reborn monarch

The newly installed incandescent lamps in the imperial study exude light and heat, and the ink on the telegram transcription in Emperor Qiyuan's hand is still wet.

Long before the war started, cables were laid from the capital all the way to several treaty ports, and telegraph lines were set up. The battlefield was changing rapidly, and there was often a lag in the transmission of messages by manpower. The telegraph function could transmit messages instantly, so it was valued by Emperor Qiyuan.It's a pity that the telegraph sends out signals representing numbers and letters, and it is necessary to find a way to come up with a set of clear codes corresponding to Chinese characters before it can be used.

Emperor Qiyuan had previously handed over the matter to the Imperial Academy, and repeatedly emphasized that they should pay attention to it. As a result, the group of old antiques did not pay attention to it. When there was news of a change in the southeast sea, Emperor Qiyuan remembered to ask about the progress in his busy schedule, and was so angry that he slapped the table , These old antiques even clamored "Chinese characters are profound and profound, how can they be easily translated with barbarian mathematics" to defend themselves, which angered Emperor Qiyuan, who wanted to keep the Imperial Academy, and directly merged the Imperial Academy into the Ministry of Education.

After that, he hastily produced a temporary clear code of [-] commonly used characters before putting the telegraph into use.

When the first telegram was sent, all civil and military officials gathered in the telegraph room to watch. They were extremely curious. Seeing that the small official in the telegraph room wore a strange thing on his head, he recorded the long and short sounds he heard and translated them into numbers. Then turn it into Chinese characters against the code table, so that the new news of the battle situation thousands of miles away will reach the capital.

Everyone was amazed, and everyone was amazed.

In the beginning, officials must be present every day, and then it became nothing new.

There is good news in the new telegram today.

The good news is that a small enemy fleet was encountered, the enemy was defeated, and one enemy ship was captured, which is generally intact and can be used by the navy.

And the secret letter from Xie Jiuyuan contained bad news.

The bad news is that due to the bravery of the new warships of the two countries, our firepower was outmatched, so the shipmaster tried his best to replace the iron-clad ship with a new gun developed by the Shenji Battalion. The hull of the ship is top-heavy, and if it encounters strong winds and waves, it is easy to suffer losses in actual combat. There is no way to solve it for the time being. It is still necessary to study the "Bayer's steelmaking method" learned secretly, which will be of great use in the military and industry.

Emperor Qiyuan saw it, and immediately sent someone to urge Wen Chongde.

As soon as the order left, Sanbao came in and reported that it was Liu Ying who asked to see him.

Emperor Qi Yuan was silent, stood up, walked to the carved wooden window, looked through the transparent glass, outside the window was a beautiful spring, green willows.

He knew what Liu Ying wanted to say.

The incident of the Lantern Oil Sect in Jiangxi Province was exposed by inspector Liu Ying.In the face of the officers|soldiers who came to arrest the leader of the Lamp Oil Sect, everyone was holding farm tools, like a spontaneous army|army, attacking them in groups, even planning to attack the officers|soldiers' camp, throwing oil and setting fires, causing chaos.

No matter how tough they are, they are ordinary people after all. When the officers and soldiers understand the situation and fight back, the attacking people will soon be smashed into a mess.

Who would have thought that these civilians would treat death as their own, with extraordinary bravery, or igniting themselves to hug officers and soldiers, or not being afraid of being stabbed in the sword and desperately wounding others? .

Liu Ying was sitting in the town at that time, although she was guarded by her own soldiers and Jin Yiwei, she was in a hurry and almost got her throat cut with a sickle, but fortunately she was saved by Lan Zhi who was beside her.She was safe and sound, but on Lan Zhi's face, there was a knife wound running through the right side of her face.

"Your Majesty?" Seeing that Emperor Qi Yuan was distracted, Three Treasures called softly.

Emperor Qi Yuan sighed, turned and sat down: "Let her in."

Sanbao nodded and went out to summon him.

The person's footsteps were dignified, as if he was carrying a heavy burden, and his face was not as radiant as before, but seemed to be covered with dust, especially his bright eyes, which had dimmed a lot.

Liu Ying prostrated herself on the ground and kowtowed: "My lord, see Your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live, long live, long live."

The etiquette of the emperor and ministers of the Great Chu Dynasty was not strict, but also meant to respect the ministers and workers. There was no saying that one must kneel before seeing the king. Naturally, she behaved like this out of resentment in her heart.

Emperor Qi Yuan understood it, and said flatly: "Please get up on patrol."

Liu Ying stood up and stood silently, the imperial study room was silent for a moment.

Emperor Qi Yuan didn't talk too much, he just read the cabinet's proposals, not long after, Liu Ying spoke, she spoke softly and quickly, almost as if she was muttering to herself, Emperor Qi Yuan didn't listen attentively, he He guessed what Liu Ying was going to say, and he knew it in his heart, and Liu Ying knew it in his heart. At this time, what Liu Ying wanted to say and asked, he had already given the answer early in the morning.

Why must the lamp oil lesson plan be handled at this time?The overall situation is the most important. This case has its own significance and cannot be submerged in the light of the Wen Party case.

Why do you know the truth, but still sit back and watch the Lamp Oil Sect wreak havoc?The bigger picture matters.

Why, as an inspector, can't go all out to avenge the people in the first place?The bigger picture matters.

The overall situation is the most important, the overall situation is the most important...

As if her arrogance had been taken away and she could no longer support herself, Liu Ying fell to the ground again, with tears in her eyelashes, and asked Emperor Qi Yuan: "Your Majesty, why did Liu Ying become a hypocritical official in the end because of her passion? ?”

Emperor Qi Yuan's expression did not change, and he was not even a little moved. He lowered his eyes and looked at her, without avoiding or flickering, and replied: "In this world, there is no path to enlightenment that is not stained with dust, and there is no pure white and clean person. Do you want to be a good official, or do you want to be a good person who is worthy of your conscience in everything?"

Liu Ying never expected to get such a response, and was stunned for a moment.

Eunuch Sanbao came in and reminded: "Your Majesty, it's time to prepare to leave."

"Get off!"

A long call brought Liu Ying back to her senses. She stared blankly at Emperor Qi Yuan, who was dressed in snow-white imperial attire, leaving her eyes. , It was as red as a flame, which made people unable to move their eyes away.

"His Majesty!"

Before Emperor Qiyuan stepped out of the door, there was a firm response from behind: "Chen, I want to be a good official and a good person!"

"Oh?" Emperor Qi Yuan didn't look back, but stopped, "Then what do you want to do?"

Liu Ying bowed to the ground behind his back, her expression was clear, and she solemnly replied: "I am learning to be a good official and always be vigilant. The overall situation is the most important thing, and I can't violate my conscience."

In sight, the Qingjuan figure nodded slightly and walked away.

Liu Ying bid farewell, she had just returned home, and the elixir rewarded by the palace also entered the door.

Half an hour later, Emperor Qiyuan's jade chariot landed in front of the gate of Shuiguan Pagoda under the heavy protection of Jingwei Suwei Jinyiwei.

At that time, the sky is bright and the air is clear, the sun shines everywhere, and the blue and clear glazed pagoda is full of light, and there is no need for visions to give birth to a sense of holiness, which seems to be somewhat pure and holy.

It had been prepared long ago, and there was no one around the Water View Tower. Jin Yiwei entered and searched again before the arrival of Emperor Qiyuan to ensure safety.

Emperor Qiyuan waved back Emperor Qiyuan who reported the inspection results, and walked slowly into the tower with the three treasures.

In the pagoda, the elders of Xiuyun Temple had been waiting for a long time, and when they heard the sound of footsteps, they knelt down, and when Emperor Qiyuan stepped up to the top steps, they even saluted him devoutly.

The footsteps gradually approached, and then passed him and went to the railing.

The elder cautiously raised his head to look at Tanqi Yuandi's face, only to feel that the young emperor looked neither sad nor happy like a Buddha statue.

The bronze bells under the eaves rang in the wind, and the warm afternoon sun shone on the entire capital, majestic and fearsome.

Looking far away, Gu Zhen saw this city that had experienced several ups and downs standing quietly in the sunlight. The ancient legends about it seemed to be blowing in the wind. , have nothing to do with this grass, brick, wood and stone.He turned his eyes to the southeast, but he couldn't see the capsized waves and gunpowder smoke thousands of miles away.

The vastness of the sky, the vastness of the earth, between the heaven and the earth is the kingdom of my lord.

But the Great Wall is still there, the first emperor has been turned into ashes, the rivers, mountains and seas are not privately owned by emperors, and the rise and fall of life and death cannot be controlled by ordinary people.Years have changed, dynasties have been overthrown, birth, old age, sickness and death all have their own destiny.

He and Jiulang had their fates changed against the sky, and they shouldered the first line of life for Da Chu, with a heavy responsibility on their shoulders, and they didn't dare to slack off a bit.

Emperor Qiyuan turned back to the pagoda, walked to the incense platform, knelt respectfully on the futon, and chanted aloud, the elders listened carefully, and chanted the scriptures along with him.

At this moment, only at this moment, he put everything aside, and only hoped that Jiulang would return safely after the war.

After reciting, burn incense and kowtow again and again, devout and innocent.

Seeing that he sincerely paid respects to the Buddha, the elder wanted to test him a little bit, but Gu Zhen couldn't muster up the energy to fight this monkey-spirited monk, and said directly: "I have the heart to suppress the Buddha."

"This?!" The elder turned pale with shock, "Your Majesty?!"

Gu Zhen didn't look at him, and said indifferently: "The bloody case of the Lamp Oil Sect terrifies me. I have studied Buddhism since I was a child, and of course I understand the compassion of my Buddha, but not everyone in the world can read, and not every monk in the world has the heart to chant sutras. It is abhorrent that I believe in it alone, causing the common people to be fooled by treacherous evil.”

The elder hurriedly kowtowed: "This is an affair of a traitor, what has it to do with Your Majesty!"

Gu Zhen softened his tone and said comfortingly: "I know that the elder thinks about how innocent I am, but 'I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me', in terms of cause and effect, it is still a crime. Buddha, it’s just gradually not being highly praised, but in fact, this way of teaching and enlightening the common people is not lacking in the compassion of Buddhism.”

It turned out that it was just turning from light to darkness. The elder relaxed his mind, recited the sound of Buddha, and praised Emperor Qiyuan for his sage.

"There is one more thing, that is to drive away those who have no intention of turning to the Buddha, and then find a group of monks who are predestined. In fact, it is not bad." Emperor Qiyuan smiled, "It will take a year or two to implement it. Let the elders take a breath, no matter how big the lamp oil sect is, it has nothing to do with Buddhism, so don't worry about it, and ask the elders to take the trouble to talk to the fellows."

This makes it even more clear that one subtraction and one increase are just a play, and have no real impact. The elders should say yes, all the worries are gone, and the smiles are bright.

Emperor Qiyuan knelt in front of the Buddha, with a very pious appearance, and said goodbye to the elder: "Elder, let's go down the tower first, I haven't done my homework for a long time, please pay more respects before leaving."

The elder smiled kindly, said a few words of concern, and walked away quickly.

Jin Yiwei, who was hiding in the dark, only thought that His Majesty had found an excuse, but he did not expect that Emperor Qi Yuan would really bow his head and recite the scriptures.

It's raining, can it connect to the sea?

The capital is drizzled, but the southeast is choppy. The huge waves are facing the wind, changing rapidly. A wave hits the deck and washes the soldiers on the ship like rice grains in a pot. If they let go, they will be buried in the bottom of the sea.

In such a dangerous situation, not to mention aiming, you may not even be able to point the line of fire. Countries have ceased fire one after another, and it is important to think about driving back to the coast.

Regardless of the wind and rain, Xie Jiuyuan stood on the high platform and looked at the retreating navy fleet. The fleet entered the port one after another, and the wind and waves were getting bigger and bigger. The raging waves swept in and almost swallowed the lagging warships.

It is said that the weather at sea is changeable, and that is exactly the case. In an instant, the wind gradually recedes, the rain stops, and the waves are calm.

"Order! Let the warship turn around and leave the port immediately to meet!"

Xie Jiuyuan suddenly ordered in a deep voice.

The soldiers immediately passed down the order, and the port lighthouse immediately raised the semaphore.

On the calm sea, three fast enemy ships swooped in from the opposite side, catching up with the warship that hadn't entered the port in time.

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*The braces fell off a bracket on the weekend, and the braces tightened again after being glued, sorry (lay flat)