"Gentlemen, today I will take you to see a good thing!"
Hearing this, Chief Assistant Sun Chuanting asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, has that airplane been built?"
When I went to see the armored vehicles before, Emperor Chongzhen actually mentioned it in a subtle way.
Subsequently, in the past few months, there were rumors in the capital that strange birds were flying from time to time in a military restricted area south of the capital.
Based on these rumors, Sun Chuanting had already guessed that the aircraft that the emperor had mentioned a long time ago was probably available.
Hearing what the chief minister said, all the officials couldn't help but be surprised. They quickly looked at Emperor Chongzhen, wanting to confirm immediately whether it was true.
You know, hoping to soar in the sky is a dream that everyone has had!
As early as the Ming Dynasty, a man named Wan Hu once tied himself to a chair, and then tied the chair full of rockets, and also flew a kite similar to a parachute device. Although he realized his dream of flying
, but the landing was too unreliable, and he became the first person to devote himself to the flying cause.
As for Emperor Chongzhen, he redefined the concept of the three armies a long time ago. It is no longer the front army, the middle army and the rear army, but the army, navy and air force.
Among them, after the concept of navy was proposed, the navy was directly adapted into the navy. It existed very early and made great achievements in the expansion of territory.
The Air Force has always been just a concept.
If history develops as it should, humankind's efforts in the sky will first start with hot air balloons, then move to airships, and then to airplanes.
However, in this plane, Daming directly skipped the first two steps and the plane appeared directly.
Some concepts were only understood by Emperor Chongzhen after Liu Weichao's court intervened.
Experts from Liu Weichao said that human progress does not actually need to follow the old tradition and develop step by step according to history. If this is the case, it is impossible for human civilization to develop in advance.
The most important thing about the rapid development of human civilization is to transform the tools that humans use and use the latest tools to improve human lives.
The expert from Liu Weichao came up with an idea that once surprised Emperor Chongzhen. He was shocked and delighted for a long time.
He was given a simple example there. No matter how high human science and technology develops, the process of human beings acquiring knowledge is actually the same. They all start learning from a blank slate.
If we say that we learn step by step according to the process of history, then there will be an upper limit to the knowledge we can learn in a short life. Even if we live to learn, we will not learn much.
However, if human beings can directly learn the most cutting-edge knowledge and continue to explore new knowledge based on the most cutting-edge knowledge, only in this way can human civilization continue to develop at a high level.
Therefore, Liu Weichao's experts are already teaching the most cutting-edge knowledge and theories of that dimension to the most cutting-edge talents in Ming Dynasty. They expressed the hope that one day in the future, scientists from both sides can work together to develop more advanced technologies.
So much advanced technology.
They believe that after the Ming Dynasty conquers the world, it will inevitably gather the world's top talents. This is a very valuable force that will help China on Liu Weichao's plane to have more scientists available, thus allowing
Each new invention can be realized with the help of scientists and material resources from Ming Dynasty.
This cooperation must be a win-win situation.
The research direction proposed by Liu Weichao's plane and the research results obtained by the cooperation between the two parties can naturally be enjoyed by Ming Dynasty. It can be foreseen that in the future, the technology of Ming Dynasty will inevitably advance by leaps and bounds, and it can be achieved in the shortest possible time.
, developing by leaps and bounds in science.
No, the steam engine had only been used for a few years, and the internal combustion engine had already become practical. In addition, Ming Dynasty's achievements in chemistry were also advancing by leaps and bounds.
According to Liu Weichao's suggestion from that plane, after Ming Dynasty recognized various elements and could extract various materials, he would launch electric technology.
According to the explanations of experts there, although Ming Dynasty will not be short of oil and can use oil for many years, this does not hinder the research and development of electric technology and does not need to rely on oil raw materials. Necessary technical reserves are necessary and can be quickly pursued.
The technology to get to that plane.
One thing is that the Ming Dynasty's scientific and technological talents are still not enough, and they need to continue to work hard. For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen listened to their suggestions and prepared to further innovate the talent selection system at the right time.
Today's Ming Dynasty is divided into two lines: the imperial examination and the study of studies. But in the future, Emperor Chongzhen plans to merge the two into one and change it to the national examination. The content is to test both the imperial examination and study of studies, that is, the Four Books and Five Classics and the study of studies will be tested together.
Examination. However, in terms of subjects, the Four Books and Five Classics will be classified into two subjects: Chinese and politics, and the others are mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine and other physical sciences.
No foreign language!
By then, there will be only two languages in the world, Chinese and local dialects.
Emperor Chongzhen was looking forward to this very much!
At this time, he announced with a hint of excitement: "The news from Qin Tianjian said that tomorrow will be a nice and sunny day. Let's schedule it for tomorrow. I will take all the ministers to see the first aircraft of the Ming Dynasty.
Planes soar in the sky!”
"I obey the order!" Sun Chuanting and others were all excited and responded loudly, looking forward to the early arrival tomorrow.
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The news spread quickly, and immediately everyone in the capital was excited.
Even though they have all experienced epoch-making inventions such as steam trains and steamships, they are still extremely excited and looking forward to things like humans being able to fly into the sky.
"If it really works, that would be great. From now on, the sky will not only be the territory of birds!"
"There is news from the imperial court. The emperor will bring all the civil and military officials to see it. Can it be false?"
"That's it, that's it, you must go and see it!"
"Let me tell you, if you arrive late tomorrow, believe it or not, you won't even have a place to stay!"
"Bring a telescope, so you can see clearly from a greater distance!"
"Yes, yes, you must remember to bring your binoculars tomorrow!"
"It's early to go tomorrow. The weather is still very cold. Remember to wear a leather jacket. You may not take it off until it gets hot at noon!"
"Of course, leather jackets keep you warm. I have three different styles of leather jackets!"
"Haha, why are you showing off? Leather jackets are no longer a rarity these days. What's there to show off!"
"That's right, since the imperial court conquered the grassland, leather jackets have become less and less rare. Ordinary people can buy one to wear during the New Year."
"Speaking of it this way, our life has really gotten better and better! I think back then, when we were running for our lives and being harmed by the captives, I don't know how many people froze to death and starved to death. Oh, I feel very emotional when I think about it!
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"Why are you mentioning that old Huangli? All the Jianlu tribes have been exterminated! The emperor is still in his prime, and our good days are yet to come!"
"As you mentioned, I have heard rumors that the Emperor will abdicate in favor of His Highness the Crown Prince in a few years!"
"What, are you keeping this news true? Why does the emperor do this? This is fine, why does the emperor want to retreat?"
"I won't keep it true, but I heard that the emperor wants to go out for a walk and doesn't want to stay in the palace all his life!"
"That's true, but if the Emperor really wants to abdicate, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, I don't know what will happen in the future. Will these days get better and better?"
"Don't worry, the emperor will definitely watch!"
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The people in the capital are most sensitive to politics. They can talk about everything from airplanes to political affairs without departing from their profession. But no matter what, the mainstream is still looking forward to arriving early tomorrow so that they can go and see what kind of airplanes they are.
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Early the next morning, Gushi Khan, who had lived in the capital for nearly two years, was having breakfast when he heard his subordinates reporting that Dulbert Khan had arrived.
He immediately laughed when he heard it. This Dulbert Khan was just watching a plane, but he was still so anxious!
"Master, please have some more!" His concubine saw him standing up and preparing to leave the table, so she hurriedly said to him.
When Gushi Khan heard this, he said without looking back: "Now that I'm not sweating profusely, I can't let people wait!"
As he spoke, he went out.
When his concubine saw it, she couldn't help but roll her eyes. She was so anxious. Who didn't know that he wanted to see what the plane looked like? When he went to bed last night, he kept talking about how it was possible for people to fly in the sky.
Be sure to see something strange or something!
With this thought in mind, she stopped eating and left quickly.
After coming to the capital, she got over the initial discomfort and she already likes the capital very much. Not to mention being able to look at rare things from time to time, she just goes shopping every day and looks at all kinds of good things from all over the world, even if they are not
Buying it is also a kind of enjoyment!
After all, in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the capital, the status of women was basically the same as that of men. They were free to go out on the streets and no one would say anything.
She cherishes this very much in her heart, and for this reason, every year during the New Year and festivals, she will go to pay homage to the loyal prince. It is she who gives the world a voice. Of course, there is also Concubine Tian in the palace,
The political envoy Master Chen, Princess Kunxing, etc. are all the objects of her admiration.
The women of the Ming Dynasty are able to achieve such a status today, thanks to their hard work!
Finally, she and Gushi Khan went out together. While rushing to the south, they found that the flow of people was basically converging south. Needless to say, these people were all going to watch the plane.
When they finally arrived at the southern suburbs, they discovered that the nearby hills were full of people.
To describe it as a huge crowd of people is really not an exaggeration at all.
However, thanks to the dispatch of all soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, and seemingly some soldiers from the Beijing camp, the crowd at the scene was not chaotic.
The sun will rise quickly, and the plane will appear quickly!