Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

When autumn came, Zhu Youxiao sent Shenzong to Dingling, buried him with his original concubine, Xiaoduanxian Wang, and moved Guangzong's biological mother, Empress Xiaojing, to Dingling.

Then at the end of October, Guangzong was buried in Qingling, which had already been completed. At the same time, Empress Xiaoyuan Guo was buried in Qingling, and Zhu Youxiao's original mother Xiao and Queen Wang were also buried. Qingling.

Qingling was originally the mausoleum prepared by Daizong Zhu Qiyu for himself.After the restoration of Yingzong, he was abolished as king, and he was buried according to the specifications of the prince after his death.Daizong's mausoleum in Tianshou Mountain, which was halfway under construction, was abandoned and thrown there.

In the early autumn of last year, Emperor Guangzong died a month after he ascended the throne, and there was no site selected for his mausoleum.After discussions between the cabinet and the six ministries, Zhu Youxiao also agreed to rebuild Qingling.Because of the [-] to [-] eunuchs sent by the palace to work as laborers, and the ready-made materials removed from the mausoleum of King Lujian in spring, the construction speed of Qingling Mausoleum exceeded that of any previous mausoleum.When the date of Shenzong's burial was selected, the Qingling Mausoleum was basically finishing.

Zhu Youxiao took Zhu Youjian, the three older princesses, all the clans and courtiers in Beijing to send Guangzong back to Qingling, and the princes who had been conferred all left immediately and wanted to go back.Zhu Youxiao didn't keep them anymore, but just warned them that they should not take the national law seriously in the future. If they abide by the law, the title will decrease from generation to generation, otherwise the title will be removed directly.

Everyone was so scared that they swore to the emperor that they would never do anything illegal again, and then fled the capital in a hurry.

The winter month of this year is obviously colder than last year. In order to resist the increasingly cold climate of the small glacier, Zhu Youxiao came up with the idea of ​​an open-pit coal mine when he was in Liaodong.

Fushun's open-pit coal mines are the first choice because Fushun had a history of manual coal mining before the Ming Dynasty.The night he had a long talk with Xiong Tingbi when he left Fushun, he wanted Xiong Tingbi to prepare for the development of the Fushun open-pit coal mine.

The one thousand imperial troops left for Xiong Tingbi were to prepare for the large-scale development of Fushun's open-pit coal mines and to supervise the captured Jurchens and Mongols.

The army led by Taining Hou and others basically pacified Liaodong in more than half a year.Both Jurchens and Mongol captives were driven to Fushun to dig coal.The Han Chinese slaves and civilians who were robbed and fled with the Jurchen, after regaining their personal freedom, most of them voluntarily went to Fushun to dig coal for a year without a harvest. food.

With food and coal for heating, the entire Liaodong has entered a peaceful period of peace this winter.

The Gyeonggi area began to use coal as early as the Yuan Dynasty, and there were ready-made coal markets and coal yards in the capital.In the autumn of this year, many houses were remodeled in the palace, and the remaining eunuchs and court ladies could basically live in rooms with heated kangs or fire walls.Except for some immovable wooden palaces, the six ministries of the Forbidden City and other government offices have ushered in a warm winter.

Coal has become a means of subsistence that is valued besides food and salt.Such a change in the capital naturally spread to the ears of officials from other places.

The magistrate of Datongwei quickly reported to the court that there was also a coal mine in nearby Pingshuo.

Wang Yongguang, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, became the new Minister of the Ministry of Industry after Shangshu Wang Zuo retired from illness.Before officially becoming Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he had been representing the Ministry of Industry for some time.In fact, since last year, the original Shangshu was busy with the second emperor's tomb, and Xu Guangqi, the right servant, was ordered by the emperor to develop new artillery, and he was in charge of all the affairs of the Ministry of Industry.

Wang Yongguang listened to Wang Yingjiao, the heart of the Ministry of household affairs, talk about the energy and the additional development of the Fushun Open-pit Coal Mine when Wang Yongguang first entered the autumn.Thinking about the emperor's order to the Ministry of Industry to send capable chiefs to assist Xiong Tingbi in developing the Fushun coal mine, Wang Yongguang immediately paid attention to the Pingshuo coal mine.He took the official documents of the local officials to the cabinet, discussed with Fang Congzhe, Han Yu, and Ye Xianggao, and then went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to meet the emperor.

After reading the report on Pingshuo's coal, Zhu Youxiao immediately said happily to the cabinet ministers and Wang Yongguang: "If Pingshuo's coal production is as stated in the memorial, and the output is not less than that of Xishan and Fushun, the Northwest will You can no longer use wood for cooking and heating, and the water and soil in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River will be easier to maintain."

Wang Yongguang did not expect the emperor to look at the coal mines in Pingshuo from such a perspective.

Ye Xianggao followed the emperor's words and said: "Your Majesty, the Yellow River passes through Pan Jixun and controls the river, and the Nanliu seizes the Huaihe River and enters the sea. Every winter is the time for river laborers to work in corvee. This year is the first year of abolishing corvee. I am very worried that I will not be able to recruit people." Enough river workers."

Zhu Youxiao said: "This year, the local officials have been asked to pay the daily labor and silver to recruit the river workers to build the embankment. They have strictly ordered the local yamen along the Yellow River. The procuratorate has sent many censors to check, so it should be fine."

Zhu Youxiao paused for a while and then said: "I was studying a few days ago and learned that the Yellow River carries a lot of sediment. Pan Jixun's beam of water is effective in flushing the sand, but the downstream dikes are built higher and higher, so the Yellow River will eventually be destroyed. It becomes a river on the ground. If the dam at that section is not very strong or has been in disrepair for a long time, it may burst when there is heavy rainfall.

Therefore, I think the main point of controlling the Yellow River is to plant more trees and grasses in the middle and upper reaches, and return farmland to forests, so as to ensure the water and soil in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River and not increase the chance of silting the downstream river.

If there is coal from Pingshuo that can provide fuel for the Northwest, if the Yellow River does not break its embankment once, it will save more than a few million taels of silver.This Pingshuo coal mine, you discuss how to develop it, and put it in the focus of the Ministry of Industry next year. "

Henan Province is the hardest-hit area of ​​the Yellow River flood, and Henan is one of the important granaries of the Ming Dynasty.Over the years, large and small floods of the Yellow River have always occurred one after another, even to the extent of once a year.It is really a serious worry for the people in Henan, and it is an important matter hanging in the hearts of the emperor and courtiers.

When Wang Yongguang saw the emperor's statement, he immediately responded: "I would like to follow His Majesty's will, and must make a good budget for the Ministry of Industry in the twelfth lunar month."

"Fushun already has mature experience. Your Ministry of Industry can organize the experience in Fushun and use it in Pingshuo. I think the quantitative explosive/powder blasting in the craftsman's workshop is very good, so that it will save a lot when digging coal. Labor."

The coal mines in Fushun are open-pit. Wang Yongguang originally thought that the coal mines to be mined in Pingshuo would be similar to those in Xishan. Unexpectedly, the emperor directly wanted to use Fushun's method.It’s okay if the coal seam is not deep, but if it’s too deep, you can’t blast it with explosives.

However, whether it is planting trees and grasses to protect the water and soil to control the Yellow River, or mining the coal fields in Pingshuo, what Wang Yongguang and the cabinet want is the attitude of the emperor.With the support of the Son of Heaven, the Ministry of Industry will send people to do on-the-spot investigations, and then come up with a feasible plan as soon as possible, in time for the next year's budget discussion in the twelfth lunar month, to come up with the mining plan for the Pingshuo Coal Mine.

After Wang Yongguang left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he went to the Ministry of Household Affairs. He first backed up with Wang Yingjiao that the Ministry of Industry would develop a coal mine in Pingshuo, Shanxi next year, and then went back to the Ministry of Industry to discuss with Xu Guangqi.

The two are about the same age, and they are serious people. They have worked together happily this year.The two immediately asked the head of the Ministry of Industry to find out the information on the Fushun Coal Mine, and at the same time discussed whether it would be better to send someone to Pingshuo.The two discussed and discussed, and decided to send Fan Jingwen, who had just returned from leave and was transferred from the Ministry of Officials to the Ministry of Industry, to be a doctor.

Fan Jingwen was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli (1613). After being a Jinshi, he was awarded the promotion official of Dongchang Mansion. He dared to bribe him and his subordinates, and won the nickname "Bu Er Gong".

During Fan Jingwen's stay in Dongchang Mansion, he did a good job in promoting officials. During the famine in Dongchang, he also personally investigated and studied, and gave relief to those who were really in difficulty, and helped those who were able to work to resume production. The losses caused by disasters are reduced to a minimum.After a series of his efforts, tens of thousands of Limin people were able to rebuild their homes and live and work in peace and contentment.

In the 46th year of Wanli, the imperial court promoted him to be the head of the Jigong Department of the Ministry of Officials because of his outstanding achievements.In the 48th year of Wanli, he was promoted to the Ministry of Officials to serve as Wenxuan Yuanwailang and Yanfeng Doctor.Ming Shenzong passed away, and after Ming Guangzong succeeded to the throne, he ordered the recommendation of virtuous and talented officials. Fan Jingwen tried his best to recommend officials who were comfortable at home.Not long after, Fan Jingwen also noticed Guangzong's dislike, so he begged for leave and returned home.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was changed soon.Xinjun requires all registered officials to report the hidden fields and accepting bribes during their tenure. He expressly believes in the officials' declarations, but asks Yu Shi to verify the data based on the personal data.This aroused Fan Jingwen's curiosity about the new emperor and prompted him to return to the capital soon.

But the official department has no place for him.It happened that the Ministry of Industry was very busy building the imperial mausoleum and developing artillery, so Zhou Jiamo sent him to the Ministry of Industry.

Before he came to the Ministry of Industry, Zhou Jiamo said to him: "The Minister and Minister of the Ministry of Industry are both 70 to [-] years old. You are only in your thirties. Go to the Ministry of Industry and work hard. The new king is willing to use young people."

Wang Yongguang and Xu Guangqi chose Fan Jingwen, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, to be in charge of Pingshuo's affairs this time, also because of his age and qualifications: he was a 27-year-old Jinshi, had excellent grassroots work experience, and had a small setback in the Ministry of Officials. , no matter how you look at it, they are all talents with great development prospects.

Wang Yongguang explained to Fan Jingwen the emperor's plan to use Pingshuo coal instead of wood for heating and cooking firewood for the people in the northwest.Xu Guangqi was in favor of the emperor's idea of ​​planting trees and grass and returning farmland to protect water and soil, and he also explained these principles to Fan Jingwen.

After Fan Jingwen understood everything, he said: "I will set off for Pingshuo tomorrow, and find out about the Pingshuo coal mine as soon as possible. However, according to what I think, it is better to move some people from Shaanxi and Shanxi to Liaodong and other places. , Only by vacating more places can we reduce tree felling and damage to water and soil.”

Wang Yongguang and Xu Guangqi looked at each other, and they both thought that Fan Jingwen's proposal was reasonable.

The author has something to say: Qingling Mausoleum was originally a mausoleum built for himself by Emperor Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty. Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu was the son of Ming Xuanzong and the younger brother of Ming Yingzong.After the civil engineering change, Ming Yingzong was captured, and his younger brother Zhu Qiyu supervised the country. Later, he was established as emperor with the title of Jingtai.Respecting Yingzong as the Supreme Emperor, a year later, Yingzong was released and lived in Nangong.In the eighth year of Qingling stone offering to Jingtai for five years, Emperor Jingtai suffered from a serious illness.Wuqing Hou Shi Heng and others took the opportunity to launch the Seize the Gate Change, put Emperor Jingtai under house arrest in Xi Nei, and re-established Yingzong as emperor.Soon, Emperor Jingtai died of grief and anger.Yingzong abolished Zhu Qiyu as king, and at the same time abandoned the mausoleum of Emperor Jingtai that had already started construction in Tianshou Mountain, and buried Emperor Jingtai in Xishan, Beijing according to the prince's specifications, without entering the Ming Tombs.

Fushun's coal industry has a long history, and it is one of the earliest places in the country and even the world where coal was discovered and utilized.

As early as before the Ming Dynasty, there was a history of manual coal mining.

But in the Qing Dynasty, because Fushun was close to the "Three Tombs" (Yongling, Fuling, and Zhaoling, that is, Yongling in Xinbin, Dongling and Beiling in Shenyang), the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were afraid that they would hurt the "dragon veins". Coal mining is strictly prohibited.

It was not until after the Opium War that the Qing Dynasty had to cancel the ban on the development of Fushun coalfields due to internal and external difficulties, declining national strength and dire financial situation.