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Chapter 875 Sword Dance
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of Wanli, the Forbidden City was covered with snow after the first snowfall.

This season was the busiest time in Beijing. Xuanweisi and vassal states from all over the world sent tributes to the capital, and the earliest departure was in spring; the officials from all directions sent officials to Beijing to submit reports.

Especially under the law, the three accounts of the imperial court became a knife hanging over the heads of all officials at the end of the year, one in the six departments, one in the six departments, and the last one in the cabinet.

Beginning with the Six Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, all tasks that should be completed by subordinate officials must be registered and checked monthly.

If one is completed, it will be logged out, and if it is not completed, it will be reported truthfully, and if it is not reported, it will be punished.

The Sixth Division, which holds the second account, is in charge of inspecting the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Every six months, the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate must report to the Sixth Division on the implementation of their official duties. Violators will be punished according to the size of the matter.

The six divisions are inspected by the cabinet, which forms a set of six low-level divisions inspected by the cabinet, six high-ranking divisions inspected by the six low-level divisions, and six divisions inspected by the local vassals, bureaus, and governors. The two divisions inspector's office and county magistrate.

Zhang Juzheng's treasured sword is in the Sixth Division. He made good use of the atmosphere of impeaching high-ranking officials by low-level speech officials in the Ming Dynasty to monitor the top officials of the Sixth Division and completely centralize power in the cabinet.

This has greatly improved the administrative efficiency of the empire. Officials who fail to complete their tasks will have three consequences. According to the implementation situation, they will be fined, degraded, and dismissed.

In the past six years, the imperial court has abolished useless officials even more than the number of officials added by the Siyang military government.

There are many more people in the world who oppose the examination of the law than the officials who have been dismissed. Among these people, the most eye-catching one is naturally the growing figure in the Forbidden City.

On the square in front of Qianqing Palace, the snow on the imperial road was pushed and swept to the sides. Lu Wang, who was wrapped in fox fur and as fat as a bear, piled up a snow cannon in the snow with his snot in his nose. With his sleeves on, he pulled out the barrel of the gun vigorously, and shouted impassionedly.

"Brother Huang, stop punching, my brother's General Zhenshuo has already been built, aim at the cabinet, give an order!"

On the royal road not far from King Lu, Wanli was punching, and he was punching Baziquan. He moved and moved to a step square, which made the original mighty movements look a bit petty, but this did not delay the eyes of the palace people looking at the emperor. Watching the admiration of the gods appearing.

Because the emperor's feet are not on the ground, and he is always moving forward.

Under the emperor's feet is a cloud, a cloud carved from wood, with only a one-step-square plate in the middle, and in front of it is the huge Huode Xingjun, the steam engine designed by Wanli himself who has been sleeping with the emperor in the palace. A layer of skin.

It is the secret of Wanli, and no one in the whole world knows the true great use of the steam engine, even Jing Haibo does not know, only the powerful and intelligent Emperor Wanli knows: Huode Xingjun - can shovel snow.

The butt of the old Huode Xingjun has always had wheels, but since it hit the pillar stupidly for the first time in the bedroom, Wanli removed its wheels.

But it’s not a problem to remove the wheels. This guy will sneer all day long, and it’s annoying after listening to it for a long time. A military bull horn.

As a result, Chi Chi Chi turned into whine whine, and screamed even louder, so Huode Xingjun only stayed in the bedroom for an hour from birth to extinguishment, and was dismissed by the irritable Wanli Lord.

According to "Life Notes", on the night when Emperor Wanli created Huodexingjun, he once pointed at Huodexingjun and yelled: Who are you frightening all day long? I will punish you with your salary!Go to jail!
Obviously, this will become a knowledge point in hundreds of years.

What is the name of the first steam engine that went to prison in the history of our country?The answer is: Huode Xing Jungai, who was born in the early years of Wanli.

At least so far, two months have passed, and Emperor Wanli has no plans to release Lord Huode Xinggai from the imperial prison.

Now the steam engine under the emperor's feet should be called "Huode Xingjun has changed and changed again". It has been prepared since autumn. There are almost no other advantages to be found besides the perfect leather pressure relief valve.

The shape is bulky, the power is not large, the water storage is not much, and the thief wastes coal.

The outer wooden shell was custom-made by the craftsmen of Shenmu Factory according to Huode Xingjun's appearance, and two slanted baffles for shoveling snow were installed on the front face.

The snow on both sides of the imperial road in front of the Qianqing Palace was pushed out by it for two full days. In order to accommodate the driving habits of Lord Wanli, the chassis did not use four wheels but a three-wheel structure with rear drive and one rear. What driving habits?Naturally, it is riding a horse, so this Huode Xingjun has been modified and modified. The snowplow has no steering wheel and no handlebars.

Its steering mechanism is composed of an I-shaped iron handle that passes obliquely through Huode Xingjun's abdomen and back. The lower part is connected to the front wheel and the upper part is connected to a rein. Emperor Wanli relied on this to turn. This is an exquisite design. Sailu Gong couldn't think of it.

Although the human-computer interaction function is extremely poor, in fact, this thing does not need its turning function for the time being.

No, it's been a morning, and His Royal Highness King Lu has piled up the snow cannons, and after changing them, he hasn't brought Master Wanli to the place where he needs to turn.

After finishing a set of punches, Wanli stretched comfortably, put the reins around Huode Xingjun's neck, jumped out of the car and trotted for more than 20 steps, and said solemnly to King Lu: "Zhu Yichun! , you have to be more mature, even if I order your snow cannon to hit the cabinet."

Excited, King Lu blinked his eyes, looking extremely disappointed, he was so aggrieved that he wanted to cry: "The queen mother won't let my younger brother go to Xidaying to see the guns, saying that the emperor's brother is self-deprecating and self-deprecating if he mixes with the banner army , you only need to order your own soldiers to relieve His Majesty's sorrows and sorrows, my brother, my brother also knows it..."

"I hate getting into the law. The power of the cabinet has almost been shaken. It's okay that Mr. Zhang is here. If someone else is changed, how can I rest assured?"

Wanli chattered non-stop, bent over to pick up the snow and rubbed it in his palm, pouted and solemnly put his cold hand into Lu Wang's neck collar, then suddenly laughed, and put the other hand Passing out the snowball in his hand, he said: "Without shells, how can your snow cannon be shot?"

"You have to remember, one day, I will bombard the cabinet, and when I give the order, you will fight!"

King Lu took the snowball with a mouth that could tie a donkey. He didn't know what his brother meant, but he smiled through his tears and stuffed the snowball into the barrel of the snow cannon. , the younger brother will fight!"

Wanli also laughed, patted King Lu on the head, squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, and said softly: "The queen mother has lived in the harem for a long time, so what she said may not be true. Imperial power is books and swords. The emperor can't just read books and not dance swords. Know the sword, look down on the sword, the sword in their home is a gray sundry in the corner of the wall, not to mention killing the enemy, even if you will be cut by the sword sooner or later; It is a weapon, and it will be invincible.”

Saying that, Wanli pulled up King Lu's sleeves, and strode towards the palace gate: "Go, follow me to the telegraph office, and wish the soldiers all over the world a happy new year."

(End of this chapter)