I am the king of the dead

Knowing the determination of His Majesty's will, Lu Zhong stood up and left the Juxian Pavilion, and then Tianzi Tiqi came to the imperial study with his visor on and his bright armor on.

Zhu Qiyu picked up another Yongle Sword and handed it to a Tianzi Tiqi and said sharply: "Tianzi Tiqi listened to the order and immediately took over the military and horse divisions of the five cities, closed the gates of the cities, and set up fences. No one can enter or leave without reason. Go to the military control of the official office, without an edict, no nobles and officials are allowed to move without authorization."

Tianzi Ti put on his armor and saluted for a while, took the Yongle Sword, and said calmly: "I am waiting for the order!"

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, Duke Zhong, Duke Jin, Marquis Changping, and Prince Shaoshi are waiting outside the door." Xing'an reported in a low voice.

Yu Qian, Shi Heng, and Yang Jun were already waiting outside the door when they saw the thick smoke billowing in the direction of Shijingchang. They were worried when they saw Lu Zhong and Tianzi Ti riding in and out. The prince came to the lecture hall, waiting for His Majesty's announcement.

And the commanders and generals in the martial arts hall spontaneously gathered in the school grounds, waiting for the emperor's order in silence.

Standing by the window, Zhu Qiyu naturally saw all this, nodded and said, "Xuan."

Zhu Qiyu picked up two Yongle swords and handed them to Shi Heng and Yang Jun, saying: "Shi Heng, Duke of the Zhongguo, go to Beitu City immediately and wait for my order, Yang Jun, Marquis of Changping, go to Xitu City immediately, there is no order Command, those who are incapable of action will be beheaded!"

"The final commander!" Shi Heng and Yang Jun took the Yongle Sword and shouted loudly.

Yu Qian waited for Shi Heng and Yang Jun to leave before he whispered: "Your Majesty, the matter is far from this point."

"They ordered my Shijingchang, isn't it a rebellion? Why didn't it come to this point?" Zhu Qiyu sat on a soft rattan chair and replied calmly.

Hu Wei thought about it seriously, and said very firmly: "Your Majesty, if we civil servants, powerful men, and meat-eaters of Ming Dynasty have the courage, Taixi will eat them all, everyone He knows His Majesty's temper very well, if they dare to do one, His Majesty will dare to do ten."

"Some time ago, the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi made a conspiracy with captives, and none of the Beijing officials participated in it. The Shuntian Mansion still has a somewhat submissive heart."

Do the meat eaters really have the guts to sabotage His Majesty's New Deal?If it was in the first year of Jingtai, Hu Wei still had doubts. It has been 12 years of Jingtai, and Hu Wei doesn't believe it.

Shuntianfu is an absolutely loyal Shuntianfu.

"Your Majesty, you don't set fires during the day. Doesn't this mean that we craftsmen are not taken seriously?" Yu Qian knew the organization of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. source of troops.

"Yes." Zhu Qiyu replied, but it seemed that he didn't answer.

Yu Qian looked at His Majesty, whose face was sinking like water, and knew that at this time, everything was meaningless. After Liu's case, His Majesty's little trust in civil servants has returned to the orthodox 14-year level.

At this time in the Shijing factory, the general office of the Shijing factory and two association offices were leading the firemen of the Shijing factory to put out the fire, while the other three association offices were organizing craftsmen in other places to set up fire belts to prevent the fire from spreading.

"Mr. Chen, the fire has been brought under control for the time being. The situation of the Gunpowder Division is unknown. I'll go in and have a look." Liu Changshun, director of the Gunpowder Bureau, wiped the sweat from his forehead, his entire face was blackened by smoke.

Chen Youde looked at the smoke and dust in the sky and the flames were getting smaller, but he shook his head and said, "I'll go in and have a look too."

Chen Youde took Liu Changshun, the director of the Artillery Department, and 28 firemen, and walked into the Artillery Department without any hesitation.

Nianfu, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, came to Shijing Factory with two employees, Wailang, and four principals, and immediately went straight to the Gunpowder Department. As soon as he walked outside the Gunpowder Department, he asked several members of the committee: "Where is Chen Youde?"

"Inside!" Chen Qingyi, the Office of the Charcoal Division, said loudly: "Minister Nian stays behind, the situation inside is unknown, it is very dangerous."

"Have all the artisans of the Artillery Bureau evacuated?" Nian Fu asked again. He wanted to ask Chen Youde about the situation. Chen Youde had already entered the Artillery Department, and Nian Fu's second question was to ask whether the artisans had evacuated safely.

"When the copper bell rang, the craftsmen sealed and evacuated immediately." Chen Qingyi said immediately.

"boom!"

There was a loud bang, and the gunpowder of the Gunpowder Department exploded violently. Nian Fu felt the ground under his feet tremble. The huge explosion made his ears buzzing. Trembling a bit, still spraying water at the artillery bureau.

"Stand back!" Nian Fu immediately took over the command and began to tell everyone to back off. The Gunpowder Bureau stores millions of catties of gunpowder. If all of them exploded, it would definitely not be this scene. He was killed, apparently an explosion occurred in the branch warehouse.

A fireman shouted loudly to Nianfu: "President Chen and Liu Huiban still have 28 firemen inside."

The explosion made everyone a little deaf, and they couldn't hear at all unless they howled loudly, but Nianfu said with a changed expression: "The fire is dangerous, no trespassing."

"I'll go in and have a look!" Chen Qingyi, the office of the Charcoal Division, bowed his head and said, "I'll bring a fireman in."

Nianfu thought repeatedly and said, "Okay."

Chen Qingyi walked in with a fireman and began to investigate. Nianfu waited outside the gunpowder bureau until the fire was completely extinguished. Lu Zhong led Tiqi to investigate the cause of the fire. Only a few people were left in each department to count the losses. , Most of the craftsmen returned to the craftsman city, and Nian Fu had been waiting in front of the gunpowder bureau.

There are two principals in the Ministry of Industry who are swinging their legs. If there is an explosion, they will bear the brunt and will undoubtedly die. But if Zuo Shilang doesn't leave, who can leave?

After a long time, Chen Qingyi came out. The two men were carrying a person, and the medical staff of the Tai Hospital who had been waiting for a long time rushed over immediately. , before being lifted onto the stretcher, both of them stopped breathing.

Chen Qingyi's body was full of traces of the fire scene, and there were mottled blood stains on his body. He looked extremely embarrassed. He walked up to Nianfu and said with a complicated expression: "There was an explosion and then a fire in No. 23 of Bank A to No. 25 of Bank B. Chen Zongban, Liu Huiban and 26 firemen died on the spot."

Chen Qingyi looked at the two firemen, and said with a serious expression: "Thirty people died."

Nian Fu said solemnly, "Can the fireman go in now? If we don't deal with it, it will blow up, and there will only be more casualties."

"It's dangerous, but you can enter." Chen Qingyi nodded and said.

"You rest first." Nian Fu turned his head and said loudly to the stokers present, "There are 28 stokers, who dares to come in with me?"

"I! I! I! . . . "

Nianfu brought 28 firemen into the gunpowder bureau again. If there is a danger of re-ignition or explosion, they need to be eliminated as soon as possible to prevent all gunpowder from exploding.

Zhu Qiyu has been waiting for the result without saying a word. The officials of the various government offices sat in their seats and watched the Tiqis patrolling with their knives on. Tiqi did not abuse the officials of the government office. Yifeng went to the toilet, but all of them were done under Tiqi's nose.

At the head of the willows on the moon, Lu Zhong led a few horsemen, galloped on the empty street, ran to the lecture hall, dismounted from his horse, and rushed into the lecture hall. After reporting, he saw the waiting Your Majesty.

"It was preliminarily concluded that it was not man-made, but that the weather was hot and there was little rainfall. The pile of coal spontaneously ignited and caused a fire. Tiqi is still investigating and repairing it." Lu Zhong reported loudly.

Yu Qian and Hu Wei were relieved when they heard it. If it was arson, the whole Ming Dynasty would have to shake three times. The emperor was angry, and millions of dead bodies were bleeding for thousands of miles. Fortunately, this incident was a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster. It is already flammable, and it has been summer for the past few days, and there has been no rainfall.

There are many things that are not in line with common sense. In order to be angry with the emperor, Xue Huan arranged for King Qingwei to die on a woman's belly. For the benefit of a few cents, what can't these bastards do?

The emperor cannot be blamed for reacting so violently.

"Take it as a drill to counter the rebellion." Zhu Qiyu asked, "How about the loss?"

Lu Zhong said with a serious face: "Chen Youde, the general manager of the Shijing Factory, Liu Changshun, the director of the Gunpowder Bureau, and 28 firemen entered the Gunpowder Department to eliminate risks. The warehouse exploded and caught fire, and died on the spot. The husband went in to check the situation. Nianfu, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, led the fireman into the fire scene again, and the preliminary risk elimination has been completed, and the fireman is cleaning the scene."

"For the remaining losses, the Coal Wells Division burned [-] jin of piles of coal, the Charcoal Division lost two rows of factory buildings, and the Gunpowder Division blew up [-] jin of gunpowder. The specific losses are still being summarized and reported to the Ministry of Finance afterwards."

Lu Zhong knew what His Majesty cared more about. His Majesty didn't care about economic losses. His Majesty only cared about people. The 30 people who died were all people who entered the Gunpowder Bureau to avoid danger.If the Gunpowder Division explodes continuously, the loss of Shijing Factory may be immeasurable.

Zhu Qiyu nodded after hearing this and said: "Recall Tianzi Tiqi, let Zhongguo Gong and Changping Hou come back, tomorrow I will go to condolences to the families of the victims. One should be a fireman in the gunpowder department, and each will be awarded a miraculous merit card and two hundred silver , those who died were treated as heroes and martyrs, and their children went to the Imperial College to study."

When Hu Wei heard that His Majesty had recalled Tianzi Tiqi, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, let's have some food, it's been a day."

"Let's eat something together." Zhu Qiyu said to everyone, since the fire was approaching at noon, Zhu Qiyu hadn't eaten, and didn't reply to the memorial. It was a little hungry at night.

The officials in the government office still have Tiqi to eat. Zhu Qiyu is not angry with himself, but because the result has not come out, he can't eat.

Tianzi Tiqi returned to Juxian Pavilion one after another and returned the Yongle Sword, while Shi Heng and Yang Jun also returned the Yongle Sword to their lives. After hearing that it was initially determined to be a natural disaster, the stones in their hearts fell into their stomachs.

Lu Zhong's Yongle sword is still on his waist, obviously he still needs to check and mend it, and will not let any clues go.

After dinner, Zhu Qiyu said: "Chen Youde, Liu Changshun and the 28 firemen are heroes and martyrs. A hero is a hero and cannot be turned into a tool for power games."

"On weekdays, they scold me, and I don't bother to argue with them, but I don't want to see someone make a fuss about heroes. If they dare, I will compare every penny."

"No." Hu Yan said quite accurately: "The case of Xue Huan, the captain of the son-in-law, has not been over for a long time."

Yu Qian said tentatively: "Your Majesty, even if we emphasize safe production in this production, production accidents are inevitable. Every article of the production regulations is a lesson of blood and human life. The Censor of the Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Kodao speaker covered the sky with his hands to congratulate the President, and asked for a medal of meritorious service for the brothers Feng Bifu and Feng Bigui, who were kiln dwellers. The Shijing Factory seeped water, and the two brothers saved [-] kiln dwellers."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "Yu Shaobao's words are reasonable, but I am still vigilant."

Zhu Qiyu clearly knew that this was prejudice, and he also admitted that it was prejudice.

Chapter 949 I'm Especially Good at Seeing Needs

You can't blame Yu Qian for persuading Renshu not to work hard, Yu Qian has done his best, and you can't blame His Majesty for being partial, it is entirely the civil servants who shattered His Majesty's beautiful vision for scholars bit by bit.

On this day, Shijingchang was uneasy, and the Beijing officials were even more uneasy. They were held on their necks with knives, and they stayed like this for a day. If Shijingchang was really ordered by someone, His Majesty will make a big fuss , not even an intercessor.

Fortunately, the performance of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry in his rich years has saved a lot of face for the ministers of the Ming Dynasty!

At least when the Gunpowder Department was in danger of explosion, the craftsmen were working hard to put out the fire. Chen Youde, the general manager of Shijing Factory, and Liu Changshun, the director of the Gunpowder Department, died trying to escape the danger, while Daming Tiqi was maintaining order. The husband entered the Gunpowder Division for the second time and ruled out all risks.

The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, seeing what Yu Qian, a civil servant, can say, Yu Shaobao and I are both civil servants of the Ming Dynasty!

The next day, Zhu Qiyu specifically ordered to cancel the daily court meeting, and today the emperor was going to visit the families of the heroes.

Zhu Qiyu told Hu Wei that no one should make a fuss about heroes, not only giving instructions, but also expressing his position with practical actions, but all the officials and powerful officials in the capital who have eyes clearly understand what His Majesty means, Dougui Dou, don't engage in stigmatization tricks.

In fact, Zhu Qiyu expected the scene of condolences. He went to Daxing Shihaizi more than once to condolences to the family members who did not accept them at night. Apart from sadness, these family members were more grateful for the grace of God. Zhu Qiyu actually did not know whether these family members were really I am thanking the Holy Grace, but Daming's pensions for heroes and martyrs are particularly preferential, and the pensions alone exceed a hundred silver.

Zhu Qiyu is just an ordinary person. At least, these family members said in private that this hundred silver was considered a relatively good money for hard work during the Jingtai period.

The big driver Yuren drove back to the lecture hall slowly. After Zhu Qiyu finished his lunch, he squinted for a while, then picked up the memorandum, took the question book, and came to the Yantie Conference Hall of Juxian Pavilion. There will be a salt and iron meeting in the afternoon.

"See Your Majesty, Your Majesty bows to you." All the officials saluted.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Chen Youde's position without saying a word, and said after a long time: "Chen Youde invented the hydraulic screw press, which greatly accelerated the embossing of the imperial silver coins of the Ming Dynasty, and made the imperial silver coins more exquisite, so He won the first miraculous achievement card, and I still remember how he explained the mystery to me while holding a palm-sized model in the Shijingchang military battle."

"High spirits."

"In the past few years since he was transferred from the Military Bureau to the Shijing Factory as the general manager, Chen Youde has worked hard, and he has always been bullied by the Shuntian government office. He either borrowed money or took points, holding so much coal and iron, and holding so much power. , can still be bullied like this, is he weak? I don't think, in fact, he is not weak at all. "

"In all these years, I have never heard of Chen Youde being reported by the craftsmen of Shijing Factory."

"Yesterday, in order to avoid danger, 28 firemen including Chen Youde and Liu Changshun, the commissioner of the Gunpowder Department, went into the Gunpowder Bureau, and then they couldn't get out again."

"He knew the danger, but he went in anyway. He didn't regard himself as an official from the beginning to the end, but as a craftsman. The two brothers Shen Bigui and Shen Bifu were the same at the beginning. This kind of daring to be the first and not forgetting the original intention People are well-deserved heroes and well-deserved backbones."

"The Ministry of Industry proposed that Chen Qingyi, the general office of the Charcoal Division, be the general office of the Shijing Factory. When he was disposed of by the Gunpowder Division, he entered the Gunpowder Division for the second batch to eliminate risks."

"If there is any objection, write a memorial and send it to Wenyuan Pavilion before the end of the month."

Zhu Qiyu recalled Chen Youde's life. He was a simple, down-to-earth and capable craftsman. He was like this, and he was still able to go all out in a dangerous situation.

It is this kind of people who support Shijing Factory and Zhu Qiyu's new government factory policy.

The emperor also announced a personnel appointment, if there is any objection, you can ask questions.

The ministers look at you, I look at you, no one intends to refute the emperor's decision in the end, the general office of Shijingchang controls the energy supply of the capital, the military equipment of the capital, including the supply of gunpowder. The importance of the military-industrial complex based on the combined transportation of steel is self-evident, but no one dares to touch this bad luck at this time.

Mainly Chen Qingyi, really suitable, he himself is the office of the Charcoal Division, just one step away from the general office, this time the Shijing factory caught fire, Chen Qingyi performed very well, the most important thing is that Chen Qingyi, like Chen Youde, is a A typical craftsman, talk less and do more, will not affect the balance of all parties.

Zhu Qiyu opened the memo and said: "This morning, I didn't have a court meeting. There is one thing that needs to be said."

"A few days ago, Empress Dowager Sun, who worshiped the Buddha, suddenly sent the eunuch of the Palace of Compassion and Ning to complain to me, saying that she saw some strange things in the palace."

"When the imperial court is resting, there are always cars driving into the palace. They enter through the Xihua Gate, pass through the Imperial Wine Room, and arrive at the Palace of Compassion and Ning. The car wobbles, stops at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and then enters the Yeting Court."

"The Empress Dowager Sun is a little strange, because the nobles in the palace are all driven by sedan chairs. This car is unheard of, because who doesn't know that driving in the palace is equivalent to conspiracy? Court, stay at Qianqing Palace, then go to Kunning Palace, and finally pass through Qin'an Palace, exit Xuanwu Gate, and leave the palace through Xi'an Gate."

"The Empress Dowager Sun has been in the palace for so many years, and has never seen a car driver. She specially asked the eunuch to come here to ask about the situation, so as to avoid misunderstanding."

"Is Queen Mother Sun asking what's going on? That's hitting me in the face!"

After saying this, the salt and iron meeting hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard. This kind of thing!Some time ago, Mrs. Liu was knocking on the Dengwen drum, and His Majesty was looking at the officials who were not pleasing to the eyes. If you do this kind of thing at this time, you are courting death!

No wonder His Majesty reacted so violently yesterday, it turned out there was a reason for it!

Zhu Qiyu continued: "I asked Xing'an to investigate. I thought someone was going to enter the palace, take my bird seat, and become the emperor myself! After thinking about choosing me, this is wrong. I am in Tai'an Palace, and he entered the palace. Go, you can't take the bird seat, can you?"

"Xing'an inquired, this car is full of literati, and they are not allowed to get out of the car along the road. They just want to see what the palace looks like, so Xing'an sent someone to ask, how is this palace? This literati Say, but that's all."

"I'm just wondering, why did this car drive around in the Daming Palace in such a grand manner, whose credit card did they take?"

"This case is not difficult to investigate. It is the credit card of Sanqi Sheren, and it is the name of the Ministry of Industry to repair the palace. The eunuch of the imperial wine room is leading the way, and the Xunwei is guarding the city gate."

"Xunwei is the son of the hero. The imperial wine room is the eunuch's internal department. The name and the origin come from the Ministry of Industry. The people who do this business are actually the secretary of each ministry. Everyone has a share. Don't blame anyone. Just for the sake of The sightseeing fee of three hundred silver for one person."

"Thanks to the fact that I live in Tai'an Palace, not the Imperial Palace, otherwise, in the middle of the night, someone took my head and I don't know who did it."

Wang Zhi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, never expected that such a thing would happen to him when he was about to retire. When he stood up, he would kneel down and plead guilty: "I am guilty..."

"Stop, stop." Zhu Qiyu signaled Wang Cheng not to kneel, just sit down, and continued: "I know, but I don't live in the palace, and the power of the palace in the various ministries has plummeted, so there is a gap, the palace, the emperor Wherever you live, there is the imperial palace, apart from the city gate, the Nanjing Imperial Palace is almost haunted."

The prime meridian in the Jingtai period was based on the central axis of Tai'an Palace as zero degrees, and all maps with latitude and longitude are marked in this way.

The dragon bed of Zhu Qiyu's Tai'an Palace is on the zero-degree line. He can flip from the eastern hemisphere to the western hemisphere by turning over. The emperor doesn't live in the palace, and the palace is in the hearts of all ministries.

When Zhu Qiyu personally fought against the rebellion, he stayed in the palace for a few nights. Chen Wanniang was waiting for her bedtime attendant. Seeing Zhu Qiyu's figure, she thought it was haunted.

Seeking truth from facts, not only Zhu Qiyu's request to the courtiers, but also his request to himself. It is no wonder that the courtiers did not take the imperial palace seriously. The emperor even approved the repair of the glazed tiles of Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace.

Zhu Qiyu knocked on the table and said: "I can see the big from the small, but if there is a crack, just drill in, and you can always get some money. Our Daming is powerful and the beasts in the right clothes, especially Good at seeing stitches."

"I've made this matter clear today. These cavaliers and guards will be exiled to the old port to guard the border. These officials will go to Hara and Lin to find Yang Hanying. They will herd sheep for three years before returning."

How to deal with the eunuchs in the royal wine room?Xing'an sank them all.

Eunuchs are internal officials, and internal officials are the emperor's domestic slaves. Domestic slaves do not suffer from illness. If something happens, there is only one end, and that is death.

If Xing'an didn't sink them into the well, the eunuchs in Tai'an Palace would follow suit.

"Your Majesty is lenient." Hearing his Majesty's opinion, Yu Qian bowed his head and said, this is the scope of punishment. If His Majesty follows the theory of treason, it is not impossible, but His Majesty obviously did not raise the butcher's knife.

He Lin Ku, He Lin Lei, but all the ministers went to He Lin to herd sheep for three years, and they can still return to Daming. When Sanqi Sheren and Xun Wei arrived in Jiugang, they are the masters, masters, and Li Chengwu, the consolation envoy of Jiugang Dare to be arrogant to these honorable queens?

"Okay, let's start the salt and iron meeting." Zhu Qiyu picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and began to answer the questions from the courtiers about industry and vain industry. Homework, answer it with ease.

"Your Majesty, can the interest rate of the Baoyuan Bureau be lowered, and this vain money is just given to them for nothing?" Shen Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, raised an issue about the deposit interest of the Baoyuan Bureau.