When a bookstore sells books, in the final analysis, its purpose is to make a profit.
If you want to make a profit, someone needs to buy the book.
If the store only contains "Da Gao", "Great Learning", "The Analects of Confucius" and "Da Ming Law", the Imperial College students will not be interested, let alone the scholars and people who come and go.
Zhu Yunwen picked up the brush and began to conceive of the book list and divisions of Zhonghua Bookstore.
Since you have to do it, then do your best and let Zhonghua Book Company become the first bookstore in the Ming Dynasty and a sign and symbol of the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty!
After lunch, Zhu Yunwen returned to Kunning Palace, took a nap, and then got up to accompany Zhu Wenkui and teach him Arabic numerals.
Ma Enhui is no stranger to Arabic numerals. She, Ning Fei, Xian Fei, and Luo Cairen are the first batch of "students" in "Elementary Mathematics." Ma Enhui likes this fresh knowledge very much.
Compared with those complicated characters, Arabic numerals are particularly convenient and simple, and can be recorded clearly at a glance. There is no need to check and proofread word by word.
Plus the multiplication formula is catchy, and you can do some simple calculations without moving the abacus and you can get the results casually.
Ma Enhui was very curious about how Zhu Yunwen mastered these numbers and knowledge. When he asked Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunwen only said that it was Western Yi culture that was brought to China by merchants.
Ma Enhui was very suspicious of this and secretly sent someone to find Hui Hui. He actually knew the numbers, but he didn't know the multiplication formula.
Ma Enhui kept these little secrets and only watched Zhu Yunwen playing with her children tenderly.
No matter what knowledge it is, if we learn it, it is our own knowledge.
Shuangxi walked gently to Ma Enhui's side and whispered: "Queen, the ministers are still sitting in meditation, not even having lunch. Do you want to inform the emperor about this..."
Ma Enhui frowned and complained: "These ministers are really, the emperor only wants to rest for a few days, why is this so important? Since the emperor does not intend to pay attention to them, then just let them sit down."
Shuangxi said nothing more and could only retreat to the door and said to the eunuch on the side: "Just watch. If they leave, report them immediately."
The eunuch hurriedly left after hearing this.
Zhu Yunwen held Zhu Wenkui in his arms, walked up to Ma Enhui with a faint smile on his lips, and said, "Queen, what's wrong with you?"
Ma Enhui stretched out her hand, took Zhu Wenkui, and sighed: "I heard that the ministers were sitting quietly outside the Fengtian Palace and forced the palace, and I was puzzled. The emperor has devoted himself to serving the country and the people. These things
Why can't the ministers understand? "
"That's because I touched their cake."
"What is cake?"
"Well, a kind of pastry, queen, this is not important. What is important is that the new policies I implemented have reduced their interests. The bustling world is all for profit; the bustle in the world is for profit. These words are also suitable. The court."
Zhu Yunwen said calmly.
Ma Enhui frowned and said, "The emperor has already reformed the salary. Is it so generous, not enough to satisfy them?"
Zhu Yunwen shook his head slightly and asked: "Queen, if someone robbed you of one hundred taels of silver and gave you fifty taels back, would you be grateful or resentful?"
"Who dares to steal my money?!"
Ma Enhui became majestic.
The maids and eunuchs on the side knelt down one after another.
Zhu Yunwen laughed and said: "It's over now. The ministers also thought so..."
Ma Enhui understood in an instant, frowned and said: "That's different. The money in my hands is all legitimate business income, but the missing money from the officials is the result of exploiting the people and does not belong to them. .”
"Yes, it doesn't belong to them in the first place, but Queen, if something is in their hands for a long time, they will think that it is theirs."
Zhu Yunwen said seriously.
When borrowed things are still not returned, what's more, these officials use the "legal land deed" to buy the land with money, and give it out as soon as they say it. They deserve to feel sad.
However, after the pain is over, they should quietly recuperate, be honest and not jump around.
But they refused to listen. Seeing that their opposition was ineffective, they began to use God to suppress Zhu Yunwen, directly blaming the occurrence of the earthquake disaster on Zhu Yunwen's head.
"Your Majesty, why is this earthquake..."
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen uneasily.
As for the cause of the earthquake, she also heard about the induction of heaven and man, and the natural disasters.
As Dong Zhongshu said: "The ruler of the world loses his virtue, famous mountains collapse, and the earth trembles."
If this is the case, could this earthquake be God's catastrophic way of condemning the emperor's fault?
Zhu Yunwen smiled and said: "Queen, the so-called earthquake is just the movement of the earth itself. It has nothing to do with God or me."
"The movement of the earth itself? Why does the earth move?"
Ma Enhui lowered his head
He looked towards the floor, as if to see if Dadi had escaped.
Zhu Yunwen couldn't tell her about "sitting on the ground and walking eighty thousand miles a day, scanning the sky and looking at a thousand rivers", telling her that we are all on a ball, and the ball will rotate by itself, she will definitely not be able to sleep...
"Queen, it's like this table. As long as you push it hard, the things on the table will vibrate, and some will even tilt. This is the same as an earthquake."
Zhu Yunwen explained.
Ma Enhui shook his head and said doubtfully: "No one can give the earth such power."
Zhu Yunwen said softly: "What if it's the sea?"
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen in surprise.
Yes, the sea laps at the mainland every day. Although it is strong or weak, this force exists after all.
Moreover, the capital is not far from the sea.
Zhu Yunwen could not explain more natural science to Ma Enhui now. He looked at Shuangxi and asked, "Are all the ministers still there?"
Shuangxi quickly replied: "Your Majesty, you are still outside the Fengtian Palace."
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly and said: "Summon the chief and deputy chief of the Qintian Prison to wait outside the Fengtian Hall."
Shuangxi was a little surprised, but he didn't ask anything and instead arranged for someone to summon him.
"It seems that the emperor has taken measures."
Ma Enhui smiled lightly and relaxed.
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly and said, "We will have dinner together when I come back."
Outside Fengtian Hall.
As many as one hundred and twenty officials sat in silence together, with determination in their eyes that they would never retreat.
The leaders were Hou Tai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Shi Jingqing, Yushi Jingqing, the censor of the Zuodu Procuratorate.
There is a reason why Jingqing stood up this time.
Although Zhu Yunwen scolded himself last time when he opposed the national policy of curbing annexation and said he was "old", Jing Qing did not suffer any punishment and still sat firmly in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Since the emperor will not punish everyone, for his own benefit, he cannot retreat.
As the saying goes, if you give it a try, the carriage will be much warmer.
For the sake of our own legs, for enjoying a better life, for the sake of... we cannot retreat, we are speaking for heaven and Ming Dynasty.
The Emperor has made mistakes. As officials, we should have the courage to correct the Emperor's mistakes. Even if we are punished for it, we will be proud and leave a name in history.
In a word: everyone here is a hero, and everyone who runs away is a coward.
