OBS Chapter 1195 No, what exactly is causing us this headache?
Chapter 1195 No, what exactly is causing us this headache?
Having gathered all the protective charms, Yang Shaofeng strode confidently toward the Forbidden City.
Then, Yang Shaofeng encountered Wang Guangyang in the Qianqing Palace.
"The Light Industry Division, which oversees workshops in food manufacturing, textiles, sewing, leather and fur production, papermaking, and printing."
"The Heavy Industry Department, which is in charge of mineral extraction, iron and steel smelting, cement, and machinery manufacturing."
"There is also the Chemical Industry Division, which is in charge of petroleum-related matters."
"..."
"That's the general plan. With Nanjing and Beiping as the focus and pilot areas, we'll first divide up the industrial zones and then start building the workshops."
"Then, in accordance with the five-year plan given by the cabinet, various workshops were built, focusing on Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu and Sichuan."
"The Ministry of Railways will then cooperate to build railways connecting Qin, Jin, Gan, and Sichuan to the coastal areas within five years, so that goods from these places can be transported to the coast."
Wang Guangyang first gave a general outline of the Ministry of Industry, then changed the subject and began to plead poverty and misery to Emperor Zhu and Li Shanchang: "The tricky thing now is that the Ministry of Railways needs refined steel, but with the current iron smelting technology and ore mining level of the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Railways."
"Unless...unless a large amount of manpower and resources are used, but that might affect agriculture."
"Therefore, I thought it best to ask Your Majesty to transfer some personnel from the School of Metallurgy and School of Chemical Engineering of Dengzhou University to the Ministry of Industry."
"Three hundred or five hundred is not too much, and thirty or fifty is not too little."
Emperor Zhu stared blankly at Wang Guangyang for a moment, then asked, "How much?"
Three or five hundred is not too much, and thirty or fifty is not too little?
You old scoundrel, you really know how to spout nonsense!
We won't give you even thirty!
With a dark and sour face, Emperor Zhu said, "Does Minister Wang know what the various colleges of Dengzhou University are for?"
Wang Guangyang, with his neck stiff, said, "Your Majesty, I know what Dengzhou University is for and what its importance is."
Emperor Zhu's face darkened further, and Wang Guangyang became increasingly assertive: "It is precisely because I know this that I have come to the emperor to request personnel—I know that the Ministry of Rites wants to expand more than thirty universities, but where in Dengzhou University can we find so many people to give to the Ministry of Rites?"
"Besides, even if all the students of Dengzhou University were given to the Ministry of Rites, they would still have built more than thirty universities. The question is, does our Great Ming Dynasty have that many students who are qualified to study at universities?"
"Instead of that, it would be better to allocate the students of Dengzhou University to the Ministry of Industry. At least the Ministry of Industry can solve the needs of the Ministry of Railways first. The Ministry of Railways' demand for steel is related to the railway, and the railway is related to the livelihood of the people in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, and Sichuan."
"..."
Wang Guangyang righteously demanded the person from Emperor Zhu, while Yang Shaofeng, listening from the side, became more and more confused.
its not right.
What's wrong with that old scoundrel Wang Guangyang? Why did he come to cause trouble for Lao Deng before I did?
The problem is that this old scoundrel's tactics for causing trouble for Lao Deng are exactly the same as my own!
As the saying goes, rear-end collisions are not scary, but whoever is in the car behind is embarrassed. If it had happened a day later, wouldn't it have been me copying that old scoundrel Wang's idea?
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this, Emperor Zhu looked at him with a dark expression.
"Oh, isn't this the Prince Consort of our Great Ming Dynasty, who can fall asleep leaning against the dragon throne as soon as he attends court, and who is also the Duke of Yingguo, the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Inspector of Eight Provinces, the Prefect of Dengzhou, and the Magistrate of Ningyang, as well as the Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies and the Grand Secretariat?"
"Why don't you stay at the Prince Consort's mansion and leisurely enjoy your little dragon dumplings? What brings you here?"
"What, you find the dragon pillars in the Hall of Supreme Harmony uncomfortable and want to try the pillars in the Hall of Heavenly Purity?"
Emperor Zhu made a sarcastic remark to Yang Shaofeng, leaving Yang Shaofeng completely bewildered.
Wait, what the hell is going on here?
I haven't even taken out the memorial yet, why is this old man already making sarcastic remarks?
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this, Emperor Zhu snorted coldly and said to the black sesame dumpling, "Show him those memorials, let him see what kind of scoundrels he has raised!"
Yang Shaofeng casually handed the memorial in his hand to Heizhima Tangyuan, and then took a stack of memorials from Heizhima Tangyuan.
"Zhou, the magistrate of Luan County, petitioned to establish a mining area and build schools and hospitals within it?"
"Geng, the magistrate of Zunhua County, petitioned to allow some local residents to take time off work at the mines as a pilot project?"
"..."
As he slowly flipped through the pages, Yang Shaofeng's face gradually turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Zhou Liangyu, who was a bit timid, was actually a bit better. It was quite normal for him to petition for the construction of schools and hospitals around the mining area, since the people of Luan County would ultimately benefit.
However, Geng Xingming of Zunhua County went a bit too far—allowing some people to leave farming and work wholeheartedly in the mines.
That damn thing, it's the same memorial I submitted again, you bastard!
The more Yang Shaofeng flipped through the pages, the darker his face became, while Emperor Zhu's face was already deathly dark when he saw the first memorial.
Without visiting the countryside, without witnessing firsthand how people farm, and without seeing their livelihoods, one has no right to speak on matters such as "encouraging agriculture and sericulture."
It is also suggested that we take some time to go out and visit more people in the countryside, and ideally, write a written "Investigation Report".
Good heavens, you're really afraid that our emperor will become idle!
There was also this memorial requesting the establishment of different workshops based on regional conditions, and allowing some people to leave farming while still retaining their farmland...
The more Emperor Zhu looked at it, the more headache he got.
But as the pain continued, Emperor Zhu chuckled and instructed Chen Zhong to deliver the memorial to Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen.
No, what exactly is causing us this headache?
Although this bastard wants us to write some kind of "investigation report", doesn't this just give us a reason to leave the palace?
We originally planned to gradually hand over the affairs of the court to Biao'er, and now, all the reasons are readily available.
As for the workshops and whether they should leave farming and work while retaining arable land, these are headaches for the cabinet and various ministries, supervisory commissions, temples and monasteries. This scoundrel is the cabinet advisor himself, and there are also Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, plus a whole bunch of ministers, supervisors, temple ministers and monastery directors. They all receive our salaries, so shouldn't they be worrying about these issues for us?
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, so he said, "How about this, we'll take some time to go out for a walk and see the situation. We'll leave the affairs of the court to Biao'er for now, and Mr. Shanchang and Mr. Qingtian, you should also help keep an eye on things."