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Zhao Ji said to the young eunuch who reported the matter: "Announcement."

The great eunuch Liang Shi trotted into the palace, and after bowing and bowing, he reported with a serious face:

"The old slave received the edict and went to Taifu's Mansion to hold Taifu Yang accountable for his mistakes.

Unexpectedly, Taifu Yang has been ill and has been bedridden for three months, and his oil is almost exhausted.

The old slave asked him only a few or five sentences according to the order, and Taifu Yang expressed his loyalty to His Majesty, but he also realized that he had made many mistakes in the process of running errands for the official family."

Zhao Ji felt a little impatient and said: "Sir Liang, please make a long story short."

"I obey the order," Liang Shicheng said:

"Taifu Yang died of illness!"

Zhao Ji's complexion couldn't help but change.

Although, he had known for a long time that Yang Jian had been bedridden due to serious illness since the end of last year, and he also expected that Yang Jian would not be around for too long;

However, the sudden news of Yang Jian's death from illness still shocked the Zhao Guan family.

Alas! Yang Jian, who once served as an eunuch and held high positions from imperial court to imperial tutor, did indeed do many unscrupulous things for Song Huizong, the original owner of my body, and thereby also helped Song Huizong’s Zuo Zangku and others.

Yang Jian made countless personal fortunes...

Yang Jian, the once famous eunuch, died of illness quietly like this?!

Zhao Ji couldn't help but feel a little turbulent in his heart.

Zhao Ji asked: "What were Taifu Yang's last words before his death?"

Liang Shicheng replied:

"Before Taifu Yang died, he cried bitterly.

He lamented how kind Zhao Guan's family was to him.

Blame himself for the wrong things he has done,

His last words were: He is willing to donate all his family property and land to the official Zuotang treasury."

Zhao Ji was happy in his heart, but his expression was pretending to be serious.

Zhao Ji knew that Yang Jian had been favored by the original owner of his body, Song Huizong, for nearly twenty years. He was once appointed as the military commander of the Changhua Army, and finally became the Taifu.

When Yang Jian was in charge of work in areas such as Jingxi East Road and Huaibei North Road, he forced the people to rent abandoned dikes, barren hills and shoals, and river siltation areas to increase rents. He also did not prevent floods and droughts, and the local people suffered deeply.

Harmful.

Most of the huge rent collected by Yang Jian went into the treasury of the original owner Song Huizong for him to squander, and the other part should have gone into Yang Jian's personal pocket...

As a time traveler, Zhao Ji naturally knew that after Yang Jian died of illness three years after Xuanhe, the original owner Song Huizong posthumously awarded him the title of Grand Master and Duke of Wu, and he was buried in glory.

It was only in the early years of Jingkang that Song Qinzong issued an edict to seize the official position given to Yang Jian.

After Zhao Jiluo thought deeply, he objectively commented:

"Yang Jian has been loyal to me throughout his life.

However, when they were reclaiming the Western Protectorate, they forced the people to rent abandoned dykes, barren hills and shoals, and rivers silted up land. They also increased the rent and tax, and did not prevent floods and droughts. The local people suffered greatly, and

To profit from it, there is a lot of corruption, which leads to many people revolting. This is the crime.

Therefore, I seize the position of Grand Tutor Yang Jian and bury him according to the rites of a seventh-grade eunuch. In order to show the world that the laws of the Song Dynasty are strict."

Liang Shicheng knelt down and flattered the emperor without missing a chance, saying:

"The official sage! The official's final words on Yang Jian's coffin will definitely be recorded in the annals of history and serve as a warning to future generations of favored eunuchs!"

Zhao Ji was not too impressed by Liang Shicheng's flattery. He said calmly:

"My words should not only serve as a warning to future generations, but also serve as a warning to the current generation!"

When Liang Shicheng heard Zhao Guanjia's words, he felt like thunder, and his heart began to beat rapidly.

After all, Liang Shicheng has been in a similar situation to Yang Jian in the past twenty years since he was favored, and he himself is not clean either!

Zhao Ji added: "Sir Liang, you will be responsible for presiding over Yang Jian's funeral. Everything must be simple and speedy!"

Liang Shicheng said: "Old slave obeys the order..."

How much of a master-servant relationship does Zhao Ji, a time traveler, have towards Yang Jian?

Almost nothing!

He was not like the original owner of his body, Song Huizong, who loved and trusted Yang Jian so much that he could not live without him.

Zhao Ji told Liang Shicheng:

"After quickly burying Yang Jian,

I will then give Liang Daguan the authority to lead the Royal City Division's personal guard of one hundred people.

Under the command of Liang Daguan, he took over Yang Jian's residence, family property, land title and other matters.

After collecting all these, according to Yang Jian’s last wish, put them all into my Zuotang treasury!”

Liang Shicheng immediately became energetic, knelt down and said:

"Old slave obeys the order and will definitely handle this job well and live up to the holy hope."

Zhao Ji waved his hand and said: "Sir Liang, please step down and go on your errands quickly!"

Zhao Ji looked at Liang Shicheng's chubby back and sighed in his heart:

"I want to put all of Yang Jian's wealth into Zuozangtreasure, which means it will be included in my inner treasury;

In fact, I do not intend to use this huge sum of money for personal squandering like the original owner Song Huizong.

But it is of great use.

Before this, I had appointed Chen Gui to be in charge of the development of muskets, artillery, gunpowder packets, and grenades, but that was really too expensive!"

…

At the end of last year, under the leadership of Chen Gui, a musket was developed based on the design drawings of several gunpowder weapons drawn by Zhao Ji.

This musket is much more advanced than the conventional bamboo musket. It has a barrel made of steel.

However, after experimental testing, this new type of musket of the Song Dynasty is actually similar to the first generation musket. Its killing power and range are not as strong as the arrows fired by crossbows.

As a time traveler, Zhao Ji knew that for a long time after the West first developed muskets, on the battlefield, soldiers from the two countries set up muskets and basically lined up to "shoot" each other.

If the musketeers of the two European countries did not line up, then the accuracy and range of Thaksin's muskets would not be able to kill the other party.

In the development process of world firearms history,

One theory is that gunpowder came from China and was later introduced to the West through Marco Polo;

Another theory is that when China's Yuan Dynasty cavalry conquered Europe, they brought weapons made of gunpowder to the West...

When muskets first appeared in Europe, the power of muskets was not as good as bows and arrows. Their range was very short, changing gunpowder was time-consuming and laborious, and it was impossible to aim. After one round, gunpowder had to be loaded for the next round.

European countries still insist on developing and researching gunpowder weapons and insist on using them.

In Europe during the Renaissance, in addition to the rapid development of various cultures, wars between various countries were also relatively frequent.

The frequent wars have caused European countries to become more dependent on firearms, and their investment in research and development has also become relatively higher.

Therefore, in the next hundreds of years, the level of firearms in Europe began to develop rapidly, gradually equaling or even surpassing China. Finally, in the late Qing Dynasty, the Western powers used strong ships and cannons to crack open China's

National gate...

The time traveler Zhao Ji knew how powerful the guns of later generations were, and he must develop guns in the Song Dynasty.

However, Zhao Ji has given orders to Chen Gui that muskets must be continuously developed and upgraded, but there is no need to put them into mass production for the time being. After all, the current muskets are still very poor in terms of power, range, hit rate, and reloading speed.

Zhao Ji asked Chen Gui to focus on the development of artillery, grenades and explosive packets.

This will be of great use in the upcoming national war between Song and Jin.

In recent months, Zhao Ji has been having a headache because the firearms manufacturing workshop in Beijing is really expensive to develop firearms.

Firearms manufacturer Chen Gui filed several memorials in succession, asking for money from Zhao Guan's family...

At the beginning, the funds required for firearms development were still allocated from the national treasury.

However, at the beginning of this year, the national treasury, which had been squandered by the original owner of Zhao Ji, was already overwhelmed.

In order to allow Chen Gui to lead the craftsmen and developers to develop gunpowder weapons with peace of mind, Zhao Ji made an exception and allocated funds from the emperor's inner treasury (i.e. Zuozangku) to the firearms manufacturing workshop.

Now, Zhao Ji heard the last words left by Yang Jian, the eunuch who had been corrupt for many years, before he died of illness. He wanted to donate all his family wealth to Zuo Zangku. This was a timely help to Zhao Ji.

Therefore, Zhao Ji still saved the last trace of face for Yang Jian. He also investigated all of Yang Jian's corruption crimes, not to mention taking away all his official titles and killing his body.

…

The eunuch Liang Shicheng's work efficiency is really fast.

After receiving the order from Zhao Guan's family, he led a group of young eunuchs and servants and rushed to Yang Jian's Taifu Mansion. That afternoon, Yang Jian was buried in the coffin with the ceremony of a seventh-grade eunuch...

Then, before the sun had set, Master Liang led the crowd to pull the coffin of Yang Jian out of the city, found a barren hill at random, dug a big hole and buried it...
To be continued...