Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

"Outside the number, outside the number, the weaving competition between the Satin Pavilion and the Wenxiu Pavilion will be held in three days!"

"The latest news, the successful improvement of Fujian machine tools has driven a new wave of inventions—"

"Extremely good news, the compilation of Daqing No. [-] Agricultural Book has been completed, and it will be put on shelves in major bookstores in five days—"

Xie Min and Xue Li were walking in Qinghefang in Hangzhou. There were bustling people everywhere, and all kinds of cries came and went.The place where the most passenger flow gathers every morning is the teahouse next to the morning stall. Since the newspaper was introduced from Bashu to the Jiangnan area, everyone will come to listen to the newspaper reader once every seven days. Those interesting things happened in Daqing.

"Sour plum soup, when are we going back to the capital?" Xue Mu patted Xun Min with his hand, who was fascinated by the monkey show on the side.

Xie Min tried his best to move his eyes away from the little monkey dancing, followed behind Xue Li, and returned to the other courtyard where they were staying temporarily from a small alley. "It's been almost a year since we came out. Sixth Uncle said that we must return to the capital before October. We have important things to do. Tangyuan, did Brother Xue rush you?"

Xue Li nodded. Xue Pan also sent a letter asking them to rush back to the capital before October, and he didn't know why.

The matter started more than half a year ago. In September last year, Daqing’s first maritime military exercise was held in Tianjin Port. The people who were invited to observe were all senior officials of the third rank and above, as well as Prince Yizhong and the third prince. Xun Chang and the sixth prince, Xun Min.Of course Xie Min also went. On the vast sea, the vigorous sea breeze and the sound of roaring gunfire shocked the entire Tianjin Wei.All the people who came to participate in this military exercise were shocked by the powerful navy in front of them. Now they completely believed that Daqing had the strength and went to the new continent thousands of miles away.After this military exercise, both civil servants and military officers were asked by the emperor to participate in the naval military speech course with Xia Gui as the keynote speaker.

This course is not a scripted course, but allows them to experience in person what the power of the sea is and what military equipment at sea should look like.These officials from different factions all boarded the big ship, not only built by Daqing, but also ships from other Western countries.Xia Gui made a detailed comparison between the two, pointing out the pros and cons of each.People who have been living in the era of cold weapons can only truly understand the power of these two worlds when they face the power of hot weapons.

Although before this, Daqing did not have cannons and muskets, but those weapons were not mainstream, and they relied more on cavalry and broadswords, so when they stood on the ship and listened to the cannons exploding around them, some ministers They all fainted.

Before those ministers considered whether Daqing should make such a terrible weapon, Xia Gui's words disturbed their hearts, because the Westerners had already started to make it, and they could think about whether it would be useful to close the country.Daqing's coastline is very long, and passive defense and retreat are destined to only have a tragic result.

Therefore, the only choice for Daqing is to take the initiative to dominate the sea and have the power to control the sea, so that it can curb the wolfish ambitions of some countries.Of course, such a naval construction must be costly, but its benefits are also huge, not only in sea trade, but also in those uninhabited islands in the sea, which may contain gold and silver minerals, so this is a huge profit. Business.

A 50.00% interest makes people eager to move, and a [-]% interest makes people desperate. When they reach [-]% interest, they dare to trample on all laws in the world. It doesn't hesitate to flow into a river.

This sentence expresses the views of Western countries on Daqing. Once their navigation technology and weapon technology far surpass Daqing, it will be the time of catastrophe.When escaping can't solve any problems, people can only catch up.

Prince Yizhong led a pioneering exploration group to the New World, which was the first step taken by Daqing.Just after the military exercise, the moods of the ministers changed. They had never had such an intuitive understanding of the opportunities and dangers of the sea. It was only after they were shocked by what they saw before them that they realized that the emperor was really far-sighted, not for the sake of ten thousand years. Annual calculation, but for the calculation of Daqing's hundred years later.

At this time, with a very complicated mood, they bid farewell to Prince Yizhong and the exploration team led by him.Facing the salty sea breeze, I don't know whether it is more expectation, more worry, or unexplainable anxiety about the changes in this world.

Before they opened their eyes, these capable ministers lived in the dream of the Kingdom of Heaven, but when they woke up, the thinking shock they endured made them confused and hesitant.Smart people can think. Smart people can only lie to others but not themselves. Smart people know that maybe this time they are standing on the road of crushing the wheel of history. There is an unprecedented power that will appear in an unstoppable posture. They What should I do next.

Prince Yizhong Ganwei left first, but the emperor only asked, what should you do for the people you left behind?

Yes, what should I do?At this time, new printing technology came out at the same time as newspapers.The new printing technology made books popular, and the printing of newspapers allowed the people to hear the voice of Daqing clearly.At the same time, in addition to the Confucius and Mencius theory that has persisted for thousands of years in Shilin, there are finally some different voices, because the way of investigating things has once again been boarded after thousands of years of pre-Qin. into the mainstream arena.

No one thought that because of the newspaper as a carrier, there would be another contention among a hundred schools of thought in this land of China.The era when there was only one kind of thought as the mainstream finally ended in a decree of Xing Shi.With Hunan Weijia, Bashu Duanjia, Changan Xiejia, and Jiangnan Hanjia as the initiators of the first wave, the era of various schools of thought seems to be back again, and this time they are not fighting for who will be recognized by those in power It is not a genre, but in this era of change, gathering the strengths of a hundred schools of thought has become a more important goal.

In the midst of all the turmoil, Xue Li went south by boat and went to the south of the Yangtze River to attend the wedding of Han Yue and Lin Daiyu.Xie Min was also asked by Xie Shi to go out for a walk to see what the real Daqing looks like.Xue Bian and Xun Min met by chance in Jingci Town, which is where Xue Pan and Xun started their travels.As the guide Huang Qi said, great changes have taken place here, with more and more foreigners, and those lost porcelain firing techniques have been developed again, such as the porcelain firing techniques of the five kilns in the Song Dynasty, Once again reappeared in the world.

To say that both Xie Min and Xue Li are bold, they obeyed the axiom that the relationship between buddies is tight, they lived in a brothel together, spent time in a prison cell together, and beat bandits together and shared the spoils.After hiding their respective identities, they have done all kinds of good things in the past six months.Finally, I began to call each other by their nicknames. One was the glutinous rice balls that Xun gave to Xue Ji, who made him fat when he was a child, and the other was the sour plum soup that Xue Pan gave to Xunmin, who made him always miss the old sour plums in Jiangnan. formula.

A Xue Li is not scary, he just likes to try all kinds of new things. A Huan Min is not scary, but he is interested in digging pits and bluffing people, but one plus one is not equal to two, but erupts with terrifying power. After the whole Daqing has been turned around hastily, Xie Min, who followed them to clean up the mess, really broke their hearts.Unexpectedly, these two seemingly sensible and intelligent people turned into a big devil like a child when they got together, and countless corrupt officials suffered disasters.

Finally, Xie is about to leave the filial piety period, and he issued a secret decree, no matter what, before October, Xie will take these two people back to the capital.Xie Min felt that if Xie retired in the future, he would never stay under Xie Min's hands.Xie is cold but considerate, and Xie Min can sell him by changing hands with a smile. At that time, he must persuade Xia Gui to follow Xie and Xue Pan.

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"What happened again? When the master came back from Fujian, he said that Xie Min had teased the new Fujian magistrate and made him realize the importance of machine tools. Now Yin Zhen is committed to using innovative inventions to improve The influence of Fujian Province." Xue Pan asked Yun, because he was reading Yun Min's secret report, in fact, he was suing Yun Min and Xue Xi for doing bad things again.

After reading it, Xie just smiled and handed the letter to Xue Pan, "It's nothing, that is to say, your cousin is also pregnant, and the Han family treats her well. Then, starting from this year, Hupan Academy will formally integrate Mathematics and Gewu The study of learning has been set as the main course. They have already set off and returned. You said that when they know that they came back to attend our wedding, what expression will they have?"

"It must be very surprising." Xue Pan saw Xun Shi's smile. Last month, Xue's father finally agreed with Xun Shi and Xue Pan's marriage during the pleading marriage that Xun Shi visited every seven days for more than half a year. , just waiting for the frost to hold a wedding for them around.There were very few guests who came to participate, at most they invited two outsiders, Xun Yan and Xia Gui, and Xue Xun and Xing Min.The wedding was kept simple, because it could not be known by outsiders, so many things were done by Xue's father and Xue's mother.

Now I'm waiting for Xun Min to bring the two brats, who are actually young boys, back to the capital.

In addition, Xia Gui, who was assigned a secret mission, was also waiting. I don't know if she could return triumphantly within a month.