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

Chen Tianqu touched his body:

"Brother Sun, why didn't you tell me earlier that you needed money? I didn't bring much with me. There is also a 3000-tael silver note here. You can use it first.

If it's not enough, I'll write back right now. If it's not much, thirty to fifty thousand taels is still no problem. "

Unlike Sun Yunqiu, whose family is not rich, Chen Tianqu comes from a truly wealthy family.

Zhu Sheng also smiled and took out a 2000 tael banknote:

"Brother Sun, see if it's enough. If not, just ask."

The two friends spent 5000 taels of silver, which was a huge amount of money that Sun Yunqiu would not be able to earn back in ten years.

"Enough is enough!"

Sun Yunqiu hurriedly took it, bent down and bowed:

"To be honest with my two brothers, I have a vague feeling that His Majesty's Enke will definitely make a big move this time, so I plan to set up a workshop in the capital to make a batch of our specialty products.

In this way, after the list is announced, we will present treasures! "

"Great!"

After hearing what Sun Yunqiu said, Chen Tianqu and Zhu Sheng stopped discussing and said in unison:

"Brother Sun, this is a very good suggestion. Why are we hanging around here? We'd better go back and get ready!"

Chen Tianqu wiped his dirty hands casually on the clean clothes he finally put on after his friend's advice.

There were clear dirty fingerprints on the pure white moiré-patterned jacket with a wide, stand-up collar.

He didn't care at all and immediately shouted:

"If you want to do it, do it all. I'll write a letter back and ask my family to send [-] silver, and we can make dozens of sets!"

"This time, even if our three brothers lose their reputation, we will still make a name for ourselves in the capital!"

Chen Tianqu seemed to have found out clearly a long time ago:

"I have heard that Er Bi, Er Song, and Wang Zheng are highly valued by His Majesty!

Even if we fail the ranking, as long as we follow their path, we can still present good things to His Majesty!

By then, even if you and I don't make the list, what does it matter? "

Sun Yunqiu and the other five Suzhou monsters were thinking of taking advantage of the emperor's reliance on skilled craftsmen to present the artifact and set foot on the Avenue to Heaven.

But Zhu Youjian was meeting Wang Zheng.

Facing the national treasure Wang Zheng, Zhu Youjian gave the greatest support and even directly gave Wang Chengen a strict order:

As long as Wang Zheng needs something, whether it is money, craftsmen, or privileges, he will fully support it.

Zhu Youjian, who was well aware of the development patterns of science and technology in later generations, naturally knew the power of the steam engine.

Although Wang Zheng is already over 70 years old, he is no stranger to this stuff.

Even the apprentices brought out by Wang Zheng were able to make it themselves.

No, in just 20 days after arriving in the new capital, the first steam engine that Wang Zheng personally supervised had been cast.

Zhu Youjian was so happy that he immediately took a car with Wang Zheng and headed to the manufacturing workshop.

He wanted to see this artifact for himself!

On the carriage, Zhu Youjian asked unconsciously during the chat:

"Wang Qing, I asked someone to find your "Illustrated Notes on Strange Weapons of the Far West". After reading it, I found out why this thing is almost the same as the "Illustrated Notes on Newly Made Weapons" you wrote earlier. Woolen cloth?"

Wang Zheng laughed, but with a hint of loneliness on his face, he sighed:

"Ugh!"

"Your Majesty, to be honest, there is no "Pictures of Strange Weapons of the Far West" in this world!"

Zhu Youjian was stunned.

Wang Zheng's words made his expression change drastically.

Is it...

As a master of Chinese history, Zhu Youjian knew that some people in later generations came up with the "forgery" view of Western history after careful study.

In fact, there are many people who examine the West’s forgery from various aspects.

Although Zhu Youjian does not study Western history, the historical circle is so big that most people don't even know the twists and turns in it.

Say it is small, but it is small.

Apart from those "people" who are paid to advocate and those who are fooled into advocating for free, there are only a handful of people who really study this stuff.

Even though they are not in the same circle, Zhu Youjian still knows some inside stories that ordinary people don't know.

Those conscientious historians, after comprehensive research from the environment, humanities, society and other aspects, have a common understanding -

The so-called birthplace of science in the West - in the age of origin they advocated, it was still a vast ocean!

This is the origin of the nickname "Western Ocean History" in the industry.

Wang Zheng shook his head, stood up and saluted the emperor solemnly:

"Your Majesty, please atone for your sins. In my early years, I compiled "Illustrated Description of Newly Made Various Weapons". I wanted to go to heaven to listen to it and make my Ming Dynasty's martial arts prosperous.

But I don’t want to…”

Wang Zheng shook his head and smiled bitterly:

“At that time, there were constant internal strife in the imperial court, with civilian officials trying to take control of the government and eunuchs trying to restore imperial power.

The book written by the minister was delivered to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, but was shelved.

And I have no way of contacting my inner ministers!

Moreover, given the circumstances at that time, even if I handed the item to the eunuch, how could it reach the hands of the emperor? "

"I thought that my fame was not enough, so I made up my mind to become a Jinshi in high school and become an official, so that I could personally deliver these works to the emperor.

At that time, I had wasted decades of time, picking up books from scratch and reviewing the words of the saints, but it was not easy.

It took me six years to become a Jinshi..."

Zhu Youjian's face was ashen.

The era Wang Zheng was talking about was the Wanli-Apocalypse period.

The struggle between civil servants and imperial power has been intensified since Wu Zong.

After Zhu Houzhao was killed, Jiajing and Wanli were able to stabilize the throne by secretly supporting the imperial party without coming forward.

The Emperor Longqing in the middle succumbed to the civil servant group, compromised on everything, and even did not hesitate to "open the sea" to legalize the trade between officials and gentry...

Emperor Longqing, who harmed the interests of the country in this way, actually gained the reputation of the "Lord of ZTE".

Afterwards, Wanli's struggle with the gentry group went to a higher level, directly using a large number of eunuch groups.

The confrontation between the civil service group also went a step further, directly coercing the "people" and killing countless emperor's hawks.

As the eldest son of the real prince, Tianqi was not favored by Wanli, but in the face of imperial power, Wanli did not relax his teachings to him.

Zhu Youxiao had a teacher who taught him the art of emperorship.

Therefore, Apocalypse's political methods are not bad.

When the weak emperor succeeded to the throne, he still implemented Wanli's old trick - using the power of eunuchs to suppress the wealthy gentry group.

In fact, Tianqi did more cruelly than Wanli!

It can be said that the power struggle at that time was both sides trying to kill each other.

Wang Zheng, a small official, was naturally speechless when faced with such a situation.

Zhu Youjian frowned, there was a fire in his heart, and he wanted to scream out in frustration.

The emperor bit his lips and made a squeaking sound with his fists:

"So, you took on the name of a Westerner?"

Wang Zheng sighed and admitted the emperor's guess:

“It was Jinni Pavilion who found me, he was sent by Long Huamin.

Long Huamin was Matteo Ricci's deputy. After Matteo Ricci's death in the 38th year of Wanli, Long Huamin became the head of the Catholic Church in the Ming Dynasty, responsible for the affairs of Western believers in the Ming Dynasty.

I was originally acquainted with the Westerner Pang Diwo, and I was educated by Pang Diwo. "