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Chapter 231 New Explanation of Auspiciousness
The aliens of Gewuyuan completed the attack on the lowly Confucianists and won a big victory in the field of science. Huang Zifu's ingenious hands and the ingenuity of the people of Gewuyuan designed a scientific instrument that can directly observe the development of all things. , under the circumstance that the emperor was the referee and was impartial, it was expected that Gewuyuan won a big victory.

Regarding this Gewuhui, Gewubao, Minbao, Dibao, etc., all published long and detailed special reports, giving a comprehensive elaboration on atmospheric pressure.

The reciprocating water pump cannot solve the problem that Daming needs to pump water from more than 20 feet underground, because it needs continuous power, and Daming still needs to continue on this road, and under the reward of a large amount of money, the progress is extremely fast. Fast.

It is a very common thing to use gold and silver to stimulate scientific progress.

In the eighteenth century, navigation that could only determine latitude but not longitude was very dangerous and even threatened England's maritime hegemony. urgent task.

In the 53rd year of Kangxi, England set up the Longitude Award and issued 2 pounds. At that time, the pound was a pound of silver with a purity of 12, which was roughly equivalent to 24 taels in Ming Dynasty. That is to say, in order to accurately determine the longitude, England took out A reward of [-] taels of silver was offered.

And the watchmaker John Harrison, who invented the clock with precise timekeeping, and the institutions that revolved around the awards and laws of the "Longitude Award" and the "Longitude Act", eventually became the Research Council of England, the Technology Strategy Committee of England, and the awards and laws, greatly promoted the rapid development of the Royal Society of England, and finally won the status of the world's science and technology center in one fell swoop.

And Zhu Yijun took out 50 taels of silver from his internal funds to reward scientific progress.

If you don’t burn coal, you need to burn money, and you have to burn the same thing to get results. In most cases, you have to burn both.

Under the condition that the meritorious little emperor really rewarded him, the inventions of various water pumps began to emerge one after another. This is the positive side, and the negative side is also gradually revealed. The development of things seems to be inescapable from the framework of the contradiction theory. One matter always shows its contradictions with two sides.

Some craftsmen try to create a device that can drive the flywheel without consuming firepower, water power, or animal power. This device is called a perpetual motion machine.

And this kind of fashion swept the entire workshop at once.

All kinds of weird perpetual motion machines appeared in front of the emperor's case, but most of them were toys, such as a ring made of sixteen spirals, placed on top of the plan, each spiral There is a solid small copper ball on the line.

Perpetual motion machine, a kind of mechanical thinking that pursues getting something for nothing.

"If you work hard, you will gain. It's like farming in the field. Two points are planted, three points are managed, and five points are fertilized. Those who are willing to manage well will of course gain more. If they are not willing to manage well, they will have less harvest if they are not willing to manage well. , This kind of reaping for nothing is, after all, seeking fish from a tree without any result." Zhu Yijun moved the ring in front of him.

Because of the existence of shark oil, a top-level lubricating oil, it can be rotated for a long time with just a slight movement. Because Zhu Yijun is busy, he can't even observe when it stops. In order to further reduce the friction, every small The copper balls are extremely soft and moist, and a layer of shark oil has also passed through.

Guo Zhengmao, surnamed Zhengmao, caught another whale in Luzon, and this time sent many to the capital. Yin Zhengmao was so grateful because the status of five-masted oceangoing ships in Luzon became more and more important.

The Spanish colonists did not fail to counterattack. Even during the war, at some dangerous times, the Spanish colonists almost counterattacked and took Manila, and the existence of the five-masted oceangoing ships made the Spanish colonists exhausted. Suffering, even the weapon of victory.

Spanish ships, when faced with five-masted oceangoing ships, can only despair.

However, the five-masted ocean-going ships deployed by Emperor Ming in Luzon did not charge any fees.

The Governor-General of Daming and Luzon is the same as the relationship between Daming and Yunnan. Luzon is a four-way place in Daming, not a place to be discarded and tasteless. This is the signal released by the emperor, and Yin Zhengmao There is only gratitude in my heart, so I send some good things to the capital for His Majesty to play with.

Those Thai and Western girls who were sent to the emperor's uncle's mansion were sent to the capital by Yin Zhengmao based on this background. It doesn't matter whether the emperor accepts it or not, it is very important whether Yin Zhengmao sends it or not.

Zhu Yijun did not stop this kind of wind and public opinion. The various perpetual motion machines that he has worked out may never be able to move forever, but when designing perpetual motion machines, one problem is always taken into consideration, that is, the energy during the movement must be reduced. loss.

Zhu Yijun hummed a ditty and returned to Xiyuan Baoqi Division, looked at the memorabilia in his hand, and finally Zhu approved it.

On March [-]th, Zhu Yijun issued a decree: the vassal clans and concubines are only allowed to request famous food, and their male and female marriage funds are not allowed to be solicited, which is an order.

This is another government decree to the county king since the second year of Wanli, after the county king and below each made a living, that is, only a good salary is given, and men and women have to get married. The emperor no longer gives money, and it has become a common practice.

This decree hurts the friendship between relatives and relatives. Zhu Yijun sent the Taixi woman sent by Yin Zhengmao to the bedside of the emperor Zhu Zaiyu to show that he still has relatives and relatives.

Zhu Yijun looked at the memorabilia in his hand and asked a little strangely: "Daban Zhang, yesterday, did Cui Min, the eunuch of inner money, ask the outer court for money again?"

"One hundred thousand taels from Guanglu Temple and one hundred thousand taels from state money, a total of 20 taels." Zhang Hong replied honestly.

"Why?" Zhu Yijun closed the agricultural book and asked, "Isn't the palace rich? Is it empty?"

"There is money in the palace, but it is not contradictory to ask the outer court if you ask the outer court for it. The biggest expenditure of inner money recently is the firepower to raise water. The inner money eunuch thinks that it should not be all spent by inner money. That's why I asked the outer court for this money." Zhang Hong explained.

Wealth in domestic funds means rich in internal funds, but this firepower to raise water is not something that His Majesty can use by himself. It is a major event that is used in the country. How can it be completely independently spent by the emperor's small treasury?

As the emperor's minions, eunuchs have to make gestures to safeguard His Majesty's power and the court, no matter what they want or not.

This is the meaning of the existence of eunuchs. Your majesty's benevolence is your majesty's benevolence. Eunuchs also have to do their own work. Why do you want to enjoy the results without taking a penny from the state money?
Dare to take the emperor's things for nothing, it is simply lawless.

"Well, let's ask for it." Zhu Yijun agreed to this behavior of asking for money. The Gewuyuan is not useless. After its establishment, it has achieved a lot. It only wants to enjoy the blessings but refuses to pay. The eunuchs are naturally dissatisfied.

The Emperor Ming asked the state treasury for money again.

In the court meeting that started early the next morning, this matter was the first thing discussed. The emperor asked the state treasury for money.

"This money should be given." Wang Guoguang, on behalf of the Ministry of Household Affairs, first expressed his position. Just that one reciprocating water pump is enough for Daming to eat for a long time. How much money will this thing cost?
Wang Guoguang continued to state his reasons for giving the money, and said: "Pan Jixun, the governor of Jiangxi, Wu Guifang, the governor of the water transport, Sun Chengming, the censor of Zhili, and Yu Zhao, the censor of Liaodong, all presented congratulatory forms and praised this as Jiarui of the Ming Dynasty. Congratulations to Daming, congratulations to His Majesty."

Pan Jixun was stationed in Jiangxi, Wu Guifang, governor of water transport, and Nanzhili inspectors were stationed in Fengyang and other places, and Liaodong inspector Hou Yuzhao was stationed in Zhangwu. He spoke highly of the simple reciprocating pump and each of them ordered a copy Congratulations, congratulations to Daming for this auspicious, great benefit to Daming.

Zhang Juzheng added: "This morning, the cabinet received a congratulatory letter from Ling Yunyi, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, which also praised the pressurized water machine, and also attached a copy of how to use the underground water pressurized machine. You should also take a look."

For wells that exceed three feet, the water press or reciprocating water pump is lowered to a position below three feet from the water surface, and the water is pressed into the water press, and then pumped continuously to pump out the water surface.

The craftsmen in Guangdong and Guangxi made a spherical check valve, so that the water will not flow back when it enters the upward pipe, so that the water can be lifted.

The design of the ball check valve is very simple. When the water goes up, the small ball is pushed to one side, and when the water stops going up, it falls back to the card position, blocking the backflow of water and realizing pumping.

For such a good thing, it seems inappropriate to pay for it separately from the internal funds.

Zhang Juzheng also thought that money could be given. Now that the expenditure has been rewarded, it can be more grandiose. Zhang Juzheng said: "There are people in the court who object, and the Huke gave Shi Zhongguangmao, so I refuted a few words in the memorial."

"He said that the country has a system for the use of wealth. One should be donated to the inner government. If the silver taels of Guanglu Temple are dedicated to the expenses of food and sacrifices, and the reserves in Taicang are used for the nine sides of the military country, it must be abused. Fei Ye. Now Guanglu monthly costs ten thousand gold, which is only enough for three years, and the annual income of Taicang is enough to pay for the annual expenditure. Why should we ask for it if there is a police in a hurry? Donate as an offering to His Majesty Wuzhao’s frugality.”

"This kind of objection is a clichéd vent. It can be understood that from the standpoint of a speech officer, if you don't object, it's not like a speech officer. After all, it involves the Ministry of Finance, and his last sentence is the key point. , Guangmao said: "Mechanical tripod revolution greatly benefits the country, and the minister said: Special rewards and punishments are set up according to the fifth-class martial arts, and the gifts of gold and silver are shared by the inner and outer courts."

Zhu Yijun discovered an interesting thing. When Hou Yuzhao and Guangmao talked about things, whether it was out of their hearts or out of a disguise, they would press out the set of old-fashioned sayings and babble a few sentences, and then talk about it. Keep talking.

"Okay, okay!" Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "What Guangmao said is very good, I don't lack the 20 taels of silver. If the inner and outer courts share the burden, it will be one of the palace. It is natural to set up rewards and punishments." good."

The establishment of a system of rewards and punishments is far greater than the value of 20 taels.

Luo Bingliang from the tax office ransacked his house a few times, and then copied it back. If it is really impossible, he will raise the price of this worsted woolen, and open up the Humanity Silver Mine to increase his efforts. Quanhao's silver is like water in a sponge , There will always be some when you squeeze it, if it doesn't work, you can squeeze it.

It is necessary to establish a system of rewards and punishments for craftsmen and technological progress.

The result of the final court discussion was that the Ministry of Households gave 25 taels of silver to the internal funds, which was considered to make up for the special rewards for firepower and water, and then determined the auspicious mechanism.

If the problem of lifting water by firepower is really solved, it will be judged by the first-class auspiciousness, and the major breakthrough around this topic will be judged by the second-class auspiciousness. As for the award, it will be supervised by Zhu Zaiyu and judged by the Gewu Academy.

Fifth-class auspiciousness is an award for technological progress given by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and the imperial court.

"King Lu's coronation ceremony note, the proposition is held by the British official Zhang Rong, and I, the second assistant, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites announced the imperial edict." Zhang Juzheng talked about the coronation ceremony of King Lu.

Zhu Yijun heard that there was excitement to watch, and asked with a smile: "Is there anything I need to do?"

"Your Majesty, an elder brother is like a father, so he should be persuaded to follow the right path." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said, talking about King Lu, Zhang Juzheng and his courtiers had complex expressions, and King Lu Zhu Yixuan was a born noble.

Lu Wang Zhu Yiliu is ten years old. He is arrogant, extravagant and extravagant. There have been many troubles at the age of ten. The Empress Dowager Li also issued a decree to teach the ministers.

Empress Dowager Li couldn't figure it out, Zhang Juzheng taught the little emperor so well, but other teachers taught Zhu Yiliu like this.

Empress Dowager Li thinks it is the teacher's problem. After she started studying at the age of seven, she has not yet finished reading the enlightenment books. Empress Dowager Li doesn't want to trouble Zhang Juzheng. After all, as Yuanfu and emperor's teacher, Zhang Juzheng is very busy. became a big problem.

As the current substantive prince and the first heir when the emperor had no heirs, King Lu was extremely unqualified.

This is also related to Queen Mother Li's connivance, and it has a lot to do with it.

There is no punishment for Lu Wang Zhu Yichun's mistakes, which is different from the emperor.

If the emperor made a mistake, he would go to the Taimiao to recite the notes of his guilt, but Zhu Yizhen would not even be reprimanded for his mistakes. Therefore, Zhu Yizhen's character became more and more perverted, to the point where he was going to be brought to the court.

Looking young at the age of seven and old at the age of ten, this Zhu Yizhen is probably going to live his absurd life, doing things without definiteness, beating and scolding servants at every turn, Zaozuoshi's belly.The bow string abused the servant, this is what Zhu Yiliu did.

Zhu Yiliu rewarded his servants with cakes, which were filled with stones. The servant girl collapsed to the mouth of his teeth while eating, and Zhu Yiliu was very happy. As a result, the Empress Dowager Li found out about it. The Empress Dowager Li did not blame Zhu Yiliu. After dealing with it, he said that these maidservants were bewitching Lu Wang Zhu Yichun.

Zhu Yizhen asked the palace maids to beat each other with willow sticks. Whoever screamed would continue to beat them. If they couldn’t scream, they would be replaced. Zhu Yixuan kept watching happily. The emperor knew about this matter, and Zhu Yijun went to Discuss this matter with Queen Mother Li.

Empress Dowager Li still had the intention of defending her. In the end, although Zhu Yiliu was not so troublesome, he still did not receive any punishment.

Therefore, Zhu Yizhen's ineffectiveness was caused by the connivance of the Empress Dowager Li, and what Zhang Juzheng meant was that an elder brother is like a father, and His Majesty the Emperor should discipline Zhu Yizhen so that he does not grow into a crooked melon.

"Okay." Zhu Yijun nodded. If he had something good or bad, the first heir to the empire, this appearance is really not a problem.

After Zhang Juzheng determined all the regulations of Luwang Guanli, he began to discuss the palace examination. If he passed the general examination and the emperor's palace examination, he could be regarded as a Jinshi. Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu avoided reading papers in the palace examination of their sons. The six ministers read the papers, and both Zhang Siwen and Wang Qian had to take part in the palace examination.

Zhu Yijun didn't allow it, and the court imposed heavy codes, so there's no need to evade it.

The court discussion of these two ceremonies took up most of the time. After the court meeting and banquet, Zhu Yijun went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning. He had to come to see the ceremony on the 15th day of the lunar new year. If it was not the 15th day of the new year, Zhu Yijun could also come to see the Queen Mother.

"Come down!" Empress Dowager Li's very angry shout reached the emperor's ears.

Zhu Yijun stopped in his tracks. Empress Dowager Li should be angry. If he passed by now, he might easily hurt Chi Yu, so it's better to slip away.

"Your Majesty is here!" While the emperor was still hesitating, the small yellow gate that opened the way had already shouted, and he had no choice but to go in.

Zhu Yijun adjusted his emotions, walked into the Palace of Compassion and Ning, looked at the scene in front of him, his face was extremely surprised, Lu Wang Zhu Yizhen huddled in the corner, if it was a corner on the ground, it would be fine, Zhu Yizhen stretched his arms and legs , retracted in the corner of the top wall.

This scene is really too weird.

"I've seen mother, mother." Zhu Yijun greeted him, looked at Zhu Yiliu and said in amazement: "Mother, how did this younger brother get up there?"

"As you can see, Hu'er broke a vase, and my sister was angry, so he rushed to the corner of the roof with a whoosh." Empress Dowager Chen said cheerfully.

Lu Wang Zhu Yichun's escape path was unusual. Others ran outside, but he stretched his arms and legs, and climbed into the corner of the roof with his hands and feet in the corner of the wall.

"Come down." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Yiliu and said calmly.

Zhu Yiliu was not afraid of Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen, nor was he afraid of the courtiers, but he was only afraid of this elder brother. He had personally seen his elder brother limped by Luo Sigong's beating, without saying a word, and Luo Sigong rewarded him without punishing him.

This is too harsh.

Zhu Yiliu was young, but he knew clearly who he should never mess with. In front of him stood a ruthless man who was extremely cruel to him. If he was disobedient, he would definitely be beaten.

"I, I, I, I can't go down." Zhu Yichun said tremblingly.

Easy to climb and difficult to descend.

When this scene appeared, Zhang Hong went to find a wooden ladder, Zhu Yijun climbed up the wooden ladder, and took Zhu Yiliu down.

"Come with me." Zhu Yijun left a word, and said to Zhu Yiliu coldly.

Seeing that his brother was angry, Zhu Yichun burst into tears, ran behind Queen Mother Li, and said loudly, "I won't go, I won't go."

Empress Dowager Li protected Zhu Yichun and said: "It's just a vase. My mother is angry because she is angry with him for going to the room. If it falls, what should I do? Just come down."

"Come here." Zhu Yijun ignored Empress Dowager Li, but looked at Zhu Yiliu's eyes, which became a little bit colder.

Empress Dowager Li's return to power meant that Zhu Yijun was the head of the family. Although he was still a child, Zhu Yijun was about to grow crooked, so he had to intervene.

"Mother!" Zhu Yichun shrank again, completely hiding behind Queen Mother Li.

Zhu Yijun looked at Empress Dowager Li. After some deliberation, Li Empress Dowager pulled Zhu Yichun out and handed it to Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yiliu dared to mess with Queen Mother Li, but he never dared to mess with Zhu Yijun, with tears in his eyes, he followed Zhu Yijun every step of the way.

Zhu Yijun brought Zhu Yichun to the martial arts room, and said, "King Lu, from today onwards, you will practice martial arts with me."

"I... learn!" Zhu Yichun actually wanted to shout that he didn't want to learn, but the words changed when he spoke.

Zhu Yijun didn't teach him a lesson, he didn't nag, he just asked Zhu Yijun to practice martial arts with him. For King Lu, Lajin was like killing him, but he could only grit his teeth and keep practicing.

"Let's practice sparring." Zhu Yijun gave Zhu Yiliu a wooden knife, and he also took a wooden knife. He wanted to do daily sparring.

Previously, the target of the emperor's sparring was Luo Sigong, but today Luo Sigong watched the excitement, and the target of the sparring with the emperor became King Lu.

The pressure of sparring with the emperor was extremely high, and Luo Sigong himself knew that the skill of the youth group was the best in the world.

Zhu Yijun started to strike, and he slapped Zhu Yizhen mercilessly. Zhu Yizhen screamed, dropped the wooden knife in his hand, and wailed in pain with his arms folded.

"Does it hurt?" Zhu Yijun walked over, looked at Zhu Yiliu and asked expressionlessly.

"It hurts, it hurts, bro! It really hurts." Zhu Yichun wailed hoarsely, clutching his arms.

"You have to remember the pain today. I just beat you today. If you grow up and treat the maidservant poorly, and let the maidservant of the Lu Palace finish you with a knife, I will lose a younger brother. Don't force me to come here. To the point of killing you, understand?" Zhu Yijun said very clearly to Zhu Yiliu.

If one day, Zhu Yijun becomes an obstacle to the revival of Ming Dynasty, then Zhu Yijun will attack him without hesitation.

"Got it, got it." The tendons on Zhu Yichun's painful forehead were all twitching. Only then did he know how hard his brother worked on weekdays. He also knew that his brother didn't use all his strength. It looks like it's less than three points.

If he pulled out all his strength, his arm might be destroyed.

"I just looked at it for fun, brother, I won't do it anymore." Zhu Yizhen knew what his brother was angry with, and it was because he made the maids beat each other, not breaking the vase today.

The vase shattered as soon as it was broken, but he made the maidservants beat each other reluctantly, the emperor was very angry, and even had a quarrel with Queen Mother Li.

Zhu Yijun squatted down slowly, pulled King Lu up from the ground, and said very solemnly: "Brother, you are very smart. If you can figure it out, you will understand this truth. Those palace maids are your close servants. If they feel resentment in their hearts, and they are bewitched by someone with a heart, they will definitely kill you. You have already remembered the assassination of the king and the fire in the palace."

"If you don't understand and resent me, then you should resent."

Zhu Yiliu can figure it out, because after what happened last time, his own brother personally issued an order to drive all the maids around him out of the palace. Although the reason was to confuse King Lu, it was actually because he was afraid that those maids would hold grudges. Colluded with the foreign court, really hit him.

Zhu Yiliu is a very smart person, and Empress Dowager Li also explained it to him.

Zhu Yixuan knew that there would be a beating, but he didn't escape, and was still beaten.

"Come with me."

After the one-day martial arts training course, Zhu Yijun brought Zhu Yiliu to Xiyuan Baoqisi and asked him to farm the land.

When it was time to plant potato seedlings again, Zhu Yijun took Zhu Yiliu to explain how to plant the land little by little.

Zhu Yiliu is very wasteful, not that he can't finish the leftovers, but a completely unconscious waste. Moreover, Queen Mother Li and Zhu Yijun can provide him with such a material basis, so he himself does not know that he is wasting.

Zhu Yiliu would even think that rice grains grow from the containers of the rice shop.

"Brother, why do we have to farm? Brother is the emperor, I am King Lu, we are all born nobles." Zhu Yiliu felt that he was going to be exhausted and paralyzed, leaning on the back of the chair, he asked quite puzzled.

In Zhu Yiliu's heart, his brother is indeed a role model. For five years, he lives every day, just like an ascetic monk in the mountains. He has to eat a light pancake every day. Zhu Yiliu only ate it once and never again. Not going to eat it.

Zhu Yijun took a shower and was about to go to the capital camp. Seeing that Zhu Yiliu was so tired, he asked, "Why are we born noble people? It is the shadow of our ancestors, but the shadow of our ancestors is almost exhausted. The virtue of a gentleman , beheaded for the fifth generation."

"You have also grown up slowly, and now you are a little adult. My father left early, and my mother can't control you. Why, we are born nobles? It's like that perpetual motion machine, unwilling to pay, only willing to give If you ask for it, that is the flower in the mirror and the moon in the water.”

"Think about it carefully, I'm going to Beijing camp."

Zhu Yijun's education to Zhu Yiliu mainly focuses on two aspects. He does it personally and tells Zhu Yiliu with his own actions that there are not so many unreasonable things in this world, and there are not so many things that are taken for granted. become thinner.

The second aspect is labor education.

Problems in thinking are mostly caused by lack of labor. Rice grains will not grow on the containers of the rice shop for no reason, but if they grow in the deep palace, it is easy to think that the containers of the commercial company will grow goods by themselves.

In March of the fifth year of Wanli, the mainstream fashion of Shilin still focused on non-material production, and more precisely, it was the non-material production, so who would carry out the material production?
Zhu Yijun believes that these are all ideological problems caused by not working. If you work hard in a down-to-earth way, you will know the hardships and sufferings of life.

He has exhausted his own methods to make Zhu Yili become a talent, but if Zhu Yili fails to become a talent, there is nothing he, the emperor, can do.

When Zhu Yijun left the palace to go to the capital camp, he unexpectedly ran into the Luanjia of the Empress Dowager Chen, who seemed to be waiting for him.

"I have seen my mother." Zhu Yijun bowed slightly as a courtesy. The main palace of Emperor Longqing was the Empress Dowager Chen. Although the Empress Dowager Chen was disgusted by Emperor Longqing because he advised Emperor Longqing to be frugal, according to the etiquette, Zhu Yijun still called her mother.

"My sister is so conniving and protecting King Lu, it's also thoughtful." Empress Dowager Chen waved her hand to keep others away, and then said in a low voice.

Empress Dowager Chen thought over and over again, and continued to explain further: "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and King Lu is absurd, so no one will have any wrong thoughts."

　Ask for a monthly ticket, woo! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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