Chapter 876: Road Construction (4)

Chen Xie's educational requirements for future generations are to formulate rules, starting from normal compulsory education, where they can read. As for supervising the study of children and grandchildren, it is the work of their respective mothers, and Chen Xie doesn't care about it at all. For the future development of children, there is a hard and fast rule, not to enter politics, to do anything else.

When it comes to the selection of the heir to the estate left by Chen Xie, there are three principles. One is ability, the second is vision and pattern, and the third is courage. Those who have the ability are enough, the vision and pattern have arrived, and the development is more than enough, and if you want to make outstanding achievements, you must have enough courage as support. Chen Xie never told others these three principles clearly, but just silently put them in his heart. For example, Chen Ping and Chen Fan, both of them have strong abilities, and their vision and pattern are not bad, if you want to talk about courage, in Chen Xie's opinion, it is slightly insufficient. Even if Chen Ping is such an excellent son, he lacks courage in Chen Xie's eyes. Is it really not courageous? No, but what Chen Xie asks for is a bold and big pattern, or something that can be expressed from the actual situation. The mouth cannon can be said to be wild, and if you really do it, you will be blind, which is called fantasy.

When receiving the telegram from North America, Chen Xie was taken aback, the content of the telegram was very simple, just one sentence: The Europeans colluded with the natives, and the North American army was not enough to support the speed of development, so it was planned to increase the number of troops to four infantry divisions. The content is not particularly surprising, it is a matter of time before Chen Xie is here, the key is that in the following signature, it is not Dai Zhiyuan alone, but Chen Pu's name.

"This kid, this kid." After repeating it twice, Chen Xie smiled. Raising her hand and ringing the bell, a young woman came in, bowed, and said, "What does the master command?" "That's right, this woman is of Japanese descent. Only these Japanese people insist on calling Chen Xie so, and when it comes to loyalty, they are the most determined group of people. Others have developed to think about their own interests, which is a very helpless thing to say.

"Hezi, you go check Chen Pu's information." Every descendant who is being inspected has a team of eagles by his side. This. After Chen Xie explained, he didn't ask again, these people will do things very well, and he doesn't have to worry about it.

Five minutes later, a thick stack of materials was delivered to the front: "Master, the latest information as of two months ago is here." ”

"Explain it, I don't see any guests this morning." After Chen Xie's solemn instructions, he began to read these materials carefully. I didn't go out for the whole morning. At noon, he also ate a little casually in the office, and it was not until about three o'clock in the afternoon that Chen Xie opened the door of the study and said: "Inform the cabinet ministers that a minister's office meeting will be held tomorrow morning." ”

At nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, all the cabinet ministers arrived on time, and when Chen Xie walked in at the last minute, everyone got up one after another. "The materials on the table. You've all seen it, now let's discuss it. How to deal with the new situation in North America. ”

The materials were sent to the ministers last night, and they were all read overnight, and some of the ministers exchanged views with each other. For the Ming Cabinet, North America is still a bit far away, and due to the current policy and territory, the annual tax revenue accounts for only three percent of the national treasury revenue. To put it bluntly, it is a matter of interests. Whether it is the Cabinet or Congress, most people are not in favor of increasing investment in North America. After all, what I see the benefits now is just a mountain of gold, and there is Nagasaki in the east. Because North America has become extraordinarily prosperous. But in the military is another scenario, Daming is now a bit invincible in the United States, and exaggeration is called Dugu seeking defeat. A group of officers are screaming and trying to find someone to fight a war so that they can make a contribution, so that they will not consider the financial pressure of the country.

That's the ass problem!

But there is one exception, and that is Chen Xie's attitude. Once Chen Xie is tendentious, there will be a fundamental change in both the cabinet and the Diet. Especially in the Congress, there are a number of representatives of big capitalists, none of which have an unclear relationship with the Chen family. Especially now that the domestic tide of private capital railways has been set off, it is at a peak.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of meeting is that the navy and the army are here to play soy sauce, but as soon as this meeting began, Minister of War Lin Ya exerted his strength, raised his hand and stood up and said: "According to investigation, the North American colonies are constantly expanding westward, from the westernmost important town of Salt Lake Town to the location of the Jinshan Governor's Palace, the distance is 1,500 kilometers. In all of North America, there is only one infantry division and one under construction. How can such a small number of troops ensure the security of such a vast area? ”

This is the situation of bullying these cabinet bigwigs who don't understand North America, saying that it is a distance of 1,500 kilometers, but in fact there are not many settlements on this section of the road. I often walk thirty or fifty miles without seeing people. Relying on the strength of firepower, the garrisons in North America are all stationed at the battalion and company level, and they are stationed at some key points. For example, in Jinshan, the regular army is a battalion, and there is no more than one person. But North America has its own characteristics, that is, all the people are soldiers, every household has a gun, and they receive regular military training. There are also a large number of mounted police, militia groups. Protecting oneself is not too much of a problem.

The cabinet is full of people, and even if they don't know the situation in North America, they won't be so easily fooled. Therefore, what Lin Ya said, everyone maintained an attitude of listening and listening, and no one took it too seriously. In the eyes of the cabinet members, these soldiers, who started their lives in the colonies, were all tycoons, and they did not treat the money of the treasury as money. If it falls into their pocket, it might as well be used for something else. So after Lin Ya finished speaking, no one responded, and now she was a little embarrassed.

At this time, Minister of the Navy Jiang Fangcheng stood up and said: "I support Brother Lin's opinion, but I think that the most important thing at the moment is to increase the number of new warships in the navy. ”

"Sneer......." Someone couldn't help laughing, and when he saw it, Minister of Education Zhu Zunyi smiled. Sure enough, these Qiu Ba should not be in nature, and when it comes to it, it must be this tune. Now they all laughed in unison, if it weren't for Vice Premier Chen Zilong's cough, the scene would be difficult to control. At this time, Chen Xie, as always, closed his eyes and recuperated, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"North America is no bigger, no less than the Ming Dynasty. It's okay to increase your strength, but you can't help but prevent the feudal town from getting bigger. Finance Minister Fang Yizhi spoke, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the two military dignitaries. This is also the chief of the general staff, Wang Ben, who is old, and occasionally feels cold and cannot attend the meeting, otherwise he will have to grab the teacup and smash it over.

"Poor sour, dare you say it again?" Lin Ya is also an old qualification. Hearing this, he was not afraid of being dismissed, stared at him, grabbed the teacup in his hand, and smashed it if he didn't agree with him. This is too damning, and no one in the current officialdom has mentioned this matter, but Fang Yizhi said it.

"Shut up! What do you want to do? Chen Xie suddenly opened his eyes and dug Lin Ya hard. This time, Lin Ya immediately became honest, shrunk her neck and snorted twice without speaking. Chen Xie continued: "What Lord Fang said is extremely true, overseas territories. There is a widespread problem of excessive powers of the Governor. However, considering its particularity, it has not been adjusted for a long time. This time, it is an opportunity to try some new initiatives in North America. ”

Everyone immediately fell silent, this is dry goods. Chen Xiangye wants to change the current pattern in North America, which is very important.

"Map!" Chen Xie greeted him, and Lin Ya immediately walked to the side and lifted the curtain. Revealing a map of North America. Chen Xie came over, holding a pole in his hand. Pointing to the map, he said, "Look, this is Golden Mountain, this is Los Angeles, and this is Salt Lake City." My idea is simple, considering that Salt Lake City is not strong enough now, it can set up a Los Angeles governor first. Specific candidates. This time the military will not be considered. I am required to be an official who has lived in North America for a long time, is familiar with the local situation, and has a considerable level. ”

After throwing such a position, the mentality of the cabinet ministers immediately changed. Long. The colonies are all dominated by the military, and the situation that Wenchen can't reach out at all, now seems to have changed? Everyone is not stupid, this is the concession made by Chen Xie, otherwise who would be willing to risk offending Chen Xie and take the initiative to mention this. Fang Yizhi's level was enough to cause a fight.

"Chen Xiang is far-sighted, I might as well wait." Zhou Lianggong, the Minister of Taxation, opened his mouth, and everyone scolded in their hearts: "Sycophant." But everyone scolded and scolded, but they were all sure of his ability. After this guy became the minister, the tax department is now the most murderous department in the Ming Dynasty, as long as he is targeted, he will shed his skin if he does not die. And this guy doesn't sell anyone's account, and puts himself in the position of a lonely minister. It's just such a No. 1 person, Chen Xiang still reuses it, and the Tao here is very clear.

"In that case, I ...... recommend one person below." When Fang Yizhi spoke again, he was immediately interrupted, and Dai Mingshi, the Minister of Personnel (Ministry of Officials), grabbed a sentence: "Wait a minute, Brother Fang, where do you want to go?" The two immediately faced each other in a cross-eyed, seeing the precursor of a large-scale tearing up, Chen Zilong, who had been prepared, said angrily: "Give me a quieter." ”

The scene was quiet, and Chen Zilong said to Chen Xie: "This move is a start-up, and the system has not been completed, so it is better for Chen Xiang to make a decision." ”

No one knows if Chen Xie has a predetermined candidate in his heart, this is Chen Zilong's cleverness. If Chen Xie brought it up, then just return it. Anyway, the ultimate goal is to achieve that the overseas governor is served by a literati, and a bone is not yet three or two pieces of meat, which is worth fighting for by a group of bigwigs in the cabinet?

Looking at the unwilling expression of a bunch of Wenchen, Chen Zilong sighed faintly in his heart, these people were blinded by interests. I didn't notice an important thing, that is, how did this report get into Chen Xie's hands? If I remember correctly, the normal process is to send it to the Cabinet Office first, and then he, the deputy prime minister, must look at it before it can be sent to the ministers and Chen Xie. In the end, Chen Xie decided whether to discuss it in the cabinet according to the severity of the matter.

I didn't even see this, and I just tried to compete for interests, these people are really ridiculous.

"Since Wozi said so, the old man is not welcome. I think Xia Wanchun is good, Los Angeles can have today, and his credit is not small. Chen Xie gave an answer without hurrying, and everyone looked for this name in their minds, Xia Wanchun? Whose child can be like Chen Xiang's eyes?

Dai Mingshi of the Personnel Department knew who Xia Wanchun was, and after the administrative body in Los Angeles was established on its own, the list was reported to the Personnel Department. As for these people, the personnel department can't control them, but they must be recorded. When Los Angeles was established as a county, Xia Wanchun was the first candidate for county magistrate. You can't make a mistake about this, after thinking about it carefully, I found that this kid is a Jiangnan lineage, and he knows it in his heart.

Chen Xie spoke, naturally it was over, and the next thing was simpler, didn't North America expand its army? Okay, ask for half of the money, and the other half will raise it yourself, which the Ministry of Finance has done, and the attitude is very firm. When money is needed everywhere, is it possible that North America, where Jinshan has money in hand, will there be a shortage of money? If it weren't for Chen Xie's presence, he wouldn't have planned to give it to anyone. As for the plan for a new type of warship proposed by the Admiralty, it was directly vetoed by the Ministry of Finance. Don't even think about it, if you don't want money, you have to die.

This position is very firm, what else can be done if the productivity of shipyards does not build warships? It's very simple, a cargo ship. Now the shipping capitalists of the Ming Dynasty, who do not think about the new steam-powered ocean-going freighters. Who doesn't have a few capitalists behind the cabinet? The dockyard of Songjiang Shipyard is limited, and one more warship is one less freighter, which is very easy to calculate.

Chen Xie has always been disdainful of this mentality, and if he has the energy to ponder this, it is better to spend some time and open a new shipyard. If you don't have the technology, why don't you take the initiative to cooperate with the shipyard? How can you change the traditional business mentality? At this point, Chen Xie also has a headache, the original railway was pushed out by him, do you have to do it again?

The Minister of the Navy and the Minister of Finance were arguing, and Chen Xie sighed and said, "Okay, don't quarrel." In a word, the scene was quiet again, and Chen Xie threw out another piece of fat: "The coastline of Daming is long, and there are many places suitable for opening a shipyard. Isn't it just steam power? It doesn't matter if you don't have technology, you can take a cooperative approach. ”

After brushing it, most of the people's eyes at the scene were red. What does this mean? After the opening of the railway, it is going to open shipbuilding again?

In fact, these people have ignored a problem, railways, shipbuilding, are inseparable from the core technology, that is, power.

The cabinet meeting was dismissed, and the scene of a dozen bigwigs trotting away was quite spectacular, and they couldn't wait to contact them by phone, so they had to say it in person, so as not to be unclear. And we have to discuss what it means. Little did they know that just because a North American road construction had triggered a huge upheaval within the Chen family, the rise of a rising star was unstoppable. (To be continued......)