I am the king of the dead

Chapter 463

I don't know since when, New Year's Eve is the most stressful day for the ministers of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the capital.

Because the mighty Ming Dynasty is like the indestructible castle of Jiayuguan, it cannot be broken from the outside, but it may collapse from the inside at any time.

Because this day is the day when Zhu Jianshen, the son of King Ji, goes to Tai'an Palace to celebrate the new year.

This day is a day when all the courtiers are frightened.

In the second year of Jingtai, there seemed to be a little conflict between Princess Ji and His Majesty, but fortunately, Queen Wang was in the middle.

Because everyone in Daming knows that Zhu Jianshen is growing up, he is now seven years old, more than four feet tall, and has a handsome appearance.

The ups and downs of yin and yang in Prince Ji's mansion didn't seem to affect Zhu Jianshen's temperament. He was neither mad, greedy, nor cunning.

Three-year-old is young, seven-year-old is old.

This sentence was so resounding that the Empress Dowager Sun wanted to invite Zhu Jianshen's biological mother, Mrs. Zhou, back to the Prince Ji's mansion.

Because the Zhou family has a bad temper and is good at jealousy and clamor, the children taught by the Qian family are treated like a gentleman, and the children taught by the Zhou family should not be treated like a gentleman.

Zhu Qiyu did not approve the Zhou family to return to Jiwangfu.

Zhu Jianshen made a big gift, and said in a confident manner: "The son of the king, Zhu Jianshen, pays his respects to uncle, is uncle holy?"

"I am safe, no courtesy." Zhu Qiyu sat on the throne of Tai'an Palace, looked at Zhu Jianshen with a smile on his face, and asked, "How are you doing recently?"

Mrs. Qian dragged Zhu Jianshen over, and when she heard His Majesty's question, she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Ru'er is the best at arithmetic."

"Good at arithmetic? Not bad." Zhu Qiyu didn't ask any more after hearing that, and signaled Xing'an to watch it.

Zhu Qiyu prepares a New Year's gift for Zhu Jianshen every year. This time it is a hydraulic clock and a pendulum clock. This pendulum clock is the smallest pendulum clock in Zhu Qiyu's hands now, about the size of a bird cage.

It is enough to count the time on weekdays.

Zhu Jianshen had seen a water clock on Zhu Qiyu's table before, and was extremely curious about that water clock. When he saw the two clocks, his eyes were bright, and he bowed his head and said, "Thank you uncle for your kindness."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Princess Ji Qian, and asked, "Princess Ji, is the palace's expenses enough?"

Zhu Qiyu set a salary of ten thousand stones for the Prince Ji's Mansion, and the silver price was [-] silver coins, which could support five of them in Shaobao Jiuzhong Hall.

Zhu Qiyu didn't exchange money with Prince Ji's Mansion.

When King Jili was still the emperor, the fixed salary for Prince Tan’s Mansion was also [-] shi, but [-]% of the banknotes were discounted, which means a salary of [-] silver coins a year. .

"Your Majesty, it's enough." Princess Ji Qian didn't know why Her Majesty suddenly asked this, so she hurriedly replied.

Zhu Qiyu deliberated for a long time, the Tai'an hall was quiet, he sat up straight and said: "That Qian Xiong, please enter the Prince Ji's Mansion."

"Ah?" When Princess Ji heard His Majesty mentioning the name Qian Xiong, her face turned ashen, but then she was relieved when she heard that she was entering the Prince Ji's Mansion, and bowed her head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Who is Qian Xiong?

Qian's father's name was Qian Gui, and Qian Gui died after marrying his daughter.

Princess Ji Qian has an elder brother Qian Qin and a younger brother Qian Zhong.

The two brothers followed Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen to fight, and they both died in the Tumubao Incident.

Qian Qin had only one daughter, who died shortly after she was born, and Qian Zhong had only one posthumous son.

This Qian Xiong is Qian Zhong's posthumous son, who is five years old this year.

Concubine Ji Qian's father, elder brother, and younger brother have all passed away, and only Qian Zhong's posthumous son and nephew Qian Xiong are left in Qian's family.

Even Zhu Jianshen, who was raised under Qian's knee, was not Qian's biological son.

King Jili was punished, and the whole family of Qian's family avoided the child Qian Xiong, so Princess Ji had no choice but to keep him outside the palace, running around at both ends.

Xing'an knew all about the ups and downs of Prince Ji's mansion, inside and out, so he naturally knew about Qian Zhong.

In the end, Zhu Qiyu decided to let the Qian family take over the palace, saving both ends.

"Uncle, can I go to the lecture hall on weekdays?" Zhu Jianshen said with his head bowed.

This is what Zhu Jianshen promised his uncle the last time he met him.

But in the third year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu was in Nanya, and it was only during the fourth year of Jingtai that he saw him.

Zhu Jian thought about it deeply.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Well, you can go anytime."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhu Jian breathed a sigh of relief, bowed three times and kowtowed five times to leave.

Zhu Jianshen left Tai'an Palace, waiting for the courtiers outside Tai'an Palace to celebrate the new year, some were happy while others were worried.

Rejoicing is His Majesty or Your Majesty, nothing has changed.

Those who are sad are full of evil intentions.

Once the emperor kills Jiwangfumanmen, they can act immediately.

Emperor Xuanzong, in the fourth year of Xuande, killed the Mansion of the King of Han, how they acted, and how they acted today.

At the beginning, Emperor Xuanzong killed the entire Han Palace, but he paid a considerable political price.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, people under the age of 15 cannot be killed.

For example, Zhu Wengui, the concubine of Jian, a commoner of Wu, such as Fang Xiaoru's Zhongzi.

Zhu Jianshen got into the car of Prince Ji's Mansion and spread out his palms, holding five pieces of caramel in his hands.

"Mother, what does it mean that uncle gave me five pieces of caramel?" Zhu Jianshen asked strangely while holding the five pieces of caramel.

Qian stared at the five pieces of caramel in a daze. Of course, she still remembered the day when the title of Taishang Emperor was cut, and the Emperor Ming gave five pieces of caramel.

At that time, she thought that His Majesty was going to poison Zhu Jianshen, and she was so scared that she ate a few pieces.

Of course, His Majesty did not intend to poison Zhu Jianshen.

Qian looked at the pieces of candy, and said calmly: "There is no special purpose, but you liked to eat candy when you were young, but your teeth were bad, so you were not allowed to eat it. Your uncle will give you five pieces of candy every New Year."

Zhu Qiyu didn't have any special intentions in giving these five pieces of candy, but at the beginning, he gave five pieces of caramel every year, but he didn't give it this year, for fear of being over-interpreted.

Yu Qian, Shi Heng, Hu Wei and others happily entered Tai'an Palace to congratulate His Majesty on the new year, and then chatted with His Majesty about the arrangements for the Tianming Festival for a long time.

Yu Qian and Shi Heng mainly talked about the parade on Tianming Festival and the martial arts performance of the Beijing camp.

And Hu Wei is about the arrangement of a foreign envoy, whether to watch the ceremony?How about seating?Where is the arrangement?Did you receive the envoy?

It is up to His Majesty to decide.

"Come, come, Yu Shaobao, Shi Zongbing, Hu Shangshu, Wang Shangshu, Jin Shangshu, Yu Shangshu, Shi Shangshu, Jiang Shangshu, Wang Tongzheng, each with one lamp." Zhu Qiyu asked Xing'an to take out nine light oil lamps.

Zhu Qiyu was scolded as a lone husband and a thief, but if Zhu Qiyu had any good things, he would share them with everyone.

Just as he always divides the bill with the national treasury, the seigniorage tax of the Military War Bureau and the commercial tax of the Shibo Department of Banknotes and Customs are the same.

Yu Qian, Shi Heng, Hu Wei, Wang Zhi, Jin Lian, Jiang Yuan, Yu Shiyue, Shi Pu, and Wang Wen are the absolute core of power in the Ming Dynasty.

"Lamp oil for one person is only a hundred catties, so you can use it lightly." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile, "It's a lot, not a lot."

Zhu Qiyu only has more than 2000 catties of light oil, no matter how much, he will have no more.

Yu Qian and Hu Wei had already seen the brightness of the lamp. When Xing'an turned on the lamp, Jin Lian covered his eyes with his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is a good thing!"

"If every household can have a lamp, then... that will be... the world is in harmony, a world of peace! Your Majesty."

There are two idioms, the first one is chiseling the wall to borrow light, and the other is Nangying Yingxue.

If possible, every household has a lamp.

The eternal night is no longer dark.

Zhu Qiyu briefly explained the process of extracting petroleum and refining light oil, as well as the output.

Mainly yield.

The oil wells in Yanchang County have to be drilled for 90 feet, or nearly [-] meters, to have a stable oil output, and the output is extremely low, about [-] tons a year. The bureaucracy is difficult.

"Fish oil can actually be burned as lamp oil, but it's too extravagant." Zhu Qiyu mentioned another fuel, fish oil.

But things like fish oil are edible.

Diesel, rice, oil and salt are all necessary for life.

Fish oil is not for burning, but for eating, and it is very expensive. In Daming, it is mostly used as medicinal materials.

Fish oil is the best medicine for treating night blindness.

The Ryukyu Kingdom pays tribute every year, which is the largest source of Ming Ming fish oil. It is only 30 catties a year, or about 150 tons.

For nearly 2000 million households in Daming, 150 tons of fish oil is a drop in the bucket.

"Is oil so precious?" Jin Lian's eyes dimmed.

Light oil refined from petroleum is even more valuable than fish oil, so trying to illuminate Daming is simply a dream.

But it's really bright.

Zhu Qiyu said calmly: "I have heard that in some places in the Western Regions, you can get oil when you stomp your feet, and even so much that it gushes out from the ground and burns continuously for several years without extinguishing."

"Hu Shangshu, is there such a rumor?"

Hu Wei was taken aback, he had never heard of such rumors, but if His Majesty had heard of such rumors, there must be such rumors!

"There is an envoy from the Great Qin Kingdom in the Western Regions. I heard that Nikolaoz mentioned it. It is true. In some places in the Western Regions, this thing is an ordinary thing, like a stone in a mountain. You can take it away."

"It's rich and oily, and black gold is everywhere." Hu Yi fully agreed and made a footnote for what His Majesty said.

This is a narrative method, a footnote for Daming Kaihai.

The Han and Tang Dynasties liked to say that Rome was full of gold and silver, and the door frames were made of ivory; Rome said that China was full of fine iron, silk, and fine porcelain.

Its purpose is all for the political purpose of opening borders.

Jin Lian believed it.

Why would he believe His Majesty's exaggerated statement?
Because the country of Wa really has countless silver, and the Japanese silver is constantly flowing in, effectively alleviating the money shortage of Ming Dynasty.

The money shortage problem that has plagued the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years is finally possible to be solved. How can he not believe it?

Your Majesty said that there is such a precious oil somewhere in the Western Regions, Jin Lianxin.

"Where is it?" Jin Lian asked with wide-eyed eyes.

Zhu Qiyu suppressed a smile, and said calmly: "I don't know, I have to look for it."

The ministers came to celebrate the New Year, not to discuss state affairs, but to chat for a while, and they left Tai'an Palace with their own lanterns.

Daming's New Year's Eve is the afternoon of the New Year's Eve. When the nine people left, it was already dark because of the snow.

Nine people, each holding a lamp, aroused a lot of discussion among the people.

It was really too bright, the bright light in front of the entire Tai'an Palace hit the snowflakes, illuminating the entire Lantern City Street.

The ministers waiting for an audience stared blankly at the nine people leaving with one such lamp each.

The ministers stretched their necks and watched the Minggongs leave until the light left the corner of the street, and the earth fell into darkness again.

The red lanterns in front of Tai'an Palace only illuminated a small area, and the lights of Tai'an Palace, which were already very bright in the past, suddenly became dim.

Getting used to the brightness just now, the eyes of all the ministers went dark, and it took a long time to get used to this uncomfortable darkness.

It is human nature to be afraid of darkness and yearn for light.

If only every household could have a lamp like this...

Zhu Qiyu continued to accept the New Year greetings from the ministers. Every minister pursed his lips when he saw the bright light oil lamp in Tai'an Palace.

This year's Tai'an Palace is extraordinarily bright.

Hu Wei went to the Huitong Hall and met Nikolaoz.

Your Majesty said that the Western Regions are full of black gold, and oil is flowing everywhere, so Nikolaoz should cooperate. After Tianming Festival, the group of envoys will meet. I hope that Nikolaoz can cooperate with His Majesty to complete this narrative.

"Ah, this matter." Nikolaoz said full of doubts: "Isn't it?"

"In Persia, there is a god of light named Hulumos, whose subjects will never fall into darkness. Alexander, the Kingdom of Macedonia, sent his general Hormuzya to find this place. "

"The oil you mentioned was also used in Rome. We mixed oil and lime and used it as a rocket."

"Homer said: The Trojans kept throwing fire on the fast ship, and the ship suddenly burst into flames that were difficult to extinguish. It was this kind of fire oil."

"There are a lot of oil seedlings and gas seedlings in Horumos. You can collect oil from the oil seedlings and treat camels, horses, cattle and sheep...mange."

Hu Wei originally asked Nikolaoz to cooperate to smooth this matter for His Majesty, but Nikolaoz actually said something serious.

"Churmos? The God of Light?" Hu Mei frowned and muttered to himself, then stood up abruptly and said, "Churmus!"

This name is very familiar, and Hu Wei has already remembered it. This is a word that frequently appeared in Daming after Zheng He's voyages to the West.

"I'm leaving first." Hu Wei stood up abruptly, and headed towards his small attic.

He was carrying an extremely bright lamp, which surprised Nikolaoz, it was really bright.

Could it be that the supreme Emperor Ming is the incarnation of the God of Light?
Otherwise, how could there be such a bright country.

Hu Yan checked the information for a long time, and then ran to Tai'an Palace excitedly.

Today is New Year's Eve, according to regulations, the curfew was lifted, so Hu Wei did not violate the curfew, he walked in a hurry, and the light oil lamp was swinging by his side.

Zhu Qiyu was on vigil, processed some official documents, and tried to roll the reed, but still didn't know how it should be rolled.

"Hu Shangshu is so late, why did he come again suddenly?" Zhu Qiyu put down the reed in his hand and asked rather puzzled.

Hu Yan was very excited and said: "Your Majesty, I have found it. There is really a country full of black gold."

"Their people can take black oil from the oil seedlings and burn them."

"It's too wasteful! It's really too wasteful!"

"It's this Khurmos, the local people are Oguz people with nine Turkic surnames in the Tang Dynasty!"

The Oghuz people are actually one of the Turkic tribes.

Hu Ming said excitedly: "Their Sultan Jihanger once offered this kind of indelible oil when he paid tribute."

"Your Majesty, there is really a place that is so rich that it is full of black gold!"

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