Yang Fan took Zhang Wudian, Liu Hongxun, Yang Sichang and others in a trailer converted from a truck and hurried back to Guisui City in a dusty journey.
The seats in this car are imitations of modern sofas, which can be laid half flat and used as beds.
After another two days and one night of hard work, we finally arrived at the southern part of Guisui City.
Although this modified car was equipped with shock-absorbing springs, it still shook Yang Fan very hard.
Although there are two waitresses in the car, they can only make instant noodles and coffee, and add a few grilled sausages for snacking.
This journey makes people feel like vomiting.
After all, the official road has not been maintained for a long time. The last time it was repaired was at the time of the temple. There were many potholes along the way. Yang Fan instructed the engineers to repair the broken road or at least fill in all the potholes.
Otherwise, there are old people and children among those immigrants. A few more will die in the bumpy road.
Zhang Wudian and Liu Hongxun were very excited. This was the first time for them to ride in this kind of steam truck-turned-motorhome. This thing doesn't use oxen or horses, it runs very fast, and it doesn't need to rest.
Being able to run all the way from northern Shaanxi back to Suicheng is simply a miracle.
Now, Zhang Wudian and Liu Hongxun have obviously joined Yang Fan's camp.
The development trend of the Yang family is obvious to all. They all watched it with their own eyes beside Yang Fan. The Yang family is different from this old empire. One is going downhill and the other is going uphill.
They are old and sophisticated, and have very vicious eyes. Especially these epoch-making technological achievements of the Yang family, they feel that the world is about to change. Naturally, they are willing to join the Yang family's camp, so as to help their descendants in this troubled world.
A better future.
In fact, there are some sensible people among the gentry, and they are always making choices that are beneficial to their family. Because Zhang Wudian likes science and has been friends with Yang Fan for many years, he was quickly accepted by everyone in Yang Fan's system.
The slaves of the Yang family all respectfully called Mr. Haihong. Liu Hongxun would never forgive Chongzhen again, and he simply followed the Yang family. Liu Hongxun was a person who had served as the chief assistant, and his abilities and talents were top-notch. Yang Fan especially admired him.
Liu Hongxun’s courage and courage to dare to reform.
His cabinet was the Chongzhen Dynasty, the first cabinet formed by Chongzhen himself, and the only cabinet that really wanted to carry out drastic reforms.
As a result, Chongzhen only wanted to maintain the situation at that time and did not want to seriously reform, so he got them all down.
The Donglin cabinet, Zhou Dunru, and Wen Tiren who came up later did not dare to really touch the Ming Dynasty's system. They only made minor repairs and even did nothing except party fighting.
In the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign, there were 19 cabinet ministers and 50 bachelors. They were known as the Fifty Prime Ministers of Chongzhen.
With such a short term and such frequent personnel changes, there is no time to concentrate on doing things. It is all about party struggle.
It is said that personnel is the basis of political governance. This also reflects that Chongzhen did not have a clear program of political governance.
As the teacher said, the general direction remains unchanged within a certain period of time. The small direction is constantly changing under the general direction.
Chongzhen's problem is that he doesn't know what the general direction is and what the small direction is. He changes it every once in a while, changing for the sake of change. Apart from having some effect on preventing his ministers from becoming too powerful, it has no other good effect. Business
It's all been delayed.
"When do you plan to go to Jinshan?" Zhang Wudian asked.
"After I go back, I will first take the master to Xining, and then take a boat back to Linhe City. I will change trains in Linhe to go to Hami, and then transfer to a bus to Jinshan City. I am afraid I will stay in the Western Regions for a year or two this time. Maybe
Three years is also possible. I will leave the Suiyuan Province to the three of you to help me maintain it." Yang Fan put down his tea bowl and said.
Zhang Wudian and Liu Hongxun both smiled and nodded. Zhang Wudian said, "Don't worry, we are here to take good care of your home."
"When I was young, I prided myself on being so talented. How could I have thought that the years have been wasted and my ambitions have never been opened up in my life. When I was in the temple, although I was young and powerful, all my abilities and ambitions were consumed in officialdom.
In the meaningless struggle, nothing was accomplished. I didn’t expect that when I get older, I will have the opportunity to show off my talents. Hahaha.”
Liu Hongxun also handed over his hand and said: "I will take full responsibility for the Qinghai affairs, and there will definitely be no problems. You can go to the west with peace of mind. I will take care of the supplies, cattle, sheep, horses, and additional troops needed on the front line for you."
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Yang Sichang sighed inwardly, he understood that this was already the territory of the Yang family.
This is already a fait accompli, and it will be useless for anyone to come. Because the best land and population are in the hands of the Yang family. The most important thing is that only the Yang family has the ability to steam engines and build water conservancy projects.
It is too dry here, the climate is getting colder year by year, and the frost-free period is shorter. It is known that any kind of food crops in the Ming Dynasty cannot be harvested because it snows before the seeds are set and the grain is filled.
But Yang Fan has special seeds that can be planted here. The growth cycle is only more than three months, and autumn vegetables can even be planted after the staple food is harvested. The railway transports guano fertilizer from the island. This kind of wild and cold place
, the wheat yield per acre is actually three times that of Beizhili.
If he hadn't seen the harvest with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it even if he were killed.
There are also steam engines to pump water, and bulldozers and excavators to dig canals for irrigation.
The population and herdsmen on the grassland all belong to the Yang family, and other people cannot survive independently. There are wastelands everywhere here, but who is willing to put in the effort to develop them.
Without water, they can't grow food. They have the technology and population of the Yang family.
Yang Sichang sat here with an awkward expression, not knowing what to say. Whatever he said was inappropriate and would be considered to have joined Yang Fan's group.
He was unwilling to choose to follow Yang Fan, as his thoughts were still with the court.
Yang Fan said to Yang Sichang: "You are weak. Throughout your life, you not only have to lower your head to pull the cart, but also have to raise your head to look at the road. Being a paper poster is meaningless."
"You can paint this old house clean and it will look as magnificent as a new house. But the four beams and eight pillars have long been decayed and cannot withstand the wind and rain. As long as there is a strong wind, the original shape will be revealed immediately.
It collapsed within a few strokes. It was not worth the effort."
Yang Sichang in history was an extremely talkative person.
He was talented and eloquent, and came to power because of his suggestions to quell the uprising of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the country was in turmoil. Because of his appropriate counter-insurgency strategy, he achieved great results in a short period of time, and the rebellion once seemed to be quelled.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to survive until the Qing troops entered the Pass in 1664 is closely related to the various measures taken by Yang Sichang when he was in office. In other words, it was Yang Sichang who extended the life of the Ming Dynasty.
His end was tragic because he lost his vassal and was waiting to be executed. He died of illness in fear, frustration and anger. Such a talented person who could serve as a general or prime minister was ultimately not worth the importance of the emperor's face.
Yang Fan developed a love for Yang Sichang and wanted to point him to the right path.
Why didn't Yang Sichang understand Yang Fan's thoughts?
This person is not from His Majesty at all, nor is he from the Ming Dynasty. In his cognitive world, he is just another Cao Aguo. It’s just that his thoughts are bigger, his beauty in his heart, his care for the universe, are far beyond the ancients.
He wants to build a new world where all four peoples are equal.
He wants to build a country based on industry and commerce!
He wanted to decentralize power and negate the two thousand years of autocratic monarchy.
He wanted to abolish the imperial examination and Confucianism,….
Yang Sichang's talent allowed him to have a clear understanding of what Yang Fan was doing. He was not a fool. On the contrary, he had a sharp vision and understood everything clearly.
Yang Sichang was silent for a long time and turned to look out the window.
In the wilderness outside the car window, there is a cloudless sky. A line of wild geese are flying above the blue clouds.
The wild geese formed a formation and flew towards the south.
This is the last wild goose formation, after all, winter has arrived.
Yang Sichang raised his hands and said: "The Marquis is a leader of troops, and he is famous for his knowledge of soldiers. I heard that the three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the ambition. Everyone has his own ambitions, and I hope that the Marquis will show his respect."
Yang Fan sighed. No heavy hammer is needed to play the drum. It is useless to talk too much.
He turned his head and looked at the formation of wild geese outside the window without saying a word.
Yang Sichang smiled bitterly and said: "The wild geese also know how to fly south. Sichang has been in Suiyuan for more than a year and is feeling homesick. Mr. Zhang, please give me a holiday and return to the capital for a visit."
