nurse carried Xiao Yi over.

The two teased the little prince for a while while they were eating. Xiao Ming couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he looked at the baby in the swaddle.

Five or six years have passed in the blink of an eye, from the age of eighteen to his twenties, the empire he aspires to build has just begun.

Now he can no longer wait, but wants to speed up the process. After all, the technology contained in the technology spar is all-encompassing, and he still wants to conquer the stars and the sea in his lifetime.

When Ruixue passed away a year ago, the atmosphere of the New Year became strong. After living in Qingzhou for five or six years, he was used to this kind of excitement.

A few days before the Chinese New Year, he asked Fiji and Pang Yukun to give some gifts to officials according to regulations, but compared to previous years, he was not so generous this year.

After all, now he is not only in charge of the six states, but also the entire northern state and counties. The number of officials has also risen from more than 3,000 to more than 30,000.

After the new year, Xiao Ming and the officials returned to government affairs. The industrial revolution had just begun, and they could not be allowed to relax.

In addition, he also issued a decree for comprehensive reforms in Dayu at the great court meeting after the year.

Every year at this time of year, officials from various prefectures and counties would go to Qingzhou to pay New Year's greetings to him. This was the best time to popularize the reform.

This time, his implementation of reforms in the six states does not mean that other parts of the Great Yu Kingdom can not participate in the reforms, but the current state treasury has limited financial resources. .

But in fact, this decree benefits Dayu and can be implemented by all states and counties.

Your Majesty, this time, many officials are full of praise for the changes in Qingzhou, and said that they should follow the example of Qingzhou government when they go back.

In the imperial study, Pang Yukun seemed to be telling an interesting story.

I'm afraid it's easy to say, but it's hard to do. Xiao Ming frowned. The imperial court will let the officials know about Qingzhou and Xiao Ming about the situation of other houses.

Different from Qingzhou, the situation in Jinling Mansion and Chang'an Mansion has not changed much now. The people still live in the old social model. The Great Yu Kingdom is really too big, and even in contemporary times, there are some places that modern civilization cannot reach. place, so he can only choose the coastal port area to focus on development.

After all, it is these commercial ports that commercial prosperity needs.

The old minister understands what the emperor means. This reform will not happen overnight. Although the ministers and the people still have some conflicts, if the six states develop, the lower officials believe that officials in other prefectures will be much more active.

Yes, you can't make a fat man in one bite, so you can't relax. Xiao Ming reminded.

Pang Yukun nodded, and then he said sternly; Your Majesty, this time the old minister came to report something to the Emperor. A Dutch embassy landed in Dengzhou and wanted to come to Qingzhou to meet the Emperor. I don't know if the Emperor wants to see him. them.

Dutch mission? Is it Blair and the others? Xiao Ming was a little surprised. Since the Dengzhou port opened for business, Dutch businessmen have flocked here, and now Dengzhou even has a small settlement of Dutch businessmen.

That's not true. The news was sent to the cabinet by Blake. According to him, the Dutch embassy was sent by the Dutch parliament, and the head of the embassy was an earl named Brandon.

Pang Yukun frowned as he spoke. In his opinion, these Western countries are strange one by one, and he is still unable to adapt to contact with these Westerners.

Xiao Ming nodded when he heard the words. Now that the cabinet has undertaken all the government affairs of the Great Yu Kingdom, the things that the cabinet cannot decide will come to report to him.

In this way, he can make the best use of his talents, and he can also take time to cultivate talents and develop technology.

But this is not complete devolution, but he has been staring at them.

You are in charge of the arrangement. Xiao Ming now has the intention to strengthen the foreign trade relationship with the Dutch. Blake only represents the Dutch company, but the mission here represents the Netherlands.

The British have now extended their tentacles to East Asia, and it is also necessary for him to strengthen relations with the Dutch to dismantle this empire on the sea.

Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister will make arrangements now. Pang Yukun responded and turned to leave.

Watching Pang Yukun leave, Xiao Ming lowered his head and looked at the structure diagram of the new firearm sent by Song Changping. Song Changping named this type of firearm as the blazing fire.

This firearm does away with the previous flint firing mechanism and instead uses a flash cap to fire, and this firing feature will give his musket an advantage on the battlefield.

Putting the firearms drawings aside, Xiao Ming looked at the memorials sent by Fiji. The memorials provided the living conditions of the people in each prefecture and the current handicraft, mining, and salt industries in each prefecture. In short, the present The current situation in the Great Yu Kingdom is very bad.

The Northern War this time made all the prefectures smashed, the people's lives were poor, and the handicrafts and mining industries suffered heavy losses.

The six prefectures with Qingzhou as the core also consumed a lot of money because of the war. In addition to the post-war disaster relief, the six prefectures' treasuries now have less and less food for war.

Putting down the miserable data, Xiao Ming clenched his fist and slammed the table hard, strengthening his determination.

He is very clear that the occurrence of the Western Industrial Revolution is based on the plunder of the whole world. The rich resources promote the prosperity of Western industry. The prosperous industry enriches people's lives and makes the country stronger and stronger, and the stronger country allows them to seize more resources.

Therefore, the foundation of the prosperity of the West relies on the word grab. Even in the contemporary era, the West has only replaced the military colonization with economic colonization.

After figuring out this matter, Xiao Ming knows that without the support of huge resources, even if he has technology spar, he will continue to encounter constraints. Instead, he naturally cannot allow the West to monopolize the world's resources.