Chapter 1 Steampunk

Chongzhen's three years were ordinary and boring for some careerists.

Zhu Youzhen is an emperor who does what he says, he directly demolished his pachinko room next to the cabinet, and then built a new, larger marble room next to the military headquarters.

Everything is perfect, luxurious and luxurious, but the emperor spends his own money, and there is no suitable point for civil officials to impeach.

It wasn't until September of the third year of Chongzhen that everyone saw that the state minister system began to go on the right track, but they didn't expect the first violent conflict between the emperor and the state minister.

"Your Majesty."

Han Ying stood in front of Zhu Youzhen angrily.

"Your Majesty's talk of clairvoyance is nothing more than a myth. Your Majesty can't indulge in it. ”

Zhu Youzhen was connected to the back of the Academy of Sciences in the marble room next to the military headquarters, so there were a lot of strange affairs in his hall that Han Ying thought were strange. Han Ying is an emperor who has seen all kinds of strange hobbies of the old Zhu family, so he doesn't want the one in front of him to go to the original track.

He saw Zhu Youzhen's innocent expression, and said patiently:

"The right capital Yu Shi Shen has been placed here for several days with the Maojiao Prefecture Mansion, and Your Majesty can't put all his emotions on these useless things."

"Didn't the officials of Jiaozhou Mansion leave the Ducha Yuan, and the rest of the people have left Dali Temple?"

Zhu Youzhen put down the magnet in his hand.

"Is there anyone who needs my pardon? Or do you need a special decree from Guanglu Temple? ”

After the adjustment of the imperial court, Guanglu Temple became an institution responsible for reviewing the emperor's will, conveying the emperor's will, and rewarding meritorious officials, good people, and people who dared to fight.

I can't talk anymore.

Han Ying didn't feel that she had done anything wrong, she just felt that she was very wronged.

"This prime minister seems to be a little bit different from what he imagined?"

Woowoo......

While the two of them were talking, a half-person-high train drove directly into Zhu Youzhen's room from the outside. A guard sits at the front of the small train and throws coal into a roaring boiler. The locomotive was spewing steam, and Zhu Youzhen's eldest son happily clapped his hands and sat in the small carriage behind.

"This is designed by me, is it subtle in the eyes of the prime minister?"

Zhu Youzhen said solemnly to Han Ying, who looked helpless.

Han Ying said expressionlessly:

"If Your Majesty can worry a little more about state affairs, the minister will definitely raise his hands to congratulate His Majesty on his unparalleled wisdom."

Zhu Youzhen shook his head, stretched out his hand and hugged the eldest son who was called on the train, and handed it to the palace maid beside him. Only then did he say to Han Ying:

"It has been said that government affairs are the domain of the prime minister, and military affairs are my business, since this matter has been clearly divided, and I have agreed to the five-year development plan proposed by the Prime Minister Yamen, then this matter should not be confused."

The official documents in Han Ying's hand have been turned into paper balls by him.

The Emperor had given himself the notice in November to complete his first year as Minister of State in front of all the officials and the military. According to the emperor's original words, this is called ignoring the process and only the result. However, in many things, only when he was the first person responsible, did he realize that things were completely different from when he was the head of the cabinet.

He didn't know what stimulated his brain to sign the five-year development plan in January, and now he was like a donkey on a grinding plate.

"Your Majesty, the logistics of military affairs should be Your Majesty's business, and in any case, please ask Your Majesty to deal with the dispute between Liaodong and Northwest logistics."

Zhu Youzhen frowned and said:

"I have other more important things to deal with, and this matter will have to be put on hold."

As he spoke, it was like walking up the slope of the pachinko room leading to the Academy of Sciences.

Han Ying clung to the railing on the slope, panting as she walked, and said:

"Your Majesty is going to go with Song Yingxing today to do something that can spread the sound for thousands of miles?"

"Yes, there's been a lot of progress now, and if we can, it's expected that by the end of the year we'll have a completely new communications machine."

"Your Majesty is talking about generators, telegraphs, and I don't know what to call poles, and rubber sent from thousands of miles to the South Seas. 110,000 silver dollars have already been spent on the state treasury! In this regard, Song Yingxing also asked the treasury to provide him with more gold, copper and sterling silver. And Your Majesty's so-called achievements are nothing more than thirty miles from the pachinko room to the military factory outside the city, which can pass on your words. ”

Moreover, it is also reversed. This is only something that can be accomplished in less than the time of a horse with a stick of incense, and the treasury has been wasted so far, should your majesty rethink it? ”

Han Ying is also very helpless, if you want to say that the emperor is wrong. His Majesty said that he would let go of his hands, and he let go very thoroughly, and except for saying that he would see the results at the end of the year, he did not say a word about his handling of many things.

But to be right, he was still too wary of the emperor's preference for being a carpenter. If his Emperor Chongzhen is also addicted to this, will the dynasty be the same as the previous dynasty?

As he spoke, the door of the Academy of Sciences opened, and Sun Chengzong stood next to the gate of the Academy of Sciences with his hands on his sleeves with a serious face.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youzhen walked directly past him, talking as he walked.

"If the Inspector has anything to do, tell me as soon as possible, I still have a lot of things to do today."

"Your Majesty has nothing to do today, and the minister has already sent His Majesty's thousands of miles of transmission to Song Yingxing outside the city." Sun Chengzong seems to have discussed it with Han Ying.

"This matter is very important, and the overseer doesn't understand it."

Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, and said directly coldly.

"It is precisely because Lao Chen knows that this matter is very important, so Lao Chen specially arranged for them to go to the test site outside the city to concentrate on research." Sun Chengzong also had a straight face.

To be honest, he didn't want to see the emperor indulge in playthings more than Han Ying. For the current Emperor Chongzhen, he thinks that this is the best emperor given by God to the Ming Dynasty and the military by God, and he really does not want to see the emperor go in another unknowable direction.

"The overseer also saw it, and these people don't understand those things." Zhu Youzhen continued.

"Your Majesty's words are wrong, since last year, in accordance with Your Majesty's will, I removed the slavery of craftsmen and paid them according to the level of workmanship. Coupled with the implementation of His Majesty's patent law, every invention can obtain continuous income, the Ming Dynasty skilled craftsmen emerge in endlessly, overseas craftsmen are also coming, now the entire Academy of Sciences has more than 100 bachelors, the entire Beijing factory craftsmen have as many as 30,000 craftsmen. Your Majesty gives an order, what can't be made? What artifacts are not available? Your Majesty is still too worried. ”

"Your Majesty's talent lies in formulating these policies, not in caring for specific matters. Your Majesty! ”

After speaking, he bowed deeply and directly blocked Zhu Youjian at the door of the Academy of Sciences.

However, he still couldn't stop Zhu Youzhen here.

It was all the guards of the straight royal brocade guards who stood in black. The two guards gently clamped in the emperor's eyes, and they clamped Sun Chengzong and Old Man Sun aside. Zhu Youzhen took the opportunity to walk in.

In the middle of the huge courtyard of the Academy of Sciences is a large pool.

In the middle of the huge pool, there was an unsightly looking black steamer, with two huge paddle wheelers sailing slowly, black smoke rising from its chimney. From time to time, under the command of the bachelor on the side, there are workers rowing small boats to rescue the steamer that can no longer move.

There were iron racks running all over the ground.

The iron frame has four wheels, three wheels, five wheels, and a trailing track.

Without exception, the iron shelves were covered with a large steaming teapot, and the huge and thick connecting rods, driven by pistons, were whirring and dragging the iron shelves all over the yard.

Sun Chengzong and Han Ying stopped talking, but just walked inside with His Majesty the Emperor.

If the things on the outside are just a little peculiar, then the things inside can only be said to be magical.

The Academy of Sciences can only be called the world of steam monsters. There are steam-driven hammerheads, steam-driven grinding discs, steam-driven bows and crossbows, and steam-driven machine tools.

Sun Chengzong patted these cold things. Han Ying asked:

"Your Majesty, do you know how much silver has been spent on the treasury in just half a year for these things alone?"

"One and a half million taels!"

When she said this, Han Ying felt that her teeth were all sour.

"It's for these ingenious objects!"