Xu Miaoyun stood up and recalled the knowledge about concrete that Zhu Rong had told her.
Mortar, cement, and gravel were mixed with water to form the simplest concrete.
According to Zhu Rong, there was a higher strength concrete, but he couldn't make it at the moment.
However, even the concrete poured in front of him was several times stronger than ordinary city walls.
When Xu Miaoyun said this, Old Zhu was still unconvinced.
"This unfilial son is spouting nonsense. The First Emperor built the city wall and it still exists after thousands of years. Can this lousy thing of his do it?“
Xu Miaoyun chuckled.
"Miao Yun also argued with my husband about this. My husband said that if the walls were as big as the Great Wall, it would definitely work. My husband also rejected an example. It is said that thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, there is another Luo something…The Colosseum of the Roman Empire is also undamaged for thousands of years!“
"However, the reason is not that their construction skills are good, but that they are big enough!”
"When the object is big enough, it will be easier to resist the corrosion of time. My husband said that as long as it is of the same size, his concrete is the best in the world!“
"Hmph, arrogant brat!"
On the ground, Mr. Zhu found some of the waste materials left by the craftsmen. The stone mortar had been mixed together.
He asked the Crown Prince to find a hammer.
Hit the concrete hard.
After a while, Old Zhu fell silent.
What Zhu Xiong said was true. The strength of concrete was terrifyingly high, almost similar to that of stone.
The walls made of this material could be called an iron wall.
Speaking of iron, only then did Old Zhu realize that there was actually iron in the mold?
"Your Majesty, His Highness said that the purpose of adding these iron sticks is to increase the resistance of the wall to stretching!”
"Humph!"
"This unfilial son actually used iron to make a manure pit?”
Old Zhu was still cursing at Zhu Rong, but his eyes and hands were fixed on the concrete walls, unwilling to let go.
The Crown Prince and Xu Miaoyun looked at each other and smiled.
Zhu Rong's crisis should have been resolved.
Although Zhu Rong had given the emperor face, the benefits that cement brought to the Ming Dynasty were enough to make up for all his mistakes.
In addition, he had witnessed the formula of concrete.
In Emperor Zhu's mind, he probably already had many ways to use this thing.
However, as his father, he was still stubborn.
"Miao Yun, go and find that unfilial son!”
"Make him return to the palace without stopping!”
"If he's a moment slower, I'll break his legs!“
Xu Miaoyun held back her laughter and knelt down.
"Imperial Father, Fifth Brother has done a great service!”
"If my Great Ming can set up a cement factory, I'm afraid that the court will have another source of income!”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded his head. Old Fifth had to admit that he was Ming's lucky star.
The glass-making process that he had contributed, Old Zhu had released the first batch of artworks to test the waters. It almost made the wealthy merchants of the Ming Dynasty go crazy.
Shen Wansan bought ten sets for 300 taels of silver each, which was a huge profit for the national treasury.
Even the other things were bought by people with dozens of taels of silver and a hundred taels of silver.
The Great Ming State Treasury had earned eight thousand taels of silver just by selling the first batch of glass.
During the Hongwu period, the annual tax of the imperial court was only 29 million dan of grain. According to the market price, one tael of silver could buy two dan of grain. In other words, the annual income of the Ming court was only more than 10 million taels.
It was already very impressive for glassware to be able to earn 8,000 taels in a short period of time.
It was said that after Lu Chang, the Minister of Revenue, found out, he was so excited that he could not sleep the entire night.
If this business continued, glasswork would sooner or later become an existence comparable to salt taxes.
What about the cement factory?
Old Zhu wanted to deliberately keep a straight face, but he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Hmph, this unfilial son!"
"I finally did something good!"
The Emperor turned around and prepared to leave the construction site of the Wu Residence with Zhu Biao.
At this moment,
The officials outside had been waiting for a long time.
"Lord Li, how do you think the emperor will deal with that person this time?”
Hu Weiyong whispered beside Lee Shan Chang. Lee Shan Chang lowered his head and looked like he was harmless, but only Hu Weiyong could hear his sneer.
"His Majesty is a person who cares about his face!”
"Zhu Rong, that little bastard. Whether he did it intentionally or unintentionally, he made the emperor embarrassed today. The emperor will definitely deal with him!”
"He's fine, but it's enough to peel off a layer of skin!”
"Later, get the people below to fan the flames. We must make this Wu Wang pay!”
Hu Weiyong nodded.
As a member of Huaixi Group, he definitely didn't have a good impression of Zhu Rong.
The matter of the officials forcing the abdication had almost forced their entire group to go against Zhu Rong.
If they didn't provoke this devil, it would be fine.
After all, he was a disciple of the Tian family, and he usually had Old Zhu to protect him.
But today, he had embarrassed Tian Zi.
If he could fan the flames a little, it would be good to let Zhu Xiong suffer a little.
Hu Weiyong nodded.
He looked at the Imperial Censor, Liu Ji, and said,
He realized that Liu Ji was also instructing his subordinates.
"I wonder if Doctor Liu will get someone to fan the flames?”
Lee Shan Chang and Liu Ji were sworn enemies, but he didn't sneer at Zhu Rong.
"We hate that Fifth Prince, and so does that Physician Liu!”
"Don't worry, he will too!"
"We are all people who have submitted a memorial to impeach the King of Wu. If His Majesty lets him go, then we will be punished for the crime of oversight!”
Hu Weiyong understood and passed on Li Shan Zhang's message.
All the officials were waiting for the emperor to come out.
Not long after, Old Zhu and the Crown Prince appeared at the entrance of the Wu Estate.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was originally in a good mood, but when he saw the officials in front of him, his face darkened again.
He remembered that the embarrassing scene was caused by these people.
If they hadn't read Shen Wansan's book, Zhu Yuanzhang wouldn't have gone to the construction site to settle the score with Shen Wansan.
If he didn't go to the city wall, how could he lose face?
Old Zhu understood why all the officials would report Shen Wansan.
They were all old brothers who fought together. How could he not understand?
These people knew that he had a grudge against Shen Wansan back then and guessed that he wanted to find an excuse to kill Shen Wansan.
Therefore, whether it was the Imperial Censorate or the old brothers in Huaixi,
They were all waiting for Shen Wansan to make a mistake so that they could use him as a sacrifice to please the Emperor.
This kind of action of peeking at the Saint's heart was the most apprehensive of emperors.
"Your Majesty, I have a memorial!"
"Your Majesty, this subject asks Your Majesty to punish the King of Wu!”
"The King of Wu is selling materials privately, colluding with profiteers, ignoring the law and damaging the dignity of the emperor!“
"We request Your Majesty to take away the title of King Wu and depose him as a commoner!”
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard this. It was fine if these guys did not think about their own mistakes, but they actually wanted to push the responsibility to his son?
Zhu is guilty. What is Zhu's crime?
Just because he sold cement, he was guilty?
Seeing Old Zhu burning with anger, the officials were secretly pleased that they had finally provoked the Emperor's anger.
That devil king of chaos, he wouldn't be able to escape this time, right?
In the past, he had the emperor to protect him. Now that the emperor doesn't protect you, let's see what you can do.
They never thought,
Old Zhu didn't reply. Instead, he asked them,"
"Among you, who reported Shen Wansan?？”
The officials looked at each other. Li Shan Zhang, Liu Ji, Hu Weiyong, and the six ministers all knelt down.
"Your Majesty, all of us have made a report!"
"Your news came quite quickly. Each and every one of you objected to the establishment of the Embroidered Uniform Guards by me, saying that monitoring the officials was not the right path for the king!”
"But zhen realized that you have quite a lot of eyes and ears!”
"Left Minister, Right Minister, you are in charge of the Ministry of Central Affairs. Do the officials have to report such a small matter to you?”
"It seems that there's nothing important in our Great Ming Dynasty, but the Left and Right Prime Ministers are so free!”
"Do you know if I have your eyes and ears?”
Li Shan Chang and Hu Wei Yong's faces turned pale after hearing the Emperor's words.
They had never expected that the Emperor would not pursue Zhu Rong and would instead turn the tables on them.
He didn't do his job properly and listened to the emperor.
They couldn't bear these two crimes.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. This lowly subject doesn't dare!"
"Hmph, all of you have nothing to do and only think about how to please me all day long?”
"I don't need officials like you who take shortcuts!”
Hu Weiyong and Li Shanzhang were already trembling in fear.
Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the two of them and turned his gaze to the Imperial Censor Zhongcheng, Cheng Yi Bo Liu Ji.
"Teacher Liu!"
"Your Majesty, it is the duty of the Censorate to monitor the people for Your Majesty!”
Liu Ji used the authority of the Imperial Censorate to shut the Emperor's mouth.
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered,
In every dynasty, the position of censor had been set up. These officials did not have to do anything but scold people, impeach officials, and even scold the emperor.
Generally speaking,
Even if the emperor was scolded half to death, he would not touch these censors.
Everyone was afraid that they would leave a reputation for being heartless in history.
It was also because of this that Liu Ji was at ease.
Reporting and scolding people were what the censors did. Even if it was wrong, it was wrong.
This was their mentality.
"The Imperial Censorate monitors the people's sentiments for me, and I know everyone's painstaking efforts, but let me ask you!”
"When you discovered that Shen Wansan used cement, did you personally go down to investigate if the cement was of inferior quality?”
"If you went down personally, why didn't you report it?”
"It is true that Shen Wansan used cement, but the effect of cement is ten times better than glutinous rice juice. If you had investigated slightly, why would you accuse me of framing a good person?“
Liu Ji's forehead was covered in sweat.
"This subject was negligent!"
"To put it bluntly, your bodies are already precious. How can you personally go down?”
"Hehe, all of you still want to take credit?”
"Men, drag these people away!”
"Li Shanzhang, Hu Weiyong, Liu Ji, on account of your old age and high achievements, I will show mercy outside the law.”
"Six Ministers, look! Thirty strokes of the cane!"
"The rest of the officials will receive 50 lashes.
"I want to see if you still dare to flatter me in the future.”
"Take him away!"
The Emperor gave the order, and all the officials were dumbfounded.
So all the anger you suffered from your son is now on us?
The indignant officials shouted for the emperor to spare their lives.
However, they were still dragged away by the guards.
"Imperial Father, I'm afraid no one will be able to attend the morning court tomorrow!”
Zhu Biao shook his head and smiled bitterly when he saw the wailing of the officials.
"Humph!"
The Emperor snorted coldly but did not reply to the Crown Prince.
These dog officials had beaten up all the civil and military officials in one go, and their anger had finally subsided.
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