Chapter 525: Fifteen million taels of silver
Under the escort of the brocade guards who came to greet him, thousands of mule and horse-drawn carriages drove into Andingmen along Zhengyangmen Street towards the imperial city, and Chang Wei Pegasus went straight to the front of Daming Gate, however, with his skills, he was pulled by more than a dozen officials on the street. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Take a closer look, all of them are household officials, led by that big acquaintance Chen Dadao, Chang Wei shouted while struggling: "Chen Shangshu, what are you going to do?
Chen Dadao blushed, spitting Xingzi in a big gulp, "Master Chang, Chang Zhen Fu Envoy, Third Master Chang, this official begs you, save this fifteen million taels of silver to the household department!"
Without waiting for Chang Wei to answer, the two household servants shouted: "Uncle Chang, as long as you give this batch of silver to the household department, we will give you the Cultivation Ancestral Hall, and respect you as a living immortal!"
I thought something was wrong, it turned out to be for silver! However, I'm not Wei Fatty, what do I want to do in the ancestral hall?
Chang Wei just came back to his senses, and before he could speak, he only heard a shout: "No!"
Another group of people rushed up in a rage, and this group of people fiercely broke through the crowd and rushed into the encirclement, one of them grabbed Chang Wei's clothes and shouted: "The most lacking money in the imperial court is not the household department, but our military department! This fifteen million taels is enough for the Liaodong front to open up the war for a year! Lord Chang, you are also a soldier, and you Jinyiwei are also in the army, so you naturally know that the country's henchmen are in Liaodong, and if you have money, you should use it to fight the Houjin!"
Cui Chengxiu, you traitor, excited fart!
"Cui Shangshu rest assured, this silver is naturally used to fight Liaodong. ”
Cui Chengxiu grabbed Chang Wei's arm and didn't let go, "That's good, hurry up and drive the carriage into the yamen of the military department!"
"Wait!" This is Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the ministry, the head of Wei Zhongxian's ten dogs.
Hey, big brother, you also followed Shangguan to join in the fun?
"Third brother, the officials haven't been paid for three months, you see that the eldest brother has been wearing this dress for three years, and your nephew is almost fifteen years old, looking at it,"
Chang Weideng was one head and two big, "Okay, big brother, 10,000 taels of officials will be used to pay salaries, no problem, right?"
The Ministry of Rites is still in the sect, and your Ministry of Rites has not paid salaries? Don't say it, 10,000 taels, is there more!
Xue Zhen, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the Imperial History Room of the Zuodu is magnificent, you don't have to open your mouth, the price is 10,000 taels!
Damn, Tai Hospital? And you Tang Ruowang, what kind of mess are you Qin Tianjian running to make trouble? What, you want to study the moon? Then come and make trouble Lao Tzu kicked you on the moon!
Don't quarrel, 10,000 taels, everyone is happy!
Hey, Hanlin Academy, don't tear my robe! Do you want to print books? That's simple, the Machine Bureau will soon produce a new printing press, can't you give another 10,000 taels, and stand aside for me!
The governor of the five armies, and Tian Ergeng, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, dare you come and cry poor? Don't talk, 10,000 taels!
After sending so many people, the world is still not pure, and there are still a sea of people in front of the Daming Gate! Xue Fengxiang of the Ministry of Industry, Cui Chengxiu of the Ministry of War, and Chen Dadao of the Ministry of Households, I said that you brothers and sons should hurry up and get out of the way, okay? No one wants to eat this silver!
Hey, where did this noble man in a python dragon robe come from?Ah~ Father-in-law Wei, Fat Wei, you hurry up and help me get him away, this guy is pinching my neck!
Teacher: Lord Yuan, Jiehuan Gong! What are you knocking on my head? Your cabinet doesn't need money, what, you say this person is wearing a dragon robe? This is the emperor?!
There are too many official robes to see clearly, the emperor forgives the sin, you quickly suppress the three departments of soldiers, households, and workers, and bring the silver back to the palace! I will be killed by them!
But even if the emperor and Wei Zhongxian went into battle in person, dozens of people from the household department and the Ministry of Industry firmly stood in front of the Daming Gate and put on a momentum of treating money as life!
In the end, the family gave 100,000 taels, and finally cleared a way by relying on the brocade clothes and hygiene. Seeing the huge convoy being pushed into the imperial city by the eunuchs of the 10,000 generals and the Jinyi Guard, the household department and the Ministry of Industry shouted and cried sadly, and those who didn't know thought that something was wrong at home!
Watching the mountain-like silver moved into the inner treasury of the palace, the emperor's happy boots ran away, and the concubines of the inner palace all came out to see the excitement.
After being happy for most of the hour, the emperor issued an edict: all the concubines in the harem came to the Qianqing Palace to have a royal meal.
Looking at this scene, Chang Wei not only sighed, "Is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty greedy for money or poor and afraid?" ”
"Dauntless, I'm glad you did a good job!" the emperor patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come, I'll give you a good thing!"
Entering the apse of the Qianqing Palace, I saw a pool composed of a group of exquisite wooden barrels and copper cylinders. The hidden place is opened, the opening and closing valve is set, the water flow flows with the valve pipeline, twists and turns, and the high place flows like a waterfall, pouring down, and the water droplets under the shower are crystal clear. At the bottom of the pool, it is set up as a winding rockery and a river channel, and when the water rushes, walnut-sized wooden balls spray up, and they are suspended above the fountain without falling.
Chang Wei was shocked: "This is made by the emperor himself? ”
When he heard that his work was praised, the emperor was overjoyed, "This is a water squirting scene that I spent three years of leisure time making, and I will give it to you today." You have to take good care of it, don't break it, I'll visit your house when I have time!"
It took three years of spare time to do this, and it wasn't like it was said from outside, spending a lot of time working as a carpenter.
The emperor handed him a pen holder again, "This is called holding the country in your hand, you often write books, and I will give it to you!"
The pen holder resembles Mount Tai, and there are exquisite carvings such as Qianqing Palace, Qilin, and auspicious clouds on it, which can really be described as unique.
The emperor took him to see a small palace, the form imitates the Qianqing Palace, no more than three or four feet high, but it is vivid, ingenious, and more exquisite is that all parts of the small palace are active, as long as they follow the structure, they can be disassembled.
"It took me four years of spare time to build it!"
"This is a completely realistic model!" "When he saw this Chang Weiden, he had an idea, "Your Majesty, the minister has a better thing, if you build it, it can be called for the benefit of the ages, and from then on, my Ming Navy Division will have a super cruiser battleship!"
Since the emperor's hobby is carpenter's work, instead of letting him play with fountains and build small palaces, it is better to build a shipbuilding model, which can draw the emperor's attention to the ocean, as long as the emperor has a strong interest in ships, then a new navy that is invincible in the world will be far away?
The emperor immediately asked, Chang Wei lay on the side of the dragon case, raised his pen and ink to draw a picture of a flying clipper boat.
The clipper has a smaller freeboard and less superstructure, which not only improves the stability of the ship, but also gives full play to the role of the sail. Its biggest feature is the bow, the bow of the clipper ship is a sealed hollow compartment, its large buoyancy can ensure that the bow is always on the sea surface when sailing, so that the contact area between the hull and the sea surface becomes smaller, and it can run out of the flying general ultra-high speed.
Its length-to-width ratio is between six to one and eight to one, the underwater shape is designed as the smallest drag body, while increasing the speed while maintaining a certain lateral resistance profile, the waterline is particularly beautiful, and even in the first waterline surface has a concave, the long and sharp curve scissor type head column is a situation suitable for racing, and can cut the waves at sea, so it is called flying shear.
The long protruding bow not only extends the length of the hull, but also allows for multiple suspension jibs, so that the whole ship can hang more than 40 sails; the hollow bow makes it easy for the ship to lift its head in the waves, and improves its course stability in the waves; and the inclined waterline with the gradual change of the rear body transitions to the narrow round tail in perfect harmony, which is integrated with the graceful bow.
The cruising speed of the clipper ship can reach ten knots, and it can run out of twenty knots of ultra-high speed in case of strong winds.
Sure enough, he is an expert, "Your Majesty, this kind of ship needs to be made of iron and wooden shells, and the keel is made of wrought iron, and it only takes 100 days for the flying clippers to be successfully manufactured from Macao to London, England, which is extremely fast!"
The emperor asked again: "Your bow sealed cabin is so big, and you have to break the waves, how can you ensure that it does not leak?"
Chang Wei smiled: "This problem will be solved by the ocean-going fleet bringing back the rubber!"
The emperor happily said, "Okay, as long as this problem can be solved, I will build you a ship model!"
The queen just arrived, and said strangely: "What does the emperor want to make?"
"The queen came to see that Dauntless had found me a new job. ”
When the queen saw it, she immediately persuaded: "Your Majesty, carpentry work is the business of craftsmen, and you should focus on state affairs." Lord Chang, not only did you not advise the emperor, but also made some new eyes to make the emperor slack off in government affairs, which is not good for the dynasty and your own official reputation!"
What a big hat, you just say that I am a minister!
Chang Wei hurriedly took out a thick stack of manuscripts from his briefcase, "I almost forgot, the emperor, the queen, the Wealth of Nations has been written." ”
"Okay! My brother is really a virtuous person!" The emperor patted Chang Wei on the shoulder and said: "This trip to Henan not only brought back more than a year's tax revenue for me, but also completed a masterpiece of the world!"
"Lao Wang, immediately ask someone to copy it, arrange for the factory to engrave it, and I want to let more than 20,000 officials in the world have a copy!"
At this time, the queen also turned her anger into joy, "Master Chang's book will definitely become the cornerstone of governing the country." ”
The emperor said happily: "It is very good that the queen can think so." ”
Chang Wei took out another chapter of the manuscript of the theory of sea power, and he wanted to eat it one bite at a time, but he didn't dare to take it all out at once.
"Chen Wei: The theory of sea power is a narrative of the struggle between nations and its process. Maritime merchants have a huge impact on a country's wealth and strength, and in order to maintain its maritime interests, the state should exclude rivals. There are two means: one is to monopolize ......"
Although it is inconsistent with the Confucian principles of loyalty, forgiveness, benevolence and righteousness, it is completely in line with the way of 'inner sage and outer king', and it is completely a book that emperors and powerful ministers should read.
"Okay, I'll finish it early, by the way, there is also the war theory, these two books, I want Wuchen to have a copy. ”
After gossiping, the emperor took him to the imperial study: "You have a few letters to talk about the affairs of foreign vassals and exiles, and I want to hear your specific thoughts." ”
"It's harvest time!"
In the past dozens of days, Chang Wei has already sorted out the detailed clues, so he replied: "Your Majesty, since this matter started from Cheng'en Temple, the minister will start from Cheng'en Temple." I don't know if there is a candidate for the post of Zuo Jueyi who presides over Cheng'en Temple? If not, the minister wants to recommend the senior monk of Shaolin Temple to take the position!" )