Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

The emperor was short of food, so people went to great lengths to bring money and food to the emperor...

And what about them?

Just a retired official.

In terms of merit, they are not as good as Founder!

In terms of intimacy in front of the emperor, they are not as good as Fang Zhenghua!

In terms of ability, they are even worse than Fang Zhenghua!

Today the emperor scolded Fang Zhenghua like this just to apologize to them. What else could his brothers say?

Two gray-haired old men bent down to apologize to Fang Zhenghua:

"Don't be surprised, Governor Fang. My brothers have become naughty children as they grow old, and they insist on pursuing even the smallest of things.

I have offended a lot of people before, so I asked Governor Fang to forgive me because we are both old and confused. "

Their words made Fang Zhenghua's eyes turn red.

He did so many practical things.

When he was defending the isolated city, he even killed the enemy himself several times.

On the way to retreat to Nanyang, he was in danger several times.

His Majesty is safe, and he voluntarily requested orders to go to Jiangnan...

Isn’t what he, Founder, did better than the group of thieves in Jiangnan who stole the divine power, supported puppets, and annexed the country?

He went to Jiangnan. Although he did it secretly, it was not an airtight wall after all.

After robbing Qian Qianyi, they also robbed several rich people in a row, and their modus operandi was known to the gentry - such an obvious thing, after a little analysis, you will know that it was the work of eunuchs and Jin Yiwei.

Then if you follow Huang Degong and Zheng Hongkui, you will understand that everything was done by him.

The wealthy gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were furious.

Send a large number of private forces to look for traces of Founder.

This matter cannot be done through official power, otherwise, Jiangnan gentry as a group should not be laughed at by the world!

Slaves from wealthy families were everywhere, inquiring about Fang Zhenghua's news.

however……

How can they find the method of Founder's transformation?

The gentleman was annoyed.

We can’t find the Founder, and we can’t physically destroy him——

Then destroy him mentally!

As a result, he was transformed into a villain, a thief, and a greedy eggless eunuch...

Fang Zhenghua’s eyes turned red:

People in the world only scold him, but no one really understands that he is dedicated to this country!

"Two old officials must not do this!"

Fang Zhenghua choked with sobs and hurriedly pulled up the two white-haired old officials:

"It's all for Your Majesty, it's all for our Ming Dynasty. If someone scolds me, Your Majesty will be free of sorrow. I would rather have sores on my head and pus on my feet, and be cursed to death!"

Besides, it was indeed someone Fang who did something unethical, and I shouldn’t have acted like this..."

"Hahaha!"

Seeing the three white-haired old men bowing to each other, Zhu Youjian laughed.

He turned to Wang Lian and said:

"You shameless guy, why don't you go and bring the brocade stools and ask the three veterans to sit down!"

Wang Lian was scolded by the emperor for nothing, but he was not annoyed at all.

As a retainer of the emperor, the master does whatever he wants with him. This is the emperor's kindness!

Even the high-ranking Wang Lian was scolded by the emperor, and the little eunuchs next to him dared not stand.

They quickly moved the brocade stools, and Wang Lian asked the three of them to sit down one by one.

Fang Zhenghua is a minister. Although he has done a lot of meritorious deeds, this is not the time to praise him first.

Zhu Youjian just smiled at him casually, and then looked at Erbi.

"Two old friends, I got this treasure when I was in Xincheng. I was very happy and kept it with me."

Zhu Youjian took out the handgun he wore close to his body.

But I saw the blunderbuss in hand, with a mahogany handle, gold and silver interlocking silver decorations, and a string of inscriptions inlaid in it.

Brass is used as the bones and silver is used as decorations. It turns out to be very exquisite.

Zhu Youjian aimed at Zhaobi walking in the courtyard, raised his hand and fired.

The Dog Emperor was cautious. Ever since he got this flintlock gun, he always kept it loaded with gunpowder.

Therefore, he took out his gun and was able to shoot.

After Zhu Youjian pulled the trigger, the faucet holding the flint fell and hit the chopping board that triggered the gunpowder pool.

"Crack!"

"laugh!"

A string of sparks fell into the initiating gunpowder pool, the gunpowder burned, and ignited the propelling gunpowder in the gun chamber.

"boom!"

In an instant like lightning and thunder, a ball of flame erupted from the muzzle, and the sound of a big thunder cannon sounded in my ears.

Smoke lingered from the muzzle.

Looking carefully, on the screen wall twenty steps away, a blue brick was shattered into three pieces.

Zhu Youjian's sharp eyes saw at a glance that there was a hole the size of a finger at the bullet point.

The sound of the gunshot startled the young eunuch, but the three old men did not move at all.

They are used to hearing it...

Zhu Youjian fired a shot, then turned the handle over and handed the empty gun to Bi Maokang.

He pointed at the string of inscriptions on the gun and said:

"The inscription on this is said to be made by an apprentice of Menghou Laoqing's family, but is it true?"

Bi Maokang, who was dim-sighted, saw the emperor calling his name.

He felt around on his body, took out a pair of reading glasses without temples and tied with a string hood, and put them on his head.

Bi Maokang put on his reading glasses and then took the gun handed by the emperor.

Turning sideways and taking advantage of the sunshine outside, Bi Maokang stared at the inscription inlaid with silver wire and read carefully:

"In the 16th year of Chongzhen in Meng Qiu, Bi Shi tabooed Meng Hou's disciple Zhang Jimeng Zao."

Bi Maoliang also looked over, but at the age of 82, his eyes were so cloudy that he could not see the fine print clearly.

"Your Majesty, it was my incompetent apprentice Zhang Jimeng who did it."

Bi Maokang took off his glasses and handed them to his brother Bi Maoliang along with the gun to let him take a look.

He smiled and said: "The thing that the barbarians fear the most from China is firearms."

"Nine years ago, I asked someone to print the weapons manufacturing, theories, etc. collected by me, and named it "Illustrated Description of Weapons".

In the book, I listed various firearms and poisonous crossbows, with pictures and texts, describing the manufacture, use and power of the weapons. "

Bi Maoliang had also seen the handwriting clearly, and he answered:

"Your Majesty, this thing is very powerful and is most suitable for use by generals and cavalry!

Your Majesty, think about it, if two pairs are facing each other, and our general suddenly shoots the opponent...

If there is a battle between two cavalry parties, before we can shoot arrows with their cavalry bows, which are within a range of only twenty steps, we will be greeted by a hail of bullets when we raise our hands...

Your Majesty, think about it, what a blessing that would be!

This is made of flint as a lead, so it is not afraid of wind or light rain at all!

Because it is different from a matchlock gun, which requires a match rope to ignite the gunpowder.

In this kind of gun, a faucet placed on the trigger is pressed down, and the chopping board rubs against the flint to create a fire. Sparks fall into the charging chamber, causing the gunpowder to burn, generating gas thrust, and ejecting the projectile.

As long as the gun is pulled and the flint is struck, it can be fired, thus simplifying the firing procedure and increasing the rate of fire.

After I and my younger brother became official, they felt that the country was not peaceful and determined to improve the armaments. In these years, they have taught more than a dozen masters who can perfect the production.

That Zhang Jimeng is the leader of Chen brothers' sect. "

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The "strange skills and obscene skills" understood by later generations are the only definite meaning after Yongzheng's reform in the Qing Dynasty.

(Yongzheng's reforms are really not as awesome as they are boasted about. Anyone who studies this knows that they are essentially compromises and the implementation time is still very short.

A section of the novel about the prosperous times of Kangxi and Qianlong:

Take rice price and land price as an example. Are these two major issues related to people’s livelihood?

After Yongzheng's reform, society returned to what it was like in the late Ming Dynasty. The price of rice was between 900 and 1200 copper coins per stone, and the price of land was about three taels of silver per mu.

In the early years of Qianlong's reign, Yongzheng was deposed and reformed. You read that right. As soon as he came to the throne, Dabu Pill was almost completely abolished, including allotments! Moreover, the amount of dingyin allocated was not reduced, and the poll tax was re-imposed.

(It was used in the Liaodong battlefield in the late Ming Dynasty. The three temporary additional rates were still collected by the Qing Dynasty and were not reduced.)

People's livelihood during the Qianlong Dynasty - the price of rice was never less than 2700 wen per stone. In times of disaster, it soared to more than 5600 wen.

Some people say that the yield of sweet potatoes is less than one-tenth of that of grain, and some say it is less than one percent. But they don’t know why the price of rice remains so high?

Could it be said that someone would conduct random checks at that time?

Or is it because his fingers are not touched by the spring water?

Or...

The price of rice and the face price have been similar in all dynasties, almost the same, and the price of rice and wheat are also almost the same, which means that the price of wheat at that time was also so terrifying!

How expensive is it?

According to the silver-copper exchange ratio in the late Ming Dynasty, this price was approximately three and a half taels of silver to seven taels of silver.

Every stone!

The silver-copper exchange ratio fluctuated in three waves during the Qing Dynasty. It once dropped to 600 to one during the Kangxi period, remained at around 700--800 during the Yongzheng period, and fluctuated greatly from Qianlong's abdication to the late Qing Dynasty, between 3000--1000.

So food prices are high, but what about land prices?

The land price soared from 3 taels of silver to over 50 taels of silver, and has remained so all year round.

Brothers who understand economics, please help explain these data, it will save you too much verbosity. )

Scholars in the Ming Dynasty studied miscellaneous subjects. In the eyes of others, they were just eccentric, unsociable, and partial to subjects, but they did not rise to the level of being despised by everyone.

The "fantastic skills and obscene skills" of this era did not mean what later generations understood, but referred to novel techniques and works.

Before the end of the seventeenth century, the semantic meaning of using "strange skills and obscene skill" as an adjective was to express excessiveness and emphasis, rather than contempt.

Even for scholars in the Ming Dynasty, studying science was not only not shameful, but also helped them gain points and gain a higher political status.

For example, Xu Guangqi and Wang Zheng, the "Kings of South Xu and North", were two big names in miscellaneous studies in the late Ming Dynasty.

These two people not only studied miscellaneous studies, but also believed in Catholicism.

Wang Zheng once strictly respected monogamy. In the end, because he had no children, his family forced him to take a concubine, and Wang Zheng died because of this...

This is perverse enough...

However, this does not affect the fact that they are famous scholars all over the world.

There are also Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, Zhao Shizhen, Song Yingxing, Bo Jue...

Geometry, algebra, physics, chemistry...many definitions and laws of later generations were formulated and translated by these people.

Has his reputation been tarnished?

……

Don’t say that you feel like you bite your tongue when reciting definitions.

Because the context when translated was based on classical Chinese, the grammar was somewhat misaligned with later generations, and the vocabulary was more concise.

(For example, I read a lot of classical Chinese materials, and sometimes the grammar of what I write seems weird to readers, and the order is wrong...)

……

At least before the Shunzhi Dynasty, the study of science by Confucian scholars was just partial, not a shame!

The words "strange and obscene" are just words used to describe partial disciplines, not words of contempt.

The turning point was when Dai Zi was exiled to Ninggu Pagoda because he built a low-level continuous-fire machine gun, the Continental Gun.

From then on, the originally scientific semantics turned into a cunning and cunning one!

During the Shiquan Dabu Pill period, the female scientist Wang Zhenyi was even more unacceptable to the world. She became depressed and became ill at the age of 29 and died.

Qin Liangyu, a female general in the Ming Dynasty, was still able to obtain the high position of marquis.

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