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Chapter 113: The End of Civilization

Zhao Hao was so concerned about Kaiping's coal-steel consortium that he had been staying in Tangshan for the next few months, with Wang Wang and a group of senior executives of Xishan Group, who repeatedly conducted on-site surveys in the hot summer, striving to make the highest level of overall planning.

In this era, this was a super huge project. The Guangzhangjian type steam engine needed to be installed. In addition to pumping water from the mine, it also required continuous power for forging workshops, rolling presses and blowers. The total number of workshops and warehouses in various factories is more than 100. Not counting the mining area, the factory area alone covers an area of ​​more than 200 acres!

In addition, he also worked overtime with Institute 01 to improve the process and process of Wang Yingxuan's steelmaking method. The process of converter steelmaking sounds simple, but the key is to control the process materials and equipment to be very surprised. Only in this way can standard steel composition be obtained.

There is also the most important safety production standard, which is dealing with nearly two thousand degrees of molten steel and molten steel. If you don’t do it properly, you will die!

All of these require careful study, repeated discussion, and continuous experimentation until everything is foolproof.

Devoting himself to such a huge and exciting career makes people feel that time flies.

Before he knew it, the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, and Zhao Hao temporarily withdrew and rushed back to the capital. In addition to the family reunion, there is more important thing. Xiao Zhuzi's due date has arrived.

It was a coincidence that Zhang Xiaojing was about to give birth on August 15th.

It really made Mr. Zhang say that it was the mother and son who were safe.

Zhao Hao was very obedient and asked his father-in-law to name his sixth. No matter what the rules are, it is most important to make his father-in-law happy.

Zhang Juzheng happily named the child 'Zhao Shiyou'.

"You" is blessed by God.

Since becoming Prime Minister Turtle, Mr. Zhang has become more and more superstitious...

But the effect of the divine turtle is really good, whoever uses it will know.

After the turtle welcome ceremony, all the voices who criticized the reform and opposed him, Zhang Juzheng, shut up.

And state affairs seemed to be very smooth.

This year, the weather is good and there are no major disasters. As autumn harvests are completed in various places, the fifth year of Wanli will be another good harvest year.

The fifth year of the fifth year of the examination, the mediocre officials and lazy government have basically disappeared, and the accumulated habits and old problems in the officialdom have been completely reversed.

Under the command of Zhang Xianggong, the central and local governments implemented various reforms very smoothly. First, after the Ten Prefectures of Yingtian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Fujian provinces have also successively tried the whip method, with great results. At present, these provinces alone have increased their income by tens of millions of taels of silver for the court every year after the monetization of taxes and labor!

Before the whip method, Taicang earned only four or five million taels per year.

The people have also got rid of the heavy taxes and service, and have more time to grow cotton and raise silkworms, work and earn money, and their lives are obviously much better.

This is obviously beneficial to industry and commerce, which can be seen from the surge in industrial and commercial tax revenue year by year.

In the sixth year of Longqing, the industrial and commercial tax bank that entered Taicang was one million taels. This was thanks to the active tax payment of the three major groups. You should know that in the first year of Longqing, the industrial and commercial tax bank was only a pitiful one hundred thousand taels...

Since the Wanli New Policy, the annual industrial and commercial tax and silver income has doubled year by year. Last year it reached 4 million taels, and this year it is estimated that it can steadily exceed 5 million taels. It has become an important fiscal revenue for the imperial court.

It can be said that it is "both the officials and the people are willing to do both"!

Of course, the only thing that is unhappy is the landlords of all sizes, because according to the one-whip method, the more land the more heavy the taxes and silver they bear...

But it doesn't matter, it's still the next step to make them even more unhappy.

Mr. Zhang has been making arrangements in full swing. As soon as the autumn harvest is over, starting from October, all provinces, prefectures and counties will start to clear the land of Zhangzhou in a unified manner!

After all the land that the landlord concealed the names of the landlords and re-registered the fields in the world, he will implement the one-whip method nationwide! It will completely solve the central government's financial shortage, the people are burdened with heavy burdens, and the landlords have all the benefits but they will never lose a penny!

When he thought of his great achievements that had never been seen in the ages and continued his foundation for the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, Zhang Xianggong's mood was like this sunny autumn day, with clear sky and clear air and cloudless!

In addition, Zhang Juzheng himself has had many happy events. In addition to his beloved daughter giving birth to a grandson, his son also has the second place in high school, achieving the achievement of "father and son Jinshi"!

His father Zhang Wenming fell seriously ill in the first half of the year. Mr. Zhang originally planned to take leave and return to his hometown to visit him, but he encountered the great events of King Lu and Emperor Wanli's engagement, and the Empress Dowager could not live without him for a moment. He sent eunuchs to Jingzhou to represent the world to comfort the old man and gave him many gifts.

This made Zhang Juzheng even more unable to ask for leave. He could only send Gu and his sons to go home to serve the disease first, and stay in the capital to serve Li Caifeng and his son as the backbone, and wait until the emperor gets married in February next year to take leave and return home.

As a result, before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gu wrote a letter saying that fortunately, thanks to the famous doctor in Jiangnan Hospital, the old man was already well. His father Zhang Wenming also wrote a letter to advise him that, "Those who shoulder a huge responsibility cannot be conspired to make up for their merits, and those who receive great kindness cannot be rewarded for their normal rewards." His body has recovered and can play around. Don't worry about me anymore, let alone take leave or something, "I just want to serve the country without being dedicated."

His words were very righteous, but Zhang Juzheng knew his father's mind very well, knowing that he was afraid that he would go back and settle the score with him.

Although Mr. Zhang is strict with himself, he cannot control his own son. Over the years, Zhang Wenming relied on his power to be arrogant and domineering in the countryside, and he has done so many unethical things.

Although it was too late for local officials to flatter his father, they had to let the master know if he wiped his father's butt. Otherwise, wouldn't his hands be dirty? Therefore, Zhang Juzheng was not ignorant of his father's actions in his hometown.

But what can I do if I know? In this ethical society, my son dares to scold his father? Isn’t that the general rule is reversed? Besides, his father has to listen. How can he be a father in the world listen to his son?

It makes no sense at all!

A minister Zhao, who also had the name "六" and sneezes three times...

Zhang Juzheng was not completely negative. He had tried to take his parents to the capital to support him several times. However, Zhang Wenming refused to come. What a joke. He was the local emperor in Jingzhou. When he arrived in the capital, he had to look at his son's expression. He was a fool.

By the same token, the old man doesn’t want him to go back. In short, don’t meet. You are loyal to the emperor and the country wholeheartedly, and I am wholeheartedly bullying men and women. It’s great that we are in harmony with each other.

But no matter what, my father survived the 73th hurdle and entered the 74th gate. Zhang Juzheng was still very happy.

With so many happy things, of course, you must have the pleasure of life. So he accepted two stunning beards given by Xiao Qi, one is a clever tongue and the other is a lotus step by step, which made Mr. Zhang feel much younger again.

Today is the final day of the 6th Chowman Championship of the "Luzon Tobacco Cup", and Zhang Xianggong also happily participated.

At this time, late autumn was slightly cool, the sky was high and the air was cool, and the forests in the distance were dyed, but the court was still green. Zhang Xianggong stepped on sneakers with thin iron nails, the white robe was tied to the jade belt around his waist, a big black hat on his head, a pipe in his mouth, and a very cool swing!

The eyes of the ministers and ministers did not surround him, for fear of missing every move of Xianggong Zhang. Their necks also turned in the arc of the red ball. When they fell on the grass, they rushed to cheer.

"Good ball, it's such a stroke of magic!" The British Duke cheered loudly.

"My husband's football skills are really amazing!" Zhang Han, the Minister of Personnel, also applauded.

"Haha, it's so lucky! With Mr. Zhang's return, our friends will finally turn defeat into victory!" Guo Chaobin, the Minister of Works, happily stroked his beard.

The competition system of the Chuiwan competition in spring and autumn is different every year.

The Spring Invitational Tournament is each fighting, while the Autumn Championship is grouped, with four people in each group called one ‘friend’, and three people can be played in each game and one substitute.

This is to take care of the party's senior officials who are busy with official duties. If you have time, you can participate in the competition and have no time to substitute to ensure that they are always in the competition and will not abstain from the middle of the process.

For example, Zhang Xianggong, who has won five consecutive championships, only played once this time at the opening, and only appeared for the second time after the closing of this year.

But the greatest significance of being able to come and give him the championship and huge prize money is. Otherwise, Zhao Liben worked hard to run the competition, would he really want to promote the crowing sports?

Xianggong Zhang was slightly intoxicated by the public's flattery. Just as he was about to say a few polite words, he heard a burst of rapid horse hooves.

"Who dares to run wildly in the Imperial Garden?" Everyone frowned and looked at each other. They saw that it was You Qi who rode on the horse. They couldn't help but change their words:

"Oh, Mr. Chubin must have something urgent."

"Then you have to ride slowly. What if you fall?"

"This riding technique is so cool..."

‘Chu Bin’ was the number you gave to him by You Qi. Not everyone can have an other number.

Generally speaking, when you pass the Jinshi and become a county magistrate, you will get a number and marry a young man. Therefore, it is ridiculous to call yourself a random number if you are not at the level.

You Qi was just Zhang Juzheng's slave, and his level was not enough. But the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, and his seventh-rank official is much larger than the seventh-rank magistrate, so it is natural to give him a name.

You Qi ignored the flattery, turned over and got off the horse, and headed straight for Zhang Juzheng.

Seeing that he looked panicked, Zhang Juzheng was obviously in chaos, and his heart couldn't help but feel a sudden slap in his heart.

"Master, there is something urgent..." You Qi looked around, and everyone immediately became tactful and avoided from afar.

"What the hell is it?" Zhang Juzheng asked with a pale face.

"The big thing is wrong, the old man is dead..." You Qi whispered in his ear.

"Ah, what are you talking nonsense?!" Zhang Juzheng was furious when he heard this. "You dog slave, don't talk nonsense! The letter was fine a few days ago!"

"I don't dare to talk nonsense if I'm stupid." You Qi said anxiously: "It was Fei Ge who came from Jingzhou to deliver a letter. It is estimated that it will be 800 miles away in the next day. The third young master is also on the way to report the demise..."

"Ah..." Zhang Juzheng's eyes turned dark and he fainted. Fortunately, You Qi was prepared and hugged him quickly. Only then did Mr. Zhang not fall to the ground.
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