Chapter 185: A Mechanical Egg
The third lady made a proposal that the imperial court could not refuse, raising more sheep and less horses.
"Do you know what that means?" Ma Ziqiang heard the third lady say this, frowned and said, as if the imperial court's attempt to engage in the wool business to weaken the offensive power of the grassland seems to have been detected by the chieftain.
"I know, Changshengtian gave us the ability to survive on horseback, let us control the strings and stretch the bow, but Changshengtian did not give us life, let us lack pots, cloths, salt and tea, killing all the time, everywhere, if there are fewer horses, there will be no way to loot, and if there are fewer horses, there will be no way to go south." The third lady said with certainty: "Maybe there are fewer horses, and our lives will be stable." ”
"The powerful man of the Ming Dynasty is even more greedy than the chiefs of various tribes."
The three ladies or the supporters behind the three ladies are very aware of the consequences of increasing the supply of wool, which is not difficult to understand, the root of Da Ming's play is the unstoppable conspiracy.
"Altan Khan has caught an eagle all his life, but after all, he was pecked by an eagle." Zhu Yijun looked at the third lady and said something that everyone could understand, but others sounded very suspicious.
Altan Khan's basic plate is the Tumut Department, he himself is ten thousand households, he has followed his brother to fight all his life, Altan Khan himself, is a hardcore main battle faction, advocating war to nourish war, forming a path dependence, Altan Khan's basic supporters are the main war faction.
Altan Khan used a woman to play a tribute, but this woman directly set it up.
The supporters of the three ladies are the lord and the peace, and she herself is also a staunch lord and appeasement, thinking that it is better to fight than to make peace, and the tribute and border trade are impressive, and there are more and more supporters.
When the court of Longqing in the fifth year of the court agreed to pay tribute, the courtiers came to a conclusion, that is: the beginning of the seal was completed, and the intention of the three ladies was realized.
Many tribes in the grassland are completely feudal, that is, the khan seals ten thousand households, ten thousand households, and thousands of households, and the Ming Dynasty's thousands of households, hundreds of households, these thousands and hundreds of households, are the chiefs of each tribe, the actual military and political finance, more like the Ming Dynasty Yunguichuan Qian's Tusi officials.
Therefore, if the imperial court refuses to give up profits, it is really difficult to implement the matter of raising more sheep.
Because of raising more horses, they can have the organic power to invade the south, not to invade the Ming Dynasty, and can also be used to conquer each other, but the three ladies hope that they can change their means and solve and end the hostile relationship by non-military means.
The three ladies can be regarded as a symbol, a symbol of peace advocated within the Beiyu.
When Altan Khan succeeded in entering the army, everyone followed his footsteps, but the fifteen-year war between Altan Khan and the Ming Dynasty did not produce a good result, and the people who finally negotiated peace occupied the mainstream.
"How much do you want a bag to go up for?" Wang Chonggu frowned and asked, he presided over the official factory of wool, and the third lady asked for too much, he would never agree.
The third lady shook her head again and said: "I don't want to raise the price, how much is the price increase for a catty or a bag, what's the use?" Your corresponding price increase on iron pots, cloth, salt, and tea leaves is like exchanging your left hand for your right hand, which is simply useless. ”
"The grassland needs a long-term stable price, and it is calculated every five years, giving a relatively stable, and the most important thing is a long-term price."
"The Ming people are too cunning, and now the price given by the Ming is reasonable and fair, but we have more sheep, you bought wool in the northeast, and suddenly broke the wool in the northwest, who are we raising sheep and sheared wool to?"
"We don't control the manufacturing method of wool, it looks extraordinarily simple, but it is a trap, and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty can't do it in the Ming Dynasty, let alone the northwest grassland."
"The Ming people want to live and work in peace and contentment, and we grassland people also hope to live and work in peace and contentment."
The third lady raised a very critical question, now the Ming Dynasty and the Tuman Khan are fighting to the death, and tomorrow the Tuban will suddenly pay tribute, buy wool directly from the northeast, and the northwest will immediately fall into the mud.
Therefore, the third lady hopes that the court can agree, their lord will give up force, and the Ming Dynasty can set a long-term and stable price, so that the grassland can also live in peace.
"What about the Tuman Khan?" Zhu Yijun looked at the third lady and said: "The Tuban Khan is the Mongol suzerain, the Great Khan, they are afraid of Altan Khan's soldiers and horses migrating eastward, they go back, what should Altan Khan do?" ”
"The Tuman Khan does not pose a threat." The third lady said with great conviction: "It was only rats that were beaten and hid in Tibet, not tigers." ”
The strength of the Tuman Khan is actually not strong, as the suzerain Khan, but without the strength of the suzerain, even if he returns to the west of the Great Xianbei Mountain, the three left wings are not afraid, and the Tuman Khan, who was beaten by the Ming Dynasty, will lose the most important thing, that is, courage.
Wang Chonggu showed a smile and said, "I am now sure that you have entered the court to discuss business." ”
Fengwang is a political bond, Gongshi is an economic bond, wool business, can effectively improve the efficiency of economic bondage, three ladies and left-wing three million households speak Chinese, is a cultural bondage.
However, there is a lack of military fetters, and the above fetters are all mirrors of the castles in the air.
Sanniangzi is indeed here to talk about business, a long-term stable price, for Daming, is beneficial, Daming does not want the rise and fall of raw materials is too large, which will have an extremely bad impact on Daming's production.
At least the three ladies are not stupid enough to say that if you don't raise the price for us, we will go south with an army; I was not stupid enough to say that I could only buy our wool and not other places; At least the third lady is not stupid enough to make an appointment with the emperor about the country of uncles and nephews, and she is not ashamed.
It is a pragmatic attitude and practice that is conducive to mutual exchanges, and Wang Chonggu is very good at business.
Zhu Yijun opened his mouth and said: "Madame invited, talk to the big si, the business of the woolen official factory is under the management of the big si. ”
As the emperor, Zhu Yijun agreed and could talk.
Can Daming and Beiyu continue to be peaceful forever? If the Ming Dynasty does not advocate the recovery of the Hetao, it may be so stable, and the same is true in history, but if the Ming Dynasty advocates the recovery of the Hetao, it will be poked into the lungs of the Beiyu, and then there will definitely be a war.
The three ladies are the firm main and faction, and they will also turn into the main battle faction in an instant, and the Hetao is the biggest contradiction between the Ming Dynasty and the three left-wing departments.
The Ming Dynasty needs to be repeated, because not repeated, the grain in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty can not be self-sufficient, and several major droughts in Yansui, Gansu and Ningxia on the three sides at the end of the Ming Dynasty directly caused large-scale civil unrest for decades.
Without a repetition, the Yellow River in the Ming Dynasty will not be effectively controlled, and the annual ice can wash away the embankment that has been treated for a year.
It is imperative to re-trap, so the Ming and Beiyu will still fight.
However, before the war, it is necessary to do a good job in dividing the northern captives.
"Your Majesty, the woman has a reluctant request." After hearing that the emperor agreed to talk about the deal, the third lady was also relieved, Daming's atmosphere of shame and profit, she knew very well that in fact, it was not pragmatic, and the main thing was to have a good face.
But the third lady looked at the bare foundation, and the new emperor received the envoy in such a place, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a good-looking person.
This is easy to say, everyone is pragmatic, then it is easy to talk, if it is not pragmatic, then it is useless to talk.
"Since it's a reluctant invitation, then don't invite it." Zhu Yijun heard that he rejected the reluctant invitation of the third lady, since he knew that he would embarrass the court, what else would he say?
The third lady was stunned for a moment, and she bowed her head again and said, "I want to go to Daningwei to have a look." ”
"Do you want to see if my Da Ming can stand in Daningwei? I also want to see if the white soil of Taotu Mountain really exists? If you want to go, go for it. Zhu Yijun thought about it for a while, and finally agreed.
Deterrence by force is to let the Beiyu really see the force, otherwise it will not be a deterrent, and now that the Beijing camp is in Daningwei, then let the three ladies see it for themselves to see the achievements of Daming Zhenwu over the years.
"What do you think, sir?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked Yuan Fu's opinion, whether the third lady can go, after all, it involves military affairs, especially the deployment and battle front.
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”
Zhang Juzheng highly supported His Majesty's resolution, and asked the three ladies to see the current strength of the Ming army, and the provincial Altan Khan had any thoughts that should not have been, and made a strategic miscalculation, to join forces with the Tuban Khan, or simply go hand in hand, and threaten the Ming to withdraw from the Daning Guard.
"Then let's go check it out." Zhu Yijun waved his hand, it was not a big deal.
The third lady knelt on the ground again, bowed her head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." ”
The third lady walked out of the threshold, Chen Xuexue took the third lady out of the position of the Huangji Gate, and other envoys waited for the audience, including the envoy from Jeju Island.
"Aren't you Ming Yuan Fu in charge? Why did Yuanfu just say that His Majesty is Shengming? The third lady walked out of the noon gate, about to get in the car and return to the Siyi Pavilion, when she suddenly asked.
The third lady explained: "It's different from what I expected, Wu Dui, Fang Fengshi and others in the northwest all said that Yuanfu is powerful and arrogant the artifact, I heard that Yuanfu's new policy is quite effective, but today I entered the dynasty and looked at it, it is not the case, so I have this question." ”
The three ladies can't figure it out, she can put Altan Khan, who has fought all his life in the northwest, in the northwest, Zhang Juzheng is in the Ming Dynasty, but he only said that His Majesty is Shengming, but Zhang Juzheng is in the new deal of the Ming Dynasty in the grassland, and the three ladies have heard about it, Zhang Juzheng is not an incompetent person.
"I don't know why you're asking like this, why did Motosuke want to empty His Majesty's power of prestige? Motosuke hopes that His Majesty will be successful. Chen Xuezi looked at the third lady and explained, the third lady was puzzled, Gao Gong was also puzzled, in fact, the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty were also puzzled, Zhang Juzheng, when will you really do something to power the master?
"I see. Motosuke is really a great man, and the big husband is also. The third lady thought for a while and said: "I thought that there were no people like Zhuge Kongming in the world, just stories in the book, but when I saw Yuanfu today, I realized that there is indeed such a husband." ”
"That's a lot, it's not much. In fact, Daming is just that. "Chen learns to pull down, so that he is a country and does not trespass the artifact, and there are not many courtiers who only want to be prosperous.
The third lady smiled and said, "Aren't there still Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou?" and Li Chengliang can also be counted as half, they are all heroes, knowing that Daming is harsh on martial artists, and it is very difficult to do things, but they don't seem to give up. ”
"Gone."
The reason why the third lady is willing to come over to talk about it in person is actually very simple, it is difficult to win the battle lightly, and she can't rob, so she is willing to talk about business honestly, she lowered the car window and walked towards the Siyi Pavilion.
Chen Xuexue shook his head, just as the three ladies are concerned, the great men and husbands of the Ming Dynasty are counted carefully, and they are not few, Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Tan Lun, Hai Rui, and even Yin Zhengmao, Li Chengliang and other figures, say that they are feudal towns, and they also look at the head of the imperial court.
Many people say that these people are stupid, indeed, they are not shrewd, how good it is to have this kind of power in their hands, form a party for personal gain, and hollow out the corners of the Ming Dynasty together, anyway, everyone does this.
Chen Xuexue brought the next group of envoys to the audience, this time the envoys from Jeju.
These envoys, who don't know Chinese, gave some seafood, fish oil, etc., and got some rewards, even comparing and guessing, Zhu Yijun understood what the other party meant, the wind blew their boat away, hoping that Daming could send them back.
Zhu Yijun agreed to this request, the Ming Dynasty did want to conduct a hydrological survey of Jeju Island, the Japanese State was increasing its influence on the Ryukyus, and the Ming Dynasty was also going to increase its influence on the Japanese State.
The third group of envoys were the Korean envoys Li Houbai and Yin Geunshou, these two envoys asked the court to make corrections, and the Ming Dynasty wanted to repair the Ming Huidian, and the Ming Huidian had an error in the ancestral record of the Li Dynasty and requested a revision.
Since the Ming Dynasty repaired the Ming Dynasty during the Hongzhi period, the Korean envoys kept playing, saying that the Ming Dynasty had made a mistake, and the Ming Dynasty recorded Li Chenggui, the founding monarch of Li Korea, as the son of Li Renren.
This mistake happened during the Hongwu period, and Li Chenggui himself played it himself, saying that he was not Li Renren's son.
During the Yongle period, this mistake was finally corrected.
But in the Hongzhi years, this mistake appeared in the Ming Dynasty again, I heard that the imperial court has a plan to repair the Ming Dynasty, and also appointed the president, vice president, and the opening of the museum to edit, immediately hurriedly sent a messenger, I hope this time not to be wrong.
Li Houbai and Yin Genshou were stupid when they entered the noon gate, and they were directly shocked!
The emperor sat on the empty foundation to meet the courtiers of the vassal state, and the king of Joseon was canonized by the Ming Dynasty for each generation, and it was indeed a vassal state, which was also the first time in two hundred years, and the emperor received foreign ministers on the foundation, which was even more shabby than Joseon.
When the first year of Wanli congratulated the new emperor on his accession to the throne, these two came once, and there was so much gold and brilliance in the Imperial Palace at that time, and now how shabby and shocking it is.
North Korea is now trapped in party contention divided into easterners, westerners, southerners, and northerners, but compared with the burning hall of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea's party struggle is nothing, that is, children play at home, Daming is Daming, and even the party struggle is so atmospheric!
The glorious central axis building, a fire, said to burn.
Zhu Yijun agreed to Li Houbai and Yin Genshou's request, and this was also recorded in the Taizu Record, and Li Chenggui said that his father was not Li Renren back then.
It's a mistake.
But in the Hongzhi period, under the wind of science and psychology, there were few people who devoted themselves to reading history, and even Emperor Wen issued a more easy thing that few people knew.
So Zhang Juzheng is repairing the Ming Huidian, it is really, really necessary, originally, there are really too many mistakes.
It is said that during the Hongzhi period of Xiaozong, the culture was prosperous, but the revision of the national code, even the Yongle Emperor personally issued an edict that was easier to make mistakes, and it could be missed, is this considered the prosperity of culture and education?
Zhu Yijun has read the history of the country once, and he knows all the things, are those scholars lying on a woman's stomach to repair the national ritual?
Li Houbai and Yin Genshou wept with joy when they saw that the emperor agreed, and the father of the founding monarch was misremembered by the suzerain, and now it has finally been corrected in the new national canon.
The fourth batch of envoys is from the Ryukyus, the Ryukyu envoys offered fish oil and other things, scolded the Japanese country, and asked the Ming sailors to go to Ryukyu to inspect and exterminate the Japanese troubles, and return the peace of the Ryukyus.
The Ryukyu envoy cried bitterly, how many years, the Ming court has not let go, and today finally got a promise that is not a promise.
The fifth batch of envoys to enter the temple is Li Yashi, this is an old acquaintance, Li Yashi has only been a saint twice, and this is the third time he has seen him.
After Li Yashi saluted respectfully, he looked at the empty foundation and couldn't help but sigh: "The wise, wise, invincible, and supreme Great Majesty, the humble foreigner has some doubts, has this magnificent and tall Imperial Palace burned down like this?" Is this the wealth of the Ming Dynasty? ”
The emperor has begun to investigate the arson case in the imperial palace, it was arson, not a natural disaster, and it has long been rumored in the market, and naturally it has also reached the ears of Li Yashi in Beijing.
"Before I came here, I thought that the stupid Francisco was the biggest fool on the planet, he said that it only took forty people to conquer the Ming Dynasty, and later it was increased to twenty thousand, but now it seems that I don't think he is so stupid now." With arias and half-baked Chinese, Li Ya used to tease the Ming Emperor.
Emperor Daming, you are not angry at this, and don't be an emperor in the future.
"Do you think 20,000 people is really enough?" Zhu Yijun asked calmly.
Li Yashi Youbang was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly said obediently: "Francisco is a fool, I am here, I think, two million people are not enough, loyal to the subjects of the Great Majesty, loyal to the subjects of the Ming Dynasty, are the majority of the silent people. ”
"It is a mistake that should not have happened to turn a silent person loyal to His Majesty and the dynasty into a traitor, although it always happens."
Taking advantage of the burning of the palace, I teased me a little and was surprised, I was almost done, I kicked my nose in the face, and I would really be thrown into the Taiye Pool by the Ming Emperor to feed the fish.
"Are you here to join in the fun, or do you have something to say?" Zhu Yijun asked, today to meet with the envoys, this Li Yashi also said that he wanted to meet, since he wanted to meet, then let's meet together.
Li Yashi said with a smile: "Last time my king gave His Majesty a gift of a clock, it can be very convenient for timekeeping, but when it came to Daming, it was broken by a reckless servant, I recently repaired it, although it is difficult, but it is still presented to Your Majesty, Nuremberg egg watch from Germany." ”
"Whether it is the exchange of goods or knowledge, it is inseparable from the consideration of time."
Lyssi's last sentence is in Latin, this is a Tessie aphorism, it doesn't matter who said it, what matters is that it comes from Rome, which has perished.
"Once time has passed, there is no turning back. Present. Zhu Yijun's smile became bright when he heard that there was a gift, and what he said was said in Latin, which was also an ancient Roman aphorism.
Zhu Yijun is really learning foreign languages seriously, and his pronunciation is more authentic than Li Yashi, which makes Li Yashi extremely surprised.
An egg about the size of Zhu Yijun's fist was presented to the front of the emperor, and Zhu Yijun looked at this egg, not so much an egg as a pocket watch, which could be hung around his neck.
The dial is made entirely of gold, the whole is a hexagonal piece of Colombian jadeite, decorated with an enamel pattern, the gemstone movement is placed in it, and you can hear the ticking sound of the escapement inside, there is no second hand on the dial, only the hour and minute hands, but the ticking sound proves that there is a second hand design inside.
"Reward!" Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I am very satisfied with your gift, so what kind of appeal do you have?" ”
"Actually, it's just a small thing, the war in Luzon, can you pause a little? Or rather, simply make peace, the Ming has been waging an offensive against Mindanao, I received a letter, and the situation is already terrible. Embarrassed, he said, "Conflict affects trade. ”
Zhu Yijun said with a sad face: "Distant envoys, you have also seen that at my current age, in fact, there is no pro-government, I promised you, and I can't do it, Luzon is too far away, indeed, they bow down to their vassals, but Li Yashi's envoy, I can't effectively restrain them, just like Felipe II can't effectively restrain the new world." ”
Zhang Juzheng raised his head when he heard this, His Majesty accepted Li Yashi's gift, but did not give Li Yashi a job, who did he learn from this style of acting? Li Le, a student of Zhang Juzheng.
Li Le was the first to open this precedent for cashiers not to do things, then Fan Yingqi and Wang Jiaping, and now the little emperor is also like this!
The little emperor also said sadly, Yin Zhengmao, Zhang Yuanxun, and Deng Zilong did not obey the imperial edict, is it possible? The first five-masted ship of the Ming Dynasty will be handed over to Yin Zhengmao for use! Ask Yin Zhengmao himself, do you listen to the orders of the imperial court!
Yin Zhengmao is called the national surname everywhere! His Majesty's grace is too gracious.
Obviously, it was the emperor who ordered the continued expulsion of the red hair!
Act, act!
"Envoy, don't you say? My orders didn't work. Zhu Yijun said bitterly.
"Indeed, alas, these overseas commanders and governors are always so difficult to tame!" Li Yashi said with empathy, Felipe II is so powerful, he can't control the new world, let alone the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Cape Verde is also close to Spain, but it is already a land forsaken by the gods, and no one knows how many pirates and smugglers there are.
"Since it is a national gift, then the Ming Dynasty can't be shabby, Zhang Daban, take a double-sided velvet four-sided Ruyi embroidered dragon to mend the clothes, as a national gift, and the gift is still exchanged." Zhu Yijun let his tone be flat, he was extremely generous, a velvet embroidered dragon patch, but the palace was a precious silk fabric as precious as the golden silk wing crown that Zhu Yijun was wearing.
"Thank you." Li Yashi was particularly surprised, this thing was sent back, which could fully satisfy the vanity of Felipe II, who had always wanted to propose to King Elizabeth of England, but Elizabeth was slow to agree.
Spain has a long tradition of marrying and opening up the country.
Li Yashi left, and Zhu Yijun took the golden egg in his hand, observed carefully, and said: "Sir, this is a precision machine, any line is not accurate enough, it will make its error larger, and the small error will accumulate up, and it will be inaccurate. ”
"It's not a shame to admit that you're inferior to others, Daming doesn't have the craft to make watches."
Zhu Yijun stood up as he spoke, and walked towards the side hall of Wenhua Palace, and Zhang Juzheng followed suit.
In the side hall of the Wenhua Palace, the Daming Royal Laboratory, Zhu Yijun sat in front of the Taishi chair, carefully removed the hour hand, and then pried open the golden egg, revealing the movement inside.
Zhu Yijun carefully observed the movement, the mainspring, the escapement, the equalizing cone wheel, the power provided by the clockwork, the reciprocating motion of the escapement, and the reciprocating movement of the equalizing cone wheel compensated for the tension of the change of the main spring spring of the timer.
The escapement is actually easy to understand, but the equalizing taper wheel is more difficult.
It is a conical disc with raised spirals, around which the chain is wound and to which the mainspring is attached. When winding, the more wound you get, the smaller the spiral diameter becomes – the tighter the wind, but the force at the end of the chain does not increase, and the output is stable to the escapement.
Zhu Yijun began to disassemble the device, took out the equalizing cone wheel, aimed it at the sunlight and asked, "Sir, look at this line, is it very familiar?" ”
"Huh?" Zhang Juzheng looked at it for a long time, took out one from the question board and said, "Is it this map?" ”
The longitudinal profile of the tapered wheel is actually a conical hyperbola, and its chain behaves as a kind of spiral on the equalizing pulley.
"Tessie is not regular." After Zhang Juzheng looked at it carefully, he said quite accurately that Da Ming has the ability to do more accurately because Da Ming has mathematical tools.
This is the benefit of prescription bypass.
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Let's start by imitating this egg, first we need spring steel, steel sheets with excellent elasticity, and then we need to make gears, after imitating them, we also need to understand the role of these gears, and finally, make Daming's eggs." ”
"Precision mechanics are not so easy to do, and we need some patience."
"Leave it to the gentleman."
Zhu Yijun disassembled each part, and after drawing, handed it over to Zhang Juzheng to imitate, imitation is very easy for Daming, but it takes a long time to figure out the specific role of each gear.
Zhu Yijun is still young, he can wait.
And Zhu Yijun believes that the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty can understand the meaning of all gears, and then improve it to make it more accurate.
There is a book screen of officials in the Wenhua Palace, and there is a map of the world in the middle of the official book screen, but its proportions are seriously out of balance, and there is a serious flattening, and the sextant and the table can make this picture more accurate.
Wang Chonggu and Sanniangzi's business negotiations ended in mid-May, and Wang Chonggu sent the results of the negotiations to the imperial front.
When the results were sent to the emperor, Zhu Yijun read it, looked at Zhang Hong sluggishly and said, "Are the minds of scholars so dirty?" ”
"Your Majesty, the minds of scholars have always been so dirty." Zhang Hong looked at the results and said with a complicated expression.
Asking for a monthly pass, woo!!!!!
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