The end of the year is approaching, and the palace is filled with a festive atmosphere.

"This should be it, now we have to find a suitable person and let him do experiments for himself and see if he can build it." In the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen muttered to himself with a densely written piece of rice paper.

"But who should I ask to test for myself?" Chongzhen is guilty.

"Your Majesty, Gonggong Cao is asking to see you outside the palace!" A small eunuch reported.

"Xuan!"

"Slave and maid knock to see Your Majesty!" Cao Huachun said first.

"Excuse me, what's the matter with Cao Companion?" Chongzhen asked. Xindao, maybe let him find a few craftsmen who can fire glass for him and give them to experiment.

"Your Majesty, the right person came to report, saying that Your Majesty asked the slave to find the person who was found." Cao Huachun said.

"Oh? Yuan Keli found it? Is he willing to be a leader? Chongzhen asked.

"When I returned to Your Majesty, I found it, but he said that he was no longer willing to step into officialdom, and declined His Majesty's kindness." Cao Huachun hesitated, for fear that Chongzhen would be angry in the next second (if he knew the concept of seconds).

"What?" Chongzhen suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, hahahaha!"

Listening to Chongzhen's inexplicable laughter, Cao Huachun felt even more panicked, could this be the calm before the storm, no, the wild laughter before the storm. At this time, Cao Huachun's thoughts were already confused.

"This Yuan Keli, is it because I want to invite him to the thatched house?" Chongzhen smiled, "Come on, please come over to Master Sun." ”

"By the way, Cao Banban, you can find a few craftsmen who can fire glass for me." Chongzhen suddenly remembered something.

"Slave obeys!" Cao Huachun said, although he didn't know what the emperor was looking for a craftsman to fire the glaze, but he didn't dare to ask more, how could he ask what the dignified son of heaven wanted to do.

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morning

"Zhongqing, do you have something important to do?" Chongzhen sat on the throne and asked the courtier.

"Your Majesty, the military salary has been issued to the soldiers of the border army, Your Majesty is benevolent and kind, and all the soldiers and soldiers of the border army are grateful to Your Majesty and regard Your Majesty as a reborn parent." Yan Mingtai, the secretary of the military department, came out of the ranks.

"Oh? Is it? All of them have been distributed to the soldiers? Chongzhen asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it has been all sent to the soldiers."

"Hehe, I originally ordered Dongchang to send someone to track the flow of military salaries, Cao Banban" Chongzhen stretched out his hand and shouted.

"Yes, Your Majesty" Cao Huachun took out an account book from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, this is the flow of military salaries recorded by the spies sent out by the slaves, and in addition, there is a box of account books outside the palace."

Cao Huachun's voice was not loud, but because of the unusual silence in the hall at this time, basically the courtiers could hear it clearly.

At this time, the situation was extremely strange, there were snowflakes flying outside, and a large number of sweating officials inside.

Looking at those nervous officials, Chongzhen smiled secretly in his heart: Call you greedy, you deserve it, look at how Lao Tzu squeezes you dry, this time you will make a lot of money.

Chongzhen pretended to look through the account book in his hand, pretending to be angry as he looked at it. But in fact, it is completely incomprehensible, and it is completely a play.

"Hmph, two million taels of silver, 500,000 stone rice, just left the Jingshi, there are only more than 900,000 taels left, and there are only 100,000 stones left in the rice, you really deserve to be the pillars of my Ming Dynasty!" Chongzhen feigned anger.

At this time, those officials realized that things were not good, so they knelt down on a large piece of "brush, brush", and a minister directly bit back and scolded: "Your Majesty, this must be the perjury fabricated by the eunuch Cao Huachun, which is used to frame us and others, and please ask Your Majesty to investigate and wait for me to be innocent!"

"Please also ask Your Majesty to be clear!" The courtiers kneeling on the ground said in unison, and now they can only rely on the number of people to overwhelm Chongzhen's momentum, so that he can't help himself.

"Hmph, the evidence is here, how can it be fake? If everyone thinks that this is perjury, then how about I send the Jinyi guard to verify it? Chongzhen sneered.

At this time, the courtiers kneeling on the ground didn't know what to say, so they could only continue to kneel. After all, the crime is not to blame, no matter how powerful your emperor is, he won't dare to do it to everyone, right? Otherwise, there must be no chaos?

In fact, they guessed half right, Chongzhen really won't do all of them, he doesn't dare, he doesn't want to. He just wanted to extort them one more sum of money.

"I don't want to delve into this matter, this time, I don't want to go into it, but I hope you don't make an example." Chongzhen said. Of course, he wouldn't really be so kind as to let them go.

The courtiers were relieved when they heard that the emperor was no longer pursuing it.

"I have decided that whoever has paid the atonement money will not be held accountable for this matter." The corners of Chongzhen's mouth grinned inconspicuously.

As soon as the ministers heard it, they knew that the emperor was not that kind.

"How many taels of silver you have received from it, and then you will give three times the amount of atonement, shall you?" Chongzhen smiled lightly.

"Guilty ministers, thank you, Your Majesty." The ministers said helplessly.

"Then this matter is decided, besides, the New Year is approaching, and the ministers' salaries have not been distributed yet, right?" Chongzhen asked again, it's time for him to improve the official's salary, according to the Ming Dynasty's Fenglu system, the official can be described as "miserable" in one word

"Five million taels of internal funds will be transferred to the household department, and the ministers will be given a salary, and from now on, all officials will be doubled."

"Your Majesty is gracious." For them, the rise may be the best news in recent times.

……

"Your Majesty, the craftsman has been found and is waiting outside the palace!" In the Qianqing Palace, Cao Hua Chunyu reported.

"Okay, pass it in." Chongzhen said: "Cao Banban, you help me collect the indulgence money, and record those that can't be collected."

"Yes!" Cao Huachun said, and when he was about to turn around and go out, he only heard Chongzhen say, "Hard work, Cao Companion."

"Slaves and maids dare not be, it is the duty of slaves and maids to do things for Your Majesty."

After a while, several dark-skinned craftsmen walked in, knelt down and said, "See Your Majesty."

Although there have been eunuchs who have temporarily taught them etiquette, I don't know if it is because of the nervousness, and they behave very unnaturally at this time, and they feel a little overwhelmed. Cao Huachun couldn't help but scold in his heart: This group of big bosses is too rude, right?

Chongzhen couldn't help but be happy when he watched their movements, forced back a smile, and said, "Let's all be flat!"

"You're all skilled craftsmen, and you're all proficient in firing glass, right?" Chongzhen asked.

"Of course, the glass I burned out is beautiful." A man with five big and three rough said.

At this time, Cao Huachun already had the urge to hit someone, if it weren't for the emperor, it is estimated that he would have given the man a brick.

"Haha, huh? What's your name? Chongzhen thinks this man is quite interesting.

"Hehe, my name is Wang Dazhu, and my mother gave me the name." The man laughed.

"I won't say much else, this time I came to you to give you a task, you can take a look at this." After that, Chongzhen picked up a piece of rice paper from the table and ordered the little eunuch to hand it over to the craftsmen.

The craftsmen passed around, and finally they all looked at Chongzhen with a puzzled expression.

Only then did Chongzhen realize that they might not be literate, and said in his heart: It seems that education will have to be vigorously developed in the future.

"I'll find a few shows to tell you what is written on it in a while, and I'll give you a brief explanation first. I want you to make a completely transparent glass called glass, and on top of that is the general recipe for making it. However, you have to try it slowly. Chongzhen said.

At this time, Wang Dazhu asked, "Your Majesty, is there any benefit if we make it?"

"Be bold and not be rude." After Cao Huachun heard this, he immediately shouted.

When Chongzhen heard it, since he crossed over, no one dared to mention conditions to himself, but this Wang Dazhu was fresh, and he put forward conditions with himself.

"The benefits are naturally there, and I have a lot of rewards." Chongzhen said with a smile, he was completely amused by this honest man.

"Can you make me an official?" Wang Dazhu asked again, and the rest of the craftsmen were already sweating with fright. This Wang Dazhu, talking nonsense, if he angers His Majesty the Emperor, he will have to explain here together.

"Okay, I'll make you an official when the time comes." Chongzhen said with a smile, he doesn't have much to do, this official position is countless.

"Then I will thank Your Majesty, I will kowtow to you." Wang Dazhu knelt down and kowtowed.

Looking at such an honest Wang Dazhu, Chongzhen was amused by him at this time, and he couldn't close his mouth. Xindao: This is the material that was born to be a comedian, but unfortunately it was born too early.

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