People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 368 The civil servants are in a state of confusion! In the end, the court still favored the martial nobles!

Seeing how magical the kerosene lamp Zhu Yunxi took out was, even Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward, got his hands on it himself, and then twisted the knob.

Just as Zhu Yunxi said, as long as the button is rotated, the light of the kerosene lamp can flicker on and off as it rotates.

This is really convenient. If it doesn't need to be too bright, you can shrink the wick downwards.

This way you can adjust it at will.

This design is much better than candles.

After all, even if you cut off the lantern of the candle, it will only make it brighter.

But it is really inconvenient to have to cut the lanterns every time.

And that kind of burns out easily.

This kerosene lamp is different. I have used it for two quarters of an hour, but I still haven't seen the kerosene burn much. In this regard, it is much better than a candle.

It was in 1330, more than 600 years ahead of schedule.

In the 1990s, kerosene lamps were still used in rural areas. It can be seen that even at that time, kerosene lamps were still a must-have item for every household.

The kerosene lamp kept burning, but it didn't feel very hot when you held it in your hand.

Zhu Yunxi felt that he had killed his mother Chang.

Just trust those students who came out of Daming Engineering College.

This will allow Zhu Yunxi to grow up mentally unhealthy.

That was already the 1990s.

Her trick worked.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the kerosene lamp and looked left and right, exclaiming: "Good thing, really good thing."

When I was a kid, I used to go to the market to get kerosene with my uncle Fruit.

The courtiers were all surprised after seeing the kerosene lamp.

Then people started using kerosene lamps. What was the concept?
That would be something truly epoch-making.

Is it just because the Ming Navy needs those students from the Ming Engineering College? Continue to provide them with weapons?
But to scholars, these are nothing more than cunning tricks.

Although the kerosene lamp may not be a particularly epoch-making product.

Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao felt it was very appropriate.

But for the people of the Ming Dynasty, it was something that was so advanced that it could not be more advanced.

But now it seems that because of Chen Han's appearance, Zhu Yunxi has regained the trust of Zhu Yuanzhang and Prince Zhu Biao.

That's why he pua'ed Zhu Yunxi.

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the kerosene lamp and looked at it repeatedly in his hand.

On the contrary, because kerosene is cold, it feels a little chilly.

She had always been worried about Zhu Yunxi's identity as the second son of Zhu Biao's first wife.

In the eyes of modern people, kerosene lamps are naturally a product that has been eliminated long ago.

Lu was puzzled.

But it doesn't matter. As long as you are careful not to knock him over, it will work no matter what.

In the future, the world will still need to be managed by scholars.

At least the kind that accidentally drips wax and burns your hands, causing pain.

Zhu Yunxi, who was sitting below, felt really bad when he heard the emperor's grandfather and his father praising Zhu Yunxi so much.

Seeing the appearance of the kerosene lamp, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others were even more surprised: "Okay, what a good thing."

I don’t know why, but Zhu Yuanzhang and Prince Zhu Biao trusted Chen Han so much.

But he was also sad in his heart.

Only in this way can his son obtain more resources.

Zhu Biao also took over the kerosene lamp and observed it repeatedly.

It's like looking at an extremely high-end piece of art.

Even though she was later supported by Zhu Yuanzhang to become the crown princess, this title was always a bit watery.

The most important thing is that in the past two or three years, Zhu Yunxi has been following Chen Han, pursuing further studies at Daming Institute of Engineering, and getting more and more opportunities.

Even when Chen Han was a child, he had seen kerosene lamps in his grandmother's house.

That was 1990, but what year is it now?

Although Mrs. Lu was smiling beside her.

But for them who have always used candles for lighting, this is indeed an advanced thing.

The expression was one of unusual surprise.

Is it just because they built steel plants, red brick plants, and cement plants?

Especially when they saw that the kerosene lamp could be rotated left and right to control the size of the fire, that moment strengthened the officials' idea of ​​obtaining the kerosene lamp.

The envoys from Southeast Asia, the Western Regions and even Timur's various countries were itching after seeing the kerosene lamp.

Although candles are now very popular, everyone agrees that candles are very inconvenient.

How can I not be excited when I see a kerosene lamp now?
Why don't you want to buy one back?

It can make life easier in the future, but envoys from various countries know very well that this new thing can only be used in the Ming Dynasty first.

Whether they can obtain it in the end is still unknown.

They felt regretful when they thought about this.

This birthday banquet ended successfully in a short time.

Although everyone is dazzled by the rare treasures presented by envoys from various countries,
I was also deeply impressed by the singing and dancing performances from foreign countries.

During the banquet, there were also literati who recited poems and composed poems praising the current prosperous Ming Dynasty.

But in fact, while everyone was eating and drinking, they were still thinking about the kerosene lamp the most.

Even though the kerosene lamp was just sitting quietly among the pile of gifts, it was still the most conspicuous.

This time, the congratulatory gift presented by Zhu Yunxi was unanimously approved by the emperor, prince, courtiers, military generals, and foreign envoys.

Everyone thinks that this is the most precious gift.

It is obvious that Zhu Yunxi is the one who is most in the limelight this time on the prince's birthday.

Precisely because of Zhu Yunxi's limelight this time, the perception of Zhu Yunxi among the civil servants and military officers has changed a lot.

Previously, Zhu Yunwen was considered the most suitable successor in the hearts of many civil servants.

But when this was the moment when both the emperor and the prince showed great trust and support for Zhu Yunxi, but were especially cold to Zhu Yunwen,
Everyone has a balance in their hearts.

That is the current Zhu Yunxi. With the support of Chen Han, he has completely replaced the previous Zhu Yunxi in the eyes of the emperor and the prince.

Although Mrs. Lu is now the Crown Princess.

But because Lu was straightened up later and she was a concubine at the beginning, Zhu Yunwen's position became even more unstable.

And the reason why she was able to be corrected was not because of how capable she was. It was entirely the result of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's suppression of the forces in the heir's mother's family.

The original marriage between Prince Zhu Biao and the Chang family was entirely a political marriage.

Kaiping King Chang Yuchun was a founding hero. In order to win over such a founding hero, Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son Zhu Biaocai married the Chang family.

But the arrogance and domineering displayed by the warriors behind put great pressure on the emperor.

Therefore, in order to suppress the martial arts nobles and balance the civil-military relationship between the DPRK and China, after Chang passed away, no more crown princess was selected from among the martial arts nobles.

Instead, he directly straightened up the Lu family, who did not have much influence from her natal family at the time.

In this way, many signals were revealed. The officials were also very knowledgeable, especially the civil servants who were overjoyed after seeing this information.

They saw a lot from the selection of the Crown Princess and the incidents behind the Crown Princess's family, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied with the martial nobles, and was also very dissatisfied with this marriage.

That's why the Lu family was raised from ordinary families.

But why has it suddenly changed direction now?
Obviously knowing that there is Lan Yu, Chang Mao and others behind Zhu Yunxi now.

They are all the most powerful among the civil and military forces in Huaixi today.

Especially Lan Yu, after the death of the number one military commander, he has now become the leader of the military commanders, and he has been supported by Chen Han.

Although he had been left out for two years, he now took office and became the commander of the navy.

Nowadays, the navy in the Nanyang area has wiped out the tyrannical pirate king Chen Zuyi of Nanyang, exerting great prestige and frightening the countries in Nanyang.

It also gave Lan Yu another opportunity to make contributions since the Battle of Yuerhai.

He even directly changed from Liang Guogong to Liang Guogong.

These small changes and what Zhu Yunxi has obtained now have made the civil servants feel confused again.

They couldn't figure out what Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were thinking.

Officials couldn't figure it out.

Aren't the emperor and the prince afraid that Wu Xun will become big again?

After leaving the birthday banquet, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Hubu, and several Hanlin Academy scholars gathered together and made a very heavy sound.

“Now the Second Highness has suddenly received strong support from His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince.

This is bad news for civil servants like us. "

When these words were spoken, all the officials present showed heavy expressions.

The Minister of Rites said more directly: "Ever since Mr. Chen wiped out my saint's family, our civil servants have been suppressed by such cruel officials.

The military generals are showing signs of rising, but the civil servants are a little weak.

Not to mention that the current graduates of his Daming Engineering College have actually entered the officialdom.

As soon as I came out, I was promoted to a seventh-grade official position, which was higher than the official position obtained by students like us who studied hard for more than ten years in the imperial examination and became officials.

This has had a huge impact on us. To tell you the truth, I am really worried about the future.

A group of unlearned and unskilled people occupy high positions, and scholars lose the opportunity to show off and have no support from the power behind them.

I think you can imagine what kind of abyss the Ming Dynasty will slide into.

Now is the time for us to work together, and we must not let people like Chen Han take advantage of us because of private grudges.

It can be seen from today's birthday banquet that His Royal Highness is more interested in the Daming Engineering College than in the imperial examination.

Although there will be an Enke exam next year, it still cannot reverse the decline.

The difficulties faced by scholars of our generation are still very great. Do you have any suggestions? "

The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance looked very gloomy at this time.

Because his predecessor, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, had offended Chen Han, Chen Han grabbed his pigtails and licked him to the end.

Now the Ministry of Revenue is still the court's moneybag in name, but Chen Han re-established the Ministry of Commerce and the Tax Inspection Department, completely dividing the financial power of the Ministry of Revenue.

The current Ministry of Household Affairs is really the place where household registration is managed all over the world.

Having become the worst among several departments, he was naturally very unhappy.

You know, although the former Household Department was not as good as the Personnel Department, it was still ranked second.

Holding financial power in your hands is also very glorious.

But now it is just a service department without much power.

This makes these officials who have worked hard and finally reached this position very unconvinced.

After all, there are so few opportunities to show off.

After the Minister of Hubu pondered for a long time, he still said, "Now we can only wait and see what happens. We must know that Chen Han's Daming Engineering College has become well known to everyone.

It would be unwise to break up with him forcefully in this situation. All we can do is cherish our current position, guard our position, and wait for Chen Han to make mistakes, so that we can attack him in groups.

He offended not only us officials, but also scholars all over the world.

Don't look at the fact that scholars all over the world are also interested in his Daming Engineering College.

However, the reform of sharing the land between the peasants and the gentry, and making the gentry work as errands and pay the grain, harmed the interests of scholars all over the world.

Can they swallow this breath?

Everyone is just waiting for the opportunity. "

The bachelors of Hanlin College also said: "What Hu Butang said is true. Now is the time when our civil servants are weak. If we forcefully break up with reformists like Chen Han, we will not only lose troops and generals, but also lose more than we gain."

It's better to lie dormant and wait for the opportunity. "

The final solution these civil servants discussed was to settle down and not take the initiative to provoke Chen Han. Perhaps this was their opportunity.

Although the old man, the Minister of Rites, was very unconvinced after hearing this, he could only bear it silently in the end.

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Let’s talk about the other side.

Zhu Yunxi's outstanding performance at the birthday banquet not only added glory to himself, but also led the Ming Dynasty Gongcheng Academy to show off in front of everyone this time.

Although the kerosene lamp was not something that could change the fate of the Ming Dynasty,

But it is indeed as Zhu Yunxi said, it is a great tool for scholars all over the world to study at night, and it can also facilitate the lives of people in the Ming Dynasty.

After Chen Han and Princess Jiangdu left, Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Youdun went to another place to celebrate.

Five or six wine bowls and wine bowls collided together, making a crisp sound.

Several young people drank from the wine bowls in one gulp.

They are full of energy and full of energy.

Now that there is such a good platform, among the Daming Engineering College, they are young, but they are already senior figures.

Chen Han gave them full trust and allowed them to lead their teams to overcome various problems.

Even for Zhu Youdun's research on opera, Chen Han was very supportive.

You must know that Zhu Youdun and his father Zhou Wang Zhu Su were both considered to be dishonest people in the royal family.

The King of Zhou was obsessed with the study of medicine, often seeking medical advice, and often dealing with various doctors among the people.

I also heard that the King of Zhou took the initiative to invest in finding folk prescriptions for integration and publication, and also did some things that benefited the people and the country.

But in the eyes of the royal family, that is really not what a prince should do.

Zhu Youdun has been very fond of opera since he was a child, especially their fiefdom of Henan. This place has an ancient history and a mixture of various operas.

The local Henan opera itself is broad and profound, which deeply attracted Zhu Youdun.

However, the status of actors was extremely low in the Ming Dynasty. A member of the royal family who studied this aspect was considered a laughing stock by many people.

He himself didn't have much confidence, but Chen Han actually supported him very much.

This gave Zhu Youdun hope.

Now, with the help of Zhu Yunxi, Daming Institute of Engineering has once again shown a very bright side in front of the world.

This is not only Zhu Yunxi’s personal glory, but also the common glory of these students.

"Come and have another bowl, a few young people touched each other again!!"

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(End of this chapter)