"Did you see that? Something happened in the palace last night!"

"No, the emperor is the true dragon emperor, what can happen?"

"Yes, with the emperor here, how could something happen?"

"Really, you didn't see it? The true dragon emperor appeared. The dragon's eye was very big. With one close and one close, the dragon's eye could shoot a beam of light and soar into the sky! It is said that this was revealed by the emperor accidentally when he was drunk. If it were a mortal, would there be this?"

"Hey, you said this, then it's really okay. I seemed to see it too. The beam of light was very bright. It turned out to be the dragon eye of the real dragon emperor!"

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After this remark came out, it was confirmed that the current emperor was the True Dragon Emperor. After Emperor Chongzhen received the report from the factory guard, he couldn't help but feel funny. It was just that the prince and his beloved concubines liked to play with the electric light, and they had no knowledge!

No matter how much I think about it, Emperor Chongzhen didn't think about refuting the rumors. Anyway, this rumor was not a bad thing to him. And as time went by, the outside world would eventually know what was going on!

At this time, he checked the eavesdropping system and found that Hong Chengchou's troops, who were far away from the Tianshan Mountains, had vigorously popularized Sinology among the herdsmen, which attracted dissatisfaction from neighboring countries and had already had a small-scale war.

Although every conflict is a victory for the Ming army, it is funny that Hong Chengchou received a report from Ye Busuo, which was that several neighboring countries were preparing to unite to attack Luntai. He said that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to go back, Tianshan was their Tianshan.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sneer at this. It was just a nomadic people. In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Han could expel the Huns to Europe. With the strength of the Ming Dynasty, let alone expelling them, he just happened to catch them to build a railway from Gansu to Tianshan. This was just a shortage of manpower!

So, Emperor Chongzhen did not wait for Hong Chengchou's report, and issued an imperial edict to him, emphasizing that those who dared to violate the Ming Dynasty would be arrested to build railways.

In the past two years, with Emperor Chongzhen personally taking over infrastructure, the railway has developed greatly. At least in the areas where the manpower is sufficient in the pass, many towns have begun to connect to the railway main roads that were planned in advance.

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen personally arrested him was an important reason. After all, officials did not dare to slack off, and the funds could be sufficient, and manpower would be available. Another reason is that the railway demonstrations in the capital and Tongzhou were effective, and whether it was transporting people or cargo, they showed great advantages over road transportation.

Especially for businessmen, if the train is built, the logistics costs can be greatly reduced. Therefore, people like them are the most active people in building railways.

Therefore, the railway treasury bonds issued by Emperor Chongzhen from the beginning of the year and raised funds to build railways were responded enthusiastically. After all, everyone saw the prospects of the railway. The emperor used the railway income as a guarantee to issue treasury bonds, and with the emperor's prestige, buying treasury bonds is much more cost-effective than saving money in a cellar.

For Emperor Chongzhen, there was no big money. He tried to issue national bonds for the first time and used railway income as a guarantee. He was of course happy that he could be so successful. As long as he had enough money and could make full use of private funds, the infrastructure of the Ming Dynasty would never be slow.

Now, the railway from the capital to Tianjin is the first long-distance railway to be completed. The reason why this was first completed was because the Ming Dynasty began to pay attention to sea transportation at the 15th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty.

Tianjin Port is a very important port in the Ming Dynasty. Not only does it transport from the pass to Liaodong, but North Korea's materials will go to sea from Tianjin Port, and even to Japan. It should be called the Japanese Province now, and they all start from Tianjin Port. Of course, more importantly, from Jiangnan, even further away from Fujian, Guangdong, Annan and other places, as long as they come to the capital, many of them will arrive at Tianjin Port by sea boats.

Once the railway from the capital to Tianjin Port was built, it was originally more than 300 miles from the capital to Tianjin. It took three days to get there if the carriage was gone. After all, the horse had to rest, eat, etc., but in fact, it would not take long to walk on the road. However, the steam train could drive continuously, with a speed of about twenty miles per hour, which was only about fifteen hours, and it could reach it in one day.

After the train started running, not only did the transportation time between the two places shorten several times, but the passengers and cargoes sent at one time were not comparable to those of horse-drawn carriages. The Tianjin Port Wharf immediately became busier, and Tianjin City also began to expand rapidly. It can be said that there will be a month change in one month. If Tianjin is less than a year, it is probably impossible to recognize Tianjin.

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On that day, Emperor Chongzhen was chatting and relaxing with his concubine in the Imperial Garden. Suddenly, he saw that Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian’s expressions were a little unnatural. He knew something was wrong at first glance, so he asked, "What's wrong? Look at your forehead, it's already written, you have something to do."

When Empress Zhou heard this, she ignored it and told Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, you see that they are both old and old. Although we, as mothers, hope that the children can always be with us, they are old and it is indeed time to go to the vassal state."

When Emperor Chongzhen saw what she pointed, he saw Zhu Cijiong, born to Empress Zhou, and Zhu Ciwu, born to Concubine Tian. These two princes, who were originally missing in 1644, are almost all about to become adults.

The older than them, the prince has moved to the East Palace, Princess Changping has been married, and her husband is Song Yingxing's youngest son Song Shixue. Both husband and wife love scientific research, especially chemistry, and are even more interested. Moreover, both husband and wife have already had the title of "professional craftsman" at this time. If you come up with some important results, you will definitely be named "master".

Empress Zhou was satisfied with these two.

However, she, Concubine Tian and others were worried about other children. The daughter was a little better, she was not old. Even if she was old, she would choose a good son-in-law to marry. However, the son, especially the two sons who had been crowned kings, were very worried.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen had issued an imperial edict before, and set a national policy of inheriting the titles of relatives and nobles, and started with his own son, which made them a little worried.

Later, the fact that the sons were not granted a title of kingship and were always in the capital and could not be granted a vassal for a long time made Queen Zhou and others feel that maybe the emperor would have any other name in the royal family.

Based on the increasing prestige of Emperor Chongzhen, they did not dare to interfere in politics. However, it was the 23rd year of Chongzhen, and the princes were getting older and older, so they gave them pressure and excuses. On this day, they finally couldn't help but say it.

Although Concubine Tian did not speak, she was of course very concerned about the matter involving her son, and looked at Emperor Chongzhen without blinking. Concubine Yuan was very calm because she had no son, only one daughter, and was still young. But after all, this was a big deal, and she was listening with her ears on her back.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen looked at them, looked at their nervous expressions of anticipation, thought for a while, and then asked the eunuchs and palace maids to retreat, leaving only the queen and two imperial concubines, and then said to them: "I believe you have seen the strategy of the Zhu family clan set by Taizu Chengzu, which was once delayed the Ming Dynasty in danger. The financial resources of the whole country are not enough to pay for the royal family. In this way, the court has no money, and the situation of the royal family is also very difficult, and even the beggars happens..."

When Emperor Chongzhen first reformed the vassal strategy, he had already analyzed these things in detail, and Empress Zhou and the two imperial concubines knew about them. However, when they heard this opening remark, they couldn't help but feel hearted. They could feel that they were indeed right, and the emperor had to attack the vassal.

"... Although I have worked hard and expanded my territory, the land area has increased, but there are still not many wealthy places." Emperor Chongzhen patiently told them, "For the sake of future generations and the country and the country left by my ancestors, I do not intend to enfeoff vassal kings in my hometown, and even move all the vassals above the county kings..."

Hearing this, Empress Zhou couldn't help but interrupt Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, where does the local area mean?"

"Your Majesty, where is the Zongfan going?" Concubine Tian was nervous and asked.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at their somewhat worried expression and said kindly: "Don't worry, they are my children, won't I feel sorry for you? But for the royal family, the country is more important. But even so, my son's treatment will be far better than that of ordinary people. You don't need to worry about this."

That being said, Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian were still not happy.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and continued, "The local area is the territory that the Ming Dynasty currently has. As for where they move to in the future, I have actually thought about it for them."

After saying that, he ordered the rotating eunuch Fang Zhenghua to get a world map. This map was not announced to the public. It was a world map drawn by Emperor Chongzhen based on the memories of later generations.

After the spread, Emperor Chongzhen pointed to the later Australia and said: "This place is almost as large as the territory of the Ming Dynasty before, but it is still an undeveloped area. No one knows where except the natives."

Then, he pointed to the North American map and said, "You should have heard of it here. There are Spaniards in the south, but most of the areas are still undeveloped."
Chapter completed!