Xu Guangqi was also here at this time and said to the three abbots: "Your Majesty is not unwilling to let the three abbots have some leisure time. He just wants the three abbots to have something to do in the capital. It will not be so boring. Our Academy of Sciences has new crops. It needs to be cultivated. I wonder if any of the three princes are willing to do this, that is, to cultivate some new crops from Southeast Asia and see the effect, such as sweet potatoes."
"What is a sweet potato? However, I am good at farming. I will do this. I was just thinking about going home to dig the ground. It just so happens that I can do this work here with food and accommodation included. I might as well do it here. You have a salary, right?"
Duan Huangyi asked.
Xu Guangqi smiled and nodded.
"Then we have to do more! Leave this to me."
Duan Huangyi patted his chest.
Then, Wang Xue became a little anxious: "As for me, I am doing carpentry work in the village."
"It just so happens that we still need people to drill the wooden bed for gun barrels. I will take you there later to see if you can make a new wooden bed. It doesn't matter if you can't. Salaries will be paid as usual until you make a new one. , if it is useful, His Majesty will reward you greatly, and in addition, it will also make you a little richer!"
Xu Guangqi started talking.
Wang Xue couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "This is so cute, I just like playing with these things."
"Da Sima, the student was a student supervisor before and has been studying behind closed doors. Therefore, I am ashamed that the student cannot farm and does not know any skills. What do you think the student can do?"
Zhang Guoji asked about Xu Guangqi at this time.
"In that case, why don't you help me, my father-in-law, to study the science of Qi? Explore the principles of all things?"
Xu Guangqi asked.
"Qi science, the principle of all things?"
Zhang Guoji asked curiously.
"Yes, it is to carry forward the science of Qi, such as discovering the difference between stone and charcoal, and why one cannot be burned and the other cannot be burned."
Xu Guangqi started talking.
"But this shouldn't be considered a serious job, right? Can I also receive a salary?"
Zhang Guoji asked.
"Of course it's business. Your Majesty said it himself, exploring the principles of all things is the first thing to do in scholarship. If you can understand it, you can benefit the country and the people. For example, this gunpowder was mixed by someone who knew the principles of charcoal and saltpeter. It is now used for the country to defend against enemies, and for the people to build mountains, so how can this not be regarded as a serious matter?"
Xu Guangqi asked as he spoke.
Zhang Guoji understood: "What Da Sima said is that the student should follow Da Sima to do this."
At this point, Zhang Guoji, Wang Xue, and Duan Huangyi, the three patriarchs, settled down at the Academy of Sciences and began to do some things in the Academy. Although they were just farming, making lathes, and studying knowledge, they were not like other relatives. As soon as they came to the capital, they learned how to fight cocks and raise women, and they themselves were very happy.
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"Have the three new princes gone to the household department to withdraw money recently? Do they have any complaints privately? What have they been doing recently?"
On the night after the wedding, Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian about the father-in-law of the Three Kingdoms.
Wei Zhongxian replied: "To report to the emperor, only Zhang Guozhang has withdrawn ten taels of silver. The other two elders have still not withdrawn a penny of silver."
Zhu Youxiao laughed after hearing this: "Really? How do they live? They have to buy some firewood, rice, oil, salt and so on, right?"
"Back to your Majesty, they have never come back since they went to the Academy of Sciences. They even brought their family members to the Academy of Sciences without any complaints. They only eat and live in the public dining room of the Academy of Sciences every day. Now, Zhang Guozhang tinkered with some rocks, charcoal, etc. every day, saying that he wanted to explore the reason, Wang Guozhang was tinkering with carpentry, and Duan Guozhang was planting sweet potatoes."
Wei Zhongxian answered.
Zhu Youxiao nodded and thought to himself: "After all, he is still a commoner who has not been infected with the aristocratic style. He would rather save the money than spend it directly. In this way, it seems that the emperor himself has not actually rewarded anything!"
"I know! Just step back."
Zhu Youxiao said something, and after Wei Zhongxian stepped back, he suddenly ordered Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the Zhidian Palace of Qianqing Palace: "Bring the wooden card box!"
According to the Ming Dynasty's method of sleeping with a concubine, the emperor did not need to turn over the cards, and the emperor only had to go to a certain palace to sleep with the concubine.
This method is called "Packing the Palace".
Wherever the emperor went to build a palace, the red lanterns there would be extinguished, and then the eunuchs would order the concubines in other palaces to extinguish the lights.
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, Emperor Hongzhi has always lived with his queen in the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, just like ordinary couples.
But Zhu Youxiao felt that he was an emperor, and his daily life, whether marrying a wife or having children, had a lot to do with the fate of the entire empire.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao knew that he could not stay with just one woman forever, as that would only affect the options for his successor.
Even if you really like a certain concubine, you can't dote on her exclusively.
National interests dictate that the emperor must broadcast seeds.
Zhu Youxiao couldn't say how he felt about this. He only knew that he had to distinguish between personal emotions and political interests.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not dismiss other concubines like Emperor Hongzhi, nor did he let Queen Zhang Yan live with him.
Even Zhu Youxiao no longer wants to go to various palaces.
Because Zhu Youxiao was not absolutely at ease with the concubines and their maids in each palace.
After all, what happened to Emperor Jiajing is still there.
Although Zhu Youxiao has now established an inner factory in the inner court and cleaned it once, there are some things that cannot be guarded against.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao also established a system of turning over wooden cards. He asked the eunuch to turn over the wooden cards for which concubine he wanted to sleep with in the future. The emperor's residence serves as his maid.
In this way, Zhu Youxiao would not have to go to sleep in a palace where the environment was unfamiliar and even the people around him were unfamiliar.
But Zhu Youxiao did not require the concubines to be carried naked. He still liked to take off his clothes by himself, and he did not want to be too mechanical, so he allowed the concubines in the harem to dress themselves and search the palace before coming to the Qianqing Palace to serve them.
At this time, not long after Zhu Youxiao issued the order, Wang Chengen brought the wooden sign.
Zhu Youxiao directly chose to let Queen Zhang Yan sleep with him.
But Zhu Youxiao didn't plan to choose Zhang Yan in the future. His plan was to go through all the wooden cards in the wooden card box, just like completing a process, starting with the queen and repeating it once, so as to maximize the number of emperors. The probability of occurrence is the so-called equal exposure of rain and dew.
After Zhang Yan arrived at the Qianqing Palace, she stood at the edge of the Nuan Pavilion and watched the emperor Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing a net scarf, reading the memorial.
Zhu Youxiao smelled a faint fragrance after bathing, like the fragrance of flowers brought by the spring breeze, so he glanced back and saw Zhang Yan standing by the door, with her hands folded in front of her lower abdomen, nodding slightly and squeezing her lips tightly. He opened his mouth and said: "Go and lie down on the bed first."
"According to the order!"
Zhang Yan replied and went to lie down on the royal bed.
Zhu Youxiao, on the other hand, read the original version of the memorial.
Zhang Yan still looked at Zhu Youxiao.
I don’t know how much time passed, but Zhang Yan couldn’t help but ask: “Your Majesty, when will we get down to business?”
"Soon!"
Zhu Youxiao replied, closed the memorial, and walked towards Zhang Yan.
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