I am the king of the dead

What kind of gun did Zhu Qiyu use?

A firecracker without any name, with a total length of one foot, eight inches and six cents, a bore of one foot and one inch and a quarter, and a caliber of three quarters and four centimetres, which is about one-third of the long gun and is longer than a handgun Up a tie.

The stock is made of tung oil-soaked solid mahogany, and the barrel is sloped. There are slopes similar to the rifling in the barrel. These slopes are composed of cylinder + cone + steps. The bullet can move forward while rotating, increasing the air tightness, the initial velocity of the lead bullet and increasing the accuracy.

The bolt is a percussion-type bolt, with a built-in anvil and flint, which is more sophisticated and easy to break, instead of the external fire door flintlock that was listed as a firearm in the Ming Dynasty.

This pistol is extremely troublesome to maintain, and requires a special gun case, which includes lead bullets, bullet pliers, lead melting crucible, gunpowder box, push rod, flat screwdriver, etc., a total of 16 maintenance items As a prop, after only using it a few times, it is necessary to replace the bolt as a whole, which is doomed to prevent large-scale deployment of this rifle.

The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty possessed powerful power enough to change the color of the world, and they would only use this power to promote productivity and meet a series of trivial and strange needs of His Majesty the Emperor.

For example, this riding blunderbuss fires quickly, reloads extremely quickly, is not affected by rain and snow, and has high accuracy, but is quite delicate and requires special maintenance. It is a firearm specially made by craftsmen according to the needs of the Ming emperor. As far as he is concerned, this is not very difficult, and it can easily meet His Majesty's needs.

When Zhu Qiyu and Yuan Bin were talking, a little yellow man hurried in, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the empress gave birth to a unicorn, six catties and one tael, congratulations, congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Congratulations to His Majesty, congratulations to Daming!" Yuan Bin hurriedly congratulated.

Ran Siniang is Concubine Ning, not the Empress. She cannot delay state affairs when she gives birth. She can only report it after the Emperor breaks up the Salt and Iron Meeting. However, the empress's birth is a state matter, and there should be no delay for a moment, because she is a legitimate son.

Zhu Qiyu stood up and said: "Yuan Bin, Yu'er is a martial artist and has been learning martial arts from Lu Zhong. These few days, Yuan Bin, you will be troublesome. Teach Yu'er a few more skills. I will go and see him."

"Farewell to Your Majesty!" Yuan Bin hurriedly bowed his head and said goodbye to the emperor.

Zhu Yu, the adopted son of Zhu Qiyu, died in Yibei after being a marquis of Yuantai, his mother died of dystocia, and the child was born with biliary jaundice. He died a long time ago, and now he is Zhu Qiyu's adopted son. When Zhu Yu was given the name, the Ministry of Rites was very dissatisfied. Yu, Yu, and homonyms should be avoided.

However, this is the emperor's family matter. No matter how much the Ministry of Rites objected, there was nothing to do. The emperor took out the emperor's ancestral precepts saying that the two characters were taboo, not single characters.

Zhu Yu has been raised under Queen Wang's knees for more than ten years, and he has long been treated as his own son.

"Xing'an, take a look." Zhu Qiyu hurried to the backyard, took a simple bath and changed into a new outfit, and then walked into the delivery room. The room had been cleaned long ago, and Ran Siniang rocked the cradle to put the baby to sleep. Empress Wang Lying on the bed, he seemed to be in good spirits.

"Thank you." Zhu Qiyu didn't go over to hug the child when he saw that he was asleep. He was sure to wake up after hugging him. He walked to the bedside and held Queen Wang's hand, and said with a smile.

Queen Wang shook her head and said: "It's the third child, nothing hard. I'm pregnant, and the palace people don't even dare to show off their air. They walk on tiptoes for fear of disturbing me. This child is born, Xie Jie." Sister Simiang, the imperial physician on duty at the hospital, is busy, and after birth, she is the nanny to take care of one or two, and Sister Simiang is taking the pulse, so it is hard work."

When Zhu Jianwei was born, she was still Princess Tan, and she didn't have any hard work at that time, let alone now.

Giving birth to a child will cause premature aging, most of it is due to the hard work of conceiving and caring for the child in October. Empress Wang knows that she is already more complete than all the women in the world, and her Majesty the Emperor is majestic and majestic, so there is nothing unsatisfactory. It's over.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Zhu Jianzhi, I hope that our children will grow up, and our Ming Dynasty will be able to rule the world, and the country will live in peace and prosperity."

This is the son of the concubine, and within the law of succession of the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty, this is the second heir in line, and then Zhu Jianji, the eldest son of the concubine.

Zhu Qiyu and Queen Wang were talking, Ran Siniang was holding the child, and Lu Zicai waited for all the imperial doctors to look at it before bringing the child back.

"How?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Ran Siniang and asked.

Ran Siniang carefully placed Zhu Jianzhi on the shaker, and said with a smile: "It's okay, a healthy and healthy big fat boy."

Ran Siniang had sufficient motives and methods to murder Empress Wang and her second son. As the master of the Xie Jie Yuan, she did this without anyone noticing, without any problems at all, and then relying on her favor to crown the harem , seek the position of empress, and finally become the Empress Chitose of the Great Ming Dynasty, and let her children inherit the position of Great Treasure.

This is Wu Zetian's script.

Ran Siniang is Ran Siniang, she is not Wu Zetian, and the most important thing is that behind Ran Siniang, there is no ambition of Hongnong Yang.

As far as Ran Siniang saw the emperor's appearance, it doesn't matter if it's inappropriate or he's busy every day, and it's inevitable that he will be sprayed with spittle by the courtiers, and smoke will be emitted from the seven orifices irritated by some moths. OK

Ran Siniang has no ambitions, and no one behind her urged her to be ambitious.

"Sister, I have a postpartum breathing method that guarantees that my sister will regain her former beauty in seven days, and she will be like a [-]-year-old girl in three months." Ran Siniang sat on the other side and said with a smile: "No, you can ask your husband, yes or no? "

"Yes yes yes, you are the best." Zhu Qiyu looked at Ran Siniang and shook his head, relying on his favor, he really dared to say any nonsense.

Ran Siniang indeed has a rather miraculous set of exercises. This set of exercises is the postpartum seven-day breathing method and the three-month yin shrinking exercise. The effect is indeed as she said, extremely miraculous.

There are a lot of achievements in the Jiejie Hospital. For example, after three needles, the person immediately loses tens of kilograms, but he will be infertile for life, and he can't even get up with acupuncture.

At first, Zhu Qiyu thought that Xie Jieyuan was bragging, why is the needle for cutting off children and grandchildren so powerful!

It wasn't until he saw the long-term observation and research report that he picked up his Jingtai treasure and stamped the word "Top Secret" on it, which is really a needle for cutting off children and grandchildren.

The subjects of this observation are two people, Jiangnan talents Su Ping and Su Zheng, who were sent to the Institute of Understanding for nine years because they leaked the news that they did not receive news at night and acted as spies for the Wala people.

In Zhu Qiyu's eyes, Ran Siniang is about to become the capable person who calls the wind and rain, and one day I won't spoil her. This Ran Siniang stomped her heart, kicked her feet, and gave herself three needles. Just thinking about it makes her spine feel cold .

"That sister taught me." Queen Wang said with a smile while holding Ran Siniang's hand.

Ran Siniang belongs to the kind of person who gets in the car behind closed doors. She has already got in the car, so she and the people in the car have become a community of interests. Keeping others from getting in the car is the reason she is willing to share.

"Don't look at injustice, don't listen to injustice, my husband, why don't you go to the former court to handle government affairs first?" Queen Wang let go of Zhu Qiyu's hand. Queen Wang also knew the news of Yuan Bin's return to the court, and the interview with Yuan Bin had already been delayed a lot. At this time, His Majesty the Emperor still has a lot of state affairs to deal with. If there are so many memorials, if time is delayed, His Majesty will have to stay up all night.

Zhu Qiyu left the backyard and returned to the Imperial Study Room of Juxian Pavilion to continue handling government affairs.

The prince's young teacher, Hu Wei, walked into the Huitong hall with a smile on his face, carrying Mrs. Tang, and it was almost the Chinese New Year, and he was a stranger in a foreign land alone. This Nikolaoz was alone in Daming, so Hu Ming naturally wanted to come and see .

"Hey, who is this? It's been through another winter?" Nikolaos was still not polite at all, and he poked Hu's lung tube when he came up.

Hu Yan was not angry, and said with a smile: "We two, maybe who will die first."

After saying this, Nikolaoz immediately felt a burst of anxiety, Hu Wei was mocking him, who was 20 years younger, but looked just as old.

"Master Hu, please spare my life. I'm not your opponent." Nikolaos thought for a while, and chose to surrender directly. If he gets poked a few more times, he might really not be able to survive.

Hu Wei sat on the soft rattan chair, leaned on the back of the chair casually, and said with a smile on his face: "You start the conversation first, how is your book on the travels of the envoy of subjugation?"

Nikolaoz put down the pen, and said rather puzzled: "I have encountered a problem, I don't understand why the emperor and the people of China never wanted to launch a war of aggression, to satisfy what they have, and not too much How much conquering heart? This is not just a disadvantage of high morality, it is more like what you call wanting nothing.”

"For example, this time the emperor's father-in-law was in Ceylon. If the queen of Ceylon hadn't launched a surprise attack on the Daming Navy, Da Ming would not have done anything to her, and even gave her five chapters of clothes to help her stabilize the situation. , if she hadn't acted stupid herself, she definitely wouldn't have ended up like this."

"That's true." Hu Wei thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's the difference of civilizations. Take a step back and be courteous. You respect me one foot, and I respect you one foot. This is not just Confucianism. It goes back to the origin , probably the most simple and kind-hearted people in the world living in this land, this may be part of the ceremony."

"This doesn't mean that the people of Ming Dynasty are submissive. If I am courteous to you and you continue to pester me endlessly, then you can't blame me for being rude."

Even with the skill of Hu Wei's 50-year book of rites, it is still impossible to perfectly interpret all kinds of Ming Dynasty, but in the final analysis, the root cause can be found from the behavior of most people.

The people are the creators of history, and the people are the main body of the country. To forget this is to forget the fundamentals.

Nikolaos thought for a while and said: "The etiquette of the Ming Dynasty is indeed difficult to understand, but it is so fascinating. I still have one thing that I don't understand. The sitting of the melons and vines of the Ming Dynasty is extremely cruel. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty often exiled thousands of people to Yongning Temple As far as Ryukyu, Java, and Jiugang, why the Dali Siqing and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment who are in charge of criminal names never correct it, shouldn't this be part of persuading Renshu?"

"If it is more utilitarian, wouldn't Dali Siqing and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment not worry about their family members being exiled after their accident?"

"Taking the example of King Kang's Fuzi, Liu's Fengtian Palace cried out that the two children were not allowed to take the imperial examination, and they could not abandon their pens to serve in the army. This cannot be done, nor can that be done. Emperor Ming is clearly aware of this problem, but he hasn't changed it?"

Hu Wei laughed when he heard that, nodded the table and said, "You are a typical way of thinking of the Roman aristocratic senate. You use the aristocratic senate to think about problems, how can you understand the laws of Ming Dynasty? I am Ming, It has its own national conditions."

"Because it is the bureaucratic bureaucrats who control the vast majority of social resources in Ming Dynasty, not the hereditary nobles."

"Can you understand?"

Nikolaoz shook his head, he didn't understand, he thought it was unreasonable, no matter whether it was from the bottom up or the top down, no one had ever questioned such a cruel method of melon vine sitting together, and almost All Daming people take it for granted.

Hu Yan folded his hands, leaned on the back of the chair, and said a little absent-mindedly: "I will say in more detail that the power of the Ming Dynasty was generated from the bottom up. This has become an axiom since Daze Township at the end of the Qin Dynasty. , no matter how to shape the sanctity of the emperor, but the change of dynasty is constantly staged in this land, this axiom is a factual axiom, a universal rule. Rome, precisely because it did not realize this, has gone through several times of ups and downs, Still think that power flows from the top down and dies in the end.”

"Sitting together with melons and vines is unfair to meat eaters, but for the majority of the people, isn't it a greater injustice not to implement "sitting together with melons and vines?"

"There is no absolute fairness in this world, so how to choose is not a difficult choice for Daming."

"To this day, His Majesty has forgiven all the eight laws and regulations. If His Majesty does not forgive, the eight laws and eight suggestions are nothing but empty ears."

Hu Wei knew very well that Ming Dynasty's Eight Disciplines and Eight Discussions had long been a franchise of the imperial power. If it were true, the Han King Zhu Gaoxu made great achievements in the Battle of Jingnan, but the Han Palace was ransacked by all the families, and even a list , The number of people did not stay.

Hu Wei continued: "To be more precise, it is indeed unfair to restrict the executors from having absolute discretionary power, which is a kind of additional punishment for meat eaters. Punishment means turning a deer into a horse, turning black and white."

"How many times does Daming sit with his family members and enjoy the rich life of the meat-eaters, do they really not know what the lawless people are doing?"

In fact, Hu Wei didn't finish talking, what is imperial power?Who does the imperial power represent?And who should it represent?What Hu Ming didn't say, Nikolaoz understood it himself, and he wouldn't tell Nikolaoz if he didn't understand Hu Ming.

Nikolaoz looked at Hu Wei and continued to ask: "Then can't we treat them differently?"

Hu Wei raised his eyebrows, didn't speak, covered Mrs. Tang, and didn't answer, just kept looking at Nikolaoz with a half-smile.

Nikolaoz was watched for a while, and then he became angry for a while, and the shame and anger were unbearable.

He figured it out for himself, his question was quite stupid, what is the standard for different treatment?Who will set this standard?And who will carry it out?It is those powerful and powerful people who have a lot of social resources.

'Different treatment' is a greater injustice, and there is no perfect model in theory, so it is better not to open this hole.

This kind of question should not be asked by Nicolaus, who is the governor of the Roman province and the exile of Rome.

"I was stupid." For Nikolaoz, it is not difficult to admit his mistakes. Rome is dead, and if the crux of the matter is not found, the return of Rome is meaningless.

Even if Hu Wei didn't speak, he could still poke Nikolaoz's lung tube. What would Nikolaoz use to fight Hu Wei?

Hu Wei sat up straight and said, "I may need some help from you. Daming has become increasingly busy on the sea trade day recently, and I ask your envoy to enlighten me on some things."

Chapter 957 Your Majesty Promised It!

"Li Binyan and Bei Lin looked up at the starry sky in Songjiang Mansion, sorted out the astronomical and calendar works of the former Yuan Taishi Ling Guo Shoujing, combined with the Ulugbek astronomical table and sextant that Wang Fu brought back from the northwest, carried forward the past and opened up the future, and made the precession more accurate. Some, Wang Fu also brought back the trigonometry, spherical geometry, and geometric diagrams of the Timurid Kingdom. In the end, Li Binyan and Beilin reported to His Majesty, and built an observatory in front of the Gongyuan Gate, and the earth is a ball. A conjecture, a conjecture that is widely accepted but not definitive."

"Since the third year of Jingtai, Daming has cleaned up the Longjiang Shipyard, coupled with the navigation illustrations left by the Sanbao eunuch, the Daming ship has improved the ratio of length to width, prevented ship maggots, improved the water volume of the mast, increased the draft to prevent shipwreck, etc., greatly His Majesty increased the ability of ocean sailing, and then His Majesty even called together the sailors and officers to set up the Maritime Hall, and regard maritime affairs as an academic study, among which are the discovery of the dark current, trade winds, and turbulent waves. , the Equatorial Quiet Belt, etc.”

"The Ming Dynasty has the largest population in the world, the largest workshop, the most sophisticated and the most advanced machinery, no matter whether it is a hydraulic rolling mill or a steam engine iron horse, these are the only ones in the world. These are constantly promoting the commodity economy of the Ming Dynasty. In this process of development, Ming’s imperial silver coins and Jingtai Tongbao are the blood in this huge commercial activity. People cannot live without blood, and so is the country. Bring back more silver and brass to continuously inject fresh blood into Daming."

"At the Salt and Iron Conference, we were surprised to find that Daming could no longer continue to carry out the horse administration during the Hongwu and Yongle years, because the fields in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty were already stretched to raise the people. However, compared with the growth of Ming's population, the territory opened up is obviously still insufficient. Against the background of a large population and narrow land, colonizing outside and going out has become an inevitable choice for Ming. Now the four provinces of Nanya, one capital and one government, have begun to immigrate to Jilong Island, and Luzon, Borneo, Java, and Old Port are also good choices."

"Your Majesty is a decisive person. Under His Majesty's leadership, Da Ming finally put an end to the muddle-headed and embarrassing policy of opening the sea. When problems arise, solve the problem. First open the sea. Your Majesty's reason is that the conflict between man and land is intensifying, and people's hearts are greedy. , if this contradiction is not reconciled, the old Zhu family's country will not be guaranteed. The reason given by His Majesty is so reasonable, but in fact, everyone knows that the growth of the population will stagnate due to the limited land. It is indeed possible for Ming Dynasty to perish, but that will be 100 or even 200 years later.”

"This is the reason why the era of great voyages is quietly coming in the Ming Dynasty. Even the capital has many yamen who have lost their status as nobles due to the conquest system, and began to seek to gain a fortune overseas. In their eyes, overseas undoubtedly has great potential. Risks, but also, almost crazy profits, such as many people recently went to slow Basa to find gold mines."

Hu Wei quietly talked about the past and the reason why the Ming Dynasty's great navigation era was able to take place.

Nikolaoz quietly wrote down these reasons. The supreme Emperor Ming used his own authority to promote the development of sea affairs. Now it has finally reached the era of thriving. It is ashamed to say that although the Roman Empire is known as the Mediterranean Empire, But in the Eastern Roman Empire, the Mediterranean Sea was not the inland sea of ​​Rome, so Nicolaus didn't even see clearly why Ming Dynasty was in the age of great navigation.

"Then, as Master Hu who has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites for 50 years, since he has already seen all the problems clearly, then what else do you want to ask me, an envoy of subjugation?" Nikolaos was very puzzled, and Hu He is the person who is most proficient in etiquette and law he has met in his life, what problem is there, can it be difficult to get him?

Hu Wei opened his eyes, stared closely at Nikolaoz and said, "It's not enough, Daming still lacks two things, that is how to bring wealth back, and how to colonize."

"To be clear, it is the kind of slavery that has no bottom line and is taken for granted. It can plunder the wealth of the aborigines without any scruples. That kind of shamelessness."

Nicholas immediately turned red, and said loudly: "Our Rome is not like that! If our Rome is like what you said, no matter whether it is the Germans, the Gauls, or the Anzas, it is impossible to occupy us. The ancestral home of Rome! That's what they are!"

"Otherwise, how could a group of lowly barbarians defeat the great Rome! They are the bloody executioners, and they are the ones who are shameless! They will kill all men, women, and children, and then order an indulgence and feel at ease!"

"We Romans are not like that!"

Hu Yan's eyes lit up, and he leaned forward and said, "Yes, yes, this is what our Daming lacks."

Nikolaoz's eyes widened, he was so breathless that he didn't turn over and died on the spot. Hu's way of pissing people off made Nikolaoz really unable to resist.

Hu Wei leaned on the recliner and said cheerfully: "The slavery in the Central Plains is too old. Although we can accumulate experience in the continuous exploration of the sea and form a slavery system that is suitable for the present after many struggles, the imperial court There needs to be a direction."

"The slavery system in your province should be regarded as a good system overseas."

Nicolaus and Hu Wei began to discuss Roman slavery. The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on the various problems facing Ming Dynasty on the basis of their respective cultures, and finally formed a consensus.

The conversation that took place in Huitong Post, the two people who had the conversation, did not realize at all how important this conversation was. When people talked about this conversation, they all believed that this conversation was the beginning of the confluence of the Han and Luo dynasties.

Before the Chinese New Year, Zhu Qiyu received Hu Wei's memorandum - "Haiyi Fan Guo Zhi Shu", which confirmed the legitimacy of overseas feudal states in terms of administrative system, law, confirmation of power, and measurement. And the Governor's Mansion is the political subject of overseas vassal states, with the Ming calendar and ethics as the cultural subject, the slavery like Hu Yuansi and others as the social subject, and the Haiyi vassal state system with the Ming weight and measure as the standard, initially taking shape.

Based on this, Zhu Qiyu perfected the financial and accounting system of the Haiyi feudal kingdom in terms of financial affairs, with the overseas city shipping department as the economic main body, and meeting the needs of the Ming Dynasty as the primary economic system. The experience of the Shibo Division has been supplemented, and the basic fact that the overseas Shibo Division has been established as a place in the Ming Dynasty, officials dispatched by the imperial court to manage it, and some details such as the patrol of the Daming Navy.

Only the military is not involved in this memorandum of Hu Wei. After reading it through, Yu Qian made up for the military deficiencies of the overseas governor's office. The restraint commanded by Shibosi Fandu is based on the military subject of Shibosi stationed in the Daming Navy and the vassal states.

This kind of military system is very similar to the Dudufu system in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, with the Long March athletes of the Tang Dynasty as the main military force, and the local officials assisted.

"Haiyi Fanguo System" established a complete set of Haiyi Fanguo system with Daming as the suzerain state, and also determined the rights and obligations between the suzerain state and Haiyi Fanguo.

In Zhu Qiyu's view, even if it is combined with the suzerain vassal system established by Rome, it is still moderate.

After all, the suzerain country of later generations can sell weapons to the Japanese country without delivering them, and finally forcibly eliminate the retired Japanese weapons and equipment because they are not in line with the times.

Wa paid the money but didn't see any real objects. Finally, at the request of the suzerain country, a large number of non-existing armaments were decommissioned. A circle, let the Japanese country be eliminated.

In short, the suzerainty system of the Ming Dynasty, as the suzerainty, Daming still has to fulfill many obligations, such as the Daming navy to patrol overseas vassal states, clean up pirates, maintain the continuation of the overseas governor's mansion, etc.

"Then does anyone have any questions?" Zhu Qiyu sat on the throne of Fengtian Hall, and Yu Qian had already interpreted the memorial passed by the court in detail.

He Zhang, Chief Procuratorate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, looked around. In the past few years, His Majesty's authority has become more and more powerful. There are people in the court who have doubts in their hearts, and no one dares to speak.

Is Your Majesty that scary? !

He Zhang went out and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, with the succession of the ancestors as the will, you can ascend the position of great treasure. Emperor Taizu Gao set up a country that will not be conquered for fifteen years, and Emperor Wen conquered because of the lawlessness of Jiaozhi. Now, Your Majesty Also, the establishment of the Haiyi vassal state system is contrary to the national policy of tribute established by Emperor Taizu Gao. I would like to ask, Your Majesty, what is the law of the Ming Dynasty for this tribute vassal state system and this tribute vassal system? And where is the law of the ancestors placed? "

All the ministers were shocked!

Can you say that?Can you speak?

In this Fengtian Palace, at the last court meeting of Jingtai in 12 years, it's nothing more than boldly questioning His Majesty's decree, even His Majesty questioned it!

It can only be said that he deserves to be able to cover the sky with one hand and congratulate Zong Xian, he is so courageous!

When He Zhang said this, a layer of cold sweat rose from his back, and the hand holding the wat board was shaking. How could he have the courage? His Majesty actually taught him to say these words. These words were even worse, He Zhang was afraid that he would say it himself, and the correctional officer would take him down and throw him into the imperial prison on the spot. He Zhang had to polish it up and reduce [-]% of his aggressiveness before he said it.

"Hmm." Zhu Qiyu was quite satisfied with He Zhang, a water monkey. He looked around the group of officials and said, "Presumably, all the lords of Gungun have this doubt."

"I dare not wait." All the officials said in unison, except for He Zhang, which guy would dare to jump out and point his nose at His Majesty?He Zhang's aggressiveness was too strong, so strong that no one dared to respond. He Zhang's words were deeply understood, and they were basically questioning the legal principles of His Majesty's throne.