The Lonely Family in the Red Chamber

In fact, Tu Jingnian was quite helpless for Emperor Chengqing's repeated southern tours.That's right, Jiangnan is a world of flowers and flowers, a place of fireworks, and a prosperous town. The poets of the Tang Dynasty have said that, with a waist of [-] guan, riding a crane to Yangzhou.The problem is that the prerequisite for going to Yangzhou is to have a waist of one hundred thousand guan!There is only more reason for the money spent by the emperor on tour.Even though the treasury has been plentiful in these years, at least one-third of it was gone when Emperor Chengqing went out!

After all, the cost of travel these days is much higher than that of later generations. In later generations, even an ordinary train would take a few days to travel from Chang'an to Jinling. Now such a large convoy has a lot of supplies besides the accompanying people. Don't think about it for a month or two.What's more, Emperor Chengqing had to bring a large number of people with him. These people had to eat, drink, and spend money. Even if not all of them were borne by the treasury, the treasury would also bear a large part. Emperor Chengqing was also generous, and he did not hesitate to reward many officials. , in this way, the cost will naturally not be less.In addition, Tu Jingnian discovered that Emperor Chengqing's southern tour was almost addictive, and the Ministry of Industry was already making dragon boats, and the next trip might not be far away.

Emperor Chengqing originally wanted to take Amin out when he went out this time. The problem is, how can such a young child survive such a long-distance trip? Jingnian may not have even cared about his son's life in order to let his son gain favor with Emperor Chengqing, so he naturally tried to dispel Emperor Chengqing's idea. Although Emperor Chengqing was a little unhappy, but think about it, ah Ming is such a small person, how can he stand up to the long distance and bumpy roads? Hearing what Tu Jingnian said there, if he thinks about A Ming, he should come back earlier, it makes sense to think about it, so he won't be entangled in this matter anymore. .

Of course, it’s not that you can’t gain favor if you’re not around. Not long after Emperor Chengqing left, Tu Jingnian said in his letter that when Amin woke up, he couldn’t find his grandfather, and cried so much that it was useless to coax him. He and the Crown Princess didn't know what to do, and finally fell asleep after crying and tired, and then asked for the education book in the letter.

On the one hand, Emperor Chengqing was proud that his grandson still kissed him, but on the other hand, he felt sorry for his grandson's suffering, so he hurriedly wrote a letter, reprimanded Tu Jingnian, and then came up with an idea to let the people left behind in Daming Palace He took the old clothes of Emperor Chengqing and put them on his grandson's side, and asked Tu Jingnian to coax his grandson no matter what, if Amin lost a hair when he came back, he would ask Tu Jingnian to settle the score.

Tu Jingnian couldn't laugh or cry when he read the letter. He exaggerated what he said in the previous letter. In fact, children's memory is limited and their attention is easily diverted. Naturally, they would not really cry without playing. The emperor had such a big reaction, and then wrote back, saying that it is much better now to put the old clothes on the child's bed, but he still kept talking about his grandfather, and complained, "Father, you have a grandson now. It is heartbreaking to throw my son aside and not feel bad.

Emperor Chengqing wrote back and said, because that is your son, he is my grandson, otherwise, I would like any child!It's outrageous for such an adult to be jealous with an ignorant child!

When the father and son were together, each of them was quite reserved, but now they communicate through letters, and they become numb instead.Of course, it's because Tu Jingnian didn't touch Emperor Chengqing's sensitive nerves. Apart from doing his own business now, he is doing his best to be filial, and he almost didn't have Caiyi to entertain his relatives. It's all changing, but I feel very aggrieved about it.Tu Jingnian didn't have any thoughts of wanting to raise a son but would not wait for his relatives. In terms of actual age, Tu Jingnian was older than Emperor Chengqing. Now, no matter what the reason was, he had to bear it with all his strength and have some free time. He has great ambitions, but he can only hold back. Rao Jingnian still has a lot of skills in nourishing Qi, so he is feeling aggrieved and anxious at the moment.

Tu Jingnian couldn't completely pin his hopes on Emperor Chengqing's wisdom, even though Emperor Chengqing seemed to be quite wise, but in fact, in the later stage, these wise emperors were not much worse than the stupid emperors when they did stupid things. There is still more than that!Emperor Chengqing's original care and love for Tu Jingnian was not fake. Of course, Tu Jingnian couldn't be like Li Shimin and make another Xuanwumen change.However, this day-to-day patience made it really hard for Tu Jingnian. In desperation, Tu Jingnian had no choice but to focus more on researching various tools.The things that I originally planned to do after I ascended the throne have been put on the agenda.

For example, the steam engine, Tujing built a lot of land in Qiongzhou a few years ago. Qiongzhou is also the Hainan of later generations. In this era, it is not a good place. Even if it is not lonely overseas, it is not too bad. Most of the people living above are natives. Although many officials who were exiled in disguise have implemented a certain degree of enlightenment, the effect is just that.A few years ago, Tu Jing ordered people to buy a large piece of forest land there, and directly set up a large rubber plantation, specializing in rubber plantation. First, the wheels of the imperial chariot were replaced with rubber, and with springs, it effectively reduced the The degree of bumpiness of the vehicle, and then, rubber tires naturally became popular. It is not easy to make pneumatic tires these days. Tu Jingnian made semi-solid ones, and they are very good to use.

With rubber, there are sealing rings. In addition to coal which is still very cheap these days, relatively primitive steam engines have been produced. Tu Jingnian cannot avoid some pollution, but fortunately there are relatively few pollutants these days. It can be controlled to a certain extent. He directly used the steam engine as the power to build a relatively large silk reeling factory and a textile factory in the south of the Yangtze River. The quality of the silk that comes out can only be said to be average or above average, but this is enough to fool those overseas local turtles who can use the worst quality silk here as a family heirloom.

Tu Jingnian was thinking about how to increase the power of the steam engine so as to make a train. With this, it is of great significance for the transportation of goods and troops. It can save a lot of manpower and material resources, especially in the When marching, railway transportation can reduce the loss of soldiers during the march, and it can also quickly radiate the influence of the court to the surroundings. With railways and radios, it is possible to avoid the situation of the Tang Dynasty. However, they lacked effective control power and had to set up Jiedushi, which eventually led to chaos in the feudal towns.At that time, it is completely possible to transform the army into a large military region system, order many generals to take turns, and cooperate with Hufu to deploy troops, which will naturally reduce the risk of mutiny.

These are not things that can be done in a day or two, but the people below have made a steam-powered sea ship. Although they can't completely get rid of the sails, this has already greatly reduced the workload of the sailors. In [-], it was ordered to launch the steam-powered sea-going ship into the water for a test voyage in order to provide a certain basis for the next improvement.

Emperor Chengqing was not interested in these things created by Tu Jingnian. The emperors of the Central Plains were not very interested in the ocean by nature. Even if the imperial court had a navy, they had never fought a decent naval battle. There are characters who collect tariffs, and there is not much aggressiveness at all.

But Tu Jingnian is different. The great voyage has already started for a long time. If anyone is one step behind, he will have to work harder to obtain sufficient benefits in the future. If China has become a colony of Europeans, why can't they be allowed to become the back garden of Dajin?

Tu Jingnian thought very wonderfully, but the problem is that he is not in power now, no matter how much he thinks, it is futile, so he has to try his best to coax Emperor Chengqing well.

And obviously, some actions of Emperor Chengqing made many people have unrealistic expectations. When Tu Jingnian followed Emperor Chengqing to Jiangnan, he was still very young. Besides, the officials in Jiangnan have changed a round now. !This time Emperor Chengqing brought Tu Jingrui and Tu Jingyi down to the south of the Yangtze River. Leaving aside Tu Jingyi, at least [-]% of the officials in Jiangnan are related to the Zhen family. These people will naturally flatter Tu Jingrui. Tu Jingnian got brothers from Jiangnan, and Tu Jingrui got to know many sons of officials, and he also gained some good reputations in Jiangnan for being smart and wise.On Tu Jingyi's side, Emperor Chengqing made a face for his son-in-law and often brought Tu Jingyi by his side. Although he didn't restore Tu Jingyi's title, he made enough plans for Tu Jingyi and made him know a lot. Celebrities and dignitaries in the south of the Yangtze River.Of course, compared to Tu Jingrui's momentum, it was much worse.

In this way, even if Emperor Chengqing doesn't have the intention of easy storage yet, some caring people want to do something about it, provoking Emperor Chengqing to give birth to the idea of ​​easy storage.

Many officials in the south of the Yangtze River have no choice. Emperor Chengqing is still there, and he values ​​the Zhen family. Only these henchmen of the Zhen family can control the wind and rain in the south of the Yangtze River and obtain great benefits. If Emperor Chengqing is gone, Tu Jingnian will treat these people But they don't have any friendship, or even good feelings. In order to protect their own interests, they naturally have to strongly support Tu Jingrui.

Everything in this world is like this. When the benefits reach a certain level, then even the risk of the Yi people cannot stop them.

Especially Emperor Chengqing was getting old, judging by his actions, smart people could notice that Emperor Chengqing was already afraid of aging, and he was wary of the young prince, so it was a good time to take advantage of it.

The Zhen family is very talented in crooked ways. Seeing that Emperor Chengqing was afraid of getting old, he turned around and introduced a Taoist priest to Emperor Chengqing. The Taoist priest is said to have lived for more than 180 years. There is no wrinkle at all, and there are some supernatural powers.

Naturally, it was impossible for Emperor Chengqing to believe in that Taoist priest from the beginning, but after that Taoist priest showed supernatural powers such as fetching objects from the void and blooming flowers in an instant, he had to believe even if he didn't believe it. Longing for the method, the Taoist priest recommended some of his brothers, who were directly appointed by Emperor Chengqing as the Daolu Department to refine golden pills for Emperor Chengqing so that he could prolong his life.And as the hero who introduced the gods, the Zhen family was even more favored and received a generous reward from Emperor Chengqing.