Chapter 481 Li Gui Meets Li Kui Again

"A-choo!"

The next morning, Zhao Jun sneezed while working in the Constitutional Court.

He touched his youth suit, which was not thick but a long gown, and looked at the blazing sun outside in April, doubting his life.

Could it be that he was wearing too little?

He looked up at the other prime ministers in the court, each one was wearing thinner than the other, but they didn't seem to have caught a cold.

It was really strange.

Zhao Jun scratched his head, not knowing why, so he had to continue reviewing the documents.

At this time, there were new changes in the Constitutional Court. In addition to the changes in furniture and decoration styles, the prime ministers' dressing styles also changed greatly.

They were all wearing black or gray Zhongshan suits and executive jackets.

Although they didn't shave their hair, they covered it with a hat, wore reading glasses, and wore the national emblem of the Song Dynasty on their chests. These old men looked more elegant and easy-going.

The costumes of the Song Dynasty were quite distinct and distinctive. The daily clothes of the dignitaries were mainly silk-cornered round-collared robes, 楑robe, wild clothes, silk-cornered round-collared robes with missing hips, etc., while the officials wore official robes.

On weekdays, the prime ministers all wore purple robes. Although they were all elegant and luxurious, they were not very convenient. The hem and sleeves were too long, and it was easy to touch them when doing things.

So we often see in TV dramas that when the ancients wrote, they needed to hold the sleeve of their right hand with their left hand to prevent the sleeve from getting stained with ink.

Since Zhao Jun came to power, he has always advocated simplicity and practicality.

Although the ancients' dressing style was fairy-like, it fully showed the gentleness and beauty of Hanfu, and it was in line with Confucian culture. It was believed that wearing revealing clothes was a collapse of etiquette and music, so that ancient costumes were all long robes.

But this kind of long robe has wide sleeves and a long flowing skirt, which is mainly for the comfort of the dignitaries who do not need to work, which is very inconvenient in real life.

For example, when writing, walking, or eating, it is common to rub against sleeves, step on folded skirts, and stain clothes.

Therefore, Zhao Jun advocated sinking to the people in terms of cultural clothing.

The so-called sinking to the people means being close to the lives of the people and advocating simple, comfortable, and easy-to-work clothing.

Such as close-fitting tights, short jackets and long pants, etc.

In fact, the short jackets and long pants of later generations existed in ancient times. People at that time called them coarse cloth short jackets, with ramie and linen as raw materials. The upper body was short-sleeved, and the lower body was called "褌" or "袴".

Among them, the style of the double-breasted short jacket is similar to the short-sleeved shirts of later generations, while 茌 and hakama are very similar to ordinary trousers, which belonged to the ancient folks.

The gorgeous Hanfu seen on the Internet in later generations is the clothing of the nobles and dignitaries, and has nothing to do with the poor people.

Therefore, after sinking to the people, Zhao Jun believed that the official uniforms of the court should no longer be inconvenient for work as before, but should be turned to close-fitting formal clothes that are convenient for walking and working.

For example, in the reform at the beginning of this year, Zhongshan suits and executive jackets were introduced as the official uniforms for central court officials.

There is no need to say much about the executive jacket.

As a garment designed by the father of the nation in later generations, the Zhongshan suit itself is a garment with Chinese characteristics. It is one of the representative garments of later generations in my country and is most suitable for formal wear.

The prime ministers all wore garments made by the Bianliang Weaving Factory, made of silk, cashmere and pure cotton, with high-end craftsmanship and extremely comfortable to wear.

Ordinary people can try new shirts and short sleeves, and have a variety of clothing choices.

Nowadays, the people have no resistance to new clothing. After more than ten years of promotion, short-sleeved trousers have taken root among the people.

The upper class dignitaries have some opinions and think that it is not in accordance with the etiquette system.

But the prime ministers set an example by wearing Zhongshan suits and executive jackets one after another, and naturally they also gradually followed suit and won the favor of all officials.

Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan's thoughts are no longer as old-fashioned as they were back then.

Apart from the traditional idea of ​​"hair and skin are inherited from parents" in shaving hair, people are quite open-minded in clothing and can accept it quickly.

The main reason is that in the movies they watch, this kind of clothing looks quite beautiful and capable.

Compared with the long sleeves of the original official uniform, it is gorgeous but not stable enough. Zhongshan suits and executive jackets can better reflect the stability and depth of these high-ranking officials.

Therefore, they are willing to try it without exposing their clothes and violating the etiquette.

However, in Zhao Jun's view, traditional clothing cannot be completely abandoned.

The clothing of the people is very close to the clothing of later generations, and can develop in the direction of short sleeves, shirts, shorts, trousers, etc.

The clothing of officials gradually tends to formal clothing.

The original Hanfu can be used as traditional national clothing, and officials must wear it when attending court meetings, celebrations, sacrifices, ceremonies and other activities.

The common people should wear appropriate traditional clothing for festivals, cap ceremonies, Ji Ji, graduations, marriages, funerals and other activities.

In this way, we can promote new things while preserving the gorgeous and beautiful ancient national costumes.

In this regard, although Hanfu is becoming more and more popular among the people, it is missing in daily life and major celebrations.

In this regard, it is a pity.

So Zhao Jun must preserve these traditional cultures, and cannot completely deny them.

This is also in line with the concept of "taking the essence and removing the dross" and "reforming the old and bringing forth the new" in the political books of high schools in later generations.

"Zhiyuan."

Just as Zhao Jun was writing furiously and reviewing the official documents submitted by some departments.

Su Huan walked in with official documents in his hand.

"Wenfu, what's wrong?"

Zhao Jun raised his head, a little surprised.

"This is an official document just sent from the Ministry of Railways. I met Fan Zhen, Minister of the Ministry of Railways, at the door, so I helped him get the document."

Su Huan said.

He is the imperial system department and is responsible for organizing and summarizing the documents of the Constitutional Yuan and drafting decrees. He mainly conveys the decisions and instructions of the prime ministers in an accurate, concise and easy-to-understand way.

The job of delivering documents should not have been under his control, but the current location of the Constitutional Yuan is in the palace, and the location of the Daqing Hall of the old palace has not changed.

Except for some important departments such as the Ministry of Finance, the Privy Council, and the Sixth Ministries, almost all the remaining departments have moved to the newly expanded imperial city, outside the former Xuandemen, far away from the Constitutional Yuan.

Therefore, it is common for officials to deliver ordinary official documents to the palace if they happen to be going to the Constitutional Yuan. They meet on the way, get to know each other, and help bring them over.

After hearing Su Huan's words, Zhao Jun took the official document and took a look at it. When he understood the contents, he laughed: "This Fan Zhen is a bit interesting."

"What's wrong?"

Fan Zhongyan turned his head and came over curiously.

"Fan Zhen believes that since electricity can be conducted through copper, it is better to install a device on the top of the train and connect the wires on it. This way the train can provide power at all times, ensure long-distance telegraph communication, and there is no need to stop to connect the wires."

Zhao Jun said.

"Is this possible?"

Yan Shu also asked.

"It should be feasible."

Zhao Jun remembered some movies and TV series from the Republic of China that he had watched before.

The most typical one is "Kung Fu", in which Xing Zai, played by Stephen Chow, and Fat Zai Cong, played by Lin Zicong, were violently beaten by the four-eyed boy in the car.

That kind of car is a typical tram in the Republic of China. It is connected to a pantograph and wires to ensure power supply to the vehicle.

Although he didn't know much about this aspect, since it had already appeared during the Republic of China, it showed that continuous power supply to trains was not a technical problem that was difficult to solve.

"If it's feasible, let him try it."

Yan Shu nodded.

Zhao Jun said: "Well, let him cooperate with the School of Physics and continue to study it in depth."

"Zhiyuan, I'm a little worried."

The newly appointed Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang suddenly spoke.

Now the Constitutional Yuan is shuffling its cards again.

Except for Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu who were allowed to stay by Zhao Zhen because they were one of the first eight, Song Shou and Cai Qi no longer serve as prime ministers.

Among the first eight people, except Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu, four of them, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Wang Sui and Sheng Du, died of illness, and Song Shou and Cai Qi retired.

The next prime ministers who entered the Constitutional Yuan for the second time were Zhang Shixun, Li Di, Jia Changchao, and Jiang Tang.

The first two died of illness, and among the latter two, Jiang Tang retired and became an official, and Jia Changchao was rehired as a consultant to the Constitutional Yuan, mainly providing construction matters to the Ministry of Industry.

Therefore, only six of the old batch of prime ministers were Zhao Jun, Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan, Xia Song, Du Yan, and Zheng Jian.

During the election change in October last year, with the support of Zhao Jun, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo and Han Qi from Fan Zhongyan's faction entered the hospital.

Yan Shu recommended Pang Ji, Du Yan recommended Zeng Gongliang, and Zheng Jian recommended his good friend Song Xiang.

These six people had been promoted one after another in the past few years. They all became ministers of first-level departments, qualified to become prime ministers, were officially admitted to the hospital because of their talents, and they also knew Zhao Jun's identity.

The only pity is that because he was afraid that his laptop would be broken, the newly admitted prime minister only watched the movie once on the day he became prime minister and revealed Zhao Jun's identity.

Let the new six people never forget it.

Since Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu had the earliest qualifications, Zhao Zhen had already read through the inventory in their notebooks except for the "Man and Nature" folder, which became their capital to show off from time to time.

Hearing Zeng Gongliang's words at this moment, Zhao Jun took the time to say: "Come and listen?"

"Previously, the School of Physics solved the problem of air obstruction in trains, designed a streamlined shape, and installed rubber plates to alleviate air resistance. Later, the wheels were also changed to tapered shapes to make the vehicle run more stably. Now the speed of steam trains has also been greatly increased. The limit can even reach more than three hundred miles in half an hour, which is certainly a good thing.”

Zeng Gongliang said with a worried look on his face: "But the faster the train, the more unsafe it is. If someone deliberately throws obstacles on the railway, or encounters snow, mudslides, etc., it may be very dangerous. If the train derails or rolls over, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Yes, there are few railway lines now, and there are railway soldiers guarding them all along the way, which can still ensure safety. Once the number of lines increases, it will inevitably be impossible to take everything into consideration. Do we still have to send troops to guard everywhere?"

Wen Yanbo also said: "Once a train derails, the consequences will be very serious. The people and goods on the train will be seriously injured, and there will be heavy casualties. The worst will make people across the country fear train accidents and no longer trust the safety of trains. It is safe and no one will dare to take the train in the future.

"Yes, if you think about it carefully, this is indeed the path."

"It's okay now, but what will happen in the future?"

"We have to find a way."

The other prime ministers also felt that what they said made sense.

"Well"

Zhao Jun pondered, thinking about what the two said.

There are no train accidents in the Song Dynasty now. That is because the trains in the Song Dynasty are very cautious and only run once every three hours.

And everything from the locomotive to the rails to the wheels has been continuously tested and improved, adding a lot of safety.

In addition, patrol booths were stationed every ten miles, a team of railway soldiers were stationed on patrol, and a barbed wire fence was built outside.

Despite the heavy security measures, it is still very difficult for ordinary people to steal the rails or put obstacles such as stones on the rails.

But now there is only one railway line open, and the service targets freight and dignitaries. The high freight and fares themselves can recover the operating costs, so this can be done.

However, once trains are popularized and laid across the country, the cost will not be recovered.

Therefore, safety issues must be considered.

He thought deeply: "What you said makes sense. In that case, let's brainstorm. Do you have any good suggestions?"

"Professional people do professional things, but we don't have any ideas."

"This matter can be left to the engineers of the Ministry of Railways and the School of Physics to set up a department specializing in train safety with safety as the focus."

"That's good advice."

"Well, that's it, Wenfu."

Zhao Jun called out.

Su Huan came over and said, "Zhiyuan."

"You draft a decree and send it to the Ministry of Railways and the Academy of Sciences."

Zhao Jun ordered: "Let them set up a train safety team and convene a group of engineers to study how to prevent train accidents."

"yes."

Su Huan was about to leave when he went out and turned right to go to the office of the Chief Secretary to draft the decree.

"Wait a minute."

Zhao Jun stopped him again, thought for a while and said: "Go and draft another decree for Wu Yu, Minister of Finance, and ask him to approve 100,000 yuan for this group. If it is not enough, apply again. You cannot be careless about train safety. You should spend money." It has to cost money.”

"yes."

Su Huan responded and was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something and stood there with a troubled expression.

Zhao Jun saw that he hadn't left and asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

"The official suddenly remembered something."

"What's up?"

"Yesterday, my brother Su Xun and his family took a train to Beijing for investigation. My nephews Su Shi and Su Zhe are very interested in trains. On the train, they asked people who are familiar with train affairs."

Su Huan said: "After we got home, they also pointed out that there were many unsafe places in the train. The official thought that maybe they had a talent in this area."

"oh?"

Zhao Jun opened his eyes wide, then thought for a moment and asked, "Did they make any suggestions?"

Su Huan said: "They said that once the train hits the obstacle in front, it may immediately derail, and each carriage will rush out. If something can be installed in the middle of the train connection, it may be avoided, but they do not have the relevant knowledge. They don’t know exactly what is installed.”

Su Shi and Su Che did talk about this to Su Huan yesterday.

Although they felt that the train was running smoothly when they were on the train, they saw with their own eyes that the train was running on the tracks when they got on and off the train.

So I instinctively remembered that once there is a stone on the track, or there is an obstacle such as a mudslide in front of me, and I don't have time to brake and hit it, the cars behind will derail due to inertia, and then rush out one by one, which is very dangerous. .

But if you put a device in the middle of each carriage, like a bamboo snake, it seems to be one section at a time. But once the front of the car is hit, this device can pull each carriage straight and will not let any carriage go. Fly off the track.

It will be much safer this way.

This thing was called a bogie in later generations, and it could make the vehicle more stable and flexible.

But Su Shi and Su Che were just curious about this aspect. They thought it would be too dangerous to fix each carriage in the train. They needed something to secure it, but they didn't know what it was specifically.

However, even so, Zhao Jun was very surprised.

Because this means that Su Shi and Su Che are indeed talented in this area, just like many people were very interested in radios when they were children and liked to dismantle small electrical appliances to satisfy their curiosity.

It's one thing to satisfy curiosity, but it's another thing to be able to understand the principles after dismantling it, put it back together, and come up with unexpected ideas and ingenious ideas.

So Zhao Jun pondered for a moment and then said: "Your nephew is very talented. Have they studied science before?"

"Nothing."

Su Huan shook his head.

"How old are they?"

"Su Shi was sixteen years old and Su Zhe was fourteen years old."

"very good."

Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction and said: "Let them go to Bianliang Junior High School and learn science systematically. Maybe they will be the future great scientists of the Song Dynasty."

"Thank you, Zhiyuan."

Su Huan was very happy.

You must know that Bianliang Junior High School has to pass the exam. Most people don't have this talent, or even if they have talent, they are inferior in other aspects and they simply can't pass the exam.

It would be great if you can directly recruit people now. As long as you get a high school or even college diploma step by step, you will become more and more popular in the future.

"Go ahead and let Su Xun report to the Ministry of Civil Affairs first. In the afternoon, you ask him to come to the Constitutional Yuan and I will have a chat with him."

Zhao Jun waved his hand and signaled Su Huan to do things first.

Su Xun is still very talented. I valued him very much at the beginning. He should have been a key training target like Wang Anshi and others.

It's a pity that because of his father's death, he has been at home all year round. He has followed in the footsteps of Bao Zheng and has lost these five years of experience. It will probably take a few more years to follow in Wang Anshi's footsteps.

"That's right, Zhiyuan."

Su Huan was about to leave. Seeing that Zhao Jun was relatively happy, he remembered one more thing.

"Any thing else?"

Zhao Jun asked.

"That's right. I wonder what the relationship between the Imperial Academy and Mr. Lu Xun is like?"

Su Huan hesitated slightly.

He had actually heard that Zhao Jun and Lu Xun were good friends.

Very few people in Bianliang have seen Mr. Lu Xun, who is only in legend.

Including Ouyang Xiu, who is now the intellectual admonisher of the Academy, they all admired Mr. Lu Xun very much. Unfortunately, they have always regretted not getting to know him.

However, many people knew that the Supreme Court knew this gentleman.

And not only the Imperial Academy, but also Prime Minister Yan and Fan were said to know each other. It seemed that Mr. Lu Xun belonged to the circle of prime ministers.

So now I dare to ask.

"What, you also want to get to know Mr. Lu Xun?"

Zhao Jun waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Don't you know that this gentleman always likes to be quiet and doesn't like to be disturbed by outsiders. He often hides in the busy city and observes the various behaviors of the people. He doesn't want his identity to be discovered?"

"Xiaguan naturally knows, it's just"

"Just what?"

"It's just my nephew Su Shi."

Su Huan smiled bitterly and said: "Yesterday, I clamored to see Mr., and said that Mr. is the person he admires most. The poems he wrote seemed to have been written into his heart."

The smile on Zhao Jun's face froze.

People around him, such as Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan, who knew the inside story, looked at him as if they were watching something good.

broken.

Li Gui bumped into Li Kui again.