I want to be a grandson

Chapter 401
In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Yunxi glanced at the memorials spread out on the table, and began to deal with government affairs again.

After a while, he ordered: "Go and invite the Minister of the Ministry of Industry."

After saluting, Qin Kui sat on the brocade bench and waited for His Highness's inquiry.

Zhu Yunxi said: "Qin Shangshu, you said that the Gunpowder Department of the Armament Bureau is not enough, why is it not enough?"

Qin Kui saluted and replied: "Your Highness, the Gunpowder Department is in charge of the production and storage of gunpowder. Now Your Highness needs a lot of gunpowder, so the manpower has also increased accordingly. Moreover, as long as the various ingredients of gunpowder are made well,

It is enough to mix them together when going to battle, but now to make granular gunpowder, each part has to be weighed, which requires a lot of manpower, so if I need to increase the scale. "

The original gunpowder is just a mixture of sulfur, Glauber's salt powder and charcoal powder. As long as the raw materials are made outside, the ones in the capital are only responsible for storage.

But the process of making gunpowder is much more cumbersome now, and Shenjiying uses a lot of gunpowder, so the number of people and places required has also greatly increased.

Zhu Yunxi asked: "Then according to Qin Shangshu's intention, how much should it be expanded?"

Qin Kui made some estimates and replied, "Your Highness, if the gunpowder to be produced is sufficient, the scale and space need to be more than doubled."

Zhu Yunxi frowned slightly, and said: "Qin Shangshu, if you want to expand, then the gunpowder department can't be in the city. Gunpowder is a dangerous thing after all.

Although it will be carefully stored, if there is any omission, it will be a major event that will shake the capital! "

Zhu Yunxi is not scaremongering, because there was a real big bang in history, which is the famous Wang Gongchang big bang, also known as the apocalypse big bang!
The explosion had a diameter of more than 700 meters and an area of ​​more than two square kilometers, causing huge casualties of more than [-] people.

The sky was said to be "clear and cloudless" at the time of the explosion.But for some reason, there was a muffled thunder-like boom from the northeast, and the rumbling sound gradually moved to the southwest.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, and the area around Wang Gong's factory was filled with dust and dust, and then the sky dimmed, and it was shrouded in darkness after a while.

People only felt that the earth shook violently, tens of thousands of houses collapsed, and many big trees were uprooted.The elephant house near Wang Gong's factory collapsed, and the elephants fled in panic.

Within the center of the explosion, the sedan chairs of officials Xue Fengxiang, Fang Zhuangli, and Wu Zhongwei who were walking on the street were smashed, and many were injured. Dong Kewei, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, had both arms broken.

Censors He Tingshu and Pan Yunyi were shaken to death at home, and the two families were "covered in the ground, and the Xuanfu Yang Zongbing and his team, including men, horses and long squads, disappeared without a trace."

And "the imperial seat and imperial case of the Qianqing Palace were overturned", and the craftsmen who were building the main hall "caused 2000 people to fall due to the earthquake, and all of them became meat bags."

As for the cause of the explosion, there are different opinions, but for Emperor Tianqi, it is indeed the most influential one!
Many ministers believed that the big explosion was a warning from heaven to the emperor, and they wrote letters one after another, asking Ming Xizong to rectify the current disadvantages and revive the court.

The emperor had no choice but to issue a "crime edict", expressing that he would wake up from pain and sobriety, and warned ministers and workers "to do things with all your heart and mind, and to reflect on pain." The decree is to send ten thousand taels of gold to the treasury for disaster relief.

"Your Highness thinks, where is the appropriate place to set up the Gunpowder Department?"

Of course Zhu Yunxi wanted to stay as far away as possible!

If something happens, it will kill people!
And the ancients respected the heavens, if something like the apocalypse explosion happened, the common people would think that you, the emperor, were incompetent, and even the heavens were sternly warning them, they would not support such an emperor!

Civil and military officials will also become obedient and contradictory, giving birth to two hearts!
So that would be a huge blow to my prestige!

Zhu Yunxi will never let such a thing happen!
If it wasn't for worrying about the inconvenience of using it, or worrying that such a sharp weapon would be leaked out, it would be fine to move to the ends of the earth!
Looking at the map of Gyeonggi hanging on the side, he said: "Out of the Qilin Gate in the east, there is a flat mountain, which is full of stone forest land, which is not suitable for farming, so there are few people.
The distance from the capital is just right, easy to use, and easy to supervise, what does Mr. Qin think? "

Qin Kui looked up at the map, nodded and said, "The flat mountain His Highness mentioned is not bad, I have no objections."

Zhu Yunxi turned to Li Fu and asked, "Is Pingshan the imperial court's land?"

Li Fu replied: "Your Highness, although Pingshan is forest land, it was owned by Uncle Yongcheng's family a few years ago. It was bought by Uncle Yongcheng's family a few years ago and planted some peach, plum and apricot trees. Although the fruit trees grow If it’s not good, we can sell some every year.”

"There is something about Yong Chengbo here? What a coincidence! Go and call him to let him enter the palace."

"Yes, slaves obey."

The woodland in Pingshan has a total of two to three thousand mu. Although the terrain is somewhat undulating, it is all "Pingshan" and there are no high hills or large mountains.

So it's an excellent place to craft and store gunpowder.

When Yong Chengbo bought it, he definitely didn't spend much money, because that piece of land, not to mention not growing crops, but the fruit trees planted there, grew in a mess because of the lack of fertility.

When Yongchengbo He Tao walked into the palace gate, his legs were trembling and weak.

He was very uneasy, he didn't understand why His Highness asked him to approach the palace.

Could it be that Tie Xuan told the emperor grandson about his son?Your Highness is trying to settle accounts with himself?

On the one hand, I feel that Iron Fist can't stab a knife in the back, but on the other hand, I feel that the literati are insidious and cunning, and can't do anything, so I can't be sure it's him.

The key is that I have no special friendship with the emperor's grandson!
Thinking of Lan Yu's godson being killed by His Highness for oppressing the common people, He Tao felt a chill on his neck!
He is a marquis, his title is just an uncle,

What's more, His Highness was only the grandson of the East Palace, but now he is the grandson of the emperor!He is the heir apparent of Daming!

The difference of one word is a world of difference!

If His Highness really gets angry and kills himself, then... that..., it's really not a big deal!
So He Tao became more and more timid, and wanted to bribe the eunuchs to ask what was going on, but those eunuchs seemed to be dumb, and dared not even say a word!

This made He Tao's heart tremble even more.
There is a saying that the older you are, the more you are afraid of death, and he is no exception!

What's more, I haven't fought a war in these years, and I'm used to coveting comfort, facing life and death all at once, how could I still have the courage to kill the enemy before the battle!

The more he walked, the more nervous he got, the more scared he got. When he entered the hall, his face was already pale!
"The criminal minister He Tao pays his respects to His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun. The humble minister is guilty. Please punish him!"

As soon as he came to the main hall, He Tao bowed his body and walked forward quickly, knelt down on the ground, and confessed repeatedly.

Zhu Yunxi said calmly, "Uncle Yongcheng, what is your crime?"

He Tao hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I have committed a crime. The rebellious son in my family beat the people in the street. I didn't notice for a while, and I didn't find out the reason of the incident, so I took someone to the military and horse department. The minister fainted for a while. Head, please forgive me..."

Zhu Yunxi's face turned cold, and he said: "You still know that you are guilty, your son is arrogant and domineering, disturbing the order of the capital, and you are also confused and partial to your son, the Earl of Daming is so ignorant and disregards the court law. law!"

He Tao knelt on the ground, just pleading guilty, not daring to defend himself.

And Zhu Yunxi was not polite, and gave him a reprimand,
Finally said: "Bo Yongcheng, fine you three months' salary as a warning, you can be convinced!"

When He Tao heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately said: "Your Highness knows everything, uh... His eyes are like a torch, I admire you very much, and you are willing to be punished!"

Compared with what he did, he was only fined by His Royal Highness for three months. In He Tao's opinion, it is already a great grace and tolerance!

"In the future, if I hear that you have blocked another yamen, it will not be as simple as a fine! Discipline your son well after you go back!"

"Yes, yes, I obey, if that rebellious son dares to cause trouble again, I will break his leg!"

"Stop kneeling, get up and talk."

When He Tao got up from the ground and wiped the sweat from his forehead, he realized that his back was a little cold.

Zhu Yunxi said: "I asked you to come today, and there is another matter. I heard that you bought a large piece of land in Pingshan to the east, and planted fruit trees. Is there such a thing?"

He Tao thought that His Highness wanted to check his own problems again, so he quickly explained: "Your Highness, I bought land there, but it was all stone land for the minister's crops. It seems that there are two or three thousand acres, but it is not worth much at all. Money..."

"I bought it for [-] mu. At that time, I only spent [-] yuan, and one mu of land was only three yuan...

And I didn't buy or sell by force, the stones are useless at all, even if they are all two yuan per acre, no one will buy them..."

"What's the rush, I didn't blame you!" Zhu Yunxi asked curiously: "Since it's useless, why do you still want to buy it?"

He Tao was suddenly a little embarrassed, his face turned red, and he said: "Your Highness, those with titles like ministers in the imperial court have thousands of acres of land in their homes, and there are no people in my hometown, and I didn't buy land in my hometown... …

Weichen is used to being extravagant with his money, and he didn't save much money, but the land around the capital is too expensive, and Weichen really can't afford it...

But I was afraid that my colleagues would make fun of me, so I had no choice but to buy more mountain land, just to show off... At least I have thousands of acres of land, isn't it..."

"Pfft..."

Zhang Fu really couldn't hold back, he burst out laughing!
On the other hand, Qu Tao and Li Fu were also biting their lips hard, trying not to laugh.

But by looking at their expressions, you can tell how hard they endured!

Even Zhu Yunxi's face was flushed from holding back, if it wasn't for his identity, he might have laughed heartily!

Embarrassed, He Tao rolled his eyes at Zhang Fu, and secretly scolded this brat in his heart, trying to make me look ugly!

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