Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 530
At this moment, upon hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, Prince Zhu Cihong lowered his head, not daring to answer.

Not to mention that the son is naturally afraid of his father, nor that his father is the Ninth Five-Year Master, but the current wise and martial arts of Emperor Chongzhen is enough to make him feel guilty.

Seeing him like this, Emperor Chongzhen did not get angry, but said lightly: "I will teach you a lesson today, what is the small way and what is the great way? Listen carefully!"

Hearing that there was no severe reprimand, Zhu Cihong felt relieved, and hurriedly responded respectfully: "I will obey the will!"

Emperor Chongzhen turned around and looked around. Seeing that everyone else was very curious, he stood up, walked into the courtyard, and came to the edge of the general's cannon. After standing still, he turned around and looked at Zhu Cihong who was following behind him. Said: "Tell me, why is this artillery so powerful?"

"Back to my father, it was caused by burning gunpowder!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Cixiang found that the question was not difficult and he immediately answered.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked, "Why?"

Zhu Cihong was still not in a hurry, but his chest straightened up a little bit. He looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Gunpowder is mainly composed of saltpeter and sulfur, supplemented by plant ash. Nitrate is yin, sulfur is yang, and yin and yang are two gods." We meet in a place where there is no space to be accommodated. When it comes out, the characters are moved by it, and the soul is scattered and frightened, and the soul is crushed."

On the side, Song Yingxing couldn't help but nodded slightly after hearing this.The prince's answer was taught by him, and it is recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu".

The others couldn't help but glance at Song Yingxing. Could it be that the emperor's teaching this time was actually to support the two of them, right?Just to study the content of their lectures?If this is the case, why did the emperor talk about the difference between the small way and the great way?
Only Zheng Zhilong feels that this is probably just an introduction, and with the emperor's unconstrained thinking, it is definitely more than that.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen continued to ask the prince: "Why can the mixture of sulfur, saltpeter and plant ash have such an effect, but sulfur, soil and bricks can't have such power?"

"..." When Zhu Cihong heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded. It seemed that he had never been taught this question before!Subconsciously, he turned to look at Song Yingxing.

"Huh?" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help snorting when he heard this, and Zhu Cihong turned around quickly in fright, "I asked you something, if you know it, you know it, if you don't know it, you don't know it!"

"My son... I don't know!" Zhu Cihong immediately lowered his head and answered, his voice much lower than before.

Zheng Zhilong at the side heard this, and thought to himself, look, here comes a weird idea!

Emperor Chongzhen did not explain, but continued to ask: "I will ask you again, gunpowder must be burned in a confined space to produce great power, but it cannot be used in an open place. Why?"

"This..." Zhu Cihong wanted to answer this question, but realized that he didn't know what was going on, so he had to change his words and say, "I don't know!"

"Then I'll ask you again!" Emperor Chongzhen threw out another question, "Is there something similar to gunpowder? Do you want it to be ten times bigger or a hundred times bigger?”

Zhu Cihong was taken aback by the question again, and seeing his father staring at him, he guessed: "My son thinks that there should be no such fetish in the world!"

The audience around were also surprised by the series of questions asked by Emperor Chongzhen.The answer in their hearts is basically the same as that of the prince.Even Song Yingxing himself was the same.

In his book "Heavenly Creation of Things", more is to record the phenomenon, but not to clarify the reason.

But at this time, the emperor was teaching the prince, and the others could only listen in, and no one dared to interrupt.In fact, there was no way to interject.

Hearing the prince's answer, Emperor Chongzhen showed disappointment, shook his head and said: "The ancients said, you know what it is, and you know why. You don't understand why gunpowder is so powerful. Why do you dare to conclude that Is there no more powerful explosive in the world?"

Seeing Zhu Cihong lowered his head, Emperor Chongzhen continued to teach him: "Gunpowder has existed for thousands of years, but it has always had this power. At most, different mixing ratios lead to differences in power, but the difference has not been too much. This is Why? It is because since ancient times, no one has thought about the problem I mentioned, to explore its essence, but only attributed to yin and yang."

The people around heard it, and many people couldn't help but start to think about this question. If we really have to find out its essence, can we find something more powerful than gunpowder?
After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he saw Zhu Cixiang lowering his head and looking at his feet, silent.He roughly guessed something in his mind, and said to Zhu Cixiang: "You are the prince, so you don't have to explore the essence personally. However, you will be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future. How the Ming Dynasty will be in the future depends largely on you. Awareness of everything."

"If you have the heart to explore, you will inevitably lead your people to explore the unknown; if you only want to live forever, I won't talk about this, there have been examples in previous dynasties." Emperor Chongzhen said here, earnestly said, "The emperor likes , will inevitably have a major impact on Daming. Tell me, is this matter related to you?"

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong raised his head and looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a hint of enlightenment in his eyes. He understood why his father said this to him, and quickly replied: "I understand!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and said in a firm tone: "I can tell you clearly that what I said must exist. It's just that it has not been discovered by interested people. You must know that this kind of thing, if you Do you think Da Ming can resist a country that is hostile to Da Ming first discovering it and then using it against Da Ming? Plan ahead, everything must be ahead of the enemy to be invincible!"

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong was surprised at first, then nodded, and finally said with some doubts: "Father is wise and powerful, and he is fighting everywhere. Isn't the world going to be peaceful soon?"

Indeed, as far as the people in the capital are concerned, the military disasters they suffered were basically the Mongols, who were later brought by Jianlu.Now Emperor Chongzhen wiped out all the Mongolian tribes that were close to the Ming Dynasty, and those who recovered, even the fierce Jianlu were just lingering on their last days.For them, the next thing is peace in the world.

Therefore, the prince's words resonated with many people in the courtyard!They all felt that what the emperor meant to teach the prince was good, but it was a bit alarmist.

However, there are also some seasoned courtiers who think that there may be another Jian prisoner in the future. Although the emperor's words are a bit exaggerated, they still need to be vigilant.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing a sneer, and suddenly asked by name: "Where is Zheng Zhilong?"

"The last general is here!" Zheng Zhilong was taken aback by the sudden roll call, and immediately stood up, clasping his fists and playing back.

When the others heard the sound, they looked at Zheng Zhilong one after another, wondering why the emperor named this Nanmanzi who had been dismissed from the post of commander in chief of the Denglai Navy at this time?
I heard Emperor Chongzhen say to Zheng Zhilong: "I ask you, if Xiyi has the amazingly powerful new gunpowder that I said, what will they do?"

Among the people present, Zheng Zhilong definitely knew the most about Xiyi.

I have done business, I have fought wars, and I have made alliances.

At this moment, upon hearing the emperor's question, Zheng Zhilong understood the intention of the emperor's question in his heart, and said in a decisive tone: "The final general is sure that no matter if it's Folangjiren, Hongyi, or Lu The Spaniards in Song Island are all eyeing my Ming. In the past, they wanted to occupy my territory, but they were repelled, and they listened to my Ming."

Having grasped the emperor's intention to speak for himself, he felt that this was not enough, so he added: "These Xiyi are all ambitious, and they want to take whatever good they see for themselves. Don't say anything else, just Many places in Nanyang have actually fallen into their hands, enslaved the local people, and treated them like cows and horses!"

Hearing this, most people in the courtyard were shocked.For the understanding of Xiyi, most of them are actually only stuck in the impression of Xiyi missionaries.At this time, when they heard that Xiyi was so vicious, they felt that their cognition had been refreshed.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "Stop talking nonsense!"

Who is this, so brave, that he dares to scold Zheng Zhilong in front of the emperor?Most people thought this and turned their heads to look over.

After seeing this, they suddenly realized that it was Chen Zilong, one of the two most favored officials.After seeing him clearly, it is not surprising that there are many.

Chen Zilong is Xu Guangqi's student, and his friendship with Xiyi is naturally the best. It's not surprising that he scolded Zheng Zhilong, a general.

When Zheng Zhilong heard and saw that it was him, he wanted to shrivel at first, but he was the prince's lecturer and the emperor's favorite minister, so he was not easy to offend.But when he came to his senses and thought about it, he wasn't afraid anymore.You know, this is what the emperor meant. He, Chen Zilong, is just a courtier, and he can still surpass the emperor.

So, he glanced at Emperor Chongzhen, and sure enough, he saw the emperor encouraged him with his eyes.In this way, he felt relieved, turned his head and said to Chen Zilong: "I don't know what advice Yuanwailang has?"

For Chen Zilong, Zheng Zhilong was a general and was dismissed, so he didn't have much scruples, and he yelled at him on the spur of the moment.But after the scolding, seeing Zheng Zhilong glance at Emperor Chongzhen before asking him, he came back to his senses, this is the emperor teaching the prince, does he have a place to be presumptuous?
Thinking of this, his back was sweating, and he was afraid that the emperor would think that he was favored and proud, so he immediately sorted out his thoughts, and his attitude was not so aggressive, he just stared at Zheng Zhilong and said: "As far as I know , Xiyi is not like what you said, they are vicious and vicious people. They are all knowledgeable and talented, and I have not seen a lot of knowledge in Ming Dynasty. And they are all polite and polite. Although they have the appearance of Xiyi, they have the ancient The style of a gentleman! Don’t overgeneralize and scare me!”

Hearing his words, he was much more polite than before, Zheng Zhilong knew that it was because of the presence of the emperor.He was even more calm in his heart.Thinking back then, he also came out of the pirate group, and he didn't know how much he had experienced in verbal battles. Therefore, he kept calm and asked: "Chen Yuanwailang, you know, these people you mentioned. When I arrived in Ming Dynasty, how did I do it in Fujian, Guangdong and other places?"

Chen Zilong was stunned when he asked this question, he really didn't understand this point.

And Zheng Zhilong didn't wait for him to answer, so he raised his voice, straightened his waist and continued: "What Yuanwailang saw was true, but he became obedient after being taught a lesson by me, Da Ming, in Fujian and Guangdong. .This is not different from what I said before. Those who are weak are bullied by them, the Western Yi. Only those who are as strong as me, Da Ming, will they follow my Da Ming's rules!"

Chen Zilong frowned, and was thinking about how to refute, when suddenly he heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "Chen Qing thinks they are knowledgeable and talented, a lot of knowledge I haven't seen in Ming Dynasty?"

Hearing this, Chen Zilong suddenly came to his senses, those Xiyi's knowledge seemed to be not so outstanding when they came to the emperor.At least those books published by the emperor, some revised knowledge, even those Xiyi were very surprised.

Thinking about it this way, he realized that he had neglected the emperor's point, and he couldn't help being dumbfounded, unable to speak immediately.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Emperor Chongzhen was not angry, and continued to say to him: "Then Chen Qing thinks that Xiyi has done a better job in knowing what is happening and why?"

Seeing that the emperor was not entangled in what he said just now, Chen Zilong heaved a sigh of relief.However, at this time, even though he was more of a technical official, he was not stupid, and knew that what he said would not please the emperor, so he didn't know whether to say it or not.

"Answer truthfully!" Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know what he was worried about, so he said directly, "One is learning, one is one, and the other is two. The crown prince is listening, so don't worry!"

Hearing this, Chen Zilong felt relieved again, and immediately bowed and played back: "I think so, so it is!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately asked: "What I said just now, if something that is ten or a hundred times more powerful than today's gunpowder, under their knowledge of detection, if it really exists, is it possible that it will be destroyed? They found out first?"

As soon as he said this, combined with what Zheng Zhilong said before, not only Chen Zilong, but everyone else couldn't help but be shocked.

Will such a thing really happen?
No matter how good Chen Zilong's personal relationship with Xiyi is, first of all, he is a native of the Ming Dynasty and an official of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he will sit on the side of the Ming Dynasty after all. After some evaluation in his heart, on such a cold day, then Sweat was faintly visible on his forehead.Remembering the emperor's words to tell the truth, he had no choice but to answer truthfully: "I thought it was possible, but it is possible!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen ignored Chen Zilong, but turned his head to look at the crown prince and said, "The way to be a king is to ignore the details, but you must understand the general situation. Otherwise, you will not be able to recognize the future clearly, and you will be beaten if you fall behind." ,understand?"

(End of this chapter)