The development of things is often not based on human will. If a small thing with low error tolerance has more controlled links, the greater the probability of its collapse.
The Miyun excavation case had gradually calmed down, Hu Yongfu was killed, and Ma Bin, who covered it, disappeared. If these two key links were removed, even if the court knew that it must be hiding other shady stories, the repeated turmoil in the officialdom was not liked by Zhu Yijun and the Political Affairs Hall. , politicians are not obsessive-compulsive, and they all know that when the water is clear, there will be no fish.
However, everything that happened at the West Market Law Court had to be drawn to a thorough and clear conclusion by the court - if it was announced to the public, what was exposed would not be called a shady story, but a complete farce.
In this black and absurd script, Hu Yong, the leader of the evil forces who organized illegal activities, stole minerals, and bribed power, became a "victim", and the gangster who fought and injured people became a heroic hero, the father of the Queen Mother, and the Count of the Empire. He became a funny clown, and with the help of newspapers, he suddenly gave birth to a blue sky where "the sky sees itself and the people see it".
Shao Boti was interviewed on his hospital bed and vividly described the image of the emperor harvesting rice that appeared in front of him before he was determined to be executed. This image of a realm inspired by the emperor and the origin of lofty ideas was suddenly established in flesh and blood.
The officials finally discovered that Magistrate Wanping was a cadre with lofty consciousness, good moral character, and outstanding abilities - which shows that it is not advisable to determine one's future based on academic performance. As powerful departments such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the National Security Bureau are deeply involved in investigating the entire excavation case in detail, rumors have spread that Shao Boti will go directly to Qingliu Huaxuan and his appointment to the official department will be issued soon.
Shao Boti, who became famous in one battle, was on the fast track to promotion, but others may not be so lucky. When the state machine, which was still functioning well, started to operate, all the monsters and monsters gradually lost their place.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month in the thirteenth year of Wanli, the capital was enveloped in white snow. With the development of industry, more and more people are employed in various places. In previous years, it was almost rare to see refugees begging for food in the capital around the Spring Festival. As a result, Shuntian Prefecture also lost one job.
Prime Minister Han Pil-hyun of Shuntian Prefecture had finished his New Year greetings and it was almost dusk when he walked to the door of his house. It was the time when thousands of households were lighting fires to cook.
The entire capital was shrouded in light blue smoke, and Han Bixian's nose also smelled the somewhat choking smell of coal smoke. When you look closely at this mist, you can't see anything. It's like smoke from the past, but more like his mood.
This light blue haze only appeared in recent years, mainly because the capital has begun to use coal in large quantities.
Nowadays, except for the poor who gather grass and collect firewood by themselves in the autumn, no one from the middle class or above in the capital burns firewood. The woodcutter has completely lost this livelihood. At the same time, the production of lotus root coal and various coal stoves created new jobs. The rough hands that put down the hatchets went to blacksmithing and kneading clay. As long as there is still some strength in the body, this strength must be replaced by Food and clothing. For thousands of years, ordinary people have lived like this all their lives.
As a large amount of coal was put on the market, the price gradually became cheaper than fuel coal. After smokers, hand stoves and other charcoal-burning objects were abandoned in the palace, coal stoves and fireplaces with chimneys finally became popular.
There are hundreds of thousands of exquisite smokers of all kinds in the palace and in the homes of dignitaries, and now they are all gathering ashes in warehouses. It’s not that Zhu Yijun led the nobles to help the coal industry develop the market, but because this thing kills many people every year because of its smoke. After the winter this year, newspapers once again publicized it on a large scale.
The medical school has long studied and understood the toxic mechanism of carbon monoxide, and researchers published it in the journal Gewu. Immediately afterwards, newspapers also carried out large-scale publicity. Li Shizhen, deputy dean of the medical school and dean of the medical school, pointed out in the quotation of his paper that carbon monoxide poisoning is very common. It may be the leading cause of maternal and infant mortality in noble families.
"The so-called 'red charcoal' used by noble people is warm and durable, gray and white but not explosive. It is nothing more than incomplete combustion. Its qi can harm people, causing dizziness, coma and vomiting. It is acceptable for adults, but not for infants and young children. ?Maybe if you are exposed to this poison, you will die repeatedly, which can be both good and painful."
The revelation of the toxic mechanism of carbon monoxide has even solved the mysterious reason why most of the princes and daughters of the Ming Dynasty died young - not only did the palaces in the Forbidden City have no chimneys, but they often used smokers weighing hundreds of kilograms. In the environment with closed doors and windows in winter, if adults feel suffocated Who dares to carry a swaddling baby into the ice and snow when he can go out for some air? [Note 1]
Although low-concentration carbon monoxide may not be fatal, it has greatly harmed the bodies of members of the royal family and aristocratic families. The royal family of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the original time and space never found the reason for the lack of people in the Forbidden City, and even attributed it to the theory of Feng Shui. , What a pity.
Zhu Yijun understood this truth and had always paid great attention to the ventilation in the palace in winter. Therefore, since he traveled through the Forbidden City, no tragedy has occurred in the Forbidden City where people were killed by smoke. After the medical school studied the production and toxicology of carbon monoxide, Zhu Yijun took the lead in abandoning the fumigation cages in the Forbidden City and using stoves or fireplaces with chimneys. After the emperor's eldest daughter was born, she didn't even use the stove or fireplace in her room. Instead, she used fire walls and fire pits to keep her warm.
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As a senior official in red robes of the fourth grade, Han Bixian had never thought about these things. But this Spring Festival, he discovered that the exquisite gilt copper cloisonné enamel three-legged smoker cage was no longer in use at home, and his daughter no longer used the hand stove with the charcoal cakes on it - they had all been replaced by coal stoves and soup pots.
Because a coal stove needs to be connected to a chimney, it is difficult to make it look better than a smoker. The most you can do is add some patterns and inlay some copper materials. Moreover, lotus root coal is even worse than red charcoal. There is smoke when lighting a fire, and it is very black and ugly. Just like all kinds of new things that are emerging in the world today, they are more practical but seriously lacking in style.
It is difficult to ignite lotus root coal in the stove, so you must use igniting lotus root coal, also known as big-eye coal, to burn it, and to burn big-eye coal, you need to use a newspaper. The servants of the Han family used a fire sickle to light the newspapers - this was a machine that was only circulated since the Rishenglong in the twelfth year of Wanli. It is a square silver box with an open lid at the top. The file wheel rubs the flint to ignite the paper soaked in kerosene. The cotton core is exquisite and exquisite. The cheapest one sells for four silver dollars. If it is embedded with jewelry or gold filigree patterns, it can cost hundreds of dollars.
Once this thing came out, it replaced all the exquisite fire sickles in the wallets of the nobles in the capital. No matter how exquisite the fire sickle is, it takes a minute to ignite, but the fire sickle machine only takes one second. The expensive kerosene declares the user's financial resources and identity.
Thinking of kerosene, Han Bixian thought of his own situation. At the beginning, the greed was just a spark on the fire machine. When Ma Bin accepted the bribe for the first time, he was so frightened that his face was still white after returning home, and he did not dare to sleep that night.
Later, this flame turned into a furnace of charcoal fire. Blue flames burst out from the pores of morality and conscience, burning the furnace red. He openly regarded the bribes from Miyun as regular filial piety, and the Han family also lived a "happy" life of burning oil and blooming flowers.
However, with the collapse of the thief's cave and the shouts at the execution ground, all this was shattered - the flames in the furnace licked the roof, burning everything to pieces, reflecting Han Bixian's face, Just like when he first accepted the bribe, his face was pale and bloodless.
After sending his wife and daughter to his sister's house to pay New Year's greetings, a fire broke out in the Han family's study in the dark night, quickly alarming the neighborhood - fire prevention is a top priority in winter, especially in the first month of the year, and everyone is worried about it. It's very tight.
When the fire was put out, Han Bixian was left with only a section of black char, curled up like a defeated dog that could no longer scream. The sudden fire almost stopped the investigation of the Miyun excavation case at the level of Shuntian Fucheng.
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