When Zhu Hao returned to Beijing, his mother didn't bother to visit, so he had to take his wife back to his parents' house first.

When he arrived at Sun's house, Sun Jiao asked his family to prepare a family banquet, but he called Zhu Hao to the study alone, ready to discuss some things with Zhu Hao.

「…… Yang Jiefu has repeatedly asked for resignation, which means that he will retire soon, right?"

"If Yang Jiefu retires, will Jiang Jingzhi take over as the first assistant? Or do you want to go down?"

"What's going on with Rokubu now?"

……

Sun Jiao's problems are many and complicated, Zhu Hao actually didn't have the heart to explain to him, the only thing Zhu Hao can say is about Zhu Hao's own future.

「…… Yang Yongxiu told me that I should be a foreigner in the ministry, and it seems that the road has been paved in advance, and it is estimated that there will be results within three to five days."

Sidestep the question.

Sun Jiao actually knew the answers to many questions, but it seemed that only by saying it from Zhu Hao's mouth could he reassure him.

When Sun Jiao heard this, he was silent for a while, and then looked at Zhu Hao with eager eyes: "Do you want to continue to stay in Hanyuan? Or the entrance department? Let the old man talk about it for you?"

Zhu Hao shook his head: "I mentioned this matter to Sun Lao, just to inform him, I don't think there is anything wrong with taking a temporary post in the Ministry of Officials, and walking around in different yamen is regarded as an experience."

Hearing this, Sun Jiao couldn't help but give Zhu Hao a roll of his eyes.

"Korea-China affairs, you don't want to talk to the old man, do you? Then ask about Bohu, you are always willing to say, right? Bohu said that he went to Xishan, but there has been no news until now, and some people say that if Yang Jiefu retires, Bohu will enter the cabinet, what do you think?"

Yang Tinghe and Yao Zhishi, one person benefited the most.

That is the backbone of the new emperor's faction - Emperor Tang Yin.

Zhu Hao shook his head: "It's not a score."

Sun Jiao said, "I hope so...... Bohu is talented, but he is far away from entering the cabinet, I think if Yang Jiefu leaves, the cabinet will be just these four people, and no one will move. Oh yes, after Yang Jiefu leaves, where is Your Majesty going to arrange you?"

The problems continued, starting with major events, and then involving the people around the new emperor and Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao still shook his head.

Sun Jiao is not discouraged, if he can't find an answer to a question, then let's change it, in his opinion, it seems that Zhu Hao has a lot of secrets, as if everything in the court can be related to Zhu Hao.

……

……

Zhu Hao took Sun Lan home that night.

Near the door, the husband and wife got off the carriage for a walk, on a hot day, there was no curfew on Jingshi Street, there were a lot of pedestrians, especially in some lively places, theaters, bookstores, teahouses gathered, there were many people listening to books and listening to music, and only people in big cities would have a night life in this era.

Zhu Hao and his wife are surrounded by a large number of nursing homes, almost all of whom are in civilian clothes.

Sun Lan talked about the situation at home after Zhu Hao left.

Maybe Sun Lan also knew that Zhu Hao just sent her home, and then she would leave, not to mention it now, I don't know when I will see her husband next time.

「…… It's okay for my mother, I always remember you, and I often ask about it, but because I don't have a letter from home, I don't have anything to tell my mother."

Sun Lan said this, with a little regret on her face.

Zhu Hao nodded and looked ahead.

There are a bunch of people listening to books, less than 200 meters away from the gate of Zhu Hao's mansion, speaking of which, the lintel of Zhu Hao's house is not much noble, maybe after he gains power, he should change the place where dignitaries gather, so that it can be quieter.

"Where did you spend the night today?"

When he was about to arrive at the door of the house, Sun Lan asked.

"Oh, Your Majesty has something to do, let me take care of it."

Zhu Hao did not hide it.

Before leaving, he made it clear to Sun Lan that he was the emperor's confidant, so he didn't have to think about whether the fall of Yang Tinghe would implicate the Zhu family in the future.

Sun Lan said, "Father must have told you a lot of court affairs, right? Father seems to be very concerned about your affairs."

"Huh!?"

Zhu Hao turned around, just with Sun Lan

Eyes collide.

Sun Lan immediately turned his head to the side and did not look at Zhu Hao for a long time.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Lady, the family has worked hard for you, and this family has the appearance of a home because of you."

Sun Lan was a little confused by her husband's sudden emotional words, and she was at a loss for a while, not knowing how to answer.

Especially the title of "lady", Sun Lan heard it from Zhu Hao's mouth for the first time, and she felt very cordial.

"But I still have to take care of everyone first, and then take care of the small family, you and I am still young, and I am not in a hurry to covet the leisurely life behind closed doors, so in the past two years, I may be busy with official business, and I will ask you for family affairs!" Zhu Hao said with a smile.

Sun Lan didn't know what to say, so she could only smile.

The door of the house was in front, and the husband and wife were about to say goodbye, Sun Lan had some regret in her eyes, but she was still very knowledgeable and did not make any trouble.

As Zhu Hao said.

The days of the young couple will be long, why should they care about temporary gains and losses?

……

……

On the first night of Zhu Hao's return to Beijing, he was busy all night.

Zhu Si said that he only prepared a few recitals for Zhu Hao, but in fact, the amount was enough to keep Zhu Hao awake all night, and the next morning, Zhu Hao went to rest.

And just when Zhu Hao was sleeping, after the conclusion of the court meeting and Yang Tinghe left the Fengtian Palace, he learned an astonishing news from Zhao Huang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, that the train that Tang Yin presided over the construction was about to be repaired to the foot of the capital.

"So fast?"

Sun Jiao came with Zhao Huang, Sun Jiao thought that Zhao Huang had something big to say, but when he heard that it was about the train, he just commented in surprise.

Jiang Mian on the side said: "Doesn't it mean that the pig iron must be made into tough steel, and the sleepers should be used to pad the bottom and let the steel continue to form a line in order to be successfully built? Calculated in this way, I'm afraid that there are tens of millions of catties of steel, and I can't do it, right?"

Zhao Huang, as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was completely confused about what the railway was.

I don't know.

He knew that the railway was repaired to the foot of the capital, or through the craftsmen sent to Xishan by the Ministry of Industry, those craftsmen did not know the specific situation, but only knew to act according to the instructions - after all, the core personnel of the railway were all craftsmen carefully trained by Zhu Hao.

No one is born with this thing, blacksmiths seem to be wheeling hammers to make iron, but building railways does not require blacksmiths to hammer and quench pig iron, which makes those craftsmen with rich smelting experience in the Ministry of Industry often just do miscellaneous work and do some scrap work.

Sun Jiao knew that Yang Tinghe was estimated to care about the consumption of money and food at this time, and he didn't want to get involved, so before saying goodbye to these people, he deliberately reminded him: "No matter how much it costs, the household department has not allocated any money and grain, it seems that His Majesty has made up his mind to make this thing."

……

……

Now that Yang Tinghe knows, it is no longer a secret to the imperial historian.

The official immediately played a direct admonition to the emperor to stop building the railway, and also told the emperor a series of historical allusions about the labor and loss of money, which was almost to compare the current situation of the construction of the railway in the current dynasty with the construction of the Great Wall by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty and the construction of the Grand Canal by Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.

Zhu Si doesn't like to listen to it, but he is now more mature and introverted than before, and when he encounters something, he doesn't go out of the palace directly to complain to Zhu Hao, but complains to Zhang Zuo and others in the Qianqing Palace.

「…… Those people, what are they that are not rat-eyed? Sticking to the old ways, can Daming make progress? If there is no progress, if there is a natural or man-made disaster in the future, or a foreign invasion, and large-scale riots occur in various places, how to mobilize materials for disaster relief, and how to transport troops to resist the enemy and quell the rebellion? When the time comes, will not all the kingdom be able to exist?"

"I know that even if the dynasty is changed, they are still courtiers as courtiers, and only the king has always died, so where is there a reason for courtiers to be martyred? Whether there is a problem with my country, or my descendants inherit the country a hundred years later, they are not the ones who die generously in the end, right?"

When it came up, there was a violent output, and Zhu Sixu chattered non-stop.

Zhang Zuo didn't know what to say, advising the king to do this kind of thing, it seemed that it was just like Zhang Zuo

It doesn't matter if you're a good old man.

Not only Zhang Zuo, but all the eunuchs from Xingwangfu have a better temper than one another, and they don't have that kind of sharp momentum, probably in the past, Xingwangfu paid attention to being a low-key and introverted, and the eunuchs with their teeth and claws can't get along in Xingwangfu.

Zhu Si complained, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "How long are you sure that the railway can be repaired to the west of the city?"

Zhang Zuo said firmly: "Two months."

A smile appeared on Zhu Si's face: "That means that in two months, the coal from Xishan will be able to be transported to the capital by train, and any goods in the capital can be transported to Xishan by rail, right?"

"Like...... That's right." Zhang Zuodao.

Zhu Sidao: "Then let the surnamed Yang get out of the house as soon as possible, don't wait until after the railway opens, and that group of civil officials are instigated by the surname Yang to make something out of me."

"But Your Majesty, Yang Ge can't retreat, it seems to be ......."

Zhang Zuo really wanted to remind Zhu Si that Yang Tinghe's resignation was not once or twice, and now it was the emperor himself who dragged Yang Tinghe and never let Yang Tinghe go, right?

Although he also knew that Zhu Hao was leading this matter, shouldn't he also ask Zhu Hao, when will Yang Tinghe really be driven away?

Zhu Si suddenly thought of something, and slapped his thigh: "I remembered, Jingdao mentioned to me, during this time, I have to pretend to be forbearing, but secretly I have to do a lot of radical things, so that the surname Yang will pay more attention to my side, and I don't have the heart to sabotage......

Zhang Zuo was surprised.

Didn't it mean that before Yang Tinghe retired, the emperor should keep a low profile? Wait until it's gone?

"Your Majesty, this ...... I'm afraid it's not right, right?" Zhang Zuodao.

Zhu Si smiled, "You haven't seen this, have you? Jing Dao said, in the past, I had to show weakness in front of the civil officials, but it was not the time to deal with them, but now the time is ripe, and the person surnamed Yang is about to leave, if I am still so cowardly, the person surnamed Yang will arrange everything before leaving, and tie my hands and feet, then the result will be the same whether he retreats or not."

"But if I show my edge before he leaves, he will have no choice but to retreat and not dare to infringe on my interests. And let the ministers know that Yang Tinghe said that he was begging for an old man to return to the field, but in fact, he was attached to power, and the more things the surname Yang did recently, the more unpopular he became."