Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

But when they heard that there might be less corvee in the future, the faces of the people changed.

No corvee?

If this was replaced by any dynasty before Emperor Chongzhen, it would be a proper benevolent government.

After all, no one likes to work for nothing, and it may delay their own family's work.

But now that Emperor Chongzhen is in charge, this corvee is not like it used to be.

The first is to work and get paid.

For ordinary people, when they can get enough money to support their own families, what other jobs can't they do?

Not collecting corvee means that the wages cannot be obtained.

This is not possible, it is a big matter whether the family can have enough food or even meat to eat, and it is impossible not to levy corvee.

It wasn't until Hong Chengchou said that this was his own worry that he was let go by the people around him.

After entering the capital in the morning, Hong Chengchou sat at Yongdingmen for the whole afternoon after he settled down.

Even the food was ordered by the housekeeper to buy it, and it was eaten at Yongdingmen.

Watch the train go, watch the train come, and watch the train go again.

It is equivalent to running back and forth at least twice a day from Yongdingmen to Tongzhou.

But what's in the car is quite different.

Sometimes it is full, and when the locomotive is at the beginning, it makes a sound like it is out of breath.

Sometimes there will be a large part of the car empty, and there is not much to pack.

But back and forth is fixed.

Hong Chengchou did not leave Yongdingmen Station until it was already late and the train returning from Tongzhou entered Yongdingmen Station and never left again.

What Hong Chengchou did one day reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen that night.

After sending Xu Xianchun away, Emperor Chongzhen laughed out loud.

His decision was not wrong, and it would be the most suitable person like Hong Chengchou to be the first minister of the Ministry of Railways.

In order to win his favor, this guy who can use any means to climb up even did the thing of killing prisoners in Shaanxi, and he has resisted all the infamy. This kind of person is not easy to use. The Emperor Chongzhen can only say that he is is a fool.

After all, above the court, there are not so many black and white and right and wrong.

Emperor Chongzhen himself had no idea what would happen if the entire court was filled with officials like Hai Rui.

There must be a few officials like Wen Tiren, Hong Chengchou and even Shi Heshen.

For example, people like Gu Bingqian are shameless, but they are not cruel enough.It's no problem to get the minister of the Ministry of Communications, after all, he has a ready-made skeleton.

But let him deal with the Ministry of Railways, and it will be hell if there are no problems.

Hong Chengchou is very suitable.

As for the fact that this guy had a dark history of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, it was a matter of another Ming Dynasty after all. If Hong Chengchou had been alive for a day, he would have been captured, and he probably would have died without surrendering.

The more intelligent a person is like Hong Chengchou, the less he dares to surrender when he is still alive.

After the court meeting the next day, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Hong Chengchou directly on the platform—Emperor Chongzhen planned to see what this stupid guy who had been posting at Yongdingmen Station all day thought about the railway.

Looking at Hong Chengchou who couldn't hide the haggard look in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Aiqing did a good job in Shaanxi, and I will remember it in my heart."

Hong Chengchou, who was cursing secretly in his heart, had no choice but to thank him - from the magistrate of the prefecture to the minister of the imperial court, the difference here is not a little bit, and many people have no such hope in their whole lives.

After Hong Chengchou thanked him, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "What's Hong Aiqing's opinion on the railway?"

Hong Chengchou secretly said that the play is coming—today's play is not easy to sing.

If he said that his answer satisfied Emperor Chongzhen, then he didn't say anything. Even if he was a fresh minister of the Ministry of Railways, he was stable, and if he went further in the future, it would not be impossible for him to sneak into the cabinet.

If his answer could not satisfy His Majesty the Emperor, then he, the minister of the Ministry of Railways, would also be stable - just be a sounding board honestly, and just follow His Majesty's orders in everything.

As for the rest, it can only be hehe - at the very least, there is no possibility of going further.

After thinking for a while, Hong Chengchou bowed and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, I believe that the first thing about railways lies in Guangzhou. That is to say, in my land of Ming Dynasty, railways should be laid to reach every prefecture and every county.

The second is speed.

Wei Chen had already entered the capital yesterday, observed at Yongdingmen Station for half a day, and found that from the capital to Tongzhou, he could go back and forth twice a day.Not as fast as a galloping horse.

But after all, it is used for transporting goods, which is much more than usual. "

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and signaled Hong Chengchou to continue.

Hong Chengchou continued: "I think that if the speed can be improved, whether it is transporting troops or even allowing the common people to travel by this thing, it will greatly facilitate the communication between the north and the south."

After finishing speaking, Hong Chengchou gritted his teeth again, and simply said if the gambler bet all his family fortune at once: "I think that as long as the communication between the north and the south is convenient, then the south will never have the current situation."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded with a smile, indicating that he agreed with Hong Chengchou's statement.

The current situation in the south, to put it bluntly, is due to the prosperity of commerce and the extremely stable land output, so it has always been somewhat contemptuous of the north.

Although it is said that on the battlefield, the north has completely abused the south, but in terms of economy, imperial examinations, and people's lives, the south has completely abused the north.

It's like the Zhejiang Party, Chu Party, Donglin Party, Fushe Party, and other messy things can be born in the south, but basically none of them are in the north.

Ever since Wu Zetian snatched his son's throne and did it himself, the original generals in the north, or the Guanlong forces, have suffered a devastating blow.

As for creatures like the Shandong Civil Official Group, they just laughed, forget it.

Not to mention Emperor Chongzhen himself knew this question, even the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty knew it well.

But no one has ever dared to expose this issue in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

The reason is simple. Once this problem is exposed, it is tantamount to artificially creating a confrontation between the North and the South.

No one can afford this responsibility.

And the reason why Hong Chengchou is breaking this topic now is to put it bluntly, it is still a gamble.

Anyway, according to Emperor Chongzhen's current emphasis on railways, coupled with his own deception, as long as the problem of north-south communication is resolved, the problem in the south will no longer be a problem.

And I can even use the impression of loyalty and outspokenness to fight for whether I can join the cabinet in the future.

So Hong Chengchou is betting that Emperor Chongzhen is not satisfied with the South now, and he is betting that Emperor Chongzhen attaches enough importance to the Ministry of Railways.