Those who have paid for their own money are just different.

What's wrong with this railway, Emperor Hongzhi will fight hard with you.

The rise and fall of stocks is closely related to the construction and future operation of railways.

If anything goes wrong, Emperor Hongzhi will have nothing to lose.

Where did Fang Jifan dare to say anything, so he said obediently to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, this project is presided over by Erchen's protégé and Erchen's apprentice, that is, Chang Wei, the chief engineer of Xishan Jianye. ”

When Fang Jifan shouted the two names, he deliberately raised the volume and bit the words a little harder.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, the corners of his mouth outlined a faint arc, and said with a smile: "In this way, you yourself are clean." ”

Fang Jifan was surprised: "How can Your Majesty say such a thing, this is all the meat of Erchen's heart, how can Erchen stay out of the matter." Even if they go wrong and cut off their heads, the sons are heartbroken, and life is worse than death. ”

Emperor Hongzhi found that he would always be pulled to his level of nonsense by Fang Jifan, and then this guy, with his rich experience, made himself speechless.

He had no choice but to shake his head, put his hands behind his back, looked at the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling glass window, and said earnestly: "This railway, for the benefit of the country and the people, I invest in the railway, not just for profit, but for the people of the world, as well as the ancestors' country." ”

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao nodded as if the chicken pecked rice.

Your Majesty is the biggest, and you can say anything.

Emperor Hongzhi immediately glared at Zhu Houzhao, and snorted coldly and let out of his nostrils: "I heard that the steam locomotive is still improving?" Your steam research institute will have to work hard to get a better locomotive with a greater capacity and more cargo before the railroad is completed. ”

"Okay." Zhu Houzhao grinned and nodded to Emperor Hongzhi again and again: "Father, don't worry, your sons will do your best." ”

Emperor Hongzhi lowered his eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly spoke: "I heard that in Baoding Mansion, there began to promote a statistics called it, which was made up by a group of arithmetic students, saying that it was a measurement standard, and everything was digitized, and then statistics, and finally a scientific data was obtained, for example, the annual iron production, coal production...... Based on the statistics of these figures, the performance of officials is measured. I think this is also a good way, it's better to do this, I won't urge you, if your steam locomotive can't increase its capacity by 20% by then, I will clean you up. ”

Zhu Houzhao: "......"

It turns out that statistics can still be used in this way.

Fang Jifan couldn't help but admire Emperor Hongzhi.

In fact, this statistics seems to be just a list of boring figures, but its appearance and effect are huge.

In other state capitals in the Ming Dynasty, the amount of money and grain is not complicated, because its economy is relatively primitive, and the magistrate only needs to ask, and he has a roughly number in his heart, and it will become.

But in Tongzhou and Baoding Mansion, the continuous derivation of population and industry, for a local official, the situation they are facing, but more and more complicated, at this time, is not relying on a few small officials, asking, you can generally understand the origin of the matter, and at this time, full-time statistics, there is a role, every day, there will be different data, intuitive appearance in front of the officials, the so-called know yourself and know the other side of a hundred battles, the essence of statistics, is to know yourself, the situation through the number of listed, see clearly, in order to be able to make accurate judgments.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty was so holy that he could see the wonderful use of statistics at a glance.

Fang Jifan couldn't help it, cocked his thumb, and praised Emperor Hongzhi very pertinently: "Your Majesty Shengming, your son can't be as good as what if." ”

Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "You Xishan is full of treasures, and the past ...... The recitals sent by the local state government are all imaginary numbers, but the recitals that Ouyang Zhi came in are all real numbers, and they are also dazzling, and sometimes I have a headache to watch, but ...... It's really useful, it's amazing. ”

The so-called imaginary numbers are actually old problems, liberal arts students...... For example, in the event of a disaster, most of the reports to the imperial court in this era were more than 1,000 casualties, or that the people were poor, 10,000 people......

This is an imaginary number, anyway, God knows how many specific numbers there are, directly use hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands, as for whether it is thousands, tens of thousands, or, just simply, domineering, use a thousand words, but in fact, it is only a few hundred, and there are also.

Between the court and the state capital, it is like a blind man touching an elephant, and the local state capital is talking blindly, and the court has to pinch its nose to admit it.

It is conceivable that based on such a number, let the imperial court make a decision, and whether this decree is in line with the truth in the end is only known to God.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but say: "Father, the son has something to do. ”

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao, and his elite eyes were full of doubt.

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly took out a charter in his sleeve and presented it to Emperor Hongzhi: "My father will know when he sees it." ”

Emperor Hongzhi took the charter, read it carefully, and looked up: "Strategic Support Bureau, this name sounds rare, full-time overseas espionage, this is your idea, or the idea of the successor." ”

Zhu Houzhao hesitated and said: "Of course it was Erchen's idea, but ......"

Fang Jifan chimed in and said, "Your Majesty, smart minds always coincide. ”

Emperor Hongzhi glared at the two of them, and immediately, he muttered: "What is said in the song is not unreasonable, over the years, the imperial court has invested countless manpower and material resources in order to go to the West, and it can no longer repeat the mistakes of Xinjin." This strategic support bureau will follow the example of Jinyiwei. Whoever will take the lead is good. ”

Overseas affairs, Emperor Hongzhi did not understand.

Since the prince took the initiative to invite Ying, let the prince come.

Not to mention, Emperor Hongzhi only has one son, and this ancestral inheritance will have to be handed over to him sooner or later.

Even if this is not the case, Emperor Hongzhi still has faith in his son.

Although this guy is always confused, he is very filial, and he has been dying several times, but he and Fang Jifan have saved him.

What's more, this overseas matter does not involve the Ming Dynasty, and there is no doubt about him.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Erchen's companion Liu Jin, he ...... He ...... "Zhu Houzhao began to think about Liu Jin's advantages hard, but he hesitated for a long time, he couldn't say, he couldn't say that he parachuted well."

So when it came to his mouth, Zhu Houzhao tried hard for a long time and didn't say it completely.

Emperor Hongzhi was refreshing, and did not hesitate, nodded towards Zhu Houzhao and said: "This person, since you have recommended it, then use him, everything, follow the precedent of Jinyiwei, all overseas reports, send them to you first, and the important ones will be sent to my desk." ”

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed, and said busily: "Father Emperor Shengming." ”

Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "Hurry up and keep an eye on the construction of the railway." ”

"Oh."

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao came out together.

At once, two major events were accomplished, and the mood of the two of them was very happy.

Zhu Houzhao called Liu Jin to come, and a copy of the preparatory regulations of the Strategic Security Bureau fell directly on Liu Jin's face: "Dog, do as you do, this palace has done a guarantee for you, if you can't do it, see if this palace can't kill you." ”

Liu Jin was busy with joy, lowered his head and picked up the charter, and fell to the ground gratefully: "Slave maid...... Thank Your Highness for your grace, Your Highness is so good to the slave and maid, the slave and the maid are in this life, even if they are cows and horses, it is difficult to repay them. ”

Fang Jifan stood aside with a smile.

Liu Jin gave his godfather a grateful look.

It's good to be a grandfather, without a grandfather, there would be no Liu Jin today.

The kindness of the godfather, the race over our own grandfather.

He swore an oath: "Your Royal Highness and Grandpa God, rest assured, the slave maid has been thinking about this matter for the past two days, when the slave maid was in Baoding Mansion, there was a group of idlers, these people, no other skills, it can be seen that the stitches, the observation of words and feelings, all kinds of eye medicine, and the ability to inquire about the news, but all of them are good hands." ”

He continued: "This strategic support bureau is not only spying overseas, but it is not easy to open up the situation. Overseas matters are too complicated. The slave maid was thinking, might as well first establish a thousand households in the West, where the Han people, the Tu people, the Francois people, and even the big cannibals lived together, and first sent people to adapt to the environment there, and some of them, disguised as merchants, passed through the West, and traded with other countries. On the other hand, they befriended the local Francophiles and cannibals, first slowly familiarized themselves with their habits and customs, and then selected targets to see who they could be encircled, and then incorporated them into the Strategic Support Bureau, so that they could return to Franco, Da Shi, and even enter the army. ”

"Not only that, if you want to do activities, if you have the identity of the Ming Dynasty, the slave maid thinks that it is very inappropriate, and it will inevitably arouse people's vigilance, you can set up a trading house, and it will be much easier to carry out activities through this identity."

Fang Jifan was beside him, nodding secretly.

Sure enough, this is the best thing for eunuchs.

Especially Liu Jin, such a person, is simply a leader.

The overseas situation is countless times more complicated than that of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

If you want to truly do it, it will be pervasive, which means that the Strategic Support Bureau must not only recruit Han people, but also recruit and encircle people from all over the world.

Liu Jin is also a talent, it is a waste if it is not important.

Fang Jifan thought secretly in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand much about this, so he looked at Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan smiled at Zhu Houzhao: "Yes, yes, this matter is just handed over to Liu Jin, I gave birth to it...... I didn't give birth to it, but I recognized my grandson, and I can't be wrong. ”