Dressed as Concubine Xian [Comprehensive Yanxi Palace]

After sending Qing Gege and He Wei away, She Shuxian came to the Armed Forces Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, handed over the blueprint of the rifle to the steward, and ordered him to find a craftsman to complete it.

The steward could vaguely see that the blueprint was related to the blunderbuss gun, but he was only a steward, so he couldn't and dared not question the queen, not to mention that She Shuxian had split the blueprint into seven parts in advance, and the seven pieces of paper had to be combined in the correct way to show the whole picture. Looking at any one will only make the people of the Qing Dynasty who don't know the existence of rifles feel confused——

In the end, the steward who believed that this was just another novelty designed by Castiglione for the nobles in the palace respectfully took the blueprint, and Xie En withdrew.

Seeing the steward step down, She Shuxian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She is very fortunate that she is now a privileged class and does not need to explain to anyone except Qianlong and the Queen Mother.

……

When leaving the Armed Forces Academy, She Shuxian met Fu Heng and Hong Zhou.

She intentionally avoided the two of them, but Fu Heng and Hong Zhou had already seen her, stepped forward, and said, "Empress Empress—"

She Shuxian had no choice but to bite the bullet and meet the two of them, and said, "Prince He, Mr. Fu Heng, what do you want to do when you come to the Armed Forces Institute?"

Fu Hengdao: "The seventh elder brother and the fifth elder brother came to the Ministry of War today to ask Chunhe to help the emperor buy Western guns to equip the Shenji Battalion. When Chunhe was thinking about the memorial, he suddenly thought of the few Western guns that were handed over to the Armed Forces Academy for research and imitation last year. I haven’t heard anything yet, so I want to come to the Armed Forces Institute to ask about the situation.”

Prince He said: "This king just passed by the Armed Forces Institute, and remembered that my firecracker gun is still being repaired in the Armed Forces Institute, so come and get it."

While speaking, the steward of the Armed Forces Academy handed over a firecracker gun inlaid with gold and jade, and said, "My lord, your firecracker gun has not been repaired yet. This is a new Western gungun purchased by the Armed Forces Academy last month."

"Western guns?"

Hong Zhou took the gun gun and started playing with it excitedly.

"And the prince likes firecrackers?"

She Shuxian was surprised. She participated in the Mulan Autumn Festival several times, but she had never seen the prince with a gun.

Hong Zhou also knew why the queen was surprised, and explained: "The blunderbuss gun is beautiful and crisp. This king has liked it since he was a child! It's a pity that the ancestors thought that this thing is a clever and obscene skill. Too much dependence will make the Eight Banners warriors neglect riding and shooting, and waste time. Because of its vigor, this king never takes this thing to participate in the Mulan Autumn Festival."

"But I heard that the Emperor Shengzu once shot a bear with a gun in the Mulan paddock, and the emperor also shot a tiger with a firearm in the paddock last year—"

She Shuxian was a little puzzled.

Qianlong himself liked to use blunderbuss guns for hunting, why didn't he like his courtiers to use blunderbuss guns, and it was even more strictly forbidden to promote blunderbuss guns for military use?

Only after this question was asked, Prince He's expression suddenly darkened.

Fu Heng also sighed, and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the Emperor does not like the use of guns and guns is not something that can be explained clearly in a few words."

She Shuxian became more and more curious when she heard this.

Seeing that Fu Heng was unwilling to explain, she stopped asking and prepared to return to the palace after parting with the two.

At this moment, Hong Zhou chased after him.

He said to She Shuxian: "Brother Huang doesn't like the reason why my ministers use guns, maybe this king knows a little bit."

"Appreciate further details."

"Just now in the Armed Forces Academy, the Empress mentioned that the Emperor Shengzu once shot a bear with a blunderbuss in the Mulan Paddock. This incident is true, and the emperor brother was also present at the time."

Prince He said: "It was in August of the 61st year of Kangxi, the twelfth year of the emperor's brother, and he participated in the 20-day Mulan Autumn Festival with the Emperor Shengzu. Bear, let the emperor step forward to capture. Who would have thought that the bear who was injured by the firecracker suddenly jumped up and rushed towards the emperor just as the emperor was about to step forward. The emperor hurriedly raised his gun to shoot again, and finally the result was Big Bear. Afterwards, Emperor Shengzu praised his brother as a blessed person to Concubine Wen Huigui, and predicted that his blessing might be higher than his own. From then on, every time Mulan fell in autumn, he would go to Yongan Pai paddock to use a gun Hunting, reminiscing about the ancestor emperor."

"But and—"

She Shuxian was quite puzzled.

Prince He said: "How can others be allowed to tamper with the things that the emperor uses? What's more, the emperor once lost many generals and even blood relatives because of firearms. He is inevitably afraid of firearms and thinks it is a murder weapon."

"So that's the case, I understand."

The explanation with the prince left She Shuxian speechless.

It turned out that the rulers of the Qing Dynasty did not promote firearms, but only used them as royal objects. It was not that they did not know the power of firearms, but they were too aware of the power of firearms. They worried that if firearms were promoted, the regime would be threatened!

The development of firearms is strictly prohibited because of fear of firearms, which is similar to the fact that the European Holy See in the Middle Ages was afraid of science and frantically banned and persecuted science.

Considering that the Qing Dynasty had pursued a closed-door policy for nearly 300 years, the Qianlong Dynasty only allowed Guangzhou to conduct trade with the West, and forcibly blocked the cultural exchanges between the East and the West, lest foreigners and Han people unite to shake the rule of the Qing Dynasty. She Shuxian also felt that Qianlong It is very plausible to speculate that firearms were deliberately killed for the purpose of maintaining rule.

As a totalitarian ruler, Qianlong's actions are understandable, but the world has changed.

The Industrial Revolution is going on vigorously, and the pioneers of ideological enlightenment of the Great Revolution, such as Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, etc., are arguing endlessly in Madame Pompadour's salon, and the gunshots in Lexington Town are also brewing on the land of North America... ...China is still sleeping, and the disparity in power between the East and the West is getting bigger and bigger. In the end, the national order collapses, and the imperial power exists in name only.

She Shuxian, as a normal person who has read modern Chinese history, can never say such bold and irresponsible words like "after I die, no matter what the flood is", she wants to change history, even if what is changed in the end is only a parallel world.

At least, after a hundred years, the people of this parallel world don't have to trade successive deaths for a bright and clean future like our ancestors did.

……

……

Huo Qingtong took the medicine in Kasili's hand, and frowned: "Do I really have to drink it all?"

"Zhang Yuanfang told me that my sister must take all these medicines, so that my health will be better."

Kasili smiled, and took out another bowl of honey: "If my sister thinks the medicine is too bitter, you can take a sip of the medicine and a sip of honey."

"You think I'm you, and you need to be coaxed to take medicine."

Huo Qingtong smiled helplessly, raised his head and drank all the medicine, but was tortured by the sour and bitter taste until his face turned blue, and it took him a long time to recover.

Seeing this, Kasili took a spoonful of honey and said, "Sister, open your mouth."

"Casley, you—"

Just as Huo Qingtong was about to refuse, Kasili had already put a spoonful of honey into Huo Qingtong's mouth.

As the honey entered the mouth, it turned into sweetness to dilute the sourness, and Huo Qingtong's frown gradually eased.

Seeing her sister's brows slowly unfolding, Casili showed a bright smile: "Sister, do you want to eat some more honey?"

"No need," Huo Qingtong said softly, "The honey from the Qing Palace is too greasy, not as sweet and refreshing as the honey from Tianshan."

"Honey from Tianshan..."

Kasili's body shook, she put down the honey, and said to Huo Qingtong: "Sister, since childhood, as long as it's something I like, no matter how much you like it in your heart, you will pretend not to care and give it to me. But this time, I If you want to give Chen Jialuo to my sister, my sister should be the one who will spend his whole life with him..."

Huo Qingtong was ice-snow and smart, before Kasili could finish her sentence, she realized something was wrong, and interrupted with a serious expression: "Kasili, what nonsense are you talking about! Why did you give Chen Jialuo to me? Why did I live with him?" Forever... don't you want to leave the palace? Don't you want to be with Chen Jialuo?"

"me……"

After all, Kasili was young, even though she was ready to speak, when she met Huo Qingtong's eyes of the lone star in the cold night, she still felt that her throat was blocked and she couldn't say anything. Pearls slowly fall down the eyelashes.

Seeing this scene, Huo Qingtong knew that the most worrying thing had happened.

She said to Kasili: "Kasili, if you dare to give yourself to the emperor of the Manchus, I will never take medicine anymore, I would rather die!"

"elder sister……"

Kasili looked at Huo Qingtong with a broken heart, and said: "But if I don't hand myself over to the Manchu emperor, he might send a large army to bully the Hui troops, kill our people, burn our grasslands, and rob us land……"

"Do you think that if you hand yourself over to the emperor of the Manchus, he won't send a large army to bully his troops! Kasili, you are so naive!"

Huo Qingtong was so angry that there was a dull pain in his heart and lungs, and he almost passed out.

Kasili hurriedly helped Huo Qingtong to lie down, and said: "Sister, actually, I also know that the Manchu Emperor will not stop bullying Huibu because of me, but I will stay with the Manchu Emperor and give Huibu a chance to breathe. , Let the scorched grassland be covered with green grass again, men and women dance hand in hand under the moon, love each other, and give birth to many, many children..."

"do not talk."

Huo Qingtong looked at Kasili in pain, she would not allow her sister who only knew how to herd sheep, pick flowers, dance, and count stars to become so sensible and mature.

"My sister will find a way to go back to the Ministry," Huo Qingtong comforted, "I will get you out of the palace soon, and let you happily wait to be Chen Jialuo's bride."

"elder sister……"

Kasli didn't continue talking.

Even without the reminder from the Manchu Queen, she could see that the Manchu Emperor cared about her. The Forbidden City was already impenetrable, and the Baoyue Tower was surrounded by layers, and even a fly couldn't get in and out freely.

My sister was destined not to take her away from Baoyue Tower, out of the capital, out of the control of the Manchu emperor.

Huo Qingtong actually knew that Qianlong cared about Kasili very much, it was almost impossible for her to steal Kasili out of Baoyue Building, but even if there was only one millionth hope, Huo Qingtong was not willing to give up.

"There must be a way, Kasili, I will definitely think of a way to get you out of the palace..."

Huo Qingtong promised repeatedly that she decided to meet the Manchu Queen tomorrow!

No matter what the Manchu queen wants to achieve with her hands, as long as Kasili can be sent out of the fire pit, she will agree.

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