In the face of the frenzied rise of the crane in the clouds, the two consuls and the Senate fell into silence for the time being.

Previously, it was also proposed that the First Army be ordered to enter the imperial capital to suppress the radical activities of the New Sect.

But now, all this has become impossible.

After Yun Zhonghe took over the Xinzong Party, all radical activities ceased, and the confrontation with the upper echelons of the empire also stopped.

Today's Xinzong Party has wholeheartedly thrown itself into the upsurge of new construction.

New factories are rising one after another.

This dynamic organization, which is doing everything in its power to transform the empire, is doing everything in its power to develop the productive forces.

So ban the speech of the crane in the clouds and block his performance?

Shut down the New Sect publications and newspapers?

This is even more unlikely, because most of the crane's speeches are not political, nor do they have any intention of confronting the upper echelons of the empire.

Most of the journals are literature and philosophy, as well as highly specialized academic papers.

And his music, each of which is so classic and stunning, has become an indispensable spiritual life for the citizens of the Empire.

The idea of banning these music, banning these articles, is a proposal that not even a member of the Senate dares to propose.

Because these things are advanced and beautiful, whoever dares to propose a blockade will become an enemy of the empire.

No one would carry out this order and confiscate the gramophones in the taverns and dormitories?

It's even more unlikely.

There were no fools in the empire, every citizen had eight years of basic education, and a considerable number of citizens had higher education.

Closed and backward in the empire there was no soil.

On the contrary, the upper echelons of the empire are becoming more and more embarrassed.

The music, art, literature, philosophy, and neo-cultural civilization of the Crane in the Clouds have become the mainstream culture of the empire.

The more alienated the upper echelons of the empire were from these cultures, the more conservative and backward they became.

And in the New Great Yan Empire, being conservative means being wrong.

After the construction of the new sect party in full swing, several power plants have been built, and a considerable part of the circuit transformation has been completed in the entire imperial capital.

More and more institutions are electrifying and replacing them with electric lights.

Several colleges, as well as dozens of basic schools.

Most of the workshops, libraries, taverns, etc.

The lighting project of the imperial capital is in full swing. And many of the homes of the citizens of the empire have also begun to be electrified.

Every night when you look at the night view of the imperial capital, it is getting more and more beautiful and brighter.

However, the Senate and the ruling palace are still not electrified, and the imperial capital consul hall is not electrified.

Public opinion has become more and more unfavorable.

There is no doubt that electric lights are brighter and safer than biogas lamps and gas lamps.

The empire seeks truth from facts, and whoever opposes this is ignorance.

So electric light means advanced and civilized, but the Senate and the ruling palace, as the highest authority of the empire, still do not have electricity and do not use electric lights, is this resisting the new civilization?

It's getting more and more conservative, and it's getting more and more backward.

The gossip of the people has become more and more, and the gaze of the Senate and the ruling palace has become more and more disrespectful.

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In the villa of a member of the Senate, this big man was writing in his study, and of course he still used a gas lamp.

His two children were outside the balcony at this time, looking at the house next door with great envy.

All along, their family was the envy of others, because his father was a member of the Senate, a high-ranking member of the empire, and her mother was an official of the Consulate. They live in big villas with big gardens.

Next to them were the Empire's top doctors, factory owners, and Empire's senior professors.

In the past, those families had a lower status, and the children came to their house to play, marveling at their large garden, marveling at their study.

But recently, all the neighbors' children stopped coming to their house to play.

Because their parents were conservatives.

And the neighbors' lights were so bright, and they had gramophones, and the kids were sitting on the soft carpets, with the lights on, listening to the music, and flipping through the new storybooks.

They also want gramophones, electric lights, new storybooks, color comic books.

However, their parents did not allow it, saying that they could not be corrupted by the new culture of the crane in the clouds.

So, over time, they were isolated by the children around them.

Taking advantage of their parents' inattention, the two children quietly climbed over the wall and ran to the neighbor's house.

Then, several children read comic books together, read storybooks together, and listen to records together.

"Wow, your house is so bright. ”

"This picture book is so beautiful. ”

"This gramophone is so good. ”

"Can I come again tomorrow?"

However, the two children were not happy for long, and their mother came, with a straight face.

"Go home!"

The owner of this family is a senior scholar, his father is a professor, and his mother is a doctor, and they are all members of the New Sect Party.

The husband and wife were very affectionate with the children who came into their house to play, not only welcomed them, but also gave them delicious snacks.

But it was very cold to the woman who came into their house, because she was a conservative, and her husband was the most stubborn conservative in the Senate and one of the staunchest opponents of the crane in the clouds.

Although the other party is a high-ranking official of the empire, as a professor and a doctor, the husband and wife are also very high-minded, and they don't need to talk to each other.

Under the cold gaze of their mother, the two children of the upper echelons of the Senate left in frustration.

I really can't bear the light here, I can't bear these albums, I can't bear the good phonograph.

After returning home, the two children couldn't help but say, "Dad, Mom, let's install electric lights in our house, let's also buy a gramophone, it's not very expensive, my pocket money is enough." ”

"Shut up!" the senate official said coldly: "These things are all used by the crane in the clouds to corrupt the hearts of the imperial people, and whoever uses these things will be poisoned by him." He said that if he dared to mention this matter again, he would be punished. Who told you to listen to the gramophone? Who told you to see the album of cranes in the clouds? Stretch out your hand!"

The two children held out their hands pitifully.

The senate official picked up a ruler and slapped the palms of the two children.

The two children burst into tears.

The senate official is in his sixties this year, and his two children are only less than ten years old.

But for the sake of their position, two children had to be punished.

After beating the two children, they found that their hands were swollen, so the mother went to get the ointment and wanted to apply it to the children's little hands.

As a result, he took out the ointment and found that it was produced by the workshop of the Third Academy.

This ointment is also made by the Xinzong Party, and it is also something that belongs to the crane in the clouds, is it ...... Can't you use it either?

However, this ointment works very well.

After putting her two children to bed, the woman was embarrassed to find blood stains on her dress.

Because her cycle came and she had been padding with paper, it leaked.

She knew that the Third Academy of the Empire had made a brand new aunt towel, which was very easy to use, had strong suction, and was soft and comfortable, and immediately gained the hearts of female citizens of the empire after it was put on the market.

It is used by almost every female citizen and is called a cloud scarf.

I heard that this was invented by Yun Zhonghe who felt sorry for his wife. Countless women in the empire said that this was not only a beautiful gift from Yun Zhonghe to his wife, but also a gift from him to all the women of the empire.

Just this gift has gained the favor of countless women.

Compared to straw paper, this cloud towel is completely revolutionary. The wife of the Senate official used the best paper, but there was still embarrassment.

She hurriedly went to the bathroom to wash and picked up a pack of cloud towels, which she had secretly bought.

But I don't dare to use it, once I use it, I will be corrupted by the crane in the clouds, and my husband will be angry.

Looking at this bathroom again, she couldn't help but sigh.

The conditions of her family are very good, her husband is a high-ranking official of the empire, and the allocated house is of a very high level.

However, this bathroom is also lagging behind.

The Xinzong Party launched a vigorous toilet revolution, all of which adopted the new toilet design of the crane in the clouds.

New ceramic toilets, ceramic vanities, tiled walls, and electric lighting.

She's been to the new bathroom, it's spotless, it's shiny and it's just a treat.

Where is it like the bathroom of her house, so dim, so backward, no matter how much fragrance is ordered, it can't hide the smell.

She would also like such a bathroom, but unfortunately she can't.

Because that is also the spiritual corrosion of the crane in the clouds.

She was actually very worried in her heart, countless people in the imperial capital were changing, they were all embracing the new civilization, and their group of conservatives was becoming more and more ridiculous, and one day they would be eliminated.

After beating the child, this conservative official of the Senate continued to go back to write documents criticizing the articles of the crane in the clouds.

But for some reason, the more he wrote, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but slap it on the table.

And at this very moment......

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the gas lamp exploded, and the broken glass directly scratched his face, and the blood flowed directly.

The fire directly ignited the study, and in the blink of an eye, it was blazing.

He also tried to extinguish the flames, but it was too late.

Soon, the guards and servants of the house all rushed up and desperately filled water to extinguish the fire.

The wife screamed, and the two children screamed in fright.

Two quarters of an hour later, the fire was finally extinguished.

But half of the houses of the high-ranking officials of this empire were burned down.

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The upper echelons of an imperial senate for burning down half a house with gas lamps.

This is a small matter, and it is very common for gas lamps and biogas lamps to have accidents over the years.

But this incident caused an uproar and sparked a great discussion throughout the empire.

At a meeting in the ruling palace, suddenly a senate official stood up and said, "Two consuls, I have bad eyes, I can't read clearly when I write at night, and if I want to turn on electricity, can I install electric lights?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience fell silent.

Nowadays, the installation of electric lights has become an absolute position issue.

None of the high-ranking members of the Senate were electrified, because once the lights were installed with electricity, it would be a compromise with the new sect party, and it would be corrupted by the crane in the clouds.

The patriarch said: "As we all know, I am also an opponent of the crane in the clouds, and I also reject everything about him. As everyone knows, my heart is not very good, and one day I became ill, my chest was dull, I couldn't breathe, and death enveloped me. My wife rushed over and gave me a pill that saved my life, and the doctor said that if it was a little later, I might die. Later, I saw this medicine, and its name was Xingxin Pill, and its scientific name was nitroglycerin. It was also invented by Yun Zhonghe, and it was specially written as a thesis, and it was dedicated to the empire free of charge, and now the empire has this medicine everywhere, saving the lives of an unknown number of people. ”

"Last night, the gas lamp in the house of Mrs. Zheng Que exploded, causing a fire that burned half of the house and cut his face. The patriarch said, "If he had installed electric lights, there would have been no tragedy." Why don't you install electric lights? Is it wrong to be bright and safe?"

The conservative patriarch said coldly: "Lord Li Fu, you have fallen, you have been corrupted, you have betrayed the empire. Yes, half of my home was burned down, and my face was wounded, but so what? For the sake of the empire, I can pay for my life, what is my disfigurement? What is it for my house to be burned? I would rather die than install electric lights, I would rather die than compromise with the crane in the clouds, and for the sake of the empire, I am willing to break my bones. ”

Elder Li Fu sneered: "Lord Zheng Que, you can't represent the empire, all of us here can't represent the empire, only countless people can represent the empire." ”

Then he turned to the two kings: "Of course, I have no intention of forcing you to install electric lights, but I want to install them in my house." Two consuls?

Suddenly, the heads of the two ruling kings grew.

It would be ridiculous to say no, the king had no power to prevent the high-ranking officials of the empire from installing electric lights.

The answer is yes? That would be tantamount to a hole in the Senate.

King Wen thought for a while and said, "Of course, it is the freedom of every citizen to install electric lights. ”

Elder Li Fu said: "Thank you, the ruling king. ”

Then, on the same day, this veteran Li Fu began to invite people to his home to build electrical circuits and install electric lights.

And bought a gramophone, bought books on cranes in the clouds.

It was the first in the Senate to install electric lights.

The new civilization movement of the crane in the clouds tore a hole in the Senate.

And yet three days later!

Someone in the ruling palace impeached Li Fu, who had accepted bribes and bought and sold official positions when he was the governor of the Western Frontier.

The matter caused a stir, and the ruling king ordered a thorough investigation of the matter.

As a result, it was found out that when Li Fu was serving as the consul of the Western Realm, he had promoted a county consul, and among the many contenders, his reputation was the lowest, and he was promoted from the mines.

Afterwards, the county magistrate was surprised, so he went to give gifts, and he didn't dare to give them to Li Fu, so he gave them to his son.

The gift was not very unusual, it was a strange stone carving, excavated from the mines.

But now someone has revealed that the stone carving is actually a natural piece of dog's head gold, but it does look like a stone on the surface.

This dog's head gold is worth tens of thousands of silver coins.

As a result, Elder Li Fu resigned from all official positions, and his son was arrested and imprisoned for taking bribes.

And the impeachment of Li Fu was none other than this Zheng Que who was hostile to the crane in the clouds.

This incident directly shook the empire.

Is this a joke?!

The dog's head gold of tens of thousands of gold coins seems to be worth a lot, but it is only Li Fu's salary for half a year.

He only accepted this bribe when his brain was in the water, and his son's favorite thing was to collect all kinds of stones, who knew that the stone sculpture was a dog's head gold, and the surface was a lifelike stone sculpture.

How wronged?

The reason why this Li Fu was impeached and forced to resign was entirely because he was the first to electrify at home, and he became the first in the Senate to accept the crane in the clouds.

The situation was instantly slaughtered.

In the past, the Xinzong Party used radical means to fight, but after Yun Zhonghe took over power, there was no direct confrontation with the Senate, and the struggle was greatly eased.

Now, however, it was the Senate that used radical means of struggle.

It was the Senate that was intensifying the contradictions.

For the first time, the crane in the clouds was disappointed with the Senate and the ruling king.

All along, the consuls and the Senate were relatively enlightened and inclusive. And this time the means are too dirty, and the struggle is too bottomless.

Has an enlightened high-level of the empire really become ignorant and corrupt because of power?

If that's the case, that's a real disappointment.

A ruling class, for the sake of power, has begun to turn black and white upside down, and has even begun to reject all advanced affairs?

If that were the case, then there would be no need for this ruling class to exist.

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The crane in the clouds had a very ugly face.

"Do I look up to the ruling king of the empire and the senate?" said the crane in the clouds, "Are they not as enlightened as I imagined? If they are really so ignorant, then they are not qualified to represent the interests of the empire." ”

Now the entire Xinzong Party is very angry, because of this incident, there is a huge amount of anger suppressed.

Today's new sect party, today's crane in the clouds is completely different from before.

Although they do not have the army in their hands, they have absolute popular opinion.

Once the crane in the clouds does not restrain itself, as long as it ascends to the heights and shouts, it will immediately set off earth-shattering upheavals.

This incident caused not only the members of the Shinsune Party to express their anger and disappointment, but also the people of the empire.

But because the crane in the cloud is suppressing, everyone has not broken out yet.

It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous.

Li Fu is an important minister of the empire, just because his home was electrified and electric lights were installed, he was impeached and stepped down, and he was also accused of selling officials?

How many people in the entire imperial capital have electric lights installed in their homes? Are they all guilty?

Is the Senate so conservative and rotten that it is?

"Don't be angry, don't be angry......," said Queen Tussauds, "Love, you exercise a little restraint, I'll go to the ruling palace, I'll go to the two ruling kings." ”

Then Queen Tussauds entered the ruling palace overnight.

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"What do you want to do, two archons?" said Queen Tussauds, "just because of the installation of electric lights, to drive an important minister of the empire into a corner?"

King Wen said: "How can it be because of the installation of electric lights? ”

Queen Tussaud said, "It's just the three of us here, let's not say these vain words." Immediately release Lord Li Fu's son, restore his reputation, and reopen the case to give Lord Li Fu a clean slate. ”

King Wen was silent for a moment and said: "Those who are clean are self-purifying, and those who are turbid are self-turbid, and the empire will not wronged a good person, nor will it let go of a bad person." ”

Queen Tussauds was stunned, and then said coldly: "You go outside to inquire, how disappointed are the people in this matter? Who doesn't know the truth? Li Fu's salary is tens of thousands of silver coins a year, and he will go to embezzle more than 10,000 silver coins? In the past year, the backwardness and obsolescence of the ruling palace and the senate have disappointed countless people, do you also want to become the old Great Yan Empire? Do you completely stand on the opposite side of the broad masses of the people?"

King Wen said: "The ruling palace and the Senate have always stood on the side of the people of the empire and have always represented the interests of the people of the empire. ”

Queen Tussauds sneered: "When did the ruling king of the empire be full of lies like the officials of the old world? You represent the interests of the people? Then I will ask you, which is more advanced, electric light or gas lamp?

Queen Tussauds was also disappointed, and the candidates for the two consuls were also nodded by him and her husband.

And once the other party dares to say something like gaslighting is more advanced, it means that the two people are completely hopeless, and those who refer to the deer as a horse are not qualified to lead the empire at all.

King Wu said: "Of course, the electric light is more advanced. ”

Queen Tussauds said, "If the electric lights are more advanced, why doesn't the consul palace have electricity? Why don't you install electric lights?"

King Wu said: "Electric light is not guilty, but the person who invented the electric light has bad intentions. ”

Queen Tussaud's beautiful eyes were cold, and she said, "What is the crime of the crane in the clouds?"

King Wu said: "He wants to seize power, he is from the old world of the East, we accepted him and gave him a high status, but he wants to occupy the magpie's nest, isn't it a sin?"

Queen Tussauds said, "Now it seems that you are like people from the old world. Is he of the same race and bloodline as us, and is he a descendant of His Majesty Emperor Yan Xinzong? The people of the empire trust and admire him because of his new wisdom and new civilization, and he has brought changes to the empire and can make the people of the empire live a better life. ”

King Wen suddenly raised his hand and said, "Stop, Queen Tussauds, we can also embrace the new civilization and accept the new world." But that's under our own leadership, not an outsider to lead us. ”

Queen Tussaud said, "However, this new civilization was brought by the crane in the clouds, and this is his wisdom. ”

King Wu said: "Then he should be high-spirited, and after contributing his wisdom, he immediately retreated to the back." Why do you still want to swagger through the market? Why do you have to accept the worship of the crowd? He ...... It's time to go, he's already persona non grata in the Empire. ”

King Wen said: "What is the purpose of his coming? Isn't it just to borrow troops? Isn't it just to recapture his old empire in the East? Okay, we will lend him troops, 100,000, 200,000, 300,000, 500,000? We will lend him troops, as long as he returns to the East immediately." ”

Queen Tussaud said, "We have a total of 600,000 main troops, and you want to borrow 500,000?"

King Wu said: "He wants an army, and we give him an army, and he is not qualified to ask for more." We are very grateful for the wisdom he gave to the empire, so we lent him half a million troops, and since then we have paid for everything. ”

Queen Tussauds said, "Your so-called 500,000 army is a servant army drawn from the colonies? ”

King Wu said: "In short, we will give him 500,000 troops and give him a fleet! ”

The king did not deny this, and it was an army of servants of half a million slaves.

Queen Tussauds said slowly: "The two ruling kings, if you do this, you will completely anger him and the new sect. ”

King Wu said: "The crane in the cloud wants to become a star, we don't care." The word star was invented by him. But investigating Li Fu is an internal affair that belongs to the empire, and he cannot interfere. We welcome the development of the productive forces and the new civilization of the empire, and we are willing to embrace it. But if you want to take advantage of the opportunity to steal power and interfere in political affairs, you just can't! We have a bottom line, and we must not forget that the empire still has hundreds of thousands of troops, and we are already tolerant enough of him. ”

King Wen said: "Please tell the new sect party and express your own opinions, but if you storm the ruling palace and the imperial government, it will be a crime, and don't blame the ruthlessness of the empire's laws." As for Li Fu's side, we will definitely deal with it impartially, and we will not interfere with the Xinzong Party. ”

King Wu said: "Please tell the crane in the clouds that the eastern world is waiting for him." The people of the New Great Yan Empire don't need his salvation anymore, but the people of the old world in the East need his salvation. Take the army we lent him, get out of here, get away from these rights and wrongs. ”

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Queen Tussauds returned to the Shinjong Party headquarters and repeated the words of the two ruling kings.

"They want you to go, to leave the Empire. Queen Tussaud said, "I am willing to lend you an army of servants composed of 500,000 slaves, and I am willing to lend you a fleet to return to the Eastern Empire." ”

Yun Zhonghe sighed and said: "Is it really true that all history is modern history? Will all history repeat itself? Will the once advanced forces become conservative and backward forces? Over the past year, I have been very tolerant and suppressed all the radical behaviors of the Xinzong Party, and have not had any direct confrontation with the top echelons of the empire. But that doesn't mean I'm weak. ”

Queen Tussauds said: "Love, history will repeat itself, and it will definitely repeat itself." But it is by no means a repetition, and it changes with each repetition. This time, at least the broad masses of the people are on our side. I believe that the hearts of many officials are also inclined towards us. They have the most powerful army at their disposal, but the army may not listen to them. ”

"Yes, history repeats itself, but it is not simply repeated. Yun Zhonghe said: "I will never leave, and I will not go to establish another empire." ”

Yun Zhonghe slowly sat down and said, "It's okay to tear your face, start it immediately, escalate the struggle in an all-round way, and oust the two ruling kings from power!"

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