Mao Chengzhishi's matter has finally been decided.

Yang Tinghe was very reluctant to deal with Mao Cheng's Zhishi, although Mao Cheng had not completely obeyed Yang Tinghe's arrangements in many things in the past two years, but in the end, Mao Cheng was there, and Zhu Si had never made a fuss about the big rites.

Now that he has rashly changed the book of the Ministry of Rites, who knows if the little emperor will make any more moths?

But Mao Cheng is on sick leave.

The illness was indeed so serious that he could not go to court.

Originally, after Mao Cheng was allowed to return to the field, he should return to his hometown in Nanzhili, but because of his serious illness and poor behavior, he could only stay in Beijing temporarily.

The person who succeeded Mao Cheng as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites was also decided, and sure enough, it was Luo Qinshun, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, who was still on the way to Beijing.

After Mao Cheng left the court, Zhu Si was really ready to move, and discussed with Zhu Hao several times to see if he could make a fuss about the Great Rites Discussion early, as if he wanted to force Yang Tinghe away with the Great Rites Discussion.

However, Zhu Hao continued to appease Zhu Si, so that he could calm down and wait for Yang Tinghe to leave the dynasty with peace of mind.

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One day in mid-April.

Zhao Huang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, took a book fold and went to Yang Tinghe's house overnight to pay a visit.

Because Zhao Huang belonged to a neutral faction in the court, and the Ministry of Industry itself was not involved in the political disputes of the court, Zhao Huang had the lowest status as one of the six Shangshu, and his presence in the court was even inferior to that of the left capital Yushi Jin Xianmin.

This time he came to Yang Tinghe, and it was he who learned a bizarre thing.

Yang Tinghe met him in his study.

Zhao Huang opened the book, but it was a drawing, which depicted the train rumbling along the tracks, and this was a transcript obtained by the Ministry of Industry from the Xishan Coal Mine, which described the operation of the train in detail.

「…… Zhongtang, I heard that His Majesty has been secretly planning this matter for many years, and I heard that this material resource is as big as an ox, which can load thousands of stones of grain at a time, and can transport hundreds of people at a time. It needs to be supported by something called a railroad track underneath, and it can operate regardless of heat or cold, but the Ministry of Works has not been involved in it from beginning to end."

"Now that the railroad track has been laid for more than ten miles, the news from the people in the mine kiln is that the imperial court intends to lay this thing from Xishan to Jingshi and connect it with the canal......

Zhao Huang had no choice but to come to Yang Tinghe.

Because this incident was made by the little emperor.

In the view of Zhao Huang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the imperial court has carried out a big project, but it has not greeted the Ministry of Industry, which is equivalent to treating the Ministry of Industry as transparent.

Looking at the posture, it is clear that it is a large-scale project that costs the people and money, what does the emperor mean by not greeting the Ministry of Industry?

I clearly don't believe in the Ministry of Works!

If this kind of thing is known to outsiders, they still think that he, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, is secretly helping the emperor do things, so Zhao Huang has to explain clearly to Yang Tinghe, and while explaining that this matter has nothing to do with him, he also hopes that Yang Tinghe can stop this matter.

Zhao Huang didn't want to do things that endangered the imperial court in the name of the Ministry of Industry.

What kind of train?

Daming didn't have this thing before, and he won't need it in the future.

Yang Ting and Mei Yu showed an unbelievable anxiety, and said, "Can you confirm that there is really something?"

Yang Tinghe didn't believe much of it.

The mining in Xishan, even if it is tossed, is just a matter of a few mines, and it is actually necessary to make a means of transportation that has never appeared in this era?

It seems that it is necessary to open the mountain and pave the road, so it will inevitably require a lot of manpower and material resources, even if these are just preliminary preparations, it is estimated that the cost will exceed 100,000 taels, or even hundreds of thousands of taels.

No matter how arbitrarily the emperor acts, if he wants to do this, where does he get so much money?

Zhao Huang sighed, "I sent someone to check, it should be right."

Yang Tinghe pondered for a long time, and didn't figure out what the door was.

When the emperor was still in the court, he rectified these unreliable things, can it be said that in fact, this is some kind of trick against him Yang Tinghe?

Yang Tinghe always had to involve himself in what he encountered, because he knew that he was in the dynasty for a day, the emperor

The emperor's main goals were all focused on him alone.

Yang Tinghe asked, "What's ...... Is it possible for the Ministry of Works to audit the accounts?"

Zhao Huang shook his head.

"Is there any news from the household department and the inner government?"

Yang Tinghe continued to ask.

Zhao Huang still shook his head, but added, "I don't know."

Zhao Huang is a secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and it is good if the accounts of the Ministry of Industry can be sorted out, but can he still manage the Ministry of Household and the Inner Government?

Besides, now that Sun Jiao is rising strongly, who knows if this matter will be completed by Sun Jiao behind his back? But if Sun Jiao was involved, the silver would inevitably come out of the treasury, and the question was that if there were additional expenses beyond the ordinary amount, how could Yang Tinghe be completely unaware?

The matter was so bizarre that Yang Tinghe couldn't figure out the trick.

"You go and ask Sun Zhitong."

Yang Tinghe said to Zhao Huang as if he had given an order, "If he doesn't know, he will talk about it in the court." Otherwise...... Or maybe it's just a lot of thunder and a little rain, and it doesn't cost much money, so there's no need to make a big fuss."

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Yang Tinghe was very cautious.

Before he didn't know what the little emperor was doing, he would not rashly go to the court meeting to argue with the emperor, if the stop was not appropriate, and then the emperor would bring him back, then he Yang Tinghe would lose face again.

Just look at the drawings, I think the amount of work is large, but no one knows how things are, after all, it is only a dozen miles of paved roads, from the drawings it is actually the same thing, I have not seen the real thing, who knows if it is an empty shell, or there are real materials?

Even the width of the rails, Yang Tinghe didn't have too intuitive feelings about the pen.

Zhao Huang, under the instruction of Yang Tinghe, went to visit Sun Jiao overnight.

Sun Jiao had already fallen asleep, but his good sleep was disturbed by Zhao Huang's rash arrival, and he had to get up to entertain guests.

"Tingshi, why did you come late at night? It can't be for the queen's father's mansion, right?"

Sun Jiao was old and frail, and he finally fell asleep but was woken up, and it was inevitable that he would be a little angry.

Recently, the Ministry of Industry has an important errand, that is, to build the residence of the queen's father Chen Wanyan in Beijing.

Because it was built according to the specifications of the earl's mansion, it cost a lot of money, and Zhao Huang had argued with the emperor as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, asking to lower the specifications or renovate the existing mansion, but the emperor did not listen, so Sun Jiao naturally thought that Zhao Huang was looking for him for help in this matter.

Zhao Huang took out the drawings he showed Yang Tinghe and asked, "Do like-minded brothers know what this is?"

Sun Jiao took a look, what the hell?

But after a little thought, Zhao Huang came at night, just to ask him if he had seen this thing?

It's greasy!

Sun Jiao didn't answer directly, but asked, "Since you came to ask, do you think you know?"

Zhao Huang did not hide it: "This is ordered by His Majesty to be built in Xishan, saying that it is to connect Xishan and Jingshi, transport the coal from Xishan to Jingshi, and transport it to Jiangnan by canal boats."

"Huh."

Sun Jiao was relieved when he heard this.

This is what Zhu Hao did.

It's just that in the past, Sun Jiao didn't think that Zhu Hao could make any big battles, but now it seems that it looks like it.

Zhao Huang saw Sun Jiao's weird smile, and he was a little confused.

I told you this, you Sun Zhitong is embarrassed to laugh?

Does that mean you know there's such a thing?

Sun Jiao's expression was full of doubt when he saw Zhao Huang looking at him, and hurriedly explained: "Build, the court has no silver, why not try it?"

Zhao Huang was dumbfounded and asked, "The imperial court is allocating coins?"

Sun Jiaodao: "Are you suspicious of old decay? Yes or no, it's not just a matter of going to the account department, everything is on file...... You didn't ask the people of the governor Jingcang if the imperial court had allocated money?"

Zhao Huang thought about it, and this is indeed the truth.

Yang Tinghe didn't know, he didn't know either, he was very confused when he asked, and now it seems that Sun Jiao can also be

I don't know very well.

"Tingshi, there are some things, not as you think, Your Majesty is a king who works hard, and it is completely understandable that he has such unconventional behavior. Just don't tell your husband, your husband is a person who wants to take care of everything, and if you manage it, you will be in trouble...... If you let him know, the court will have to make some articles...... It's tiring!"

Sun Jiao persuaded.

Zhao Huang shook his head again and again.

It seems that he has to tell Yang Tinghe, but in fact, he met Yang Tinghe first and then came to see Sun Jiao, and things can't be changed.

Sun Jiao sighed, "You have to go and say, let you go. When asked about my household department, the household department could only say that he did not know about it, His Majesty had not allocated funds from the household department, and the money and food were useless, and besides, he ...... Just a few iron shelves, plus something like an ox cart, how much silver can it cost? What a fuss!"

Zhao Huang hurriedly said: "But I heard that this thing is very huge, it is marked on it, two or three zhang high, hundreds of feet long, such a behemoth, if it is built on a large scale, wouldn't it ...... Waste money and labor?"

"Then when you work hard and lose money, you can talk about it, otherwise it will be unfounded."

Sun Jiao was slightly impatient, and his gaze at Zhao Huang was full of unkindness.

Originally, I wanted to pull you along and let you join my side.

It seems that you would rather believe Yang Tinghe than believe me.

So you're looking for ***?

Just to ask if the household department secretly transferred money to the past?

This kind of thing, if it's really going to be adjusted, who can hide it?

It is precisely because the imperial court has not spent any silver until now that it can hide it from the top and bottom, and even you and I have not known about it until today.

Zhao Huang was quite upright, and said, "Since the like-minded brothers don't know, they can only talk about things at the court meeting."

"Hmm."

Sun Jiao nodded.

He wanted to persuade Zhao Huang to turn back, but he couldn't persuade him.

What kind of temper does Zhao Huang have? I don't want to eat that kind of stubborn temper at all, I have a small belly, my ability is good, but I am very good at calculating, which is why Zhao Huang can be in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and he has not joined any faction until today, but he can be at ease.

Everything lies in the fact that he basically does not involve the party struggle in the court, and only cares about the one-acre and three-third of the Ministry of Industry, and when he encounters someone who is unhappy, he will directly say that it has nothing to do with anything else, even if the matter is big, he will stand by and watch.

"You go and ask Yang Jiefu first, he agrees, you mention it again, otherwise you won't be good anywhere."

Sun Jiao reminded again, "In addition, you must also find out Your Majesty's attitude towards this matter, if Your Majesty has made up your mind, I am afraid that you will come back in a mess like the old man."