Chapter 280: Divine Engineering Academy

Kong Mengchang received everyone's attention, and the old god walked out and said loudly:

"Listening to the debate of my colleagues, I thought that farming was not smooth in the past few years, but this year was a bumper harvest, and I thought that the new salt production method not only increased the income of the imperial court, but also reduced the burden of the people, and also thought of the new firearms and new vehicles, which helped me pacify Liaodong in 3 months and create a century-old feat.

The minister deeply felt the wisdom of the emperor and the wonderful use of the study of agriculture and industry."

When the officials who opposed the reform heard this, their hearts were immediately cold, and it was broken, and the old Kong Ge had rebelled.

Kong Mengchang ignored those disappointed expressions and continued, "The minister is in favor of opening a science major!"

Chongzhen wanted to laugh in his heart, this Kong Mengchang is too good at calculating people.

Ming Ming agreed to open a science department early, but he took the lead in opposing it, and when everyone took him as the leader, he immediately counterattacked and successfully blocked the mouths of all the opposition.

Seeing that there was no objection anymore, Chongzhen said loudly: "This matter has been agreed, prince, announce your retirement from the dynasty!"

Zhu Cihong smiled bitterly, "Retreat!"

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military withdrew from the main hall, they returned to their homes and hurriedly ate, and hurried out again.

Because everyone knows that today is the day of the ribbon-cutting of the Shengong Academy.

Although everyone doesn't know what the Shengong Institute does, they know that it was opened by Emperor Chongzhen with internal money.

It is said that the people in the courtyard are only some people with strange skills, and there will be some novelties sold in the lobby, and I don't know what the emperor is going to do.

Could it be that after several big victories, Emperor Chongzhen is full of ambition and is about to go astray?

The ministers thought of Emperor Zhengde's leopard room, Emperor Jiajing's danfang, and Emperor Apocalypse's carpenter's workshop, for fear that Chongzhen would also be a plaything.

So go and see, once you see signs of loss of mind on playthings, you will definitely be in the book to admonish!

Even, some people have decided that Chongzhen is going to slip in his thoughts, and he has booked the coffin first, and it is said that he will carry the coffin to the Shengong Institute today, and die!

These things have long been reported to Chongzhen by the spies from all walks of life, and Zhu Youjian doesn't care, he clearly knows that Confucianism has produced a lot of decadent things after thousands of years of development.

But Confucianism is still very inclusive. In addition, Chinese civilization is also extremely inclusive and expansive, and once the Shengong Institute is published, it will certainly be accepted by society and academia.

At noon, firecrackers rang out in front of the gate of the Institute of Divine Engineering, and gongs and drums were noisy.

The festive voice sounded for a long time, and suddenly it was quiet, and people found that a brocade-robed official walked to the main gate of the Shengong Academy, and he was Jiao Miao, the first president of the Shengong Academy.

Jiao Miao stood still and announced in public that the Shengong Institute was established.

Li Banghua, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Ni Yuanlu, the first assistant of the Military Aircraft Department, took scissors to cut the ribbon in front of the door according to Chongzhen's request, and led the princes and ministers into the lobby to visit with the respect of the first assistant.

The courtiers were all surprised, they didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen would make such a big show, and they were also a little angry, and reprimanded Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu in their hearts for their behavior.

But now that people are in power, not many people are willing to touch their moldy heads, so they all treat each other with a smile on their faces and arch their hands to the lobby.

"Wait!"

A loud shout came, it was the waiter of the Ministry of Rites Qu Qu judging himself.

I saw him sweating profusely and panting.

"Qu Shilang, I heard that you are going to carry the coffin to death, why did you come empty-handed." Someone teased.

"Hmph, my coffin was tampered with, the pole was broken a few times, and the bottom of the coffin was broken, and it couldn't be lifted out at all!" Qu Zhen was furious.

"Since some of the little ones used despicable means to stop me from dying, then I must come even more!"

Qu Xianji stepped forward a few steps, pointed at Ni Yuanlu's nose and shouted:

"Hong Bao Gong, do you remember Yan Song, the female cadre who is "the only one who is flattering and stealing power for profit"?"

Back then, Yan Song, who was originally just a secretary of the Criminal Department, was able to suddenly rise, replace Xia Yan, become the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and continue to be in power for more than ten years, relying on Emperor Jiajing.

What Emperor Jiajing liked, whether it was right or wrong, Yan Song was bent on implementing it.

after

The evil deeds were exposed, Yan Song cut his nationality to the people, his family property was confiscated, and Yan Song, who was 87 years old in the first year of Longqing, was poor and sick, and died in a scolding. When he died, he was fed in a tomb, and there was no coffin to bury him, and there was no one to mourn. The "History of the Ming Dynasty" listed Yan Song as one of the six female cadres of the Ming Dynasty, saying that she was "the only one who is flattering, stealing power and profiting".

Qu Xianji compared Ni Yuanlu to Yan Song, which is actually a considerable insult, the implication is that you Ni Yuanlu is so flattering, do you want to be the second Yan Song?

Li Banghua saw that Ni Yuanlu was scolded by Qu Xianji, and unconsciously touched his nose.

This Qu Juan was pulled up by himself, so he deliberately ignored himself and only scolded Ni Yuanlu.

However, at this time, Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu stood together and did the same thing, anyone can see that scolding Ni Yuanlu is scolding Li Banghua.

Ni Yuanlu was calm, he smiled faintly, "Qu Shilang, how do you know that this official is wanton and flattering? Have you ever seen it in the Academy? Do you know what's on display inside?"

Qu Xianji laughed: "It's nothing more than the Leopard Room, the Dan Room, and even, the Wine Pond Meat Forest! Don't go!"

He said that the leopard room and the Danfang were analogous to the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but when he said the four characters of Jiuchi Meat Forest, this was a direct comparison of Chongzhen to the king of Shang.

"Bold! You are guilty of recklessness! Slash!" An official shouted.

Qu Zhen's face did not change, "This official is here to die, and he will be killed!"

Ni Yuanlu was still calm, "Since Qu Shilang regards death as home, it is better to go in with this official and take a look, and it is better to understand death!"

Qu Xianji was righteous and awe-inspiring: "It's okay! It's fine!"

After the words fell, Qu Xianji followed Ni Yuanlu in, and said as he walked, "If I go, I will destroy all the things displayed in the lobby!"

Qu Xianji walked three or five steps inside, and suddenly stopped, as if frightened.

"This ...... Who is this, and how does it seem familiar......

It turned out that he saw the floor-to-ceiling mirror displayed at the front of the lobby.

This mirror is 6 feet high and 3 feet wide, and it illuminates Qu Zhenji's whole body!

"Haha, Qu Shilang, this is a floor-to-ceiling mirror invented by the Shengong Academy, which can illuminate human figures! The emperor gave him a nickname and called it the "Body Mirror."

Qu Xianji immediately heard the meaning of the mirror, which is taken from the famous saying of Tang Taizong, with copper as a mirror, you can be dressed; With the ancient as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses.

"Qu Shilang, if every family in the Ming Dynasty has a body mirror, both officials and ordinary people use this mirror to dress properly and examine their bodies three times a day, wouldn't it be beautiful, wouldn't it be right!" Ni Yuanlu said gently.

Qu Xianji snorted coldly, "Don't prevaricate people with this kind of talk, although the mirror is good, the price must be expensive, not to mention the people, even the officials, who can afford it?" Now it is displayed here for sale, I am afraid that it is not for the sake of the body, but for the purpose of enriching the internal wealth!"

"No, the emperor ordered the Shengong Institute to develop mirrors, naturally for the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty." Ni Yuanlu was still not angry, "Do you know how much silver this mirror sells?"