Facts have proved that being prime minister in the Song Dynasty was the most mentally stressed.

He was shrouded in imperial power everywhere and restricted by the emperor.

Just talking about Duan Zhijie's appointment as a military commander on Jingdong Road was clearly the emperor's men standing there. How to manage it in the future is not entirely a matter of issuing orders from the Political Affairs Hall.

You can also think of what policies will Duan Zhijie, the butcher Duan Zhijie implement on Jingdong Road next.

Since then, some officials have privately discussed that the emperor is likely to change the prime minister, because Xu Churen's methods are still too gentle and do not meet the emperor's taste.

However, Tang Ke, the assistant minister, came to the nail on the head: the emperor's personality was already hard enough. If he found a prime minister with the same temper, it would be obvious that the situation would be unbalanced.

In this way, the emperor will not replace the prime minister for the time being. After all, the right way is to combine hardness and softness.

After Duan Zhijie received the appointment from the Ministry of Personnel of the Political Affairs Department, he rushed to Jingdong Road in a night.

The place where Duan Zhijie went was not Yingtianfu, the capital of Jingdong Road, but Qingzhou, Jingdong Road.

The main turmoil this time was on Jingdong East Road. The guards in front of Yulin had already taken the lead, and Duan Zhijie went to the aftermath and eliminated insects.

The next day, the emperor slept until the afternoon.

After a summer rain, the sun is particularly bright.

After getting up, Zhao Huan finished washing up and wore a light white shirt. Because the weather was hot, he tied up his hair and looked refreshed.

After dinner, the emperor went to inspect the latest situation of the firearm camp.

Chen Zhaojun's firearms are becoming more and more decent.

The emperor was very satisfied and stayed in the firearm camp for a full hour. Most of this time spent bragging with the soldiers.

If a minister saw it, he would definitely sigh that this rogue emperor was really insulting.

After leaving the firearm camp, Zhao Huan turned around and went to the Academy of Sciences again.

When the emperor arrived at the Academy of Sciences, he changed his face.

He became polite, gentle and amiable, like a young talent who was well-read in poetry and books.

He speaks very carefully and cares for everyone.

If there are ministers here, they will also sigh that the emperor's face changed faster than reading a book.

While drinking iced sake, Zhao Huan was chatting with Sima Qi and others like a simple craftsman, his eyes shining, staring at the huge, smoking steel.

To be precise, it's steaming.

This is a very primitive version of the steam engine, but in fact, it has been improved four times since Zhao Huan asked to release the first version.

In the past six months and over a year, Sima Qi has done almost nothing and is studying the task assigned by the emperor.

Improved every month.

Under Zhao Huan's suggestion, this steam engine already has a separate condenser, with an insulation layer outside the cylinder, lubricating pistons, planetary gears, parallel motion connecting rod mechanisms, throttle valves and pressure test metering, and a centrifugal speed controller, which is almost exactly the same as the Watt steam engine.

Zhao Huan had to sigh that the talented and skilled craftsmen in the Song Dynasty were really powerful, and he just reminded him a little.

For a purely theoretical school like Zhao Huan, it is completely impossible for him to do it, and he can't even repair the light bulb.

Fortunately, he is an omnivorous person. When he was studying, he read a little bit of everything, but he was proficient in almost nothing.

The steam engine is the basic principle he saw when reading world history books.

If Sima Qi hadn't been a mechanical genius, it would have been impossible for Zhao Huan to create this thing based on Zhao Huan's description.

In fact, being able to iterate so quickly is inseparable from the emperor's spending a lot of money on scientific research.

Just talk about this steam engine, when the emperor first asked for it, he sent people to search for something related to it.

Those people dig almost three feet to search, and they spend money on water.

In just half a year, the research and development of the steam engine alone has cost two million yuan.

Almost made of money.

This budget has seriously exceeded the number submitted by Han Gonglian to the Zhou Dynasty a year ago, and the Zhou Dynasty went to the emperor to file complaints more than once.

The Zhou Dynasty denounced the Academy of Sciences to spend money randomly, accused someone of the Academy of Sciences of making money full, and asked the inspector to file a case for verification.

But this matter has been suppressed by the emperor. Although the numbers on the bills of the Academy of Sciences are getting bigger and bigger, even the ministers in the court suspected that the Academy of Sciences have huge loopholes.

But in this matter, Liu Yanzong seemed to be deaf and blind, unable to see anything and knew nothing.

The Censorate also obediently, only causing trouble for a few prime ministers, and he kept silent about some things about the Academy of Sciences in the court.

In terms of technology, Zhao Huan has completely become a money player. He will not hesitate to solve problems that can be replenished by recharging money.

As the steam engine became more and more hot, the emperor's eyes lit up while tasting the imperial sake of the palace.

He seemed to have seen the future of the Song Dynasty and the vast pace of the times in those steams.

Once that step is taken, human history will undergo earth-shaking changes, and no one can stop it from going forward.

That’s right, he is changing history, and he opened up a great era: the era of industrial revolution!

What's even more amazing is that everyone in the Academy of Sciences is now impressed by the emperor.

The previous attitude towards the emperor was the attitude of the ministers towards the emperor.

Now, in addition to the attitude of the ministers towards the king, they also have absolute admiration for their peers!

Just like those students who do scientific research admire Taishan Beidou in the academic world.

In their eyes, the emperor had too many things in his mind that they could not imagine.

If the emperor hadn't been giving advice, those things might not have been made for hundreds of years.

What is the most important thing for invention?

That one percent of inspiration is the most important!

From nothing to something is not the most difficult.

From having no concept at all to having talent is the most difficult thing.

This means groping in a dark ocean without knowing what is ahead.

However, now the emperor has solved such a problem and told everyone that this thing exists and you only need to do what I said.

This difficulty is greatly reduced!

The prototype of the steam engine came out, and the emperor gave the Academy of Sciences another instruction that in a month, he would see the steam locomotive.

He described the steam locomotive in his mind, and Sima Qi was so excited that he almost knelt down on the emperor.

After pretending to be a slut at the Academy of Sciences, Zhao Huan turned around and left.

This feeling is really great. It is very pleasant to show off in front of top talents in the Song Dynasty every day.

Before returning to the palace, Zhao Huan bought a newspaper from a newspaper seller on the streets of Tokyo.

The headline of the newspaper: The emperor rereads "The people are the most important, the country is the next, and the king is the least important."

Today's Great Song Dynasty newspapers, almost most of the pages are about the current emperor's understanding of Mencius's words.

The core idea is that in the emperor's mind, the people are the most important, and the interests of the people must always be put first.

There are publications in Tokyo City, which means that there are publications in places across the country, including in a certain village.

This is an educational cognition from top to bottom.

In Zhao Huan's mind, his basic position will always be the people and the army, redistribute the interests of the nobles, landlords and gentry, and then improve productivity, so that the people can have a way out. I believe that no matter how hard the emperor makes trouble, ordinary people will not rebel.

Five days later, Han Shizhong's army returned to Gyeonggi Road one after another.

After the turmoil on Jingdong Road was suppressed, a bloody storm was set off with Duan Zhijie's takeover.

He killed more than 200 people in just one month.

These people are either rich children or local gentry and nobles.

The reason for the killing is also irrefutable.

Not only that, he also fought against the Imperial City Office on Jingdong Road, scolding Du Shaojun, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial City Office on Jingdong Road, and then sent one impeachment memorial after another to the capital.

It is the kind of state that makes the entire officialdom of Jingdong Road uneasy.

As a result, five prefectures were removed in this month, and Xu Churen was so angry that he slapped the table at the Political Affairs Hall and scolded Duan Zhijie as a rogue.

This is not only the Political Affairs Hall, but also the Hanlin Academy complains. Some schools on Jingdong Road are under construction, and the frequent replacement of magistrates has seriously hindered the construction of schools.

Not only that, Tang Ke was also cursing Duan Zhijie, and his Shangyusi local government office was almost investigated by Duan Zhijie.

But they couldn't catch any evidence of Duan Zhisuke's abuse of his private rights and had no choice.

In this matter, the Inspectorate, which was originally in opposition to the Political Affairs Hall, was drinking tea and watching the show.

Zhao Huan spent a fixed time every day to read the memorials sent by Duan Zhisui.

He would also take time to read Du Shaojun's memorial. The commander-in-chief of the Imperial City Department of Jingdong Road scolded Duan Zhijie in the memorial and reported that he abused his private rights, but he just could not provide evidence.

The entire officialdom of Jingdong Road staged a good show due to the legacy of the flood.

From this good show, Zhao Huan also saw many problems currently in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty.
To be continued...