The next day's court meeting, Wen Tiren, who would appear in the court hall of the entire Ming Dynasty again, was stunned. originally thought that as long as Wen Tiren entered the edict, let alone live in the temple again, he would be able to mix up and return to his hometown, and he would be regarded as having accumulated eight lifetimes of virtue on Wen Tiren's ancestor!

But now? Wen Tiren not only came out, but also was the first assistant of others after he came out. After contacting Wen Tiren and entering the edict, the treatment of the Kong family has now been released again, but the ministers secretly scolded Wen Tiren in their hearts for not being a thing, it is estimated that this guy sold the Kong family in exchange for coming out today?

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers looking at Wen Tiren with unkind eyes, but he continued to have a paralyzed expression, but his heart was dark. You all hate Wen Tiren, you don't hate him, this guy is afraid that he can't follow me with all his heart.

Even a political novice like Chongzhen can see that the ministers below are looking at Wen Tiren with the wrong eyes, how can the old fox-like Wen Tiren not see it? It's just that after I came out of the edict, I have already returned home.

These colleagues of their own, if they say that they are charcoal in the snow, there is no one, and they fall into the well, hehe. No matter which mansion his son asks for, he either plays Tai Chi or avoids it, but the eagle dog of Jinyiwei, who has been instructed by the emperor, has a lot of care for his family - warm and cold, and even Si!

has recognized the true colors of these colleagues, or said that the expected things were put on his own like this, how could Wen Tiren's heart be happy? Since you are unkind, then don't blame Lao Tzu for being unjust. Wen Tiren, who secretly gritted his teeth, once again strengthened his decision to follow Chongzhen to the black at this time, as for you scum, as long as Lao Tzu's holy family is not lost, you will all wait for Lao Tzu!

Since he decided to sell himself to Chongzhen, Wen Tiren also let go of the burden in his heart, and after Wang Chengen shouted "If there is something to play early, there is nothing to retreat from the court", Wen Tiren calmly went out to play: "Your Majesty, the minister has this music." ”

Chongzhen still had that expressionless look, and said lightly: "Speak." ”

Wen Tiren first bowed and saluted, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the current Ming Dynasty's measurement regulations are chaotic and should be unified by the imperial court so that it can be used by the people. Only when the measurement is unified, the communication of the people of the world will be convenient. ”

Chongzhen sighed and said: "Let's talk about it in detail, what is the confusion, and what needs to be unified." ”

Wen Tiren said: "Your Majesty, it is to take the weight as an example, between the rising buckets, there are big buckets, there are small buckets, and the people are more common to the big buckets in, and the small buckets are out, and the people are inconvenient." Taking length as an example, three feet and one zhang is a thousand-year-old practice, but the inch is long and the ruler is short, which is still inconvenient for the people. ”

"The minister thinks that the strong Qin and the strong Han, the strong one, must first measure from the one, the book with the text, the car with the track, and then the people of the country are the same, so that they are proud of the United States. Now that the old system has been used for thousands of years, it should be innovated to make it more accurate. ”

Chongzhen still snorted, and said to Xue Fengxiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry: "What does Xue Aiqing think?" ”

Xue Fengxiang bowed down and said, "The minister is stupid, and he seconded what Lord Wen said." ”

Chongzhen saw that Xue Fengxiang shook the pot cleanly, but he didn't care about himself, but said lightly: "Since this is the case, Xue Aiqing's Ministry of Industry will preside over this matter and redefine the measurement regulations." ”

Xue Fengxiang bowed down and responded: "Minister, obey the order." The minister is dull, I hope Your Majesty will show you, what is the measurement regulation? ”

Chongzhen wanted to tell him the units of meters, decimeters, centimeters, and millimeters, but it was not realistic to think about it, so he then said to Wen Tiren: "What does Wen Aiqing think?" ”

Wen Tiren knew that the time had come to use himself, so he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the people are more than sixteen for the advance, or three for the advancement, and its many remain the same. ”

Listening to Wen Tiren's words, knowing that this was what Emperor Chongzhen meant, Xue Fengxiang still couldn't help but refute: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Wen said is inappropriate. ”

Chongzhen still sighed and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

He bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, according to the regulations of the Chenghua period, five buckets are one bucket, if Lord Xinwen says now, it should be ten buckets for one hundred, and it is even more inconvenient for the people than before." ”

Wen Tiren said: "If it is as Lord Xue said, that is, taking the weighing instrument as an example, this thing has two regulations of twenty taels and sixty taels made during the Wanli period, and it is inconvenient for the people to use twenty taels or sixty taels?" Furthermore, take Hu as an example, so at the end of the Song Dynasty, ten liters of one bucket, five buckets for one, and two for one stone, so it is not also changing? ”

Seeing that Xue Fengxiang was speechless, Wen Tiren continued: "If you pay attention to the ancestral system, Wen wants to ask Lord Xue, Taizu Hongwu ordered the casting of the iron bucket in the first year, and paid the household department to collect grain, which was used to proofread, and still lowered its style in the world, so that the Soldiers and Horses Division and the city division would compare the scale of the market once every three days, and estimate its price on time. Does Lord Xue know this? ”

Xue Fengxiang is extremely painful, do you know this or don't you know? I said I didn't know, it showed that it was, not to mention that this was bullying the king in person, just how did I become an official, I'm afraid that someone will have to ask. If he said that he knew, he could think of what Wen Tiren was talking about.

Sure enough, Wen Tiren didn't wait for Xue Fengxiang to answer, so he said to himself: "In the second year of Jingtai, the first year of Zhengde, and the eighth year of Jiajing, the Ministry of Industry was ordered to make bucket scales, and distributed them to the internal government and the internal and external yamen, so as to ensure the unity of the value. ”

Chongzhen was groaned in his heart. I really didn't know there was such a rule. If I had known, I would have taken it out and scared people. How did the big bucket in and the small bucket out come about? If they are all unified regulations of the government, how can there be a situation of big fights and small fights? It seems that the situation of private creation by the people has never stopped at all!

Chongzhen, who was unhappy in his heart, didn't wait for Xue Fengxiang to speak, so he said directly: "Okay, don't fight." This matter is led by the Ministry of Industry, and together with the Ministry of Households, I will also order Xu Guangqidi Royal Academy to cooperate and participate in the east-west measurement, and re-determine, no matter what the measurement, it will be based on ten. The name of the heavy life is different from the previous customization, so as not to confuse it among the people. ”

After Xue Fengxiang had no choice but to respond, Chongzhen continued: "Its order, after the Ministry of Industry determines the scale of the bucket, it will be issued to the world, and among the officials in various places, there must be a measuring tool for the people to verify. ”