"His Majesty's teachings, the old minister really feels the same, Rong Chen goes back and thinks about it, and then gives His Majesty a fold." Li Chunye also thought about the issue of the army's security, which required a huge amount of expenditure, and without the emperor's consent, the Ministry of Finance would never allocate such a large sum of money, since Zhu Youzhen took the initiative to talk about the aftermath of the disabled and killed soldiers, he believed that Zhu Youzhen would definitely have his own ideas.

How did Li Chunye know that during the Northern Expedition, the Ming army got a large amount of gold and silver in Shenyang, and Zhu Youzhen kept an eye on it at that time.

"Li Aiqing doesn't need to be in a hurry, these things are not a day's work, go back and think slowly, you can also go to the army to investigate, understand the real thoughts of the soldiers, and gradually improve." Li Chunye, who has no experience in later generations, can keep up with his own train of thought, and it would be good to do things well, Zhu Youzhen naturally had no intention of blaming, he set his eyes on Li Changgeng again, "Li Aiqing, how are several main roads being built?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, the first avenue from Jingshi to Wudi has been built to Binjiang City, and it is estimated that before the frozen weather comes, it can be built to Halu City." Li Changgeng was not prepared, so he had to report to the first avenue he was most familiar with.

Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, motioning for Li Changgeng to continue.

"The second avenue has crossed Liangzhou (now Wuwei), and it can reach Ganzhou (now Zhangye) by the end of August at the latest.

The end of the journey? Zhu Youzhen thought silently in his heart, how could Jiayuguan be the end of the Second Avenue? It's good to be able to calculate the midpoint, and the coming day is long, and Zhu Youzhen has not broken it.

"The third avenue from Jingshi to Chita, due to the use of the method of building at the same time in sections, the speed has been greatly accelerated, if you count the mileage, it should have been built to the midpoint of the river city on the banks of Xilin and the Krulun River, it is estimated that before the official freezing, you can complete the Xilin to Linhe section, and the next spring will be frozen, you can start construction at the same time from Linhe and Hengjiu, but this Klulun River Bridge ......"

Zhu Youzhen searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, and finally vaguely remembered something, "The Krulun River will have a dry period every year, and it will even break off, you can find the local hydrological data to see." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister understands."

"How is the survey of the road from Beijing to Nanjing?" If the first avenue and the third avenue are to control the outside of the Guan, then the passage between the two capitals is to prosper the industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis, without the developed industry and commerce as the foundation, the territory recovered outside the Guanguan will be lost sooner or later, so Zhu Youzhen's strategy of "road first" shifted the focus to the core area of the Ming Dynasty's rule.

"Back to Your Majesty, this road has been surveyed, and there are currently two plans, please decide on it."

"Two options?" Zhu Youzhen was puzzled, "What are the two plans?" ”

"One is to take the east route, starting from Jinan, passing through Yanzhou Mansion in Shandong Province, Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion in Jiangnan Province, and arriving at Pukou on the north bank of the Yangtze River in the Nanjing section, and the other is to take the western route, which is also starting from Jinan, passing through Xuzhou Mansion, Fengyang Mansion and Chuzhou in Jiangnan Province to Pukou.

Zhu Youzhen thought silently for a while, these two routes, there is a certain truth, the current Yangzhou Mansion, is a famous prosperous city in the country, the road traffic, may promote Yangzhou more prosperous, but he clearly remembers, the later generations of the Beijing-Shanghai railway line, take the west line, as for why take the west line, he doesn't know what the reason is, it is good to have the experience of later generations, "take the west line, the east line is blocked by Hongze Lake." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Changgeng also has a problem, "It's just that this section of the Yangtze River is too wide to build the Yangtze River Bridge for the time being, and the minister plans to build the Pukou Wharf on the north bank and the Xiaguan Wharf on the south bank." ”

The Yangtze River Bridge is really difficult Zhu Youzhen, the Nanjing section of the Yangtze River, the river is as wide as three miles, if the Yangtze River Bridge is built, plus the approach bridge, I am afraid it will take seven or eight miles, the key is not the length of the bridge, but the difficulty of construction, the Yangtze River water flow is large, it is impossible to cut off the flow, and it is impossible to build a dam upstream to block the river water, if you want to repair the bridge, you must build underwater construction, but now there is no underwater construction technology at all, besides, the cement produced now, I don't know whether it has the conditions for underwater construction.

"Well, let's do it first, the Yangtze River Bridge will be built sooner or later, but not now."

"Your Majesty, after the roadbed survey is completed, when will the construction of this avenue between the two capitals begin?"

"Now that the survey is complete, let's start building immediately, and I will personally go to Bi Ziyan to ask for money."

"Your Majesty, the avenue from Xi'an to Chengdu, because there are too many rivers and rivers, it is inconvenient for pedestrians, and the survey has not been completed until now." Li Changgeng knew that Zhu Youzhen had always been vigorous and resolute, and he didn't know whether Zhu Youzhen was satisfied with his speed.

"Xi'an to Chengdu?" Zhu Youzhen felt that something was wrong, it didn't seem to be this path, right? He remembered the Baocheng Railway, Baoji to Chengdu, Baoji is now Fengxiang Mansion, "Li Aiqing, the road from Xi'an to Chengdu is difficult, you try to see from Fengxiang, Fengxiang to Chengdu." ”

"Fengxiang to Chengdu?" Li Changgeng pondered silently for a while, "It seems to be about the same, right?" ”

"It's not about the same, it's much worse, it's a world of difference."

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, after the minister returns, someone will re-survey."

Zhu Youzhen felt that today was not like a luncheon, but like an inquiry meeting, it seemed that he was still too anxious, he smiled self-deprecatingly, "Li Aiqing doesn't need to worry, you are the Minister of Transportation, if the road is completed, won't you, the Minister of Transportation, become idle?" As long as you don't miss something, it's not office time, come, drink. ”

"Majesty, please."

Zhu Youzhen relied on his own thousand cups not to get drunk, and toasted with every minister, and the atmosphere of the luncheon reached its peak for a while.

By the end of the feast, the red sun had already set west.

Kong Zhenyun went out crookedly with the support of the eunuch, and when he left the main gate, he almost hit the door frame, and he was not the only minister who stood unsteadily, and there were even more ministers with red faces and thick necks, only Huang Liji, Li Chunye and others were basically awake.

Now there is no prohibition on alcohol during working hours, and there is no need to worry about losing the official hat, besides, this is a banquet set by the emperor, and the minister is not to blame.

When Zhu Youzhen came to Kunning Palace, the scorching sun had already hung on the mountain, and the hot climate had dropped a lot.

Hearing that the palace maid said that Zhu Youzhen was coming, the four girls went out of the middle gate together.

Wang Meiyu gently supported Zhu Youzhen's left arm, the two leaned together, and I don't know if she leaned on Zhu Youzhen's left shoulder, or Zhu Youzhen leaned on her right shoulder, anyway, the two were glued together, "Your Majesty, there is a good message, and there is one more trouble, which one do you want to listen to first?" ”

Zhou Yufeng, who was holding Zhu Youzhen's right arm, trembled slightly, and his blushing little face drooped, but Zhu Youzhen, who had drunk a lot of distilled liquor, didn't notice it.

"Hmm...... I like to solve problems, let's talk about the troubles first, solve the troubles, and listen to a good message when the mood is relaxed, which will infinitely magnify its festive effect. ”

"Then let's talk about the annoyance first!" Wang Meiyu's eyes darkened for a moment, "Daddy sent someone into Beijing to find His Majesty, and it happened that His Majesty was feasting on the ministers, and he couldn't pull away, so the envoy came to see the concubine." ”

"What's that kind of bother? Could it be that I am so stingy, Yu'er will not allow Daddy's messenger to see it? ”

"No, Your Majesty," Wang Meiyu's small hand slapped the wind in front of Zhu Youzhen, and she was so anxious that she almost stomped her feet, "Your Majesty restricts that the number of men in the Horqin Department shall not exceed 80,000, and the extra men must join the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, or participate in labor, which is already an extra grace compared to killing the extra men in the Dajin Kingdom." ”

This doesn't seem to be a bother, the more Zhu Youzhen listened, the more confused he became, "Yu'er, what do you want to say?" ”

Wang Meiyu finally got to the point: "Your Majesty, after the number of men in Horqin decreased, the number of women did not decrease, and now the number of men in Horqin is maintained at 80,000, but there are 230,000 women, and many women of appropriate age cannot be married." ”

Zhu Youzhen finally understood, "How was it solved before?" ”

"In the past, it was mainly the princes and nobles who married more, but marrying more inevitably had more children, there were more and more aristocratic men in the Horqin Department, and there were fewer and fewer ordinary herdsmen, every time the Ding was reduced, if it was a commoner, then # The people were very resentful, if it was the nobles who were reduced, Daddy and Oba Khan, and faced the pressure of the upper nobles," Wang Meiyu finally clarified the problem, "So Daddy sent someone into Beijing to ask His Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen only knew that more men and fewer women would cause social problems, but he didn't expect that more boys and girls were social problems, and the commoners of Horqin did not have much surplus property, and they could not support the excess population at all, so they couldn't marry more, so the remaining Horqin women could only marry nobles with surplus property as concubines, otherwise, they could only be old girls for a lifetime, but there were more than 150,000 women in Horqin, which was not a small number.

"Yu'er, what does your daddy mean?"

"Majesty, Daddy can't think of a way, he said, Majesty is wise, full of wisdom, and his ability to deal with things is unprecedented, his admiration for you is like a river of color, gushing endlessly, Daddy knows that he is far worse than Majesty, so he wants to ask Majesty Xià's meaning." Wang Meiyu smiled and looked at Zhu Youzhen, with both ridicule and expectation in her eyes.

Zhu Youzhen knew that Wang Meiyu was mainly ridiculing and his woman praised him, he was still very happy, but he was also very vigilant: "What does your father mean, it won't be for me to let go of those strong men who are building roads, right?" ”

Wang Meiyu shook her head: "Daddy definitely doesn't mean this, it is already their creation to let these strong men survive." ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't think about what to do with these Horqin women for a while, so he had to say haha first: "Then what can I do?" You can't let me marry these women, can you? Besides, I can't feed so many people. ”

The four girls were all thrown to Zhu Youzhen with white eyes, and they were still rubbing around on his body, as if Zhu Youzhen was a dough, when Wan'er rushed up, she also pinched Zhu Youzhen's old waist, and stomped her feet hatefully, still feeling angry, and finally glared at Wang Meiyu, as if she was the culprit.