Emperor Chongzhen finally made a good wave, accompanied by his two little wives and sons and daughters, and rarely put aside the bad things of government affairs and wars, and had a good visit to Nanjing City.

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, planned to accompany him on the tour, but Emperor Chongzhen disliked Xu Hongji as old and ugly, so this face was still an iconic old face inside and outside Nanjing, so he refused.

I haven't come to Nanjing City for a few years to show my face, in fact, no one in Nanjing City still remembers what Emperor Chongzhen looks like.

Before leaving Nanjing, Emperor Chongzhen still went to worship Xiaoling with great fanfare, and reported his work to Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that the Ming Empire was thriving under his leadership, and it was very much a sesame flower, so that Comrade Zhu would continue to bless himself and continue to bless the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen also said that as long as Comrade Lao Zhu blessed, he would bring back the heads of the chiefs of the known barbarian countries on the earth in the next twenty or thirty years and give them to Comrade Lao Zhu as gifts, so that his old people would also be happy together.

The accompanying Nanjing Qintian supervisor and Zhang Xianyong, a Taoist leader who had just arrived from Longhu Mountain, said that Emperor Taizu Gao had received the work report of Emperor Chongzhen and was very satisfied with Emperor Chongzhen's work performance, and hoped that Emperor Chongzhen would guard against arrogance and rashness, continue to work hard, and strive to turn the whole earth into a pigsty of the old Zhu family......

There is nothing that makes Emperor Chongzhen happier than having his work affirmed, and with a sense of self-delusional satisfaction, Emperor Chongzhen left Nanjing with his two little wives and sons and daughters.

Also leaving was Emperor Chongzhen's favorite little wife, Yi Guifei, who bought and bought those things in Nanjing City.

According to Concubine Yi, she finally came out for a trip, and she had to buy more things to bring back to the queen and other concubines, as for Jiang Ling'er, the newcomer, she didn't have any money herself, so she didn't need to spend money.

Then Emperor Chongzhen summed up a truth: women are creatures that are not divided into ancient and modern times, and buying and buying is their eternal pursuit.

Fortunately, there is no Taobao and Goudong this year, otherwise there is a courier brother at the gate of the palace every day to deliver goods, how awkward to think about this matter.

Emperor Chongzhen's route back to Beijing is completely random, just left Nanjing and went straight to Hangzhou, the broken bridge is naturally to see, the West Lake is naturally to see, by the way, take a look at the ** tower.

The iron lock that locked the tower door naturally did not exist in front of the king, and after walking back and forth inside, Emperor Chongzhen did not find any trace of the white lady.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was extremely disappointed, finally went willful - let Jinyiwei catch a white snake, and then release the white snake himself, will there be a charming little lady to repay me after thousands of years?

Yi Guifei and Jiang Ling'er were very strange about Emperor Chongzhen's behavior, and after hearing the story of "The Legend of the New White Lady" from Emperor Chongzhen's mouth, Yi Guifei told Emperor Chongzhen categorically: "Sure enough, every person who reads more is negative!" That Xu Xian seems to be infatuated, but regardless of the child, he ran to Jinshan Temple to become a monk, which is a manifestation of incompetence in itself, which makes people look down on him. ”

After Jiang Ling'er agreed with Concubine Yi's opinion, she put forward a new idea: "If there is no Fahai Zen Master, what should I do after Xu Xian dies?" Will the White Lady abandon the idea of becoming an immortal and take care of her children? ”

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly had one head and two big.

You ask me this kind of, how do I answer? I'm not a screenwriter!

Between the law that two women are equal to five hundred ducks, Emperor Chongzhen decided to change the topic, so on a dark and windy night, Emperor Chongzhen hugged Concubine Yi on his left and Jiang Ling'er on his right, and told them the story of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Then, naturally, it was an absurd night, as strong as Emperor Chongzhen, and the next day he couldn't help beating his waist, and sighed that there was no ploughed land, only tired cattle, and the ancients were honest and did not deceive me.

Emperor Chongzhen took his two little wives, sons and daughters, and a group of horses and boys to run back to Beijing, waved his clothes, and did not take away a cloud, but left the story of "The Legend of the New White Lady" and "A Chinese Ghost Story" in the West Lake.

After waiting for Daming Lake, Emperor Chongzhen waited for a long time and did not wait for Xia Yuhe on the shore of Daming Lake, and he couldn't help but feel melancholy in his heart.

I'm so handsome, and I'm an emperor, why don't I have a girl rushing to give me a hug? Those kennu with rat tails are so popular? There are those who send them through the ages, there are those who send them to the door, and there are those who are foolish and hard to guard after being played and abandoned, why is it that there is no one here?

His mother!

However, it doesn't matter if there is no sister to take the initiative to send it, there are still delicious foods to try in Shandong, especially Emperor Chongzhen, who grew up in Shandong in his previous life, and he always can't resist the temptation of Shandong's food.

The only thing that made Emperor Chongzhen not very satisfied was that during a private visit to Weifu, he found that there were a lot of green skins in Jinan City.

In other words, not only Jinan City, but also the whole Shandong has a lot of green skins, these goods pay attention to what kind of righteousness in the rivers and lakes, and from time to time they also pull out what is the way of heaven, which is simply a remake of the water margin.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had seen a lot of green skins along the way, was suddenly very dissatisfied.

Naturally, no one among the common people wants to provoke these green skins, after all, the broken bowl does not touch the hard stones, these green heads are brave and ruthless scumbags, and it is common for them to draw knives when they don't agree with each other, and they can't afford to deal with them.

The powerful naturally look down on these green skins, and the green skins are also very discerning, and they have never provoked those who are powerful, and they specifically bully those honest people.

This is not good, the common people will definitely be oppressed, but I can only be oppressed, because I have collected taxes from them, which is equivalent to collecting their protection money, and now these little green skins want to collect a second stubble from the common people, isn't that a slap in the face?

Emperor Chongzhen, who was not in a good mood, was not in the mood to travel slowly anymore, and after bidding farewell to the non-existent Xia Yuhe on the shore of Daming Lake, he drove back to Beijing.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, especially Zhang Zhiji has a very good relationship with Lu Xiangsheng, and Emperor Chongzhen did not deliberately order secrecy, so the news that Emperor Chongzhen was unhappy soon let the cabinet know.

As soon as the cabinet knew, the eight ministries of the court also knew, and then the governors of the provinces also knew.

As the so-called food monarch's Lu should share the king's worries, the imperial historians in the court were the first to jump out.

After sprinkling a lot of nonsense, Luo Junchen, the doctor of the Imperial Historical Observatory, turned the topic to the right track: "The minister inspected Hebei, Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi provinces a few days ago, and the rule of officials can be regarded as clear, but the things that disturb the people are endless, and the local government should be ordered to strictly govern it." ”

Emperor Chongzhen snorted and looked at Lu Xiangsheng: "What does Lu Aiqing think?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter is sooner rather than later, and it should be important rather than light." ”

Emperor Chongzhen hummed again and said, "What if there is a wrong? ”

Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, I'd rather be in vain than indulge!" Only by knocking out all these green skins once can we effectively deter those with bad intentions, and in the future, we can return the people to a bright sky once and for all! ”

After finishing speaking, Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a while before continuing: "For officialdom, it should be the same. Now that it is the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen, it is now possible to start Jingcha again next year, so it is better to act together and completely defeat the illegal officials who are backing Qingpi over there. ”

When Lu Xiangsheng's words fell, a large number of civil and military officials began to jump out together, expressing their agreement with Lu Xiangsheng's opinion, which made Emperor Chongzhen feel confused.

Accomplices, the officials below are also accomplices of you, and now you actually put on an appearance of hating them immortally?

After thinking about it for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen didn't understand why.

However, since he couldn't figure it out, Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to think about it, so he simply opened his mouth and ordered: "The cabinet will take a piece of Chen, and instruct the second-level reserve guards in various places to cooperate, Dali Temple Zhengqing is the main one, and the second son of the emperor, Zhu Cihong, is the second-hand son." ”

After Lu Xiangsheng bowed down, he continued: "Your Majesty, regarding the plan from the twenty-sixth year of Chongzhen to the thirty-year period of Chongzhen, the cabinet has already discussed it with the eight ministries. ”

Hearing that the Sixth Five-Year Plan had been promulgated, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became interested: "Tell me, where is the focus?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the focus is still on building roads, including roads for horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians, as well as railways, followed by bridges and embankments in various places.

Since the beginning of Chongzhen's overhaul of roads in the second year, the Ming Dynasty has completed more than 100,000 miles of railway construction, and more than 200 roads between state capitals have been rebuilt, with a total mileage of about 200,000 miles based on straight roads, consuming about 1.7 million laborers, and the relevant expenses have been sorted out.

From the 26th year of Chongzhen to the 30th year of Chongzhen, it is expected to complete the construction of 150,000 miles of railways and complete the reconstruction of roads between 300 states. ”

How much money was spent, Lu Xiangsheng didn't say, but Emperor Chongzhen could guess even if he guessed.

1,700,000 laborers, calculated at the cost of five taels of silver per laborer, the laborers alone amounted to 8,500,000 taels.

The problem is that these laborers are only the purchase price, and because the laborers start the war, the laborers' food and clothing costs, the materials spent on road construction, and the wages of the Ming people are countless times greater than the consumption of laborers.

If you don't have any concept of tens of millions of taels of silver, think about a big fat chicken for only 26 yuan, rice for two yuan a catty, and one tael of silver is equal to a thousand yuan.

If it is replaced by the people of the Ming Dynasty to build, the cost that needs to be paid is only more - after the complete abolition of forced labor, the local government wants to let the people of the Ming Dynasty work, and they have to pay for it.

It can be said that many of Emperor Chongzhen's policies have made his throne extremely stable, and the people of the world will support him from the bottom of their hearts, but at the same time, they have also brought countless troubles to themselves.

At the very least, Yang Er's construction of the canal did not pay the wages......

Thankfully, the roads were basically paved with alien bones and silver.

With the Ming Dynasty under the leadership of Emperor Chongzhen to open the arms and longevity paste trade, a large amount of silver from all over the world flowed into the Ming treasury, and then was used by the treasury to build roads and give benefits to the people.

This is the dividend brought by the strong national strength and the large population base, and even now is not the time for the demographic dividend to explode.

The strength of the country and the large population base mean that the fist is strong enough for a country, which means that Emperor Chongzhen can pass on all the costs of this change to other countries and nations.

In fact, even Emperor Chongzhen himself didn't know what kind of changes would be brought to the Ming Dynasty when he was old for twenty or thirty years, when the population of the Ming Dynasty ushered in a big explosion.

As the old saying goes, if you are wrong, you must admit it, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright, Emperor Chongzhen is glad that there is no existence of the Virgin Mary in this era, and no one will talk about human rights and boil oil.

Emperor Chongzhen was even more fortunate that the people of the Ming Empire firmly believed that the Ming Empire itself was a beacon, and no one thought that other countries were beacons......

After nodding with a smile, Emperor Chongzhen spoke: "And then?" If that's all there is to it, it's not enough. ”

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said: "Your Majesty, in addition to these, from the twenty-sixth year of Chongzhen to the thirtieth year of Chongzhen, there will be 50 million Guan Bao Yuan will be invested in the construction of social science, 10 million Guan Bao Yuan will be invested in the construction of state schools and government schools in various places, and 50 million Guan will be invested in the construction of universities.

In addition, from the 26th year of Chongzhen to the 30th year of Chongzhen, it is estimated that 30,000 yuan of military expenditure will be used for the salary and weapon replacement of the guards in various places, and it is expected that 20,000 yuan of treasure money will be used for the reserve plan. ”

After all, it was in the court, and Lu Xiangsheng didn't say it nakedly to go out to fight with 200 million yuan in treasure money, so he wanted some face.

Emperor Chongzhen also nodded secretly, because this ratio was actually about the same.

Road construction must be a national policy that cannot be shaken for a hundred years, and when the railway and highway are completed, these two projects may be stopped.

And there are still many places that do not belong to the Ming Dynasty, such as a large part of the Mughals, the whole of the Ottoman Empire and most of Europe.

These places will definitely have to be built with railways and highways in the future, how can there be enough time for 180 years?

As for the proportion of education and military spending, it seems that military spending is much more than education, but in fact, this proportion is probably within a reasonable range.

The biggest reason is that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is too large, and there are too many soldiers, so the costs that need to be borne are correspondingly more.

After more than 20 years of construction, social studies are almost there, and it is the state schools and government schools that really need a lot of expenses, that is, the junior high school and high school parts.

As for universities, there is less urgency, after all, the population has not really started to explode.

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen simply said: "I still have one more matter, I want to discuss it with everyone." ”