Yang Dong also understands the empress's bad feeling now.

In fact, even at this moment, he couldn't help but scold his mother in his heart.

These eight lambs have been doing things in the capital over and over again, isn't this a clear show that they can't get along with him?

No, we have to find a way to find out all these rats hidden in the sewers.

After a little muttering, Yang Dong spoke:

"Your Majesty, what kind of force is hidden behind this Song Ke'er?"

The empress frowned, and after thinking for a while, she sighed helplessly and said:

"I'm not sure about this. After all, in this capital, there are actually not a few people who can do these things under my nose. It's just that...... Do they really have the guts? ”

Yang Dong also frowned slightly, it seemed that he still underestimated the powerful people in the capital.

Even after the eldest prince and the third prince were raided, there were still people who dared to be restless, and it seemed that it was time to weaken these magnates.

Taking advantage of the current momentum of the empress, and after dividing the land, she won the support of the people, so it is actually mature.

Thinking of this, Yang Dong spoke:

"Since we don't know which forces are behind this Song Ke'er, it is better to take this opportunity to weaken these powerful people by a wave."

"In this way, our next five-year plan can also be carried out more smoothly."

Weaken the powerful? Five-year plan?

The empress frowned slightly, she could understand the matter of weakening the magnates, because she had moved this idea more than once before, but the time was not ripe at that time, but Xiao Dongzi proposed it now, and the timing was just right.

It's just that......

If you do this, will you make Da Zhou fall apart?

A hint of hesitation flashed in the empress's eyes, as for the five-year plan mentioned by Yang Dong, she didn't care very much.

Yang Dong saw what the empress was thinking, so he opened his mouth and introduced:

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about the separation between these magnates and the royal family. Just like what I told Your Majesty before, the people are the foundation of the state, and the country is solid. As long as the people's hearts are towards the royal family and His Majesty, then these magnates will not be able to make any waves. ”

"What's more, they just want to make some waves now, and I'm afraid it's not so easy."

Speaking of this, a cold glint flashed in Yang Dong's eyes.

In his plan, it was already on the agenda to do something to these powerful people of the Great Zhou. The reason why I haven't done it has been done is actually because the time has not come.

Although it is still not the best time to do it, after all, Lu Lao's research on the steam engine has not made substantial progress. But even so, it is not a big deal to clean up some feudal magnates.

"Besides, Your Majesty should take a more long-term view, just a few powerful people, it is not worth mentioning at all. His Majesty should pay more attention to the five-year plan. ”

"Five-year plan?"

The empress's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise. She originally thought that Yang Dong was just talking casually, but now it seems that Xiao Dongzi is taking this matter so seriously, I am afraid that this five-year plan is extremely important to Da Zhou.

"Xiao Dongzi, I don't quite understand what you are talking about in the five-year plan, can you tell me more about it?"

Yang Dong bowed slightly, before he returned to the study, he had already arranged for Shu Mouse to investigate everything between Song Ke'er and Ren Ziyou. Now that Shu Mouse has not returned, he is simply fine, so he plans to popularize science to the empress.

"The so-called five-year plan, Your Majesty can regard it as some major things to be done in the Great Zhou in five years."

"For example, the iron ore and coal in Jinju, although extremely important to Dazhou, are limited by the difficulty of mining tools and transportation, which leads to the inability to form scale effects."

"For example, some of the rarer metals are difficult to buy on a large scale, even for large sums of silver. During this time, the Cold Palace Manufacturing Institute was because some metal ores were too rare, which affected the progress of research and development. ”

The empress unconsciously bowed slightly, the Cold Palace Manufacturing Institute has been purchasing all kinds of metal ores on a large scale, and she naturally knows about this matter.

Not only did she know, but all the silver taels consumed by this matter were spent from her inner treasury.

Because of this, she also had a big headache about the metal ores and materials that were scarce in the cold palace. even sent the elites of Xichang and Longwei out to find these, but with little success.

This kind of pain made the empress have a headache, but she was helpless.

"Xiao Dongzi, is the so-called five-year plan in your mouth planning to mine some ore? If that's the case, it won't take more than five years, right? ”

Yang Dong shook his head lightly,

"Mining all kinds of ores is just the first step. And Your Majesty should not think that this is a very simple matter. Although it only takes good tools and a large number of workers to increase the number of mines. But has Your Majesty considered the cost and efficiency of transportation? ”

The empress put on a humble posture and asked:

"I naturally understand that this matter is not easy, and I know that the high-speed official road you have opened up in Luozhou is well received by the people and businessmen. However, most of these minerals are produced in the mountains. ”

"For example, the coal and iron ore mines in Jinju are all mined in the mountains, and if you want to transport them, you can only rely on manpower and horses, and the mountain roads are steep, and even horse-drawn carriages can't transport much ore each time."

"As for opening up a high-speed official road in the mountains, it is more difficult than the plains, I am afraid it is more than dozens of times more difficult."

"That's why we need a five-year plan!"

As he spoke, Yang Dong picked up a brush and drew a sketch of the train on rice paper.

"Over there in the Cold Palace, the steam engine has been researched recently, Your Majesty should know about it, right?"

The empress bowed slightly, but there was a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

"Xiao Dongzi, is this steam engine really as powerful as you say?"

Yang Dong nodded very confidently, what are you kidding, one of the major achievements of the first industrial revolution, and even in a sense, the steam engine changed the entire human society.

How can such an artifact not be powerful?

"Ahem, Your Majesty doesn't know, as long as the Cold Palace Manufacturing Institute can study this steam engine, then I can guarantee that it is only a matter of time before the Great Zhou unifies the Three Kingdoms."

"Even if the Great Qin is strong and strong, we can easily beat it."

"Seriously!?"

The empress only felt a little dizzy in her head, although she felt that Yang Dong's statement was too exaggerated. But reason told her that Yang Dong was not joking.