In the study room of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi summoned the ministers for a small meeting as usual.
"Take all those people who only know how to open and shut their mouths about the ancestral system, the country, the country, and the country, and put the cart before the horse, and send them to Winter City to calm down and calm down, and then transfer them back when they can think clearly."
Emperor Hongzhi looked very angry. He was in a good mood originally, but as a result, the blood pressure of these sour and rotten scholars was raised.
"yes!"
Wang Shouren, Han Wen, Yang Yiqing and others also responded quickly in unison.
Everyone also hates these rotten scholars. As for the struggle for power, it definitely exists. It happens all the time. Everyone is fighting for power and gain.
But if these sour and rotten scholars continue like this, the Ming Dynasty will really return to its past. If that time comes, it is estimated that big problems will inevitably occur.
Return to the ancestral system, the ancestral system is nothing.
We don’t want to have the same salary as before, which is difficult to support our family in Hukou, and we don’t want to be skinned and fed at every turn. We really think that the ancestral system is a good thing.
It's just that they want to go back to the old days when they, the sour and rotten scholars, had the final say. Back to the days when they were in power. Does anything else really matter?
It doesn't matter at all to them.
Whether the emperor can live comfortably or not is none of their business, as long as they are in power and are comfortable.
Whether the people of the Ming Dynasty can have enough to eat, wear warm clothes, or have a house to live in is none of their business. It is enough for them to eat well and live comfortably.
As for whether there will be an invasion by foreign enemies, intrusion by bandits, etc., it seems that it will not affect high-ranking ministers like them.
"Your Majesty, the railway plan from Chengdu to Kunming in Yunnan has been worked out. It is estimated that it will cost a total of 1.2 billion taels of silver!"
Soon, Yang Tinghe, Minister of Industry, also submitted a memorial, which was the latest plan to build a railway to Yunnan.
The train has been repaired to Chengdu, and of course it will continue to be repaired, including Yunnan, Guizhou, and Chongqing.
However, the cost of building railways in these three places will not be lower than that of a long-term railway. In the southwest region, the terrain is extremely undulating and the mountains and rivers are steep, so the construction of railways requires money to pave the way.
That is to say, now that the Ming Dynasty's national power is at its peak, its financial resources are strong, and its engineering and construction technology is becoming more and more mature and advanced, it dares to think of building railways to these places. Otherwise, it would be better to relocate all the people from these places. more cost-effective.
"1.2 billion taels of silver?"
"It is estimated that it will take about ten years, and the annual investment will be 100 million taels of silver."
Emperor Hongzhi took the memorial and read it quickly.
The railway must be built, and the development of the southwest region must be indispensable. What's more, after it is built in Yunnan, it can also be built in Myanmar in the future to open up the seaport of the southwest region.
"What if it goes to Guizhou?"
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and asked again.
"The budget will not be lower than this. The geography and landforms in the Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan areas are similar, and the construction cost is very high."
Yang Tinghe quickly replied.
He succeeded Yang Yiqing as Minister of the Ministry of Industry and did a lot of work, even going so far as to learn in detail about matters related to railway construction.
"Cultivation must be done. If our generation does not practice, the next generation will also have to practice. After all, it will take one or two generations to endure hardships and hardships in order to create a better life for future generations."
After Emperor Hongzhi listened, he thought for a while and then slowly spoke.
Money: The imperial court now has a lot of money, and now it is basically investing in building railways and roads. New railways are started every day, and the main lines are almost covering all the provinces of the Ming Dynasty.
The meeting in Shangshufang was much better. Everyone was discussing national affairs and the construction of the railway.
Outside the palace, the servants of Wang Shouren's house were waiting anxiously, waiting for Wang Shouren to deliver the bad news to him after he left the court.
It was almost noon before Wang Shouren walked out of the palace.
"It's not good, the old man is bad. The old man is gone!"
When the servant saw it, he quickly stepped forward and told the bad news.
"What?"
When Wang Shouren heard this, he was dumbfounded.
You were fine last night, you drank wine and ate meat, your nature was extremely high, but you just stopped today?
Wang Shouren couldn't believe it and hurried back home.
The entire palace was completely white. When Wang Shouren came back, Wang Shoujian and Wang Shouwen had already come back and were crying.
"what happened?"
Wang Shouren looked at his father with great sadness.
It was fine last night, but who can bear to leave so early in the morning?
"Master, the old man didn't get up in the morning. We thought he drank too much last night. It wasn't until we went to see him at nine o'clock that we found out that he had..."
The servants in the house also quickly replied.
"I tried to persuade you not to drink so much last night, but I just didn't listen."
Wang Shoujian said helplessly while crying.
Now it's good, my brothers are going back to their hometown Dingyou to observe their filial piety. Originally, they thought that Wang Shouren would become the chief minister of the cabinet, and he could follow suit and rise through the ranks.
Who knew that after the old man left, Wang Shouren would go home and Ding You would observe his filial piety, and he would also go back.
I have been rising steadily, rising step by step, but after these three years, the day lily has become cold. By then, it will be very difficult to regain a firm foothold. It will be very difficult.
Wang Shouren is also extremely painful at this moment. It is not easy for him to become the chief minister of the cabinet. You will go home soon and Ding You will observe filial piety.
Liu Jin has only been gone for a long time, and he has to follow him back to his hometown to pay homage to Ding You.
The news that Wang Hua had left quickly spread throughout the capital.
Immediately, all the officials in the capital couldn't help laughing. Well, the vacancy left by Liu Jing just left has been changed a lot. Now Wang Shouren has to go back to Ding You to observe filial piety. There are another personnel changes.
Now, someone is going to join the cabinet, and someone is going to be promoted.
At the same time, the conservative officials were also celebrating. Wang Shouren was also a reformist official and had always been Liu Jin's follower. With his departure, the reformist officials in the court lost another high-ranking official. For them,
Definitely a good thing.
They can push forward their old-school officials, gradually regain control of the government and opposition parties, and gradually restore some of the previous systems.
In the palace, Emperor Hongzhi, who had spent the morning studying the railway lines, also received the news immediately.
"..."
Emperor Hongzhi was speechless for a while.
Now that Liu Jin had gone home to Ding You to observe his filial piety, he originally thought that since Wang Shouren was there, it wouldn't be a big problem.
Wang Shouren's ability is obvious to all, and he is also a practical official. His work style is similar to that of Liu Jin. He is one of the important ministers that Emperor Hongzhi planned to leave to Zhu Houzhao.
Now Liu Jin has gone to Dingyou to observe filial piety. If Wang Shouren had this incident, he must also go back to Dingyou to observe filial piety.
The key is that Emperor Hongzhi cannot steal his love.
Because there is no love-stealing on Liu Jin's part, if Wang Shouren steals love, the message sent out is that he values Wang Shouren more than Liu Jin.
What will this make Liu Jin think?
What will the ruling and opposition parties think?
When Liu Jin and Ding worry about the expiration of their filial piety period, how should they make arrangements?
These are all things that Emperor Hongzhi needs to consider, and they are also the reasons why he cannot steal his love.
If Liu Jin wanted to steal Ding You's love when he wanted to keep his filial piety, now he can also steal Wang Shouren's love and both of them stay.
But Liu Jin didn't steal his love, so naturally Wang Shouren couldn't steal her love either.
But let's not take away the love. Wang Shouren and Liu Jin are both gone. Whether the situation in the government and the public can be stabilized is a question.
The two of them are representatives of the practical group and also the leaders. Without them, Zhong Fan would not be able to control him just by relying on Korean.
You must know that as soon as Liu Jing left, these old-school officials came out to cause trouble. If Wang Shouren also left, we don't know how much trouble there would be.
"It's not going to be easy now."
Emperor Hongzhi had a big head.
This Wang Hua is leaving at this time. You can leave a few years later or a few years earlier. Don’t leave at this time.
"Who should be appointed to the cabinet now?"
"Zhong Fan, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji, or Yang Tinghe?"
Emperor Hongzhi thought quickly in his mind. The most important thing now was to maintain the situation between the government and the opposition and continue to operate according to the current model.
But nothing could happen that would affect the prosperity and stability of the Ming Dynasty. After a few good years, Emperor Hongzhi did not want to live the same life again.