When I came to the Qinzheng Palace, the ministers and generals were already waiting.

Liu Xie said: "I went to Huashan for three days, and I saw that you were waiting here for a long time this morning." If you have any excerpts to play, let's talk about them. ”

Wang Yun said: "Yuan Shu rebelled and rebelled to claim the emperor, and the ministers thought that they should send troops to recruit and suppress them. ”

Regarding Yuan Shu's rebellion, many ministers said that they would go to collect it.

Liu Xie asked Chen Gong: "What does Gongtai think?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Although Yuan Shu is a dry bone in the grave, it is not a matter of concern. There is no need for His Majesty to send troops, Xuzhou Zhang Liao can be destroyed by attacking. ”

"Then you're advocating fighting?"

"That's exactly what Wechen meant."

"Bonghyo, what about you?"

Guo Jia said: "It is naturally easy to break Yuan Shao, and Sun Tzu said: Wouldn't it be better if the soldiers who surrendered without a fight were not self-defeating, so that we could not only avoid the casualties of the soldiers, but also save a lot of silver." The best of both worlds, why not. ”

Chen Gong said: "In the spirit of filial piety, we only need to sit in Luoyang and do nothing, so that we can wait for the sky to destroy Yuan Shu?" ”

Chen Gong's words caused a burst of laughter, Guo Jianai was a general of Cao Cao, and Chen Gong was a general of the Han army's "descendants", so above the court, generals and subordinates would always be looked down upon by those generals.

Liu Xie saw that these two people were about to pinch each other, and said in his heart: I want to see which of the two of them is more powerful.

But he heard Guo Jia say: "Heaven will naturally not destroy Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu himself will destroy himself." ”

Chen Gong laughed: "This is strange, Yuan Shu will kill himself with his own knife." ”

Another burst of laughter.

Guo Jia said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, Yuan Shu has always had a holiday with Sun Ce. Near Yuan Shu, regardless of the world's scolding, unauthorized emperor, His Majesty can wear the holy decree, order Sun Ce to raise troops, and order Zhang Liao to strictly guard the Xuzhou area to prevent him from colluding with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu will not be able to destroy itself. ”

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he said to the ministers: "Princess, the Empress Dowager has died, and she should have been filial piety for three years, and she was not allowed to use swords. However, the Empress Dowager took into account the comfort of the state and reduced the filial piety period to half a year. Ladies and gentlemen, three years may be too long, but can't we wait for half a year? ”

Chen Gong said: "What Feng Xiao said is not unreasonable, but now that Yuan Shu is rebelling, we can't just let him go and let him go because of the constraints of filial piety?" What does this make the world think of my Han court? Cowardly? But we are not cowardly, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the money is abundant and the food is abundant, and the breaking of the Yuan technique is just a snap of the fingers. After killing Yuan, you can choose to go north to attack Yuan Shao, or go south to attack Sun Ce. ”

Liu Xie said: "What you both say makes sense, but what Feng Xiao said makes more sense." Gongtai, a soldier who surrenders without a fight. It is not easy to send troops during the filial piety period, this is one of them, and the second is that Yuan Shu is a dry bone in the mound, let Sun Ce deal with him, as Feng Xiao said, it can not only avoid casualties, but also save money, why not. The end of the filial piety period is also fast, and there are still four and a half months. At that time, it is calculated that Sun Ce has not destroyed Yuan Shu, and it is not too late for us to send troops to eliminate it. And there is intelligence that Yuan Shu is extravagant, excesses taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and oppresses the people, so he can't just want to be the emperor for two days to have a good time, and it is not far from destruction. ”

After some arguments, Liu Xie made a decision not to care about Yuan Shu for the time being, and let him have two days, Liu Biao Sun Ce in the south, and Zhang Liao in Xuzhou, he couldn't jump up.

After discussing Yuan Shu's gesture, Liu Xie asked, "Many years ago, I proposed to develop gunpowder power weapons, how is the research now?" ”

An official from the Weapons Department said: "Your Majesty, the plan has been come up a long time ago, but the materials always fail to meet the requirements, and during the experiment, the chamber is always blown up, and there have been many casualties, so the gunpowder power weapon has not been developed for a long time." ”

Liu Xie sighed and said: "It seems that the musket still can't be developed, so how long do you think it will take to make firearms use in actual combat?" ”

The Minister of Arms said: "It will take at least five more years. ”

Liu Xiexin said: My second system task is to unify the world before the age of twenty-one, and now I am sixteen years old, and there are still five years before the time limit, so he can't afford to wait for this five-year period no matter what.

The Minister of Weapons added: "But there is a new project that is about to be developed." ”

"Oh? What is it? Let's talk about it. ”

The minister said: "Hot air balloon." ”

Liu Xie was stunned, he couldn't imagine that the hot air balloon that only existed in the 18th century was about to appear in the Three Kingdoms, a full 1600 years in advance, which is also too interesting.

Liu Xie asked: "Can hot air balloons be used in actual combat?" ”

The minister said: "As long as it can be made, it is completely possible, because the hot air balloon has enough height that the arrows on the ground cannot be shot, and it can carry out air strikes on local positions." ”

"That's good, much better than a wooden kite." Liu Xie said, "It needs to be vigorously developed and produced, and it may be used in large quantities next year." ”

The Minister of Weapons also hung a picture of the appearance of the hot air balloon on the court for the monarch and ministers to see.

Liu Xie asked: "The material making process of this hot air balloon has not leaked out, right?" ”

The minister said: "Your Majesty, this is the top secret of my Han family, and even if Wei Chen has the courage to do so, he will not dare to leak it." ”

Liu Xie said: "All science and technology, we must strictly keep secrets, and we must not leak the process!" ”

The minister added: "In addition to the research and development of hot air balloons, there is another work that needs to be vigorously carried out, which is to vigorously promote the cultivation of figs. ”

The ministers were a little confused, aren't figs just ordinary fruits? It was introduced from the Western Regions more than ten years ago, and it has not had time to promote, and many people do not like to eat this foreign fruit.

Liu Xie knew what he meant, the fig tree could be a substitute for the rubber tree.

In this era, rubber trees were still in South America, and even the South Seas had not yet been introduced, let alone the land of China. It is also impossible for Liu Xie to cross the ocean to South America to introduce rubber trees.

Since the fig tree can also replace the rubber tree, it is used temporarily, although the effect and quality are not as good as the rubber tree.

If natural rubber can be refined, Dahan's military industry will reach a new level.

In addition, there are also the ministers of commerce, industry, and agriculture, all of whom have reported their work, and all the situation shows that Luoyang is developing in a good direction.

Liu Xie finally concluded: "Recuperate, and then set out a plan for the expedition next spring." As for Yuan Shu, let's jump for a few more days. ”

dispersed, and the ministers dispersed, but the three female ministers were still there, namely Yan'er, Wen Yin and Cai Yan. Liu Xie called out to the three of them and said, "Eat with me." ”

All three said: The concubine obeys the order.

Wen Yin came over and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine has something to report. ”

"Oh? Say what's going on. ”

Wen Yin said: "My Wen family is the richest family in Luoyang, and the concubine's father said that my Wen family has made a lot of money in the past few years thanks to His Majesty, so my father plans to donate five million taels of silver for the imperial court's weapons research and armament procurement expenses."

(End of chapter)