Chapter 174 Intensifying conflicts is the best way to resolve conflicts!
Walking in the streets.
The streets of Peiping have returned to their former bustle.
People were coming and going on the street. Fang Mo was a little distracted. As he walked, he glanced at Xia Zhibai and said, "Sir, do you really not care at all? Li Sheng and the others are already in Yingtian Mansion. Very arrogant.”
Xia Zhibai didn’t stop.
He walked on his back towards his residence.
"Why bother?"
"Fang Mo, you need to remember one thing. If you want to solve a conflict, you must first understand the conflict and then intensify it."
"Intensifying conflicts is the best way to resolve them!"
Fang Mo was stunned.
He stopped abruptly.
Looking at Xia Zhibai’s figure, he was stunned.
Intensifying conflicts?
Shouldn’t this be about solving the problem first?
Xia Zhibai looked relaxed and did not explain too much.
He knew the demands of Li Sheng and others. They thought that their contribution was great and that he should not ask them so much. They wanted to seek greater voice and control. If coordination and negotiation were carried out according to traditional methods, sometimes it would not be possible. Solve problems.
Because if there is one, there are two.
He can compromise and retreat once, but he cannot retreat again and again.
Sooner or later it will break out.
Rather than that.
It is better to take this opportunity to completely intensify these contradictions and push these dissatisfactions directly to the surface. By then, when both parties are forced to resolve it, this problem will be properly resolved.
And he knew what Li Sheng had in mind.
I just want to get better value by relying on the few craftsmen I have.
And during this period, their research on steam engines gradually got on the right track. Li Sheng and other engineers felt that they made the steam engine, and they did not have much credit. They were the ones doing it, and they felt that they were the ones doing it. In order to solve the imbalance, he asked them to make textile looms, but he was unwilling to provide enough pig iron.
This is just a test.
This also made Xia Zhibai even more eager to train engineers himself.
He does not want to be held hostage like this.
I don’t want to have such a bumpy start at the beginning.
Go home.
Just entered the house.
Fang Mo was stunned again.
Because there were many half-grown teenagers in the courtyard, as well as some minority tribes with strange looks, Fang Mo raised his eyes and looked at Xia Zhibai with a strange look on his face. He was now very curious about Xia Zhibai. What did he do in Peiping to create such a strange scene?
Xia Zhibai didn't know what Fang Mo was thinking. He stretched out his hand and said to Hei Wa: "Hei Wa, prepare a room for Fang Mo to stay. Next, Fang Mo will be responsible for your homework. "
said.
Xia Zhibai looked at Fang Mo and said: "In this courtyard, they will all be in charge of you in the future."
"You are not responsible for many things, just daily study homework, some simple literacy and writing, and basic arithmetic. However, I have taught them to memorize the multiplication formula during this period. In terms of arithmetic, there is no need to go too far. Worry."
"As for the others who don't know, they will ask you."
Fang Mo's eyes widened.
Xia Zhibai smiled and patted Fang Mo on the shoulder, and said: "In the next period of time, I should go to the outside of the city with Zheng Yuanwailang to be responsible for the construction of the iron furnace. Among them are Ta Lu and Ma Tao is literate, but not completely. Hei Wa and Li Zi don't have any basic knowledge. I can only trouble you more during this period."
"He who can do more work"
Fang Mo looked aggrieved. He hadn't been out of school for long, how could he know how to teach others?
Under Xia Zhibai's eyes, Fang Mo could only compromise.
Seeing Fang Mo agree, Xia Zhibai secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Teaching is really tiring.
He also thought of some solutions during this time. Paper was wasted too quickly, and he couldn't afford to support so many people reading and writing, so he went straight to get some fine sand and put it on a plate. , let Heiwa and the others use a wooden stick as a pen and practice on it. The effect is okay.
The current conditions are limited, so we can only lay the foundation in this way.
The other side.
Zheng Yuanqing returned to his residence first.
He will only visit the King of Yan, Zhu Di, tomorrow. The long journey and traveling will hurt his body. Going to see the King of Yan with a haggard face will easily misunderstand Zhu Di, and Zhu Di can understand it. After all, he is new here, so he has to give time. Get familiar with and adapt.
It hasn’t been long since we settled here.
Zheng Yuanqing heard about the changes in Peiping.
Zheng Yuanqing was quite surprised to hear that King Yan was so bold and organized the whole of Peiping.
Because many of those killed were Zhu Di's own people.
Zheng Yuanqing stood with his hands behind his hands, looked out the window, and said in a solemn voice: "This great turmoil in the court has brought many changes to the entire world. Today's court is already a quagmire. It is difficult for ordinary people to escape. In the next month, they will go out to seek refuge. "After this adjustment, I think there will be great improvements in all aspects such as officialdom and governance."
"It can be regarded as providing conditions for the construction of Zunhua Iron and Steel Industry."
"It's just Xia Zhibai's request."
Zheng Yuanqing frowned.
He knows something about Xia Zhibai.
This is a man who is ambitious and dares to think and do.
But precisely because he was too unscrupulous, he was not very popular with the officials of the imperial court.
Especially salt and iron, which were originally controlled by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Now, taking advantage of the turmoil in the court, he secretly nibbled off a piece. As the Guo Huan case came to an end, officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs also had new officials one after another. Many officials in the DPRK wanted to take back the 'salt and iron' powers that Xia Zhibai handled.
It’s just that I don’t dare to take too many actions at the moment.
But sooner or later there will be movement.
On the other hand.
There is no sense of authority in Xia Zhibai's eyes. He is just a business official, but he wants to dictate to Ye Tie. If he didn't mind it and didn't want to get involved in trouble at this time, it would be impossible for Xia Zhibai to agree to his idea. , and not many people are willing to do this kind of thing to other officials.
In the Zunhua Iron Smelting project planned by Xia Zhibai, the iron smelting station he wanted to build was too big.
A conservative estimate of the output is several million catties.
This is close to half of Daming’s current annual output.
Producing so much pig iron and steel, what does Xia Zhibai want to do? Really want to come up with those fantastic ideas of his? Just one steam engine consumes pig iron and wrought iron, which makes officials from the Ministry of Housing complain incessantly. If this system is really extended to the north, millions of kilograms of iron will not be able to support it.
How could there be so much iron in the world for him to make?
Agricultural tools, daily utensils, and weapons are no longer made?
Zheng Yuanqing stood in front of the window and let out a long sigh. This official position was becoming more and more difficult.
His Majesty's demands are getting more and more, and there are more and more self-righteous thorns like Xia Zhibai. If this continues, what will happen to officials like them?
But there was one thing he recognized about Xia Zhibai.
There is a problem with the ‘on-demand production’ currently being promoted by the imperial court.
And there is a big problem.
If the world is stable and there are not many situations, production on demand can indeed reduce expenditures and losses, and also allow the people to have a certain degree of stability without levying too many labor services.
But the world is not static, but changes all the time. The court cannot predict or know what will happen in the future in advance. Many aspects have been booked in advance. When the situation does arise, it is often in a hurry, causing Big confusion.
Your Majesty’s plan of living within your means is simply unrealistic.
It's just that after so many years as an official in the court, not only himself, but also other colleagues have long lost their enterprising spirit. The enthusiasm of the past has long faded, because they cannot see the development direction of Ming Dynasty. Today's All they are thinking about is how to securely sit down in their positions, hoping that there will be no big problems in their duties and in the areas they are in charge of.
That's enough.
No fighting, no fighting, no making trouble.
(End of this chapter)