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"Your majesty is too impatient, he wants to do his work as soon as he returns, and he is even the most eye-catching industry! "Originally, the industry in the imperial court was already under a lot of pressure. Now, isn't this giving more substance to our population?"

"We must make the His Majesty understand the difference between the leader and the subordinate. We must let the emperor take the lead!"

Weng Tonghe did not know much about industry, technology and machinery, but he knew about the government, and knew about the cruelty of the fights in the Great Qing.

"His Majesty has not been by my side for the past few years, but he has been taught a lesson by Xiao Letian, and he has already entered the evil path!"

"The king of a country wonders what a craftsman can do. "The Son of Heaven's primary task is to balance things, to balance people and things. If we can balance the power of the imperial court, what can we do in the future?"

"Your Highness, Master San …" I have put my words here, you should advise this king! "

"No, I have to go back to the cabin first. I have to think about how to write a note for His Majesty, how to refute Xiao Letian's nonsense, I want to pull His Majesty back!"

Weng Tonghe did not let anyone else speak, he anxiously got off the boat and rode on his own boat, leaving Prince Yi Cong and Chief Minister Fu Qing behind to look at each other.

"This old man, why is there not even the slightest bit of calmness? "He's in such a hurry to act like a foolish youth who just became an official …"

Qing San Ye laughed bitterly: "Isn't it because I have been away from His Majesty for too long? I feel that I have too much time to wait, and always want to make up for the five years of lessons I lost!"

"Actually, what this old man said was not wrong, but what His Majesty said makes sense!"

"Your Royal Highness, I have no objection to what the old man said about personal governance. First, take power, then go about your business. However, I have one more thing to ask Your Highness to consider!"

"Today, the world spans a thousand miles in a single day. Europe and America's technological development is unimaginably fast, and Xiao Letian has told me this more than once … This era is called Polytechnic University... The era of the Big Bang! "

"I don't know if it's going to explode! I knew that it would take longer for every step of the way, and if the His Majesty delayed them from seizing power for another three to four years, how many factories would others have to build in these next three to four years? "

"How many weapons will have to be built, and how much steel will have to be produced? The more we delay, the more we become passive! "

"It's not as serious as you say?" Yi Cong was in disbelief.

"Aiyo, Prince!" "Take the iron and steel industry for example. In this world, every powerful country has to develop their own steel and steel industry. This is the foundation of their industry!"

"A medium-sized steelmaking plant would require at least 3 years to invest in order to produce the first batch of molten steel, and we at least have no experience or talent. I'm afraid it will take at least 5 years!"

"When His Majesty returns to the Forbidden City, he will have to prepare for his wedding. After that, he will have to prepare for his own official ceremony, and after that, he will need time to fight with those people for power!"

"Can you take power in five years? I think we're in a bit of a suspense... Then let's just leave it at that for now! It will take five years to take care of them personally, and it will take five years to set up a Steel plant … "

"Ten years! Do you know how much the world has changed in ten years, my lord? Ten years! " Qing San Ye shook his head and sighed as he walked.

"Ten years? What's wrong with ten years? It's not bad to be able to seize power for ten years! " Yi Cong was a little unable to keep up with their thoughts. He scratched his head and muttered to himself.

"After Master Kang Xi ascended the throne, it took him six years to get involved in the personal affairs, and eight years to get rid of Ao Bai!"

"Before the Yongzheng Emperor took power, he fought with his brothers for 45 years before finally winning.

"Ten years? You can't wait ten years? This Fu Qing is also a foreign devil and has drunk too much yellow soup! "

Yi Cong stood at the side of the ship, deep in thought as he watched the young eunuchs use iron rods to knock on the ice floating in the middle of the river. This year was a rare warm winter, it was as if the cold air of the Great Qing had blown all the way to the North Atlantic.

Expedition's side had frozen to death, but the capital's side could even survive through the winter with a cotton-padded jacket! The ice layer that had frozen the river during the warm winter was not that thick either. Previously, in order to get the emperor to control the boat, the authorities had specially arranged for people to break through the ice along the way.

The ice in the middle of the river was sprinkled with fine black cinder, making a path through the boat. Every morning, people would break through the ice.

In order for the Tongzhi Emperor to return to the capital, he had mobilized more than 400,000 citizens from Tianjin to Beijing to send them out to work.

Before the His Majesty's boat had passed, it was not allowed to freeze in the middle of the canal. This was a death command along the way!

If that village didn't listen to him, then he would use the 70 jin flail to chain the village chief, Retention and everything else! If the commoner below dared to cause trouble, he would be convicted for rebelling.

The poor riverside residents had suffered an unexpected disaster. In the middle of winter, they had to prepare their own rations and go to the river to break through the ice every day.

Although winter was a fallow season, people still had to go through the new year. They had to eat all the food they had accumulated in the autumn, and now that they were doing so much hard work, even the government wouldn't give them any subsidies if they lost the food.

The commoners dared not to speak out of anger. They all swallowed the bitter water in their stomachs!

So many people had to pay for it, and this was the only way to have the wonderful winter scenery of sailing!

The big shots at the top would not think about such a small thing, the His Majesty was thinking about the reform while the Fifth Master and the others were thinking about how to let the His Majesty govern personally.

Meanwhile, the eunuchs on the boat were carefully cleaning the floating ice while the guards vigilantly looked at the riverbanks on both sides of the river.

No one knew that on the other side of the dike, where their line of sight was blocked, the wolf-like yamen runners would whip their waists and force the ice-breaking civilians to crawl on the ground, not allowing them to move.

"All of you, behave yourself... Whoever dares to peek at the Emperor will be punished by the law of rebellion! "

"You all don't want to live anymore? Don't move, just lie on the ground... "Everyone, get down, get down on the ground …"

These people, who risked their lives day and night, did not even have the right to see a saint!

It was precisely under the control of these local officials that the scenery in front of Prince Yi Cong was as beautiful as a painting made of ink.

The village and farmland were arranged in the distance. The white snow was the whiteness of the ink paintings, the dead trees propped up on the paper, the jackdaws flying over the desolate land.

"Ah …" Seeing such a beautiful scene, Yi Cong let out a long breath, "This is more like it! The Great Qing has this kind of idyllic scenery, there are no rowdy commoner, and also no pitch black smoke pipe or factory! "

"Look at how the Tanggu has been fouled, they are all scum, filthy!"

"What kind of industry is this!?" If we destroy this beautiful painting, our children and grandchildren will curse us! "

"That's right! The lowly commoner called Xin Jian in the industrial area who dared to go against His Majesty must be the one who caused the His Majesty to be in a bad mood, this damned fellow! "

"Someone …" Yi Cong growled, following that, a few guards ran over from the corner.