After talking about the matter, Tao Laodao left, and Qin Dewei showed him to the door with dignity.
He thought for a while and then warned: "If the old immortal has something to say in the future, don't be too polite.
You, a foreign expert, came to my house and attracted too much attention, so just invite me to the Apparition Palace!"
Tao Laodao thought he understood instantly and responded: "When Qin Hanlin has nothing to do, he can also go to Xianling Palace to visit and be a guest!"
In February of the fifteenth year of Jiajing's reign, except for an earthquake in western Sichuan, there was no major incident in the imperial court.
In fact, after the time entered March in Yangchun, it was the peak period of social activities, but Qin Dewei, who could have become the social darling of the capital, disappeared.
Of course, various social activities still inevitably take place in various places. For example, Gu Lin and Gu Dongqiao, who were transferred from the chief envoy to the governor of Huguang, visited Jiangling Mansion.
When the prefect Li Shi'ao met with Governor Gu, he highly praised him and said: "There is a child prodigy in Jiangling City. He has entered the government school at the age of 12. His surname is Zhang and his real name is Bai Gui. His subordinates asked him to change his name to Ju Zheng."
Twelve years old? Prodigy? The combination of these two words immediately reminded Governor Gu of many bad memories.
Magistrate Li continued: "In the opinion of the following officials, this person is a prime minister, comparable to the number one scholar of Qin Dynasty! I would like to recommend him to Dazhong Cheng for an interview."
Governor Gu snorted coldly, lowered his face and said: "You are young, but older may not be better! Still missing!"
A famous fateful encounter and story disappeared because of the flapping of butterfly wings.
Magistrate Li was astonished. He had long heard that Governor Gu was a famous figure in the literary world, and he loved to promote juniors and reward those who were less advanced.
Why is it that meeting someone is not as good as being famous? Why is it so unworthy of the name?
In the same March, the Li brothers and sisters temporarily left the capital and returned to Liaodong to pick up their families.
And when he comes back, Li Jing will lead the 500 squadrons of troops that were transferred from Liaodong Town to the capital this year to prepare for training as the commander-in-chief.
In this March, Emperor Jiajing was a little slack on government affairs, and the speed of reviewing chapters and books was obviously slowed down, but he suddenly became as diligent as a fish in water in the palace.
From the queen to many concubines, they all felt that His Majesty was so majestic.
The minister understood this. After all, the emperor was also working hard for the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, it would be impossible to have no one to succeed to the throne.
Everyone can only encourage them silently, since it is impossible to do the work for the emperor anyway.
But in March, when there was peace and quiet in the outer court, there was big commotion in the palace. The Dashan Buddha Hall located to the west of Longzong Gate was demolished, and the original site became part of the Cining Palace.
More than 100 Buddha statues, more than 10,000 kilograms of Buddha's teeth and bones originally stored in the Great Good Buddha Hall were cleared out like garbage.
Gao Zhong, the eunuch in charge of the project, felt very uncomfortable when he saw all this.
Eunuch Qin, who was responsible for leading people to clean the Buddha statues, bones and teeth, consoled him:
"If you think about it, in our Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of Heaven and Earth is the greatest! No matter the Buddha or the gods, they can't compete with the true emperor.
When you complete the construction of Cining Palace as soon as possible and satisfy the emperor, you will definitely be reused."
"How to reuse it?" Gao Zhong couldn't help but ask. The two were friends and trusted allies for many years, and there was nothing taboo about what they said.
Eunuch Qin replied: "If possible, I hope you will take charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor Seal and supervise the capital camp in my place."
Gao Zhong quickly asked: "What about you? It's impossible to just leave a bare Dongchang to serve."
Eunuch Qin gave an obvious answer: "Of course I want to go to be the Superintendent of Ceremonies. It is normal for the eunuch to be the Superintendent of Ceremonies and the Supervisor of the East Factory."
Gao Zhong almost asked, now that the number of eunuchs and eunuchs is full, who do you want to replace him? But he held it back and did not continue to ask. Gu
During the fireworks display in March, there are still many people running around on the road while the north and south of the country are neither cold nor hot.
Yan Song, the Minister of Rites in Nanjing, boarded a ship back to Beijing to resume his duties in this spring season.
Feeling that the cabin was stuffy, Yan Song stood alone on the bow, watching the people and boats passing by on the water, and fell into deep thought.
He is already fifty-seven years old. If there is no special favor in Beijing this time, his official career will basically be over. Even if there is still time left, it will be nothing more than trying to survive.
But Yan Song didn't know that when he was on the road, his first assistant Fei Hong still couldn't escape illness and death, and was already seriously ill and bedridden.
For an elderly person, it basically means that he is approaching the gate of death.
So this March, the top ministers couldn't relax at all and were all paying attention to Fei Hong's condition.
Not everyone can be like Qin Dewei, who leisurely travels between his home and Wang Gong Factory, researching and developing new artillery aloof.
At this moment, five samples have been made and listed in front of Qin Dewei. They range from twenty kilograms to two hundred kilograms, each with different sizes.
"We need to find a place to launch the test below," the old craftsman reported.
Of course, this thing cannot be tested in the capital, unless you want to lose your head.
Moreover, the area required is also very large. It is estimated that the farthest large-scale prototype cannon can be fired at an attack distance of five or six miles, which cannot be tested in a small open space.
Qin Dewei went to the Ministry of Justice and found the largest sponsor of this research and development, Wang Tingxiang.
"It's hard to handle." Wang Tingxiang also had difficulties when he heard this demand.
If the longest range is five or six miles, an open space of ten miles should be prepared for safety. But now that the population around the capital is getting denser, it is difficult to find such a venue.
You can't go dozens of miles away just to test a prototype, right? Qin Dewei is too lazy to go back and forth so far.
Wang Tingxiang suddenly thought of a way: "Yes! There are many pastures around the capital, which are under the jurisdiction of the Royal Horse Supervisor. If we can lend the space, it won't be a problem."
"You still need to ask the Royal Horse Superintendent to borrow space?" Qin Dewei said helplessly: "Is it possible that the old man thinks that he has done too much credit and not enough, so he still wants to ask the Royal Horse Superintendent to come in?"
"Otherwise, where is there a place ten miles away for you to test? There is such a big place in the north, but do you dare to go?"
To the north is Tianshou Mountain, where the Imperial Tomb is located. No matter how courageous Qin Dewei was, he would not be able to test artillery here.
At this moment, a follower suddenly ran in hurriedly, "Just now there is news that Fei Shou is assisting the patient!"
Wang Tingxiang sighed deeply and said to Qin Dewei: "I'm afraid it will be troublesome again."
Then he added: "In the past two years, the court has always been unstable and accidents have happened frequently. If this continues, it will be extremely detrimental to state affairs."
However, Qin Dewei didn't respond, he was just thinking about something.
Wang Tingxiang asked a little puzzled: "Why don't you speak? What are you thinking about?"
Qin Dewei replied calmly: "I was thinking about how to ask the Royal Horse Inspector to borrow the pasture to test the new artillery."
Wang Tingxiang subconsciously asked: "When did this happen? The chief assistant is gone. How can you still think about your few Franco machine guns?"
Qin Dewei retorted: "What else should we do? Sir, do you want me to interfere in the changes in this temple?"
Wang Tingxiang: ""
Forget it, just go ahead and develop your artillery.