When Zhu Jingyuan arrived at the original palace compound, he did nothing but slumped to recover his physical condition, and went to bed early in the evening.
When I woke up the next morning, the shaky feeling had finally mostly disappeared.
Zhu Jingyuan had breakfast and was about to convene the main ministers of the Dashi Palace to discuss matters, but the Palace Director first sent a telegram from the royal family.
The telegram specifically addressed to Zhu Jingyuan was sent a few days ago, but the content was not particularly urgent, so it was not sent until Zhu Jingyuan had rested.
After Zhu Jingyuan took it, he found that it was quite long, so he patiently looked at it carefully.
His father, Zhu Jianyan, reminded himself that all negotiations were over now and he must start political training.
According to the plan he discussed with his grandfather, the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang, he gave himself two choices.
First, he will return to Beijing next spring and then be transferred to the local grassroots level as deputy mayor, following the traditional standard model.
Second, we can try to start a new governance training model and participate in practical training within the vassal country, starting with the construction of the capital of the great food country.
He already has the title of prince, which is a status that a prince can only obtain after completing his training.
He is also the king of a vassal state, which is a status that normal princes and grandsons cannot have.
They naturally have a political entity that should be governed by themselves.
At the same time, although the Big Food Country is large in area, its population is very sparse.
In particular, Liusha County, the capital, has continued to immigrate from the mainland for three months, and now has a population of less than 20,000.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was a relatively small county, or a relatively large town in a wealthy area.
In addition, it is an area undergoing full-scale immigration construction, so it meets the starting point standards for administrative training.
At the same time, considering his own talents and abilities, simply managing and building Liusha County is a bit overkill.
You can also "governor-general of military, political and foreign affairs in Dashi, Daqinhai and Mozhou regions".
Rectify and transform local military and political institutions, supervise and train local vassal officials, convey and interpret the court's policies and regulations, and educate and appease people of all ethnic groups at home and abroad.
In this way, grassroots practical training is combined with high-level positions, so that grassroots governance experience will not be lost, and the grassroots level of governance will be able to continue to contribute in high-level affairs.
Two years later, he was transferred to Yinzhou and continued to preside over the construction of this place. At the same time, he was in charge of Yinzhou's Xintianfu Imperial Villa and governor of Yinzhou's military, political and foreign affairs.
Two years later, he was transferred to the Nanyang region and continued to preside over the construction of the area. At the same time, he was in charge of military and political affairs in Tiannan and Nanyang regions.
Two years later, he was transferred to the Japanese region and continued to preside over the construction of the area. At the same time, he was in charge of the military and political affairs of Japan, Korea, and the East Xianbei region.
Two years later, he returned to his homeland and directly took charge of a chief envoy, and at the same time he was governor of military and political affairs in Jiangnan or the Western Regions.
Two years later, the jurisdiction was changed again, from Jiangnan to the Western Regions, or from the Western Regions to Jiangnan.
Returned to Beijing two years later.
After reading the telegram, Zhu Jingyuan fell into deep thought.
Are you worried that my workload is not enough?
Grandpa, you are truly worthy of being an emperor of imperial capital!
After the Renwu Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty strictly implemented the standard that "the prime minister must be from the state department, and the general must be from the army."
To enter the central court and serve as minister-level officials in various ministries, one must have grassroots work experience.
Without one, one can only take the path from staff to cabinet and cannot participate in decision-making affairs.
The current cabinet is actually a secretarial agency, and the status and authority of the bachelor's degree are not as good as those of the minister.
The crown prince training absolutely does not allow avoiding grassroots affairs. You must go to the grassroots level no matter what.
However, the old emperor felt that it was a waste to put himself at the grassroots level for a few years, so he allowed himself to hold military and political power in the area at the same time.
During my ten years of training in local governance, I visited the areas controlled by Ming Dynasty from the outside to the inside.
What is important is the so-called rectification, transformation, communication, and education...
This is actually reform.
Let yourself supervise the effective implementation of the court's policies, and at the same time make corresponding adjustments and plans according to local conditions.
The ideal goal is, of course, to truly integrate the entire Ming Dynasty into one and completely eliminate the barriers and separation tendencies in various places.
If I can ascend to power in the future, my available local talents and the composition of my future court will not be based on a certain place.
But spread throughout the Ming Dynasty's ruling area.
This is really cultivating yourself as an heir, and you will never allow yourself to lie on black gold and let it rot.
If I accept this task...
I won’t need to return to the capital after the new year, and I won’t even need the capital for the next twelve years.
If my three female students who yearn for the capital of the Ming Dynasty continue to follow me, they will not have to go to the capital for twelve years.
Come on, build a school locally, and reform schools wherever you go in the future.
Isn’t it necessary to discipline...
Zhu Jingyuan basically accepted the reality, and then continued to slump in the chair without moving.
The work for the next ten years has already been arranged for myself, which is really tiring.
Ten minutes later, the main officials of the palace arrived. Zhu Jingyuan cheered up again and sat down at the main seat in the outer hall.
The courtiers sat down after receiving the courtesy. Zhu Jingyuan raised his head and looked at these courtiers. Most of them looked simple and honest.
Those who were not honest enough ran away when the original vassal states merged.
The rest are basically Liu Zhixin and Xu Minghui types, honest people from the previous princes.
However, if they can obtain honors and become officials of this level, their basic knowledge and execution ability will be no problem.
May be poor at socializing and maintaining relationships.
This might be a good thing for Zhu Jingyuan.
After Zhu Jingyuan read his father's telegram, his mentality changed again.
Regarding the affairs of the Big Food Country, what was originally a matter of pointing out things in a hurry has now turned into active learning and exercise-style management.
After brewing his emotions for a while, Zhu Jingyuan looked at his honest and honest ministers and stopped talking nonsense:
“The most important thing in Dashi Country now, and the thing that I will personally keep an eye on at any time in the future, is only one thing.
“That’s it: water.
“It is much more important than continuing to drill wells for oil extraction, continuing to expand land with immigrants, and continuing to build the palace.
"Controlling and ensuring water supply not only protects our development and construction, but is also the key to controlling this land."
Zhu Jingyuan's words immediately aroused a chorus of agreement and emotion.
There is really too little usable fresh water in Liusha City.
At the same time, the first thing Zhu Jingyuan announced at the beginning also left a good impression on his courtiers.
The king of my family deserves to be the youngest prince, and he deserves to be the prince who can preside over negotiations with the countries in Europe and the West.
Although he is young, he can grasp the key points and go straight to the core basic issues of the big food country.
There is no such thing as a big city to build or how many immigrants to move.
After the big food country has oil, there will be basically no big problems in the future. The only worry is that the king will mess up.
Now this only worry is gone.
After Zhu Jingyuan paused for a moment, he continued to explain his thoughts:
“Controlling water sources, of course, is in two directions: increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.
“The first is open source.
“There’s no need to consider the nearby oasis, that thing won’t last long.
“You can rely on drilling wells to pump water in the short term, but not as a major and long-term dependence option.
“Because there is basically no rainfall in the local area, the groundwater is pumped out a little bit less.
"Groundwater is different from oil. The water layer is too close to the ground. If it is pumped too much, it may cause the city to collapse.
“So groundwater can only be used as a temporary and forced supplementary water source.
“Our main focus in the future should be seawater dewatering technology, because seawater is unlimited.
“We have oil as our energy supply, and even if we use distilled seawater, the cost will not be unacceptably high.
"Anyway, we have only drilled a dozen wells, and the Royal Refinery will not be able to digest our oil supply."
There is underground freshwater in the Dashi Peninsula area.
There was a wet period in the local geological history, and the surface water here was buried underground due to glaciers and geological activities.
It can be regarded as "fossil water".
Because there is no external replenishment, this groundwater is non-renewable, and the more it is used, the less it will be.
But the ministers of Dashi Kingdom were confused after hearing this.
It’s not that I’m confused about seawater desalination. Seawater desalination is a very old technology, but it’s just not widely used.
The ministers of the Great Food Kingdom pay special attention to the water source, and of course they all know something about the degeneration of sea water.
Liu Zhixin, as the chief historian, stood up and asked:
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, but I don't understand. Why should seawater be used as the main source and groundwater as the supplement? Shouldn't it be the other way around?"
Zhu Jingyuan nodded naturally and said:
"Yes, it is mainly based on sea water. The reason I just mentioned is that sea water is almost unlimited, but the groundwater here is limited."
Liu Zhixin still doesn’t understand:
"But the desalination of sea water consumes fuel. Although the oil in the big food country may be very rich, it should be limited, right?"
Zhu Jingyuan actually has no accurate judgment on whether oil is limited.
In the early propaganda of a previous life, oil was a limited non-renewable resource and was expected to be used until a certain year before it would be gone.
However, as we age, oil consumption continues to soar visibly, but the expected deadline continues to be delayed.
Anyway, there was no sign of running out of oil before crossing.
But now, as the leader of an oil-producing country, I still have to stand on the side of finite oil theory, so as to increase the value of oil.
But this does not mean that Zhu Jingyuan will consider energy conservation and emission reduction. If it is to be done, it must be done by the countries in Europe and the West.
So Zhu Jingyuan smiled and asked Liu Zhixin:
"Liu Qing, although the oil may be limited, after all the oil here is mined, who will want to live here?
"Before there was oil, who among the uncles and brothers of this king and your colleagues would want to live here?
“The environment in our country is much better than here in Ming Dynasty. After all the oil is mined here, we can just relocate the whole country.
“Not to mention the distance, isn’t it much more comfortable than here along the Great Qin Sea and at the foot of the mountains in the southwest?
“If all the groundwater is pumped out and the oil is not pumped out, we will have to rely on seawater to dissipate it.
"So we have to pump out the oil in the ground first, and keep the groundwater as much as possible..."
Liu Zhixin and other courtiers were obviously stunned, and immediately recalled their previous lives.
Then I felt that Zhu Jingyuan's statement really made sense.
If there was no oil here, who would want to be here...
So the ministers nodded in agreement one after another.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Zhu Jingyuan continued to express his thoughts:
“We talked about increasing revenue, and then we talked about reducing expenditure.
“First of all, don’t think about farming, don’t think about farming in the desert, don’t think about pumping groundwater here to irrigate the fields and grow rice.
“It’s very important so I emphasize it three times.
“I think the most correct direction is not to build a big city here in Liusha County.
"This is where we will dig for oil. We have made preparations and plans from the beginning. Once the oil is dug out, the whole country will relocate.
“All industries that don’t have to stay here were planned from the beginning to go elsewhere.
“Place it on the coast of the Daqin Sea, in the southwest of the Dashi Peninsula, in places with more precipitation and an overall environment that is more suitable for human life.
“Then build oil transportation pipelines to transport oil to the coasts of the Great Qin Sea, the Red Sea, and the Little Western Ocean for sale, thereby reducing local population exchanges.
“Build railways connecting China and abroad, and transport vegetables and fruits from the coast of the Qinhai Sea, Mesopotamia, Persia, Lucia, and the Ottoman region.
“Food is imported from Xintianfu, Nanyang, Lucia and other places.
“To sum up, it is to reduce the population, cities, and industrial scale around Liusha County as much as possible, and only retain oil extraction-related industries.
"Move everything else. No ordinary residents will be moved here in the future, only workers and necessary supporting industries."
In Zhu Jingyuan's previous life in Saudi Arabia, there was no place to transfer the population and they could only farm in the desert.
There is only a slightly humid area in Saudi Arabia at the foot of the mountains in the southwest of the peninsula. The rest of the country is desert.
Zhu Jingyuan's food country is not Saudi Arabia. It covers the entire food country and extends to the Mediterranean coast.
Although there are a few places with a better climate, there are chief envoys directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
But there is no problem if the big food country pays for the construction and then the whole country is subsidized. After all, it is still the territory of the big food country.
