Zhang Anshi needs silver now.

Others are in the capital, but their hearts are in Xinzhou.

Nowadays, the population of Xinzhou has grown a lot, and many industries are indeed thriving.

Compared with the vast Xinzhou, this area of development is actually just a drop in the bucket.

What's more, the lower right corner of Xinzhou, the location of the South Island and the North Island, the area is not small, and now it has been discovered, and Xinzhou has set up four counties.

It's just that the most important thing to really develop is manpower.

But now, the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty are no longer as resistant to going to the feudal town as before.

After all...... Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the vassal kings, at least at the level of public opinion, there has indeed been a great improvement.

Occasionally, there will be some people who return to their hometowns, and after returning to their hometowns, they will take out a lot of money to build ancestral halls and build some roads in the township.

The problem is that it is impossible to reclaim a large amount of land, build pastures, and establish markets in such a vast and fertile land without adequate infrastructure.

What's more, because of the lack of infrastructure and the extremely vast amount of land, this makes some lawless people try to penetrate into all parts of Xinzhou in vain, and disobey the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty in Xinzhou.

Therefore, Zhang Anshi and Yang Shiqi, who was far away in Xinzhou, almost unanimously made a huge plan.

New Island Railway Loop.

Yes, along the vast New Island, along the coastline, build a railway, and then connect the ports everywhere, so that the whole New Island will become a whole.

As a result, more mines can be excavated and easily transported, and countless lands can be cleared, countless new pastures can be built, and one market after another can be established along the route.

Once this plan is implemented, the biggest disadvantage is that it requires a huge amount of money, but its benefits and benefits are unimaginable.

The construction of the railway itself will drive a large number of local workshops in Xinzhou, and mining, smelting, logging, and machinery will also flourish, in addition to the need for countless craftsmen and laborers, and in the case of limited labor, it will inevitably lead to an increase in wages.

The rise in salaries will certainly attract more people to NSW.

Even countless businessmen will inevitably flock in.

Then, in order to build railways, various ports need to be responsible for transporting a large number of raw materials and goods, which will inevitably ...... It will greatly increase the need for sea vessels! At present, Xinzhou is vigorously developing the shipbuilding industry, which is almost conceivable for the future of shipbuilding.

It can be said that this is a plan to benefit all the people of Xinzhou, and it is naturally very beneficial for the royal government, and to put it simply, this is called strengthening the rule, so that the originally large territory is in a state of disorder, and gradually with convenient transportation, the transition to the county system can begin.

Song Wangfu also holds a large number of shares in docks, workshops and mines in Xinzhou, and the prosperity of these industries in the future will inevitably make Song Wangfu have enough stable income in the future.

Not to mention, almost all the land in this new continent is in the hands of the Song Wangfu, and the development of any piece of land is a gold transaction for the Song Wangfu.

In fact, there is another reason, and it is also the reason why Zhang Anshi made up his mind.

That is, taking advantage of the fact that Xinzhou is not densely populated, and the vast majority of the migrant population is still only in the vicinity of a few newly built towns, at this time, the construction of a ring railway can almost ignore the impact of villages and towns and farmland along the way, which also means that the cost of migration and planning can be minimized, or even negligible.

The Song Palace's planning for Xinzhou can also be done as you like, only need to consider the influence of the terrain.

This point, but not the Ming Dynasty can be compared, the Ming Dynasty set up political envoys, new railways, even if the gentry can be requisitioned land, construction, but there are many areas, with a large number of people inhabiting, so they have to choose to modify the plan.

With so many benefits, it stands to reason that it is long overdue. After all, it can bring about the flow of capital, bring a large number of people to move in, strengthen governance, develop a large amount of land, expand tax sources, and promote the development of various industries.

It's just a pity that the construction of railways in Xinzhou is far from being comparable to the construction of railways by various political envoys, even if it is the recent railway plan of Annan, in the face of Zhang Anshi's big plan, it is just a pediatric.

The land of Xinzhou is too vast, and it can even be comparable to the territory within the Daming Pass, such a vast land, to build a railway along the coastline, such a project, almost equivalent to the current railway construction plan of the Ministry of Railways of the Ming Dynasty.

A project of this magnitude means a huge amount of money.

And this fund can only be raised by Zhang Anshi himself.

The Zhang family has silver, and over the years, it can be said that a large amount of income has been continuously sent to Xinzhou.

But this is still not enough to meet the needs of this plan.

Yang Shiqi has converted it, and the current funding gap is at least around 90 million taels of silver.

This is also the reason why Zhang Anshi had to take advantage of this telegram to buy low and sell high, so as to make a lot of money.

This time, he made more than 30 million taels, which can be regarded as making the businessmen miserable.

But at the moment, there is still a big funding gap.

So, Zhang Anshi had to play other ideas, after all...... You can't always catch a bunch of people and die. No matter what it is, Zhang Anshi is more inclined to a long stream!

Early the next morning, Zhang Anshi took a charter and entered the palace to meet Zhu Di.

Zhu Di carefully read the charter, nodded, put the charter down casually, and said: "Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, the law is investigated?" Why, is there any deficiency in the current Da Ming Law? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, it's not that it's insufficient, but when Emperor Taizu Gao was there, his laws and regulations were aimed at the situation at that time, but now, many situations in the world have changed. Because of this, he still follows the laws and regulations of Emperor Taizu Gao, but I am afraid that it is out of date. The minister learned that there are many disputes between businessmen, or disputes between employers and partners, and the government has no clockwork to quote......"

Zhu Di showed a little displeasure, frowned and interrupted Zhang Anshi: "This is where you are confused, what is the law of Emperor Taizu Gao that is out of date?" How holy Emperor Taizu Gao was, how could his laws be out of place? I am filial piety, what you say is called scolding the son and the father. ”

In other words, the person who said this was Zhang Anshi, if someone else had been replaced, Zhu Di would have already burst out.

Zhang Anshi naturally understood that this could be regarded as touching Zhu Di's bottom line, so he hurriedly said: "The minister is dead." ”

Zhu Di waved his hand, and then said with a serious expression: "You have to learn more from Xie Qing, and you have to learn more from Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizu Gao is best at adapting measures to the times, local conditions, and people's conditions. Therefore, your charter, go back and rewrite it, don't write the law out of place, but should write: According to the ancestral teachings of Emperor Taizu Gao, there is no immutable law in the world, and future generations should always recite Emperor Taizu's holy virtues, follow Emperor Taizu's love for the people like a son, and revise the Ming Law to benefit the military and the ......people of the world."

Zhang Anshi really corrected his mistakes, and said stupidly: "Yes, yes, yes, the minister is really confused." ”

Zhang Anshi's attitude finally made Zhu Di's face better. However, Zhu Di seemed to remember something at this time, and said slowly: "And your book, there is no progress now." ”

Zhang Anshi said with a bitter face: "The minister is really ashamed, the minister has strengthened his practice in recent days. ”

After a pause, he continued: "When I turned around, the minister asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to discipline the minister to practice hard in practice. ”

Zhu Di wanted to reprimand a few words about this line of books, but when Zhang Anshi said this, Zhu Di was dumbfounded for a while.

The meaning of asking the prince to discipline is that Zhang Anshi grew up in the East Palace after all, and this line of writing is not good, which is also because the prince was not disciplined properly.

So in the final analysis, who disciplines this prince?

If you continue to investigate, won't you have to chase him Zhu Di's head?

Zhu Di shook his head helplessly, if you want to say that this An Shi is confused, this An Shi is far less sleek than Xie Jin's scholars.

But if this kid is stupid, this kid is scolded less in order not to practice calligraphy, but he also flies up in various routines.

Zhu Di said softly: "Well......"

Zhang Anshi looked at His Majesty's face, and knew that His Majesty was no longer chasing his book, and smiled: "There are still some things in this new charter......"

Zhu Di subconsciously glanced down again, and then puzzled: "There is still ...... Why didn't I see it? ”

Zhang Anshi happily diverted the topic and said: "These days, the ministers have heard the ministers complain, saying that it is this capital...... It's not easy to live ......"

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "Who is making noise?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Hu Gong ......"

Zhu Di's face fell.

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, in fact...... This is also understandable, Duke Hu is already a very popular minister, and his annual salary is not less, even he has such feelings, and other ministers ...... Hey......"

Zhang Anshi sighed faintly, his face revealing a bit of pity.

Zhu Di said: "They are very happy......"

Zhang Anshi said: "It's not easy for everyone, in fact, ...... The minister thought that it was better to find a way to solve one or two, not to mention ...... If you let Qixia Commercial Bank do this...... I thought it was ...... I can take this opportunity to make a lot of money. ”

Zhu Di was obviously not very interested in the words in front of him, but he was suddenly interested in the words in the back, he squinted his eyes and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty still doesn't want to know." ”

Zhu Di said with a cold face: "You are getting bolder and bolder......"

Zhang Anshi shook his head: "There are some things, if the minister doesn't say it, then even if he is criticized in the future, it will be the minister's fault." But if His Majesty knows too much, I am afraid that it will only damage the reputation. Your Majesty, isn't this what Your Majesty taught the ministers? Emperor Taizu Gao...... His Majesty has just taught his ministers to learn some sophistication. ”

Zhu Di listened, glanced at Zhang Anshi carefully, and said after a long time: "Work hard...... I intend to set up feudal mayors in the overseas continents and feudal towns in the continents to control the kings......"

After Zhu Di said this, Zhang Anshi's heart suddenly understood something.

You know, there aren't many clan princes and vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty at the moment, so... Theoretically, it only takes the imperial court to restrain the kings.

However, in the conceivable future, as the clansmen begin to spread out, there will only be more and more vassal kings who will open up and build cities all over the world.

Not to mention others, just talking about Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, there are fifteen sons, except for one son who wants to inherit the title of prince, the other fourteen are all county kings.

According to the current sub-feudal system, it is inevitable that these fourteen county kings will also be released to open up and divide the feuds.

This is based on the system of the Zhou Dynasty in the pre-Qin period, where the sons and brothers of the Son of Heaven were named princes, the sons of the princes were named doctors, and the sons of doctors were scholars.

Even overseas, even doctors, most of them have their own fiefdoms.

This means that in the near future, there will be many princes and county kings' feudal towns on all continents in the world, and it is even possible that there will be many princes and heirs of county kings, sealed in various ports.

There is no problem for the imperial court to manage more than a dozen princes, and it may be reluctant to manage hundreds of princes and county kings!

What's more, the future emperor will also seal out many vassal kings, and God knows how many vassal towns there will be in the world in the future.

It stands to reason that for example, the king of Zhou, he has a feudal town, and his fourteen sons have built cities and feudal domains everywhere, according to the previous rules, it should be the king of Zhou to manage the county kings below, which is the so-called clan system.

But it is obvious that Zhu Di sees the risks involved, if it is managed by blood relatives, it will inevitably lead to the fact that after a few generations, these princes, county kings, and generals who are closer to each other by blood will be huddled together, and over time, the world may become a huge armed entity.

If you want to ensure that the entire feudal towns in the world obediently bow to the imperial court, the best way is not to follow this management system of blood relatives, but to divide the world into regions, and within a certain area, the feudal towns here are controlled by a large feudal town.

The advantage of this approach is that on the surface, the big feudal town controls the small feudal town, but after all, the big feudal and the small feudal are not too close to each other, and the ruling power of the large feudal clan does not come from the bloodline, but from the authorization of the imperial court, therefore, on weekdays, the small feudal lords have to obey the orders of the large feudal clan, but if the large feudal has other ambitions, the small feudal clans will not hesitate to stand on the side of the imperial court.

It's actually a very simple trick to master.

In fact, as soon as Zhang Anshi heard it, he knew that nine times out of ten, it was either Xie Jin's idea, or Yang Rong's secret performance.

Zhang Anshi's heart was hot, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that if he could really be similar to the Zhou Dynasty, similar to the role of the princes, not to mention that the descendants would be able to act overseas in the future, and if they wanted to manage, they would inevitably have to set up a lot of institutions, and the feudal domains had to station a large number of personnel in Xinzhou! This alone is enough for New Island to give birth to a giant city, which will become the political and economic center of a certain region.

But I turned a thought, Your Majesty's words seem to be a little familiar, the emperor is always the one who is best at painting big cakes, and His Majesty has a criminal record, you know, during the Jing Dynasty, Zhu Di even pit his son, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, it can be seen that His Majesty is really good at this.

This is ...... Don't worry, let's ask clearly.

Zhang Anshi then suppressed the excitement in his heart, but his face was calm, and Gujing said without waves: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Immediately, he took his leave.

Zhang Anshi did not immediately go back to his Song Palace, but hurried to Wenyuan Pavilion.

He thought about it carefully, if this was really the case, then it must be the idea of one of the two people, Xie Jin and Yang Rong.

These two people are very deep in the city, and it is not easy to get words out of their mouths.

So after thinking for a while, Zhang Anshi finally vetoed Yang Rong and dismissed Jin...... It's better than Yang Rong, this person is the most interested, and it is easiest to get words out of his mouth.

As long as it is determined whether it is Xie Jin's proposal, then Yang Rong can be excluded.

So Zhang Anshi came to Xie Jin's public house, and after sitting down, he smiled and said, "Xie Gong." ”

Xie Jin's eyes were withdrawn from the ticket, he glanced up at Zhang Anshi, and said calmly: "Your Highness...... Did you just see the car? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "It's about Dali Temple and the Criminal Department. ”

Xie Jin's head was relieved, but he didn't ask more, just said: "Your Highness is resourceful, and he must have put forward a lot of good ideas." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "How dare you, how dare you, compared with the reconciliation of the father, I am really ashamed." ”

Xie Jin smiled and looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile, Zhang Anshi was suddenly so modest that it was enough to arouse Xie Jin's vigilance.

Xie Jin said slowly: "I don't know if Your Highness is here, but what's the matter?" ”

Zhang Anshi thought for a while and said: "It's about the feudal town, this king has some things, and he wants to reconcile and discuss." ”

Xie Jin said: "I want to hear about it." ”

Zhang Anshi said while looking at Xie Jin's reaction: "This Annan began to build a railway, I was wondering, if the railway is built, will it increase the strength of the vassal kings, and if the technology of steam locomotives spreads......"

Xie Jin suddenly interrupted Zhang Anshi: "Isn't Your Highness also a vassal king?" Why are you so wary of this? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "This is different, this king is a loyal vassal king, of course, everything must be considered by the imperial court." ”

Xie Jin smiled and continued: "Your Highness has heard about other things, so use this to test the old man." ”

Zhang Anshi was stunned for a moment, but the directness of Xie Jin surprised him. However, he still said without blushing and without a heartbeat: "...... what Gong Xie said"

Xie Jin said calmly: "In the Western Han Dynasty, in order to cut the domain, Wenjing adopted the method of Jia Yizhong to build princes and use his strength. In other words, as long as the more princes are divided, in a sense, the status of the imperial court is more secured. Therefore, on this basis, the old man did play a trick, for the sake of ...... It was on top of these feudal princes that some methods were introduced to solve the problem that there were so many feudal towns that the imperial court could not scruple about. ”

Zhang Anshi looked at Xie Jin steadily, opened his eyes slightly, and said, "Is it really Xie Gongmen?" ”

(End of chapter)