"This is to Tongzhou? It seems that I just got in the car and arrived in Tongzhou? ”

"In less than half an hour, I arrived in Tongzhou, this guy is much faster than a carriage."

"Carriage? Even if you ride a horse, the train is really fast. ”

The dozens of cabinet ministers present were like rural buns who had never seen the world, and praised each other.

Weng Zhili said proudly: "This is just a trial, and it will speed up when various conditions are ripe, and the final speed is very likely to exceed two hundred miles in an hour!" ”

When the important ministers heard this, they were amazed for a while.

200 miles in an hour, 2,400 miles in a day and night?

From Beijing to Liudu in one day and night? It's faster than 800 miles of expeditious!

What's even more surprising is that taking the train is much easier than riding a horse.

If you ride a fast horse, you can wear out the skin from Beijing to Tongzhou.

But the train ride was relaxed and leisurely, and the tax law was changed with the Holy Admiral by the way.

It was also at this time that Zhang Shenyan, Meng Zhaoxiang and other civil officials really realized that the Ming Dynasty was about to usher in profound changes, not only in the new tax law, not only in the ideological field, but also in many other aspects.

All of these aspects are going to change dramatically!

After the train arrived in Tongzhou, Chongzhen was not allowed to go further south, but returned to Beijing.

Because the fifty-mile test run from Beijing to Tongzhou is enough to prove that the train is no problem.

As for the test drive at a longer distance and greater intensity, there is no need for him, the emperor, to participate, professional things are still left to professional people, and laymen try not to guide insiders.

Weng Zhili was quite sensible, and asked with a smile: "Can the saint give this car a name for the inscription?" ”

"Yes, take a pen and paper." Chongzhen was also interested when he heard this, and when Weng Zhili laid out the paper, he wrote the words of the sun and moon on the paper, and the first locomotive of the Ming Dynasty was called the sun and moon.

……

The train returned to Beijing Station, and the ministers went back to their offices.

Even Ma Mingluo and the departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs also dispersed in the matter.

Chongzhen also returned to Wanshou Palace surrounded by Zhu Cihong, Lu Jiude and a janissary battalion.

I saw the long-lost Ran Sanniang and Zhu Jinxiu in the Wanshou Palace, when Zhu Jinxiu saw Chongzhen, her expression was a little uneasy, Ran Sanniang asked her to call Chongzhen's father, but she hid behind her mother.

Chongzhen sighed, he didn't know his father.

It's just that it's not a big problem, children, just get along for a few more days.

When Zhu Cihong was about to say goodbye and leave, he was stopped by Chongzhen.

"Hong'er, don't rush back to your house first, and then go to Beijing Guozijian, you tell Wang Jiayan and Jin Xuan, and say that I will go to Guozi to monitor and inspect tomorrow morning."

"What does Father mean by letting Wang Jiayan and Kim Hyun get ready to take on the ride?"

"On the contrary, if they extravagantly engage in a welcoming ceremony, I will immediately remove the two of them, because they can only figure out the wine and prison of the country, and they will not be able to teach qualified students."

Zhu Cihong's expression suddenly froze when he heard this, and his father was about to teach him face-to-face.

"Hong'er, remember, no matter how good the national policy is, someone needs to implement it."

"Let's just say that if the new tax law agreed upon today is handed over to the current officials to enforce, it will also cost the people and money, and may even increase the burden on the people, because these corrupt officials will not easily spit out the benefits of eating into their mouths."

"Therefore, the sacrificial wine of Beijing Guozijian and the selection of the supervisor are particularly important."

"As the so-called ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, without qualified sacrificial wine and supervision, Guozijian will not have a good style of study, without a good style of study, Guozijian will not be able to train qualified students, and will not be able to become a qualified magistrate in the future, so the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty will never be able to become upright, understand?"

"Erchen understood." Zhu Cihong said solemnly.

"Erchen, then go to the national prison."

……

Neither Wang Jiayan nor Kim Hyun went to the test run of the train.

Weng Zhili issued an invitation, and the cabinet also issued a notice, but Wang Jiayan and Jin Xuan ignored it, because there were too many things in Beijing Guozijian and they couldn't leave.

What are Wang Jiayan and the others busy with?

I'm busy arranging classes in separate classes.

The first phase of the North Prison recruited nearly 10,000 students.

With so many students, it's certainly impossible to huddle together for class.

In addition to class, the selection of teaching materials and the arrangement of courses are also extremely important, the most important of which is the social practice course set by Chongzhen.

Because he was too busy, only Wang Jiayan received Zhu Cihong.

It was late at night when Wang Jiayan sent Zhu Cihong back to the duty room, but there were still more than a dozen secretaries and professors who followed Kim Xuan to stay in the duty room to discuss where to go for the social practice class.

Jin Xuan asked, "Brother Kaimei, why did the prince come to the North Prison?" ”

"Nothing." Wang Jiayan said, "It is said that the Holy Lord will come to the north tomorrow to monitor and inspect." ”

"Huh? That's a big deal. One of the priests was shocked when he heard this, "We need to prepare quickly, the floor needs to be sprinkled and cleaned, the windows need to be surfaced with window paper, and the tables and chairs in each classroom must be wiped clean and spotless, and it is best to build a colorful building at the gate overnight, and then ......."

"Do you still want to invite a troupe to sing?" Kim Hyun said sarcastically.

The secretary didn't hear it, and he clapped his hands and said: "Master Jianzheng has a good idea, a national disaster drama troupe of the Propaganda and Education Department happened to be performing in Beijing, and Xia Guan went to find them overnight......"

"Enough!" Jin Xuan couldn't bear it anymore, and reprimanded sharply, "Yang Siye, do you have nothing to do?" ”

"Huh?" Si Ye surnamed Yang obviously hadn't been able to turn the corner yet, and said blankly, "What about the bunch of things under the official, what does it mean to have nothing to do?" ”

"Then I'm not going to busy you?" Jin Hyun said angrily, "Fix all these things here, and in the future, spend more of your mind on preaching and teaching and solving doubts, and less on superficial articles." ”

"Surface article?" Yang Siye said, "Welcoming is a big deal......

"What's a big deal?" Wang Jiayan said, "As the director of the country, teaching students well is the biggest thing, and you don't have to think too much about other things." ”

Another professor kindly reminded: "Lord of the sacrificial wine, the welcoming ceremony should still be one." ”

"The welcoming ceremony, of course." Wang Jiayan said, "When the duty is up tomorrow, the official and the Financial Regulatory Commission will welcome you at the gate, and as for you, you just need to do your own work." ”

"Huh? That's too rudimentary. ”

Other practitioners and professors also raised questions.

"Okay, now let's move on to where the social practice class should go?"

Wang Jiayan said impatiently: "Henan and Liaodong have their own strengths, Henan suffered the most serious military disasters, and they can experience the suffering of the people, while Liaodong is far away, and it can exercise students' physical will." ”

As soon as the words fell, Jin Xuan continued: "Xiaguan thinks that Henan is going, Liaodong is also going, Jiangnan is going to go, and Beijian students should not sit in the classroom in the first year of school, but should travel all over the country!" Sibai Gong tasted and said to others, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, and the official thought that it was very reasonable. ”

Some business owners questioned: "How can you preach and teach and solve doubts without being in class?" ”

"On the way, you can preach and teach and solve doubts, and the effect may be better." Jin Xuan said, "Mencius said that the heavens descend to the people, and they must first suffer their minds......

After reciting a large paragraph, Kim Hyun-fu said again: "This official thinks that it is more important to train the will and quality of the students of the North Prison to bear hardships and stand hard work, and to cultivate the moral sentiment of honesty and self-discipline. ”

"The official agrees, just follow the method you said."

Wang Jiayan made a final decision, and the schoolwork of the first year of the Beijing Prison was decided.

After a pause, Wang Jiayan said to a group of directors and professors: "It's not early, you should hurry up and go home to clean up, and leave tomorrow afternoon, the first stop is to go to Bali Bridge to see the railway steel bridge, and camp in the south of Bali Bridge at night, so everyone must bring tents and bedding." ”

"Huh? Leaving tomorrow? ”

"That's too hasty, isn't it?"

"yes, nothing was done."

A group of practitioners and professors were caught off guard.

If it weren't for the fact that I could get a high salary in this profession, I am afraid that someone would quit on the spot.

"Isn't this for you to go back and prepare?" Kim Hyun said impatiently, "Isn't it enough to go out and bring a tent and bedding, is it possible that you still want to move your home there?" ”

Among the priests and professors, only one of them had the courage to ask, "Isn't the Holy One coming tomorrow?" ”

"That's why it's just afternoon." Wang Jiayan said, "If it weren't for the Holy Lord's coming over tomorrow morning, I would leave in the morning." ”

The priest didn't dare to squeak, but he thought in his heart, Lord Sacrificial Wine and Lord Prison are so slow to treat the saint, but don't anger Tianyan and affect all the teachers and students of the North Prison.

……

However, the worries of this business are completely unnecessary.

Early the next morning, Chongzhen came to Beijing Guozijian, and when he saw that only Wang Jiayan and Jin Xuan were at the gate of the Beijian to greet him, Chongzhen immediately smiled, and this is what he wanted.

In the face of more than 10,000 national students gathered on the playground, Chongzhen just said three words, and asked Wang Jiayan to select more than 100 students with loud voices to spread throughout the audience.

"When we meet for the first time, I have three words for you."

"The first thing I want to say is, don't learn those official articles, and resolutely put an end to formalism!"

"For example, don't learn anything about the big fanfare, for example, extravagance and waste, or those protracted and meaningless etiquette meetings."

"In this regard, Wang Xijiu and Jin Jian Zheng have done a good job."

"The second thing I want to say is, don't think about trying to figure out what you want, and put more thought into the people."

"The people are precious, the community is secondary, the monarch is light, the people are the sky, you must have the people in your hearts, and you must really do practical things for the people, instead of thinking about how to please Shangguan and how to accumulate people's fat and people's ointment."

"The third thing I want to say is, you must be patriotic! Daming is our motherland, born in Si, grew up in Si will be buried in the motherland in the future! Loving one's country is like loving one's mother, and there are no strings attached. ”