Chapter 128: Air Supremacy
Flying Plaza.
"Your Majesty, this Chinese pinyin is indeed a good thing, but it is not Hongwu Zhengyun, if the court chooses, it will inevitably attract the opposition of many scholars, so the minister's suggestion is to wait and see what happens, and let it develop freely."
Emperor Hongzhi and others are all smart people, and they can quickly distinguish that Hanyu Pinyin is a good thing, but if something is good, it is against the ancestral system, so Liu Jian suggested that it be a change of wait.
"Well, that's what I thought about too."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded in agreement.
"Your Majesty, this "Globe and Mail", the minister thinks that it should be sealed, if it is used by others to spread rumors, it will be a great harm to the world!"
It was Li Dongyang who said this, and he knew very well that public opinion was a sharp weapon, but now, this sharp weapon was held by Li Zhaotong in his hands, and Li Dongyang was very worried that Li Zhaotong would accidentally hurt himself.
And once Li Zhaotong accidentally hurts himself, something will happen.
Therefore, if you don't do it, just take advantage of the fact that the Globe and Mail is still in its embryonic stage and press it to death! To get rid of the troubles!
"Binzhi, I know what you're worried about, but I still want to see what the Globe and Mail can become, and I believe in Li Zhaotong.
However, although I believe in Li Zhaotong, I don't dare to trust others too much, so if anyone wants to run a private newspaper in the future, they must get the permission of the imperial court and accept the supervision of the imperial court. ”
The Department of General Administration is the central agency of the Ming Dynasty to receive and inspect internal and external chapters and appeal documents, and is in charge of the orders of the cashier, to understand the situation, to investigate and coordinate the official documents of customs defense, and to report the real feudal words, grievances, military information, disasters and other matters of the subjects of the Quartet.
At the same time, he is also responsible for the publication and distribution of "Di Bao", and the level of this yamen is not low.
Its highest prefect, the general political envoy, is an official of the three grades, and he is in charge of handling internal and external chapters and regulations, and it can be said that he is a very important official with real power.
Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi handed over the supervision of newspapers and other work to the General Administration Department, which can be said to be very important.
"Okay, let's not talk about anything else, I brought you to Triangle Lake to see the hot air balloon, Xiao Jing, have you found out where the hot air balloon is?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing and asked.
Xiao Jing immediately replied:
"Your Majesty, after Li Zhaotong conducted three hot air balloon tests, he handed over the hot air balloon to the Daming Royal Military Guard, and now the soldiers of the Daming Royal Military Guard are using the hot air balloon for training?"
"The Ming Royal Guard? What did Li Zhaotong do when he handed them the hot air balloon? ”
Emperor Hongji was puzzled.
"Your Majesty, the news that the slave maid got is that Li Zhaotong said that the Ming royal guards can use hot air balloons to control the air."
"Air supremacy?"
Emperor Hongzhi was still puzzled.
In fact, not only Emperor Hongzhi was puzzled, but Liu Jian and others were also puzzled, they all looked at Xiao Jing.
Xiao Jing obviously had a job, and he immediately explained:
"Air supremacy roughly means mastering the ability to attack the enemy from the air. For example, officers and soldiers can use hot air balloons to carry fierce fire oil into the sky, and then float over the enemy, ignite the fire oil, and drop it from the sky, causing huge damage to the enemy. ”
"Shhhh
Emperor Hongzhi and the others gasped, they were shocked by the picture depicted by Xiao Jing, they completely imagined how terrifying the scene would be if the army encountered a blow from the air during the march and was splashed from the sky with ignited fire oil!
In addition, if there is a city that cannot be attacked for a long time, if there is a hot air balloon floating over the city and splashing the ignited fire oil from the sky, then the entire city can definitely turn into a sea of fire!
You know, most of today's houses are made of wood!
"Your Majesty, the hot air balloon must be in the hands of the imperial court, and it must not be outflowed!"
Zhang Mao is still very military-literate, he immediately thought of the power of the hot air balloon, and then realized that if the hot air balloon was obtained by the Tatars or the Warats, they could easily attack the city of Daming by using the hot air balloon!
The city of the Ming Dynasty is in danger!
Therefore, he stood up as soon as possible and asked Emperor Hongji to give an order to ban the outflow of hot air balloons.
"This hot air balloon really has to be in my hands, Li Zhaotong is obviously measured, he did a good job!"
Emperor Hongzhi is more far-reaching than Zhang Mao thinks.
What hot air balloon should be in the hands of the imperial court, in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, this thing must be in his hands!
After all, this thing can strike from the air!
If any traitor rebels, uses a hot air balloon, floats over the Forbidden City, and pours fire oil on it, the entire palace will be finished!
This hot air balloon must be in his hands, otherwise, he will not be able to sleep well from now on!
Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi was very relieved to learn that Li Zhaotong handed over the hot air balloon to his private army, the Ming Imperial Military Guard.
He had already guessed that Li Zhaotong must be very aware of the stakes of the hot air balloon, so he handed it over to the Daming Royal Military Guard as soon as possible.
"Since the hot air balloon is in the Daming Royal Guard, then let's go to the military camp of the Ming Royal Guard, Xiao Jing, do you know where the military camp is?"
"yes, I know." Xiao Jing replied immediately.
"Then lead the way!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, but ...... Your Majesty, the Marquis of Shouning has been brought, do you want to see him? ”
"Gone, I'll see him again when I'm done watching the hot air balloon! You send him into custody. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
……
Daming Royal Guard, military camp.
"What? Your Majesty is here?! ”
Zhang Heling went to the Globe and Mail Office to collect debts, but Li Zhaotong did not go over, and only let Zhu Houzhao go out, that was because he had another matter in the barracks.
What's the matter?
Naturally, it is to study the training problems of hot air balloons.
After this hot air balloon goes to the sky, it is not where you want to fly, but where the wind blows, the hot air balloon will fly!
For a hot air balloon flying around the world, it is necessary to choose a high-altitude air stream with the right speed and direction and move it accordingly in order to complete the flight efficiently.
The biggest factor influencing a hot air balloon's round-the-world flight is the climate.
In December and January, the Northern Hemisphere upper-air current reaches its peak speed of the year, reaching as fast as 400 kilometers per hour, so pilots usually choose winter to try to fly around the world.
So, it's a very sky-watching vehicle.
Therefore, Li Zhaotong was in the barracks to teach the driver of the hot air balloon how to judge the wind direction and observe the wind speed!
Now he heard that Emperor Hongzhi was coming, and he was a little confused!
He didn't expect that Emperor Hongzhi would come all the way from the capital.
"Does Your Majesty care so much about the training of the Ming Royal Guard?"
Thinking so in his heart, Li Zhaotong didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly left from the camp gate. Go to greet the arrival of Emperor Hongji.