Number of romantic figures

Chapter 450

The official ship slowly sailed into the wharf outside Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou.

Standing on the bow of the boat, it is difficult to feel much warmth in the afterglow of the setting sun, but the strong north wind blows against your face, which refreshes your spirits.

The Daguang Building stands majestically. It is the Customs Department where the goods entering Beijing are inspected. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households have branch offices here.

Ships traveling from south to north stay here, making Zhangjiawan a first-class wharf outside the capital city.

Horse-drawn carriages and porters on the pier jostle each other, scrambling for the road, swearing constantly, sometimes threatening, sometimes begging,...

There is also the peddler who sells seasonal goods and is keenly looking for buyers. From time to time, he shows off and praises the items in his basket in an attempt to attract customers. Outline a picture of the various states of the world.

The business travellers, who are looking around for partners, are either confident, anxious, or timid, and they are even more wonderful in the face of the inn and hostel waiter who is calling for a rest.

The officials standing with their hands behind their backs are looking around, as if they are looking for prey, while the yamen servants with knives on their hips have scorching eyes, like a cat watching a mouse,...

Either smiling happily or gesticulating with fingers, Xiejia, calling for friends, clapping his chest and fingers with pride from time to time, seems to be expressing his generosity, and everyone else laughs in agreement,...

A beautiful picture scroll of incomparable harmony and prosperity is displayed in front of everyone.

The Hulutou behind the dam is a pier specially used to transfer grain. Ordinary passenger and cargo ships are not allowed to enter, but official ships with special missions are naturally not a problem.

This line has now become the most prosperous area outside the capital city. Most of the guests traveling from south to north stop here, and bulk goods such as grain, cloth, salt, wood, medicinal materials, and porcelain also choose to turn around here.

Many merchants gather here, making inns and various daily miscellaneous shops more and more prosperous. In addition, all kinds of rest homes also choose this place as a place for communication, so there is today's grand scene.

"The former Ming Dynasty contributed a lot to the development of Tongzhou. If it wasn't for this, we would have to make great efforts here." Cui Jingrong couldn't help but sigh when he saw the prosperity of Caohe outside here, "Yuanxi years ago, Tonghui The dredging of the river has laid the foundation for Chaoyangmenwai, a place of century-old water transportation. Don’t underestimate the fifty miles of land. The annual saving of transfer costs can exceed 10 taels, and only 2 taels of dredging costs are needed. It turns out that this For a section, it will cost 15 taels of silver just for grain transshipment..."

Cui Jingrong is a veteran of the Ministry of Households, and he knows the troublesomeness of transshipment of grain and other goods here.

During the Yuanxi period, the dredging and excavation of the section from Chaoyangmen to this section completely solved the problem. Although the size of the ships on this line is much smaller, and the cargo capacity is mostly about 150 shi, the scale of all [-] catties is also large. It is enough for ordinary passenger and cargo ships to pass.

The official ship used by a group of ten people like Feng Ziying is a medium-sized ship with a load capacity of only about 30 catties. Because of the emphasis on comfort, there are many objects and facilities in the cabin. In fact, the number of people that can be accommodated is only Can be [-] person effect.

For other ships of the same type, the passenger capacity is at least 50 or more, and it can even reach 80 people.

Several separate cabins are undoubtedly prepared for several officials including Feng Ziying. In addition, senior officials can also be allocated a narrower single cabin, and several of Long Jinwei are also arranged. Got a single room.

"This alone can save so much, which shows how much the cost of water transportation is. Mr. Cui, hasn't the Ministry of Households considered it from this perspective?" Feng Ziying asked with a smile.

"Ziying, you have raised this question well. At least ten people have told me about it, but water transportation is very important. Although there are drifts every year, they are all within the acceptable range of the court. But if Let’s go by sea, not to mention anything else, if it is lost in a storm or lost, what will the court do, what will the capital do?” Cui Jingrong asked.

A few people stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the scenery on the piers on both sides of the river, and a feeling of pointing the river and mountains came to their hearts.

"Not only that, besides storms at sea, rampant Japanese pirates are also a major unpredictable hidden worry." Wu Liangsi shook his head, "Bei Yuan once opened the sea channel, but it all depends on Fang Guozhen's face, even Zhu Yuanzhang also takes Fang Guozhen the same way." There is no way, as long as the Japanese have an advantage at sea, sea transportation will never be feasible,..."

In fact, if one or two boats encounter disasters or are robbed by Japanese pirates, it will not affect the food demand of the capital city, but the people's hearts are the most unpredictable. Perhaps such a news may cause uneasiness among millions of people in the capital city. Even panic buying, and the herd mentality is even more difficult to suppress.

Once this trend starts, it may not be calmed down casually. Feng Ziying can understand how big a threat it is to the court, let alone other people.

In a word, the lifeblood of the imperial court cannot be left in the hands of human beings. At the very least, on the canal, no matter any other risks are under the control of the imperial court, but once it goes into the sea, it is really out of control.

Of course, there are other reasons. For example, water transportation is related to the interests of thousands of people, and even officials along the route are also involved in it. This is not humane.

However, the cost and disadvantages of water transportation are in front of everyone. We can only say that we can find ways to make up for and alleviate it, but if we want to completely change to sea transportation, I am afraid that no one would dare to make this risky attempt.

The advantages and disadvantages of water transportation and sea transportation are actually obvious, and the court princes also know it well.

A court that lacks sea power cannot change this model in a short period of time. Feng Ziying did not expect to abolish the water transport at once, but the influence of the canal on the governance of the Yellow River and the annual expenditure of the court to maintain the water level of the canal are very high. It is indeed astonishing and must be seriously considered.

"In fact, the risk of offshore transportation is not as great as imagined. It's just that this dynasty followed the system of the pre-Ming Dynasty, and the sea ban has been banned for a long time, which has made coastal shipping stagnant. The shipbuilding industry is also far behind Western Yi. If this problem can be solved The imperial court will pay more attention to this problem, and establish a naval fleet to clean up the pirates along the coast. It is not unfeasible for sea transportation to replace water transportation."

Feng Ziying saw that these people were all listening to her own views, and knew that she had become a well-known figure now, especially since some new ideas and ideas came from here, and she wanted to figure out a thing or two from them.

But now I am not a good scholar, but a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, so I need to be more cautious in my words, so as not to be caught by others.

"Of course, the short-distance transportation on the canal line is still indispensable. The lower official just said water transportation, well, this type of bulk cargo transportation from Jiangnan to the capital can be replaced by sea transportation, but this is all for later. No one can tell how much has changed."

Cui Jingrong nodded. Previously, he was worried that Feng Xiuzhuan would be a proud and arrogant character. Now it seems that this guy is more stable and sophisticated than those old officials, but he occasionally shows it. It is not accidental that this son can make such a big noise in the court in just one or two years.

Cui Jingrong naturally knows who is behind Feng Ziying, Qi Yongtai, Qiao Yingjia and even Chai Ke.

As long as Chai Ke is still serving as the governor of the three sides for a day, then there will be a need for someone like Feng Ziying who has emerged in the Jinshi of Yonglong's fifth year to wave his flag and cheer for him.

As a northerner, Cui Jingrong, Qi Yongtai, and Qiao Yingjia were naturally in the same spirit. Before leaving, Qiao Yingjia and Qi Yongtai greeted him respectively, hoping to take care of Feng Ziying during this trip to the south. Naturally, Cui Jingrong was duty-bound.

Qi Qiao and the two can now be regarded as the backbone of the northern scholars in the court, especially Qi Yongtai is the leader of the northern scholars, and Cui Jingrong also feels that these two people want Feng Ziying as a future northern scholar Cui Jingrong still doesn't approve of the training of successors, and the emphasis is even higher than that of the undergraduate champion practicing state affairs. '

Not to mention other things, Lian Guoshi is the number one scholar, and he is from a family of scholarly gentry, so his background is more profound than Feng Ziying's martial arts background, and he is also from Henan Township of Cui Jingrong.

And the most important point is that Feng Ziying obviously lacks foundation in both poetry and scriptures, which is difficult to accept or not recognized by many northern scholars, including Cui Jingrong.

In the opinion of many northern scholars, including Cui Jingrong, training must be cultivated, but there should be a priority.

Lian Guoshi was born as the No. [-] Scholar, and he was assigned to the Imperial Academy to edit and write earlier than Feng Ziying, and he was highly praised in the Hanlin Academy for more than a year, and his colleagues also highly respected him. Huang Ruliang is even more praised for Lian Guoshi.

Although practicing state affairs is not as famous as Feng Ziying who proposed the strategy of conquering the rebellion and raising debts in the West, but in the eyes of many people, many of Feng Ziying's reputations are based on "chance" and "luck". There is still a feeling of sensationalism in it.

Even including this strategy of opening up the sea to borrow money, as long as one day does not succeed and the court fails to obtain huge benefits from it, then the voice of doubt will never dissipate.

In other words, even if it succeeds and obtains huge benefits, there are still advantages and disadvantages, and there will still be many people who will question and oppose it. There will never be a lack of opponents and critics in doing anything, even for the sake of opposition.

"Ziying, you don't need to be too strict. As long as it is beneficial to the country, many ideas and viewpoints can actually be discussed and debated." Cui Jingrong smiled and nodded, "Let's rest here today, and we can solve it tomorrow morning." Let's go south, everyone should have a rest."

　Start the trip to Jiangnan!Ask for support!
　
(End of this chapter)