Xiyao had known Yunxi's thoughts for a long time, and was not surprised and did not answer. Although Xiyi was a little puzzled by Yunxi's words, she followed the principle of talking less that Xiyao told her and did not say anything. Anyway, Xiyao later
I will tell her. ≈
Yunxi's words were just his feelings, and they didn't even count as vaccinations. After all, his sons were still too young.
The next day Yunxi went to court as usual, and after the next court he reviewed the documents as usual. Everything showed that this was a very ordinary day, but something extraordinary happened soon.
Wang Xi, who was originally standing next to Yunxi, seemed to have been summoned by someone and came to the door of the side hall. Then he returned to Yunxi with something in his hand. After Yunxi approved a memorial, he whispered to Yunxi.
Xi said: "Your Majesty, there is a report from the eunuch Bai Xiguang."
The reporting of the inner palace and the outer court are not in the same line.
"Bai Xiguang?" Yunxi took the report from Wang Xi, thought about it, and then remembered that he went to Pukou across the river in the second half of last year to supervise the first tramway in China.
The construction was completed.
Yunxi opened the report, and found that the content was indeed the completion of the construction of the tram track. The report must have been completed, otherwise it was just to tease Yunxi? So Yunxi immediately guessed what it was.
Condition.
Yunxi picked up the pen and wrote on the report: "Very good, Bai Xiguang returns to Beijing to resume his duties. All craftsmen will not move for the time being and continue to stay where they are." After that, he said to Wang Xi: "Give it to Bai Xiguang."
Wang Xi took the report and went down.
At this time, Yunxi suddenly remembered the previous investigation of the corruption case in the inner palace. Although Yunxi ordered that there was no need to investigate the inner palace and all those involved were executed, he later sent people to Jiangbei.
Let’s take a look at whether there is corruption in the Royal Horse Prison, and the money on the track of corruption.
However, the results of the investigation surprised Yunxi very much, because the results showed that the Royal Horse Prison did not corrupt a penny, but that it was people from the Ministry of Works who embezzled public funds.
It is normal for people from the Ministry of Industry to embezzle public funds, but there is not a single corrupt person in the Royal Horse Guards. Yunxi's first reaction at that time was that there was something wrong with the people who went to investigate, so he asked Jin Yiwei to send people to check again, but still nothing was found.
Only then did I believe that he was indeed not corrupt, not at all.
But Yunxi would not re-appoint a person just because he is not corrupt. Yunxi always believed that corrupt and capable officials are more useful than non-corrupt officials and are more beneficial to the development of the country.
An honest official who doesn't know how to do anything is of no use at all, so we need to check how the projects he supervises are doing. If they are still good, we can continue to reuse them.
Yunxi thought: 'The track from Pukou to Chuzhou has been repaired. Next, let's build a track from Chuzhou to Xuzhou passing Fengyang. This line is very important, but it is a key line connecting the capital and the northern region. Although due to the transportation capacity,
It cannot be compared to the railway, so it will not be as important as the Beijing-Shanghai Line in later generations, but it must be taken seriously.'
At this time, Wang Xi had finished explaining the report and returned to Yunxi. Yunxi asked, "Did Bai Xiguang report the expenses?"
Wang Xi said: "Wei Zeng. I will go and order Bai Xiguang to report the expenses."
Yunxi said: "Go ahead and give the order." Then Yunxi began to think again.
'No matter how much the expense is, it is still an expense, and the main road alone has three lines, three vertical and one horizontal. The money spent must be indispensable. No matter how big the family left behind by the emperor is, it is best to save some money.
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'However, if we want to save the country's money or even make money, we have to let merchants use this to transport goods. But it is too difficult for merchants to use this to transport goods.'
The cost of using a rail carriage to transport goods is naturally lower than escorting the goods with a caravan, and it is also safer.
But Yunxi doesn't believe in the professional ethics of these aliens at the post station. They will definitely take what Naka wants. Not only will they charge extra money and put it into their own pockets, but it would be good if 70% of the goods in Corpse City reach their destination.
.How many inns are there along the way! Yunxi felt that if the goods were sent from the capital to Peiping, there would probably be nothing left on the way. How could ordinary small businessmen dare to file a lawsuit with the government?
Even really big businessmen may not use this method to transport goods. There may be more people transporting goods over short distances, but long-distance transport is impossible. There is no force that affects most of the country in the Ming Dynasty, and Yunxi cannot allow such a force to appear.
, so even if you are the most influential person in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who will know who you are outside Jiangsu and Zhejiang? It would be weird if they don’t take your things.
As for letting the carriage keep running at the inn? The goods can't reach the destination. Although the track is now covered with iron sheets and no one will steal it, the bandit Shan Dawang along the way is not a vegetarian. Just like the movie "Let the Bullets Fly"
The same as in the previous article, use an ax to destroy the track in advance, the carriage will naturally derail, and then you can get the things on the carriage. It is simple and easy, and there is basically no difficulty.
And not only the bandit mountain king can use this method, but also the common people along the way. Which village does not have a few axes?
So if something in a carriage is really stolen and all the people along the way are suspected, should they all be arrested? Then the Ming Dynasty will not last long.
It was only after Yunxi pondered this question that he understood why in ancient times, ordinary people were required to work in large groups to transport things for the government. If only a few people transported things, they would not be able to reach the destination. What happened to the government's things? Gather two
Thirty people still robbed them when they should. And the people who were transporting things would never protect these things: they were not their own things, so it wouldn’t be worth getting beaten up because of this!
Therefore, it is not possible to let an empty carriage run. There must be people on board, otherwise someone would dare to intercept the carriage in broad daylight.
You can't drive a sports car at night, even if someone is driving a carriage. It's too easy to derail a carriage and several people can do it.
Therefore, although Yunxi ordered the construction of a kneeling track for rail carriages, after careful consideration, he realized that the scope of use of rail carriages was actually very limited. The biggest use was actually to urgently transport various supplies and even supplies to the front line during wars.
Army, the efficiency is much greater than traditional transportation methods.
There are also short-distance dedicated lines to transport a large amount of things from one place to a place three to five miles away.
