I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 138 I have no daughter to marry but I have a younger sister

Chapter 137

Li Hui was very clear about Zu Dashou's intentions.

Although she was born in the Korean clan, the mission of the clan girls is to do this. When she was sent to Zu Dashou's mansion, she was still an ignorant girl, no, it should be a girl.

Now more than six years have passed, and she has grown up.She was sent around like a cargo, and it was absolutely impossible not to be disgusted.

However, she did not have the power and opportunity to choose.

This is the sadness and helplessness of a small country. Their country must closely rely on Da Ming to survive. If there is no Da Ming, there will be no country for them.

As a clan daughter, she must abandon all distracting thoughts.

"What should my daughter do when she goes to Jinzhou?"

Zu Dashou pondered: "Among all my daughters, you have the best looks, the best dancing skills, and are proficient in everything. I want you to go to Jinzhou. Your background... is not a good match with Marshal Cheng, but It's good to be a concubine or a slave, with you by my side, Marshal Cheng's military career will not be too boring."

Li Hui gave a little blessing: "My daughter takes orders!"

Li Hui is destined not to be as carefree as other singers in the ancestral mansion. She needs to pay attention to many things. As early as six months ago, she heard the name of Cheng Shijie.

At that time, Cheng Shijie fought against the Jiannu Azig tribe at the foot of Jinshi Mountain, and successfully captured more than [-] soldiers of the ancestral army from Azige.

Later, these soldiers were redeemed by Zu Dashou with a lot of money, and Cheng Shijie extorted more than 100 million taels of silver. It must be a lie to say that Zu Dashou had no complaints in his heart.

Zu Dashou and Zu Dabi occasionally discussed Cheng Shijie when they were drinking. At that time, Zu Dashou definitely didn't have any good things to say about Cheng Shijie. In his mouth, Cheng Shijie was greedy, vulgar, despicable, shameless, and obscene...

In short, Zu Dashou almost used all the swearing words on Cheng Shijie. However, after a short time, he never heard Zu Dashou swearing again. Very serious and very religious.

Later, she found out that this was another big victory by Marshal Cheng of Ning Haijun, beheading more than [-] Jiannu. Li Hui was no stranger to the ferocity of Jiannu, but Cheng Shijie was noticed by him.

She knew a lot about Cheng Shijie's past, and the news inside was true and false.

"It is said that Cheng Shijie is the son of Cheng Yongxing, a thousand households in the Guardhouse of Fenghuang Mountain in Fuzhou Wei, Ming Dynasty..."

"It is said that Marshal Cheng is seven feet tall (equivalent to two meters two)"

"It is said that Cheng Dashuai has amazing arm strength and can draw a three-stone bow (360 catties)"

"It is said that Marshal Cheng is so powerful that he can wear three layers of armor and swim across the sea without sinking!!"

"It is said that Marshal Cheng runs like the wind, and can catch up with a fast horse on foot!"

"It is said that Marshal Cheng is good at horse lances, lances are like dragons, if you touch them, you will die, if you touch them, you will die..."

Zu Dashou his adopted daughter Li Hui, and Li Hui, now renamed Zu Hui, became the daughter of his younger brother Zu Dacheng.This time Zu Hui went south to Jinzhou, Zu Dashou's adopted son Zu Kefa escorted him along with [-] elite cavalry from the ancestors' army.

However, this cavalry is equipped with quite extravagant equipment. Each of them drives three war horses. These horses are all tall and strong Liaodong horses. Seven-year-old boy.

More than 400 strong servants, driving more than 200 carts, the carts are full of silk and satin, gold and silver, and these belongings are nominally prepared for her niece Zu Hui.

As the head of the Liaoxi generals, Zu Dashou keenly felt that Cheng Shijie's rise was irreversible, at least until Cheng Shijie's family members did not decline.

Cheng Shijie and Liaodong generals will rise again, or Cheng Shijie will replace Li Chengliang as the head of Liaodong generals.

In this case, it is more correct to have a good relationship with Cheng Shijie than to suppress him.

Zu Dashou also lamented Cheng Shijie's opportunity, just like when he met Sun Chengzong at the beginning, in a short period of time, with Sun Chengzong's support, he skyrocketed.

The current Cheng Shijie has met Chongzhen's most trusted cabinet assistant, Xu Guangqi, who is trusted by teachers and students, a cabinet assistant, a governor of Denglai, and even the new governor of Liaodong can only hide in Ningyuan as an ostrich.

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Gao Qiqian was full of joy, and met his godson Wang Muzhi, because Wang Muzhi brought him two treasures from southern Liaoning, and these two treasures were self-ringing bells from "Western".

In fact, these are two antique clocks received by Cheng Shijie's waste collection station. These should be ancient works of art from the 90s, and the casings are made of brass.

Cheng Shijie actually brought this kind of thing to Gao Qiqian, and he was a little worried. In fact, after checking the information, he found that this kind of Western-style clock and watch, as early as the tenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1582), the Jesuit Luo Mingjian brought a wheeled clock. The big self-ringing bell was dedicated to Chen Rui, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at that time. The latter "suddenly brightened his eyes" and made an exception to allow Luo Mingjian to carry out missionary activities in the local area.

When Matteo Ricci came to Beijing, he presented two chiming bells to Emperor Wanli, one of which was in the form of a building, which was higher than the roof of the inner hall. Emperor Wanli was so excited that he ordered a special bell tower to be built in the imperial garden. Fei Jinqian decorated it luxuriously just to put this clock and watch.The other chiming clock is a table-top one, and Emperor Wanli treasured it very much. He put it in his bedroom to hear the time in the morning and evening, just like listening to a music box. The mother borrowed it later and hid it.

After finding out the news, Cheng Shijie was relieved, so these brass shells were removed, and only the internal mechanical parts were kept. In this way, these two sitting clocks with a weight of more than 50 kilograms were removed by Cheng Shijie. Divided into two, moved to the Ming Dynasty.

Then, in order to increase the value of these two clocks and watches, Cheng Shijie asked Daming craftsmen to use more than 600 jin of brass to make the bases of two clocks. The clock is on, and the other one is used as a peacock with its tail open.

More than 600 catties of brass, plus the craftsmanship of the craftsman, is almost more than 500 taels of silver. This is the most valuable thing Cheng Shijie gave Gao Qiqian so far.

But the two clocks, in the eyes of Gao Qiqian, are definitely priceless treasures, which are much more expensive than giving him tens of thousands of 10,000+ taels of silver.

You know, this is the best baby that high dives can get in touch with.

After Cheng Shijie received these salts, he got benefits. These salts created a wealth of 360 million taels of silver for Cheng Shijie. In addition to giving gifts, Cheng Shijie also sent a letter back to Gao Qiqian, in which he thanked Gao Qi very much Qian's support for him, Cheng Shijie wrote three or four thousand words in one go for the flattery that doesn't cost money.

This is what Cheng Shijie is best at. If he doesn't have excellent eloquence and extremely high emotional intelligence, it is impossible for him to secure that position.

If Hangang Group is compared to a small country, his position is equivalent to Jingzhao County Magistrate, one of the most difficult positions, high and not high, low and not low.

In Cheng Shijie's letter to Gao Qiqian, he told Gao Qiqian that if it weren't for these salts, he would have jumped into the sea in a hurry. His remaining military rations were less than 10,000 shi. In a short time, if there is no food, the officers and men of Ning Haijun will be scolding their mothers.

Now that these salts are brought over, it can be regarded as a solution to Ning Haijun's urgent need.

Facing the two beautifully shaped clocks, Gao Qiqian realized that he dared not enjoy them to himself, so after much deliberation, he gave one of them to Emperor Chongzhen, and placed the other in his house near the West Zhimen Gate of the city.

Emperor Chongzhen has always been worried about Cheng Shijie. Although Cheng Shijie raised military expenses himself, he built the Ning Navy from scratch with the limited help of Sun Yuanhua. Getting better and better.

For the emperor, this is not a good thing.

Until Gao Qiqian asked Chongzhen for Yanyin, what was Yanyin to Emperor Chongzhen? ?With a wave, 80 Yanyin was given to Ning Haijun.

"What did you say?"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the beautifully packaged salt in front of him, and said in disbelief, "This salt can also cure diseases?"

"How dare the servants lie to the emperor, even if the emperor lends the servants ten guts, the servants will not dare to lie to His Majesty!"

Gao Qiqian pointed to the salt in front of him and said, "General Cheng Shijie sold this kind of salt to Huizhou merchants... If the salt hadn't been brought to southern Liaoning, General Cheng's subordinates would have run out of food."

"No food?"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he became anxious immediately.The original Guan Ning Army was known as the Bombing Army, and it often mutinied every now and then. If the Ning Navy also ran out of food, no matter how capable Cheng Shijie was, he might not be able to turn the tide.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. With these salt quotations, General Cheng can buy grain from Huizhou merchants. With hundreds of thousands of shi of grain, General Cheng's troops can still hold on!"

Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

Ning Haijun can be controlled with Yanyin, that's good, Ning Haijun must not lose control.

But the problem is that salt alone is not safe, the safest thing is to strengthen the relationship with Cheng Shijie.

But what if I contact you?

If Emperor Chongzhen had a daughter, he would marry a daughter and make Cheng Shijie the Princess Consort, but the problem is that Emperor Chongzhen was born in the 38th year of Wanli. He was 15 years younger than Cheng Shijie, and his eldest daughter was Princess Kunxing. She is only four years old, which is really too young. If Princess Kunxing is 14 years old, then she can get engaged first.

Just when Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about it, an idea flashed in his head. I don't have a daughter of the right age to marry, but I have a younger sister...

His father, Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo, who was the emperor for a month, was also a hard-working man. He gave birth to seven sons, and five died. Except for the eldest Zhu Youxiao and the fifth himself, the other brothers lived to the age of eight at most.

Among them, Zhu Changluo has ten daughters. The eldest, Princess Huaishu, lived to be eight years old. The second, third, and fourth children all died young. Qi Zanyuan, Zhu Weiwan, the seventh daughter of the emperor, Zhu Weixie, the ninth daughter of the emperor, and Zhu Weiyi, the tenth daughter of the emperor, also died young.

Now there is only one younger sister who is unmarried, that is the emperor's eighth daughter Zhu Weiti, but the problem is, her mother, Concubine Li Kang, is very disliked by Chongzhen...

This is a well-known shrew throughout the ages. As Concubine Kang, she dared to offend her superiors and beat the queen to death, who was also the biological mother of his elder brother Zhu Youxiao.

Concubine Li Kang was the heroine of the palace moving case, one of the three major cases in the late Ming Dynasty. Although Concubine Li Kang had cared for and raised Emperor Chongzhen, the problem was that this woman did not give Chongzhen any good fruit to eat.

Otherwise, Zhu Weiti, the eighth daughter of Emperor Chongzhen, who is only one year younger than Emperor Chongzhen, should have married early, but Emperor Chongzhen pretended to be deaf and dumb and dragged his sister into an old maid...

But the problem is, now this girl has become a favorite...

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Cheng Shijie didn't expect that Zu Dashou, who was far away in Jinzhou, gave him a niece, but Emperor Chongzhen found him a younger sister.

Cheng Shijie's biggest headache is that he doesn't have enough manpower.

Shipbuilding is a very important technical activity. Whether it is ancient or modern, it is the embodiment of a country's industrial strength. Even in ancient times, wooden sailboats seemed relatively easy.

First of all, not all wood can be used to build boats. It is necessary to select and select the best from countless woods. After it is completely confirmed that there is no insect eye, the wood can be smoked and dehydrated.

It is different from the wood used to make furniture, doors and windows. That kind of wood needs to be completely devoid of moisture so that it will not deform. However, the wood used in shipbuilding should neither be wet nor too dry. , absorb water and sink.

Too wet is not enough. The wood will dehydrate under the scorching sun at sea, and the entire hull structure will be destroyed. Too dry and too wet will kill people.Only the most experienced craftsmen know what to do to keep the wood in top condition, ensuring the structural stability and strength of the hull, which is why those old craftsmen are so precious.

Cheng Shijie is an engineering student, and he knows very well how difficult it is to train a senior technician. It is no exaggeration to say that it not only requires his own extremely high talent, but also requires him to put in unimaginable efforts. After years of hard work and hard work, it is simply impossible for such a talent to appear.

In the general environment of the Ming Dynasty, if such talents really appeared in the family, it would not be a good thing for a family, because the status of craftsmen was too low and their income was too low.

It is impossible for such talents to appear in a family of officials and officials, nor in a family of scholars, let alone in an elite family, because with their conditions and abilities, they can choose to be more relaxed and have a higher rate of return. A higher job, such as a doctor, a lawyer, or a career in business and politics, is far better than being a dirty craftsman in a factory.

But the problem is that a small number of high-income people such as doctors, lawyers, officials, and businessmen cannot support a country, or a local government.

It is a pity that the Ming Dynasty did not give these precious craftsmen the treatment they deserved, and neither did I in the Qing Dynasty.

However, there is a country far away in Europe, which is Germany. The German Employment Research Institute announced the results of a survey on the lifetime wages of technical personnel in different occupations.The research results show that senior technicians in 29 occupations including machinery, papermaking, printing and media technology design, and professional technicians in 13 other occupations have a lifetime salary of more than 160 million euros, which is higher than that in tourism, hotel and catering industries.

In fact, Hangang Group has also achieved this. At least the wages of management positions at the department level, including those below the department level, are far lower than the wages of front-line workers and skilled workers.Take the senior technician as an example. This senior technician is almost equivalent to the original eight technicians. After restructuring, the technical level is divided into five levels: junior worker, intermediate worker, senior worker and technician, and senior technician.

The salary and bonus income of the senior technicians of Hansteel Group are much higher than that of Cheng Shijie, the deputy director of the official office, and even higher than that of Director Xu. Post concessions, auxiliary types of work concessions to front-line workers.

Cheng Shijie plans to implement a technical hierarchy system for workers in the late Ming Dynasty. This system will encourage craftsmen to study technology hard in order to break through technological change and development.

According to Hansteel's internal management system, junior workers are relatively easy to obtain. After passing the trial period for one year, you can take the junior worker skill test. The test is divided into two parts: theory and practical operation. The salary will be increased by 180 yuan per month on the original basis, which is 160 yuan a year.

If you have been a junior worker for three years but less than five years, you can take the intermediate worker exam. The process and mode are the same as for junior workers. Ordinary workers in the same position pay 360 yuan per month, which is 540 yuan a year.

Senior workers need to have obtained intermediate worker qualifications for five years, or have been engaged in this project for more than eight years, graduates of this major or related majors have obtained intermediate vocational qualification certificates, have been engaged in this occupation for more than two years, and have no major violations of discipline. Sign up for the senior worker exam, and the test process is the same as that of the junior worker.

As long as you become a senior worker, your salary will no longer increase by hundreds or thousands of yuan, but you will get a salary factor, and senior workers enjoy a factor of [-] times.It is [-] times the average salary, and the corresponding management posts, such as the squad leader only gets [-] times the average coefficient, the team leader enjoys [-] times, and the section leader enjoys [-] times.

The salary factor of [-] times is [-] times that of the workshop director (main department level). When it comes to technicians and senior technicians, Cheng Shijie is not very clear, because he is only a senior worker. Qualify as a technician.

To carry out this skill level assessment, it was actually very difficult in the late Ming Dynasty. First of all, most craftsmen could not read at all, so it was almost impossible for them to take the theory test. Literacy, and theoretical exams can be easily passed, but the problem is their skills...

Cheng Shijie was very troubled by this problem, so he directly handed it over to the management committee, and asked the management committee to hold a technical competition for the whole of southern Liaoning, select dozens of winners from the technical competition, and formulate the technical level of Ming Dynasty.

Cheng Shijie is going to be in line with the new eighth level of later generations. The eighth level is apprentice, junior worker, intermediate worker, senior worker, technician, senior technician, special technician, and chief technician. Each level corresponds to a first-level salary income. Cheng Shijie In the plan, the income of the chief technician should be higher than or equal to that of the [-]-level general manager.

He has no time to deal with these matters, because in later generations, he has a very important matter that must be handled by him personally. His uncle Jiang Wenwen and Qiao Shuyuan have finally achieved a positive result and are going to get married.

Cheng Shijie's grandfather Jiang Feng didn't have the energy to deal with this matter.

Marriage is not an easy task, because the opinions of two people are not unified.

Jiang Wenhua thinks that marriage is a major issue, and we should pay attention to it, at least a good marriage, but Qiao Shuyuan thinks that she is a divorced woman.Qiao Shuyuan's husband abandoned her. She filed for divorce and is currently single.Because of his appearance, he naturally didn't want to embarrass Jiang Wenhua.

Besides, of the two of them, one is disabled and the other is disfigured, it is purely a joke to show up in public.

According to Qiao Shuyuan's intention, the two of them went to get the certificate, and then, the two families had a meal together and just thought about it.

Cheng Shijie didn't know who to listen to, but as for Jiang Wenhua's wedding house, Cheng Shijie managed to buy it. Cheng Shijie is not like before. Buying one house or two houses is really not a problem for him.

What he bought for Jiang Wenhua, a cheap uncle, was an existing house in Times City, which was one of the few luxuriously decorated houses in Hanhai City, not a common rough house.

Cheng Shijie considered that Qiao Shuyuan already had a son and a daughter. If the two had another child in the future, it would be three children. Three bedrooms and two bedrooms would definitely not be enough to live in.

So he bought a 150-square-meter set with four bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms. Due to the recent delay in housing prices, the developer also gave away a [-]-square-meter window sill. In fact, this can also be converted into a sun room.

He brought Jiang Wenhua and Qiao Shuyuan to look at the house, and Xiang Hui and Cheng Jiayue also came to look at the house together.Looking at this spacious and big house, Xiang Hui's eyes showed a hint of envy.

But there are some things that cannot be envied.

As an abandoned baby, Jiang Wenhua was abandoned under the railway bridge of the Second Ring Road in Hanhai City more than 20 years ago, and was picked up by a passing peak.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wenhua's parents finally found them, but Jiang Wenhua didn't know about it. The other party didn't ask to recognize Jiang Wenhua, but offered compensation.

From the two large businesses handled by the waste collection station, Cheng Shijie's waste collection station now has four supermarkets, long-term cooperation, and the family has traveled more than half of the city and traveled more than 20 kilometers to deliver the waste, which also explains the problem.

Especially when I bought this house, someone said hello.

Cheng Shijie looked at Qiao Shuyuan and Jiang Wenhua and said, "Uncle, Auntie, this house is a bit unlucky. Have you seen it? There is a red happy letter on it!"

Jiang Wenhua was a little curious: "This is new, it's been a few days?"

"Yes, in a few days!"

Cheng Shijie explained: "This house is ready to get married, but on the day of the wedding, the bride and groom had a conflict at the wedding, and they broke up before the new house was moved in. If you don't mind, this house can be bought, it's very cheap!"

(End of this chapter)