I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 957 I want to keep up with the times!

The draft work plan of the Civilization Committee that Zhang Siwei showed Wang Shizhen was based on Zhu Yijun's instructions and focused on building awareness of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization.

Mainly start with national heroes.

Against the backdrop of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization suffering multiple disasters, the sinking of the Chinese land, and the hardships endured by the people, the story tells of these national heroes who stepped forward and saved the country from collapse, allowing our nation and civilization to be reborn from the ashes!

This is to inspire and motivate people.

There are positive characters and negative examples.

Zhonghang Shuo, Zhang Bin, Shi Jingtang, Han Derang, Liu Yu, Qin Hui, and Zhang Hongfan were denounced as eternal sinners who betrayed their ancestors and sold out their nation and country.

It was these few words in the negative teaching materials that made Wang Shizhen feel as if a disaster had struck. He was so frightened that he begged Zhang Siwei for help.

Zhang Siwei helped Wang Shizhen up slowly.

"Mr. Fengzhou, what does this mean?"

Wang Shizhen's back was completely wet. He opened his mouth, but was so frightened that he couldn't utter a word.

Zhang Siwei helped him sit down on the seat. After a long while, he said with tears in his eyes: "Mr. Feng Pan, I know I was wrong. Please spare my life!"

Zhang Siwei smiled smugly, stroked his beard and asked, "Mr. Fengzhou, what's wrong with you?"

"Common people should not discuss government affairs."

Zhang Siwei immediately interrupted him, "Mr. Fengzhou, you are wrong. Discussing state affairs and public opinion supervision are allowed by the court. Your fault is not here.
Lord Fengzhou, it seems that you still haven't fully realized your mistakes."

Wang Shizhen hurriedly replied: "Lord Fengpan, I know I was wrong. I was confused just now and spoke without thinking. I shouldn't have indulged in fantasies and mourned the violent Yuan Dynasty!"

Zhang Siwei said with relief: "It seems that Lord Fengzhou has really understood and realized his mistake!"

He sat up straight, his eyes were solemn, his expression was stern, and full of murderous aura, which made the brothers Wang Shizhen and Wang Shimao feel a chill and uneasy.

"'Since Emperor Shizu unified the country during the Yuan Dynasty, the country has been peaceful for sixty or seventy years, with light punishments and low taxes, and the use of weapons is rare; the living are well cared for, and the dead are buried; travelers thousands of miles away can stay at home, which is truly a prosperous time.'

This absurd statement was written by Ye Ziqi, a famous scholar from Chuzhou, Zhejiang during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.

"The great virtue of Yuanzhen is as great as that of Qianyuan, and the great culture is as open as before. The whole world celebrates Yuanzhen in the era of Tang and Yu. The great virtue of Yuanzhen is illustrious to both Chinese and foreigners." This absurd statement that puts the violent Yuan Dynasty on a par with the Tang, Yu, Shun and Yao was written by Jia Zhongming of Zibo during the Hongwu period.

'Born in a family of great wealth and fame, and flourishing in a prosperous and harmonious society'

This was said by Su Boheng of Jinhua, Zhejiang during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.

"Since the Yuan Dynasty, people have been more literary, but many tools and equipment are not enough to be used." This is what Hu Han, a native of Jinhua, Zhejiang, said during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.

'Yuan did not guard the border, taxes were light and food and clothing were sufficient, and with sufficient food and clothing, he sang and chanted.'

This is what Li Kaixian, a scholar from Zhangqiu, Shandong, said in the eighth year of Jiajing, who served as the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple.

Wang Shizhen and Wang Shimao were terrified when they heard this.

Ye Ziqi, Jia Zhongming, Su Boheng, and Hu Han have all heard of these famous scholars, and Li Kaixian is even a senior veteran.

The two brothers were very knowledgeable and knew about this case in the early years of the Qing Dynasty.

It was simply that these literati from western Zhejiang, who were highly respected throughout the country and proud of their literary reputation, disdained to associate with Taizu, who rose to power as a "righteous rebel."

Moreover, Taizu had a strong character and used tough means to recruit them, which hurt the self-esteem of these famous scholars. So he wrote these words out of anger.

As for Li Kaixian, when he wrote this article, he had never experienced the Yuan Dynasty. He just followed the common problem of writers and believed that the ancient times are always good, and people today should see their shortcomings, work hard, and catch up with the ancients.

This is roughly the idea, and then write it down casually.

I didn't expect that I would get into such a big disaster.

Zhang Siwei looked at the brothers Wang Shizhen and Wang Shimao with a grim voice.

“These writers wrote about the violent Yuan Dynasty so well, but why was it that the country was in turmoil and rebel armies were rising everywhere before the Yuan Dynasty lasted for a hundred years?

Hulu has no luck for a hundred years.

Our Emperor Taizu raised his sword and gathered heroes from all directions to drive out the barbarians, restore China, establish rules and regulations, and save the people.

Why, in their eyes, it's all considered retrograde?"

Wang Shizhen's legs went weak again and he tried hard to hold on to the table with both hands, thus managing not to slide off the chair and fall to the ground.

"Your Majesty's words hit the nail on the head, exposing the ugly mentality of these people. The tyrant Yuan regarded the common people as cattle and horses, and only let these aristocratic scholars be gadflies and horse flies, helping the tyrant Yuan to collect taxes while they could lie on the common people and suck their blood.

As long as they benefit, all the national justice and patriotism are bullshit.

The behavior of these people is completely crooked. They regard whoever gives them benefits as their master and sing praises for them. Compared with "Since ancient times, everyone has to die, but I will leave my loyalty to history", it is simply the behavior of beasts!
Today, the Chinese civilization is following the emperor's will, vigorously promoting national heroes, shaping the Chinese national consciousness, uniting people from all directions, and working together to continue to create new glory for Chinese civilization.

There are positive promotions, and of course there are negative criticisms. These people will be listed as traitors and national scum and recorded in history.”

Having said that, Zhang Siwei leaned forward, looked at Wang Shizhen with a smile, and spoke word by word.

"These people will be infamous for eternity and will be forever nailed to history's pillar of shame!"

Wang Shizhen was horrified and felt like he was suffocating.

I knew that the emperor would not only love killing people like Emperor Taizu, who killed entire families, but he would be even better than his teacher and was good at killing people and destroying their hearts.

They will be infamous for eternity and nailed to history’s pillar of shame!

If the Wang family were on the list, they would be listed together with traitors and national scum such as Shi Jingtang, Liu Yu, and Qin Hui, and their fate would be ten thousand times more miserable than that of the Songjiang Xu family of former Prime Minister Xu Jie.

After another thirty or fifty years, the world will forget the name Xu Jie and gradually forget everything about the Xu family.

But the Wang family will be mentioned repeatedly from generation to generation, and the shame and infamy will be passed down from generation to generation.

As they are all writers, Wang Shizhen knows how vicious this move is.

Wang Shizhen couldn't help but kneel down again.

"Lord Fengpan, please save our entire Wang family." This time Zhang Siwei did not help him, but asked leisurely.

"I heard that Lord Fengzhou wrote a book called "Records of Strange Events of the Ming Dynasty" with his brilliant pen. I never thought that in the eyes of Lord Fengzhou, there are no grand events to record in the prosperous Ming Dynasty, which has lasted for thousands of years, but only bizarre and strange events.

Lord Fengzhou, please don't sit with your butt crooked!
If you sit on the wrong side, you will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history."

Wang Shizhen's face turned pale, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "My Wang family, from top to bottom, will resolutely follow the emperor, keep up with the times, and stand with the great Chinese nation!"

Zhang Siwei continued to stare at Wang Shizhen with eyes like poisonous snakes, and suddenly asked a question.

"Does Lord Fengzhou know who said, 'The people were the lightest in the previous Yuan Dynasty!'?"

It was as if a huge coal mine exploded above Wang Shizhen's head, almost rendering him unable to think.

Zhang Siwei wants him to hand over the person!

They don’t have to pay it, and the Wang family can fill it in themselves.

When Wang Shizhen hesitated, Zhang Siwei continued, "It is understandable for writers to write. You can write about your happiness, your pride, your frustration, your anger, and express yourself freely.

But everyone must be responsible for their writings, because they may be passed down to future generations and judged by history. Now we have to judge the people, deeds and writings of the past, from the perspective of history and the entire nation. "

Wang Shizhen's heart was trembling, and he didn't hold on for long. He knelt on the ground with his head lowered, and said resignedly: "Mr. Feng Pan, the Wang family is willing to contribute a little to the progress of the new era culture and the entire Chinese civilization.

Wang will definitely fight resolutely against those remarks that go against the times and betray the nation!

Especially we should fight against those ignorant people who say, "The people were the lightest in the early Yuan Dynasty!"

Zhang Siwei nodded with satisfaction and stepped forward to help Wang Shizhen up.

"Yes, these people have never experienced the bloody era when China sank, and have not studied the history of that time seriously. They just treat the suffering of the nation as a joke.

He willfully flaunts his writing, and talks nonsense under the banner of originality. He thinks that everyone else is drunk and he is the only one sober, but in fact he is just trying to attract attention.

At this time, Zhu Yijun came to Shanghai, Huzhou.

The first stop was to inspect the No. 1 Textile Factory of Shanghai Weaving Bureau Group.

It is located in Jiangwan Town, north of Shanghai City and south of Wusong Port.

Lin Zeyou, the governor of Huzhou, pointed to a man in his thirties and introduced him.

"Your Majesty, this is Liang Wei, the deputy general manager of the Shanghai Weaving Bureau Group and the director of the First Textile Factory. He is one of the first batch of students of the Shanghai Textile Training Institute."

"The Textile Institute is now the Textile Engineering College of Southeast University?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. Liang Wei will be your tour guide today."

"Okay, let's get started."

"Your Majesty, our First Cotton Mill covers an area of ​​250,000 square meters, with a building area of ​​210,000 square meters. It has cotton spinning workshops 1, 2, 3 and 4, and weaving workshops 1, 2 and 3.

There are 200,000 cotton spindles, 4,200 looms, and 11,000 employees, including 9,700 female workers. It is currently the largest cotton textile factory in Ming Dynasty.

Our cotton mill can produce 1.5 million pieces of cotton yarn and 1.5 billion meters of cotton cloth per year, which is more than all other cotton mills combined.”

Zhu Yijun turned around and asked, "Isn't this too concentrated?"

Liang Wei answered confidently: "Your Majesty, the industry is too concentrated, and it is also a matter of time. The power currently used by the textile factory is the steam engine and the corresponding transmission gear box, which is huge in size and consumes a lot of energy.

It is a waste to build factories in a dispersed manner. Only by building factories in a centralized manner can the efficiency be the highest. This has been verified in the second, third and fourth cotton spinning mills of our Shanghai Weaving Bureau Group. "

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Well, power is indeed a big problem. Now the Sixth Research Bureau is perfecting electric motors and internal combustion engines. I believe that in the near future, the power of textile mills will be improved, and cotton mills will not need to be built in such a centralized manner, but can be built in various provinces."

Entering the first workshop, Liang Wei introduced: "Your Majesty, this is the automatic weft winding machine, this is the drawing machine, this is the carding machine, and this is the roving machine and the spinning machine.
These machines were mainly manufactured by the Yongping Textile Machinery Factory of the Luanzhou Manufacturing Bureau, and some were manufactured by the Shanghai Machinery Factory of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.

At first glance, there are so many spinning machines that you can't see the end.

Hundreds of women workers stood among the spinning machines.

They were wearing work clothes, white aprons, and white soft cloth round hats, and they applauded enthusiastically.

Zhu Yijun casually walked up to a female worker in her thirties and asked kindly, "Sister, what's your name?"

The female worker replied nervously: "Your Majesty, my name is Huang Dani, I am 32 years old, and I live in Fengxian County, Huzhou."

"What kind of job do you do?"

"Fine sand blocking car workers."

"How many ingots can you block by yourself?"

Huang Dani straightened her back and said, "Your Majesty, others can handle 120 ingots, but I can handle 200 ingots."

Liang Wei beside him quickly added: "Your Majesty, Huang Dani has been awarded the title of excellent worker of our factory for five consecutive years. She is a well-known advanced member of our factory and even the Weaving Bureau Group."

"Okay." Zhu Yijun took the initiative to reach out his hand, held Huang Dani's hand, shook it tightly, and said loudly: "Thank you, Sister Huang, thank you female workers, you have brought warmth to hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty."

There was thunderous applause in the workshop.

After leaving the No. 1 Cotton Mill, Zhu Yijun wrote a note for the first time.

“Women hold up half the sky!”

When Zhu Yijun returned to the Shanghai Guest House, Nangong Ye hurried over.

"Your Majesty, I just received a wireless message from the Nanhai Dusi. They just received a message."

Nangong Ye handed over the telegram.

Zhu Yijun took it and looked at it, his brows couldn't help but frowned.

(End of this chapter)