Zhang Haogu never thought that he had completely defeated the gentry now.

Hundreds of years later, there are still people calling these lonely ghosts back.

However, Zhang Haogu now controls the power in the court and has the advantage of public opinion. In addition, there is another extremely critical point. Zhang Haogu has really brought effective financial revenue to the Ming Dynasty.

However, this does not mean that the gentry will not come back.

"Donglin News" was evolving, and "Taizhou News" was also evolving. They began to vigorously advocate rural meritocracy, and some people even put forward slogans.

This farm construction may not necessarily have to be done by rural sages. Anyway, what the court needs is tax revenue.

In the court, Zhang Haogu seemed to be powerful, but the number of people who advocated gentry and rural virtuousness was definitely not a small number.

Although the Datong Party occupies power, there are actually Zhang Haogu's opposition parties. These people may be the Qi Party, Chu Party, Zhejiang Party, Donglin Party, and the Eunuch Party. They are the main opposition parties to Zhang Haogu.

strength.

This group of people is mainly headed by Huang Lizhi.

In fact, Huang Liji did not want to confront Zhang Haogu, but unfortunately, the group of people who opposed Zhang Haogu identified Huang Liji, and you must confront Zhang Haogu.

Of course, with the current development, many people have supported the New Deal. It is not impossible to have a New Deal, but you have to look at who will preside over it. Zhang Haogu wants to mobilize the masses and appeal to the masses. Among this group of people

It seems that is absolutely impossible.

This is really dividing the interests of the gentry. The farm can be allowed, and the gentry is even willing to pay 15% of the tax, but it must not be ruined. The owner of the farm must let them, the gentry, be responsible for educating the people.

It has to be the group of people who cultivate and study the family.

In Zhang Haogu's view.

This is nonsense. It's really just a tax figure set by the imperial court. You bastards must have put all the taxes on the farmers, increasing the amount layer by layer, and still making the people suffer.

His ideas are very simple and simple.

The central government's decrees must be implemented to the end and directly to the grassroots.

The owner of the farm can only be a selected political officer, and the transportation, education, medical care, infrastructure, etc. between farms, villages, towns, and counties must be further improved.

It is absolutely impossible for rural virtuous people to enclose their own territory and grow up.

Stop talking to me about local sages, farming and reading family heirlooms, you are just a bunch of vampires, building bridges and paving roads is just a nice thing to say, how can you, a bunch of smart people, bring trouble to the Ming Dynasty one by one?

"emperor!"

Zhang Haogu asked casually: "How is the design of steam engines going now?"

Zhu Youxiao immediately smiled and said, "Master, you don't know, you are wrong!"

"Am I wrong?" Zhang Haogu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "Why is it wrong?"

"The master said before that rubber is used to keep the seal of the steam engine, but in fact, this rubber is not good at all. Rubber is not suitable for sealing under high temperature and high pressure at all, and it will break easily!"

Zhu Youxiao quickly said: "I was puzzled at first. Later, I simply gave up rubber. The main problem is steel. Cylinders, gears, and transmission rods all require a certain quality of steel. These

If the quality of the steel is not up to standard, it cannot really drive a steam engine at all!"

"I recently discovered a problem. The best sealing method is to use copper piston rings. The technology is completely feasible. The cylinder head and tail should be sealed with copper pads."

Zhang Haogu secretly took a breath. If you really asked Zhang Haogu to study steam engines, he would naturally not have the ability. He only knew the principles, but he knew the details.

The first practical steam engine was made by Newcomen in 1712. However, due to low thermal efficiency and high fuel consumption, it was only used for pumping water in coal mines. This steam engine took seventy years, and Watt improved it for nearly 20 years.

It just took shape.

However, what Zhang Haogu brought with him from the beginning was steel-making technology. Now, Daming has also improved this steel-making technology step by step. When Zhu Youxiao came here, he concentrated his efforts on big things, and it was actually done by force.

A steam engine.

Not to mention Zhu Youxiao, he put forward suggestions for every modification of the steam engine, and craftsmen who could improve their skills were rewarded.

In this way, it does not take such a long time. In a short period of time, technology has actually made a major breakthrough.

Looking at Zhu Youxiao and saying: "Then Your Majesty, has this steam engine been successfully debugged?"

Zhu Youxiao nodded quickly: "Of course we have made a great breakthrough. Master, I have been waiting for you to ask, but I have been waiting for a long time!"

"Then, take your ministers to have a look!" Zhang Haogu suddenly became interested.

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Yongding County

Zhang Haogu silently looked at Zhu Youxiao's steam engine. At first, the steam engine Zhu Youxiao built could only pump water in small streams, but now it is completely different.

A steel pipe as thick as a bucket can easily draw a large amount of water from the Yongding River. The other end has a water outlet and can be used to irrigate farmland.

It is a bit difficult to expect this steam engine to push the train, but it is not a big problem if it is used to pump water and improve textile technology.

"Your Majesty, you really have a genius, a peerless genius!" Zhang Haogu said sincerely.

"Hehe, is that right? I think so too!" Zhu Youxiao touched his forehead.

Zhang Haogu thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, how is the quality? How long is the service life? If it is damaged, can it be repaired quickly? If it is repaired, do we have enough technicians?"

Zhang Haogu asked a series of questions, which made Zhu Youxiao rub his forehead: "I didn't think about this issue!"

"Marketization!" Zhang Haogu said: "Even if it cannot pull a train, even if it is used to pump water, it will be of great help to agriculture. Your Majesty, you have made a great contribution!"

Zhu Youxiao just smiled: "Really? I think so too!"

"Let's see what the financial problems are like. The second is the cost, service life, whether it can be repaired after damage, and how to train enough technical masters!" Zhang Haogu said quickly: "Your Majesty, the whole world depends on the Emperor!"

Speaking of which, Tianqi's fiscal revenue in seven years has basically come out.

An increase of ten percent compared to last year.

It is already more than 400 billion in Ming Dynasty treasure money.

On the one hand, Shandong and the capital create higher profits. On the other hand, even in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhejiang, Huizhou, and Fujian merchants are willing to pay commercial taxes. Especially in the north, the business environment is much better than in the south.

As long as you pay taxes, you don’t have to worry about being exploited by officials. No one will dare to cause trouble for you.
Chapter completed!