Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

Taking advantage of the lack of a large number of officials this time, the subordinate officials were given a chance, and they pioneered the routine of en imperial examination, which is actually similar to the official ape examination in later generations.

Once this opening is opened, it will be extremely difficult to block it in the future—these people who first entered the ranks of court officials through Enke will naturally choose to let the Enke went on.

Even the big bosses whose nephews were not up to the mark and had no hope in the imperial examinations would push this matter behind their backs so that their nephews would have a chance to become an official, so that Enke this time would become a routine in the future.

As for the students of the Guozijian, and the Jinshi who passed the tribute examination, even if they walked and studied in the cabinet and the Eight Departments for half a year, compared with these old officials for many years, they actually did not have an advantage.

Because being a magistrate does not depend on whose writing is good or whose stereotyped essays are beautiful, but who is better at being an official and who is better at governing the local area.

These are the advantages of the old officials, but the disadvantages of the students and Jinshi.

After the entire Ming Dynasty got used to selecting officials from among the old officials, the next step of Guozijian reform could start.

Emperor Chongzhen always believed that Guozijian is a waste now, at least it has formed a great waste of knowledge-it can become the first comprehensive university in Ming Dynasty, but it focuses on cultivating officials and producing piles of nerds. This is not a waste. What?

After solving the problems of officials, the construction of the Yellow River Bridge, and letting the people go out to work, a meeting was over. Hong Chengchou went back to prepare the materials collected by the Ministry of Railways for experiments, and Emperor Chongzhen ran back to the harem to accompany him. Wife and children.

There is no way, being an emperor is such a hard job. While dealing with the messy things in the court, he also has to appease the harem and take care of his wives.

In particular, Empress Zhou united Concubine Yuan Gui, Concubine Yi and others to force the palace together and asked Emperor Chongzhen to draft another girl.

Emperor Chongzhen was about to go mad with anger - what's all this mess?I am already 30 years old, and now I will choose a group of sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls to enter the palace as concubines?In the future, will there be another stage where a pear blossom presses a crabapple?

Where did I get so much time?I don't know if I am so busy working for the country of Daming that I don't have time to enjoy myself?

The extremely bored Emperor Chongzhen simply waved his hand: "Forget it, since the empress is the lord of the six palaces, the empress has the final say on the affairs of the harem, so don't bother me with it in the future."

After Queen Zhou responded with a smile, she continued: "There is one more thing, but His Majesty needs to nod."

Emperor Chongzhen said, "What's the matter?"

Empress Zhou said: "Concubine Yi gave birth to the third son of the emperor, Ci Yi, and should be promoted to noble concubine, but His Majesty's consent is still needed."

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Concubine Yi, who was holding the youngest Zhu Ciyi, with a face that was not visible, but with a hint of expectation in her eyes, and nodded, "Just follow the queen."

The excellent traditional culture of the eldest wife trying to help find the younger wife was lost, and Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help feeling sorry for the male compatriots of later generations for a second.

Chapter 7 and Five Don't Save Money for the Emperor!

The harem also has to teach the Basic Law.

Normally, the emperor is rich in the world, so what happens in the harem should be completely up to the emperor, such as awarding which concubine he likes.

However, in fact, what happened in the harem, the promotion or demotion of the concubine's status was completely determined by the queen, and the emperor basically had no chance to intervene.

Just like now, Emperor Chongzhen had long wanted to designate Concubine Yi as a noble concubine or even an imperial concubine, but his son was three years old, and Emperor Chongzhen couldn't open his mouth.

The reason is that the queen took the initiative to mention that it is possible, and Emperor Chongzhen spoke, which is not a good thing, at least it is not a good thing for Concubine Yi-you can hint to the queen, and then wait for the queen's decision, don't think about intervening in the live broadcast.

This is the basic law of the harem. There is no such thing as an emperor who really likes someone who is always there and promises to be directly canonized as a concubine or even a noble concubine.

Do you still need to talk about the most basic rules?

With the exception of Chiqing, people never talked about the basic law, especially those brain-dead women who traveled through the ages to force them, let alone the basic law of the harem.

Once again having a meal with several wives, big and small, and looking at the studies of his sons and daughters, Emperor Chongzhen chose to stay in the Queen's Palace.

It's not that she doesn't want to go to Yunxiu Palace, which she likes more, but she doesn't have the guts—the empress just canonized Concubine Yi as a noble concubine, and she ran to Yunxiu Palace in a blink of an eye. Isn't this intentionally embarrassing the empress?

Once the Empress is unhappy, Concubine Yi probably won't be happy either, and in the end it's herself who is upset.

The next day was bright, and Emperor Chongzhen, who had been absurd all night, felt refreshed. He simply sent someone to inform the former court that the court would be suspended for a day. If there is anything to do, let the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies first After doing it, he took Hong Chengchou and other horses to the Royal Academy.

What really matters at the moment is actually the railway.

As long as the bridge across the river is really built, we can try to think about the Yangtze River Bridge in the future. Although Emperor Chongzhen himself knew that it was impossible, he still had a dream.

What if it happens?

Even if this dream is not real, the meaning of it is already against the sky just to get the Yellow River Bridge done.

At the very least, there will be no need for ferries or floating bridges from the north of the Yellow River to the south of the Yellow River, and the speed of transporting materials and soldiers will be greatly improved.

Usually you can't see anything, but once you encounter a war, the difference between one day earlier and one day later is enough to change the direction of a war.

The only pity is that it is relatively difficult to build railways, and it is purely relying on manpower to pile them up without construction machinery. Fortunately, in the Central Plains, Yunnan-Guizhou, Sichuan, Duogansi, Wusizang, and Congling are undoubtedly a few A huge flesh and blood mill slowly devours and grinds a large amount of "labor".

After Emperor Chongzhen brought a group of equestrians to the Royal Academy, there was no extra nonsense, and he directly asked Hong Chengchou to talk about the construction of the bridge across the river.

After hearing that Hong Chengchou's Ministry of Railways had done experiments, Mo Hua became interested. He took the pile of experimental records in Hong Chengchou's hand and rummaged through them for a long time. He stopped, and said with a sneer: "Is this the experiment record done by the Ministry of Railways?"

When Hong Chengchou heard Mo Hua's tone, he felt that something was wrong. What does this sarcasm mean?Is there something wrong with the experiment done by the Ministry of Railways?

After pondering for a while, Hong Chengchou asked tentatively: "From the perspective of Moyuan, is there anything wrong with these records?"

Mo Hua, who has the spirit of a scientific research lunatic for later generations, has no scruples about Emperor Chongzhen sitting next to him, but he sneered and said, "What's wrong? Hehe, in this record, is there anything wrong?" Is it appropriate?

Don't blame the old man for speaking badly, Hong Butang. If there is any bastard in the Royal Academy who dares to conduct experiments like this and write such experimental records, the old man will beat him to death!Kill with your own hands! "

Turning a page casually, he stretched out a finger and gestured: "Look here, on the fifth day of December in the 13th year of Chongzhen, ten catties of cement was mixed with five bamboo strips, and after solidification, it was hammered to break it.

What's the weather like on the fifth day of December?What's the temperature?Ten catties of cement, ten catties of what kind of cement?What is the length, width and thickness of the five bamboo sticks?How big is the hammer?Who hit it?How is it different from other experiments?

It would be fine if the record was like this for only one experiment, but every time it is recorded like this, dare to ask Hong Butang, what is the significance of this record? "

Hearing Mo Hua's series of questioning, Hong Chengchou was completely confused.

What was the weather like on the fifth day of December?Is it snowing?Is it sunny or cloudy?temperature?How is this thing calculated?It's a cold day, isn't the temperature so low that the water has already frozen?

Besides, the rest of the messy things are not handled by this department. If you ask me, who should I ask?

Looking at the bewildered Hong Chengchou, Mo Hua simply sneered and said, "If you hit ten catties of cement with a heavy hammer, it will naturally be broken into pieces. What about a hundred catties of cement? What if you use a small hammer? This kind of experiment Let alone doing it dozens of times, what if it is done thousands of times?"

Hong Chengchou still had a dazed face: "So, aren't these records useless?"

Mo Hua sneered and said, "It's useless, you have to start over!"

Emperor Chongzhen was keenly aware of a key word in the conversation just now, temperature.

When Emperor Chongzhen asked about the temperature, Mo Hua bowed and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, didn't some barbarians were sent here by Jinyiwei before, and one person brought a good thing. It is said that it is a man named Shengto Mr. Rini improved a thermometer made by a Mr. Ga.

This thermometer is filled with colored liquid, and the height of the liquid will change with the temperature. Chen is trying to make a scale on it for calculation. "

Emperor Chongzhen didn't have a little understanding of such a relatively out-of-the-ordinary gadget like a thermometer, let alone who invented it.

But Mo Hua's words revealed another piece of news.