Chapter Ninety-Four: The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets (I)

Zhang Zhen said very solemnly, and even in the end, he was full of voice, which was also deliberately done by him.

Thinking about this throughout the ages, once corruption has become a trend, under the effect of the upper and lower levels, coupled with the collusion of officials, businessmen and landlords, the people have no livelihood after the land annexation, but in the event of natural and man-made disasters, how many dynasties that were once prosperous have declined, and then changed the dynasty.

Official corruption is indeed a major reason for the change of dynasties, and in Zhang Zhen's view, it is even far more than natural and man-made disasters and foreign enemies!

But there has never been a dynasty that dares to classify official corruption as treason, without him, because Confucianism is in power, officialdom can only be born as a jinshi, one subject every three years, even if Enke is added, an average of more than 100 people can be officials a year, and there are not too many talents to choose from.

And even if corruption is detected, since ancient times, officials and officials have protected each other, and it is often impossible to dredge up and down, at most, it is dismissed and investigated, and the official is lost to become a rich man, and there are few people who raid their homes and exterminate their families.

And once corruption and treason are equated, the interests are still there, but the price paid may be the nine clans, which is serious and desperate.

Corruption, this is a simple problem of the cost of crime, anti-corruption is all in the emperor's thoughts, like the Qianlong of later generations, knowing that He Shen is a corrupt official, he was stunned to raise 900 million taels of silver for corruption, and the family assets of an official are worth the country's taxes for 50 years.

Zhang Zhen just directly raised the cost of this crime to the extreme.

"The lord is wise!" Lao Xia shouted, stood up from the bench, strode to the table, and bowed solemnly.

He knew that Zhang Zhen was self-disciplined and strange things were emerging, but in this officialdom, he was afraid that his baby son-in-law would be free and miss the good situation.

He was born as a post officer, and he has heard of officialdom a little, and after listening to Zhang Zhen's words at this time, he was the most pleased.

The corruption of one official will affect the people of one side, and the corruption of hundreds of officials will cause the world to perish.

There are no rules, although it is a bit harsh, but this is what those who have achieved great things should say, right?

With Lao Xia's proofing, no matter whether the others have insight or not, seeing that the others got up one after another, they also knew that the matter was big, and they bowed down in turn like a court.

Zhang Zhen said: "For an official or a soldier, it is not a production, where does this money come from?" It is for officials to think of ways to benefit one party and let the people be fed! Eat well! and justly punish the evil and eliminate the adulterous, and correct the atmosphere of one party. ”

"And for the generals, our muskets can kill from a distance, reload quickly, much more powerful than the Ming Dynasty, and are expected to have a telescope, can anticipate the enemy's opportunity, personal courage is secondary, if it is corruption, deduct military salaries and grass, so that the soldiers are not full, take less or no silver, everyone has no intention of fighting, and then there are shoddy ordnance, these two two-pronged approach, our advantage will be gone, how to fight? How can you defend your home and country? Do you want to fill in with the lives of your subordinates? ”

"Corruption is no different from treason against the king! Everyone, remember! Whether it's officialdom or the military! Severe punishment for non-loans!! Wrote it all down, right? Write it down and get up. ”

"Never forget! Thank you, Lord! ”

"Never forget! Thank you, Lord! ”

Seeing everyone sitting down, Zhang Zhen smiled and asked: "Let's talk about corruption, the rules are set first, and then let's talk about the territory, if you want to be an official, it is nothing more than managing more land, more people, and you want to be a general and marshal, open up a larger territory, so that you can be knighted, then, who knows how big the Ming Dynasty is, and even how big this world is?" ”

Yang Hanlin replied: "My lord, as far as Hanlin knows, when Zheng Gong went to the West, he had been to Mecca and other places in the sky, which should be tens of thousands of miles away, and the arrival of Matteo Ricci and others from Taixi is said to have drawn a map of the Kunyu world, but unfortunately Hanlin has never seen it, and I am afraid that it is more than tens of thousands of miles. ”

Zhang Zhen nodded and asked Song Yingxing, "Mr. Song has ever seen that picture?" ”

Song Yingxing sighed: "When Ying Xing was taking the exam in Beijing, he begged in many ways, and he had seen it once, if it was really as described in the picture, the vastness of this world was indeed more than tens of thousands of miles. ”

Zhang Zhen nodded, pushed the globe in his hand forward, and said with a smile: "Then bother Mr. Song to see, what is the difference between this thing and the Kunyu Wanguo Map?" ”

Song Yingxing said that he was begging for many things, and that was also due to interest, otherwise it would be very difficult for him to see him once, at this time, when he heard Zhang Zhen say this, he was instantly surprised, and hurriedly identified, which attracted Yang Hanlin to be full of interest.

After a long time, Song Yingxing affirmed: "Although the difference is not small, the ball of the lord is indeed similar to that Kunyutu." ”

Zhang Zhen said calmly: "It's just similar? Many places in the Kunyu Wanguo Map should be drawn by guesses and ancient books, and no one has ever been to it, and our globe is much more accurate than the Kunyu map. ”

The globes are all drawn by satellites, even if they are in the industrial park where Zhang Zhen copied, they are not comparable to the Kunyu map, and Zhang Zhen is telling the truth.

"Really?!" Song Yingxing was shocked.

Zhang Zhen smiled: "There is no need to lie to you about this. ”

When he came, he saw that it was a big scene, and he didn't dare to speak, You Ermao was already suffocated, and asked casually: "Lord, let's Nanyang on it, right?" Why don't you point it out and let the villain have a long insight. ”

Zhang Zhen sighed: "Ermao, your requirements are a bit high, let me tell you this, it is Yutai County, to which Nanyang belongs, and it is just a small point the size of a sesame seed, let's talk about Yutai." ”

Saying that, Zhang Zhen really took out a sesame seed, spit a little foam on it, found the right position, stuck the sesame seeds on the globe, and said with a smile: "Na, this is where the fish platform is, and it is so big." ”

said that it was the size of a sesame seed, after all, it was just a concept, Zhang Zhen really took out the prepared sesame seeds and pasted them, and with the comparison, it was clear at a glance in an instant, and everyone was stunned.

"That's all there is to Yutai? How big is that? Everyone saw it, and the female voice asked questions, it was Zhou Qing.

Zhang Zhen smiled and said, "Miss Qing'er's question, everyone must want to know too, right?" Big guy look at this curve, the east is the vast ocean, and the piece between the curve of the sea and this line is the Ming Dynasty, this point is Jingshi, and this point is Jinling Companion Capital. ”

"That's all there is to Ming?"

"That's it!"

Zhang Zhen's answer was very affirmative, and he sighed as soon as he spoke: "This is not to remove the territory occupied by Hou Jin and Li Chuang and others, otherwise it will be greatly discounted." ”

"But aren't we standing on the ground? The sky is round and the place is right, how is this Ming on a ball? Niu Fengchun said in wonder.

Zhang Zhen said with a smile: "The round sky is outdated, how to say it, there are Taixi people driving boats, starting from here, passing here and here, and returning to Taixi, since then there is solid evidence to prove that the land under our feet is indeed a sphere." ”(https:)

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