The most arrogant in history

Sang Buyi said:

"Winter in Liaodong is too cold, with heavy snowfall at any time. The swamps turn into frozen soil, making it impossible to carry out construction. For example, now, in two months, the construction team will have to stop working.

Moreover, Liaodong cannot be self-sufficient in food, and most of it depends on us for transportation. The large garrison, plus the construction team, puts a lot of pressure on logistics. "

Ye Kun nodded: "Then take your time. Next spring, when the flowers bloom, we will send another 10,000 people to launch a surprise attack and connect the highway and the canal to Liaoze."

At this time, the Songnen Plain and the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains were not under China's actual control.

Ye Kun must first develop and construct Liaoze and open up roads to prepare for the next step of controlling the Northeast.

Jiang Youcai's father-in-law He Kangju said:

"The search of mountains and seas in the East China Peninsula has been completed. Two-way immigration is almost done. I suggest that 20,000 of the 50,000 troops stationed on the East China Peninsula be withdrawn to participate in the construction of Liaodong. The remaining garrison troops will be responsible for deterring the local foreign races."

Ye Kun pondered: "But, East China Peninsula also needs construction?"

He Kangju said: "Leave all the unmarried soldiers in the East China Peninsula, get married there, turn swords into plowshares, and build the East China Peninsula. There are still many local women."

Ye Kun smiled and asked for everyone's opinions.

Sang Buyi said, "As for the East China Peninsula, we can just do it half-heartedly. For the time being, we will follow Lord He's advice. In ten or eight years, when our population is larger, we can move a few more big families there and develop the area."

Ma Zhengyang and others also had the same idea.

In their minds, the East China Peninsula is not a good place either.

There are many mountains and little land, and the climate is extremely cold.

Ye Kun nodded and agreed with He Kangju's opinion:

"I agree with Lord He's proposal, but it's almost August and it's going to snow in the north. Let's move the garrison to Liaodong next year."

Ye Kun turned his gaze back to the map and said:

"The Songnen Plain runs through the Liaohe Plain to the north. To the northeast of the Songnen Plain is the Sanjiang Plain. This large area is called the Northeast Plain, which has great potential and fertile land. If the Northeast Plain is fully developed, it can feed hundreds of millions of people.

Therefore, the Liaohe Plain is extremely important as a passage. Next year, we must penetrate the Liaohe Plain. The year after, we must actually control the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains, and even further.”

Wu Qiong thought for a moment and said in deep thought:

"Your Majesty, is our plan too urgent? We must take back the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains, but it will take some time. The people are somewhat dissatisfied with the border expansion and military operations every year.

Now, the South China Peninsula has just been taken, and the Yunnan-Myanmar area is still building roads and canals, which is a huge project. The country is also building the North-South Grand Canal and building railways. Now we are sending troops to the Tianzhu Peninsula and then to the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains. Is it too hasty? "

Ye Kun smiled and explained:

"I have always been very steady in doing things, and I have never been too hasty. As for the Indian Peninsula, we are not planning a large-scale attack and occupation, but a plan of nibbling away at it. There are only tens of thousands of remnants of Goguryeo and Xianbei people in the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains, so it won't be too much trouble.

What are the areas of public grievances you mentioned? "

Wu Qiong hesitated for a moment, took out a small cheat sheet and handed it to Ye Kun.

Ye Kun read it carefully and couldn't help but laugh.

This small newspaper, called "Bamboo Grove Miscellaneous Talks", was published once every ten days. It was handwritten by several folk writers and distributed on a small scale.

The main content of the newspaper is the exchange of literature, music, and discussion of current affairs.

The editors were all famous, either literary masters or experts in music. They were roughly equivalent to the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, bohemian people.

The criticism of Ye Kun in Zhulin Zatan was mainly about his border expansion and immigration policies, comparing Ye Kun to Emperor Wu, who was warlike and harassed the people.

He also criticized Ye Kun's policies to change customs.

For example, short hair and short clothes are encouraged, love songs are promoted, and boys and girls study in the same school and classes.

Some people also criticized Ye Kun's previous poems for being vulgar, straightforward, shallow and tasteless.

However, some comments also acknowledged Ye Kun's contribution to the unification of Kyushu and the many agricultural crops he introduced, which improved people's living standards.

Ye Kun finished reading Bamboo Forest Talk and said with a smile: "I'm sure all of you have read this tabloid. What do you think?"

Ma Zhao said: "These guys just have nothing to do after eating. I think we should all arrest them and send them to the hard labor camp. If they talk nonsense, it will inevitably affect the authority of the court and interfere with our decision-making."

In the past, Ma Zhao also cursed Ye Kun and often argued with Ye Kun.

It’s different now. Only now do the heads of households realize how expensive firewood and rice are.

He was in charge of the country's laws and prisons, and he knew very well that such tabloids would bring instability, and if not handled properly, they could spread a prairie fire.

Sang Buyi said, "These people have some prestige among the people. If we arrest them all, I'm afraid it will be hard to explain. But we can warn them and order them not to talk nonsense, or prohibit such folk handwritten newspapers."

Ye Kun asked: "Where are these guys?"

"In Luoyang, Central Plains."

"Tell the governor of Luoyang to invite all these guys over so I can have a chat with them. If they don't come, tie them up and bring them to me!"

Sang Buyi was surprised: "The emperor plans to kill these people?"

"I don't kill people, I only destroy their hearts." Ye Kun said with a smile: "Invite them over first, and then we can talk."

Everyone nodded.

After three consecutive days of meetings, Ye Kun finally had time to go to the Science and Technology City to check out the latest progress.

He Tiantian and others welcomed Ye Kun and held another day-long meeting to report on various progress.

The railway, which was originally planned to be 200 miles long, has finally been fully opened and has been trial-run several times. It has twelve carriages, each with a load of 30,000 kilograms, and a speed of 50 miles per hour.

Judging from the results of the trial run, the effect is quite satisfactory.

Although the speed is not high, it is not as fast as a horse in a short race. However, a horse cannot run continuously for a whole day, but a train can.

At this speed, in one day and one night, it would be a thousand miles.

No carriage can do that while loaded!

What's more, the train carries hundreds of thousands of pounds each time!

Ye Kun asked: "How long can our steam engine run stably now?"

He Tiantian said: "The best steam engine has a service life of half a month. Normally, it needs to be repaired and the seals and bearings replaced every two or three days. Seals and bearings are still technical difficulties. Once these two problems are solved, the steam engine will be mature and can be put into large-scale use."

Sun Yi said: "The problem with the bearings is that they are not precise enough, which leads to severe wear and tear, and other accessories are also prone to problems. The problem with the seals is that they are not wear-resistant."

Ye Kun nodded: "Then have you found a way to solve it?"

Pang Jia said: "The lack of precision in the bearings is because the lathes are not precise enough; the lack of precision in the lathes is because the quality of the materials is not good enough. So we need to solve the problem from the source, synthesize high-quality materials, make high-precision lathes, and produce precision bearings."