Nine hundred and sixty-seventh new life and new machinery
When the first winter snow came, Liu Che finally welcomed his second prince.
This is the prince born to Zhuo Wenjun.
Liu Che teased the newborn baby's nose and kissed him lovingly on the cheek.
The little guy didn't know it and started crying loudly.
Liu Che laughed and handed him to the wet nurse next to him.
"Your Majesty... please name the prince..." A eunuch held a silk document and presented it to Liu Che.
At first, Yi Ruo gave birth to the emperor's eldest son and eldest princess.
Liu Che wanted to avoid suspicion and also to silence some people.
Although I named the boss to be cured.
But, this time I don't need it.
The son of a merchant's daughter, even if he is a prince, is destined to be unable to achieve the throne.
Liu Che looked at the heavy snow falling outside the window, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Now I'm thinking about it, it's raining and snowing!"
"Just call him Liu Si!" Liu Che held the hand of Zhuo Wenjun, who was still very weak, and said, "I hope he can become a pillar of the country in the future!"
The word "si" can also be interpreted into many meanings.
Literally understood, thinking, capacity.
This is to hope that the second son of the emperor will be tolerant when he grows up.
Also, Confucius said: Learning without thinking is in vain; thinking without learning is in danger.
Xunzi said: I think about it all day long, and it is not as good as what I learned in just a moment.
This contains the hope that the second son of the emperor can study hard.
All in all, it's a good name!
But unfortunately, the prince of the old Liu family never needed a good name.
The prince's name is usually chosen with words that are as uncommon as possible and will not embarrass the people as much as possible.
In other words, this actually still shows Liu Che's purpose.
The second son of the emperor is not the choice of the heir apparent.
After the news spread, some people sighed, while others were encouraged.
But most of the courtiers felt uneasy inside.
For ministers, a country cannot live without a king for a day, and similarly, it cannot live without a prince for a day.
At that time, Emperor Taizong came to control Chang'an from Daidi.
The first thing the ministers did was to report to Emperor Taizong: "We established a crown prince, so we respect the ancestral temple. Please establish a crown prince!"
During the reign of the late Emperor, the ministers were all jumping up and down in order to establish themselves as heirs.
In the end, Liu Che took advantage.
Otherwise, based on the late emperor's original thoughts, people may not confirm the crown prince for a while.
Now, the pressure is on Liu Che.
On the tenth day after the birth of the second emperor's son, Liu Che's desk was already filled with various memorials requesting him to be crown prince.
There are people from Shangshu ranging from Jiuqing to the scholar-bureaucrats in the opposition!
For China's nobles and scholar-bureaucrats, they are not used to a country without a prince.
Without a prince, there is no guarantee for the future.
Moreover, the lessons of history also told them that whether the prince is established or not is indeed a major event related to the decline of the world and the stability of the country!
Back then, Qin Shihuang was a powerful ruler who dominated the world.
When he was alive, not a single hero in the world dared to stand up, and they were all suppressed by this ancestral dragon.
More than half of Qin's death was due to Qin Shihuang's failure to establish Fusu's position as crown prince during his lifetime.
As a result, Li Si and Zhao Gao teamed up to tamper with the imperial edict, ordered Fusu to commit suicide, and sent Meng Tian to prison to die.
The entire Great Wall Army was immediately demoralized.
Moreover, the old Qin people in Guanzhong fell into the paradox of self-doubt and self-contradiction.
As a result, the Qin people destroyed the Great Wall, and the entire empire immediately fell into turmoil.
There are even legal scholars who believe that if Qin Shihuang had established Fusu as the crown prince, Qin would not have perished at all.
Jia Yi once said in his treatise on passing the Qin Dynasty: Xiangshi II acted like a mediocre ruler and appointed loyal and virtuous people... and then the treachery of rebellion was inevitable.
He believed that even if Qin II could be a little more decent, Qin would not be destroyed.
Although this kind of politically incorrect speech has been attacked and attacked all over the world.
However, the spread of the theory of passing the Qin Dynasty became more and more widespread along with the controversy.
So much so that in this year's examination, there were two questions that covered the content of Qin Lun.
Under such circumstances, there was also one more prince.
Of course, the ministers hope that Liu Che will establish his status as crown prince as soon as possible.
Of course, in this process, they magnificently ignored Dou and Guantao.
As for the ministers, they are too lazy to care about the emperor's harem and relatives!
They only care about whether there is a prince.
Now, the queen is very young, and it is probably impossible to have any descendants within three or four years.
If the establishment of a direct descendant fails, they want to establish an elder. If the establishment of an elder fails, then they will establish a virtuous person.
In short, the ministers just want the emperor to give them a guarantee for the future, a hope that can ensure that the political situation is stable and will not change.
However, Liu Che obviously couldn't do this.
Not to mention that the Empress Chen Ajiao is there, the Empress Dowager of the East Palace is just staying away.
Even if the Empress Dowager of the East Palace passed away, Liu Che would not establish a prince so quickly.
Liu Che will not be careless in choosing a successor.
He must thoroughly examine, test and confirm that he did not choose a fool or idiot.
Only then can you make a decision!
Therefore, all the memorials were left in the center.
In addition, Liu Che was afraid that these guys would get it wrong, so he sent envoys to tell them one by one: The prince is as important as Mount Tai. I plan for the world, so be careful and observe it! Don't talk about the prince again!
Reluctantly, I managed to suppress the turmoil surrounding the establishment of the reserve.
But this incident also reminded Liu Che that it was time to include the successor training and selection system in the plan.
Just in time, the emperor's eldest son Liu Bing has grown up gradually. At this time next year, he can be sent to the school in Shanglinyuan to study and grow with the orphans.
Of course there are risks!
But what the royal family is least afraid of is risk.
An emperor would give birth to at least a dozen sons in his lifetime.
As long as there is a qualified successor among them, it is enough.
After suppressing this matter, the court was quiet for a few days.
At this time, Mo Yuan reported it, after three years of long research.
They finally developed the first pedal lathe in the Han Dynasty!
This good news made Liu Che leave immediately to inspect Moyuan.
As we all know, a lathe is a tool invented by humans for processing machinery and repairing parts.
In the industrialized era of later generations, the importance of lathes is unquestionable.
There is even a legend about the so-called ‘industrial mother machine’.
But in reality, the so-called industrial machine is actually a lathe.
It’s just that its processing accuracy and applicability are higher.
Apart from other things, any simple mechanical lathe in later generations, moved to the present era before the Christian era, is guaranteed to become an industrial master machine.
And when Liu Che came to Moyuan, the machine tool that appeared in front of him made him a little stunned.
This was completely different from any machine tool in his memory.
It was a simple machine with a wooden bed and most of its structure.
Under the support of four wooden legs, there is a spindle fixed on the workbench on a simple workbench. The spindle is made of iron. On top of the spindle, there is a straightened rope. The rope
On top is a bamboo pole.
The ink artist at Moyuan demonstrated to Liu Che how to operate this simple lathe.
It's very simple. There are two wooden boards under the workbench. People step on the wooden boards with their feet to drive the rope to move up and down. The rope then drives the spindle to rotate. Then you can hold the tool to finish the parts.
Although, this kind of lathe can only process some simple parts.
It cannot process the pitch of the thread, nor can it exchange positions, let alone the black technology of gears.
But, in Liu Che's eyes, it was magical enough.
"Finally caught up with the Romans..." Liu Che sighed in his heart.
The world's first simple primitive pedal lathe was invented by the Romans around the first century AD.
Liu Che didn't know whether the lathe of the Han Dynasty was more advanced than that of the Romans.
But, at least it solves the problem.
The difference between one and zero is worlds apart!
With this machine tool, the Han Dynasty had the possibility of using mechanical processing machinery.
Moreover, in China, once anything starts, it will not end unless the ruler forcefully interrupts the process.
From foot-operated to mechanical transmission, the distance between them can be said to be far or close.
What's more, the Han Dynasty also had some advantages that the Romans had.
For example, unified rulers and stronger metal tools, etc.
In addition, Liu Che, the emperor, took the resources of the treasury and smashed it for free for ten years. Even the Great Wall could be smashed out again, let alone that kind of primitive screw drive machinery.
The emergence of transmission machinery means that the dawn of industry has suddenly appeared. (To be continued.)
