Chapter 623: The Pride of the Times

Chen Xie, who threw out the new system, disappeared very irresponsibly, took his wife and children, quietly left the capital one morning, went to the farm given by the emperor outside the city, and then closed the door and did not see any guests. Zhu Youzhen printed and distributed what Chen Xie had brought out, and directly published it in full.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves, and when this thing is thrown out, it is impossible to be calm at all. In particular, the governors of the provinces, the three divisions, and the chief officials of the provinces went crazy directly, and they came to Beijing like snowflakes. These officials basically have the same argument, so if they do this, is it not messed up? What's the budget? This thing doesn't work, it's like this, the local advisory bureau is the government, and what do you need the government at all levels to do?

In just one month, a violent storm was set off between the capital and the provinces, and quarrels were inevitable. The officials of the Beijing Division, raise their hands to welcome this thing. First of all, their income has increased, and secondly, the power in their hands has increased, and they have one more means to control the local governors, and of course they must strive for this benefit.

It's not the attitude of the Jingguandu, the imperial history doesn't quite agree, how can they cooperate and interact with Jinyiwei and Dongchang? Isn't that funny? In doing so, what else do you want to do? Everything has been done by the spies, where will the face of the imperial historian go? Being compared to Jinyiwei and Dongchang, isn't that a shame for scholars? Absolutely not!

Anyway, it was a quarrel, which set off a national controversy, and the civilian clique stood on their own positions and interests, each saying its own reason, and those who opposed it and those who were in favor of it all had their own reasons, but there was one thing that was very special, which was different from before. That is, there is no mutual attack. It was to express one's attitude towards this thing, and it did not become a party dispute.

This phenomenon was difficult to imagine in the past, and the struggle between the civil servants was never so clean. Everyone has done a lot of things to expose each other. But this time, unexpectedly, such a situation did not develop. It's a rare thing. It's not like the tradition of struggle between civilian officials.

At this time, it can be seen that the benefits of the reform of the court push system have come, and everyone is unwilling to offend people to death. If you want there to be no party among civil servants, that's not realistic. But under this system, the struggle between civilian officials is constrained by invisible forces. As long as the officials who come up from the grassroots level have the opportunity to become Beijing officials and eventually join the cabinet.

At this time, at the time of argument. Everyone became extremely cautious and refused to speak too harshly. Especially this matter also involves Chen Xie, if you provoke him, it will be really fun. The controversy between officials across the country, which is an extremely rare thing in the Ming Dynasty, is not a dispute over great gifts.

So at this time, what is the initiator Chen Xie doing? He wasn't idle, he didn't stay on the farm for a few days. I took a few subordinates to Tianjin, and there was a very important thing to do here. That was the start of the engineering survey work on the railway.

The railway has opened a new era in Liaodong, and on the territory of Liaodong, the railway has been built to Shanhaiguan. A set of effective engineering planning and a mature team is one of Daming's most valuable assets. At the instigation of Chen Xie, Zhu Youzhen agreed to the construction plan of the railway, and it was carried out nationwide. Hype up this epoch-making feat of Gewu.

Chen Xie came to Tianjin to see the members of the survey team. They are all young people, starting from the most basic mathematics, constantly tempering themselves in practice, and finally mastering a set of railway construction techniques that belong to the Ming Dynasty. This completely uses some of the more backward tools. In the barren land of modern civilization in Daming, the team created by them has simply exceeded everyone's imagination. These people are of course very well paid, but they don't really care about the treatment, because they don't have much time to spend time enjoying themselves. They are constantly walking and conquering on the battlefield, one by one, one by one.

So when Chen Xie faced these young people, he didn't say any nonsense first, but embraced the past one by one. These young people are all graduates who came out of the new-style school in Dengzhou. In a team of 100 people, Chen Xie didn't let go of any of them, and after hugging them all, he stood on a dirt slope and looked at everyone with his hands on his hips.

"In my heart, there is always a secret, and no one will tell him. Today, I want to tell you that I must let you know who is the pride of the times in this era? It's not the high-ranking officials of the court, it's not the gentry, it's you! In my mind, only you are worthy of the title of the pride of the times. Here today, I ask you to rest assured that after this railway is repaired, if any of you are not willing to stay in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, then stay in Liaodong, or go to Nanyang. Because in these two places, you get what you deserve. To tell you the truth, I'm ashamed that I haven't made this country realize that you are the noblest group of people in this country, the most precious treasure of this country. Chen Xie's words were extremely emotional, tears swirling in his eyes, and he couldn't control it in the end, because he saw young faces full of wind and frost.

Chen Xie knows very well that these young people just regard railway construction as a profession. They don't realize how important they are to this era. Therefore, Chen Xie wants to sue them, no matter what others think or what he thinks in his heart, he must let everyone know.

More than 100 people at the scene, because of these words, more than half of the people who squatted in pain in the place, and the remaining half also silently bowed their heads and wept. The hardships of this work are known only to them, and no one can understand them, when a great person of this country and this era stands in front of everyone and tells everyone, I understand you, understand your greatness and importance.

Everyone here is actually very satisfied with their own treatment, and Liao Dongfang takes care of their families. Give them a social status beyond ordinary people, and even in front of officials, they are people with status, and they don't need to bow down. They are not craftsmen, they are not lowly professionals, in Liaodong they have a new title: Gewujia.

The new title of Gewujia undoubtedly comes from the pen of Chen Xie, a profession in Liaodong, whose social status is equivalent to that of a famous Xiucai. Whether other places admit it or not, Chen Xie doesn't care at all, and this time he will give Zhu Youzhen a lecture and ask to determine the title and level of the Gewu family. Make a hierarchy, a total of five stars to distinguish, the highest five-star Gewu family, equivalent to the treatment of the same Jinshi. No matter who stands in the way of this, Chen Xie will not make any compromises.

The young people who have been inspired by Chen Xie have devoted themselves to their work with all their energy, and the railway from Shanhaiguan to Tianjin will play a huge role after it is repaired. When the time comes, the entire Daming will be like a person with an extra major artery. The benefits of this railway have not yet been shown, and after they are revealed in the future, the entire merchants of the Ming Dynasty will go crazy for it.

In fact, the current Ming Dynasty, the craftsman profession has undergone subtle changes, in the past was a lowly profession, now the craftsman system has existed in name only, craftsmen with craftsmanship, the status and treatment of the people, have been quite improved. The new-style school, in Shandong and Liaodong, is the first choice for folk children.

Chen Xie is working hard to change things, and now he is slowly ushering in spring. After accompanying the young people all the way from Tianjin and staying in the field for a whole month, Chen Xie was carried back by a holy decree. In the end, there was no clear outcome to the big controversy between officials, but many issues were raised by everyone, and it was time to revise and compromise.

Chen Xie, who returned to the Beijing Division, looked a lot thinner and lost a lot of weight, and after being called into the palace by Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen sighed when they met: "Sihua, you are really, you can't be idle for a moment." Chen Xie smiled very indifferently and said: "Your Majesty, there are many things that the minister wants to do, and there is not much idle time to quarrel. Since they want to quarrel, then quarrel enough, the mouth can't solve any problems, Su Qin and Zhang Yi didn't use their mouths to solve any problems. When they really want to solve the problem, they still have to do it. ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "I know, what you said, empty talk misleads the country, and hard work prospers the country." Tell me what you've been busy with lately. ”

Chen Xie groaned slightly, and then talked about his recent life quite emotionally, in the wild, eating and sleeping in the open, all the way hard, from Tianjin to Shanhaiguan, crossing rivers and mountains. With a group of young people, they eat and live in the wild. When talking about a young man who almost died because he was bitten by a snake, Chen Xie choked up.

"Majesty, these young people, what they have done, is unknown in the world. In the future, on the land of the Central Plains, wherever the speeding train goes, there are traces left by them. What is a Railway? According to the minister's understanding of medical technology, the railway is the blood vessels in the human body for the country. Without the railway, the blood vessels such as the vascular canal are difficult to meet the requirements of human health, with the railway, it has the foundation for the Ming Dynasty to take off, once the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty comes, the development of industry and commerce to a course, it is natural to drive the development of agricultural production. At that time, at most thirty or fifty years, the Ming Dynasty will be able to exempt agricultural taxes. Relying solely on commercial taxes and customs taxes can meet the needs of the state. ”

Zhu Youzhen was moved by the scene described by Chen Xie again, and involuntarily sighed and said, "I probably won't be able to see that day." "With that, I put the budget aside for the time being. Chen Xie listened to his words and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, even if you can't see that day, I think before you leave this world, you must be proud, you can hold your head high and go to see the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty in the sky." Because, the future of the Ming Dynasty is laid by you. (To be continued......)