In fact, not only Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor, didn't care about the trivial affairs of Liu Dashan, Master Qian, Master Li, Master Zhang and others, but even Zeng Cheng and other elders didn't care at all, and the Ministry of Punishment just

He simply approved the four words "execute immediately".

In contrast, Zeng Cheng and other elders are more concerned about the telegraph. Although the Ming Dynasty version of the telegraph is still in a very crude and costly experimental stage, it is used to transmit messages, especially those involving secrets.

For information and the like, this simple telegraph still has great advantages.

For example, due to timeliness, Liu Dashanren, Master Qian and others confessed their crimes in the afternoon, while Zhu Jinsong got the news in the evening.

Under normal circumstances, it would take a day or even a day and a half to send a message from Songjiang Prefecture to the capital, whether it was an express delivery of several hundred miles or simply from the sea to Tianjin and then to the capital.

And when a crude version of the telegraph was used, it only took an hour or two to deliver the message from Songjiang Prefecture to the capital, and that included the time for sending and receiving, translating, and transmitting.

This surprised Zeng Cheng and other elders, but they also made up their minds to vigorously develop the Ming Dynasty's telegraph business.

For example, if a general led his troops to fight against a certain country, and in the middle of the fight, the opposite country suddenly raised a white flag to express surrender, then the general would have to send people back to the capital to report to the emperor and the emperor.

Report the news to the court, and then wait for the emperor and the court's approval.

As this comes and goes, ten days and a half may have passed, and if it lasts longer, it may take one or two months.

During this process, the ever-changing dynamics of the battlefield will not be suspended for the purpose of delivering news, and the word "integrity" is even more nonsense on the battlefield.

If there is a telegraph, these problems will become simpler. As soon as the other country raises the white flag, the court will know immediately and respond. This will not only save a lot of time, but also determine the outcome of a war and the final outcome.

towards.

This is also the reason why the territory of Zhongyuan Tangkou in the past dynasties would stop after expanding to a certain extent. The biggest problem is the timeliness of information. Once this problem is solved, the biggest obstacle to outward expansion will no longer exist.

For another example, if the chief envoy of a certain place is rebellious, or a general leading the army is rebellious, if there is no telegram, the message will be transmitted in days or even months, and the court will wait for the news to be known and then respond.

, maybe the rebels are almost at the capital city, and with the telegram, the rebellion can be quelled to the smallest extent.

Not to mention that the telegraph can also speed up the flow of information among the people, make it easier for the Ming Dynasty to move people to remote places, and other various benefits.

Therefore, Zeng Cheng and other elders directly found Zhu Jinsong.

"The telegraph is a good thing. If it could be spread to the entire Ming Dynasty, it would be of benefit to all generations."

This is what Zeng Cheng and others say.

"The telegraph is indeed good. The Ministry of Industry has made preparations for full rollout, but it requires funding from the Ministry of Accounts."

This is the statement of Song Baocheng, the leader of the Ministry of Industry.

"But the treasury is empty, and now it's time to use troops against the Ottomans. I'm afraid these rats will starve to death!"

This is what Liu Huaiwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, said.

In short, in one sentence, the telegraph is a very good thing, and we really want to roll it out, but it just happens to be the time to open the film to the outside world, so there is not enough money in the treasury to fully roll out the telegraph.

Zhu Jinsong almost laughed out loud at the suggestion that Song Yucheng, Liu Huaiwen and other senior figures were singing along.

It is not wrong to say that these elders are dedicated to the Ming Dynasty. After all, only when the Ming Dynasty improves will they be better off. These elders in the court also understand this truth.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is the only beacon on this small broken world. The remaining countries, large and small, are all barbarians in the eyes of these elders, and no one is looking for an eagle father.

If you want to say that the bosses are irritating, they are really irritating. These guys came together this time, just to get the money from the internal funds into the treasury so that the treasury can "have money to lay telegraphs."

After all, everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty’s treasury now almost plays the role of the entire small broken ball treasury. A large amount of real gold and silver is constantly flowing into the Ming Dynasty through various channels, most of which goes into the treasury, and only a very small amount

Only part of it will flow into internal funds.

To say that the national treasury has no money... is really the most ridiculous thing in the world.

If we really talk about it, it is Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor, who is really poor because of his internal funds. He is an emperor after all, and his daily expenses are very high. There is also the bottomless pit of the Royal Academy that is burning money all the time. Every year, the internal funds are

If you survive, you will only have a few hundred million left.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Jinsong does not want to give the money from his internal funds to the state treasury.

Looking at the group of elders who came to ask for money, Zhu Jinsong directly said in a sinister tone: "There is no money in the treasury? This is really unfortunate. Even if you came a little earlier, now I don't have any money in the treasury."

Money."

Liu Huaiwen suddenly felt that this statement seemed a bit familiar.

It's like someone asks you to borrow money. As long as you don't want to lend it, you will probably say with regret, "I just happened to spend the money or just lent the money. Even if you came a little earlier, I could still lend you."

When he thought of this scene, Liu Huaiwen was a little unhappy. This Jiangshan Sheji was named Zhu and not Liu. Didn't I give up this old face just for the sake of your family's country? It's better now, you're so picky.

Whoosh!

After thinking for a while, Liu Huaiwen simply said: "Your Majesty, I have not heard that the young master has done any big things recently. He has neither built a palace nor a garden. This money..."

Upon hearing Liu Huaiwen's words, Zeng Cheng and other elders immediately gave him encouraging looks.

That's right, you have to fight him like this and make him stingy!

Seeing Liu Huaiwen, Zeng Cheng and other elders acting like they would not leave until they got the money, Zhu Jinsong suddenly became anxious: "What are you doing? What are you doing? We have agreed from the beginning that the return of the treasury will be

National treasury, internal funds belong to internal funds, what is going on with you? Are you here to rob my internal funds?"

Liu Huaiwen couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and then began to cry: "Your Majesty, I am not here to rob the internal funds. It's just that the national treasury is empty now, and there are many places in Ming Dynasty that need money. If the internal funds refuse to lend money to the national treasury, just

I’m afraid it will affect the railway and telegraph plans!”

Zhu Jinsong snorted coldly and started to cry: "I just said that I have no money!"

"When we confiscated He Shen and Zhong Tang, not even a penny of the money that should be given to the treasury was given to you. You can't tell me that the 40 million taels of silver are gone, right?"

"Besides, seeing that the third child is about to go to Xin Qinzhou to join the feudal clan, why don't I, the elder brother, have to give him some money? How many... several million taels?

Bar?"

"There is also the Royal Academy. I have invested tens of millions of taels in the Royal Academy in the past two years. Plus the royal family's expenses in the past two years, how can I still have money to give to your treasury?"

"And last year, last year you said that the national treasury was empty and borrowed 10 million taels of silver from me. Until now, you haven't seen a cent of the money back. With you, this is Liu Bei's loan to Jingzhou. If you borrow it, you won't be able to get it back."

Are you ready to pay it back?"

"Uncle Huaiwen, you don't know. I seem to have a lot of money in my hands, but as an emperor, I also have a lot to spend money on."

Hearing Zhu Jinsong's shameless remarks, Liu Huaiwen, Zeng Cheng and other elders couldn't help but secretly complain.

His Royal Highness the King of Jin is going to Xin Qinzhou to join the vassal state. What do you mean as a proud elder brother?

Oh, let’s not say that we ministers are slandering you. In fact, you are even more stingy than Liu Huaiwen. If you are willing to give Jin Wang hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it will be like the sun hits the west.

When your son comes out, how many millions of taels will you pay back?

And invested tens of millions of taels in the Royal Academy?

Yes, you have invested tens of millions of taels of silver, but the return from the Royal Academy to you is at least tens of millions of taels!

Borrowed 10 million taels of silver from the treasury?

Look at what you said, the matter between the treasury and internal funds, can it be called borrowing?

And when a crude version of the telegraph was used, it only took an hour or two to deliver the message from Songjiang Prefecture to the capital, and that included the time for sending and receiving, translating, and transmitting.

This surprised Zeng Cheng and other elders, but they also made up their minds to vigorously develop the Ming Dynasty's telegraph business.

For example, if a general led his troops to fight against a certain country, and in the middle of the fight, the opposite country suddenly raised a white flag to express surrender, then the general would have to send people back to the capital to report to the emperor and the emperor.

Report the news to the court, and then wait for the emperor and the court's approval.

As this comes and goes, ten days and a half may have passed, and if it lasts longer, it may take one or two months.

During this process, the ever-changing dynamics of the battlefield will not be suspended for the purpose of delivering news, and the word "integrity" is even more nonsense on the battlefield.

If there is a telegraph, these problems will become simpler. As soon as the other country raises the white flag, the court will know immediately and respond. This will not only save a lot of time, but also determine the outcome of a war and the final outcome.

towards.

This is also the reason why the territory of Zhongyuan Tangkou in the past dynasties would stop after expanding to a certain extent. The biggest problem is the timeliness of information. Once this problem is solved, the biggest obstacle to outward expansion will no longer exist.

For another example, if the chief envoy of a certain place is rebellious, or a general leading the army is rebellious, if there is no telegram, the message will be transmitted in days or even months, and the court will wait for the news to be known and then respond.

, maybe the rebels are almost at the capital city, and with the telegram, the rebellion can be quelled to the smallest extent.

Not to mention that the telegraph can also speed up the flow of information among the people, make it easier for the Ming Dynasty to move people to remote places, and other various benefits.

Therefore, Zeng Cheng and other elders directly found Zhu Jinsong.

"The telegraph is a good thing. If it could be spread to the entire Ming Dynasty, it would be of benefit to all generations."

This is what Zeng Cheng and others say.

"The telegraph is indeed good. The Ministry of Industry has made preparations for full rollout, but it requires funding from the Ministry of Accounts."

This is the statement of Song Baocheng, the leader of the Ministry of Industry.

"But the treasury is empty, and now it's time to use troops against the Ottomans. I'm afraid these rats will starve to death!"

This is what Liu Huaiwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, said.

In short, in one sentence, the telegraph is a very good thing, and we really want to roll it out, but it just happens to be the time to open the film to the outside world, so there is not enough money in the treasury to fully roll out the telegraph.

Zhu Jinsong almost laughed out loud at the suggestion that Song Yucheng, Liu Huaiwen and other senior figures were singing along.

It is not wrong to say that these elders are dedicated to the Ming Dynasty. After all, only when the Ming Dynasty improves will they be better off. These elders in the court also understand this truth.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is the only beacon on this small broken world. The remaining countries, large and small, are all barbarians in the eyes of these elders, and no one is looking for an eagle father.
To be continued...