Zhu Zaiyu stayed in the Yangxin Hall for three hours, during which he was given the honor of dining at the same table as the emperor. Within a few days after leaving the palace, all the princes or representatives who had entered the capital knew about it.
Zhu Zaiyu was immediately invited by various families and began attending several banquets every day. The information about the clan reform that he received in Yangxin Hall also spread from these banquets to all directions of the empire.
In the first month of the fifth year of Wanli, two Beijing daily newspapers announced that the emperor had used internal funds to establish the Royal Academy of Furniture, and the first president was Zhu Zaiyu, the crown prince of Prince Zheng. After becoming the ancestor, Zhu Zaiyu was the only one in the clan in the world. He held an actual position in the royal organization in Beijing and was also the top leader. This news was like a pebble falling on the water, but the ripples it caused caused huge waves among the clan.
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Yingewuyuan was developed from the imperial factory laboratory. It did not receive salary from the imperial court, nor was it selected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. There was no comment from the outer court. Although several people came forward to admonish the emperor for neglecting the big road and focusing on small skills, But after Zhu Yijun stayed in China, there was no major turmoil.
The Royal Institute of Quwu does not recruit literary people, and the recruitment standards are rather strange. On the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Wanli, two and three daily newspapers in Beijing published a brochure for recruiting talents from the Royal Institute of Quwu, and included dozens of questions. Those who get high salaries in the hospital must come with the answer to at least one question.
For more than a year, everyone in the world who knew how to read was troubled by the topic published every few days in these daily newspapers. They asked each other and shouted.
These questions are written in half-literary and half-white words, which can be read and understood by traffickers and other people. Most of these questions are seen by everyone every day, but no one thinks deeply about the reasons behind them-at this time, they were suddenly After the newspaper was published, many people in the world who were usually willing to think more about it really started to study it.
With the promotion and advertising of this newspaper, Rishenglong from various places also made a small fortune. Various types of glassware, balance weights, steel rulers and blowtorches were sold out - because the advertisement said that in order to facilitate everyone to do experiments , test equipment is sold at low prices by Rishenglong.
In Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, a young man named Xu was attracted by several questions in the newspaper. He pondered the questions copied from the newspaper for a few days, and then asked his father for money to buy some glassware for experiments. .
His father, Xu Sicheng, was a scholar. His ancestors' family background was originally good. However, Xu Sicheng could not succeed in business and study. At this time, his family was already in decline. After hearing his son's request, Xu Sicheng scolded: "My family is already stretched thin to support you in starting a business. How can I have any spare money for you?" Thinking about this? If you have the time, you can keep track of the accounts in the shop!"
Xu Guangqi, who was seventeen years old, had already been enlightened by the questions in the newspaper that day, and the curiosity in his heart could not be suppressed. In the next two months, he frugally saved money and finally went to Shanghai County to buy a beaker sold by a merchant at a markup and made it. The first experiment in this life.
The original question of this experiment is: Something is flammable, but something is not flammable. When something burns and there is fire, put the fire under a cup. When no air enters the cup, the fire immediately goes out. Please design an experiment to answer the question behind this phenomenon. Reason - it can also explain why something is flammable and something is not.
Using a basin of water, a candle and a beaker, without the interference of the "phlogiston theory", Xu Guangqi easily found the reason: there is a gas in the beaker that can make the candle burn. , the candle goes out. This gas that allows the candle to burn accounts for one-fifth of the gas in the entire cup.
Driven by a perfectionist mentality, he studied the second question of this question and came to a conclusion. Then, he wrote the complete answer to this question, put it in an envelope, and went to Shanghai County to find a newspaper seller.
The merchants allowed the letter to return to the daily newspaper through newspaper sales channels.
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At this time, Lekou Village, Xiuning County, Huizhou Prefecture, South Zhili Province, has achieved financial freedom. Businessman Cheng Dawei, who studies mathematics at home, is also answering questions. However, the question he answered does not require experiments and is a purely speculative question:
Assumption: Any point can be connected to any other point in a straight line; any straight line can be extended infinitely from both ends; with any point as the center, a circle can be drawn with any radius, and a circle can be divided into 360 degrees
;All right angles are equal.
The question is, based entirely on these four sentences, prove that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle formed by straight lines is equal to 180 degrees.
Cheng Dawei's level of arithmetic research may be a little higher than Zhu Zaiyu's, but in the Ming Dynasty, when there was no geometric thinking, this problem still troubled him for more than half a month.
After he finally started from these four sentences and proved the question with impeccable derivation, what he didn't know was that with the encouragement of the emperor, the sprout of logical thinking finally sprouted in the land of China.
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Zhu Yijun, who lives in the imperial court, doesn't know how many geniuses will be attracted by the high salary of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, or gather under him out of interest. All he can do is invest resources, money and advice in addition to handling political affairs.
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In February of the fifth year of Wanli, Wang Ning, the governor of Yunnan, who was escorted back to Beijing for trial by the Jinyi Guards, was finally sentenced by Dali Temple and sentenced to prison. The memorial was reviewed by the cabinet, approved by the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and went to Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun did not play the trick of "benefit comes from above" and gave instructions: "His crime is obvious, he will be beheaded to sacrifice the flag on the day when the new army sends troops." Instead, he advanced the beheading in autumn to spring.
Wang Ning was the highest-ranking civil servant to be killed since Zhu Yijun ascended the throne, which shocked the officialdom of the world. Wang Ning's crimes were not only crimes such as the loss of land, but one of the crimes reported by the emperor was: "Deceive the emperor,
Not reporting major military information." Zhu Yijun also deliberately used Wang Ning to make a show to the senior officials in the governor's area, so that they would all understand the consequences of deceiving him.
On February 16th of the fifth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun came to Nanyuan and presided over the first oath-taking expedition for the Beijing camp since he ascended the throne.
With an army of ten thousand people, plus the accompanying baggage troops and medical troops, the total number of troops on the expedition reached 12,300. These people, together with the commander, the entire cabinet, senior officials such as the director of the Ministry of War and above, and martial arts professors, were all there.
The school grounds stood in silence, waiting for the emperor to arrive.
When the trumpet sounded, the emperor entered from the northeast gate of the school grounds. All the officials, generals, and soldiers in the school grounds greeted him according to the ceremony. After the emperor followed the flag officer, he was guarded by brightly-clad and armored guards.
At the school grounds, everyone saw a heroic emperor whom they had never seen before.
Zhu Yijun is riding on a white horse, wearing a helmet with golden phoenix wings and red tassels. Under the red tassel is a gold statue of Zhenwu Emperor, with a fire-breathing golden dragon on each side. The dragon's body is spread out, shaped like phoenix wings. The top of the helmet is decorated with
The helmet has red tassels, feathers, flags, a crown on the back of the helmet, and gold armor plates.
Wearing a long body armor with a yellow square collar and double breasts with clouds on the shoulders and knees, a golden animal head shoulder armor, red shoulder tassels, and gold armor plates on both arms. Wearing silver fish scale leaf armor, with a golden armor plate on the left and right chests.
The golden dragons face each other across the lapels.
The leather belt around the waist, hanging sword, bow bag, quiver, etc. are all carved with dragons and phoenixes, which are exquisite.
Zhu Yijun's equipment has extremely low defense and extremely high weight. After careful weight loss by skilled craftsmen, there is still forty pounds left. But for Zhu Yijun, who has been deliberately exercising and polishing his strength for many years, this point is
The weight is nothing.
After Ci Ping's death, the officers and soldiers in the school field saw the emperor riding a tall and magnificent white horse, covered with golden light, coming on the snow under the sunshine of winter. He was really brave and powerful, and the king's aura was off the charts.
Zhu Yijun rode up to the front of the troops and inspected the expedition troops. Then he climbed onto the throne on the high platform and signaled the swearing-in to begin.
The commander-in-chief, the Commander-in-Chief of the Zuo Army, the Prince's Taibao, and the Burmese General Liu Xian, after requesting the order, made a pledge of mobilization to all the troops. The basic idea was that we were about to go out to conquer Toungoo Mangrui, which invaded Yunnan, our country. We hoped that the officers and soldiers of all ministries would use it.
Fight for victory with the courage of a corpse wrapped in horse leather. Don't be greedy for life and fear death, and endure humiliation and live in vain.
After returning from victory, the emperor will generously reward those who have made meritorious deeds; those who shrink back and disobey military orders will be punished by military law. The entire manuscript was written by Hanlin, with elegant words and four parallel lines.
Nian Li knew the words, but no one could understand what Liu Xian said.
Subsequently, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, on behalf of the emperor, awarded Liu Xian the commander's flag with the character "Liu", and the chief assistant of the cabinet, on behalf of the emperor, awarded him the royal command flag for killing generals below the commander-in-chief. After the flag award was over, the royal guards took Wang Ning up.
When all the troops saw the high-ranking officials in red robes tied to the flag, their hair disheveled and shaking like chaff, they all felt secretly in their hearts. They all thought that even these high-ranking officials were killed to sacrifice the flag. It seemed that the emperor was fighting against Burma.
We attach great importance to it and must win this battle.
After the banner with the word "Liu" was lowered, the Jin Yiwei asked for an order to carry out the execution. At this time, Zhu Yijun suddenly signaled: "I want to say a few words to the troops."
Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun and others all stared at each other. The emperor's appearance was unprecedented in the swearing-in ceremony, and they looked at each other for a while. Zhang Juzheng reacted quickly and quickly signaled Liu Xian to come over and whispered a few words. Liu Xian quickly arranged for his troops to announce the decree.
: "The emperor has a decree, and all the troops stand and listen quietly!"
Zhu Yijun stood up from his throne, walked down the steps, mounted a white horse, and signaled Liu Xian to follow him. Liu Xian quickly asked his soldiers to take his horse and mount it, following the emperor, and the two arrived in front of the army.
Zhu Yijun faced the soldiers whose faces were flushed with cold, and saw that they were all wearing New Army cotton-padded clothes, leggings, and blankets on their backs. They were neatly packed and looked like the People's Liberation Army of later generations. He was secretly satisfied.
After quickly going over the manuscript he had prepared before, Zhu Yijun shouted: "All troops! This time we go out to attack our border people because of their recklessness, and they are attacking our country. I want to attack them for no reason! I am telling you now,
This is what I say from the bottom of my heart!"
"Two years ago, you entered the Beijing camp and became a new army. The training was hard and tiring. I know it! For two years, you have been ready and ready to go out to prove your bravery. I also know it! Today,
This glorious day has come!"
"Why are you here at the Thousand Days Military Training Institute? For my Chinese nation! What you bear today is not only my expectations, but also the honor of my people of the Ming Dynasty! The rise and fall of the country and the well-being of the people all depend on the steel that you hold tightly in your hands.
Above the guns, birds and cannons! Your parents and family are standing behind you to watch you go abroad to fight. They all know very well that what you conquer and capture is not only the heads of your enemies, but also the well-being of all people in the world!
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"I ask you to be decisive, brave and obey orders as you have been trained in daily training! I hope you will win and smash Mang Ruiti's army and Taungoo to pieces like a piece of tofu! I also hope you can smash it like a piece of tofu!
Be calm, be cautious, don't be fooled by the enemy, kill every enemy without being killed by the enemy!"
"I look forward to your future. When you grow old, your grandchildren will ask you, 'Grandpa, what did you do when we fought in Burma?' At that time, you will stand proudly.
, tell him, my grandson, that my grandpa followed the emperor’s order and beat him until he cried for his father! He beat the southwestern barbarians so hard that they dared not raise their heads. From then on, when they see my Chinese people, they are afraid in their bones!”
After saying this, Zhu Yijun, whose face was a little red, pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed it at it, and asked loudly: "We have all the troops. Do you have the confidence to destroy the Mangrui body and defeat the Dongyu Dynasty?"
Like a landslide, like a tsunami, like an ancient beast roaring loudly: "Yes!"
Zhu Yijun shouted again: "I didn't hear you clearly. Say it again. Do you have confidence?"
After hearing the order, the soldiers roared loudly: "Yes!"
Zhu Yijun waved the sword in his hand: "Destroy the Mangrui body and defeat the Dongyu Dynasty!"
"Destroy the Mang Rui Ti and defeat the Dongyu Dynasty!"