Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty

The smoke and dust cleared, and the minister of the cabinet, Jiang Mian, stretched out his hand tremblingly, pointing forward: "You said... this is a spell."

The scene comparable to the descending of gods and demons completely stunned everyone.

Li Chengfeng smiled: "Of course not."

"Ah?" Everyone was taken aback again.

I saw Li Chengfeng saluted the emperor: "This thing is called Earth and Thunder. It was developed by Pindao based on the "Stone Explosion Cannon" mentioned in ancient books, so that it can kill more damage and is buried in the ground. , it will explode when it is heavy, and it can also be pulled by a wire, ignited, etc. Just now, the little father-in-law followed the gestures and helped the poor."

Then he solemnly said: "Your Majesty, since the birth of Pindao, he has determined to help the country and serve the Holy One. Now Sansheng is fortunate to be promoted by His Majesty, and he should devote himself to it. With righteousness in your chest, why fear ghosts and gods! Pindao researches and develops these things, only to do his best to share the worries of His Majesty and strengthen our Ming Dynasty!"

The words were sincere, and everyone present was moved, even the old Mao Ji Mao Ge who had the biggest opinion on him, had changed at this time.

Not to mention Zhu Houcong, who almost cried on the spot.The little emperor was still quite ambitious at this time, seeing the power of thunder and thunder, he couldn't help but asked: "How much is this thing cost, is it easy to make?"

"If it is mass-produced, it will only cost a few tens of pennies each. If it is produced, Pindao can guide it by the side." Li Chengfeng vowed.

The ministers were all interested and knew the seriousness of the matter, so they rushed back to the palace to discuss it, leaving only Shao Yuanjie and the others here to look at each other.

Shao Yuanjie asked Zhang Heling cautiously: "Grandpa Zhang, is our fighting method comparable?"

"Better than your grandma's bear!" Zhang Heling kicked him angrily: "People are gone, and you're better than a fart! A charlatan! Get lost as far as I can!"

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After seeing Li Chengfeng's experiment, everyone's eyes lit up. You must know that today's Ming Dynasty is not peaceful, with Japanese pirates burning, killing and looting in the south, and Mongolia in the north.Although this landmine is useless in water warfare, it is still good for land warfare.The most important thing is that it can be used for defense, it can be called an artifact!

From the mirror at the beginning, to perfume, to earth and thunder, the female Taoist priest has created miracles one after another.Zhu Houcong immediately decreed to select skilled craftsmen to be officers of the Ministry of Industry and establish the Tiangong Bureau. Li Chengfeng, a real person from Jinghua, would serve as the director of the Tiangong Bureau and enjoy the first-class treatment.Considering that many things are related to people's livelihood and national defense, I added that this bureau is independent from the six ministries and directly obeys the emperor's orders.

As soon as this decree came out, the important officials in the court and the central government did not object because they knew some inside stories more or less.Seeing that the big boss didn't speak, the petty officials pretended to be dead, but they couldn't help complaining about their preference for the female crown. It hasn't been long since she was awarded the title last time, so why is she being rewarded again! ?

Just when the government and the public were silent, Xia Yan jumped out of the military department and said: "Your Majesty's move is inappropriate. The six departments are ancestral regulations. A small Tiangong Bureau is nothing more than strange skills. How can it be independent?" It's outside the six parts." Jiajing felt a pain in his head when he saw him, recalling the fear of being dominated by him some time ago, he couldn't think of a reason to refute it.

Then Xia Yan said: "The sea ban has been ordered a long time ago, but the imperial edict has not yet arrived, the coastal trade is rampant, and fishermen have been banned from going to sea without permission. I also ask the emperor to stop the ship and enforce the sea ban!"

Zhu Houcong really didn't want to talk to him, but this person probably got used to it, so he started to fight again.In the end Zhu Houcong got angry, and said, "Xia Ge didn't go to the coastal area to be a magistrate, but also met the Tiangong Bureau. How can you prove yourself right!"

Xia Yan sneered: "The emperor has never been to the coast, nor has he worked in the Tiangong Bureau. How can he know that the minister is wrong? At least the minister has the support of ancestors' etiquette and law. It has been like this since ancient times. The emperor is now doing it for his own selfish desires. Aren't you afraid of delaying state affairs!"

"You!" Jiajing gasped, this Xia Yan was like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard.

"Okay, okay! Since you said that, then I will transfer you to the Tiangong Bureau to take a good look!" So Zhu Houcong swiped his pen and transferred Xia Yanping to the Tiangong Bureau to serve as Li Chengfeng's deputy. Let the Taoist priest cure him.

Xia Yan took the order angrily, and made up his mind to go to Naluoshizi Tiangong Bureau, and he must let the gang of pretending to be gods and ghosts to harm the country and the people look good.

As a result, when he met the Shangguan with his things, he was immediately dumbfounded.

"You are the real Jinghua?" Xia Yan asked in disbelief.Although Li Chengfeng said that he was on duty in Yuanen Palace, he only regarded it as a general female crown, and never thought that the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling would dare to frame the emperor's favorite minister.

Li Chengfeng was also slightly taken aback: "Aren't you... Master Xia?" The little emperor had greeted him a few days ago, saying that he had sent a bully to discipline him, but he turned out to be an acquaintance.

Xia Yan stood there in confusion, for a moment he couldn't think of what attitude to use to face this female Taoist priest.It stands to reason that I came here to provoke the emperor and make the emperor take back his order.But this woman had saved him before, and the enemy of an enemy is a friend, and those who can be framed by those two moths of the Zhang family must also be loyal people.

"Anyway, you come in first." Li Chengfeng looked at him funny.

Xia Yan lowered his head and silently followed behind.

Tiangong Bureau is intended to win the craftsmanship of heaven and earth.The location is also very interesting, it is in Xiyuan.If it is an old man in the Zhengde period, he must be very familiar with this place. Without him, the place where Emperor Zhengde played and worked - Leopard Room, is here.

The Leopard House’s new house was first built in the second year of Zhengde, and more than [-] houses were built in the seventh year of Zhengde.Jiajing put the Tiangong Bureau in this place, perhaps to show the difference between himself and the late emperor. You are for entertainment, and I am for people's livelihood.In addition, if some dangerous large-scale experiments are involved, there is a separate open space in the suburbs of Beijing for use.

At present, including Li Chengfeng, there are more than 50 people in the Tiangong Bureau. Although there are not many, all of them are carefully selected by Li Chengfeng himself.Some are good at metallurgy, some are good at carpentry, and there are even two or three Taoist priests who make alchemy. These are all ancient chemists.

As soon as Xia Yan entered, he saw an extremely long square table in the hall, and everyone sat around the table.There were three or five gatherings, some were arguing so blushingly that their necks were thick, some were silently writing calculations with a pen and paper, and some were talking to themselves while looking at the drawings.

"Who are these people?" Xia Yan frowned. He had always been solemn and rigorous, and couldn't bear the slovenly appearance of this group of people.

"They are all our colleagues." Li Chengfeng explained in a warm voice, and then said to everyone in a too loud voice: "Everyone, this is Xia Yanxia, ​​who is specially appointed by the emperor, and will work with us in the future. Welcome everyone."

The technicians reluctantly stopped what they were doing, applauded sparsely, and then turned around to discuss again.

Xia Yan was furious, and Li Chengfeng apologized slightly: "The research of Di and Lei has reached a critical moment, and they haven't been home for a long time, please forgive me, Lord Xia."

Facing his superior and savior, he couldn't bear to show his face, and reluctantly shook his head, Xia Yan said: "It's okay, my lord, you can go, I'm here to get acquainted with the environment."

Seeing what he said, Li Chengfeng left to work.

Xia Yan actually didn't know what the Tiangong Bureau was doing, but he didn't want to show his timidity, so he walked around the big table a few times and secretly eavesdropped on everyone's conversation.

Then the more I listened, the more confused I became, what would trigger the ignition device?what percussion cap

?Are these people really speaking the official language of Ming Dynasty?Mrs. Xia, who couldn't get in the way, was very impatient. When he faintly heard someone talking about the "Fire Dragon Scripture", he finally had one I knew, so he said: "The descendants of Jiao Yu, the author of this book, have a relationship with me. After meeting once, if you want to visit me, I can help introduce you."

There was a strange silence at the scene, and then everyone continued the conversation as if they hadn't heard it.Xia Yan was angry, could this be the legendary kindness acting as a donkey's liver and lungs!

Suddenly, his sleeve was tugged, he turned around, and saw a white-faced scholar looking at him with a wry smile, "Master Xia, let's take a step to talk."

Xia Yan followed him out, went outside, and signaled to the other party that they could talk.

The man thought for a moment, and first introduced himself: "Xia Zheng Niannian, like Mr. Xia, a Jinshi of Zhengde for 12 years. He used to work in the Ministry of Industry. After the establishment of the Tiangong Bureau, due to lack of manpower, he was transferred here. "

Hearing that he was a Jinshi of the same period, Xia Yan's face turned pale, and he cupped his hands and said, "Master Zheng, I don't know why I said something just now, but they ignored me."

"Well...I'm afraid Brother Xia, you didn't listen carefully to what they said. Those people were just mocking the "Fire Dragon Classic", saying that there are many things in it that are misleading, and it is old and old. You came forward and said that you would bring the author of the book If your descendants come, they may have misunderstood that you are here to find trouble, so it’s good that you don’t speak rudely.”

Only then did Xia Yan realize that he was not an unreasonable person, so he felt relieved. "Thinking of Mr. Zheng's advice, it's Xia who is being rude."

Zheng Niannian shook his head: "It's okay, it's okay. Speaking of which, Master Xia and I are the only ones who can't get in the way. I don't know anything about it. When I look at those blueprints, my head hurts and my eyes are straight. But thanks to Master Jinghua , Your Majesty is very concerned about the Tiangong Bureau, and there is no shortage of food and drink in it. If you are free, you can still provide for the elderly. This is probably the so-called, leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade..."

Before he finished speaking, Xia Yan interrupted: "Brother Zheng's words are wrong. You and I are both officials of the imperial court, and we should serve the country. Although we are not willing to be transferred here, we can't be left behind."

"But... there is a specialization in surgery, you and I don't know what to do with these things." Zheng Niannian was quite aggrieved.

Xia Yan gritted his teeth: "Go learn it if you don't know it! I don't believe it. After ten years of hard work, I have passed the imperial examination. Such a small skill of obscenity can still be hard for you and me! To be honest, I hope The Tiangong Bureau can be disbanded, but now it seems that if you don’t enter the tiger’s den, you can’t get a tiger’s cub, so you can only work with them temporarily!"

Zheng Niannian was also stunned by the other party's rhetoric or by the other party's strong spirit, and said slowly: "Brother Xia, please do your best. I'm here to help you. If you need help, just say it. I won't come..."

The way is not the same, Xia Yan walked into the back room with a feeling of going to death.

Let's not talk about how our Lord Xia spent sleep and food forgetting to study, but just talk about Jiajing, who got rid of the big trouble and calmed down happily for several days.

But soon he couldn't be happy, because there was another important matter that needed to be resolved urgently, Princess Yongfu Zhu Chunying, it was time to get married.

This is inevitable, as Zhu Chunying is the emperor's elder sister, the eldest princess of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houcong is already sixteen this year, and she will soon be 19 years old, and she is already an old girl in this era.

Although extremely reluctant, Zhu Houcong still ordered the Ministry of Rites to handle the matter.

The procedures for choosing a son-in-law in the Ming Dynasty were very cumbersome. In the early Ming Dynasty, in order to win over heroes, the main choice was to choose the children of heroes as son-in-laws. Family background was the first consideration, followed by talent and appearance.

After Xuande, the imperial power became more and more stable, and preventing foreign relatives from intervening in politics became the first consideration, so the candidates for son-in-law changed from officials to civilians.

Moreover, there are also great restrictions on the rights of the son-in-law and the son-in-law's family. Anyone who has anything to do with the son-in-law is not allowed to participate in politics.But even so, it may be because Zhu Yuanzhang himself made his fortune by being a son-in-law, and he couldn't bear to treat his son-in-law too badly, so the status of the son-in-law is still very high.The consorts of the Tang and Song dynasties were only from the fifth rank, while the status of the consorts in the Ming Dynasty rose sharply to above the earl.With Wang Yangming's achievements in quelling the war, he was no more than a count.

The most important thing is that although the son-in-law cannot participate in politics, he can join the army!There are more than 80 princesses in Ming Dynasty, and about [-] of them are married to military generals. In short, their status is still very noble.

The Ministry of Rites also tried its best this time, because the emperor has been refusing to choose a concubine, and even many officials have gray hair anxiously.They are now imagining, if the princess marries well and the husband and wife live in harmony, is it possible for the emperor to agree to find a wife?Even if they are monogamous like Emperor Hongzhi, they can bear it, and just hope to get married quickly today!

It's funny to say that Daming's choice of son-in-law is mainly based on everyone's registration.

First, the Ministry of Rites will issue a list, indicating the criteria and time for selecting the son-in-law.After reading the list, everyone weighed their own qualifications. After all, a son-in-law has to be handsome, dignified, clean-born, and well-educated.Those who are willing to sign up, first the officials of the Ministry of Rites will be in charge of the primary selection, and then the supervisor of ceremonies will be in charge of the second selection, from which three people will be selected as the reserve candidates, and finally the emperor and concubine will retain one person as the son-in-law.

The Ministry of Rituals worked overtime to finally confirm the three of them.Just as the consort's work was in full swing, Li Chengfeng, who was far away in Xiyuan, heard a shocking news.

Zhu Chunying, the princess of Yongfu who was waiting to be married, not only refused her elder brother's emperor's decree and swore not to marry to death, but even hanged herself in the palace after the queen mother was furious and wanted to put her in confinement.Thanks to being discovered in time, he was rescued.

The news came through Chunyin, and it can be seen that she is extremely helpless at this time. Chunying is her sister of the same father and mother, who took care of her since she was a child.She really didn't know what to do, so she could only come to Li Chengfeng for help.

After learning about this incident, Li Chengfeng immediately put down everything in his hands, and quickly entered the palace to meet the saint.At this time Zhu Houcong was staying alone in the imperial study room, his face was full of exhaustion, when he saw Li Chengfeng, he smiled weakly: "You are here, Chunyin told you."

Seeing the child like this, Li Chengfeng was also quite distressed, and quickly stepped forward and said, "What's going on?"

Zhu Houcong was also at a loss: "I don't know either. I brought the three people selected by the Ministry of Rites to discuss with the queen mother. In the end we unanimously decided that it would be better for Chunying to choose by herself, so I took the portrait materials to find She. In the end, she didn't even look at it, and said she didn't want to marry, and wanted to stay in the palace and serve us for the rest of her life."

Then he couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Where do we use her to serve us? After a while of persuasion, she still didn't listen. The queen mother became angry, saying that she would marry if she didn't marry, and planned to pick one for Chunying herself. Then Chunying contradicted her, The queen mother asked people to lock her up, and then..."

Zhu Houcong sighed with lingering fear in his heart: "How could it be so troublesome today? If that little magic star Chunyin did this, I wouldn't be surprised. Chunying has always been quiet and polite, and obeyed her mother's words. It's like a different person." of."

Li Chengfeng shook his head, probably because he lived with King Xingxian in the front yard since he was a child. Although the little emperor had a very good relationship with his sisters, he didn't know them very well.

Although Chunyin seems to be fooling around all day long, mischievous and willful, but she is very simple-minded and straightforward. If it is something that Jiang's orders are very strict, she almost obeys.But Chunying is not the case. On the surface, she follows the rules, is gentle and virtuous, but she has a rebellious side in her heart. It can be seen from her peeking at the script at the time and helping Li Chengfeng to steal the certificate. Among Jiang's three children , she is probably the one with the most courage and the strongest temperament in the true sense.

This kind of girl is silent, but it is easy to make a big death in silence.However, it is unjustifiable to be so resistant to marriage and not hesitate to force it with death. Could it be...

Li Chengfeng didn't answer his words, but thought for a while and said, "It's better to ask Pindao to talk to Chunying."

It can only be like this, Jinghua has always been eloquent and has a close relationship with the two sisters, I hope he can persuade Chunying, the little emperor thought helplessly.

When they arrived at Chunying's residence, the servant girl led Li Chengfeng into the bedroom with red eyes. This time the eldest princess committed suicide and they were terrified.

Zhu Chunying leaned against the bed with a pale complexion, her eyes were calm and unwavering, like a delicate doll, she didn't respond to Li Chengfeng.

"Pindao has been in the Tiangong Bureau for a while, and hasn't paid much attention to other things. Chunyin told me about this. She is crying day and night, and she is very panic. Your Majesty has not closed her eyes for two days." Li Cheng Feng calmly stated: "It's not that the queen mother doesn't want to see you, but after this incident, she fell ill when she returned to the palace, and now it's hard to get up. At such an age, your parents and husband passed away one after another a few years ago. There are three long and two short, white-haired people give black-haired people, what can she do."

He spoke calmly, but Zhu Chunying over there burst into tears.

"It's my unfilial piety that made my mother and the queen worry. I'll go and ask them for sin later. I...I'll marry."

Li Chengfeng shook his head: "The question is not whether to marry or not. The queen mother is also worried about you, afraid that you will have no one to rely on for the rest of your life. You are already 19 years old. If she really wants to force you, will she let you stay for so long? "

He knelt down and looked directly at Zhu Chunying: "Can you tell me, Princess, why you insist on not marrying?"

Chunying's eyes flickered: "There is no reason, I just don't want to get married."

"Princess, stop joking. Just because you resist so fiercely, it won't be so simple. If you tell the truth to Pindao, maybe I can help you think of a way and give advice."

Under Li Chengfeng's repeated questioning, Chunying finally let go and hesitated, "Can the real person keep it secret for me?"

Li Chengfeng nodded solemnly.After a while, Zhu Chunying spoke slowly.

It turned out that on the day of the Lantern Festival in Aoshan, Zhu Chunying, Li Chengfeng, and Chun Yin got separated and took two maids alone to enjoy the lantern.

It turned out that the two maids were the first female officials sent by the Queen Mother Zhang, and they were extremely strict on weekdays. They would scold Zhu Chunying when she saw Zhu Chunying fiddle with the lantern.Zhu Chunying was annoyed by the preaching, it was fine as usual, today was the first time she played since entering the palace, and she really didn't want to upset them.So I used the maze of lanterns to get rid of the two.

As a result, it was a coincidence that he ran into two drunken sons of the aristocratic family.As I said before, the female family members who went to play that day were basically well-off, and most of them were the wives of officials.Chunying didn't wear palace attire, she only wore a water pink cloak, and she wore a girl's bun, she looked quite young.The two children of the aristocratic family naturally thought that it was the concubine brought by the official, so they teased her.

To be honest, Chunying didn't have any fear at all, she was wearing Li Chengfeng's special self-defense weapon, and there were people patrolling nearby, so nothing happened at all.It's just that this kind of plot that only appears in dramas actually happened to her, so she wanted to appreciate it for a while.

Hearing this, Li Chengfeng didn't know whether he should say that she was daring, and that this matter was also his own negligence, so he sighed and asked her to continue talking.

Chunying didn't care about that kind of verbal flirtatiousness, but a young man came from nowhere and angrily stepped forward to stop the two of them.Being scolded, the son of an aristocratic family couldn't bear it, and he didn't know if he really drank too much, or because he was fearless because of his family background, he even got into a scuffle with the boy.

In the end, it was natural that the boy was beaten all over his head, Chunying was speechless watching from the sidelines, and sighed in her heart that if this person was in front of Master Jinghua, maybe a hundred of them would not be enough to see.But even so, the boy still defended her tightly.Chunying didn't know why, but Gujing Wubo's heart moved.

The quarrel of several people alarmed the guards, in order to prevent the incident from becoming serious, Chunying hid in time.After returning to the palace after the grand event, I found out the boy's name, the more I thought about it, the more I liked it, the more I liked it, the more I couldn't let it go, and finally it was as if I was suffering from lovesickness, I just didn't think about eating or drinking.

Li Chengfeng wondered: "Then tell your brother or the queen mother clearly? It would be good if you choose him as the son-in-law."

"It's not that simple." Chunying smiled wryly: "That person is currently working in the Imperial Academy, and is an upright editor of the Imperial Academy."

The author has something to say: the manuscript box missed me...

It is true that Xia Yan was the first to put forward the ban on Shanghai in history, but we can’t blame him entirely. From the perspective of God, we naturally know the dangers of seclusion, but at that time, the ancients could only explore the road of governing the country alone. She is not good at women, and even if she becomes the chief assistant, her family is very poor.Already a good officer.

In addition, although many people have stated that firearms were very developed in the Ming Dynasty, this is not the case. The most developed weapons in the Ming Dynasty were actually ground and mines.This is many years ahead of other countries.The level of remaining firearms is similar to that of Southeast Asia, far from Europe.

If I don’t send it at 06:30 in the evening, it will usually be sent around 11:[-], [-] a day