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Farmers near the capital of Daming harvested winter wheat and begged this year not to rain for a month in a row like last year, sowing hope in the summer wind.

An old crooked-necked tree on the post road outside the Jingshi University died, withered, and fell, and grew fungus, which slowly turned into dirt, and new seedlings germinated not far away, slowly growing stronger.

Not long ago, a group of envoys from Fanbang stopped here and tied their horses to this tree. Maybe half a year ago, a Shu Jishi who returned to his hometown also stayed here, or maybe not, no one knows.

To the north, the envoy of the Korean State was going to the capital to ask the emperor to canonize Gwanghaejun to the throne, and the envoy knew that at this time the Ming Dynasty was engaged in a dispute over the country's capital, and Li Hui, who was not the eldest son, would inevitably receive a lot of criticism, which simply added fuel to the fire. Li Hui scattered tens of thousands of taels of silver, and finally got a sentence from the Liaodong Metropolitan Division admitting that his eldest brother was sick and could not ascend the throne.

To the south, a province is approaching, and there is a famine. Further south, the river tide poured in, and thousands of people died. Further south, the people of Jiangxi changed, and the villagers went on strike......

When the envoys entered Beijing, perhaps Sun Yuanhua, who had set off from Shanghai County to the south, finally understood why his mentor let him read those pages of paper: with the size of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he won a miserable victory, he would be undefeated. Or maybe I saw a turtle moving slowly on the beach, and occasionally realized that as long as I learned from this turtle, with the castle as a shell, and slowly drew it, there would be no invincible enemy around.

It's just that he is young after all, he has no experience, and his thinking is still simple, he doesn't understand how much it costs, and he doesn't know if Daming can get this money.

Although it is whimsical, it is fierce after all, and it lives up to the passionate ambition of youth.

He hadn't even been able to lift people yet, it was when he was young and scolded Fang Xuan, and he didn't know where many things were really difficult.

In fact, there were not many people who thought like Sun Yuanhua when they were young.

But when he is no longer young and has really stepped into the eunuch for many years, perhaps his favorite poem will become the Jiaxuan layman's but the weather is cool and autumn.

At this time, at this moment, a person as fierce as Sun Yuanhua twenty years ago was at this time, and at this moment, he was excited, and his brows were tightly locked.

In the capital, in the study of Zhao Shizhen, a scholar in the Wuying Palace, the doors and windows are closed.

This "fortunate minister", who has written the "Artifact Spectrum", improved the arquebus, and imitated Tufik, sits alone in the study.

On the table, one long and one short, two muskets of Fanbang.

The long spears were used by the foot soldiers, and the short spears were used by the riders, both of which were fired with flint, and the loading speed was extremely fast, the power was huge, and the structure was exquisite.

It was given to him by an envoy from a strange country who had come to the capital not long ago, and it is said that he had heard his name in Fujian, so when he came to the capital, he first sent two muskets and a loading manual.

In addition to these two muskets and the booklet, there are also basic books written by Zhao Shizhen himself, such as "Discussion on Anti-Nu Vehicles", "Miscellaneous Stories on Artifacts" and so on.

There was also a blank sheet of paper on the desk, next to which was the ink that had been grounded, and a pen lay horizontally on the pen holder.

There was not a single word on the snow-white paper, not even a single ink speck.

Zhao Shizhen just sat quietly and sat all night.

It wasn't like the first night.

Ever since he received the two muskets as gifts, he has been sitting in his study like this for a month.

It's not that he doesn't know how to write, but he doesn't know why.

A month ago, these strange messengers sent muskets and exchanged a few words.

Zhao Shizhen knew very well why these people would find him, the musket was just to open the door to trade, at least there was a chance. I happen to be one of the few people in China who attach importance to muskets, and finding myself is nothing more than creating some opportunities in the capital through my identity as a Chinese scholar.

It can be said that this is what it likes. He is also willing to be cast into his favor.

The musket was a heavy weapon of the military state, and it seemed like a good thing to get the best of both worlds if you wanted to trade from it.

Just a few glances at the cast, you know that this is a good thing, it can be said that the other party found the right person you like, but not the right person who can do it.

The purpose of these people is not pure, Zhao Shizhen is very clear. It is nothing more than relying on the sharpness of firearms to attract the attention of the palace, and the real purpose is to open the market for trade.

Normally, regardless of whether the purpose is pure or not, sharp firearms are always useful to the Ming Dynasty.

Once promoted, it can be used in Beijing to control the momentum. The wide side can be folded to the power of the insult. The silver taels that can be saved every year and the expenses caused by some hidden deterrence add up to hundreds of thousands of taels.

If it was a few years ago, Zhao Shizhen must have had a hot head, so he worked hard to write.

But now, he doesn't dare to put pen to paper, and he doesn't want to write these things anymore.

Because reality gave him a hard slap in the face, making him understand what the real world is.

Or maybe he understood it a long time ago, but just pretended not to understand.

Six years ago, he was nearly 50 years old, but he was still full of enthusiasm.

Tried to make thunderbolts, reckless guns, and improved anti-capture guns, and eagerly wrote about the benefits of firearms.

However, it has only been a month since the book was written, and all kinds of ridiculed gossip have spread all over the capital.

First, you, Zhao Shizhen, are an official who relies on things like writing, what do you think you are? Kotomi. Second, you make these things out just to enter the body, and the purpose is not pure, villain. Third, you are a scholar in the first middle school, you are in charge of firearms, and you are thinking about building a chariot for siege and defense, what do you want?

However, when everything is supported by blood, there will always be tireless and not afraid of rumors.

In the face of rumors and ridicule, Zhao Shizhen turned a deaf ear, continued to write, and continued to die.

Half a year later, he inspected the weapons manufacturing workshop of the Ministry of Industry and wrote another piece.

After investigation, he found that every time the cannon was cast, the gun would always be blown up when the cannon was tested, and after each explosion, he could fill out a form and ask for more money.

Therefore, he believes that the cannon explodes every time it is tested, both because of the technical failure and because of the deliberate actions of those who make the workshop. If you don't blow it up, then you can't get money, and if you don't give him money, he will let the cannon blow up. It is the so-called "unsuccessful demand, intentional injury".

In fact, everyone knows about this, but you Zhao Shizhen wrote it and sent it up, which is clearly the enemy of everyone.

So there were warnings, and there were intimidations.

Zhao Shizhen was not heartbroken at that time and continued to read.

Half a year later, he wrote again that according to the experience of Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and others, it is best to have the military send a person to supervise the manufacture of weapons.

Because the people who make weapons do not use weapons, they do not know how much harm they will do to the morale of the military if they are not made well. Moreover, if there is someone to monitor, some of the ills can also be eliminated.

Today's ordnance manufacturing has led to three companies. The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry passed the buck to each other, and they all wanted to take the opportunity to get more money. In the future, His Majesty can try to organize the weapon manufacturing into a department, so that it is easy to order a family. Your Majesty, you can send a person to take charge of the money, and the barracks will also send a person to supervise it, so that the explosion rate of the firebolt will definitely be improved, the efficiency will also be improved, and the annual silver money will not be so much.

As soon as the news of this thing written by Zhao Shizhen spread, it immediately caused an uproar, and Wanli approved and allowed him to try to make it.

Thousands of shouldn't, never should, the first thing Zhao Shizhen did was to reconcile accounts.

According to the accounts, there should be 20,000 or 370 taels of silver in the house, but the other party responded that it was only 16,000 taels, and the past accounts are too old to be clear, do you believe it or not.

Of course, Zhao Shizhen didn't believe it, so he wanted to go to the relevant yamen to check, and the results can be imagined.

Zhao Shizhen is a member of the Zhongshu House, and this matter is also approved by the emperor, although the silver money does not match, but the weapon still has to be made, so a person was sent to supervise in the Beijing camp, named He Liangchen.

Soon, the He Liangchen sent by the Ministry of War was first investigated.

First, this person has a history of greed for ink, and it is ridiculous to use such a person to supervise the manufacture of ordnance.

Second, how much money did you Zhao Shizhen receive from He Liangchen? Why use him?

Third, the manufacture of ordnance is the business of our Ministry of Industry, and there is no one in our Ministry of Industry?

Fourth, even if there is no one in our Ministry of Industry, is it true that everyone else in the Ministry of War is dead, so we have to send someone with a criminal record?

I see that you Zhao Shizhen is not to make a car, but has another secret.

Soon after, the engineering department was in charge of the matter.

Zhao Shizhen also knows that he can't let things get big at this time, otherwise, this matter will really not be done.

was slapped violently, but he still smiled and wrote: This is for my own good, I am afraid that I will not know that He Liangchen has a criminal record, and if there is a big problem in the future, I will be implicated. However, the use of He Liangchen by the Ministry of War was due process, and there was no procedural injustice and there was no basis for it. If Your Majesty interrupts the major task of making a gun because of this incident, I am afraid that in the future, everyone in the world will take me as a warning and will never dare to do serious things again. I'll take responsibility for what I have, and I'll deal with it if something goes wrong, but I'll have to finish making it.

When the rest of the people looked at it, they never thought that there were such shameless people in this world who didn't understand human feelings.

Everyone thought that if they wanted to kill Zhao Shizhen, they really had to think of a different way, and if they continued like this, everyone would not be able to get money.

It's your business that you Zhao Shizhen has the world in your heart, but you can't block our financial route just because you have the world in your heart, and you can't block our financial route just because you saw the Japanese in your hometown when you were young?

Persuaded and persuaded, said and said, if you are still stubborn, then there is no way.

So, as soon as the demon book case came out, rumors suddenly spread: this demon book was not written by Jiaoshengguang at all, but was actually written by Zhao Shizhen, a member of the Chinese Scholars.

Kyaukshengguang was Ling Chi, what kind of person are you, Zhao Shizhen, who can be at ease? Are you worthy of your conscience in heaven and earth? Can you sleep at night? Aren't you afraid that the light will come to ask for your life? If you don't treat Zhao Shizhen as late, is it worthy of judicial justice?