Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

After ordering the craftsmen to get up again, Chongzhen said: "Among you are waiting, some burn lime, some burn bricks, and some burn charcoal. And based on this, everyone is divided into groups and the leader is elected. .”

After discussing and recommending, the people elected three craftsmen respectively.One is Zhao Da who has been burning lime all his life, the other is Liu Cheng who has been burning bricks and tiles all his life, and the other is Zhou Zheng who has been burning coal all his life.

Seeing that all the craftsmen had finished their selection, Chongzhen said: "Throughout the dynasties, Sanhe soil was mainly used for city building. It's just that this material is not easy to make, and the weather is going to be cold. I want to build the Martyr's Temple before the snow falls, so this Sanhe soil is not available.

I once looked through the classics, and accidentally saw from a fragmented book that mixing clay, lime, and gypsum together and calcining can get one thing.

This substance is black and powdery.If it meets water, it will condense soon, and it will be as hard as iron and stone.

It's just that there are ominous words in the fragmented version, and the method of making it is also missing, so it must have been destroyed long ago.

I think if the ancients could make it, so can I in the Ming Dynasty, it's just a matter of trying a few more times.

This time, Qing and others were called into the palace for this purpose.If it succeeds, then my Daming City will have no worries.Qing and others will also be knighted and left their names in history. "

Just after hearing Chongzhen's words, Wei Zhongxian and Wang Chengen lowered their heads to the ground.Others don't know, the two of them don't know what books Chongzhen read before.It is nothing more than the rule of the Three Dynasties that Confucianism wants Chongzhen to see. Has there ever been a remnant of what Chongzhen said?

It's just that Chongzhen is the emperor, since he said he had seen it, he must have seen it.The first rule of living in the palace is that the emperor is always right.The second rule is, don't listen to what you shouldn't listen to, let alone talk about it.Otherwise, you don't even know how you died.

Just thinking about this, Wei Zhongxian's eyes were fierce, and he looked at these craftsmen with unkind eyes, but he planned to evaporate these more than ten people after the completion.So as not to go out to talk nonsense.

But Wang Chengen gave a thud, knowing that Wei Zhongxian had murderous intentions.But he wanted to remind the emperor, lest Wei Zhongxian really kill all the artisans involved in order to keep the emperor secret.

In the next few days, Chongzhen has been paying attention to the progress of the cement.

It is useless at first, it cannot be solidified no matter what, and slowly develops to start to solidify, but the solidification time required is extremely long, and it is not resistant to heavy blows, and it can often be broken with a small hammer.

Chongzhen, who knew the cement standards of later generations, was of course dissatisfied, so the craftsmen continued to make trials, striving to meet the emperor's needs.

It's just that no matter how Chongzhen kept it secret, the news of him playing with mud in the palace still spread. In the gossip that became more and more outrageous, he has become the same as Emperor Daxing Tianqi, except that his hobby is masons!

The mood of the Ming government and the public is like ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping past.

Your brother is a carpenter, but you just play with mud?Want to form a brother building with your brother to build a house and play together?

Even the folks are talking about it.But compared to the court, the people don't care what your emperor likes to do.As long as the common people have food to eat and clothes to wear, they are fine.

The memorials of the courtiers impeaching Chongzhen for not doing business properly flew into the palace like snowflakes, especially the young censors, all of them seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, as if Chongzhen did not repent again, and the disaster of national subjugation was in sight.

The annoyed Chongzhen simply kept all the memorials to impeach him for not doing business properly.He also ordered Wei Zhongxian to investigate who leaked the news, and killed several talkative little eunuchs directly.

The courtiers who learned that Chongzhen killed the little eunuch suddenly became quiet.It was only then that they remembered that this emperor was no longer His Royal Highness Xinwang who trusted them so much when he was in the residence.

Now that the factories and guards are in the hands of the emperor, and the people in Jingzhong and Xuanda regard the emperor as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his power is chasing after the emperor Chengzu. How can the ministers dare to make noise?

Ten days later, it was almost the end of October, and the craftsmen in the palace finally came to report to Chongzhen that the gray powder that Chongzhen wanted, called cement, had been roughly completed.

Overjoyed, Chongzhen hurried to Luban Hall, only to see those craftsmen gathered in front of a concrete lump, admiring.

At this time, the craftsman with a sledgehammer in his hand saw Chongzhen coming, and hurriedly threw away the sledgehammer in his hand, otherwise he would lose his head.After hastily knelt down to pay his respects, all the artisans were awakened.

Seeing this, Chongzhen ordered everyone to flatten behind him, and asked directly, "What's wrong with this thing?"

Zhao Daxian, who was among the three leaders, said: "Return to Your Majesty, this thing was completed yesterday. The piece in front of me was trial-manufactured last night, and now I have replaced it with a small hammer, but it can't even leave a mark. The ministers are about to change to a big hammer. Come and try."

Chapter 42 The Weeping Palace

Although Zhu Xiaosong, the program ape before time-traveling, was a weak chicken with a combat power of five, but he time-traveled to the body of Emperor Chongzhen, didn't he?

The excited Chongzhen didn't care about losing his status as the emperor, picked up the sledgehammer on the ground and swung it up at the gray concrete lump.

There was only a muffled sound of "dong", and Chongzhen's arms were already numb.Today's Chongzhen is capable of both literature and martial arts, and his arms are much stronger than ordinary people, but his arms are still numb from the shock, which shows how strong the cement lump is.

Throwing away the sledgehammer weighing more than [-] kilograms, and shaking his hands that were throbbing with pain from the jaws of the tiger, Chongzhen said: "Okay! I didn't expect you to get this thing out so soon. Now Is it troublesome to make things? How about the output?"

The same leader, Zhao Daxian, replied: "Your Majesty, this product is quite easy to produce. It's just that the temperature in the furnace is higher.

If you take this place in the palace as an example, the daily income is only more than a hundred catties. "

More than a hundred catties per day?Is it possible to produce one ton per day by increasing the scale?If the output reaches more than [-] tons per day, how much money is there?When I have money, I can kill Huang Taiji and the like with just money!

Thinking about this, Chongzhen asked: "If Qing waits for enough young and strong manpower, maybe two thousand catties will be produced every day?"

Then Zhao Dao said: "Returning to Your Majesty, if there are enough people, it is possible for this thing to produce [-] catties a day. However, it occupies a very large area, which is not conducive to the secrecy required by Your Majesty."

Chongzhen said: "This matter is easy. I have allocated a piece of land in Huangzhuang in the south of Beijing to Qing and others. Qing and others need to study other proportioning methods and uses of this material, and how to increase its production. This material must be able to produce a large amount Production."

After a pause, he said to all the craftsmen: "This time, you and others have made great contributions to the country. As I said before, I will not hesitate to confer titles to reward them. Zhao Da, Liu Cheng, and Zhou Zheng were conferred county sons, and the rest Waiting for the county male. Tomorrow, an angel will come to the home of Qing and the others to read out the decree of the reward."

After the craftsmen left the palace, Chongzhen said to Wei Zhongxian: "Order someone to notify Tian Ergeng, and ask him to send manpower to protect the craftsmen and their families. Your West Factory should also send people to guard against some people. Wall, take their family's practice, seek the formula of this cement."

Only then did Wei Zhongxian understand how important this thing called cement was in Chongzhen's heart, and he bowed quickly and said, "Your servant obeys the order. It's just the emperor, this thing was made by you. Why don't you just call it Chongzhen cement?" , when future generations mention it, they will all miss the emperor's favor, won't they?"

Chongzhen knew that Wei Zhongxian was flattering, but he felt comfortable being photographed, and he was very happy.Why is the cement of later generations called Portland cement?In Daming, this is Chongzhen Cement!

Chongzhen laughed and said, "That's all. I just followed your old thing and called it Chongzhen Cement."

After a pause, he said again: "Send someone to the cabinet to order Wen Tiren, Shi Fenglai, and Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

But Wei Zhongxian hadn't made any arrangements yet, when the Jinyiwei Dahan General on duty came to report: "Your Majesty, outside the Donghua Gate, there is the Censor's Weeping Palace!"

Chongzhen, who was originally in a happy mood, couldn't be happier now.

If you think about it with your butt, you can tell what kind of womb these shit censors are crying about!This is based on the tradition of giving preferential treatment to scholars since Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaochi of the Ming Dynasty, and relying on the fact that the original Chongzhen also gave preferential treatment to scholars when he was in the Qiandi of Xinwang, so it will add to the embarrassment of Emperor Chongzhen!

Seeing the big Han general who reported the letter knelt down and seemed hesitant to speak, Chongzhen shouted angrily: "What else? Let's finish talking together!"

The big Han general said: "Your Majesty, there are also many students from Guozijian and Hongwenguan among them!"

Chongzhen, who was originally angry when he heard the censor crying for the palace, became angry when he heard that there were also students from the Guozijian and Hongwenguan participating.

Is it possible for you students to participate in the affairs of the court?Emperor Hongwu's edict "Only students are not allowed", did you let it go as an air?

The more he thought about it, the more angry Emperor Chongzhen immediately said to Wei Zhongxian: "Declaration, order Xu Xianchun to lead the Jinyi Guards to surround the palace gate. Order the British Duke Zhang Weixian to lead the Beijing camp and block the inner city of the imperial city.

These censors and scholars are not allowed to escape today!I want to talk to my group of bastards about what it is to be a courtier and a student! "

Chongzhen, who was extremely angry, didn't care that Wei Zhongxian was still going to pass the edict, and he didn't care that Yang Hexuan was in the north of the Forbidden City, while Donghua Gate was so far away in the south, so he directly walked towards Donghua Gate, which really bluffed the big man The general hurried to lead the way.As for Chongzhen's side, the oriental leader who is like a block of ice for thousands of years never talks nonsense. In his opinion, he will go wherever Chongzhen goes. The meaning of his existence is to use his own life to block all dangers for Chongzhen.

Wei Zhongxian and Wang Chengen also looked at each other in blank dismay.Wei Zhongxian hastily ordered people to notify Jin Yiwei and Ying Yinggong, while Wang Chengen ordered many eunuchs from the Imperial Horse Supervisor to escort them, and then the two trotted all the way to chase after Emperor Chongzhen.

After leaving the Donghua Gate, Chongzhen suddenly lost his temper when he saw the censors and students sitting on the ground.In other words, Emperor Chongzhen, who had already prepared to kill a bloody river today, didn't care what these people would call at all.

Seeing Chongzhen come out, the censor and the students outside the palace became happy together, and after the Shan shouted long live, they started talking about it.

"Your Majesty heard our call, so he came out of the palace to meet us!"

"Today, we must persuade His Majesty to punish the country's traitors! Otherwise, Ming Dynasty will be in danger."