603 Clever tongue
The three major halls of the Forbidden City are the real power centers of the empire, and the Taihe Palace, the Zhonghe Palace, and the Baohe Hall almost undertake more than seventy percent of the empire's heavy ceremonies.
As the real little master of the imperial city, Emperor Tongzhi immediately jumped up from the ground excitedly as soon as he heard that the guests wanted to visit, and dragged Xiao Lotian to start going around in circles.
"Over there is the Tiren Pavilion, which used to be a poem during the Kangxi period, and now it has become a place where the Ministry of Internal Affairs collects satin wood...... This is the Hongyi Pavilion, the gold, silver, jade and other tableware managed by the Internal Affairs Office are placed here, and Ermao is a supervisor here...... "Do you know, we usually don't open the door to the Taihe Palace, I opened it once when I ascended the throne, and then it was held once at the end of each year when the court meeting was held, and sometimes the war was tense and there was no court meeting, and it was not open for a whole year...... I don't like it here, it's very cold and ...... inside."
"Look here, the Zhonghe Hall is my favorite place, the palace is not big, the charcoal pot is lit up in winter, and the house is very warm...... I often learn etiquette here, and Zhou Daoying is in charge of me, so annoying!"
"It's time to the Baohe Palace, do you know, Weng Tongyi and they like it the most, do you know why? Haha, you can't guess, this is the location of the palace exam, and the last test of the scientific examination is here, can those champions not love here?"
"In the distance is the Qianqing Gate, the Longzong Gate on the left is the Military Aircraft Department, and the Fengxian Hall is behind the Jingyun Gate on the right...... The place where I usually study government is not far from the Military Aircraft Department, and it is over there...... Nourishing the Heart Palace, Winter Warm Pavilion!"
This is the first time for the little emperor to be a tour guide, but he is extremely excited, human beings are born with the desire to show off, not to mention the royal palace of the Forbidden City, Xiao Letian is estimated to be more show-off than him if the owner here.
The ten-year-old child was not too vigilant, in his eyes, Xiao Lotian gave him some unique delicacies, and gave him a shocking martial arts exercise, so he could already get along as a friend.
Although Xiao Letian's new army defeated his own Imperial Forest Army, the little emperor was only ten years old after all, and he had not seen the cruel battlefield with his own eyes, and he didn't know much what life and death were, and his hostility towards Xiao Letian was not strong.
Xiao Letian listened patiently, the little emperor said excitedly, behind them were a vigilant minister, Prince Alcohol had already entered the palace, and Qingliu led by Weng Tongyi had also entered the palace, and everyone was indignant and indignant when they saw this incredible scene.
How could the Emperor be so close to his enemies, and all our efforts had come to naught?
But at this time, the new army had taken over the security around the Taihe Palace, and none of them dared to protest under the threat of foreign guns, so they could only follow from afar, for fear that the little emperor would be lost.
"Your Majesty is really a good master, let's sit here and rest for a while when the minister is tired!" On the steps north of the Baohe Palace, you can overlook the scenery of the last three halls, and after the Qianqing Gate is the harem, Xiao Letian doesn't want to give people a handle, and he still doesn't go to the place where the female dependents live.
The two sat on the cold steps, looking at the dense red walls and yellow tiles of the harem, and the Jingshan Mountain and the White Pagoda in the distance were also faintly recognizable, which was not appreciated by ordinary people, especially in this era.
"You don't like it here!" Emperor Tongzhi was very sensitive, he found that Xiao Letian did not have the sense of awe that he had when he saw the palace for the first time, you must know that many foreigners will be shocked when they enter the palace for the first time.
"No, the foreign minister likes it very much, after all, it is the imperial capital of the two dynasties, and the wealth and luxury are not what I can imagine...... It's just that the foreign minister has seen a more spectacular scenery than this, so he is a little calm!"
"More spectacular?" the little emperor couldn't believe his ears.
Xiao Lotian became interested, he leaned sideways and put one leg on the steps and said with his eyebrows fluttering, "Spectacular, it is really indescribable magnificent, I remember that the first time Chen went to sea, he encountered a super hurricane, and the foreigner's big ship was pushed into the air by the stormy waves, and then it was pressed into the deep sea whirlpool, and even the whale that swallowed the boat did not dare to show its head, so it could only hide in the deep seabed......"
"The Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea are not very interesting, the water is not clear at all, and when the fleet enters the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea, you can see the sea as charming as a sapphire. The sun, the sea breeze, the endless fresh seafood in the trawl, the dolphins jumping and singing on the sides of your boat......"
"When I go to Nanyang, there are countless expatriates and indigenous monkeys in South Asia, there is no winter there at all, rice is harvested three times a year, there is no drought at all, and the seedlings are thrown in, and the grain can be harvested when the time comes......"
"Pineapple, banana, lychee, mangosteen...... Sugar cane fields like forests, sugar mills one after another, where it is simply a sweet country, a kingdom of fruits!"
Xiao Letian is like a strange uncle who is about to abduct a child, describing the beauty of the outside world to the ten-year-old Tongzhi, he has a purpose, his purpose is very clear, he just wants to kidnap the emperor of the Qing Dynasty!
"After passing Malacca, the ship entered the Indian Ocean...... The emperor is right, it is the Tianzhu country that Tang Seng has visited. There is an island called Lion Country, also called Sri Lanka. Oh my God, it's one of the world's most gemstone producing countries, with rubies, sapphires, jadeite, and agate everywhere......"
"When the sea ships sail along the Indian continent, you can see the vastness of the Ganges plains, and you can even hear the singing and dancing of the Indians in the wind...... The Hindu people pushed the bodies of their dead relatives into the Ganges River and drifted them into the sea, and the foreign ministers' sea boats hit many ......"
"All the way west, we came to the Arabian Peninsula, which we used to call the Heavenly Side, where the people of Islam settled...... The rolling yellow sand is endless, the Arab warriors in the desert with turbans, the scimitars are extremely sharp, and there are countless ruins of ancient cities in the desert, where the history is the same as ours in China, which can be traced back thousands of years ago!"
Emperor Tongzhi was already stunned, raised in the hands of the lady of the deep palace, he never even thought that the world would be so colorful, giant whales, dolphins, earth-destroying storms, delicacies everywhere, gem islands, ancient cities in the desert, as well as pyramids and sphinxes, the Nile civilization is also so attractive.
When Xiao Letian's topic turned to Europe, Emperor Tongzhi was even more shocked, and a steampunk world came to his mind.
"Your Majesty, do you know that in the Mediterranean, there are more and more steamers that spew black smoke, boilers drive paddle wheelers so that ships can sail against the wind, and huge cranes with ten stories high on the seaports of various countries can lift 10,000 catties of heavy goods into the air......
"The train whistles on the field, and the white smoke billows and goes forward, and you can feel it in a day or two in a thousand miles...... And in those oversized factories, the steel gears are more than one person tall!"
"Europa is not a wild place, they also have their own civilization, the exquisite garden palace is beautiful, the amorous girl in the idyllic song is hooking up with distant guests, and there are many stinky boys in the new army who do not deceive His Majesty Xià Foreign Ministers!"
Seduction, this is the seduction of Chiguoguo, Emperor Tongzhi is as curious as in real history, and has an unusual interest in women.
Yeshi said that Emperor Tongzhi often sneaked out of the palace and ran to the dark of Bada Hutong, and finally died of flowers. This wild history legend is not necessarily accurate, but Emperor Tongzhi's love for Weifu to leave the palace is indeed a historical truth.
This is a very curious emperor, he is full of curiosity about all the unknown, and this curiosity can become a desire to forge ahead with a little guidance.
Emperor Tongzhi was very intelligent, curious and adventurous, he was originally a British lord given by the ancestors of the Manchu dynasty, and he could have led the Qing Empire on a different and enterprising path.
It's a pity that it was ruined, and it was ruined by the hands of women! A group of women, eunuchs, and a group of dull ancient eaters strangled a Ming Jun seedling alive.
All Xiao Lotian had to do today was to pry open the new door of His Majesty Tongzhi and stuff a handful of seeds inside, so that he would know what the outside world was like.
As long as Emperor Tongzhi is poisoned, it is possible for Xiao Letian to take him out of the Forbidden City and make himself the emperor of Tongzhi. As long as Emperor Tongzhi accompanies him for three years, as long as he instills Western learning for three years, Xiao Letian will not believe in religion and will not be able to produce a generation of Ming Jun!
"Aiqing...... Is what you said true?Is the outside world really so exciting?" Emperor Tongzhi gritted his teeth and stomped his feet in his heart, and asked, "You sue sù me, how do foreign emperors and princes live?
Xiao Lotian immediately became alert, "Your Majesty, the minister can guarantee with his life, what I said is true, the world is so big that you can't imagine, the Qing Dynasty is very big, but the world is bigger!"
"I really talked to the Crown Prince of Prussia about the education of princes in European courts. The crown princes of Europe are different from the Qing Dynasty, they attach great importance to civil and military education, which means that the emperor must personally lead the troops! That's right, Your Majesty doesn't need to look at me like this, the prince in Europa has direct troops, and he personally rides a horse to lead the troops to fight......"
"In the Austro-Prussian War this time, I fought side by side with His Royal Highness Karl, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and his direct army was no less than 200,000...... Not only that, but the young crown prince also had to go on a study tour of Europe, they traveled to various countries, they learned many languages, they met countless scholars, and they had to constantly inspect the colonies of the country!"
"There are many colonies that are their own fiefdoms! Prince Karl was educated in England since he was a child, and now Prince Karl's son is also educated in England, and they have estates in various countries, and they have contacts with the nobles of various countries......
"Maybe in the spring they walk in the hills of Northern Ireland, in the summer they go to the Norwegian forests to escape the heat, in the autumn they go to the music capital of Vienna to enjoy the opera, and in the winter they go skiing in the mountains of the Alps......
"Skiing? Is it a dog pulling a plow?" Emperor Tongzhi's eyes lit up.
"No, it's a person who climbs to the top of a mountain thousands of meters high on his back and then rushes down at a speed, and the thrill is unimaginable...... You can feel it, the cold wind is blowing, the snow powder is cold and biting on your face, and a boulder suddenly appears in front of you, what should you do?"
The little emperor suddenly exclaimed, "What should I do?"
"What else can I do? Hurry up and twist your body to change direction, the moment you fly over the huge rock, the blood veins in your whole body are stretched, it is an extremely exciting and refreshing feeling!"
"That's a game of the brave, don't you want to try it?" Xiao Lotian was a demagogic demon at that moment.