Since Lin Yuan's ascension to the throne, Song Mansion has become like a market, and Song Shizhao bought houses on both sides in order to accommodate the guests.
There are countless students who want to worship him, so that they can use this springboard to soar upward.
Song Shizhao had seen a group of students again before returning to the room.
Zheng Qingfeng had already been waiting here.
"Sir." Zheng Qingfeng handed over.
Song Shizhao bowed back and said, "Master Zheng."
The chessboard has already been set up, Zheng Qingfeng said with a smile, "Sir, have a game with the next official?"
Song Shizhao sat opposite Zheng Qingfeng: "Master Zheng, please."
The battle on the chessboard was in full swing, and Zheng Qingfeng suddenly asked, "Your Majesty is Li Wei when you take the family down."
Song Shizhao fell down with a smile on his face: "The emperor ascends the throne, and now is the time to set the tone. If the family is strong, the emperor will be weak. If the emperor is strong, the family will be weak."
"The children of noble families are different from the poor families. They have been learning since childhood. Even if your Majesty suppresses them, they will not completely abandon them." Zheng Qingfeng shook his head.
Song Shizhao: "How to persuade? Persuade Your Majesty that there is no family in this world, and no one can rule? Persuade Your Majesty that the world today is still not His Majesty's world? Even if you leave the capital, you have to see the face of the family?"
Zheng Qingfeng was stunned for a moment. He was a son of a noble family.
"Narrow?" Song Shizhao smiled, "Let me ask you, who is the emperor?"
Zheng Qingfeng: "The people who command the world."
Song Shizhao: "Wrong, it is the person who holds the authority in the world."
Zheng Qingfeng showed fear: "Sir means... Your Majesty wants... Your Majesty wants..."
Song Shizhao nodded: "The family is like wolves, wolves are in groups, they each occupy a city, just like the Yuan Dynasty, the officials sent by the emperor have to befriend them, and the emperor's orders can be ignored. If things go on like this, who will rule the world? Is it the emperor? Or is it an aristocratic family?"
"There are countless aristocratic families, and you can make friends with each other."
"There is only one emperor."
"Master Zheng, do you understand?" Song Shizhao dropped the last son, the dragon power was completed, and Zheng Qingfeng was defeated.
Zheng Qingfeng sighed and said, "There is no place to turn around?"
Song Shizhao: "Master Zheng is from an aristocratic family, and it is inevitable that he will feel sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, but His Majesty is no longer the way he used to be, and he will not kill them immediately. The children of the aristocratic family are available, but they are promoted as people with lofty ideals, not someone's children. Was promoted, understand?"
Zheng Qingfeng bowed his head: "Listen to Jun's words, the lower official is relieved."
Song Shizhao hurriedly said, "Master Zheng is a wise man. Loyal to Your Majesty means loyalty to the country."
Zheng Qingfeng sighed: "I am narrow-minded..."
Song Shizhao said with a smile: "Master Zheng, you are one of the rare people in the world who are sensible. Believe it or not, when I say this to the children of the noble family outside, they will definitely disagree, because in their hearts, family is the most important thing. , the king is light, they are for the name of the family, not for the benefit of the emperor."
Zheng Qingfeng understood: "Your Majesty, do you want to hold the imperial examination?"
Song Shizhao stroked his beard: "Exactly."
When Zheng Qingfeng left, he turned and glanced at the plaque of Song Mansion.
It's not that His Majesty doesn't want to use the children of the aristocratic family, he just wants... the children of the aristocratic family take off that shell and then use them for him.
Let them be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, loyal to the emperor, and loyal to the imperial power.
rather than family.
The family did not come to a dead end.
But it has come to a dead end.
Zheng Qingfeng got on the carriage and thought about his own life.
Although the Zheng family is an aristocratic family, it is also divided into large and small families, as well as rich and poor. The Zheng family has a wealth of books, but it is all accumulated by the ancestors. If you talk about money, it is really poor. His father once told him that for a while. Trapped, will never be trapped forever.
As long as the children in the family are motivated, no matter what, they can keep the Zheng family's signboard. As long as the signboard is there, the Zheng family can still be an official.
Zheng Qingfeng really became an official, and he became an official through the introduction of relatives and friends.
He saw with his own eyes that the officials dispatched by Dadu were under the control of the local aristocratic family. Without the approval of the family, the imperial decree could not even go out of the government office, let alone enforce it.
In the city, the aristocratic family has been entrenched for a hundred years, and they know the population of the city like the palm of their hand. Half of the Thai population in the city are slaves of the aristocratic family.
Before, he thought the family had done the right thing.
After all, the emperor is stupid, and his decrees are of no benefit to the people. Fortunately, there are aristocratic families who supervise them.
This will allow the people to recuperate.
But at this moment, Zheng Qingfeng shuddered at the thought of the past.
That's royal power! From ancient times to the present, who would be willing to let others share the imperial power
The following is a capital offense.
Zheng Qingfeng sighed and said to the driver, "You don't have to go to the Wu Mansion, let's go back to the mansion."
The driver said strangely, "Sir, it's still early."
Zheng Qingfeng shook his head: "Go back to the manor."
The coachman had to turn the horse's head.
Lin Yuan is now meeting the capable and alien.
He has the heart to recruit talents, but at this moment he is not recruiting ministers to rule the country.
is a craftsman.
The status of craftsmen has always been low. Scholars, farmers and businessmen seem to be the lowest, but after the Song and Yuan dynasties, the status of merchants has long been no longer the same as before.
In fact, craftsmen are the lowest-ranking people.
But the country's scientific and technological capabilities depend on craftsmen.
A knife, a pot, and a boat are the achievements of a craftsman.
There is no benefit for a craftsman to study, and there is no harm in following the old rules.
What Lin Yuan hopes now is to build stronger firearms as soon as possible. The history of firearms in China has a long history and can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. Gunpowder appeared in the Qin and Han Dynasties and was used in the battlefield in the Tang Dynasty.
During the Song Dynasty, firearms went a step further, and the burst gun appeared.
The Yuan Dynasty improved the burst gun, called the fire gun.
In the Ming Dynasty, the benefits of firearms were rare, and there were hand guns, bird guns, cannons and rockets, not only that, but also landmines and mines.
However, the technology of the Ming Dynasty was insufficient, and it was unable to create a tube-valve type gun body with a rear-loading function.
It was Portugal's attack that made the rulers of the Ming Dynasty discover that the artillery of the Westerners was better.
So the Ming Dynasty began to learn foreign advanced technology.
It is a pity that although I learned and improved and invented stronger electric guns and thunderbolts, they have not found a way to mass-produce them, and there is no production line.
But even so, firearms during the Ming Dynasty were stronger than in most parts of the world.
However, in the Qing Dynasty, although the Qing Dynasty also improved firearms, but because it was too conservative, it was self-sufficient and closed to the country, which led to far behind the development of firearms in the West.
What Lin Yuan wants is to gather the world and get out a production line to be able to manufacture on a large scale.
At this time, the people kneeling below were all craftsmen from all over the world. After Lin Yuan's will was sent, all the cities sent people over.
His decree has not been discounted at all at this point.
He doesn't expect progress within a few years, and there may not be much progress even for decades or even his generation, but he has to make this head, and only when this head is made can a habit be formed in China.
"You are the backbone of our national strength." Lin Yuan said to the craftsmen who were kneeling and trembling, "Please get up."
The craftsmen did not dare to move. They used to be frightened when they saw a small official, let alone the emperor.
Lin Yuan stood up, walked into the hall, and helped an old craftsman with gray hair.
"As soon as the old master is old, come and give me a seat." Lin Yuan ordered, and a waiter gave him a seat.
The old master was so frightened that his face turned pale, he almost knelt down to Lin Yuan again, if it wasn't for Lin Yuan to support him, he would definitely have thrown himself to the ground.
"Caomin... Caomin dare not..." The old master sat on the chair as if he were on the execution ground.
Lin Yuan held the old master's shoulder and said to everyone, "My country is your country, and your strength is the luck of the country and the strength of the country."
This terrified the craftsmen.
They... They are just ordinary people, how can they be associated with the prosperity of the country
Lin Yuan added: "I heard that there were fire cannons in the Yuan Dynasty, and now it has been established, and I should take it a step further and take it to a higher level."
"I will never be stingy if you study arts and serve the country, but there are outstanding people and innovators, and I will reward them with titles."
The craftsmen suddenly stopped shaking.
Noble title? Noble title!
The titles in Lin Yuan's hands are all virtual titles, they have no real power, they cannot be hereditary, they are exhausted in one generation, and they cannot leave the capital.
But there is food fortune, there is a generation of nobles, and the descendants are better.
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Da Ming is my great Ming, and it is also your great Ming. I hope you all work together to strengthen our country's strength and promote our country's prestige!"
The foreheads of the craftsmen touched the ground, long live the mountain.
In addition, each district in the capital was renamed districts, and each district had district chiefs, scribes, integrated household registration, and decrees issued by the central government.
The whole city of Beijing is like an iron link.
The imperial power was in the capital, and it flourished for a while.
All the cities around the capital were captured by Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Bosong and Li Congrong.
The army was stationed in the city, shocking countless people who were peeping in the dark.
These cities are all big cities, and all the officials in the cities were arrested, and the new officials took office, followed the new laws and obeyed the new orders.
"Your Majesty, the people of the country still need support." Song Shizhao remonstrated.
Lin Yuan was eating snacks, and waved to Song Shizhao: "Sir, come and sit, please eat."
Song Shizhao sat down: "Now that His Majesty has made a drastic move, I am afraid of rebounding."
Lin Yuan nodded: "What the gentleman said is, but now is just the beginning of the new dynasty, the time for restructuring is right, and it will be difficult to change after everything is settled."
Song Shizhao sighed, "I'm afraid it won't be safe."
"The Sui Yang Emperor digs the Grand Canal, which was originally a good thing for the country and the people. It can open up the five major rivers, not only open rivers, but also land roads, transport armaments, and open up business routes. In this way, the country can be prosperous and the people are strong, but the result?" Song Shizhao bowed his hands, "Your Majesty, I still need to draw it slowly."
Lin Yuan: "I understand the truth, and I also understand the worries of Mr.
"But sir, in ancient times, the Qin State reformed and became strong, and now I have reformed the system, how can I know if I am not strong?"
Song Shizhao: "But what happened to Shang Yang?"
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Sir, today is not ancient times, there is no Qi Chuyan Zhaohan."
"Sir, would you like to be the prime minister?" Lin Yuan looked at him.
Song Shizhao couldn't say a word.
Lin Yuan asked again, "Sir, would you like to help me?"
Song Shizhao bowed his head: "My minister, I don't dare to refuse, but for the sake of the country and Your Majesty, I will do my best and die."