You can see bridges one after another in the high mountains, connecting the north and the south, and the natural chasm becomes a thoroughfare; or, a road goes directly into the cave; and, on the rough water, there are also spacious bridges connecting the two sides...
Seeing all this, Emperor Chongzhen was really dumbfounded. At this time, there was only one thought in his mind: Can this be built?
He had seen the Yangtze River Bridge before, but he was still very shocked by the infrastructure built in the high mountains.
Words like uncanny craftsmanship, ingenuity, and so on all flashed through his mind.
In fact, not to mention him, even Liu Weichao himself was shocked when he saw the famous infrastructure in the west for the first time.
Emperor Chongzhen was just an ancient man. Even if he already knew something about future generations, he could not have a broader vision than Liu Weichao, so he was naturally more shocked than Liu Weichao.
At this time, Liu Weichao was still sending photos to Emperor Chongzhen.
However, the photos later sent to Emperor Chongzhen were not just about infrastructure, but old photos of places from the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China, and then compared with his modern photos from this time.
This visual impact was so strong that Emperor Chongzhen was stunned.
Not to mention high-rise buildings, the scope of human activities has expanded even more. Places that were originally just wilderness are now human settlements, or places like factories.
To say that earth-shaking changes have taken place is not an exaggeration at all.
The earliest official roads may later become provincial roads, national roads, etc. However, by the time of Liu Weichao, these provincial roads, national roads, etc. were actually not commonly used.
When people travel, they take expressways, high-speed rails and the like. They are not restricted by topography, and they make twists and turns, achieving true roads and bridges across mountains and rivers.
No, Liu Weichao finally sent a sentence to Emperor Chongzhen: "So, I am providing this to you, but there is no way to refer to it. After all, Sun Chuanting needs to ask more local people for verification when he marches."
"I know!" Emperor Chongzhen saw him, replied with a voice message, and then put down his cell phone.
But just as he put down his phone, he picked it up unwillingly. With a hint of hope, he sent a voice message and said: "Can I do this here? Not only to do it the same way, but also to do it to the same level.
OK!"
Convenient transportation is the most direct factor that affects the strength of the central government's control over local areas. After having the steam train, Emperor Chongzhen felt more deeply about this. Looking at those photos, to be honest, he was envious.
After Liu Weichao heard his voice, he quickly replied: "You should spread the scientific basics first. Only when you have the basics can you go further! You have to eat one bite at a time!"
Upon hearing this voice, Emperor Chongzhen regretfully put down his cell phone and stopped talking to Liu Weichao.
Science! When can I enjoy more benefits brought by science?
It didn't matter to him if he hadn't seen it before; but after seeing all the benefits of future generations, Emperor Chongzhen's heart was in turmoil!
He was sitting there, looking at the photo of Beipanjiang Bridge. After looking at it silently for a long time, he suddenly slammed the table with a look of excitement on his face. He must have made up his mind.
Afterwards, I heard Emperor Chongzhen speaking outside the palace: "Pass the decree, summon the Supervisor of Ceremonies, the Cabinet, the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers to discuss matters in the Wenhua Palace!"
"According to the decree!" Hearing the movement at the door of the palace, he immediately responded, and then hurried to deliver the decree.
Emperor Chongzhen, on his side, picked up the imperial pen beside him and began to write something. He summarized what he had just said to Liu Weichao and wrote it down.
As for meetings, he is the emperor and can arrive whenever he wants. There is no such thing as being late.
The weather on this day was a bit cloudy. Although it was afternoon, the light was not very good.
However, inside the Wenhua Hall, rows of electric lights were turned on, and the lights were bright.
These senior officials of the Ming Dynasty are already used to this. Because the yamen where they work now also use electric lights. It is just due to the problem of wires that it cannot be promoted throughout the city. For now, it is not possible.
Only they can enjoy the light brought by electric lights.
When they arrived at the Wenhua Hall, Emperor Chongzhen naturally did not come, so they all whispered to each other and roughly guessed that it must be about the war between Yunnan and Guizhou.
Of course they knew about the impeachment of Sun Chuanting by Yu Shiyan, and even some of them were behind some of the impeachments.
There is never a single voice in the court. Due to different interests and different positions of buttocks, fighting between each other is inevitable.
It's just that when the emperor is wise and powerful, he can suppress these fights to a controllable level; but like the previous Emperor Chongzhen, who had no such means at all, such fights affected the court situation and the entire Ming Dynasty.
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At this time, these senior officials of the Ming Dynasty knew that it was impossible to bring down Sun Chuanting with such a faux pas. At most, the emperor would reprimand him or impose a salary penalty.
While they were thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen arrived, so they hurriedly greeted each other and waited in a polite manner, waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to say something.
Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen said to them after they had finished the ceremony: "Now that Sun Qing has gone to Yunnan and Guizhou to suppress bandits, he has encountered some troubles. What do you think?"
Hearing this, before anyone else could speak, Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, stepped out of the queue and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I think that victory or defeat is a common thing for military strategists, and now it is just a small defeat, which is not enough."
After a special discussion in the court, Sun Benbing will mobilize his troops to punish the generals and make a signal to suppress the thieves!"
He firmly believed that Emperor Chongzhen would never punish Sun Chuanting. For this reason, before others raised their opinions, he first set a tone. Unless they wanted to quarrel with each other, these civil servants would not quarrel over this issue again.
Sure enough, after he finished speaking, he stepped back. On the civil servant side, you looked at me and I looked at you. In the end, no one mentioned anything.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw that they were not talking, he said: "I believe that the root cause of Sun Qing's small defeat in suppressing the bandits is that the court did not plan ahead and set the tone in advance. The fault for this matter does not lie with Sun Qing, but with the court and me!
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"..." None of the people in the Wenhua Palace expected that Emperor Chongzhen would say this, and they were all stunned for a moment.
The emperor is to blame?
After coming back to their senses, everyone, led by Chief Assistant He Fengsheng, knelt down to apologize.
In the past, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to punish himself, which was actually instigated by his ministers. They all had the mentality of watching a show; but now, Emperor Chongzhen's prestige has become higher and higher. It is not that these ministers can manipulate them.
A real kind of emperor.
In this case, the emperor said that he was guilty, and these ministers could not bear this self-blame: The most normal point of view is, what do you ministers do for food?
For the same thing, emperors with different powers would have different results.
At this time, if Emperor Chongzhen wanted to issue an edict against himself, believe it or not, all the ministers in the Wenhua Palace would fight to the death to stop him!
No, Emperor Chongzhen saw He Fengsheng and others, and every one of them claimed to be guilty!
Hearing their confession, Emperor Chongzhen, who had issued several edicts to punish himself, was actually very emotional.
But the past has passed, and he has no intention of pursuing it anymore. After all, the ministers at that time are not the same people as he is now.
Emperor Chongzhen glanced at these ministers, and then asked calmly: "Tell me, Qing, why did you not prepare for a rainy day and set the tone in advance, so that Sun Qing could be defeated?"
Hearing this, He Fengsheng and others were dumbfounded. Yes, what's the matter?
Why did Emperor Chongzhen say this? What was in the court that could be related to this defeat?
No one spoke, and the pressure on the first assistant He Fengsheng was great. He couldn't guess it at once, so he simply said: "Your Majesty, please make it clear!"
He can be considered a bachelor like this.
Emperor Chongzhen actually did not pursue their intention, so he said: "There are many chieftains in the Yunnan-Guizhou region, including the Shu region. And the chieftains are very different from the officials in other parts of the Central Plains. Now that the bandits have entered Yunnan-Guizhou, the chieftains must also be dealt with.
Consider setting the tone in advance, what do you think?"
Previously, Sun Chuanting led his army to drive the bandits to Yunnan and Guizhou. Naturally, everyone in the court saw that this was a strategy to drive away wolves and devoured tigers, and thought of taking down the chieftain as well.
When they heard Emperor Chongzhen say this, of course they remembered that the emperor was actually referring to the chieftain's issue.
With this in mind, He Fengsheng hurriedly said: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true. The chieftains are different from those in the Central Plains. Perhaps the imperial court ordered the chieftains to assist in suppressing the bandits. In the original meaning of the Ming Dynasty, it was not because the imperial court wanted thieves to suppress the chieftains!"
"Sun Benbing must be thinking of changing his native land and returning to exile!" Zuo Maodi, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, also followed suit, "However, the exile bandits have not been eliminated and the world is not at peace, so we are still a little more anxious!"
After hearing this, other people expressed their opinions one after another, basically agreeing with the two of them.
Emperor Chongzhen was a little unhappy after hearing this. None of his ministers could understand what he meant.
Thinking like this, he glanced at Wang Chengen. But this time, he found that Wang Chengen didn't understand what he was saying and stupidly didn't speak.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen finally understood that Liu Weichao was right. The Ming Dynasty's policy of reforming the native land and returning it to the local people was always implemented when the chieftain died and had no direct heirs. This approach made him
The thinking of these ministers was severely restricted.
Thinking like this, he no longer waited for these ministers to understand, and said directly: "I think it is time to change the soil and return to the locals, and truly solve the problem of the chieftains! In short, the chieftains and the bandits,