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Chapter 3: Current Situation

History is still advancing slowly according to its progress. In July of this year, after the granddaughter Ye Xianggao was elected as the concubine of King Xin, he resigned from his position as the chief minister under the threat of Wei Zhongxian, but in order to attend his granddaughter's wedding, he temporarily stayed in the capital.

Emperor Tianqi was very concerned about King Xin's wedding and specially created a dragon and phoenix bed for it. Wei Zhongxian was also particularly enthusiastic, but it is unknown what kind of enthusiasm is.

After the candidate was determined, the Ministry of Rites reported the wedding ceremony of the King, and the Imperial Heavenly Prison selected auspicious days. The wedding was carried out in an orderly manner and abide by the etiquette system.

Zhu Yinglong also knew that this was the best time for him to become normal, because people in this era were not so civilized, and atheism had not yet been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Now even he doesn't believe in atheism, otherwise how could he suddenly appear in this time and space, and he became the king of faith Zhu Youjian like a corpse. This "joking joy" is the best opportunity, so he began to learn to become a normal person slowly, and he stopped being stupid for several hours. Since he wanted to integrate into this identity, he could not live like this in a daze, so during the preparation period of the wedding,

He had to pick up his evil traditional books, and based on his past memories, he finally recognized the traditional Chinese characters of this era. Zhu Yinglong was a standard engineering student in another time and space, but he was just a ignorant person. As for the path of an incomparable writer, it was a coincidence. To summarize it in one sentence, this is fate. Who said that he had chosen the wrong path at the beginning? He did not make any work at that time, but now he came to this world, but he believed that he would succeed one day because he had hundreds of years of knowledge than people in this time and space.

Emperor Tianqi was naturally very happy about Zhu Yinglong's changes. Unexpectedly, "joking joy" was really effective. It had an effect before the formal wedding. Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but feel infinitely happy with his choice to resist the public. Even the powerful censor who opposed it closed his mouth. Do they hope that the prince would become a fool?

Originally, Emperor Tianqi wanted to restore Zhu Youjian's palace studies, but when he thought that Zhu Youjian had not fully recovered, and the etiquette of the wedding was so complicated that it would be difficult to learn just one set of etiquette, so he only asked him to learn the wedding ceremony, so he was spared. However, Emperor Tianqi also loved Zhu Yinglong very much. He was originally considered an adult after his wedding, which means he was not qualified to go to the palace studies again, so he specially found a Hanlin Academy Shuji Li Youlin to act as a subordinate official in the palace. After teaching it separately in the palace, Zhu Yinglong guessed with his toes that the Hanlin Academy Shuji Li Youlin was Wei Zhongxian's mansion, but he had a way to deal with it. When he walked out of this bird cage, he would be able to fly with a wide sea and fish leaping high in the sky. Although it was only a few hundred years, the understanding of the last hundred years was more than the accumulation of thousands of years before. Who would have decided to die!

Zhu Yinglong had learned the power of Wei Zhongxian in the palace. He was appointed as the East Factory and actually raised his inner training in the palace to train Wu Yin. Although Zhu Yinglong didn't know if there was any martial arts in this historical time and space, he had secretly watched Wu Yin's training several times, which surprised Zhu Yinglong. The eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty intervened in politics the most, and there were more than 70,000 eunuchs in the palace at the most. Zhu Yinglong scoffed when he saw this information when he saw this information.

There are only so many people in the Forbidden City, and there are so many eunuchs alone. If you include palace maids, it wouldn’t be scary. One emperor, three palaces, six courtyards, seventy-two concubines, let’s divide it. Each person has thousands of eunuchs to serve. This is too exaggerated. However, today he saw it with his own eyes, it is not an exaggeration at all. His personal eunuch Xu Yingyuan secretly told Zhu Youjian that there are such well-trained people in the palace, and there are tens of thousands of military eunuchs who come in and out of armor, all of whom belong to the East Factory, plus the prison troops sent out from other places.

Eunuchs, eunuchs supervising the transportation, etc., and eunuchs left behind in Nanjing, Zhu Yinglong calculated that there were so many. Think about it, it was castrated to more than 70,000 men at once. Zhu Yinglong felt creepy all over his body. The population declined sharply in the late Ming Dynasty. According to Zhu Yinglong's research, it is conservatively estimated that between 70 and 80 million. If men and women account for half, eunuch-like men account for two percent of men. Not to mention those who castrated themselves outside and did not come in, on average, there are two out of every hundred men.

It was a eunuch, and Zhu Yinglong dared not continue to analyze it. These eunuchs not only castrated themselves, but also castrated the blood of the Han people. Although it was a bit extreme to blame the demise of the Ming Dynasty on the hands of eunuchs, the people who had no way to survive had to castrate themselves and become eunuchs became a major irony in the late Ming Dynasty. This was just a number left in history books and unofficial history. In fact, it might be more than this. Zhu Yinglong couldn't help but feel sad, and a feeling of being unable to do so suddenly surged into his heart.

Another thing that surprised Zhu Yinglong was that these martial eunuchs not only practice martial arts, but also practice firearms. In the eyes of Zhu Yinglong, an outsider, seemed to have a good combat power. Of course, he had no idea about the actual combat power, but he became interested in the firearms in their hands. Zhu Yinglong was not a military enthusiast in later generations, but because he had to write a cover Chongzhen, he specially tutored the knowledge of firearms. The firearms of the Ming Dynasty were mainly firearms, and this kind of muskets were most easily affected by the weather. They could not be used at all when they encountered heavy rain. They also used firearms to fill in firearms. The technical content was relatively high. Because the steelmaking level in this era was not very good, this kind of musket was easily heated and exploded because of the long use of it. The Ming Dynasty was known as a million troops, and one-fifth of this kind of musket was equipped with

It can be seen that the production cost is not low. Although he also saw the manufacturing drawings of Guosui's guns on paper, Zhu Yinglong had fired a few shots during military training in college, and it was impossible for him to study the structure in less than a few minutes. So he was thinking about this kind of mesh gun when he saw it, hoping to get one to study it. However, the palace was full of crises, that was the concubine that his cheap brother favored did not meet Wei Zhongxian, and he killed him as soon as he said he was killed, especially the "Saint Madam Fengsheng" Kebaba, who was over thirty years old and was extremely charming. According to Zhu Yinglong's cognition, this nurse not only raised Emperor Tianqi, but also the sexual enlightenment teacher of Emperor Tianqi. However, Emperor Tianqi liked that tone. Every time he saw her, Zhu Yinglong would automatically hide away, or pretend to be stupid. Kebaba also ignored him when he saw him.

As Zhu Yinglong's policy gradually became more effective, Emperor Tianqi's restrictions on him were not so strict. Zhu Yinglong didn't know that Zhu Youjian's market had secretly left the palace. Emperor Tianqi had always turned a blind eye, but since he had an accident, he no longer closed his eyes. Gradually, Zhu Yinglong integrated into the life of the palace. Although it was boring, the eunuchs and palace maids around him were pretty good. He took care of his master meticulously. The palace maid Yanhong was also a beauty. Logically speaking, Zhu Youjian had already broken the precepts when he lived in the large dyeing vat of the palace, but after Zhu

Yinglong's observation seemed that except for Yanhong, all the palace maids in Xuqin's palace were very close to him, they all performed their duties. Later, they realized that this was the merit of his sister-in-law. The palace maids in Xuqin Palace were all assigned by her. Zhu Yinglong could not have thought that he was still a virgin before the wedding. He was quite emotional. Of course, this may not be all the credit of Queen Zhang. In the past, Zhu Youjian was the most important thing. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel sorry for Zhu Youjian, who didn't know where he is now. He hoped that he would live a better life in another different world!

In fact, Zhu Yinglong also counted on his life. He clearly remembered that in October this year, the Minister of Personnel Zhao Nanxing and the Left Censor Gao Panlong wanted to severely punish the Censor Cui Chengxiu. This Censor Cui Chengxiu was Wei Zhongxian's loyal lackey. Wei Zhongxian falsely passed the imperial edict and denounced them as "clubs". Who is the emperor is not afraid of the officials below forming cliques to threaten their rule. Zhao and Gao were forced to resign. At that time, Deputy Censor Yang Lian wrote a letter to impeach Wei Zhongxian with 24 serious crimes and was convicted. More than 70 Donglin Party officials including the Assistant Censor Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui and more than 70 Donglin Party officials jointly submitted a memorial to impeach Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian hated the Donglin Party members to the core, so he deliberately fabricated the crime and removed the Deputy Censor Yang Lian and the Assistant Censor Zuo Guangdou and others from the people. Later, under the pressure of Wei Zhongxian, the Chief Auxiliary Han Yu was also forced to resign.

The subsequent birthday of Emperor Tianqi on November 14th, which is the so-called Wanbao Festival. Sun Chengzong, the Grand Secretary of the Supervisor of Shanhaiguan, planned to return to Beijing to celebrate, but was blocked by Wei Zhongxian. Emperor Tianqi did not distinguish between loyalty and treason. He said, "No order is to leave the land of faith without orders, not the law of the ancestors." The decree made him return to the pass. Zhu Yinglong only sighed that he was powerless and could not help these loyal ministers and generals for the time being, but it would be different when he went out. Since he had to fight with the sky, it was really impossible to change history, and none of these talents could be let go.

The Ministry of Works reported that the Xinwang Mansion had been renovated. The Ministry of Works asked Emperor Tianqi to ask King Xin to go and check whether he was satisfied. After all, the mansion would be resided in the future, and the opinions of the parties involved should be respected. Wei Zhongxian did not need to write about such trivial matters. Naturally, Zhu Ju, a wave of Emperor Tianqi, approved the request of the Ministry of Works, so that Zhu Yinglong finally had a chance to breathe the air outside the Forbidden City. He was very excited inside, and he still had to pretend to be stupid on the surface.

The Old Hui Palace is neither big nor small, located in the west of the city, and the location is a little remote, but it is better than quiet. Zhu Yinglong likes this place very much. From time to time, the princes who were favored by Emperor Shenzong of the Palace were naturally much worse, and they all got into merchants. It shows that Wei Zhongxian was just using him as the King of Letters to start swiping. It’s okay, if history follows the trajectory, Wei Zhongxian, you will be dead. If not, I’m sorry, hehe, he died even worse!

There was once said in Beijing City: The east is rich in the west, the south is poor in the north, and the residents of the capital are very appropriate. The living in the east are all high-ranking officials and nobles, and the west is rich and wealthy merchants, the most ordinary people in the north, and the south is the famous Zhengxifang in the capital. The history I know in the future is the location of the eight great hutongs that were famous in the Qing Dynasty. It may not be very famous in the Ming Dynasty, but there is indeed fireworks everywhere. At night, half of the people in the capital are there. Zhu Yinglong had long wanted to see it, but Wei Zhongxian's intention on behalf of him was to let him return to the palace before it was dark, so he could only sigh and sigh. However, there would be a chance in the future. Zhu Yinglong was looking forward to the arrival of this day.

"Prince, it's time for us to go back to the palace!" Xu Yingyuan, who was following Zhu Yinglong, said anxiously. It was no big deal to go back later before, but now it's different. If something happens to this stupid prince, his head will not be able to be saved.
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