I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

After Zhu Zaijing made up his mind, he quickly made corresponding preparations. He began to steer the topic in the direction of Confucian classics and Yan Shenggong, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Father, when I had nothing to do recently, I took out the Analects of Confucius and read it again. After reading it again, I felt that I had gained a lot. The doubts that remained in my mind were also answered. No, I know you..."

However, before Zhu Zaijing finished speaking, he was coldly interrupted by Jiajing.

"Humph, please remember that the saint's books are meant for others to read, but they are useless for doing things. You can read them, but you can never use them!"

"On weekdays, if you don't understand something, just ask your teacher Gao Gong. Do you understand?"

When Zhu Zaijing heard this, his expression suddenly stiffened, and he immediately leaned down and responded respectfully.

"Yes, father, my son understands!"

"Ah."

Seeing this situation, Jiajing nodded, and immediately turned his eyes away from Zhu Zaiqi, and turned his eyes back to the memorial in front of him.

After several trials, Jiajing already knew Zhu Zaijing's intention. However, he had no intention of breaking through this layer of window paper. Instead, he focused again on the memorial in front of him. .

There was silence again between the father and son, with no one speaking.

Seeing this, Zhu Zaijing bit his lip and asked tentatively after hesitating for a long time, as if he had made up his mind.

"Father... Royal Father, I recently heard that you plan to abolish..."

Hearing this, Jiajing raised his head, glanced over Zhu Zaijing's body, and immediately asked Zhu Zaijing in a voice without any emotion.

"Who sent you here?"

Zhu Zaijing looked at Jiajing's unusually cold face, and suddenly panicked in his heart. He could clearly feel that at this moment, Jiajing's body exuded a cold murderous intention.

After Zhu Zaijing's brain shut down for a moment, he quickly came back to his senses, knelt on the ground, and hurriedly explained to Jiajing.

"Father...Father, no one ordered me to do this. I came here voluntarily!"

"Because I really don't understand, Father, why did you take the risk of turmoil in the court to abolish the contemporary Yan Shenggong? There has never been a precedent for such a thing in all dynasties. I am worried that Father, you will make a big mistake. , just now..."

Zhu Zaijing did not finish the rest of the words. When he met Jiajing's eyes, he did not dare to say any more.

At this moment, Zhu Zaijing didn't know how to describe the look in Jiajing's eyes. He only felt that Jiajing looked at him like a stranger, with no emotion at all and only endless indifference.

At this moment, Jiajing's unusually plain voice sounded in Zhu Zaijing's ears: "To be honest, you disappoint me. In some aspects, you are even far inferior to your fourth brother Zhu Zaizhen!"

"At the very least, Zhu Zaizhen knows where his butt should sit. You are my son, you are the prince. What you should worry about is the country of Ming Dynasty and the people of Ming Dynasty!"

"Instead of helping outsiders to oppose my decision like you are now, you are not a competent prince at all. Get out of here, you evil deed!"

Jiajing's words were like a sharp blade, piercing Zhu Zaijing's chest. At this moment, he couldn't help but panic when he saw the look of hatred on Jiajing's face.

He never thought that Jiajing would evaluate himself as an incompetent prince.

At this moment, his pupils suddenly shrank, his whole body felt like falling into an ice cellar, his whole body was trembling, and he was speechless for a long time.

When Jiajing said this, perhaps because of his lingering anger, he immediately stood up and rummaged around on the desk for a long time.

Then, there was just a 'click' sound, and a stack of files was casually thrown in front of Zhu Zaijing by Jiajing, followed closely by Jiajing's voice without any emotion.

"Take a good look at me and see what kind of beastly things this Kong family has done!"

Zhu Zaijing was lost for a moment, then tremblingly picked up a file and began to read it carefully.

But soon, he was shocked by the contents recorded in the files. The things recorded in these files, without exception, were all crimes committed by the Kong family in Qufu!
The further he looked down, the more serious the impact Zhu Zaijing received. Before this, he had never thought that the Yanshenggong family, who were like gods in the minds of scholars all over the world, could be so nasty and homogeneous in private. Dog pig!
After that, Zhu Zaijing couldn't help but show pain on his face, and he silently closed the file in his hand, lowered his head, and said nothing.

Seeing this situation, Jiajing sighed helplessly and then spoke.

"Now you know why I want to abolish the contemporary Yan Shenggong. I want them to spit out everything they have taken from the people!"

"To be honest, sometimes I wish I could take their whole family to Caishikou and behead them, but I can't do that because I still need them to put on a facade for me. Before I find the next replacement, They still have use value!"

When Jiajing said this, he paused for a moment, looked away from Zhu Zaijing, and suddenly waved his sleeves, his eyes full of determination.

"But I believe that one day will come sooner or later!"

Zhu Zaijing, who was kneeling on the ground, fell into deep thought after hearing what Jiajing said. After a long time, he came back to his senses and admitted his mistake to Jiajing very sincerely.

"Father, I know I was wrong, I shouldn't..."

Jiajing didn't hear the rest of the words clearly. Then, Jiajing helped Zhu Zaijing up from the ground, looked him up and down, and then gave instructions in a leisurely manner.

"Go back, I can pretend that today's incident never happened!"

When Zhu Zaijing heard Jiajing's words, his whole body felt as if he was struck by lightning. He stood there blankly, cowardly for a long time, but could not even say a word.

There is a saying that goes very well, there is no greater sorrow than death. Zhu Zaijing knew very well that Jiajing was in this state now, and he didn't even want to punish himself anymore!

Seeing this, Zhu Zaijing knelt down on the ground with a thud and begged Jiajing with tears.

"Father, since I have done something wrong, I deserve to be punished. No matter how you punish me, even if you ask me to go to the fief immediately to become a vassal, I will not have a single complaint!"

"Father, I beg you, my son!"

Facing Zhu Zaijing's pleading, Jiajing remained unmoved at all. He only glanced at Zhu Zaijing, sat back on the dragon chair, and gently rubbed the carved dragon head with his hand. He said slowly.

"Go back, nothing happened today, and you didn't come to see me!"

Seeing that his pleading had no effect at all, Zhu Zaijing had no choice but to wipe the tears from his face and slowly stood up from the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Zaiyi turned his gaze to Jiajing who was sitting on the dragon chair, and bowed in salute.

"Yes, Father, I will resign now!"

"Ah."

After that, Zhu Zaidi didn't stay in the Qianqing Palace, but turned around and left the Qianqing Palace in a daze.

After Zhu Zaijing walked out of Qianqing Palace, he couldn't help but stop, turned around, and looked back, his eyes filled with sadness.

...On the other side, after Lu Fang got the drawings of paper-cased bullets from Jiajing, he rushed to the weapons department without stopping.

In the Weapons Department, at this moment, Yi Bin, the chief of the Weapons Department, was listening to reports from his craftsmen.

"Sir... Your Majesty, the explosion test has failed dozens of times. Do we still want to continue?"

Hearing this, Yi Bin couldn't help but sigh, turned his gaze to the craftsman who had just spoken, and followed up with instructions.

"In this case, there must be a problem in some aspect. Let's pause the test first and go through the entire process again to see if there are any problems that were overlooked before!"

"Yes, my lord!"

As soon as Yi Bin finished speaking, the craftsman responded with an unusually humble attitude.

Since Jiajing officially abolished the craftsmanship system earlier, and greatly improved the treatment of craftsmen while exempting them from corvee, the profession of craftsman has gradually become more and more popular in the hearts of ordinary people.

In addition, the government advertised some skilled and conscientious craftsmen as typical models, and opened special free schools to accept the sons of these craftsmen, teach them to read and write, and allow them to choose their careers freely. These benefits for craftsmen, It even makes the common people jealous.

Although there is still discrimination against craftsmen in society, the situation is much better than before!
At this moment, a subordinate official hurriedly came to Yi Bin and reported respectfully.

"Sir, Eunuch Lu from the palace is here!"

After Yi Bin listened to the subordinate official's report, surprise appeared on his face, and he lost his voice.

"Eunuch Lu, why is he coming to the Arms Department? Could it be that he is from His Majesty's side..."

Yi Bin thought so, and immediately turned his eyes to the craftsmen aside and gave instructions.

"You guys wait here for a moment, I'll be back as soon as I go!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After that, Yi Bin winked at the subordinate official who came to report, indicating that he should keep up with him.

After Yi Bin walked out of the weapons department, he saw Lu Fang not far away. Immediately, he took three steps and two steps at a time, came to Lu Fang, leaned down and saluted him respectfully.

"I have seen Eunuch Lu!"

At this moment, on Lu Fang's face, there was still a warm smile that was not different from before. She nodded and said immediately.

"Master Yi, there is no need to be polite. Our family came here this time to obey His Majesty's order!"

After Yi Bin learned about Lu Fang's purpose, his pupils suddenly shrank, and a look of shock suddenly appeared on his face. Then, a guess emerged in his mind.

"Your Majesty's will, is it possible that His Majesty has any new ideas?"

As Yi Bin thought this, he became more and more uneasy.

Lu Fang seemed to have seen what Yi Bin was thinking, and without hesitation, she handed the paper bullet drawing drawn by Jiajing himself from her sleeve to Yi Bin, and then gave instructions.

"This drawing was drawn by His Majesty not long ago!"

Upon hearing this, Yi Bin took the drawing from Lu Fang's hand and began to browse it carefully. After a moment, a look of doubt appeared on his face, and he immediately turned his gaze to Lu Fang and asked.

"Eunuch Lu, what is drawn in this picture is..."

Lu Fang saw the doubts in Yi Bin's heart, chuckled, pointed to the bullet drawn on the drawing, and explained.

"In order to increase the reloading speed of the firecracker and stabilize the charge, His Majesty came up with this method!"

"Your Majesty said that you only need to put a certain amount of gunpowder inside, and roll the outside into a tube with harder paper. This is the bullet!"

"When using it, you only need to take it apart, load the gunpowder inside into the gun, and then insert the warhead into the barrel. In this way, the loading speed will be greatly improved!"

"Next, if you want to properly preserve this bullet, you only need to apply a layer of grease on it!"

After Lu Fang repeated the specific principles to Yi Bin based on the memory in his mind and what Jiajing had told him before, Yi Bin's eyes shone with an inexplicable light and his face was full of excitement. , and then said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, with this, not only will the reloading speed of the fire blunderbuss be greatly improved, but the stability will also be greatly increased, plus the powerful power of the black powder..."

'Hiss' Yi Bin tried to imagine the scene in his mind, and couldn't help but take a breath.

At this moment, Lu Fang's high-pitched voice sounded in Yi Bin's ears again: "By the way, Your Majesty asked me to tell you that your weapons department should test it first, and after confirming that there are no major problems, Your Majesty will allocate money for you and mass produce it!"

After listening to Lu Fang's words, Yi Bin's expression became more and more excited. In his opinion, with the current capabilities of the Arms Department, the bullets drawn on the drawings could be manufactured soon.

Immediately, Yi Bin suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and then assured Lu Fang: "Eunuch Lu, please tell your Majesty that the Arms Department will manufacture the bullets on the drawing as soon as possible!"

Lu Fang heard the words and responded in a subtle way. Just when she was about to leave, she was stopped by Yi Bin.

"Eunuch Lu, I'm sorry to trouble you to go there yourself today!"

As soon as the words fell, Yi Bin stepped forward quickly, and quietly stuffed a thick stack of bank notes into Lu Fang's hands.

After Lu Fang roughly felt the thickness of the banknote, a smile appeared on his face and he turned to speak.

"Well, our family will convey to His Majesty exactly what you just said!"

After Lu Fang finished speaking, he glanced at Yi Bin and walked away immediately.

"Eunuch Lu, go slowly!"

Yi Bin looked at Lu Fang's leaving figure and immediately bowed to the ground and saluted respectfully.

After Lu Fang could no longer be seen, Yi Bin took the drawing and returned to the Arms Department.

As soon as Yi Bin returned to the weapons department, he took out the previous drawing of the paper-cased bullet, summoned all the previous craftsmen together, and gave instructions.

"Everyone, come here. I have something important to announce. The next task of our weapons department is to make something like the one on the drawing!"

Then, facing the puzzled looks of the craftsmen, Yi Bin repeated what Lu Fang had said before: "In order to increase the reloading speed of the firecracker and stabilize the charge, Your Majesty came up with this method. !”

"Your Majesty said that you only need to put a certain amount of gunpowder into this, and roll the outside into a tube with harder paper. This is the warhead. When used..." (End of Chapter)