Chapter 876: Building a Road Four

Chen Xie’s educational requirements for future generations is to formulate rules, starting with normal compulsory education, and he can count wherever he can read. As for the matter of supervising his descendants’ learning, it is the job of his own mother, and Chen Xie doesn’t care about it at all. There is only a rigid rule for the future development of his children: not going to politics, doing anything else.

When it comes to the choice of industrial heirs left by Chen Xie, there are three principles: one is ability, two is vision and pattern, and three is courage. Those who are capable have enough ability to maintain their achievements. If they have the vision and pattern have enough development, they must have enough courage to support them. Chen Xie never tells others clearly, but just keeps them silently in his heart. For example, Chen Ping and Chen Fan have both very strong abilities, and their vision and pattern are not bad. To be honest, it seems a bit insufficient to Chen Xie's eyes. Even Chen Ping, such an excellent son, lacks courage in Chen Xie's eyes. Is he really lack courage? No, but Chen Xie demands a big bold pattern, or something that can be expressed from the actual situation. The words can be said to be full of splendor, and it is called fantasy to do it.

When receiving a telegram from North America, Chen Xie was shocked. The content of the telegram was very simple. In one sentence: The Europeans colluded with the indigenous people, and the North American troops were not enough to support the development speed. It was planned to increase troops to four infantry divisions. The content was not particularly surprising. It was a matter of time before Chen Xie's place. The key is that the following signature was not Dai Zhiyuan alone, but Chen Pu's name.

"This kid, this kid." After repeating it twice, Chen Xie laughed. He raised his hand and pressed the bell. A young woman came in and bowed and said, "What are the instructions of the master?" That's right, this woman is Japanese, and only these Japanese people insist on calling Chen Xie that. When it comes to loyalty, they are the most determined group of people. Others have developed to consider personal interests. It's really a helpless thing to say.

"Hezi. Go and check Chen Pu's information." Every descendant who is undergoing inspection has a flying eagle team. After Chen Xie explained this, he did not ask about it anymore. These people will do things well and don't have to worry about it.

Five minutes later, a thick stack of information was delivered to us: "Master, the latest information from two months ago is here."

"Speak. No guests this morning." After Chen Xie solemnly ordered, he began to read these materials carefully and did not go out for a whole morning. During lunch, he also ate a little in the office. It was not until after three o'clock in the afternoon that Chen Xie opened the door to the study: "I notify all the ministers in the cabinet that the ministers will hold a minister's office meeting tomorrow morning."

At about 9:00 the next morning, all the ministers of the cabinet arrived on time. When Chen Xie stepped in for the last minute, everyone stood up one after another. "Everyone has read the materials on the table. Now let's discuss how to deal with the new situation in North America."

The materials were sent to the ministers last night. Everyone has seen them overnight, and some ministers have exchanged opinions with each other. For the Ming Dynasty cabinet, North America is still a bit far away, and due to the current policies and territory, the annual tax revenue accounts for only three percent of the treasury revenue. To put it bluntly, it is a matter of interests, whether it is the cabinet or the Congress. Most people do not agree to increase their investment in North America. After all, what is seen now is a mountain of gold, and there is also Nagasaki in Japan, because North America has become extremely prosperous. But it is another situation in the military. The Ming Dynasty is now a bit invincible, and it is a little exaggerated to say that it is Dugu Qiubai. A group of officers screamed and wanted to find someone to fight a war to make achievements, so they would not consider the country's financial pressure.

This is the butt problem

But there is an exception, that is, Chen Xie's attitude. Once Chen Xie has a tendency, there will be fundamental changes, whether it is the cabinet or the Congress. Especially in Congress, there are several representatives of large capitalists, and each one has an unclear relationship with the Chen family. Especially now, a private capital railway wave has been set off in China, which is at its peak.

Generally speaking, the Navy and the Army are here to make a comeback, but at the beginning of the meeting today, the Minister of Army Lin Ya made efforts, raised her hand and stood up and said: "According to the investigation, North American colonies are constantly expanding westward, from the westernmost important town of Salt Lake to the location of the Governor's Office of Kingsoft, the distance is 1,500 kilometers. In the whole of North America, there is only one infantry division and one under construction. How can this force ensure the safety of such a vast area?"

This is to bully these cabinet masters. They don’t understand the situation in North America. They say it’s a distance of 1,500 kilometers. In fact, there are not many residential areas on this section of the road. They often walk 30 or 50 miles and cannot see people. Relying on the strong firepower, the North American garrisons are all stationed at the first level of the battalion and company, and they are stationed in some key points. For example, in the place of Kingsoft, the regular army is a battalion, and there are no more people. However, North America has its own characteristics, that is, the whole people are soldiers, every household has guns, and they receive regular military training. There are also a large number of horsemen and militia organizations. Protecting their own safety is actually not a big problem.

The people in the cabinet are all powerful, and even if they don’t know the situation in North America, they will not be so easily fooled. So everyone keeps an attitude of listening to what Lin Ya says, and no one takes it too seriously. In the eyes of the cabinet, these soldiers who started their own business by colonies are all monuments, and they don’t regard the money from the treasury as money. If they fall into their pockets, it’s better to do something else. So Lin Ya finished speaking, no one responded, and it’s a bit embarrassing now.

At this time, Navy Minister Jiang Fangcheng stood up and said, "I support Brother Lin's opinion, but I think the most important thing at the moment is to increase the number of new naval warships. Without the strength of the navy, where can the empire be smooth in the sea?"

"Swish..." Someone couldn't help laughing out loud. When he saw that Minister of Education Zhu Zunyi laughed. Sure enough, these Qiu Bas should not be innate. After that, he would definitely be the same. Now he laughed at the same time. If Vice Premier Chen Zilong hadn't coughed, the scene would be difficult to control. At this time, Chen Xie was still closing his eyes and resting as usual, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"North America is so big that it is not inferior to the Ming Dynasty. It is okay to increase its strength, but it is necessary to prevent the feudal states from becoming bigger." Minister of Finance Fang Yizhi spoke, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the two military officials. This is why the Chief of General Staff Wang Ben was old and could not attend the meeting occasionally. Otherwise, he would have to grab a teacup and smash it over. What time has it been. The feudal states were the short-lived.

"I am poor, do you dare to say it again if you have the courage?" Lin Ya is also old-fashioned. She is not afraid of being dismissed from office when she hears this, so she stares at her. She holds a teacup in her hand and makes her want to smash it if she has a disagreement. This is too heartbreaking. No one in the officialdom now mentions this matter, but Fang Yizhi said it.

"Shut up, what do you want to do?" Chen Xie suddenly opened his eyes and dug Lin Ya hard. Lin Ya immediately became honest. He shook his neck and hummed angrily without saying anything. Chen Xie continued: "What Lord Fang said is that there are generally problems with excessive power of the governor in all territories overseas. However, considering its particularity, it has not been adjusted for a long time. This time, it is just right to take advantage of North America's opportunity to try some new measures."

Everyone immediately became quiet, this was the real thing. It was a big deal that Mr. Chen wanted to change the current situation in North America.

"Map" Chen Xie greeted, and Lin Ya immediately walked to the side, lifted the curtain, revealing the North American map. Chen Xie came over, held a pole in his hand, pointed to the map and said, "Please see, this is Kingsoft, this is Los Angeles, and this is Salt Lake City. My idea is very simple. Considering that Salt Lake City is not strong now, you can set up a governor of Los Angeles first. The specific candidate will not consider the military this time. My requirement is to live in North America for a long time. I am familiar with the local situation and have a considerable level of officials."

After giving up such a position, the mentality of the cabinet ministers immediately changed. For a long time, the colonies were dominant in the military. The situation where civil officials could not reach out at all seems to have changed now? Everyone is not stupid. This is the concession made by Chen Xie, otherwise who would be willing to take the risk of offending Chen Xie and take the initiative to mention this. Fang Yizhi's level is enough to trigger a fight.

"Chen Xiang is far-sighted. I'm not as good as I can." Minister of Taxation Zhou Lianggong spoke, and everyone cursed in their hearts: "Stycoon." But no matter how much everyone scolded him, they were very sure of his ability. After this guy became minister, the tax department was now the most brutal department in the Ming Dynasty. As long as he was targeted, he would lose his skin even if he was not dead. Moreover, this guy didn't sell anyone's account and put himself in the position of a lonely minister. However, Chen Xiang still reused such a person, and the way here was very clear.

"Since that's the case, I recommend one person..." Fang Yizhi was interrupted immediately when he spoke again. Dai Mingshi, the Minister of Personnel, snatched a sentence: "Wait a minute, Brother Fang, where are you going?" The two immediately crossed their eyes. Seeing the signs of a large-scale fight, Chen Zilong, who was already prepared, slapped the table and said angrily: "Give me some peace."

The scene became quiet, and Chen Zilong bowed to Chen Xie and said, "This move has been initiated and the system has not been completed. It is better for Chen Xiang to make arbitrary decisions."

No one knows whether Chen Xie has a predetermined candidate in his heart. This is Chen Zilong's cleverness. Chen Xie actually proposed it, so he will return it. Anyway, the ultimate goal is to make it enough for the overseas governor to be a literati. A bone is less than three taels of meat, which is worth the fight between a group of big men in the cabinet.

Looking at the unwilling expressions of civil officials, Chen Zilong sighed in his heart. These people were blinded by interests and didn't notice an important thing, that is, how did this report come to Chen Xie? If you remember correctly, the normal process is to first send it to the cabinet office, and then he, the deputy prime minister, must read it before it can be sent to the ministers and Chen Xie. Finally, Chen Xie decided whether to discuss it in the cabinet based on the severity of the matter.

It's ridiculous that I just wanted to compete for profit without even seeing this.

"Since Wozi said that, I'm not polite. I think Xia Wanchun is good. Los Angeles has made a lot of contributions to this day." Chen Xie gave an answer slowly, and everyone looked for this name in his mind. Xia Wanchun? Whose child can be like Chen Xiang's eyes?

Dai Mingshi of the Human Resources Department knew who Xia Wanchun was. After the Los Angeles administrative agency was established, the list was reported to the Human Resources Department. The personnel department could not manage these people, but they must be recorded. At the time when Los Angeles established a county, Xia Wanchun was the first county magistrate. This would be impossible to make a mistake. After thinking about it carefully, I realized that this kid was from the Jiangnan lineage and knew it in his heart.

Chen Xie said, and naturally even if it was over, the next thing would be simpler. Isn’t North America going to expand its military? OK, I’ll give half of the money and raise the other half by myself. The Ministry of Finance has done this and its attitude is very firm. When money is needed everywhere, would North America, where Kingsoft is in hand, be short of money? If Chen Xie had not been present, he would not have planned to give it. As for the new warship plan proposed by the Admiralty, it was directly rejected by the Ministry of Finance. Don’t even think about it, it would cost no money, but one death.

This position is very firm. If the shipyard's productivity is not built warships, what else can it do? It's very simple, freighter. Now the maritime capitalists in the Ming Dynasty don't care about new steam-powered ocean freighters. Who doesn't have many capitalists behind the cabinet? Songjiang Shipyard's dock is limited. One more warship will have less freighter. This account is easy to calculate.

Chen Xie has always been disdainful of this mentality. If you have the energy to think about it, it is better to spend some thoughts and open a new shipyard. If you don’t have the skills, why don’t you take the initiative to find a shipyard to cooperate? How can you change the traditional business mentality? Chen Xie is also very troubled by this. He launched the railway at the beginning. Do you have to do it again?

The Minister of Navy and the Minister of Finance blushed. Chen Xie sighed and said, "Okay, don't argue." With one sentence, the scene became quiet again. Chen Xie threw out another piece of fat meat: "The coastline of the Ming Dynasty is long, and there are many places suitable for opening shipyards. Isn't it just steam power? It doesn't matter if there is no technology, you can adopt a cooperative approach."

After browsing, most people at the scene had their eyes red. What does this mean? After the railway is opened, will the shipbuilding be opened again?

In fact, these people have ignored one problem: the core technology that is indispensable for railways and shipbuilding, that is, power.

The cabinet meeting ended, and the scene of more than a dozen big men leaving was quite spectacular, and they couldn't wait to contact each other by phone, so they had to talk to each other in person, so as not to be unclear. And they had to discuss what it meant. They didn't know that just because a road building in North America caused a huge turmoil within the Chen family, and the rise of a rising star was unstoppable. To be continued.

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