The Emperor was assassinated. No matter inside or outside the Imperial Palace, everyone was in an uproar, and everyone was in a panic.
Compared with the last time, this time it was even more serious. As the saying goes, it could happen once but not twice. Everyone was afraid of this kind of thing!
Even Zhang Juzheng was busy cleaning up the mess, not to mention the others. It was truly a case of three surprises a day.
However, people didn't expect that there would be news of this matter so soon.
After the investigation by the new Factory Supervisor of Dongchang, Zhang Jing, there was a clue about the matter. It was done by Qin Hai, a eunuch trusted by Chen Hong.
Because Chen Hong was framed by Feng Bao and sent to Dongchang Prison, Qin Hai poisoned Feng Bao to avenge Chen Hong.
The process was also very simple. When the Emperor gave the almond pastry to Feng Bao as a reward, it was Qin Hai who brought the almond pastry to him. In the process, Qin Hai poisoned Feng Bao, causing Feng Bao to die.
This matter had nothing to do with the assassination of the Emperor. The murderer wanted to assassinate Feng Bao.
When the news came out, countless people breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that it was not the assassination of the Emperor.
As for Feng Bao's death, no one cared. Anyway, it was a eunuch who died, so he was dead.
The eunuchs and maids in the Imperial Palace also breathed a sigh of relief. This matter couldn't be better to end here.
Some people missed Feng Bao's death, but it was useless. What kind of place was the Imperial Palace? There was no one here to listen to you cry out for injustice.
Of course, there were smart people in the Imperial Palace and outside the Imperial Palace. The case of Feng Bao's death was closed too hastily, and the process of the matter was too absurd. But no one was stupid enough to stand out and say it.
Those who could see through it were all smart people, and they understood the principle of seeing through it but not saying it.
After receiving Zhang Jing's report, Queen Dowager Li breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Zhang Jing said that the eunuch who tasted the food was fine, which proved that the poisoning was done in the process of bringing the food to the Emperor.
It was the eunuch who brought the food to the emperor. He didn't let anyone else do it, so he could guarantee that there was no problem.
Thus, he suspected that something had gone wrong during the process of bringing it to Feng Bao. Thus, he interrogated Qin Hai and found out the truth.
Queen Dowager Li didn't doubt it. As long as it wasn't an assassination attempt on her son, there wouldn't be a big problem.
However, Queen Dowager Li was also angry in her heart. What if my precious son was accidentally hurt?
Since Queen Dowager Li had passed the test, naturally, no one came out to complain. The matter soon came to a conclusion.
Chen Hong was banished to Nanjing to serve as a cleansing army. Qin Hai was sentenced to capital punishment. The thunder was loud but the rain was small. Just like that, this matter passed.
As for the Minister Of The Crown, the Minister Of The Crown committed suicide to escape punishment in prison, so the matter was not pursued.
Gao Gong confirmed that he was innocent. He removed the Imperial Bodyguard and allowed Minister Gao to enjoy his retirement.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the matter was resolved. With the arrival of winter, the weather gradually turned cold. Zhu Yijun gave the students in the school a holiday.
In addition to exercising every day, Zhu Yijun's attention was focused on the glass.
A lot of glass had been burned out, but the quality of the first part wasn't very good. All of it was taken by Wu Qingbo and Li Wei to make greenhouses.
If they used glass to make vegetable greenhouses in the future, they would definitely be scolded. However, there was plastic in that era, but not in this era.
The vegetable greenhouses were built in the Imperial Plantation. Wu Qingbo and Li Wei were already prepared to make a fortune when winter came.
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Wu Qingbo and Li Wei sat on the chair. They felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.
Not far from them, their grandson, the emperor, was holding a teacup and taking a sip.
The atmosphere in the main hall was a little dull. Wu Qingbo and Li Wei shook their buttocks. They couldn't help it.
"Your Majesty, it's almost the New Year. Should we start selling our glassware?"
Wu Qingbo and Li Wei felt a little wronged. If it were up to him, they would have started selling the glassware long ago. Why would they wait until now?
"Grandpa, it's not that simple!"
Zhu Yijun wasn't in a hurry. He said with a smile, "There are many things in the world that are valuable, especially in business. We have to think about increasing the value of the goods."
"If we prepare well, we can earn back everything."
Reaching out to take a few pieces of paper, Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "There are some things in here. Grandpa, take them back and ask someone to make them. As long as you make them, we can start selling the glass immediately. How about it?"
Li Wei quickly took the paper and said with a smile on his face, "Okay, I'll ask someone to make it when I get back."
The things on the paper were actually very simple. There was a telescope, of course, a single-barreled telescope, and a mirror.
Of course, it wasn't the silver-plated mirror of the future. It was possible to make a small number of those things in the laboratory, but it was unrealistic to mass-produce them.
Electroless silver plating was very difficult to do in this era. This method was to dissolve silver nitrate in water, add ammonia and sodium hydroxide solution, and dilute it into silver hydroxide and ammonia compound salt to make a silver plating solution.
Not to mention the reducing agent, just the silver plating solution alone could make the electroless silver plating die in the womb.
However, there was a simple method, which was the tin amalgam method, which used mercury to attach tin foil to the glass.
This method was harmful, but it was simple and could be produced on a large scale.
Zhu Yijun listed in detail how to control the damage to the body, but Zhu Yijun also knew that this method would inevitably harm a lot of people.
However, there was nothing Zhu Yijun could do. After all, this kind of thing was unavoidable. In the future, the development of the economy had to be at the expense of the environment.
The economy and the environment developed together. That was something that could only be done after the economy developed. If you couldn't even afford to eat and could starve to death at any time, how could you talk about protecting the environment?
The only thing Zhu Yijun could do was to tell his grandfather to strictly implement it. He would also send eunuchs to keep an eye on it.
"Grandpa, you must be careful when producing the mirrors, or else people will die."
"Our mirrors are all worth money. If people really die, it will delay the production."
Zhu Yijun told Wu Qingbo and Li Wei, "And if too many people die, there will be problems. It will be very troublesome if the censor impeaches them."
Wu Qingbo and Li Wei waved their hands and said with a smile, "This is easy to handle. Let the prisoners do the dangerous work.
I will get some prisoners to do it. This can also save a lot of money for the yamen. Why not? "
"The people who do the work are all my confidants. I can't bear to let them die."
Zhu Yijun touched his nose awkwardly and nodded, "Okay then!
It's settled. "
Although Zhu Yijun agreed, he still wanted to send people to keep an eye on it. He felt that if the scale was really big, there would be people buying and selling slaves.
It was allowed to buy and sell slaves in this era, but it was not allowed to force people to be slaves.
"Abolish the lowly status!"
Zhu Yijun added another line to his reform in his heart.
As for the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Yijun didn't admire much, including Kangxi and Qianlong. However, there was one emperor he admired, and that was Yongzheng.
In history, it was Yongzheng's reform that abolished the lowly status and implemented the system of farming.