Eight hundred and seventieth nine chapters founding old events
Zhang Shuning found Zhang Ximeng on the third day of the wedding. The father and son were sitting under the grape trellis in the flower hall. At first glance, except for their beards, father and son were almost the same. They were both tall and thin. However, they were both tall and thin.
Zhang Ximeng seems to have the detachment of a wise man, while Zhang Shuning has more of the fearlessness of a brave man.
Zhang Ximeng slowly brewed a pot of tea, and then poured a cup for his son. Neither father nor son said anything, they just sipped the tea quietly. When the tea taste faded, Zhang Ximeng said casually: "Are you leaving now?"
"Well... there are more than a hundred people here. I'll take them out. I won't worry if they don't get them back to their parents."
Zhang Ximeng pondered for a while and then said: "What about Feng girl? Yan'er is newly married, so you can leave on your own?"
"No, she's going to the dragon farm with me!"
Zhang Ximeng was stunned again, "She is the teacher of the emperor's grandson, can she go away?"
"Go away! Chengtian said, he will arrange it."
As soon as Zhang Ximeng heard this, he immediately put down the teacup and sat upright involuntarily.
"What bad idea did that bastard have again? Don't let him mess around!"
At this time, Zhang Shuning finally showed a smile, and he said softly: "Dad, the second child is actually as smart as you. He is very smart. I believe they have arranged it well."
Zhang Ximeng raised his brows and sneered: "I don't believe that bastard has any good ideas. He must have fed His Majesty another ecstasy soup. He is so bold in things that he shouldn't be involved in! This is causing trouble, do you know?"
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Zhang Shuning lowered his head and suddenly said: "Isn't this your specialty over the years?"
This made Zhang Ximeng angry. How could you describe your father like this? I am loyal and consider everything for Your Majesty. As a humble public servant, I have never thought about anything else. How can you say that I fooled His Majesty? You
This little brat wants to be beaten too, right?
However, despite being angry, Zhang Ximeng did not fall out with his son. He just reached out and patted Zhang Shuning on the shoulder.
"Take good care of Feng Yatou. Even though she is a girl, she is not as caring as you. If she is pregnant, tell me and your mother as soon as possible. Your place is miserable, but there must be no shortage of doctors. Let's do this, I think
The way is to add a medical school in Guizhou and arrange for a few good doctors to go there...Don't refuse this. If I don't do it, if someone else does it, it will be even more excessive."
Zhang Shuning's brows moved slightly, and finally nodded, "I understand, dad, as the eldest son, I can't be filial in front of you, and I can't take care of my younger brother. I have to trouble you to think about me. I, I'm not filial!"
As he spoke, Zhang Shuning lifted up his robe and resolutely knelt in front of Zhang Ximeng.
"Hey! What are you doing? You have to make me sad, right?" Zhang Ximeng stretched out his hand to pull the child up, "Even His Majesty said that your business is to expand the territory. It is natural for us to get some food and supplies.
We are all a family, this must not be the case.”
Zhang Shuning nodded, "Dad, actually I run a school in Longchang, but I can still take care of too little. Although I have sent some common people's children to enter the best schools, in the end, it is still far from enough. I will go there this time
, I plan to start with education at the bottom. I want to increase the enrollment rate in Guizhou to 30%. Especially girls, I hope they can leave their homes and enter schools in large numbers. I asked Zhifeng to come over and I also have this idea. Please also ask
Father’s warning!”
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "I know all this, just go ahead and do it. In fact, I can tell you some good news."
Zhang Shuning was slightly startled, "Dad, what's the news?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Just now, the Beiping Governor's Yamen proposed a project to build a rail carriage between Beiping and Dagu."
"Rail carriage?"
Zhang Ximeng reached out and took out a wooden toy from the table and placed it in front of Zhang Shuning, "Look, it's for your third and fourth brothers to play with. Someone made bigger ones and placed them in Peking and Dagu."
The entrance is capable of passing carriages, which can carry tens of thousands of kilograms of goods! Ten times and hundreds of times that of ordinary carriages!"
Zhang Shuning was greatly surprised. Although he knew something about Peiping, since he went to Guizhou, he could only read a few things in newspapers.
He never expected that Peking would develop so fast!
Indeed, whether it is wool textiles, mining, logging, or food, they all require transportation. It is not easy to build a train at once, but it is also difficult to build a rail carriage.
First of all, how should this track be designed and constructed, what materials should be used, the design slope, and whether it can withstand it... There are complex mathematical calculations behind this.
It is no longer possible to control it simply by relying on the traditional experience of craftsmen.
This is also the result of years of building schools and advocating new learning. A large number of young people with abundant knowledge have entered the manufacturing field and have indeed contributed countless ingenuity.
After all, the population base of the Ming Dynasty is here, which is dozens of times that of Dai Ying. Coupled with the popularization of education and Zhang Ximeng's appropriate guidance, the development speed is really amazing.
Of course, no matter how smart you are, you can't make something out of nothing.
If you want to drive a rail carriage, you cannot rely solely on those short Mongolian horses. You must have a strong and tall draft horse.
A draft horse that is more than two meters tall, has thick limbs and is extremely powerful.
Fortunately, with the victory of the Battle of Lingbei, the Ming army's power penetrated deep into the river and even radiated to the Caucasus. The Ming army not only obtained excellent war horses, but also obtained a batch of precious heavy draft horses.
The innovation of transportation has had a huge impact... Grain, coal, livestock, and timber from the north were transported to Dagu day and night, and then loaded on ships to go south.
This is not the scale of transporting millions of grains of grain every year, but dozens or hundreds of times.
The land of China has never been so closely connected.
Economic trade and personnel exchanges are all unprecedented.
"Actually, I also thought about it in the past. Having so many students come out and let so many people study... would it make them useless, or even make these scholars a trouble for the court. But now it seems that as long as we
Teach solid basic knowledge and teach more scientific common sense. Students who have read more books will enter factories and businesses. They will always play with pens when they have nothing to do. Bachelors and doctors only talk about harming the country. This Ming Dynasty will only get better and better. I am confident
Perfect!"
Zhang Ximeng talked freely and was very excited. He hoped that his son could go on and educate more talents. Let more children from villages and towns, even mountainous areas, get education, go out of their hometowns, invent and create... In this way, Ming Dynasty
Only then will the future be promising.
Zhang Shuning is naturally the more pleased one.
In fact, he has been living under the wings of Taishi Zhang since he was sensible.
He has been looking for his own path, a path that belongs to him and does not have to be the only son of the Taishi. But now, he can almost confirm that he has indeed succeeded.
But Zhang Shuning still had some worries, "Father, this is one of my students named Longzan. He wanted to buy some books to take with him. And he found this."
Zhang Shuning hesitated again and again, and finally handed a book to Zhang Ximeng.
Zhang Shuning doesn't like to complain, and he doesn't want his father to worry about it, but there are some things that he still can't bear.
Zhang Ximeng did not rush to look through it, but smiled and said: "We have talked so much, and I will say goodbye to your mother later. Since she took charge of Daming Bank, she has been the busiest in the whole family."
Zhang Shuning agreed and turned around to go down.
After the child left, Zhang Ximeng opened the book and started reading casually. Gradually, his brows wrinkled into a knot.
By chance, Zhang Chengtian happened to come over, and Zhang Ximeng called him over.
"Look at this."
Zhang Chengtian took it and looked at it for a while. He was not as solemn as Zhang Ximeng, but rather angry, "They can say such things! Dad, I think we should arrest him!"
Zhang Ximeng said in a deep voice: "On what charge are you arresting this person?"
"Of course I am waving flags and shouting for the former Yuan Dynasty gentry and merchants!"
Zhang Ximeng did not speak, but turned to the back and clicked with his hand, "Did you see it? It has been written on the back. They changed their past and became ordinary people. They lived poor and happily in the Ming Dynasty. You said they
How can we defend the gentry and merchants of the previous dynasty?"
Zhang Chengtian frowned, thought for a while and said: "Dad, I think this is a small stick receiving a big stick. Praise nine times and curse one. This is a trick!"
Zhang Ximeng did not immediately confirm his son, but asked: "If you look carefully, can you see more things?"
Zhang Chengtian flipped through the pages, and gradually he became agitated, "Dad, apart from the sinister intentions, I don't have any other problems..."
Zhang Ximeng laughed and said, "Look carefully, how do they describe the Ming Dynasty's soldiers and horses? Although there is a general description that the military discipline is strict and there is no crime in Qiu. But when it comes to specific people, it is said that they were sitting with eight people carrying a sedan chair, and that they did not
He read books, behaved vulgarly, and even said that when he entered the gentry’s home, he used the calligraphy and paintings they had hidden to set fire to cook and eat... Are all these things true?"
Zhang Chengtian was startled for a moment, "Dad, he writes so vividly, there may be a few bastard things in it!"
Zhang Ximeng sneered, "Then have you read the early military regulations? You are not allowed to treat humans as animals. Even the Queen has never sat in a sedan chair! Also, they say we don't study, but literacy in the army was promoted by your father.
, and burning calligraphy and paintings. Have you forgotten that when the army enters the city, the first thing they do is to protect everything with words on it. Many of the original files are still stored in the east courtyard of our house!"
Zhang Chengtian started up suddenly and looked at Zhang Ximeng stupidly.
"Dad, are you saying that this book is malicious slander from beginning to end?"
Zhang Ximeng snorted coldly: "You can still see the slander on the surface, but the malice between the lines and the confusion of right and wrong are difficult to identify. It is said in a rumored tone that Chang Yuchun killed people and massacred the city, but I
Let me ask you, does this happen?"
Zhang Chengtian was startled for a moment, then suddenly gritted his teeth, "Dad, I remembered it. There are indeed rumors that Chang Yuchun massacred the city, and even said that he killed tens of thousands of people at once and blocked the river. His fierce reputation can scare children.
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"No, absolutely not, my Guards Department must take care of this matter!" Zhang Chengtian suddenly became excited.
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Just check and see who this Yu Ben is!"