Chapter 186 The Emperor’s Mathematical Manuscript
The advisers all understood that the emperor had a chess game in his mind, and the chessboard was the entire world.
The counselors also all know that they are chess pieces of various kinds: if they cannot charge into the battle, they will be betrayed by the opponent.
Are the counselors willing?
Not willing to give in! If things remained as before, they would still be able to enjoy their high positions.
But times have changed, and the emperor is different.
Zhu Houcong already knew how to use his royal power, so his advisers were thrown into the boat and could only move in one direction.
But he would not place any hope on the advisers themselves. His country and his capital are all unparalleled weapons in this era.
From the time he ascended the throne as emperor in late October of the 16th year of Zhengde to December of the first year of Jiajing, Zhu Houcong did not leave the palace many times.
This was for the sake of the stability of the throne, and also because he had no intention of seeing the suffering of the people.
Traveling back to this time five hundred years later, he knows what kind of suffering the people may be experiencing now.
Those bloody realities were placed in front of him, and he could not remain indifferent; those bloody realities were placed in front of him, and he knew that many things would be powerless.
Therefore, he warned himself that he was already the most important political figure in the empire and he needed to make correct judgments calmly.
In his current opinion, one of the correct judgments is: he needs a strong army!
But in his previous life, he was just an accountant. He didn't understand any specific technical principles, and he had no other golden fingers.
The common sense and knowledge he knows must be based on people in order to be effective in this time and space.
Relying on his attention and the resources he provides, these talents will be valued, motivated, and able to study certain things without distraction.
Certain technological breakthroughs in history often took years, decades or even centuries to complete, and Zhu Houcong was in a hurry.
He can only try his best to make good use of these people.
Just like Deming who first grew up in Nanyang, lived in the Portuguese fleet, and was finally "persuaded to surrender" by the Ming Dynasty.
In response to the request of Zhao Yunfa, the eunuch in charge of the War and War Bureau, one of Yang San and Dai Ming, who persuaded Wang Hong to surrender, came to the capital and was responsible for assisting the War and War Bureau in improving Western muskets and guns.
Dai Ming is a descendant of the Ming Dynasty, but he grew up in Nanyang.
He had heard stories about the Ming Dynasty and knew that Zheng He led his fleet across the oceans and traveled far and wide, but he had not come into contact with the Ming Dynasty.
Later, he was persuaded by Wang Hong to surrender. He helped the Guangdong Coastal Defense Road drive the Portuguese out of Tuen Mun Island and came to the capital.
He has the status of being a worshiper of the Wanfa Pavilion, he works in the War Bureau, and he also understands what the Ming Dynasty is. How big a country the Ming Dynasty has, how many people, and how powerful the people are.
Today, he met the emperor.
On the outskirts of Beijing, at the Beijing Camp Campus, in a large tent, he knelt in front of a person.
"De Ming." The voice from the front sounded, easy-going and relaxed, "I have heard about you for a long time, but every time I go to Wanfa Pavilion, you are busy at the gunpowder bureau of the War and War Bureau."
"... Since I have received the emperor's order, I dare not slack off." Dai Ming kept in mind the etiquette taught by Zhao Yunfa and others.
"Get up and speak, there is no need to be polite." Zhu Houcong looked at the man in front of him and said after he stood up, "Without you, my soldiers would not be able to use better muskets and more powerful artillery."
"...I dare not take credit."
"You are enshrined in the Wanfa Pavilion, and no one under me can command you." Zhu Houcong emphasized his identity, and then asked pleasantly, "In your opinion, if the Daming Firearms are to become more powerful, I
How can I support you?”
Deming was actually very frightened. On the Portuguese ship, he was just an ordinary crew member. At most, his experience in firearms was not equivalent to that of the lowest level crew member.
However, the emperor invited him to serve as a worshiper in the Wanfa Pavilion. In the capital, he had no worries about food and clothing, and when it came to the military affairs department, everyone obeyed his orders.
So Deming replied: "I have told you everything I know truthfully. I am an ordinary person. Your Majesty's question... I don't know how to answer..."
"If you don't like it, you can't have such experience in the art of firearms." Zhu Houcong looked at him and the other gunpowder masters under the Military War Bureau, "The Wanfa Museum is different from the Hanlin Academy. It does not distinguish the saints based on their knowledge. As long as
Whatever is beneficial to the country can be enshrined in my Ten Thousand Dharma Hall. I will do my best to satisfy you in terms of salary, honor, and descendants. Dai Ming and Zhao Yunfa are reviewing your achievements over the past six months today, and I will wait and see."
"I will do my best and live up to your Majesty's trust!"
Zhu Houcong smiled.
How to improve the formula of gunpowder? How to design and manufacture firearms? How should soldiers use new weapons?
Zhu Houcong knew nothing.
But he is the emperor!
He only needs one word and one command to always inspire some people to move in the right direction. Maybe a little slower, but he won't miss the opportunity.
Not far away from the big tent, Guo Xunan was sitting on his horse. In front of him were the five armies of the Shenji Battalion, namely the central army, left Ye, right Ye, left sentry and right sentry.
"I went to suppress bandits last year, but I didn't go this year!"
Guo Xun rode a horse and patrolled the five thousand Shenji camp, roaring at the top of his voice.
"But this year, Your Majesty is here to review how your training is going!" Guo Xun blushed, "All of them are paid talents! Have you received all your money, which is fixed every year?"
"have!"
"yes!"
Guo Xun said viciously: "I am the Marquis. Among the generals in your camp, who has deducted your pay or embezzled your money? Your Majesty is right there, tell me!"
The question was a bit silly, so there was only one reply: "No!"
"I'll pay you enough and concentrate on training. His Majesty is coming to inspect the camp. Do you dare to embarrass me?"
"Don't dare!"
"His Majesty spends hundreds of thousands of taels of silver on you every year. What kind of conduct you will see later depends on how well you guys behave!" Guo Xun shouted hoarsely, "Which battalion, which charge, which one?"
Heng, if the melon is crooked and the jujube is cracked, I will stare at it with wide eyes!"
He paused and shouted in a high voice: "I have been training you for two years! I haven't returned to the national policy meeting yet! Next year will be the last year to reset the three major battalions. Let me take a look.
Who is blocking my way! That is a mortal enemy!"
Wu Dinghou used his "special" way to boost morale. His voice reached the tent, and Zhu Houcong's eyebrows jumped when he heard it.
That's all, he can't control it in such detail.
The inspection ceremony only allowed the generals to confirm that His Majesty was here in person and knew that His Majesty attached great importance to the Beijing camp.
Zhu Houcong had no idea how effective the queue march was, how effective the weapons drill was, or where the small teams could compete.
It looks lively and presentable.
But he also has something he wants to convey.
At the end of the drill, Zhu Houcong got on the horse.
It's nothing. The accountant rode one when he traveled to the grassland, so it's not like he has never been exposed to it when he came to this time and space. If the emperor wanted to ride a horse, the camp would naturally have prepared a good horse.
But after all, Zhu Houcong did not rely on the guidance of others. He took the reins and came to the soldiers.
The emperor, who was about to enter his seventeenth year, was full of energy. He held down his horse's hooves and, surrounded by Guo Xun and others, stopped in front of the crowd of soldiers from the Beijing camp.
"It is said that raising an army takes a thousand days and using it only takes a moment. I have defied all opinions and reset the three major battalions. How long has it been since then?"
The emperor asked one sentence, and the soldiers in the camp were still calculating nervously. The emperor said another sentence: "If you can't calculate it, don't do it! The soldiers and soldiers in the Beijing camp are all my personal soldiers! As long as there is an order, you must dare to fight.
If you can fight, you can win!"
In the ears of the soldiers, there was no shrill voice as the eunuch relayed the emperor's instructions.
The emperor himself said: "A hundred years ago, the Beijing camp was an elite soldier who was feared all over the world! For decades, the frontier soldiers laughed at you as wine sacks and rice sacks! Today, I have provided you with enough wine and food. Can you do it?
Wine bag and rice bag?”
The young emperor asked in a hissing voice, which echoed throughout the school grounds.
"Don't do it!"
"We are not!"
"Definitely effective!"
Zhu Houcong listened to all kinds of voices, put his feet on the horse's belly, pulled the reins to stop the horse's hooves, and shouted with all his strength: "They are all men of the Ming Dynasty! Some came from the border towns, and some looked at the generous salaries in the capital camp.
, some don’t know what to do! It doesn’t matter, just stay here and I will tell you when you see me!”
There was no other sound on the school grounds, Zhu Houcong spoke in the simplest language.
"Practice and wait for the emperor's orders!"
"Kill the enemy and achieve meritorious service!"
"I used to be the vassal king, and you were soldiers!"
"I am the emperor now, what will you do in the future?"
"What do you want to do?"
Don't deal with those bells and whistles. Say the clearest words to them and bind the clearest interests to them.
"General!"
"General!"
"General!"
Is it the distance between the vassal king and the emperor that is greater, or the distance between the soldiers and the general? Who can tell clearly?
Zhu Houcong shouted to them directly. Listening to the deafening shouts on the school ground, he turned the dock slightly, stabilized his posture and shouted again: "I want to comfort our ancestors! I will definitely create a brand new one."
, the prosperous Ming Dynasty! I am going to prepare sufficient food and wages for the soldiers and create opportunities for you to make immortal achievements. What do you do for me?"
The topic was a little bit profound, and Guo Xun could answer such a simple question. He came to the emperor with the reins in hand, raised his arms and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Train troops! Kill the enemy!"
"Train troops! Kill the enemy!"
"Train troops! Kill the enemy!"
Thousands of generals and soldiers shouted these words together with the crowd.
"Listen to the general first, and finally become a general!" Zhu Houcong finally shouted, "I can't remember each of your names now, but I hope I can remember some of your names in the future! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
Patrolling the camp is just that. It would be great if the Holy Master can come and show his face in front of the soldiers.
Whether the demeanor displayed by the soldiers is in line with His Majesty's wishes, it is up to the generals first. If they are unhappy, they will come back later to punish the soldiers.
But today, His Majesty personally rode a military horse and went to the soldiers to shout.
Your Majesty is telling the truth.
He was a vassal king and now he became the emperor. He wants to establish his achievements. Can the soldiers use their lives?
In the Jinluan Palace, which soldier will become a general? I don’t know. I don’t know where the battlefield is, and I don’t know how many soldiers there are.
But after all, the emperor rode on his horse and shouted these words in front of all the soldiers.
After all, these words, shouted from the mouth of a teenage emperor, were easier for the soldiers to believe.
Amid the shouts of "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious", His Majesty's guard of honor returned to where he should be.
All the generals from the three major battalions are now gathered together.
Zhu Houcong drank hot tea to moisten his throat and looked at everyone.
Cui Yuan is here, Yao Rong is here, the head of the Fifth Army Commander's Office, including Guo Xun, are here, as well as important officials from the Military and Arms Bureau.
Zhu Houcong finished his tea and didn't say much.
After he glanced at everyone, he only left one sentence: "Whatever achievements I have made in my life, half of them are based on the capital camp, and I will encourage you and others to do so."
…
The emperor sharpened his sword, and the counselor wielded the dull sword.
Starting from Ce asking how to make the country rich, it took more than a year for the new law to finally be declared unstoppable in the court with His Majesty's sword, but many stubborn stones would not give way voluntarily.
The Empress Dowager Cishou was "sick", the Zhang brothers were imprisoned, and the Three Laws Division was trying the case. The end of the first year of Jiajing sent a message that the coming year was destined to be unrest.
Magnificent times always begin with ordinary moments.
The emperor in the palace no longer needs to declare his presence to the outside world.
Although no one dared to comment, the fact that Empress Dowager Cishou temporarily moved to Xiyuan Wanshou Palace was news that could not be concealed.
The Queen's thoughts cannot be concealed from others.
But Your Majesty is so kind to the Queen.
In addition to spending more time in Chang'an Palace, the harem concubines have been selected for so long, and His Majesty has never visited anyone other than the Queen.
Sun Ming did not expect that even after she made such a big mistake, the emperor would never neglect her.
Although he still said words of punishment from time to time to make her remember the lesson, after all, he expressed his love for her personally.
Except for one thing: it has been the second year of Jiajing, and His Majesty still avoids her so-called "highest possible fertility" day.
In the first month, a banquet was held in the palace.
Sun Ming knew that the emperor was hosting a banquet for his relatives in the Qianqing Palace and enshrined in the Wanfa Pavilion, while she was talking to Wen Suyun in the Kunning Palace.
"Your Majesty must know that you are here. Your father is there. If Your Majesty is willing, he will let you father and daughter see each other more often." Sun Ming now did not dare to make any more rash requests to the emperor.
Wen Suyun pursed her lips and looked at her.
"You have entered the palace. Although the Director of Literature is not a court official, His Majesty attaches so much importance to the Wanfa Pavilion. You cannot meet your father easily, lest you harm your father!"
Yes, at the royal banquet in the first month of the year, the worshipers of Wanfa Hall were able to sit at the same table as their relatives. Isn’t this a matter of importance?
As a queen, she must remind Wen Suyun.
Wen Suyun said whatever he thought, "You know who my sister is. I'm not jealous and careless, but she's so boring in the palace all day long!"
Sun Ming squeezed her hand nervously: "Don't have any other thoughts! Your Majesty has his own arrangements. He hasn't gone to your palace yet. In fact... he is thinking of you and is not doting on me."
"……What's the meaning?"
Sun Ming thought for a while and then shook her head: "When I am pregnant, I will tell you. Suyun, Your Majesty has a lot of state affairs now. You must help me restrain the concubines and not cause trouble. Do you understand?"
"...Sister doesn't understand."
Sun Ming remembered that His Majesty would sometimes sleep next to her and find it difficult to fall asleep again because of state affairs. She felt a little distressed and said in her heart: "Director, please publish "Lingnan Fusheng Ji". Your mother should have told you when she entered the palace, right? Your Majesty pretended to be in your heart. The billions of people of the Ming Dynasty, you and I... will do our best to comfort Your Majesty."
Wen Suyun came to her today just because she could see her father more, but after hearing what she said, she couldn't help but froze.
Her mother did mention this matter to her when she entered the palace, but Wen Suyun didn't understand what "Lingnan Floating Life" was.
But in just a few months, I suddenly felt that the queen was much more mature than me.
...Of course it's not just because she is a woman.
In the Qianqing Palace, the Zhang brothers were missing from the list of honorary relatives.
The Empress Dowager Cishou was ill and did not accept the pilgrimage from a foreigner on the Zhengdan Festival. No one dared to say what this meant.
The relatives did not dare to feel sad because of what happened to the Zhang brothers. After all, before the end of the year, Huang Mingji paid a profit share to each of their families.
Although it’s not much, it’s only the first year and it’s only been in business for a few months, right?
How many people dare to actually check Huang Mingji's detailed accounts?
Zhu Houcong raised his glass to the three great talents, Wang Wensu, Dai Ming and others who were enshrined in the Wanfa Hall and smiled: "In the Lingnan group, the three enshrined poems and paintings are in line with nature. Mr. Wang devoted himself to writing the book, and I have read the first eight volumes. Dai I enshrined the improved firearms, and the soldiers in the capital praised them all. All the agriculturists tried to plant new products in the imperial village, and worked hard. I thank you very much."
On that side, the poor literati and down-and-out civilians who were looked down upon by many of their relatives stood up and even said they did not dare.
Zhu Houcong raised his glass to his relatives again: "It's the second year of Jiajing. I hope you will remember my teachings. I welcome everyone who makes meritorious service and seeks wealth. I also expect you to abide by the law. I have called you together today because I also want to tell you.
If any of your nephews or nephews are interested in miscellaneous studies but are not interested in meritorious service and wealth, do not rebuke them and send them to Wanfa Hall. I am not the emperor you are familiar with. I attach great importance to miscellaneous studies. If any of my descendants have made great contributions to this path,
I will not hesitate to reward you."
Question marks popped up on the heads of the three great talents: Why did poetry, calligraphy and painting become miscellaneous subjects?
Learning is only for the rich, and Zhu Houcong knew this very well.
Regardless of whether he was a kinsman or a vassal king, he did not use cruel means to force him.
The situation of the succession to the throne was so special that all the vassal kings in the world only received a ban on mourning for Zhu Houzhao. None of them were demoted, removed from the title, or deprived of any benefits.
The Zhang brothers have committed many crimes and have not yet been convicted. Who among the nobles of the entire dynasty has been expelled from the rank in the past two years? None.
Huangmingji is helping them make money without any psychological burden. If you are still dissatisfied, you may as well take a step forward.
Now there is another Wanfa Pavilion - although they don't know why.
But the Zhang brothers were on trial after all, and Empress Dowager Zhang went to "recuperate" outside the palace.
"...I accept the decree." The relatives replied with different thoughts.
After Zhu Houcong finished the banquet, Wen Zhengming and Wang Wensu were left behind.
After summoning Wen Suyun, he just smiled and said: "Go to Xinuang Pavilion to talk to your father."
Wen Suyun was overjoyed. She saluted cheerfully and then walked briskly to the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.
Only Wang Wensu, who was a little at a loss, was left in Dongnuan Pavilion.
Zhu Houcong took out some of his manuscripts and said: "I heard that you have been distracted for more than half a year since you arrived in the capital, and you have been forgetting to eat and sleep because of my expectations. You have actually compiled this masterpiece in advance. I have been studying for more than half a year, and now I have some insights.
, want to hear your opinion."
After being modest for a while, Wang Wensu respectfully accepted the manuscript handed over by the emperor. After reading a few pages, she looked up at the emperor.