golden scales

The filling mouth of the traditional cannon casting method is at the tail of the cannon. After the molten iron enters the mold, the heavy one sinks and the light one floats up. Therefore, the quality of the cannon mouth is better than that of the cannon belly with greater pressure. .If you change the way of thinking and put the filling port on the muzzle, the quality of the iron cannon will be improved a lot immediately.

Hong Zuwei did not have the talent for making cannons, but he could apply the theoretical knowledge in a book of "Physical Theory" to production, which Zhu Cihong appreciated most.

"I wrote a lot of things, and some people think that I know everything, which is actually absurd!" Zhu Cihong nodded at Hong Zuwei and said, "Only by the collective wisdom of millions of people in the world, and filling in the gaps, can we truly rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty and let the people live a better life." It’s better. I made a start, and you, Xu Xie, and thousands of people can follow, that’s great.”

"Thank you for your encouragement, Your Highness!" Hong Zuwei said loudly, puffing out his chest.

"Very good, the young man is also very energetic." Zhu Cihong thought of that "Hujian", smiled again, and told him to disband.

This is the end of the meeting.

You Shiwei did not leave with these "little" staff officers, and went to Zhu Cihong to report: "Your Highness."

"General You." Zhu Cihong walked in front and invited, "How about going for a walk together?"

Of course You Shiwei would not object.

Zhu Cihong walked in front, and after much deliberation, he could only stretch his waist and legs in a small garden.While taking a bow step without any image, stretching the muscles of his legs, he said: "I didn't ride a horse today, and my muscles and bones seem to be stretched. I really don't know how to beat the ugly thief and stay in the palace all day long." How do you live here? Hehe, looking at General You’s serious face, what’s your confusion?”

You Shiwei followed Zhu Cihuang to a small flower hall, seeing the surrounding greenery, he was still a little depressed, and said: "Your Highness, now that the enemy is approaching, and our army discusses the southeast first, will it make people feel uneasy?"

"Well, this, I remember Yang Sichang said a word back then: To fight against the outside world, you must first settle down inside." Zhu Cihong stood still, expanded his chest and turned his waist, and said: "My family got its name from Han Wu, and it is the Han nationality. For more than a hundred years, there have been martial arts, martial arts, and times when they were brutally tortured by aliens. But, who are you and me?"

"Naturally Han." You Shiwei was a little puzzled.

"Yeah, so..." Zhu Cilang followed the lead: "It means that I am a big man with steel and iron bones, even if there is chaos in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, I can still stand up! From this point of view, who is the biggest enemy of our Han people? It is not a foreign race, but It's the Han people themselves."

"Didn't Your Highness also say that internal conflicts are just for outsiders to take advantage of?" You Shiwei didn't think the prince's explanation was reasonable.

"That's right, internal conflict is indeed the case." Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "But attacking Xuzhou first is not considered internal friction, but the integration of resources."

"combine?"

"The importance of Xuzhou has been made very clear by the staff just now. Let's compare it to a piece of gold. In Gao Jie's hands, this gold can only be used as a pillow for him. But in our hands, it can be used to buy Food saves people, builds cannons to kill enemies. To this end, I spent a tael of silver in exchange for this piece of gold, which seemed to consume my strength internally, but in fact the resources I got far exceeded my cost, resulting in To achieve greater benefits, this is the integration of resources. What Yang Sichang said should be interpreted as such. It is only wise to integrate resources to fight against the outside world first, and it is foolish to assume that what Gao Jie occupies is a piece of useless land Hey, will I take him in? He begged me to go, and I wouldn't even spend that money."

You Shiwei's brows were gradually untied, and he said, "What Your Highness said is really incisive."

"It's nothing incisive, any businessman will know this truth." Zhu Cihong said: "Furthermore, if Gao Jie still has a shred of loyalty, when our army arrives, he should plead guilty and accept the adaptation At that time, I might give him a way to retire in order to appease other military towns."

You Shiwei nodded in agreement.If Gao Jie was ignorant of current affairs and had a rebellious heart, he should have rectified the law on the spot.

"General, have you ever heard of contradictions?" Zhu Cihong asked again.

"Attack the shield of the son with the spear of the son?"

"That's right," Zhu Cihong nodded, "One yin and one yang are called the Tao, and everything in the world is nothing but yin and yang. This is the fundamental contradiction. Before the Eastern Captives entered the pass, I will be under heaven, and it is between my imperial family and the intruders." When the Eastern captives came, the situation naturally changed, and it became a contradiction between our Han people and other Manchurians. I said just now that we can attack the Ming army by integrating resources. Now this is for the sake of national justice. Have a mind that can accommodate intruders. General You, you command the General Staff, and you should start with the overall situation of the world."

You Shiwei's arrogance was completely dissipated by Zhu Cihuang's words, and he sincerely admired: "To be honest, I didn't believe these two sentences at first. Give Your Highness such an explanation, think about it, it is indeed the truth!"

Zhu Cihong laughed and recommended Aristotle's "Logic" by the way.

The parent book of this set of books should be the "Apparatus" of later generations.As a liberal arts student, Zhu Cihong is well aware of the driving force of formal logic to social science.He originally planned to find someone to translate when he became an adult, but he didn't expect to see this set of books in Ouchi's library when he was five years old. Co-translated by Father Fu Xunji.

As a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli, Li Zhizao's diction is more suitable for the taste of scholar-bureaucrats.Zhu Cihong just changed the name of this set of books and named it "Logic", and immediately ordered someone to engrave it for documentation.During the Jiashen Incident, it was also brought to Laizhou and published as a key bibliography.

You Shiwei didn't expect that Zhu Cihong would recommend a book from Taixi people, thinking that he didn't even understand the things of his ancestors, but he couldn't say no, he just agreed, for fear that the crown prince would let him read it before reading it. Hand in reading notes and the like.

This is not unfounded worry. Writing notes and diaries in the army have become a system, which makes many veteran generals very uncomfortable.Niu Chenghu also wanted to hire two clerks because of this, but he was named "hiring private persons" and received a warning.

"Lord Chitose!"

Seeing Zhu Cihong standing with You Shiwei, Wang Chengen called out from a distance: "Your Highness, the Emperor please go and talk."

Zhu Cihong nodded, and said to You Shiwei, "General, go back first."

You Shiwei saluted and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Wang Chengen.I saw Wang Chengen smiling all over his face: "The governor is not in a hurry to leave, the emperor will also summon me."

You Shiwei paused, and said "Zunzhi".

The entire inner palace here is not as big as the previous palace. Zhu Cihong and You Shiwei arrived at the small pavilion by the pond where Chongzhen was located, and saw their mother, aunt, and Concubine Yuan present together, and the stone table was piled with various fruits and vegetables. The pastry is obviously a family gathering, I don't know why You Shiwei was summoned together.

"My son, Cihong, pays homage to the emperor's father, aunt, and mother." Zhu Cihong stepped forward to pay respects, without losing any courtesy.

Chongzhen smiled, and was about to let him get up, when he suddenly saw the golden python dragon epaulettes on You Shiwei's shoulders, the light on his face faded, and he just said "Xing" in a flat voice.

Zhu Cihong got up, Zhou Hou was already excitedly calling for a seat, and then complained: "I don't know what you are busy with these days, and you don't even bother to do morning and evening work?"

"My mother wronged my son." Zhu Cihong said helplessly: "My son just came back from inspecting the navy in Dengzhou. In the past few days, because of the Donglu occupation of Shenjing, he went to the Lexia defense line overnight to inspect the military equipment. Really empty."

Chongzhen said coldly: "Today, the ministers of the southern capital sent me a seal, saying that they want to reward the army of the Eastern captives, invite Wu Sangui, the Xibo of Jinping, as Marquis, and also reward Li Yutian, the governor of Liaodong, do you know?"

——This tone is clearly saying that His Highness the Crown Prince is busy and busy!

For the first time, You Shiwei felt that the emperor was really in a daze.

"My son heard about it," Zhu Cihong smiled. "It's the so-called policy of the southeast ministers to 'borrow the captives to fight the bandits'. But father, the eastern captives are a group of tigers and wolves. Will they really retreat to the outside of the pass?"

"These savages, how many times have they not robbed enough and then retreated?" Chongzhen didn't have the confidence when he said this.

"Father," Zhu Cihong said respectfully and still with a deep smile, "the ministers in the southeast are really blind. Wu Sangui is now the King of Pingxi in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Li Yutian they want to reward, hehe, it was Li Zicheng a long time ago." The Sichuan Jiedu envoy, I am afraid it is not appropriate to reward the minister who follows the thief."

Looking at the astonished Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong said leisurely: "And according to my son's opinion, Donglu not only won't leave, but I'm afraid he has the heart to annex the world."

As soon as this statement came out, all the people present changed their expressions. (To be continued.)