Jinyiwei Zhejiang Zhejiang He Pingan looked at this new clock strangely.
If we say nine o'clock in the evening seven days later, isn't that the first moment of Haishi? Why bother using such a clock to determine time?
It is not difficult to distinguish the first moment of Hai hour.
Even if someone stays in a place where there is no dripping, and the time is a little earlier or a little later, it will not affect the result, right?
Of course, this new clock is very good.
When He Pingan saw it for the first time, he just thought: This will be a very easy-to-sell item.
He did not fully understand the significance of easier-to-use timing technology to the operational efficiency of the entire society and scientific and technological research, but he first saw the commercial benefits from it.
Yan Song has seen more, so he attaches great importance to this matter now.
Huang Ming's semicolon, there is really something that can be done in Zhejiang, but why bother discussing it with Sun Xiu and Liang Yao?
After getting the new list handed over by Sun Xiu, Yan Song was able to tell which wealthy families in Zhejiang were decent in the past.
But he treats everyone equally.
On the day Liu Zhenyuan left Hangzhou, messages from the governor's Yamen were delivered to the homes of many people in Hangzhou.
Any powerful family in Zhejiang will have a house in Hangzhou. If the head of the family is not here, there will be a clan member or shopkeeper or steward here.
Therefore, the governor's Yamen banquet basically included 60% to 70% of the local wealthy families in Zhejiang.
Plus some people near Hangzhou, it will be even more.
Shen Yuanqing has not returned to Zhejiang yet, but his brother Shen Yuantao is here.
"You mean, every family has received this invitation?" Shen Yuantao confirmed with the housekeeper again.
"I've asked about it, Mr. Er. Everyone in Hangzhou has received it."
Shen Yuantao looked at the content on the post.
It was said that Huang Mingji had a new good business, and seven days later he invited various companies in Zhejiang to discuss cooperation at the Hangzhou Weaving Bureau.
There are many skilled craftsmen in Zhejiang. If someone in Zhejiang can do this well, it will be a business worth at least hundreds of thousands of taels or even one million taels per year in the future.
"It seems that since the Sichuan incident, Mr. Futai really wants to appease Zhejiang." Shen Yuantao laughed, "Since we are going to the banquet, we should prepare a generous gift first."
There were several people in front of Yan Song in the governor's office.
The newly established Huangming Branch has only three people assigned to Hangzhou for the time being.
Of these three people, one was the godson of Wei Lin, the other was the concubine of Duke Dingguo, and the other was the accountant of a certain scholar.
Now, they and Liu Zhong were listening to Yan Song's words, and Xie Changjie, the censor of Zhejiang Province, was also staring at Yan Song.
"Don't worry, I have already informed your majesty secretly, and there will be no mistakes in this matter." Yan Song said calmly, "Manager Liu, Eunuch Liang must have informed you. After the new law, the Weaving Bureau will not still have the old system. , you might as well adapt as soon as possible. I know the process of the establishment of Huangmingji best, and now the Huangmingji business is just the beginning. The department store can buy silk from the Weaving Bureau in Zhejiang, and naturally there are other things."
Liu Zhong nodded repeatedly: "We understand."
Liang Yao has made it clear to him that no matter what arrangement he encounters this time, he will just obey his orders.
If they don’t want Zhejiang’s bad debts to fall on them in the future, they should cooperate well.
Yan Song then said to Wei Lin's godson Wei Fu: "Your Majesty sent this Huangming Clock and Huangming Bell. Just to give you the name, you don't have to worry about what I do. Your Majesty hopes that this thing can be spread all over the world." It was made in the Ming Dynasty. With the exquisiteness of this thing, if the ambitious people in the world are not selected to take it as a career, can they just slowly build it in the capital? This involves future business taxes, the interests of the gentry, and even more. It involves His Majesty’s practical learning when it comes to the well-being of craftsmen’s households and the people!”
Xie Changjie didn't quite understand: Is a small clock so important?
"Since Futai has a secret report, our family will naturally listen to Futai first." Wei Fu did his duty and asked.
Anyway, according to the current statement in Huangmingji, what Yan Songzheng was planning to do was just "tendering."
At present, how to make this Huangming Clock and Huangming Bell requires skilled craftsmen from Beijing to teach them. Yan Song did this in Zhejiang, but he still had to make a fuss about the new law first.
After Liu Zhong, Wei Fu and others left, Xie Changjie spoke: "Yan Futai wants to select several companies in Zhejiang to build the Emperor's Ming Clock and the Emperor's Ming Bell, so that some gentry can enjoy the benefits of the new law first, and there will be more in the future. These lower officials know about some taxation. The welfare of the craftsmen and the people, as well as practical studies, need to be consulted."
The imperial order he received was to keep an eye on Yan Song, but Xie Changjie had seen Yan Song's power from the time when he was interrogating Jiang Bin in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice. He was sincerely asking for advice.
Yan Song did not neglect him, and answered patiently with a smile: "How many hermit households were there in the Ming Dynasty? After the land was cleared and the yellow books were re-established, many hermit households in the past had to bear additional taxes and servitude. The rich and the poor shared the burden, which does not mean that only The rich will bear it. Although the rich will bear a little more, this small amount of money is nothing to them. But for the poor, even if it is just a few more coins, it is still a mountain."
Xie Changjie nodded thoughtfully.
"After the new law, the burden of taxes and servitude has increased and decreased. Generally speaking, the burden of the poor people has actually been reduced. But it is inevitable that they cannot calculate the accounts clearly and are instigated by some ill-intentioned people before the benefits of the new law are realized by them. . This process is unavoidable, so each province must adapt to local conditions and find ways to increase income for those who can no longer hide outside the yellow books. This is the beauty of Huang Ming Ji."
Yan Song explained his arrangement to him with emotion.
This clock first requires many kinds of raw materials in the process of making it, and the polishing process is even more time-consuming, labor-intensive, and requires skills.
According to what His Majesty said in his letter, it is clearly to allow more skilled craftsmen in the world to continue to improve.
Especially one point: there is already a strategy for how to do it.
The reason why it can be so ingenious that it can keep time without dripping water or measuring images has been explained clearly. Next, we need to continue to study the physics of how to make many new things such as gears, springs, springs, etc. more precise, and how to make the glass that shields the clock dial from wind and dust clearer.
This clock, which is easier to carry and does not rely on external force, can do many things and how the entire Ming Dynasty can operate more efficiently. Yan Song nodded a little, and Xie Changjie also understood.
With this thing, at least in the future many people will no longer have the excuse of not knowing the time, and official documents will also have clearer time records.
Xie Changjie thought for a while and then asked: "If these Huangming Bells are built in large quantities, the demand for copper and iron will increase."
The shortage of copper and iron in the Ming Dynasty was a problem.
"That's another plan that His Majesty has planned." Yan Song said with a smile, "In short, besides this Emperor's Bell, Your Majesty must have other good things in the Wanfa Pavilion. With today's new law, the commercial tax will bear a heavy responsibility in the future!"
Zhejiang will get a group of people immediately. Presided over by the emperor's determination, the new law was unstoppable. Yan Song knew that he must stay in Zhejiang for a few years. For him, Zhejiang is also a place of great opportunities.
Because Zhejiang is rich, there are many gentry in Zhejiang, there are many skilled craftsmen in Zhejiang, and the business houses in Zhejiang are also quite powerful.
In this place where seven mountains, one river and two fields are divided, Yan Song has already made clear his policy ideas.
While Wang Shouren, who has thought very deeply about "investigating things", is still in Dingyou, Yan Song will use these two months to draw a new blueprint in Zhejiang.
Yan Song once again keenly discovered the emperor's intention in sending this thing.
Isn’t this the entire purpose of allowing the world’s most skilled craftsmen to continuously improve? If everything is not driven by the word profit, it will not exist for a long time.
This Huang Ming Zhong is just an example.
Only when physical knowledge can create new benefits will it be gradually accepted by the gentry all over the world.
Now Yan Song is starting to plan ahead, but Liu Zhenyuan's use of this thing is nothing more than to arrest people more effectively and accurately.
Because there are many people to be arrested this time, scattered all over the place.
When it comes to major events that may ignite a powder keg and make some people take desperate risks, now that we can no longer cut flesh with a blunt knife, we can only use the power of thunder.
If all places can really act at the same time, the biggest effect is to deter them afterwards.
In the blink of an eye, the time came to be agreed upon by Liu Zhenyuan and He Pingan.
He Pingan was sitting in Hangzhou, with the Huangming Bell in front of him.
There are three hands, the short and thick one is called the hour hand, the slender one is called the second hand, and there is a minute hand.
These are all new words, and He Pingan is only paying attention to their location now: is it already 5:43 pm?
The original way of keeping time was that there were twelve hours in a day, one hundred quarters, and each moment was divided into smaller ones. According to the current new method, the smallest time interval every day is not a moment, but one second in the corresponding two minutes and twenty-four seconds.
He Ping'an felt that it was not necessary to be so meticulous. He only cared about what was going on in Nanjing and what was going on with the Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau.
At this time, there was a lot of traffic at the entrance of Hangzhou Weaving Bureau.
In previous years, this scene would only be seen at the entrance of the Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau when the Japanese mission arrived or when there was a temporary large demand for silk in Beijing.
This scene is also familiar to many people who came to the banquet today. During the greetings at the door, they actually found the feeling of the good old days.
We don’t know what kind of new good business it is, but today Governor Yan Song, General Manager of the Weaving Bureau Liu Zhong, and Huang Ming Ji Semihao are all very high-spirited, chatting and having a banquet with everyone.
After almost an hour and having had enough food and drinks, Yan Song gave the order and the two large and small rooms were moved out.
The clock, which was carried on a plate by two eunuchs, passed through the seats, and many people craned their necks to look at it.
The dial looks like a sundial, but the rotating iron needle is not a shadow, and I don't know why it can rotate so accurately.
These first batch of clocks handmade by royal craftsmen are extremely exquisite and have gorgeous decorations.
Yan Song said enthusiastically: "This is a clear proof of your majesty's practical knowledge! The study of physics is full of wonders. Everyone, if you can open a workshop and fully understand its principles, Zhejiang can become a master of clocks and clocks in the Ming Dynasty in addition to silk and other products." Province, a big province of glassware. If there are more talents in physics, and there are all kinds of ingenious tools in the future, Zhejiang will be able to take the lead! A wise man knows the benefits. I have already asked your majesty to invite the Wanfa Museum to enshrine it in Zhejiang. Just teach and don’t care about the rest. How big of a deal will it be for the Ming Dynasty officials at all levels to purchase clocks and watches?”
Shen Yuantao nodded repeatedly: Sure enough, he was trying to win over the gentry with new profits.
It's still the same old story. In some places, the rich have a little more blood, but they will find other ways to make up for it.
Is this new law’s way of enriching the country just to keep money in the hands of the court?
This was not the case in Nanjing. When Liu Zhenyuan saw that the time was already 8:20 at night, he stood up and ordered: "Let's go!"
From the Nanjing Jinyiwei's office, more than two hundred Jinyiwei dressed in Feiyu uniforms left without saying a word, and then divided into twelve teams.
Liu Zhenyuan took ten people in the direction of Yangshi Bridge in the west.
In Meng Chun's house, he had just sent away Fang Dingchang and others.
In the past few days, the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs has been arranging tax corrections and yellow registration affairs for southern Zhili and Huguang, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces. How to write official documents contains a lot of knowledge.
After cleansing his face, he prepared to rest in the Yingtianfu Yamen located to the north of Brocade Square.
I strolled to the side room and came to the newly admitted concubine after Yingtian Mansion. When the door opened, I saw a beautiful woman as tender as water.
Fang Dingchang's sedan just passed the Pigeon Bridge northwest of Yingtianfu Yamen.
It was already late at night, and people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division were patrolling the streets. Those who can still hang out outside at this time must be people with ability and status.
Fang Dingchang's house is located in Yuminfang, not far away.
After entering Happy Horse Lane, you will return to the house after crossing another street.
He was thinking about things in Zhejiang: with Yan Weizhong serving as governor of Zhejiang, he should be aware of the problems that would arise from official documents.
The court should also be aware of this.
After the Sichuan incident, will the court change its direction?
The sedan turned a corner, and Fang Dingchang knew it was turning into Yuminfang.
Rubbing his brows, Fang Dingchang was going to let the concubine with good skills give him more squeezes when he got home.
Calculating the time, the imperial decree should arrive in Nanjing tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
As long as the decree is slightly relaxed, the official documents sent out can be supplemented with an explanation.
He took out the clock from his pocket and looked at the time. Han Wu, walking in Jinyi Weinan Zhili, walked out of the gate of a small house in the south of Yuminfang and saw Fang Dingchang's sedan returning home.
"Fifth Master, that is Minister Fang." The eyes of the person behind him lit up and he recognized the servant of the Fang family who was holding a lantern to light the way.
The corners of Han Wu's lips curled up: "What a coincidence, then please ask Mr. Fang to take us home together and see if there are any letters at home."
The sedan chair paused, and just as Fang Dingchang was about to speak, he heard a cold voice not far from the front of the sedan chair: "Jin Yiwei is doing something, Mr. Fang, please come out of the sedan chair and see me."
Behind him was his own butler who was held to his neck with a knife by another Jin Yiwei.
"Let me introduce you to Liu Zhenyuan, who is in charge of thousands of households in Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town. Mengfu Yin, I have been offended. According to the order, please put on your clothes and come with us."
Meng Chun's face turned pale.
are you crazy? Big things have happened in Sichuan, but we still want to start a war in Nanjing?
In Zhejiang, He Ping'an is even easier to do.
"Is Yan Futai imitating Zhang Futai from Guangdong?" He bared his teeth as he stood at the door of the Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau.
No one picked up on his words, but He Pingan knew that Yan Song wanted to be a "good guy".
He took out the Huangming clock and looked at the time. He Pingan nodded: "Go in!"
Nine o'clock has arrived, and the farewell is over.
Many household heads and managers are here, and many people have also arranged staff in their homes.
Naturally, there are not enough people in Jinyiwei, but each team is followed by servants from the Chief Envoy Si Yamen.
Now, the officers had no idea why Lord Fantai sent them to follow the orders of the Imperial Guards and arrived at the doors of many wealthy families who had close contacts with Lord Fantai.
The Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau was filled with uniformed guards. He Ping'an came to the uneasy crowd with Yan Song's "astonished" expression.
"Yan Futai, I'm offended! According to the order, and with the guidance of Sun Fantai, I came here to arrest the criminals who conspired against the imperial government."
Yan Song asked in confusion: "Sun Fantai?"
He Pingan clasped his fists: "We all have solid evidence that Sun Fantai handed over to this general. I used Yan Futai to invite everyone to the banquet today, because the emperor's orders are on my side and I dare not slack off. Jin Yiwei will apologize to Yan Futai for any offence." .”
After saying that, he waved his hand with a very disrespectful look on Yan Song: "Get someone!"
The seven days of peace and tranquility were broken at this moment.
Whether it was a plan made seven days ago, or whether Jin Yiwei really borrowed Yan Song's arrangement and chose to take action at this time, it no longer mattered to the people who came to the banquet.
In full view of everyone, a total of eleven families were taken away on the spot, and the scene was chaotic and terrifying.
If someone conspires to rebel against the emperor, doesn’t that mean his family will be confiscated and his clan exterminated?
Yan Song said "righteously": "How do you call this person? If Your Majesty has a decree to deal with so many people, why don't I know about it?"
"The Jin Yiwei traveled to Zhejiang to wish for peace. Yan Futai, the former Sichuan Inspector Gao Kewei and the former Admiral Zhang Wei of the fifth military camp were the first, and they attempted to collude with the former Left Chief Yang Junlin in Sichuan to conspire against them. Now they have all been captured. According to the confession , people in South Zhili, Zhejiang and many provinces were involved in the case. In order to prevent the news from leaking, the Jin Yiwei went to arrest the accomplices first. His Majesty has made it clear that he will arrive within the next two days. Congratulations to Yan Futai in advance. Governors will be established in all provinces in a few days. Then I will call him Yan Dutai."
After leaving these words with an explosion of information, He Pingan clasped his fists and waved: "Let's go!"
After the Jin Yiwei launched the action, an hour later Guo Xun handed the token to Chang Xuanzhen in Nanjing: "Let the Xiaoling Guards guard the gates of Nanjing! Jiang Dutai came with the imperial edict, and I will supervise the city of Nanjing! "
"yes!"
In Nanjing, Wu Ding Hou held a secret edict and the Ministry of War transferred the order in advance, commanding the Nanjing guards headed by Xiaoling Guard to guard the gates of Nanjing at night, while Song Liangchen, the Marquis of Xining, supervised the military and horse departments in the five cities of Nanjing.
Here in Nanjing, the main people to arrest are officials.
On the Zhejiang side, there are just some wealthy gentry families.
The night is still long, and those who have fallen asleep each have their own dreams.
It is already midnight, and many people in southern Zhili and Zhejiang provinces are crying in despair.
But the movement in their home could only wake up some of the surrounding neighbors. When they opened the crack in the door and took a peek, they could only see the shadows of some flying fish suits.
Then he closed the door tightly, trembling with fear.
(End of chapter)
