Looking at his son, Zhu Youtang felt helpless. He also knew that his son was dissatisfied with Xie Qian.

In fact, his son has always wanted to touch the cabinet. Zhu Youtang also knows that this cabinet has not been touched for more than ten years. Zhu Youtang is a person who values ​​friendship. He does not want to touch the three cabinet bachelors, and

Stability of character.

Are these three cabinet bachelors bad now? Why do they have to move? After glaring at his son, Zhu Youtang said angrily: "The emperor is so arrogant. How can he treat his ministers like this?"

Zhu Houzhao felt that his father was being fooled by the civil servants, or that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were basically fooled by the civil servants.

If you are not fooled, the civil servants will change their tactics, and that is to criticize you, or even smear you. Any emperor who wants to do something will be smeared by you. This is not only the case in the Ming Dynasty, but also in the Qing Dynasty.

In Zhou Houzhao's view, the only emperor in the Qing Dynasty who made great achievements was not the sage Kangxi, nor was he the perfect old man Qianlong.

What did Kangxi do? Destroy the three feudal lords? They were just three traitors who had lost their lives. How could it be considered a great achievement to annihilate them? As for the annihilation of the Zheng family, there was still an unexplained connection with the Dutch.

As for Qianlong, what did he do in his life? Killed Galdan?

It's not that they weren't good emperors, it's just that they shouldn't have such a high evaluation.

It was Yongzheng who really did the work. He swept away the decline in the last years of Kangxi and accumulated countless wealth. This was also the reason why Qianlong became so prosperous. But how has Yongzheng been smeared?

He had his head cut off after his death, he was a Han Chinese, he took the throne improperly, he took the throne of the fourteenth prince, he did everything he could, and there was no limit.

This is the same as slandering Emperor Zhengde and Zhang Juzheng's affair with Empress Dowager Li. There is simply no limit. These things are all done by those who call themselves gentlemen.

The emperor cannot be petty? What does it mean to be petty? It is nothing more than not pursuing you when they see you doing bad things. This is what they call magnanimity.

But shouldn't the emperor be petty? The emperor should be petty, and he should care about you carefully. If he doesn't care about this, he doesn't care about that, then what else should he care about?

An emperor who rules from the top and doesn't care about anything is what they call a holy king. Zhu Houzhao sneered at this, but he also knew that he couldn't argue with his father about this matter.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, his father had been tortured so deeply by them that there was no way to save him and there was no need to save him.

It's enough for Dad to stabilize the government and let himself wander around. He doesn't need to worry about the rest.

"Yes, I will obey my father's teachings." Zhu Houzhao naturally did not dare to neglect, and said quickly: "Even so, I will use the right strategy!"

Zhu Youtang instantly felt a little pain in his balls. He seemed to have fallen into his son's trap, right?

The worst strategy cannot be used, and the best strategy has been rejected by himself, so he can only use the middle strategy. But this middle strategy requires money. Thinking of this, the expression on Zhu Youtang's face suddenly became very exciting, and he wanted to reach out and slap Zhu Houzhao twice.

Down.

"If you don't have money, you can find a way by yourself if you want money." Zhu Youtang directly expressed his thoughts, with a firm expression on his face.

Zhu Houzhao also knew what his father was thinking, but he didn't care and said directly: "Father, Liaodong's money is enough."

Liaodong’s money? Liaodong’s money? Zhu Youtang didn’t know, and he didn’t want to know, lest he be tricked by his son again.

Anyway, as long as you don’t care about me asking for money, your life is very good now, so Zhu Youtang said directly: "This is very good, just go ahead and do it!"

Seeing his father seeing off guests, Zhu Houzhao felt helpless and hoped that his father would not regret it then!

Zhu Houzhao stood up, saluted respectfully and said: "Second car, please leave."

Returning to his Xianyang Palace, Zhu Houzhao began to think about what business to do in the northwest.

The first is wool spinning, which can be started. The cashmere from Qinghai is also very good. As for wool, it is naturally Mongolian sheep. After extinguishing the fire sieve, the Mongolian tribes in the west are very honest and can be used.

Of course, if you are not convinced, have a fight first.

In addition to woolen textiles, trade in the northwest has also been started, selling things to the outside world. Of course, woolen textiles alone are not enough.

In fact, the northwest will also be a big problem in future generations. It would be great if resources could be sold, such as coal.

You must know that the richest place is actually a place with resources. In the Middle East in later generations, if there is oil, how will people become rich? Of course, ordinary people are not guilty of the crime, and these rich people have also attracted people who advocate democracy and freedom.

The country and the air were all sweet, but then nothing happened, and the wealthy people turned into refugees.

Regarding this situation, Zhu Houzhao is not worried. If anyone dares to make any mess in the Ming Dynasty, he will be fucked out of his head.

As for why the northwest was so rich in resources in later generations, why was it still so poor? That was determined by history and national conditions. Zhu Houzhao was not an expert in this field and had no say.

Just like the Northeast in later generations, people could live well just by selling wood and relying on large-scale land farms. They still had resources, but they were still poor.

Of course, the northwest also has an advantage at this time, that is, it does not need to feed so many people. Coal can feed a lot of people!

But there is also a problem here, that is, how to use coal in this era? As a heating fuel? The mining price is indeed very low, but it is not enough to pay for transportation.

Unless there are steam engines and steam trains, transportation costs are reduced, and coal can be used for steam engines, then the northwest will be able to usher in great development, and the coal industry alone will be very rich.

It's a pity that I don't have this device. I want to make a steam engine but I can't do it. Burning glass is already the limit.

But apart from coal, what else is there in the northwest?

Rare earths are good things, but it’s a pity that they can’t be used. Can they only be used to make steel?

There is no shortage of iron ore in the northwest, nor is there a shortage of coal. It is not difficult to make coke from coal, but the problem is what to do with the steel produced?

Is it all used to make weapons? To make agricultural tools? There are iron workshops everywhere, how much can be consumed? The shipping costs are scary.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but think of steam engines again. If we could build steam engines and trains, we could lay railroad tracks. How much steel would it cost?

By then, whether in the northwest or northeast, the steel industry will develop vigorously, increase employment, and solve many problems. As expected, only productivity growth can solve the problem.

Before productivity develops, it is simply unrealistic to make fundamental changes, and Zhu Houzhao is a little frustrated.

"On the one hand, we need to research steam engines, and on the other hand, we still need to dump goods overseas!" Zhu Houzhao could only adopt a two-pronged approach.
Chapter completed!