Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

History has proved that people who are interested in certain aspects, especially science and technology, and even achieve certain achievements, tend to be more mediocre in other aspects.And those who engage in academic research are often relatively simple in character, not good at intrigue and political trade-offs.

Of course, geniuses are not absent, but Ping An can't bet that he can meet them.

So Zhao Duan's great interest in steam locomotives brought him into Zhao Can's field of vision, but at the same time made Ping An suspicious of him.

In history, there was an Emperor Tianqi who only wanted to be a carpenter. If you don't consider his political achievements, Emperor Tianqi himself is a person who appreciates peace and much.However, he didn't do the corresponding things in the position he should be in. This is his biggest failure.

Therefore, if a technical nerd becomes the emperor, it is very likely that there will only be tragedies.He paid enough attention to it, but he might be so immersed in it that he couldn't get out of it and didn't care about other things at all.

This point has to be guarded against.

Ping An would rather Zhao Can choose someone who was mediocre in all aspects than such a lame student.

However, since Zhao Can had selected several, he hadn't made a final decision yet, so he didn't express his opinion immediately. ——It won’t be too late after watching their performance.After all, there is a world of difference between loving a subject and planning to devote yourself to it, and just being interested in it as a hobby.

Ping An soon discovered that although his concerns were important, Zhao Can's choice was not unreasonable.

Because after taking this group of people to the factory, their performance really disappointed Ping An.

Although there was no such thing as engine oil at this time, the factories that produced steam locomotives were either full of various steel parts or coal, and one could imagine how dirty and messy the environment was.In addition, there is always a smell of burning pig iron and coal in the air.

For these princes and grandchildren who have grown up so well and are so pampered, all they see are prosperous mansions, let alone seeing such a scene, they may not even think of it in their minds...

So although everyone was elated when they said they went, Zhao Duan was the only one who was still alive when he got here, and looked normal without showing any disgust.

After all, they were all children, and they still couldn't hide their expressions. Some of them backed away quietly with fear on their faces, planning to leave.

Obviously, although they are all interested in natural science, they only focus on those physical experiments that seem to be more interesting. They don't know about them, they haven't understood them, and they don't seem to like them.

If you ask Ping An who he is more optimistic about under such circumstances, there is no doubt that Ping An will answer Zhao Duan.Regardless of whether he likes this industry or regards it as a hobby, at least he can accept this place.

Well, not only did he accept it, but he was also eager to try it. He planned to walk around and look around, and even wanted to help the workers with his hands.

Ping An thought about it, and simply let them disband and visit freely, as long as they don't disturb others' work.

In fact, his qualified decision made many people breathe a sigh of relief, and then immediately retreated far away, with no intention of going to visit at all.Ping An doesn't care, anyway, according to Zhao Can's intention, this matter is just a test, and those who give up this opportunity will naturally bear the due consequences.

But Ping An didn't expect that besides Zhao Duan, there was another man named Zhao Hou who stayed behind. Although his face was pale and he looked a bit reluctant, he also walked in behind Zhao Duan.

This made Pingan feel a little relieved.No matter what he thought in his heart, at least he took his words to heart.Zhao Hou may not know why he made such a request, but he already has the consciousness to ensure the completion of the task.This sense of responsibility and self-discipline is also what Ping An values.

For various reasons, the visit lasted less than an hour.After leaving the factory, Ping An asked everyone to submit an article tomorrow, writing about what they saw, heard and felt at the factory today.

This kind of travel-style propositional composition is obviously beyond everyone's expectations, especially those who have been stocking up just now, full of disgust and have not seen anything clearly, and are even more lamented.

The next day, the travel notes were handed in, and I took them safely to share with Zhao Can.

The vast majority of people have no content to write at all, so they can only pile up words at will, describe the scenery on the road, and then routinely praise the factory to finish the job.Ping An understood this perfunctory routine.However, they could fool the teacher who was not strict in the past, but they couldn't fool Zhao Can.

Zhao Can chose a total of seven children, but in the end, the things he wrote were a little eye-catching, and indeed only Zhao Duan and Zhao Hou were the ones.

This is not surprising, because for Zhao Can, "having something to say" is the top priority.Besides, when it comes to literary talents, the two of them may not be inferior to others.

However, there are still some differences between the two. Zhao Hou recorded everything he saw and heard, and then sighed that "there is such a thing in the world that I can only see today", expressing his yearning and admiration and it's over. .Actually speaking, it is still a routine.It's just that his routine is very clever, and he obviously observes very carefully. He even asked some questions to the staff, and the subtleties are not sluggish.

As for Zhao Duan, he only narrated what he had seen and heard in the first paragraph, and the rest was full of "feelings". He diverged from the magic of the steam locomotive and gave full play to his imagination. What will happen when things are promoted, and I imagined the future world.His thinking is unconstrained, but it miraculously fits the route that Zhao Can and Pingan will take in the future.

After the two of them saw it, they couldn't help being silent.

After a while, Pingan sighed, "This Zhao Duan..."

"How? Now you still think it's inappropriate for me to pick him?" Zhao Can asked with a smile.

"I know I can't hide it from you." Ping An shook his head helplessly, "But this time, you will win. He is indeed very suitable."

Ping An also did not expect that Zhao Duan's thinking would be so broad, he did not stop at the machine research in front of him, but spread out, and began to imagine the future with a sense of foresight.Although this is because the child's aura is still alive, it probably has something to do with his nature.

But anyway, it's good that he's not limited by one point, by what's in front of him.Now even if he is really a research-oriented talent, as long as he can keep his direction, Ping An has no objections.

Besides, there is no shortage of talents who can develop in multiple fields in this world, maybe Zhao Duan is like this?

In other words, the means of conspiracy and calculation can be enhanced through training and experience, but it is difficult to change one's vision and thinking.

The next day Zhao Can summoned Zhao Duan alone and attended safely.

Zhao Duan's performance this time really opened Ping An's eyes.Facts have proved that he is not a scientific research talent who is obsessed with research at all, but an ambitious and capable person with clear thinking and keen sense of touch.

In fact, although he likes to study these things, the reason why he put so much energy into it, and even skipped class to come here, is because he has already noticed the benefits of this thing, so he plans to prepare in advance to get a share of the action.

After all, to promote this thing, a lot of manpower and material resources are always needed, and someone needs to be responsible.If Chen Guogong's mansion can occupy a place in it, then within a hundred years, the children and grandchildren will have no worries.

As the eldest son, although Zhao Duan is only ten years old, he has already begun to receive his father's education.Chen Guogui will tell him some things that happened in the court, let him analyze and study.He himself is smart, he can understand a lot of things, coupled with deliberate training, although he is still a little immature, his performance is already quite good.

On the contrary, Zhao Duan seemed a little surprised by Zhao Can's favor.

Because he is the eldest son, Zhao Can never thought that Zhao Can would choose him.Theoretically speaking, Zhao Can should have given more consideration to those children who were not the eldest, but who said that the one who performed the best in the end was Zhao Duan?

So after hearing the news, his first reaction was not to be excited, but to ask an unexpected question, "Why did Your Majesty choose this minister?"

Zhao Can took out his travel diary, "Because of this."

Zhao Duan showed a bit of embarrassment on his face, "What I wrote are all groundless and wild things..."

"Do you think these things can't be done?" Zhao Can asked him.

Zhao Duan was not stupid, so he immediately understood the meaning behind Zhao Can's words.Zhao Can is clearly saying that these things may become real!In this way, Zhao Duan also understood why the other party chose him, but his wild thinking was wrong.

Zhao Duan was very excited, Zhao Duan was very excited, "Is it really possible to do it? It's unbelievable!" He remembered what his father said after reading this article: "It's interesting. If it can be done, you can get it in your lifetime." Seeing such a scene is enough to rest in peace."

"If you want, not only can you see that day, but you can also personally participate in its design and creation, making it what you want to see." Zhao Can said.

This sentence completely convinced Zhao Duan.

Speaking of which, Ping An thinks that the ancient people are the most interesting. For a lofty ideal, they can dedicate everything they have.Really everything, including life.This may have something to do with people in this era not advocating freedom and not paying attention to spiritual independence.The education they have received since childhood has closely linked everything to this country, and they will naturally develop the determination to dedicate everything to it.

Ping An's greatest dream when he was a child was to be a scientist, unlike Zhao Duan, who was about to become the crown prince of the empire and someone who would control the country for thousands of miles in the future.After all, he was just a child, so how could he not be excited?

The next step is to inform Chen Guogong and the clan about this matter. Since both parties are willing, others can't say anything.

Soon Zhao Duan moved into the palace. Apart from attending classes in the study room, he also had to receive extra teaching from Zhao Can and Pingan. Sometimes he would listen to the government when he had time, and officially started the life of the prince.

However, he has not been canonized yet, so he can only be regarded as a real but unknown.

As for why he hasn't been canonized yet, it's not that Zhao Can wants to continue to test him. In fact, the investigation has ended, and Zhao Can doesn't mean to hang anyone up. Naturally, he wants to establish his status as soon as possible, so as to avoid other moths.

But here comes a problem.

Originally, Zhao Duan wanted to inherit the throne, so naturally he should be adopted by Zhao Can. On the clan jade plate, his name was changed to Zhao Can's. From then on, Zhao Can was called Father Emperor, and had nothing to do with Chen Guogong's family.

It's just that Zhao Can is not willing to do this.

Part of the reason is that Zhao Duan is already so big, and Chen Guogong has placed high hopes on him before, and he has been cultivating with all his strength. The relationship between father and son is naturally deep, and it cannot be changed by just changing the jade plate.And this kind of approach might make Zhao Duan feel a lump in his heart.

Of course, this reason only accounted for a very small proportion. The real reason was that Zhao Can didn't want to randomly recognize a son, even if it was just to send his name.

As far as Zhao Can is concerned, he doesn't want anyone else to get in between himself and Ping An, and this is fine now.

On this point, although Ping An did not ask for it, Zhao Can insisted on it.

Zhao Duan didn't want his original identity to disappear, and he didn't want to see a son in name sandwiched between him and Pingan.Unfortunately, the ministers did not agree with this ridiculous approach.

The two words of name and title run through the entire feudal dynasty era, so I won't go into details about how important they are.

In short, husband and wife, monarch and ministers, father and son, all these are titles, and it is easy to do things after having titles, and it must not be vague.

In the royal family, this thing is even more sensitive.Because the name here is not only the name, but also contains more things. —power, glory, and even posthumous honor.

In history, it is not uncommon for vassal kings to succeed and respect their parents in the end, but instead push aside the emperor who passed the throne to him.People with a reputation can do this, let alone those without a reputation?

As for Zhao Duan, if he hadn't changed his name to Zhao Can, he would still be Chen Guogong's son.Then it’s all right when he is the crown prince. If he succeeds in the future, but Chen Guogong is not dead yet, what should we do then?

According to the rules, the emperor's father should be the Supreme Emperor.But if Chen Guogong becomes the Supreme Emperor, then what is Zhao Can, the former emperor?

Even if Zhao Can didn't care about it himself, since Chen Guogong became the Supreme Emperor, he was entitled to dictate political affairs. When the word loyalty and filial piety was suppressed, would Zhao Duan listen?Will the courtiers listen?

When it comes to their own interests, the ministers will not give up a step.Of course, this is also because this matter will not touch Zhao Can's restricted area, allowing him to resort to thunderous means.As long as there is room for turning around, the courtiers have the ability to turn it around.

So things froze for a while.The courtiers insisted that Zhao Duan be adopted before they could be canonized and named.

On this matter, Ping An actually wanted to ask Zhao Duan for his opinion.It's a pity that it's inconvenient for Zhao Duan to speak up now that the matter has developed.Nothing he said was right.

If he said he hoped to be adopted, wouldn't he abandon his biological parents?If you say you don't want to adopt, then you are a white-eyed wolf who takes advantage of Zhao Can but doesn't want to return it.Anyway, no matter what you do, Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror—it’s not a human being inside or outside.

Zhao Duan was also very cautious and just kept silent on this matter.

In the end, Chen Guogong took the initiative to stand up and said that Zhao Duan should be adopted.He is the biological father, so it is natural for him to open the mouth.Moreover, both Zhao Can and Zhao Duan had no reason to object.

However, what really surprised Ping An was what he said to Zhao Can after Chen Guogong took the initiative to express his intentions in the court, and asked to stay and play alone.

Before Zhao Jie went to sea, he encircled a lot of land along the way, and people were needed to cultivate and manage it.So the country has been recruiting clans to go there.As long as they are willing to go, the imperial court will allocate part of the money, food and population as the initial basic investment.

Although it is a good thing for the clan to have a place of their own and not need to be coerced by the court in the future, in fact, not many people signed up.The reason is that the clan has long been accustomed to being raised by the emperor over the years, and has lost the ability and spirit of self-reliance.So in the end, except for a few people, no one signed up.

And Chen Guogong stayed to play alone this time, hoping that he could join in and take some people overseas.

I have to admit that this is indeed a better solution.

After going overseas, Chen Guogong's influence on the country will be greatly reduced.There is no need for anyone to worry about what Zhao Duan will do in the future because of his biological father.

And if he really starts a career overseas in the future, he can be regarded as an independent little monarch. It doesn't count as embarrassing to Zhao Duan's son, and the courtiers don't need to worry about Zhao Duan granting him a title—he is already He is already the king of another country, and there is nothing to pursue.Even if the function of that country is regarded as a vassal state of Great Chu.

The more Ping An thinks about it, the more he feels that this idea can really solve all hidden dangers. For Chen Guogong who can come up with this, it is a big change.

But it's no wonder that if I can teach a child like Chu Zhao Duan, I will naturally be more capable.Although it's a pity that he can't play in Dachu, it's a good thing if he goes out and guards another piece of land.

Zhao Can had someone call Zhao Duan over, told him the matter, and said, "Go and kowtow to your father. I'm afraid we won't see each other for a long time." At least when Zhao Can was alive, Chen Guogong Should not come back.

Zhao Duan knelt down with a plop and kowtowed three times, "Father, take care!"

So this was the last meeting between the father and son that Ping An knew.He didn't know if it was a good idea or not.In fact, in the final analysis, if Zhao Can hadn't chosen an heir, such a thing would never have happened.Although it was also because of Zhao Duan's own intentions, in fact, if Zhao Can asked, would anyone be able to refuse?

But no matter whether it is good or not, this is the choice made by each person, and now we can only hope that everything will be fine.

Now that Chen Guogong expressed his position, the Ministry of Rites naturally began to prepare for the canonization ceremony.

Out of some hard-to-explain thoughts, this time the ceremony was very grand.Obviously, although Zhao Can had no children, the court hoped to announce to the people all over the world that the emperor already had an heir.

Having an heir means that there will be fewer twists and turns in the change of imperial power in the future, which is already a good thing for the Great Chu, the court, and the common people.

Even for Ping An, this solved his major concern.

With Zhao Can having an heir, coupled with his intimidation to the courtiers, in the future, no one should mention the emperor's marriage except for those who are short-sighted.He and Zhao Can finally saw some signs of a stable life at this time.

However, with the passage of time, Ping An has become more and more fond of Zhao Duan.

Because he is indeed very smart in this regard.Just like in ancient society where the natural science system has not yet appeared, a large number of mathematicians, physicists and astronomers emerged.Some people are born with this ability.If there is no peace, maybe Zhao Duan will be able to become an enlightenment figure in a certain aspect in the future.

But now, with systematic education, Zhao Duan absorbed new knowledge so fast that both Ping An and Zhao Can were surprised and delighted.

In addition, what makes them feel even more happy is that in the process of learning, Zhao Duan's foresight of the future, which he has repeatedly shown, has always been consistent with Ping An's vision.

It is conceivable that even if they are gone in the future, Zhao Duan will still be able to continue to implement these policies until the day they are looking forward to.

As far as Ping An and Zhao Can are concerned, that's all they can do. As for the rest, it depends on the joint efforts of the people who came after.

However, it was precisely because of having an heir that the court was peaceful and happy, which made Zhao Can feel that their steps could be taken a little further.Anyway, everything is under control now, and some changes that have already been decided to be made are naturally time to be put on the agenda.

Following the principle of putting the easy first and then the difficult, Ping An intends to start with the army when it comes to the reform of the court.

The civil service group is both sensitive and powerful, and head-to-head encounters will not do any good.After all, the city gate caught fire, which affected the fish in the pond, and it was the common people who suffered in the end.So Ping An decided to recruit a helper for himself first.

There is a saying in later generations that when you have power, power is diplomacy.Diplomacy is power when you don't have power.

It fully demonstrates the importance of force value.