The return of the pearls to Yongzheng

Don't forget that among the 120 people Yongzheng recruited from all over the country, there were not only skilled craftsmen but also a small number of capable people and strangers.

In fact, any capable person with a bit of gold content has a bit of a bad temper. This time, it was not easy for officials from all over the country to try their best to coax and deceive him.

Among these people, there is one who is very good at observing astronomical phenomena and also has some research on hydrogeography.A native of Qiantang, Hangzhou, named Shen Xi, is 29 years old this year.He was a talented scholar who failed several times in the imperial examinations. He lived at home with his mother and wife. This time, he was coaxed and tricked by the prefect of Hangzhou to come to the capital.Now, like everyone else, I lead idle jobs in the Ministry of Industry.

Originally, Yongzheng wanted to arrange a better job for Shenxi, but later he heard from Hong Zhou that this Shenxi had no intention of being an official. In recent years, he had devoted himself to studying "Mengxi Bi Tan" and other miscellaneous studies at home.Yongzheng thought about it for a while, and temporarily made Shen Xi famous in the Ministry of Industry like everyone else.This time the prefect of Hangzhou really spent a lot of effort to get him into Beijing.At first, even coaxing, deception and threats didn't work, but in the end, the prefect of Hangzhou found the third elder brother, fourth elder brother and Liu Yong who happened to be in Hangzhou.The third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, and Liu Yong made two trips to Shen's house before they dug this man out of Shen's study.

After arriving in the capital, Yong Zheng didn't force Shen Xi to do anything.Instead, let him stay with everyone else first.First look at the sincerity of his emperor.Now he treats these skilled, skilled and knowledgeable people very politely.Provide food and lodging, provide shelter, give errands and salary.

Shen Xi came to the capital and lived in a garden next to the Old Summer Palace. After spending a long time with other skilled craftsmen and capable people, she gradually saw the sincerity of the emperor.Although Shen Xi still doesn't know what the emperor is going to do, but he can feel that the emperor's attitude is very sincere.

Moreover, the emperor paid a special visit to everyone in his busy schedule. Although he stayed for a short time, his attitude was very kind.At the same time, I also urge everyone to continue to study and learn more new things.Yongzheng also chatted with Shen Xi for a while, and with the seasoned vision he had cultivated over the years, he quickly saw that Shen Xi was a person with real talent and learning, and would be of great help to him.

Yongzheng was very happy. After chatting with Shen Xi for a while, he told Shen Xi not to think too much, just continue to do his research properly.If you have any ideas, just mention them.

Originally, Shen Xi didn't have a good impression of the current emperor, but now, the impression of the emperor in his heart has changed a lot.

At this time, it was November of the 28th year of Qianlong.

It's almost Chinese New Year, Yongzheng gave an order to go down, everyone cleaned up and followed back to the capital.

The third elder brother, fourth elder brother and Liu Yong who were sent to Jiangnan on business also came back from Jiangnan at this time.Not only has the task been successfully completed, but the treasury has been filled again.A few corrupt officials were installed, and another 700 million taels of silver entered the treasury.People in the Jiangnan officialdom have also been changed in sevens and eighties.Originally, Yongzheng planned to leave Liu Yong directly in the border of Jiangnan, but look at Liu Tongxun's gray hair, and think about Liu Tongxun, whether he was in the study room, Wuyizhai, Xian'an Palace official school or court all these years, They are all conscientious.

Although Yongzheng was very reluctant to die for Liu Tongxun, he had to admit that this old man probably didn't have many years to live.Liu Tongxun didn't have many heirs, so Yongzheng still called Liu Yong back, and let him take office in Jiangnan after the new year.At that time, there will be Liu Yong staring at the boundary of Jiangnan, and there will be many, many fewer corrupt officials than corrupt officials.It would be great if it could be extinct.Although this is unlikely.

A team of Yu Chenglong who was sent out in a few days also came back.The situation on both sides of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River is not satisfactory, and there are still many places that need to be strengthened and repaired.When Yongzheng heard what Jackie Chan said, he naturally hurriedly allocated people, allocated money, and hired migrant workers to repair the embankment.As for the person in charge of the project, it is naturally Yu Chenglong.After all, he was the one who had just returned from a tour with a team of people.

After arranging this, Yongzheng went to check the schoolwork of the princes and grandchildren and the students in the official school.

The princes and grandchildren in the upper study room and some of the children of the clan are now studying more positively than before.Both Yong Xing and Yong Xing performed very well in the study room.Yong Xin's homework is among the best in the study room.Although Yong Xing was a little weaker, his perception of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, etc. was obviously much better than any other student in the study room.Yong Zheng felt that Yong Xing must be his good helper when he gets an errand in the future. As for Yong Xing, if he trains well, he should become an "artist" in Wan Ning's mouth.Although the other children have no obvious strengths, they are all very well-behaved and obedient and willing to learn now, and they will definitely be able to do their jobs well in the future.

After reading the situation in the study room, Yongzheng took Hong Zhou and Fu Heng to the official school of Xian'an Palace to have a look.Thirteen is doing well here, and he didn't slack off because he had studied in his previous life.On the contrary, Thirteen worked very hard.

Although Shisan still doesn't know why his fourth brother arranges those strange courses, he believes that his fourth brother has his own deep meaning in it, and he has been studying very seriously.He Shen and other students are also in good condition.

Yongzheng was satisfied with everyone's schoolwork after checking, so he took Fu Heng and Hong Zhou back to Qianqing Palace.But soon a new purpose came out.The class of delicate mechanics that was originally held every day was reduced to every [-] in the middle of every ten days, and a new class was replaced in the six days that were spared.

Yongzheng named this course a technical course, and the original course for learning exquisite organs now has a name: engineering course.It is estimated that the teaching content of engineering courses will change in the future, but the general direction should not change. They are all courses related to the principles of mechanical manufacturing.

So what does this technical class teach?

Yongzheng selected five people who were proficient in refining and forging various materials from those skilled craftsmen and the Ministry of Industry. Each person was assigned a scribe, and then went to the government school to give lectures.As for how to teach in class and what to teach, that's the business of these people.I believe that there are special clerks accompanying, recording, and supervising, and these people will not stop talking.I believe that with his sacred decree suppressed there, these people will not hide their secrets.At this time, monarchy is still a very useful thing.

Now the students in the government school burst into tears again.Even Thirteen had a little headache.The fourth brother of his family is just stocking them up, stuffing things into their heads.It's a mess, there's no system at all, it's really annoying.But Shisan just complained in his heart and hurriedly continued to study.He didn't have much contact with these things in his previous life.Although the lecturers are all experienced masters, they have no teaching experience after all. When they are in class, there is a hammer here and a stick here, and the system is very poor.Although I did talk about a lot of things, it is a little troublesome to remember them all.He has to study quickly.Speaking of which, Shisan also thanked his fourth brother a little.

Thanks to his fourth brother who sent everyone a blank notebook called "notebook" before class.Let them record in the notebook what they feel they can't remember or don't understand at once.When Yongzheng asked Wu Shulai to distribute notebooks to everyone, he also asked Wu Shulai to bring everyone a sentence "a good memory is not as good as a bad pen".Shisan didn't take it seriously at first, but soon Shisan realized the usefulness of this notebook.The teachers talked about a lot of trivial things, and if they didn't record them down, Shisan really felt that they might not be able to cope with the exam at the end of the ten-day period.

This "notebook" was naturally proposed by Wanning to Yongzheng, and what Yongzheng asked Wu Shu to bring to everyone was also what Wanning said when chatting with Wanning.

Yongzheng did not allow the prince and others in the study to learn this technical lesson for the students of the Xian'an Palace official school.But they weren't easy either.

Neither the new mount nor the old mount is easy.And their riding and archery classes now follow the "wolf training plan" that Yongbi made for the students of the government school a few months ago.Now the students of government schools are struggling with technical and engineering courses, so Yongzheng took the things listed by Yongbi to the study room for experiments.

In addition to these, the princes and grandchildren and the clan's children have other tasks.Learn how to govern the country and how to be a minister.What the prince learns is of course the policy of governing the country, what the emperor's grandsons and the clan's children learn is the way of being a minister.However, whether it is the policy of governing the country or the way of being a minister, Yongzheng has added some new things: Wanning mentioned the ideological education in Yongzheng's ears several times.

The most important point in ideological education: loyalty to the monarch and love to the people.Then there were some derived from this point, all of which were exhausted by Yongzheng one by one, and they were written into a compendium to be followed and hung in the upper study.

After completing the crucial ideological education, Yongzheng asked people to sort out the weather conditions reported by various places at the end of each month, and compare them with Qin Tianjian's speculation.After this comparison, it was found that Qin Tianjian's hit rate was relatively low.The accuracy rate is only four out of ten.

Yongzheng's face darkened again.

The entire Qin Tianjian trembled.The emperor said that if the difference is too large, then their errands will not be done.The current hit rate should have exceeded the difference too much.

"Dai Jinxian, do you still remember what I said?" Yongzheng looked at Qin Tianjian Jianzheng who was kneeling on the ground with a dark face.

"Go back to the emperor, I remember." Although it was the end of November, Dai Jinxian's forehead was covered with sweat.

"Tell me yourself, how is Qin Tianjian's errands going?" Yongzheng snorted coldly.

"Damn the humble minister." Dai Jinxian swayed a bit: "It didn't meet the emperor's requirements."

Yongzheng glanced at everyone in Qin Tianjian: "If you think that you can do a good job by looking at the sky and saying good things, then you are very wrong. Dai Jinxian, tell yourself, what should you do?"

Dai Jinxian's thumping heart beat even faster, he raised his eyes slightly to glance at Yongzheng's toes, and said with a trembling voice in the blink of an eye, "My minister... I am bold, I beg the emperor to give me one more chance, I will definitely Study the celestial phenomena together with the Qin Tianjian and improve the accuracy of predicting the weather. I beg the emperor to give me another chance."

Yongzheng squinted his eyes and looked at Dai Jinxian. If he was to say he was a real talent, he would have some. It's just that he has gradually become a little impetuous after working in the Qin Tianjian for these years.It's not impossible to give another chance, but punishment is still necessary, and these people must have a long memory.

"I can give you a chance," Yongzheng said after thinking for a moment, "I'll give you three months. By the end of February next year, the weather forecast by Qin Tianjian will be more than five out of ten. It's not difficult."

Dai Jinxian thought for a while and nodded quickly, studying hard, and improving the accuracy by [-]% in three months, there should be hope.

"However, your performance in the past few months has disappointed me so much. The officials of Qin Tianjian fined each of them a year's salary, and copied "Mengxi Bi Tan" and "Lixiang Kaocheng Houbian" ten times each. Submit a self-examination book and a thought book with more than a thousand words. After [-] days, all of them will be submitted. If you let me know who has not completed it seriously, you will take off the top hat and put you in a cell." Yongzheng said and looked coldly at the kneeling man below. A slice of officials glanced at them.

Dai Jinxian quickly took the lead and said he didn't dare.

"Okay, let's all go down. If you still can't meet my requirements after three months, you know what the consequences will be." If you still can't meet the requirements by then, he will find more suitable people to come to Qin Tianjian For errands.

After dealing with the affairs of the Qin Tianjian, I looked at the situation of the imperial hospital, and dealt with the daily memorials, and the time came to the end of December in the 28th year of Qianlong.

On the day of December 29th, Yongzheng finally reluctantly closed his pen under Wanning's persuasion.But before sealing the pen, Yongzheng finally decided on the marriage of the four princesses.The four princesses were canonized as Princess Heshuo and Princess Jia, and they were given to Fu Long'an, the eldest son of Fu Heng's family.

After sealing the pen, Yongzheng started teasing the child with peace of mind.Ten Gege is now eight months old, and it is the time to be cute.Yongzheng, Wanning and Honghui were all teasing this little girl in the room.

Jing Xian was taken back yesterday by people from the Duke's Mansion.Before leaving, Jingxian and Honghui talked for a long time.

Yongzheng looked at the two children who were biting their ears, and was a little curious, so he asked Wanning, "What are these two children talking about?"

"What I caused," Wanning smiled, "A few days ago, two children clamored to ride a horse, so I told them about the new vehicles of later generations. I showed them the foreign car. The two of them felt that It was fun, so we decided to make it out and try it out. I'm afraid Jing Xian just asked Hong Hui to wait for her to come back and try it together."

"Foreign car?" Yongzheng frowned, the name didn't please his ears: "What kind, show me."

"That's it." Wanning took out a piece of paper from a book at hand, it was the bicycle picture she had drawn for Hong Hui and Jing Xian, it was very similar.

Yongzheng took a closer look and pointed to the two big circles above: "I know these two are wheels, what is this?" Yongzheng traced the lines on the paper with his fingers.

"This is a chain," Wanning explained to Yongzheng, holding Yiyi's Shigege in her arms: "When a person steps on the pedal, the chain will be driven, and then the chain will drive the wheels to rotate. The car can then move forward." gone."

"Can two wheels move forward?" Yongzheng looked at Wanning in disbelief: "Can it stand?"

Wanning smiled and nodded: "Of course it can, it's just that the balance is not very easy to master at the beginning, but after you learn it, it will be very simple."