In the study room of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi was discussing with several important ministers about the matter of next year's spring.

"Your Majesty, most of the scholars admitted here in Nanyang Province did not have meritorious fame, and there are still a few Nanyang natives, who have not even finished reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and they have all gained fame, is this a little unfair to the scholars of the native provinces?"

The official department Shangshu Wang Wei said to Emperor Hongzhi.

"I have also heard about this matter, Nanyang Province is Liu Jin as the invigilator, and he takes care of the Nanyang natives is also the meaning of the imperial court, Nanyang provinces, the new Ming Dynasty, give a certain amount of care, but also to stabilize the new provinces."

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, stood up and said.

In this matter, many imperial historians and Hanlin in the court impeached Liu Jin, saying that Liu Jin was the chief examiner, and it was unfair to take scholars in the imperial examination, and for these people, Liu Jian really wanted to sweep them all out.

Liu Jin's ability is obvious to all, he is invigilating the examination in Nanyang, and he has completely understood the meaning of the imperial court to consolidate the rule of Nanyang with the help of this imperial examination.

Where will these people understand this deep meaning, even if they know this deep meaning, they are also impeached indiscriminately, anyway, the important ministers in the court are basically impeached by these people.

The same is true of Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, who are called the three elders of the paper paste by them, saying that the three of them dare not contradict Emperor Hongzhi, and they do not have the backbone to be ministers.

"Well, that's what I mean."

"Not only Nanyang Province, but also Jiaozhi, Xianglin, Liaodong, and grassland, the same is true for these provinces, and the exam here in Grassland Province is even worse, but it is still the same to give some grassland people a reputation, and next year I will order a few jinshi to come out and let them be officials."

Emperor Hongzhi also nodded solemnly, he is now a bit of Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang's shadow.

I am now not only the emperor of the traditional Han people of the Ming Dynasty, but also the emperor of the grassland people, the emperor of the Nanyang people, the emperor of the Koreans, the emperor of the Japanese people, and even now the sun god of the descendants of the Yin Shang people of the Golden Continent.

Therefore, the bearing that should be there still has to be, and the imperial examination is not just a superficial imperial examination, but also often has the meaning of winning people's hearts and stabilizing the Quartet.

These grassland people, people from Nanyang aborigines, they are in the jinshi, when the grassland people are transferred to Nanyang to be officials, and Nanyang people are transferred to the grassland to be officials, this will not affect the rule of the Ming Dynasty, on the contrary, it can greatly envelop the hearts of the people in these places, so that they can slowly and completely integrate into the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

When the others heard this, they also hurriedly patted their ass.

"Those who are full of wanton impeachment in this matter, send them all to the Nanyang provinces, eat enough every day to support, nothing to impeach, do not know the deep meaning of the national policy, what qualifications do they have to stand in the imperial court, they should go to the place to see, learn well."

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it and said.

In the past, I thought that these officials, imperial histories and the like still had a role, but now it seems that these people are all stirring sticks, impeaching indiscriminately, and not doing personnel.

What is the one thing that Liu Jin did that is not beautiful?

The imperial examination in Nanyang Province, Liu Jin knows the deep meaning of the imperial court, the new place, this imperial examination is different from the local province, the imperial examination, the Luncai ceremony, is very important, but it is also very important to win people's hearts.

When Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, the imperial examination was held for the first time, why did he divide the north and the south?

The northern scholars could not pass the southern scholars, and the admission list was basically southerners, which made the northern scholars very dissatisfied and greatly affected the unification of the north and south of the Ming Dynasty.

Later, it was divided into two lists, the north and the south, although it is not necessarily said that it is really based on talent, but at least speaking, the hearts of the people in the northern provinces were quickly accepted by Lao Zhu.

Now this situation is also the same, Liu Jin's operation in Nanyang Province is no problem at all, among the natives of Nanyang Province, there are a few people and jinshi, and the impact on the Ming Dynasty can be said to be minimal.

But for the natives of Nanyang Province, they can feel the rain and dew of the Great Tomorrow, generate a centripetal force towards the Ming Dynasty, and gradually slowly integrate into the Ming Dynasty and stabilize the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes~"

After hearing this, Wang Wei, the secretary of the ministry, also nodded hurriedly and said yes, such a royal history and an official who have no eyesight, think about it or put it in the place.

"When the spring is over next year, we will do what we just discussed."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, this Wang Wei is also old, and this kind of is also brought here, he should have dealt with those people as soon as possible, and the Nanyang provinces are now very short of officials.

"Father~Father~"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly walked over, and before the person arrived, the voice had already come, with excitement in the voice.

"What is it like this, where is there still a little bit of the prince's appearance?"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Hongzhi reprimanded with a straight face, but well, the ministers present could clearly feel Emperor Hongzhi's doting on Zhu Houzhao.

"Father~"

"Let's go, let's go, I'll show you something good."

For Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao was not afraid at all, and directly took Emperor Hongzhi's hand and prepared to go out.

"Good stuff?"

"You don't do your job all day long, you don't study well with the teacher, are you studying those side ways again?"

Emperor Hongzhi has a straight face, why are there so many ministers here, so I am a little majestic, okay?

"Father, this time it's really not a sideshow, this thing is very helpful to agriculture, with it, a farmer can plant hundreds of acres, or even thousands of acres of land."

"It just so happens that everyone is here, so why don't you go and see it together, after reading it, if you think I'm not doing my job, I won't toss these things in the future."

Zhu Houzhao raised his head and said very confidently.

What does it mean to not do your job?

It is not a proper job to follow Yang Tinghe to study, listening to him every day, my ears are calloused, it is better to be able to really see its role and see its importance to the country by the machine I researched myself.

"Can one person plant hundreds, thousands of acres of land?"

When Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and the others heard this, they immediately became interested, looked at each other, Liu Jian smiled and said: "I'm very curious now, what kind of machine has Your Highness researched, which can actually cultivate hundreds or thousands of acres of land by one person." ”

"The minister is also very curious and wants to take a look."

Li Dongyang smiled and said.

"Since everyone is curious, why don't we go and have a look?"

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it and said, he was actually very curious, what did Zhu Houzhao research, and he could cultivate hundreds or thousands of acres of land by himself?

And as a father, if his son can really research such a thing, this father is naturally quite proud.

Everyone also nodded, very curious, followed Zhu Houzhao in a four-wheeled carriage, and soon walked out of the palace towards the suburbs.

In the experimental field where Liu Jin's agricultural business is located, many mechanics of the Beijing Machinery Factory are busy, constantly debugging the first steam harvester in the true sense of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jin next to him also looked at the harvester carefully with interest, early in the morning, before the sun was in the middle, he was pulled out of the quilt by Zhu Houzhao, saying that he wanted to take a look at the steam harvester he had researched.

His own people came, but others were gone.

"It's so clever that it can separate wheat from straw."

After looking at all kinds of harvesters in later generations, the simple steam harvester in front of me seems to be very simple, but it can still be seen that this machine is still quite advanced.

Not only is it as simple as cutting the wheat, but it can also separate the wheat from the wheat stalks, eliminating the threshing link and greatly saving manpower.

"Father, hurry up~hurry~"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao's voice came, and Liu Jin saw it, and he also hurriedly walked towards Emperor Hongzhi.

On his own expedition to Nanyang, Emperor Hongzhi deliberately gave Liu Jin a month's vacation, and he didn't have to go to court during the vacation.

"Your Majesty~"

"Exempt~Exempt~"

When Emperor Hongzhi saw Liu Jin, he didn't feel the slightest surprise, but also came to the side of the steam engine harvester with curiosity, looked at it carefully, and said: "This is what you said can make a person cultivate hundreds or hundreds of acres of fields?" ”

He was slightly disappointed, and thought that Zhu Houzhao could research something special, this ugly thing in front of him, it could help farmers farm?

The ministers who followed over also looked at this steam harvester, and they really couldn't figure out what it was for.

"Father, you just wait and see~"

Zhu Houzhao was full of confidence, only to see him excitedly come to the machine, sit on the machine and say, "Increase the fire!" ”

The inside of the boiler is already ignited, and the water in the boiler is heated again.

With Zhu Houzhao's order, someone began to add firewood to it, and soon, a raging fire began to burn in the boiler, and billowing black smoke began to come out of the smoke pipe of the steam engine.

Zhu Houzhao kept looking at a meter, the meter has a pointer here, the more the fire in the boiler burns, the more pressure the water in it begins to produce more and more pressure.

As the boiler burns, the piston starts slowly and at a faster and faster speed, generating a strong force.

The piston work drove the shaft, and the steam harvester, which had been quietly on the ground, began to move.

It doesn't matter if you make this move, Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, and Li Dongyang were shocked.

"It's moving?"

The crowd's eyes widened as they looked at the steam harvester that was slowly moving.

"Wooden Ox Flowing Horse?"

Li Dongyang looked at the machine in front of him and could clearly see that there was no one to pull it, and there were no cows and horses to pull it, and even Zhu Houzhao and a person were still sitting on it, but it actually moved.

The tall wheels pressed against the field, and although it was slow, it really moved.

"It's nothing if you move, but the real power is still to come."

Zhu Houzhao, who was controlling the steam harvester, smiled very proudly, as the water in the boiler boiled, more and more steam was generated, the piston movement became more and more frequent, and the power generated became stronger and stronger.

"Woo~"

With the sound of a whistle, billowing black smoke bubbled out, and white gas erupted from the air valve.

The speed of the steam harvester became a little faster, and at the same time, Zhu Houzhao operated a pole here, and as soon as the pole was pushed, driven by gears and rubber belts, the harvesting part in front of the steam harvester began to work.

The roar of the machine, I saw the steam harvester come to the wheat field, the front part pressed on the wheat, the blade cut, the ears of wheat were cut, and the wheat stalks were also cut, and the harvest was quickly completed.

The harvested ears are transported to the next bag by the conveyor belt, and the filling starts automatically, and the straw is neatly lined up next to it.

"This?"

Emperor Hongzhi, Li Dongyang, Liu Jian and others widened their eyes and were dumbfounded, this machine can not only move, but also be able to harvest wheat, it is really incredible?

And looking at this speed, it seems to be quite fast.

I saw that the steam harvester was constantly advancing in the wheat field, and everywhere I passed, the wheat in the wheat field had been harvested, and the bags full of wheat from generation to generation were very neatly placed on the ground.

"The waste is quite serious~"

"Still need to be improved, improved~"

As for Liu Jin looking at the steam harvester in front of him, to be honest, it was really a bit surprising that he could make it now, although this machine could not be compared with the later generations, but it was already quite good.

Zhu Houzhao was very excited, driving the machine around, walking and walking in the wheat field, and it didn't take much time, about one acre of wheat field was harvested.

The wheat is neatly packed into bags, and the wheat straw is lined up in the field, which is very efficient.

"Haha, father, how's it going?"

"I'm not bragging, with such a machine, it is very easy for a person to harvest hundreds or thousands of acres of wheat fields, and it can not only harvest wheat, it can also plough the land."

"Come, change to the plough of the plough~"

Zhu Houzhao turned the steam engine back, looked at the dumbfounded Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian and others, smiled very happily, and then began to show off again.

Soon, the engineers of the Jingcheng Machinery Factory began to dismantle parts of the harvester and then install the steam engine with a plough for ploughing.

Soon, Zhu Houzhao drove the steam engine around the field again, accompanied by the steam engine walking in the field, behind it, dragging the spacious plough deep into the soil, with the machine walking, very easily turned out the thick soil.

It is very simple, easy to plough the ground, and the soil is deeper and more neat than using oxen and horses.

Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others widened their eyes again, looking at it in disbelief, and Emperor Hongzhi even went to the field to see the soil turned out.