As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

So Huang Zichao admired Huamanlou even more...

Speaking of firecrackers, after the artisans stabilized, they also started research and development.

57. Little fresh meat commits crimes

Before making Pudu, Huamanlou mentioned to the craftsmen that they wanted to improve the existing firecrackers, and even drew the blueprints for the magic modification of Hanyang.

To put it bluntly, there are two reasons why it is difficult to make firecrackers nowadays, one is the problem of materials, and the other is the problem of craftsmanship, and these two problems were extremely difficult in the past-that is to say, craftsmen were Those who are exploited can hardly survive, and completing tasks is not bad, so why do they do research?

Nowadays, there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and some people have heard Hua Manlou talking about setting up a private school in the compound for children to study - this is true.

The original intention of Huamanlou is to make Xishan Thousand Households have a more reading atmosphere, so that when I am busy with work, I can find someone nearby to tutor or take the exam for a scholar. Then you can recruit more people to join the logistics - at least the family members of the craftsmen will not make too many moths in the logistics, and this part of manpower is cheaper than hiring new people, right?After all, if you hire someone, you have to arrange board and lodging, right?

But for the craftsmen, this is simply a great joy.

It is said that all things are inferior and only reading is high. Is reading this something that children of ordinary craftsmen can touch?Scholars, farmers, businessmen, social status is here. If there is no change, the children of craftsman households must still be craftsmen, and there are infinite shortages of children and grandchildren. How can there be a way out?

And reading is something that can really honor the ancestors. Don't say that in the future, if you are a scholar, you will be a scholar, and you are also a cultural person from all over the world, and you are very respected.

To be able to eat meat without starving, to be able to earn wages for a daughter-in-law who goes to logistics, and to be able to read books for children is simply too dreamy for the craftsmen.

People these days are still very simple, and they deeply feel that the artisans who have received Huamanlou's great kindness can't repay him in other places, so as soon as they landed, they turned out the drawings that Huamanlou had drawn, and started Think about how to meet the requirements of Huamanlou.

Although the craftsmen have not done special research, they have been tinkering with iron and steel for half their lives. Who hasn't got some unique skills in their possession?

Therefore, in order to achieve the goal as soon as possible, under the leadership of several old blacksmiths, a group of blacksmiths shared their experience and started to work together to tackle technical problems.

In fact, after Huamanlou produced desulfurized molten iron, the quality of the iron was improved, and then blacksmiths began to use the existing steel pouring method for further processing.

The so-called steel filling method is to use pig iron as a carburizing agent and infiltrate it into wrought iron to become steel. At high temperature, the carbon, silicon, manganese, etc. in the liquid pig iron react with the oxide inclusions in the wrought iron to remove impurities and purify the steel. Metal structure...Of course, these days, we don't know what it is, let alone understand silicon and manganese, but this does not prevent the working people from making better steel.

Therefore, after fully understanding the power of gunpowder, the blacksmiths made the decision to add a part of pig iron to the wrought iron after several experiments and demonstrations. explosive.

After reporting this matter to Huamanlou, Huamanlou also thought it was feasible-because the thing they were tinkering with was called high-carbon steel.

Although high-carbon steel is not comparable to the alloy steel in his previous life, it is very good to have high-carbon steel these days-you know, in Huamanlou's previous life, small private workshops in northern Myanmar still used high-carbon steel to make guns, Although the lifespan of the things they created is very limited, at least there is no problem in terms of strength, isn't it?

So after some tinkering, the first new type of firecracker appeared in the world.

……

These days, Xishan is very lively, and Beijing and Beijing are also very lively.

I have to say that this year is not like Huamanlou's previous life. Emperors, high-ranking officials, nobles, and scholars are leaders of the times, and they are the stars that are sought after by people, so their every move naturally becomes the hot search headlines , and the degree of hot discussion is no less than that of Huamanlou's previous life.

Therefore, if the emperor is a superstar who influences an era, and the court elders are respected first-line celebrities, then the prince is a small fresh meat with huge traffic, and the censors are probably entertainment reporters and paparazzi. A super-large stage can perform various demeanors.

The bustle of the capital during this period stemmed from the outrageous and unbearable behavior of a little freshman named Zhao Ren.

It has to be said that Huamanlou has a very accurate grasp of the psychology of scholars. Under the accumulation of Confucianism for thousands of years, the Four Books and Five Classics are even more scriptural than the Bible... Ah, the Bible does not allow anyone to desecrate it. Therefore, His Royal Highness After the news of shouting the Analects of Confucius during the cockfight was leaked from the East Palace, it can be said to have set off a huge storm.

This matter is more intolerable than the little fresh meat's crime, and even worse than the "priest and nun touching their legs in the car, the nun asked the scriptures but the priest didn't know" joke that challenged the belief of believers, so once the matter spread, The circle of scholars exploded.

Of course, ordinary scholars cannot influence the prince, but the civil servants in the court can, and the civil servants think more far-reaching about this matter.

They felt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's blasphemy against the words of the saints is not only absurd, but also can see the prince's attitude towards the Holy Learning—this Lord is the future king, if he is right now. Without a sense of reverence and no minimum respect for scholars, how should he treat the holy studies and scholars after he ascends the throne and inherits the great rule in the future?

Ever since, Emperor Guangxing's desk was filled with impeachment reports all over the sky.

I have to say that these impeachments can actually show the level of officials: those who scold the prince for absurdity are those who only see newcomers and mediocre officials in front of them; Okay, so this group of people should be isolated from the world; those who are more daring criticize Mr. Wen Ge, a scholar of Huagaidian University, because Mr. Wen Ge is also one of the teachers of the prince...

Of course, the thing that angered Emperor Guangxing the most was the impeachment of the emperor himself, because...

It is the fault of the father to raise or not to teach.

The truth is this, but if it is only to persuade the emperor to strengthen the education of the prince, it can be called fair and aboveboard, but the problem is that this group of people scolded Zhao Ren as Hu Hai, and the benevolent Emperor Guangxing threw him out on the spot. table.

Who is Hu Hai?Qin II, the historical evaluation of this master is that he was not cautious, the country was subjugated and power was lost, the ancestral temple was extinct.

Comparing Zhao Ren to Hu Hai is indeed mocking him for his absurdity, but such a comparison is very bad, isn't it?Hu Hai died at the age of 24, and he lost the world. Can this market not be bad?

Is it possible to be punished for this?

No, because the speaker is innocent.

So Emperor Guangxing, who was so angry that he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage, could only call Zhao Ren, and beat him up again...

But is it over?

Oh, how is it possible?

(An extremely sloppy book review the day before yesterday seemed to be deleted by the platform after being complained about, but is the six-character reminder to update the book review today also a bit sloppy? I understand it, and I don’t want to be a serious book review for this book orz ...)

58. Cauldron from Heaven

Under normal circumstances, the official censor is definitely a respected existence. They are not afraid of power, not afraid of death, and dare to face up to the dripping blood—for example, Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty. His nose repeatedly scolded the emperor three times, and there are folk stories about him beheading the Dragon King of Jinghe River for not giving Tang Taizong face, which can be described as a model of officials and a benchmark of morality.

Old Mr. Wei was poor all his life. When Li Shimin went to his house as a guest, he looked very uncomfortable. He even demolished a living room in the palace and gave it to him. It took a total of five days... Oh, now we are not talking about the building of the Celestial Dynasty. thing.

As for Da Zhao's speech officer, it's really hard to say.

I said earlier that I don't know whether it was the great Zhao Taizu who copied the Ming Taizu or the Ming Taizu who copied the Zhao Taizu, so the characteristics of the officials are the same: use the small to control the big, hear the rumors, and the speaker is innocent.

It means that the group of officials in the six departments is not big, but they are very lenient, and they can pull out anything. They can not only impeach the superior, but also point the emperor's nose and curse the street. It can be said to give them enough face.

Rumors play things no matter what you hear, as long as you think it is unreasonable, you can play it and ask the emperor to deal with it.

Those who say that they are innocent even gave the officials a life-saving talisman, which means that no matter what the officials say, they will not be held accountable.

These three ancestral systems made the emperors of Ming and Zhao extremely painful, especially the last two. In many cases, rumors and rumors were used as a means to attack political opponents, and many things were not verified at all or even rumored. After the performance, the emperor had to deal with it again, which made many emperors extremely depressed.

For example, during Dorgon's regent period, Sang Yun, the demoted official of the Ming Dynasty, wrote a memorial, saying that the courtiers were suspicious of each other at work because of language barriers. The censor is quite far away from the imperial court, so he presumably is nothing more than grandstanding to attract people's attention...

And Dorgon is the regent who was played on the battlefield. He was confused when he saw this eloquent memorial with a thousand words but no facts. He asked Sang Yun to name him and tell some practical examples.

Sang Yun's reply was as follows: There is no real record, or there may be such a thing.

There is no record of whether Dorgon was so angry when he saw this memorial, but he gave an evaluation of "frivolous and unsubstantiated, sincere and heartfelt, and a waste of energy".

At the time of Kangxi, Kangxi also issued an edict in 58 years: "The way of speaking must be open, and it must not be too complicated. The state affairs of the Ming Dynasty are all handled by the officials. Jie Ke Dao officials have nothing to speculate and cater to, public affairs and forgetting personal interests."

The meaning of this is to let the officials of the Ming Dynasty not learn from the Ming Dynasty.

This Da Zhao's speech officer is almost the same as that of Ming Dynasty. His favorite thing is to challenge the limit of survival and denounce the emperor. They call this not afraid of power.It would be even better if the emperor was furious and then ordered to slap the imperial staff, relegation or something, because this will not only gain a huge scholarly prestige, but also a huge amount of political capital. Do you think they can challenge the limit? what?

If they met a benevolent and well-behaved emperor, the officials would be even more lawless.For example, in the early days of Emperor Jiajing, the speech officials scolded him when he had nothing to do, and it would be unpleasant not to scold him for a day.And if it is placed in the later stage of Jiajing's absurdity and all horses and horses, look at who would dare to scold him except Hai Rui?

But unfortunately, Emperor Guangxing is such a well-behaved and benevolent emperor, so...

On the second day after beating Zhao Ren violently, another group of officials came up to play.

This time, most of the speech officials discovered the Hua point: it is meaningless for the prince to scold now, and it is meaningless for his colleagues to scold, so scolding the emperor is the right way!It can not only show that he is not afraid of power, but also may anger the emperor to relegate him, and he will not be chopped off because of this, so if he does not gain reputation at this time, when will he wait?

Emperor Guangxing, who was dressed in epic equipment, was kicked out by a group just like that...

Just like that Sangyun, the officials racked their brains to diverge their thinking, hoping to find a unique angle to express their interests, so this time the memorial is simply varied: it is a routine operation to say that the son did not teach the father, and that the emperor did not To be able to teach the prince well, so you have to condemn yourself is an extreme operation, saying that the emperor does not cultivate virtue, so the upper beam is not upright and the lower beam is crooked, this is a slanted sword...

In the end, there was a memorial full of crazy words, so angry that Emperor Guangxing dropped the Taishan stone on the table, which symbolized the peace of the country and the people: The general idea of ​​the memorial is that the emperor has only one son, and the important task of spreading branches and leaves for the Tian family is obviously not completed. I don't know if it's because the emperor himself can't do it, or if the empress is jealous and doesn't need the emperor to touch others.This big one is about to be abolished, but Jiangshan can’t be abolished, why don’t you two discuss it, whether it’s healing or drafting girls, so let’s make a small one as a backup...

Of course, the words in the memorial are still very euphemistic, but a little bit of exaggeration is what it means.

Even a man can't tolerate being told he's not good enough, let alone the emperor?

But there is a saying that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry. Xu Dacheng, the owner of Dongchang, is standing next to Emperor Guangxing. He is breathless when he sees this memorial, and he almost rushes to Dongchang to ask the fans to fabricate it Point out the evidence of the crime and then peel it off—the words of the master worrying about the minister humiliating the master and humiliating the minister to death, the most extreme expression is the eunuchs next to the emperor. Now that Emperor Guangxing is suspected, it is not okay. Do you think Xu Dacheng can do it? In a hurry?

Emperor Guangxing was benevolent, he didn't want to argue with this dirty-minded official, he just remembered that this person was going to find a reason to dismiss him in the future, and Xu Dacheng's personality was honest and honest, and he knew that Emperor Guangxing I don't like Changwei playing in an overly violent and bloody way, so naturally I won't do anything on the bright side, and I won't use Dongchang to deal with this person, but...

Can you hand over this matter to Xuanwu Wei?After all, everyone has the same function, right?

Thinking of this, he also remembered that Zhao Ren said a few days ago that it was Hua Manlou who taught him to shout the Analects during cockfights, so Xu Dacheng immediately had an idea: if this matter is revealed, not only will the prince be picked If you come out, you can also give Huamanlou a big hat for bewitching the prince, and it can even divert the attention of the civil servants...

Three birds with one stone!

Xu Dacheng smiled strangely, and said in his heart: Mr. Hua Qian, Mr. Hua Qian, don't blame our family, your holy family is so rich, and you carry this big pot for His Majesty and His Royal Highness...

Trivial?

I hope you can bite the dog with this group of officials who talk like farts, so that our family doesn't have to bother to cut down your family. Wouldn't everyone be happy in this way?

Hua Manlou, who was still researching and training the new army in Xishan, didn't know that a cauldron suddenly fell from the sky and landed on his head safely...

(Let’s add one more...and the transitional chapter is finally finished...)

59. Fuck this unlucky Qianhu to death!

Pu Zhenghao, Jinshi in the fifth year of Guangxing.

It has to be said that Yanguan is a creature that is very aggressive and difficult to stand out, and is different from other officials in the court.

Because what they do is to offend people, and they are best at catching rumors and exaggerating, so not only the emperor doesn't like them, but also the big bosses of the ministries don't like them. In this case, how can they get promoted and make a fortune?

And the censors don't care about these things, they often claim to be Qingliu justice, self-proclaimed as the embodiment of morality, and as time goes by, this group of people becomes only seeking fame and not profit - if they are all Qingliu, they will naturally have two sleeves, you How can a luxury mansion, a beautiful car and a beautiful woman be confused?

Therefore, what the officials are looking for is not high officials and high salaries, nor is it rare...at least they don't care about ice, charcoal, and fire, they only want fame among scholars.

How did the fame come about?It's very simple, anyway, it's right to hate the emperor, the more you hate the emperor, the more you will show that you are not afraid of power, and when the emperor is furious, he lowers his imperial staff and is relegated, that reputation will come.

With a good reputation, when you go back to the local area, there will be a lot of people cheering you up. Even if you want to walk sideways, lie down, crawl, and walk on the street, there will be admirers to clear the way for you. In the past few years, he was able to return to work in the court, what kind of scenery will it be then?

But as the saying goes, can a donkey raiser not know the donkey's temper?The officials have hated the emperor for so many years, how can the emperor not know the routines of the censors?So when encountering this kind of thing, no matter how harsh you scold, the emperor usually completely ignores it.

That's why the current censor is more and more challenging the limit of survival, and the angle is getting more and more tricky, so it makes sense for Pu Geshizhong to choose such a less harmful but extremely insulting angle.

only……

The memorial was uploaded, but Emperor Guangxing didn't send it, which made Pu Zhenghao very depressed.

This is the same as the old man who spent most of the night painstakingly writing, but in the end, he didn't get any favorites, no clicks, or even a complaint.

Everyone knows that the popularity is time-sensitive, so it is estimated that no one will mention the prince's blasphemy in a few days. After all, there are countless things that happen every day in the country. With the prince as a demon?So the censors could tell at a glance that Emperor Guangxing wanted to deal with this matter coldly.

But it's not easy to find an angle that can attack. How can you say that the censors can let it go?Therefore, they have been defeated and fought repeatedly, trying to think of a more aggressive method to scold the emperor bloody and make themselves famous.

Pu Ge also thought the same way, so after he got off duty, he came to a wine shop that he usually goes to, wanting to habitually warm a bowl of wine, order a plate of fennel beans, and plan the next step.

Sitting in the corner, Pu Zhenghao squinted his eyes and sipped the wine. While thinking about it, he suddenly heard a few people sitting at the next table.

Seeing those people, Pu Zhenghao frowned unhappily: Isn't that iconic pointed hat, white boots and brown clothes from Dongchang?

I have to say, I don’t know whose taste Dongchang Fanzi is dressed in. In short, he looks like Heiwuchang, and considering the reputation of the factory guards, ordinary people guess that they are no different from seeing Heiwuchang. Didn't you see that the drinkers around were silent after these people came in?

It's just that after these guys came in, they didn't yell or drink, and they didn't do anything to bully the good, so although Pu Ge was unhappy about it, he didn't bother to care about them.

Just as Pu Zhenghao continued to think about tonight's memorial, he suddenly heard the voices of these few people talking: "I heard from the boss that the Holy Majesty was pissed off by those officials today?"

"Cough cough, what are you talking nonsense about? Even wine can't stop your stinking mouth, and you can talk about the affairs of the Tian family? If it spreads out, it won't make you punished for disrespect!"

"I am loyal, why should I be punished? According to me, if you want to punish the crimes of those officials, they should be punished. They are disrespectful! I said it, this is also said by the factory owner and the boss. Why do you rule me alone?"

Pu Zhenghao was not angry but happy when he heard this: His Majesty is really angry?Good thing!This matter is almost at the door, and I will write a memorial when I go back today!

Fanzi's conversation continued: "As for you bastard, are you worthy of being compared with the factory owner?"

"Isn't the owner of the factory also with two ears and one mouth? The last time the owner of the factory met me, he praised me, saying that I was reliable in my work, but he was a little stupid..."

Pu Zhenghao nodded again: Well, this is a fool, so what he said must not be false.

That Tie Hanhan continued to complain: "What does Han mean? I'm honest and honest!"

"Okay, okay, can you drink alcohol? I shouldn't have brought you out on errands!"

"Drink too much wine, but you can't talk? What kind of wine do you drink without talking? I still can't figure it out. It is obviously His Royal Highness who stabbed Lou Zi. Why do those sour villains scold His Majesty?"

"...Brother, let me beg you, don't say it?"

"I'm going to say, I heard the factory owner and the boss say that the words His Royal Highness shouted during the cockfight were taught by the new Xishan Qianhu of Xuanwuwei! So if you want to scold, why are those sour and rotten people?" The villain doesn't look for Xuanwuwei's pickled goods, but grabs His Majesty and argues endlessly?"

Shi Pu was still a little angry when he was called a rotten villain, and was about to stand up and reprimand him, but when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but feel a move in his heart: Is there such a thing?

A few days ago, Emperor Guangxing built a thousand-household office in Xishan, although it did not cause a big disturbance, but it was still a disturbance. At that time, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division gave a lot of criticisms to criticize Emperor Guangxing's Daxing factory guards for being stupid. The extreme - after all, the factory guard is a spy agency that monitors all officials. If the emperor uses these places too much, then the unlucky ones will naturally be civil servants, right?

But because the attitude of the cabinet was vague, and Emperor Guangxing said that he was supervising coal mining matters, things gradually subsided.

But never thought that it was this Xuanwu Wei Qianhu who bewitched the crown prince?

Well, this sentence can tell the attitude of the civil servants towards the factory guards: Obviously the matter has not been verified, but the hat of bewitching the prince has already been put on the head of the new Qianhu of the Xishan Qianhu Office of the Xuanwu Guard. No one even knows the name of this damn Qianhu...