"What kind of thing is this telegram? It can transmit sounds thousands of miles away? Is this a magic spell from the gods??"
Zhu Di looked at the memorial above carefully and couldn't help being surprised.
If it was a steam train, Zhu Di could still understand it, because his son-in-law Li Xiao had already explained the principles of steam trains to Zhu Di with pictures.
After understanding this, Zhu Di felt that it was not so magical anymore. Even when water was boiled, the water vapor could not escape, pushing the piston and then pushing the train.
The son-in-law also said that in the future, oil can be dug out to make internal combustion engines, water can be burned for exercise, and cars can be made to replace horses.
Zhu Di can understand all of this.
But the sound transmission from thousands of miles away, Zhu Di really couldn't figure it out, it was a bit beyond his cognition.
"Thanks to my extensive reading, I still can't understand what my son-in-law has created. When I go back, I must let him explain it to me."
Zhu Di murmured to himself.
Everyone is curious when it comes to unknown matters, and the emperor is no exception.
"Father, what are you thinking about?"
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu opened the door and walked in, bringing tea to please Zhu Di.
During this period of time, Zhu Gaojiu had been eradicating the remnants of the Japanese in various places. Fortunately, there were not many remnants. After destroying several ninja organizations in succession, he brought them back to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Gaojiu followed Yao Guangxiao to carry out reforms every day.
"Gao Xu, you came just in time."
Zhu Di waved to him to sit down, and then said: "Song Yingxing from Beiqing University proposed a project to the Supreme Emperor, which will cost ten million taels of silver."
Zhu Gaoxu was extremely surprised and said: "What project is it? Digging the Grand Canal? Does it require so much silver? Even building a railway will not cost so much."
Zhu Di said: "In the power station, if there is a point, the light bulbs can light up, so that people can light up the whole room at night without lighting candles and just press the switch."
Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said: "It's not necessary. Let the people light candles. Ten million taels of silver is too huge. It is higher than the military expenses for the construction of the state and the Northern Expedition."
Zhu Di continued: "The other thing is the telegraph. It is said that hydroelectric power will be established first. After the hydropower is mature, thermal power generation will be laid out. When the power station is established, this telegraph will be connected with wires and can send messages thousands of miles away. It will arrive in an instant. You and I are thousands of miles apart. , and can also have conversations at the same time.”
Zhu Gaoxu said in shock: "It's my brother-in-law's masterpiece, so these ten million taels are worth spending. With this thing, no matter how large our territory is, we can still manage it!"
Zhu Di smiled and said: "Yes, Gao Xu, you can see this, it means you have grown up. However, the silver matter has also been settled. After we mine the silver mines in the Japanese country, they can flow directly to the Ming Dynasty for use. Li Xiao also said, don’t worry about inflation.”
Zhu Gaoxu handed over his hand: "My father is wise, and I am already looking forward to the day when I can see the telegraph reaching the whole country. I have seen it a long time ago."
"What have you seen a long time ago?" Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu.
Only then did Zhu Gaoxu realize that he had made a mistake.
He took out two walkie-talkies and said: "Father, these are given to me by my brother-in-law. They are called wireless walkie-talkies. Within ten miles, it is like having a face-to-face conversation."
With that said, Zhu Gaoxu handed one to Zhu Di and said: "Press this and you can speak, and I can hear it here."
Zhu Di took it, played with it in his hand, and said displeasedly: "Hey Gao Xu, you are hiding such a good thing?"
Zhu Gaoxu said bitterly: "Father, I didn't mean to hide it from you. My brother-in-law didn't allow me to reveal this secret. But now that the telegram has come out, I won't hide it from you."
After saying that, Zhu Gaoxu ran away in a flash. He ran a long way until he reached the garden of Ping'an Palace before speaking on the intercom: "Father, father, my child is in the garden of the palace now. Can you hear me?"
Sizzle.
There was a buzzing sound from the walkie-talkie. It should be that Zhu Di was learning to use it. After a while, a sentence came: "Damn, this thing is really magical. It's so magical. It's impossible to understand. Gao Xu, can you listen?" Do you want to speak to me?"
Zhu Gaoxu replied: "Father, my son received it!"
At this time, Yao Guangxiao, who was walking towards the palace, happened to see this scene and was so shocked that his scalp went numb.
"King Han, what do you have in your hand?"
Yao Guangxiao walked over in two steps and stared at the walkie-talkie in Zhu Gaoxu's hand.
"Oh, this is a walkie-talkie that can communicate. Now that the Ming Dynasty has developed it, it will be available throughout the country soon."
Zhu Gaoxu replied casually.
Yao Guangxiao: "It's so awesome!"
Yao Guangxiao originally thought that he had learned Li Xiao's Dragon Supporting Technique and was ready to show off his skills in the Japanese country, but now the new gadget Li Xiao has developed is simply the Dragon Technique, unimaginably magical!
In this way, Yao Guangxiao followed Zhu Gaoxu and returned to the room where Zhu Di was, asking about what happened on the way.
Only then did he realize that something like the telegraph had actually appeared in the Ming Dynasty. It was more powerful than this walkie-talkie and could speak thousands of miles away.
"I have met His Majesty."
The two entered the room, Yao Guangxiao slightly cupped his hands and said: "Congratulations to your majesty, with this telegram, the Ming Dynasty is really like a dragon. The dragon of the Ming Dynasty will soar for nine days! The world is so big, we should win more land. "
Yao Guangxiao has learned a lot after following Li Xiao over the years. His lifelong ambition to perform dragon slaying has already changed.
In the past, it was because of his small eye sockets that he always wanted to use dragon-slaying skills.
But now, Li Xiao has broadened his horizons!
He saw Li Xiao's world map.
It turns out that the territory of the Ming Dynasty only occupies such a small area on the world map.
Li Xiao also told him that in the future, people can go to the sky, go to the earth, go to the sea, fly in the sky tens of thousands of miles away, and can reach there in a few hours.
In the past, Yao Guangxiao didn't believe it and thought Li Xiao was bragging.
But just now, he saw the walkie-talkie in Zhu Gaoxu's hand, and he believed it.
Even such incredible things can be created, what else is impossible?
Since the world is so big.
Why bother?
At the same time, he also understood the true meaning of Li Xiao's dragon-supporting technique.
It's not just about helping the emperor ascend to power.
Instead, it supports the entire country into a giant dragon, a divine dragon, just like the five-clawed golden dragon on the emperor's dragon robe.
The five-clawed golden dragon cannot just live in its nest, the dragon has to fly out.
The real meaning of Li Xiao's Dragon Supporting Technique is to occupy more land and make the whole world look up to the existence of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Di laughed: "Master Yao must have seen the power of walkie-talkies just now. Yes, something even more powerful than this walkie-talkie is about to appear in Ming Dynasty, called a telegraph. This is self-evidently important to me, Ming Dynasty. Without this thing, no matter how much territory you expand, it will be useless and impossible to manage, but with this divine thing, everything is different!”
Yao Guangxiao said: "Yes, it's different. The importance of this thing is no less than that of a train. If combined with a train, you can better rule the country and control the local area. It will be more stable internally and worry-free for thousands of years. Through the ages, dynasties have united. They will be separated for a long time, and they will be reunited for a long time. There is no way to escape the fate of the country for three hundred years. Only this telegraph and train can make the dynasty last forever!"
Hearing this, Zhu Di was very happy, "That's right."
Yao Guangxiao said: "But it costs a lot of money, right?"
Zhu Di said: "No matter how much silver taels we have, we still have to do this. Moreover, Li Xiao has solved the silver taels problem. Let's mine the Japanese silver mines and transport them to Ming Dynasty for use in power stations. However, I don't understand something before. Li Xiao once told me that the reason why the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes became waste paper was due to the continuous issuance of additional issuances. If such a huge amount of silver flows directly from the hands of the imperial court into the market, won't it also lead to inflation? , turning silver into scrap metal? However, Li Xiao himself said this, so it should be correct, right?"
Yao Guangxiao fell into deep thought and said: "I learned something from the economics textbook and economic theory taught by the National Teacher at Peking University. This is that the imperial court has the right to issue currency, and can issue excess currency and release water to solve economic crises. In other words, the imperial court has the power to issue currency. In fact, you can spend your own money, but there is a trick that I haven’t learned yet.”
"Oh I see, I understand."
As Yao Guangxiao was talking, he suddenly remembered a point in the textbook and suddenly realized: "The move of the imperial master will not cause the Ming Dynasty's silver to become scrap iron, because silver has always been valuable throughout the ages. No matter how the dynasties change, silver will remain the same." Best deal.
Therefore, our country's demand for silver is huge. The silver in Peking is enough, but the silver in other places is not enough. The flow of this silver into the entire Ming Dynasty will promote the economic cycle.
The best way is to invite outsiders from various places to work. When these outsiders make money, they naturally send it back home for use. This way, the silver can flow evenly into the entire country. This is the best way! ! "
After hearing this, Zhu Di felt that it made sense and said with a smile: "Master Yao, it seems that you have learned a lot from the imperial master, so let's do this."
"Your Majesty is wise."
Yao Guangxiao asked again: "I wonder how the national master's reform is going over there?"
Zhu Di replied: "There seems to be a big obstacle. I have sent Zhu Gaosui back to the country to help Li Xiao."
Yao Guangxiao said: "It is difficult for Nanjing to carry out reforms because the success of Peking has made people in Nanjing more vigilant. By the way, I have another suggestion. Maybe the national teacher Li Xiao didn't think of it himself. Your Majesty, you can help him make one." idea."
Zhu Di said: "Oh? I can also give advice to my son-in-law? That's really a rare thing, let me tell you."
For a long time, Zhu Di was only advised by Li Xiao.
And there is no part of anyone's idea.
After hearing this, I immediately became interested.
Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: "I have studied that one of the reasons for the success of Li Xiao's reform in Peking was the establishment of a fertilizer factory. The fertilizer factory created 30,000 jobs, and all local tenants went to work as workers in the fertilizer factory.
Li Xiao once said that the solution to the problem of uniqueness of land information is to allow more people to make money.
The tenants have all gone to work as waiters in the fertilizer factory, and no one is cultivating the land owned by the landlords. This is the reason to take back the land by force.
In fact, the cultivated land is still cultivated land. With a small population, more land is planted. With the addition of chemical fertilizers, the farmers gain more, and the workers' income is equal to it. At the same time, the land belongs to the court, which reduces land annexation. .
Invisibly, the gap between the rich and the poor is narrowed, and everyone strives to be well-off.
More people have received education and more talents have been cultivated. More talents create a greater prosperity.
This is Li Xiao’s way to success! ! !
And we just want to keep copying this recipe for success.
This time, Li Xiao encountered obstacles in his reform in South Zhili. The fundamental reason may be that the powerful local families united and refused to sell land or mountains, so the National Master was unable to build such a fertilizer factory.
But now, the power plant project is about to appear, and I'm afraid Li Xiao himself doesn't know about it yet.
The power plant project this time requires a lot of labor, so His Majesty only needs to issue a decree to pardon the status of the tenants and all slaves in Nanzhili, so that they can work in the power plant and be paid.
They are naturally willing to go. In this way, it will be similar to what Li Xiao did back then.
Then the local landowners had a lot of idle land, and the national division had the opportunity to take action. What do you think, Your Majesty? "
After listening, Zhu Di thought about it and said with a smile: "What a good idea. Let's do it like this. I will immediately issue a decree to pardon the status of slaves and tenants in Southern Zhili. As long as they are willing, they can work in the power plant. But I'm afraid this matter will It’s not easy either. Let’s leave this matter to Zhu Gaosui. I will entrust all the imperial guards in Peiping to him. He will definitely be able to accomplish this matter!”
Yao Guangxiao nodded: "In this way, the progress of the reform in South Zhili will be accelerated. Subsequently, the nationwide reform will be passed with one order. Our Ming Dynasty is really like an iron bucket, and our national power will increase countless times."
Zhu Di nodded: "After Nanzhili is solved, other places will be easier to deal with. However, there is still another difficulty, which is the land of Annan. There are often rebellions over there, and I am afraid they are also a tough nut."
Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: "The Imperial Master must have a method."
Afterwards, several people smiled slightly.
Zhu Di asked again: "By the way, Master, now the Emperor of Japan has ordered that it be named Donghai Mansion, which is the first palace of our Ming Dynasty. It means going east to the sea and expedition to the west. In the future, it will be the port house of our Ming Dynasty. A springboard for shipping.”
Yao Guangxiao said: "Donghai Mansion, a good name."
Zhu Di smiled and said: "I have to trouble you, Master. You have learned Li Xiao's dragon-supporting skills and reform strategies. I hope you can transform Donghai Mansion and completely Chineseize it. Especially the people here. , many people still have evil customs. I saw in the city before that many people actually paid homage to an old man. It was so rude that I couldn’t express it. These kinds of bad customs must be eradicated, otherwise they are simply desecrating. Daming, pollute my eyes."
Yao Guangxiao said: "During this period, I also discovered that the people here do have some bad habits, and they must be changed."
Zhu Di nodded and said: "Well, soon, five thousand scholars will come to Donghai Mansion. They will be at your disposal, whether they be appointed officials or let them become masters and teach Confucian Chinese characters. It is all up to you. According to the We should do it according to the methods of the National Master and directly transform it into what Peking looks like."
Yao Guangxiao cupped his hands and said, "I will live up to your Majesty's expectations."
Zhu Di nodded slightly.
Yao Guangxiao said again: "By the way, Your Majesty, if there are stubborn people who are unwilling to change the customs and gather people to resist, what should I do?"
Zhu Di said calmly: "Then kill him."
Yao Guangxiao asked again: "What if everyone resists?"
Zhu Di thought for a while and said: "If this is really the case, it would not be a pity to kill them all. At worst, they may immigrate from the mainland of Ming Dynasty."
Yao Guangxiao handed over his hand: "With your Majesty's words, I can do it boldly with confidence!"
That's it.
A powerful Chinese-language operation.
Expand in Donghai Mansion
Those who obey will prosper, those who go against will perish!
(End of chapter)
