Hearing that the emperor's tone softened, Zhu Yousong's heart suddenly relaxed, and he immediately replied: "Actually, King Zhou, they just want to change the current situation of making ends meet, as for what compensation they can give, it is all up to Your Majesty's decision." ”

Zhu Youzhen said disapprerovingly: "It's all up to me to decide? Then what are they dissatisfied with. Let's talk about what kind of compensation they want to be based on. ”

Zhu Yousong observed the emperor's expression with the corner of his eye, and said in an organized language: "King Zhou, they have repeatedly expressed their envy of the current business of the Chu Domain, of course, the Chu Domain is also because of the rich mine resources in the feudal country, so it can afford such a big business, and it is not suitable to replicate such a livelihood near Kaifeng. But they don't mind running farther if they have the chance.

Of course, if His Majesty felt that the business run by the Chu Domain was not suitable for them, they would be able to understand it. Then if His Majesty can let them invest in some more promising workshops and mines, and also take a fixed annuity to live a peaceful birthday like the clan in the capital, then they can also accept it.

If none of the above is possible, then they hope that His Majesty can replace their land in Jiuli Prefecture with the Nanyang region, as long as it is not far from Jingjiang State, even if the land is replaced with a discount, they will admit it. ”

Seeing Chongzhen's uncertain face, Zhu Yousong stopped talking very interestingly. Although in his opinion, the requirements put forward by these clans are not too high, but the affection he can fulfill for these relatives is over, and he feels that it is not worth it any more.

Zhu Yousong quietly waited for Chongzhen's decision, and Zhu Youzhen didn't let him wait too long, and after drinking a cup of tea, he said calmly: "I want to trouble you to go down and tell them, don't think about the rest, a big copper mine was found on the island of Shikoku in Japan, which originally belonged to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and now I will give it to them."

Of course, this copper mine is not just for them, you let some wind out in the sect to give those clans who have suffered a little loss before a chance to get on the bus. Well, in addition to this copper mine, they can also take over several small copper mines in the Philippine Islands, but if they let me hear any dissatisfaction with the court in the future, I am welcome.

Tell them that whether it is Jiuli Prefecture or Jinghai City, the starry sky there is very beautiful. If they are so angry, they will go to those places and count the stars for me, so as not to hurt the affection between relatives. ”

Zhu Yousong's face was straight, and he replied without thinking: "Since Your Majesty has taken into account the feelings of your relatives, they still have to jump up and down, that is, they have different aspirations, even if Your Majesty is willing to let them go, the ministers must be investigated to the end and give Your Majesty an explanation." But if the minister goes down this time, does Your Majesty have anything else to say to the minister to bring to King Zhou? ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and after pouring himself a cup of hot tea again, he said unhurriedly: "I have agreed to their request, what to say, what not to say, they should have points in their hearts." If they want to produce any more moths, I can't say that I will learn to become the ancestor emperor and play a game of righteousness to kill relatives.

In addition, even if it is okay this time, the next time the clan coerces the local public opinion to coerce the imperial court, don't blame me for not talking about relatives. Although I abolished the old practice of clan captivity, I did not say that they were allowed to mingle with the local gentry and manipulate public opinion against the imperial court. ”

The emperor's two sentences were a bit heavy, and even Zhu Yousong didn't dare to speak at will, so he could only nod his head again and again. Zhu Youzhen looked up at the sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window at this time, and then said to the cousin with a smile: "That's it for today, you will go out of Beijing and south with King Jin and their team, so the movement will be a little smaller..."

After instructing Lu Qi to leave with Zhu Yousong, Chongzhen got up and walked to the glass and wooden door of the balcony, looked at the gloomy sky outside with his hands on his chest for a long time, and then said in a low voice: "In addition to the King of Jin, among the several vassal kings, who else has been more active recently?" ”

Although Zhu Youzhen seemed to be talking to himself, Wang Chengen, who was standing on the side of the room, answered without hesitation: "King Rui and King Shu move around a lot among the kings in Beijing, but the two vassal kings are different from the King of Jin, they don't have frequent contact with those clear streams. ”

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment and then said: "It's an eventful time now, no matter what they think, let's drive these unstable factors out of the capital first."

If you go to discuss with the King of Shu tomorrow, you will say that our country is going to send a delegation to visit the Mughal Empire, and I hope that he will lead the delegation to the bottom of the Mughal Emperor and see what his attitude is towards my Ming Dynasty's assistance to the Yarkand Khanate in attacking the Bukhara Khanate. Once you arrive on the Indian mainland, look for another channel to see if you can contact the Safavid dynasty further west. I want to know what is the bottom line of tolerance between us and the Bukhara Khanate.

Since the King of Shu doesn't like to live a quiet life, let him go overseas for a visit. The deputy of the mission chose Li You, he taught in the military academy, and he seemed to be tired of teaching, this time let him go to sea to relax, and by the way, he would investigate the geographical and political situation of the Indian continent, after all, the future interests of the Ming Dynasty are still on that continent, and it is good to make preparations first.

As for King Rui, if you find a businessman close to him, he will say that gold mines have been found on a desert island in the South Seas, and ask him to come forward to negotiate with the Governor's Mansion in Bali and obtain the right to develop gold mines. ”

Wang Chengen agreed one by one, but asked again: "Then how long does King Rui want the Nanyang Governor's Mansion to keep him?" ”

Zhu Youzhen crooked his neck, and then said lazily: "That place is beautiful and sunny, I can't go if I want to." Let him choose a beautiful place for me to build a few houses, maybe I will have a chance to live in a few days in the future, and then talk about repairing the houses. Well, is there any movement on Houjin's side? ”

"The news from Shenyang yesterday said that on November 14 last year, Huang Taiji led Zhu Fujin, Dai Shan, Zhu Beile, civil and military officials, etc., to Yehe to hunt, and on November 16, he turned back to the place where the tiger was worshipped.

It was the winter solstice sacrifice day, in a place called Yingge, Dai Shan rode on a horse to shoot a roe deer, as a result, the horse was frightened and fell to the ground, and his feet were slightly injured, it is said that Huang Taiji rode a horse to Dai Shan at that time, dismounted and bandaged Dai Shan, and after the fact, he gave him wine with gold, and after the two drank, Huang Taiji sighed in front of Dai Shan in front of all Baylor: I thought that my brother was too tall to gallop a horse, why didn't my brother love himself? So he ordered to stop hunting and return to Shengjing. On the way, he ordered Dai Shan to ride slowly.

After returning to Shengjing, Dai Shansui resigned from his official duties to Huang Taiji in the name of foot disease, but Huang Taiji did not agree at that time. After more than half a month, Dai Shan closed his door and repeatedly wrote to resign, and it was only on December 24 that Huang Taiji agreed to let Dai Shan recuperate at home.

On December 26, when an official impeached Hauge and forced the Mongolian Belle who defected to Houjin to hand over the good horses, Huang Taiji was furious and immediately took away the post of Hauge as the head of the household department, causing him to think about it behind closed doors at home.

It was also heard that Huang Taiji intended to restore the positive blue flag and restore the system of the eight banners. Hauge will be transferred from the owner of the Yellow Flag to the owner of the restored Blue Flag, and Huang Taiji will personally receive the two Yellow Flags..."

After listening to this information, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sigh and said, "It seems that Huang Taiji has adjusted the internal contradictions in Houjin and regained control of the situation." Dai Shan and Hauge still can't fight him. Then continue to let the Shenyang side pay attention to the movements of the Houjin Chaotang, don't do other superfluous things, without the cover of Dai Shan and Haoge, our intelligence personnel in Shenyang will be more conspicuous..."

In this New Year's month, although most people are immersed in the rare joy of the year, for some of the technicians of the Ordnance Superintendent, they have been busy forgetting the arrival of the festival. Because these Ordnance Inspector technicians finally built the first steam engine with a two-way cylinder and a parallelo-four-link device, the efficiency of this steam engine has reached three times the efficiency of the prototype steam engine originally used to pump water.

After 5 years and 29 large-scale improvements, the steam-powered machine with a combination of fuel and water finally reached a fairly mature stage. At present, this new power machinery still has a small shortcoming, that is, how to ensure the stability of the speed of the steam engine, so that it can be used in more precisely controlled textile machinery.

After all, if the power output is not stable enough, it is not only easy to damage the textile machinery, but also difficult to obtain qualified fabrics. However, for Sun Yuanhua and Bi Maokang, who supervised the production of this steam engine, this is not a flaw. After all, they were concerned about the development of the steam engine, hoping that the steam engine could replace manpower, animal power, water power, and wind power, and use it to smelt steel, forge plate armor and guns, and drive a series of machine tools for making guns.

In the past few years, even the imperfect steam engine has brought them great surprises, saving them a lot of time and money, which is why the Ordnance Supervision Commission and the Wensi Academy have worked together to develop a more mature steam engine. Looking at the new-style steam engine that had been running continuously for seventy-two hours in front of him, Sun Yuanhua, who was standing on the high platform, said excitedly to Bi Maokang beside him: "Now we are in front of the Wensi Academy, with this steam engine, I can ask Your Majesty for funds to build a larger factory." ”

Bi Maokang immediately turned his gaze from the steam engine to Sun Yuanhua and said: "After this appropriation, you have to leave some of it to me, and I want to use it to develop the reliability of flint." ”

Sun Yuanhua replied indifferently: "Don't worry, when did the thing I promised you not count." But is it useful to develop flint reliability? I always felt that the current flintlock musket was perfect enough, and no matter how much I studied, I might not be able to go to the next level. I think you'd better come over and help me develop a cannon. ”

Bi Maokang shook his head and said: "The flintlock musket is not perfect, although it is much easier to use than the arquebus, but it still cannot be used in rain, snow and windy days. And the more shots the flintlock musket has, the less reliable it is. According to the statistics of the army's shooting training, the success rate of flintlock muskets is about 7 or 80 percent, and such weapons are somewhat unreliable on the battlefield. I still hope to be able to develop a reliable flint with a success rate of more than 90%..."

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