Chapter Four
Due to Zhu Cijiu's wrong judgment, the impeachment of Xu Guangqi is getting worse and worse, and the impeachment memorials are increasing, and the censors are becoming increasingly angry, and things are gradually moving in an uncontrollable direction. The only thing that can prevent the situation from getting worse was Sun Chengzong, but Sun Chengzong is not very positive in this matter. Why?
First of all, no matter how honest and honest Sun Chengzong was, he was a member of the Donglin Party and was also the leader of the Donglin Party. Emotionally, he was biased towards the Donglin Party.
Then, Xu Guangqi was not a member of the Donglin Party and was not very familiar with him. The two were ordinary colleagues, so there was no need for him to offend his party friends for the sake of Xu Guangqi.
Finally, the most important point is that he also thought that Xu Guangqi did something wrong. The reason why he agreed to the little emperor to persuade those censors was that he did not want to make things worse. There is a difference between not wanting and not wanting. Not wanting is to stop it from the bottom of his heart. Don’t you want to do it? I just don’t take the initiative to participate and I can persuade them, but if they insist on making trouble, then make a fuss, it has nothing to do with me anyway!
So Sun Chengzong just tried to dissuade me on a routine basis and did not force me. He meant that you wanted to give me face, so don’t make trouble. If you insist on not giving me face, then you can do whatever you want.
Originally, these Donglin Party censors wanted to give him this face, but there were still people behind him who were adding fuel to the fire!
Qian Qianyi heard that Sun Chengzong had come forward and was so scared that he wanted to stop, but when he saw that Sun Chengzong had persuaded him casually, he ignored him and became brave again.
Sun Chengzong is clearly just perfunctory, he is still afraid of nothing!
So, the first time in the Chongzheng period was forced to force the palace was staged. Qian Qianyi instigated his confidant, the Ministry of Rites, to gather more than 30 censors and make a fuss outside the Qianqing Palace. A group of big men cried outside the palace, as if the emperor had been controlled by Xu Guangqi and could not help himself! If Xu Guangqi was eliminated, the Ming Dynasty would be over! That scene was really scary!
Now the matter is getting worse, and the construction of the military factory is in danger of death before it even begins.
Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Rites, was so scared that he locked himself in the mansion and thought about his mistakes behind closed doors. He dared not go out. If he met those lunatics when he went out, he would definitely be beaten up by the sea, and it would be useless to beat him!
The Minister of Revenue Lai Daozong was so scared that he stopped paying the silver in the military factory. He didn't dare to do it. If he did, he would be immediately assigned to the ranks of treacherous ministers and fight with him!
The Minister of Works Bi Maokang was so scared that he didn't even dare to enter the palace. Although he was a member of the Donglin Party, those madmen would catch anyone who they got crazy. If they bit him, he would have no place to cry!
Only Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youjian didn't care at all. They should go to the palace to review the memorials and went straight to the palace. No one dared to stop the madmen at the palace gate.
Sun Chengzong was the leader of the Donglin Party, so his brothers naturally didn't dare to do anything to him.
Zhu Youjian was the prince, and the emperor was the biggest one. He was surrounded by a large group of Jinyiwei. Whoever dared to touch him would dare to let the General Jinyiwei with him beat him up. If he beat him up, he would be useless to beat him.
Only Zhu Cijing is the most depressed. Isn’t it necessary to build a military factory? Is it necessary to be so excited?
He sat in the imperial study room, looking at Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youjian with unconscious eyes, but his mind was thinking about how to solve the predicament in front of him.
As he thought about it, he suddenly discovered a problem. Zhu Youjian was a little anxious and looked outside from time to time; Sun Chengzong didn't care at all, and slowly reviewed the memorials, as if the people outside were air!
Is this not a big deal in Sun Chengzong's eyes?
He had a sudden inspiration and asked tentatively: "Tao Fu, the censors outside seem to be all of you Donglin Party members. Can you just use them without any means?"
When Sun Chengzong heard this, he put down the memorial in his hand and sighed helplessly: "Oh, they are also for the sake of the emperor's good. I really can't bear to scold them."
Zhu Cijiu suddenly realized when he heard this. It turned out that Sun Chengzong also thought that Xu Guangqi did something wrong, so he did not really stop the censors. It seemed that he could still drive those people away, but he was not willing to be this evil person.
How could he take the initiative to be this evil person? Zhu Cijiong's eyes turned and he had a plan.
He called Cao Huachun over and explained it to Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youjian: "Taifu, Wu Uncle, don't be busy reviewing memorials, I'll take you to see something."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand, Qin Mingyue next to him hurriedly stepped forward and helped him off the kang. The two of them walked out holding hands.
Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youjian looked at each other in confusion, put down the memorial in their hands, and followed.
Zhu Cijing wanted them to see the power of the new gunpowder or the old place, just in the small square between the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, but this time the wooden board was placed sixty steps away.
After a few gunshots, Zhu Cijing asked the two little eunuchs to carry the wooden boards to Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youjian, and asked proudly: "Tao Fu, how powerful is this gunpowder?"
Sun Chengzong was almost glaring at this time. It turned out that he knew the power of the bird gun. He could not even keep a pit when the bullets were inserted into the wooden board with sixty steps. Now the power has increased so much. If the Ming army used such a gunpowder gun, I am afraid that the Later Jin cavalry could fight.
He asked excitedly: "Who invented this gunpowder? It has increased its power so much!"
Zhu Cijiu naturally had to put this credit on Xu Guangqi's head, and he also had to give another dose of strong medicine: "This gunpowder was naturally invented by his mentor Xu Guangqi. He is now developing a new type of musket with Bi Shangshu of the Ministry of Works. At that time, he will not use fuses. He will directly use flint to ignite the fire, and the range will be longer. It is okay to embed the bullet into the wooden board outside a hundred steps."
Sun Chengzong couldn't believe his ears and murmured: "A hundred steps away, that's the range of the Five Stones Bow. Is there really such a gun? Then everyone will become a sharpshooter!"
Zhu Cijing ran the railway while it was hot: "Of course it's true. This military factory can start production after it is built. Otherwise, how could I allocate one million taels of silver to build the military factory?"
Sun Chengzong suddenly realized: "The Jianjun factory turned out to be a new type of musket. Why didn't you say it earlier?"
Zhu Cijiong smiled foolishly and said, "Haha, you're not happy for a moment. Have you forgotten to tell you? Taifu, do you think this military factory is going to be built?"
Sun Chengzong said anxiously: "If you want to build, you must build it. The faster the better. If you can have a musket with a range of the Five Stones, I will no longer be afraid of the Later Jin cavalry in the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Cijiu pretended to be embarrassed and said, "What should we do if the censors outside the palace do? They cried and shouted that they would not let me build a military factory."
These little bastards have made them so much that they can't show their power. If the tiger doesn't show its power, I really think I'm a sick cat. Sun Chengzong's eyes flashed with a sharp light and said coldly: "It's just a bunch of ignorant children. I'll let them get out now."
After all, he was the commander of the army that had commanded hundreds of thousands of troops. As soon as the evil spirit was released, Zhu Cijing and Zhu Youjian next to him felt panic. Only Qin Mingyue held Zhu Cijing in his arms as if nothing had happened so that he would not have to panic.
Sun Chengzong didn't pay much attention to it. He bowed with a fierce look on his face and said, "Come on, come, the emperor just go to the study room and wait."
After saying that, he turned around and rushed out of the Ganqing Palace like a tiger that chose people.
The Donglin Party censors outside the palace were having sex when they suddenly saw a figure jumping out of the palace gate, and then they roared: "Why are you quarreling? Do you know where this is? Do you want to rebel?"
The censors were frightened by the momentum of the visitor and shook their whole body. Only then did they see clearly that the visitor was their boss Sun Chengzong, and everyone immediately stopped talking and did not dare to make trouble.
They all muttered in their hearts: "Didn't you say that Lord Sun doesn't want to care about this? Why did you suddenly come out to curse people?"
Seeing that his colleagues didn't dare to make trouble, Qu Shixi had to bite the bullet and said, "Mr. Sun, aren't we advise the emperor not to trust villains easily? It's a matter of building a military factory of one million taels, but Xu Guangqi said it!"
Sun Chengzong was so angry that he pointed at his nose and cursed: "What kind of military knowledge do you know about? Are you stupid in studying? Get out of here!"
Qu Shixi was speechless when scolded, and had to ask for help from his companions with his eyes. Everyone dared not stand up. This is the only remaining leader of their Donglin Party. They are not that bad at fighting against their boss.
Seeing that they were still hesitating, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but say coldly: "This military factory is my and the emperor's idea. Do you have any objections?"
Everyone dared not have any objections, and they shook their heads and said, "No, no."
Sun Chengzong shouted again: "If you don't have that, why don't you get out of here?"
Chapter completed!