Zhu Youzhen thought for a moment before saying to Lu Qi: "The Ming Dynasty will not interfere in the internal struggle of the Tokugawa family, so the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty will not smuggle people for the Tokugawa Tadashi. However, we will not interfere, they charter a Ming merchant ship for transportation affairs.

These Japanese were placed in the Tianjin coastal defense camp in order to prevent the people from being frightened and to keep the secret of their coming to the Ming Dynasty to exercise. All Japanese soldiers who have been trained must change their Ming uniforms, and those who do not want to change their attire will be repatriated.

In addition, all Japanese soldiers were provided with daily expenses according to the standards of the new army. These Japanese set up a single battalion, which could be called the Shooting Sound Battalion, and sent cadets who graduated from the third phase of the Army Military Academy to serve as chief officers at and above the platoon level. Zhao Chenfang has also been training in the military academy for more than a year, and it is almost time to come out and practice.

He was asked to serve as the battalion's training adviser and appointed Matsuno Shigemoto as the battalion's commander, but all orders were not to be issued without the adviser's countersignature. ”

Lu Qi hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, the daily use of the new army has always been the highest in the army, why should some Japanese people treat them so favorably. The minister thought that he might as well be reduced to the treatment of the garrison, which was enough to comfort these widows. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "We didn't train this unit to establish a private army for Tokugawa Tadadenaga.

Although Japan is a small country, its population is second only to our Ming Dynasty. Although the country is accustomed to Chinese culture, the islanders are narrow and aggressive by nature, and when Chinese culture reaches other places, there is only one form left.

The hard-working place of the Japanese people is even more than that of our Ming people, and the armor of their country is also quite impressive, and it really made me lose a lot of money in Korea back then. In terms of strength, Japan is the most powerful overseas power in East Asia.

However, Japan is still a small country, with a large population, but its resources are very poor and uneven. In other places, it is the norm to weigh things over people.

If we treat these Japanese with the treatment of a garrison, will they still have a good understanding of me when they return to Japan? ”

Lu Qi thought for a moment before replying: "Your Majesty means that these Japanese are used by my Ming Dynasty?" Could it be that Your Majesty will be interested in Japan? ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "Whether I have this intention or not depends on whether the Japanese themselves will make mistakes."

There is nothing happier in life than to use Japanese money and Japanese lives to fight a war to conquer Japan.

These people sent by Tokugawa Tadanaga must be properly identified, and those who can be used by me should not be stingy in rewarding and promoting, and if there are talents who are willing to get close to the Ming Dynasty, we might as well arrange for them to enter the military academy for a short-term training course. ”

Lu Qi immediately bowed down and replied: "The minister will definitely follow His Majesty's will and convey His Majesty's will to Matsuno Shigeyuan." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and then asked again: "These days, I have been focusing on the matter of gold exchange, to what extent has the gentry conference been held now?" ”

After hearing this, Wang Chengen took out a stack of papers from the bookshelf on the side and handed it over, and explained: "These days, the gentry conference is mainly entangled in discussing the problems of water conservancy and road construction in 12 industrial cities and various places..."

The reaction of the representatives of the gentry to these investment plans was very different, and quite different from the salivating reaction of the officials.

Officials welcomed these investment plans because behind them represented the flow of tens of millions of silver dollars, and the people who ran them won the wealth of several generations in a short time.

But for the gentry, behind these huge plans were heavy conscription and a large floating population.

Although the northern gentry were pressured by the displaced people in Shaanxi, most of them approved of the investment plan, but the degree of approval varied.

The gentry of the Northern Zhili had the most positive attitude because they had received the greatest benefits. However, the gentry of Shandong are at both ends of the spectrum, they want to enjoy the benefits of the investment plan, but they are also worried that the large concentration of migrants in one place will bring security risks to the local government.

As for the gentry of Shaanxi and Shanxi, there is only one Yellow River separated by the two places, and if the victims of Shaanxi become an army of displaced people, both places will suffer military disasters. Therefore, they passively accepted these investment plans, hoping that through these investment plans, they could alleviate the disaster situation in Shaanxi, divert the local displaced people, and exchange temporary peace for the two provinces.

As for the gentry in Henan, the representatives personally selected by Xu Xianchun and Li Kuilong naturally would not go against Chongzhen's intentions.

As for the gentry of the southern provinces, although they were keen on this huge investment plan, how much truth could the words of the imperial court have?

They are more worried that with the implementation of these investment plans, not only will the amount of money be realized, but they are afraid that it will be followed by heavier taxes and forced labor at the local level.

So they didn't compete for investment plans in industrial cities, but flooding in the south has always been a big problem. Especially with the emptiness of the treasury in the late Wanli period, the local water conservancy has not been overhauled for a long time.

The local water conservancy is only spontaneously maintained by the gentry in various places. But the individual gentry were too small to do some tinkering work. As a result of years of disrepair of water conservancy in various places, the damage caused by the overflow in Zhejiang last year exceeded expectations.

Therefore, the representatives of the southern gentry demanded compensation for the construction of water conservancy projects and roads, and the southern provinces. In exchange for their approval of the investment plans of the northern industrial cities.

For this kind of competing and balancing of interests among the representatives of the gentry in the provinces, the gentry council was plunged into endless quarrels for a whole month, and it was rare to make progress every day.

However, in the midst of this endless quarrel, these representatives of the gentry also slowly found a way to compromise and learned to exchange interests and balance interests.

What Wang Chengen submitted was the content decided by the gentry meeting in the past few days. In these resolutions, plans for the construction of 12 industrial cities were finally approved, and the southern provinces were given a 5 million yuan investment plan for water and roads.

After reading these resolutions, Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said with a wry smile: "They exchange benefits with each other, but in the end, they have to pay for it, which is too much." ”

"Your Majesty means, is it not allowed?" Wang Chengen asked cautiously.

Zhu Youzhen tapped the table a few times, shook his head and replied: "No, submit these resolutions to the cabinet for discussion, list an implementation plan, and then send them to the gentry meeting to show the imperial court's attitude towards the gentry meeting." ”

After a pause, Zhu Youzhen spoke to Wang Chengen again: "In addition, hand over the "General Principles of Civil Affairs" compiled by Yuan Shangshu to the gentry conference for discussion, and let the representative of the Henan gentry who has been out of the limelight in the past few days be called Niu Jinxing, and let him promote this matter." ”

Wang Chengen replied, indicating that he had written it down. After Zhu Youzhen explained these affairs, Xu Guangqi and Wang Zheng also happened to arrive in the upper study.

After Zhu Youzhen instructed Wang Chengen to give the two of them a seat, he said to the two: "I summoned the two gentlemen to come this time, and I asked the two gentlemen to do some things. ”

Xu Guangqi and Wang Zheng glanced at each other, and Xu Guangqi opened his mouth to ask Chongzhen, "What is Your Majesty's will?" ”

Zhu Youzhen stood up, walked to the porcelain ** on the side, and pulled out a drawing drawn by a roll of silk. After unfolding the table in front of Xu Guangqi and Wang Zheng, he said: "This is a fine map from Beijing to Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou handed over by the Academy of Sciences half a month ago, and the proportion is one in fifty thousand.

I would like to ask, how many talents in surveying and mapping have been cultivated by the Academy of Sciences through geographical surveying and mapping in the past year? If I want to conduct a comprehensive survey of the entire Ming Dynasty and draw a map of 1/50,000 or 1/100,000, how much time and manpower will it take? ”

Xu Guangqi glanced at Wang Zheng, who was in charge of surveying and mapping affairs beside him, and Wang Zheng reported to Chongzhen in a knowing voice: "The Academy of Sciences studied Western surveying and mapping last year, and with the addition of several instruments developed by the Wensi Academy, the measurement accuracy is far higher than that of Westerners.

To date, 219 people have been trained to operate these instruments, as well as the cartographers of the West French surveying and mapping, and 489 are still apprentices.

The method of surveying and mapping of Westerners is the triangulation network method, which can only be surveyed and mapped a few kilometers long at a time, and a large number of basic surveying and mapping points need to be set up.

Although this method is highly accurate, it is slow to progress and expensive. At present, there is also a triangulation method, which is a triangular measurement that expands in a certain direction to form a chain-shaped, although the expansion is rapid and can avoid the area blocked by mountains by appropriately selecting the direction of expansion, but the map accuracy is not as good as that of triangulation.

However, the triangulation lock measurement method uses fewer people, the cost is more economical, and the surveying and mapping speed is also faster. My Ming Dynasty has a vast land, especially in the south and southwest, and there are many mountains, if it is measured by the triangular network method, I am afraid that it will take a lot of money, and there will be no more than 10 years to complete the first draft.

However, using the triangular lock surveying method, if a surveying and mapping team of about 500 people can be formed, it can be completed within about 10 years, and the first draft of the fine surveying and mapping of my Daming map can be completed. ”

When Wang Zheng stopped, Xu Guangqi said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, is this matter of surveying and mapping the map of the Ming Dynasty postponed for a period of time?"

Surveying and mapping of the Ming Dynasty geographical map, is the grand event of our emperor, the new map surveying and mapping method consumes extraordinary manpower and material resources, and once interrupted, it is equivalent to wasting the early investment.

My Ming Dynasty is now empty of the treasury, and he has continued to build a large number of buildings, and the various investments can be described as amazing. Although His Majesty is brilliant and wise, he often makes a large amount of private goods out of impossibility, but the stall is so large, the minister is always worried.

Your Majesty is upright and young, and only needs to wait patiently, wait for the initial results of various policies, and then do this after the world is under great rule, isn't it good? ”