Yes, Zhao Shizhen has not been able to sleep well since then. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Regardless of cold, summer, autumn and winter, his room is always sealed, with bronze mirrors hanging inside, and the doors and windows are also sealed with mulberry paper, for fear that Kyaukshengguang will really come to ask for his life, so that he will be in a trance.

Kyaukshengguang was Ling Chi, Ling Chi with a knife.

At that time, the rumors had not yet come out, and many people in the capital witnessed the scene with their own eyes, where the executioner carefully cut off every piece of meat with a knife, and the scene was like purgatory.

Zhao Shizhen witnessed the scene, and saw the fear and uneasiness in Jiaoshengguang's eyes, as well as a trace of resentment, but unfortunately he didn't have the opportunity to shout out this resentment.

With a knife cut, these resentments dissipate in the flesh, and I am afraid that they will never dissipate. Everyone knows that the demon book was not written by Kyaukshengguang, but everyone knows that Kyaukshengguang must be Ling Chi.

Since then, rumors have gradually risen, and Zhao Shizhen has to face the ultimate question: survival? Or destruction.

He had thought he had the courage to face the gossip and slander.

I also thought that he could endure the ruthless destruction of the violent fate, and even stand up to resist the boundless troubles and sweep it away.

But now, he found that there was nothing he could do.

He also thought again and again at the end of the day: sleep, sleep, sleep and everything will be over. This affliction, this slander, this rumor...... It's all gone.

If sleep can put an end to the trauma of the mind and the thousands of pains endured by the body, it is a great thing to survive.

However, after falling asleep, he would dream, and in the dream, Ling Chi's Jiao Shengguang stared at him with resentful eyes, as if asking why Zhao Shizhen let him die instead of standing up and admitting that the demon book was written by him?

Again and again, Zhao Shizhen woke up from his dream and shouted that it wasn't me...... But when I woke up from the dream, the glittering light was gone, and naturally I couldn't hear this sentence.

Before the rumor, Zhao Shizhen had written once: I ask Your Majesty to accept my proposal, if you don't believe it, you can first compare the two teams of people in Beijing, if the methods I said can't improve combat effectiveness and armament level, you can kill me, the reason is very good: I have other plans to deceive Your Majesty.

At that time, at the age of fifty, he still had a trace of the mentality that I recommended Xuanyuan with my blood, and the blood was not cold.

Death is terrible, but the most terrible thing is that death is worthless, and he can't even choose how he wants to die, and even the other party didn't even give him a chance to recommend Xuanyuan with death.

After waiting for the rumors, Zhao Shizhen understood better that even if he died, he would be killed by Kyaukshengguang.

It is said that killing people and punishing the heart, but this group of people not only kills people and punishes the heart, but also even wrote an epitaph for him, and he will never be able to turn over.

That's it, when the messenger sent the musket, Zhao Shizhen had been schizophrenic and fearful for two years.

When he saw the two muskets and the casting method, his cloudy eyes showed a sparkle for the first time in two years.

It was as if the blood that had been cold, like mud, that had been hot, had once again flowed through his body.

However, when he took out the pen and paper, he hesitated again, not knowing what to write, not knowing what to say, and not knowing whether he dared to write......

So, for a whole month, there was not a single ink spot on the white paper.

In this month, a lot of things have happened, and the envoys seem to have found another way, and Zhao Shizhen has also heard some news.

When these news were put together, in exchange for Zhao Shizhen's despair a month later, in exchange for Zhao Shizhen sitting alone in the study tonight, staring at the musket in a daze and sleepless all night until dawn.

The way the envoys found had nothing to do with muskets, and the people in the capital were not interested in these envoys because of the muskets, which were important weapons of the country, which made Zhao Shizhen suddenly understand how ridiculous everything he was holding on to.

A year ago, it rained heavily in the capital, and the water in the city was several feet deep, and countless people died. Half a year ago, the Quanzhou earthquake, the Zhejiang tsunami, the Xi'an earthquake, and the comet came......

From the time of the heavy rain in the capital, someone wrote: Why is it raining heavily? This is a warning from God, because the employment of people is not extensive. Since it is said that the employment of people is not extensive, I have to recommend a few people to His Majesty, such as Gu Xiancheng, Zou Yuanbiao, Zhao Nanxing and others.

However, some people say that from the perspective of this celestial induction, the heavy rain is not due to the lack of employment.

On the whole, the reasons for the heavy rain are generally as follows: for example, the disrespect of the appearance is to punish the constant rain and the abolition of the sacrifice against the sky, etc., according to the elimination method, there is no problem with the first few points, then the biggest problem may be that Yidi may want to invade...... In fact, these people use the inductive method.

Your Majesty, you see, when Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was in the third year, the heavy rain overflowed the blue fields in the autumn, and the Xiongnu soon made trouble. During the reign of Song Xuanhe, it was also Kaifeng Dashui, and soon the Jin people invaded, which was precedent.

Therefore, Your Majesty must be careful that a new Yidi may appear, so that he has the same intention of invading China as the Japanese Invaders. And it's likely that this Yidi is unheard of, and this can't be careless.

Later, some people angrily denounced that this was nonsense, how could there be a new Yidi? After the man reprimanded him angrily, he said that this was obviously because the minister was more private than Zhou, and the minister tended to benefit the people day by day, which was clearly a warning to the party...... This warning is about the problem of forming a party, and it was quickly disparaged, and since it is said that it is going to be degraded, the problem is obviously a problem.

Later, when the comet came, it was just in time for earthquakes, heavy rains, sea tides, civil unrest, and the like, and the problem became even more serious.

Everyone has written books, and based on the experience of previous people, the problem is already obvious.

In the eighteenth year of Jiajing, there was also a comet, so Sejong withdrew the world to guard the internal officials, and the eunuchs all returned. And once this is done, there is nothing to worry about even if there is a border police.

The previous flood was a warning that there might be a side matter, and now the comet has told His Majesty what to do according to the previous example. Withdraw the eunuchs, and the troubles of this flood warning will subside. Otherwise, something big is going to happen.

However, it was not long before there was a different message in the inner court.

The Fujian tax superintendent Gao Yu sent back the news about the comet, claiming that it was just an astronomical phenomenon, and that it could be observed by the Qin Tianjian like a solar eclipse, and quoted scriptures to prove that the comet only appeared once in more than 70 years, so there was no need to make a fuss.

For a while, the Jingshi was in an uproar, it was easy to seize the opportunity to attack each other and seize the opportunity to take the position, but it was destroyed by someone, is this worth it?

When it is really a group of ministers, the method of refutation must naturally be technical.

The first is to refute these things from the root, which is the beginning of the disaster of the country and the people, and this is the precursor of the invasion of Yidi.

The second is to pretend to agree with the above content, find flaws in it, and achieve its own goals.

The first method was done by someone, and the second method quickly found the answer.

Someone took the opportunity to take a closer look at the timing of the comet's appearance and finally discovered a big problem.

According to this article from the inner court, this comet appeared in the eleventh year of Hongwu, and the problem is even clearer.

In the eleventh year of Hongwu, the palace city of the kingdoms was not customized, and the Taizu imperial approval system: three hundred and nine steps and five inches around, one hundred and fifty zhang two inches and five minutes from east to west, and one hundred and ninety-seven zhang and two inches and five minutes from north to south.

What does this mean?

It shows that even if this comet appears periodically, it is also Taizu to tell His Majesty that it is time to let King Fu become a vassal, otherwise why would Taizu approve the regulations of the king's palace when the comet came in the eleventh year of Hongwu?

Now that the East Palace has been decided, King Fu is not yet a vassal, which is the reason why Taizu chose to set the palace of the kingdom in the eleventh year of Hongwu.

Moreover, according to the warning of the previous heavy rain, this Yidi must have a heart of disobedience, so their words cannot be trusted. Your Majesty, don't forget the lessons of the Xiongnu entering the Kou after the heavy rain in the Han language for three years, and the heavy rain in Kaifeng during the Xuanhe period.

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…… In general, this is the beginning, and it is also such a chaos.

In the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, the capital was in an unprecedented turmoil, and these envoys were given unprecedented attention, even more so than those in the Joseon State who asked for the canonization of the new monarch.

In this chaotic situation, the envoys of Fanbang, who triggered the comet incident and the insinuation of the flood in the capital last year, inevitably became the focus of public opinion.

For better or worse, at least, there is no need to take a curved path, and first open the gap with a firearm from the middle scholar.

Originally, they planned to find Zhao Shizhen and rely on firearms as an introduction to open up the channel and possibility of communication.

They thought so, and Zhao Shizhen also felt that this was the most reliable possibility, and it was really important to Daming.

Therefore, even though he was already schizophrenic and restless all day, he still did not forget to write another letter to explain the sharpness of these firearms.

Although he has not started writing for various reasons, the belief that he has adhered to for so many years still supports him to do the last thing well.

Even if he dies like this, he can be regarded as dying without regrets.

But he never expected that these firearms did not make any waves.

It is still the party struggle, the national capital, the blessed king, and the prince that are making waves.

Firearms, like him, are just farts, no better than a comet's tail.

He also never expected that the heavy weapon of the militarism was not as good as a comet. The benefits of muskets are not as good as astronomical warnings. I have countless books, but it is better to write a book on a eunuch. The border defense things that I am worried about are not as good as the pile of old papers in Hongwu's eleventh year. He tried to get people to pay attention to the musket, but it turned out to be the importance of the messenger and the comet......

In this case, Zhao Shizhen completely collapsed, and the belief that supported him to survive completely dissipated.

He couldn't figure out what all the blood he had been doing before. Why are rumors spread in exchange for the heart of the country? The firearms that he valued, the ordnance that the messenger thought could only open a breakthrough from this, could not compare to a comet that had been proven to appear in the same cycle as a solar eclipse?

What have you done in the past 20 years? What is pictured? What is protected? What is desired?

Twenty years, twenty years! From seeing the Japanese rampant in his hometown when he was a child, from studying firearms with Qi Dashuai's generals, from writing countless times to offending various officials...... At the end of the day, what is it for?

He couldn't find the answer to all this. Again, it seems, the answer has been found.

Another sleepless night passed, the sun rose as usual, Zhao Shizhen looked at the sealed room, looked at the artifact scores he had painstakingly written, and looked at the two muskets that weighed as much as a thousand pounds but could not compare to a proverb.

Suddenly, he looked crazy and laughed loudly.

Gathered together the books he had written, such as the "Artifact Spectrum", kicked and smashed the oil lamp sent by the messenger, poured kerosene on the books, lit a match, and burned the twenty years of hard work.

Looking at the raging flames, the laughter did not stop, the fire was so pure, and there was no resentful face in it......

Hold up the short gun, and install the flint as shown on the map, loaded with gunpowder and buckshot.

He shoved the muzzle of the black hole into his mouth, held a pen in his left hand, and wrote eight words on the paper that had been left for a month without a single ink spot.

……

In July of the 36th year of Wanli, Zhao Shizhen, a scholar in the Wuying Palace, swallowed a short gun and died, and his life's hard work was burned.

Blood was all over the floor, and brains were all over the case.

There is a blank piece of paper on the desk, with eight characters written on it.

What does the rise and fall of the world have to do with me?