The snowflakes in Yanshan are as big as a seat, and the spring snow in Beijing falls one after another, dressing the capital in silver makeup, which is extraordinarily enchanting. Because of the fire, the room was as warm as spring, Wei Honglian, Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Cheng sat in the room chatting, and Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun were waiting beside them. The content of the conversation is naturally a hot topic now - after Zheng Guifei was sealed.

Zhu Cheng wanted to take the opportunity to let the future Emperor Chongzhen see the true face of the Donglin Party, so as not to repeat the mistakes of history.

Zhu Youzhen asked curiously: "Why did my father want to crown Zheng Guifei as the queen when he was in power, and those ministers tried their best to oppose it, while the imperial brother wanted to make Zheng Guifei the queen, but those ministers went against the norm and added fuel to the fire?" ”

Zhu Cheng sighed and said, "Those ministers have formed a party, called the Donglin Party. These activities are all collective actions of the Donglin Party......"

Zhu Youzhen was shocked, stood up, and even knocked over the stool. He said: "Forming a party for personal gain? This is a felony, and I will report it to the emperor's brother. ”

Wei Honglian put down the soles of the shoes she was accepting in her hand, picked up the stool, and said, "Brother Zhen'er, don't panic." Brother Cheng is here, he can make up his mind about something. You can listen to Brother Cheng finish talking first. ”

Zhu Cheng said: "The Donglin Party is all over the government and the opposition, and if it is not for the resolute and resolute means and resolute determination of Emperor Taizu Gao, it is not easy to move the Donglin Party." But don't worry. I think that the internal minister Wei Zhongxian has a bit of the bearing of an iron-blooded prime minister, and the hope of clearing the Donglin Party is on him. ”

At this time, Wei Zhongxian had already been appointed as the eunuch in charge of the seal, and the eunuch in charge of the seal was regarded as the prime minister of the inner court, and Zhu Cheng was not wrong to call him the prime minister. According to historical records, Wei Zhongxian fought to the death with the Donglin Party all his life, and if it weren't for the unexpected death of the Apocalypse, it is estimated that the Donglin Party would never have turned over.

Wei Honglian nodded secretly when she heard this, sure enough, it was the flesh and blood of the Wei family, and she didn't even forget to praise her grandfather when she usually chatted.

Zhu Youzhen said: "Brother Cheng, it seems that Wei Zhongxian, this eunuch is a capable minister. ”

Zhu Cheng said: "Ah Jian, the inner servants have sacrificed their lives to serve the royal family, so let's not learn from the Donglin Party to scold them." ”

Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun burst into tears, and really wanted to send a pennant to Zhu Cheng, with four big characters on it: Friends of Eunuchs.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun apologetically, after all, he was the emperor's younger brother and had a strong sense of self-esteem, so it was impossible to apologize to them.

Zhu Cheng pulled the topic back to the matter of the queen of the seal, and said: "The Donglin Party is a very fighting party, and there are enemies fighting with enemies; If there is no enemy, create the enemy zào out to fight; If you can't find the enemy, you will fight with each other. ”

The life of the Donglin Party was a life of struggle, and they did not hesitate to use any means in the struggle, and in order to defeat their political enemies, they would even collude with other races. In the defense of Yangzhou in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party did not send a single soldier to Yangzhou and watched the city of Yangzhou break. In the end, Jiannu created a miserable Yangzhou ten days in Yangzhou, and it is conservatively estimated that there are 800,000 Ming people who died under the Jiannu butcher's knife in Yangzhou in ten days.

"During the reign of Emperor Guangzongzhen, the political enemy of the Donglin Party is King Fu's family, and Concubine Zheng Guifei is an important foreign aid to King Fu, so of course they must resolutely block the matter after the seal. And now, their mortal enemy is me," Zhu Cheng pointed to his nose and said, "And I wrote to the emperor before, saying that Concubine Zheng would annex the assets of the Children's Paradise after being sealed." Then Zheng Guifei has become an ally of the Donglin Party, and they are happy to put Zheng Guifei on the throne of the Empress Dowager and let Zheng Guifei embarrass us. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "The Donglin Party can be punished. However, will the Empress Dowager want to annex the children's paradise? ”

Zhu Cheng laughed and said, "That's if I lied to the Donglin Party, how can you take it seriously." The 7,000 taels of silver when our children's paradise started was still the Empress Dowager who helped us come, how could she plot to steal her grandson's property? ”

While everyone was talking and laughing, they heard a knock on the door.

Cao Huachun opened the door and saw that he was a faceless waiter.

Zhu Cheng saw that he knew this eunuch, it was Tu Wenfu who tested the car for the Emperor of the Apocalypse last time, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Tu, come in and warm up, this weather is really cold." ”

Tu Wenfu said: "No, the ten carriages you ordered have been completed, the first six carriages are filled with easy chairs, and the last four carriages are filled with Memons mattresses, you can order them." Originally, Li Yongzhen and Li Gonggong were supposed to come to deliver the goods, but he went to Luoyang, so he sent me here. The emperor ordered that the easy chair and the sweet dream were given for free, but the carriage was one thousand taels and one car, a total of ten cars, and ten thousand taels of silver. Lord Zhu, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. ”

Zhu Cheng knew in his heart that Li Yongzhen must have gone to Luoyang to receive the family property donated by King Fu. He took out five silver coins and handed them over, these silver coins were newly minted by the Daming Bank, and one silver coin could be exchanged for huàn money, that is, one thousand wen. The appearance of the silver coin is very different from that of later generations, with a square hole in the middle, and the four big characters of Tianqi Tongbao cast in Yangwen next to it, and the face value printed on the reverse. Tu Wenfu's face was a little ugly, and he said, "Lord Zhu, it's 10,000 taels of silver, not five yuan." ”

Zhu Cheng said: "Of course I know, but the weather is too cold, Father-in-law Tu braved the snow to deliver the car, and he couldn't bear it, so he sent five yuan to show his heart, and asked his father-in-law to buy some hot wine to drink on the way back." ”

Tu Wenfu replied with disgust, and then he understood why he came to deliver the car, and the eunuchs in the palace would be red-eyed. There is no him, because Lord Zhu is very generous.

Tu Wenfu took the silver coin and put it in his arms. Zhu Cheng opened the cabinet and took out ten banknotes from inside, each with the words 1,000 taels printed on it.

Zhu Cheng said: "It's been ready for a long time, just wait for you to get it." ”

Tu Wenfu knew that Da Ming had started to use the treasure money again, but the fragile credit of the treasure money made him hesitate a little, and said, "Lord Zhu, this ...... This, if you don't take cash, will the emperor be unhappy? ”

Zhu Cheng said: "The emperor is my elder brother, and the emperor opens a bank, so of course I, as a younger brother, must support it." I have converted all the cash money from the Children's Paradise into gold, silver and banknotes. Don't worry, the emperor will be very happy to see this banknote. ”

Tu Wenfu left suspiciously, but when he arrived in the palace, the Emperor of the Apocalypse laughed when he saw this banknote, and then heard Tu Wenfu relay Zhu Cheng's words, and said: "This Zhu Cheng is really brave and loyal, and his body supports my bank." Passed the decree and gave Zhu Cheng a waist card for walking in the palace, and he could enter and exit the palace gate at any time in the future. ”

At this moment, Zhu Cheng and Zhu Youzhen were circling around the carriage.

Zhu Youzhen asked: "Brother Cheng, except for the fact that this carriage is larger, there is nothing strange about it, it is not worth a thousand taels of silver." Have you heard that the inner palace is nervous, so take advantage of this reason to sponsor it? ”

Zhu Cheng patted the carriageway excitedly: "Ah Jian, do you know?" This is a great Ming of the Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for the emperor's genius, how could it have been developed in such a short time? ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Ah, it's the emperor's brother Ming, I'll take a closer look." ”

He studied it for a long time, and said with annoyance: "Except for the bigger ones, there is really nothing special." ”

Zhu Cheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's big." Do you know why the original carriage was made so small? The reason is simple, because the horse does not move. Old-fashioned carriages had only two wheels, and in addition to pulling the carriage, the horses had to bear a part of the weight of the carriage. The emperor's carriage had four wheels, and there was no burden other than the force of pulling the cart laterally, so that heavier goods could be pulled. At present, the main way to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the north is by waterway. After the emperor's car is promoted, Route 6 can also transport grain. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, grain was mainly transported by waterway, because of the 6 roads, the carriage could not pull much grain, run a round trip, and the grain pulled by the carriage was just enough for the rations of horses and people.

The four-wheeled carriage also has the advantage of being heavy, and Zhu Cheng didn't dare to say it, that is, the speed of troop deployment. Zhu Cheng is now training infantry, the infantry has no horses, no matter where they go to fight, they rely on two legs to walk over, rush to the battlefield, and have to rest for a few days, and by then, the daylily will be cold. With a four-wheeled carriage, the degree of troop deployment can be compared to that of cavalry, and you can fight when you get off the carriage.

Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed, but he asked a little confused: "It's not difficult to add two wheels to the carriage, why didn't people think of it before?" ”

Zhu Cheng said: "Turning on four wheels is a problem. If you don't believe it, when you go back to Jingxi Huangzhuang, I will ask Qian Xiaosaw to make a small four-wheeled vehicle for you, and you will see if it is good to turn around. ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Okay, I'll try." However, Brother Makoto, I think this four-wheeled carriage is better with our concrete road. It would be nice if the Ming Dynasty built such roads everywhere. ”

was reminded by Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Cheng suddenly woke up, now the road conditions in Daming are not good, it seems that after going back, he has to let Li Datie and Sun Tieniu strengthen this carriage together. The carriage designed by the Emperor of the Apocalypse was to drive on the flat and hard stone roads in the city, and if it was pulled to the potholed country dirt road, I am afraid that it would fall apart after a few miles.

Zhu Cheng said: "The road must be repaired in the future, and the most important thing is to build a big road from Jiangnan to Shaanxi and Gansu." Now the climate is becoming more and more abnormal, and I have read the "Di Bao", and officials in Shaanxi and Gansu have reported that there has been drought for many years. Repairing this road is no less than digging the second Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and we can transport grain from Route 6 to Shaanxi and Gansu for disaster relief. ”

"Di Bao" is specially used for the documents and political information of the imperial court, and Zhu Cheng will flip through them when he has the opportunity to understand the dynamics of the imperial court.

Zhu Youjian said: "To build such a road, the cement factory in our children's paradise will be overturned, and it will take a large number of people to build the road, I don't know if the place can provide it." ”

Zhu Cheng said: "Alas, Liaodong is erosive, and countless Liao people will flee their homeland, so there is no need to worry about manpower." However, there is no hurry to build roads, and when the emperor has time to inspect the Huangzhuang one day, and feels that the road is convenient, we will mention the construction of roads across the country. ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Does the imperial court have so much money? ”

Zhu Cheng said: "The court can get the best money, and if it can't get the money, we will partner with the emperor to build a toll road." ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Can you still charge for the road?" ”

Zhu Cheng said: "Of course you can." When building a toll road, we do not use the original roadbed of the official road, but build another cement road next to the official road, with big trees planted on both sides, and set up a toll station every 100 miles, and let the car pass after the toll is charged. Those who are greedy for cheapness take the official road with potholes; In pursuit of comfort and degree, take our road. ”

Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up and said, "Wonderful, Brother Cheng, you are so smart." I can't wait to talk to the emperor's brother about building the road now. ”

Zhu Cheng said: "It's not effective to say it now, it's good to let the emperor see the road, it's not in a hurry." However, the emperor gave us a large amount of high-end furniture, which we have to divide well. ”

Everyone returned to the room together and began to "sit on the ground and share the spoils", and the result of sharing the spoils was to leave a few easy chairs and a Memons mattress in the VIP room of the children's theater, so that the emperor could watch the play more comfortably; gave a pair of easy chairs and a sweet dream to Wei Zhongxian, which Zhu Cheng strongly requested; left a pair of easy chairs and a sweet dream for Wei Honglian, which Zhu Youzhen fully supported; The rest will be dragged back to the Imperial Village, and priority will be given to the science maniacs assigned to the Children's Music Academy.

Zhu Cheng personally sent Sha and Meimengsi to Wei Zhongxian's mansion in Iron Lion Hutong, but now Wei Zhongxian was sitting in the living room with a sad face, as if he had something difficult to understand.

What kind of problem is it that makes this powerful eunuch so distressed?

(35oo words again, Liang Fangyang is here to collect and recommend.) ）

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