If it weren't for Taizu telling the emperor about these things in a dream, he wouldn't have believed these courtiers if he killed them, and how could the emperor know about these things from other places!

At this moment, among these Confucian disciples in the Wenhua Palace, I don't know how many people believe in the things that go to heaven and earth after death, and believe in the existence of immortals.

These generals of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies were the first to come to their senses. They can confirm from Emperor Chongzhen's words that there will be battles to fight in the future, which means that there are military merits to be made. Therefore, they were all delighted and supported from the bottom of their hearts, and immediately praised the emperor's wisdom one by one!

After their response, the civil officials and the eunuchs who mainly handled the clerical affairs also came to their senses.

For them, it is not a bad thing that the emperor has made it clear that he will continue to expand his territory in the future.

Judging from the territory development in recent years, Daming actually didn't pay much.

Mongolia and Mobei and further afield were mainly conquests by Mongols, and they did not encounter many enemies. North Korea was destroyed by Jianju, and the Ming Dynasty basically just accepted it. Dongwu and Annan were personally conquered by the emperor, and they were basically defeated at a very small price.

In addition, another benefit of opening up these territories is to solve the problem of land annexation in the country, and under the drought in the south and north, more people can be diverted out, whether it is to the Hetao Plain, or Liaodong, or Korea, Dongwu and Annam, which can greatly alleviate the difficulty of the domestic government to provide disaster relief and comfort to the victims.

Also, if there are so many more places, there need to be many officials to govern, which is not a good thing for people who are officials in the imperial court!

More importantly, the expansion of territory is what all dynasties have pursued, and it is the standard that can best demonstrate the power of the emperor and evaluate the national strength of a dynasty.

Since ancient times, the most famous emperor in history is only the Qin Emperor Han Wu, the Tang Emperor and the Song Ancestor.

The Qin Emperor ruled the world, for the Qin State, it was not to expand the territory!

The Han Wu beat the Xiongnu to the west, and sealed the wolf Juxu, according to the Han Dynasty, it is also to expand the territory!

Tang Taizong is powerful all over the world, and the Tang Dynasty is the foundation he handed down, it is for the Heavenly Khan, and the Western Regions are returned to the Tang Dynasty, and it is to expand the territory!

Song Gaozu unified the north and the south, and for the Song Dynasty, of course, it was also to expand the territory!

All this shows the importance of expanding the territory! Now that the emperor is interested in expanding the territory, it is for a generation of great emperors, so these courtiers will definitely leave a mark in the history books.

As long as you continue to win battles when expanding your territory, and you won't waste money and money, then no one will dislike it! Not to mention, the emperor's purpose in expanding the territory is not just to add great achievements to himself, but to seek benefits for his children and grandchildren.

Of course, if the war is defeated externally, affects the people's livelihood, and makes the Ming Dynasty itself boil with public resentment, it will be an evaluation of reckless military force. But obviously, for the time being, there is no possibility of reckless militarism!

Therefore, these civil officials and eunuchs in the Wenhua Hall also praised the emperor's wisdom one by one.

And Emperor Chongzhen, for the future overall plan, has already explained in enough detail to these ministers, so he said loudly with a serious face: "Therefore, for the sake of the future, this traffic must be built as soon as possible. A few years ago, I reformed the guards, divided them into soldiers, engineers, and eliminated some of them as farmers. This matter is implemented on the side of Jingshi, and he is already experienced. Therefore, I decided that the next nationwide renovation of health centers must be completed as soon as possible. ”

For the reform of the health center, it is not the next will. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the implementation of the military household guard is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's military affairs, and if something goes wrong, it will affect the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, after several years of continuous brewing and small-scale experiments, Emperor Chongzhen decided to start speeding up.

These courtiers in the Wenhua Palace had already known and paid attention to the changes carried out by Emperor Chongzhen, and now they understood the causes and consequences, and they all understood that the emperor's determination to change the guards would not be diverted by any will.

Just as they were thinking about it, they heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to say to them: "The future soldiers will be used in foreign wars; The so-called engineering soldiers are the soldiers who build roads and bridges, and use this as the backbone to assist the civilian service in various places to realize the great changes in our Ming Dynasty transportation! ”

"Weichen (the last general) (slave maid) obeys the order!" In the Wenhua Palace, a group of people received the decree in unison.

Emperor Chongzhen then nodded to the inner attendant, and the inner attendant hung another map on the screen.

These civilian, military and military generals were a little curious, so they looked at this new map one after another, and found that it was still a map of the Ming Dynasty, but there were many red circles and lines on it.

When they were watching, they saw that Emperor Chongzhen had already pointed at the red ones with a thin stick and explained to them: "The original naturalization city is going to be expanded, and a road will be built from Yulin to pass it." From now on, the city of Naturalization will be the center of the northern steppe. ”

"Jingshi will build a road to Hanzhong in the past, and it will continue to extend in the future, leading to the Western Regions and then to the west. Jingshi wants to build a road to Shenyang for Liaodong. It then extends from Shenyang to Busan. Also, Jingshi went south to the road, passing through Yingtianfu to Guangzhou. In addition, build a road from Yingtianfu to the first line of Dongwu in Yunnan. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen withdrew his stick, held it in his hand and said to the ministers below: "The roads I just said are the main way of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Repair these articles first, and then rely on them to spread to other parts of the Ming Dynasty. As for the standard ...... of roads"

After a pause, he signaled to the inner servants, and hung a painting, and without waiting for the ministers to look carefully, Emperor Chongzhen explained to them: "This is the road that is about to be built." Two lanes in both directions, based on today's four-wheeled carriages. This one over here, I call it a railway, reserve it first. You don't have to rush to build. ”

It has to be said that he is ambitious. Since he was going to rebuild the road with cement, he planned to do it once and for all, and to a high standard. The cement road is two-lane in both directions, and a railway is reserved on the side of the road. Wait until the train test is successful, and then start building the railway.

As a traverser who foresaw the future development, Emperor Chongzhen felt that this kind of planning was taken for granted. Otherwise, if you tinker with the progress of the times or something, the price you pay will be even greater.

At this time, his will is unshakable, and the courtiers under him can at most ask for clarity and supplement and improve, and absolutely not veto.

Under the strong influence of Emperor Chongzhen, the vigorous reshaping of the Ming Dynasty movement began in the twentieth year of Chongzhen.

Within the route demarcated by Emperor Chongzhen, according to the production capacity of the cement factory today, cement factories began to be set up to supply various sections of roads for road construction.

This cement factory did not adopt a joint-stock system, but was directly controlled by the imperial court.

Of course, in any case, the cement plant requires capital investment. And this money, part of the imperial treasury, and the rest, the cement was sold to wealthy families along the way.

Concrete houses, roads, etc., are definitely a novelty and face-saving thing in this era. Coupled with practicality, as well as reducing fire damage better than wooden houses, it can be said that cement is definitely a popular commodity.

In terms of manpower, in addition to the engineers who were renovated from the guards, the local government also had to arrange labor to repair roads during the agricultural slack. Among them, in addition to the salary, the engineer does not need to be paid for labor, and even has to bring his own dry food.

However, Emperor Chongzhen obviously did not do this, although he also did not pay for it, but he stipulated that the government should manage the food. In this way, the people will not be so resistant to building roads.

For ordinary people, the truth is really useless, and it is not as affordable as this. Now that the national strength allows, Emperor Chongzhen is naturally more generous.

In this regard, some officials have advised that if this happens, it will become a rule, and they are afraid that it will be inappropriate. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not listen, and still asked the local government to implement it.

Of course, the so-called government management of rice does not mean that white rice is full. Each person's food ration must be rationed. And it's not all white rice, including corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and so on.

Also, in the process of building roads, the land encountered was not a matter in this feudal dynasty.

However, it is inevitable that this kind of large-scale action involving the whole country definitely has side effects. Based on the experience brought by later generations, Emperor Chongzhen felt that there might be corruption on the side of the cement factory, so in addition to ordering the local capital to inspect the cement factory, he also sent factory guards to secretly monitor.

In addition to this, the factory guards who are scattered are also responsible for the impact of road construction in various places on people's livelihood. Regularly summarized and presented to him.

Emperor Chongzhen did not go out to lead the troops to fight in the 20 years of Chongzhen, but he was also busy as a dog.

First of all, in terms of the imperial examination, there are more miscellaneous subjects, all of which are the first examinations, and he has to keep an eye on them; He also has to keep an eye on the innovation of the guard; To build roads and bridges, you have to keep an eye on it. Not to mention, he also has to take care of the marriage of the crown prince Zhu Cihong and Princess Changping, and the marriage of several other children is also on the agenda.

In addition, for the supplement of natural knowledge, he also had to search out of his mind to form words; He had to pay attention to the improvement of the steam engine, the application of the steam engine in the car and ship, etc.

As for other day-to-day government affairs, basically except for the most important things, everything else has been taken care of. I have to say that such a huge empire, if you don't do this, you will have to die of exhaustion!

Sometimes, Emperor Chongzhen really admires Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di in his heart, I don't know if they do it themselves, aren't they tired?

In August of the twentieth year of Chongzhen, Yan Yingyuan, the governor of Dongwu, sent a good news, saying that the entire territory of Dongwu had been pacified; By October, good news also came from the Bolu Xiangsheng in Liaodong, and the entire territory of Annam had been swept away.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't particularly care about this, because it was what he expected. However, there was one situation that he did not expect.

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