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Chapter 541: Is begging on the street a law of the ancestors?

The Feiyun of the Ming Dynasty officially started its navigation test. This test only carried a small number of firearms and the route was very conservative. It started from Songjiang Prefecture and passed through Ningbo in Zhejiang, Yuegang in Fujian, Penghu Inspection Department, and Xinglongzhuang on Jilong Island. Port, Luzon Miyan Port, stay in Manila for fifteen days, and then return to the Manila port. The entire aerial survey will be escorted by two five-masted ocean-going ships, ten horse ships, and two stargazers.

The main purpose of the stargazing ship is to guide navigation and prevent getting lost.

The entire aerial test is expected to be completed in June. The main test goals are the stability and maneuverability of the ship and the maneuverability of the new ship. Generally speaking, it is divided into two parts. One part is whether the equipment on the ship can operate stably and whether further improvements are needed. The new ship There are many wonderful ideas in design. Whether it can achieve the expected goals requires practice to verify and then modify;

The other part is people, and the Ming Navy also needs to train around new ships.

The preservation of gunpowder during the ship's long voyage is a key project. More than 300,000 kilograms of gunpowder have been accumulated in the cabin. The dense water vapor on the sea makes the sealing of the gunpowder particularly important. It will be unpacked in Manila and the firearm will be tested before returning to Songjiang Prefecture. , try firing again.

The second project, and the most important one, is the human-driven tail propeller. This is a unique design of the Feiyun. It retains the location for installing the steam engine. Due to the miniaturization and horsepower issues of the steam engine, the steam engine cannot be installed now. The ship, but the human-driven propeller has been installed, and a total of forty soldiers are needed to step on it to drive the propeller.

The propeller on the Feiyun is already a second-generation product.

The first-generation propeller had four windmill-style blades, which were forged. And according to a month-long experiment on the Yangtze River, the propulsion of the four-blade propeller was far inferior to that of the paddle wheel, which was the huge propeller on both sides of the ship. For a waterwheel-style propeller, no matter how you adjust the propeller pitch, the result is that the efficiency of the paddle wheel is greater than that of the propeller.

Because at low speeds, paddle wheels are definitely better than propellers under the water.

The development of science can bring continuous development power and lead Ming Dynasty to strive forward.

"What are you asking?" Zhu Yijun opened the memorial. The Supervisor of Ceremonies had already drafted it, and Feng Bao was obviously too embarrassed to say it.

In order to explain this phenomenon, Zhu Zaiyu specially made two models. The paddle wheels on both sides are fine at low speeds. At high speeds, the water will harden, and the paddle wheels will break at a speed of 30 miles per hour. , even if it is installed at the stern of the ship, there will be many problems such as the blade life is too short.

"The vassal kings from all over the country are asking when they can move to the vassal. Why is it that after the vassal kings in Henan moved to Beijing, there was no movement? Why are the five kings of Henan enjoying the blessings! The vassal kings asked..." Feng Bao's face changed. Embarrassed, he placed a memorial in front of the emperor.

The vassals of the Ming Dynasty were local, but administrative, military, financial and taxation powers were irrelevant. Without violence, there was no way to protect their own interests. As the power of the Ming Dynasty declined, the expenditure of the vassal vassals was continuously reduced during the Jiajing period. Local vassals continued to decline. The right to beg for food from the emperor was gone.

Zhu Yijun opened the memorial, which came from the acting king Zhu Naixuan. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty looked at the memorial. The content of the memorial was quite normal at the beginning. He praised the emperor for a while, and then stated his hard work and hoped to be allowed to move to the vassal domain as soon as possible. The content was the same as most of the previous memorials. Same.

The ministers of the Ming Dynasty are all very old. Ministers who can climb to the status of court ministers must be at least 50 years old. Farming is a hard job, and if you can’t do it, it will cause more trouble. The existence of Baoqisi is mainly for raising seedlings. and conduct scientific research rather than to embarrass ministers.

If the officials of the Ministry of Rites, in order to wait for the emperor to have time, prepare the ceremony and perform some false rituals, and then miss the season of fertilization, it will be more loss than gain. Therefore, there is no grand ceremony for watering and fertilizing the fields, only silent ones. Implement.

However, only at the end, Zhu Naixuan asked: Is begging on the street a law for our ancestors?

"His Royal Highness Daiwang has no choice. There are 4118 members of the clan who receive salary from the sect of Daiwang Mansion. He must have been asked anxiously." Feng Bao said a few good words for Daiwang. There are many great people in Daiwang's family. This Datong Mansion Years of wars and production could not be maintained. These people had to eat, and their stipends were not paid. As a result, all the princes of the Henan vassal came to Beijing to enjoy their blessings, and there was no movement for the acting king of Datong Prefecture.

Is begging on the street also an ancestral law?
These are the words that Feng Bao finds difficult to say. He cannot say them at all!

Feng Bao wanted to drag the ministers into trouble. His Majesty, the most noble in the world, would personally farm the land. He would take this opportunity to embarrass the ministers. Eunuchs who don't embarrass ministers are not very generous.

The Ten Kings City has indeed been repaired and is sufficient for use, but issues such as the salary and treatment of the vassal vassal, whether the subordinates of the prefecture and king still do not receive stipends and make a living for themselves, the rationing of maids and servants of the vassal vassal, etc., all need to be resolved, no It will be fine if they move people here. These five kings of Henan are Zhu Yijun's benchmark for the feudal kings and the world. Who can say that he has no close friendship, and he will not give the feudal kings a reason to rebel.

Zhu Yijun's movements are imagined when swimming in the water. The arms are the paddle wheels on both sides, and the paddle wheels are installed on both sides. It is the simplest mechanical structure, but the Feiyun is a battleship with paddle wheels installed on both sides. Somewhat insane, one shot hit the paddle wheel and paralyzed the ship.

That is why it is necessary to develop the study of things, to increase the number of Jinshi, to understand its physical laws, to summarize, to conduct theoretical analysis, and to continuously explore the unknown boundaries of mankind.

After repeated demonstrations by doctors from the Five Classics of the Royal Institute of Geosciences and combined with actual measured data from the Yangtze River, the Royal Institute of Geosciences of the Ming Dynasty designed a new propeller based on the Archimedes spiral design. This generation of propellers was also named the Archimedes propeller. , this is the official name. The Imperial Academy is very pragmatic. Wherever you learn the ideas, you will decide how to name it.

No matter how difficult it was, the first-generation Archimedes propeller passed the test, was installed on the Feiyun, and conducted sea testing as scheduled.

Zhu Yijun knew how to farm, and he knew the importance of seasons. He chose Baoqisi for his marriage to Nongsang.

"I obey the decree." Feng Bao saw that His Majesty was unwilling to embarrass the ministers and did not pursue excessively. The emperor's will is greater than the sky.

Every day on this day, Zhu Yijun would put on a short brown shirt and trousers to work on the farm in Baoqisi.

As the spring breeze blows, the trade winds have begun to change, and the slightly warm and humid southeast monsoon has begun to spread over the North China Plain. The annual emperor's marriage and mulberry farming are about to begin again.

Feng Bao and Zhang Hong looked at each other. The imaginary world of geniuses is really a bit incomprehensible. His Majesty can still understand the content of the research of the Institute of Science and Technology, but Feng Bao and Zhang Hong are really powerless.

After following the emperor for so many years, as a close minister, Feng Bao has never been so sad!

"Why are you so anxious? If you ask me again, I will move Prince Dai's palace to Suiyuan! Doesn't he want to move? Let's turn him into King Sai!" Zhu Yijun slapped the table, obviously very angry at this question, but calmed down. , I decided to give some comfort and set a date for Shanxi to move to the vassal state in June.

There are many tests for the propeller under the water, such as the terrible resonance of the propeller, the wear of the propeller bearing under the waterline, the dynamic seal of the propeller shaft, the service life of the thrust bearing, the corrosion of the propeller bearing, the entanglement of sea plants, the ocean Animal attachment, etc., all need to be overcome step by step.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty only moved to the surface of Henan when he moved vassals. The other royal palaces were also members of the old Zhu family. The Ming Dynasty clan had already been reduced to begging on the streets, so hurry up and move the vassals! Don't waste time discussing it, because you won't be able to come up with a reason.

The reason why the ministers were called to the back mountain to harvest was mainly to promote sweet potatoes, and indeed it was to embarrass the ministers, mainly to embarrass the Jin Party. Later, Zhu Yijun never did this again.

Of course, this generation of propellers is also commonly known as fan propeller.

It is almost certain that the previous words were written by the long history of the palace. Most of the people who could be the long historians of the palace were Juren, and they still had the ability to write memorials. But the last bold words must have come from the acting king Zhu Naixuan himself. mouth.

But before people fully understand its physical laws and complete theoretical analysis, it will be difficult for these devices to achieve their optimal performance.

Zhu Yijun's eyes widened when he looked at Xu Shu, then he looked at Feng Bao, and said angrily: "It's so ridiculous! How could he say such a thing! In order to move to the vassal, he really dared to say anything!"

Feng Bao looked left and right, then he said: "Your Majesty, you should take a look, I really can't say anything."

"Doctors from the Five Classics, headed by Zhu Zaiyu, Jiao Hong, Zhang Siwen, and Xing Yunlu, are very optimistic about the future achievements of propellers. Zhu Zaiyu said that at low speeds, the paddle wheels on both sides can better exert their advantages, but in At high speeds, the paddle wheel will become an obstacle." Zhu Yijun made a very strange move. He stretched out his hands, imagined it, and lowered his arms.

But every year he would farm and do farming and mulberry farming, which can be regarded as the ancestral law.

The propeller is the ultimate answer in propellers, even if there are problems like this.

Xu Zhenming was still in charge of farming in Suiyuan and did not return to Baoqisi. Baoqisi was now under the responsibility of the Royal Academy of Gewu, and agriculture was also an extremely important branch of the Imperial Academy's academic studies.

Zhu Yijun also had to personally fertilize Baoqisi's ten acres of land.

"Everything has been arranged." Feng Bao said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, when Baoqisi harvested in the first year, the ministers were invited to come together, but then they never came together again. Will we arrange for them to come together this year? "

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "Forget it, it's not necessary."

"Have you made arrangements for the fertilization of water and fertilizer tomorrow?" Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao and asked. The 300,000 acres of experimental fields will all be fertilized with water and fertilizer. The Xishan Coal Bureau has prepared the water and fertilizer and transported it to the official in Gyeonggi Province. Field, waiting for the season.

In the process of the development of science and technology, many mechanical devices have been widely used before people knew the performance and principles of them, such as water and fertilizer, which is one of them.

Of course, the surrender system and overseas vassalage are already under discussion. The expression of close friendship now is also to prepare for the surrender system and overseas vassalage. However, these two matters cannot be rushed. They must wait until all the vassals enter Beijing. Take action.

However, it can also be seen from the memorials of the kings that the vassal kings from all over the Ming Dynasty were eagerly waiting to move to the vassal state. Now moving to the vassal state has become their only hope. Zhu Yijun has never understood the life of the vassal kings. Being restrained in the palace, he could only see the sky in four directions.

Are the Ming vassal kings really human? People are the sum total of social relations, but they are isolated from the world, and their social relations are almost zero. The establishment of vassal states in the past was for the sake of bringing the world back to its heart, and now the move to vassalage is also for the sake of bringing the world back to its heart. Ming Dynasty’s criticism of the vassal vassalage was so rampant that even Zhang Juzheng referred the vassalage to it. Excessive spending of the feudal vassal was regarded as one of the six diseases of the country.

People in the city wanted to get out, and people outside the city wanted to get in. The vassal king could eat and wait for death and be raised like a pig, but this was the life that the people of the Ming Dynasty longed for.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was clear and the southeast wind prevailed over the northwest wind. Zhu Yijun ran to Prince Lu's Mansion early in the morning and personally carried Prince Lu's ears to the Baoqisi farmland. As the crown prince, Zhu Changzhi began to work in the fields. Peeing and mud, Zhu Yili also followed the emperor's butt and peed and mud.

At three o'clock in the day, Zhu Yijun finally finished applying the fertilizer. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "You boy, you know that we are going to drag you to work today, right?"

Zhu Yijun was in good spirits, not showing any sign of sluggishness. He practiced martial arts all year round and was full of tendons. These body bones were his ridiculous capital, and these body bones were all brought out by Zhu Yijun himself.

With such a good spirit, it is obvious that yesterday was not ridiculous.

"That's right, people don't have to worry about the imbalance of wealth. I am happy and happy in the gentle countryside. Can the emperor feel comfortable with it?" Zhu Yili said cheerfully. The emperor still wants to sneak attack on him? Don’t even think about it!

Zhu Yijun put the hoe away and looked at the fields that had been deeply cultivated. He was full of a sense of accomplishment. Perhaps it was the instinct engraved in his genes. The moment he saw that the fields were no longer abandoned, Zhu Yijun felt full of peace of mind. .

Li Kaifang once explained benevolence, which is benevolence. Zhu Yijun's benevolence is probably the visible field of less than ten acres. "Do you know what I asked you to do?" Zhu Yijun washed his hands, opened the kettle and took a few sips.

Marching kettle, produced by Xishan Coal Bureau. Every soldier in the Beijing camp has one, and he can get another one every three years. The quality of the kettle is excellent, but it also has problems, such as it is not insulated, it is heavy, the cork is easy to fall off, and the bottle mouth is easy to Ice, like rust, but this is an extremely rare object nowadays.

Zhu Yirui nodded and said: "I know, aren't you just afraid that my brother will imitate that idiot Li Kaizao? Relying on his little cleverness, he will make trouble all day long to gain fame, and he will not take the world's people in his eyes, let alone the rules. In his eyes, he acted without any scruples and got into huge trouble, and his brother had to step in to wipe his ass. "

"Li Kaifang risked his life. If the emperor hadn't thought that he was a human being with a heart of mercy, Li Kaizao would have gone crazy even if he didn't die."

"You are in Prince Lu's Mansion and you don't know anything about the outside world." Zhu Yijun nodded and said. He brought this younger brother to do farm work for only one day a year. In fact, the purpose was to tell him that the day of hoeing would be In the afternoon, sweat dripped from the soil, and everything he enjoyed was produced bit by bit by people. He must know how to cherish it, let alone blame his servants for no reason, or even torture and kill them.

It's not a question of benevolence or benevolence. Elder brothers are like fathers. We come to this world to be human beings, not to be beasts. Zhu Yijun doesn't want his younger brother who is wearing crotchless pants to follow behind him and bite each other, and eventually become a beast.

But now it seems that the education is quite successful. Although King Lu is a bit lazy, he is very sensible. At least he does not think that the goods grow from the shelves.

"The chief minister of the palace has been reciting sutras in my younger brother's ears all day long. It annoys him to death and he keeps reciting." Zhu Yiliu said with a look of complaint.

But in fact, Zhu Yirui understood that he was one of the options for the emperor's brother. Once the emperor's brother was unfortunately killed in a fierce struggle, it would be absolutely impossible for the country to have an emperor. Zhu Yirui had to carry the banner, not to be the emperor. At least he must supervise the country and protect his nephew when he grows up.

Although Zhu Yili was ridiculous, he really couldn't bear to see all the hard work of the emperor's brother go to waste. That was the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty that was achieved through his majesty's hard work day after day.

Therefore, now Zhu Yili can't just wait for death, he still has to know the affairs of the world.

Moreover, the emperor intends to tour the south, which is known to the whole world. His Majesty is on the tour to the south, and the prince Zhu Changzhi supervises the country. He, as an uncle, also needs to live in the capital to guard the world. The original king of Tao, Zhu Qiyu, lived in the capital.

"Haha." Zhu Yijun smiled, and he was quite pleased to see Zhu Yiliu who had grown up. Apart from the fact that he liked the beauty of the world, everything else was very good.

Zhu Yijun and Zhu Yili chatted about interesting things in Beijing, the chili pepper war between Zhang Juzheng and You Qi, and since the Quanchu Guild Hall had a dog with an extremely sensitive sense of smell, Zhang Juzheng could no longer hide any chili peppers.

"As soon as Li Kaifang entered Gewuyuan, he brought surprises to Gewuyuan." Zhu Yijun walked while telling the story of Li Kaifang turning into a dragon when encountering a storm.

"What do you think -1×-1 equals?"

"Zhengyi, a negative makes a positive, isn't that what the emperor taught me?" Zhu Yili said matter-of-factly.

Zhu Yijun immediately asked: "Why does a negative make a positive?"

"Ah?" Zhu Yili was stunned immediately. He really had never thought about this question. When he first learned it, he never thought about it. Zhu Yijun taught it this way and Zhu Yiliu learned it this way. How could there be any reason?
Zhu Yijun squatted on the ground, picked up a branch and said, "Look, this is a number axis. Do you remember what the plus and minus signs represent on the number axis?"

"Direction!" Zhu Yili said immediately. His math scores were not bad, but he just didn't like to study.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "We express the length of 1, 1×-1=-1, which represents the point 1 on the number axis. We flip it 180° around the origin and get -1, then -1×-1, then It represents the point -1, which is flipped 180° around the origin, so we get plus one, and the minus sign represents the direction.”

"A number multiplied by a negative number is expressed on the number axis. The point representing the number is first rotated 180 degrees around the origin, and then expanded or reduced."

Zhu Yili tried it a few times and said in surprise: "It's amazing! But what's the use of it?"

Zhu Yili understood this fantastic idea immediately, but he didn't understand what it meant.

"The meaning is that from now on, arithmetic will have images. It is no longer an abstract number, but a combination of numbers and shapes. Many problems in the past have been solved." Zhu Yijun clapped his hands. Zhu Yixi could understand it, which proved that this was not very difficult. Difficult, Zhu Yili doesn't want to be a mathematician, so there is no need to delve into its meaning.

The idea of ​​combining numbers and shapes has existed in the Central Plains since ancient times. For example, Yang Hui's triangle is the most typical combination of numbers and shapes. However, negative numbers on the number axis represent rotations. It is a pure mathematical combination of numbers and shapes. It is of great significance and is of great help in solving some arithmetic problems. To put it simply, the help is to understand the changes no longer abstractly, but concretely in images.

Zhu Zaiyu's biggest ideal in his life is not the speed of light, but the development of a steam turbine, which requires a complete understanding of its physical laws and theoretical analysis.

If you want to achieve this, the advancement of mathematical tools is an absolutely unavoidable topic.

Li Kaifang was extremely sensitive to numbers. He had just joined the Gewu Academy, and his talent in mathematics helped Ming Dynasty take a big step forward in arithmetic.

Li Kaizao left the capital, completely different from the flowers when he came. He left like a bug that everyone shouted to beat, with a bad reputation. His ghostwriting would not actually cause such a big harm, but the gold list Crossing out his name was the main reason why he was scolded.

Those Imperial College students who followed Li Kaizao in making noises, it was not until Zhang Hong coldly and ruthlessly crossed out Li Kaizao's name that they clearly understood how much trouble they had caused! To die from Enke, for scholars, is more terrifying than the sky falling.

And all of this was Li Kaizao's instigation.

Is it really so hard to accept Enke’s proposal to increase the number of 50 people to become Jinshi Scholars in Mathematics? In fact, it does not harm the interests of Confucian scholars. These scholars of mathematics mainly go to the Gewu Academy to participate in the selection. In this way, only Doctors of the Five Classics and Doctors of the Hanlin have an equal relationship. The status struggle between the Doctors of the Hanlin and the Doctors of the Five Classics, It is really far away from the Linsheng and Juren of the Imperial College.

The academicians of the Hanlin Academy did not stand up to oppose and remained silent. Why should the junior students of the Imperial Academy oppose it?
The reason why the Hanlin Academy scholars did not object was simply that they did not dare.

Because it is the emperor's explicit decree, and the emperor, ministers, and court officials all agree, what can the Hanlin Academy scholars do to oppose it? Being in the officialdom, I know very well how tyrannical this kind of top-down repression is. If the ministers and court officials also oppose it, then the academicians will definitely not be willing to accept this cowardice!
Moreover, Ming Dynasty needs arithmetic talents. This is a very realistic and urgent problem, and it is the general trend.

The Central Government was actually extremely worried about the Nagasaki Governor's Palace. At the end of last year, the Nagasaki Governor's Palace suddenly transported all the deposits to Matsue Prefecture and finally transferred them to Beijing. This made people feel that a storm was coming. The feeling of a full building.

This is all Xu Wei's worry. He is worried that Oda Nobunaga will jump over the wall in a hurry.

In March of spring, Xu Wei did not wait for Oda Nobunaga's attack, but instead waited for a piece of news that made people laugh or cry. Oda Nobunaga was assassinated.

Even though Oda Nobunaga did not attack everywhere, he was still assassinated in Kyoto.

In Xu Wei's view, this is the inevitable end of Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobunaga shouted the slogan of spreading military power across the world and put it into practice. In terms of taxation, the annual payment he implemented was one public and two citizens, while for others it was generally eight public and two citizens, and 80% of the land was taxed. is the norm, and Oda Nobunaga only needs one third.

On the other hand, he is rapidly expanding his army. He has greatly improved the treatment of ashigaru (ordinary soldiers), hoping to use quantitative changes to drive qualitative changes. He wants to replace the expensive samurai class and create a civilian armed force. This is the source of his combat power, but it is also the source of his combat effectiveness. His reminder.

As a samurai class member, Oda Nobunaga betrayed the interests of the samurai class. No matter when, it would not be a surprise to be stabbed to death in the back.

When His Majesty was very young, he did not take any detours and lived directly in Xiyuan. After Yu Dayou passed away, His Majesty even lived in Tonghe Palace in order to streamline the personnel structure; Zhang Juzheng's Quanchu Guild Hall had 200 Tielin His Majesty even sent Luo Sigong, a training and training officer, to be on guard against the enemy. What should he be guarding against? Of course, it is to prevent someone from taking risks.

Whatever you want to do, you must first protect yourself, otherwise assassination may happen at any time.

And this time the assassination came from an unknown Ashigaru. When Oda Nobunaga appeared, he suddenly took out a blunderbuss and shot it directly. It was a mess at that time.

"Is this a trick to lure the enemy?" Sun Keyi immediately suspected it was a conspiracy, because the assassination happened very suddenly. The guards at the time did not expect that someone was assassinating him at the base camp, and he came near Oda Nobunaga. .

Nagasaki Governor Xu Wei shook his head and said: "Luring the enemy? Who to lure? Our Nagasaki Governor's Palace has no offensive capabilities. Chief Chen's navy is only pacifying the Japanese pirates and going straight to Kyoto. This drama looks good, but as a navy General, Chen Lin will not take risks so easily."

Sun Keyi frowned and said: "Mori Terumoto, Uesugi Kagekatsu, and Hojo Uji Nao deliberately created a very weak look, and then let them take the initiative to attack and solve the problem while waiting for work."

Xu Wei laughed, shook his head and said: "The assassination must have really happened. This is a Japanese country that is generally conquering Japan. Once news of Oda Nobunaga's injury, even a minor injury, spreads, his men will immediately be moved. , Don’t draw a tiger and turn it into a dog.”

Oda Nobunaga was the only core of the entire Oda shogunate. His assassination, even if he was slightly injured, was a major event that aroused people's suspicion. In the environment of the Japanese country, there was no possibility of showing weakness.

"So, he was indeed assassinated." Sun Keyi agreed with Xu Wei's statement.

Chen Lin walked in from outside the Governor's Palace and heard the two discussing Oda Nobunaga. She shook her head and said: "The coastal defense inspection found out that Oda Nobunaga is fine. Even if he is in trouble, he has to do it." Pretending that nothing happened, Oda Nobunaga’s third son, Kobe (Oda) Nobutaka, died for Oda Nobunaga.”

"Only Oda Nobutaka, who went on several missions and recognized the Lord of Kobe Castle, Kobe Tomomori, as his adoptive father."

"He, the son who was abandoned by his father, died for his father in the end..." Of course Xu Wei remembered Oda Nobutaka.

Because the mother was just a concubine, even the birth news was delayed. The child who gave in to the legitimate child always wanted to win the favor of his father. However, Oda Nobutaka, who tried his best to show off, died under an assassination, blocking the gun for Oda Nobunaga.

Chen Lin said with a strange expression: "The assassin was arrested and he was Mouri Terumoto's man, but Oda Nobunaga's reaction was very strange. After he buried his son, he did not mention how to take revenge."

"If Oda Nobunaga raises troops to attack Mori Terumoto, our Nagasaki Governor's Palace will be able to sell more firearms."

(End of this chapter)