Chapter 116: The Prince's Sorrow

The prince thought for a moment and said, "Huang Zicheng is a little less qualified, he is not yet thirty years old this year, right?"

He Xi said, "There are still a few years left. The eldest brother transferred him back to Beijing to participate in the Shaofu, and I was naturally willing. But let him preside over the daily affairs of the Shaofu, I'm afraid it won't work." z.br>

The prince said, "Then who do you think you can?"

He Xi said, "Zhang Du is okay."

The prince said, "Zhang Du of the Taiping Iron Works?"

He Xi said, "Exactly."

He Xi recommended Zhang Du, not casually. Although He Xi is far away in Liaodong, he is actually very familiar with the Taiping Iron Factory. Without him, all the people in the field of Daming iron smelting technology are He Xi's disciples and grandchildren. The group of people led by Ge Tiangong doesn't look very good. But it is the core support of He Xi's faction.

It's very simple, in the whole world, only He Xi can treat them equally. These students are proficient in mathematics even if they read and learn words. But in the eyes of the scholars, they are not among the scholars. If these people were just some illiterate craftsmen. The doctors didn't care.

But these are the same as reading, and they can also come out to be officials. Most of the doctors found these people extremely annoying.

Because it touches their interests.

Even if they use people from engineering colleges, they only use them as tools. Technocrats at the bottom. And they are regarded as artisan slaves. From this point of view, the scholars and doctors of the Ming Dynasty did not pay more attention to craftsmen than the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty.

Even this kind of attitude, He Xi's subordinates, the group of people who came out of Guozijian, may not be absent. Fortunately, these people still know some of He Xi's doctrine. What's here, it's not a big problem.

Elsewhere, it's different.

The people who came out of the College of Engineering and Science, as long as they are still in the officialdom or in the official camp, are all He Xi's party members, of course, because He Xi is good to him and is their natural backer, but another reason is that they have no land election.

With these people here, He Xi can't say everything about the situation of the Taiping Iron Factory, but it's almost there.

Zhang Du was born as a small official, he is really a capable official, and it is difficult to say anything else. However, in the past few years in the Taiping Iron Factory, Zhang Du has figured out the management system of the factory, that is, let Zhang Du travel to the modern era, in the township, or in some larger manufacturing enterprises, to be a factory director, is also competent.

If He Xi is not mistaken, Shaofu actually already has. It's just an empty shell. No substantial progress has been made. The first thing Shaofu has to do now is to transform Nanjing's handicraft industry into industry. The talents needed here, first, are familiar with factory manufacturing, and the difference between handicraft manufacturing. Second, be familiar with the methods of the officials.

Even the latter is more important than the former.

There is no other, because these so-called factories are actually managed by Xu officials. Gain, the Ming officials don't care much about specific production at all. They are all laborers, so they don't want to be the kind of laborers.

Zhang Du's background is very important. As an official who has been killed from among the officials and promoted step by step, he is too familiar with the methods of these officials, and it can even be said that in this regard. Zhang Du is the grandfather.

Being in charge of this aspect is simply doing more with less.

The prince said, "Yes, that's it. Here in Liaodong, you do things well, and after a few years, you will return to Beijing. I'm looking forward to it in Nanjing." What else did the prince want to say when he saw He Xi. The prince waved his hand, interrupted He Xi and said, "Don't say anything else, you can't be inseparable from Liaodong for the rest of your life, what will it become. I know the importance of Liaodong. I'll give you time. The next time I invite you, I hope you don't say no."

Although the prince's tone is gentle, there is a kind of strength that cannot be refused.

And rightfully so.

The prince is the prince after all, and he will not be kind to others.

He Xi could only say, "Yes."

The prince said, "Don't leave Beiping. I will stay in Peking for a while, at least this year, and at most next year, and then I will return to Nanjing. During this period of time, I want to go to Liaodong, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and I want to see

Take a look, see for yourself."

He Xi said, "Brother Chen is waiting at any time."

He Xi also knew that speaking of which, this conversation was over.

He Xi rushed here from Tianjin and talked for so long. Competition is his biggest competitor, and even in his opinion, it is simply difficult to beat. As long as the crown prince can live until after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the choice of the Ming Emperor is a certainty.

He Xi didn't know where to start.

He Xi, who was lying on the bed, suddenly sat up, and said secretly in his heart: "He Xi, He Xi, you can't have such a good character, you want to assassinate. If this thing is done, even if it is successful, how will you face your wife and children? Is it possible that I will kill my wife and children."

He Xi was wearing moon-white underwear, staring at the candle beside the bed unconsciously, and said secretly in his heart: "The avenue goes straight, and any conspiracy of mine is powerless in the face of the decisive force. The power of the Ming Emperor came from more than 1,000 counties, hundreds of prefectures, and more than 300 guards. and millions of armies. I just need to have more power than that. Others work. Development cannot solve all problems, but it can solve many problems. There is not enough steel in Liaodong, not enough artillery, not enough firearms, not enough warships."

"Don't be cranky, those crooked ways. Sleep."

He Xi immediately lay heavily on the bed, as if he had figured it out. Maybe He Xi was too tired, and He Xi soon fell asleep.

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He Xi slept in the dark, and he didn't even distinguish between day and night.

While He Xi was sleeping, the crown prince summoned the king of Jin.

King Jin's performance at the meeting, the crown prince was very dissatisfied. The prince wanted to have a good talk with this younger brother.

The prince and the king of Jin said a few words, and the prince personally poured a cup of tea for the king of Jin and said; "Third child, there are no outsiders here. You and my brother talk about the psychology. What the hell is your idea?"

King Jin pretended to be stupid and said, "What, what thoughts?"

The prince said, "The idea of sealing the country. This time I went north, in fact, it was also for this matter, before I came, my father's edict, you all know, the following younger brothers have been settled. The adult prince of the father's emperor, that is, the second, the third, the fourth, and the sixth. A few of them. My father asked me to come, just so that I can communicate with you well."

King Jin said, "Big brother, I really said it."

The prince said, "Say."

The king of Jin said, "Since I am the king of Jin, can you give me the land of Jin? I don't want it, I just want a house in Taiyuan Mansion. As long as the eldest brother agrees, I will do whatever you ask me to do."

When the prince heard this, his face suddenly changed slightly. said, "Third child, I'm not joking with you."

King Jin said, "I don't dare to joke with my eldest brother."

The crown prince said, "Extraterritorial feudalism is a national policy set by my father. Are you going to disobey?"

"There are too many national policies set by my father, and this is not the one that cannot be implemented. In my opinion, this is He Xi's villain, provoking the royal family and making a big battle. That's not right." King Jin sneered and said, "Besides, maybe you saw that your younger brothers were in the way, so they were all exiled."

When the prince heard this, he didn't know whether he was angry or not for a while, and seemed to have lost his sense of emotion. It took a while to recover, and then a deep sadness rose in my heart.

He has never taken care of King Jin less. Whether it was when he was a child or when he grew up, whenever King Jin got into trouble, he didn't wipe his ass less. When I was a kid, I forgot it. After the feudal domain, many things were very difficult to deal with. But the prince did not complain.

It's just that he never thought that he had done so much, but he was seen by King Jin like this.

Yes. The crown prince wanted to drive all these vassal kings out of the Central Plains. But is this the prince looking at some of his younger brothers unpleasantly? No. It is more out of the overall situation of the country and the stability of the imperial court. The crown prince has selfish intentions, that is, he can be the emperor for generations.

But as the crown prince and the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang, isn't this a matter of course?

Even today, although the crown prince knows that the king of Jin is dissatisfied, he has

is ready to bleed heavily, as long as King Jin agrees, he will compensate his younger brother well. The prince thought silently, "That's how they see me."