October of the seventh year of the Apocalypse is very critical for Chongzhen. Many key layouts www.biquge.info Pen, Fun and Pavilion have begun to bear fruit, and the Internal Inspection Institute has formed a trend across the country, blowing like a whirlwind to the whole country. The corrupt behavior of officials has largely been curtailed or not as arrogant as it seems.

The power of the internal investigation court is gradually increasing, from the princes and nobles, down to the county order to arrest quickly, which is within the jurisdiction of the internal investigation court. And it is an institution independent of the local government, and it is a system of its own. Moreover, the officials who are targeted by the internal investigation institute will be investigated and punished quickly. Even after some officials were arrested, the scene of thousands of people celebrating each other in empty alleys was as lively as the Spring Festival.

In addition, more directly, the cement production technology is gradually maturing and has reached the final stage of practical application.

October 12th, early dynasty. On the main hall in the Qianqing Palace, after the ministers discussed some recent trivial matters, Chongzhen once again further strengthened the problem of corruption, Chongzhen was ready to surprise the ministers.

Chongzhen Just yesterday, Yang Shan of the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau took Sun Lishi to the Qianqing Palace and reported the specific process of cement production. Chongzhen doesn't care about these processes, he just needs to look at the results. Chongzhen personally tested a package of cement in the Qianqing Palace, and the color and particles of the cement were quite good.

Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen beside him: "Xuanyang Mountain, enter the hall!" ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly trotted outside the main hall and announced that Yang Mountain entered the hall.

"Lord Yang, the emperor announced that you will go to the palace, hurry up, and enter the palace with my father-in-law." Wang Chengen knew Yang Shan, so he didn't talk too much nonsense.

Yang Shan nodded and said to the people behind him: "You have brought all your things, and you will meet the saint with this official." ”

As for who this Yang Shan is, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all confused. Wei Zhongxian, the only one who knows Yang Mountain, has been assigned an important task by Chongzhen, and he has not appeared in the court since October.

Just when the ministers looked at Chongzhen with a puzzled expression. But when he saw Chongzhen, he smiled slightly, gently tasting the Longjing tea in the cup. It seems that the emperor is in a good mood today, and this is the only result that the ministers can see.

After a moment, I saw a big man with a dark face, dressed in a nine-grade official uniform, and entered the hall with his head held high. The ministers also noticed that behind him, there was a man carrying a bag of things, and as the man moved, dust rose from the bag from time to time; The other carried a bucket of pebbles and half a bucket of water in one hand; The last man was holding several tools, such as shovels and shovels.

What exactly does the emperor want to do? Even these powerful figures of the Ming Dynasty could not guess Chongzhen's true intentions from these unconnected objects.

Chongzhen saw the puzzled and surprised expressions of the ministers, smiled, and said, "Ministers, are you puzzled about the identities of these people and what I want to do? ”

No one answered Chongzhen's question, and no one wanted to show their loneliness at this time. However, everyone's eyes betrayed them without missing anything.

Chongzhen didn't intend to continue to lose the appetite of the ministers, Chongzhen stood up from the dragon chair, walked directly to Yang Shan's side, smiled slightly, pointed to the dirty thing, and said, "I want to bring you one thing, this is cement." ”

Then he turned and said to the craftsman with the spade, "Come, open this bag with a spade." ”

The craftsman answered the order, and the shovel poked forward with force, making a long cut in the bag, and immediately splashed countless dust.

Chongzhen was not afraid of getting dirty, so he stepped forward directly and grabbed a handful of gray powder in the bag. Like a treasure, he held it in his hand and said to the ministers who came forward: "Let's take a look, this is cement, and you all grab a handful and take a look." ”

Hearing the emperor's order, everyone couldn't bear it anymore, so they stepped forward one after another, grabbed a handful, and carefully examined it in their hands.

After a while, Chongzhen asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this cement?" ”

At this time, Shi Fenglai, the envoy of the Internal Investigation Academy, said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have studied for a long time, but they still don't know what the specific role of this thing called cement is, and I ask the emperor to make it clear." ”

Shi Fenglai's words were agreed by most of the officials, and the ministers nodded in agreement.

Chongzhen said with a smile: "This cement is very useful, let Lord Yang show it to everyone." ”

Yang Shan received the order, immediately arranged for Sun Lishi and others, and began to get busy.

This splendid Qianqing Palace has become a busy construction site for a while. Of course, Yang Shan was very careful, and in order not to stain the ground, he specially laid a wooden board on the ground.

The ministers saw that these people had a clear division of labor, and a whole bag of cement was dumped on the wooden board, and then in the middle of the small stack, the air conditioner was climbed out with a big shovel, and then the appropriate amount of water and stone and sand were poured into it, quickly stirred, and set aside.

The men took out a square wooden tool, laid it flat on the board, and then poured the mixed cement into the square to fill it.

Yang Shan saw that it had been completed, so he respectfully said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the entire process of using cement has been demonstrated. ”

"Ministers, how do you feel?" Chongzhen said to the crowd.

"The minister still doesn't understand what this cement does." Shi Fenglai was also real, and directly expressed the confusion in his heart.

Chongzhen smiled and said, "I'll talk about this later, let Lord Yang show another thing first." Lord Yang, bring things up. ”

Yang Shan led a few people out of the main hall quickly, and turned back in a moment. However, this time I came back and it was different from the last time. I saw a few people carrying a large stone into the main hall.

This time, it made the ministers even more messy, what the emperor was going to do, everyone had a big question mark in their heads.

Chongzhen said to Cui Chengxiu: "Master Cui, you take this hammer and knock this stone to see what the difference is." ”

Cui Chengxiu was not ambiguous, took the sledgehammer in Yang Shan's hand, and knocked it down fiercely against the stone.

Chongzhen saw that Cui Chengxiu was already out of breath after a few clicks, and shook his head, it seems that the position of the secretary of the military department is really not suitable for Cui Chengxiu, and it is time to move the position. However, Chongzhen did not embarrass Cui Chengxiu this time, and said with a smile: "Master Cui, how do you feel." ”

Cui Chengxiu replied breathlessly: "Your Majesty, the minister just feels that this stone is very hard. ”

Chongzhen said to the ministers: "Ministers, can you take a closer look." Do you know where the stone that Master Cui struck just now came from? Chongzhen didn't intend to continue to whet everyone's appetite, paused for a moment, and continued: "This is made of cement. ”

No one will doubt Chongzhen's words, the facts are in front of them, so they can't believe it. None of these pivotal figures of the Ming Empire were ordinary people, and they quickly thought of the role of cement.

At this time, Xu Guangqi spoke: "Your Majesty, I don't know how long it will take for this cement to become such a hard stone. ”

At this time, Yang Shan stepped forward and replied: "Ten days if it's fast, and half a month if it's slow." ”

"Minister, congratulations to the emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Xu Guangqi's face was full of excitement, Daming has such a divine thing to help, Daming Zhongxing is hopeful!

At this time, no matter how stupid the ministers were, they knew Chongzhen's intentions. Da Ming can have such a divine thing to help, it will be like a tiger with wings. The crowd shouted in unison, hooray, hooray.

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