Since the news of Huguang reached Huai'an at the beginning of last year, Zhu Houxi did not go to Nanjing again, but rushed back to the capital directly, and actually spent the New Year in the palace.

After returning to the palace, the emperor stayed more in the two concubines and concubines, plus his father's concubine who had made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, and the good news came from the three palaces in a few months.

There is still a political factor.

But Zhu Houxi does like to stay on Zhang Qinghe's side more and more.

Although her father is just a showman, Zhang Qinghe is a truly talented woman in this era.

She is calm, and she is far better than Wen Zhengming's daughter Wen Suyun in terms of talent and piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

After Zhang Qinghe became pregnant and stable, Zhu Houxi still came often to listen to the piano.

It's not prenatal education or anything, it's just some things he thinks and thinks, in fact, he can't say it to anyone, it's his thinking about his own concept and the throne and imperial power.

"Just hear it here." Zhu Houxi stopped when he heard the sound of the piano, walked over and helped her up, "Remember to take a walk every day." You don't like to move, but think about the queen's difficult birth back then, for the sake of your own safety, you can't be lazy. ”

"The concubine remembered."

is becoming more and more familiar with him, and the restraint in Zhang Qinghe's eyes is becoming less and less, and the tenderness is becoming more and more.

Zhu Houxi left her palace courtyard in the night and slowly walked towards Kunning Palace.

After moving to the Yangxin Palace, Zhu Zaiqian was still young at that time, and Sun Ming was the queen again, so he never stayed in the Yangxin Palace.

But now Zhu Houxi has slept in Kunning Palace, and the days have become more.

Staying in the place where he had to deal with government affairs in the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhu Houxi's heart couldn't be completely calm.

Zhu Zaiqian is more than a year old and can talk and walk.

Zhu Houxi stayed with him for a while, and then asked someone to take him to sleep.

When only he and Sun Ming were left in the room, Zhu Houxi said, "The imperial doctor has been arranged, don't worry." ”

Sun Ming smiled reluctantly and shook her head.

In a rebellion, Sun Jiao first stayed in Huguang to be busy, and then rushed back to the capital to patrol the town for Zhu Houxi.

Four years after entering Jiajing, several older people became seriously ill: Xu Guangzuo, Sun Jiao, Shi Xuan......

There is another person who is sick, the Empress Xia of Zhuangsu.

In every major crisis that pertains to her, she becomes seriously ill.

The first time, the fire of the Nissei Gate.

The second time, Zhang Heling fled.

The third time, Pu Zitong rebelled.

"After tomorrow's court meeting, I'll go to the Ten Princes' Mansion first, and you can take Zaiji to visit your father." If you are in a good mood, it is easier for your body to gradually get better. ”

People who can still have babies in their seventies, Zhu Houxi believes in Sun Jiao's body.

After the next day's meeting, Zhu Houxi walked out of Donghua Gate.

Although the princes of the Ming Dynasty will be in the domain, before they become vassals and after they are a little older, they all live in the Ten Princes' Mansion built by Zhu Di back then.

Here, it is the area of Wangfujing that Zhu Houxi remembers very well, not far from the Forbidden City.

Xiaozong has only one son to grow up, Zhu Houzhao had no son before his death, and the ten princes have only lived here for the first time in the past thirty years.

After being sent back to the capital at the beginning of the year, Zhu Houxi arranged for the Xia family and King Rui to live here.

I heard that Xia's physical illness has been cured, but what about the mental illness?

The royal driver came in person, and the Xia family brought King Rui to meet him.

Looking at King Rui, who had been a puppet "emperor" for four months, Zhu Houxi saw the fear in his eyes that could not be concealed from the seven-year-old.

Looking at the silent Xia on the side, Zhu Houxi also saw indifference.

"Is it okay to live here?"

Hearing his inquiry, Xia just said calmly: "Don't dare to worry about Your Majesty." Your Majesty has forgiven us, and it is a supreme grace. ”

"When King Rui is older, I will arrange for him to be enlightened."

Should the "orthodoxy" in the inscription be killed?

Zhu Houxi's previous purpose was only to lean on the rebels to the groups dissatisfied with the new law, emphasizing that they were only seeking to repeal the new law in the name of so-called orthodoxy.

Now, Zhu Houxi is not only the person who forced the Yiwang family and King Rui's biological father and ancestor, but also the person who actually treats Zhu Houzhao's mother and wife meanly.

As an emperor, Zhu Houxi once learned to be a qualified political animal, and became increasingly indifferent.

Now that he has come here, it is inconvenient for Zhu Houxi to stay for a long time.

"The imperial sister-in-law can live here in peace from now on, and she doesn't have to worry about anything anymore."

Seeing that the emperor hadn't explained anything, hadn't admitted any mistakes, and looked at his departing back, Xia's eyes were full of indifference.

Although being in the emperor's family is like this, although the previous two times were because the Empress Dowager Zhang and the Zhang brothers were at fault, this time it was different.

She has a nominal son, and she still has a responsibility to her deceased husband, so she wants to raise him as an adult.

But after this rebellion, she also thought through a lot of things.

If you don't kill or depreciate, do you want face and reputation? He is not afraid of another change in many years.

Xia lowered his head and turned to walk in, his voice a little stern: "Let's go, continue to practice calligraphy." ”

Enlightenment?

She is already opening for her son.

Zhu Houxi left the Ten Princes' Mansion and went to the Ministry of Industry.

The city of Beijing has been determined to be expanded, and this time it includes not only the outer city walls, but also many plans and relocations of the inner and outer cities.

When he went to Linqing, Zhu Houxi took people from the Ministry of Industry to inspect the functional zoning of the city there.

Now Zhu Houxi's focus is on moving out many unnecessary and potential safety hazards in the inner city.

"It's going to be here." Zhu Houxi chose two of the several locations they had planned, "There is a galloping road to Liangxiang, where it is easier to transport, and the smoke and dust produced by Wang Gong Factory and Black Kiln Factory are not easy to drift to the city." In the direction of Tongzhou, Shenmu Factory was arranged to build a factory that did not need to use more open flames. ”

Naturally, there is no talk of heavy industry or light industry at present, but Zhu Houxi first selected a place in the southwest and southeast of Beijing.

In the future, if you want to burn cement and steel, water will be indispensable.

Zhu Houxi also thought that Beijing was short of water, but now in the southwest of Beijing, the Liangshui River is a landscape.

During the Yuan Dynasty, there were "more pavilions than waterfront Puzhong" on the banks of the Liangshui River.

At this time, it is still "the wild pavilion is narrow through the path, and the stream and willow are long".

In any case, the black kiln factory and Wang Gong factory, which tend to be polluting and open flames, Zhu Houxi decided to arrange them here first.

Even if it's just incubating it first, let some people see the benefits of something in the future, and then promote it.

The most important thing is that Zhu Houxi decided to move the vassal kings from all over the country into the capital.

Although there are also some positions in the Ten Princes' Mansions, Zhu Houxi can give birth to himself now, and the number of feudal kings in various places is not something that the Ten Princes' Mansions can accommodate.

The new royal gathering area is set in the area of the black kiln factory.

The ponds and landscapes that have been formed have been renovated to make them even more attractive than the future Taorantei Park. It's also located in the outer city, so it's a good choice in many ways.

In addition to this, there were too many official institutions in the original inner city.

For example, Wang Gongchang, a gunpowder factory under the Ministry of Industry, is located in the southwest corner of the inner city, only three kilometers away from the Forbidden City.

Zhu Houxi knew about the so-called "apocalyptic explosion", so he naturally wanted to move this place away from the densely populated urban area first.

It's nothing more than a little more management trouble.

"The first major event of the Construction Bureau of the Ministry of Industry at the beginning of its establishment was the expansion of Beijing and the construction of two industrial market towns on the outskirts of the city." Zhu Houxi looked at the current main officials of the Ministry of Industry, "The officials of the Construction Bureau are nominated and appointed by the Ministry of Industry, and their positions and subordinates belong to the Ministry of Industry. However, in the future, the Construction Bureau is a commercial firm, and the Ministry of Industry cannot be deceived by the commercial laws that should be followed and the taxes that should be paid. ”

The Ministry of Industry used to manage a large number of craftsmen and local factories and mines, but their thinking was still to regard the work of craftsmen as a service, although they also had to be paid a certain amount of wages.

Zhu Houxi is now poking through some problems.

"Although the artisan family needs to send a soldier to serve, the small artisan family also depends on its wages for a living." Zhu Houxi said calmly, "After the establishment of the Construction Bureau is completed, at least the craftsmen in Beijing must be naturalized. Since then, the project has been purchased and the money has been printed. Under the constraints of the new accounting law, I hope you will not regard the craftsman as a slave. It's all about begging for a living, don't let the craftsmen do their best but can't eat enough and can't support their families. ”

As the emperor, he can only set the tone first.

Understanding and habits cannot be transferred in a hurry, and Zhu Houxi can only explain the constitution and thinking first, and then raise the knife of auditing and punishment later.

Compared with the slow progress of expanding the city of Beijing and welcoming the kings into Beijing, it becomes more and more obvious that Zhu Houxi's previous layout wanted to clear the world's opponents.

I have to say that from Hui'anbo Zhang Wei at the beginning of the third year of Jiajing to Gao Kewei, Meng Chun, and Pu Zitong later, many people have a little taste of being forced to rebel by him, and Kong Wenshao, the sage of Yan, became a "rebel" in a daze.

But after more than half a year, Zhu Houxi has also let go in his heart.

After all, he is neither the most ruthless political animal, nor can he act according to his previous thinking.

Rui Wang's mother and son, he left his life, and he did not kill or degrade. There was quite a controversy among the counselors, some said that the emperor's benevolence was important, and some said that there could be no future troubles, but Zhu Houxi was willing to take it as a warning.

Rui Wang is only more than six years old, and he is dissatisfied at the age of seven, whether there is another change in the future, it depends on what kind of situation Zhu Houxi can lead Daming to.

If the ultimate truth is that he finally scattered people's minds because of his too advanced thinking, then there is nothing to say.

Now, Zhu Houxi is acting according to his adjusted understanding.

The new plan for the city of Beijing was initially set at the meeting attended by the emperor himself, and in addition to the southern city, which was already quite large, the west, east, and north sides also extended two or three miles each.

This means that the scale is much larger than the previous outer walls.

This is a huge project, and Zhu Houxi arranged the first, second, and third phases according to the routine he was familiar with.

In the first phase, only the walls of the outer city of the southern city were built. In the second phase, the "moat" on the north, east and west sides was only built to form a new small water system. In the third phase, if necessary, then the walls on these three sides will be built.

Zhu Houxi thinks that there may not be a third phase, because in his vision, the threat from the north must be eliminated after all.

Or, like the Linqing Dynasty, only one earthen wall with a slight defensive effect can be built on these three walls.

After the meeting in the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Houxi returned to the palace.

Nowadays, the habit of napping has been developed.

Because most of the Ming officials have a sunrise schedule, Zhu Houxi has always gotten up early.

His young body made him careless, but knowing how long it would take for his vision to materialize, he became more and more aware of the importance of keeping his body healthy.

After waking up for a nap, it's time for another day.

Entrance ceremony of the Graduate School of Engineering, Okmyung University.

……

In the morning, Zheng Kui appreciated the magnificence of the entire Huangming Academy.

Originally, this was the royal garden, and idlers were not allowed to enter.

Today, many of the original pavilions have been renovated in terms of interior furnishings.

Zheng Kui visited the leopard room of the former Emperor Zhengde and the current College of Science, and went to the courtyard where the emperor was first received and is now the academy of calculation.

On the shore of Shicha, he also met Westerners.

The Westerner, known as Count Alfonso, was also one of the professors at their engineering school.

While inspecting the seaside, there is a small dock in the engineering college.

I heard that this is the emperor asked the emperor to teach the Count Alfonso, who was only knighted by a small Western country but did not recognize it by the Ming Dynasty, to teach him what he knew about Western navigation, shipbuilding, and naval warfare techniques.

A steward of the Faculty of Engineering even said: I still have to respect Count Alfonso, because his daughter is in the palace and is the emperor's woman.

As for the Agricultural College, they only have a small courtyard in the Huangming University, because there is only a small piece of farmland by the Shicha Sea, and they are only responsible for communicating with the emperor.

Most of the professors in the College of Agriculture are in Huangzhuang.

Of course, in this small piece of farmland by the sea, they will also try to grow something.

Zheng Kui saw several things he didn't know, and he heard that one of them was called foreign potatoes, which is now being implemented in Shaanxi, Shanxi and other water-scarce places, and the yield per mu can reach thousands of catties.

Located on the south side of this street in the west gate of the Imperial City, that is the military academy known as the martial arts academy.

Zheng Kui couldn't go over, because he heard that some of the masters of the Military Bureau and the Ordnance Supervision of the Ministry of Industry in the palace were also there.

In addition, there are many martial arts masters and military scholars invited from the people.

Those who studied in this martial arts academy were not only the sons and daughters of the honorable relatives, but also the young officers and soldiers selected from various health centers.

What Zheng Kui focuses on is the location where most of the students in the Huangming University will haunt: the auditorium, the school building, and the dining room......

After eating lunch in the dining room in a wooden basin with three grooves, Zheng Kui could not rest for a while when he returned to the dormitory.

In fact, none of his other nine artisan friends in the same dormitory could rest.

Because I'll be able to meet Your Majesty in a moment.

"What do you think Your Majesty is going to do when he chose us here?"

They are all selected from all over the country and from various factories, and now each of them is excited.

"Since it's an academy, of course we have to learn things." Someone said, "Didn't you listen to Master Langzhong?" Learn well, and ascend to the sky in one step; If you don't learn well, you will lose face and bear the guilt! ”

“…… But we are all working, do we still have to learn the Four Books and Five Classics to take the imperial examination and be a talented master? ”

In their eyes, Xiucai is already a master.

It is very difficult to learn, even though they are already experts in their respective fields.

Zheng Kui spent noon in this atmosphere until he heard the faint sound of the bell.

It is a high-rise building built on the shore of Shicha Sea, between the north and south courtyards.

At the top of the building, there was a huge bell with a disc the size of a house on all sides.

The steward of the engineering college had already taught them, and that one was called Zhong.

In the Huangming Academy, now I don't play the drum or look at the drip, but look at the bell.

In a day, there are twenty-four hours. Each hour has sixty minutes, and each minute has sixty seconds.

The bell rings fourteen times, which means that it is four o'clock in the morning, and fourteen o'clock is two o'clock in the afternoon.

Zheng Kui bounced up like a spring from the bed he was leaning on, as did the rest of the room.

I'm about to see the Emperor!

It was almost about the same time, and the voice of the steward sounded in the courtyard outside the dormitory: "The students of the master craftsman advanced training class, come out and line up!" ”

Zheng Kui hurriedly went out with everyone and sorted out his clothes at the same time.

Is the emperor really coming?

At this moment, Zhu Houxi has just stepped out of the west gate of the Forbidden City.

When the distance is very close, he walks.

Now in front of him was another group of people, a squad he had organized after suppressing many opinions.

In classes like this, Zhu Houxi knew that there would be more.

Some are opened in the Huangming University, and some are in the Forbidden City.

No matter what class it is, after Zhu Houxi went, he only talked about three points.

First, these people are actually important, so they must see the emperor with their own eyes and know what the meaning of what the emperor wants.

Second, if they need to have basic literacy, they should start with literacy, simplified Chinese.

Third, they will all have a great future.

Now, Zhu Houxi has gone to the master training class selected from this department.

The future of the peasants depends on the agricultural academy and the measures of the new law to reduce the pressure of forced labor.

In the future of the craftsman, there are many Ming official and private commercial houses related to the Emperor Ming Ji, the Emperor Ming Liang Chu Hao, the Ministry of Industry and the Construction Bureau, etc.

These are all aimed at a huge group, but what Zhu Houxi wants now is how to guide the development of technology and the improvement of productivity.

Associated with his Ming education plan was inevitably the establishment of a solid agricultural base and the development of light and heavy industry and commerce.

Daming also needs a group of pioneers!

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