Chapter 598 The foundation of the country
The cold winter has dissipated and early spring has arrived. As long as the hustle and bustle of the court and the country is still in the order of Daheng, it is obviously difficult to have much impact on the market and the countryside.
As early as the early morning, the curfew was still there, and several ordinary carriages quietly came out of the palace gate, as if the curfew system did not exist, and walked along the streets in the city and headed towards the city gate.
Huang Jin, the Minister of Rites' Office, the Minister of Rites, and the newly appointed minister, was also awakened from his sleep by the soldiers of the Imperial Front Camp. He hurriedly changed into casual clothes, and then rode his horse towards the city gate under the escort of the soldiers of the Imperial Front Camp.
Outside the city gate, several carriages were parked on the side of the official road, and the soldiers in the imperial front camp were dressed as caravans, standing on the side with vigilance.
The dusk is still there, and at some point, the emperor has already walked off the carriage, and the gray-white cement road is also clearly visible under the twilight.
Since the start of the project disaster relief plan in the early fourth year of Zhaowu, the huge amount of money and grain has been allocated to it, which has brought an unprecedented mobilization system, and each of them can be called a "disaster of the country and the people".
Although the disaster was mild in Northern Zhili, the imperial city and the center of the world were naturally the focus of the project.
For example, building the streets of the capital city and repairing the official roads that lead to all directions, such as the official road from the capital city to Tongzhou, the official road from the capital city to the northern border towns.
Of course, the most important thing is the repair and cleaning of the canal.
In fact, the first establishment of the Arrogant Heng, the canal transport that was related to the lifeline of Beijing and Ji, was directly put on the agenda after repeated turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River.
However, the opening of sea freight is naturally a blood-casting route.
When the maritime transportation first started, Liaodong was not settled, Jiangnan was in turmoil, and the power of the Daheng Navy was still weak.
As a result, at the beginning of the shipping, the loss soared directly to more than half that had never been seen in history.
However, with the pacification of Liaodong and North Korea was included in the control of Daheng. With the huge amount of money invested, the number of warships of the two navy divisions in Denglai in Jiangnan soared, the cruel clearance of coastal pirates, the relaxation of maritime trade, and the participation of private merchant ships.
By now, shipping has formed an extremely limited shipping system. The canal transportation system that once concerns the fate of the country. Under the changes of the times, Daheng's status has dropped to the lowest point in history!
The canal transport coexist with sea transport, and the proportion of sea transport has far exceeded that of canal transport. This is the current Daheng system.
In addition, the abolition of the former Ming sea ban, the prosperity of commerce, and the establishment of the Tianjin Maritime Control Department have brought about the prosperity of the land of Tianjin, as well as the prosperity of the two sides of the river from Tianjin to Beijing!
With the construction of cement roads in all directions in the capital and the repair of canals, this prosperity has gradually spread around over time.
Looking at the cement road that spreads between the sky, the emperor's eyes were lingering, as if he was a little dazed.
If you want to be rich, build roads first.
These six words were called the ultimate truth in later generations.
In this era, it is naturally common.
After so many years of fighting in the south and north, the emperor has a deeper understanding of the so-called official ways of this era than most people.
Just like when Nurhaci led his army to break through the pass and drove straight into the capital, he led the Yongwei Camp to rush from Shaanxi to the capital.
There are official roads along the way, but the so-called official roads in this era, even if they are called smooth roads by the world, are mostly disrepairs. Most of them are just dirt roads, and bumpy pits are the norm. It is okay to be sunny. On rainy days, it is undoubtedly clear what kind of traffic conditions a dirt road is.
And this is still smooth!
If a road has a smooth road, there will naturally be rugged, like a rugged mountain road, like a ramp staircase, or a cliff……
Such road conditions are the key to a dynasty connecting the world!
It is no exaggeration to say that even if the means of transportation remain unchanged, there are still carriages, war horses, official roads of the same distance, and cement roads of the same distance. There is a completely different difference between the two.
Such a change in efficiency will bring about a country's changes.
This means that the speed of the army's expedition will be greatly increased, and that the transportation of logistics food and grass, whether it is loss or time, will be greatly reduced.
It means that the central government’s coordination of the entire world will be more efficient, and that the exchange of trade in various places will be faster...
Completely good and no disadvantages.
What will bring will be the leapfrog improvement of the national strength of the entire country!
Moreover, the most important thing is that without changing the information contact information, the efficiency improvement brought about by road construction will mean that the limit of rule will be greatly increased.
Just like before, from the southwest border to the capital, it will probably take one or two months to go back and forth with a message.
If the road is unobstructed, the time will be shortened by only one quarter or one fifth...
The changes brought about will inevitably be earth-shaking.
The emperor couldn't help but breathe a long sigh. Compared to the road, he hoped that the new learning, which has now formed the characteristics of Daheng, could bloom the flower of civilization.
Even if it is just the initial stage of steam engine, it can completely let Daheng take off to an unprecedented era!
But this is undoubtedly a bit good. Although he has been carefully cultivated by him for nearly ten years, he is still in a stage of improving the foundation of new learning.
To bloom the seed of new learning, if you want to bloom the flower of civilization, you have to wait until the foundation of new learning is improved, and then explore the unknown little by little, and then you can bloom one flower of civilization after another.
And all of this obviously returns to the most fundamental problem...that is...education!
Education prospers the country, education prospers the country!
Education determines the national destiny, and this national destiny is not only Daheng, but also the future!
Even if one day, Daheng will perish and with perfect education, there will be the seeds of revival.
With a complete education system, it will never be as desperate and shameful as in that tragic era in history!
When the emperor was thinking heavily, the sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out. Soon, in the darkness of the city gate, a group of iron cavalry rushed out and stopped before the convoy.
Huang Jin, the Minister of Rites who was still dressed in dishevel, hurriedly dismounted, walked to the emperor, and bowed: "Your Majesty!"
"I will follow me to take a look at this Shuntian Mansion these days."
The emperor pointed to a carriage behind him, and Huang Jin immediately bowed to take the order, and then the emperor stepped onto the first carriage in the convoy.
Huang Jin also quickly got on the carriage. When the car door was closed, the emperor ordered the convoy disguised as a caravan also slowly walked along the cement official road and the darkness of the morning and evening.
While the government and the people were in turmoil due to tax cases, the emperor began another white dragon fish suit and quietly left the noisy place in the capital...
Chapter completed!