Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

After making up his mind, Wen Tiren turned his attention to Cui Yongan: "Does Shilang Cui know the progress of the railway construction on the other side of the Yellow River?"

Cui Yong'an was in despair all of a sudden - what was he afraid of?

After Qiang cheered himself up, Cui Yong'an said with a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes: "I went to Mughal to explore the terrain before I was dismissed. I really don't know the situation on the other side of the Yellow River?"

Wen Tiren stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This time, we will see how the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Industry will solve the problem of the Yellow River."

Emperor Chongzhen also nodded and said: "If a bridge can be built, then a railway bridge can be built for trains, and another bridge can be built for cars and horses to pass through.

I just don't know if the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Railways are now sure that they can build the bridge. If they can't, I'm afraid they still need to use a ferry to transfer on the other side of the Yellow River. "

Wen Tiren stretched out his hand and gestured on the table in front of him: "I remember that the narrowest part of the Yellow River is only three or four feet long, and the widest one is four or five miles.

And my Daming railway wants to cross the Yellow River, not only need to build a bridge, but also more than ten bridges.

From the capital to Nanjing, the section of the Jinan River must be passed through. This section is about two miles wide. Even though the current in the river has decreased, it may not be easy to build it. "

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the words, he thought about it.

The bridges of later generations were made of concrete. Daming had cement, so it must not be too difficult to make concrete—the question is whether the concrete can meet the requirements.

Cement is labeled, is there any concrete?

Can the thing that Daming made now meet the demand?After being washed by the Yellow River for several years, will this thing rot?

If it needs to be rebuilt every few years, how high is the cost?The bridge is easy to build, what if the railway is diverted?

These messy questions made Emperor Chongzhen a little dizzy.

Without solving this problem, it is simply impossible to build a bridge across the Yellow River. The only way is to build a pontoon bridge. The pontoon bridge is useful for vehicles, horses and pedestrians, but is it useful for railways?Can it handle it?

After thinking about it for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen didn't come up with any reliable solution, so he could only squint his eyes and say, "I remember reading a saying in a book, saying that wooden bones support mud walls, and even poor people's homes When building a house, wheat straw or other things are also mixed into the mud as the skeleton.

If the mud is replaced with cement, and the wheat straw is replaced with long steel as the skeleton, and used as bridge piers, I don’t know how? "

When Wen Tiren and the others heard this, they were immediately dumbfounded.

We all know the idea of ​​wooden bones supporting the mud wall, and we have heard or seen the idea of ​​mixing wheat straw into the mud, but is it possible to use cement and steel?

Not to mention that Wen Tiren and others were ignorant, Emperor Chongzhen himself had no confidence in his heart - after he "invented" Chongzhen cement, he threw it to the Royal Academy and never cared about it. Who knows if they have made improvements?

If there is an improvement, to what extent?Is there any such high-grade cement that appears?

If it is not possible, can it be done with pure steel piers?The big deal is just wasting some steel.

But how long can steel last?Which is more durable than Daming concrete?

Before Emperor Chongzhen figured out these messy things, the body of the train began to feel frustrated, Cui Yongan said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, we are about to enter the Yongding Gate of the capital, and the current is caused by the deceleration of the front of the train." .”

Chapter 7. What are you dreaming about!

Emperor Chongzhen had just returned to Beijing, and before he had a good rest for a few days, let alone had time to think about the concrete matter, he received Xue Fengxiang's resignation letter first.

Xue Fengxiang really didn't plan to do it anymore - a few years ago, he was already hated by the concubine. Although the concubine and the adulterer were both fed to dogs, the factory guard who had always been pervasive also chose to temporarily Sexually blind, but Xue Fengxiang still feels uncomfortable.

Coupled with the fact that he is now in his 80s, if he continues to work, he may have to die of old age and take office, so he chose to retreat bravely in the current situation. With such an emperor, he can only live for a few more years if he returns to his hometown!

Emperor Chongzhen approved Xue Fengxiang's memorial.

In fact, it is foreseeable that Shi Fenglai and Xue Fengxiang's resignation is just the beginning, and there will be a steady stream of court dignitaries who will choose to resign and return to their hometowns.

After all, they are all in their 70s and [-]s, and some people were still courtiers in the Wanli period. In their own generation, they can already be regarded as the elders of the four dynasties.

Although my cheap father has only been the emperor for 29 days, but he also has a temple name, posthumous title, and year name, so he can naturally be regarded as the emperor of one dynasty.

Give someone a good death, let’s give it.

Emperor Chongzhen lamented his kindness and generosity in his heart, and at the same time, he was thinking about who should replace Fang Zhuangli—after Xue Fengxiang retired, someone from the Ministry of Industry had to replace him.

Now Fang Zhuangli can still hold on, but Fang Zhuangli is not suitable to worry about the bureaucracy at this age, and it is probably time to retire after a while.

At that time, there will be a lot of vacancies above the court hall, especially the part on the top floor.

From a common sense, when ministers from various ministries become official, there will naturally be ministers from various ministries to step up, and then provide them step by step, and the newly appointed boss will light up the fire again, clean up the factions that he does not deal with, and finally vacate Lots of middle and ground floor locations.

This is a normal operating procedure, but it does not apply to the 14th year of Chongzhen.

The reason is simple. Before the first year of Chongzhen, there were many officials waiting to fill the vacancies in the capital, and there were also a large number of preparatory officials in various ministries who were walking and studying, and they could be used to fill the vacancies at any time.

But since the first year of Chongzhen, with the massacre of Emperor Chongzhen and the continuous expansion of territory, not only a large number of officials in the capital waiting to fill vacancies were released, but even officials who were walking and studying in various ministries were released in large numbers. .

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, some grassroots officials, such as county magistrates, were simply selected from among the old officials like Bo, the prime minister of Ji Nian County.

Because even if Emperor Chongzhen took his life at Kai En Ke, the selected Jinshi would have to walk and study in the cabinet and various ministries for a period of time before they could be released, and the number of officials involved was always in a very tense state.

After thinking about it for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen didn't come up with any good solution. He simply gave up and ordered Wen Tiren and other big bosses to be called into the palace again.

Looking at Wen Tiren, Guo Yunhou, Fang Zhuangli, Xue Fengxiang and others with gray or all white hair, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel sore in his heart.

It is these eunuchs in front of me, these old ministers who should have been reviled in the history books and should have been stinked for thousands of years, accompanied me to prop up the crisis of Ming Dynasty, survived for 13 years, and stabilized the already precarious situation. down.

Perhaps without them, I could have survived the same, but it is absolutely impossible to survive as easily as I am now - it is more likely to smash Daming to pieces and start all over again.

In fact, all the people in later generations clamoring that the situation of Ming Dynasty should be completely smashed and then reshuffled, including Emperor Chongzhen himself before time travel, were just thinking about it.

It is easy to break the situation, and it may be easy to create a new situation by relying on one's own knowledge hundreds of years ahead, but who is really suffering?

Emperor Chongzhen was always an emperor, even if he was marching and fighting, he would not suffer much, and the same was generally true of other high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants and gentry.

Only the people at the bottom suffered, and they were the ones who suffered the most, not the army.

This is also the reason why Emperor Chongzhen chose to kill and change slowly after killing, instead of choosing the best way to start over.

People who forget the Soviet Union have no conscience, and those who want to revive the Soviet Union have no brains—the same is true for Daming, who shouted to break the bank and start over, and solve problems simply and rudely, or they have no worries about food and clothing, and have never seen the poverty of the people The people who live here are either mourning their misfortune, angering them without fighting, and shouting slogans in despair.

After Wen Tiren and others entered the palace and took their seats, Emperor Chongzhen directly cast his gaze on Xue Fengxiang: "Xue Aiqing is now in her eighties, right?"

Xue Fengxiang leaned back and said: "Your Majesty is worried, this minister is indeed already eighty-six this year."

Emperor Chongzhen simply got up from his chair, waved his hands to Wen Tiren and the others, and said, "Your Majesty, please sit down first. I have something on my mind that I would like to share with you all."

After a pause, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "I still remember that when I first promised the feudal lords to change their fiefs to go overseas, I also promised you my dear ones.

What I promised at the time was that you can spend some money and choose some overseas lands from the imperial court as fiefdoms. Although it is not as good as the vassals that can be passed down for generations, after several generations, you can get some benefits. .

It's just that this promise has been made for many years. Except for Wen Aiqing's family who was awarded a piece of land on Xinming Island by me, the other lovers have never come to me?

I will repeat this again today, if you want to buy a piece of fiefdom, just ask, the price is ten taels of silver per mu of land, and I will not investigate where the money in the hands of your lovers comes from. "