My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 200 Wang Wenyan’s first appearance

"Disgraceful, so disgraceful."

Standing on the edge, looking at the civil servants who were carrying bricks, Wang Yongguang, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, sighed.

In official circles, personal dignity has always been important.

What does it mean to be decent? If I tell you to get out, that is also an honorary retirement.

Take the chief minister of the cabinet as an example. Even Fang Congzhe, who was involved in the red pill case in Taichang, was a bachelor of Jiazhong Jidian when he left the court. He was rewarded with silver coins, python clothes, and sent people to escort him back to his hometown. of.

There were only three disgraceful cabinet ministers in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

The first one was Xia Yan during the Jiajing period, and the last two were both done by Chongzhen, one was Xue Guoguan and the other was Zhou Yanru.

But now, the emperor's restoration of Taizu's punishment method of brick-laying is also a bit disgraceful.

It is roughly equivalent to the most popular team-building exercise among civil servants in the Ming Dynasty - Tingzhang.

However, this imperial staff is easy to bear. After all, it is a short-term pain.

After the spanking with a stick, he can just go home and apply medicine, and he will get praise from Qingliu.

But moving bricks is a long-term pain.

Twenty thousand bricks, I don’t know, I have to move them to the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.

"Sir, please see if that person is Wang Wenyan, secretary of the cabinet."

Just when Wang Yongguang was sighing with emotion, Zhao Liu, a clerk from the Ministry of Industry behind him, suddenly spoke up.

"Wang Wenyan?"

Hearing this, Wang Yongguang frowned.

"Where?"

"Look, isn't it right behind the big one?"

珰 refers to the golden 珰 used as decoration on the hat.

Usually those who wear this kind of hat are eunuchs.

In terms of material, anyone who can wear it must have status.

"The blue hat, according to the new rules set by the emperor in the palace, is from Dongchang."

Observing the color of the eunuch's hat, Wang Yongguang thought to himself.

"Wang Wenyan became a eunuch? Or became a eunuch in the East Factory?"

After thinking for a while, Wang Yongguang didn't even know what song it was singing.

Shaking his head to get rid of the messy thoughts, Wang Yongguang looked at Zhao Liu and asked.

"Don't worry about these people. Let you choose people. Have you chosen enough?"

"enough."

Hearing this, the clerk nodded and said.

"There are three thousand people in one battalion, and we are divided into three battalions."

"Take the people with you wherever you go, don't join in the fun here, be careful of trouble coming to your door."

"Yes!"

"Wang Wenyan!"

Just as Wang Yongguang, who was watching the excitement, left, Wang Wenyan, who was following Wei Zhongxian, was recognized by the punished officials.

"Is it Wang Wenyan?"

Miao Changqi in the crowd looked at the people around him and asked.

He was a scholar and reviewer of the Hanlin Academy.

"It seems to be him."

Standing beside him was Yuan Huazhong, the censor.

"Didn't he get caught by the Jin Yiwei? Why did he become a eunuch?"

Looking at Wang Wenyan's red clothes, Miao Changqi's expression was a little horrified.

At this time, under the gaze of everyone, Wang Wenyan stretched out his hands to cover his face.

He was castrated into a eunuch and was too embarrassed to see anyone.

"Xiao Wangzi, as the godson of the Za family, you represent the face of the Za family outside. You have to stand up."

"Yes Yes."

Hearing this, Wang Wenyan did not dare to be negligent and quickly straightened up his waist, but still did not dare to put down the hand covering his face.

"Put your hands down and cover yourself."

"..."

In desperation, Wang Wenyan could only put down his hands and let everyone see him clearly.

"It's really Wang Wenyan!"

Now, everyone really saw Wang Wenyan's face clearly, and some people exclaimed.

Ignoring these people's exclamations, Wei Zhongxian ordered the Dongchang staff to arrange for these people to start moving bricks.

On the means of tormenting people.

The group of eunuchs in the palace are full of tricks.

A good official broker turned torture into a submissive follower.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know yet and wasn't interested in how Wang Wenyan analyzed the problem for Wei Zhongxian.

It is impossible for him to allow Wei Zhongxian to become the nine thousand years old in history.

The Donglin Party is very destructive, but the Eunuch Party is also very destructive.

After the two sides started fighting, they caused even greater damage to the country.

The only thing he can do now is to ignore the noisy voices in his ears and just focus on the data.

Then, looking at the new calendar in his hand, Zhu Youxiao felt a little embarrassed.

"can't read..."

He really doesn't understand the calendar.

I only know that there are three types, the lunar calendar, the solar calendar, and the lunisolar calendar.

The Chinese lunar calendar, Indian calendar, and Jewish calendar are lunar and yang calendars.

The Gregorian calendar used throughout the world is the Gregorian calendar.

For the rest, I really don’t know.

"Has this calendar been verified by Qin Tian Jian?"

Putting down the memorial and the new calendar in his hands, Zhu Youxiao looked at Qintian Supervisor Li Zhizao and asked.

"Back to the Emperor, it will take at least one year for the calendar to be verified. In the past, the "Tatong Calendar" was verified for three years before it was implemented."

Hearing the emperor's amateurish words, Li Zhizao cupped his hands and replied.

"What I studied was the Western Yi calendar, and what Xing Yunlu Xing studied was the "Datong Calendar" and "Hui Hui Calendar" that were popular in the Ming Dynasty."

"This new calendar is determined by the ministers and others based on the laws of both parties. It should not be wrong."

"Ah."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao clicked on the notebook with his hand, feeling a little hesitant.

Although the calendar used by the Ming Dynasty is not very accurate, it is still usable.

If we rashly promote a new calendar that has not been verified, problems will arise in the future and it will cause great turmoil.

"Let's verify it for one year first."

"The ministers obey the order."

Li Zhizao had already expected this result and immediately bowed in response.

"There's one more thing."

Putting down the memorial in his hand, Zhu Youxiao looked at Li Zhizao and said.

"I don't understand the calendar, but I heard that the ministers in Qin Tianjian are quite good at arithmetic?"

"Go back to the emperor, this is indeed the case."

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's question, although Li Zhizao was a little confused, he still answered.

Mathematics is the basis of all sciences.

If Ming Dynasty science wants to develop, it must first have a scientific and systematic classification method.

"These days, I often read the Ten Books of Arithmetic Scripture and other things, but I feel that they are quite mixed. The calendar and arithmetic are mixed together, which is quite inconvenient. Now, Qin Tianjian will summarize these books for me and summarize their contents. How about dividing it into calendar and arithmetic?"

"I accept the order and thank you for your kindness."

Upon hearing the emperor's request, Li Zhizao bowed and responded.

This is because the emperor was confused when he was reading. It was not a big deal to ask them to give a summary.

Waving to signal the other party to leave, Zhu Youxiao touched his chin and began to think.

The national education version of the textbooks must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

But now the various subjects of Ming Dynasty have not been systematically summarized, and it is very difficult to do this.

In terms of mathematics alone, or the ten classics on arithmetic, there are "Zhou Bi Suan Jing", "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", "Sun Tzu Suan Jing", "Wucao Suan Jing", "Xia Houyang Suan Jing", "Zhang Qiu Jian Suan Jing" Sutra", "Haidao Suan Jing", "Ji Gu Suan Jing", "Five Classics Arithmetic", "Zhu Shu", "Zhou Bi Suan Jing" and so on.

But the problem is, this thing is mathematics and astronomy mixed together.

It is unrealistic for him to directly use it as a teaching material. What is the idea of ​​​​ruling the country among men in science and engineering?

They are divided into categories and each performs his or her duties.

Now, after dealing with a group of officials and the like, Zhu Youxiao had to consider a new issue.

Zhang Wenda, the censor of Zuodu, can get out.

Now, the group of officials were sent to move bricks, and the two yamen of Kedao were almost emptied.

The Ming Dynasty’s supervisory agencies need to start reshaping.

Tapping his fingers on the table, Zhu Youxiao thought about how to deal with this problem.

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate, Sixth Section, Cabinet."

This is a line.

There is a custom in the Ming Dynasty that people who are not members of the Imperial Academy will not enter the cabinet.

Those who have not been admitted to the Hanlin Academy and have not entered the Hanlin Academy are not qualified to join the cabinet.

This practice was formed after Yingzong.

Five imperial examination papers, the last imperial examination paper.

Those who are awarded the first grade of Jinshi will be awarded the title of editor and editor of the Hanlin Academy.

Then, these people have the opportunity to enter the cabinet and control the voting power.

Zhu Youxiao did not intend to abide by this unspoken rule.

This is a unique balance of Ming Dynasty.

In essence, it is still the sequelae of the Tumu Fort Incident.

After the incident of seizing the gate, if Zhu Mingmen wants to regain power, he must make concessions from the monarch's power to the prime minister's power.

The emperor ceded power to the cabinet, but the people who could get this power were tightly restricted to the Hanlin Academy.

But now is not the time for the Ming Dynasty to lose its imperial prestige after the Tumubao Incident.

In Zhu Youxiao's mind about the setting of government affairs.

Administrative, financial, and supervisory powers are separated, and the cabinet needs to play a mediating role.

Could such a great power be achieved by a group of sworn scholars from the Hanlin Academy who studied to death?

Obviously, they can't.

If the Hanlin Academy could produce Zhang Juzheng, it would have exhausted the life of the Hanlin Academy.

Take a look at what the Hanlin Academy came up with later.

"Send me the list of governors from various places."

After leaning on the chair and thinking for a while, Zhu Youxiao said to the eunuch beside him.

Let’s pick from below and see if we can pick out the talent.

And just when the emperor was thinking about how to govern next.

Yingtian Mansion, in the small workshop behind the Duke of Wei's Mansion.

The emperor minted silver coins and would later restart the ban on gold and silver.

However, the minting of silver coins is strictly managed and piracy is prohibited.

If you dare to steal it, you will die.

However, because the amount the emperor gave to Yingtian Mansion was too small, even if eunuchs from the palace came to Yingtian Mansion to supervise it, Xu Hongji still had other ideas.

Forty percent of the fire consumption is drawing blood from them.

Xu Hongji and his son Xu Wenjue were anxiously waiting for the silversmith's results.

Watching expectantly, the craftsman used an iron drill to slowly pour the silver into the clay mold.

After finally waiting for the silver material to cool down, I smashed the clay mold outside, and a few black silver coins leaked out.

Xu Hongji frowned and watched the craftsmen cleaning the surface of the silver coins, and Xu Hongji was a little dissatisfied.

“Can’t this dark spot be removed?”

Looking at the silver coin, Xu Hongji asked.

Why is there such a big difference in appearance between this coin and the silver coin sent from Shuntian Mansion?

"Try to anneal the villain."

The craftsman had no choice but to come up with his own way to make up for the owner's dissatisfaction.

Then, I got a few dark yellow silver coins.

The most important thing is that the silver coins minted by the emperor have very fine wheat ears, and there are ninety-six indented ridges on the edges of the silver coins.

The ears of wheat he forged were already connected into a blur.

Compared with the shiny official silver coins of the Ming Dynasty, this is basically the same as the heaven and the earth, and it belongs to the type that is fake at first glance.

"Let the craftsman carve it?"

Looking at the silver coins in his father's hand, Xu Wenjue suggested.

"That would be too time-consuming."

Hearing this, Xu Hongji shook his head.

"Besides, the cost of carving a silver coin is probably higher than if we go to the emperor to exchange it."

With that said, Xu Hongji picked up the silver coin and blew it on it.

But it was played lonely, without any sound, and the sound when played was very dull.

"Father, can you spend this money?"

"What do you think?"

Hearing this, Xu Hongji glared at his son.

"It should work. After all, it's made of silver."

As the tenth generation of Duke Wei of Shizhen Yingtian, what stands out about Xu Wenjue is his lawlessness.

"What the heck! This kind of silver coin can be easily seen as fake. Once you take it out and spend it, I'm afraid the officials from the capital will pounce on it like dogs."

"Three uncles in the capital were beheaded by the emperor for secretly minting copper coins, and the whole family was sent to Qiongzhou."

"You can think about whether our family will be sent to the capital by force."

"As for it?"

Hearing this, Xu Wenjue was a little disbelieving.

"Didn't the Emperor just marry his cousin to be the Queen? Why would he attack us?"

"Nine generations have passed. Do you think the Queen will save our Duke of Wei for the sake of Xu Zi, or will she consider the Duke of Ding?"

Hearing this, Xu Hongji looked at his idiot son and hated him so much.

"Furthermore, our ancestor Hui Zugong failed to protect Xu Zengshou and was killed by Jianwen. The friendship between them has long been exhausted."

With that said, Xu Hongji pointed to the front yard.

"When the time comes, you and your mother can go fishing in Qiongzhou."

"Death to those who steal the coin, do you think that the little emperor who issued that edict was just for fun?"

"Destroy those templates and don't leave any clues to others."

As he spoke, Xu Hongji took a few silver coins in his hand and carefully compared them with the one he had exchanged.

"How was the emperor cast?"

Looking at the silver coins in his hand, Xu Hongji was completely puzzled.

But it's no wonder.

Although the method used by the emperor to mint silver coins was still casting characters.

But in essence, it is pressure.

Moreover, even if the composition ratio of the emperor's silver coins is known, it is difficult to implement large-scale suppression.

The reason is just like some backward countries that cannot even make lighters.

Baoquan Bureau strictly keeps the coin minting process confidential and implements a standardized assembly line production method. Except for the upper-level officials, the craftsmen below do not know the specific process.

Moreover, there are steps such as embryo cake annealing, sand washing, edge rolling, and cold pressing.

Without the emperor's guidance, it would be difficult for Baoquan Bureau to figure it out even if it took two or three months.

Moreover, there is one very important thing that they don't have at all.

That's the roller press.

This thing is used by the Bingzhan Bureau to suppress armor pieces.

But Xu Hongji felt unwilling to give up like this.

Minting coins has been a big business in all dynasties and it is easy to make a living.

Even if copper coins are cast, the gross profit is more than 50%.

Today's silver coins cost 40% of the price.

Under the influence of the high value of silver coins, the benefits are much higher than those of copper coins.

Seeing his son who had already dealt with the backhand, Xu Hongji ordered.

"Send a few of your confidants to Shuntian to inquire with people in the Duke of Wei's mansion to see if you can get some people who know how to make it."

(End of this chapter)