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At the train station outside the north gate of the capital, as soon as Emperor Chongzhen and Queen Zhou appeared in the ceremonial guard, the civil and military officials who had been waiting here, as well as all the people, immediately greeted them. Suddenly, near the train station, the sound of shouting like a tsunami was heard.

Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou came out of the royal chariot hand in hand, smiling and gesturing for everyone to get down.

John and other Spaniards were also arranged to experience such a grand scene. Of course, this was their first time seeing this scene. Of course, ignoring the times they were watched.

These Spaniards have learned Chinese for more than two months and can only understand some daily expressions. But at this grand occasion, the language barrier would not hinder their shock.

"Wow, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is so majestic! So many people kneel down to welcome him, it's really spectacular!"

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

"Yes, yes, our emperor is so majestic. I feel that those of us in the past are not worthy of carrying the shoes of our current emperor!"

"That's for sure, this is paradise! The previous one was really a countryside, it's incomparable!"

"..."

John and others were talking in low voices while paying attention to the emperor's movements.

The emperor and the empress came to the locomotive covered with red cloth. When the emperor began to speak, they quickly shut up and listened respectfully. However, the limitations of the language made them half-understandable. But at least one thing they knew. Emperor Chongzhen was introducing the train, saying that this train would change the world and so on. Anyway, this train is great.

Listening to these words, John and others couldn't help but be very curious about the locomotive covered with red cloth, because they looked at the length of the train and it seemed to be very long, with sections one by one, like a centipede, but without legs. They can probably guess without any introduction that these will be pulled by locomotives.

Looking at this, John and others, like ordinary people in Ming Dynasty, couldn't believe it. If so many carriages could be pulled up, how strong would it be?

Emperor Chongzhen was delivering his opening remarks with a smile on his face. Suddenly, he saw an official in a scarlet robe teetering on the front row of civil and military officials. He took a closer look and recognized it was Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Civil Affairs. Suddenly my heart tightened and I quickly walked over.

Following the emperor's movements, everyone looked in that direction and noticed that a senior official seemed to be ill and was being supported there. As a result, the crowd began to whisper, asking who it was.

Emperor Chongzhen walked over quickly, looked at Xu Guangqi who was being supported by his colleagues, and asked with concern: "Xu Aiqing, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Guangqi's face turned a little pale, but when he heard the emperor's concerned greetings, he quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am okay. Today is a happy day, and it is a great application of scientific and technological knowledge. I am very happy, Excited."

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

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

After hearing his insistence and seeing that Xu Guangqi's face looked better, Emperor Chongzhen stopped insisting and thought that he would have to be examined by the imperial doctor after the ceremony.

Thinking like this, he nodded and said with concern: "If Xu Aiqing has something to do, please tell me. Aiqing is my minister, but I am not allowed to do it!"

"Your Majesty, your Majesty is so kind to you. I will serve my whole life until my death!" Upon hearing this, Xu Guangqi showed gratitude and quickly echoed his words.

I don’t know why, Emperor Chongzhen always feels a little uneasy, or is this unlucky?

However, it was a grand ceremony for the opening of the train, and everyone was watching, so he couldn't wait long. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen decided to speed up the ceremony, strode back to the locomotive, and ordered to unveil the red cloth. Then he and the queen used a red brush to dot the eyes on the locomotive, just like dotting the eyes of a lion in later generations, which means to give it eyes and make it come alive.

The people who were watching, just now, spread the word to ten people, and almost everyone knew that the official minister seemed to be ill. Suddenly, most of the people were a little worried, and many of them even prayed secretly in their hearts, hoping that Xu Guangqi would be okay. After all, Xu Guangqi's prestige in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty was 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-yielding crops over the years, and wrote the "Agricultural Policy Encyclopedia" and other contents, which made him alive I don’t know how many people. Among Ming officials, no other official could surpass him in this regard.

However, when they saw Emperor Chongzhen passing by, it seemed that Xu Guangqi was fine again, and they all felt relieved. Their eyes soon followed the emperor's figure. Their attention returned to the train, which appeared for the first time.

However, there are still a small number of people, mainly scholars, low-level officials, etc., who look at Xu Guangqi from time to time. It seems that for them, Xu Guangqi is obviously more concerned about them than the train. But there was not much worry on their faces.

As the red cloth on the train was removed, there were more surprised murmurs.

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

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

"You guys are all talking nonsense, don't make blind doubts! Long Live the Lord is here to do some eye-catching, it must be possible. But the power of this locomotive is really too great!"

"..."

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

In their hope, the driver of the locomotive started to light the fire and increase the power.

Of course, by this time, the emperor and queen had already stepped aside. Among them, Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about what had just happened when he was looking at the locomotive, and he turned his head from time to time to look at his Minister of Civil Affairs.

You must know that Xu Guangqi was a pioneer in learning scientific and technological knowledge among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, and he was one of the ministers who wanted to promote scientific and technological knowledge without interfering with other purposes; and his position as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is very crucial. This position played a very important role in promoting Ming officials to pay attention to science and technology. As far as Emperor Chongzhen is concerned, he really hopes that Xu Guangqi can live a long life and will continue to support him.

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

However, in this dimension, because of Emperor Chongzhen's wisdom and martial arts, there were fewer nonsense things. During the Ming Dynasty and the ZTE, Xu Guangqi had the emperor's grace to do what he liked, so his health was much better than in the original history. .

At this moment, a "cry..." sound was heard, a large amount of white gas spurted out, and the train started to move with a "clang".

"Wow……"

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

The train started to move slowly, and slowly drove out of the station, getting faster and faster, and finally disappeared from the sight of the crowd at the train station.

The arrangement for this train opening ceremony is that trains will leave 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 arrival and departure time.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was worried about Xu Guangqi's health, fearing that if time passed, it would affect the health of his senior ministers, including Xu Guangqi. Therefore, after the train left, he did not wait any longer and ordered him to drive back to the palace. In addition to officials related to the Ministry of Transport, other civil and military officials also returned to their respective offices. At the same time, he secretly ordered the imperial doctor to check Xu Guangqi's body.

As for the people in the capital, after seeing off the emperor and queen, they all stayed along the railway to watch the strange things.

After Emperor Chongzhen returned to the palace, he was thinking about Xu Guangqi's body. Suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he immediately sent it to the doctor of Taiyuan Hospital and ordered him: "Officials above the fifth rank in Beijing will have their bodies checked regularly in the future. This matter is due to Taiyuan." The hospital is responsible and must not be careless! "

The doctor was a little stunned after hearing this, thinking, they don't know whether they are sick or not, so they still need the hospital to check? However, since the emperor made such an order, he did not dare to disobey it and immediately agreed.

However, Emperor Chongzhen came to his senses after seeing his stunned state. Many of these scholars in ancient times could read medical books and knew something about medicine. Moreover, ancient officials, including those with wealth, paid great attention to health preservation. Generally speaking, if there is any discomfort in the body, you will know it.

Traditional Chinese medicine is no better than Western medicine, let alone the physical examinations of later generations that can accurately examine every item of the human body. From this perspective, this physical examination should not achieve similar effects to those of later generations.

Although Emperor Chongzhen understood this, he did not pursue this imperial edict. At least this regular check-up can be regarded as my own thought, and it also allows the imperial doctors at the Tai Hospital to have something to do.

However, things like Western medicine, especially surgeries, still need to be implemented. At least giving birth to a child is a hell for women today, and there will be great progress here. Also, the child mortality rate is too high in this era. Even if you are born into an imperial family, there are not many ways to avoid it.

Medicine! Emperor Chongzhen thought about this and couldn't help but sigh.

It is really a pity that I was not born to study medicine in my later life, so I feel a little helpless in the field of medicine. If in future generations medical courses are taught in elementary school just like mathematics, physics and chemistry, then I can write them down by myself!

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

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen suggested that Xu Shangshu need to rest..."

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 advice, he ordered Xu Guangqi to rest and recover. Not even worried, he personally went to Xu Mansion to see Xu Guangqi.

"Your Majesty, I am fine!" Xu Guangqi still expressed his position after receiving the courtesy, "The assessment of officials from various places, related to science and technology, must be watched by the veteran, so that they will not be fooled by them! The veteran..."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's attitude was very firm and he immediately interrupted: "Xu Aiqing, it doesn't matter. I've dispatched factory guards to watch it secretly. Your body is what I care about most. I'll wait for you to take a good rest." , it’s not too late to talk about this after you get better!”

In fact, according to the imperial doctor, Xu Guangqi's body has actually reached its end, and he needs to take a good rest to live longer. But if you work too hard, you may not live long.

Xu Guangqi was silent after hearing this. After a while, he looked up at Emperor Chongzhen and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, I know my body myself. No matter how I nurse myself back to health, it won't last many days. Instead of doing this, I would rather spend the remaining days. All spent on promoting scientific and technological knowledge! The scientific examination of these knowledge has not yet begun, and I am worried..."

"Don't worry, my dear, as long as I'm here, this matter will never happen again." Emperor Chongzhen said categorically after hearing this.

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he smiled happily. Although the emperor is young, he may have power here, and he believes this. After pondering for a while, he continued: "Your Majesty, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is very important. Since the old minister needs to recuperate, this position cannot be vacant. The old minister originally wanted to recommend Sun Yuanhua, the old minister's student, but he is already the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Scientific and technological knowledge is also crucial. Your Majesty, please choose carefully for the position of Minister of Civil Affairs!"

Generally speaking, when a high-ranking official resigned, as long as he was not dismissed due to a crime, the emperor would usually ask the resigning official for his opinion. Therefore, Xu Guangqi said this.

Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded and comforted: "I know this matter well. The most important thing for you is to take good care of your health. I still have many good things, waiting for your comment!"

"But what about electricity?" When Xu Guangqi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He had heard before that the emperor was writing a book on this subject.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and explained some more. He appealed to Xu Guangqi's thirst for knowledge and asked him to take good care of his health before driving back to the palace.

At this time, most people in the capital were still discussing the shock brought by the train. However, in official circles, many people are secretly discussing the fact that Xu Guangqi is recuperating at home and the Minister of Civil Affairs is temporarily free.

Xu Guangqi's condition is not a top secret, and anyone who is interested can quickly find out. In this way, the position of Minister of Civil Affairs was like a magnet, firmly attracting the attention of many people.

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