Although Zhu Jianyan felt that his son would just open his mouth, he decided to give it a try according to his son's suggestion, and finally gave his son a notice:
"Your grandfather asked me to tell you that from now on, if there is nothing particularly important, you will have to go to morning court every day."
Now it was Zhu Jingyuan's turn to be stunned:
"Why?"
Zhu Jianyan looked at his son with a complicated expression:
"Morning morning means spending ten minutes to an hour every day to know what is happening in the world. It is much more efficient and faster than reading newspapers.
“More importantly, newspapers can only let you know something happened after the fact, and they can only see the outward appearance of most things.
"But participating in the morning court allows you to participate in the decision-making of most things, allowing you to see through the inner reasons and purposes of things."
When Zhu Jingyuan heard this explanation, the hallucination came back in his mind.
A prince who is preparing to become a vassal in a remote desert obviously does not need to understand these things:
"Grandpa, what do you mean...I need to know this?"
Zhu Jianyan hesitated to speak, but finally spoke:
"...otherwise why would you be specially reminded to go to the morning court?"
Zhu Jingyuan was speechless.
The next day, on the morning of January 11, the 34th year of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jingyuan followed his father to the morning court again.
Today's morning court location was specially changed from Wenhua Hall to Wuying Hall.
This situation has happened from time to time before, indicating that the emperor has something extra to say today, and it is related to military affairs.
The princes and ministers participating in the court meeting all summarized the tasks of their departments in advance, and at the same time guessed and analyzed the additional things the emperor wanted to mention.
Seeing Zhu Jingyuan coming in with Zhu Jianyan, everyone was a little concerned, but they didn't show any emotion.
Everyone has basically gotten used to it. We may have to work together more often in the future, but it doesn’t matter if we don’t get used to it.
And after these days of understanding, mainly the lecture held at the Ministry of Industry yesterday, most of the old gentlemen have understood it clearly.
This kid didn't mean to target anyone, he just has this kind of character, always thinking clearly.
Aside from his often shocking remarks, the kid himself is actually not annoying, and he can also give new ideas on various matters.
So some ministers came over to say hello to Zhu Jianyan, and someone else said hello to Zhu Jingyuan himself.
The atmosphere outside the main hall of the venue today was quite harmonious until several shopkeepers from the Royal Consortium arrived.
Going to court is a matter for the imperial court, and people from the consortium usually don't get involved.
The people from the consortium went to the morning court and explained that the matters to be discussed today were not only related to the military, but also related to the imperial village and manufacturers.
This may directly affect the interests of many people, so everyone suddenly became serious.
The morning session of the new day started in this atmosphere.
First, each department reported its daily work progress, and the old emperor simply listened or made reminders and requests.
After the normal process was over, the old emperor took the initiative to speak:
"Okay, now we start to discuss a military logistics matter, the issue of changing the fuel of naval ships from coal to oil.
“Although this is a military issue, it involves a wide range of departments and industries, so everyone who stayed in the court made suggestions together.
"What is now established is that fuel must be replaced gradually and comprehensively, and there is no need to argue on this point.
“It is certain to increase the scale of crude oil extraction and refining and build more fuel storage warehouses.
“The key issue is how to handle the original coal-fired supply stations as smoothly as possible.”
When the old emperor asked this question, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little cold.
The Ming Dynasty's navy was very large, with its activities covering most of the world outside the North Atlantic.
In order to cooperate with the activities of the navy, the Ming Dynasty built a large number of fuel supply stations in colonies and vassal states around the world.
In the past, the fuel for warships was coal, but in the future, all will be gradually replaced by fuel oil.
So the question arises, how to smoothly dispose of the original coal stations all over the world.
If it were just a matter of discussing whether to change the fuel, there would definitely be objections at the scene.
That involves too many people's interests and too many people's jobs.
Even for officials with unrelated interests, these matters simply increase the workload.
If we want to transfer the coal supply to the private sector while continuing to use coal as fuel for warships, there will definitely be many people providing detailed transfer plans.
Because everyone knows that there is huge profit potential.
If the private sector is to be involved in oil extraction, refining, selling oil, and building oil depots, various plans will surely be put forward quickly.
Oil will definitely develop rapidly due to military use and become a promising industry in the future.
The key is that military supply itself is synonymous with high profits and stability, and too many people want to participate in it.
But now we simply want everyone to discuss how to smoothly lay off the original military coal stations. This is a purely thankless job.
It was not just a matter of dismantling the departmental military coal depots themselves.
The business of civilian shipping and coaling stations will also be affected, and coal mining and transportation-related industries will also be affected.
To put it bluntly, this is a matter of "the food and clothing of millions of workers", and it is a social problem of the entire industry.
So this is not a purely military matter, nor a purely financial matter, but more of a civil affairs matter.
Everyone didn't know what to say, but from time to time someone looked at Zhu Jingyuan.
This time I am not looking for advice, but looking for the location of the pot.
There may be various reasons for the navy to change fuel, but the incident itself was caused by Zhu Jingyuan.
This incident was directly caused by Zhu Jingyuan's request yesterday that all new warships will use fuel in the future.
Zhu Jingyuan didn't have a good solution. The same thing happened in history.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a large number of coaling stations on routes were gradually phased out, and many small ports developed for coaling were also gradually abandoned.
So this is not just a matter of the coal industry itself, but also a problem of a large number of industries and personnel in small offshore ports.
Of course, it’s not impossible for the authorities not to deal with it and let the market rules balance out these problems and people on their own.
As long as the cycle is extended long enough, those people and things will not cause any trouble.
In a remote small port, a group of people have lost their jobs, or some people can no longer survive, or some human tragedy has occurred because they suddenly fell into poverty.
For those involved, the sky may have fallen.
For the princes, grandsons and nobles who are far away in the world, this cannot be said to be an inconspicuous thing, it can only be said that it cannot reach them at all.
This is basically the result in history.
It's just that the Ming Dynasty, which was theoretically people-oriented, instinctively wanted to deal with and arrange relevant personnel in advance to avoid the recurrence of civil unrest, large or small.
