Zhu Youzhen spoke very carefully, and after listening to it, Tian Wenming gritted his teeth and replied, "The minister is willing to give it a try." ”

After Zhu Youjian looked at Tian Wenming for a while, his face turned serious and said: "It's not a try, it's a must." Just like when you observe weaving, you have to put all your energy into it. I can give you time, but the cotton and crops in the field will not give you time.

Your research observes that every night and one day, my Ming peasants will be poisoned by these pests for one more day. If you can really record the life cycle and habits of these pests, and find a way to deal with them, your name will be passed down like the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. ”

Tian Wenming's face turned red, and finally slowly bowed to Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty's order, the minister should keep it in mind, and the minister will definitely record these pests into a map and present them to Your Majesty." ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen happily help Tian Wenming and said: "That's right, if you need manpower, you can recruit it yourself." There are classmates in the prison who are willing to study with you, and you can also join. ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen turn his head to Xu Guangqi and said, "Mr. Xu, I recommend a researcher to your Academy of Sciences, you think it's good." ”

Only then did Xu Guangqi understand Zhu Youzhen's intentions, he naturally thought it was excellent, and immediately readily agreed.

The prisoners who were standing on the side didn't understand why the emperor valued Tian Wenming so much, but this moment didn't matter. Although they didn't understand what this academy was, Xu Guangqi, who had just become the secretary of the ministry, had already received the news.

Working under the Academy of Sciences presided over by the Ministry of Officials, is this career still a problem? Suddenly, four or five energetic prisoners came out and asked the emperor to join the project team that studied insects.

Zhu Youzhen naturally agreed one by one, he didn't care what other thoughts these people had now. Scientific research is a job that cannot be fooled around, but whatever they think will be exposed in the process of scientific research. As long as they stick with it and don't get eliminated, then being a manager is enough.

Zhu Youzhen didn't say much, but only determined that Tian Wenming was the person in charge of the project research, and Tian Wenming had the final say in everything in the project research. This is enough to dispel some people's minds and replace them.

Zhu Youzhen returned to beckon Deng Yuhan and introduced Tian Wenming: "This Mr. Deng is from the extreme west, and he has made great achievements in the observation of natural plants, if you have any questions, you can ask him for more advice." Although plants and insects are different, the stones of other mountains can be used to attack jade, and I think this should reduce the chance of you going the wrong way. ”

As Zhu Youzhen talked one by one, only the last one was left among the more than 40 prisoners, and even if he didn't read the article in his hand, Zhu Youzhen knew who the last person was. This article is the most important thing for him, and because of this, this article was detained by him at the end.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Shen Tingyang standing in front of him, a young man in his early 30s who was in the prime of his life, and he was at the peak of his physical strength and mind in his life. Zhu Youzhen looked at it for a long time, and always felt that the young man in front of him seemed to be different.

He suddenly took a step back, and when he looked at Shen Tingyang and the other prisoners, he realized what the difference was. Although standing with the inmates, Shen Tingyang looked out of place with the other inmates.

Although Shen Tingyang also lowered his head and bent over in front of Zhu Youzhen, in Zhu Youzhen's eyes, Shen Tingyang had a little more and a little less than other prisoners.

What is less is the fear of imperial power among other prisoners, and more is the self-confidence that other prisoners do not have, and Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but have this kind of realization in his heart.

Unlike when talking to other prisoners, Zhu Youzhen did not mention anything about Shen Tingyang's article when he talked to Shen Tingyang. After just asking him about his family situation a little, he nodded and said: "You are very good, you don't have to stay in Guozijian tomorrow, I need an assistant to sort out official documents, and I think the position of Zhongshu Sheren is very suitable for you." ”

Zhu Youzhen's conversation with the other prisoners made Shen Tingyang feel that His Majesty the Emperor seemed to be very proficient in worldly things.

This made Shen Tingyang feel that the things mentioned in his article might be supported by His Majesty. But to his surprise, His Majesty did not ask anything about his article, but only abruptly appointed him to an official position.

This made Shen Tingyang prepare for most of the day, and he was completely stuffed in his stomach. Shen Tingyang, who was puzzled, could only accept the official position rewarded by the emperor under the gaze of Zhu Youzhen, after all, this was also the purpose of his entry into the Guozijian, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

Seeing Shen Tingyang retreat in confusion, Zhu Youzhen just smiled and walked back to the throne on the high platform. As for the others, Zhu Youzhen talked with so many people one by one, it was already past noon, and the officials who followed them were already tired and hungry, they only wanted to end it early, and they would care about what the conversation between Chongzhen and the prisoner involved there.

Although Chongzhen inexplicably gave a prisoner an official position as a middle scholar, this was just a small position from the seventh grade, and with the promotion of Yan Jiansheng and Tian Jiansheng, this middle scholar became less eye-catching.

Zhu Youzhen pinched the articles of these prisoners with both hands, and after standing on the high platform and looking at the crowd below, he suddenly said with a smile: "Today, I went to the Guozijian and saw what I wanted to see, and I also had a preliminary understanding of what the students of the Guozijian had in mind. But it's not too early today, so I'll leave it at that. Liu Jiancheng, can this country eunuch prepare lunch? ”

Liu Yourong was stunned at first, and immediately said with some excitement: "Guozijian has some refreshments ready, I don't know if Your Majesty is willing to use some." ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "Then what are you waiting for, let them send it up." I'm hungry too, so let them go back to lunch. ”

With Zhu Youzhen's instructions, Liu Yourong immediately asked his colleagues to retreat with the summoned prisoners, and personally went to urge Guozijian's small kitchen to prepare snacks, Wang Chengen, who was standing on the side, quietly glanced at the little eunuch on the side, and immediately the little eunuch followed Liu Yourong out.

When the emperor goes on tour, he usually doesn't eat out. Especially for this kind of inspection in the capital, they usually rush back to Miyagi before lunch, otherwise they will also enter the pastries brought by the palace. But this was the first time Zhu Youzhen went out to inspect, and he didn't know these rules at all, so he directly ordered Guozijian to prepare food.

Liu Yourong is naturally overjoyed, this is a good opportunity to show to the emperor. But for Wang Chengen, the eunuchs in the palace, this is not a good idea. The two emperors of Red Pill, Xianlu, Guangzong and Xizong all died after using food from outside.

For these powerful eunuchs, their status came from the favor of the emperor. If they are replaced by an emperor, they will have to give up their positions before they sit in the hot position, so they can't help but not pay attention to Chongzhen's safety.

However, Chongzhen had already opened his mouth, and they couldn't say anything more. Wang Chengen could only send a cronie eunuch to stare at the kitchen of the Guozijian and see how the dim sum of the Guozijian was made.

After watching the prisoners disperse, Zhu Youzhen sat back on the throne and looked through the article written by Shen Tingyang.

The content of the article written by Shen Tingyang shocked Zhu Youzhen, he was not writing about his hobby at all, but a letter to change the transportation to the sea.

Zhu Youzhen saw that Shen Tingyang did know something about shipping, but his article only talked about the disadvantages of shipping and the benefits of shipping, and did not touch on how to change the transportation of more than 4 million stones per year in the Ming Dynasty into the operating conditions required after shipping.

Shen Tingyang may have been to the sea several times, but his understanding of shipping and transportation is still superficial. Although the idea of this article is good, it is still too impetuous. Perhaps this is the so-called ungrounded, the children of wealthy families like Shen Tingyang have no contact with the shipwright class at the bottom, so it is naturally not clear why the shipping in the Ming Dynasty will gradually change from the early days to Cao Yun.

Today, everyone knows that water transportation is not as convenient as sea transportation, but there are always few people who support sea transportation. The cost of water transportation gradually increased year by year, but the important ministers of the court never agreed to the proposal to change the water transportation to sea transportation.

After the Ming Dynasty set up the Caoyun Governor to be in charge of Caoyun affairs in Jingtainian, the Caoyun Governor governed 12 general troops, with 127,600 troops and 11,700 ships. More than 100 years have passed, but these numbers have remained largely unchanged.

However, the cost of transporting each stone of rice to Beijing has increased from 2-3 stones to 3-4 stones. The upper limit of the Ming Dynasty's annual transportation is 4 million stones, and the actual transportation to Beijing is equivalent to 12 million to 16 million stone rice grains. These additional additions, the Ming court will not pay for themselves, and it is completely directly collected from the farmers.

On the one hand, the continuous increase in consumption is due to the continuous siltation of sediment carried by the Yellow River downstream, resulting in the blockage of the canal and the continuous bursting of the Yellow River's banks. The cost of repairing and maintaining the Grand Canal also depends on these additional costs.

On the other hand, in the last years of the apocalypse, the official system **. Along the way, the prefectures and counties and Caoyun Yamen all counted on this canal to eat. For these people, the Grand Canal is a river of gold. As long as you have the power, you all want to get stuck in the canal to receive some benefits.

As a result, the cost of this transportation has skyrocketed. Moreover, the Cao Yun is also related to the livelihood of millions of people on both sides of the canal, and whoever wants to move the Cao Yun will be attacked by the beneficiaries of these Cao Yun.

Zhu Youzhen naturally knew very well that Cao Yun was related to someone's interests, but now he didn't dare to move Cao Yun. It's not that I'm afraid of the opposition of the corrupt officials who eat Caoyun, but these Cao Ding plus the slender man who pulls the fiber, affecting the crowd of millions of people, if there are no proper resettlement measures, these Cao Ding, the slender man has no way to make a living after the Cao Yun is cut off, and without Li Zicheng and Huang Taiji, this Ming Dynasty has already gone to half a life.