The development of rumors was a bit out of Zhang Xiaobao's expectation. He had planned to take some measures to take back his mind and decided to do something practical.
While waiting for the legendary train to appear, the onlookers’ opinions changed, from questioning Qiu Wei’s fairness first to asking Zhang Xiaobao to participate in the imperial examination and win the champion.
The people who don't know the details have found a good way very cleverly. Since it is said that Qiu Wei's ranking has already been arranged, then as long as Zhang Xiaobao is pushed up, this "conspiracy" can be destroyed.
Don't give Zhang Xiaobao the champion.
In addition to ordinary people following the participation, it is the businessmen who prefer to fuel the flames behind the scenes. The businessmen do not care who is the first and second in the Qiuwei, they only care about their own status.
Nowadays, the status of businessmen has improved slightly. One is the support in several business operations organized by Zhang Xiaobao, and the other is the materials and money paid in Operation Chaoyang, which changed the image of businessmen.
When they heard about the method negotiated by the people, the only thing they thought was that if Zhang Xiaobao really participated in this year's Qiuwei and couldn't get the champion, would the status of people in their own "class" decline
In the eyes of "literati", Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are a pair of people who value "education". They first proposed the sunrise action in Baoxin County and worked hard for it.
In the eyes of the people, Zhang Xiaobao and Zhang Xiaobao are a pair of good officials who are very capable and caring about the people's sufferings. Wherever they go to be officials, the people have a very good life.
In the eyes of the businessman, Wang Juan was automatically ignored. Zhang Xiaobao became the "God of War" in the market. As long as it was what he said and the action was directed by him, there was no need to doubt, let alone hesitate, to rush forward, absolutely not. Would be wrong.
If he can't get the top pick, doesn't it mean that Datang's businessmen are inferior? The little bit of prestige built with great difficulty will be in vain, and it is unknown when it will be restored, so this flag can't be fallen, even if it is piled with money, Zhang Xiaobao has to be piled up to the position of champion.
With this idea, businessmen are not like ordinary people who only say that they are afraid of long nights and dreams and do not care about trains. They crowded out the crowd to find a place where they can send telegrams, and send them to their partners one by one to discuss what to do. When Zhang Xiaobao participated in Qiuwei, he was able to push him to the position of champion.
In this way, it was supposed to be watching the lively scene of the train, and the atmosphere changed.
Li Longji, who was watching the excitement in the sky in a hot air balloon, was also always paying attention to the situation below, and someone sent information up from time to time.
But what happened today was a bit beyond Li Longji's expectation. At the beginning, everyone talked about trains, but later it became the ranking of this year's autumn.
When Li Longji heard the news at the beginning, he stared at the other hot air balloons who were accompanying them. There were people from the clan, especially those from the clan who had not dealt with Zhang Wang's family.
If Li Longji didn't know that they were doing bad things, he wouldn't have to be the emperor. He just didn't know how to keep things down, and the direction of the discussion below would have changed.
Listening to what the person reporting after receiving the telegram said, Li Longji exhaled, took a glass of wine with ice cubes, took a sip of the wine comfortably, and asked Gao Lishi: "What can Lishi say?"
Gao Lishi was very happy. He listened to the emperor’s question, pondered a little, and replied: "The minister found that the people had become smarter and bolder, and he started to care about the affairs of the court. Without knowing his internal situation, he would deliberately discuss the affairs of the court. Proper."
"Really wrong?" Li Longji asked again.
"Uh... this, the minister is not easy to judge for a while. If it is wrong, it is indeed wrong. How can the people know that the court is difficult to do? But if there are benefits, at least the local officials want to deceive the people to do something bad. Not to mention it, and it is also clear in my heart that it will not be the same as before, and the people can only follow what the officials do.
During the spring floods of this year, many officials who improperly managed the local government were reported. Coupled with the propaganda in the newspapers, the people in the disaster-stricken areas were evacuated very quickly. There is no such thing as someone who would rather die in the family business than leave during disasters like in the past. The situation, because they know that leaving is temporary, and when the floods pass, there will be people helping with the construction.
The surrounding people who were not affected by the disaster are willing to temporarily accept those who fled. This is the increase in cohesion. The minister estimated that your majesty will start a war and write down the enemy’s disrespect to me in the newspaper. Even if the number of regular troops is not enough, temporarily The increase in troops can also increase to tens of millions of warriors to fight for the country. "
At this moment, Gao Lishi was not happy for his godson to get the support of the people, nor did he simply comment on whether the people should become smarter, and analyze the gains and losses from the perspective of the country.
Li Longji never spoke immediately, squinted his eyes, leaned on the back of the chair, and thought for a while before he smiled and said: "I think that as long as no one deliberately tells the truth, the people are still good, waiting for the more knowledge they learn. More, the harder it is for others to incite the people.
Unless, unless I'm really mediocre to the point where I should go down, otherwise the people will still support me. It's just that the people who go to the local government can't do it well. If they do something wrong, the people will be hard to fool. You can't just stare at you and tell lies.
You can learn from the locals. Luzhou, Baoxin County, Shuzhou, and Changning County should make public the income, the things to be done and the money to be spent. There is no ghost in your heart. What are you afraid of? Lux, are you right? "
"Your Majesty said that, like Baoxin County, the minister paid attention to it. The new county magistrate has always been Xiao Gui and Cao Sui. He followed the original method. This year, he built a new yamen and his own behavior. The money in the yamen.
This was not what he wanted to repair. The people saw that the yamen in the county were too old and felt that it would affect the image of the county. They took the initiative to jointly ask the county magistrate to repair it. I dare not say it, and will scold it behind the scenes. Xiaobao and Juanjuan once said that the people in Datang are the best people and the most reasonable. As long as they are not forced to survive, they will be very obedient, so …"
"So as long as I know where the officials are driving the people to death, I will copy his home and make him unhappy." Before Gao Lishi finished speaking, Li Longji took the words with a sullen expression on his face. .
After saying this, Li Longji smiled again, glanced at the other hot air balloons, and said: "Xiaobao and Juanjuan will participate in the Qiuwei this year. Even if they both want to find a reason to escape, it will not be possible. It’s what the people want, and let those who are doing bad things know that the people’s opinions cannot be violated, so let me be honest."
The people on the other hot air balloons were indeed honest, and they also received the news from below. They first wanted to increase their momentum, waiting for the students who took the exam for Qiuwei to be unwilling, and the people were unhappy, and they opposed it. , Speaking out Zhang Xiaobao’s name prevented Zhang Xiaobao from winning the champion.
Unexpectedly, pushing one hand behind the back gave different results. Before the goal of one's side was achieved, Zhang Xiaobao's name was spoken out. The people thought of Zhang Xiaobao and took the initiative to push it out.
If the person who spread the word does not add any processing, but a mouthful of our little treasure, our cuckoo, this kind of words makes people feel terrified, the name without a sense of distance does not mean that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have lost officials in the hearts of the people. Not only will they not hinder them from issuing administrative orders, but will allow them to speak with the support of the people.
"Many arm as a chariot", some people in the clan who are going to be hostile to Wang Zhang's family have this word in their hearts at the same time.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, crowded in the crowd, finally came to the side of the railway, where there was a train connection. The train was not here, but on the ship.
It was said that Luoyang would pass through Chang'an. After arriving at the Yellow River, the passengers got off the train, walked over the bridge, and then took the train over there to continue walking.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan discussed the matter for several days, and finally made up their minds to use boats to load trains between the two sides of the strait. After all, passengers can come and go, but the goods are not easy to handle. With the time of loading and unloading, it is better to pull them directly.
Wang Juan waited for the train to come over for a while to announce the matter with Zhang Xiaobao. He scanned the river back and forth and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "Whenever there is an electric locomotive, it will be fine. The current steam engine can't pull things that are too heavy. Only fifteen carriages can be pulled, and each carriage can only carry 20 tons of cargo. The speed is only more than 30 kilometers per hour, which is really slow."
"The speed of the train is slower and the pull is less, but my Datang's technological development is fast. I can build a train today, and I will dare to build an airplane tomorrow. Look at this railroad track, let alone Japan and other countries. Even if the steam engine technology is given to them, they will not be able to build the railway."
Zhang Xiaobao is still very satisfied with this train. This is not just a problem of a train. Other aspects of technology must meet the corresponding requirements to make the train appear.
"Yes, it's all your credit. Remember to send people to guard the rails. I'm afraid someone is thinking about us. They send people over to dig the rails. They can transport 300 tons of things at a time. If the repairs are made to Tibet, I will deploy troops. , You organize the logistics, so... too far, isn’t it? Can’t fix it."
Wang Juan dreamed about the capacity of the train during the war, and when he thought of Longyou Road, he laughed first. Now he wants to build the railway there, which is tantamount to a dream.
"Yes, there will be one day, but I guess that one day the railway can be repaired to India. You really want to fight a war, and you use a large transport plane. Whoever participated in the development of the train, remember to write down their names at that time. , Let people all over the world know their existence, I dare not take credit for it."
Zhang Xiaobao gently embraced Wang Juan's waist, and at the same time she looked in the northwest direction, and said to him with emotion.