Chapter 314 Sir, times have changed


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  Chapter 314 Sir, times have changed.

  When Shen Shixing saw Su Ze, the first thing he said was: "Su Rulin, you have screwed me up!"

  Su Ze smiled and said, "Congratulations to Brother Rumo yet. The top pick in high school!"

  "I'm afraid I'm going to be the first rebellious top pick in Qing history."

  Su Ze was stunned for a moment, then immediately took Shen Shixing's hand and said, "Congratulations to brother Rumo for leaving his name in Qing history!"

  But Shen Shi Xing did not speak immediately, but stared at Su Ze and said,

  "Brother Rulin, why do you want to rebel?"

  "You have to rebel if you are forced to rebel."

  But Shen Shixing shook his head and said, "I was thinking about it all the way here. , you were not forced to rebel, but you had planned it for a long time!"

  "Now that I think about it, when we were fighting against the Japanese in Jiangnan, you already had the intention to rebel, right?"

  Su Ze looked at Shen Shixing. He is worthy of being the king of imperial examinations and will be in charge in the future. The chief minister of the cabinet for eight years, Wanli court minister, he still underestimated this friend.

  Su Ze did not directly answer Shen Shixing's question. He said, "Then why did Brother Rumo become a thief?"

  Su Ze thought it was normal for He Xinyin to take refuge in him, because these arrogant Confucians of the Taizhou School were very revolutionary in their thinking. .

  In Su Ze's historical timeline, arrogant Confucians such as He Xinyin and Li Zhi were eventually tolerated by mainstream official opinions and harmed by the government.

  But Shen Shixing came to vote, which surprised Su Ze.

  You must know that Shen Shixing, among the chief ministers of the Wanli Dynasty, also belongs to the kind of good man. As an official, he does not seek merit but seeks no faults.

  Unlike Zhang Juzheng, a cabinet minister with a strong style, Shen Shixing emphasized a "good person as good as water" when he was in power. His main purpose was to mediate the conflicts between the emperor and ministers.

  If Wanli hadn't caused some national disputes, Shen Shixing would not have resigned.

  But now he actually wants to follow him in rebellion?

  Ambition? Being the number one scholar at the age of twenty-seven, as long as he does not make political mistakes, he will be a suitable future cabinet minister.

  Historically, Shen Shixing won the first prize in the forty-one year of Jiajing (1562), and participated in the cabinet in the sixth year of Wanli (1578). In other words, it took him 16 years to rise from an ordinary citizen to a high official. This is always very explosive.

  Shen Shixing's adoptive father was a prefect and his biological father was a wealthy businessman. Such people are perfect protagonist templates in time-travel novels.

  He actually wants to become a thief?

  Shen Shixing said, "I joined the Hanlin Academy this year and saw a lot of national policy memorials. I finally understood that what Brother Rulin said was right."

  Su Ze was also a little confused, and he couldn't remember what he said.

  Shen Shixing said: "The state only has the art of fooling and controlling the people, but it does not have the art of enriching and strengthening the people." "When

  I arrived in the capital, I saw the majestic imperial capital, the most virtuous palace in the world, but it was not as prosperous as Suzhou. There were people who were not wearing clothes along the streets. The people in the city have to go outside the city to cut firewood and burn charcoal, otherwise they will freeze to death in the winter." "

  Many people have never eaten sugar, and they can't even afford salt."

  Shen Shixing looked at Su Ze said: "Brother Rulin printed "Tiangong Kaiwu", Jiangnan can be said to be changing three times a day, Suzhou can be said to be prosperous, but the capital is like a pool of stagnant water, and all the ministers in the dynasty only want to work with the party to defeat differences, and to flatter the emperor. Shen

  Shixing looked at Su Ze and said, "Tiangong Kaiwu is also published in the north. Why is it one in the south and one in the north?" Shen Shixing

  bowed to Su Ze and said, "Brother Rulin, please answer. This is my last question."

  Su Ze said seriously: "The reason is very simple, because some people don't want to get rich because of the people." "

  Since Shang Yang Shen Bu Hua, dragon slaying is the art of the poor."

  "For the imperial court , , the people are bound to the land all their lives, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. All the output of a year's farming is handed over to the court, leaving only their own rations. Such people are the best." "Poor people are the only ones who are talented

  . Only when you can recruit at will can you exploit wantonly. Only then can you buy out a person's contract with a few taels of silver. Only then can you buy a person's life with a little grain." "The reason why people are poor is actually because they fear the people." Su

  Ze

  said : "So what if there is a technique like "Tiangong Kaiwu" to enrich the people? Have the people in the capital ever become rich?"

  Shen Shixing shook his head.

  Su Ze said: "You can exploit the people just by lying down, so why should you stand up and open a workshop?" "You can be a master

  forever with your blood, why do you want to do business?" "

  You can do it with corruption. If you can make a lot of money, why do

  you want to make the people under your rule rich?" "Brother Rumo, please follow me around Fuzhou City."

  Su Ze put on the ordinary coarse cloth shirt. He took a few plainclothes guards with him and got into the carriage with Shen Shixing.

  Shen Shixing had never seen this carriage before in the capital. The dignitaries in the capital basically traveled in sedan chairs. Su Ze was right, a bankrupt tenant farmer was much cheaper than a horse.

  The carriage was pulled by an ordinary Yunnan horse. I thought it would be very bumpy, but I didn't expect it to be unexpectedly comfortable.

  Su Ze said: "I once wrote about the method of "lead bath quenching" in "Tiangong Kaiwu". This method can be used to create higher strength steel. I have only heard about this method from Westerners, how to lead. "Yu, I don't know how to make this steel, but I didn't expect that in three years, a blacksmith workshop would actually make it."

  Shen Shixing was still a little confused. He had watched "Tiangong Kaiwu" completely several times. , naturally remember this chapter.

  This is the steel-making part, but in order to make higher-strength steel, what does this have to do with the carriage?
  Su Ze said: "This carriage is equipped with a shock-absorbing spring. With this spring, it can offset part of the shaking, making the carriage more comfortable." The

  carriage headed out of the city. It was already approaching dusk, but there were still people on the road. many people.

  "There is no curfew in Fuzhou Prefecture?"

  Su Ze said, "Why is there a curfew? Most of the workshops in Fuzhou are outside the city. This is when some workshops are off work, and Fuzhou City is only lively at night."

  Shen Shixing is still very curious about springs. What do springs look like? Why can it reduce shock?

  In the capital, Shen Shixing also rode in a sedan chair. In fact, it was not comfortable at all, but it was slightly better than riding a horse.

  The narrow interior space of the sedan is constantly rocking up and down with the strength of the bearer. No matter how luxurious the sedan is on the outside, it feels like sitting in a prison.

  But the capital's carriage is not easy to ride on either. If you ride in the carriage on a bumpy road, half of your buttocks will be shaken off.

  But Su Ze's new-style carriage that uses "springs" is much more comfortable to sit on. Technology really changes life.

  Soon after arriving outside the city, Shen Shixing smelled the smell of burning, and the black smoke from various workshops was like a sky pillar, inserted into the sky.

  "Brother Rumo, this is where springs are produced, this is what springs are."

  The two walked into the workshop and saw many craftsmen in short shirts still busy. They heated a steel material curled into circles, and then put it into the molten lead, and finally turned it into a spring under the carriage. .

  Shen Shixing was very surprised. It turned out that the carriage relied on this thing to absorb shock.

  Shen Shixing said with emotion: "This thing is really beneficial to the people!"

  Su Ze shook his head and said: "What is produced here is a large shock-absorbing spring. It is only beneficial to the people. Brother Rumo came with me to see what is beneficial to the country." Spring."

  Shen Shixing followed Su Ze in confusion. The workshop behind was separated from the workshop in front by a door, but there were soldiers guarding it near the door.

  After strict inspection, Su Ze took Shen Shixing into the workshop behind. I only saw that springs are produced here, but the springs produced here are very thin and are only as thick as a thumb when rolled up. Is this what Su Ze said is beneficial to the country? What is the use of such a small spring?
  Su Ze continued walking with Shen Shixing and came to a shooting range.

  Su Ze picked up a blunderbuss and asked, "Brother Rumo, how is this different from an ordinary blunderbuss?"

  Shen Shixing used to be in charge of the logistics of the Shanghai Anti-Japanese General Corps, so he naturally knew the blunderbuss, and he quickly understood Said: "This gun has no match rope."

  "Yes, but this gun can still shoot."

  Su Ze skillfully cleaned the powder chamber, loaded the powder and bullets, then pulled the bolt and gently buttoned the gun. Pull the trigger.

  There was only a bang as the lead shot flew out and hit the wooden target in front of him.

  Shen Shixing said in surprise: "Can the gun ignite the fire without a match? Is it possible that the match is hidden in the gun?"

  Su Ze handed the gun to Shen Shixing and said: "This gun uses a spring."

  "Spring ?"

  "Pull the bolt to apply force to the spring, and use the force of the spring's rebound to hit the flint. The sparks from the collision can ignite the gunpowder, and the gun can be fired without a match rope." Shen Shixing opened the barrel and saw the spring and flint

  . structure, he quickly understood the benefits of spring impact ignition.

  There is no need to prepare a match rope in advance, the gunpowder can be ignited in the sealed barrel, which means that the bird gun can be used in wind and rain!

  The open flame ignited by the match rope will expose the target, and this bolt gun can better ambush.

  The most important thing is that the step of lighting the match rope is omitted, which shortens the time to prepare for shooting. If you can fire one more time on the battlefield, the firepower will be increased several points!

  Shen Shixing has already thought about how this kind of gun will change the battlefield!

  Su Ze said: "This is not enough."

  "Not enough?"

  "This gun also needs to be loaded with powder and pellets. I am developing something that can combine pellets and powder for loading. So, The speed of reloading and shooting can be more than doubled."

  "It's just that this kind of gunpowder is not stable yet and is too dangerous. It needs further testing before it can be mass-produced." "

  Brother Rumo, think about it, it only takes one breath to detain the gun. No matter it is a blunderbuss, whether it is Mongolians, Japanese pirates or Jurchens, what do you have to fear?"

  Shen Shixing has completely fallen into the scene described by Su Ze. If it is really what Su Ze said, he can fire a gun with just one breath. A projectile, whether it is the Mongolian elite cavalry that comes and goes like the wind, or the Japanese warriors who are good at assault, they are here to deliver at this kind of shooting frequency.

  The situation on the border will be completely reversed, and there will even be no such word as border trouble in the future.

  But why are there still Jurchens? Now aren't the Jurchens the dogs of the Ming Dynasty, loyally helping the Ming Dynasty guard the northern border?
  Is this how technology changes the world?
  It can even make the Han civilization break out of the strange cycle of Han and Hu barbaric civilization that has existed for thousands of years! ? Get rid of the northern curse that has been reincarnated for thousands of years!

  Su Ze said: "Brother Rumo, I have translated a few Western books. You can read them when you have time." "You

  ask me why I rebelled. You can take a look at Western ships, artillery, and these blunderbuss. It is also a Western thing."

  "When the Ming Dynasty was first established, the Western countries were still in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and small countries were constantly attacking." "

  But in just over a hundred years, Westerners have been able to cross the ocean and sail to our country. The sea frontiers of the Ming Dynasty."

  "If this method of controlling and fooling the people is used for another hundred years, the ones who plunder the southeast will not be Japanese pirates, but Westerners."

  Shen Shixing was surprised, and he suddenly discovered that Su Ze's worries were right . .

  In the Battle of Tuen Mun, if it weren't for the fact that Folangji had a small number of men and was fighting in unfamiliar sea areas, Folangji's men would have surrendered after running out of ammunition and food.

  The Ming Dynasty also realized the benefits of blunderbuss, but the blunderbuss made by the imperial court were not easy to use.

  A mere Japanese rebellion troubled the Ming Dynasty for decades. What if the Westerners had developed the percussion gun Su Ze mentioned earlier?

  Shen Shixing no longer dared to think about it.

  "Thousands of years ago, during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, all the nations came to dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty was the greatest empire in the world." "

  But now, times have changed." "

  Standing still, the ignorant people banned the sea, it is possible that there will be another Mongol-Yuan invasion "

  I'm afraid I won't even be able to make a two-legged sheep at that time."

  Shen Shixing said to Su Ze: "Brother Rulin, I am willing to serve as an official in the Governor's Mansion."

  Su Ze took Shen Shixing's hand and said:
  " Brother Rumo, you have the ambition to manage the world and benefit the people. It is a waste of talent to stay with me." "

  But even talents need experience. I will entrust the Hangzhou government to Brother Rumo."

  Shen Shixing did not expect that, When Su Ze came up, he handed over Zhejiang's best house to himself.

  I only heard Su Ze say:
  "But there is one more thing. As a brother, don't be stingy and talk too much." "

  Please supervise me." "

  Hangzhou changed rice to mulberry. Once it has been changed, it has been changed. Don't change it back again. ."

  "There is nothing wrong with converting rice to mulberry. What is wrong is the corrupt officials. The powerful and powerful plunder people's land by converting rice into mulberry." "

  Brother Rumo went to Hangzhou, land is the key."

  "Clearing the land, dividing the land, is right. Those evil gentry who occupy the land and exploit the people must be resolutely attacked."

  Shen Shixing nodded quickly.

  Su Ze added: "Those progressive businessmen who are willing to open workshops and engage in trade can be supported by the prefecture's yamen. There are many people who cannot survive the disaster in Hangzhou. Workshops, like fields, are also places where people can survive. We should not ignore them. Suppress."

  "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, Shi Xing understands."

  Shen Shixing immediately went to Hangzhou to take office before he even sat on the bench in Fuzhou.

  In early August, the Ming court's edict on the front line was finally sent to Nanjing.

  Zhang Juzheng was promoted to Minister of War in Nanjing for his contribution in the Battle of Zhenjiang.

  Li Sui, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, mishandled the rebels' rebellion, lost control of their advance and retreat, and even lost the Su and Song Dynasties. He was dismissed from his post as Minister of the Ministry of War and ordered to become an official.

  It was equivalent to the emperor handing over the military power of Nanjing to Zhang Juzheng.

  The emperor's secret edict required Zhang Juzheng to stay until next spring.

  In a secret edict to Zhao Zhenji, the household minister in Nanjing, the emperor made stern demands, allowing Zhao Zhenji to use all means to use people's power to ensure that Huguang's grain was delivered to the capital.

  Zhang Juzheng, who was promoted, felt vaguely uneasy. Lin Mojun's fleet did not continue to attack Zhenjiang, and the army did not even land on the ground, but continued to patrol the Yangtze River estuary.

  This is so abnormal.

  Zhang Juzheng unfolded the map again.

  (End of chapter)
 

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