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Padwheel steamships are like monsters, looking extremely ugly, but falling into Chen Xie's eyes, this is a huge leap. Steamships are not simply individuals, they involve many related technologies. This is a characteristic of the development of industrial technology. For example, battleships in modern history can be said to be the culmination of the shipbuilding industry. There are as many as 2,000 technologies involved.

Steamboats are now just a primary product, but they have already used dozens of new technologies. Paddlewheel steamboats may be a bit difficult to run to the sea, but there is absolutely no problem in the Yangtze River. This is a steamboat that can sail without wind and manpower. In this era, this is the prelude to a new era.

"Gei, why don't you go up and take a look?" Chen Zilong seemed very excited on the side. Chen Xie shook his head calmly: "If you don't go up, just take a look at it." Standing by the river, watching the paddle steamer wandering back and forth on the river several times, Chen Xie silently put down his telescope and said, "Go back, remember, we have witnessed the opening of a new era."

The process of accepting new things is often difficult, but this is nothing to Chen Xie. Since the widespread use of steam engines, Chen Xie has unconsciously become an image spokesperson. As a celebrity of this era, Chen Xie is a benchmark in the Ming Dynasty. As long as he is involved in the field, there is nothing he does not make money, which has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In fact, this paddle steamer does not make money, and it also requires huge investment and is not so practical. But Chen Xie is not in a hurry, so he will wait for the propeller to be implemented in the future.

In the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty, when the plum rain was thick, two letters from the capital appeared in front of Chen Xie. One letter was written by Zhu Cixuan. He carefully talked about the imperial meeting and knew that Chen Xie did not like to make so many etiquettes. In the letter, Zhu Cixuan also made a lot of plain words. Finally, Chen Xie would be better to come to the capital to prepare for the court promotion in September. Another letter was written by Yang Tinglin, which represented the meaning of Lu Xiangsheng and Shi Kefa, meaning that Chen Xie could think about the future of the Ming Dynasty and not indulge the young monarch too much to avoid recreating the situation in the early Ming Dynasty. This is a more polite statement. In fact, the Chongzhen Dynasty also reached the level of Zhu Yuanzhang in terms of court rights. However, Zhu Youjian's personal ability was too much worse than Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because of Chen Xie's existence, the young emperor not only sat firmly, but also did not expect the civil officials in terms of authority. After Chen Xie left, he would have a one-sided situation. Restricting the power of the monarch has always been the ideal of civil officials. The so-called rule with a pride is the best situation in the minds of civil officials. It is the peak of civil officials.

In short, it means that Chen Sihua is a civil servant, so don’t stand in the wrong team. Do you think the life of being killed by the emperor is better? Interestingly, when Yang Tinglin wrote a letter to Chen Xie, he also spoke vernacular.

After reading the two letters carefully, Chen Xie sighed and walked to the door to watch the fine rain covering the sky. Zhu Cixuan's reply was easy to write. Isn't it just a name for the new yamen? Chen Xie didn't even have to use his mind, but he thought of a ready-made name "Development and Reform Commission". Chen Xie took the first director himself. He also made a bold decision. No matter any new measures in the future, the Consulting Bureau will be invited to participate.

As for Yang Tinglin's letter, Chen Xie didn't know how to reply. The differences in ideas were too big. Yang Tinglin, Lu Xiangsheng, and Shi Kefa, their character was fine. But the ideals they insisted on were too big and Chen Xie's ideals were too big.

After thinking about it again and again, Chen Xie asked someone to call Chen Zilong. He took out Yang Tinglin's letter to show him. After Chen Zilong looked carefully, he sighed and said, "It's so difficult to govern with the arch and the top of the cultural governance." Then he said, "Why did Yang Boxiang use vernacular? It's really embarrassing him." As he said that, he looked over with malicious intentions, but Chen Xie, who couldn't even penetrate the bullets, didn't see it in front of him.

"Water, I'm not talking about vernacular Chinese, the key point! Tell me the key point!" Chen Xie quickly stopped the trend of the crooked building. Chen Zilong smiled and said, "What can I do? Since Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, there has been little balance between the monarch and the ministers. After the abolition of the literati, it is expected to cure the root cause, but the priests are young and energetic now..." Chen Zilong quickly stopped talking and privately slandered the saints, which is not a good habit. Although the ministers often criticized the emperor in person, they also complained privately that Chen Xie was the emperor's brother-in-law at least.

"Forget it, I shouldn't discuss this matter with you. You didn't grasp the key to the problem at all." Chen Xie shook his head and wanted to chase the person. Chen Zilong stopped doing it and said with his neck, "Gei Department, if you invite me, you should explain it to me clearly. What is the key?"

Chen Xie sighed and said, "What is the key? Absolute rights can only breed absolute *! The power of the monarch needs to be restricted, and I undoubtedly agree with this. But I ask back, when it comes to the day when the rule is really coming, who will limit the power of the ministers? I won't say anything about the cabinet. Three years of Qing magistrates, do you think this is nonsense? "

Chen Xie said, Chen Zilong was silent and had no words. This was too cruel and hit the vital point. Yes, the power of the monarch is terrible, but what about the power of the minister? At this time, Chen Zilong understood Chen Xie's distress. He originally planned to say "We read the books of sages...", but he found that he could not speak. The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were all urinating. He knew that Hai Rui had, but he was just one. Of course, there were many officials who did not love money, but they could not resist the love of power.

The emperor's rights need to be curbed. Does it mean that the rights of ministers do not require supervision?

"Water, if those people in the outer court cannot see this, or if they see it but do not want to touch it, you should not mention the matter of limiting the power of the monarch. To say something slander, look at the problem from the perspective of national interests, many civil officials are not even as good as Wei Zhongxian." When Chen Xie said this, Chen Zilong stopped doing it, and his eyes turned red, and he stared at him: "Why did the Pavilion Ministry say this? The eunuch party is a disaster for the world, and the chaos is beyond the rules, how...."

Chen Xie raised his hand and said, "Stop, stop, don't be excited. I'll ask you, did the Nine Borders cut off the Nine Borders when Wei Zhongxian was in power? Let me ask you again, Wei Zhongxian is a royal slave. Can you deceive people with wise men?"

Chen Zilong remained silent. He knew that Chen Xie’s two questions were not answered. This guy simply bowed and said, “Please give me advice.” Chen Xie was so amused and shook his head and said, “In this way, I will tell you my thoughts and everyone will discuss it. If you have something to say, Chen will not be guilty of the person.”

"But!" Chen Zilong nodded, and Chen Xie smiled and said, "It was still a problem at the beginning. If it weren't for the levy of commercial tax and the land merger led to the reduction of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue, would you be able to solve this problem?" Chen Zilong shook his head, what a joke, how many people wanted to solve this problem but couldn't solve it. How could he do it?

Chen Xie said again: "Putting aside the problem of corruption, the reduction of national tax revenue has led to the emptiness of the treasury. Once there is a natural disaster, the court is unable to provide relief and civil unrest, can you cure this problem?" Chen Zilong simply shook his head and said: "It cannot be solved." Chen Xie raised another question: "If the civil officials have been completely controlled in the future, will the possibility of starting to reduce the commercial tax rate exist? Is it possible that the commercial tax abolishes? If both possibilities exist, then, is it possible that the treasury is in a state of emptiness again?"

Chen Zilong's face turned red, and he couldn't answer at all. Because what Chen Xie said had happened before. The most popular thing that civil officials said was that they were poor and the Ministry of Revenue had no money. Please open an inner treasury. If the emperor opened various prisons among the people and moved some money into the inner treasury, it was called competing for profit with the people. Even if the emperor wanted to do some business, it would be competing for profit with the people.

"When the late emperor was in the court, he had patches on his clothes he wore during his daily life. Do you think such clothes would be worn by a civil servant? Don't say that Hai Rui!" Chen Xie destroyed the only evidence in time, and then Chen Zilong didn't know how to answer?

"In a country, the emperor is saving money, but the people and the officialdom are endless luxury. This is the phenomenon I saw when I was the last emperor. Do you think it is strange? Do you think it is normal? Do you think it is so embarrassed to say something to cure it?" Chen Xie asked another question. Chen Zilong shook his head this time and said simply: "Gei, say, I listen."

Chen Xie started a new round of deception, raised his hand and stretched out his index finger and said, "First, why do I want to develop industry and commerce? This is not just because of the national taxation problem, but to find a way out for the people who have lost their land. The time of the late emperor was 4 million taels next year, which is a huge difference compared to the time of Taizu. The reason is that the gentry did not pay grain. Not only did they not pay grain, but they even wanted to save the industrial and commercial tax. People's greed has no end."

Chen Zilong nodded silently and agreed with this statement. His family is a landlord, why don’t he know this? Chen Xie stretched out another finger and said, “Second, why do you open the sea? The purpose of collecting tariffs is also to find a way out for the people of the Ming Dynasty. I have been doing these things by immigrating officials and immigrating to Nanyang. I have been paying money by myself. May I ask, except for me, so many officials in the Ming Dynasty, who would do this? It’s such a big joke to make a porridge till dare to claim to be a good deed. I don’t see how many people in the world are struggling to survive under the exploitation of the gentry of the Ming Dynasty. Where did the rice they used to open the porridge till come from? I’m not afraid to tell you, Chen once had an idea and simply took the people who couldn’t survive in the world to completely overthrow this world where people can’t live."

Thumb! Chen Zilong sat on the ground with his butt, trembling violently all over his body. (To be continued)

ps:ps: A guest came to my home and delayed writing. I’m sorry.

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