Chapter Seventy-One: Galloping

Zhu Qizhen has been thinking about this matter for a long time.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that it is right for the country to build the Three-North Shelterbelt and close the mountains for afforestation.

Many people think that in ancient times, there were beautiful mountains and rivers, large areas of primeval forests, but in fact, they were not, at least not in this era.

In this era, the forest and wetland coverage area in the north is naturally stronger than that of later generations, at least the population of the Ming Dynasty exploded, in fact, a little later, that is, in the Chenghua Hongzhi period.

If Zhu Qizhen can stay alive, it will probably be more than thirty years later.

But ancient and modern times are still different.

In ancient times, the dependence on climatic conditions was too serious, and they simply relied on the weather for food, and their ability to withstand abnormal weather was also much worse. If the climate of later generations is placed in this era, it is not polite to say that the north has been cannibalized for thousands of miles.

The Yellow River has been cut off. Not to mention other rivers.

Zhu Qizhen has made many deductions about this, and he feels more and more that if he wants to govern the north well and let Hebei regain the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, then he must deal with the entire ecological environment in the north.

Otherwise, even if we make great efforts to control the Haihe River system, it will be a symptom but not a root cause.

Zhu Qizhen didn't know how to improve the entire ecology, but the only way he knew was to plant trees and plant trees on a large scale.

But the premise of large-scale afforestation is to let the people have something to replace wood and firewood.

This is also the reason why Zhu Qizhen must want to promote the policy of replacing coal with firewood to the entire north.

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, the price of coal is expensive, and the people outside of Beijing are afraid that they will not be happy to use it." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I understand, but I know that coal is not expensive, and the people in Mentougou do not need money to mine coal at all. Therefore, the price of coal is more expensive than the freight. ”

Yang Shiqi listened and said, "Shengming is nothing but Your Majesty. There is a cloud in the historical records: 100 miles do not sell wood, thousands of miles do not sell wood. Hundreds of miles away, selling firewood, transporting rice thousands of miles away, the freight will exceed the cost. ”

"Your Majesty, even if the coal is more than a penny, if it is transported to a hundred miles away, the people can't afford to use it."

Zhu Qizhen said: "What Mr. said is extremely true. I have something for me to see. Please come with me, sir. ”

Yang Shiqi didn't know what Zhu Qizhen wanted him to watch, but he came out with him.

As soon as it comes out, there are two soft sedan chairs. Zhu Qizhen went to one of them, and Yang Shiqi went to the other.

The two left the Forbidden City one after the other.

But he went to Xiyuan, and it didn't take long to come to the vegetable garden in Zhu Qi Town.

This is the place where Zhu Qizhen planted crops from all over the world, as well as all kinds of vegetables, and it is also the place where Zhu Qizhen often comes.

Yang Shiqi saw something strange before he got off the sedan chair, that is, two long

Long wooden rails, lined side by side, seem to be wrapped with iron sheets.

There is a group of craftsmen here, respectfully saluting Zhu Qizhen and Yang Shiqi, but the leaders are Cao Jixiang and Liu Dingzhi.

The reason why Cao Jixiang is here is because of Wang Zhen's small actions.

Anyway, Cao Jixiang is also Wang Zhen's righteous son, and Wang Zhen can't take care of it, so let Cao Jixiang be in charge of here. Because Wang Zhen knows that although Zhu Qizhen has been in power since he became in power, he has become much more estranged from this area. But this area still has a very high status in Zhu Qizhen's heart.

Therefore, as long as Cao Jixiang can make achievements here, he will definitely be seen by Zhu Qizhen in the future.

And Liu Dingzhi is here, but because although he is the magistrate of Daxing County, in fact, Liu Dingzhi is responsible for most of the public security problems in Beijing.

After Yu Qian left, Liu Dingzhi didn't do anything big, but he fixed Yu Qian's method.

Zhu Qizhen was very satisfied.

This time, it was Zhu Qizhen who had been planning for a long time.

Zhu Qizhen got off the soft sedan chair and said, "Flatten." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The Chinese people all got up, and Zhu Qizhen asked one of the old men directly, and said, "General Xi, has it started?" ”

This master Xi is the craftsman who built the briquette furnace for Zhu Qizhen in the first place.

Facts have proved that those who can be masters have two brushes.

At least, Zhu Qizhen ordered the copying of Qin Chidao's order, and after several years of study, this master craftsman had achieved results this spring.

It's just that before, Zhu Qizhen had been busy. Just to see.

Now the plan in Zhu Qizhen's heart can also be interviewed and explored.

Especially this catastrophe, Zhu Qizhen understood one thing, that is, the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty may not be anything else, but the internal material transfer.

In many cases, it is not that the Ming Dynasty has no food, but that it cannot be transported.

If the Ming Dynasty is all over the world, no, just the north of the Ming Dynasty is full of this kind of galloping network, this natural disaster will not be too difficult to overcome.

Of course, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is not unlimited. Large-scale water control here, and large-scale construction of Chidao there, Zhu Qizhen didn't want to go to the footsteps of Emperor Yang of Sui, and he would be in a different place. The fate of Emperor Jianwen.

But the wind should be blown, and the wind should be blown, and people must always know what this is. Otherwise, when we really want to gallop in the future, I don't know how much resistance we will encounter.

Zhu Qizhen glanced at Yang Shiqi and said, "Then let's start." ”

Master Xi immediately said, "Yes." At the sound of an order, a carriage appeared, and there were two horses in front of it. The driver gave the order and sped away. They ran around the farm, about four or five miles in length, and it didn't leave their sight anyway.

Yang Shiqi looked at it and said, "But Qin Chidao? ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. has good eyesight, exactly." What do you think, sir? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty wants to use this to transport coal? Isn't the gain outweighing? Yang Shiqi's eyes were very spicy, and he could see at a glance that whether it was the wooden rail wrapped in iron sheets, or the carriage that was built, it cost silver, even if it was just a few miles, it was estimated that more than 1,000 taels of silver could not be taken.

Not to mention, I'm afraid this wooden rail will take a long time and still need to be replaced.

Whether it is from the economic cost, or on top of afforestation, to pull coal to reduce the amount of firewood used by people everywhere, how to look at it, how to outweigh the losses.

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and asked the people around him to retreat. said: "Mr. Wise, Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms, although brutal and unkind, but in many things, I have to admire, since I ascended the throne, the border defense matter, every time I ask, is there a lack of food, Daning's abandonment, isn't it just that the grain and grass are not continued?" The Hetao does not garrison troops, isn't it the same? ”

"Daming's step by step retreat on the grassland is due to the lack of food and grass, and it is never impossible to beat."

"It's that there is not enough food and grass."

"I want to inherit the legacy of Emperor Taizong, clear the desert, Taizong's five northern expeditions, the gains outweigh the losses, and Arutai is hit hard. So that now the tile spur is sitting big, and now I don't want to repeat the mistake of Taizong, with the legacy of Emperor Taizu, and ploughing and fighting, step by step, in the pass to establish a gallop road, supply the army of grain and grass. Outside the Great Wall, Yongdao was established to connect the guards, connect them into one air, and divide the grassland, so that the various departments were herding horses for the imperial court. ”

Yang Shiqi's scalp tingled when he heard this, and said, "Please think twice, Your Majesty, this matter must not be done." ”

Different people listen to it and understand it differently. In Zhu Qizhen's mind, it was his own ambition, but to Yang Shiqi's ears, it was a desperate military expenditure. and decades of conquest.

Even if Yang Shiqi worked hard, he didn't allow Zhu Qizhen to do this.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sir, don't worry, I will naturally think twice, not just three times, but thirty thoughts, three hundred thoughts, three thousand thoughts, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I think about this thing all the time." ”

"It's not just a matter of thinking twice."

Zhu Qizhen's words were not only a sign of determination, but also a bargaining price.

Yang Shiqi was a little at a loss just now, but now he has come back to his senses, he has fought with the little emperor many times, and he has never felt that the little emperor lacks youthful spirit. Mature and steady, as if he was a middle-aged man.

Thinking about it at the moment, it was too deliberate just now. Yang Shiqi sighed, half performing and half sincerely: "Since Your Majesty has made up your mind, why do you want to ask the old man, the old man is old, I ask Your Majesty to resign today, and ask Your Majesty to let the old minister return to his hometown and spend his old age in peace." ”

Zhu Qizhen was a little dumbfounded for a while.

Although he said so much, he actually wanted to bargain with Yang Shiqi. At this moment, Yang Shiqi wanted to make a mess, but he didn't know what to do.