A conversation with Sun Yuanhua touched Yang Reform quite a lot, and it also reminded Yang Reform.

Many things that were not cared about too much, or rather, could not be cared about, have now become important and in demand, and the quality of some things has begun to change.

This kind of change, everything is still quietly budding, once it grows, it must be a towering tree, which cannot be shaken.

Talking and chatting with Sun Yuanhua, studying problems and dealing with things together, although things are difficult, Yang Reform feels very relaxed, very comfortable, there is no sense of aggrieved, and there is no sense of sluggishness, even if things are difficult, there is also hearty, according to Yang Reform's perception in recent days, everyone should have a logical thinking, and this kind of logical thinking is in the same vein. At this point, he and Sun Yuanhua are the same, so the feeling of chatting and talking and dealing with problems is very different from that of other ministers, and it can be said that it is not the same.

After sending Sun Yuanhua away, Yang Reform thought a lot again, and many things had to be arranged.

"Big companion, immediately summon Xu Xiake to Beijing! Don't let him wander around outside...... "The first thing Yang Reform has to deal with is to explore the geography of the entire Ming Dynasty, and now the value of the mountains, rivers, etc. is gradually highlighted, and the importance of geographical resources is no longer the same as before, and it should be explored and surveyed as soon as possible."

“…… Xu, Xu Xiake ...... "Wang Chengen didn't come back to his senses for a while, there are many officials surnamed Xu, but there seems to be no official of Xu Xiake inside and outside the palace.

"That's right, Xu Xiake, it's the one who wrote serialization in the Di newspaper......" Yang Gengai reminded when he saw Wang Chengen's face was confused.

“…… Oh, the slave and maid understood, understood...... "As soon as the emperor reminded him, Wang Chengen immediately understood who the emperor was talking about. Isn't this the one who mails the emperor a travelogue every day? Now in the Ming Dynasty, it can be regarded as famous, but there are many people who are ready to imitate this one to travel around. Seeing that the emperor was talking like this, he immediately agreed with a smile.

"Tell him to enter Beijing immediately, there must be no shirk, I have something important for him to do, more important than him traveling around, don't let him shirk it......" Yang Gai instructed again, thinking that Xu Xiake had a precedent of shirking his own call, Yang Gai couldn't help but say a few more words.

"The slave and maid understand, Your Majesty can rest assured, the slave and maid will definitely summon Xu Xiake into Beijing, and he will not slip away." Wang Chengen immediately agreed with a smile, seeing that the emperor said this matter so seriously, Wang Chengen made up his mind, but he would not give Xu Xiake a chance to slip away, it was really not good, half delayed, half pulled and half forced to pull Xu Xiake down to the capital.

"In addition, take the original map of "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu", I want to take a closer look...... "Since Yang Reform wants to survey, map and survey geography, he naturally has to find people, one Xu Xiake is definitely not good, and other people have to be others, so naturally he will not forget the "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" which has an important position in the history of Chinese maps.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen hesitated a little before agreeing, usually the emperor can read the copy, but he is reluctant to take the original picture at any time, in case it is worn, it is a big loss.

After a while, "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" was taken. Yang Gengai recognized the handwriting on it. The author of the map, as well as the associated name, was quickly found.

Limadu, this must not be found, he has passed away, and now there is only John Tang, and look at it again, there is also the name of Li Zhizao.

The name Li Zhizao, Yang Reform is not unfamiliar, Yang Reform hired the Yiren Fleet, or he did it, like Xu Guangqi, he is a representative of the Western faction in China, but his achievements and influence are not as high as Xu Guangqi. …,

Yang Gai looked straight and sighed, this Ming Dynasty is heaven and hell at the same time, this is by no means a lie, on the way to heaven, there are also many people who have tried.

"Big companion, Li Zhizao, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department......" Yang Reform wanted to ask about Li Zhizao's situation, and then summoned him to engage in map surveying and mapping and geological resource exploration together, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't say it.

Li Zhizao is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, it seems that Nanjing is a place to retire, but it is not entirely like this, Nanjing's household department, the military department still has a certain amount of power. Nowadays, whether it is maritime trade or expansion, it is inseparable from the sailor, Beijing is too far from the south, even if it is a remote control sailor, it is also very difficult, in fact, with the expansion of the sea, the status and authority of the Nanjing military department are only afraid that it will continue to rise, although Li Zhizao, the secretary of the military department, is not very important, but it is definitely not useless, Yang Reform is in trouble, do you want to move this person?

"Your Majesty, did you ask Li Zhizao, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department? ......," Wang Chengen asked.

"Well, yes......" Yang Gengai agreed with a frown.

“…… Your Majesty, if the minister is not mistaken, Li Zhizao is a native of Renhe, Zhejiang, born in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, and a Jinshi in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli...... "Wang Chengen recited the origin of this person, this Li Zhizao is not a cat or a dog, but also a figure at the level of the ministry, for the origin of this kind of person, the people in the court must be clear.

Yang Reform was powerless for a while, not to mention anything else, just the word Jiajing made Yang Reform feel discouraged, how many times has this emperor changed! This Li Zhizao is a person who is about the same age as Xu Guangqi, this old ......

"Well, I know, and I will summon ......" After Yang Reform was discouraged for a while, he still decided to summon this person to Beijing, so old, maybe there are not many years, not more, not much.

"Your Majesty, in what name did you summon you to Beijing?" Wang Chengen asked.

Yang Reform is embarrassed, this is Nanjing's military department Shangshu, not an ordinary person, he can come by making a will at will, Li Zhizao enters Beijing, I am afraid that he must have a certain name.

"The ...... of the job" Yang Reform held back such a name.

"...... reassignment?" Wang Chengen was a little surprised, Nanjing is a pension official, and he is still in office? Of course, it is not impossible to be reassigned.

“…… Otherwise, the ...... of the calendar," Yang said. Generally, the officials in Beijing are put in Nanjing to retire, and it is very difficult to return to Beijing when they arrive in Nanjing, although it is not impossible, but Yang Reform is to let Li Zhizao engage in surveying, mapping and exploration......

“…… ......"Wang Chengen began to sweat, and transferred the Nanjing Military Department to Beijing to repair the calendar, is this a fall, or a rise or a flat tone?" The Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department is not a real pension position......

"Forget it, it's better not to call, or I wrote to ......ask for it," Yang Reform was discouraged for a while, and decided not to call.

"The slave understands......" Wang Chengen agreed.

“…… By the way, that John Tang is good now, I haven't heard from him for a few days, I want to see him......" Yang Gai said again, it is impossible for Limadu to be resurrected, but there are still more famous Western missionaries, that is John Tang, since Yang Reform is preparing to make a map, then these people are naturally indispensable.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen immediately agreed, and this time there was no hesitation.

Yang Gengai looked at this "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" again, thinking of Li Zhizao, I had to think of Xu Guangqilai, I had to think of the previous bureau, surveying and mapping, and I had to rely on the assistance and coordination of astronomy and mathematics.

"Big companion......" Yang shouted.

"The slave is in ......" Wang Chengen had just come back, and immediately agreed busily.

"The past bureau is now in charge of Li Tianjing?" Yang asked Gengai. …,

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, it was originally presided over by Elder Xu Ge, however, Elder Xu Ge wants to preside over immigration, and he is not in Beijing all the year round, but now it is Li Tianjing who is actually presiding over the work of repairing the calendar...... Wang Chengen replied.

"Oh, okay, summon Li Tianjing to see me!" Yang Gai said immediately. After only thinking about it for a while, Yang decided to combine mapping and geological resources exploration with the calendar of compiling the calendar. The mapping of maps and the exploration of geological resources have to be related to mathematics and astronomy.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen agreed again. Hurriedly ran out to deliver the message.

After these instructions, Yang Gai relaxed his nerves a little.

I am engaged in maps and geological surveying and mapping with such fanfare, but I am afraid that it will make a lot of noise in this Ming Dynasty.

Many people see that they are engaged in map surveying and mapping, but they are afraid that they will guess their own intentions, and if they are smart and know the inside story, they are afraid that they will guess some of their own intentions, and they are afraid that they will be the first to make some layouts.

The market of mountains and rivers is afraid that it will soar immediately, and the scope of resources is no longer limited to the land. If the mountains, rivers and rivers become hot resources like land, and become in-demand things, it will actually be beneficial to expand and occupy more territory in the future.

Since mountains and rivers that have not been valued for thousands of years will become hot things, then other inconspicuous things may not become in-demand things one day, rather than allowing these wealth to be lost, it is better to occupy these things early, even if they are not worth much today, it does not mean that they will not make money in the future. Once the Ming Dynasty had this kind of thinking, it was terrible.

Yang reformed the realization that the changes of industrialization to society were indeed huge, not to mention that the scope of wealth had changed dramatically. For 2,000 years, only land has been regarded as the main wealth, and now, the previously inconspicuous things have gradually entered the scope of the main wealth, which has a huge effect on changing the vision, habits, and thinking of the Chinese people. The altar of people, I have to say, is indeed a thing that is close to mén. If you take this step, the whole world will change with it.

Yang Reform is still soaring in the thoughts of the sky, and Li Tianjing has already arrived first.

"Your Majesty! …… Li Tianjing arrived at ......" Wang Chengen reported in a low voice.

"Oh, is it there? See you now. Yang Gai said. Seeing that the person he wanted to meet was coming, Yang Gai immediately dispersed his thoughts, pulled his thoughts back to reality, and prepared to meet people.

……

"Chen Guanglu Temple Qing see Your Majesty!" Li Tianjing said.

"No respect......" Yang said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Tianjing said that it was relatively rare for the emperor to be summoned alone, and Li Tianjing himself was a little confused, thinking that the emperor was going to ask about the almanac.

"The Qing family actually presided over the bureau, but it was hard work...... Yang said kindly. For Li Tianjing, Yang Reform is not a stranger, and he can actually lead the historical situation, which can be regarded as capable, and he can get Xu Guangqi's recommendation, and he is by no means a mediocre talent. Yang Reform is now ready to increase the intensity of reusing the "Western-style faction".

"Back to Your Majesty, this is the duty of the minister, not hard......" Li Tianjing responded.

"How's the matter of revising the calendar?" Yang Reform began to ask again, and for those who are about to be reused, Yang Reform is ready to talk more.

"Back to Your Majesty, thanks to Your Majesty's strong support, now, everything is proceeding according to the schedule, and in two or three years, it will probably ......be completed," Li Tianjing said with certainty.

"Very good......" Yang Gengai smiled slightly and said.

"Does the Qing family know, I summoned the Qing family today, what is the so-called matter?" Yang Gai still asked kindly, ready to break down with this "Western-style faction". …,

"Back to Your Majesty, I don't know ,......," Li Tianjing replied immediately.

"The Qing family might as well guess......" Yang Gengai said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the minister is honored to participate in the compilation of the almanac, could it be for the almanac?" Li Tianjing said tentatively.

Yang Gengai nodded and said, "...... Yes, it's related, but it's not the main ......."

“…… This, back to Your Majesty, the minister will not know......" Li Tianjing said in a míò voice.

"Let's put it this way, I have been chatting with Sun Yuanhua for a long time today, and I have been inspired by a lot ......, by the way, does the Qing family know Sun Yuanhua?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister knows Sun Chuyang's ......, before, the minister and Xu Zixian discussed knowledge together, and they met Sun Chuyang at that time......" Li Tianjing looked at the emperor suspiciously, his official position and what he did actually benefited from Xu Guangqi, could it be that coming here today is still related to Sun Yuanhua?

Yang Reform listened, and nodded again, it is indeed true that people gather by like, and things are divided by groups, and they can be recommended by Xu Guangqi to discuss each other's knowledge, isn't this a proper "Western-style school"? Even if it is not, it is a quasi-"Westernist".

"What are you talking about?" Yang asked with a smile.

Li Tianjing hesitated a little, the things he and Xu Guangqi discussed were still very controversial, and they were still incompatible with today's mainstream voices. Li Tianjing hesitated, should he tell the truth? Maybe one is not good, and a deviant hat will come down, that is really a lot of miserable people, and people related to him are afraid that they will be counted, but think about it, with the relationship between the emperor and Xu Guangqi now, and the importance of Sun Yuanhua, maybe the emperor doesn't care about these at all, the emperor not only knows, but also supports it.

After thinking clearly, Li Tianjing dared to elaborate.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are discussions about the collection of the history of the Zijing, the education of the saints, as well as Western astronomy, mathematics, various doctrines, etc., ......" Li Tianjing put his heart down and said boldly.

"Yes, yes, I have also seen and studied the mathematics of the Yi people, it is really good, astronomy and many other things, and I also have unique insights...... Yang Gai said, in fact, these things translated and edited by Xu Guangqi are a "low-cognitive version" of the textbook in later generations. Yang Reform said that he had studied, it was definitely not nonsense, it was a serious study, and he had to take an exam, can he not learn it seriously?

Li Tianjing breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor really still understood and liked the Yiren doctrine, and did not reject the Western doctrine.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is true that the West has unique features in astronomy, calendar, arithmetic, smelting, machinery, etc., which are worthy of my reference from the Ming Dynasty......" Li Tianjing said boldly.

"This is not bad, not to mention far away, the clairvoyant mirror shines on today's sea and land battlefields, thanks to Western doctrines, and the Hongyi cannon, which is not easy to learn? And this calendar, isn't it to be corrected by Western astronomy and arithmetic? Yang Gai said.

“…… It is ...... Li Tianjing saw that the emperor was talking happily, but he didn't dare to talk too deeply, they compiled the calendar, in fact, there is still a lot of resistance, many people are still obstructing, even if this book is compiled, there is still a lot of way to go before it is promulgated and actually implemented in the world.

Yang Reform and Li Tianjing chatted for a while, and Wang Chengen reported that Tang Ruowang had arrived.

Yang Gai pondered for a moment and said, "Let Tang Ruowang wait for ...... time being."

Yang Gengai planned to work with these foreigners to engage in mapping and geological resource surveying, but he also had to guard against them, they could participate, but the actual core could only be brought by his own people. It is impossible to trust them defenselessly, seeing that Tang Ruowang is coming, Yang Reform is ready to talk about some core things with "his own people", and talk about some things that are not easy for outsiders to know. …,

"I summoned Qing's family today, in fact, I want to re-survey the map of my Ming Dynasty, survey geological resources, map mapping and geological resources survey, the world must be linked to astronomy and mathematics, I think, I can only ......let you do it" Yang Reform has already talked to Li Tianjing, and said directly.

"Ah......" Li Tianjing couldn't help but exhale, but he didn't expect that the emperor called him here for this matter.

"The Qing family must be puzzled, right?" Yang reformed.

“…… This, back to Your Majesty, the ministers ......, it is indeed a little puzzled, in fact, I am not without books on geography, nor do I have no atlases in this area, why does Your Majesty still have to map and survey? But do you think that my Ming geographical atlas is not very accurate now? "Li Tianjing is confused? Isn't the emperor using a map to fight now? Is it completely out of thin air? And what's going on with the sand table? It's so vivid......

"No, let's not talk about this issue for the time being, I'll wait for Tang Ruowang to talk about it together, and I will talk about why I want to re-map the map and why I want to survey the geological resources...... Yang Gai said.

"Ahh Listen to Your Majesty's lesson......" Li Tianjing asked with a stomach full of doubts.

"Let's put it this way, now that the Qing family knows about the construction of the altar...... Yang Reform began to narrate.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister knows that building a human altar to commemorate my ancestor of China is really a big thing, a good thing, not forgetting the ancestors, not forgetting the fundamentals, is the principle of being a man......" Li Tianjing immediately said, such a big thing as the altar of people, even a blind person has heard of it, let alone a high-ranking official like him.

"Yes, what kind of repair is used for that altar, can the Qing family know?" Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, now it is rumored that the government and the opposition will use cement and steel bars to repair, I don't know if the minister is right......" Li Tianjing said again, and said in his heart, the emperor himself knows best about this matter, and he still asked himself what to do?

"Yes, that's pretty much it, then does the Qing family know, where did this cement come from?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, it was burned out of Sun Chuyang's cement factory...... Li Tianjing said again, this is not a secret to him.

"Yes, it is indeed a cement factory, but the Qing family knows that the cement plant is going to expand and produce a large amount of cement, what conditions must there be?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, this, the minister doesn't know ......" Li Tianjing thought about it and replied, he really didn't know this.

"This is the case, if the cement plant wants to increase production on a large scale, it is bound to be impossible to use manpower and animal power, and now it seems that only water power can be used, and the place where the cement plant is built is bound to integrate raw materials, fuel, water power, and jiāo, so the actual construction site of the cement plant is very ......limited," Yang explained.

"This ......" Li Tianjing was a little confused, but he also had some understanding of these things, not a smear, and he could basically understand the meaning.

“…… In addition to the cement plant, there must be more factories to be built in the future, and more factories will inevitably need to use hydraulic power, so the mountains and rivers that were not paid much attention to before, now, will gradually become more and more popular, so it is necessary to lay out these things in advance, so re-surveying, mapping, and geological resources are a top priority. Yang Gai said the reason in one breath.

“…… Uh......, this ......" Li Tianjing looked at the emperor with a panicked face. This thing is outrageous, right, even if the water power is going to flourish, then how many years will it be in the future? Now the emperor is about to start the layout? It is said that the emperor is good at layout, and things often come to light when the emperor is powerful, and there is a reason for his feelings. Judging from this matter now, the great prosperity of water power is still a matter of no spectrum, and it may not be possible for more than ten years, or even decades, to be prosperous, and the emperor is actually going to lay it out now, which is also too far ahead. …,

Looking at Li Tianjing's dazed and panicked look, Yang Gai knew that he might be in a hurry.

“…… This matter is very important, the truth of it, the Qing family slowly refer to it, today I can write down my words, pay attention, this matter can not be leaked out at will, if someone asks about the reason for re-mapping the map, just say that I don't like the map drawn out of thin air, just say that the military is useful in the matter...... "Yang Reform and Jiāo said. In fact, Yang Reform and Li Tianjing are not strangers, but they are by no means very familiar, very trusting, Yang Reform came up and said such an important matter to Li Tianjing, in fact, he is not afraid of Li Tianjing's leakage at all, and even has a bit of deliberate leakage, "seizing" mountains and rivers, occupying this thing, Yang Reform wishes that someone would follow suit, wish that someone would take his own "free ride", and learn to seize resources, so is it far from the colonial territory? Therefore, this is actually an "official leak".

"Command!" Li Tianjing was originally in the warm pavilion, and he had already collected the sweat, and now the sweat has been collected again.

"Big companion, summon John Tang to see ......" After instructing Li Tianjing, Yang Reform prepared to summon John Tang to talk about how to draw this map.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen agreed.

"Your Majesty, do you want to avoid ......?" asked Li Tianjing.

"No, I want to talk about this matter with the Qing family and Tang Keqing, and the Qing family doesn't need to avoid it." Yang Gai said immediately.

After a while, John Tang, who was dressed in a Ming official uniform and had a bearded face, arrived in the warm pavilion.

"Minister, John, knock to see Your Majesty!" After John Tang came in, he immediately kowtowed respectfully, without the slightest hesitation.

"No courtesy......" Yang said.

"Your Majesty Xie...... "John Tang can already be regarded as a China expert, or rather, more and more Chinese.

"Does the Qing family know what I called the Qing family here?" Yang asked Gengai.

Tang Ruowang rolled his eyes and looked at the people in this room, in addition to the emperor, there was also Li Tianjing, this Li Tianjing he knew, he was an acquaintance, he didn't understand what the emperor meant, what did the emperor call him for?

"Back to Your Majesty, is there something about the calendar?" John Tang said in a more fluent official dialect.

"Well, yes, but not all ......," Yang said. Then he unfolded a map and said, "...... That's right, I summoned Tang Qing's family and Li Qing's family today, because I felt that this map was not clear enough, not intuitive enough, not detailed enough, and not accurate enough, so I was going to re-survey my Ming map, and re-survey the geographical ......," Yang said.

"My Majesty, this is not a small matter, and it requires a lot of manpower and money, isn't Your Majesty satisfied with the existing map? These can be regarded as jīng's thin maps...... "Hearing that the emperor was going to re-survey the map, John Tang's foreign thinking was better than that of the Ming Dynasty, and he began to speak without thinking.

"No, no, no, this is not enough, I feel that these maps are too crude, not detailed, and not completely accurate, which is quite misleading for military command, and I am ready to remap the map on a large scale and survey the geology to improve this flaw......" Yang said.

"Oh, my majesty, what kind of dense map does your majesty need, isn't the current map enough to command the battle?" John Tang asked in surprise. Although Tang Ruowang was also valued by the emperor, and the missionary career also developed well, but he always felt that these were not enough, and now he heard that the emperor was going to resurvey the map of the Ming Dynasty, he knew that this was a big project, since he was called, he must be asked to participate, then this is undoubtedly a good opportunity to preach, his eyes immediately lit up a lot, and the Ming Dynasty thinking and Xi Xìng he learned disappeared without a trace.

"As for the details, I may not be an expert in cartography, and I don't know how to survey and map maps, and I don't know how to survey geography, but I am a person who can make requests, and my requirements are very simple......" Yang Reform said with some pride, saying that making maps, how to survey, how to survey, these Yang Reform really don't understand, but it doesn't matter if you don't understand, as long as you can make requests, who makes yourself the emperor.

“…… For example, if you draw something on the map, although you don't need to draw it as long as a zhang, you must not draw a zhang on one side and half a zhang on the other, it must be reduced according to the scale, that is, you can reduce a zhang to an inch, or a foot to the map, but you must not reduce something that is one zhang on both sides to one foot on one side and half a foot on the other. ......," Yang explained.

Both of them looked at the emperor in surprise, this request was really a high request.

“…… To put it simply, it is necessary to strictly follow the proportional ......," Yang added.