Bright moon and breeze (232)

It was June and it was very hot.

The Fourth Master sang the fan while circling anxiously.

Lin Yutong knew as soon as she looked at the situation, there was a major disaster. Man-made disasters, we are not afraid, we find a way to solve them, but natural disasters are very helpless. Whether you want to or not, you have to take advantage of them.

Lin Yutong stuffed the ice bowl into his hand, "Where is it again this time?"

Capital City!

"Fire, flood, hail...locust plague...or plague?" Lin Yutong said, seeing that the Fourth Master still did not move, her expression was stiff, "Don't be another earthquake?"

The capital city is shaken at any time, and the palace collapses at any time. Ming Dynasty, it is because people are destroyed, and it is also because God wants it to die! Think about it, the imperial palace and capital city represent a different meaning. People in the world also link natural disasters to whether the king cared for and righteousness. If you say that this is always shaken, you will be shocked. Can the hearts of the world be directed towards you?

Lin Yutong asked, "How old is it this time?"

The Fourth Master shook his head, "It's not an earthquake! It's a man-made disaster!" He sat back and held the ice bowl, and said, "It was recorded in June of this year. Within a radius of more than ten miles in the capital, everyone felt that it was an earthquake, the ground was shaking, and the house was shaking. Then there was a sudden thunder, followed by the house being shaken away, and the beams, tiles and stones flew across the streets. There was a big black cloud in the northwest corner of the capital, covering the sky and the sun, which lasted for two hours before dissipating. Everyone thought it was an earthquake, but after the investigation, it was not an earthquake, but an gunpowder explosion in Anmin Factory in Xizhimenli.

|The explosion was made, and the city wall was destroyed. It was more than ten miles in a radius. It was completely blown up. Trees fell and houses collapsed, and corpses were all over the ground. More than ten thousand people were killed or injured!"

Lin Yutong: "...I remember correctly?"

No!

Lin Yutong couldn't help but want to swear, "The explosion in the second year of the Apocalypse... It was the gunpowder depot of Wang Gongchang itself. People at that time would not think about how mysterious it was. They must have linked this with gunpowder! In history, more than 20,000 people died that time, so I learned the lesson. This gunpowder was dangerous and could not be in the capital or in the places where the people were concentrated! But what happened? Wang Gongchang was in the southwest corner, and An Minchang was in the northwest corner. What happened? I exploded it next to the capital! The gunpowder did not blow up others, so I exploded myself first. How did I do this?"

The Fourth Master waved his hand, it would be better not to say anything about the Ming Dynasty in history! The question is, "We don't allow gunpowder to produce inventory in places with a lot of people, right?"

right!

"I also asked someone to check it carefully. Even the firecracker warehouse is not allowed to be placed in the city. Every merchant selling firecrackers has a registration, and the inventory volume is stipulated. Even if it is exploded, the damage is limited. At most, a house or a fire caused by this. It is also called the yamen issued a notice to these merchants. Everyone knows how to store these things. Almost every merchant is hidden in the cellar, sealed with oil cloth..." It is better to lose these firecrackers than cause a disaster if they cool down and prevent moisture.

This is nothing wrong.

"I also issued an order before, asking all the yamen to investigate whether there are those who make gunpowder privately. Once discovered, they will be guilty of rebellion."

Yes! But what was found?

"Nothing was found!"

Lin Yutong's expression became solemn. Even for private profit, she should have made it secretly. But how could it not be? She knew what the Fourth Master was worried about. He was afraid that there was no such workshop in the capital, but there might not be any other place. If it were still in the city, it would have been a disaster.

Check! You have to check again.

Not! You will be afraid of whatever you want.

Half a month later, the following memorial came, saying that it was the Yingtian earthquake that caused a fire. After more than ten miles northeast corner of the city, all were damaged, with more than ten thousand casualties. The Yingtian prefect submitted a memorial to pray for the court to provide relief.

The Fourth Master immediately threw the note away and regarded this behavior as a natural disaster!

This is just an unintentional attempt to cover up the mistake, or a deliberate attempt to tell the world: Look! The royal family has no early warning this time!

When Lin Yutong was called back by Zhou Bao and others, the Fourth Master was still angry in the study! She picked up the note and looked at it, then asked, "Are you worried that this is a very involved case!"

Yes! This must be a nest case! It is an amazing nest case.

The Fourth Master said, "It must be an earthquake! So who built a gunpowder factory in Yingtian on a large scale, even the eyes of Qiu Liujing were covered. What did they build this gunpowder factory? To build fireworks? Where did such a large gunpowder factory come from? Is there something wrong with the mine, or did someone hide it from the court and mine a private mine? The officials in Yingtian are all blind? The sulfur and other objects come in and out of the city gate, and they can't see it!? There is also the garrison, it is their duty to guard the city guards? They don't notice the bulk raw materials and even gunpowder entering and leaving the city gate? Who are they covering up? What is the purpose? Yingtian is not as good as it is.

He is the capital at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it has always been the capital! The geographical location of it determines that if there is a problem here, it will inevitably involve several provinces in Jiangnan." Even if the cabinet ministers are sent down, the case will have to be postponed for a long time. But this matter cannot be postponed. The more it is dragged, the worse it will be! Where did the gunpowder they made privately before? It must have been built privately... Once these people have firearms in private, this is a big mess! Once the other party has firearms, once they reach the stage of suppressing the rebellion, it will have to pay a heavy price! Life and city are easy to destroy and rebuild! When the Jiangnan chaos and destruction are caused, the court will have to block this hole in the future!"

This is the emperor who is far away! Due to the difficulties of state affairs, I never thought about going to the southern tour! I really couldn't afford to go to the southern tour, and I had no choice but to leave the government. Now, after Qi Ming grew up, even if he was traveling for a few years, he or the Fourth Master would have to go south to see it. Such a big change involves the interests of so many people, how could he be obedient and like a cat? No one was thinking about shining his paw!

Of course, this is all a story later. What’s important now is how to deal with this matter at the moment!

Lin Yutong said, "Qi Ming is too young, he can't do this! If you move, the movement will be huge. What if they do it alone?" Besides, the other party has a firearm, and it is too dangerous for the Fourth Master to go! He just can't run away if he wants to run away, so, "I'll go! I'll tell you that I took these newly collected girls to the Women's Army to train troops."

The Fourth Master pondered for a moment and said to Tongtong, "Don't be careless, and don't underestimate the current firearm! They don't know how to control it. If they don't know how to control it, it's even more dangerous."

I know! How can I not know this?

"Don't show up first!" said the Fourth Master, "The court still has to send people, even if it's to verify it! So many people were killed and injured, and one quarter of the city was blown up with more than 10,000 people. It's strange that the court didn't send people."

Who will I send?

"The cabinet has to choose one... Ji Chengli!" said the Fourth Master, "This person is slick. In the eyes of many people, he was selected by the way of praising the holy will. They would think that such people are generally better than having more things than having less things..."

Well! Reduce the other party's vigilance.

"There must be someone going to the Censorate! Just Huang Zunsu!"

Huang Zunsu is a member of the Donglin Party and belongs to the "old" sect. This time, there must be "old" officials involved. Huang Zunsu's identity is another layer of paralysis.

Moreover, whether it is Ji Chengli or Huang Zunsu, they are all involved with the East Palace. The Fourth Master was going to establish his authority for the prince!

After following the Fourth Master, he said, "Change someone from the Ministry of Personnel..."

Well! If a large number of officials are involved, the appointment and removal of officials can be arranged on the spot. But who will be transferred here?

"Liu Zongzhou!" said the Fourth Master, and asked someone to send oral orders, asking the three of them to come first.

Then Tongtong could prepare. She knew that Liu Zongzhou was Huang Zongxi's teacher. This would ensure that the three people were sent out to try not to argue. Then she would prepare, "I will take those female students with me."

"Qiu Liujing is following you secretly, asking Liu Qiao to take his people to follow you!"

Qiu Liujing is not only responsible for the news, but also has to clean up their internal affairs. Liu Qiao has special personnel trained in his hands. So far, this team has not been announced to the outside world, but internally, they are called Jiaziying.

Lin Yutong first arranged for her family and asked Qitai to pick her up. She asked the old man from the Lin family to live directly with Qitai in Zhuziying, saying that it was too hot and sent to her for the summer vacation.

After talking to Qiming, he just said it simply. Qiming frowned, "It's time to ask my son to go!" "It's too tender, young man!" Lin Yutong patted his son's shoulder, "You can watch first, don't worry."

There was no mother who charged in the battle, and her son hid behind her, "You asked Liu Qiao to follow her son..."

Liu Qiao will follow me!

"Then I will go with you!"

If you leave, it will not be very useful. You can help your father! Since your mother is all my mother, then your father is also a father. At such an old age, you can at least reduce the burden. On a hot day, your father sat there with a prickly heat.

By the way! Prickly heat! Prickly heat powder, you all have to use it on time!

Qiming didn't understand, why was his father so heart so big? He really called his mother like that!

He ran to ask his father, who said, "People must be self-aware."

Then what?

His father looked at him helplessly, "I know myself!"

What does it mean?

"I know that in some things, I am not as good as your mother." The naughty child, do you have to ask someone to say this? "You are not as good as your mother in some convenience!"

I am not as good as my mother!

More than that! Your mother never embarrasses your father. She actually thinks it is unreliable for me to go there, and she still has to find a reasonable excuse to convince me, "In these aspects, why should you compare with your mother?! Go and work honestly! When you can take care of the affairs in the court, will we keep one by one?"

Regardless of whether he was willing or not, the next day, before the imperial envoy set off, the Fourth Master took eleven students and got on two carriages and went directly to the pier in Tongzhou.

It was not dawn when I left, and I had been leaving for a long time. I was leaving the city! Didn’t I mean to go to the Detachment of Women? This is not true!

Wu Yingying asked Guo Dongli next to her, "Where are you going?"

When Guo Dongli knew that he had left the city, he shook his head, "It's not clear yet, so I can't see clearly."

To distinguish the direction, you can’t just know it by looking at it!

Chen Yuanyuan knew that she had just returned from the south and she was familiar with the journey. Therefore, she looked at Zhu Guyu in a vague way.

Zhu Guyu took a nap with his eyes half-squinted, and no one looked at him.

It was not until half a day later that they were sure that they were going south.

The clothes prepared for each of them were washed and replaced on hot days. They were all light short knots, not men's clothes, but very light women's clothes. After changing them, they came out from it. Obviously, most people are not used to dressing like this. They looked at each other. The deck was too hot, so it would be better to go to the cabin. The sir is still waiting.

Lin Yutong looked at them and told them to sit down. Then she said, "Sometimes it's like this. When you can't go out, you yearn for going out. But when you really go out, you must be mentally prepared, that's hard work! A heaven like this, the court needs it, and you have to take errands on your body. Not to mention the heat, you have to do whatever you need to do."

Yes! There is this benefit if you don’t go out. You can hide in the house and hide for the whole summer.

Lin Yutong was the one who wanted to give up? If so, it wouldn't be too late. But if you don't leave now, you really can't leave at any time."

Wu Xianger shrank her neck, wiped her sweat, and swallowed the words of remorse! Her father blew out all the things he had chosen. This time, his father would definitely not say anything, but he couldn't bear to ask his father to lose face in front of his colleagues and friends!

Fang Yihui only asked, "Is it related to the matter of Qiuzhen Pavilion?"

Lin Yutong looked at her seriously, "Related! Maybe this time I can help a lot."

OK! Then I'm fine.

“No one quit?”

No!

If not, then stay quietly and tell you what you should tell you. I will tell you.

So, I was quiet all the way. Is it okay to be idle? No! The empress taught them how to change their appearance, what can change the color of their skin, and it cannot be washed off. How to apply makeup to lighten the original characteristics, etc.

So, when you arrive at the place, you will not be eleven beautiful girls. Some dress up as men, while others dress up as peasant girls who are not good-looking.

Lin Yutong glanced at Xing Yuan, only she learned the best and dressed up well! Her body was round and plump, and it would be very inconsistent to dress up as a man. So she made her skin yellow or black, like a sloppy village woman, even her teeth had yellow stains.

It would be much more convenient to cover up your appearance. After getting off the boat, I walked around half of the city, and there were white banners hanging at the door of half of the city. This was the funeral. When I walked around to the place where the accident happened, I felt that a corner of the city had been completely destroyed.

A big fire?

This is not a fire!

Fang Yihui looked at the trees that were only trunks left on the ground, and beams on the road, and tiles everywhere. How could this be the fire after the earthquake?!

Isn’t this lies with open eyes?
To be continued...