Zhang Jingyi stayed in the capital for more than ten days, and in fact, he began to miss Liaodong a little.

It's not that I'm uncomfortable with the capital, but I have gradually felt that Liaodong is my real home at this time.

It's just that the Emperor of the Apocalypse is unwilling to let him go easily, and he summons him almost every day, and the monarchs and ministers are quite compatible, and occasionally chatting about the general trend.

But there is a lot of talk about the general trend in the world this day, and it is probably similar to chewing wax.

Therefore, Zhang Jingyi finally decided to resign.

Therefore, on this day, he entered the palace early, first went to see the Queen Mother, said hello, and then rushed from the Forbidden City to the Xiyuan Qinzheng Palace.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse saw Zhang Jingyi, showed joy, and then said: "The last time you talked about the new tributary relationship, the Ministry of Rites and Rites drafted the detailed rules, and also discussed with the countries. I didn't expect it to go so smoothly, and the countries rarely complained. ”

Zhang Jingyi looked at the Emperor of the Apocalypse with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Then congratulations to Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Tianqi said: "I think about it carefully, it is still the credit of Liaodong, as you said, if it were not for Liaodong singing black face, how could the countries be uneasy?" Now I wish the court would come up with a strategy to protect them, although the terms are a little harsh, but at least they are steady. Oh, yes, what's in your hand? ”

"It's a book."

"Books?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse raised his eyebrows, his face puzzled.

Zhang Jingyi said honestly: "Your Majesty, the minister ordered someone to sort out His Majesty's manuscript, and then ordered the book to be engraved and printed into a book and sold in book markets all over the country. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly remembered this matter, and he was indeed gracious at the beginning, although he still had no bottom in his heart.

He couldn't help but say, "It won't make people laugh." ”

Zhang Jingyi shook his head: "The sales of the book are excellent, one of them involves engineering, it is a thousand empty alleys, and the Luoyang paper is expensive for a while, and now there are many people engaged in engineering in the Ming Dynasty, many people are interested in engineering, and the quality of the books written by His Majesty is particularly good, and there are many unique insights, that is, many engineering doctors, are also highly respected, so the sales are extremely hot, it can be said that a book is hard to find, and now all the booksellers are desperately printing it." ”

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse heard this, he believed it a little, If other knowledge caused thousands of empty alleys, he still felt a little unconfident, but if it was about engineering...... This is my own business, no, my business is the Son of Heaven.

Then Zhang Jingyi said: "This book has broken the sales record of miscellaneous books, so the minister is here to congratulate him." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was humble at this time, waved his hand and said, "This ...... Well...... Although this is also unexpected by me, but my little bit of learning from the side door is nothing, I am the Son of Heaven, and I don't value these things. ”

Even though he said this, he was still proud in his heart.

Zhang Jingyi said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, this is a bad word, how can this engineering be a sideshow?" In the eyes of the ministers and many talents in the world, this is the real university question, with this knowledge, the transportation can be convenient, the people have shelter from the wind and rain, people say that food, clothing, housing and transportation, the living and transportation of all the people in the world are here, it is related to the well-being of the people of the world, if this is the side door, then there is no better learning than it in the world. ”

In fact, as soon as Zhang Jing discovered the value of the Emperor of the Apocalypse in these 'academics', his first reaction was to immediately let people compile them. In this way, the Emperor of the Apocalypse can be completely put on the car of this knowledge, and the door can be welded shut by the way!

After all, your Emperor of the Apocalypse is the great master of this knowledge, and he is always embarrassed to return to the water, and in the future, someone wants to re-supply the set of Confucian scriptures.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was actually just modest, but now when Zhang Jing said this, he just said it to the bottom of his heart.

So the Emperor of the Apocalypse laughed and said, "Yes, yes, I do have aphasia. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Jingyi mentioned that he wanted to return to the domain.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse gradually retracted the smile on his face, and said in surprise: "It's only been a few days, are you going back to Liaodong?" ”

Zhang Jing was somewhat reluctant to say goodbye, but he was going back after all, so he said: "Your Majesty, there is a banquet in the world, and the minister misses His Majesty when he is in Liaodong, but in the capital, he misses Liaodong. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse sighed and said with a bit of loss, "It's just that I still have a lot of things I want to ask. ”

Zhang Jing said: "In fact, the minister has nothing to ask for, the world has reached this point, it is like a surging river, and it will roll forward, whether it is the personal strength of Your Majesty or the minister, in fact, it can no longer be controlled." So...... Rather than asking your ministers for advice, Your Majesty should let everything take its course. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you mean...... I don't care? ”

"It's not that you don't turn a blind eye, but there will naturally be an invisible force that will allow Your Majesty to make your own choice. The general trend mentioned by the minister is actually that the mode of production has changed, and after the change, for example, millions of people today rely on this new mode of production for their livelihood, which is their food and clothing, and the fundamental interests of thousands of people. ”

"Because of this, Your Majesty will ...... Even if the minister is in Liaodong in the future, no matter what decision he makes, he must still meet the wishes of these millions of people after all. Any decision, whether you want it or not, has to defend the wishes of thousands of people. Just as in the first days when all the goods of the world were still obtained from farming, all the will of His Majesty was essentially to protect the gentry who held the land, and it had to be in accordance with their wishes. Now that the general trend has been achieved, then the minister feels that it is better to go with the flow. ”

After hearing this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse seemed to be a little different from the new policy he imagined.

He thought he should make more drastic moves in the future, but after thinking about it, he seemed to be beginning to understand something...... The aspirations of thousands of people...... Aren't you constantly controlling yourself?

The desire of thousands of people to build more railways has gathered into a song and sent it to themselves, can they not allow it?

The wishes of thousands of people, because of the desire for the market, so they need to reduce the various barriers, these wishes converge into a song, can they veto?

For a moment, the Emperor of the Apocalypse felt that he had a new understanding, but he smiled on his face and said, "When you say this, it makes my heart cold." ”

Zhang Jing looked at the Emperor of the Apocalypse with blazing eyes and said: "Sometimes it is not bad to be able to relax for a while, Your Majesty is in Beijing, you might as well take care of the dragon body." ”

Emperor Tianqi knew that Zhang Jingyi had made up his mind to return to Liaodong, so he said, "When will you become a vassal?" ”

"What do you plan to do in three days?"

"Three days later......" the Emperor of the Apocalypse said quietly, "I'll give you a ride." ”

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help blinking his eyes, listening to these words, it suddenly made people feel cold.

But fortunately, Zhang Jingyi knows the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and he doesn't like puns.

Zhang Jing nodded, and then saluted the Emperor of the Apocalypse in a serious manner.

Three days later, although it was an auspicious day, it did not seem to bring good luck to Zhang Jingyi, and after one night, the weather was suddenly cold, and at dawn, it actually snowed heavily.

Countless snow flakes fluttered, like knives, and the ears and noses of the people who scraped hurt them.

As soon as Zhang Jing arrived at the station, who expected that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was wearing a warm cloak and waiting here with a team of guards.

The monarch and the minister glanced at each other.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse stepped forward, and without waiting for Zhang Jing to salute, he smiled and said: "I have thought about it for the past three days, what Zhang Qing said is not unreasonable, Zhang Qing is going, and I don't know when we will be able to see each other again." ”

Zhang Jingyi looked at the Emperor of the Apocalypse cautiously and said, "Your Majesty, take care." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled and said, "You also take care." ”

It seems that at this time, Zhang Jingyi was a little speechless, the two of them should not say anything for a while.

At this point, after a moment of silence, Zhang Jingyi saluted again, glanced deeply at the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and then boarded the car.

The sound of the steam train was earth-shattering, mixed with the hissing of steam.

When Zhang Jingyi looked at the people on the platform from the glass window, he found that the Emperor of the Apocalypse had turned his face away.

This reminded Zhang Jingyi of a certain moment more than ten years ago, when she came to this world, and at that time she was full of sincere fear for this ancient era, and now she ...... Seem...... Here, history has taken a new fork in the road like this steam train.

It's just that Zhang Jingyi doesn't really care about what direction the steam train will eventually go in and what the end of the tracks will be.

Because he himself has no answers, but just knows...... Time does not stand still.

The twenty-first day of the first month of the twenty-third year of the Apocalypse.

Nothing happens!