Zhang Youcheng and the three of them can be said to be bent on death.

On the one hand, it is out of the so-called promise of a thousand dollars.

On the other hand, it is difficult to ride a tiger in front of everyone, and if you don't die, it's really a bit unreasonable.

So the three of them made a fuss.

Zhu Di also felt irritable, and seeing that the appeasement had no effect, he said: "Qing and the other three are bent on death, so as to fulfill their loyalty, and it is inconvenient for me to keep them." ”

He flicked his sleeves and looked like he was ignoring it.

At this moment, Kuang Yu and Wang Wenluo were a little nervous.

It's all at this point, and it's unreasonable not to die.

At that moment, the two of them had the strength to break free from the minister who was holding them back again.

But at this time, Zhang Anshi suddenly shouted: "Isn't it easy to die?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Do you think that if you die today, your reputation for loyalty will be fulfilled? In fact, it is incorrigible stupid! Okay, isn't it asking for death? Then die for me, and I'll see how you three fools died. ”

At this moment, the anger of Kuang Yu and Wang Wenluo came up suddenly.

They glared at Zhang Anshi angrily, and their eyes seemed to be about to breathe fire.

Zhang Anshi said calmly: "First of all, you are stupid and ignorant, so you have to bet with me." If you lose a bet, but now you are looking for life and death, you really think that you are dead, and you have a reputation for making a promise. But in fact, people in the world just laugh at you for not being self-sufficient and stupid. ”

Kuang Yu said: "If you can't be stupid, you can't be stupid." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "If I were you, I would only feel ashamed and embarrassed, thinking in my heart, why did I read so many books for ten years, but I was so uninformed, so that I ...... It has come to this point. ”

"A scholar, who doesn't know how to reflect, is he embarrassed to live in a temple? In my opinion, you're just a joke! Your Majesty...... They themselves said that they wanted to give their heads to the minister, and the minister had a reluctant request, since their heads were at the disposal of the minister, why not hand over the three people to the minister? ”

Zhu Di now just wanted to solve the trouble quickly, so he bowed his head and said, "That's it." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "The heads of these three people will be sent to their heads first, and when the minister wants to take it, he will naturally take it." ”

Kuang Yu and Wang Wen blushed slightly, and Zhang Anshi's words stimulated them and made them feel angry.

And his colleagues sighed in their hearts one by one, feeling a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

You must know that the three of Kuang, don't look young now, and their official positions are not high, but one is in the household department, one is in the military department, and one is the imperial history, it is completely foreseeable that the future prospects of these three people are unlimited, and after 20 years, I am afraid they can all be called important ministers of the imperial court.

Now, he has ruined his future by mistake.

Zhu Di didn't pay attention to this matter anymore, but he had already walked to the side of the new car, re-examined the car, and the more he looked at it, the more tempting he became.

So he said, "If you build this car...... Do you have to wait for rubber? ”

Zhang Anshi nodded and said: "Yes, without rubber, the shock suspension and brake system will not work, not to mention that many components are carefully polished by craftsmen, and the cost is high." Chen is mobilizing people to try their best to reduce the cost of these steel components, such as this ball bearing, in order to make this, it took more than a dozen craftsmen, more than half a month of effort, to produce a set of qualified bearings. Only by finding a way to improve the manufacturing process will it be possible to mass-produce it on a large scale in the future. ”

In fact, theoretically, many things in later generations, as long as they involve relatively simple mechanical components, as long as you are willing to regardless of the cost, you can let people rub them out by hand.

But the hand rubbing out and the real energy production, but it is two different things, just like there are many ingenious handicrafts in ancient times, put in later generations, can also be called exquisite, but this does not represent the level of craftsmanship of the ancients, can be comparable to later generations. It can only show that the craftsman who rubbed this thing by hand is superb.

Zhu Di listened, thought for a while, and said, "What about three or five years later?" ”

"After three or five years, the minister is somewhat sure, but it requires a lot of manpower and material resources."

Zhu Di took a deep breath and said: "A lot of manpower and material resources have been invested, once it can be produced, then it can reduce countless manpower and material resources, not to mention that it can also ensure the grain and grass of my army, which is a thousand years of work!" In the future, if there is anything lacking here, I will tell me, I want people and things. ”

Zhang Anshi immediately said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Obviously, Zhu Di is different from other emperors who are ignorant of the world, he at least knows the power brought by tools, after all, he is an emperor who will win the world immediately, not a person who has been hiding in the deep palace all his life and knows nothing about the outside world.

In fact, for Zhang Anshi, it is of great significance to build this car.

Because building a car is not just as simple as building a car, once such a car can be mass-produced on a large scale, then ...... The mechanical level of the entire Ming Dynasty is equivalent to going up a step directly.

On the one hand, it shows that rubber can be used on a large scale, in addition, such as this bearing, how can it be used in carriages? To be honest, all the current waterwheels and windmills, if there are such pulleys, they can get twice the result with half the effort.

It can be said that once a large amount of investment is started, many craftsmen and smart people enter this field, then the benefits brought are not just as simple as horse-drawn carriages, but almost all manufacturing industries can be greatly improved.

Zhu Di continued: "As for the three of Kuang, you will deal with it, I have already appointed you as the prefect of Taiping Mansion......"

Zhang Anshi said: "The minister has not received the will. ”

Zhu Di squinted at Zhang Anshi and said, "A prefect is also worthy of his will?" ”

"This ......"

Zhu Di said: "When the ministry will give you a letter of appointment, you can take office immediately, although the Taiping Mansion is not far from the capital, but Zhang Qing's family ...... If you really go to Taiping Mansion, you won't be able to do it if you don't have an assistant by your side. Let the three of them assist you, and then I will have another appointment for them. It's just that your wife is already waiting to give birth, but you need to go to Taiping Mansion to take office, and then Jingyi is afraid that she will blame me. ”

Zhang Anshi was surprised: "Your Majesty, who said that the minister was going to the Taiping Mansion to take office?" ”

Zhu Di was equally shocked, raised his eyebrows and said: "The prefect of Taiping Mansion was negotiated between me and you, and you didn't object at the beginning. Why, now that I have let Wenyuan Pavilion and the various ministries coordinate, you have retreated? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "The governance of this Taiping Mansion can obviously be rested in Qixia." ”

Zhu Di: "......"

Zhu Di put his hands behind his back, looked at the car in his eyes, and then began to pace.

Although Qi Xia is independent, after all, it was under the jurisdiction of Ying Tianfu before, but now Qi Xia is the capital of this Taiping Mansion, which is obviously ...... It's a bit of an unsightly sight.

"Zhang Qing, is this reasonable?" Zhu Di was a little undecided, his voice was a little soft, and he seemed to have realized that the officials might criticize this.

The so-called Taiping Mansion is Wuhu and Ma'anshan, while Qixia is subordinate to Nanjing City.

In later generations, Nanjing is almost equivalent to the provincial capital of Wuhu and Ma'anshan, and now it is unreasonable to let Qixia be the governor of Wuhu and Ma'anshan?

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, this is too reasonable, Wu ...... No, as long as the military and civilians of Taiping Mansion have no opinions. ”

Zhu Di groaned: "Since you are the prefect, you can make your own decisions about this matter." I can say it first, this Taiping Mansion is also at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and my appointment of you has attracted many criticisms, but you must fight for me, and you must not make any trouble. “

Zhang Anshi breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "The minister must do his best." ”

Zhu Di immediately prepared to drive back to the palace.

Empress Xu, surrounded by the eunuchs, was also about to board the chariot, but at this time, Empress Xu couldn't help but squat.

The eunuch didn't know what was going on, and looked at Empress Xu cautiously.

Empress Xu suddenly retched, and then boarded the chariot.

The ministers followed the royal car and walked back, and Qi Xia finally regained her calm.

It's just that the next day, when Zhang Anshi went to the East Palace, he saw Zhu Zhanji rushing forward: "Uncle, Uncle......"

It was rare to see him so enthusiastic, Zhang Anshi hugged him and said with a smile: "Boy, do you miss your uncle?" ”

"Bad news for you." Zhu Zhanji's voice was very soft.

Zhang Anshi grinned and said, "Haha, bad news? Could it be that you're wetting the bed again? ”

Zhu Zhanji still frowned at his little brows and said, "It's the emperor's grandmother...... She's pregnant. ”

When Zhang Anshi heard this, his body trembled, and his hand couldn't help but let go.

With a click, Zhu Zhanji fell directly to the ground.

Zhu Zhanji didn't cry, and got up stupidly.

The eunuch in the distance was about to rush forward, and Zhu Zhanji said, "Don't come here." ”

Zhang Anshi's brain was buzzing at this time.

This is definitely something he didn't expect.

Your Majesty's age is not young now, it should be forty-six or seventeen years old.

And Empress Xu's age is probably between forty-one and twelve.

According to the trend of history, Empress Xu should have died, but because of his treatment, she survived.

But where did you think that this survived, not to mention, it was still ...... Pregnant.

Zhu Di and Empress Xu have a very good relationship, except for the three sons born to Empress Xu, Zhu Di has no other heirs.

And now...... Empress Xu is pregnant again......

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty...... He's really a role model for me......"

Zhang Anshi was incoherent, and he didn't know whether to be happy or sad, but continued to mutter: "It's really unthinkable to have such skills at such an age...... I thought it was ...... I thought it was ......"

Zhu Zhanji lowered his head and said, "Oh no, if the imperial grandmother gives birth to another uncle for me in the future, maybe the imperial grandfather and grandmother will no longer like me." ”

Zhang Anshi reacted, touched Zhu Zhanji's head and said: "Don't panic, you are seven years old now, that kid hasn't been born yet, seven years old is zero years old, the advantage is yours." ”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi said again: "Where did you get the news?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said: "It came out of the palace that a eunuch came to the East Palace to report the good news, and my father and mother have already set off to the palace to congratulate them. ”

Seeing that he was still frowning, Zhang Anshi touched his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's good to have one more uncle." ”

Zhang Anshi comforted him, even if Zhu Di gave birth to a fourth son, Zhang Anshi also thought that there was no need to worry at all, it was impossible to affect the East Palace, but there was just one more vassal king in Daming.

comforted Zhu Zhanji, Zhang Anshi learned that the crown prince and the crown princess Zhang were not there, so it was not easy to stay longer, so he said: "Uncle still has official business, so I can't accompany you, Uncle is still the prefect of Taiping Mansion, this is a great responsibility, you stay alive, don't be greedy." ”

After explaining, Zhang Anshi went home.

Back in Qixia, at this time, in Nanzhen Fusi, a new signboard was hung up: "The Yamen of the Governor of Taiping Mansion." ’

This Nanzhen Fusi specially gave up more than a dozen controlled public houses and duty rooms to serve as the office locations of the future prefect of Taiping Mansion and the clerks.

And the officials and scribes who worked in the yamen of the original Taiping prefect have also set off, and they are like prisoners and settled here.

Their family is small, after all, they are all in the Taiping Mansion, but people need to come here to be on duty, not to mention this Nanzhen Fusi, which makes people frightened, when they think that they are entering a demon cave, there are countless pairs of cruel eyes staring at them, they feel like they are sitting on pins and needles.

Zhang Anshi sat down, he was actually a little worried about Queen Xu's pregnancy, and wondered in his heart, is it better for him to pretend not to know about this matter, or should he take the time to enter the palace tomorrow to congratulate?

At this moment, a scribe crept over and said, "Grandpa, three people came outside, saying that they came to ask to see you." ”

Zhang Anshi was stunned for a moment and said, "The three of you, who are they?" ”

The scribe said: "Claiming to be cloth clothes...... Whatever......"

Zhang Anshi felt strange, so he said: "You first go to the Nanzhen Fusi next door, find ten or eight captains, ask them to bring swords, come here to guard, and then let those three people in." ”

The scribe nodded.

Soon, the lieutenants were in place.

Then three people came in.

Zhang Anshi fixed his eyes and saw that these three people were not yesterday's Zhang Youcheng, Kuang Yu, and Wang Wenluo?

As soon as Zhang Anshi saw them, he only hated that he didn't have an armor-piercing stomach.

Although these three people are all scholars, everyone has a grudge after all.

But if you think about it, this is your own nest, and there are more than a dozen guards on the side, I'm afraid that he will be a bird.

Here, none of these three people wore official robes.

The leader was Zhang Youcheng, Zhang Youcheng said with a cold face: "Wei Guogong, the three of us have resigned from their official positions, and since the head is in the hands of Wei Guogong, please ask Wei Guogong to give the three of me a good time." ”

Zhang Anshi: "......"

Zhang Anshi found that he had met three ruthless people.

These three people are really endless, and they are on the same page with him.

Zhang Anshi sneered: "What are you doing when you resign from your official position? ”

"If Duke Wei wants to take the lives of the three of us, if the three of us are still officials of the imperial court, it will inevitably hinder the reputation of the imperial court. Now, the three of us are cloth, and Wei Guogong can do it himself and screw off the heads of the three of us. ”

Zhang Anshi looked at him with interest and said, "What if I don't screw it?" ”

Zhang Youcheng said resolutely: "Anyway, this head belongs to Wei Guogong, so naturally he can be disposed of, we have already said that Wei Guogong will dispose of it." ”

Zhang Anshi couldn't help but sigh, these three people can be regarded as having relatively hard bones, but if they think about it carefully, if they are not hard, they will not stand up and bet with him in front of everyone.

Zhang Anshi sighed and said, "Since this is the case, then I have to deal with it." ”

"Naturally, listen to it." Zhang Youcheng is enlightened.

Zhang Youcheng's expression was very tired, and the three of them, after going back, discussed all night.

Although slowly, they calmed down and did not seek death or life.

But after thinking about it carefully, he really didn't have the face to continue to see people, so he simply hung up his crown and went to find Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi looked at the three of them, and couldn't help but cry and laugh: "Why do you bother." Hey, why are they as stubborn as a cow. ”

Zhang Youcheng snorted coldly and did not respond.

Zhang Anshi's skin is much thicker than theirs.

You must know that in this world, thick-skinned people are thin-skinned, but they are dimensionally reduced.

Zhang Anshi looked at Kuang Yu again and said, "You and Wang Wenluo, is it the same?" ”

Kuang Yu said indifferently: "Let it be disposed of." ”

Zhang Anshi sighed and said, "That's it, I don't want your heads, but since you have to let me deal with it, it's okay...... You have to promise me one thing. ”

"Wei Guogong, but it doesn't hurt to say."

Zhang Anshi said: "I have a workshop, which is engaged in the trading of paper, and the three of you are responsible for running it." ”

"That's it?" Zhang Youcheng and the three of them were not only surprised, but also showed disdain.

You know, buying and selling is a great insult to the scholars, who themselves look down on the merchants.

What's more, the three of them are all reading sage books, and the Qi family rules the country and the world, and this rule of the country and the world is all captured. What's more, it's a small deal to govern a district?

Zhang Anshi didn't care about their feelings, and said at this time: "Someone is coming, ......"

He explained to the scribe: "Let these three people go to Zhu Jin, and Zhu Jin will arrange for them." ”

Saying that, Zhang An Shicai looked at the three of them again: "The ugly words are ahead, if you lose money in this business of mine, I will not spare you at that time." ”

"Does Wei Guogong have insulted us like this? Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated. Kuang Yu only felt ashamed and humiliated, and stared at Zhang Anshi deadly.

Looking at the three of them angrily, Zhang Anshi said calmly: "Why, you are not afraid of death, are you even afraid of running a small business?" ”

Zhang Anshi can see that he has to be agitated to deal with these three stubborn guys.

"Hmph." The three of them blushed, but they still obeyed after all.

And the scribe took them away.

Zhang Anshi sat on the eucalyptus and began to work, since he was the new prefect, then he had to open up the situation, but how stubborn the old ideas and the old production system were, and how difficult it was to open the situation at the same time, there could be no chaos under the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Not to mention anything else, once Zhang Anshi puts forward any new proposition, if someone sabotages behind his back, or fanned the flames, it may cause big problems.

Zhang Anshi didn't dare to underestimate this small Taiping Mansion.

After more than an hour, when Zhang Anshi was still pondering how to open the situation, Zhu Jin came to him in a hurry: "Grandpa, grandpa......"

Zhang Anshi raised his head, showed a displeased look, and scolded: "What's the matter, it's frizzy." ”

Zhu Jin smiled bitterly: "Grandpa, those three people...... The small ones have been arranged. ”

"Is it the paper workshop?"

"Yes." Zhu Jin was a little embarrassed: "It's just ...... These three people, but they are all scholars, and they are all from Jinshi, and they deigned to come here...... Small...... The little ones think it's ...... for them to let them run the business under our firm Isn't it ......"

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Is it a knife to kill chickens?" ”

"Yes, that's what small means."

Zhang Anshi said: "These three people are very stubborn and have a very straight temper. But...... In this world, who can be a jinshi, who is not a dragon and phoenix among people? The imperial examination is held once every three years, and only two or three hundred people are admitted to each subject, that is, the world before yesterday, on average, there are only about 100 jinshi in a year. What's more, I have checked their results in the imperial examination, and the three of them are all second-class jinshi, which is even more rare. But this kind of person is really smart, not to mention that he has already been an official, and he can be regarded as having seen the world, since they said that I can dispose of it, then I will try them first and weigh their catties and taels. ”

Zhu Jin said with a little concern: "If this matter spreads, I am afraid that it will damage the reputation of my grandfather." ”

In fact, this is what Zhu Jin is most worried about.

Zhang Anshi himself was happy: "I have a bird reputation!" Which of those people who read books didn't mention me yin and yang? There is no way to lose anything in this world. Okay, don't panic, you can just do your business, do whatever you want. In short, don't embarrass them, but don't take special care of them, just treat them as ordinary shopkeepers under you. ”

Since Zhang Anshi specially confessed, Zhu Jin had no choice but to nod and say, "Yes, yes." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "In a few days, I will plan the entire Taiping Mansion, and the commercial bank must prepare as soon as possible, first of all, it is necessary to connect with the Taiping Mansion." This Taiping Mansion and my Qixia ferry port can be regarded as facing each other across the river, so let's build a few more ferries to connect with Taiping Mansion. ”

"Yes."

After all the explanations were completed, Zhang Anshi waved his hand and said, "Okay, you are busy with your going." ”

In the afternoon, it was the county magistrates of the counties of Taiping Province who brought the local gentry to pay homage to Zhang Anshi, the prefect.

This is almost the old rule of the magistrate, when the new official takes office, the lower-level officials and the local snake must come to visit, which is considered to be acquaintance, and they can borrow from each other in the future.

It's just that when these people arrived at the Nanzhen Fusi, they saw that there was still a plaque of the prefect of the Taiping Mansion hanging on the wall of the Nanzhen Fusi, and their faces were like earth, and they hesitated before they went in.

In front of Zhang Anshi, they didn't dare to speak loudly.

Zhang Anshi glanced at everyone vigorously, and said: "The new official has three fires, and the rest of the words will not be said, in short, it is one, that is...... From now on, there will be some rules in this Taiping Mansion, and these rules have not yet come out, so you must also be mentally prepared. ”

Only explain these, and with a horizontal eyebrow, it has the meaning of sending off guests.

These people were already extremely uncomfortable here, and before they came, they had brewed words, but they couldn't say a word, at this time, they just nodded like chickens pecking rice, and kept saying: "Ah...... Yes, yes, yes......"

Finally out of Nanzhen Fusi, this person who was like a frosted eggplant, began to discuss, and many people couldn't help but show worry.

"Those who come are not good, and those who are good are not coming! I look at our Taiping Mansion, it won't be peaceful in the future. ”

They went out on the front foot, and the brocade guards were in charge of Chen Li, but they had already brought a stack of recitals and personally delivered them to Zhang Anshi's eucalyptus.

This stack of reports records most of the information collected by Jinyiwei from the Taiping Mansion, including the prices of each county, the distribution of the population, the number of people with various household registrations, and even the intricate relationships in each county.

"Grandpa......" Chen Li glanced up at Zhang Anshi, and said respectfully: "These days, when I was in charge of investigating the Taiping Mansion, I found some things, but I didn't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

Zhang Anshi saw a bit of solemnity on Chen Li's face, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "These things are not in the report?" ”

Chen Li glanced at Zhang Anshi deeply before saying, "This matter is not trivial, so I dare not record it." ”

Zhang Anshi was serious, and looked at Chen Li with a serious expression: "Say." ”

Chen Li hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I found that the people in the countryside of Taiping Mansion mostly offer Maitreya, but what they believe in is not an ordinary monk temple, nor a Taoist temple, in many places, there are so-called White Lotus Daoists, these White Lotus Daoists, or for prestigious people, or local rich families or gentry, they are worshiped by the people, and there are no precepts, do not cut hair, do not fast, and do not forbid to marry......"

After Zhang Anshi heard this, he stared at Chen Li, frowned, and said, "You're talking about the White Lotus Sect, right?" ”

Chen Lidao: "It's the ...... of Mingjiao"

Zhang Anshi then remembered that the predecessor of Mingjiao, the White Lotus Sect, had a huge uprising at that time, which led to the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, and even Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu Emperor of this dynasty, was also attached to Mingjiao, and after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he began to ban Mingjiao.

Speaking of this White Lotus Sect, the reason why it has been popular since the Song Dynasty is actually for a reason, because it just caters to the needs of every class.

In general Taoism or Buddhism, the teachings are too advanced and the precepts are relatively strict. However, the White Lotus Sect is easy to understand, the teachings are simple, and the practice is simple, so that everyone can understand the teachings, which is very conducive to large-scale dissemination.

On the other hand, because there are no precepts, more people are willing to participate, especially many local gentry and wealthy families, who are also very keen to participate.

They are often bribed by the White Lotus Sect to hold the position of so-called White Lotus Daoist in their own country or hometown, with which they can accept offerings from the Sect, collect their belongings, and occasionally mediate their disputes.

Under this model, since the birth of the White Lotus Sect, almost whether it is the Song Dynasty or the Yuan Dynasty, and even throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties, the White Lotus Sect has still developed rapidly regardless of whether it has been attacked by the government or not.

Zhang Anshi said: "Really? How many people participated? ”

Chen Li lowered his voice and said: "The people of this Taiping Mansion are only afraid that there are seven or eight out of ten......"

When Zhang Anshi heard this, his brows furrowed even deeper, and he couldn't help but say, "So much? ”

Chen Li nodded and said, "Maybe the observation of the lower officials may not be accurate, but there should be eight or nine that are not far from ten." I think this is not a small matter, so I specially came to report to my grandfather, but it was just ...... Whether the grandfather will report to the court or not, but it needs to be considered. ”

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I'm very sorry, it's really Kavin, so I delayed a little time, I hope you understand!