Chapter 41: The Turning Point of History
For Rosen, this is perhaps the most significant moment since he inexplicably came to the Great Liang Kingdom.
Because Zhao Wushuang's next words will open the door to a new world for him.
Refute a series of inferences and speculations of the previous Earth side working group.
The key to unlocking all the secrets lies in the history of the Great Liang Kingdom.
Prior to this, although Rosen had read a lot of books in the Chongwen Yuan of the Adjudication Division, unfortunately, most of them were anthologies of poetry and articles, as well as classic cases adjudicated by the Adjudication Division in the past.
There is not a single book in it that mentions the history of the beams.
Rosen didn't even know what the era name was today.
In other words, does the girder have an era name?
The most important message that the working group received from the many books of the Chongwen Academy was that there was a great deal of favor for talented literati today.
As a result, Rosen formulated the basic policy of using literature to enter politics.
It's just that later, because of the sudden outbreak of the serial rape and murder case in the state capital, the working group temporarily adjusted its focus and urgently set up a task force, all of which took helping Lawson solve the case as the first priority.
But in general, neither Rosen nor the Earth Working Group know much about the Great Liang Country.
For example, why is the manufacturing industry of girder so developed?
Whether it is steel or glass, it is not a rare thing in the girder.
What is the whole political system of the Great Beam?
Were there any prime ministers other than the emperor? Was there a bureaucratic system similar to the system of three provinces and six ministries? At the local level, was there a distinction between the head of the government, the ruling department, and the garrison?
What is the talent selection system of Daliang?
To promote the imperial examination?
Do you want to take the Bagu Wen?
All of this is a mystery to the Earth Working Group.
And just a moment ago, the words of Zhao Chaojing and Zhao Wushuang's father and son added a strong touch to the doubts in Rosen's heart.
They've seen guns.
And call it a torch.
According to Zao Wushuang, the origin of the torch can even be traced back to 400 years ago, from the hands of barbarian states outside the territory.
It always sounds familiar......
It's just that judging from Zhao Chaojing's attitude, guns seem to be a weapon that has been eliminated for a long time, but in at least two places, there may still be more exquisite production techniques.
One is the Royal Palace.
The other is a mysterious force called Hidden Sword Villa.
Rosen didn't know what kind of place outside the territory was, what kind of organization the Hidden Sword Villa was, everything would wait for Zhao Wushuang to reveal.
So then, he spoke very seriously: "Brother Zhao said this, I really have never heard anyone talk about it, what kind of grassland people are there, and ...... Yan Guoren, is it really so powerful?"
Of course, this is a bit off-topic.
At least not related to the origin of the torch.
But Zhao Wushuang still patiently explained to Rosen: "Brother Luo, even if Qinghe Village is closed to information and the people are ignorant, you have always heard of the shame of Jing'an, right?"
Rosen nodded helplessly, and replied against his will, "Yes." ”
"Four hundred years ago, Emperor Xianzong did not think about the government, attracted eunuchs to take charge, monopolized the dictatorship, and made the people miserable for a while, and lamented. Zhang Zeshi, the head of Zaozhou regimental training, immediately gathered 200,000 troops within half a year, all the way north, like a bamboo, and attacked Jing'an City, the eunuch leader Wei Sixian fled with Emperor Xianzong and the crown prince Li Ren, and then Zhang Zeshi looted more than 2 million taels of silver in Jing'an City, and then burned it with a fire, which is the shame of Jing'an. ”
Hearing this, Rosen couldn't help but secretly swallow his saliva, blinked his eyes and said, "What happened later?"
"Later, the grassland people took advantage of the civil strife in my Liang, broke the snow pass, the grassland king took five thousand iron horsemen all the way south, captured and killed Zhang Zeshi, Emperor Xianzong hanged himself in Tianchi, and died in Sheji, the 17-year-old prince Li Ren inherited the unification, and then punished the Duke of Wei, Su Junwei, and shot the grassland king with an arrow in the Yandang Mountains, officially sounded the clarion call to recover the rivers and mountains, and then twelve years later, completely drove the grassland people back to the bleak land in the north!"
Zhao Wushuang spoke in few words, but he told the darkest and brightest epic of the Great Liang Empire.
And Rosen, as the only listener, is already completely stupid.
It's not that he thinks this period of history of the Great Liang Kingdom is twisted and bizarre, but ......
How does it all sound so familiar!
What's going on with such a strong sense of disobedience?
How did he feel that when he was in school, he had heard this story from a history teacher?
This is not scientific!
Of course, Rosen was not in a hurry to make a conclusion on this, but continued to ask: "The grassland people are so powerful that they have been repulsed, so ...... the Yan people?"
Hearing this, a trace of indifference flashed on Zhao Wushuang's impeccable face.
"Yan Guoren...... Except for their god, the rest are all treacherous people, once upon a time, they were friends of my Great Liang, but more than a hundred years ago, they colluded with foreign barbarian countries and tried to overthrow my Great Liang in one fell swoop, but the final result proved that they were just clowns after all. ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Wushuang seemed to suddenly think of something, and added: "It was in that protracted holy war that the fire torch of the foreign barbarian enemy showed great power, but unfortunately, no matter how good the weapon is, it is just a foreign object, and the key to strength and weakness lies in the person holding the weapon, and they are just ordinary people after all." ”
"So, what happened to those barbarians?"
"What else?" Zhao Wushuang shrugged his shoulders slightly: "Of course, we drove back to the Southern Wasteland, even if some of them also emerged later, they never dared to take half a step across the extraterritorial battlefield, this is the manifestation of my Great Liang National Prestige!"
Rosen heard a new word, Grandmaster.
Thinking about the so-called Tibetan Sword Villa, he came to an important conclusion.
What Nima says in his martial arts novels is true!
There are really martial arts masters in this world!
Tibetan Sword Villa is here, so the legendary Shaolin Wudang, Huashan Emei will be far away!
But then there is the ......
No matter how high your martial arts skills are, no matter how fast your fists are, can you still block bullets?
Can those barbarians still lose with guns?
Recalling Zhao Chaojing's innate disdain for firearms at the beginning, it seems that he has finally found the root cause.
But here's the problem......
What the hell is going on?
Rosen felt his mind a little confused again.
And at the same time, the strong sense of disobedience in his heart is also getting stronger and stronger.
It is true that Rosen is not a scholar, and his historical achievements have never been outstanding, but there are some things, even if Rosen has not studied history much, he can understand it simply by relying on various novels, movies, and TV series on the Internet.
Naturally, everything should start from the Great Liang Empire four hundred years ago.
First, the emperor did not think about the government, which caused the eunuchs to interfere in the government, and then the peasant uprising, which attracted the invasion of foreign nationalities......
So far, it is very similar to the penultimate feudal dynasty in the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization - Ming!
Even the name of the famous eunuch leader is similar!
Wei Zhongxian - Wei Sixian!
Nine thousand years old is you, nine thousand years old!
And that Emperor Xianzong also committed suicide and martyrdom......
Chongzhen, is it you, Chongzhen!
But the difference is that in the Ming Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian did not serve Emperor Chongzhen, on the contrary, he died at the hands of Chongzhen, in Daliang, Emperor Shengzong, that is, the crown prince Li Ren, after the death of his father, did not flee south like a lost dog, but regrouped and recovered the rivers and mountains, so the iron cavalry of the grassland people did not enter the customs as smoothly, and they were finally defeated.
It is as if history has quietly turned a corner here, changing everything in a different way.
So......
Thinking of this, Rosen suddenly felt a tingling in his scalp as he thought of a possibility that sounded a little fanciful.
Could it be that this Great Liang Country is not a completely independent and strange world, but ......
A parallel world on the planet where Huaxia is located?
This thought completely lingered in Rosen's mind, because no matter what the point of view, it was possible!
Even if you put aside the shameful battle of Jing'an 400 years ago, what about the second national disaster that the Great Liang State encountered a hundred years ago?
The foreign barbarians teamed up with the Yan State to launch a war of aggression against Daliang, and opened the country with guns and artillery......
Sound familiar?
Isn't this how my Qing Dynasty died!
But the difference remains...... The girder, unexpectedly, won again!
And from Zhao Wushuang's tone, it is not difficult to hear that this battle may be easier than the fight with the grassland people back then, and it may even be effortless.
So, again, that's the question.
How do you get the girders?
From Rosen's observations during this period of time, as well as the conclusions reached by the Earth Working Group, the Great Liang Kingdom was still out of the feudal dynasty, there was no industrial revolution, and the social form did not undergo essential changes.
Why!
Is the face big!
Lawson was puzzled, so he made up a reason and asked Zhao Wushuang: "The noble man who handed me the blueprint for the production of the torch once said that if this thing is really successfully built, even if it is only a three-year-old child, it can cause great destructive power, and I am fascinated by it, but how did I get to Brother Zhao, but I don't think so?"
When the words fell, Zhao Wushuang did not answer immediately, but asked rhetorically: "Brother Luo really doesn't know where that noble man came from?"
Rosen took a deep breath and hesitated: "That person's appearance is no different from you and me, I don't think it should be from some foreign domain......
"Then why did he give you this drawing?"
"I don't know. Rosen looked innocent.
Zhao Wushuang pondered for a moment, and finally asked, "Then do you know his name?"
Hearing this, Rosen knew that he had to find someone to carry this pot firmly, and couldn't help but hesitate to say Benzema's name, but after thinking about it, he always felt that this name was a little inconsistent, and he had no choice but to say the old friends that our Chinese compatriots are familiar with.
"Bao Qingtian. ”
Zhao Wushuang nodded, secretly wrote down the name, and then said with a smile: "You just said right, the power of the fire barrel is indeed not small, and the speed of the projectile shot is also very fast, but no matter how fast it is, can it be faster than our flying sword?"
This time, Rosen was completely stupid.