Under the faint candlelight, Kang Jinai's face flickered in the halo, and the wrinkles on his face became more and more profound.

Ning Zuyi glanced at Kang Jinai, he didn't answer this question directly, but said slowly: "Kang Kalun, when this official left Nanjing, he once got a word from His Majesty. ”

As he said this, he slowly stood up, walked to the wall, and whispered as he took off the long sword on it: "When I was restored, I didn't even fight a serious battle, so that many people still have illusions, thinking that there is still a chance-"

"Wow-leng-"

With a crisp sound of pulling out the sheath, Kang Jinai couldn't help but raise his eyes, only to see Ning Zuyi holding a long sword in his hand, although his face was expressionless, but since he had been fighting on the battlefield all year round, it had made him form a kind of evil spirit.

"Your Majesty said that the affairs of Tibet must have a result no matter what, although the Great Righteous Army did a lot of things back then, but it was not enough, if necessary, the official will do it again."

Speaking of this, Ning Zuyi slowly returned the long sword to the sheath and sneered: "Kang Jinai, this official might as well tell you the truth, the strength of the Great Righteous Army is not looked down on by the official, and the 30,000 people will be eliminated step by step - however, the official already has two divisions in Lhasa, and there are two divisions in the north, if necessary, even if three or five more divisions are mobilized, it is not a problem, don't say that you are a little five Kalun, even if there is another Jungar, it will be slaughtered." ”

Kang Jinai was suddenly shocked, he knelt on the ground, his forehead was stuck to the ground, and said in a low voice: "The villain has always been loyal to Da Chu, the villain is different from Albuba and Lombunai, their thoughts should be clear to adults....... The villain really wants to cooperate with the adult! ”

"Hmph, if it weren't for that, do you think this official would still find you?"

Ning Zuyi restrained the solemn expression just now, but helped Kang Jinai up with a smile on his face, and said softly: "This official knows that your temperament is still different from those people, but you must understand that the reason why we chose you is not because you are the only one, as long as you cooperate with us, your credit will naturally be indispensable in the future." ”

After such a shock, Kang Jinai originally had some careful thoughts naturally pressed in his heart, and he smiled bitterly: "Returning to my lord, the villain should be respectful, but among the current five Kalons, although the villain is nominally the head of the five Kalons, his power is not as good as Albuba, if he wants to govern Tibet, he needs to eradicate this person at present." ”

According to Kang Jinai's introduction, Tibet has always been dominated by former Tibet, so the political tradition of former Tibetan officials occupying important official positions has become a conventional habit, and Kang Jinai was also supported by Chen Daoxian to become the head of the Five Kalun because he was born in Tibet, the purpose of which is to balance the pre-Tibetan forces.

Of course, the former Tibetan officials were naturally very dissatisfied with this situation, especially Albuba, who was named Kalun together with Kang Ji Nai, and his own political strength was very strong, so he naturally expressed dissatisfaction with Kang Ji Nai's appointment as the chief Kalun, and even openly said: "I have the same merits as Kang Ji Nai, and I am also favored by the emperor, and my reputation and status are also average. ”

This was said to Chen Daoxian, which also made Chen Daoxian very dissatisfied with Albuba before, and this dissatisfaction made Chen Daoxian begin to support the post-Tibetan forces and suppress the ex-Tibetan forces through economic reform.

At that time, because Tibet had just experienced war, it was in a barbaric situation everywhere, especially because the people of Later Tibet had become impoverished because of the war, and the former Tibetan officials such as Albuba and Lombunai used their power to impose on Later Tibet the losses caused by the large number of deaths of the horses of the garrison and the Tibetan garrison due to natural disasters, and forced the collection of various taxes in Later Tibet, which made the people of Later Tibet more and more miserable.

Therefore, at that time, Chen Daoxian directly changed this situation through economic reform, and he ordered Kang Jinai to check the officials in Lhasa, verify the government's financial accounts, and make clear the falsification of the phenomenon of tax reduction and exemption, and most importantly, to limit the arbitrary favoritism of Lhasa officials and the greedy behavior of tax reduction and exemption.

Kang Jinai sighed and said in a low voice: "Because of this, Albuba, Lombunai and others are dissatisfied, on the one hand, they are attacking the prestige of the villain, and on the other hand, they are also colluding with religious forces, they can't even tolerate Po Luo Nai now, and they are also trying to exclude him. ”

Po Luo Nai was originally the secretary of Razang Khan, and he was also a representative of the Tibetan aristocracy, and his relationship with Kang Ji Nai was irreversible.

Ning Zuyi said curiously: "This official has heard that Po Luo Nai is resolute and very familiar with military affairs, and can be called heroic and resourceful, is this true?" ”

Kang Jinai said embarrassedly: "The rumors are exaggerated, but this person was born in Tibet, and it was originally difficult to achieve the position of Kalon, but now he can occupy a high position, and it is indeed a little bit of itself." ”

Ning Zuyi smiled slightly, but didn't say anything more, just exchanged pleasantries with Kang Jinai and sent him away.

After coming back, Ning Zuyi spread out the excerpt, studied the ink, and began to write his first excerpt since taking office, but this excerpt was very important, but he couldn't help but be less cautious, and immediately fell into a long contemplation.

It wasn't until the candle flame was replaced that Ning Zuyi began to write the excerpts slowly, he first wrote what he had seen and heard in the past few days objectively and truthfully, and then began to write his thoughts.

"The minister went to Tibet and examined the situation. Although the Dalai Lama is very intelligent, he is still young, and he inevitably favors his father Sonomu Darza. Although Kang Jinai can still be trusted, he is decisive and has no plan, and he cannot be entrusted with major affairs......."

"And Albuba is sinister and acts differently from Kang Ji Nai, and Sonomudar Zain marries the two daughters of Lombunai, and the three of them must be one party. If you instigate the Dalai Lama to get along with Kang Jinai, you will definitely quarrel and make trouble. In addition, there are many Kalons, which increase the number of disturbances, Lump Nai's behavior is reckless, and Zar Nai's cowardice and incompetence should be resigned from their original positions in Kalon. ”

"The minister has been thinking for a long time, Albuba should not stay, or send Po Luo Nai to plot to hunt down this person, and then on the grounds of Po Luo Nai's rebellion, hunt and kill all the people, and there will be no one to make trouble, please send down the decree and tell the lama and Kang Ji Nai to act in harmony."

After writing it, Ning Zuyi sighed softly, no wonder the king of Tibet has aged so quickly in a few years in office, it is really a matter of Tibetan things that affect the whole body, if it is not a snare, but there are endless troubles, I just hope that after this thunder, there will be a long-term peace and stability in Tibet.

........

On October 20th, when the cold wind swept up the dead leaves falling from the trees, it was originally the most bleak time of the year, but at this time there was not much gloom in the city of Nanjing.

"Really? Can an iron boat still run on the water? ”

"That's it, wouldn't it be bragging......"

"You bastards, how can the train run so fast......."

"Okay, okay, don't fight, anyway, the meeting will come out, won't you see it when the time comes?"

The people seem to be talking a lot, and some people are arguing from time to time, it turns out that since a month ago, a small rumor has been circulating in the city of Nanjing, that is, the Royal Academy of Sciences of Dachu has invented a boat made of iron, and it can run on the water without sails.

When this news came out, the big guy was originally just a rumor deliberately made up by some prodigals, but later this rumor spread more and more outrageous, but it made people start to believe it.

It was not until 10 days ago that the Royal Academy of Sciences of Dachu officially admitted the authenticity of the news and announced the exact time - they would conduct experiments on the Qinhuai River on October 20, which also made the news of the 'iron ship' quickly appear in the newspapers, causing a sensation in the city.

The big guys like to watch the excitement, especially this kind of strange excitement, which is even more men, women and children, gathered by the Qinhuai River, waiting for the arrival of the iron boat.

At this time, Emperor Ning Yu was standing on the Wangyuan Tower on the edge of the Qinhuai River, where he had a wide field of vision and could calmly see all the scenery on the Qinhuai River, and he came here this time, also for the sake of the 'iron ship', in fact, it was the steam engine ship that had been approved early, and there were many engineering academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Dachu standing on the side.

Responsible for this steam engine ship project is a whole project team, including ship expert Gao Ming, steam engine expert Neukomen, and dozens of other large and small researchers, among which Gao Ming was originally a disciple of Lei Cripple, and later followed the ship technicians from the West to learn Western-style warship design, and personally completed the design of the new warship of Da Chu, which is a senior expert in the field of ship technology in Da Chu, and has become the general person in charge of the project.

Ning Yu looked at the calm river and said softly: "I still remember that five years ago, I officially issued the steam engine ship project, but I didn't expect time to be fleeting, which is really a little emotional. Gao Ming, do you remember what you said to me at the beginning? ”

Gao Ming on the side said with a smile: "The minister naturally remembers that the minister has signed the military order back then, and he must come up with results that can satisfy His Majesty within five years, and he will never disappoint His Majesty." ”

Ning Yu couldn't help laughing, speaking of which, everything at the beginning was indeed a bit wrong, but Da Chu's development in the navy has always been one step at a time, and it has been extremely stable.

Five years ago, after the reorganization of the Dachu Navy, it established its own idea of building the army, that is, to comprehensively take sail warships as the main warships of the next generation, and through the four large ship companies set up by the cabinet and the royal family to carry out the research and development and production of a new generation of warships, it took only five years to put into service 24 warships one after another, with an average of four to five warships launched at a rate of four to five per year.

As for the steamship, it will continue to be developed until the armored steamship that meets the operational standards is successful, and then it will consider replacing the main warship, and the estimated time of this step will be realized in about 20 years of innovation, until the complete replacement of the 30 years of innovation, and then the combat power of the Great Chu Navy will enter a new era.

Gao Ming couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty, when you gave us this task, it was really too shocking, it was almost different from any previous ship, it completely canceled the sails, completely relied on the steam engine to propel the turbine to make it power, and as for the shell, it also had to be wrapped with iron armor, which undoubtedly increased the structural center of gravity of the ship........ At the time, it was very difficult to achieve. ”

However, at this time, he took out a small model of a ship from behind him, and introduced it softly: "In order to be able to achieve all this, we have re-improved the output power of the steam engine, and specially developed a high-power steam engine suitable for the use of ships, and also adjusted the structure of the ship, and then it became like this——"

When Gao Ming's words just fell, a piercing whistle soon came from the window, followed by a burst of cheers, Ning Yu couldn't help but look out the window, only to see a ship coming from afar on the Qinhuai River at this time, and the shape of this ship is quite strange, after canceling the original tall sails, there are two short chimneys on his back, and smoke is constantly spewed out from it, looking like a strange iron box.

Gao Ming smiled and stretched out his hand, and introduced: "It is equipped with four high-power steam engines, which are used to push the large waterwheel-shaped wheels on both sides to move the water forward, this kind of wheel is actually an imitation of a kind of outer ship in the Wangzhen Evil Water Army, but the driving wheel body was stepped on in the boat by manpower, and the efficiency was not high. The steam turbine drive we use today has a continuous output of power. ”

Newcomen, who was on the side, also took over the conversation and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, this is a miracle product, it will definitely surpass all the ships of this era, and after this improvement of the steam engine, it will also have a more positive impact on our other things in the future." ”

When Ning Yu heard this, he glanced at the steam turbine slowly advancing in the river, and couldn't help but be a little curious: "What is the speed of this ship?" How far can you travel? ”

Newkomen said softly: "Back to His Majesty the Emperor, the fastest speed of this steamship can reach about five knots at present, and as for the driving distance, due to the limitations of the current steam engine, it can only travel more than four hundred miles, and further improvements in the future should be able to reach six hundred to eight hundred miles." ”

When he heard this, Ning Yu couldn't help but nodded, and he smiled and said to everyone: "I hope that one day, I can sit on it all the way to Tianjin as soon as possible!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Everyone nodded in unison, and they were fully confident that they would be able to achieve this, at least compared to the previous pioneering work, and it would only be difficult to continue to develop on this path in the future.

And half an hour later, I only heard the steamer outside the window also sounded the whistle again, it was obvious that this time the test was coming to an end, it was reluctant to let everyone go, slowly all the way along the Qinhuai River away from everyone's sight.