Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 797
A few days later, it was almost evening, and the ministers of the cabinet were ready to leave the office.

But at this moment, a servant appeared and delivered an order to them, and the emperor summoned them in the Wenhua Palace.

Xue Guoguan and the others were a little puzzled when they heard this, thinking in their hearts, could something urgent happen?

Now that the world is calm, rebellion should be impossible.The emperor's reputation of being invincible is the best deterrent.

Then, it is only possible that there is a serious disaster: the most likely is that the earth dragon turns over, or a hurricane strikes.

This kind of disaster will come very suddenly, and it is impossible to prevent it.Moreover, it is likely to be very serious, so it is possible that the cabinet did not know that the disaster has already been rushed to the imperial court.

Thinking like this, they didn't dare to neglect and hurried over.

When they were in the square at the gate of the Wenhua Palace, Xue Guoguan and others suddenly found that the six ministers had also arrived in a hurry, and they couldn't help being very shocked. Could it be that a very serious disaster really happened?
"Do you know where the earth dragon turned over?"

"Dilong turned over, haven't you heard of it? If there is one, it must be in Sichuan!"

"Or a hurricane is coming. Are there reports from Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, or Annan?"

"The cabinet doesn't know, how could we know?"

"..."

After asking each other for a while, but they couldn't get any results, and when they reached the gate of the Wenhua Palace, all the civil servants looked serious, and tidied up their appearances before they could meet with each other.

The emperor was already in the Wenhua Hall, and after calling in, to the surprise of Xue Guoguan and others, all the people in charge of ceremonies were already there, even the crown prince and Song Yingxing from the department of Kaiwu were also there.And they all looked a little excited, which made them even more surprised. It didn't look like a serious disaster happened!
Immediately afterwards, they saw something they had never seen before in the middle of the temple. On the top of the vertical pole, there was a glass bottle, and there seemed to be something inside.

When they saw this, Xue Guoguan and the others suddenly came to their senses. The emperor said a few days ago that there was something to open their eyes. Could this be the one in front of them?
When they saw the smiling face of Emperor Chongzhen, they confirmed this point even more.

So, they breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, their curiosity also came up.

After seeing the ceremony, Xue Guoguan played on behalf of the crowd: "Your Majesty, what is this?"

The other courtiers looked at this strange thing and were also curious in their hearts, so they listened with pricked ears, seeing what novelty the emperor was going to show?

At least one thing they know is that what the emperor shows them is of great use.

For example, steam engines are used in many places nowadays. Steam trains, steam ships, and other steam forging machines are all things that have brought about earth-shaking changes in Ming Dynasty.

So what would this be used for?Anyway, looking at it, it has nothing to do with the steam engine!

Emperor Chongzhen scanned the faces of the courtiers below, smiled slightly, and looked outside.

It was already dark at this time, if it wasn't for the light of the candles in the Wenhua Hall, it would have been difficult to see things a few meters away.

So, he ordered in a relaxed and cheerful tone: "Song Qing, let's start, and prepare to blow out the candles!"

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, Song Yingxing bowed to receive the order, and immediately walked to the side of the strange thing in the hall, and before squatting down without a figure, he took a place with a handle and squatted down.

"Puff puff..." Immediately afterwards, the servants who had been waiting beside each candle blew out their respective candles with force.Inside the Wenhua Palace, it suddenly became dark.

When Xue Guoguan and the others went from the bright environment to the darkness, they felt like the world suddenly became pitch black.

But before they got used to the environment, they saw a bright light appearing in front of them.

Even if it was just a glimmer of light at the beginning, it was very conspicuous in the darkness.More importantly, this ray of light is slowly getting brighter.Later, at least the hall can be illuminated.

At this time, Xue Guoguan and others saw clearly that Song Yingxing was squatting there shaking something, and then the glass bottle he saw before was emitting light.In the dark night, it is like a bright lamp, much brighter than ordinary candles.

Not to mention, the thing that the emperor said to open his eyes before is definitely this shiny thing in front of him.

This thing is definitely not a night pearl, let alone a candle.But this thing just shines.However, it seems that the light is not consistent, and will change slightly from time to time.

What is this thing?Could it be related to the knowledge taught by the emperor again?
Thinking of this, these courtiers immediately recalled, wanting to know what kind of knowledge this has to do with the emperor's teaching?
"Your Majesty, what is this?" Xue Guoguan asked directly, saving time.

However, after hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen did not answer, but ordered the crown prince Zhu Cihong: "Go and show it again."

"My son obeys the order!" Zhu Cihong quickly agreed, and then walked over with an object, and put it on the glass bottle. Suddenly, Xue Guoguan and the others saw a beam of bright light, following the rotation of the prince's wrist. turn.

As long as it is illuminated by this beam of light, it can be seen clearly, at least within the scope of this hall, no matter where it is.

"Okay!" After a while, Emperor Chongzhen said suddenly.

So, the servant re-lit the candle, and the hall became very bright again, instead of only the place where the beam of light was shining.

Song Yingxing, who was squatting on the ground, stopped shaking the thing, stood up and bowed to the emperor.Following his use of this thing, the light on the glass bottle gradually dimmed.

Zhu Cihong also put away a trumpet-like cover, put it on the ground and saluted Emperor Chongzhen, saying that he had complied with the order.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "This thing, I call it an electric lamp. It does not emit light by burning candles or the like, but is related to electromagnetic induction in physics and cutting the magnetic circle. Let the prince take over for me. Let me give you a rough idea!”

Xue Guoguan and the others were really eye-opening after hearing this, and it was related to the knowledge imparted by the emperor!

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he was very happy, and immediately explained it to Xue Guoguan and others.

Emperor Chongzhen was also listening, smiling.

The electric light can surpass the technology of the steam engine.However, for the current Ming Dynasty, the practicability is far inferior to that of the steam engine. Therefore, the electricity is put behind by Emperor Chongzhen. At least for now, the development of the steam engine has been relatively mature, so he took out this thing.

However, it is not so easy to make this device, at least in the current period, mass production and large-scale application are impossible.Copper wire, enameled wire, tungsten wire, the vacuum in a light bulb, permanent magnets, bearings, etc., cannot be mass-produced.

This also determines that, at least for a long time in the future, before the front-end technology comes out, it is impossible to mass-produce it, and it can only be destined to be a luxury application.But one thing is possible, when the headlights on the train, it is even possible to illuminate the compartment.

As for why this electric light experiment was done, it was what Emperor Chongzhen told them at the beginning, which opened their eyes.Not only to open the eyes of the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty, but also to the scholars and common people of the Ming Dynasty.

Once the luxury of electric light is used by the royal family, the high society of Ming Dynasty, such as princes, nobles, civil servants and generals, will flock to it and try hard to have it.In short, it will become the new fashion of Ming Dynasty.

In this way, more people will study electromagnetic induction, the application of electricity, and so on.It is no longer just relying on Kaiwu Division, Bingzhan Bureau and other official yamen of Ming Dynasty to do this.

Another point is that more facts prove that the knowledge imparted by Emperor Chongzhen has so many magical applications, which will make more scholars study it more attentively.

In short, the electric light is just like its name, and it will point out a scientific direction for the people of Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the development of electricity in this original history was different. With Emperor Chongzhen's knowledge as the forerunner, the people of the Ming Dynasty could avoid many detours, and the technology of the Ming Dynasty would develop faster than the original historical development.

Just like these, in terms of chemistry, Emperor Chongzhen has actually let them study all the time, and they are also experimenting with three acids and two bases.As a person who traveled through later generations, he certainly couldn't be satisfied with conquering the world with black powder, although he could indeed fight.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was not all-knowing and omnipotent after all. In terms of chemistry, he really didn't remember much, so he could only do his best, as long as he guided the direction well and gave him great rewards.

After a long time, Zhu Cihong finally introduced the principle of the electric light and the current and future applications of the lamp.

Needless to say, Xue Guoguan and others were amazed.After a while, Xue Guoguan said with emotion: "Your Majesty, it would be great if the electric light could be kept on steadily."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled when he heard this: "This is the reason why Song Qing's hand crank is uneven. It would be better if manpower is not used, such as water power. Of course, the best thing is to have an energy storage device and a voltage stabilizing device. It would be even better. But these things don’t exist yet, and someone needs to research and create them.”

Xue Guoguan and the others half-understand it, but they are clear that this thing can be improved to what they want.So, they couldn't help but also look forward to it.In fact, this kind of light is better than the light of a candle.

I don't know what happened, but after this day, there were rumors in the capital, all saying that strange things happened in the palace.

(End of this chapter)