met free Chapter 700 A Water Pump That Requires Neither Human nor Animal Power
Chapter 700 A Water Pump That Requires Neither Human nor Animal Power
Yu'er ignored Yang Shaofeng's sophistry, while Jin'er rolled her eyes at him and said, "What my husband thinks is not important. What's important is what His Highness the Crown Prince and the Duke of Han think."
"This is a massive project involving all the people of the entire Ming Dynasty, and it's a project that can affect future generations. How could His Highness the Crown Prince and the Duke of Han not be worried about it?"
"As long as you worry about this matter, His Highness the Crown Prince will surely find a way to make things difficult for you."
"Now it depends on whether you, as the brother-in-law, are quicker, or whether His Highness, as the brother-in-law, is more skillful."
Yang Shaofeng hummed in agreement, then picked up the small dragon ball and slurped it down twice.
My wife is right.
Zhu Biao is like a black sesame dumpling that's so dark it's almost multicolored. If I don't make the first move to mess with him, he'll definitely find a way to mess with me.
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this, Jin'er continued, "Anyway, the Crown Prince probably doesn't have much official business to attend to right now. If you want to mess with him, the best way is to sow discord between him and your godmother."
Yang Shaofeng's eyes lit up, and he asked, "What's the plan?"
Jin'er said with a smile, "Does my husband know what my godmother has been doing lately?"
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback, and replied, "I've been busy with those water pumps lately, how could I possibly know what my godmother has been up to?"
Jin'er suddenly lowered her head slightly and said in a low voice, "My godmother has been making clothes for children lately, both boys and girls, from clothes for newborns to clothes for children around ten years old. She said, she said..."
Seeing that Jin'er was hesitant and embarrassed to speak, Yu'er simply took over the conversation and said, "My godmother said that since my mother-in-law passed away early, she, as the maternal grandmother, prepared clothes for her grandson and granddaughter in advance."
As Jin'er and Yu'er finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng was completely stunned.
Having a mother-in-law like this is a blessing for me.
So, should we let Xiaodeng off the hook for now, for the sake of my mother-in-law?
After all, my mother-in-law is really good to me, her son-in-law.
But then Yang Shaofeng changed his mind.
My mother-in-law is good to me, so I will just be filial to her.
What does this have to do with that black sesame glutinous rice ball?
If I let him go, will he stop bothering his brother-in-law?
Jin'er continued, "His Highness the Crown Prince is eighteen years old this year. According to the newly revised 'Great Ming Code - Household Law - Marriage Law,' His Highness can only get married at the earliest in the seventh year of Hongwu's reign."
"In other words, the adoptive mother could not hold her grandson until the end of the seventh year of Hongwu or even the eighth year of Hongwu at the earliest."
"If my husband is willing, he can use this to sow discord between our adoptive mother and the Crown Prince at any time."
What the hell?
Should I take this to my mother-in-law and use it to put eye drops on the black sesame dumplings?
Yang Shaofeng shook his head and said, "That won't do."
"My wife just said that my mother-in-law is preparing baby clothes for our child."
"If we were to bring this up in front of my mother-in-law, it would not only be bad news for His Highness the Crown Prince, but also for me and the two of you."
"By then, my mother-in-law will be urging us to have a baby."
She was pressured to have a second child even before she transmigrated.
Even after time travel, they are pressured to have children.
Is this official destined to be constantly urged to serve?
Yang Shaofeng shook his head, clearing these random thoughts from his mind, and said, "If you want to cause trouble for His Highness the Crown Prince, you should try to find a solution through court affairs."
After a slight pause, Yang Shaofeng's eyes suddenly lit up.
"The Censorate!"
"Dali Temple!"
"This time, we'll start with the Censorate and the Court of Judicial Review!"
Yang Shaofeng said with a beaming smile, "The Secretariat has been reorganized into the Grand Secretariat. Do you think we can let the Censorate and the Court of Judicial Review get away with it?"
Jin'er sighed helplessly.
Is this how the phrase "逍遥法外" is used?
"Anyway, the original Censorate was useless. At most, it was used to boost my performance at the end of the month."
"Instead of letting them cause trouble for the old man, the prince, and me every day, it would be better to find them some productive work to do."
Yang Shaofeng picked up the small dragon ball and took a sip, saying with a satisfied smile, "Let's follow the Ministry of Works' approach to splitting things up, and have the Censorate and the Court of Judicial Review also split up."
“A portion of the Censorate will be separated and placed under neither the Cabinet nor anyone else’s jurisdiction. It will only be responsible for supervising officials at all levels.”
"No, that's not how it should be said. It should be a direct change to the structure of the Censorate, transforming it from a system of censors to one of oversight, review, and supervision."
"That's not right. It still needs to be split up. One part is what I just mentioned, and the other part needs to be split into the Chengdu Procuratorate, which is specifically for handling local cases. The power to adjudicate cases will be taken away from local officials and handed over to the local government offices of the Dali Temple."
"..."
Yang Shaofeng got more and more excited as he studied.
Just copying homework.
If there are ready-made assignments and you don't copy them, you're practically letting down the money the country subsidizes through the school, and even more so, you're letting down his earnest teachings.
Most importantly, this approach of reforming the Censorate and the Court of Judicial Review involves far more than just the Censorate and the Court of Judicial Review.
Zhu Chongba's old magistrate, Zhu Biao's young magistrate, the reorganized Central Secretariat, plus the various provincial administration commissions, judicial commissions, and prefectural offices—no one could escape them.
As for Liu Bowen... that old scoundrel must have lost ten or eight pounds of hair.
"The only problem is that it will take at least a year and a half to complete the changes."
Yang Shaofeng put down his teacup and said while pondering, "It will probably be more difficult than I imagined to persuade my father-in-law to reform the Censorate and the Court of Judicial Review."
After a slight pause, Yang Shaofeng simply got up from the recliner and said, "I'll go and write a memorial first."
……
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering how to write a memorial on the reform of the Censorate, Emperor Zhu was squatting in the ironworks in Ningyang County, looking at the strange sights.
Several craftsmen were gathered around a stove for boiling water, their eyes fixed on the kettle on the stove.
Watching the kettle lid bobbing up and down with the steam, one of the craftsmen scratched his head and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"
The craftsman next to him was also scratching his head.
The master of the house had a wild idea: he sent his men to look at the kettle, saying that if they could figure out how the steam from the kettle would lift the lid after boiling water, they could make a water press that required neither human nor animal power.
My goodness, what could possibly be the thought behind this?
In Ningyang County, which household doesn't have a stove?
Who hasn't seen what a kettle looks like when it boils?
It's the hot steam pushing up and down against the kettle lid.
Since it involves attaching a shaft to the lid of the kettle and connecting it to the water press with gears, how big of a kettle would it have to be to power the water press?