Capital.

Yang Shen and Xu Jie are on their way back, and Yang Tinghe has recently stepped up his layout after paying tribute.

But Zhu Si seemed to still be polite to Yang Tinghe, and the court specially inquired about Yang Tinghe's appointment to officials.

Yang Tinghe is a positive product, by September of that year, he will complete the examination for twelve years, the so-called number of years after the examination, for Yang Tinghe is meaningless, as the first auxiliary university scholar, no one in the court Chinese official is higher than his rank, no one has greater power than him, the civil official system can call the wind and rain, even the lords and guards in various places have many of his protégés, this is also where Zhu Si is jealous.

Another day is over.

Sun Jiao caught up with him in a few steps, as if he mentioned to Yang Tinghe in passing: "Your Majesty talked to someone from the Ministry of Rites before, saying that he wanted to add a prince to you."

Yang Tinghe didn't think it was a beautiful thing.

Because the formal appointment and dismissal have not yet been issued, Yang Tinghe can't resign, but he doesn't care about these false names now.

Liu Chun next to him smiled and said, "It's really the supreme glory of my Ming courtier."

Mao Ji and Fei Hong looked at Liu Chun at the same time, their eyes were a little weird.

If you haven't said anything, what are you glorious?

Talking about this kind of soup here, looking for a sense of existence, right?

Jiang Mian suddenly asked, "Where is Tang Bohu lately?"

Sun Jiaojiao looked behind him, and after seeing that there was no one, he was sure that this question was asked at him.

Tang Yin reported the illegal behavior of Jinyiwei in the court, and disappeared after leaving the palace, Jiang Mian asked Sun Jiao's purpose, probably wondering whether Sun Jiao was familiar with Tang Yin.

"Didn't you go to the West Mountain? Is it for the sake of building trains and railways? may have been sent out of Beijing by His Majesty temporarily......

Sun Jiao smiled self-deprecatingly and casually told the news he knew.

Jiang Mian asked in surprise, "Haven't you stopped building trains and railways?"

Sun Jiaodao: "The household department recently got the news that the imperial court has transferred 10 million catties of iron from Yongping Mansion, and there will be a large amount of iron to be transferred there in the future, doesn't it mean that there is still a batch on the way?"

This seemed to remind several cabinet ministers.

You think that the millions of catties of iron before are very important, but in fact, for the new emperor, it is a drop in the bucket.

Jiang Mian continued to ask, "Then how much iron is there that was escorted from Yongping Mansion to Jingshi this time?"

Sun Jiao thought for a moment and replied, "How can I get millions of catties."

Just "lost" millions of catties of iron, and then the mine produced millions of catties? Or is this batch simply the one that was lost before?

Liu Chun hurriedly interjected: "One Yongping Mansion can produce so much iron? Or is there a secret iron ore mine in the place where His Majesty is nearby?"

Yang Tinghe didn't speak with a dark face.

He felt a deep malice from Emperor Jiajing.

For the sake of millions of catties of pig iron, he had a lot of trouble with the little emperor, but now it seems that this bit of iron is nothing to the emperor at all, which makes him have a headache.

Jiang Mian asked, "How much iron can the Yongping Mansion Iron Mine produce in a year?"

Sun Jiao smiled and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Mao Ji replied for Sun Jiao: "At least tens of millions of catties, right?"

Sun Jiao said with a smile: "I'm afraid that this matter can only be known by asking the people who open the mine, and I'm afraid that it will be difficult for ordinary managers to know the inside story, who would have thought that this iron mine would be so large at the beginning? The old man still has something to do, so he took his leave."

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……

Sun Jiao came over, mainly to tell Yang Tinghe that he was about to be enshrined as a prince.

This news actually tells Yang Tinghe, if you want to be a scholar, you have to be ready, the emperor's kindness to you has reached the extreme, and it is time for you to retreat bravely.

If you don't know each other and have to continue to drag it out, then what the emperor will give you in the future will not be to increase the rank and rank and all kinds of rewards, but to keep taking back what is given to you, and even make you a guilty body.

Yang Tinghe, of course, understands this.

It's the people around him

, There is no deep understanding of this, and some people even feel that the emperor not only has no suspicion of Yang Tinghe, but also treats him with courtesy, so there is no need to worry about Yang Tinghe's fall.

Back in the cabinet room, Yang Tinghe immediately called Mao Ji to his side, whispered a few words, and then Mao Ji left first.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Mian hurriedly came over and asked, "What is this?"

Yang Tinghe said: "Before I leave, probably the last thing I can do is to let the iron produced by the mines of Yongping Mansion be used in the armaments of the Ming Dynasty, instead of being squandered arbitrarily."

Jiang Mian nodded.

He probably understood that Yang Tinghe wanted to completely block the emperor's mind of building trains and railways in front of Zhishi.

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Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Si received a letter from Tang Yin.

Zhang Zuo said with a smile next to him: "Now the railway has been repaired for twenty or thirty miles, I believe that it will soon be able to connect the capital, as for the train, it has been assembled, I heard that it is very tall and mighty, when driving, people sit in the carriage, it is very stable, and in the future, Daming can build more railways, and it is foreseeable to pass through the state and the province."

Zhu Si looked at the ready-made drawings and Tang Yin's letter, with a smile on his face.

At this time, Huang Jin hurriedly came to report, saying that Mao Ji went to the Ministry of Industry and asked Zhao Huang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to put pressure.

"What is this for?"

Zhu Si frowned, "A cabinet elder, what does the Ministry of Industry have to do with it?"

Zhang Zuo said, "Could it be that he wants to sabotage His Majesty's plan to build trains and railways? I heard that there has been a private talk recently about stopping His Majesty from doing this."

Zhu Si pouted: "It's too late to stop it, what should have been made has already been made, and it is all my own silver, and the iron that I found someone to mine is used for a penny from the imperial court?" Mr. Tang went to Xishan, just to distract himself, and to test the results by the way, is he really going to supervise the construction?"

When Tang Yin went to Xishan, he did not preside over the start of construction, but to inspect the work after the railway was halfway built.

Tang Yin was not in the capital before, but now that he is back, Zhu Hao also advocated that Tang Yin should supervise the construction of trains and railways, and Zhu Si also sent Tang Yin over.

But from an outsider's point of view, Tang Yin's sudden trip to Xishan is likely to start construction.

Zhu Si asked, "Oh yes, is the previous schedule still there?" Remember how long it will take to get to the capital?"

Zhang Zuo thought for a while and replied: "According to Mr. Zhu's estimate, if everything does not deviate, and the manpower and material resources are collected in time, it is estimated that before the end of the year, the train from Xishan to Jingshi to transport coal will be opened, and the railway from Xishan to Juyongguan and from Jingshi to Yongping Mansion can be built in the coming year."

"Okay, then work hard, wait for the surnamed Yang to get out of the court, the construction period will be accelerated, and then I will transfer money and food from the household department to help!"

Zhu Si has a firm attitude.

Zhang Zuo was supportive in his mouth, but he was beating the drum in his heart.

This little emperor is obviously very enthusiastic about the strange tricks of Yin Qiao, probably because he was poisoned by Zhu Hao.

Normal people, no one would think that building a train and railway should be the first priority of the new emperor after he ascended the throne, you have to build a section to play by yourself, without the court expenses, that's okay.

But now with the verbal criticism of the court officials, especially Yang Tinghe, a scholar of Shoufu University who leans towards the government and the opposition, it is a bit too much to say.

To say that in the future, I want to devote all the manpower and material resources of the court to build it, it is even more nonsense.

But now that the emperor is so enthusiastic, it seems that building trains and building railways has become an important part of his life value, so how can he persuade him?

I want to persuade Zhu Si to stop this matter, probably only Zhu Hao can do it, but it seems that Zhu Hao is the initiator, right?

Young people do things...... It's hard to fathom.

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Yongping Mansion, the government office.

A case is being interrogated at this time.

As the local prefect, Zhu Hao does not need to try the case in person, the case is presided over by Mu Dazhi, the governor of the government, and the prefect Mi Jingde hears the case on behalf of the prefect.

But in fact, Mu Dazhi knows very well that the chief judge of this case is actually just

It's this "Mr. Mi", but in some routine matters, he, a person with official status, comes out to go through the motions, and the rest of the main questioning matters still have to listen to Mr. Mi.

The criminal, Yue Ting'an, the head of the Yue family, was dressed in prison clothes at this time, with shackles on his body, and was escorted to the court unkempt.

appeared in the court at the same time, and Lou Suzhen specially invited a total of six representatives of the major families of Taiping Mansion according to Zhu Hao's instructions, including Mrs. Qiao.

These six people can only stand behind the yacha, which is equivalent to supervising the government to try the case, which not only reflects the importance of the government to the local family, but also allows them to see if there are any irregularities in this trial.

"Smack!"

Mu Dazhi was shocked and asked, "Who is in the hall?" Why don't you kneel?"

Yue Ting'an said: "The contemptible people have a reputation for raising people, they have served as the magistrate of Pingxiang County, the official position of the local Confucian Education Department, and have also raised money and food for the imperial court, and donated bricks and wood when Shanhaiwei was rebuilt, and the deeds are clearly displayed in the yellow book of the county.

"Hey! You are now a sinner......

Mu Dazhi suddenly became angry.

You are lifting people, Lao Tzu is also lifting people, and now you are lifting people to judge people, what can you do to me?

Mu Dazhi was about to show off his might, but was stopped by Lou Suzhen.

Lou Suzhen said with a smile: "Officer Mou, let's talk about the case, there are still people watching next to you."

In the Ming Dynasty, once there is a meritorious name, the treatment is very different, Xiucai sees that the county can not kneel, and when it comes to lifting people, there is no need to kneel when seeing any minister, and those who have contributed to the court, even if the crime is met by the court trial, there is no need to kneel.

Mu Dazhi sorted out his thoughts for a moment before he said, "Criminal, you cooperated with the female cadres to disturb the peace of the local mine, and led people to make trouble, causing death and injury, can you admit to this crime?"

"No!"

Yue Ting'an replied very simply, "What is the trouble of wanting to add crimes? I sit upright and sit upright, and these things have nothing to do with me."

Since you don't have to kneel when you see you, and you can't torture me, why should I confess?

Besides, I have the support of the Jinyi Guard behind me, you are being rude to me now, don't look back and the Jinyi Guard will skin you and cramp!

"It seems that there is no need to be punished, you are unwilling to ......."

Mu Dazhi was halfway through his words, and was stopped by Lou Suzhen again.

Lou Suzhen probably saw it.

This Mu Dazhi may be arrogant and domineering in his usual times, and he didn't find the right rhythm for a while.

Do you still think that this Yue Ting'an is just an ordinary ordinary person?

Lou Suzhen said: "Since you refuse to recruit, then come up with evidence and make him speechless, Mu Tuiguan, don't we have human and physical evidence?"

Mu Dazhi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Yes, the Venerable Master's evidence!"