The day of Zhu Hao's return to Beijing is tentatively set for February 20.

Before that, he had to complete the laying of railroad tracks in the Nishiyama area and oversee the manufacture of steam locomotive heads.

Although the terrain around Xishan is undulating, from the time Zhu Hao was preparing to open a mine in Xishan, he began to send people to explore the terrain and landform to determine how the railroad tracks would be laid.

Of course, there are no major problems in terms of routes, and the main difficulty is how to ensure that the steam locomotive of the train is built in the shortest possible time.

By mid-February, when a behemoth was finally assembled, Zhu Hao felt that this iron shell was still very different from the locomotive of later generations.

At best, it's just a big model.

Fortunately, there is one point, this thing will run forward when it burns coal, and the traction is okay, pulling three or five wagons at a time, hundreds of tons of things, and there is no problem on the slope of eight percent of the slope.

In addition to the matching parts, there are many complex and sophisticated technologies involved in the manufacture of locomotives, such as iron frame wheels, bearings, and iron chains...... And so on, all of which are not available in this era.

This can be regarded as Zhu Hao's coming to Daming for so many years, and a large-scale scientific summary has appeared.

The length of the Xishan railway track is about five kilometers.

Many of them are paved with ready-made roadbeds, which were originally used as coal rails, but replaced with wider and stronger rails.

When a behemoth, under the eyes of a group of people, climbed little by little from the bottom of the five-kilometer mountain to the halfway point of the mine, many people cheered.

It's a lot of fun for them, and it might save them a lot of effort in the future.

Unbeknownst to them, they were invisibly acting as witnesses to history, which was the first train to be invented in the world, and that this steam locomotive was significantly more sophisticated than the first trains of later generations.

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The news of the successful trial operation of the train reached Zhu Si's ears on the same day.

Zhu Si was excited and wanted to witness it in person, but even if she could leave the palace, she wouldn't be able to leave the capital, unless she planned to "leave the palace" directly like his imperial brother, if he really did this, Yang Tinghe was still in the court, maybe it was really possible to unite with Empress Dowager Zhang to abolish his throne.

The previous Emperor Wuzong had such a bad influence on the Ming Dynasty that the civil officials couldn't tolerate such a thing again.

「…… Your Majesty, according to the news from Mr. Zhu, in the next two years, the thing called the railway track will be laid from Xishan to the capital, and the railway track will be laid from Xishan to Xuanfu in the future...... There will also be ...... over there in Shanxi Then spread to Yongping Mansion, and in the future, Daming will not need a boat to transport grain, just use the thing called a train......

Zhang Zuo still didn't know how to pretend to understand there, and introduced the role of the train to Zhu Si.

Zhu Sidao: "I don't need you to say it, when Zhu Hao gave me a lesson in the past, he mentioned this thing, saying that if this thing is used to transport troops and grain, no matter how much grain, baggage, or soldiers, it can be delivered quickly."

Only then did Zhang Zuo know that it turned out that Zhu Hao had already eaten *** for the emperor.

No wonder the emperor will be so supportive of Zhu Hao, the emperor has not yet ascended the throne, Zhu Hao has planned everything, and after the emperor ascends the throne, he will naturally complete the ideals of the year......

This ambition and courage are truly beyond the reach of mortals.

Zhu Si sighed: "It's a pity that Zhu Hao is not in the capital now, I miss him very much, and I am more and more urgent to drive the surname Yang away. It's been two years since Jiajing, didn't Zhu Hao say that it was just in the middle of this year?"

"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry......

Zhang Zuo tried his best to persuade.

From Zhang Zuo's point of view, he naturally has to think about it, if he drives Yang Tinghe away, will it always be a good thing or a bad thing for him?

Don't be at that time, Zhu Hao's next thing to deal with is him Zhang Zuo, right?

If that's the case, then he Zhang Zuo can't fight Zhu Hao if he can't fight.

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Tang House.

For many days, the Tang Mansion was full of guests, and every day there were dozens of officials and visiting scribes who received them, but Tang Yin did not

Tired of it.

But remember that this is an errand given by the emperor, and think that it may be a little better than being an errand in the northwest...... This was only at the beginning, and after receiving guests for a few days, he found that the work was even more tiring than when he was in the northwest, and he was immediately exhausted. I just want to hurry back to Suzhou to live that idyllic and comfortable life.

But fortunately, there are people who encourage it.

It's Lou Suzhen.

Recently, Lou Suzhen often appears in Tang Mansion in men's clothes.

Originally, Tang Yin was worried that Lou Suzhen's appearance would be noticed, after all, the Tang Mansion is now the target of public criticism, and many people pay attention to the situation here.

But then he dispelled that concern.

Now that King Ning's rebellion is a "time has passed", no one would think that a woman who had died would reappear, and Lou Suzhen was indeed not an important person, and there were very few people who knew her, and in the past few years, Lou Suzhen's appearance has also changed, and she looks more pampered.

This is also something that Tang Yin can't quite understand.

A woman, when she was a princess, was still a few years younger than she is now, but she is tired and old day by day.

But now she is obviously working in a women's school and a workshop, and she has worked hard, but the result is more glorious than before?

Tang Yin felt at ease as his "courtesan", and the news of the Tang Mansion also vaguely reached Yang Tinghe's ears.

The person who brought this news to Yang Tinghe was Yang Shen, who had basically not appeared in the political arena in the past two months.

Yang Shen was supposed to be promoted to waiter at the end of last year and early this year, but because the emperor suddenly had a convulsion and sent many people in the Hanlin Academy to the mine, Yang Shen was hit hard, and the promotion of waiter was also delayed until March.

Now Yang Shen is trying his best to make up for his previous "mistakes", and also to make his father trust and rely on him more.

Yang Tinghe said, "...... At the end of the exam, I asked Yongxu, and he did very well in the exam, maybe you can be a minister in the same hall this year."

Yang Shen went to report Tang Yin's matter, and he was beaten first.

After the beginning of spring, the most eye-catching thing in the capital is naturally the first meeting of the new emperor after he ascended the throne.

Although the new emperor presided over the last palace examination, and that batch of Jinshi was regarded as the protégés of the Son of Heaven, the real first game still has to wait until this year, and Yang Dian as the fresh blood cultivated by Yang Ting and the future in the court, the results of the examination have not yet been announced, and the meaning revealed in his words is that Yang Dian will definitely be able to pass the examination.

Even Yang Shen wanted to say, is this considered a private gift?

Cheating, right?

"Father, recently Tang Bohu has been in the capital, recruiting wise men, many people are in a hurry to visit his house after arriving in Beijing, and now in various teahouses and restaurants, there are many people talking about Tang Yin's affairs, and there are many slanderous words about ...... father."

When Yang Shen said this, he was actually telling his father.

Don't think that you are still a civilian leader, everyone thinks of you.

Now there are many discussions among the people, accusing you of controlling the government, saying that you are stubborn and self-serving, and it is clear that Tang Yin is a talented person, and you are persecuted so much that you can't even be a courtier.

When Yang Tinghe heard this, his face became gloomy.

When the previous emperor proposed Tang Yin's Zhishi, he thought that he might face today's situation.

In the past, when Tang Yin was arranged to enter the court, others would think that sooner or later this fortunate minister would show timidity, his career would be dull, and he would return with a halberd, but now Tang Yin has become "the expectation of everyone".

Among them, the huge changes made Yang Tinghe both angry and helpless.

"Did you find someone to impeach him and form a party for personal gain?"

Yang Shen is also the head iron, in the previous joint incident, he can be said to have suffered a big loss, this time he still did not give up the trouble of using the pen to find the new emperor's camp.

Yang Tinghe shook his head: "No need, let him go."

Tang Yin counts as a private party?

People are gone, who are you going to befriend?

There are many more people who befriend him Yang Tinghe than Tang Yin, if Tang Yin is regarded as a party and a personal business, then how can he Yang Tinghe explain it to the outside world?

If you are not clean, you will have no face to say that others are dusty.

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Capital

Lately, I've been talking about the exam.

Because the results of the examination have not yet come out, I don't know who is not successful, and there are nearly 10,000 readers gathered in the capital.

These people are usually fine, but they like to have a party in private, and get together to talk about the big and small things happening in the capital.

At this time, Zhu Hao and Cai Ang returned to the capital in a private carriage.

In the past two months in the mine, Cai Ang did not suffer much, but ate and drank well, and he was a little reluctant to leave when he returned to Kyoto.

"I don't know what the situation is in the capital now."

When Cai Ang saw the majestic city gate, his heart suddenly settled down.

The literati were very afraid of encountering bandits and robbers on the road, and they finally got out of the way, and when they were out of the house, not many people followed, and they might encounter some accidents and ruin their good lives.

Zhu Hao said, "They should all be talking about the test."

Cai Ang smiled: "Respectfully, who do you think can come out on top in this class of scholars?"

Zhu Hao naturally shook his head.

It's not interesting to predict who will win the winner and who will win the champion.

Cai Ang is keen on this kind of thing, after all, Cai Ang is the kind of person who likes to socialize young readers.

Zhu Hao and Cai Ang can talk better, mostly because Cai Ang has no shelf, more like an easy-going little old man.

Probably this is also the norm for people who have no background in the court and don't know how to form gangs.

The heart is easy-going, a bit of Tang Yin's flavor.

"Jingdao, I haven't asked you yet, are you in Xingwang's Mansion...... Keeping up with today...... Close?" Seeing that they had all arrived in the capital, Cai Ang remembered to ask Zhu Hao about Xingwangfu.

When in the mines, he would avoid such topics, after all, it was taboo.

Now that they are about to separate, he is afraid that there will be no more chances, so he will take a risk.

Zhu Hao nodded: "I have been with His Majesty all year round, and it can be said that we grew up together."

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Cai Ang was speechless.

Zhu Hao smiled, "Brother Cai hasn't heard of it before?"

Cai Ang smiled bitterly: "I heard that you were born in Anlu, but I didn't know that you had such a background...... It looks like you have a bright future. When we get into town, why don't we find a place to have tea?"

Zhu Hao has a lot of things.

But Cai Ang is interested in sending out an invitation, so he naturally won't refuse, but he won't talk about anything important.

Zhu Hao wanted to take a walk in the Jingfang of Beijing City to see what the situation in the capital is now, especially to see how Yang Tinghe and the new emperor are among the readers, and hear the most authentic voice as an ordinary person.

Now is the time when everyone is waiting for the trial release of the list, and they may gain something by going deep into the people.