In the warm pavilion, Li Jie reported to Zhu Yunxi about his contact with Lan Yu. After all, he was originally acting on Zhu Yunxi's orders. Although Lan Yu has not expressed his opinion yet, his attitude has changed, so it is better to make Zhu Yunxi prepare in time.

"My brother-in-law has a trick. I'm afraid you are the only one who can let the general listen to these words!" Zhu Yunsheng couldn't help but exclaim after hearing Li Jie's report.

"The older a person is, the more worries you will have. General Lan is no exception. I just use this to persuade him." Li Jie waved his hand with a smile.

However, when talking about this, Li Jie also thought of the steamboat, so he said to Zhu Yunxi again: "The steamboats in Nanjing have already arrived in Beijing, but they built sea boats and walked by sea, so the boat will be docked in Taijin. Then, they will directly replace the steam engine on the ship. Your Majesty, do you want to go and see it?"

"The steamship is here!" Zhu Yunxiu immediately stood up excitedly when he heard this. He was very familiar with the situation in the Qiuzhen Academy. He had also participated in the development of the steam engine. Now that the steam engine has begun to be practical, he is of course very interested.

However, after being excited, Zhu Yunxi suddenly shook his head sadly and said, "Although Taijin is not far away, I am the emperor now, and every move is very involved, so I won't go this time. Then brother-in-law, please go and see it for you!"

Seeing Zhu Yunxi's sad expression, Li Jie also sighed secretly. Relatively speaking, the world is still fair. If a person gets some, he must also lose some. Just like although Zhu Yunxi has obtained the throne, he has lost much freedom that he had not had before.

"Your Majesty, don't be too disappointed. Although steamboats cannot come to the capital, steamboats should be put on the agenda. At that time, a railway from the capital to Taijin will be built. When steamboats shuttle between the two cities, they will definitely make the two cities closer." Li Jie smiled again and said.

"Yes!" Zhu Yunxiu clapped his hands again excitedly and said, "The steaming car seems to be designed by the Jingjue Academy in Beijing. It is a south-west sailing and a north-west ride. Now the steaming ships in the south have already come out, and the steaming car in the north cannot be left behind. When will this matter begin?"

"I guess it will take until the spring of next year as soon as possible, and your Majesty will issue an order by himself. After all, steaming cars is easy to build, but the construction of railways is not a small problem. The court must come forward!" Li Jie smiled again and said.

If we just build a locomotive driven by a steam engine, there is no technical problem. In contrast, the construction of railways is a big problem. After all, the railway not only needs to occupy a large amount of land, but also needs to draw an area in the capital and Taijin City for building stations. These require the court to come forward.

In addition to occupying land, railway construction also requires a lot of steel. You should know that in this era, steel, like salt, is a controlled commodity. For example, if someone dares to sell iron ingots to grassland people in private, it is a death sentence.

The steel used to build a railway is not a small amount. After all, this is a paving road. Even if the capital is very close to Taijin, the cost of this road is absolutely amazing. With so much steel consumption, if there is no approval from the court, even if they have money, they may not be able to buy it.

If it were in the past, when Li Jie wanted to suggest building a railway, he would first explain the composition of the railway and the necessity of doing so to Lao Zhu or Zhu Biao. In contrast, it would be much easier for him to communicate with Zhu Yunyu now. After all, Zhu Yunyu was influenced by him and had long understood the importance of railways, and Li Jie did not need to explain what railways are.

So in this case, Zhu Yunxiu nodded almost immediately and said, "No problem. As long as the academy is ready, I will immediately issue an order for someone to requisition land and mobilize steel to build the railway!"

"That's great. With His Majesty's words, I'll let Guo Zhenglin and the others prepare for it!" Li Jie said happily after hearing this. After saying that, he was about to say goodbye and leave. After all, the main business had been discussed, and he wanted to notify Guo Zhenglin early and ask them to prepare for the railway construction early.

But at this moment, Zhu Yunxi suddenly called Li Jie and said, "Brother-in-law stay!"

"Why, Your Majesty has anything else?" Li Jie immediately stopped when he heard this, then looked at Zhu Yunxiu curiously and asked.

Zhu Yunxiu showed a hesitant look at this time. After a while, he spoke: "Brother-in-law, you know about the Second Uncle Wang before. It is precisely because of their restlessness that I had to let General Fu lead the troops to fight a battle that looks beautiful but in fact there is no great effect."

"This is impossible, but this battle cannot be said to be completely ineffective. First, it attacked the forces of Canyuan and destroyed their previous accumulation. It is estimated that they will not be able to harass the border with them in a short period of time. Second, it shocked the vassal kings from all over the country, so that they who were ready to move were all honest. "Li Jie did not understand Zhu Yunsheng's meaning for the time being, so he could only speak out and enlighten him.

"I know all of these, but this is just a treatment for symptoms and not a treatment!" Zhu Yunxiu paused at this point, and there was a look of determination in his eyes. Then he asked again, "Brother-in-law, you should understand what I mean, right?"

Li Jie finally understood this. The so-called root cause in Zhu Yunxi's words actually had only one meaning, that is, through this incident, he realized that the power in the hands of the vassal kings was too great. It would be fine if Zhu Ceng was in Japan, but in addition to Zhu Ceng, all the major vassal kings on the border also held heavy troops.

Speaking of which, it is also a big blame for the son of Lao Zhu. Although the various vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty cannot be compared with the kings in the early Han Dynasty, they are also stronger than the princes of other dynasties. Each of them has three guards and can also control local government affairs. Some vassal kings guarding the border hold military and political power, and can even mobilize surrounding troops for their own use.

It can be said that the power in the hands of these vassal kings almost threatened the safety of Zhu Yunyu's throne. In addition, when Zhu Yunyu first ascended the throne, the throne was unstable, and people like Zhu Feng secretly coveted it, which naturally aroused Zhu Yunyu's concern. So like Zhu Yunwen in history, he had already had the intention of reducing the vassal shortly after he ascended the throne.

Of course, Zhu Yunxiu is better than Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen has just ascended the throne two months ago and has already begun to reduce the vassal states. Zhu Yunxiu is at least a few months later than Zhu Yunwen, and he can also ask for Li Jie's opinions. Li Jie asked himself that he was much better than Huang Zicheng's dog-headed military advisor, so he would not let Zhu Yunxiu cut the vassal states so anxiously.
Chapter completed!