My life skills in Daming Liver

When Shen Shixing saw Su Ze, the first thing he said was: "Su Rulin, you've made me miserable!"

On the contrary, Su Ze said with a smile: "Congratulations to brother Ru Mo for the top prize in high school!"

"I'm afraid I'm going to become the first champion in the history of rebellion."

Su Ze was stunned for a moment, and immediately took Shen Shixing's hand and said, "Then I must congratulate Brother Ru Mo for leaving his name in history!"

But Shen Shixing didn't speak immediately, but stared at Su Ze and said:

"Brother Ru Lin, why are you rebelling?"

"Being forced to rebel, you have to rebel."

But Shen Shixing shook his head and said: "I have been thinking all the way here, you are not forced to rebel, but you have planned it for a long time!"

"Thinking about it now, you were already against the Japanese in the south of the Yangtze River at that time, didn't you?"

Su Ze sized up Shen Shixing, he was worthy of being the king of imperial examination papers, and the chief assistant of the cabinet who would be in charge of the Wanli court for eight years in the future, he still underestimated this friend.

Su Ze didn't answer Shen Shixing's question directly. He said, "Then why did brother Ru Mo want to follow the thief?"

Su Ze felt that it was normal for He Xinyin to seek refuge, because these crazy Confucians of the Taizhou School were very transformative in their thinking.

In Su Ze's historical timeline, crazy Confucians like He Xinyin and Li Zhi were eventually tolerated by the mainstream official speech and harmed by the government.

But when Shen Shixing came to vote, Su Ze was surprised.

You must know that Shen Shixing was among the chief assistants of the Wanli Dynasty, and he also belonged to the category of Mr. Haohao. When he is an official, he does not seek merit but seeks no faults.

Different from Zhang Juzheng's strong-style cabinet ministers, Shen Shixing's administration emphasized a "goodness like water", and his main purpose was to reconcile the contradictions between the emperor and ministers.

If it weren't for Wanli's national dispute, Shen Shixing would not have resigned from office.

But now he wants to follow him to rebel?

ambition? At the age of twenty-seven, the number one scholar, as long as he does not make political mistakes, he will be a proper future cabinet minister.

Historically, Shen Shixing won the champion in the 41st year of Jiajing (1562), and the cabinet participated in politics in the 6th year of Wanli (1578), that is to say, it took 16 years to be promoted from ordinary people to senior officials. This is very explosive at any time.

Shen Shixing's adoptive father is a magistrate, and his biological father is a wealthy businessman. This kind of person is a perfect model for the protagonist in time-travel novels.

He actually wants to be a thief?

But Shen Shixing said: "I joined the Imperial Academy this year, and after seeing a lot of national policy memorials, I finally understand that brother Ru Lin is right."

Su Ze was also a little confused, and he couldn't remember what he said.

Shen Shixing said: "The country only has the art of fooling and controlling the people, but not the art of enriching and strengthening the people."

"When I went to the capital, the majestic capital of the empire, the most benevolent mansion in the world, was not as prosperous as Suzhou. There were people begging in scanty clothes along the streets, and the people in the city had to go outside the city to cut firewood and burn charcoal. freeze to death."

"Many people have never eaten sugar, and they can't even afford salt."

Shen Shixing looked at Su Ze and said, "Brother Rulin printed "Tiangong Kaiwu", the south of the Yangtze River can be said to change three times a day, and the Suzhou government can be said to be prosperous in all industries, but the capital is like a pool of stagnant water. , to flatter your majesty."

Shen Shixing looked at Su Ze and said, ""Tiangong Kaiwu" is also published in the north, why is it the same as the south and the north?"

Shen Shixing bowed to Su Ze and said, "Brother Ru Lin, please answer my last question."

Su Ze said seriously: "The reason is very simple, because some people don't want to become rich because of the people."

"Since Shang Yang's Shen Buhai, Dragon Slaying Art is the Art of the Poor."

"For the imperial court, the common people are bound to the land for the rest of their lives. They work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and hand over all the output of a year's cultivation to the court, leaving only their own rations. Such people are the best."

"The people are poor, so they can be recruited at will, they can be exploited wantonly, they can buy out a person's life contract with a few taels of silver, and they can buy a person to work hard with a little grain."

"The reason why the poor are actually afraid of the people."

Su Ze said: "So what if there is such an art of enriching the people as "Tiangong Kaiwu"? Have the people in the capital ever become rich?"

Shen Shixing shook his head.

Su Ze said: "You can exploit people just by lying down, so why stand up and open workshops?"

"By relying on blood, you can be a master forever, why do you want to do business?"

"You can earn a lot of money by corruption, so why make the people under your rule rich?"

"Brother Ru Mo, follow me around this city of Fuzhou."

Su Ze put on the ordinary coarse cloth Confucian shirt, brought a few plainclothes guards, and got into the carriage with Shen Shixing.

Shen Shihang had never seen this carriage in the capital, and the dignitaries of the capital basically traveled in sedan chairs. Su Ze was right, a bankrupt tenant farmer was much cheaper than a horse.

The carriage was pulled by an ordinary Yunnan horse. I thought it would be very bumpy, but I didn't expect it to be unexpectedly comfortable.

Su Ze said: "I once wrote the method of "lead bath quenching" in "Tiangong Kaiwu". This method can make higher-strength steel. I only heard about this method from Westerners. Yu, I don't know how to make this steel, but I didn't expect that in three years, a blacksmith would actually make it."

Shen Shixing was still a little puzzled. He had read "Heavenly Creation" several times, so he naturally remembered this chapter.

This is the part of steelmaking, but in order to make higher strength steel, what does this have to do with the carriage?

Su Ze said: "The shock-absorbing spring is installed on this carriage. With this spring, part of the shaking can be offset, and the carriage will be more comfortable."

The carriage was heading out of the city. It was almost dusk at this time, but there were still many people on the road.

"Is there no curfew in Fuzhou?"

Su Ze said: "Why is there a curfew? Most of the workshops in Fuzhou are outside the city, and this is the time when some workshops are off work, and Fuzhou City is only lively at night."

Shishihang is still very curious about the spring, what does the spring look like? Why can it absorb shock?

In the capital, Shen Shixing also used to sit in a sedan chair. In fact, it was not comfortable to sit on, but it was slightly better than riding a horse.

With the narrow interior space of the sedan chair, as the bearer constantly swayed up and down, no matter how luxurious the outside of the sedan chair was, sitting on it would feel like a prison.

But the carriages of the capital are not easy to ride. Riding in a carriage on a bumpy road can knock half of your butt off.

But Su Ze's new-style carriage that uses "springs" is much more comfortable to sit on. It really is technology that changes life.

Soon outside the city, Shen Shixing could smell the smell of burning, and the black smoke from the various workshops pierced into the air like sky pillars.

"Brother Ru Mo, this is where the springs are produced, and this is the spring."

The two walked into the workshop, only to see that many blouse craftsmen were still busy. They heated a steel that was curled into a circle, and then put it into the molten lead, and finally became the spring under the carriage. .

Shen Shixing was very surprised. It turned out that the carriage was damped by this thing.

Shen Shixing said with emotion: "This thing is really beneficial to the people!"

Su Ze shook his head and said, "The big shock-absorbing springs produced here are just for the benefit of the people. Brother Ru Mo, come with me to see the springs of Liguo."

Shen Shixing followed Su Ze suspiciously. There was a door between the back workshop and the front workshop, but there were soldiers guarding the door.

After a strict inspection, Su Ze took Shen Shixing into the back workshop.

I only saw that springs are also produced here, but the springs produced here are so thin that they are only as thick as a thumb when rolled up. Is this what Su Ze said is beneficial to the country? What is the use of such a small spring?

Su Ze continued walking with Shen Shixing and came to a shooting range.

Su Ze picked up a blunderbuss and asked, "Brother Ru Mo, what's the difference between this and an ordinary blunderbuss?"

Shen Shixing had previously managed the logistics of the Shanghai Anti-Japanese Headquarters, so he naturally knew the bird gun, and he quickly said, "This bird gun doesn't have a match."

"Yes, but the blunderbuss can still shoot."

Su Ze skillfully cleaned the gunpowder chamber, loaded the gunpowder and bullets, then pulled the bolt and gently pulled the trigger.

There was only a bang, and the lead shot flew out, hitting the wooden target in front of it.

Shen Shixing said in surprise: "Can the gunpowder be ignited without a match? Could it be that the match was hidden in the gun?"

Su Ze handed the gun to Shen Shixing and said, "This gun uses a spring."

"spring?"

"Pulling the bolt is to force the spring, and use the force of the spring to hit the flint. The sparks on the collision can ignite the gunpowder, and the gun can be buckled without a match."

Shen Shixing opened the barrel, and he saw the structure of the spring and the flint. He quickly understood the benefits of the spring striking the ignition.

There is no need to prepare a matchlock in advance, and the gunpowder can be ignited in the closed barrel, which means that the bird gun can be used in wind and rain!

The open flame ignited by the match will expose the target, and this kind of bolt gun can better ambush.

The most important thing is that the step of lighting the matchlock is omitted, which shortens the time to prepare for shooting. If you can fire one more time on the battlefield, the firepower will be increased by several points!

Shen Shixing has already thought of how this kind of bird gun will change the battlefield!

Su Ze said, "This is not enough."

"not enough?"

"This bird gun also needs to be loaded with powder and stuffed with projectiles. I am developing something that can combine projectiles and powder for loading, so that the speed of loading and shooting can be more than doubled."

"It's just that this kind of gunpowder is not stable yet, and it is too dangerous. It needs to continue testing before it can be mass-produced."

"Brother Rumo, think about it, a bird gun that can be fired with just one breath, whether it is a Mongol, a Japanese pirate or a Jurchen, what is there to be afraid of?"

Shen Shixing has completely fallen into the scene Su Ze described. If it is true what Su Ze said, a projectile can be fired with just one breath, then the Mongolian elite cavalry who come and go like the wind are still Japanese pirate warriors who are good at assault , at this firing frequency is to send.

Then the situation on the border will be completely reversed, and the term border trouble will not even be used in the future.

But why are there Jurchens? Isn't the Jurchen now Da Ming's dog, loyally helping Da Ming guard the northern border?

Is this how technology changes the world?

It can even make the Han civilization jump out of the vicious circle of Hanhu barbaric civilization for thousands of years! ? Get rid of the northern curse of thousands of years of reincarnation!

Su Ze said: "Brother Ru Mo, I translated a few Western books, you can read them when you have time."

"You ask me why I rebelled. You can look at the Western ships, artillery, and this bird gun is also a Western thing."

"When my Ming Dynasty was first established, the Western countries were almost still in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there were many small countries attacking endlessly."

"But in just over a hundred years, Westerners have been able to cross the ocean and sail to the seas of our Ming Dynasty."

"If this technique of controlling and fooling the people is used for another hundred years, it will not be Japanese pirates who plundered the southeast, but Westerners."

Shen Shixing was startled, he suddenly found that Su Ze's worry was right.

In the Battle of Tuen Mun, if it weren't for the lack of Frangji and the fact that they were fighting in unfamiliar waters, Frangji would have surrendered in the end.

Daming also realized the benefits of the blunderbuss, but the blunderbuss made by the imperial court were not easy to use.

A mere Japanese rebellion has tormented Ming Dynasty for decades. What if Westerners developed the percussion gun that Su Ze mentioned in advance?

Shen Shihang no longer dared to think about it.

"Thousands of years ago, the Tang Dynasty was prosperous and all nations came to court. The Tang Dynasty was the greatest empire in the world."

"But now, times have changed."

"Stand still, fool the people and ban the sea, is it possible that there will be another Mongolian Yuan invasion?"

"At that time, I'm afraid I can't even make two-legged sheep."

Shen Shixing said to Su Ze: "Brother Ru Lin, I am willing to serve in the Dudu's Mansion."

Su Ze took Shen Shixing's hand and said:

"Brother Rumo, you have the aspiration to run the world and help the people, staying by my side is a waste of talent."

"However, even if you are a talent, you still need experience. I will entrust the Hangzhou Mansion to Brother Ru Mo."

Shen Shixing didn't expect that Su Ze would hand over Zhejiang's first good mansion to himself.

I only heard Su Ze say:

"But there is one more thing, brother, don't hesitate to talk too much."

"Please supervise me."

"Hangzhou changed rice to mulberry. If it is changed, it will be changed. Don't change it back."

"There is nothing wrong with changing rice to mulberry. What is wrong is corrupt officials. The powerful and powerful wantonly plunder the people's land by changing rice to mulberry."

"Brother Ru Mo is going to Hangzhou, the land is the key."

"Clear the land, divide the land, and resolutely crack down on those evil gentry who occupy the land and exploit the people."

Shen Shixing nodded quickly.

Su Ze also said: "Those progressive businessmen who are willing to open workshops and trade, the magistrate's office can support them. There are many people who can't survive the disaster in Hangzhou. Workshops, like fields, are also places for people to survive. They should not be ignored. Suppress."

"Don't worry, the governor, the time is clear."

Shen Shixing immediately rushed to Hangzhou to take up his post before he sat on the hot bench in Fuzhou.

At the beginning of August, the Ming court's edict to the front line was finally sent to Nanjing.

Thanks to Zhang Juzheng's contribution in the Battle of Zhenjiang, he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

Li Sui, Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, mishandled the rebellion by the rebels, lost control of their advances and retreats, and even lost the Second Mansion of Su and Song.

It is equivalent to the emperor handing over the military power of Nanjing to Zhang Juzheng.

In the emperor's secret edict, Zhang Juzheng was required to keep guard until next spring.

In the secret edict to Zhao Zhenji of the Nanjing Household Department, the emperor asked in strict terms that Zhao Zhenji was allowed to use all means to use people's power, and he must ensure that the grain from Huguang was sent to the capital.

Zhang Juzheng, who was promoted, felt vaguely uneasy. Lin Mojun's fleet did not continue to attack Zhenjiang, and even the army did not land. They just kept patrolling at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

This is so abnormal.

Zhang Juzheng unfolded the map again.