Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 214 A Blockbuster

After the news was reported to Hu Weiyong, Hu Weiyong became furious and smashed the food plate. The hozens who were trying to eat were frightened and dispersed. They squealed and hid in the corner of the yard, like a fallen tree. The kind of hozen scattered.

It wasn't once or twice that his son caused trouble outside, but this time he was sent to the Yamen of Yingtian Mansion, which was the first time.

If you don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, even if your son does something wrong, he won't be sent to the Yamen!

When Hu Weiyong heard that it was the consort's guard who shot the horse and his son almost died, he became angry and immediately broke into Yingtianfu Yamen, demanding not only that he be released, but also that the guard be held accountable.

He knew that the consort would be fine, but if he pointed the finger at the guard, he could cause a scene.

The carriage didn't hit, so why shoot the horse? What if his son died?
After the commotion started, there was a high probability that everyone would take a step back, and this matter should be over.

However, what Hu Weiyong never expected was that before he could get a result in Yingtianfu Yamen, a large group of Jinyi guards swarmed in and captured him.

This time, he was a little confused.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was also surrounded by Jin Yiwei. Although the house was not ransacked, it was obvious what they were searching for.

In the 13th year of Hongwu's reign, just at the beginning, such a big thing happened, which immediately shocked all the nobles and civil and military officials in the capital.

Li Qi, the prince of South Korea, said to his father angrily: "I just almost bumped into him, but he was so unreasonable that even the prime minister was arrested. Where is the justice?"

That boy from Liujiacun was so favored. If you didn’t know better, you would have thought he was the emperor!Not even a touch!

This realization made him extremely jealous.Originally, this kind of favor should be his, because he should have married Princess Lin'an in the first place.

However, Li Shanchang remained silent after hearing his son's words.

When Li Qi saw that his father was silent, he said angrily: "Dad, you have to stand up for justice in this matter, otherwise, that kid will become lawless!"

When Li Shanchang heard this, he suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped Li Qi with a "pop" sound.

Li Qi was a little unbelievable. He covered his face with his hand, his eyes widened, and he looked at Li Shanchang and asked angrily: "Dad, why did you hit me? You also have to protect that kid. Who is your son?" ?”

"Idiot!" Li Shanchang shouted sternly, hating the indifference of iron and steel, "I have forgotten everything I told you. Who can I beat if I don't fight?"

Li Qi's eyes were red, and when she wanted to say more, the servant did not dare to come near, and said from a distance: "Master, the second master wants to see you!"

After hearing this, Li Shanchang took a deep breath, calmed down his anger and said, "Bring it here!"

After finishing speaking, he went to serve tea and calm down by the way.

In a short time, Li Cunyi appeared in stride, seeing Li Qi being beaten there and being wronged, if it was different, he would definitely ask about the situation.

But at this time, he didn't care. He just looked at his elder brother and said, "Brother, Your Majesty really went too far..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Li Shanchang put the tea cup in his hand on the table heavily, and with a "pop", Li Cunyi's words were interrupted.

Then, Li Shanchang shouted in a cold voice: "Is it reasonable to make such a big fuss just because of his son's matter? Have you lost your mind?"

Li Cunyi was a little confused after hearing this.This matter is just unreasonable, so it makes people angry!

However, he obviously knew his brother, so he immediately asked: "What does brother mean?"

Li Shanchang looked at him, then at his beaten son, and then replied coldly: "Who is the current emperor? Would he do such an unreasonable thing? I dare to assert that the charges announced by the emperor are definitely not This matter. The reason for this, this matter is just an introduction!"

At this point, he looked at the puzzled looks on his brother and son's faces, so he could only patiently explain: "Hu Weiyong has acted willfully, and the emperor has been dissatisfied with him for a long time. I told you to keep your distance a long time ago, and something will happen to him sooner or later. !”

Li Shanchang knew the emperor and his fellow countrymen. He recommended Hu Weiyong. How could he not know what Hu Weiyong had done in the past few years?

After he finished speaking, seeing that his son still wanted to speak, he raised his voice a little and said in a decisive tone: "If you don't believe me, just watch it. Stay away from Hu Weiyong's case. We An emperor is willing to kill people!"

Hearing what he said so seriously, neither Li Cunyi nor Li Qi dared to speak.

Of course they knew Li Shanchang's abilities.No matter how bad it is, the title of the first hero in the founding of the Ming Dynasty still has enough weight.

Sure enough, two days later, the emperor held a royal meeting and announced the situation of the incident.

The commander of Jinyiwei, Mao Xiang, reported that Hu Weiyong acted arbitrarily and decided on matters of life, death and deposed without authorization.He first read the memorials from various internal and external departments, and withheld any that were not conducive to Hu Weiyong and refused to submit them.Even though the emperor has reiterated his will several times, he still goes his own way.

People from all walks of life who are keen on fame, as well as heroes and warriors who have lost their positions, rush to his door to bribe him with gold, silk, famous horses, and good things to play.

In addition, it was also found that the death of Liu Bowen, the sincere uncle, was also related to Hu Weiyong.

Jinyiwei has certified and provided physical evidence for the above matters, including copies of memorials that were seized from the Hu Mansion and were handled without authorization, countless gold and silver jewelry, and servants of the Hu Mansion as witnesses.

The Hongwu Emperor was furious and ordered to ransack his home and arrest the civil and military officials who bribed Hu Weiyong. Hu Weiyong was sent to Jinyiwei Prison.

In addition, Emperor Hongwu also rebuked the other two prime ministers in front of all civil and military officials, saying bluntly that Hu Weiyong's wanton behavior was inseparable from the indulgence of the two of them.Especially Wang Guangyang, who indulges in wine and sex and is obsessed with political affairs is even more ridiculous.

Therefore, Deng Yu, the Duke of Wei, was fined one year in salary, abolished the position of prime minister, and was appointed as the Secretary of the Military Beitang of the Capital, and prepared to build the Military Beitang of the Capital. Wang Guangyang, the loyal and Qin Bo, was fined one year in salary, abolished the position of Prime Minister, and was appointed as the Secretary of the Imperial Academy. .

The Zhongshu Province has been established for many years, and the position of prime minister has always failed to meet the emperor's expectations. Therefore, the Zhongshu Province was abolished and the affairs of the six ministries were directly reported to the emperor.Wenyuan Pavilion was also set up to assist the prince and the emperor in handling government affairs.

The provincial system was abolished at the local level, and the Department of Administrative Envoys, the Department of Commanding Envoys, and the Department of Punishing and Provincial Envoys were established to take charge of the provincial affairs respectively.

This series of announcements confused everyone.

In this series of events, the one who became famous was not the consort, let alone Hu Weiyong's son, but the previously unknown Jin Yiwei.I originally thought that the newly established Jin Yiwei was just one of the emperor's guards.The result was unexpected, it was nothing but a blockbuster!
Mao Xiang, commanded by Jinyiwei, complained, overthrew three prime ministers, removed Zhongshu Sheng, and abolished the position of prime minister.

In the whole matter, the sudden report, the witnesses and the material evidence were all very important.Even Uncle Chengyi's death in the early years was revealed by Jin Yiwei!
As a large number of civil servants and military generals related to the Hu Weiyong case were arrested, almost everyone was afraid that the Jin Yiwei would come to their door.

But no one knows that behind this incident, there is actually the shadow of Zhang Yifan.

Of course, most of it was the will of Emperor Hongwu, and Zhu Yuanzhang had already had this plan.After Zhang Yifan's incident broke out as a trigger, it became the last straw for Zhu Yuanzhang to decide to take action, triggering this incident.

Among them, the establishment of Wenyuan Pavilion came from Zhang Yifan's suggestion.The establishment of Wu Beitang was also because of Zhang Yifan.

What everyone, including Zhu Yuanzhang, didn't know was that because of Zhang Yifan's appearance, although history was still rolling forward, the Hu Weiyong case happened.

However, the Hu Weiyong case in this dimension is still very different from the Hu Weiyong case in history.

The Hu Weiyong case in history was a case of rebellion. It was very serious because of its wide involvement and long duration.

However, the Hu Weiyong case in this dimension is not a case of rebellion, but a case of corruption and perversion of the law, dereliction of duty, murder of a sincere uncle, and disobedience.

Although it is true that a number of civil servants and military generals were implicated, they were far less numerous than in the original history.Moreover, this kind of corruption case has no possibility of settling accounts in the future, and it cannot last for several years.

At the beginning of the 13th year of Hongwu's reign, the court was full of matters related to the Hu Weiyong case.The criminals were transferred from the Jinyiwei Prison to the Sanfa Division for conviction. The central and local government offices were restructured, making everyone from the emperor to local officials busy.

As for Zhang Yifan, he had no official position and was light-hearted, so he did not participate.

Although there is no result yet, Hu Weiyong will definitely be sentenced to death. The other officials involved have a red line of [-] yuan, and some of them may also die.

Zhang Yifan didn't care about this at all, and he devoted all his energy to building a courtyard in Liujia Village and establishing a glass factory.

The design drawing of the Liujia Village courtyard was almost the same long before going to Xiangshan County, and after three years of precipitation, it has been more perfect, and it was handed over to Liu Wu of Liujia Village to lead the construction.

The location of the glass factory is not far from Liujia Village.Zheng Jingxue got out of social studies in Liujiacun and stayed with Zhang Yifan, busy with the glass factory.

Regarding the relevant craftsmen, because Zhu Yuanzhang had promised before, Zhang Yifan found the best craftsmen from the capital, and there was no shortage of manpower.

The shareholders of several glass factories have already received their money, so there is naturally no shortage of funds.

Zhang Yifan told Zheng Jingxue the knowledge about glass firing and promised to give him [-]% of the shares, which probably saved him [-] yuan.Of course, for the original shares of this glass factory, others will not even think about buying shares even if they have several times more money.

This made Zheng Jingxue extremely excited. He didn't expect that the prince-in-law would really give him shares. He was so focused on the glass factory that he couldn't even pull it away.

At the beginning of March in the 13th year of Hongwu, there was no sign of Zhu Yuanzhang's bank, and he was still busy with major restructuring. Zhang Yifan's glass factory has already been built, and trial production is underway. After debugging the formula, it can also produce about one foot. Plate glass with long sides.

Coincidentally, the other courtyard of Liujia Village has also been built, and the windows and the like are all reserved, so they are directly installed with glass windows.Even the walls with good views are assembled with glass, which resembles a large glass window.

This time, the house is absolutely bright.There is even a late spring cold here in Nanjing. When the weather is cold, opening the curtains can avoid the cold wind and let you bask in the sun indoors.

The people of Liujiacun who built the Liujiacun Villa all had a lot of money. After one look, they immediately replaced the glass windows of their house without saying anything.

This led other people to see the benefits of this glass window, and without publicity, some people also wanted to wear this kind of glass window.

Zhang Yifan's relatives, especially several shareholders, are naturally qualified to visit Zhang Yifan's other courtyard. First of all, they will go there to learn from others. It also has an advertising effect and drives others to learn from it.

The glass shop where the glass factory was located in the capital quickly became crowded with people who came to ask for the price.By the way, I saw other glassware displayed in the store, and naturally I was also attracted by it.

As for glass, Zhang Yifan doesn't need to deliberately promote it at all, and business will naturally improve.

However, Zhang Yifan himself did not pay attention to these, but wanted to fulfill his promise to Zhu Yuanzhang and King Zhou.

The firing and polishing of convex and concave lenses are top priorities.He personally paid attention and gave guidance, explained some knowledge of optics to Zheng Jingxue, and asked him to make telescopes, myopia glasses and reading glasses.

In addition, he personally explained to the glass craftsmen how to make Hooke microscopes.

The Hooke microscope was invented by Hooke in the mid-[-]th century. It can observe and describe single-celled organisms, including the observation of muscle fibers, bacteria, sperm, blood flow in microvessels, etc., which opened the door to microbiology.

At that time, how the Hooke microscope was made has always been a mystery. No other craftsman could polish the lens of the Hooke microscope, and it was not until later generations that the secret was revealed.

The lenses of Hooke's microscope are not polished manually at all, but use gravity to achieve such perfect lenses.The principle is very simple, just like water droplets.

Those who don't know will never get a Hooke microscope, but those who know the principle can make it as long as they can sinter glass.

At this time, the case regarding Hu Weiyong in the capital was coming to an end.

The results of the joint trial of the three divisions were reported to the emperor for approval. Hu Weiyong was sentenced to skinning his skin and filling it with straw, and his home was confiscated.His son also had a life in his hands and was sentenced to death.

Among other implicated civil and military officials, 21 were sentenced to be skinned and stuffed as grass, 54 were exiled to Qiongzhou, and more than 330 were punished with sticks and fines.

It can be said that the impact of the Hu Weiyong case is far smaller than in the original history.

After the results came out, just as Zhang Yifan came out with the glass results, the attention of the capital was immediately focused on the glass factory.

No, I heard that the son-in-law and Marquis Rongguo were going to offer clairvoyance at the court meeting, and even Duke Wei who was punished in the Hu Weiyong case showed up, wanting to see what happened.

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