Chapter 132                                                                                                                             

If Wang Zongmu had only had a confused concept of railways before, he was moved by the thought of such a long railway at this moment. He did not leave immediately, but watched for a while. He found that the railway was usually a locomotive with five to six carriages.

The reason why it is different from the Hukou Railway is that this railway is a simple freight railway.

The Hukou Railway also transports people. With the same power, the carriages driven are naturally different.

After all, the JD Railway is different from the Hukou Railway. The Hukou Railway is in the wilderness and opens up the joints of the waterway. It is a must-have. However, the JD Railway is different. The section from Beijing to Tongzhou can be said to be the most prosperous road in the Ming Dynasty and the best official road. The route is not long and there are people on the roadside. People can walk. The railway and the train are new things. No one dares to get on the train easily. Therefore, this road can only passively become a freight railway.

Fortunately, as Beijing's largest city, it is not only a consumption city, but also a place for materials to be distributed. There is a constant stream of goods that need to be entered into Beijing. There is no loss.

Wang Zongmu originally wanted to take a train to Beijing, but he knew it was a freight train, so he gave up. But he looked at the railway and had infinite reverie in his heart. He said intimately: "If the train is not exhausted and can pass through the world, how great would it be?"

Wang Zongmu knew very well. Many taxes in the Ming Dynasty were not high, and they were high in miscellaneous taxes. Among these miscellaneous taxes, transportation costs were the most important one. Why did Wang Zongmu devote himself to sea transportation? It was not that he was interested in the ocean, but that he knew that as long as the sea transportation was completed, the tax paid in his hometown could save 20 or 30% of it, which is not a small amount.

If all the food in the Ming Dynasty could enter Beijing by train, the savings would be astronomical.

But the only thing that is difficult to deal with is that the Ming Dynasty did not directly record these miscellaneous taxes in the taxes, which reduced the burden on the people, but there was no change in the court's income, just like this shipping. Although it saved a considerable amount of expenses and was estimated to be more than one million stones of grain consumption, for the Ministry of Revenue, there was no change in the grain recorded. Oh, the only change is that Fang Du also collected the consumption and charged 50,000 stones.

The court lacked the motivation to implement this matter.

When Wang Zongmu thought of this, he felt that he was thinking a little more.

However, when Wang Zongmu really saw the railway, he had become a hard-core Zhou Party. The reason is very simple. Most bureaucrats who claim to be practical are essentially pragmatists. They don’t care about what kind of ideology or theory, as long as they are useful, they can be used.

Zhou Mengchen has proved that his theory is useful and naturally has some recognition.

Gao Gong was the same. Gao Gong debated Zhou Mengchen's qi in the capital, not to praise Zhou Mengchen's stinking feet. Gao Gong was extremely arrogant and could be said to be full of pride. Even if he relied on Zhou Mengchen, he would not speak specifically for Zhou Mengchen. In fact, he saw that Zhou Mengchen's knowledge was based on the knowledge.

Then he waved the flag and shouted and spoke for Zhou Mengchen. Although he did not fully recognize Zhou Mengchen's theory.

When Wang Zongmu entered the capital, he handed a post at the palace gate and then rested in the post station. The news quickly spread throughout the capital.

Xu Jie was naturally the first group of people to know. He even knew earlier than Yan Song. It was not that Yan Song was not well-informed, but because Yan Song was not very energetic. He rested a lot at night than Xu Jie, and the old man slept very lightly even if he fell asleep early. He would easily wake up when there was movement, and he would not be able to sleep next day, and he would be in a bad mood the next day. He was not enough to deal with the heavy government affairs.

Therefore, once Yan Song fell asleep, he would not encounter any major events and would not allow others to disturb him.

The incident of Wang Zongmu entering Beijing is not considered a so-called major event by Yan Song.

Xu Jie estimated that Yan Song would not know about this tomorrow morning.

Xu Jie asked Zhang Juzheng and said, "The cabinet will definitely discuss the shipping matter tomorrow. What should I do?"

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he knew that there was something else to say.

This is not about asking about shipping, but about the relationship with Zhou Mengchen.

Nowadays, many people in the officialdom think that Zhou Mengchen is Xu Jie's person. Zhou Mengchen has many things in Jiangnan and has also fought for more voice for Xu Jie. In the eyes of ordinary people, even if what Zhou Mengchen does is not instructed by Xu Jie, Xu Jie should speak for Zhou Mengchen and protect Zhou Mengchen.

If things were just that simple, Xu Jie would not have come to ask Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng was silent for a while and said, "Teacher, what's wrong with it?"

Xu Jie said, "It's still agile uncle. Go there and take the third box on the bookshelf."

As he said, Zhang Juzheng took the third box on the bookshelf, and there was a lock on it.

Xu Jie did not take the box, but gave Zhang Juzheng a bronze key, asked Zhang Juzheng to open it, and said, "You can take a look."

After Zhang Juzheng opened it, he saw a thick stack of letters. Zhang Juzheng was not surprised by this. Because Xu Jie knew the following situation, he was to communicate with officials below or gentry who had retired. Xu Jie's daily communication volume was quite amazing.

This also maintains a huge network of relationships.

But after Zhang Juzheng read the letter, he frowned without hesitation.

All of these letters came from Jiangnan, and were the bosses on the side of Xinxue, Wang Ji and others, including Xu Jie's mentor Nie Bao. Zhang Juzheng only read a few letters and knew it. These were all bad things about Zhou Mengchen. He directly criticized Zhou Mengchen as Shao Zhengmao and asked Xu Jie to kill him to thank the world. He said that Zhou Mengchen was a wolfish ambition and defiled the holy way, and said that Zhou Mengchen was a false learning, and the court should come forward to clarify the justice and punishment, scold Zhou Mengchen, and reiterate the great way.

In short, in one sentence, the masters of Xinxue collectively expressed their dissatisfaction to Xu Jie, hoping or forcing Xu Jie to take action against Zhou Mengchen.

After reading it, Zhang Juzheng said, "Teacher, the student doesn't understand at all."

Xu Jie said, "What do you don't understand?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "The teacher is the second assistant to the court. He is in the country's great responsibility. He naturally has to have his own ideas when doing things. How can he surrender to the grassroots? Although these people are of some strength in the countryside, they should also put teachers first."

Xu Jie smiled slightly and said, "You are still talking to Zhou Mengchen."

When a smart person speaks, he doesn't have to go around so many times. Xu Jie directly pointed out Zhang Juzheng's thoughts.

Zhang Juzheng said, "Teacher, although I have a close relationship with Brother Feixiong, I am not an unknown person. If Brother Zhou is indeed unethical, or has done something wrong in Jiangnan and is not qualified to be qualified for this position, I will naturally be the first to object and transfer Brother Zhou from Jiangnan. This is for the good of the court and for Brother Zhou. But what did Brother Zhou do today? It was just a little something they didn't like to listen to. I also think that some of Brother Zhou's remarks are useful, but the other ones do mean to be deviant. But the question is, are there few things that are deviant these days? What are Wang Longxi talking about? What kind of Buddhism is so knowledgeable to Confucianism, it is simply nonsense, but it does not prevent him from being a great Confucianism in Jiangnan. Now, Brother Zhou talks about some things they don't like to listen to, so they have to use these methods. Who is Shao Zhengmao?"

Xu Jie said: "You know, you have never liked learning, but you don't want to have such deep prejudice."

Zhang Juzheng immediately bowed and said, "Teacher, students have always believed that the study of sage is a study of governing the world. If it can be beneficial to the world, it will naturally be used. But if it cannot be beneficial to the world, even if the flowers are falling and lotus flowers bloom, it will be useless. It will not be used by those in power."

Zhang Juzheng didn't say it directly, this is the theory of mind learning.
Chapter completed!