Qi Changguo replied: "I'm going to Jiangzuo Temple."
"What to do?"
Qi Jiguang asked.
Qi Changguo hesitated for a moment, and then answered truthfully:
"Talk to Zhao Houhu about the steam engine. Because the emperor said that such a machine would appear, my son also wanted to build it to benefit the country."
Qi Jiguang frowned after hearing this.
"Father, calm down!"
When Qi Changguo saw him frowning, he quickly raised his hands and said something.
Qi Jiguang did not have an attack, he just waved his hand and said:
"That's all! Since this is the holy will, just do whatever you want."
"It's just that His Majesty has issued a decree today to set up a system for the country's highest technical achievement awards. There will be a limit of three awards per year. They will be given generous silver rewards and promotions."
"His Majesty has chosen you to be among these three for building a four-wheeled carriage. Your brother is also on the list for making a battery with salt water."
After saying that, Qi Jiguang said: "Because of this, two people from my Qi family have to be knighted. I don't know if some Confucian scholars will think that it is my Qi family that has given His Majesty the magic skills, and They think everyone in my family, Qi, is a jester."
"Then father, will my child have to resign when the time comes?"
Qi Changguo replied.
"Why refuse! We are loyal to His Majesty, not to the people of the world. We don't care what the people of the world think!"
Qi Jiguang answered angrily and went to the back room.
Qi Changguo cupped his hands and said yes, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has requested that His Highness Prince Zheng and Prince Consort Qi Xingguo be granted the title of Minister of Zhengzhi. Qi Changguo, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, be granted the title of Minister of Prime Minister Zhengzhi. His Highness Prince Zheng and Prince Consort Qi Duwei are granted the title of higher ranking minister. The emperor is a relative and a relative of the country."
On this day, the Minister of Rites, Shen Guanyi, reported to Zhu Yijun about the knighting of people who had made outstanding contributions in the field of science and technology in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "Very good! But in the future, those who have made great contributions to the knowledge and craftsmanship of hundreds of schools of thought will be ennobled as a separate lord, and their remuneration will also be determined according to their grade."
"In addition, there are Chongli Academy and Chongli Academy Academicians."
"For the first time, Prince Zheng, Prince Consort Qi, and Minister Qi, who were knighted for their great achievements in knowledge and skills, are all academicians of Chongli Academy. From now on, those who have made great achievements in knowledge and skills will be recommended by these three committees. For me, I will no longer let the officials of the Ministry of Rites recommend the recommendation, so as to avoid the layman guiding the expert. The recommendation will be made once a year, and it must be determined before the Mid-Autumn Festival every year."
After Zhu Yijun gave this order, Shen Yiguan held his hands in his hands and said yes, and said:
"Your Majesty, you are wise! This is great!"
Zhu Yijun smiled slightly, and then asked Wang Lin, the Minister of Household Affairs:
"Now that we are at the end of the new year, how much is expected to increase the national revenue this year? In addition, what is the number of people in this year's census?"
"Start your Majesty!"
"Now since the peace of Burma and the recovery of Haojing, due to the large increase in trade volume with Burma, Siam, Goa, etc., the tariffs from the South China Sea have increased to more than 6.2 million taels of silver dollars per year;"
"In China, the people in Shaanxi and Shanxi have been exempted from corvee service, freed from horse price silver, fodder silver, and issued subscription coupons to benefit the people. As commerce has become more prosperous, commercial taxes have also increased by more than 5.7 million taels of silver dollars. ;"
"Coupled with domestic and foreign investment in mining and practical dividends, the income increased by more than 7.9 million taels of silver dollars;"
"The total annual income has increased by 20 million taels of silver dollars, bringing the annual income to a discount of more than 50 million taels of silver dollars."
Wang Lin then stepped forward to report back.
"It has actually reached a scale of more than 50 million. In this way, the previous restructuring and implementation of new rituals are indeed correct."
Zhu Yijun said at this time.
"Your Majesty said so!"
"I congratulate Your Majesty for your good governance, which has made the country richer today than in previous generations."
At this time, Shen Shixing stood up and replied with his hands in his hands.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "You all have made great contributions!"
Immediately, Wang Lin, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said: "As for the population, after being reported by the various chief secretaries and governors, the total number of people in this dynasty is 20 to 80 million."
"The income from national funds far exceeds the target set by the former master."
"It's just that the population has not reached 30 million. Now that the people are prosperous and the country is prosperous, we need to encourage more births. The more Han people in the country, the more conducive it is to foreign education."
Zhu Yijun said at this time.
The first assistant, Shen Shixing, raised his hand and said yes.
Then, Shen Shixing also reported: "Your Majesty, since your Majesty came to the throne, the world has been in great governance. Not only has the people been prosperous and the country has been prosperous, and military virtues have been outstanding, but also the culture has been prosperous. At present, the "Da Ming Huidian" has been compiled and sent to the library. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."
Finished.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Very good, now that the Hui Dian has been completed, the next step is to compile the history of the country. Please remember that the Imperial Court will discuss this matter; in addition, the Mandarin pinyin must be compiled as soon as possible, and there is also the printing project of "Yongle Dadian" and the sequel. Things have to be done as quickly as possible.”
"According to the order!"
At present, the national power of the Ming Dynasty is booming. It has not declined sharply after the Wanli ten years like in the original history. It is even expanding outwards. The national income is also increasing, and the population is increasing.
Zhu Yijun was very happy about this.
And precisely because of this, his emperor's prestige is gradually rising.
Whether they are from the ruling class or the ruled class, many people began to have a deeper and deeper liking for the emperor Zhu Yijun because the country's economy was getting richer and their own interests were increasing, and they began to accept the holy will more and more. That is the idea of providence.
That is to say, he is willing to deify Zhu Yijun, compare Zhu Yijun to the reincarnation of Yao and Shun, and compare him to a sage who is difficult to see throughout the ages and even knows everything.
This was not something Zhu Yijun could stop himself, but many people took the initiative to choose this.
One is because people are lazy and unwilling to think. They are more willing to admit that a person is particularly smart and powerful, and then rely on that person, so that they can live their lives peacefully.
Therefore, people always like to create heroes, especially heroes who are omnipotent.
The same thing happened to Zhu Yijun. After the officials and the people became more and more prosperous, they were more willing to take the initiative to cultivate Zhu Yijun into a generation of holy masters, so that they would have more reasons to enjoy a comfortable life, not to think about danger, but to believe in greatness. The Holy Lord will make everything okay for them.
The second is that people with ulterior motives are willing to consolidate the hierarchy of the entire society by deifying and infinitely raising Zhu Yijun's status, and then consolidate their own interests. After all, if the emperor is the most holy Lord, since he represents God's will, then as the emperor's confidant, Doesn’t it also represent God’s will?
Therefore, even if Zhu Yijun uses Zhang Juzheng's name to ask people to do things based on reality, it is still inevitable that people will understand that doing things according to his will means that it is correct. What is more deeply rooted in people's hearts is that "the holy will is God's will" is not "seeking truth from facts."
certainly.
Zhu Yijun knew that this was inevitable. He could not expect that in just a dozen years, the people would be so enlightened that they would no longer believe in authority.
He knows that this requires a process and requires him to slowly correct it in the future.
It may take more than one generation, and it may even take some lessons.
But in any case, the problems caused by this phenomenon are not obvious, but it is more conducive to him making the current Ming Dynasty move towards a more prosperous era.
Otherwise, Pinyin and vernacular Chinese, and not only respecting Confucianism, nor devaluing science and technology as fancy skills, but conferring knighthoods and honors on those who have made major achievements in science and technology will only encounter greater obstacles. Nowadays, It can still be implemented because he is an emperor with great prestige. Many people have actively or passively accepted the concept of the Holy Will as God's will without raising many objections.
However, it is not without its dissenters and opponents.
There are still many people from the landlord class who are unwilling to accept new gifts.
Because Xinli treats his own people too much as human beings!
After all, in the name of Confucian saints advocating "people-oriented", the new ritual treats common people and scholar-bureaucrats as innocent people with the same human dignity, and overemphasizes the differences between Chinese and foreigners. This makes many landlords who are accustomed to the traditional landlord society unable to become The slave owners who enslaved the Han people, or as Lu Xun put it, could not lie down and just utter a few words of benevolence, justice and morality in their mouths while eating the Han people wantonly.
Even if traditional landowners want to be successful, they have to make progress and pay a higher price, either spending more money or leaving their homeland to colonize outside.
Therefore, there are still landowners who are resisting the new ceremony.
However, the one who resisted this time was not the bureaucrats or the vassal kings, but the chieftain Yang Yinglong.
"Yang Yinglong rebelled?"
At the beginning of the seventeenth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun had just had a good year, and the eunuch Sun Xin informed him of the situation.
Sorry, something was delayed today, so I’m just updating now
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