In a few months, Ying Tianfu has changed greatly.

The original dirt roads in the city have been replaced with concrete roads.

Walking on flat concrete roads is even more comfortable than those paved with bluestone strips.

At least, there aren't any bumps.

There is no mud on any rainy days.

The carriage also drove more smoothly.

The Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau, under the direction of Taisun, introduced a new four-wheeled carriage.

Not the same as the original old-fashioned four-wheeled carriage.

The carriage is fitted with a connecting steering system, which makes it extremely flexible.

Before that.

Due to the inconvenience of steering, four-wheeled carriages were rarely used.

People are more inclined to use two-wheeled carriages.

With the addition of steering, there were soon more carriages.

The widespread use of the renminbi, coupled with the liberalization of business, has also contributed to the prosperity of commerce and trade.

The population of Jinling City has increased by nearly 100,000 people in just a few months.

Moreover, there are many more people who are pouring in.

Daming is entering an era of unprecedented prosperity.

The end of the year is near.

Many people flock to the streets to buy New Year's goods.

Zheng Guohou Mansion.

There are also a lot of people coming in and out.

Compared with ordinary people, the festival of the princess's house is even more lively.

There are also more things that are needed.

Naturally, there are many people coming in and out.

A group of inconspicuous sellers, in twos and threes, walked out of the Hou Mansion.

In the crowd, Chang Mao was also mixed in.

Since Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were executed, he found that there were Jinyi guards dressed in disguise and monitoring the perimeter of his house, so he closed the door.

Since then, even if there is no Jinyi guard outside, he has always cowered at home.

The door does not go out, and the second door does not step out.

The source is all by reading the newspaper.

Zhu Yunxi's methods made him feel very scared, and he became more and more afraid to go out.

I stayed at home for a few months.

It wasn't until the end of the year that Chang Mao felt that he was almost safe, so he went out in disguise.

Merely.

He didn't know, he was patient, and Xu Miaojin was even more patient.

For several months, the people she arranged have been staring at each other outside.

Everyone who entered and exited Zheng Guohou's Mansion did an investigation.

For months, it never stopped.

Although Chang Mao was dressed in disguise, as soon as he went out, he was already targeted.

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Yangshan.

As soon as Lao Zhu saw Zhu Yunxi, he happily hugged him.

"Come, let the imperial grandfather see, they have grown a lot taller, and they are about to be unable to hold it."

He was older, and he hugged it, but he did feel a little struggling, so he had to put it down.

"It's been a few months, have you missed the emperor's grandfather?"

"Yes!" Zhu Yunxi looked up at Lao Zhu and said, "My grandson thinks about the imperial grandfather every day, but he is busy with state affairs and dares to delay, so he can't come to visit the imperial grandfather from time to time." ”

"Grandpa Huang, otherwise, you should go back to the palace and live."

"My grandson will rebuild the palace, and it will definitely make your old family live comfortably."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he waved his hand.

"No need!"

"You govern Daming very well now, better than us."

"Although we are recuperating in Yangshan, we have all heard that now there is so much money in the treasury that we can't use it up, and the grain is piled up in the granary."

"When we are older, when we see something, we inevitably like to point fingers, which is not good for your governance."

"The scenery of Yangshan is beautiful, there is a golden wind and morning dew in the morning, there is a sunset in the evening, the mountains and rivers are good, let's take care of the days here."

"If you are tired of it, we still want to go out and walk around, see the country laid by our old Zhu family, and see how the people are doing?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at his face that was gradually covered with wrinkles, and said, "If the imperial grandfather wants to go anywhere, he has to tell his grandson, and the grandson will first build a spacious cement road for the imperial grandfather." ”

"Hahahaha!" Lao Zhu laughed: "We heard that Ling invented a thing called cement, which is used to build roads, like bluestone, there is no mud on rainy days, and flat is better than bluestone, and now a road to Songjiang Mansion has been built." ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yunxi nodded and said, "Next, I will use it to build more roads." ”

The traffic in Daming is actually very developed, and there are many roads.

The problem is that, due to the limitations of the material, most of them are dirt roads.

The biggest problem with dirt roads is that when it rains, they become very muddy and difficult to transport.

In addition, after stepping on a rainy day, small pits will be formed.

When the road is dry, the potholes do not disappear and still exist, making the road uneven.

Cement roads undoubtedly have many benefits.

Especially when the weather is bad.

"Beiping is the capital of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the past, and now it is an important border town. It is also the hub of the north, which is extremely important to prevent the Northern Yuan from going south. ”

"How about building your next cement road, from Jinling to Beiping?"

"We also want to go to the north." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"Grandpa Huang, let's go together." Zhu Yunxi grinned and said, "Sun Er has already sent officials to investigate, and is preparing to build a cement road from Jinling to Beiping." ”

It is different from what Lao Zhu thinks about in his heart: national defense.

Zhu Yunxi didn't pay any attention to the threat of Beiyuan.

Today, the new army has grown to 5,000 men.

And all of them are equipped with rear-loading guns and fixed ammunition.

In terms of combat effectiveness, he estimated that these five thousand people would be enough to sweep the entire Northern Yuan.

Not to mention the Technical Research and Manufacturing Bureau, which is still producing more guns.

New gunpowder factories are being built, and production efficiency will be further improved.

He wanted to build a road to Beiping, mainly from an economic point of view.

The road from Beijing to Beiping will undoubtedly become the economic artery of the Ming Dynasty, greatly promoting the exchanges between the north and the south, as well as the prosperity of commerce and trade.

"Hahaha!"

Lao Zhu laughed, touched his head and said: "Okay, okay, we're still thinking, will you blame us for talking too much, let you govern the world, you have to point to the east and west, do this and that, just think of a piece!" ”

He paused, and then said, "Let's see that you have done everything very well during this period of governing the country. ”

"One more thing."

"Now in the treasury, there is money and grain, let's ponder, the Great Wall should also be repaired."

"The threat of Beiyuan cannot be taken lightly!"

Zhu Yunxi was slightly stunned when he heard this.

In fact, please repair the Great Wall, I have received a lot in the past few months.

Even the King of Yan and the King of Jin successively wrote to the court, asking the imperial court to withdraw funds to rebuild the Great Wall.

But he kept the recital and did not make any statement.

Lao Zhu should know these things, so he will remind him.

However, in Zhu Yunxi's view, the Ming Dynasty is about to enter the industrial society, and the existence of the Long March is more of a symbol.

A symbol of the inviolability of the Chinese nation.

The Great Wall needs to be well preserved.

But at this time, it would be very unwise to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to recruit people to build the Great Wall.

Because no foreign race will be able to invade Huaxia again.

The Long March will also become a historical building within the country's borders, rather than a border wall.

Lao Zhu obviously hasn't seen this yet.

"Grandpa Huang, my grandson doesn't plan to build the Great Wall anymore." Zhu Yunxi looked at Lao Zhu and said in a firm tone.

Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is this?" ”

"Mencius once said: The people of the domain do not use the boundaries of the frontier, the country does not take the danger of mountains and streams, and the world does not take the benefits of the military revolution."

"Sun Er thinks that although Mencius's words are a little too naïve, they are not unreasonable."

"If there is no benefit of the military revolution, it will be difficult to dominate the world."

"The danger of mountains and streams also has great benefits for sticking to the frontier."

"But my grandson always believes that offense is the best defense!"

"Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the Great Wall has been repaired, and countless manpower, material and financial resources have been spent."

"Countless people died in the construction of the Great Wall."

"One foot of the Great Wall is one person's blood, and the Great Wall of China is ten thousand miles of bones."

"The price to pay is too high to calculate."

"But there are still five chaotic China, and there are even Northern Yuan who have entered the Central Plains and ruled China for decades."

"If it weren't for the emperor's grandfather who led the army to revolt and expel the Tartars, the Central Plains of China would still be under foreign rule."

"Looking at history, the Han Dynasty has Wei Qing and Huo Quai, who broke the Huns; Tang has Li Jing's 3,000 iron horsemen to break through the Turks, and Su Ding Fangping desert. ”

"This dynasty also overthrew the Northern Yuan Dynasty and attacked the grassland from afar, just a few years ago, Lan Yugang led his troops to break through the Northern Yuan royal court."

"None of this is leaning on the Great Wall."

"And once the Central Plains is in civil strife, or when the country is weak, the grassland army will definitely go south, and the Great Wall is still there, but it can't resist the slightest."

"Therefore, there are clouds in Tang poetry: but the general can win, and the Son of Heaven does not need to build the Great Wall."

"My grandson thinks that the Great Wall is not strong enough."

"If the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, the people support it, the soldiers are strong, and the Northern Yuan is merely the Northern Yuan, why worry about it?"

"If the national strength declines, the people's will is unstable, and civil strife arises on its own, even if there is a Great Wall, what is the use?"

"The really useful Great Wall is not the walls of the border, but the hearts of the people! If the people are happy, the state will be good, and the border will be self-consolidated, which is the so-called unity. ”

"The Chinese nation, unite as one, if there is an invasion of foreign enemies, they all work together to resist, no one leads the way for foreigners, flattery and surrender, it is the best Great Wall!"

After Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, Lao Zhu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Well said!"

"The Chinese nation, united as one, united as one, is better than the Great Wall."

"Give me an edict and record it in the ancestral teachings, the Ming Dynasty, future generations, will never be allowed to build the Great Wall."

(End of chapter)