Chapter 1108: Moving North
There should be all the mansions, and even the servant Zeng Yishu had already prepared them. After Huang Luzhuang and his party arrived, they had their own housekeeper to deal with the miscellaneous matters.
After riding in the carriage for a day, Huang Guangling, who had been unable to hold it in, was so happy when he arrived at his new home. He looked at the curiosity and looked at the fun. He ran around the yard with his calves, and watched the servants move the luggage from the car into the house one by one.
Zeng looked at his son with a look of love and satisfaction. Looking at them, mother and son, Huang Luzhuang and Zeng Yishu looked at each other and smiled, and joined hands into the study.
"It's thanks to my hard work to settle the placement in Beijing."
"Why do you and me do this?"
"My dear business is busy, and I can still leave today. Is there no delay in the political affairs?" Huang Luzhuang personally brewed a cup of tea for Zeng Yishu and asked with a smile.
Zeng Yishu thanked him, took the tea and said with a smile: "I know that my brother and my younger sister are coming, and the official duties have been arranged long ago. Besides, although the Military Affairs Office is busy, it is not busy every day, and I still have the time to spend a day."
"That's good." Huang Luzhuang felt relieved. Although his grade was not low, he was actually not a formal official and had never been in the yamen to handle government affairs. Naturally, he never cared about the official affairs of the Military Affairs Office.
As soon as I asked, it was just because he knew that Zeng Yishu was now a military minister and was afraid that he would give up his official duties for his own private affairs. If this was spread, it would be bad for his wife and brother-in-law.
"By the way, brother, how do you arrange this after coming to Beijing?"
Huang Luzhuang thought for a while and said, "Since the imperial court returned to the capital of the capital, the Academy of Sciences should have gone north as soon as possible, but because railways and other research were at the critical moment, the Academy of Sciences has been in Nanjing. This time, the Emperor entered the capital of the Emperor. The Emperor sent someone south to ask about Wei. Wei felt that it was still a question of how the Academy of Sciences was placed, so he planned to settle down today and wait until he entered the palace to meet the Emperor tomorrow to see what the Holy Spirit wanted."
"This is natural." Zeng Yishu nodded in agreement: "Although the Academy of Sciences was first established in Nanjing, Beijing is the capital of my Ming Dynasty. The Academy of Sciences is the important place of my Ming Dynasty. It has always been too far from the center of Nanjing. It is extremely inconvenient to do many things. If it can be moved to the capital, it will be much more convenient. Moreover, my brother and younger sister are far away in Nanjing, so I have been worried about it. If my brother can live in the capital for a long time in the future, it will save me the pain of missing me."
"Hahaha, I am happy for me to hear this, but then again, if I directly move the Academy of Sciences from Nanjing to the capital to tell the truth, I don't agree. This is the best place for the Capital, and Nanjing also has the best place for the Nanjing. Moreover, it has spent a lot of effort on me in Nanjing. Once I move to the Capital, it will be abandoned. So I was wondering whether I can still retain the Nanjing Academy of Sciences and build a new Academy in the Capital, which will be more appropriate."
After Huang Luzhuang said this, his eyes looked at Zeng Yishu, and he looked inquired.
Although Huang Luzhuang was not a real official, he was not clear about the situation of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the Academy of Sciences has become increasingly important in the Ming Dynasty over the years. Huang Luzhuang knew very well that Zhu Yicheng's real intention of letting him go north.
After all, it is not suitable to have an important institution like the Academy of Sciences in Nanjing. However, if the entire Academy of Sciences is really moved from Nanjing to Beijing, people are only one aspect, but more importantly, the various research and experimental institutions that the Academy of Sciences have spent a lot of money to build over the years. These things cannot be moved by just moving them, and even if they can be moved as a whole, it will take a lot of time, which will bring unnecessary trouble to many research plans of the Academy of Sciences.
According to Huang Luzhuang's plan, he originally went to see Zhu Yicheng tomorrow, but now Zeng Yishu has asked about it, it is better to discuss it with him first. After all, Zeng Yishu is an important official in the court, and now the Minister of Military Affairs, his opinions are naturally extremely important.
When Zeng Yishu heard Huang Luzhuang say this, he understood in his heart. In fact, he took time to greet Huang Luzhuang and his wife in person today. First, because of the relationship between the two parties, and second, he also planned to talk to him in advance.
As a friend and a relative, Zeng Yishu knew the most about Huang Luzhuang's personality and temper. His brother's literary talent was naturally not as good as his orthodox Jinshi, but in terms of science, Huang Luzhuang was a famous master in the Ming Dynasty.
However, although Huang Luzhuang has strong scientific ability, he is a little confused about the world and has a little stubborn personality. Therefore, it is necessary to meet him in advance and have a good chat with him. Some things others cannot say, but it is okay for him to say them to Zeng Yishu.
Fortunately, although Huang Luzhuang said just now, he denied the court's plan to move the Academy of Sciences from Nanjing to Beijing, he did not completely refuse. After all, Huang Luzhuang was not a clever person at all. Besides, he could rely on Zhu Yicheng's support today. Huang Luzhuang was full of gratitude for Zhu Yicheng.
"This is also a solution." Zeng Yishu thought about it and said, "I originally had two capitals in the Ming Dynasty, but after the revival of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor directly abolished the two capitals system and the capital was the capital. Can the elder brother be honest about this matter?"
"This..." Huang Luzhuang had never considered this before, so he shook his head immediately.
Zeng Yishu smiled and said, "I divided the two capitals in the Ming Dynasty, which was because of Chengzu. Then, considering that Taizu established the capital of Nanjing, he retained it. In addition, after the Jingnan Campaign, Chengzu had to take into account the honors of the southern part and some old ministers of the previous dynasty, so he set up six other ministries in Nanjing and sent more left-behind to control the south. But now my Ming Dynasty is different from that time. The emperor raised an army from Jiangnan to sweep the world, and then regained the city of Beijing. The world was settled. It was natural that the capital was still going north, so there was no need to set up six ministries and left-behind in Nanjing."
"So that's it." Hearing this explanation, Huang Luzhuang realized it.
Zeng Yishu said: "Besides, it was impossible to compare with today. When my brother developed a railway, he should understand what a powerful tool this railway was. Now, in addition to the railway from Nanjing to Shanghai, the imperial court is also setting up new railways connecting north and south, east and west. A few years later, when these railways are successfully built, it will be much more convenient to travel from south to north. By then, from the capital to Nanjing or even to Chaofaxi, why bother with those troubles?"
Actually, the big guys in the court knew these things in their hearts, but the little people below knew not much. As for Huang Luzhuang, he either did research or was at home on weekdays, so how could he care about these things? So when he heard that the court planned to move the Academy of Sciences from Nanjing to Beijing, he naturally had some resistance. However, he was not a fool. The court's orders could not be violated, and he did not have the courage to contradict Zhu Yicheng directly. So he thought that he thought it was more appropriate. That was, he planned to propose to set up another Academy of Sciences in Beijing in front of Zhu Yicheng, and form the system of the Academy of Sciences in the North and South by the two capital systems.
In his opinion, this method is desirable, but he did not expect that the court's decision-making aspects were much more keen than Huang Luzhuang's political vision. He waited for Huang Luzhuang to enter the city today, with the purpose of explaining this to him clearly so that his brother would not get angry for a moment and would get up with Zhu Yicheng Ning directly at that time.
After hearing Zeng Yishu's words, Huang Luzhuang realized that it would be impossible to change the Northward movement of the Academy of Sciences. His previous thoughts were a bit naive. However, Huang Luzhuang felt a little reluctant to leave the Nanjing Academy of Sciences and the energy he had invested and spent before.
"Brother, don't worry too much. Who is the emperor? The emperor who can be thought of naturally had already thought of it. When my brother meets the emperor tomorrow, he only needs to make a clear attitude and support the court to move north to the Academy of Sciences. As for Nanjing, the emperor will not give up completely because of his younger brother, so there will naturally be proper arrangements."
"This... OK." Huang Luzhuang thought about it carefully, and felt that what Zeng Yishu said made sense, so he had no choice but to nod and smile bitterly.
Since Huangluzhuang had just arrived in the capital and had to meet you tomorrow, Zeng Yishu was not too late. After talking about this with him, he stood up and said goodbye, and asked Huangluzhuang to rest for a day. Anyway, others had arrived in the capital and the two families were not far away. Naturally, there would be opportunities to travel frequently in the future, so there would be no rush to get around today.
Chapter completed!