If Taizu hadn't told the emperor about these things in his dream, and even if he had killed these ministers, how could the emperor know these things from other places!

At this moment, among these Confucian children in Wenhua Hall, I don’t know how many people believed in the existence of heaven and earth after death and believed in the existence of gods.

The generals from the Governor's Office of the Five Army came to their senses first. They could confirm from Emperor Chongzhen's words that there would be wars to fight in the future, which means that military achievements could be made. Therefore, they were all happy and supported them from the bottom of their hearts, and immediately praised the emperor's wisdom!

After their response, the civil servants and eunuchs who were mainly engaged in civil affairs came to their senses.

For them, it is not a bad thing for the emperor to continue to expand territory in the future.

Judging from the development of territory in recent years, the Ming Dynasty actually did not make much effort.

Mongolia, Mobei and beyond, all fought against Mongolians, and did not encounter many enemies. North Korea was harmed by Jianlu, and the Ming Dynasty basically just accepted it. Donggo and Annan were the emperor's commander in person, and they were basically defeated at a very small price.

In addition, another benefit brought by the development of these territories is to solve the problem of domestic land annexation. In the flood in the south and drought in the north, more people can be diverted out. Whether it is going to the Hetao Plain, Liaodong, or North Korea, Donggo and Annan, it can greatly alleviate the difficulty of domestic governments in rescuing disasters and comforting victims.

Also, there are so many more places that require many officials to manage it. This is not a bad thing for those who are officials in the court!

More importantly, expanding territory is what dynasties pursued, and it is the standard for best demonstrating the power of the emperor and evaluating the national strength of a dynasty.

Since ancient times, the most famous emperors in history are just Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and Tang Emperor and Song ancestor.

For Qin, the Qin Emperor, unifying the world, isn’t it just about expanding territory!

The Han Wu defeated the Huns and moved westwards, and sealed the wolf's servants. It was the Han Dynasty's world and also expanded its territory!

Emperor Taizong of Tang was so powerful that the prosperous Tang Dynasty was his foundation, which was for the Khan of Heaven. The Western Regions also returned to the Tang Dynasty and expanded territory!

Emperor Gaozu of Song reunification of the north and south, of course, for Song, it was also expanding territory!

All these can be seen in the importance of expanding territory! Now that the emperor is determined to expand territory and is a great emperor of a generation, they will definitely leave a mark in history books.

As long as you continue to win battles when you expand your territory and do not waste the people and money, no one will dislike you! Not to mention, the emperor's purpose of expanding his territory is not just to add great achievements to himself, but to seek benefits for his descendants.

Of course, if the war is defeated externally and affects people's livelihood and makes the Ming Dynasty feel resentful, it is the evaluation of military and military force. But obviously, from the moment, there is no possibility of military and military force!

Therefore, the civil servants and eunuchs in Wenhua Hall also praised the emperor's wisdom.

Emperor Chongzhen had already said enough about the future master plan, so he said with a serious face: "So, for the future, this transportation must be built as soon as possible. I had changed the garrison a few years ago, divided the war soldiers, engineer soldiers, and eliminated some farmers. This matter was implemented in the capital and was already experienced. Therefore, I decided that the next national reform of garrisons must be completed as soon as possible."

The reform of the garrison is not enough. The military household garrison that has been implemented since the founding of the Ming Dynasty is the basis of the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty. If there is a problem, it will affect the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, after several consecutive years of continuous preparation and small-scale experiments, Emperor Chongzhen decided to start speeding up.

These ministers in Wenhua Hall had known and paid attention to the reform of the garrison carried out by Emperor Chongzhen. Now that they understand the causes and consequences, they all understand that the emperor's determination to change the garrison will not be transferred by any will.

Just as they were thinking, they heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to say to them: "The future war soldiers will be used for foreign wars; and the so-called engineer soldiers are soldiers who build roads and bridges, and use them as the backbone to assist civil servants in various places and to achieve a great change in our Ming Dynasty's transportation!"

"I am the last general (the servant) to obey the order!" In the Wenhua Hall, a crowd of people received the order in unison.

Emperor Chongzhen then nodded to the eunuch, and then the eunuch hung up another map onto the screen.

These civil servants and generals were a little curious, so they looked at the new map and found that it was still the Ming map, but there were many red circles and lines on it.

While they were watching, they saw Emperor Chongzhen pointing at the red stick and explaining to them: "The original Guihua City is to be expanded, and a road is built from Yulin. In the future, Guihua City will become the center of the northern grassland."

"The capital has to build a road from Hanzhong, and it will continue to extend in the future, connecting the Western Regions and going west. The capital has to build a road from Liaodong to Shenyang, and then extending from Shenyang to Busan. There is also the capital's southward road, passing Yingtian Prefecture to Guangzhou. In addition, a road from Yingtian Prefecture to Dongwu in Yunnan will be built."

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen took back his thin stick and held it in his hand and said to the ministers below: "The roads I just mentioned are the main ways of the Ming Dynasty in the future. First, build these ones, and then use them as a support to spread to other parts of the Ming Dynasty. As for the standards of the road..."

After pausing, he signaled the eunuch, and hung up another painting. Before the ministers could look carefully, Emperor Chongzhen explained to them: "This is the road that is about to be built. Two lanes in both directions, with the current four-wheeled carriage as the standard. I call this one here a railway, so reserve it first. There is no need to rush to build it."

I have to say that he has ambitions. Since he wants to rebuild the road with cement, he plans to do it once and for all and follow high standards. Cement road construction is in two-way two-lane, and railways are reserved on the side of the road. When the train test is successful, the railway construction will begin.

As a time traveler who predicts future development, Emperor Chongzhen felt that this plan was natural. Otherwise, with the progress of the times, the cost would be greater.

At this time, his will was unshakable. At most, the ministers below asked clearly and supplemented them and improved them, and absolutely did not negate them.

Under the strength of Emperor Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was vigorously reshaping and the 20th year of Chongzhen began.

Within the route designated by Emperor Chongzhen, cement plants were set up according to the current production capacity of cement plants to provide road construction for each section of road.

This cement factory did not adopt a shareholding system, but was directly controlled by the imperial court.

Of course, no matter what, the cement factory needs to invest money. This money is paid by the imperial treasury, and the other is sold to the rich families along the way.

Houses, roads, etc. built by cement are absolutely novel and face-saving things in this era. In addition, practicality and better reduce the losses caused by fire than wooden houses. It can be said that cement is definitely a popular commodity.

In terms of manpower, in addition to the engineers reformed by the garrison, the local government also had to arrange labor service to build roads during the slack farming period. Among them, the engineers had to pay the salary, and labor service was not paid, and even brought their own dry food.

However, Emperor Chongzhen obviously did not do this. Although he did not pay any compensation, he stipulated that the government would manage food. This would also prevent the people from being so resistant to road construction.

For ordinary people, the great truth is really useless, and it is not as affordable as this. Now that national strength allows, Emperor Chongzhen is naturally more generous.

Some officials have advised this, saying that this would become a prescribed rule, and they are afraid that it would be inappropriate. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not listen and still asked local governments to implement it.

Of course, the so-called government-controlled rice does not mean that white rice is full. Each person's food ration must be fixed. And it is not all white rice, including corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc.

Also, during the process of road construction, the land encountered were nothing in this feudal dynasty.

However, it is inevitable that this large-scale action involving the whole country will definitely have side effects. Based on the experience brought by later generations, Emperor Chongzhen felt that there might be corruption in the cement factory. Therefore, in addition to issuing an order for the local censorate to inspect the cement factory, he also sent factory guards to secretly monitor it.

In addition to this, the factory and guards who were scattered were also responsible for the impact of road construction in various places on people's livelihood. They were regularly summarized and presented to him.

Although Emperor Chongzhen did not go out to lead troops to fight during this twenty-year period of Chongzhen, he was also busy.

First of all, in terms of the imperial examination, there are more miscellaneous subjects, and they are all the first exams, so he has to keep an eye on; innovate in the garrison, he has to keep an eye on; in the construction of roads and bridges, he has to keep an eye on. Not to mention, he also has to take into account the marriage between Prince Zhu Cixuan and Princess Changping, and the marriages of several other children have also been put on the agenda.

In addition, he also needs to search out the supplement of natural knowledge from his mind to form text; he needs to pay attention to the improvement of steam engines, the application of steam engines on vehicles and ships, etc.

As for other daily government affairs, except for the most important things, I have already become the boss of the other things. I have to say that such a huge empire would be exhausted if I didn’t do this!

Sometimes, Emperor Chongzhen really admired Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di in his heart. He didn’t know that they were not tired if they did it themselves?

By August of the 20th year of Chongzhen, Yan Yingyuan, the governor of Dongwu, sent a good news that the entire territory of Dongwu had been pacified; by October, the good news also came from Bolu Xiangsheng in Liaodong, and the entire territory of Annan had been pacified.
Chapter completed!