Zhu Hao didn't expect that even Yang Shen realized that there might be a battle in the northwest.

But why did Yang Tinghe still insist on such a thing as changing the coach before the formation? Could it be that partisan struggle is more important than border stability? Or does it mean that in Yang Tinghe's opinion, Zang Feng is just a coward who has no level and protects his colleagues, and he really thinks that Chen Jiuchou's ability is much stronger than Zang Feng?

These are not Zhu Hao's concerns.

Zhu Si's birthday is about to arrive, and the Hanlin Academy is also preparing to celebrate, and Zhu Hao has nothing to do with the drafting of the joint recital, and in the end he only needs to sign his name on it.

When Zhu Hao was notified and went to sign his name as usual, Liu Chun called Zhu Hao to his official room.

"Jingdao, I heard that when you went to meet with the envoys of Fanbang, you said some threatening words?"

Liu Chun asked as soon as he came up.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, did the news spread so fast? At that time, there was not even a ceremonial official on the Ming side, who spread the news?

Does Yang use repair?

Liu Chun said: "The envoys of Fanbang thought that the Ming officials were disrespectful to them, and when they contacted the people from the Ministry of Rites, they protested, and the news spread immediately...... It seems that someone wants to suppress your prestige with this. ”

Only then did Zhu Hao know that it was not Yang Shen who was making trouble, but the North Korean envoys making trouble.

This is probably the so-called national self-esteem, and he was threatened by the officials of the Heavenly Empire in person, and he was angry, so he went to the Ming Rites Department to protest.

It is also possible that they think that Zhu Hao is young, and it is too faceless for the Ming Dynasty to find such a half-sized son to meet them, just to kill the prestige of the so-called Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming court can lose face and raise the national prestige of North Korea.

Zhu Hao sighed: "If you are not from my race, your heart will be different, these guys really don't have a good heart...... In fact, my original intention was to remind them that the party in North Korea is fierce, and their political enemies will definitely send people to Daming, waiting for an opportunity to poison them, so as to sow discord between Daming and North Korea, and it will be very dangerous for them to stay in the capital, so it is better to go back as soon as possible after finishing their work to avoid accidents. ”

"Then you shouldn't have said that...... Although the old man didn't know what you said at that time, since it caused misunderstanding, you have to bear the responsibility. This matter can be big or small, from the standpoint of the people of the Ming Dynasty, you are right, from the perspective of diplomatic relations, you do this...... It damages the face of the Ming court. ”

Liu Chun taught a lesson with a straight face, which seemed strict, but it was actually out of good intentions.

Zhu Hao humbly accepted the teaching, and arched his hand: "Yes." ”

Liu Chun's tone became soft: "I don't blame you, after all, you have just entered the court and have no experience, if Yang Yongxiu is looking for you to do things in the future, you don't have to listen to him for everything, he is a Hanlin cultivator like you, why listen to a person of the same level?" He often does things that he can't do on his own, so he finds someone else to take over, don't think that he will have any good intentions. ”

Zhu Hao wanted to laugh when he heard this.

Liu Chun has been in the Hanlin Academy for decades, and he can see at a glance that Yang Shen has suspicions, and reminds Zhu Hao not to get too close to Yang Shen, he has been in a high position for a long time, he has long seen that Yang Tinghe and the emperor are in trouble, and no matter how powerful a Shoufu scholar is, he will still retire in the future.

What good end can you do with Yang Tinghe and form a party to fight the emperor?

"Remember."

Zhu Hao admired Liu Chun more and more.

Although Liu Chun is also an old pedant and known for his stubbornness, at least he is sincere, and the focus is really good on him.

Such a person enters the cabinet, or it is the best suppression of Yang Tinghe, Zhu Hao feels that he should help Liu Chun no matter what.

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Originally, the North Korean envoy asked the people from the Daming Rite Department to protest, but it was just a small matter, it was nothing, and Zhu Hao didn't pay attention to it at all.

Unexpectedly, in the next few days, especially a few days after Zhu Si's Halloween Day passed, the government and the opposition were talking everywhere about Zhu Hao's threat to the envoys of Fanbang, from the perspective of nationalism, or from the rumors in Daming, the people regarded Zhu Hao as a hero, saying that he did not lose the face of Daming.

But among the officials, Zhu Hao was regarded as a fool with no emotional intelligence, thinking that Zhu Hao's young Dezhi had no level of governance and was not worthy of staying in the Hanlin Academy, which would disgrace the Ming court.

When Zhu Hao went back, even Tang Yin mentioned it.

“…… Even the officials of the Ministry of Industry are talking about your intimidation of the Korean envoys, respectfully, I don't understand, you are so smart, why do you want to be unhappy with those people from small vassal countries? You don't really swell up and feel like you can do anything, do you? ”

Tang Yin finally had the opportunity to act like a real teacher and correct the mistakes of students.

Zhu Hao smiled: "I just sensed that one of them was approaching, and I wanted to remind him to be careful, the ghost knows such a glass heart, and ran to complain?" I really don't know what to say. ”

Tang Yin said: "Glass heart? ”

Obviously, Tang Yin didn't understand this term.

It means poor psychological quality...... It's okay, let them say it, just to create the impression that a newborn calf doesn't know the times, and make others disgusted with me, then I can be more stable in the capital, isn't it? ”

Zhu Hao continued to smile.

Tang Yin shook his head: "I usually see you mature and sophisticated, but now I look at you, you are still a child, it's really ...... It's not a big deal. ”

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Zhu Hao is not worried about this matter spreading to the outside world.

As Zhu Hao said to Tang Yin, it really didn't have much impact on him.

Others were originally envious and contemptuous because he was a young champion, and deliberately alienated, plus jealous that Zhu Hao and Yang Shen were close, and the new emperor also wanted to promote Zhu Hao and Yang Shen to serve as the attendants of the Hanlin Academy......

Not against you, against whom?

However, it is a mediocre talent not to be envied, since Zhu Hao has long been psychologically prepared to reach the pinnacle of power, what are you afraid of being slandered?

And...... The most important point.

Zhu Hao knew through history that Shin Jizong and other North Korean envoys might be assassinated by people from opposition forces in his country, and now that the news has spread, the assassin is likely to act in advance, and Shin Jizong ...... It is equivalent to paying for his righteous indignation, he could have lived for an extra month, but now it is estimated that he will not have a few days to live.

Where are the assassins?

Nine times out of ten, he lurked beside Shen Jizong.

In the past of the new emperor's Halloween Day, Zhu Si received a lot of gifts, and Zhu Hao also gave a gift, which was a large-scale model component.

The model train, with tracks laid underneath, is very well made, but Zhu Hao didn't study the battery and couldn't run it automatically. Although it is not difficult to manufacture electrolyte or something, but now Zhu Hao has not even done a steam locomotive, and there is no point in studying batteries, what batteries need to be equipped with is power generation...... The topic is a bit off the hook.

The model train can run on the circular track by pushing it by hand, and the scenery around the track is simulated, with mountains, rivers and bridges, and you can turn it around......

Zhu Siwu was confused, and directly asked people to move the model to the palace, and they were fascinated by it.

When Zhu Si came out of the palace to see Zhu Hao again, he asked directly: "I want to know, is this something that only exists in heaven?" If you can really cross the landscape, don't you say...... Ship as many things as you want in the future? ”

This is exactly what Zhu Hao is aiming for.

Attract Zhu Si's attention.

Zhu Hao's plan was to build a railway in Daming, and use the train to transport coal, ore and food supplies from all over the country.

It is very difficult to improve the steam engine, after all, the structure is extremely exquisite, but the steam engine used in trains and ships is technically easier to realize, after all, the volume is large, the structure is still the same structure, with Zhu Hao's steel smelting and casting technology, it is not difficult to manufacture a qualified steam locomotive.

The steam engine was used only for weaving, which was obviously too wasteful, and the next step required a more practical use, that is, trains and ships.

Steam cars are unrealistic......

Because the power of the small steam engine is small, if there is no track, the friction of the wheels is too great, and even if it can be replaced with rubber tires, it is difficult to drive the vehicle over the mountains.

But a train with a track has much less friction, and a large steam locomotive is more powerful than a car engine...... You must know that more than half a century after the invention of the internal combustion engine, most of the world's trains are still coal-burning steam locomotives, which shows how practical the steam engine train is.

"This thing can be present, but with the current technology, we must choose a suitable route, over the mountains and mountains should not be too much, and there will be some trouble in building bridges, a road down, about five hundred miles, about one million taels of silver. This is probably still a conservative estimate. ”

Zhu Hao's words fell, Zhu Si's eyes widened, and he urged repeatedly: "Zhu Hao, you mean that you can make this thing with one million taels of silver?" Then you can build it quickly. ”

For Zhu Si, this thing is too fun, according to his vision, a train with so many carriages, it must be able to pull a lot of things, faster than before, how practical is it?

And a million taels...... In Zhu Si's opinion, it is not an astronomical amount.

Zhu Hao shook his head: "In terms of technology, we haven't fully realized it, and the most important thing is that we want to use this kind of thing called a train on the blade, if we just transport materials from Xishan and Yongping Mansion to the capital, we won't use such an advanced thing." ”

"That'...... Where is the best place to use it? ”

Zhu Si is very persistent, he now sees a fun model, and he wants to turn the model into reality.

Zhu Hao said: "Used in Shanxi!" The area around Datong Province is a place where coal mines are produced, and we can transport coal from Datong Province to the capital, and from the capital to the northwest. Originally, there was no transportation in the northwest, and the transportation cost was very high, if you use trains......"

"Wonderful!"

Zhu Siyi slapped his thigh and admired Zhu Hao so much, "Then let's hurry up and build it." ”

Zhu Hao shook his head and said: "From Datong to Jingshi, the straight-line distance is more than six hundred miles, if some changes are made when choosing the route, the length of the train track is probably more than seven hundred miles, and bridges must be erected in the middle to blow up some valleys, and the cost may be increased to 1.2 million taels to 1.5 million taels, and it will have to be established under the condition that the imperial court requisitions a large number of people." With such a cost, I am afraid that Yang Ge Lao and Wen Chen will not agree. ”

"That's right."

Zhu Si was a little wilted.

More than one million taels of silver, only the part of the budget to build the railway, not counting the maintenance costs of the vehicles and the usual times, this silver is obviously difficult for Zhu Hao to raise by himself, only relying on the imperial court appropriation, but now the court is Yang Tinghe in charge, how can he easily agree to take out more than one million taels of silver to build a railway that no one has ever seen?

Dream on!