"Second, what will it bring after the construction of the road is completed? I suggest you go to the scene to see this question at the end. After the completion of the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin Chi Road, Tianjin Wei has become one of the most prosperous cities in the north, every day there are countless goods from Tianjin Wei ashore and then transported to the Beijing Division, the tax paid by Tianjin Wei to the empire is increasing every year, and after the Jingshan Chi Road is repaired, the transportation cost from Beijing to Shanhaiguan has been reduced by two or three percent. So where did these nine million come from? That's where it came from. Zhu Youxiao continued to explain.

"According to His Majesty, this will be a very long process, but the imperial court will need to spend every year." Bi Ziyan said.

"I said, you should go to the people more often, haven't you found that after the Chi Road is repaired, it is not only the Chi Road to the city that will prosper, but also the countryside by the Chi Road?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"On paper, I finally feel shallow, I never know that this matter has to be done, and the minister should really go out and take a look." Sun Chengzong said.

"The first thing that all people want is to be fed and clothed, and I'm not wrong, am I?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, everyone nodded. Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao continued: "When a person no longer worries about food and clothing, he will consider other needs, such as safety, physical health, relationships, family, etc. This is most obvious in times of famine, not all people are saints, when ordinary people are hungry, they will eat everything they can eat, and even eat people, you should have seen this in the history books, right? ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true, Cang Liao knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing." Wen Tiren replied.

"When everyone is well fed and clothed, and no longer worries about food and clothing, they will think about sending their children to school, and they will think about living better, eating better, dressing better, and using them better. It is this kind of thinking that will make all walks of life in the empire flourish. Zhu Youxiao said.

"But in that case, the empire will be extravagant." Huang Shijun said.

"Extravagance, what is extravagance? There are tens of millions of luxury, that is, there are tens of millions of physiology. To give a simple example, pear orchards are prevalent in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are tens of thousands of small people who are fed by dramas every day. Do you have to rely on the imperial court to support it? The money is earned legally by themselves, and how they use it is their business, and the court should not care, what the court should do should be to let every common person live without worry, to make the empire the most powerful country in the world, and to let every common people and the court have one mind, rather than caring whether the people wear silk and satin, whether they eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas? Zhu Youxiao retorted.

Zhu Youxiao's words made everyone disagree, "Your Majesty ......"

"I'm tired, don't talk about it, all Aiqing go back and think carefully about what I said today, if you can't understand it, I'm going to go down to Jiangnan again in August, and I'll go and see if you can talk to me." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

……

On February 4, the price of tulips plummeted, causing countless people in Europe to lose their fortunes in an instant, which in turn affected the national economy into a recession for several years, and this economic crisis caused the Netherlands to begin to step down from the status of world hegemon. The economic crisis that broke out in Europe, in history, directly affected the Ming Dynasty, making the Ming Dynasty also begin to break out at about the same time, and further pushed the Ming Dynasty, which was full of holes, into the abyss.

It's just that Zhu Youxiao, who is now in Beijing, doesn't know that an economic crisis has broken out in Europe. Now the whole court is preparing or implementing Zhu Youxiao's three things.

In May, Song Yingxing's "Heavenly Creations" was completed, and Zhu Youxiao requested that the weapons and gunpowder in the book be deleted before it was officially published and distributed. "Heavenly Creation" gave Zhu Youxiao the idea of compiling an encyclopedia, and he immediately summoned Song Yingxing and Fang Yizhi.

"Song Aiqing, from today onwards, you don't know how to be the head of the Money Bureau. I am going to fund the compilation of an encyclopedia that blends Chinese and Western cultures, and it will be up to the two of you to do so. Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"If it is done, I will reward you without hesitation, and the Apocalypse Award must belong to the two of you." Zhu Youxiao assured.

"The minister doesn't dare, it's the minister's duty to serve His Majesty." The two bowed in reply.

"No matter how much manpower, material and financial resources are spent, I must do it well." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

……

At this time, the 50,000-strong army led by Chen Si approached the Chechen Khan, forcing the Chechen Khan to return to the army, so that he could not rescue the Manchus. At the same time, the heavy artillery delivered by Xu Chengming from the sea has also been sent to Jinzhou. After Xu Chengming destroyed Donghu, he is now the governor of the Jinan Governor's Mansion.

At the beginning of June, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Shuojiao and others led 100,000 troops to approach Jilin Ula. Dolgon himself led an army of 50,000 to defend Jilin Ula. Although the two sides have not officially fought, the scouts of the two sides have already exchanged hands at this moment. The two sides won and lost each other in the scout battle. The Ming army relied on superiority in equipment, while the Manchu relied on the ability of individuals to fight on horseback.

On June 15, an army of 50,000 led by Zhao arrived at the foot of the city of Wula, Jilin. The 50,000-strong army led by Zhao led by Zhao Shuojiao included 5,000 winged cavalry, 20,000 dragoons, 25,000 infantry, and was also equipped with 200 marksmen.

Zhao did not immediately attack after arriving in Jilin Wula, but prepared to confront the Manchu army twenty miles from Jilin Wula.

Dolgon knew that the Ming army was waiting for heavy artillery, and without the support of heavy artillery, the Ming army could not attack the city of Wula, Jilin. The Ming army did not attack, he launched an attack first, and he wanted to destroy this Ming army first when the Ming army's foothold was unstable and the Ming army's heavy artillery had not yet arrived.

The Manchu cavalry was the first to attack. At this time, the infantry phalanx of the Ming army had not yet been constructed, and Zhao Shujiao had to order five thousand winged cavalry to meet it.

Seeing the Ming army's hussars attacking, the Manchu light cavalry in the jogging was divided left and right, and a heavy cavalry rushed out of the cavalry.

The winged cavalry of the Ming army repeatedly made war exploits, so that Huang Taiji also began to learn from the Ming army to form heavy cavalry, and the heavy cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were all in full armor, which was the heavy cavalry. Such a heavy cavalry Huang Taiji poured all the strength of the whole country into only 6,000 horses, and this time he invested 3,000 in Jilin Wula. Huang Taiji understood that if the Ming army could not be defeated this time, the Manchu Qing would no longer be able to threaten the Ming Dynasty for one or two hundred years, and this battle could be said to be the last battle between the Manchus and the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing the Manchu heavy cavalry attacking, the dragoons of the Ming army also attacked at the same time, and this cavalry battle became heavy cavalry against heavy cavalry, light cavalry against light cavalry.

(End of chapter)