Zhang Cai himself did not have many evil deeds, but when he served as the Minister of Personnel, he cooperated with Liu Jin and got the hat of others, so enemies were everywhere.

For officials, blocking their future is tantamount to killing their parents. Therefore, although Zhang Cai only does things for Liu Jin, the hatred of a person is definitely not small. At the beginning, Liu Jin used Zhang Cai's hats to card all officials and forced them to give money, each of which was at least a thousand taels, or even a few thousand taels. In order to give gifts to Liu Jin, many officials even had to borrow usury.

But because Liu Jin cleverly made a fake account book and gave all the money to Zhengde, Zhengde spared Liu Jin's life and asked him to go to Nanjing to guard the Xiaoling Mausoleum of Ming. As soon as Liu Jin left, the officials who were bullied by him immediately could not find a partner to vent their anger. Therefore, Liu Jin's followers were all affected before.

Cao Yuan, who had already entered the cabinet, was forced to resign. However, all officials did not let him go. In the end, Cao Yuan was dismissed from both sides and no longer enjoyed the treatment of retired deputy state-level, but was directly punished for the common people. Even the treatment of scholars as Jinshi was cancelled.

In addition to Cao Yuan, Shi Wenyi, the commander of the Jinyiwei who once clinged to Liu Jin, was also arrested. This guy was unlucky. The Jinyiwei was a department that could not stand the investigation, and Shi Wenyi helped Liu Jin do a lot of dirty work. Therefore, this guy was the most unlucky and was executed directly.

In addition, Jiao Fang, a retired former cabinet minister, was also held accountable and his retirement benefits at the vice-national level were cancelled.

There is another person named Liu Yu who has also joined the cabinet. Although he has only been a cabinet master for a few months, he has retired with the vice-state treatment. However, in this liquidation, Liu Yu's retirement treatment was also cancelled. It should be pointed out that Liu Yu was the first person to bribe Liu Jin to tens of thousands of gold, which raised Liu Jin's appetite. Before Liu Yu bribed Liu Jin, the bribes that Liu Jin accepted were usually only a few hundred taels. With Liu Yu's bribe as a model, Liu Jin later raised the price... And as the first person to bribe Liu Jin, Liu Yu's position was also rocket-like, and he had a chance to resign himself before retirement... But Liu Jin fell and his cabinet master's treatment was gone...

But when it comes to the most hated Liu Jin's party, Zhang Cai. Who said he was the specific person who was Liu Jin's neck? But when the investigation was later, the officials were surprised to find that Zhang Cai himself had no flaws... Except for asking for a beautiful concubine twice, he had no bad records... Moreover, asking for a beautiful concubine from others was not a sin in ancient times...

Therefore, now all officials gritted their teeth at Zhang Cai, but they could not find any evidence that could exile his entire family. They could only use the charge of "climbing to the eunuch party" to search his home first, and cancel his retirement benefits and identity as a scholar...

However, during this period, the court's call for Zhang Cai's family to be exiled to Lingnan was still very loud. However, there was no suitable reason for it for a while.

...

Zhengde actually knew that Zhang Cai was the most talented official under Liu Jin, and his talent exceeded most court officials. However, everyone is beating Zhang Cai in the court. Even Zhengde cannot help him, otherwise he will definitely be criticized by the ministers.

However, Zhengde was unwilling to let Marin, the strange man, poach Zhang Cai...

"Ma Aiqing, Zhang Cai is also a talented person. I'm so unwilling to give it to you for free..." The young Zhengde said bluntly.

Marin smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, I will not let you suffer a loss this time!"

"Oh? Why don't I suffer a loss?" Zhengde said curiously.

"Honeycomb coal!" Marin said only three simple words.

...

In fact, it was something Marin had already considered to have made honeycomb coal come out in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Marin used tricks to exchange it from John II, Duke of Cliff to a large area of ​​land in the Ruhr area. Then, he also tried to seize the territory of Reklinhausen and other Ruhr area. The purpose was to make coal in the Ruhr area.

However, after obtaining most of the territory of the Ruhr area, Marin did not dare to take out the honeycomb coal technology at once. Otherwise, John II and others would definitely repent. Moreover, John II is an ally of Marin. If he takes out the honeycomb coal technology too early, it will give people the impression of cheating his teammates. In this era of melee, the infamy of cheating his teammates is unfair.

Therefore, Malin had long planned to take advantage of the opportunity to go to the Ming Dynasty to let the honeycomb coal technology appear. In this way, everyone has nothing to say. You see, I went to the Ming Dynasty to find out that there is honeycomb coal technology, and I don’t really want to cheat you...

But in fact, honeycomb coal technology was a technology that appeared in the 20th century. It was invented by Guo Wende from Texas, Shandong in 1949. This invention is inconspicuous, but in the second half of the 20th century, almost most urban residents used honeycomb coal to cook, and the number of people benefited from hundreds of millions...

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty now does not have honeycomb coal technology. Malin's plan is to provide honeycomb coal technology to the Ming Dynasty first, and then pretend that he had learned the technology from here...

And the person Marin wants to provide technology to is naturally Emperor Zhengde...

...

But Emperor Zhengde did not understand the value of honeycomb coal. Seeing the small honeycomb coal stove in front of him, Emperor Zhengde asked curiously:

"Ma Aiqing, what is this? Can this thing be worth a Zhang Cai?" Zhengde looked like "You are teasing me."

Marin did not answer positively, but asked:

"Your Majesty, how much firewood is needed to cook a meal?"

Zhengde shook his head. He was born in the palace, how could he know this?

Marin had to answer:

"A bundle of firewood is needed for a meal, and three meals a day requires a large bundle of firewood. Even if it is transported by a trolley, a truck of firewood is not allowed to burn for a few days."

Then, Marin pointed to the honeycomb coal stove and said:

"But this kind of honeycomb coal can be burned for one day with only three pieces of money, saving some use. And honeycomb coal transported by a small cart can be burned for a month..."

“That price…”

"I asked and found out that the cost of coal is about 1 cent per kilogram, while one honeycomb coal costs more than two kilograms, and three kilograms are only six or seven kilograms, which is only a few cents. But three pieces of honeycomb coal can satisfy the needs of a family for cooking and water."

"And, honeycomb coal does not occupy space. The emperor should know that every household now has a special woodshed, which is full of firewood. If honeycomb coal is used, firewood may not be needed. Just pile it in the corner of the kitchen..."

"This is a great thing..." Zhengde nodded. In ancient times, there was a saying that "living in Chang'an is not easy." The poor people have limited housing, but they have to free up a room for the other party's firewood, which is indeed a waste. In addition, buying so much firewood, the cost of just a porter who transports firewood is not low.

According to historical records, during the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an spent 550 kilograms of firewood per year, equivalent to 1.5 kilograms per day, that is, three kilograms. For a family of five, he consumed 15 kilograms of firewood per day...

But the price of firewood is higher than that of coal. Malin went to the market to inquire about it. Firewood is 160 yuan per 100 kilograms, which is 1.6 yuan per kilogram. Charcoal is more expensive, 480 yuan per 100 kilograms, which is 4.8 yuan per kilogram. Straw is cheaper, but it is also slightly higher than coal...

Moreover, 80% of honeycomb coal is coal, and 20% is yellow mud and water. 3 pieces of honeycomb coal weigh 7.5 kilograms, but in fact only 6 kilograms of coal...

Compared with 6 kilograms of coal, 15 kilograms of firewood, and the unit price of firewood is higher than that of coal...

Not only that, you don’t need to prepare a wood-room to cook rice using honeycomb coal...
Chapter completed!