If someone asks which person in the capital is the most unlucky and has the most sad life, I am afraid that most people in the officialdom will give the same answer - Daxing County Order!

Because on the afternoon of the first day of the seventh month, somewhere in the west of the city belonging to Daxing County, there was a large-scale armed fight, and I heard that some people used bows and crossbows, and several local gang figures died.

Although this incident was later found out to be related to the factory guard, the incident that messed up the situation in the capital was still enough for the local county order to drink a pot. Moreover, before that, there were also murders of several people in the house on the other side, which also fell on Daxing County.

And that's not all, just that night, there was another sensational fight outside the city, and the people who left the city in the morning saw dozens of corpses lying on the official road. And this area happens to be under the rule of Daxing County.

It's good now, the three homicide cases fell on Daxing County at the same time, and this is the capital again, and the pressure on the county magistrate of Jingxian County, who only has six products, can be imagined. What worries him even more is that none of these cases can be investigated in depth by his small county order, and he doesn't even have a chance to make meritorious contributions and investigate the cases clearly.

It is said that it is difficult to be an official in Beijing, not only is the cost of goods far higher than that of other places, but there are too many dignitaries and nobles who cannot be offended, as well as an intricate network of relationships. Once he is not careful, what awaits him is countless open guns and hidden arrows, and it is not a matter of losing his official position and resigning.

And today's Daxing County Order is encountering such a situation. When he was unable to do anything about several cases, some officials in the DPRK and China began to attack him.

The official would not have come to him to make it difficult for the county magistrate to be embarrassed, and once he found out that such an incident had occurred under his rule, he could not give a satisfactory explanation, so he immediately went to impeachment. And there were more than one or two people, dozens of bullets flew into the palace after the next day, and on the fourth day of the new year, even the imperial history above the court meeting participated in the impeachment of Daxing County Order in public.

After learning that there were so many bloody cases under his nose, the Son of Heaven was also furious, and immediately ordered someone to directly announce the Daxing County Order into the palace and reprimand him in person.

In the face of such a situation, this is in the prime of life, and it is still a second-class background, but the small county order with a great future can't say a word. Because he knows very well that he will lose his official position at most if he eats the crime of dereliction of duty, but if he really dares to say that a few cases are related to the factory guard, even his life may not be saved.

In the end, he was directly stripped of his clothes and crown by the angry Son of Heaven, removed from all official positions, and left Beijing within two days. At this point, the officialdom no longer had anything to do with him.

Seeing this, although many courtiers showed sympathy, they knew the inside story, but none of them spoke out to help. Things in officialdom are so ruthless, you are not his party, who is willing to spend effort and effort to save you and protect you?

Of course, it is impossible for Yang Pu to protect a Daxing county order as the head of the dignified cabinet, but he glanced at Hu Hu who was behind him a little strangely, because he found that this person had a strange glint in his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

"Could it be that the things he mentioned earlier are going to end here?" Yang Pu lowered his eyes thoughtfully, and then made his own decision.

Sure enough, because of the emperor's anger, after the ministers were solemn for a while, Hu Hu finally stepped out: "Your Majesty, the minister Hu Hu has something to do." ”

Seeing that it was this old courtier who came out to say something, the Son of Heaven's face softened again, nodded and said, "Mr. Hu, but it doesn't hurt to say it." "Zhu Qizhen has always been humble and low-key, especially in the face of those old ministers of several dynasties, even in front of the ministers, he is also known as a gentleman.

Hu Hu replied yes, and then said: "Actually, this matter is not what the old minister, the official secretary, should say, but the people from the military department or the Ministry of Industry." But since this matter has been put on hold, for the sake of the court's plan, the minister had to go over the line once. ”

"Oh? What the hell is going on? Hearing him say this, the emperor became interested.

"Just a few days earlier this year, someone in the north created an object that could detect the enemy's reality and discover the enemy's situation for most of the morning, and this thing was called an airship. At that time, Hu Sui, the general soldier of Datong, had sent people to Beijing, and the old minister had also seen it once, but it was a wonderful thing like a heavenly workmanship, if I could use this thing in the border towns of the Ming Dynasty, it would be able to win at least half a day of preparation time for my border guards. ”

"And such things?" When the emperor heard this, his eyes lit up. Naturally, he is most interested in new things, not to mention things that are helpful for the use of soldiers, which makes him want to see it even more: "You say this thing is called an airship, can it really fly?" ”

"You can't fly, but you can rise up into the air and look down on it. It is said that if you want to be poor, you can go to the next level, and this airship is such a reason. Hu Hu hurriedly explained again.

"Oh?" The Son of Heaven twisted his body a little excitedly, and looked at the several important ministers in front of him: "Xu Qing, Wang Qing, is Mr. Hu's words true?" ”

The people he named were Xu Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Wang Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. After the two of them glanced at each other, they walked out of the courtier's class and saluted respectfully before saying, "Back to Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing." ”

"Can it really fly into the sky?" Zhu Qizhen asked with great interest.

"Exactly." After Xu Xi glanced at Hu Hu, he nodded and said, "The minister has also seen it fly into the sky with his own eyes, although it doesn't fly high, but he knows that it is not talking nonsense." ”

Wang Yu also echoed, but he muttered a little in his heart, not understanding why Hu Butang suddenly mentioned this matter. Originally, according to their intentions, the imperial court would not pay much attention to this matter.

This is like the problem of today's climate. The Chinese nation, or Confucian culture, has always been more important than technical. Especially for these people who came up from the imperial examination and had a very high status, whether it was a craftsman or a thing they made, it was an existence that could not be put on the table. No matter how ingenious the invention falls into their mouths, it can be summed up in four words, that is, it is a strange skill!

It is difficult to say when this kind of atmosphere has been handed down, perhaps it has been formed since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed Confucianism alone. And this was not until a few hundred years later, when facing the strong ships and cannons of the Western powers, the braided dynasty at that time still disdained this, and the result was a great suffering.

It is precisely because of the existence of this kind of atmosphere that the Chinese nation's thousands of years of civilization have rarely been able to put forward scientific theories or produce any great inventors. People like Shen Kuo and Guo Shoujing have been regarded as heretics. In terms of writings, it is only a copy of "Heavenly Creations", and other examples such as mathematics, geometry, etc. are regarded as miscellaneous studies, and those who study them are easily despised.

Now, the old ministers of the four dynasties, who have a high status in the DPRK, actually mentioned this matter to the Son of Heaven at the court meeting, which naturally caused everyone's attention. If it weren't for Hu Hu's words, I'm afraid that many people would have come up to denounce him at this time.

However, compared to the surprise of the officials, Yang Pu seemed quite calm, he glanced at Hu Hu with a smile, and a trace of respect flashed in his eyes. This old friend is really a warm-hearted person who doesn't care about gains and losses, in order to help Lu Jin, he doesn't even care about his reputation being criticized because of this.

Another one with special thoughts is Zhu Qizhen. At this time, he seemed a little anxious: "Since there is such a thing, then I want to take a look." Mr. Hu, where is this thing now? ”

Hu Hu glanced at Wang Wei: "Now there is it in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, if Your Majesty wants to take a look, you need to go to Beijing." ”

Such a big guy is naturally not easy to transport into the palace casually. Besides, the palace is no other place, how can you let such a strange thing fly over your head? In addition, because Jingying is located in the corner of the imperial city, even if some strange things happen, it will not cause a sensation in the whole city, so choosing there is the best proposal.

"Okay, then I'll go over this afternoon." The emperor immediately made a decree.

"Obey." Hu Hu hurriedly agreed.

When the court meeting dispersed, the officials who walked around in twos and threes couldn't help but whisper about the matter, guessing what kind of medicine Hu Butang was selling in the gourd. But no matter what they think, they can't think of a reason.

Of course, it's not that no one can see his thoughts, for example, Wang Zhen, who did not accompany the Son of Heaven to the dynasty today, suddenly narrowed his eyes after hearing what happened in the early dynasty: "What a Hu Hu, in order to protect that Lu Jin, he actually came up with such a means." Others may not be able to think of the original reason, but he knows that this airship is closely related to Lu Jin.

Now that Hu Hu is taking this out, his purpose is not to sponsor Lu Zhen in front of the Son of Heaven, what else can he do?

Thinking of this, his whole face suddenly became gloomy, once Hu Hu succeeded, then Lu Zhen would be valued by the Son of Heaven, and it would be difficult for him to deal with him again.

If he is given some time, he may still be able to do things on the airship, but in the afternoon His Majesty is going to watch the airship, and he doesn't even have the opportunity to do things with his hands and feet, how can this be good?

Wang Zhen, who was angry in his heart, was completely helpless at this time.

At this time, Yang Pu also looked at his old friend with some doubts: "I'm not surprised that you had this idea before, but why are you in a hurry to bring up the matter today?" It would have been safer if it had been done by the people below. ”

"It also happened suddenly, because I have found an official position that suits him, and if I miss it, I need to think of other ways." Hu Hu smiled and said.

"You mean?"

"Daxing County Order! Now that there is a vacancy, it is not over-promoted to make him a local county magistrate to the county magistrate of Jing County, nor will it make people jealous. ”