Luis, the Portuguese ambassador, heard and witnessed this "grand event" of the Son of Heaven forming a party in the capital.

It can only be said that it is an eye-opener.

The turmoil is by no means confined to officialdom, and there has been a great discussion in "Ming Pao".

"After becoming an official, how can you cultivate yourself and govern the country with your family? Where do we ordinary people understand, but isn't Your Majesty just asking the officials how to be a good official? ”

A word is worth ten thousand words, and it is really true to say a thousand things and ten thousand.

The vast empire of the East has had a career bureaucracy for nearly two thousand years, and it is not a consultative staff set up by the monarch to change from time to time, and they are still exploring how this system can be further improved.

Louis was allowed to enter the library, which was a library building and a place to drink tea and eat.

This is also a favorite place for Louis, because he can hear many of the best of the literate people talking here.

The Ming also had slaves, but they weren't exactly like European slaves.

And there are obviously more free people in the Ming Dynasty, and even in their mouths, they always say something "the people are precious, and the monarch is light"......

Their emperor was clearly authoritative, but ordinary civilians dared to say such things in such a rebellious manner.

[Delicate and skillful balance, my dear brother......]

At night, in the compound arranged by the Ministry of Rites to be used as the Portuguese embassy, Louis wrote letters to his brother.

The more I dig deeper, the more incredible I feel.

[That is a thought that has existed more than 2,000 years ago, which is different from doctrine.] Nearly a thousand years ago, a great emperor said that the peasant was like water, which could make the emperor float on it like a gorgeous boat, and it could also form a huge wave to drown it. In fact, it's terrifying, and there really are too many of them in their history books. And we, dear brother, you know, Europe is more serfs, who do not understand and are not capable of forming such a great wave. 】

[The terrible thing is that they took this idea as the dogma of the empire, taught the peasants this, and demanded that the officials should love the commoners as if they were their own children, and that they should be fair and merciful good officials for them, and even to oppose the emperor's opinion at certain moments for this reason.] An emperor who can accept some objections is a good emperor, but their emperor has more and more power, and I really wonder ......]

Let so many people be literate, and the knowledge that young children learn includes these, and almost everyone who is literate knows what the world is like to be literate.

Those statements are not saying that you have original sin while emphasizing that I love you.

What is guilty?

At the beginning of man, nature is good...... Everyone is a good person, if we ordinary people can't live anymore, it must be the fault of Emperor Ling.

Louis couldn't figure it out.

The people ruled by the emperor were so rebellious, why could the emperor's authority still be so great?

It is not because of the knowledge that the emperor who is now in power has learned from Louis that the emperors of the most recent dynasties in the East have more power in their hands than the previous dynasties.

[They even dared to denounce God's faults and destroy the temple!] My God...... Here, too, God is working for them. Not to be fooled by their usual piety, I can't imagine how dare to curse God so angrily after their prayers have been disappointed, God is blind, God is unfair, and God has been raped by dogs......]

Oh yes, they usually refer to all the gods vaguely by the heavens. And the emperor is called the son of heaven. And they even dare to say that people will definitely be able to win the heavens. 】

[The blasphemy of God and power is unimaginable to me, but His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty still has a firm grasp of great power, and can possess and mobilize great wealth and manpower. 】

"Don't their blasphemy have to be burned at the stake and purified? 】

[Let's get down to business.] Now is a very special time, and soon, the main officials of the various provinces of the empire will gather in the capital. Each of these provinces, no smaller than the kingdoms of Europe, had a population of millions or even tens of millions. Many of them will hold other positions after this year, and I don't understand why they can give up the familiar power of a kingdom......]

Louis knew that the Eastern Empire was governed by mobile officials, but in his understanding, every transfer must be accompanied by a huge exchange of interests and compromises.

But when he came to Beijing again and heard a lot, he realized that it was nothing at all.

The emperor ordered a matter.

But in a new place, all relationships have to start all over again, don't they?

How can you get benefits without familiar and trustworthy people?

Louis really couldn't figure out why the emperor was willing to work for the emperor if he was still asking them not to pay attention to themselves and their family's interests? Why not oppose him?

He described the incident only by suggesting to his brother that, since officials were always on the move, Portugal was afraid that it would be possible to secure stable interests only through the emperor himself. In the Ming Dynasty, there are really no important ministers or big families that can bring stable and continuous benefits to Portugal.

What advanced weapons, tactics, and cheaper suppliers of goods from the East that Portugal needed could only be obtained by relying on the emperor.

As for the ways to unite the Kingdom......

[My dear brother, I feel sadly that we can't do it. You see, unless we first overthrow the church completely. As long as there is a pope in people's hearts besides you, and there is God, you can't be like the emperor of the East. But ......]

Luiz, a Portuguese, was deeply shaken by the fact that every day in Beijing there were not enough coupons for reflection.

He witnessed the richness of the Ming Dynasty with his own eyes. Due to the approach of Halloween Day, birthday gifts from various places to the emperor are also arriving in the capital one after another.

The will of the palace came out, and this time the congratulatory gift was received by the emperor himself, but then most of the precious items would be put up for auction, and the proceeds would be donated to several things.

The Huanghuai flood and the relationship with the Huanghuai flood in the northwest afforestation, a new round of subsidies for the purchase and replacement of iron farming tools, and the expansion of the business of nursing homes and medical homes.

The relatives and businessmen who were worried about the industry and commerce were planning to "show kindness".

The praise of His Majesty the Emperor is naturally all over the capital.

And the emperor himself is now on the side of the Heavy Industry Park.

"Did you really make it?" Zhu Houxi was pleasantly surprised.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Zheng Kui took the lead in bowing, "For several months, the ministers have not dared to delay, and they are looking forward to offering you this gift." With that condenser, now there is finally no need to vent eighty percent of the heat, and the machine can always be turned on. The ministers had long known that His Majesty would not only use this steam engine in factories, but also on carts and ships, so they had long thought about what different shapes they were. ”

When Weng Wanda returned to Daming from Cochin, he took a new ship that reserved space for future steam engines.

The Jingguang Straight Road has laid railroad tracks in the flat places of Hebei and Henan, isn't it also waiting for these?

The reason why the new straight road has not yet been decided is that the emperor himself felt that the steam engine had not yet come out, and the rails did not know what kind of standard was appropriate.

Now, Zhu Houxi saw a special steam locomotive.

It's crude, but it's mounted on a frame with iron wheels.

It took so long, and the steam engine didn't come out as quickly as Zhu Houxi expected.

But for such a long time, because of the clear application direction pointed out by Zhu Houxi, there is a lot of work that can be done ahead.

From the initial threads, gears, crankshafts, to the later power source and coal, which has been used in China for many years, and now years of waiting have given Zhu Houxi a truly valuable gift.

"Experimented?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I have already tried it on the railroad tracks in the Heavy Industry Park. If it doesn't succeed, the ministers will really have no shame to report to Your Majesty. ”

"Good!" Zhu Houxi was inexplicably overjoyed, "Pass it on, I will take the carriage pulled by this steam train back to the city today!" I will reward you for your work! Zheng Kui, you have been studying your skills for more than ten years. If you are literate, physics, arithmetic, and casting are all studied, and you will have this skill! The importance of this steam engine can be called the beginning of a new era. In the past, I bought horse bones and made you a townsman. Today, you ride for me, and as the new marquis, you will accompany me back to the city! ”

"Ocene ...... Marquis? Zheng Kui was taken aback, "How can he be a minister, His Royal Highness King Rui, Tao Zhenren, and all the doctors and craftsmen are also ......."

"There's a reward for everything!" Zhu Houxi took his hand, "This is not the end!" The earl of Zhenyun and the marquis of Feng are to tell the people of the world that the physical avenue is promising! From today onwards, I look forward to people all over the world talking about you, knowing that being a craftsman can also cover the ages, and worship the prince! Zheng Kui, a hundred years after me, you will definitely accompany me in the Taimiao! ”

Zheng Kui suddenly burst into tears.

Everyone knows that the emperor doesn't seem to dislike craftsmen as pariahs, but having been knighted as a county lord is already the ceiling of everyone's imagination.

The Earl promised that it would be extremely difficult for everyone to do so, and that would probably be the real end.

But now the emperor not only wants to make him a marquis, but also has allowed him to enter the temple.

In the Taimiao of the Zhu family in the Ming Dynasty, how could there have been craftsmen who received incense?

Being held by the emperor, Zheng Kui trembled and couldn't speak at all.

And here, there are accompanying civil officials, the prince and Zhang Juzheng, other craftsmen and doctors from the Doctoral Institute.

Now they looked at Zheng Kui, who was crying with joy, with undisguised disbelief and crazy envy in their eyes, the emperor took his hand and circled around the steam train that was named by the emperor just now, and he only replied with tears and laughter.

The emperor had to take the carriage pulled by the steam train back to the city, and there was still a lot to do.

First of all, the straight side of the road should be cleared, the carriage of the horse-drawn should be stopped temporarily, and the pedestrians on both sides of the road should be controlled.

Secondly, this steam train will be transported over and the new "royal car" will be ready.

And in the end, and more importantly, the big guy is too worried.

As soon as this thing starts, there is a lot of movement.

The key question is, is it safe? In full view, if you stop halfway or even blow up, it's over.

Outside the southern city, Lu Bing soon took the Jinyi Guard and the personal guards out of the city and went to guard along the straight road.

It's not a clearance, because the emperor has given an extra explanation, so you might as well make the movement bigger, so that the big guys can see the excitement.

Therefore, it is just a cordon and a human wall, and the people are allowed to stand behind the soldiers and watch.

Although everyone still doesn't know what to see.

"The steam machine is complete, and the royal driver will take a steam train that does not need to be pulled by horses and only burns coal!"

There was no concealment at all, Lu Bing was ordered to spread the news, and he was also very worried.

"No need for a horse? Steam trains? ”

The people of the capital have all seen the world, but they have never seen this kind of world.

"Only coal is burned, how can the car move?"

"That coal is black, could it be a fetish?"

"Did you hear that? Zheng Kui, who changed the blast furnace, was named the new marquis! ”

"What?!"

"Craftsman Marquis?"

The exciting news came one after another from outside the city, and then there was a clearer will: the hundred officials in Beijing should be released early today and go out of the city to welcome them.

The emperor just went to the Heavy Industry Park as usual to have a look, but now the arranged formation is even bigger than the triumphant return to Beijing in the Northern Expedition.

The battle in which the officials were dressed in neat robes and wanted to go out of the city to greet them naturally attracted more people to go out of the city to watch.

And in the ranks of officials, there are also foreign envoys who have come to Beijing to congratulate the great emperor on his longevity.

Louis went out of the city with the others in a daze, and waited in the venue outside the Jingshi Station, the last stop of the Jingguang Straight Road, outside the new South City Gate.

Yang Shen was stunned to see that Jinyiwei was cutting down trees and tearing down the fence outside the platform of Jingshi Station that isolated pedestrians.

"What kind of machine should cut down these trees and tear down the hedge so that people can see more clearly? It's just a lot of money! ”

He felt that the emperor was not doing his job.

Now it's cut, and you have to plant it again; Now it's demolished, and it has to be repaired when you go back.

It's all the money of the treasury!

“…… The post bureau can still afford this money. Yan Song reminded him, although Yan Song also felt a little outrageous.

Zhang Bi was still dizzy: "Your Majesty really has an edict, Zheng Kui is the new marquis?" ”

"It's already being drafted, can there be any fakes?" Liu Long sighed, "The world is in an uproar ......"

"The word "new world" is ......even more extraordinary" Liu Tianhe knew about the steam engine project, and he was also a person who could hand rub the instrument to measure the sediment content of the Yellow River, so he was even more confused, "Can this steam engine work be called a new world?" ”

The people who were watching from afar, now the first thing to watch was the Jinyi guards cutting down trees and tearing down the hedges so that they could see the lively scene.

It has to be said that it is unheard of.

At this moment, because the Pujin Bridge incident only implicated the Zhang family and did not affect the Wang family, Wang Chonggu had already arrived in the capital.

He was in the circle of scholars he had recently befriended, and listening to their doubts about the mere craftsmen and the emperor's incomprehension of such a big battle, his heart was surging.

He came from a merchant family, and he was very talented and thought more.

Nowadays, many looms and other machinery are already water-powered. From ancient times to the present, the arduous journey is long, and it is also by animal power or water power, horseback, car, and boat, which can be slightly slower.

What does it mean to have a cart that can be moved without horses being pulled by just burning coal?

The emperor was able to make such a big battle, only to show that the steam engine was stronger than animal power and water power, much stronger.

It burns coal...... Coal ...... in Shanxi Coal ...... in Mobei

The emperor is sure to stop the north, but I'm afraid it's not just for the sake of the north.

And how can the northern plague be completely eliminated? In the final analysis, the tribes of Mobei suffer from Mobei and envy the fertile soil of the Central Plains and Jiangnan. In addition to grazing, if you can sell coal to Daming like now, you can earn more and can afford to buy grain, cloth, iron, and salt......

If you can survive and live better, why do you have to follow the captive chieftain to the south to work hard?

With so many people gathered outside Nancheng, Sun Yuan's skull was about to hurt.

Although he has not yet officially taken over as the chief of the General Department of Public Security, he is actually already working on the handover.

Now the Jinyi Guard and the pro-guard army are only responsible for the safety of the emperor and hundreds of officials, but the people who can't see the edge at a glance, if there are thieves patrolling them, or waiting for you to push me and make trouble, what should I do?

"Line up over there in Liangxiang! Let the people walk a few more steps, and don't crowd all here! ”

He complained bitterly, why did His Majesty get so excited that his brain was hot?

More and more people gathered, Louis looked at it sluggishly, but I was afraid that more than 100,000 residents of the capital had left Beijing City and came to this south gate to see the first-class bustle of Tianzi.

If these people were an army, they would have been able to set foot in Lisbon.

Hu Zongxian asked Zhu Kun in the ranks of officials: "Chief, on the living note, today's events are not easy to remember." ”

“…… Remember it truthfully. Zhu Kun sighed, "Your Majesty has always been calm, and there are few such overjoys, temporary intentions, and forgetfulness, which shows that the steam engine is really important." ”

The current junior in the imperial study is Shen Lian, and at the age of twenty-four, he was shocked: "Your Majesty Divine Monarch has come to the world, could it be that he has calculated that he has reached the heavens, and knows where this steam engine can be used?" Hou called the new world, I really can't figure it out, is this steam engine so useful? ”

“…… Wait for Your Majesty to dissect it. ”

The vast majority of people can't figure it out.

Even if it can replace horsepower and water power, it is hard to imagine how much change it will bring.

People were amazed at Zheng Kui's success in making the marquis, and they were surprised at the emperor's extraordinary forgetfulness.

In response to their doubts, there was a roar that finally sounded in the distance, and the black smoke that rose up.

When the excess heat is released, it emits a high-pitched chirp.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

The crowd neatly craned their necks to look out.

Far away, they could only see a long iron monster, smoking smoke and pulling the carriage behind.

I didn't see how fast I ran.

On the steam train, there were also people with shovels, as if adding coal to them.

And in the back, a carriage without a roof is seen, on which there is the emperor's guard of honor.

The officials can endure it, and now that thing is still far away from them, even if they want to look, they can't just mess up the formation.

Lu Bing was so nervous that he was going to die, is this car good at braking?

The steam locomotive watched from afar, slowing down, but still leaning in with great force, and Louis felt only an incomparable sense of oppression.

He had walked the straight, and although he felt strange about the horse-drawn carriage running in the middle of the tracks, he could understand it.

Now that he saw this steel beast roaring with black smoke, a thought suddenly popped into his heart.

The Emperor of the East, who is full of wisdom and strength, built this kind of railway in advance for the sake of this steel beast.

Louis, who already knows a lot about Daming, knows very well that this road has been preparing for construction since more than ten years ago.

Recently, in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, I also heard about the case in Shanxi, where the iron ship supporting a magnificent bridge broke a hole and almost caused a catastrophe.

Iron ships.

There is a lot of iron in the Ming Dynasty, and it is so much that it is unsalable.

This steel giant can pull a moving car, can't it drive an iron ship?

Thinking of the battleship Karak, which Portugal was proud of, the ships that Europe was still all made of, and the steel beast that drove unswervingly, Louis felt numb.

Brother, what do I see?

(End of chapter)