Devil Class Cannon Fodder

With the help of the prince, the Ministry of Industry has paved the way for investment promotion in full swing.

Cement is nothing new to well-informed businessmen.Whether it's the Yellow River Jueti, the Lingtai Temple Medicine Workshop, or even the concrete road paved in the capital, they have seen the huge chain effect of this new thing far more deeply than ordinary people.

As far as Gu Qing is concerned, he had preliminary contact with wealthy merchants when the internal officials supervised open source, but it was just a small fight, and the merchants he contacted were only the tip of the iceberg for the merchants of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. .

Right now, through attracting investment and paving the way, Gu Qing believes that he will have more in-depth contact and understanding.

The fact is also the same. During the next investment promotion process, Gu Qing had in-depth exchanges with merchants from all over the world.

In addition to cement, which benefits the country and the people, the government-run industries such as mining, metallurgy and textiles under the Ministry of Industry have also undergone less obvious rectifications. They are still government-run industries, but a small part of the process has changed the original model, strengthening and Local business contacts.

In addition, even if the huge project of cement paving has carried out investment promotion, some local governments will supervise the management and contract for local merchants. After the local merchants obtain the right to contract the road section, they will get the cement formula, so they want to get cement after the post road is completed To make a profit, they only need to hand over a very small portion of the profits to the Ministry of Industry, but they do not have the ownership of the post roads, they only have the right to use the post roads, and they still need to pay customs duties when walking on the post roads.

The ownership of the post road is still in the hands of the imperial court.

And as the cement post road gradually connects the whole country, the benefits brought are also obvious.

Not only makes the transportation more convenient than before, but also the economic benefits follow continuously;

For the imperial court, it also strengthened the control of the central government over the localities. Of course, the national treasury also became more abundant. I heard that Mr. Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, shed tears when he saw the rare and abundant national treasury.

In addition, with the advancement of this project, the Ministry of Industry has become the darling of the Ministry of Households, and others who need the Ministry of Households to pay for it will not be easy to offend the Ministry of Industry, a big money grabber.For a long time, officials from the Ministry of Industry walked with the wind.

For Gu Qing, he, the second prince, was finally proud on the surface, but he didn't know that before the cement pavement project started, he was no longer soft-spoken in the Ministry of Industry, and now after such a long time It would not be an exaggeration to say that he controls the Ministry of Industry behind the scenes.

It's not just the Ministry of Industry. While he knows all kinds of government-run industries under the Ministry of Industry, he also makes the government-run industries gradually develop in the direction he expected.Coupled with close cooperation with merchants from all over the world, under the surface of mutual benefit, his "tentacles" penetrated into private commerce.

This is quiet, the economic lifeline of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Gu Qing has controlled [-]% in less than a year, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Among them, I have to thank the imperial court for its unknowing support, as well as Lingtai Temple for providing him with initial funds, as well as the continuous output of talents.

It turns out that the eldest son of Lingtai Temple, he was determined by Emperor Jingtai to be an immortal, and he was punished by heaven for revealing to him secrets that should not be revealed. In addition, there is a relationship between He Wanqing, and the cement also brought great benefits to the Great Zhou Dynasty. After undergoing earth-shaking changes, Emperor Jingtai loved him more and more and basically responded to his requests.

Therefore, one day Changshengzi said that he wanted to refine weapons that could kill people a hundred steps away, and described to Emperor Jingtai the hot weapons such as muskets, firecrackers, and rocket launchers in his impression. What to give.

As a result, hundreds of craftsmen were transported to Lingtai Temple. They were all excellent craftsmen from all walks of life.

In addition to craftsmen, all kinds of materials are also continuously sent to the Lingtai Temple. Even if there is no such thing now, it can be produced by gathering the wisdom of all kinds of craftsmen.

That battle was not at all inferior to that of the pre-Qin period when Xu Fu went to find Penglai Xiandao.

Looking at the jingling on the other side of the Lingtai Temple, and looking at Emperor Jingtai's appearance as if waiting for a fairy, the courtiers thought that Emperor Jingtai was completely fascinated by Taoism and alchemy in order to live forever.

In private, the eldest son of Lingtai Temple was given the title of "Demon Dao", and it was heartbreaking to say it.

When Gu Qing occasionally heard a sentence, he was often silent, and it was interpreted by others as "the son never speaks of his father's faults".

But in fact, Gu Qing knew very well that Lingtai Temple was not really doing alchemy, but was committed to making more advanced thermal weapons than today's world.

It's just that hot weapons can't be manufactured so easily, so there may be by-products in normal times, such as improved textile machines, or innovations in iron smelting, copper smelting and other smelting.

It's just that it's all covered up under alchemy.

Besides, hot weapons, for Gu Qing's status as the second prince, the eldest son belongs to Emperor Jingtai, so it doesn't seem to be of any benefit to the second prince.

Just looking at it from another angle, when muskets, firecrackers, etc. are developed, an additional unit will definitely be added to the inherent units of the Great Zhou Dynasty today, and then there will be more corresponding barracks.

At that time, if anyone can control such a new type of arms, then he is equivalent to controlling a powerful army, needless to say the corresponding military power.

After all, if this is a rebellion, what kind of rebellion can it be without soldiers.

As the second prince, Gu Qing doesn't even have a regular army now, unlike the prince who has Emperor Jingtai as his backer, Emperor Jingtai decapitated Fang's entire family and took one-third of the military power in the world from Fang's father and son Not to mention the recapture, Xie Min, the commander of the imperial guards responsible for maintaining the imperial city, is a cousin of Emperor Jingtai's mother's family, and even Lu Renjia, the admiral of the Nine Gates, was personally promoted by Emperor Jingtai.

This is all for the prince.

In contrast, the second prince is "alone".

No, I forgot to say that there are some courtiers in the court who want to stand in line with him, among which the Yang family is the most.

The Yang family has no military power, but one thing worth noting is that He Wanqing’s brother, He Bozheng, had served as the admiral of the Nine Schools, an important post that could hold military power. After entering the cabinet, the admiral of the nine gates finally returned to Lu Renjia.

The inside story is very intriguing.

It's just that there are courtiers who support him, but Gu Qing is very clear that they have military power, which definitely does not mean that he has military power.

On the contrary, judging from what is on the surface, Gu Qing, as the second prince and the second prince's party headed by the Yang family, will only succeed in seizing the heir apparent, and will only be a weak ruler and a strong minister.

The Yang family is very clear, and it is precisely because of this fundamental reason that the Yang family can grab more power from it, and so can the ministers who follow them. The Yang family approached so quickly, it really wasn't that Gu Qing had the appearance of a wise king to them at that time.

Of course, there are still royalists who are attracted by Gu Qing's performance.

It can be said that Gu Qing is actually clear about the minds of the courtiers, he just doesn't want to collapse the second prince's persona yet.

Then again, Gu Qing intends to create military power without military power, but he can create military power out of thin air, but he can't do without soldiers.

this?Gu Qing has his own means.

It's not turning beans into soldiers, nor making something out of nothing, but preparing to build plank roads openly and keep secrets.

It is not easy for him to intervene in the regular army of the imperial court, but he can play wild.

Let's put it this way, five months ago, the imperial court received an urgent memorial from the governor of Fujian: "The pirates are infesting the ocean and plundering, and the momentum is very strong."

This is not the first time this gang of pirates has been haunted. There have been several confrontations with the Fujian Navy before.Less than half a month before this, the Changshengzi of Lingtai Temple proposed to Emperor Jingtai to make an artifact, which later deepened Emperor Jingtai's trust in the real Changsheng.

And the arrangement that Gu Qing said, to be clearer, is related to this well-trained pirates.

I won't say much about it first.

However, there is one more thing worth mentioning, that is, as Changshengzi gradually seized power, He Wanqing realized that Changsheng, a little fellow, was no longer the stupid and cute person she could rub at will in the beginning, although she could still control him Life and death, but He Wanqing was unhappy.

She always felt that Changsheng was stepping on her to take the position, and she didn't want to experience Changsheng's blindness again. After thinking about it, she actually downloaded the book and exchanged a loyalty amulet from the system, and called the eunuch Zhang Chengjing to call The pure man who had previously monitored Changsheng was given to Changshengzi.

In this way, He Wanqing felt relieved.

Then, he regarded the eldest son as one of his own, or a loyal servant who could risk his life for her.

It's just this matter, it's not beyond Gu Qing's expectations, not to mention that the loyalty talisman was exchanged from He Wanqing's side, and it went through several hands at the Lingtai Temple.

He Wanqing thought that the talisman was used, but in fact it was really hard to say. For Gu Qing, even if He Wanqing used the loyalty talisman to control the "loyal servant", he could find many loopholes.

But it's good to make He Wanqing feel at ease, at least she won't think about avenging her kindness now, and she can still mention the Changshengzi in front of Emperor Jingtai in the usual tone, and occasionally say a few good things about the Changshengzi, making Emperor Jingtai even more happy , when He Wanqing celebrated the Qianqiu Festival, Emperor Jingtai broke the previous rule of not easily disturbing the eldest son, and went to Lingtai Temple to invite the eldest son to celebrate with him.

He Wanqing's birthday is in August.

At this time, Gu Qing has been in this parallel world for nearly two years, he is no longer an invisible person in the imperial city, but on He Wanqing's Qianqiu Festival, his position is not arranged very far.

The main reason is that the empress He Wanqing is not happy to see Emperor Jingtai's other princes and daughters. Emperor Jingtai regards this as He Wanqing's exclusive desire for him, and is very happy to see it come true.

He Wanqing's Qianqiu Festival was held grandly, sitting there like the second prince, he couldn't disappear out of thin air, could he?So when he heard that Emperor Jingtai had summoned the imperial guards to go to the Lingtai to invite the eldest son, he tightened his hand rubbing his cuff.

Gu Qing immediately let go of the cuffs. He has gained weight during this time, so it's time to re-tailor the clothes.

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