Survival of the Chongzhen Emperor Chapter 343 The First Emperor builds roads, Sui Yang Emperor builds canals, the old Zhu's family can't just build walls!
Chapter 343 The First Emperor builds roads, Sui Yang Emperor builds canals, the old Zhu's family can't just build walls!
The new year has begun, and the war outside is still going on, but Zhu Youjian feels that he cannot focus all his attention on the battlefield.
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, all the important ministers, including Wu Zong, were summoned to the main hall to hold an imperial work meeting for the new year.
"Everyone, we hold an imperial work meeting at the beginning of each year. From now on, it will be customized by the country and the dynasty. It is definitely helpful to summarize the work of the previous year at the beginning of the year and clarify the main work in the future. The main work of the local governments this year
The direction is still the Ming Dynasty New Style Movement, and this year will be a year of overcoming difficulties. Last year, more than 2,000 officials under the direct control of the imperial court were punished, but this was far from the extent of uncovering all corrupt officials. This year we will have to
Uncovering more than 2,000 people, especially some officials at the county level, will be the focus of attention. Governance of officials is one aspect, and governance of the people cannot be ignored. Civil gambling, stealing, banditry, evil and other personnel matters must be reported to each government
The county has set targets and implemented rectification within a time limit. In addition, cities must carry out hygienic and civilized actions. The streets must be clean and the city appearance must be tidy. It must not be as dirty and messy as before.”
Most of the content of the New Style Movement was accepted and supported by the people. Only the sanitation projects were somewhat incomprehensible to the people. In the past, peeing in the streets was a common sight in Beijing. After the New Style Movement was launched, people could not understand it.
This has been done so that people say that the government is in charge of the world and the land, and it also manages shit and urination in the middle. In short, the government is too broad.
Why do you have to go to a newly built public toilet or at home to urinate? Faced with all kinds of complaints from the people, Zhu Youjian only said one thing: If anyone talks nonsense and doesn't implement it, then he will use it. No reason, it's me.
It's the emperor. I'm going to tell you about hygiene. It's time-consuming and has no effect. The method of imperial power is simple and effective.
After a year of coercive measures, the capital was visibly cleaner. In view of such good results, Zhu Youjian planned to promote it to cities of all sizes.
During the New Year's Imperial Meeting, regarding the Ming Dynasty's New Style Movement, Zhu Youjian also proposed a plan for the construction of model prefectures and counties. Within two years, based on various indicators of the New Style Movement, ten model counties and four model prefectures will be selected and rated as model.
The main officials in prefectures and counties will be promoted to higher leadership positions. The main officials in prefectures and counties with the lowest performance evaluation will be demoted or transferred to other idle positions.
Giving officials a sense of crisis and self-motivation is the governance effect Zhu Youjian has always wanted to achieve.
"In addition to the continuous advancement of the new wind movement, we must not relax in construction this year and next. This year is the closing year for the renovation of official roads, and the acceptance of the quality of official road renovations must keep up! In terms of railways, the number of trains arriving in Baoding in the first half of the year
The railway must be opened to traffic. In the second half of the year, the railway from Miyun to Xuanhua will also be completed. The railway from Tongzhou to Shanhaiguan will also be completed before the middle of next year. In addition, starting from the beginning of the year, the construction of the railway from Miyun to Gubei and directly to Daning has officially started.
, and strive to complete it within two years. With the cooperation of Jin Yiwei, the three departments of the Ministry of Industry, the Supervision Department Yamen, and the Tianjin Bureau conducted route research on the railway from Baoding southward to Shandong, the Central Plains, and even Shaanxi. From Xuanhua to Datong,
Even if we go south through Taiyuan and connect to the Central Plains Railway, we must also make plans! There is also a railway planning that must be done, that is, a railway must be built from Zhangjiakou in Xuanhua to Guihua. My idea is that this road can always go west
Repair, and finally enter Ningxia Town and arrive at the Wuwei, Ganzhou, and Suzhou lines of Gansu Town."
Tai Xiongcai is so arrogant! After listening to the emperor's idea about railway construction, Zhou Yanru and others' eyes almost gleamed. When the emperor proposed the idea of using roads as walls, everyone had no overall concept. Today, Zhu Youjian will build the railway.
After a few roads were mentioned, the grand plan of using roads as walls was basically presented to everyone. Especially the railway built from Xuanhua to Gansu is a definite new border wall. Once this railway is connected, the entire Ming Dynasty will be transformed.
The mainland will be surrounded by railways!
"Your Majesty, railways benefit the country and the people, and they should indeed be built more. What I am worried about now is whether the financial resources can afford to build so many railways." Zhou Yanru now has no opinion on building railways, but the amount of work is really huge, so he
I am really worried about whether the country can afford such a large expenditure.
"It is definitely unrealistic to complete such a large project in three to five years! However, if we continue to work hard for twenty or thirty years, we will have a small success! My idea is to use twenty years to connect the northern provinces with railways to form a southern port.
, the basic layout of the railway in the north. The railway network will be improved within fifty years, making direct travel to various parts of the Ming Dynasty two or three times faster! As long as we continue to work hard, every prefecture in the Ming Dynasty can be connected to the railway. It can be completed within a hundred years, right?"
There are some words that Zhu Youjian cannot say! The railway is actually only the first step. Building a steam engine that can run on the railway in his lifetime is his ultimate goal. When he first crossed over, Zhu Youjian wanted to build a steam engine.
Later, after understanding the actual situation, he made a preliminary judgment on the possibility of building this thing! Taking twenty years to build a suitable steam engine is probably the most ideal result. He knows the principles of the steam engine and even built it.
A simple steam engine model only takes two or three years to complete. The problem is that a truly usable steam engine cannot be completed just by building a model. Depending on your own ability and existing technical level, you can build a steam engine in a short time.
It is simply impossible to solve all the technical problems related to steam engines. From the time this thing appears to when it can be used, the time required is only ten or twenty years.
Let’s spend ten or twenty years building up the road network first! If we are really lucky enough to be able to build cars, the roads will be ready and usable, and it will be a matter of course to promote them, which will be a lot more convenient. If other countries and places are not first
There are conditions for road construction and making way for trains to wait, but Ming Dynasty has this condition and foundation. Even the current horse-drawn rail cars can solve a large practical need. People have been praying for thousands of years to improve the transportation environment. Throughout the country
Zhu Youjian was not the first to lay tracks. It was Qin Shihuang who was the first to have ideas and take practical actions.
The First Emperor was the First Emperor after all, and many of his ideas were truly genius. Aren't straight roads, Chi roads and corridors the same ideas as later national highways, railways and closed highways? He was the first to build an official road network nationwide.
The emperor and the ability of later generations of the imperial court to maintain the unity of the country are closely related to the network system he established.
The First Emperor built roads, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty opened canals, and Lao Zhu's family built walls. No matter how you look at it, it seems that the layout of Lao Zhu's family seems a little small. Since he is a time traveler, Zhu Youjian feels that he must do whatever he has to do to maintain the unity of the country.
Building a basic railway network covering all provinces in the north is the first major thing he wants to accomplish in his lifetime! chapter