Three days later.

"Your Majesty, the minister Tujie secretly played Your Majesty, this matter was planned by Wei Ying, the left servant of the household department, and the minister pretended to be entrusted by him to impeach Xiong Hun Ye, Wei Ying said that the left capital Yushi Hanghuai was also dissatisfied with Xiong Hu's desire to open the sea......"

Zhu Houzhao watched the secret recital from Tu Jie in the matter again, and was quite shocked in his heart, and only asked Liu Jin: "Has Hanghuai arrived?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I've been waiting outside for a long time," Liu Jin replied.

"Pass him in", Zhu Houzhao said and instructed Liu Jin: "You have memorized everything I gave you." ”

"The ministers all remember, Your Majesty can rest assured", Liu Jin replied and then retreated, and after a while, he took Zuodu Yushi Hanghuai to Zhu Houzhao, and retreated.

And Hang Huai didn't expect Emperor Zhu Houzhao to summon him at this time, and he was also very uneasy, secretly thinking that it wouldn't have anything to do with Xiong Hu's matter.

On the surface, Hang Huai still forced his hand to bow calmly: "Your Majesty! ”

"Well, come on, give Hang Aiqing a seat!"

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao said again: "I thought about it, Xiong Hun is still better than being hastily dealt with, you are his boss, I want to ask, what do you think of him?" ”

Hang Huai couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and said in his heart: "Sure enough, it is related to Yushi Xiong Hun , but looking at His Majesty's meaning, he doesn't seem to know that he forced Xiong Hun to commit suicide, and he can't show any clues at this time, so that His Majesty can be aware, listen to His Majesty's meaning, he must be very important to Xiong Hu, and he has to praise Xiong Hu a few words." ”

So, Hang Huai said: "Back to Your Majesty, Xiong Hun this person, the minister has also observed him for a long time, this person is shrewd and capable, but he is not pedantic, dare to be the first, otherwise he would not dare to be the first to stand up and talk about the opening of the sea that day, not the minister is abrupt, in the minister's opinion, Xiong Hun will not be a minister in the future. ”

"I didn't expect you to have such a high opinion of this Xiong Hu", Zhu Houzhao said a few words with a smile, and at this time, Liu Jin hurriedly ran in.

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, so flustered?" ”

"Your Majesty, it is rumored outside that Xiong Yushi died violently!" Liu Jin said.

"What!"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao heard this, he hurriedly stood up and glanced at Hang Huai.

Hang Huai didn't notice that His Majesty the Emperor was looking at him, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a little smugness, and then he hurriedly said in horror: "This, this, why is this happening, why did Xiong Xun suddenly die violently?" ”

Hang Huai wiped away his tears as he spoke: "Poor me, it's rare to have a talent in the Imperial Procuratorate!" It's gone, it's really a jealous talent! ”

And Zhu Houzhao didn't have the heart to watch Hang Huai's performance anymore at this time, so he hurriedly said: "Bring Xiong Hun out." ”

Thereupon.

Xiong Hun walked out after turning into a screen in the inner room, and said to Zhu Houzhao: "The minister supervised the imperial history Xiong Hun has seen Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, said goodbye, and asked Liu Jin: "I just heard Xiong Hun and didn't let him leave, because I heard Xiong Hun say something important, I met Zuodu Yushi Hanghuai, who did you hear that Xiong Hun died violently?" ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it was the minister who heard from the Jinyi Wei outside that the news came from the Metropolitan Procuratorate," Liu Jin replied.

And Zhu Houzhao looked at Hang Huai: "Hang Aiqing, do you all love to spread this kind of gossip in the procuratorate?" ”

Hang Huai could naturally guess that his forcing Xiong Xun to commit suicide had been exposed, and he didn't say anything, so he prostrate on the ground: "The minister is guilty!" ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled faintly, didn't say anything, and only ordered: "Dongchang Inspector, take him down and arrest Wei Ying!" ”

……

"As soon as today passes, Xiong Hu will die, and from now on, who dares to talk about opening the sea in the government and the field!"

Wei Ying said with a smile at Tu Jie at this time.

"That's not necessarily, opening the sea is the general trend of the world, and the people want it, how can the Jiangnan gentry stop it", Tu Jie said with a smile.

Wei Ying couldn't help but change his face: "Brother Boyuan (Tu Jie's character), where do you say this, aren't you also against opening the sea?" Why did you suddenly change your tone today?! ”

Bang!

The wooden door was suddenly slammed open at this time.

Two Jinyi guards armed with embroidered spring knives broke in, and one of them directly showed a wooden card: "We belong to the Dongchang Inspectorate Division, and we are ordered to take Wei Ying, the left attendant of the household department, back to interrogate, and hope that Lord Wei will cooperate with our actions!" ”

Wei Ying stood up in surprise: "This is the outskirts of the city, how did you know that I was here?" ”

Tu Jie smiled faintly and only drank tea.

And the two brocade guards had already grabbed Wei Ying's arm: "Let's go, Lord Wei, we are just asking you for Your Majesty, Lord Wei don't need to panic!" ”

Wei Ying also understood at this time, and looked at Tu Jie: "It's you!" It's you! Good for you! I took you as a confidant in vain, but I didn't expect you to betray me, and you actually betrayed me! I, Wei Ying, am really blind! ”

Wei Ying was dragged out.

And a brocade guard came to Tu Jie and said with a smile: "Lord Tu is frightened, please continue to drink, Your Majesty has ordered the Ministry of Officials to transfer to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise the imperial history, and Wei Ying's case depends on you to file the case." ”

"Please rest assured that Your Majesty does not have to bear the trust of Your Majesty", Tu Jie got up and gave up his hand.

And Wei Ying was still shouting at this time: "Tu Jie, you shameless villain!" ”

……

At this time, Hang Huai, the imperial history of Zuodu, had come out of the black room of the East Factory Inspectorate, and the whole person was already haggard for more than half, and at this time, the people of the East Factory also brought Zhu Houzhao's will, which was to depose Hang Huai to the people, and exile him to the newly reclaimed colonial mining service in Cape Verde (Cape of Good Hope) in the Ming Dynasty, and he was not allowed to return to his hometown for 20 years.

Hang Huai went to Cape Verde alone on the Ming Dynasty three-class sail ship "Qiantang River", and died in Cape Verde the following year.

The conversation turned back.

Wei Ying was also exposed by the superintendent of the imperial history Tujie for the murder of Xu Ai and Xiong Hu, and was sentenced to death by the Criminal Department, and his family property was confiscated.

Zhu Houzhao approved the opening of Songjiang Mansion within one year, and the Daming Sea ban was fully opened within five years, and the edict ordered Nanjing Zhijiang Shipyard to expand the scale of shipbuilding.

Xiong Xun was soon appointed as the commander of the Southern Zhili Susong Bingbei Province and the prefect of Songjiang and the city of Bo Si, responsible for the opening of the sea in Songjiang Prefecture.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao also issued an edict that the tariffs would be returned to the imperial court from the thirteenth year of Zhengde, and at the same time issued an edict to exempt the world from forced labor, and all the ministers and princes and gentry of the world were not allowed to serve the people without compensation, and the violators were punished as the crime of forcing others to be slaves.

"Since there has been a dynasty, there is no exemption from the world's conscription, Rao is a strong Han and Tang Dynasty, and there is no such benefit to the people, and now His Majesty has issued an edict to permanently exempt the world from servitude, which is enough to be the first saint of the ages, and the minister Yan Song was lucky to be born in this dynasty, and on this grand occasion, I am only grateful to God for being virtuous, so that I have such a virtuous monarch in the Ming Dynasty!"

As soon as Yan Song came to Zhu Houzhao, he spared no effort to flatter Zhu Houzhao, and when Zhu Houzhao had just issued an edict to exempt him from servitude in the world, he naturally gave Yan Song the material to shoot Zhu Houzhao's sycophants, so Zhu Houzhao couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly put the music in his hand:

"That's it! If it weren't for the good work you did in Nanzhili, I really thought that you were just a flattering minister, do you know what I called you here for today? ”

"I don't know, please make it clear to Your Majesty," Yan Song said.

"I heard that you and Wang Tingxiang of the household department have engaged in some qi theory, I listen to some meaning, but you can talk about it", Zhu Houzhao asked.

Yan Song heard Zhu Houzhao say this, and thought that Emperor Zhu Houzhao was going to blame himself for not doing his job, so he hurriedly said: "Please forgive your majesty, minister, the minister is just talking to them a little, the minister is ......."

"I don't mean to blame you, but tell me what your qi is?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

"The minister obeys the order, this is still the inspiration given by His Majesty, His Majesty's holy science let the minister know that many things have their nature, such as iron is hard, and charcoal is flammable, high concentration of green alum (sulfuric acid) can easily corrode other things, and mercury is easy to volatilize when put into it, but all things can be transformed into each other, such as the art of wet copper smelting, so the minister thinks that all things are qi, different qi can form different things, and rich in the different temperaments of all things!"

Yan Song said.

Zhu Houzhao knew that Yan Song's meaning was similar to the meaning that later generations believed that matter was composed of elements, and different elements constituted substances with different properties.

Zhu Houzhao was very pleased with this, in his opinion, Yan Song's qi thought is indeed a great progress, obviously has the consciousness of materialist thought, and asked: "It makes sense, it is rare that you have such understanding, but your qi has not yet reached the root, different qi, the qi of all things in heaven and earth is colorless and tasteless, how do you know the difference, I think that when you don't use qi to give you what you say, it is more appropriate to use the elements, the yuan is the root, the element is pure, and there is no more separability in nature." ”

"For example, the element of this wooden table can be made of carbon, because it is flammable, and it is completely the same as the charcoal in the furnace, and the sulfur of the crater can make it sulfur," Zhu Houzhao said and wrote on the paper with a brush and showed it to Yan Song.

Yan Song couldn't help but be shocked when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty can not only be the father of the minister, but also the teacher of the minister!" Elements, this word is very good, water can be an element, gold can also be an element. ”

"This is not appropriate, you should make bold assumptions when studying, and carefully verify that water and gold can not be elements, and you have to see whether they can be separated, for example, this water may not necessarily be an element, because you can't be sure whether water can be divided again."

As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, Yan Song nodded as if he had realized something, but he felt that it was difficult to prove, because in his impression, water would turn into qi if it was burned with fire, and qi was the root of all things according to his own understanding, that is, the element, and water was undoubtedly a type of element.

Zhu Houzhao also didn't want to tell Yan Song directly that water is not a substance composed of a single element, it cannot represent an element, and water is a chemical compound, but he still hopes that Yan Song will prove it himself.

But Zhu Houzhao decided to rely on the knowledge of the periodic law of the elements, and first taught Yan Song some summary methods of chemical elements, so Zhu Houzhao called Yan Song to his desk, and drew a simple basic framework of the periodic table with a brush, but did not directly fill in the elements, in fact, after graduating from college for so many years, he couldn't remember the location and arrangement of all the elements, only remembered a few commonly used, and said to Yan Song:

"This is a table that I have come up with on the spot, and we can fill in the elements that we already know, and if what we now think of as matter does represent one element, such as gold, iron, silver, copper, zinc, and sulfur, we can fill in all the elements separately, and we may be able to fill in all the elements, and we can find more subtle patterns."

"Your Majesty, water and fire are also elements, and they can also be filled in," Yan Song said.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly lost interest in communicating with Yan Song, and put the pen down: "If you want to say that water and fire are elements, then right!" You can't teach your children! ”

Yan Song was a little surprised, thinking that he had said something wrong, which made His Majesty so angry, and hurriedly said: "Listening to Your Majesty, you mean that water and fire are not elements, since Your Majesty said that he is not an element, then it is not an element, the minister is guilty, and the minister has a shallow understanding." ”