It’s different if you pay the money yourself.

What's wrong with this railway? Emperor Hongzhi will fight you desperately.

The rise and fall of stocks is closely related to the construction of railways and future operations.

If anything goes wrong, Emperor Hongzhi will lose all his money.

Fang Jifan dared not say anything, so he said to Emperor Hongzhi obediently: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. This project is chaired by the disciple of Erchen and his disciple, Chang Wei, the great engineer of Xishan Jianye. With them here, I think there will be no big problem."

When Fang Jifan called out two names, he deliberately made the volume higher and the characters were bitten a little heavier.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, with a faint curve outlined at the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "So, you are clean."

Fang Jifan said in surprise: "How can Your Majesty say such things? This is all the flesh of the son minister. How can he stay out of trouble? Even if they make a mistake and chop off their heads, the son minister will be heartbroken and life is worse than death."

Emperor Hongzhi discovered that he would always be pulled to his unreasonable level by Fang Jifan, and then this guy used his rich experience to leave himself speechless.

He had no choice but to shake his head, hold his hands behind his back, and look at the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling glass window, and said earnestly: "This railway is beneficial to the country and the people. I invest in the railway not just for profit, but for the people of the world and the country of our ancestors."

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao nodded as if they were pecking at the rice.

Your Majesty is the biggest, you can say anything.

Emperor Hongzhi then glared at Zhu Houzhao, snorted coldly and vented his breath from his nostrils: "I heard that steam locomotives are still improving? Your steam research institute should be more vigorous and strive to create a better locomotive before the railway is completed, with a large capacity and a capacity to carry more cargo."

"Okay." Zhu Houzhao grinned and nodded to Emperor Hongzhi repeatedly: "Don't worry, Father, my son must do his best."

Emperor Hongzhi lowered his eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly spoke: "I heard that Baoding Prefecture has begun to promote a statistical method called statistics. It was created by a group of mathematics students, saying it was a measurement standard, digitizing everything, and then conducting statistics, and finally obtaining scientific data, such as annual iron production, coal production... According to statistics of these numbers, measure the performance of officials. I think this is also a good way, so it is better to do this. I won't force you. If your steam locomotive, if the capacity of yours cannot increase by 20%, I will deal with you."

Zhu Houzhao: "..."

It turns out that statistics can be used like this.

Fang Jifan couldn't help but admire Emperor Hongzhi.

In fact, this statistics seem to just list some boring numbers, but its appearance is extremely effective.

In other prefectures in the Ming Dynasty, the amount of money and grain was not complicated because their economy was relatively primitive. For local officials, just ask a question and have a rough idea in their minds.

However, in Tongzhou and Baoding Prefecture, the continuous derivation of population and industry for a local official is becoming more and more complicated. At this time, it is no longer possible to rely on a few minor officials to ask about it and understand the whole story in a general way. At this time, full-time statistics have a role. Every day, different data will appear intuitively in front of officials. The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy and winning every battle. The essence of statistics lies in the confidant. Only by seeing the situation clearly through the number listed can you make accurate judgments.

Unexpectedly, Your Majesty is so wise that he can see the wonderful uses of this statistics at a glance.

Fang Jifan couldn't help but raise his thumbs up, praising Emperor Hongzhi very pertinently: "Your Majesty is wise, my sons cannot do anything."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "Your western mountains are full of treasures. In the past... the memorials sent by local prefectures were all imaginary numbers. Only Ouyang Zhi came in were real numbers and there were also dazzling numbers. Sometimes I saw them a headache, but... this is indeed useful and amazing."

The so-called imaginary numbers are actually an old problem, as are liberal arts students... For example, when a disaster occurs, in this era, most people reported to the court that there are more than a thousand casualties, or that the people are poor, tens of thousands of people...

This is an imaginary number. Anyway, God knows the specific number, and directly uses units of hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands. As for the number of thousands, tens of thousands, or just simply think that it is more domineering and uses tens of thousands of words, but in fact, it is only a few hundred, and there are also some.

It was like a blind man touching an elephant between the court and the prefecture. The local prefecture was talking nonsense, and the court had to pinch his nose and recognize him.

It can be imagined that only geniuses know whether the government orders are in line with the facts based on such a number.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but say, "Father, my son and I have something to report."

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao, with doubts in his elite eyes.

Zhu Houzhao quickly pulled out a charter from his sleeve and presented it to Emperor Hongzhi: "You will know after reading it."

Emperor Hongzhi took over the charter, looked carefully, and looked up: "The Strategic Support Bureau, this name is rare, and it is full-time overseas spy. Is this your idea or the idea of ​​resurrection."

Zhu Houzhao said in a silence: "Of course it's my son's idea, but..."

Fang Jifan echoed, "Your Majesty, your smart mind always coincides with each other."

Emperor Hongzhi glared at the two of them, and then he pondered: "What the memorial says is not without reason. In recent years, the court has invested countless manpower and material resources in order to voyage to the West and cannot repeat the mistakes of Xinjin. This strategic guarantee bureau will be the Jinyiwei. Who will lead the way?"

Emperor Hongzhi doesn't understand overseas affairs.

Since the prince volunteered, let the prince come.

Not to mention, Emperor Hongzhi only has this son, and his ancestor's foundation will be handed over to his hands sooner or later.

Even if this is not the case, Emperor Hongzhi still trusts his son.

Although this guy is always confused, he is extremely filial. He and Fang Jifan have worked hard to save him several times.

What's more, this overseas incident did not involve the Ming Dynasty, so he was undoubtedly there.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Liu Jin, his companion, he...he..." Zhu Houzhao began to think about Liu Jin's advantages, but after wandering for a long time, he couldn't say it. He couldn't say that he was parachuting well.

So Zhu Houzhao tried hard for a long time but couldn't say it completely.

Emperor Hongzhi was pleased and did not hesitate. He nodded to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Just like this. Since you have recommended it, then use him. Follow the precedent of the Jinyiwei and all overseas reports. I will send you there first. If it is important, it will be delivered to my desk."

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed and said, "Father, the wise and wise."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "Hurry up and watch the construction of the railway."

"oh."

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao came out together.

All of a sudden, two major things were accomplished, and they were very happy.

Zhu Houzhao called Liu Jin to come, and a charter of the Strategic Support Bureau fell directly on Liu Jin's face: "Dog, do as you do, I will do it as I am above. I have guaranteed you. If I can't do it, I will see that I can't beat you to death."

Liu Jin was so happy that he lowered his head and picked up the rules, and bowed to the ground with great gratitude: "I... thank your highness for your kindness. Your Highness is so kind to me. Even if I am a cow or a horse in this life, I will never be able to repay you."

Fang Jifan stood aside with a smile.

Liu Jin gave his godfather a grateful look.

It’s good to be a grandpa. Without a grandpa, there would be no Liu Jin today.

The kindness of my godfather is better than our dear grandpa.

He swore: "Don't worry, Your Highness and Grandpa Gan. I have been thinking about this for the past two days. When I was in Baoding Mansion, I had raised a group of idle men. These people had no other skills, but they could see the opportunity, observe their words and expressions, give people eye drops, and ask for information, but they were all good at it."

He continued: "This strategic guarantee bureau is to spy on overseas, but it is not easy to open up the situation. Overseas affairs are too complicated. I am thinking, it might as well establish a thousand-household house in the West, where the Han people, natives, Franchise people, and even the great-cannibals living together. First, send personnel to adapt to the environment. Some of them disguised as merchants, traveled through the West, and traded with other countries. And the other part, they would make good friends with local Franchise and the great-cannibals, and first slowly became familiar with their habits and customs, and then select targets to see who can win over them. After that, they would then be stored in the strategic guarantee bureau and let them return to Franchise, Franchise, or even enter the army. As long as the situation is opened, it would be easy to do."

"Not only that, if you want to do it, if you are the person in the Ming Dynasty Yousi, I think it is very inappropriate, and it will inevitably arouse people's vigilance. You can set up a business and use this identity to carry out activities, which will be much easier."

Fang Jifan was beside him and nodded secretly.

Sure enough, this is the best thing for this eunuch.

Especially Liu Jin, such people are simply the best.

The overseas situation is countless times more complicated than the thirteen provinces of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

If you want to truly achieve it, it is omnipresent, which means that the Strategic Support Bureau not only needs to recruit Chinese people, but also recruit and win over people from all countries. Taking the West as a foothold is indeed a great move, and carrying out activities under the banner of a business as a cover can also be said to be far-sighted.

This guy Liu Jin is also a talent, and it’s a waste if it doesn’t matter.

Fang Jifan thought in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand this, so he looked at Fang Jifan.
Chapter completed!