Defending against Japanese pirates is certainly one aspect, but Su Ze didn't say anything about the other aspect.
The more Su Ze understood the world, the more he felt that Ming Dynasty really deserved to die!
Some people always say that the Ming Dynasty died in Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty died in Wanli, and the Ming Dynasty died in Jiajing.
But in Su Ze's opinion, Ming Dynasty died in Hongwu!
Before traveling through time, Su Ze also read some online novels that traveled back to the Hongwu Year. Some people always thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was a good emperor who loved his people like his own son.
In Su Ze's opinion, bullshit!
Zhu Yuanzhang killed corrupt officials and repeatedly warned them not to let corrupt officials harm the people. However, his attitude towards the "people" was that he regarded the "people" as crops in his own land. He did not allow officials to harm the people, but only allowed him, the old Zhu family, to harm the people.
This is not about caring for the people like children. On the contrary, the Ming and Qing dynasties were the most restrictive dynasties for the people. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang was proud of the military household system that did not require money to support soldiers. Isn't it just that the general households were treated as slaves for generations and even basic defense expenditures were required?
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After the "Hu Weiyong rebellion case", it was Zhu Yuanzhang who loved the people like a son, and ordered the two counties of Jiangning in Yuan Dynasty to "slaughter all the men, women and children who were Hu Weiyong's comrades".
As long as they were descendants of the old Zhu family, no matter how these feudal princes harmed the people or performed cruel acts that could be called "performance art", Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude would only be to order officials to give them a mild reprimand.
Zhu Yuanzhang invited Mencius out of the Confucius Temple, but he did not respect Mencius but took the Four Books and Five Classics as the outline.
Zhu Ming did not burn "Poems" and "Books" to fool Guizhou, and "Poems" and "Books" were used to fool Guizhou. The scholars of the Ming Dynasty learned the Four Books and Five Classics, and used it to help Zhou and abuse them in the name of loyalty. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty learned it, and respected the emperor and humbled him.
I am a foolish and foolish person who indulges in greed and violence and imprisons the hearts of the people in the world.
The Jiajing Emperor who is currently in power was praised by future generations as the most powerful man, but in fact he was an extremely selfish villain. He spent all his intelligence and wisdom in inciting internal strife among his ministers, drawing blood from the world to enrich himself, and being greedy.
To the point where nothing can be added.
The so-called "emphasis on controlling the people but neglecting governing the world" means that the Ming Dynasty was rotten at its roots.
Therefore, starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, there were successive prodigal sons of the Zhu Ming royal family. They used the wealth of the country to enrich their own families. In the end, Li Zicheng, who was unable to eat, raised his arms and slaughtered the Zhu Ming royal family who regarded the people as pigs and dogs.
Being familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, he understood that it was no longer feasible to save the Ming Dynasty through top-down reforms.
Zhang Juzheng took this path. Not only did he not save the Ming Dynasty, but he gave patients who were already dying a shot of cardiotonic. It seemed to be ZTE, but in fact he established a system of rule that was more convenient for the Ming Dynasty to draw blood.
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After Zhang Juzheng's death, the accumulated family property was quickly destroyed, and he began to expropriate and extort even more bone-crushingly.
If we want China not to fall behind in the vigorous wave of modern development, a thorough change is necessary!
Su Ze had some vague thoughts, maybe this time the Censor Qing Army was not "all bad" for him and the Changning Guards.
The location of Changningwei is quite good, across the sea is the famous treasure island Penghu!
This is indeed unbelievable. Although Penghu has been in the hands of the Central Plains since the Southern Song Dynasty, it has never been developed in a decent way. Today, except for the Penghu Inspection Department, the Ming court does not even have a civil administration agency on the island.
It’s no wonder that fifty years later, the Spanish occupied Penghu without any effort.
It was not until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that Zheng Chenggong recaptured Penghu from the Spanish.
After that, the Zheng family relied on Penghu to confront the Qing court for decades, which is enough to show the strategic value of Penghu.
And such a treasure island is still a deserted island that no one cares about!
If the Ming court really pressed hard, Su Ze would have wanted to take this opportunity to land in Penghu, but what the hell!
However, this was not Su Ze's best strategy. Penghu is still a desert island now. Zheng Chenggong also relied on the banner of anti-Qing and gathered many immigrants from the southeast to confront the Qing court.
Now even if Changningwei lands in Penghu, there won't be enough manpower to develop it.
The reason why Su Ze wanted to participate in the imperial examination was to find a way to sneak into the officialdom, recruit troops secretly, and slowly occupy Penghu.
Only with guns in hand can the garrison have an escape route. Purchasing guns is to provide the garrison with an escape route.
Of course, these words cannot be said to the old man. Changning Wei is still full of foolish loyalty and fear towards the imperial court.
Su Ze buried these thoughts in his heart and only proposed to buy blunderbuss and Folan cannon.
Lin Xianyang's face was full of confusion. When Su Ze was about to explain what a blunderbuss and a Folang machine gun were, the old man said:
"I know the old bird gun. When I was here, hundreds of people praised this Western firearm for its ability to shoot at flying birds. It has unparalleled power and is a better weapon than the Daming firearm."
"Is this Fo Lang machine gun also the artillery of the Fo Lang machine?"
Su Ze also didn't expect that Changning Guard, a remote guard station, would already know the importance of firearms.
It seems that Chang Ningwei, an old man, is indeed a great person.
It's just that such figures have not even had their names left in history, but cruel officials like the Yanping Wei Yu family who robbed the people have been able to occupy high positions and prey on the people for generations.
It is thought that Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, who later made great achievements in pacifying the Japanese rebellion, still had to cling to the powerful and slander themselves in order to protect themselves. The Ming Dynasty had really reached a point where it was difficult to return.
I briefly explained the power of the Folang machine gun to my old grandpa, and he said with emotion: "It's incredible that these Western barbarians can create such a magical weapon!"
The old man showed his reminiscing expression and said: "I think our Changning Guards were also able to make general cannons back then. It's a pity that with the decline of the guardhouse, the cannon foundry can only be abandoned."
When Su Ze heard about the cannon foundry, he quickly asked: "Grandpa, does our Changning Guard still have a cannon foundry?"
The old man nodded and said: "When I was a child, the Changning Guard had a general cannon, which was installed on the turret in front of the Baihu Station. Later, I don't know when, when the guard station declined, the cannon was melted down and minted.
The cannon foundry is also abandoned."
"Is this cannon foundry still there?"
The old man nodded and said: "It's right next to the dock. Changning Guard used to be an important guard station. At that time, the Japanese pirates were still called pirates. Just hearing the name of Changning Guard would scare the shit out of me."
Su Ze didn't even listen to what the old man said. There is a cannon foundry in Changning Wei, which means that Su Ze may learn the "firearm making" skill from here!
In the "junk" mobile game "Hundred Scenes", making weapons is the most profitable life skill. In addition to selling the cannons for money, they can also be used to strengthen the defense of the territory.
If you really learn the skill of making firearms, you can make more money than selling salt and sugar. Moreover, with cannons, you can equip the garrison and better advance your plan to occupy Penghu.
After hastily ending the conversation with his grandfather, Su Ze rushed to the shipping office.
Sure enough, he found an abandoned building near the dock.
Pushing the door open and walking into this dilapidated building, Su Ze saw the furnace for smelting steel and the stone mold for making cannonballs.
This should be the place where cannon shells are made. Su Ze continued to explore and found a building with only half of the wall left. Some broken iron hooks left on the beams could be seen. Su Ze also saw the iron hooks used to cast the cannon bodies.
Shi Fan.
This should be the gun casting workshop, but why can't I obtain the "Firearm Manufacturing" skill?
Is it because this cannon foundry has been abandoned for too long?
Or is it because the building is no longer complete and the tools are no longer usable?
Although he has learned so many skills, Su Ze still doesn't understand his golden finger and doesn't know how to trigger the learning of new skills.
We need to repair this gun foundry as soon as possible, and we also need to buy blunderbuss and Franco machine guns as soon as possible. The structure of firearms in this era is not complicated. If we really can't learn the "firearms manufacturing" skills, we will find a way to dismantle and imitate them.
After making up his mind, the next step was to send someone to contact Haihou'er at the ghost market at the end of the tenth month and ask him about the channels for purchasing Folan cannons and bird guns.
Su Ze is still planning his rebellion here, and the story of Su Zezhi breaking the county magistrate's question has spread in Nanping County.
As the prefect of Yanping Prefecture, the newly appointed Magistrate Fang had received detailed information about Baizhi County's inspection of the county school. He heard that Bai Zhixian was also promoted by Hai Rui in the county school. The magistrate Fang returned home in a happy mood.
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The prefect went to inspect the water conservancy project today. He had just arrived and it was not convenient for him to stay out for a banquet, so he declined the squire's invitation after the inspection and returned home for dinner.
But he didn't expect that just after Magistrate Fang returned home, he heard that his wife, Mrs. Li, was in a hurry and had to eat before he, the head of the family, came back.
Fortunately, the daughter felt sorry for her father and asked the servants to heat up the food and deliver it to the prefect. Otherwise, the prefect would have had a cold meal at home as soon as he took office.
"Dad, I see you are in a good mood when you come back today, but is there any happy event in the house?"
The aloof Miss Fang was a lady of the family, and she knew very well the principle of "eat without speaking", and she waited until Magistrate Fang had finished eating before asking curious questions.
Magistrate Fang told the story of Magistrate Bai's experience in the county school in detail, and then said with laughter: "This Hai Rui is really a mountain pen stand! He is smelly and hard, I must find an opportunity to punish him!"
Unexpectedly, Miss Fang said sternly: "Dad, you must not do it. Hai Rui is the county magistrate. It is natural that Nanping County should punish him. If you ask me, dad should commend Hai Rui to the court for his integrity and dedication to his duties."
Fang Zhifu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized and said: "Wonderful! Lan'er, your method is good!"
The Bai County magistrate was so clever that he was able to suppress the government office when the magistrate was vacant.
After Fang Zhifu took office, he always felt that he could not exert his power and was vaguely suppressed by several subordinates headed by Baizhi County.
The daughter's words awakened Fang Zhifu, and he could use Hai Rui to make a fuss to contain Baizhi County.
The prefect Fang couldn't help but said: "It's a pity that Lan'er is a girl, otherwise you would be the prime minister!"
Fang Lanzhi smiled slightly and said: "Dad, these are just tricks. As long as you can fulfill your duties, be benevolent and love the people, this Yanping Mansion will definitely bring enlightenment and great governance."
Magistrate Fang sighed and shook his head and said: "It's difficult, it's difficult! The Qing censor will come to Fujian in a few days, and I don't know what trouble this time will cause. Let's not talk about these troublesome things, Lan'er is still
Go back to your room and rest early."
Fang Lanzhi carefully performed a Wanfu blessing on the other prefect, and then led the maid back to the boudoir.
"The tyrant of a country has seven books on benevolence and righteousness. There is such an interesting scholar in Nanping County."
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