Seeing that the prince was not troubled, Chen Yan was unwilling to give up, so he deliberately came up with a question: "His Royal Highness just now said that the Nuwa Empress returned to her own planet on a battleship. Could it be that we mortals are in the same world as the Nuwa Empress?"
As long as the prince talks more, he may be able to find some flaws and then suppress his newly established prestige.
Facing the Zhan Wu Zha NPC cabinet minister, Yaoji nodded: "What Chen Aiqing said is true. The Milky Way galaxy where our earth is located has trillions of suns. They are all stars that can emit heat. Each sun is surrounded by stars like our earth. Some ordinary planets are inhabited by mortals, and some are inhabited by gods. Take our solar system as an example, with the sun as the center and surrounded by eight planets. Only our earth is inhabited by mortals, and the other seven planets are all lifeless planets. , there is no living thing. The planet where Nuwa is located is tens of thousands of light-years away from our earth, and the speed of light is as high as 600,000 miles per hour in one second, which shows how far away the divine realm is!"
Have you never heard of this knowledge?
Have you been fooled by me?
If you want to cause problems for me, I will deceive you into fools first!
Six hundred thousand miles in one second...
Tens of thousands of light years...
Holy area! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
The ministers were completely stunned by such shocking information. They were all astonished. Some people even didn't even close their jaws. They listened to the prince's astronomy science talk with their mouths open the whole time. However, a thought came into their minds. It creates a mini universe, as if you are in the vast and vast world, everything is so shocking.
Seeing the slightest flaw in the prince's story, Chen Yan immediately seized the opportunity to ask: "Your Highness, since the distance is so far, how can Empress Nuwa quickly reach our mortal world from the divine realm?"
Even if the life of a god is almost infinite, a visit to the earth would take tens of thousands of years, which is by no means an easy task. According to the prince, in the 50,000 years of human history, Nuwa would only have to come once. People go home.
The other party did not know whether to live or die, so Yaoji planned to deceive the disabled Hanlin leader who was looking for trouble: "Chen Aiqing is overthinking. The interstellar battleship is equipped with a vector engine with space jumping capabilities, which can fly at super-light speeds. It only takes a few days to travel to and from the earth. Nuwa The Empress not only created mortals on the earth, she also created mortals on other planets that are relatively far away from the earth. However, the civilization level of each planet cannot reach the ability to fly out of the planet where it is located. Mortals on the earth do not exist in the universe. Lonely, one day, our Ming Dynasty will also build battleships as big as mountains, fly away from the earth, and go to the divine realm to worship!"
These remarks made the officials extremely excited. Everyone wanted to be the first to witness the majestic form of the flying battleship, but the manufacturing process must have been extremely complicated and cumbersome.
With the Ming Dynasty on the verge of collapse, I don't know how long it will take to create such a magical weapon. By then, I am afraid that I will have already traveled westward.
However, I heard from the prince that he could create a relatively simple fairy magic weapon first. It wouldn't take long, and he might be able to wait slowly and see his true face in Lushan.
The mature and prudent Sun Chuanting's eyes lit up and he asked excitedly: "Your Highness, can you really build a flying battleship?"
The Qing army's cavalry is extremely powerful, and the movements of the rogue bandits are erratic. If there are flying warships to help, they can not only detect the enemy's situation, but also strike first, which will definitely greatly increase the probability of victory for one's troops. It can be said that victory is guaranteed.
All the generals in the hall who lead troops in battle are fascinated by flying battleships. Just letting the battleships fly into the sky, even just one, can frighten the enemy and boost the morale of one's own troops.
Yao Ji smiled slightly, neither admitting nor denying it, and responded in a contrived manner: "This is a secret from heaven, and it must not be leaked!"
If it was leaked early, what would happen if Huang Taiji also mastered the manufacturing technology?
The Ming and Qing armies engaged in an unprecedented aerial battle in the seventeenth century?
Sun Chuanting was a little disappointed when he did not receive a positive answer from the prince, but then he thought about it. Although he had not been in contact with the prince for a long time, he was not completely sure based on the prince's behavior. There was no way that the prince would reveal it in advance.
In this case, we need to make some calculations. If the prince really builds a flying battleship, he must fight for it as soon as possible, otherwise other generals will surely get there first.
The silver coins that the prince sent to him a few days ago can be sent to the chamberlain to inquire about information. If there is any trouble, he can be prepared. If it doesn't work, he can buy all the purple gold bonds...
For Yaoji, building an interstellar battleship is out of the question, and building a propeller aircraft is an impossible task. The only hope is a hot-air balloon airship.
This thing is not good for attacking the enemy, but it is a good tool for reconnaissance, early warning, and communication. Whether it is a braid or a rogue, it is the first time to see an airship like a giant rock. If you don't pee your pants in fear, you will be considered brave.
In terms of manufacturing complexity, a hot-air balloon airship is simpler than producing sugar, second only to sea salt, and is a rare product for braiding!
The manufacturing cost is not too high, just a few hundred sheepskins are enough, with a hanging basket attached underneath, two second-rate pilots inside, ignite it and take off, and you can carry out strategic intimidation missions...
Draw a bloody mouth on the sphere and give it a terrible name.
Euphemistically called - "Wanli-Kirov" type airship!
Overall, this is a weapon that has little technical difficulty but has great strategic and tactical value because it can transform a two-dimensional war into a three-dimensional war.
For the Yaoji and the losers, if they can't win by pushing on the ground, they can play air-ground battle. If they still can't win, they can play land, sea and air trinity battle.
Modify a few naval warships, cut off all the masts, and lay a full flight deck, and you can carry airships on board, giving you at least twenty nautical miles of warning.
With the addition of aircraft carriers, the Ming Dynasty Navy will be able to form an "aircraft carrier task force". It may be a little difficult to deal with the Dutch Navy, but it should be able to deal with the Qing fleet entrenched in the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula.
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, those two scoundrels, directly killed the weapons master Sun Yuanhua. Don't think that you can rest easy after running outside the customs. Sooner or later, I will throw you into the sea to feed the turtles...
When the ministers saw the prince's meaningful smile, they all speculated that there was probably a reason for this.
It was Xue Guoguan, the first assistant, who was very aware of everything and would never let go of any opportunity to flatter him: "If I, the Ming Dynasty Lion, have His Highness's flying battleships to help me, I will be able to win consecutive battles and be invincible. Your Highness will be able to reorganize the country, and it will be just around the corner!"
Chen Yan was so angry that he gritted his back molars and secretly cursed in his heart: I racked my brains and thought for a long time, but I didn't expect that the benefits would go to you, a yes-man. In order to please the prince, you, the first assistant, are really willing to sacrifice your face!
Just when the head of the Hanlin Academy was still slandering, the "ugly monster" Zhang Sizhi also came out one after another, and raised his voice to congratulate: "I agree with what the chief minister said, our Ming Dynasty has flying warships, and the Eastern bandits will not be able to escape. The power of God will surely spread in all directions!”
After him, the other two members of the cabinet, Wei Zhaocheng and Yao Minggong, also hurriedly followed suit. For fear of being left behind, the cabinet started a flattering competition...
Yaoji drooped his eyelids and said nothing. He couldn't help but feel amused. Before the "Wanli Kirov" was built, the people in the court were as if they had been beaten to death.
It seems to be exactly the same as the later generations who planned how to spend the money when they didn't win the five million grand prize, but at this time it is better not to disturb everyone's dreams.
With cabinet members taking the lead, and with the support of frontier officials like Sun Chuanting, colleagues who planned to follow suit had no worries, and the court meeting almost turned into a grand event for flattering the prince.
Feeling that he had heard enough compliments, Yaoji decided to adjourn the meeting temporarily to save you all from being thirsty. After resuming the meeting, we will discuss the last topic of today's meeting - increasing the wages of the losers!
"The current salary standards for officials in the Ming Dynasty were set by the Crown Prince himself. At the beginning of the dynasty, they were naturally reasonable and reasonable. However, more than two hundred years later, prices have long been different from the past. The items officials buy when receiving their salaries are decreasing day by day, and their lives are gradually getting worse. Becoming embarrassed has really harmed the prestige of the country. I asked Grandpa Taizu in the immortal world and got approval. Today I will adjust the salary of officials in the hope that the ministers can repay the divine grace!"
Zhu Laoliu stinky tofu raised the vassal princes like pigs and treated his officials like dogs.
For the former, you can really eat as much as you can. If you can’t eat, you can still walk around.
For the latter, as long as they don't starve to death, it will be fine if they steal the chickens and dogs, and they will be peeled off and harvested.
This simple and crude management method could still be implemented in the early Ming Dynasty, but by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was simply not feasible.
It is said that Li Dongyang, the chief assistant during the Zhengde period, had a clean life and supported his family solely on his salary and the writing fees given by others. When he died, he had no money to bury him, so everyone had to chip in to help.
The most extreme example is Master Hai Ruihai, who is said to be the most self-disciplined person in the Dynasty. In the end, he spent all the money he had accumulated over the years on his concubine...
The annual salary of a first-rank official in the imperial court is eighty-seven taels. Based on the calculation of two taels of silver per stone of grain, the monthly salary of the first assistant can reach 174 taels, and he can spend an average of five taels of silver per day.
If there are not too many servants, even if you don't count the subsidies from other titles, you can support a large family with just your salary. The real hardship is for low-level officials.
For example, the monthly salary of the ninth grade is only five stone meters, which is equivalent to only ten taels of silver. An annual income of one hundred and twenty taels is an unattainable ideal state. If you want to be filial to your superiors, you cannot do it without a certain kind of income. .
Even more outrageous than Zhu Laoliu's stinky tofu is his son Zhu Laosi's tofu. He actually gave pepper to his subordinates as wages. Pepper was a spice brought back by Zheng He from his voyages to the West. This made it difficult for him to support a whole family of officials. Why is it so embarrassing?
Southeast Asia is rich in rice. Even if Sanbao eunuchs bring back boatloads of imported rice, the peppers will be turned into salaries. We can't cash out, and we can't organize our families to set up stalls to sell kebabs. I don't object to you going to the sea. None of it works anymore.
Even worse than pepper are treasure banknotes. Due to large-scale printing, the purchasing power of such banknotes has dropped sharply. In the end, even merchants refused to accept this officially produced waste paper. The officials felt so miserable. …
Hearing that the Crown Prince planned to give everyone a salary increase, the ministers immediately became focused and did not dare to interrupt His Highness the Crown Prince's train of thought. If anyone stood up to object at this time, they would surely be attacked by everyone.
Looking at everyone's extremely eager eyes, Yao Ji slowly planned: "Starting from this month, this method will be trialled in Shuntian Mansion in the Jifu area and the directly affiliated institutions of the imperial court in the capital. If it is reasonable and smooth, it will be promoted to All over the country.”
Then Yang Jinchao, the eunuch of the East Palace, started to read out the specific standards for the salary increase in his duck voice. All salaries were discounted and no more rice was given. Officials went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to collect cash at the beginning of the month, and then they could buy whatever they wanted.
The monthly salary is 300 taels for the first grade, 260 taels for the first grade, 220 taels for the second grade, 180 taels for the second grade, 160 taels for the third grade, 140 taels for the third grade, and 15 taels per month for the ninth grade.
If you have the title of Third Master or Third Young Master of the East Palace, you will receive an additional monthly salary based on the original salary, and it does not overlap with the grade treatment. The salary of San Gong and San Gu will be higher.
Only those who work part-time in specific official positions can earn more. For example, Zhang Guowei is the left minister of the Ministry of Industry of the third rank and the right censor of the capital of the fourth rank. The two items are superimposed, and the monthly salary is as high as 280 taels, and the annual salary is 3360 taels, which is almost close to that of the chief executive. Assistant Xue Guoguan's basic salary.
However, his work attitude and past performance are worthy of this value. As long as the city-building project in Shandong can be completed on schedule with quality and quantity guaranteed, it is perfectly fine for Yaoji to double his reward.
Compared with the previous cheating behavior of selling rice, the salary increase this time is equivalent to doubling the purchasing power of officials’ monthly salary. It can buy... well, it can increase the centripetal force and loyalty of officials who are fighting against the dynasty!
Yaoji is not the boss who randomly distributes money to people who are stupid and have too much money. He believes that the cost will be recovered from some people soon. To pay wages to his subordinates, Yaoji will never use his own money.
I believe that after the encouragement of this salary increase, all officials of the third rank and above who are qualified to go to the palace will have to think carefully about antagonizing me because they are short-handed and short-tongued.
Because as long as you dare to criticize me, not only will your family's small treasury be lost, but you will also be deprived of your right to eat free lunch. From now on, your family will only have one dish - fried locusts!
Xue Guoguan saw that everyone was seriously calculating how much money they should receive as salary, so he took advantage of this opportunity to say something: "Your Highness is wise, this method is the right way to consolidate the foundation of our dynasty. I would like to express my gratitude to your Highness for your kindness on behalf of all the officials." kindness!"
Among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Xue Guoguan was the person who had the largest salary increase, and there was no one else. Not only are he the chief minister and a member of the cabinet, but he also has many titles such as the bachelor of Wuyingdian, the crown prince's Taibao, and the crown prince's Shaobao.
Added together, the monthly salary is as high as 510 taels, and the annual salary is 6120 taels, which is unmatched by the officials of the imperial court.
