Chapter 79: Death in Hongwu while
defending against Japanese pirates was certainly one aspect, but Su Ze did not say the other reason.
The more Su Ze understands the world, the more he feels that Ming Dynasty really deserves to die!
Some people always say that the Ming Dynasty died in Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty died in Wanli, and the Ming Dynasty died in Jiajing.
But in Su Ze's opinion, Ming died in Hongwu!
Before traveling through time, Su Ze also read some online novels that traveled to Hongwu years. Some people always thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was a good emperor who loved his people like his own son.
In Su Ze's opinion, bullshit!
Zhu Yuanzhang killed corrupt officials, and repeatedly gave orders not to let corrupt officials harm the people, but his attitude towards the "people" was that he regarded the "people" as crops in his own land, and did not allow officials to cause harm, only his old Zhu family was allowed to cause harm.
This is not about caring for the people like children. On the contrary, the Ming and Qing dynasties were the most restrictive dynasties for the people. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang was proud of the military household system that did not require money to support soldiers. Isn't it just that the general households were treated as slaves for generations and even basic defense expenditures were required? Saving?
After the "Hu Weiyong rebellion case", it was Zhu Yuanzhang who loved the people like a son, and ordered the two counties of Shangyuan and Jiangning to "slaughter all the men, women and children who were Hu Weiyong's comrades".
As long as they were descendants of the old Zhu family, no matter how these feudal kings harmed the people or performed cruel acts that could be called "performance art", Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude would only be to order officials to reprimand them lightly.
Zhu Yuanzhang invited Mencius out of the Confucius Temple, but he did not respect Mencius but used the Four Books and Five Classics as the outline.
Zhu Ming did not burn "Poems" and "Books", and used "Poems" and "Books" to fool Guizhou. The scholars of the Ming Dynasty learned the Four Books and Five Classics, and used it to help Zhou and abuse him in the name of loyalty. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty learned it, and respected the emperor and humbled him. I am a foolish person who indulges in greed and violence and imprisons the hearts of the people in the world.
The Jiajing Emperor who is currently in power is praised by future generations as the most powerful man, but in fact he is an extremely selfish villain. He has spent all his intelligence and wisdom on inciting internal fighting among ministers, drawing blood from the world to enrich himself, and being greedy. To the point where nothing can be added.
The so-called "emphasis on controlling the people but neglecting governing the world" means that the Ming Dynasty was rotten at its roots.
Therefore, starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, there were successive prodigal sons of the Zhu Ming royal family, who used the wealth of the country to enrich their families. In the end, Li Zicheng, who was unable to eat, raised his arms and slaughtered the Zhu Ming royal family who regarded the people as pigs and dogs.
Being familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, he understood that it was no longer feasible to save the Ming Dynasty through top-down reforms.
Zhang Juzheng took this path. Not only did he not save the Ming Dynasty, but he gave patients who were already dying a shot of cardiotonic. It seemed like ZTE, but in fact he established a system of rule that was more convenient for the Ming Dynasty to draw blood. machine.
After Zhang Juzheng's death, the accumulated family property was quickly destroyed, and he began to expropriate and expropriate even more bone-crushingly.
If we want China not to fall behind in the vigorous wave of modern development, a complete change is necessary!
Su Ze had some vague thoughts. Maybe this time the Censor Qing Army was not "all bad things" for him and Chang Ning Wei.
The location of Changningwei is quite good, across the sea is the famous treasure island Penghu!
This is indeed unbelievable. Although Penghu has been in the hands of the Central Plains since the Southern Song Dynasty, it has never been developed in a decent way. Today, except for the Penghu Inspection Department, the Ming court does not even have a civil administration agency on the island.
It’s no wonder that fifty years later, the Spanish occupied Penghu without any effort.
It was not until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that Zheng Chenggong recaptured Penghu from the Spanish.
After that, the Zheng family relied on Penghu to confront the Qing court for decades, which is enough to show the strategic value of Penghu.
And such a treasure island is still a deserted island that no one cares about!
If the Ming court really pressed hard, Su Ze wanted to take this opportunity to land in Penghu and rebel!
However, this was not Su Ze's best strategy. Penghu is still a desert island now. Zheng Chenggong also relied on the banner of anti-Qing and gathered many immigrants from the southeast to confront the Qing court.
Now even if Changningwei lands in Penghu, there won't be enough manpower to develop it.
The reason why Su Ze wanted to participate in the imperial examination was to find a way to sneak into the officialdom, recruit troops secretly, and slowly occupy Penghu.
Only with guns in hand can the garrison have an escape route. Buying guns is to find a retreat for the garrison.
Of course, these words cannot be said to the old man. Changning Wei is still full of loyalty and fear towards the imperial court.
Su Ze buried these thoughts in his heart and only proposed to buy blunderbuss and Folan cannon.
Lin Xianyang's face was at a loss, and when Su Ze was about to explain what a bird gun and a Folang machine gun were, the old man said: "I know about the bird gun. When I was here, hundreds of households
praised this Western firearm for its ability to shoot flying birds. It is unparalleled in power and is a more useful weapon than the Daming Firearms." "Is
this Folang Machine Cannon also a Folang Machine Cannon?"
Su Ze also did not expect that Changning Guard, a remote guard station, also knew about the firearms. importance.
It seems that Chang Ningwei, an old man, is indeed a great person.
It's just that such figures have not even had their names left in history, but cruel officials like the Yanping Wei Yu family who robbed the people have been able to occupy high positions and prey on the people for generations.
Legend has it that Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, who later made great contributions to quelling the Japanese rebellion, still had to cling to the powerful and tarnish their reputations in order to protect themselves. The Ming court had really reached a point where it was difficult to return.
After briefly explaining the power of the Folang machine gun to my grandpa, he said with emotion: "It's incredible that these Western barbarians can create such a magical weapon!" The old grandpa showed a reminiscing expression and said: "I think
our Changning Guards were the same way back then. Those who can build general cannons, but it is a pity that as the guards decline, the cannon foundry can only be abandoned." When Su Ze heard about the cannon foundry, he quickly asked: "Grandpa, does our Changning Guard still have a cannon foundry?" The elder of the
family Grandpa nodded and said: "When I was a child, the Changning Guard had a general cannon, which was installed on the turret in front of the Baihu Station. Later, I don't know when, when the guard station declined, the cannon was melted down and cast into coins. The artillery station is also abandoned."
"Is this artillery foundry still there?"
The old man nodded and said, "It's right next to the dock. Changning Guard used to be an important guard station. At that time, the Japanese pirates were still called pirates. As long as you hear Changningwei's name scares the shit out of me."
Su Ze didn't even listen to what the old man said. Changningwei has a cannon foundry, which means Su Ze may learn the "firearm making" skill from here!
In the "junk" mobile game "Hundred Scenes", making weapons is the most profitable life skill. In addition to selling the cannons for money, they can also be used to strengthen the defense of the territory.
If you really learn the skill of making firearms, you will make more money than selling salt and sugar. Moreover, with cannons, you can equip the garrison and better advance your plan to occupy Penghu.
After hastily ending the conversation with his grandfather, Su Ze rushed to the shipping office.
Sure enough, he found an abandoned building near the dock.
Pushing the door open and walking into this dilapidated building, Su Ze saw the furnace for smelting steel and the stone mold for making cannonballs.
This should be the place where cannon shells are made. Su Ze continued to explore and found a building with only half of the wall left. Some broken iron hooks left on the beams could be seen. Su Ze also saw the iron hooks used to cast the cannon bodies. Shi Fan.
This should be the gun casting workshop, but why can't I obtain the "Firearm Manufacturing" skill?
Is it because this cannon foundry has been abandoned for too long?
Or is it because the building is no longer complete and the tools are no longer usable?
Although he has learned so many skills, Su Ze still doesn't understand his golden finger and doesn't know how to trigger the learning of new skills.
We need to repair this gun foundry as soon as possible, and we also need to buy blunderbuss and Franco cannons as soon as possible. The structure of firearms in this era is not complicated. If we really can't learn the "firearms manufacturing" skills, we will find ways to dismantle and imitate them.
After making up his mind, the next step was to send someone to contact Haihou'er at the ghost market at the end of the tenth month and ask him about the channels for purchasing Folan cannons and bird guns.
Su Ze is still planning his rebellion here, and the story of Su Zezhi breaking the county magistrate's question has spread in Nanping County.
As the prefect of Yanping Prefecture, Fang Zhifu, who had just taken office, had received detailed information about Baizhi County's inspection of the county school. He heard that Baizhi County was also favored by Hai Rui in the county school. The Fang Zhifu returned home in a happy mood. .
The prefect was on a water conservancy inspection today. Now that he had just arrived, it was not convenient for him to stay out for a banquet, so he declined the squire's invitation after the inspection and returned home for dinner.
But he didn't expect that just after Magistrate Fang returned home, he heard that his wife, Mrs. Li, was in a hurry and had to eat before he, the head of the family, came back.
Fortunately, the daughter felt sorry for her father and asked the servants to heat up the food and deliver it to the prefect. Otherwise, the prefect would have had a cold meal at home as soon as he took office.
"Dad, I see you are in a good mood today, but is there any happy event in the house?" The
cold-hearted Miss Fang is a lady of the family. She knows the principle of "eating without speaking", and she waited until the magistrate had finished eating before asking curious questions.
Magistrate Fang told Magistrate Bai's experience in the county school in detail, and then said with laughter: "This Hai Rui is really a mountain pen stand! Smelly and hard, I must find an opportunity to punish him!" Unexpectedly, Fang Zhifu
said But Miss Jia said sternly: "Dad, you must not do it. Hai Rui is the county magistrate. It is natural that Nanping County should punish him. If you ask me, dad should commend Hai Rui to the court for his integrity and conscientiousness." Magistrate Fang was stunned for a moment
. , suddenly realized and said: "Wonderful! Lan'er, your method is good!"
The Bai County magistrate was so clever that he was able to suppress the government office when the magistrate was vacant.
After Fang Zhifu took office, he always felt that he couldn't do anything, and was vaguely suppressed by several subordinates headed by Bai Zhixian.
His daughter's words awakened Fang Zhifu, and he could use Hai Rui to make a fuss about Baizhi County.
Magistrate Fang couldn't help but said: "It's a pity that Lan'er is born as a girl, otherwise you must be a prime minister!"
Fang Lanzhi smiled slightly and said: "Dad, these are just tricks, as long as you can fulfill your duties and be benevolent. Love the people, this Yanping Prefecture will definitely educate and govern."
Magistrate Fang sighed and shook his head and said: "It's difficult, it's difficult! The Qing military censor will come to Fujian in a few days, and I don't know what trouble will happen this time. Come. Let’s not talk about these troublesome things, Lan’er should go back to her room and rest early.”
Fang Lanzhi paid the prefect a blessing before leading the maid back to the boudoir.
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