The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1797

[1797. Chapter 1709 Great achievements]

Although Zhu Houzhao was stubborn on the surface, he showed that he was unwilling to accept Fang Jifan’s flattery.

But I felt extremely comfortable in my heart.

Lao Fang is still very knowledgeable.

Zhu Houzhao immediately frowned: “The money for the current railway has been raised, and the construction needs to be started quickly. With the railway, many of my things can be accomplished. In addition, summoning princes and grandchildren from all over the world to come to Beijing cannot be done.” There is a delay.”

Fang Jifan said: “Please rest assured, I will discuss it with Duke Liu and Duke Li in the cabinet. We will work together to get these things done, so that we can live up to the divine grace.”

Zhu Houzhao was happy. He

nodded and said, “With your words, I feel relieved.”

He paused and said, “I will definitely reward you heavily when the time comes.”

Fang Jifan said: “Your Majesty, I said last time that I have raised the money, and I will definitely reward you heavily. This time…”

Zhu Houzhao: “…”

He looked embarrassed, then coughed and said: “I will reward you when the time comes. Am I the kind of person who doesn’t keep his word?” Fang

Jifan said happily .

, then stood up to say goodbye.

After leaving Fengtian Hall, Liu Jin hurriedly chased him out, saying as he walked: “Godfather, Godfather…”

Fang Jifan stopped and glanced at Liu Jin.

Liu Jin smoothed Fang Jifan’s wrinkled long sleeves with a smile: “Godfather, my grandson is now in charge of the Dongchang and the Supervisor of Ceremonies. The Supervisor of Ceremonies is not bad, he only helps His Majesty Zhu Pi. Now His Majesty is in high spirits and everything is done.” It’s very leisurely to experience and do it yourself, but this Dongchang…”

Fang Jifan clasped his hands behind his back, looking higher than his head.

In this world, except for the emperor, there is no one more awesome than himself. It doesn’t matter which eyes you use to look at people.

This is not because Fang Jifan is arrogant.

In fact, when a person has reached his stage, if he wants to do things, he needs to be feared. If he is harmonious and harmonious, these dogs will think that they have changed their temper. They are weak and can be bullied, and they will inevitably follow the rules and violate the rules.

What you and the emperor have to do is something that has never happened before. Others may not be able to understand many things, and they may not be able to know their intentions. In this case, don’t worry about whether they understand it or not. Just do what I say.

Fang Jifan said: “Dongchang, you can’t be too idle. Why does the imperial court support you? It’s not just to let you pry out more information. This not only wants to spy on the minds of the ministers, but you have been overseas for many years, and you can be like the Sihai Trading Company. Foreign vassals also spy on some military affairs. Xiao Liu, I am your grandfather. Although I am not a relative, I regard you as my own. As you serve the emperor, you need to know what kind of temper our emperor is. The emperor said it is better to say it is called “grand plans and ambitions”, and to put it more unpleasantly, it is called “great achievements”. Of course, this is not to slander the emperor, but there is just a thread between the ambitions and great achievements. With Wenzhi and martial arts, this is It’s the former. If you are unlucky and become Emperor Yang of Sui, it will be the latter.”

Fang Jifan coughed and continued: “What we have to do is to assist the emperor to become the first emperor and make immortal achievements. … Dongchang must make preparations as soon as possible. Overseas… is the top priority. One day, His Majesty will remember the foreign vassals. At that time, your Dongchang will present the military intelligence of the spy, which will be a great achievement. That’s it. “It’s not in vain that I gave birth to you and raised you… Ah, no, it’s not in vain that I took you as my grandson.”

Liu Jin was so moved that her eyes were red when she heard her godfather’s heartfelt words. To be honest… Over the years, whether he was in the palace or overseas, he had to fight with others. As a eunuch, he could never escape from conspiracies and schemes. Because of this, he considered these words to be the most valuable.

He looked at Fang Jifan gratefully and said hurriedly: “My grandson understands that he must make preparations as soon as possible.”

“Besides that!” Fang Jifan continued: “The most important thing at the moment is to find the traitors. These individuals The traitors are all extremely cunning. On the surface, they are opposing the New Deal and our successor, but in reality they are ambitious and want to rebel. Investigate them and tell them what will happen if they offend our successor. The factory must be cleaned up inside and outside, and it must be airtight. Once the emperor changes, the emperor changes, and you follow the chickens and dogs to heaven. Now that you are in charge of the East Factory, it is time to change the East Factory.”

Liu Jin. Hearing this, he was extra cautious: “My grandson knows that he has to be completely trustworthy if he is one of his own.”

After finishing what should be explained, Fang Jifan laughed: “Okay, go back and serve the emperor! I We still have to rush to run errands. We, Fang Jifan, are loyal to the country and forget to eat and sleep. We have not had a good night’s sleep in many days. But if we, Fang Jifan, have some leisure time, we will be helpless. “

…

After Fang Jifan separated from Liu Jin, It didn’t take long for me to arrive at the cabinet and meet Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others.

Now, Xie Qian has gone to Huangjinzhou, and Fang Jifan succeeded Xie Qian, joined the cabinet, joined Zhan Shi, became the prince Shaobao, the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the bachelor of Dongge University.

Of course, this Minister of the Ministry of Industry is not an actual official. There is another person. This is because Dongge University Scholar was of low rank in the early Ming Dynasty, but he had great power. He had the power to vote and draft, and he could be called a prime minister, but his rank was low. , and could not intimidate the ministers, so… a minister was added.

Many of the official positions in the Ming Dynasty have historical continuation. Fang Jifan is too lazy to deal with these confusing accounts. He just knows that he is very powerful.

The three cabinet bachelors each greeted them and took their seats.

Liu Jian stroked his beard. He knew very well that the new emperor had ascended the throne, and he was now just a cabinet guard named Shofu University Scholar. But in a few years, when the new emperor gradually became familiar with military affairs, it would be time for him to retire and return home.

As for the person who will succeed him, it is no surprise that he is right in front of him. Li Dongyang is a possibility. He is still relatively young and has qualifications.

Fang Jifan is more popular. Even if Li Dongyang is temporarily suspended for a few years, Fang Jifan will become the first assistant bachelor sooner or later.

Liu Jiandao: “Your Majesty plans to build a railway? Jifan, are you too hasty?”

Fang Jifan had already prepared his words: “The people are in poverty. If the railway is not built, they will be trapped in a corner forever and they will still be poor.” Go down, your majesty is thinking of the people. It is not that the railway is being built too quickly, but that the people all over the world are waiting for it day and night. It is already too slow. “

Liu Jian nodded and sighed: “It’s not unreasonable. Your Majesty has great ambitions. Although running a big country is like cooking small dishes, you still have to do the things that need to be done. Yang Yiqing, the governor of Baoding, once made a memorial, all talking about the benefits of the railway. , and also collected a lot of nursery rhymes from Baoding Prefecture, which all said that once the railway was opened, the people’s lives would be better, and Jifan’s words were not exaggerated. Has the money… been raised? “

Have you mentioned this final point? When asked the question, Fang Jifan said angrily: “Everything has been planned.”

Liu Jian breathed a sigh of relief. His face, which had been condensed into an iceberg, suddenly began to melt like the first snow, until it glowed with a spring-like face. Smile: “That’s good, that’s good. Building the railway is a big deal. It costs so much money and food. If you are not careful, it will shake the country’s foundation. But if it is done, the world’s great rule will not be far away. From now on I and Binzhi have been thinking about it, and you have to take charge of it. If you have any merit, it is also yours.”

Fang Jifan said: “Everywhere, it is all the credit of the big guy.”

He looked happy. Flowers are blooming, and everyone knows what it will mean when the railway is opened. Maybe ordinary people, especially those outside the capital, are unfamiliar and ignorant of this, but everyone sitting here knows that this railway is compared to The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has a greater impact. Of course, Fang Jifan will take away such credit. After all, the Fang family also paid for it.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang did not object to this, which made Fang Jifan feel much more relaxed, because once they objected, disputes would inevitably arise between the DPRK and China!

Now that I am fine and have the unanimous support of the cabinet, then… everything that follows will fall into place.

………

With the money, there are still many things to do next. In addition to exploring and designing the route, we also need to estimate the cost, purchase, recruit countless craftsmen and laborers, and prepare to start construction. Each workshop has already Work has begun, the forging of rails has begun, and the manufacture of sleepers has begun.

In fact, building a railway is just laying iron on the ground. It is the simplest thing. This is just like all energy utilization, whether it is electricity, nuclear energy, or steam, which is essentially boiling water.

But the principle is very simple, but to build it… is even more difficult. It requires the support of hundreds of various workshops, a group of excellent craftsmen, a group of engineers who understand engineering principles, and it also needs to raise countless funds. A large amount of land is needed, and these… In the entire world, only the Ming Dynasty has such conditions.

In the past twenty years, Fang Jifan has sown seeds here, and the seeds have blossomed and bear fruit. Finally, when the melon ripened and fell to the ground, a gourd baby popped out. Ah, no, it finally led to today’s results.

A lot of design has already started.

Many craftsmen have also begun to be recruited. These are the backbone of Xishan Jianye.

But at this time, outside the railway bureau, there were always two people poking their heads.

However, no one could do anything to these two uninvited guests, because they were relatives of the emperor.

Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo came every day, rain or shine, it was all their money, real gold and silver, thousands of royal guards, it took a day and a night to move!

They hugged each other and cried, but after wiping away their tears, they felt that… no matter what, their money was just about to be turned into a railway, and it was not robbed by the Dog Emperor.

This road belongs to them!

They are the owners of the smaller half of the road.

With this idea in mind, they came to inquire about the railway construction all day long.

The two brothers held a book on project cost and read it every day. They also asked people for accounting methods. They stood behind a group of engineers and blindly learned the technical problems of different terrains. Of course… they were more concerned about manpower.

Chang Wei put forward a bold idea, using surveying technology, to build all railway sections at the same time, and finally connect them. In this way, a lot of time can be saved, but once built in this way, it means that all railways in the world will Construction started almost at the same time, and the amount of craftsmen and labor required was staggering. The Railway Bureau estimated that it would need 100,000 craftsmen and one million laborers. At the same time, there would be more than 20,000 engineering students in each section.

(End of chapter)