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Chapter 1252

At the railway station outside the north gate of the capital, as soon as Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou appeared, the civil and military officials who had been waiting here, as well as all the people, immediately greeted them.Suddenly, near the train station, there was a long live sound like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou came out of the royal carriage hand in hand, and smiled and motioned for everyone to flatten.

For such a grand scene, John and other Spaniards were also arranged to gain insight.This kind of scene, of course, is the first time they have seen it.Of course, ignore the time they were watched.

These Spaniards have learned Chinese for two months, but they can only understand part of the daily language.But this grand occasion will not prevent them from being shocked because of the language barrier.

"Wow, the Emperor Ming is so majestic! So many people kneeling together to greet him, it's really spectacular!"

"Don't talk nonsense, he is our emperor, understand?"

"Yes, yes, our emperor is really majestic. I feel that our previous ones are not worthy of carrying shoes for our current emperor!"

"That's for sure, this is heaven! The one before, it's really a rural country, it can't be compared at all!"

"..."

John and the others were discussing in a low voice while paying attention to the emperor's movements.

Seeing the emperor and queen coming to the locomotive covered with red cloth, and hearing the emperor start to speak, they immediately shut up and listened respectfully.However, the limitation of language made them half-understandable.But at least one thing, they know.Emperor Chongzhen was introducing the train, saying that the train would change the world or something.Anyway, one meaning, this train is very great.

Hearing these words, John and the others couldn't help being very curious about the locomotive covered by the red cloth, because they looked at the length of the train, which seemed to be very long, segment by segment, like a centipede, but without feet.They can probably guess without an introduction, and these will be pulled by the locomotive.

Looking at these, John and the others were like ordinary people in Daming. They couldn't believe it in their hearts. If so many carriages could be pulled up, how much strength would it take?

Emperor Chongzhen was speaking the opening remarks with a smile on his face. Suddenly, he saw an official in a scarlet robe in the forefront of the civil and military officials, who was about to fall.He took a closer look and recognized Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.Suddenly, my heart tightened, and I hurried over.

Everyone followed the emperor's movements and looked in that direction, and they all found that a senior official seemed to be in poor health and was being supported there.As a result, the crowd began to whisper, asking who is that?
Emperor Chongzhen walked over quickly, looked at Xu Guangqi who had been supported by his colleagues, and asked with concern: "Xu Aiqing, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Guangqi's face was a little pale, but he heard the emperor's concerned greeting, he quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister is fine. Today is a day of great joy, and it is a great application of scientific and technological knowledge. The old minister is happy, Excited."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe it, so he said to Xu Guangqi: "Xu Aiqing should go back and rest, I will send the imperial doctor to check your body."

"Your Majesty, there is really no need!" Xu Guangqi shook his head quickly and said, "I am really fine, this grand event of the opening of the train, I have been looking forward to for a long time, and I have been waiting for a long time to witness this moment with my own eyes!"

Hearing that he insisted, and it seemed that Xu Guangqi's face looked better, Emperor Chongzhen stopped insisting, thinking that he must be checked by the imperial doctor after the ceremony.

Thinking of this, he nodded, and said with concern: "If Xu Aiqing has something to do, you can tell it. Aiqing is my servant, and I can't do it without you!"

"Your Majesty Long En, the old minister should have died after bowing his head!" Xu Guangqi expressed his gratitude when he heard this, and hurriedly replied to express his opinion.

I don't know why, Emperor Chongzhen always feels a little uneasy, or is this unlucky?
But at this time, it was a grand ceremony for the opening of the train, and everyone was watching, so he didn't want to delay for long.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen decided to speed up the process of the ceremony, strode back to the side of the locomotive, and ordered to uncover the red cloth.Then, together with the queen, they used a red brush to touch the eyes of the locomotive, just like later generations dotting the eyes of a lion, which means giving eyes and making them come alive.

The onlookers, just now, have spread the word to ten, ten to hundreds of places, and they almost all know that it is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who seems to be in ill health.Immediately, most of the people were a little worried, and many of them even prayed secretly in their hearts, hoping that Xu Guangqi would be fine.After all, Xu Guangqi's prestige in the hearts of the Ming people is not comparable to that of other officials.

The reason for this is that the promotion of science and technology is beneficial to ordinary people, and Xu Guangqi is the main supporter of science and technology promotion; but the most important thing is that Xu Guangqi has worked hard to promote high-yield crops over the years, writing "Agricultural Policy Complete Book" and other content, and he is alive. I don't know how many people.Among the Ming officials, no other official can surpass him in this aspect.

But when they saw that Emperor Chongzhen passed by, it seemed that Xu Guangqi was fine again, so they all felt relieved.Their eyes quickly followed the figure of the emperor.Their attention returned to the train, the first thing that appeared.

However, there is still a small group of people, mainly scholars, low-level officials and so on, who still look at Xu Guangqi from time to time. It seems that Xu Guangqi is obviously more concerned about them than the train.It's just that there is not much worry on their faces.

As the red cloth on the train was removed, there were more murmurs of surprise and murmurs.

"Hey, have you seen that this locomotive has no legs! Can it pull so many boxes full of goods?"

"In my opinion, this locomotive must have the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, right? I really can't see that such a small steam engine can pull so many things!"

"You guys are all nonsense, don't doubt it! Long live God has come to make the finishing touch, it must be possible. But the strength of this locomotive is really too great!"

"..."

The onlookers were all discussing, with expressions of anticipation on their faces.Regardless of men and women, regardless of race, regardless of age, regardless of position, all are looking forward to the train moving, looking forward to the moment of witnessing history.

In their anticipation, the driver on the locomotive started to light the fire and increase the power.

Of course, at this time, the emperor and empress had already stepped aside.Among them, when Emperor Chongzhen was looking at the locomotive, he remembered what happened just now, and turned his head from time to time to look at his official minister.

You must know that Xu Guangqi was a pioneer in learning scientific and technological knowledge among officials of the Ming Dynasty, and he was one of the ministers who wanted to promote scientific and technological knowledge without any other purpose; moreover, he was in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, which was very crucial. A position plays a very important role in promoting Ming officials to attach importance to science and technology.As far as Emperor Chongzhen is concerned, he really hopes that Xu Guangqi can live a long life and support him all the time.

However, Xu Guangqi's age is actually 73 years old.In the original history, he died of illness in the sixth year of Chongzhen at the age of 71.

But on this plane, because of Emperor Chongzhen's brilliance and martial arts, there are a lot of bullshit things missing. Daming Zhongxing, Xu Guangqi has the emperor's kindness, doing what he likes to do, so his health is much better than in the original history .

At this moment, a sound of "weeping..." was heard, a large amount of white gas spewed out, and the train started to move with a "bang".

"Wow……"

Almost in unison, all the onlookers let out a long "wow".

The train slowly began to move, slowly drove out of the station, speeded up a little bit, and finally disappeared from the sight of the crowd at the station.

The arrangement for the opening ceremony of the train this time is that there will be trains departing from Tongzhou and Jingshi at the same time.According to the original plan, Emperor Chongzhen had to wait until the train from Tongzhou arrived to witness the train's entry and exit and transit time.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was worried about Xu Guangqi's health, fearing that time would affect the health of those veteran ministers including Xu Guangqi.Therefore, after the train left, he didn't wait any longer, and ordered to drive back to the palace. Except for the officials related to the Ministry of Communications, other civil and military officials also returned to the yamen.At the same time, he secretly decreed to send the imperial doctor to examine Xu Guangqi's body.

As for the people in the capital, it is strange to stay along the railway line after sending off the emperor and empress.

After Emperor Chongzhen returned to the palace, he was concerned about Xu Guangqi's body, and suddenly an idea flashed into his mind, and he immediately sent a message to the doctor of the Imperial Hospital, ordering him: "Officials above the fifth rank in Beijing will have a regular physical examination in the future. The hospital is responsible, and it must not be sloppy!"

The doctor was a little dazed when he heard this, thinking in his heart, they don't know if they are sick, and they still need to be checked by the hospital?However, since the emperor made such an order, he did not dare to disobey it, and immediately agreed.

However, Emperor Chongzhen had already come to his senses when he saw his dazed effort.Many of these scholars in ancient times knew how to read medical books, and they knew more or less about medicine.Moreover, ancient officials, including those rich people, paid attention to health preservation.Generally speaking, if there is any discomfort in the body, you will know it yourself.

Chinese medicine is not like Western medicine, nor is it like the physical examinations of later generations that can accurately check every item of the human body.From this point of view, this physical examination should not achieve the effect similar to that of later generations.

Although Emperor Chongzhen wanted to understand this point, he did not recover the imperial decree.At least this regular check-up is my own wish, and it also allows these imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital to have work to do.

But things like western medicine, especially surgery, still need to be practiced.At least having a child, which is a hell for women these days, is going to be a big improvement here.Also, the premature death rate of children is too high in this era, even if they were born in the emperor's family, there is not much way to avoid it.

Medicine!Emperor Chongzhen thought about this in his heart and couldn't help sighing.

It's really a pity that I was not born as a medical student in later generations, and I feel a little helpless when it comes to medicine.If future generations teach medical courses like mathematics, physics and chemistry from elementary school, then they can write it silently!

Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about this matter, and the imperial doctor sent to examine Xu Guangqi's body came back to pay the order.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that Xu Shangshu needs to rest in peace..."

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard the beginning of the imperial doctor's report, his heart sank, knowing that his worries had come true!
After carefully listening to the imperial doctor's report, he ordered Xu Guangqi to rest and take care of his body.Not even worried, I went to Xu Mansion to see Xu Guangqi in person.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is fine!" Xu Guangqi still expressed his position after seeing the ceremony, "The assessment of officials from all over the country, related to science and technology, must be watched by the old minister, so as not to be fooled by them! The old minister..."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's attitude was very firm, and he immediately interrupted: "Xu Aiqing, it doesn't matter, I sent the factory guards to watch in secret. Qing's body is what I care about the most. Wait for Qing to take a good rest. , it won’t be too late to talk about this after your body recovers!”

In fact, according to the imperial doctor, Xu Guangqi's body has actually come to an end, and only by recuperating can he live longer.But if you work too hard, you may not live long.

After hearing this, Xu Guangqi remained silent.After a while, he looked up at Emperor Chongzhen and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, the old minister knows about his body. No matter how much he takes care of him, he won't have many days. Rather than doing this, the old minister would rather spend the remaining days It is all spent on the promotion of scientific and technological knowledge! The scientific research of these knowledge has not yet started, and the old minister is worried..."

"Don't worry, Aiqing, with me here, there is absolutely no way this matter will be repeated." Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said firmly.

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he smiled in relief.Although the emperor is young, his strength may lie here, and he believes in this.After pondering for a while, he played again: "Your Majesty, the post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials is very important. Since the veteran wants to recuperate from illness, this position cannot be vacant. The veteran wanted to recommend Sun Yuanhua, a student of the veteran, but he is already the Minister of Rites. Knowledge of science and technology is also very important. Your Majesty, please choose the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials carefully!"

Generally speaking, when high-ranking officials resigned, as long as they were not dismissed for crimes, the emperor would generally ask the resigned officials for their opinions.Therefore, Xu Guangqi said this.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and comforted him: "I know this matter well. The most important thing for Aiqing is to maintain a good health. I still have a lot of good things, waiting for Aiqing to comment on one or two!"

"But what about electricity?" Xu Guangqi's eyes lit up when he heard it.He had heard before that the emperor was writing a book on this topic.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and explained again. He asked Xu Guangqi's thirst for knowledge and asked him to recuperate well before driving back to the palace.

At this time in the capital, most of the people were still discussing the shock brought by the train.But in the officialdom, many people are secretly discussing that Xu Guangqi is recuperating at home, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is temporarily idle.

Xu Guangqi's condition is not a top secret, and anyone who is interested will be able to find out soon.In this way, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials is like a magnet, firmly attracting the attention of many people.

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