History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Seeing his 13-year-old son chatting away, Fourth Master's face was full of admiration. Anyone who has such an outstanding son has to be proud.

Hong Kyung said everything that should be said, just waiting for the people below to go back and think.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Fourth Master stopped watching and invited the Supreme Emperor to take a tour of the Huangzhuang.

As for the merchants and officials who were invited, most of them were invited out by the people in Zhuangzi.

The goal has been achieved, and these people are not kept anymore, and they are simply thrown away when they are used up.

A group of people were invited out of Zhuangzi's gate, and they looked at each other in blank dismay. After all, it was the royal family's business.

However, what happened today spread quickly, especially on the second day's newspaper, there was a simplified print of the tractor, which took up more than half of the page, and the function of the tractor was fully reported by the newspaper. out.

All of a sudden, the curiosity of the people in the capital was aroused by this unheard of thing, and the news on the paper was reprinted by newspapers in other places, just like this, the portrait of the tractor was spread in just half a month. Inside, it spread throughout the Qing Dynasty.

These reprinted newspapers did not forget to mention the auction at the end of June.

All the businessmen who were interested in tractors all of a sudden took the fastest route to the capital.

If you want to say where the business is the most prosperous in the whole Qing Dynasty, it is the Jiangnan area.

Now it has slowly shifted to several coastal ports, but it is still a problem for several ports to catch up with Jiangnan in a short period of time, but it may not be impossible to catch up with time.

This time the news of the tractor reached Jiangnan, and a large number of businessmen from the Jiangnan area rushed to the capital.

In the past, taking a boat was the fastest way to go to the capital, but it took more than a month. Now, not only take the inner road, but some people go to the coast to take sea boats.

Most of the sea-going ships have been converted to steam ships. On the contrary, the inland ships have been using the original ships because they are not very competitive.

In this case, the development of the ship will inevitably appear deformed.

Sea transportation is becoming more and more advanced, so is the inland water transportation stagnating?

However, the fourth master has no intention of going to the water for the time being. After all, the train has not been connected, and the fourth master will start to rectify the water transportation after the entire inland is connected.

Of course, these are things for later, so I won't mention them for now.

The fourth master left the Taishanghuang in the Huangzhuang, not for other things, but to plant the seeds found from the New World for the fields in the Huangzhuang.

Now that these seeds have been harvested for a few crops, the stored seeds are enough to promote around the capital. This time, Fourth Master also intends to discuss this matter with the Supreme Emperor.

The Emperor Taishang inspected several kinds of vegetables, which were collected from the New World. Don’t underestimate the vegetables. These vegetables have high yields, short planting periods, and are not very dependent on water. If a family eats more vegetables , at least half of the food can be saved.

"Okay, okay, let the cabinet formulate a regulation on this matter, and you can deal with it."

The Supreme Emperor looked at several kinds of dishes, and after inquiring, he learned that all of them could be used, so he nodded and told Fourth Master.

The Supreme Emperor was not prepared to ask about this matter, and the fourth son told him that he respected him as the Supreme Emperor. Now that he had stepped down, the Supreme Emperor did not intend to take care of such a trivial matter, and left it to his son to handle it himself.

Fourth Master agreed.

Let Zhang Tingyu next to him let this matter be written down.

Then he stayed in Huangzhuang for a while, and then went back home.

Throughout May and June, the capital was very lively, and the incidents of fighting for wealth happened one after another.

Thinking about how wealthy merchants in the entire Qing Dynasty seemed to gather in the capital, one can imagine how much wealth was gathered in the capital at once.

For this auction, the imperial court has already formulated the rules.

One is allowed to use banknotes to shoot, and the other is that a city is currently limited to only one factory.

In other words, if the businessman lives in Hangzhou, but the qualification to open a factory in Hangzhou has been photographed by others, then he can only choose another city.

The reason why the imperial court formulated this strange rule was that once two factories could be accommodated in one city, they would eventually fight. As the saying goes, two tigers cannot fit in one mountain. , not only did not reach the popularization of tractors, but there was a situation of dragging its feet.

Once a fight starts, it is very easy to involve other factories, and the imperial court will have to help clean up the mess, so it is better to formulate the rules from the beginning to avoid troubles caused by resource issues.

Of course, this auction is very weird, and some powerful local governments are allowed to auction, but the government has to put on a cover and use the name of a local company.

This also created a problem for some businessmen. These people have inquired which provinces have come to take pictures, and they plan to avoid the cities where the factories in these provinces are located after taking pictures.

Businessmen, after all, dare not confront the government, so it is best to avoid it.

At the end of June, a huge ten-day auction officially started.

The entire capital, whether it is the emperor at the top or the people at the bottom, is paying attention to this grand event.

The fourth master paid attention to it because Minning had agreed that this time the prescriptions would be sold to the imperial court at a price of 10 taels each, and the imperial court would auction the prescriptions.

It also allows the imperial court to settle after the auction, which means that the imperial court can get a sum of money for nothing as soon as it changes hands.

Although they didn't earn as much as Minning's, don't waste the money you got for free. If it works well, you might not be able to make a lot of money. The Ministry of Accounting has long been gearing up to get the money into its hands.

This time, Minning didn't ask too much. Anyway, the money from the auction had to be paid part of the tax, and a layer of meat was scraped off by the court. This matter was a foregone conclusion, and she just waited to collect the money.

This time, Fangzi only took one hundred pictures, which means that only one hundred tractor factories can be opened in the whole country.

There is also a reason for not selling more.

The formula of the tractor seems to be clear, but it is not so easy to make. Minning knows that it is impossible for these people to understand the principle of the tractor without giving it a few years.

The most important thing is the machine tool, which is already being researched in Zhuangzili. Minning plans to sell the tractor formula first, and when he gets the tractor at home, he will probably find that he can't build a few in a year. Take out the big killer machine tool.

At that time, it can be sold again.

As a result, Minning has already seen through it. They are all learning the capitalist style. Wool is just layer by layer, so you can't kill all the sheep at once.

The matter of the tractor Fangzi was not taken to heart.

Minning is now fully focused on the power plant, which is about to be completed.

The power plant was built not far from the Old Summer Palace, in a mountain depression.

The vegetation and the like here have been cleaned up, and a railway passage was quickly built, leading directly to the West Mountain.

At that time, the coal from Xishan can be transported to the power plant by train.

The power plant uses thermal power, and currently mainly uses coal.

In fact, she pays more attention to hydropower, which is less polluting.

It's just that those craftsmen are now focusing on thermal power. If they want to use water to generate electricity, they have to continue to study in depth.

During the past two months, the imperial court has not been idle. Before the auction was held, the imperial court issued an order to all parts of the country to report all the kerosene points found in various places.

In the future, troops will be sent to guard these areas. At present, a factory has been built in an open-air kerosene area closest to the capital. This factory is mainly used to separate kerosene.

At different temperatures, kerosene can be decomposed into asphalt, diesel, gasoline, engine oil, etc. After the above instructions, craftsmen have mastered the uses of these types, and the other types have been separated and stored. Currently The main circulation in the market is diesel and kerosene.

These two kinds, one is used for tractors, and the other is directly supplied to folks for lighting.

Kerosene is much cheaper than traditional candles, and it was welcomed by the common people once it was launched, especially kerosene lamps.

Soon the people in the capital used kerosene lamps, and the kerosene could burn for a long time just by adding a coal wire.

No matter how poor the family is, there is no need to worry about spending money. The money for a candle can be used for three to five days if you save a little on a kerosene lamp.

The appearance of kerosene lamps may be dismissed by wealthy people, after all, the smell is very bad.But it is very popular for poor families. After all, kerosene lamps bring light to these families.

Kerosene and diesel are just one type of petroleum extract. After receiving the order from above, the factory began to figure out how to make plastic.

Plastic is only described in the above, and it feels like rubber when listening to the description, but because there is no clue, the research on plastic has been shelved for the time being.

Minning was also impatient to wait for the appearance of plastics. He didn't know how many years he would have to wait, so he turned to spending a lot of money on researching rubber, and copper wire skins were made by spending a lot of money.

Considering that it takes a lot of current to pull the wires from the power plant to the Yuanmingyuan, if only ordinary wires are used, they will probably be burned directly.

Minning thought about it, and asked someone to make a copper wire as thick as a little finger. Just pulling it from the power plant to the Old Summer Palace, the amount of copper is quite a lot, not to mention the use of pure copper.

For a while, Minning couldn't get so much copper coins, so he could only call his idea to the bank, which had a lot of copper coins stored in it.

Withdrawing tens of thousands of catties of copper coins from the bank, Minning directly threw them into Zhuangzi for people to refine. As for how to make copper wires of the same thickness, it was up to the craftsmen in Zhuangzi to solve this problem.

The matter of the copper wire was not resolved, and Minning thought that if the wire was pulled over, it should not be placed where people could touch it, otherwise the curious person who touched it would be electrocuted to death, and a big problem would be caused.

After thinking about it, she felt that it couldn't be placed underground. If it were placed underground, the skin might be gnawed by small animals, and an electric leakage would occur.

Now it is not like the environment will be destroyed in the future, and animals will become extinct. Now when you go to the wild, you can see all kinds of small animals, so this situation has to be prevented.

Then the only goal is to put it in the sky. Minning thought of the future high-voltage lines, and they could erect poles to support the lines.

Anyway, there is only one line now, which only leads to the Old Summer Palace, which is convenient for management. Whether it will expand to the whole country in the future, then it should be considered by the imperial court.

Electricity, like petroleum, should also be managed by the state.

Minning had to admire himself, he was too understanding of justice, so many ways to make money were handed over to the court

Fourth master should give her a good citizen award.

It took a lot of effort in Zhuangzili to produce copper wires of the same thickness, and it is very easy to cover them with rubber.

However, the rubber sleeve is easy to put on, but it has not passed the test. After the electricity is turned on, the rubber is often burned.

Zhuangzi cooperated with the research laboratory in Tianjin and finally developed a better copper wire sheath.

This kind of copper wire skin is thick and not electrified, and it can only be lukewarm after being charged.

The wire problem was finally solved, and wires were installed immediately between the Old Summer Palace and the power plant. A distance away, there was a concrete pole supporting the wires so that they would not fall to the ground.

It was not until early August that the Old Summer Palace was connected to electricity.

Of course, only the Xinghua Village Pavilion is powered on temporarily, and the place next to it cannot be used by Minning for experiments.

As for why it wasn't installed in the Hall of Thousand Words, although that place belonged to Fourth Master, Fourth Master's identity was precious after all. It was unrealistic to install this kind of unknown thing in the Hall of Thousand Words without finding out the details.

Minning simply didn't bother with that, and directly laid the line in his Xinghua Village Pavilion.

Tried it during the day, and it did work.

Minning was overjoyed, and told a group of awe-inspiring court ladies and eunuchs not to spread the matter, and she planned to inform Fourth Master herself.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and fourth master is also very busy.

This time the Supreme Emperor did not go to Rehe, and some Mongolian princes and ministers naturally had to come to the capital.

In addition, although the houses with tractors have been sold, some factories have not yet opened, and it will take at least a few years to see tractors appear on the market.

Fourth Master was inevitably a little anxious, but fortunately, there were some things that diverted his attention. The registration of household registrations in various places and the results of the land census were gradually introduced to the capital.

This shows that the national survey has come to an end.

Fourth master is now summoning ministers all day long to discuss the exemption of officials and scholars from treatment. Fourth master is setting an example and preparing for Huangzhuang to pay taxes first. The officials below will not pay taxes for no reason.

Fourth Master's move by this hooligan suddenly exceeded everyone's expectations. These officials have replaced a lot of land. It is precisely because they do not pay taxes that they can live a prosperous life. They also pay taxes all of a sudden. The officials are naturally a headache One does not follow.

During this period of time, fourth master has been arguing with these people a lot. All in all, the tax-free treatment for scholars will be gone in the future.

After the stalls are allocated to the mu, the burden is reduced for the common people.

But for the imperial court, it can be said that taxes have been reduced, so these less taxes should be recovered from other places.

Where can I find it?In this regard, the officials all had speculations, but they did not expect that the emperor would directly cancel the treatment given to scholars for thousands of years across the board.

This time, he directly stabbed the hornet's nest.

Fortunately, at present, Hanchens only account for a small number of courtiers, and the vast majority are Manchurians.

The emperor's sudden move seemed to be aimed at Hanchen, and most of the Manchen were still watching with cold eyes.

Under such circumstances, fourth master's order was firmly pushed down.

From now on, anyone who has land under their name will have to pay the fee.

Many well-informed and well-known scholars hurriedly returned the extra land on their bodies.

Fortunately, the current policy has become that the tax is divided into the mu, even if the tax is paid, the tax in my name is not much.

It's just that the scholar was upset after all, so he picked up a pen and added several crimes to the emperor.

Fourth master was busy with official duties, so he didn't notice what Minning was doing recently?

On this day, Fourth Master was busy reviewing the memorial. As soon as it was dark, Su Peisheng came in with a candlestick in his hand to report to Fourth Master.

"Long live, the imperial concubine sent someone to invite you, saying that she has something important to report."

After hearing these words, fourth master dropped his pen and rubbed his painful forehead.

During this period of time, documents from the local government and the capital kept flying into the palace. Even though most of the useless documents were kicked out with the help of the cabinet, these remaining memorials are still a lot of work for Fourth Master .

He has only slept for four hours for several consecutive days, waking up to review the memorial.

Fourth Master stood up and stretched his body, but at this moment his eyes suddenly went dark, he supported the table, shook his head, he felt the color in his vision slowly return.

"Long live, do you want to invite the imperial physician over!" Su Peisheng was startled, and rushed forward to help him.

Fourth Master waved his hand away, "It's all right, it's just that I got up too fast, and I'll be all right after standing for a while."

Su Peisheng was a little worried. Long live God had been reviewing the papers day and night these days, and he had seen them all. Now that something happened, Su Peisheng was afraid that he would be tired.

It's a pity that Long Live Lord didn't listen to him at all.

Su Peisheng felt a little anxious, and then made up his mind to tell Concubine An about this matter.

If there is anyone in this palace who can persuade Lord Long Live, it is probably only Concubine An.

The fourth master put aside the approved documents just now, and then told Su Peisheng, "Send this pile of approved documents to the cabinet."

Su Peisheng quickly responded, "Long Live Lord, I will do it myself later, but Concubine An's people are still waiting outside..."

After hearing this, fourth master walked out from behind the dragon case.

"I see, let's drive to the Xinghua Village Pavilion!"

"Slave sent you off!" Su Peisheng immediately knelt down.

Fourth Master waved back and entered the house alone.

Only Minning was left in the room, Fourth Master asked, "Why don't you light the lamp?"

Minning smiled mysteriously, "Master, I have something nice to show you."

Fourth master was a little curious. He was indeed busy with government affairs and didn't care much about her during this time. Could it be some good thing?

You must know that every time she said something good, she would surprise fourth master. Of course, this time was no exception. As soon as she said it, fourth master's eyes were full of anticipation.

Minning dragged fourth master to the wall, and then took his hand to touch a rope hanging from the wall.

After touching the rope, Minning asked fourth master in a low voice, "I promise this is something that changes the times."

Fourth master was a little curious, touched the rope in his hand, but didn't feel that there was anything special about it.

Indeed, the rope is just an ordinary rope, but there is something special about the things connected by the rope.

Min Ning felt a little excited, held fourth master's hand, and pulled it down together.

Hearing a slight sound, the whole room lit up.

Fourth Master was used to the darkness, and he had never been in such a bright light in the dark. He felt his eyes sore for a moment, and he quickly stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, tears streaming down his palm.

Minning was startled, and asked him concerned, "Master, are you alright?"

Fourth Master shook his head and felt the tears slowly stop. Even though he covered his eyes with his hands, he still felt the light outside his palms.

His eyes slowly adapted, and his hands began to move away slowly. After about 5 minutes, fourth master's eyes got used to the light.

Seeing that the room was like daylight, no, maybe it was brighter than the daytime room, Fourth Master was surprised.

"What is this? It can emit light by itself. Could it be the night pearl?"

No, this is not the night pearl. The night pearl just emits a dim light, absolutely not as bright as the thing hanging on the roof.

Seeing that Fourth Master had adapted to the lighting, Minning felt relieved.

She was really startled just now, she forgot that he was an ancient person, she had never seen an electric light before, and this was the first time she saw it today, so naturally her eyes couldn't stand such bright eyes, that's why she was overstimulated and had an irritative reaction.

Don't underestimate the stimulation of the light on the eyes. In the future tense, there will even be a weapon that can temporarily blind people under strong light.

"It's not a luminous pearl. It's called an electric lamp. When electricity is passed into the lamp, the filament inside can emit light, just like a small sun."

Fourth Master listened to it as if he was listening to the Arabian Nights.

"Wait, explain to me clearly."

Minning explained the principle of electricity and the principle of electric light to the fourth master, and the fourth master cleverly drew inferences, "That is to say, the electricity is like thunder and lightning, and the lamp itself does not light up, it only turns on after the electricity is turned on." Will it light up?"

Minning nodded, "Yes, didn't I ask you for a piece of land last year? That piece of land was used by me to build a power plant, and the wires were only transmitted to the garden a few days ago, so I installed electric lights here and wires."

Fourth Master looked at this daylight-like electric light and was a little envious. If this thing was installed in the Hall of Thousand Words, he would not need to look so hard to review the papers in the future.

No matter how many candles are lit, not a single electric lamp can be brightened.

"Can this electricity be installed in the Hall of Words?"

Minning nodded, "Of course, as long as the line is connected to you, and it can be installed in the yard, you don't need to be afraid of walking in the dark in the future."

Fourth Master nodded, "There is no need for other places in the garden, first install it for the Hall of Thousand Words, and then connect the line you mentioned to Changchun Garden, so that the Supreme Emperor can also see it."

Minning understood what he meant, he was planning to show off to the Supreme Emperor.

In addition, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and several mountains are all in the Changchun Garden. This kind of convenient electric light should indeed be installed in the Changchun Garden.

"Okay, this is just a small thing. Next, what I want to say is the most important thing."

Fourth Master immediately sat aside and motioned for her to say.

"My lord, do you think if you get used to the electric light, you can bear to go back to the candles?"

Fourth Master frowned and thought for a while, "Why do you say that?"

Minning smiled and didn't answer, but got up and turned off the lights first, and the room was plunged into darkness for a moment.

Soon Minning found a candle and lit it.

Dim lights flickered in the room, Fourth Master found that most of Min Ning's face was immersed in the darkness and he couldn't see clearly.

He was thoughtful.

Minning turned on the light again, and turned to fourth master, "Look, this electric light is much brighter than candles, and there is no need to worry about fire. If people get used to electric lights in the future, how can they go back to using candles?" when?"

Fourth Master still didn't quite understand what she meant, but he still agreed with what he said earlier.

For example, now he is somewhat envious of the bright room here.

Minning smiled, and then continued, "According to the future model, this electricity will become an indispensable thing in people's daily life. Although it can't be seen or touched, as long as it is used, I don't think anyone will want to use it." Back to candles."

Fourth master nodded as usual.

"So this electricity should be nationalized."

Fourth Master nodded halfway, and suddenly froze, "What do you mean?" Did he think he would covet this little thing?

Minning patiently explained to him, "I have already invested a lot of money in building such a power plant. The power generation depends on burning coal and kerosene. I don't have that much money to burn it alone. And these wires, we have to How many people and how many years can it take to cover the entire Qing Dynasty, such a large project, the coal burned every year, no one except the imperial court can bear it."

The fourth master understood what she meant when he heard this. No wonder she was willing to give up this piece of fat. This project is really time-consuming. I don't know how many years it will take to get the reward. It is exactly as she said , except for the imperial court, no one can support such a large project.

but……

Fourth Master shook his head and said, "The court doesn't have that much money to invest in this bottomless pit."

Minning has already helped him figure out a solution, "Master, we only need to lay the large lines between provinces, and the local government will consider the ones below each province, allowing the local government to withhold half of the tax revenue and invest it in opening The power plant lays the wiring. This work can be divided into ten years to bring electricity to every village."

Fourth Master thought about it for a while, "This is really a big project, but if half of the tax revenue is withheld, then the imperial court will be in short supply."

Minning nodded, "That's true, but part of the electricity bill can be collected to make up for the finances. After these difficult years, the diesel can be sold, and then a large amount of gas money can be received."

The fourth master shook his head and sighed, "This matter is not so easy to handle, it seems that I have to spend a lot of time with the officials." Now the fourth master feels that he is fighting alone, and the only helper is Thirteen, and he As for the other brothers, it doesn't matter if you don't mention it, it's not bad if you don't hold him back.

"I think the thing about electricity can be delayed a little longer."

Fourth Master said "Oh", and looked at her, "What good idea do you have?"

Minning smiled mysteriously, "Master, although I said to hand over the electricity to the court, I didn't say I don't care about it. If possible, you can set up another yamen to take over the affairs of the power plant. As long as you give me enough letters, In ten years, I guarantee that even in the wilderness, I will be able to connect you with electricity."

Fourth Master sat up straight and looked at her, "Are you asking me for an errand?"

Minning looked up at him, "Why not? Don't underestimate us women."

Fourth master shook his head and laughed, "I've never underestimated you." It's just absurd to spread the news about setting up a yamen and letting women manage it.

Minning understood his concerns, "Master, don't worry, this yamen is only convenient for me to issue orders, and it can be kept secret from the court for the time being, and will be included in the court when the time is right, and I will resign at that time."

Minning said so, how could fourth master disagree?

This electricity is still a strange thing, indeed no one can understand it better than An Jiashi.

She has money in her hand, and she uses her tricks one after another, making it hard to guard against. If this matter is left to her, fourth master doesn't think there is anything to worry about.

The only shortcoming has also been made up for. Right now, the yamen is keeping secrets. As long as he doesn't say anything, those courtiers won't quarrel in his ears.

Fourth Master even felt that she had already planned it out and was waiting for him here.

The wiring of Siye Wanzidian is very easy to install.

On the second day, a group of craftsmen came in, took the wires and installed them on the wall, and then connected them to the Xinghua Village Pavilion.

It's just that the exposed wires are a bit indecent, but fortunately, it is the emperor's residence, and someone will deal with it as soon as he opens his mouth.

There are many skilled craftsmen in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who designed a lot of decorations according to the original style of the Wan Zi Hall, covering up the long wires.

Yuanmingyuan is easy to deal with, but Changchunyuan is troublesome.

There are many people living in the Changchun Garden, and the concubines of the Empress Dowager's Palace are all stuffed in the Changchun Garden. The fourth master mentioned the matter of the electric light, and the Taishang Emperor nodded and smiled in appreciation of his son's filial piety. I want to get the whole Changchun Garden at once.

However, when there are too many people, things get complicated. It is inappropriate for too many people to enter the Changchun Garden. In the end, the fourth master decided to install it in several palaces where the Supreme Emperor often lives, and the two places where the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager lived. Go up, as for those concubines, just move back.

This is quite simple, the inside and outside act at the same time, the outside poles are installed in the Changchun Garden, the high-voltage line is connected to the Changchun Garden, and then several lines are connected from the high-voltage line to several palaces, but it will take three days for the Supreme Emperor. Then the electricity was turned on.

Changchun Garden was electrified, and the brothers of Fourth Master got the letter with supernatural powers, and came to Changchun Garden one by one, in the name of meeting the concubine, and came to see the lamp that was brighter than the night pearl.

But in the daytime, the electric light can't see anything. These people dragged their feet until it was dark, and finally saw the electric light that illuminated the house as if it were daytime.

"The fourth child is too stingy, why didn't you install one for my mother?"

A woman with a forehead muttered something in her heart.

However, the only real use in this garden is the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager. No one dares to question it. After all, it is the emperor's filial piety to the elders.

As for those concubines, there is no reason for the emperor to treat them specially.

So these princes only muttered a few words in their hearts, but they didn't really dare to speak in front of fourth master.

Other people's houses were dark at night, but the Old Summer Palace was brightly lit. Suddenly, many people came up with the idea of ​​electric lights.

But everyone understands that if the emperor dares to show it, he will not worry about others stealing it.

Perhaps, they have already set up a Longmen array waiting there.

After staying in the Changchun Garden for a few days, those artisans moved into the Changchun Garden again. This time, the concubines did not make any fuss, and actively cooperated with the craftsmen to try to use bright electric lights as soon as possible.

But within two days, all the courtyards of Changchun Garden were electrified, even the residence of the eunuchs and maids was no exception.

Street lamps were installed along the small road by the lake outside Changchun Garden, so that even eunuchs and court ladies feel much safer when they walk at night.

After Changchun Garden was finished, it was Yuanmingyuan's turn. When the [-]th day of the eighth lunar month came, the lights in both gardens were turned on, as if stars had fallen into the garden.

The Changchun Garden even held a banquet for the court officials, and the banquet held in the bright garden made the Supreme Emperor's face even more radiant.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the entire capital, whether it was the court officials or the common people, became curious about the lights of the two royal gardens.

Some people firmly believe that it is the night pearl, while others spread the rumor that it is the thunder and lightning drawn down from the sky.

After the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the influence of imperial power reached its peak.

At least because of the electricity, the common people think that the royal family has extraordinary powers of immortals, which can attract thunder and lightning from the sky to light the lamps.

All of a sudden, Si Ye's prestige among the people increased, and there was no market for the dirty water that those scholars had poured on Si Ye in the past.

Fourth Master obviously felt the convenience. He implemented several policies in the court, but the officials in the court did not dare to stop them, so they passed smoothly.

At first, fourth master was still worried, thinking that some people would still have a backup, but later found that all these policies were carried out according to what he said.

He only learned the folk rumors from the mouth of the stick.

No wonder those officials who were jumping up and down before were so honest, they had also heard this statement.

Fourth Master sighed, and thought it was absurd that dignified court officials would believe such nonsense, what use would such officials be to the Qing Dynasty?

"Opening a university? What is a university?" Fourth Master told Minning about some troubles in the court.

Minning raised this opinion with him.

"University is the continuing education after middle school. Isn't it necessary to lay out circuits vigorously in the future? So some professionals are always needed. I plan to open a university to teach knowledge about circuits and tractors. After all, relying on those people I searched for it myself, but I couldn’t understand the principle of the tractor for many years.”

"What does this have to do with court officials?"

Minning patiently explained to the fourth master, "Don't you think it's too simple to choose officials now? We can definitely put all the content taught in the Four Books and Five Classics in children's studies and middle school teaching. The university is for further studies, such as teaching some astronomy Mathematical business, mining exploration, all the talents that my Qing Dynasty lacks can be cultivated in universities. After graduating from these universities, they can take the national examination. The national examination is the way for the imperial court to select talents. In the past, I only read sage books, and even if I can't be an official after graduating from university, I can find another way to live."

Before Fourth Master asked, Minning continued, "We can even set up a military academy to train a large number of low-level officers for the army..."