The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Early in the morning, Yan Chengjin received news that Song Jing had come to visit him.

Song Jing bowed and said, "Sir, the mines are ready."

To make mines, you need a lot of sulfur.

Changing the ratio of sulfur and saltpeter will cause a horizontal explosion.

Mines are similar to rock bombs, but after improvement, they become much more powerful.

Just know the formula of sulfur and saltpeter, add alum oil, wrap it with iron of appropriate thickness, and thread the lead through the bamboo tube.

With a little modification like this, mines can be easily created.

However, installation is a hundred times more dangerous than later generations.

"I have praised you in front of His Majesty. Don't let me break my promise to Your Majesty."

Yan Chengjin guessed that his current credibility in His Majesty's mind was at least ninety percent.

Ranked behind the three cabinet members.

"Students obey," Song Jing said.

Yan Chengjin nodded slightly. Although he did not accept Song Jing as his student, he always regarded him as a student.

Just by relying on this bit of character, you can get a passing grade in his mind.

Song Jing took the craftsmen from Wang Gongchang and quickly headed north with mines and a hundred mysterious firearms.

Yan Chengjin watched the carriage slowly leave the capital.

He Neng smiled and said to Yan Chengjin: "Master, the tiger wine is ready. Do you want to send some to your house?"

I don’t even have a woman. You want me to drink this?

Yan Chengjin thought for a while, Li Dongyang might be able to use it, and said: "Go and ask Wang Busui to deliver three pots to Li Mansion. I will wait for you at Li Mansion."

Not long after, the sedan arrived at Li's house.

Yan Chengjin waited not long before he saw Wang Busui coming in a carriage and handing him three pots of tiger wine.

Li Dongyang didn't expect that Yan Chengjin came with wine again, "Drinking will cause trouble. Don't you know that I rarely drink? Take it back."

"Sir, this is the first batch of tiger wine brewed. It has the effect of dragon spirit and tiger spirit."

Li Dongyang glanced at the ordinary wine bottle and said, "Then I shamelessly accepted it."

After the butler took down the wine, Li Dongyang looked at Yan Chengjin again, regaining his former warmth: "Why did you ask Song Jing to go north? He is a scholar and he doesn't know how to fight."

"Song Jing is extremely talented and learned. He should be of great use. How can he make great achievements if he doesn't go north."

The Hongzhi Dynasty was relatively clear, and as long as he performed meritorious service, his majesty would almost always reward him and put him in a position of importance.

It's like he knew that Wang Yue was seriously corrupt, but he didn't mind letting him be the trilateral leader.

Other emperors of the Ming Dynasty would not have such good luck.

For example, Wang Shouren experienced the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties. Although he had many achievements, he could not be reused.

Although Song Jing had made meritorious service before, he was not yet an official, so His Majesty could not promote him.

Compiling and compiling classics in the Hanlin Academy can be said to be a rapid promotion.

During the more than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, there were over a hundred number one scholars, but only a handful of them were as prosperous as Li Dongyang and Liu Jian.

Therefore, Yan Chengjin came to the conclusion.

Whether you are a high-ranking official or not has little to do with whether you are the top scholar or not. It depends on the emperor.

Song Jing's official career depends on his journey north to fight against the Tatars.

Yan Chengjin saw that Li Dongyang had no intention of talking about his daughter's marriage, so he got up and left.

Li Qing'e stood in the corridor of the central courtyard, holding a sachet in her hand: "Your Excellency gave my father three bottles of wine, so let's take this sachet as a return gift. The sachet can repel mosquitoes."

The fat maid Fengjiao said: "The spices inside are mixed by the young lady herself."

Yan Chengjin took the sachet and said to Li Qing'e, "Thank you, Miss."

The fat maid's face became uneasy, and she saw Li Dongyang walking over quickly.

"Qing'e, daddy has an old problem with his legs. Go get some rice wine for daddy." Li Dongyang said in a strange tone and looked at Yan Chengjin.

"Sir, the tiger wine sent by the lower official has the same effect."

Tiger wine also has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Of course, taking it internally has another effect.

After leaving the Yan Mansion, He Neng looked at the sachet in Yan Chengjin's hand and said, "Young master never accepts foreign objects, why are you recycling the sachet now?"

"Your wages for today are gone."

………

Li Zhaoxian looked at the vast sea, almost arriving in Hainan.

Facing the sea breeze, I can return to the capital in January at the earliest.

I don’t know if my sister and Mr. Yan are married.

Liu Jin ran out shouting: "Oh no! Mr. Li?"

"What's the matter?" Li Zhaoxian turned around.

"The rubber tree we brought back to Master Yan has sprouted!"

Liu Jin fiddled with the knots of the rubber tree, and green teeth sprouted.

"What can we do? We can't twist any white juice. If Master Yan says this is not a rubber tree, why don't you kill us?"

Back in the capital, with Master Yan's cautious temperament, I was afraid that he would have to prove that it was a rubber tree.

But all the rubber trees have sprouted, and the knots will fall off as soon as they are peeled off.

"The land in Hainan can grow all kinds of things. When we stop in a while, you can first order someone to give half of it to thousands of households for planting." Li Zhaoxian said.

In Hainan, plants grow extremely fast. If it is the rubber tree that Master Yan really wants, it can be transported back to the capital along with the autumn grain by next winter.

"That's the only way we can do it. Mr. Li, you have to testify for us that this is really a rubber tree." Liu Jin said.

………

In late August, the cabinet was on duty.

The desks of Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and Liu Jian were stacked with manuscripts written by Qi Rengao.

Liu Jian held a thick new book in his hand, and Lao Huai was delighted: "After five years, with the concerted efforts of all the masters, the Ming Dynasty Huidian was finally completed."

The Ming Dynasty Huidian is a collection of hundreds of books. It was revised and revised many times by Hanyuan and the cabinet before it was finally completed.

"Let's go see your Majesty. Since the Tatar army came to the border, there has finally been a happy event." Xie Qian said with a smile.

Early morning,

Yan Chengjin saw the three cabinet members with red faces.

"Your Majesty, the compilation of the Ming Dynasty Code has been completed!" Liu Jian suppressed his excitement.

He held a book in both hands, Li Dongyang also held a book in his hand, and Xie Qian also held a book in his hand.

Yan Chengjin knew the Ming Dynasty Code, which can be regarded as the first historical material of the Ming Dynasty.

It records the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty.

In history, Emperor Hongzhi gave each of the three cabinet members who compiled this book a dragon robe in order to reward them.

The dragon robe is the highest-grade clothing among the granted clothes, which shows how great their contribution was.

Emperor Hongzhi flipped through the Ming Dynasty Code and was slightly moved: "Thank you for your hard work."

All the officials were immersed in joy.

But at this moment, an abrupt but very pleasant voice sounded slightly.

"This book may still be compiled."

Wu Kuan's smile froze. Yan Chengjin represented the Censorate, but what nonsense is this kid talking about!

The three elders in the cabinet are already the most learned people in the Ming Dynasty...

Li Dongyang tilted his head slightly, revealing some expectation: "How else should it be revised?"

"The Ming Dynasty Code is not limited to the legal system. It should also include astronomy, calendar, culture, education, customs, etc., and it should be handed over to the Censorate for refinement and can be supplemented into a book." Yan Chengjin said.

During the Zhengde, Jiajing, and Wanli dynasties, this book was revised.

It can be proved that it still has many loopholes.

Wu Kuan was frightened: "Your Majesty, the Censorate will not revise it, don't listen to Yan Chengjin's nonsense."

Who dares to say that the Censorate has literary talent comparable to the three people in the cabinet?

Yan Chengjin can understand Wu Kuan. In Wu Kuan's view, the Ming Dynasty Code is already perfect and there is no possibility of refinement.

"Then hand it over to the Censorate." Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself, I want to see what you can revise.

Yan Chengjin ordered several censors to bring back the Ming Dynasty Code.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the Ministry of War and asked, "Has there been any news from Datong?"

"No news yet, but I think it will be soon!" Qin Hong estimated that Song Jing had already arrived in Datong.