Regarding Ni Yuanlu's statement, Huang Daozhou also thought about it for a long time before he replied to him: "Why is Brother Ruyu so careful? This year's famine is easy to get through, and now is the time to clean up the mess and wait for reconstruction.

What good will it do for the country to provoke a struggle between the DPRK and China at this time, apart from involving the energies of all parties and abandoning the main task of restoring and rebuilding the disaster-stricken areas?

Wang Hanru's case may indeed be able to cause shocks in the court, but it can kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 self-inflicted losses, and it may not be us who provoke a struggle at this time, and we may not be the ones who have the last laugh. If this incident causes a split in our party, I am afraid that we will become the target of our comrades in the party. ”

Huang Daozhou's earnest exhortation did not make Ni Yuanlu change his mind, he pondered for a while and then said: "I know what Youxuan's worries are, since the establishment of the new Donglin Party, although I can't reform the government and overturn the case for the gentlemen of Donglin, but with the signboard of the New Donglin Party, now the DPRK and China can be regarded as supporting each other and forming a faction of their own."

In fact, most of the comrades of this party are satisfied with the status quo. As for inheriting the legacy of the gentlemen of Donglin and the ambition of being inseparable from the remnants of the eunuch party in the DPRK, many people have already left it behind. Now that we provoke such a struggle, we will not only be hated by those treacherous people, but even our comrades in the party will be dissatisfied with us.

But Youxuan, now is the time to wait. If we don't raise the banner of crusading against the traitors in the DPRK and China today, I am afraid that there will be no such opportunity in the future. ”

Huang Daozhou and Zheng Zheng both looked at Ni Yuanlu in surprise, and asked him in unison, "No chance?" Where does this begin? ”

Ni Yuanlu also said to the two: "I have been transferred to the Bureau of Statistics for a long time, originally I thought that this was a place to raise idlers, but after I served for a year, I thought that my idea was wrong. If the purpose of revising history is to give us an idea of what the situation was like in the past dynasties, then the data compiled by the Bureau of Statistics from various places actually allows us to understand what the current situation is like in the country.

Maybe you all think that because of this year's catastrophe, the current Ming Dynasty is in a precarious situation. However, according to the data compiled by the Statistics Bureau this year, our losses are not as big as we thought. Especially in the industrial, mining and commercial sectors, this year's famine has provided the market with a large number of cheap labor, but it has achieved a higher growth rate than last year.

A major famine like this year's is a once-in-a-century occurrence, and I don't think there will be such a severe disaster in the future. And even if there is another famine like this, the two of you can also look at the things on our table, kelp stewed tofu, spiced whale meat, steamed crabs... With Siamse rice, these products are all from overseas.

As long as we can continue to improve our maritime transportation capacity and continue to open up the land in the South Seas, we can always make up for our domestic losses from abroad. Therefore, once the famine has passed, the whole country can quickly recover. The economic growth, which had been masked by the famine, would soon be shown.

Once the people have shared these benefits, can we still get them to support us against those traitors in the court? And after they have won such merits, will our generation still have the right to speak in the DPRK and China in the future?

Therefore, we must take advantage of the present to make trouble, if we can overturn the case for the gentlemen of Donglin, it is good, but even if we can't, we must take back the right to speak in the court. We can't continue to be like Qian Muzhai and continue to be with these eunuch remnants and light, otherwise in the next few decades, maybe we can really only stand aside.

Isn't this situation enough for us to give it a go? ”

When Zheng Zheng on the side had not yet been able to fully digest the large amount of information revealed in Ni Yuanlu's words, Huang Daozhou asked with some disbelief: "It seems that the industrial and agricultural data of this year should not have been summarized and reported, why is Brother Ru Yu so sure that this year's industry and commerce will be better than in previous years?" Could it be that a disaster of this magnitude would have no impact on industry and commerce at all? ”

Ni Yuanlu said with an unchanged expression: "If you want to know the state of industry and commerce, why do you need to wait until all the data comes out, in fact, as long as you look at whether the power value used in the industrial and mining industry has risen, you can roughly draw a basic conclusion."

In the third year of Chongzhen, the imperial court counted the power data used by industrial and mining industries all over the country for the first time, but only more than 45,000 horsepower, of which animal power accounted for more than ninety percent, and other kinetic energy such as wind and water power was less than one percent.

By this year, according to statistics from industrial and mining industries across the country, the power has reached 940,000 horsepower, of which animal power accounts for about 4 percent, and wind, water and the newly emerged steam power account for 60 percent.

Only four years ago, steam power was only a hundred horsepower, but this year it has surpassed 28,000 horsepower, and its growth has surpassed that of other sources of power.

The use of animal power requires a large amount of refined grain, and the output power is still small; Wind and water power are mostly dependent on natural conditions; Only this steam power does not pick a place, nor consumes food, and the output power is quite stable, and all it needs is steel and coal. Therefore, the cotton textile industry and the smelting industry are extremely interested in this new type of power machinery.

The increase in the total power of the industrial and mining industry indicates that the industrial and mining industry is developing. The increase in steam power indicates the increase in the production of cotton cloth and steel, and these two commodities are the bulk goods that China is now exporting, which also shows that overseas trade has not declined.

This year's catastrophe did have a certain impact on industry and commerce, but it seems that this impact has not hit the development of industry and commerce. ”

Ni Yuanlu paused slightly, and then said to the two friends: "Moreover, the Bureau of Statistics still has some data, you should also know about it."

As of this year, more than 3,400 primary and secondary schools have been set up in Hebei, including Beijing, with about 140,000 students enrolled, and more than 2,000 qualified middle school graduates every year.

Although these people can read and write and understand some things, they are not saints' disciples. Most of them are basically engaged in industry and commerce, but a few of them aim to enter universities and become government officials.

In Hebei alone, there are so many middle school students graduating every year, and although most of the primary and secondary schools across the country are not as large as those in Hebei, they are not a small number together.

Have you ever wondered if such a group of non-saint disciples continues to grow, who will decide the court and the country in the future? ”

After listening to Ni Yuanlu's worried remarks, Huang Daozhou and Zheng Zheng were also speechless for a while. Zheng Zheng is not enough, he has been abandoned for so long, and he does not know enough about the political situation in the DPRK and China. If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have stayed at the same level of politics as the young scholars, and had made it his goal to expel the remnants of the eunuchs in the court.

And in front of Ni Yuanlu and Huang Daozhou, the expulsion of the traitorous villain in the DPRK is just a political means, and the real purpose is what they want to do after expelling the traitorous villain.

Before attending this banquet, Huang Daozhou actually wanted to protect Wang Hanru and stabilize the current situation, so that the cabinet could concentrate on restoring the country's vitality. But after listening to Ni Yuanlu's words, he couldn't help but be a little shaken. It's not that he denied his previous thoughts, but he feels that he seems to be unable to stop the actions of Ni Yuanlu and others.

Huang Daozhou thought for a long time before he replied to Ni Yuanlu: "Brother Ruyu's words are also for the sake of us scholars and the future of the imperial court, and I shouldn't have questioned it. However, Brother Nian, have you ever considered that if Your Majesty is not willing to support us, we may not have any chance of winning this struggle. At Your Majesty's age, after the defeat of our people, I am afraid that we will only be able to swim leisurely under the spring for the rest of our lives. ”

Ni Yuanlu was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Judging from the current situation, there is still a chance to fight. If we don't, I'm afraid we will be regarded as sinners by our descendants. Do we have to sit idly by and watch a group of mercenary villains and sideways people who advocate tricks and tricks fill the court?

What's more, although Jin Shang is smart and capable, he can suppress all the forces in the court with his own strength. However, except for Emperor Shenzong, who can be regarded as long-lived, his father and brother all died in the prime of life. We also have to think about it, if such a thing happens again, and the power of the DPRK and China falls into the hands of these villains, will the country still be able to maintain its current stability? ”

Ni Yuanlu's explicit words finally made Huang Daozhou and Zheng Zheng change their faces slightly. Huang Daozhou had to interrupt the other party, diverted the topic and said: "Let's talk about how to start with Wang Hanru's case..."

Just when Ni Yuanlu, Huang Daozhou and the other three were secretly discussing, Cui Chengxiu was also visiting Wu Chunfu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. Although Wu Chunfu made his fortune in the past, he relied on Cui Chengxiu to introduce him to Wei Zhongxian, which made him the backbone of the eunuch party.

However, with Chongzhen's ascension to the throne, the so-called eunuch group can be regarded as scattered, and Wu Chunfu, who escaped political liquidation, will naturally not continue to die with the signboard of the eunuch party. Therefore, after the first year of Chongzhen, he stuck to his own one-third of an acre of land in the Ministry of Industry, and never contacted the original eunuch backbones again.

As far as Wu Chunfu himself is concerned, he wants to maintain this posture until he retires, and at his age, there is only one and a half years left. However, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, he wants to be safe and stable to retire, but others don't think so.

Wu Chunfu was a little surprised by Cui Chengxiu's visit, but he couldn't help but see it, after all, the other party could be regarded as discovering his own Bole.