Yang Shiqi was very worried about Xia Yuanji. Two years of inventory was too little time. You must know that the first inventory took four years to complete.
Xia Yuanji was not a big talker, and he only made one request to Zhu Yunwen: "Your Majesty, I need the Ministry of Rites, the Imperial College, and the prefectural and county schools to cooperate and participate in the Qing Dynasty."
Zhu Yunwen smiled.
I have to say that Xia Yuanji's move is really exquisite.
In the past few years, the main force in clearing the land was the Imperial College students and the county government and the common people in the countryside. But this time, Xia Yuanji changed his strategy and chose to focus on the Imperial College and Fuzhou County Schools, supplemented by the county government and the people in the countryside.
Nowadays, the scale of schools in prefectures and counties has begun to increase, so it is naturally no problem to take them out to do some practical classes. As long as the areas are staggered, supervision is strengthened, and students are not allowed to clear land in their hometowns, the progress and results of the land clearing can still be guaranteed.
This strategy still wouldn't have worked five years ago, but now, this condition is met.
Zhu Yunwen instructed the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College to cooperate with the Ministry of Husbandry in the work of clearing the land, and then looked at Huang Fu, the minister of the Ministry of Works: "The clearing of the land of the Ministry of Industry not only offends people, but also puts a lot of pressure on people, but the Ministry of Works also has a lot of things to do. I hope the Ministry of Works can do it. Prioritize."
Huang Fu left work and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has determined three major projects and three minor projects. They are only waiting for review in February. Once the Ministry of Accounts agrees to allocate money, they can be fully implemented."
Xia Yuanji's face looked a little ugly. Every February, the imperial court would review the financial budgets of various ministries. This was the most difficult day and the most troublesome time for the Ministry of Revenue.
Putting aside official salaries, military pay, rewards, royal family payments and disaster relief funds, the remaining finances will be transferred to various ministries.
They carve it up to the death, quarreling fiercely every year, and fighting over tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This year, the Ministry of Industry has launched three major projects and three small projects. This is where the knife is used to cut off a piece of fat.
"Tell me more specifically."
Zhu Yunwen was very interested.
Huang Fu cleared his throat and raised his voice a few degrees: "Three major projects are the railway project, the water conservancy project and the iron ship project. The train was born, and its future role in connecting north to south and east to west cannot be ignored. Building railways is It is inevitable. In terms of water conservancy, it is necessary to increase the cleaning of blocked rivers, the excavation of water wells, and the maintenance of dams in various places, and prepare to build reservoirs in various places to reduce the impact of local floods and droughts on farming..."
"The iron ship project plans to build 800 pure iron steam engines in the next five years to satisfy the imperial court's control of the sea, supply overseas enclaves, and replace the obsolete old wooden ships. At the same time, it is planned to build one to three pure iron large ships. Treasure ship, but this project is too difficult and is still under investigation..."
Zhu Yunwen recognized the arrangements of the Ministry of Industry very much.
The older batch of wooden ships have been at sea for a long time, and the cost of maintenance is increasing day by day. In particular, the use of steam engines has a great impact on the life of wooden ships. The next few years will be the peak period for the continuous elimination of wooden ships, and it will also be the end of iron ships. Peak period.
"Let's shelve the pure iron treasure ship for the time being." Zhu Yunwen rejected this plan and said to Huang Fu and others: "The pure iron treasure ship is difficult, costly and slow. Prioritize the construction of the pure iron treasure ship, and appropriately It is also possible to increase the size. After two or three years of settling, it will not be too late to start the production of pure iron treasure ships.
. "
Huang Fu responded and continued to introduce: "Though the three minor projects have small characters, they are not small at all. The first is the concrete road project. The Ministry of Industry hopes to spend ten years to pave all the main official roads into concrete roads. The second is the printing project. . The Craftsman College has made new progress in movable type printing. The Ministry of Industry hopes to take this opportunity to promote movable type printing instead of woodblock printing, so as to print teaching materials and corresponding classics faster. Third, rectify and inspect the mines in various places... "
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly, glanced at Xia Yuanji, and saw that there was no movement from him, so he said: "Then draw up the documents and make a budget, and discuss it together in February."
Huang Fu understood and retreated.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Bao Zhao, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment: "The "Da Ming Code" was first compiled in the seventh year of Hongwu. Although some criminal laws have been adjusted over the years, times have changed and some provisions are no longer applicable. The Ministry of Punishment should cooperate with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, do a good job in criminal law content
Revision. In the future, every five or ten years, we will arrange a revision of the laws and regulations, change the inappropriate ones, and add the content that is not involved..."
Bao Zhao has no objection.
The Ming Dynasty has developed so fast over the years that many new situations have emerged, which have not appeared in the laws and regulations, such as being hit and killed by trespassing on the train tracks. Although this kind of thing has not happened yet, it will always happen after the laws and regulations. It is made clear in the article that no compensation or responsibility will be given for trespassing on the track and being killed, and the court still needs to investigate him for the crime of endangering train safety.
After Zhu Yunwen made arrangements, he told Gu Pu and others from the Ministry of War: "Now that the fighting in the four directions has ceased, and the threat to the north has been greatly weakened, the Ministry of War needs to discuss with the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, firstly, to promote the popularization and replacement of firearms, and secondly,
It is necessary to dismantle and merge the guard posts. For inland guard posts, unless they are critical places, they can be appropriately converted into guard posts. "
Hearing this, Gu Pu looked at Mei Yin aside.
Mei Yin didn't say anything.
Without the enemy and internal stability, it is obviously inappropriate to continue to maintain a huge guard station under such circumstances. Moreover, with the popularity of the new army strategy, the pressure on the court is also great, and reducing the number of sergeants in the guard station is an inevitable trend.
Zhu Yunwen weakened the number and strength of local guards not out of the need to strengthen the Beijing army and strengthen the weak branches, but because the power of firearms and the ability to transfer and support troops were greatly improved. In the past, five thousand people could defend a city against three people. With 10,000 enemy troops and now 3,000 people relying on firearms with long-range lethality, it is not difficult to defend the city.
What's more, tens of thousands of enemies can no longer be found in the border areas. It is more in line with the current national conditions to appropriately reduce the number of sergeants, conduct another layoff, and turn them into farmers to develop mulberry farming.
Zhu Yunwen turned his attention to Jian Yi, the official minister, and said seriously: "The official department is the top priority. The external enemies have been eliminated, but internal governance has a long way to go. There are still many things that local officials do not do, especially business prosperity. After that, many officials began to indulge in pleasure and indulge in wine and sex! Such a prosperous era cannot be achieved, and the officials must be strictly managed!"
Jian Yi said seriously: "A prosperous era should begin with the administration of officials. I will do my best to evaluate local officials."
After Zhu Yunwen arranged the affairs of the six departments, he stood up and said: "It is my wish to have a prosperous age and a well-off society for the people! Whether you can leave your name in history depends on how high the Ming Dynasty can reach in the next ten years! May our monarchs and ministers work together as one heart Work together, don’t do it for selfish reasons
To attack each other for the benefit of others, it should be done for the benefit of the country and the strength of the people! "
All the officials moved together to salute and shout.
After leaving the court, Zhu Yunwen returned to Wuying Hall. Before he had a sip of tea, the chamberlain notified Hu Hui to see him.
Hu Xi entered the palace and saluted, and looked at the chamberlains on the left and right.
Zhu Yunwen raised his hand to ask the chamberlain to step back, and then said to Hu Hu, "Is there any result?"
Hu Xi solemnly said: "Your Majesty, as to why Wuyi's subordinate Chen Bayuan's ship appeared in Dingyuan Province, I took the Imperial Academy to supervise the students at the Navigation Academy, and asked Zhang Lang, Zhao Miaozi and others who participated in the great voyage to participate in a careful analysis. After that, three hypotheses were derived.”
Zhu Yunwen took Hu Hui into the side hall and dropped the map of the universe.
Hu Hui looked at the map, picked up the bamboo stick and pointed to the location of South America: "Wu Yi sailed with Zheng He's fleet but did not arrive in South America, and did not rendezvous smoothly. Zheng He and others speculated that he might have been killed, and the appearance of Chen Bayuan, It proves that Wu Yi’s fleet probably reached land. By analyzing the sea route from Africa to South America, judging from the direction of ocean currents, there are only two directions.”
"The first direction is from the west coast of Africa to the west, and finally south, arriving near the Amazon River. The second direction is to be swept north by other ocean currents and arrive in North America. A lot of information provided by the Navy Commander's Office , Zheng He, Luo Guanying and others stayed in South America for a long time, but did not wait for Wuyi's fleet. Therefore, the most common speculation at present is that Wuyi's fleet arrived in South America!"
Zhu Yunwen frowned slightly: "What is the reason for this result?"
Hu Xi said seriously: "It may be a mistake in operating the star board, or there may be something wrong with Simon or the compass, or something else."
One thing is that the big treasure ship lost its power and the rudder was broken. Under the strong wind and high waves, the sergeant could not control the course at all and could only drift with the tide. "
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly.
There are many possibilities, plus one current is indeed heading towards North America.
"Tell me three hypotheses."
Zhu Yunwen put his hands behind his back and stared at the map.
Hu Hui nodded, and then said: "The first hypothesis is rather exaggerated. A supervisor at the Navigation Institute believes that Wuyi's large fleet did not reach the Americas. It is likely that it yawed as soon as it set sail, and finally entered the westerly wind prematurely. With the west wind, it missed South America and entered the Pacific Ocean between Antarctica and South America. Then it was lost in the sea and swept north by the ocean currents. Finally, it was here, at the equatorial ocean current mentioned by the emperor, that it was sent to Dingyuan."
Zhu Yunwen shook his head slightly: "It shouldn't have yawed so much. It missed South America and directly entered the westerly belt. This degree of yaw is too ridiculous."
Hu Hui pointed to North America: "The other two hypotheses assume that Wu Yi arrived in North America. Some supervisors believe that Wu Yi successfully landed and went west to find high-yielding crops. However, there were great losses in the process and not much harvest. In order to complete the mission, Wu Yi chose to disperse the personnel, which resulted in some personnel being unable to contact the main force for various reasons and being left in North America."
"The main force of Wuyi returned and re-entered the Atlantic Ocean. Unfortunately, an accident occurred and they failed to return. Chen Bayuan was probably a sergeant who stayed in North America. Because he did not have the strength to cross the Americas twice to reach the east coast, he had to choose to stay on the west coast of America. Go to sea and finally appear
In Dingyuan Province. "
Zhu Yunwen stared.
This assumption is reasonable. Both South and North America are very dangerous now. Coupled with the existence of virgin forests and various ferocious animals, once a small number of sergeants break away from the main force, they may not be able to return again. They would rather venture into the sea and look for opportunities than travel through virgin forests.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Hu Hui: "What about the third hypothesis?"
Hu Xi solemnly said: "Your Majesty, do you still remember Guo Wenxing? He was a supervisor of the Imperial College. He was born in Qintian Prison and sailed with the Wuyi Fleet. This person is a strong supporter of the round earth theory. If this person is still alive, then he is very You may take risks and arrange more than one voyage across the Pacific towards the Ming Dynasty!”
"I'm going out for something, so I'll be a little less busy today. Sorry for your understanding. Thank you Jingxue."
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