Chapter 389 Arithmetic
It seems that in the emperor's consciousness, things should be carried on the back of the Fire De Star Lord, so they are called Xuanwu.
The Fire De Star Lord has great supernatural powers, which makes him drag a cart like a mule or a donkey, which is really contrary to his identity.
It was getting late. Although the emperor was anxious, the Huode Star Lord was too big to send it to the military room of the Ganqing Palace. The emperor did not want to put this big machine into the Royal Museum, but the military room of the Ganqing Palace in the Forbidden City was equipped with a full set of lamps by the emperor, which could be as bright as daytime at night.
There is a light bulb or several kerosene lamps in other palaces, and most night lighting uses candles... The emperor is different. The emperor's military room has nine light bulbs installed, which is very bright.
Of course, this incident was also criticized by the court officials and was used as evidence of the emperor's extravagance and waste. He also advised the emperor to be frugal because the late emperor was reluctant to even eat pies.
However, Emperor Wanli was very fighting. He laughed and said in a crazy manner: I eat nine pies a day, how about it?
He also showed off his mathematical skills to the court officials: the late emperor had fifty taels of cake, and nine cakes were two cents of silver. Is this my extravagance and waste?
Finally, I ended with a rhetorical question: Where are you when the late emperor had a pancake for fifty taels?
Since the Imperial Heavenly Prison used the response of heavenly beings to speak, the emperor has repeatedly tried and tested others' shields with other people's spears, and now he has mastered his skills: when he met someone who had said the response of heavenly beings, he used the response of heavenly beings; when he met someone who liked to talk about the methods of ancestors, he used the methods of ancestors to respond.
When it comes to anti-corruption, no one in the world is better than the emperor of the dynasty. After all, this emperor doesn’t care about the corrupt eunuchs, even his greedy grandfather let him do it.
The father of Wuqing Li Wei, the father of Empress Dowager Li, was greedy for 200,000 taels of winter clothes in Ji Town and then 400,000 taels of tents in the Beiyang Military Mansion. The emperor asked to behead his grandfather.
Zhang Juzheng couldn't persuade him, of course the emperor gave Zhang Ge Lao face, and he was calm and taught his teacher: The teacher always taught me to be a good emperor, so that the good emperor could make my grandfather embezzle military expenses? Teacher, now you take the lead in favoritism and abuse of power, how can you teach me in the future? We are against each other, I should plead for my grandfather, you have to do the right way.
This incident made Zhang Juzheng stump, because not only the emperor wanted to behead him, but even Empress Dowager Li didn't know what. At first, she persuaded him, but later she persuaded him to cry. I remembered that it was not easy to persuade his father over the years, so I simply said: Kill him and kill him, and the matter was killed.
In the end, the civil and military officials in the court were so scared that it was the good man Shen Shixing who came up with a solution, saying that the past guilt had been punished, and that the guilt this time would not be dead. Moreover, the emperor issued an order to have a grandfather too shocking and was not good for the emperor's reputation, so he should be given a slight retribution.
When the emperor heard this, hehehe. It doesn't matter whether he kills or not. He likes to see the ministers give in. Finally, he seized his grandfather's title and sent eunuchs to count how much money his grandfather's family had. A total of 237,000 taels were fined 235,000 taels to be charged into the inner treasury, and confiscated Tsinghua Park, known as the world's largest garden in the north of the capital.
After that, few court officials blamed the emperor for wasting things in the palace, because they blamed them actually had nothing to do with political affairs, they just didn't like them.
Indeed, this emperor spent money more than anyone else, but he didn't ask for money from the Ministry of Revenue. Secondly, although he didn't think about it, he spent less than the emperors in the past, because this emperor could calculate and the palace dared not be greedy.
Emperor Longqing needed fifty taels to accomplish, and Emperor Wanli would be fine with one cent.
Emperor Jiajing needed 100,000 taels to accomplish something, but Emperor Wanli didn't have to do one tael - he didn't practice alchemy.
The emperor originally wanted to ask Zhou Sijing and Xu Guangqi to come back tomorrow dawn, but later he thought that he would rush out of the city before dawn and had to open the city gate for them specifically, so he simply arranged for the Jinyiwei to change his clothes for Xu Guangqi, who was trembling with cold, and slept at the Jinyiwei at night.
This was originally kind-hearted, but in the end no one could sleep well.
The young emperor had something to do in his mind, and woke up after sleeping for a while. He asked the eunuchs about what time he was, and took two younger brothers with small coal lamps all the way to the Meridian Gate, waking up Xu Guangqi.
"Shh! Why are you sleeping like Governor Xu? Go out and tell me about the structure of big things outside."
Xu Guangqi was frightened and woke up.
After a day of fatigue, although he was in an unfamiliar place, he slept so hard that he suddenly reached into the quilt with a cold hand. When he opened his eyes, he saw a big, two little boys holding the kerosene lamp on the bed with a strange smile looking down at his face from top to bottom.
Don't mention it's so scary.
Xiao Liang'er is from King Lu, not a prank, mainly because his cold has not yet recovered, and he has no place to rub his nose after applying it.
Xu Guangqi, who was shocked and scared, was screamed from his sleep by the emperor and walked in the Forbidden City at night in a single garment.
I am so lucky to see these three naughty children that when I see their palace guards along the way, they are all energetic and careful in taking care of them, and they don’t even dare to doze.
"I thought about it all the time and thought about it all night, but I didn't understand a problem, Xu Suozheng."
When he walked to the side of Huode Xingjun, who was parked near the palace gate, the emperor carried the lamp and walked back and forth by the huge steam locomotive, with an uncontrollable excitement and joy on his face. It was obvious that he was very happy to visit the imperial city at night. He asked while walking: "The manual of the Steam Bureau said that the B-type Huode Xingjun used in small factories requires four types of organic workers, mechanics supervising, boiler workers add water and coal, oil workers add oil and lubrication, and gas workers are responsible for degassing."
"I went back last night and thought about it repeatedly, but I felt that you, the Fire De Star Lord, had few people, only two shirtless boilers, and the rest were gone at all."
The emperor hugged his arms and raised his eyebrows: "What's going on?"
"Back to your Majesty, the shell of the Type B Fire De Star Lord is big enough, and it is not as needed for factories without a shell."
In fact, Emperor Wanli was only one year younger than Xu Guangqi, but Xu Guangqi was much more mature than the emperor, but he was not very mature. At least now Wanli was carrying an oil lamp, and Xu Guangqi pointed to the emperor and illuminated the emperor wherever he pointed. None of the four people thought there was anything wrong.
Xu Guangqi pointed to the back of Huode Xingjun and said, "He has a shell, and water and deflation are connected to the back by the mechanism. When the oil is lubricated, the mechanism is completely automatic. It is a big gear. Every time the rotation is turned, the oil will be refueled, and the oil will go along the pole. Some will drip on the slide below, and some will flow to the end. There is an oil bucket under Huode Xingjun's buttocks. It will be taken out every day and poured from the shoulder to reuse."
As he said that, Xu Guangqi raised his hand and said, "In the future, adding water and deflation will be completely automatic. At that time, only a driver and a charcoal processor can make it run, but this path... is too difficult to walk."
"Don't worry, as long as this big green dragon can run and drag a big cart on the road, I can repair any road I need. Even if I have to use wooden rails, I can build from Beiyang to Wulianghai!"
Xu Guangqi shook his head slowly, without any awareness of being the right one as the seventh grade. He interrupted the emperor's pride and said: "Your Majesty, the wooden tracks are afraid that they can't hold on to this heavy car. The cast rails are not only outside the border, but even in the border, they are probably carried away by the people."
The loopholes in his thoughts were easily pointed out that the young emperor felt very embarrassed and said angrily: "Then I will pour it with cement to see who can lift it!"
After saying that, he was afraid that the seventh-rank official in front of him would be stubborn again, so he added: "Whoever can carry him away, I will recruit him as an artilleryman and let the mules rest!"
Although the kitten roars like tigers, it won’t be scary, but who made Xu Guangqi a kitten too? He is very scared.
But the emperor came to his senses and said to him, "Hey, you know a lot, what's your name?"
"Xiao Minister Xu Guangqi doesn't know much. In fact, not long after entering the Steam Bureau, I heard from Director Zhou and the craftsmen that I had discussed this matter in the past. I used a steam truck to pull the steam engine to facilitate shipment to Beiyang."
Chapter completed!