Jin Yiwei Zhejiang walked He Ping'an looked at this new-style clock strangely.

If it is said that seven days later at nine o'clock in the evening, isn't that the first hour of the hour? Why use such a clock to determine the time?

It's not hard to tell at the beginning.

Even if someone stays in a place where there is no dripping, the time is a little earlier or a little late, it doesn't affect the result, right?

Of course, this new clock is very good.

He Ping'an only felt at first glance: This will be a very good selling object.

He didn't fully understand the significance of easier timekeeping technology for the efficiency of society as a whole and for scientific and technological research, but he saw the commercial benefits in it.

Yan Song saw a little more, so he attached great importance to this matter now.

Huangming score, there can really be one thing in Zhejiang, but why should that matter be discussed with Sun Xuan and Liang Yao?

After getting the new list handed over by Sun Xuan, Yan Song was able to tell which big clans in Zhejiang were still in the past.

But he didn't treat everyone equally.

On the day Liu Zhenyuan left Hangzhou, the post of the governor Yamen was delivered to many people's homes in Hangzhou.

But anyone who has some strength in Zhejiang will have a house in Hangzhou. If the head of the family is not here, there will also be a clansman or a shopkeeper or housekeeper here.

Therefore, the banquet of the governor's yamen basically included six or seven percent of the local clans in Zhejiang.

Add to that some people near Hangzhou, and that's even more.

Shen Yuanqing has not returned to Zhejiang, and his younger brother Shen Yuantao is here.

"You mean, everyone has received this invitation?" Shen Yuantao confirmed with the housekeeper again.

"I've inquired, second master. In Hangzhou, all families have received it. ”

Shen Yuantao looked at the content on the post.

It is said that Huang Mingji has a new good business, and seven days later in the Hangzhou Weaving Bureau invited Zhejiang to discuss cooperation.

There are many skilled craftsmen in Zhejiang, and if someone in Zhejiang can do this well, it will be a business of at least hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels per year in the future.

"It seems that the Sichuan incident has started, and Lord Futai really wants to appease Zhejiang." Shen Yuantao laughed, "Since you are going to the banquet, prepare a generous gift first." ”

In the governor's yamen, several people were in front of Yan Song.

The newly established Huangming Score has only sent three people to Hangzhou for the time being.

These three people, one is Wei Lin's godson, one is the concubine of Dingguo Gong, and the other is a certain Xiucai's account office.

Now, they and Liu Zhong were both listening to Yan Song, and Xie Changjie, the Zhejiang Inspector on the side, was also staring at Yan Song.

"Don't worry, Ben Fu has already played Your Majesty, and this matter will definitely not go wrong." Yan Song said very calmly, "Manager Liu, Gonggong Liang must have already informed you. After the new law, the weaving bureau will not still be the old system, so you might as well adapt to it as soon as possible. The establishment of the Emperor Ming Ji, Ben Fu knows the process best, and now the Emperor Ming Ji is only the beginning. Department stores can buy silk from the Weaving Bureau in Zhejiang, and naturally there can be other things. ”

Liu Zhong nodded again and again: "Our family understands." ”

Liang Yao has already explained it to him clearly, no matter what arrangements he encounters this time, he will obey his orders.

If you don't want Zhejiang's bad debts to be turned over to them in the future, you can cooperate well.

Yan Song said to Wei Lin's godson Wei Fu again: "Your Majesty sent this Emperor Ming Clock and Huang Ming Bell, just listen to this name, you don't have to worry about Ben Fu acting like this." Your Majesty hopes that this thing can spread all over the Ming Dynasty. With the delicacy of this thing, if you don't choose people with lofty ideals in the world to take it as a business, can you just build it slowly in Beijing? This involves the future commercial tax, the interests of the gentry, the well-being of the craftsmen and the people, and the practical learning of His Majesty! ”

Xie Changjie didn't understand: Is a small bell so important?

"Since Futai already has a secret performance, our family will naturally listen to Futai first." Wei Fu did his duty and asked.

Anyway, according to what Huang Ming Ji said now, what Yan Song was preparing to do was only "bidding".

This Huangming Grandfather Clock and Huangming Clock, how to build it at present, you have to send skilled craftsmen in Beijing to teach. Yan Song did this in Zhejiang, but he was afraid that he would make a fuss about the new law first.

After Liu Zhong, Wei Fu and others left, Xie Changjie opened his mouth: "Yan Futai wants to choose a few houses in Zhejiang to build this imperial table clock and the imperial Ming clock, so that some gentry can enjoy the benefits of the new law first, and they can also pay more taxes in the future, these lower officials understand." The well-being of the craftsmen and the people, as well as practical learning, should be consulted. ”

The imperial order he received was to stare at Yan Song, but Xie Changjie had seen Yan Song's power since he interrogated Jiang Bin in the lobby of the Criminal Department at that time, and he sincerely asked for advice in this sentence.

Yan Song was not slacking off on him, and replied patiently with a smile: "How many hidden households are there in the Ming Dynasty? After clearing the land and rebuilding the Yellow Book, many hermits in the past were also exempt from some additional servitude. The sharing of the burden between the rich and the poor does not mean that only the rich should bear the burden. Although the big ones will bear a little more, this amount of money is nothing to them. But the poor people, even if it is just a few extra pennies and silver burden, it is still a mountain. ”

Xie Changjie nodded thoughtfully.

"After the new law, the burden of servitude has increased and decreased, and in general, the burden on the poor people has actually been reduced. Inevitably, they couldn't figure it out, and they were instigated by some ill-intentioned people before they realized the benefits of the new law. This process is inevitable, so all provinces have to adapt measures to local conditions and find ways to make those who can no longer hide outside the Yellow Book have more income. The wonder of the emperor's memory lies in this. ”

Yan Song explained his arrangements to him with emotion.

In the process of making this clock, many kinds of raw materials are first needed, and the process of polishing and manufacturing is time-consuming, laborious and skillful.

According to His Majesty's letter, it is clear that more skilled craftsmen in the world will continue to improve.

In particular, one of them: there is already a strategy for the way to do it.

The reason why it can be so delicate that it can be timed without dripping or photometry has been clearly explained. Next, how to make many new things such as gears, clocksprings, springs, etc. more refined, and how to make the glass that shields the clock from wind and dust more clear, are all necessary to constantly make things clear.

And this bell that is easier to carry and more independent of external force can do many things and run more efficiently for the entire Ming Dynasty, Yan Song nodded a little, and Xie Changjie also understood.

With this thing, at least in the future, many people will no longer have the excuse of not knowing the time, and there will be a clearer record of the time of official correspondence.

After thinking about it, Xie Changjie asked: "If this Huangming Bell is built in large quantities, there will be more and more demand for copper and iron." ”

The lack of copper and iron in the Ming Dynasty is a problem.

"That's your majesty's other plan." Yan Song said with a smile, "All in all, in addition to this Emperor Ming Bell, Your Majesty must have other good things in the Ten Thousand Law Pavilion. With today's new law, commercial taxation will be a heavy responsibility in the future! ”

Zhejiang is going to take a group of people immediately. Under the determination of the emperor, the new law was unstoppable. Yan Song knew that he must stay in Zhejiang for a few years, and for him, Zhejiang was also a great place of opportunity.

Because Zhejiang is rich, there are many gentry in Zhejiang, there are many skilled craftsmen in Zhejiang, and the strength of Zhejiang's commercial banks is not small.

In this place where seven mountains, one water and two fields are divided, Yan Song has already clarified his own ideas for governance.

While Wang Shouren, who had thought very deeply about "Gewu", was still worried, Yan Song wanted to spend these two months in Zhejiang to draw a new blueprint.

Yan Song once again keenly discovered the emperor's intention to send this thing over.

Is it the whole purpose to let the world's skilled craftsmen continue to improve? If everything is not driven by the word of profit, it will not exist for a long time.

This Emperor Ming Bell is just one example.

Only if physics can create new benefits will it be gradually accepted by the gentry of the world.

Now Yan Song began to plan in advance, but Liu Zhenyuan's use for this thing was nothing more than to catch people more effectively and accurately.

Because there are a lot of people to be arrested this time, scattered all over the place.

It involves a major event that may ignite the powder keg and make some people take risks, and now that they can no longer cut flesh with a blunt knife, there is only the power of thunder.

The biggest effect of all localities being able to act at the same time is to deter them afterwards.

Time has come to the time agreed upon by Liu Zhenyuan and He Ping'an.

He Ping'an sat in Hangzhou, and in front of him was the Huangming Bell who stayed with him.

There are three hands, the short and thick one is called the hour hand, the slenderest one is called the second hand, and there is a minute hand.

These are all new words, and He Ping'an now only focuses on where they are: It's already 5:43 p.m.?

The original method of timekeeping was twelve hours a day, one hundred quarters, and each quarter was divided into one small quarter. According to the new method, the smallest time difference in the day is not a small quarter, but a second of two minutes and twenty-four seconds.

He Ping'an felt that he didn't need to be so fine, he only cared about what happened to Nanjing and what happened to the Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau.

At this time, the door of Hangzhou Weaving Bureau was full of traffic.

In previous years, it was only when the Japanese mission arrived, or when there was a temporary demand for silk in Beijing, that there was this scene at the gate of the Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau.

This scene is also very familiar to many people who came to the banquet today, and in the process of greeting at the door, they actually found the feeling of a good time in the past.

I don't know what the new good business is, but today's governor Yan Song, the head of the Weaving Bureau Liu Zhong, and the emperor Ming Ji Semicolon are all quite high-spirited, and they greeted everyone with a banquet first.

It was only after almost an hour that Yan Song gave the order, and two hours, one large and one small, were moved out.

The clock, which was carried by two eunuchs on plates, walked through the seats, and many craned their necks to look at it.

The dial looks like a sundial, but the turning needle is not a shadow, and I don't know why it can be turned so accurately.

The first batch of clocks handmade by the royal craftsmen were extremely delicate and ornately ornamented.

Yan Song said in high spirits: "This is a clear proof of Your Majesty's practical learning! The science of physics is full of wonder. Ladies and gentlemen, if you can open a workshop and fully understand the reason, then Zhejiang can become a major province of Daming clocks and glassware in addition to silk and other things. If there are more talents in physics, there will be all kinds of ingenious tools in the future, and Zhejiang can take the lead! The benefits of it are known to the wise. Ben Fu has asked His Majesty to invite the Wanfa Museum to go to Zhejiang to teach and study, regardless of the rest, the officials at all levels of the Ming Dynasty will purchase clocks and watches in the future, how big is the business? ”

Shen Yuantao nodded again and again: Sure enough, he is using Xinli to win over the gentry family.

It's still the same old way, some places let the rich have a little more blood, but they will find other ways to make up for it.

The way of enriching the country in this new law is to let the money be more than one more in the hands of the imperial court?

Nanjing did not have this one, Liu Zhenyuan saw that the time was already 8:20 at night, stood up and ordered: "Go!" ”

From the office of Nanjing Jinyiwei, more than 200 Jinyiwei dressed in flying fish suits left without saying a word, and then divided into 12 teams.

Liu Zhenyuan took ten people and went in the direction of Yangshi Bridge in the west.

In Meng Chun's house, he had just sent Fang Dingchang and the others away.

In the past few days, they have been arranging the tax correction and the rebuilding of the Yellow Book of Nanjing's household department to Nanzhili and Huguang, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces. How to write official documents, there is a lot of knowledge in it.

After cleaning his face, he prepared to go to rest in the Yingtianfu Ya, which was located in the north of the brocade workshop.

Walked to the side of the wing room to the newly accepted concubine after Ying Tianfu, and after the door opened, the beauty was as tender as water.

And Fang Dingchang's sedan chair just crossed the pigeon bridge in the northwest direction of Yingtianfu Ya.

It was late at night, and someone from the Five Cities Terracotta Division was patrolling the streets. The person who can still hang outside at this time is not a person with ability and status.

Fang Dingchang's house is located in Yumin Fang, not far away.

After entering the horse race, you will return to the house after another street corner.

He was thinking about the matter in Zhejiang: Yan Weizhong was the governor of Zhejiang, and he should be clear about the problems caused by the official document.

The imperial court should also be clear.

After the Sichuan incident, will the imperial court turn around?

The sedan chair turned a corner, and Fang Dingchang knew that it had turned into Yumin Fang.

Rubbing his eyebrows, when he got home, Fang Dingchang was going to let the concubine with good skills pinch it more.

Calculate the time, the will of the imperial court should also go to Nanjing the day after tomorrow.

As long as there is a slight loosening of the will, the official documents that have been sent out can be supplemented with another explanation.

Took out the clock from his arms and looked at the time, Jinyi Wei Nan Zhili walked Han Wu out of the courtyard gate of a small house in the south of Yumin Fang, and saw the sedan chair where Fang Dingchang was going home.

"Fifth Master, it's Fang Shilang." The eyes of the person behind him lit up, and he recognized the Fang family servant who was lighting the way with a lantern in front of him.

The corners of Han Wu's mouth curled: "Coincidentally, then ask Fang Shilang to take us home and see if there are any letters at home." ”

The sedan chair was paused, and Fang Dingchang was just about to speak, when he heard a cold voice not far in front of the sedan chair: "Jinyi Wei is doing business, Fang Shilang, let's see it when you get out of the sedan chair." ”

Behind him was his own butler, who was held to his neck with a knife by another brocade guard.

"Let me introduce, Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Si is in charge of Liu Zhenyuan, a thousand households. Meng Fuyin, offended, ordered, get dressed and come with us. ”

Meng Chun's face turned pale.

Crazy? There is a big incident in Sichuan, and you still have to make a big move in Nanjing?

In Zhejiang, He Ping'an is even better.

"Yan Futai, is this Zhang Futai who learns from Guangdong?" He stood at the door of the Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau and bared his teeth.

No one answered his words, but He Ping'an knew that Yan Song wanted to be a "good person".

took out the Huang Ming Bell again and looked at the time, He Ping'an nodded: "Go in!" ”

Nine o'clock has arrived, and all places are sent to the end.

Many heads of families and stewards are here, and many people have arranged for them to have people in their homes.

Naturally, there were not enough people in Jinyiwei, but each team was accompanied by an envoy from the political envoy Si Yamen.

Now, the servants had no idea why the lord of the clan had sent them to the door of many of the great clans who had been in close contact with the lord of the clan at the behest of the Jinyi Guard.

The Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau is full of brocade guards, and He Ping'an came to the uneasy crowd in Yan Song's "stunned" expression.

"Yan Futai, offended! By order, he was instructed by Sun Fantai to arrest the rebels. ”

Yan Song asked "confusedly": "Sun Fantai? ”

He Ping'an hugged his fists: "There is evidence that Sun Fantai handed over to the general." I used Yan Futai to invite everyone to come to the banquet today, but I didn't dare to slack off because of the emperor's order. Where he was offended, Jinyiwei couldn't compensate Yan Futai. ”

After that, he waved his hand with a very faceless look like Yan Song: "Take people!" ”

Seven days of peace and tranquility are shattered at this moment.

Whether it was a plan made seven days ago, or whether Jin Yiwei really borrowed Yan Song's arrangement and chose to do it at this time, it doesn't matter to the people who came to the banquet.

In front of everyone's eyes, a total of eleven families were taken away on the spot, and the scene was chaotic and terrifying for a while.

If you plot against Qin, isn't that going to raid your family and exterminate your family?

Yan Song said "righteously and righteously": "How do you call this one? If Your Majesty has the will to take on so many people, why doesn't Benfu know? ”

"Jinyiwei Zhejiang walked to congratulate Ping'an. Yan Futai, the former Sichuan envoy Gao Kewei and the former five military camp commanders Zhang Wei first, and in Sichuan intended to connect with the former Zuobu political envoy Yang Junlin to rebel behind, and now they have all been captured. Under the confession, there were people involved in the case in Nanzhili, Zhejiang and many provinces. In order to prevent leakage of information, Jin Yiwei arrested the accomplices first. Your Majesty has decreed that it should arrive in these two days. Congratulations to Yan Futai in advance, and the provinces have set up governors, and they will be called Yan Dutai in a few days. ”

Leaving this information exploding, He Ping'an hugged his fist again and waved his hand: "Go!" ”

From the beginning of Jinyiwei's action, an hour later, Guo Xun handed over the token to Chang Xuanzhen in Nanjing: "Let Xiaoling guard the gates of Nanjing!" Before Jiang Dutai came with the holy decree, this marquis supervised the city of Nanjing! ”

"Yes!"

Nanjing was ordered by the Marquis of Wuding to send a secret decree and an order from the military department, and the Nanjing guards led by Xiaolingwei guarded the gates of Nanjing at night, while Song Liangchen, the Marquis of Xining, supervised the soldiers and horses of the five cities in Nanjing.

On the Nanjing side, the main focus is on officials.

In Zhejiang, there are just some gentry families.

The night is still long, and those who have fallen asleep have their own dreams.

It was already late at night, and many people in Nanzhili and Zhejiang provinces were crying in despair.

But the movement in their house can only wake up some neighbors, and when they open the crack in the door and peek, they only see the shadows of some flying fish suits.

Then the door was closed, and the heart trembled.

(End of chapter)