Daming Military Empire

Chapter 28
It was still very cold in Beijing in February, especially at night, it was basically below zero, but Bi Maokang felt his blood boil all over his body.After nearly half a month of discussion, the planning of the new military factory was finally completed. The emperor was very happy and invited all his cronies to have a big meal.All kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas were put on the table in turn, even though he had been an official to the Minister, he hadn't tasted a few of them, and there was also tribute wine, the mellow taste was not comparable to the water wine outside.

Although the wine was good, Bi Maokang didn't dare to drink too much, if he lost his composure in front of the emperor, he might be suspended as a minister.

He returned to the mansion slightly drunk, and was about to have a few more drinks while he was in the mood, but the butler came to report that Mr. Qian Qianyi, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, had been waiting in the living room for a long time.

This Qian Qianyi was not familiar with him before, but we are all members of the Donglin Party, and we have met him occasionally.However, Qian Qianyi has suddenly become enthusiastic since he became Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he would visit the mansion from time to time to chat with him about poetry, calligraphy and painting, and get to know him well after going back and forth.

Unexpectedly, Qian Qianyi came here again today. It was just for the emperor's banquet. He came back more than an hour late, which made people wait for a long time.

As the saying goes, you need to enjoy yourself to the fullest in life, don't let the golden cup be empty to the moon, Bi Maokang just feels that drinking is not enough, this Qian Qianyi came just in time, and he can conspire with him to get drunk.

He immediately asked the butler to prepare the banquet, while he shook his head and walked towards the living room.

When the two met, it was a matter of politeness, and after the courtesy was over, the food and drinks were served.Bi Maokang was in high spirits, toasting frequently, as if getting himself drunk.

On the surface, Qian Qianyi was arrogant and fearless, but secretly he was sneaky and sneaky. His drinking posture seemed to be stronger than that of Bi Maokang, but not much was actually drunk, and more than half of it was spilled on his clothes , Anyway, the clothes are not drunk, so it's okay to sprinkle more.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Qian Qianyi saw that Bi Maokang was almost drunk, so he pretended to ask unintentionally: "Master Bi, I heard that the yamen of your Ministry of Industry and Cleaning Department has moved to Wang Gong's factory." , and even surrounded the Wang Gong factory with a wall, what is the purpose of this?"

This question is asking Bi Maokang's itching, what else can he do, build a military factory.

If this military factory is built, coupled with the ability of the emperor to go down to earth, it will definitely be able to produce guns far surpassing bows and arrows. With these guns, Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to sweep the world.These are all the political achievements he made when he was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. By then, being in the cabinet is no longer a big deal, and he, Bi Maokang, must be famous in history.Scholars work hard for fame and fortune, he doesn't value the word profit very much, but he has a special liking for this name, a name that goes down in history, that is the highest honor of a scholar.

Thinking of his pride, he couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha, it's not what we want to do, but the emperor wants to develop new firearms. This Wang Gong factory is the place where new firearms are developed."

When Qian Qianyi heard this, his heart moved, and he continued to ask: "I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money to develop a new firearm?"

Bi Maokang did not doubt that he was there, and continued to say proudly: "Of course, it only cost 1 taels to build the fence. To build the whole new factory, it will cost at least a million taels."

Qian Qianyi pretended to be envious and said: "One million taels! Your majesty is really willing to do so. Such a huge project will probably be bigger than the palace when it is built."

Bi Maokang was even more proud when he heard the words, he shook his head and said: "Of course, this new factory has a radius of three or four miles, which is half the size of the imperial city."

Qian Qianyi rolled his eyes and continued to say in an envious tone: "Such a large project will definitely be recorded in the annals of history! It's a pity that I don't have the chance to participate, otherwise I will be famous in history. Mr. Bi, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. This time will surely go down in history, congratulations, congratulations."

Bi Maokang's eyes narrowed with laughter when he was slapped by this flattery, and he said with a fake humility on the surface: "I don't dare to do it, I don't dare to do it." But he was already happy in his heart.

Qian Qianyi suddenly asked again: "By the way, our Lord Xu probably contributed a lot this time, right?"

Bi Maokang was already drunk, and he blurted out: "That's natural. Mr. Xu is proficient in Western learning, and many factories were designed by him."

Hearing this, Qian Qianyi laughed secretly, raised his wine glass and advised, "Come on, drink, I won't return tonight if I'm not drunk."

Naturally, Bi Maokang came without fear, Qian Qianyi stopped asking questions, just persuaded him to drink, the two of them came and went, drank for nearly an hour, until Bi Maokang was a little shaky, Qian Qianyi left.

Unbeknownst to Bi Maokang, he accidentally sold Xu Guangqi.

This Qian Qianyi is not a good guy. Ever since Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other Donglin Party leaders were murdered, he has always regarded himself as the "Donglin leader". After the eunuch party stepped down, he went around everywhere, wooing members of the Donglin party, showing his existence, always thinking of relying on his status as the "leader of Donglin" to join the cabinet and pay homage to the prime minister, gaining both fame and fortune.

However, he is really an embroidered pillow. If you want him to recite poems and make right, you will be eloquent and eloquent. If you want him to govern the country, then I'm sorry, you have found the wrong person.Sun Chengzong saw that he was still popular in the Donglin Party, so he gave him the left servant of the Ministry of Rites. If you want to join the cabinet, I'm sorry, you are really not this kind of material.

Qian Qianyi tried to find someone to negotiate a deal many times but to no avail, so he had to go out and look for opportunities in person.what chance?Naturally, it is an opportunity to pull Xu Guangqi off the horse!

The Ministry of Rites is the head of the six departments. As usual, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites is determined to enter the cabinet. Now he is the left servant of the Ministry of Rites. As long as Xu Guangqi is removed, he can take over the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. When the time comes, he will naturally enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister. up.

Bi Maokang is the object of his focus, because he knows that Bi Maokang and Xu Guangqi are both lovers of Western learning, and they often get together to discuss some strange and obscene techniques.This strange obscenity technique is a very good breakthrough point. Scholars learn the way of Confucius and Mencius. Most people are very disgusted with this strange obscenity technique. As long as he can grasp a little bit, push Xu Guangqi to the opposite of most scholars , and then organize the officials of the Donglin Party to impeach, Xu Guangqi will have no choice but to step down.

He is not good at governing the country, but he is good at fighting for power and profit. He is not like those people like Sun Chengzong, who foolishly wants to be a loyal minister. He is an out-and-out villain.

It seems that the Donglin party members recorded in the history books are all moral models and models of incorruptibility. The sudden emergence of such an out-and-out villain as Qian Qianyi seems a bit inconsistent with historical facts.In fact, the Donglin Party is not a political party in the true sense, but a crony party, and their purpose is not to serve the country and the people, but to protect the interests of the Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrat group.

To put it bluntly, they are a bureaucratic political group, and they will do anything for the benefit of the group.Saying this seems to distort history, but in fact this is the truth of history. The records about Donglin Party in history books have been distorted by Donglin Party members.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, most of the Donglin party members defected to the Qing Dynasty. This Qian Qianyi is a typical representative. After he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court appointed him as the right servant of the Ministry of Rites in charge of the secretary. The first thing he did The job is to invite the vice president of the editor of "History of Ming Dynasty".The president was from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he just had a title and supervised it. The main editing work was presided over by Qian Qianyi. It is conceivable that such a person edited the "History of Ming Dynasty".

Therefore, there are only two types of people recorded by the Donglin Party in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", either they are great heroes for the country and the people, or they are unknown passers-by with only names and no deeds.Why is there only a name but no deeds?Because most of them were loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty in the first half of their lives, and became loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty in the second half of their lives. Isn't it shameful that such people's deeds are recorded in the "History of Ming Dynasty"!

Among the Donglin Party members who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the only one recorded in detail in the history books is Qian Qianyi. There is no way, because he is the "Leader of the Donglin Party" and the leader of the Donglin Party who fell to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty praised him. There are too many records of his 'achievements'. "History of Ming Dynasty" was completely "repaired" by him, but other historical classics were not "repaired" by them if they wanted to, so he was the only member of the Donglin Party whose "glorious deeds" were passed down to future generations.

(End of this chapter)