In five days, the water-powered spinning machine that Gan Qi wanted came out.

The sample is placed on top of a ditch, and the water from top to bottom drives the waterwheel around, which pushes the spinning machine back and forth through gears, and the differential gear drives the shuttle back and forth.

Gan Qi was obviously very satisfied with this work, and immediately asked Mr. Shen Kuo to produce a hundred machines, and he had to train a few craftsmen as resident engineers, and he also had to teach some embroidery girls to be trainers for factory workers.

To build a factory from scratch, the project is really not small.

From tomorrow, Wu Qiaoer will often come to Shen Kuo, as the director of the factory, Wu Qiaoer has to know everything from the most basic to the most complex.

Gan Qi also had to take Wu Qiao'er outside the city from time to time to see the construction site and tell Wu Qiao'er about his simple drawings 1510.

There are also some business things that should also be taught to Wu Qiaoer.

"Sister Qiao'er, after the factory starts, there must be a detailed account from labor money, to food and drink, machine loss, and cost expenditure. This makes it possible to calculate the cost price per piece of cloth. Gan Qi explained this because he might be leaving the capital.

The climate is getting colder, and Ganchi has to set off for the northwest in advance, and the big war will start.

"Official, what about the price of this cloth?" Wu Qiao'er asked her the most important thing in her heart.

Gan Qi thought for a moment and replied: "Calculate the cost first, the price must be low, and the maximum cannot exceed seventy percent of the market price of cotton cloth." ”

"Officials, if this is the case, I am afraid that those who spin cloth at home to sell it will have no way to live." Wu Qiao'er thought of the main point of the matter.

Once Ganchi's factory was opened, countless workshops had to close down, and many people lost their livelihoods.

Gan Qi nodded: "This is helpless, and the advanced productive forces will inevitably eliminate the backward productive forces." In fact, this spinning method is not only used for cotton production, but also for silk weaving. It will definitely cause many small workshops to go out of business, and many people will have no livelihood. When the time comes, you should also spend more effort to recruit embroiderers who know how to weave, and try to help those who have no livelihood. The wages are also more open, and the basic wages are set at a consistent five, and some excellent and skilled ones can be increased as appropriate. ”

The salary given by Gan Qi is naturally extremely high, and it is basically the level of the yamen in the yamen. At this time, recruitment naturally has to spend some money, and it will have to be changed in the future, such as using the "piecework" method to calculate wages, which will improve production efficiency by another level.

The capitalists have already thought through these means, and Gan Qi can use them.

Wu Qiao'er felt a little more comfortable in her heart, and felt that after all, she still had to give those people in small workshops a way to live, and she had not yet realized how to be a capitalist.

After arranging these things, Gan Qi also went back to the yamen, returned to the yamen, began to send military orders to the northwestern armies, and began to mobilize grain and grass.

It is also necessary to start borrowing money from the money village again, and to buy grain and grass in the market, not only in Bianliang, but also in the state capitals of the major producing places, so as to avoid the sharp rise in grain prices in one place.

The armies in the northwest also began to be ordered, mainly in two directions, one direction was Qingtang City, that is, the upper plateau, and the other direction was to assemble in Hetao, preparing to attack the land of Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia, and completely drive Western Xia out of the Yellow River valley and drive to the land of Guazhou, Shazhou.

Preparations were being made everywhere, just waiting for Ganchi to leave for the front.

Gan Qi went to see the emperor again, and he still had to explain the arrangements for the affairs of the court after he left.

Zhao Ji also learned to be smart this time, and before Gan Qi spoke, he said: "Don't worry, I know." The general direction is to listen to Wang Anshi, and the specific operation is subject to Sima Guang. ”

Gan Qi nodded, in fact, he also meant the same, without Fubi, there would be nothing to worry too much about.

The affairs of the court are nothing more than the promotion and dispatch of officials, or where there are natural and man-made disasters, this time the matter of grain and grass, Gan Qi himself has prepared well, and there is no need for the court to worry about the war.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang are under Gan Qi, and they can cooperate in big and small things, so I am afraid that the two will compete against each other, but fortunately, now that Gan Qi is on top, this problem cannot break out for the time being.

"Your Majesty, the minister is here to destroy the Western Xia and completely open up the Hexi Corridor, and this will definitely live up to the emperor's grace!" Gan Qi once again respectfully bowed to Emperor Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji felt in his heart, and also got up and saluted, with tears in his eyes: "Mr. Gan is here, you must be careful, the court can't leave Mr." ”

"If you don't deserve your majesty's great gift, your ministers will live up to your family and country."

"But you must not say these unlucky words, you must come back safely." Zhao Ji and Gan Qi, the two of them came and went several times, which was really touching.

Gan Qi left the palace and went straight to the Privy Council, keeping an eye on the progress of big and small things.

But there was something Gan Qi didn't expect, that is, someone was waiting for Gan Qi to leave Beijing. In Luoyang, countless children of the Shi clan have already begun to assemble, and after Gan Qi leaves Beijing, they will enter Beijing.

Behind this matter, I think there are many people who are fueling the troubles. Those court officials didn't dare to oppose some things in front of the court and Gan Qi, so they could only do this and let those children of the scholar clan do it.

Cheng Yi is naturally the leader.

This time, all over Gyeonggi, there is a lot of mourning, and no one in the entire group of scholars can be spared, so how can these people not rise up to fight?

Ganchi is gone, and the timing is perfect.

Gan Qi arranged everything he could arrange, changed the chief officials in various places, added authority to the Imperial Historical Observatory to inspect all places, and everything was in an orderly manner, and there was no turmoil.

Now, the turmoil is finally coming, but Gan Qi is not in front of him.

When Gan Qi took the army and baggage, and carried more than 100 of his large and small artillery pieces out of Beijing, within a few days, Tokyo was full of soldiers gathered from all over the country.

Everywhere in the building, these people are talking.

The content of the discussion is nothing more than the fallacy of the policy of being willing to be fair, spreading the land into the acre, and letting the country compete with the people for profit. The "people" in the mouth of the scholar can be understood in different ways.

Secondly, the most offensive to Ganqi is that Ganqi has changed the governors of the entire Gyeonggi state capital, forming a party for personal gain, with the intention of not being subordinate.

In the end, it was Gan Qi who won the hearts of the people in the army, and the army only heard of Gan Xianggong, but did not hear of the Great Song Dynasty. It's a cliché, but it's also a crime.

Gan Qi was gone, and no one in the court wrote a letter of impeachment.

But for a few days, there was a sea of people outside the Donghua Gate.

It's nothing more than a way to ask for your life.

This frightened Zhao Ji, the first time he faced this situation, it was a bit of a mess.

The emperor is actually a position with closed information, once a crowd gathers to ask for help, Zhao Ji immediately has a feeling that something has caused anger and resentment.

Zhao Zhen has been the emperor for no longer than Renzong Zhao Zhen, and he has a certain understanding of everything. He had just become the emperor not long ago, and his mind was a little uncertain, as soon as he heard that there were a sea of scholars gathered outside the Donghua Gate, he immediately asked people to recruit the leader into the palace, and asked to understand clearly.

Luoyang Cheng Yi naturally went to the palace to see him.

As soon as the two met, Zhao Ji immediately asked, "What caused so many of you to gather and ask for your life?" ”

Cheng Yi is becoming more and more mature now, in fact, his reputation is not small, the Luoyang faction belongs to his greatest fame, the key is that he is also talented, above speech, writing books and sayings, etc., and there are many disciples.

Today's Cheng Yi is no longer as young and impulsive as before, and replied after the big salute: "Your Majesty, the students are here only for the sake of the court and society, not for personal interests, and there are many things to play with Your Majesty, all of which are the aspirations of the people." ”

Zhao Ji was a little anxious, and said: "You say yes, I am in front of you, and you should know everything and say everything." ”

"That student is courageous, one of which is that there are three disadvantages of the strategy of spreading the land into the acre. One disadvantage, the disadvantage is that the court competes with the people for profit......" Speaking of this, Cheng Yi looked up at the emperor, just waiting for the emperor to ask.

"Spreading the land into the mu is actually a policy to reduce the burden on the people of the world, why has it become a policy to compete with the people for profit?" Zhao Ji was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, there is a fixed amount of money and grain produced in the world, not in the imperial court, but in the people. The policy of apportioning the land into the mu is just a policy to let the imperial court collect more taxes, and its purpose is also for this, which is just a clever name. Your Majesty thinks about it, there is a certain amount of money and food, not in the government but in the people. The more the government has, the fewer the people will naturally have. Isn't it a struggle with the people for profit? ”

Cheng Yi's logic made Zhao Ji stunned, which means that his emperor is competing for interests with the people? The button of this big hat inevitably made Zhao Ji a little weak-hearted, but he didn't understand it, so he replied: "The policy of apportioning the land into the mu can make the landless not pay taxes, which is a great good act." ”

"Your Majesty, the landless are the people, and the landless are not the people? The people and the people should be treated equally, but why is the great act of kindness to ask some people to pay more taxes? If the imperial court really wanted to do great good, it could exempt the landless people from taxes, so why should they raise taxes on the landless people? ”

Cheng Yi represented the people, and Zhao Ji represented the officials. In Confucianism, isn't this just that officials are oppressing the people?

Let the poor not pay taxes, that is Zhao Ji's benevolence. But to raise taxes on people, that is Zhao Ji's tyranny.

Zhao Ji was a little big, and he was thinking in his heart, if Gan Xiang was in the court, how would he answer this question?

"The imperial court wants to pay taxes, naturally for the country and the people, build bridges and pave roads, build schools, and build water conservancy ditches. It is taken from the people and used by the people, and there is no selfishness. I have never used a penny more of the people's money and food. Zhao Ji expressed his frankness.

"Your Majesty, is that really the case? Gan Xiang has been fighting for many years, and he has never stopped in the past few years, and I don't know how much money and food the people have spent. How does this move? Cheng Yi finally brought the topic to Gan Qi.

"Willing to fight, that is also for the country. The strong enemy is outside, and I don't know how many people at the border pass are miserable, and only by destroying the strong enemy can they live and work in peace and contentment. Zhao Ji played his due level and fought with Cheng Yi on the basis of reason.

"Your Majesty, Western Xia has already fled far away and does not dare to go east. The Liao people have fled north, surviving in the bitter cold. The Great Song Dynasty has no strong enemies outside, but Gan Xiang still has to fight like this year after year, even if it stops for a year? Isn't it okay to let the people recuperate for a year? Why are you in such a hurry? Is it just for merit? Isn't that selfish? Cheng Yi said it right.

Zhao Ji also understood, his face changed, and he replied: "The national plan is far-reaching, how can you understand?" The hundred-legged insects die but do not stiffen, and if they do not take advantage of the situation to annihilate, when they breathe, they will inevitably become a great disaster again. ”

"Your Majesty, it is not advisable to be reckless! History is a mirror, I don't know how many dynasties have died because of reckless military force. Cheng Yi's concept is not that he has any conspiracy, but that he really thinks so. I really feel that Gan Qi is reckless, since there is Gan Qi, it is really endless in Zhengzhou for many years, I don't know how many soldiers have died, I don't know how much food has been used, which is also inconsistent with some people's Confucianism.

The most important thing is that he believes that now there is no strong enemy, and there is no need to fight like this year after year.

Zhao Ji was a little irritable, this is not something that can be reasoned, there are two sides to everything, and never think that everyone's thoughts can be completely consistent. But Zhao Ji knew that Gan Qi was the right thing to do.

Zhao Ji waved his hand: "What else is going on?" Let's talk about it together. ”

"Your Majesty, the second is the affairs of the state capitals in Gyeonggi, the students heard that all over Gyeonggi, more than a dozen state capitals, the chief officials changed overnight, and the students even heard that the chief officials of the entire Gyeonggi were all out of the Gan Xiangmen. This matter has never been done in ancient times! The students did not dare to judge themselves, but they also had to make a bitter statement in front of His Majesty. ”

In this matter, it is obvious that Gan Qi has done it too radically, replacing all the chief officials of a province with his people. But it is also a helpless move, because Gan Qi always thinks about how Wang Anshi's reform failed in history, so he must avoid "repeating the mistakes of the past" at all times, and he will inevitably make radical moves.

Zhao Ji heard this, and frowned again. He knew about it, and he didn't think much of it at first, because he trusted Ganchi enough. At this time, if someone else talks about this matter, Zhao Ji can't help but understand it.

But Zhao Ji said: "Do you want to say that Gan Xiang has a heart of disobedience? ”

Now Cheng Yi has already matured and shook his head: "The student didn't say that, the student just said that this matter is inappropriate!" When the appointment of Ganxiang is withdrawn. ”

Zhao Ji was even more irritable: "Gan Xiang is the prime minister of the dynasty, since he is the prime minister of the dynasty, he naturally has the right to be the master of the appointment and dismissal of court officials." If you feel that Gan Xiang is not suitable to be the prime minister, you can tell me a reason. If you think that Gan Xiang is still suitable to be the prime minister, then you should not make irresponsible remarks here. ”

"Your Majesty, even the prime minister, can't be so nepotistic! Otherwise, the country will not be a country. "Cheng Yi is loyal.

"Whether there is cronyism or not also depends on whether the person appointed is virtuous or not. If the people who are willing to do anything can do good things, why not? "Zhao Ji is not trying to compete with this person who criticizes the government.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, how can the Son of Heaven act like this? Cheng Yi was already kneeling and worshipping.

"Okay, tell me anything." Zhao Ji was already in a bad mood.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing, and that is in the army. Gan Xiang cut the world's forbidden compartment and removed half of Thailand, and today's army is all under Gan Xiang's command, and the army does not hear the Son of Heaven, only Gan Xiang...... This is really a great omen, something that has never happened in all dynasties. "Cheng Yi said this time, he was crying.