Everyone in the Huang family stood at the door to greet him.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, motioning for everyone to stand up, and then walked in.

The atmosphere in the entire Huang family seemed a bit gloomy.

In recent years, although Huang Kezuan's reputation has not been good, no one dares to underestimate him.

Huang Kezuan has always been sitting in the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and he is also a bachelor of the cabinet. His position is very stable. This is very revealing.

So at this time, there were also many people in the Huang family.

Not far after walking in, Zhu Youxiao saw Han Xu.

"Your Majesty, Han Xu, is here to see you." Seeing Zhu Youxiao, Han Xu quickly bowed and saluted with a respectful tone.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Han Xu with a look of helplessness on his face. He sighed and said, "I know Aiqing is in a state of shock, but you still have to take care of yourself."

At this time, Han Xu was very old, and his eye circles were still a little red.

After all, he and Huang Kezuan are about the same age, and the two have been considered an alliance in the officialdom over the years, and their relationship is very good.

Huang Kezuan left suddenly, and it was understandable that Han Xu couldn't accept it. On the one hand, he lost such an important ally, and on the other hand, he thought of himself.

Isn’t Huang Kezuan’s today his own tomorrow?

Han Xu was naturally very sad. After hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, he quickly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"How are you doing?" Zhu Youxiao nodded and said nothing more. After all, Huang Kezuan was the protagonist on this occasion.

"It's not good to go back to Your Majesty," Han Xu said quickly.

Turning to look at Wei Chao beside him, Zhu Youxiao asked directly: "Where is the imperial doctor?"

"Go back to Your Majesty and wait outside." Wei Chao quickly agreed.

"Then let him come in." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said.

Not long after, the imperial doctor came in from outside.

This is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a slim build and a square face.

After seeing Zhu Youxiao, he hurriedly saluted and said: "I am Changsheng, and I would like to see your Majesty."

This Fang Changsheng, a key figure in a large hospital, had also presided over the research of new drugs a few days ago.

Fang Changsheng's health has been poor in the past two years, so he has not been in charge of new drug research. On weekdays, he only treats patients and grasps the general direction of research when he has time.

This time Huang Kezuan was ill and Fang Changsheng came over, which represented Zhu Youxiao's attention to Huang Kezuan.

"Okay, get up." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said.

At this time, he was too lazy to be polite and asked directly: "How is Huang Aiqing's health?"

"Go back to Your Majesty and I can rescue you." Fang Changsheng said directly.

Everyone in the room suddenly looked surprised, and the expressions on their faces relaxed.

this is a good news.

This is true even for Zhu Youxiao.

Han Xu has some energy.

"Okay, okay, then treat well and report everything you need. I'll have someone assign it to you." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

Fang Changsheng hesitated slightly, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, people can be saved, but they can't be restored to the past."

"What should I say?" Zhu Youxiao's expression instantly became serious, and he stared at Fang Changsheng and asked.

"Master Huang is very ill. Although the rescue was timely, some of it was too late. It is a blessing to be able to save his life. I am afraid that I will never be able to do anything in the future and can only live in old age." Fang Changsheng said in a low voice.

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This has sequelae.

Zhu Youxiao sighed and asked, "I wonder what the disease is?"

"Back to Your Majesty, cerebral thrombosis." Fang Changsheng did not hide anything and said directly: "Even if it is cured, I may have inconvenience in moving around in the future and need someone to take care of me. It is basically impossible to work and do things. If I recover well, I can still live a normal life.

Take care of yourself; otherwise, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to take care of myself.”

The atmosphere in the room became gloomy again.

Everyone understood what this meant, which meant that Huang Kezuan could no longer be an official and his official position was to be given up.

The Huang family members looked both happy and helpless.

It's good if the person can be saved. If nothing else, the fact that my old man is alive means that his connections are still there.

But now that the old man has retired from his official position, it is really hard to say what will happen next.

Zhu Youxiao sighed and said helplessly: "Is Huang Aiqing awake?"

"Back to Your Majesty, not yet." Fang Changsheng said.

"Call Huang Aiqing's son!" Zhu Youxiao said with a sigh.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wei Chao agreed and quickly turned around to call for someone.

Not long after, a middle-aged man walked in from outside.

Although he is said to be a middle-aged man, he is just well-maintained, and his actual age should be about fifty. Looking at his appearance, his eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to that of Huang Kezuan.

"Your Majesty, Huang Changsheng, is here to see you." After seeing Zhu Youxiao, the middle-aged man saluted and said.

"Get up." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "What yamen do you work for?"

"Your Majesty, I would like to inform you that I am serving in the Baigong Academy." Huang Changsheng said quickly.

Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised. He didn't expect Huang Kezuan to arrange his son to go to Baigongyuan?

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and then asked: "What do you care about?"

"Return to your majesty and take charge of making cannons." Huang Changsheng said quickly.

"Your father has worked hard for me over the years, and many people in the court have benefited from him. I am also grateful for his character and talent, so I would like to ask you, do you want me to change your yamen?"

"Don't worry, this is what I want to reward your father for, and it won't be mixed with anything else."

"Back to Your Majesty, I don't want to change government offices. Building cannons is my lifelong ideal. Seeing the cannons being born one after another from my hands, I feel happy. In this life, I want to build cannons for Your Majesty." Huang Changsheng bowed.

Shen said.

"Why is this?" Zhu Youxiao looked at him and asked with some confusion.

You know, as Huang Kezuan's son, he will definitely be able to choose a good position as an official.

Making cannons is a bit strange to begin with, but you didn't expect that making cannons would be regarded as an ideal?

"I dare not say it," Huang Changsheng said hesitantly.

"Tell me." Zhu Youxiao said: "At this time, I will not blame you or say anything. You are in Baigongyuan, and you should know how much I care about you people."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huang Changsheng agreed and said directly: "I was born in southern Fujian. When I was young, I studied and learned. I was full of passion and wanted to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country."

"But something happened a few years ago. Many people from southern Fujian were seeking a living in Nanyang. After the trade opened, businessmen from southern Fujian also went to Nanyang to do business."

"In the 'Luzon Massacre' in the 31st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, after the Spanish occupied Manila, they used cannon to kill 40,000 Hokkien people in Manila. When I heard about these things at the time, I was shocked."

When everyone heard Huang Changsheng's words, the expressions on their faces became serious, and they understood why he did not dare to say these words.

Because this is related to many policies of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the sea was opened at the beginning, the imperial court did not allow merchants to go out to trade. Many times, these people did not go through the Shipping Department and went directly to do smuggling business outside.

The people of the Ming Dynasty were killed outside, and they were massacred on such a large scale, which was a shame for the emperor.

Maybe to other emperors, this was nothing. These people went out on their own, and if they were killed, they could only blame themselves.

But His Majesty is different today. Everyone knows how His Majesty behaves today. This matter is undoubtedly a slap in His Majesty's face. It is difficult for Huang Changsheng to make His Majesty happy when he says these things.

Sure enough, Zhu Youxiao's face darkened, he looked at Huang Changsheng in front of him and said, "Is this why you want to learn how to make cannons?"

"Your Majesty, not only are I doing research, but the people of southern Fujian are also doing research. Not only are we studying the Spanish artillery casting process, but we are also researching and inventing the fusion of the Ming Dynasty's advanced iron-melting technology and the Western copper-casting technology.

A new type of Hongyi cannon with a copper and iron barrel weighing several thousand kilograms was skillfully cast."

"Not only that, we also used the opportunity of testing the cannon after the cannon was cast to secretly learn the techniques of the Spanish in using artillery, from the cannon's range measurement, aiming, adjusting the elevation angle, loading gunpowder and even the final firing method. We do all these things,

I originally wanted to dedicate it to the imperial court, but it never happened."

"Later, His Majesty established the Baigongyuan, and I asked my father, who was an official at the time, to send us to the Baigongyuan. This is probably the only time in my father's life that he has used power for personal gain."

At this point, Huang Changsheng's face turned pale and his eye circles became redder.

Zhu Youxiao sighed.

In fact, in this land, people with such keen eyes have existed in any era. Whether it is Xu Guangqi or the others, or Huang Changsheng in front of him.

After witnessing the power of Spanish artillery, they began to learn how to build cannons, and at the same time believed that they could do better.

In fact, they did do a better job. But in the decadent dynasty, there was really no room for them to perform.

"Baigongyuan has developed rapidly in these years, and His Majesty has never been short of money from Baigongyuan. Now the artillery of the Ming Dynasty is very powerful, more powerful than the Spanish; the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty is also very powerful, better than the Spanish."
To be continued...