Chapter 72 Mentougou to the Beijing Line

What Yang Shiqi said is not all false, Yang Shiqi does not have much attachment to the government, especially as the emperor grows up and becomes more and more assertive.

Yang Shiqi is such a smart person, he doesn't know when he should retire. The affection between him and the emperor will fade little by little with the political friction between the two.

Yang Shiqi can't live long, and he thinks more about leaving some political resources for his children and grandchildren.

And what is the biggest political resource in Daming? It's Jane in the Emperor's Heart.

Yang Shiqi sensitively felt that with the growth of power in Zhu Qizhen's hands, the longer he stayed, the less pleasing he would be, and he would even leave a disaster for his descendants.

Naturally, there is a desire to go.

But if you want to go, it is not easy to go. At least the Empress Dowager will not let her go easily, and the things in the court are coming one after another.

Where you can go, you can go.

Because of this, Yang Shiqi's move was to retreat into advance, which made Zhu Qizhen blind.

Zhu Qizhen understood more and more that in fact, it was easier to deal with a person than to deal with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, easier to deal with an old man with no ambitions, and easier to deal with a new Shoufu who was not clear.

Not to mention that although Yang Shiqi is old, in presiding over government affairs, it is estimated that few people in the Manchu Dynasty can win.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen's attitude towards Yang Shiqi has developed from hostility to Yang Shiqi who has just ascended the throne, and even wants to overturn it, to now, he wants to use Yang Shiqi until he is old.

Yang Shiqi is still able to subdue hundreds of officials.

Zhu Qizhen immediately said: "Sir, I am wrong. What I mean is that although I have this plan, my husband is an old minister, who has followed Taizong's Northern Expedition several times and is familiar with the trend of the mountains and rivers outside the Saiwai, but I don't know if my plan will work? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, the minister only glanced at it, where can you see how many clues, but if Your Majesty is willing to give it a try, just give it a try, however, this route is not too long, at most only a hundred miles." It's just that the household department is short of money and grain, and I heard that the Mentougou Coal Supervisor has nearly 100,000 taels of money and grain per year, so it's better to -----"

Yang Shiqi actually didn't see the benefits of this gallop.

How to transport grain in ancient times, although there were carriages, but the carriages generally could not run, because the roads did not allow it, and the traffic capacity of most roads in ancient times was not too good.

This increase in transportation capacity is of great benefit both militarily and internally, and the annual freight savings alone are astronomical.

Therefore, even though Yang Shiqi doesn't trust much in the Chidao system in front of him, he is willing to try one or two.

When Zhu Qizhen heard Yang Shiqi say this, he knew that he couldn't stand cheaply. said: "Okay, since this is the case, I will make Cao Jixiang responsible for this matter." ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty."

Why should this be? The old minister has seen Liu Dingzhi here, His Majesty's intention is not to use Liu Dingzhi, the minister also thinks it is very good, Liu Dingzhi is the champion of His Majesty's personal order, and there will be a day when he will enter the cabinet in the future, it is necessary to exercise more in order to prepare for the coming day, and let Liu Dingzhi be responsible for this matter. ”

Zhu Qizhen was a little depressed in his heart. I felt that I couldn't hold my breath in my heart. And the old fox said.

Yes, Zhu Qizhen's original intention in calling Yang Shiqi over was to let this already formed Chidao have a chance to experiment, after all, this Chidao is a system. It's not just a matter of a few cars, two wooden rails, many things can only be found in use.

Zhu Qizhen called Liu Dingzhi over, and naturally also meant to make Liu Dingzhi responsible.

As Yang Shiqi said, Liu Dingzhi is the first champion personally named by Zhu Qizhen, and he is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, if you have to add another adjective, it is the eldest brother among the protégés of the Son of Heaven, Miao Gen is red, loyal to Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qizhen valued Liu Dingzhi very much from the beginning, and it can be seen from Liu Dingzhi's resume.

It was a small horse breeder who came up step by step.

It can be said that he knows the local situation and disadvantages well.

Maybe others don't understand Zhu Qizhen's mind and think that Zhu Qizhen treats Liu Dingzhi lightly, but Yang Shiqi can't understand where this is mistreatment, and it is simply to cultivate Zaifu.

The champion is generally a six-grade official, but Liu Dingzhi is in the army, and the horse farm goes back and forth, where there is suffering, but where, it took two or three years to mix up with Liupin Daxingzhi County. However, the resume is extremely solid, and the future cabinet is promising, and it is by no means a talk.

Zhu Qizhen asked Liu Dingzhi to come, in fact, there are three meanings, one is to let Shuntianfu pay money, because after Shuntianfu Yuqian carried out reforms, it can be regarded as a rich yamen. Second, I want Liu Dingzhi to be in charge of this matter, because galloping is not dealing with horses.

In fact, the imperial court is not short of horses, but what is lacking is war horses.

There are hundreds of thousands of horses in the homes of the people in Beizhili, Shandong, Henan, and other places. Most of them are not suitable for conquest, but if they are used to pull carts, it is good.

And Liu Dingzhi had been in Taifu Temple before, and he was familiar with raising horses, so it couldn't be better to be in charge of this matter.

Third, I just want Liu Dingzhi to show his face in front of Yang Shiqi.

After all, in Zhu Qizhen's plan, Yang Shiqi will stay in the position of first assistant in the cabinet for at least a few years, and Liu Dingzhi can't come to Zhu Qizhen directly if he encounters some things.

It's not appropriate.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen introduced Yang Shiqi, and if he wanted to come to Yang Shiqi, he would definitely take care of one or two.

It's just that he never expected that he would suffer such a big loss on Yang Shiqi's side.

Not to mention the money, Zhu Qizhen planned to repair Mentougou to Beijing, and also to repair the route from Beijing to Tongzhou, because it was transported to Beijing

Grain must be disembarked in Tongzhou, and after getting off the ship, it must be transferred to land transportation.

The place where a gallop is necessary.

But now Zhu Qizhen has miscalculated.

"Let's go, Yang Shiqi nodded, and I don't want to object too much to the DPRK." Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "Slow down, slow down." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, just according to Mr.'s wishes." Immediately, Zhu Qizhen beckoned, called Liu Dingzhi over, and said: "The gallop road from Mentougou to the capital can be started, and if there is something, you can report it to Yang Shoufu." ”

Yang Shiqi said to Liu Dingzhi: "Lord Jing, you and I are fellow villagers, originally in my opinion, such an important matter, naturally I have to find an old Chéng Rén to preside, but Your Majesty values you, and I can't, you have to do things well, and you can't live up to Your Majesty." ”

Liu Dingzhizi is Jing, and he is also from Jiangxi.

He was very moved at this moment and said, "Please rest assured, this matter will be done well by the lower officials." Then he saluted Zhu Qizhen and said, "The minister will not disappoint His Majesty's love." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "You just have to do things, and when you do this thing well, I will transfer you to the military department and be in charge of the post station." Although Zhu Qizhen said what he said to Liu Dingzhi, Zhu Qizhen's eyes were looking at Yang Shiqi.

Yang Shiqi listened to it and knew that he heard Zhu Qizhen's off-string sound.

What kind of scene will it be when the post station is combined with the Chidao? With rich political experience, Yang Shiqi suddenly thought in his heart: "I'm afraid that the three divisions of each province will become the fourth division again, that is, the transfer department." But I probably can't see it. ”

The post station is connected with Chidao as a whole, and the money and grain from all over the country do not need to be transported by the grain chief, but only need to be transported by this system. The importance of this system has risen all of a sudden, and it is not appropriate for the political envoy or the procurator to be in charge, and it is natural to set up another official to manage it.

It is best to use the old name of the Song Dynasty transfer envoy.

Yang Shiqi calculated the time, even if the project is not big, Mentougou to Jingshi, but more than 100 miles. But if you want to push him into the world, you have to be a few years.

This is not only to test the gallop repeatedly, but also to wait for the financial resources of the imperial court to recover.

After all, Zhu Qizhen is bent on managing water conservancy in Hebei, and it may not be completed in a few years, or even ten years. When it really comes to the implementation of the gallop road and covers a province, I don't know when.

For the first time, Yang Shiqi didn't say anything, but he had a sense of expectation for the future described by Zhu Qizhen in his heart. sighed that he was getting old, and probably didn't see that day.

However, Yang Shiqi's worries about Zhu Qizhen have also completely dissipated.

Many Confucian ministers hope that the emperor will rule the world according to etiquette, but Yang Shiqi and others still have the style of the early Ming Dynasty, and what science they do is all talking about it, but what they really value is the way of fame and hegemony.