At the railway station outside the north gate of Jingshi, as soon as the honor guards of Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou appeared, the civil and military officials who had been waiting here for a long time, as well as all the people, immediately greeted them. Suddenly, near the railway station, the sound of a tsunami of long live sounded immediately.

Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou came out of the royal car together, smiling and signaling everyone to be even.

With such a grand scene, John and other Spaniards were also arranged to have a long experience. This kind of scene, of course, is the first time they have seen it. Of course, you have to ignore the time they were watched.

These Spaniards had been learning Chinese for two months and could only understand part of the everyday language. But this grand occasion will not hinder their shock because of the language barrier.

"Wow, Emperor Ming is so majestic! So many people, kneeling down together, it's really spectacular! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, it's our emperor, understand?"

"Yes, yes, our emperor is really majestic, I feel that those of us in the past are not worthy of lifting shoes for our current emperor!"

"That's for sure, it's paradise! The previous one, it was really a rural country, and it couldn't be compared at all! ”

“……”

John and the others whispered while paying attention to the emperor's movements.

When the emperor and the empress came to the locomotive covered with red cloth, and when they heard the emperor begin to speak, they quickly shut up and listened respectfully. However, the language is limited and they are half-understood. But at least one thing, they know. Emperor Chongzhen was introducing the train, saying that the train would change the world or something. Anyway, this train is very great.

Listening to these words, John and the others couldn't help but be very curious about the locomotive covered with red cloth, because when they looked at the length of the train, it seemed to be very long, one by one, like a centipede, but it had no feet. They can probably guess without introduction, and these will be pulled up by the locomotive.

Looking at these, John and the others were like ordinary Ming people, and they all couldn't believe it in their hearts, if so many carriages could be pulled up, how much strength would it take?

Emperor Chongzhen was smiling and talking about the opening remarks, and suddenly, he saw that in the forefront of the civil and military officials, there was an official in a big red robe who was shaking. He looked at it and recognized it as Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the ministry. Suddenly, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly walked over.

Everyone followed the emperor's movements, and they all looked in that direction, and they all noticed that a senior official seemed to be in poor health, and was being supported there. As a result, the crowd whispered and asked who it was?

Emperor Chongzhen walked over quickly, looked at Xu Guangqi, who had been supported by his colleagues, and asked with concern: "Xu Aiqing, where is your body uncomfortable?" ”

Xu Guangqi's face was a little pale, but when he heard the emperor's greetings with concern, he quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister is fine." Today is a day of great joy and a great application of scientific and technological knowledge. The old minister was happy and excited. ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe it when he heard this, so he said to Xu Guangqi: "Xu Aiqing should go back and rest, and I will send the imperial doctor to check your body." ”

"Your Majesty, I really don't need it!" Xu Guangqi hurriedly shook his head and said, "The old minister is really fine, this grand event of the opening of the train, the old minister has been looking forward to it for a long time, and he has been waiting for a long time to witness this moment with his own eyes!" ”

Hearing that he insisted, and it seemed that Xu Guangqi's face looked a little better, Emperor Chongzhen no longer insisted, thinking that after the ceremony was over, he must be examined by the imperial doctor.

Thinking so, he nodded and said with concern: "If Xu Aiqing has something, he has to say it." Aiqing is my minister, but I can't do it! ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has been doing his best since he died!" When Xu Guangqi heard this, his face showed gratitude, and he hurriedly replied.

I don't know why, Emperor Chongzhen always feels a little uneasy, or is this unlucky?

However, at this time, it was the grand ceremony of the opening of the train, and everyone was watching, and he couldn't wait long. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen decided to speed up the process of the ceremony, strode back to the locomotive, and ordered the red cloth to be uncovered. Then, together with the queen, he took a red brush and put the finishing touches on the locomotive, just like the later generations gave the lion the eyes, which means to give it eyes and make it come to life.

The people who were watching, just now, spread ten, ten to hundreds, and almost all knew that it was the official Shangshu who seemed to be in poor health. Suddenly, most of the people were a little worried, and even many of them secretly prayed in their hearts, hoping that Xu Guangqi would be fine. After all, Xu Guangqi's prestige in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty is not comparable to other officials.

The reason for this is that the promotion of science and technology is beneficial to ordinary people, and Xu Guangqi is the main supporter of science and technology promotion; But the most important thing is that Xu Guangqi has worked hard to promote high-yield crops over the years, compiling the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" and other contents, and I don't know how many people have lived. Among the Ming officials, no other official can surpass him in this regard.

However, when they saw Emperor Chongzhen passing, it seemed that Xu Guangqi was fine again, and they were all relieved. Their gaze soon moved with the figure of the emperor. Their attention returned to the train, which was the first thing that appeared.

However, there are still a small number of people, mainly some scholars, low-level officials or something, who still look at Xu Guangqi from time to time, it seems that for them, Xu Guangqi obviously cares more about them than the train. It's just that there is not much worry on their faces.

As the red cloth on the train was removed, there were more whispers of surprise.

"Hey, have you seen it, this locomotive doesn't have feet! Can you pull so many boxes full of goods? ”

"In my opinion, this locomotive probably has to be powerful, right? I really can't see that such a small steam engine can pull so many things! ”

"You guys are all nonsense, don't be suspicious! Long live the Lord is here, it's definitely okay. But the strength of this locomotive is really too great! ”

“……”

The onlookers were all discussing, looking forward to it. Regardless of gender, race, age, or position, they all look forward to the start of the train and the moment when they witness history.

In their hope, the driver on the locomotive began to light a fire and refuel the power.

Of course, at this time, the emperor and empress have already stepped aside. Among them, when Emperor Chongzhen was looking at the locomotive, he remembered what had just happened in his heart, and turned his head from time to time to look at his official book.

You must know that Xu Guangqi is a pioneer in learning scientific and technological knowledge among Ming officials, and he is one of the ministers who want to promote scientific and technological knowledge without other purposes; Moreover, he is in the position of secretary of the ministry, which is a very key position, and plays a very important role in promoting the attention of Ming officials to science and technology. As far as Emperor Chongzhen is concerned, he really hopes that Xu Guangqi can live a long life and support him all the time.

However, Xu Guangqi's age is actually seventy-three years old. In the original history, he died of illness in the sixth year of Chongzhen at the age of seventy-one.

However, in this plane, because of Emperor Chongzhen's wisdom and martial arts, there are a lot of bullshit things missing, and Xu Guangqi has the emperor's kindness and does what he likes to do, so his body is much better than in the original history.

At this moment, I heard a sound of "crying ......", a large amount of white gas spewed out, and the train moved with a "clang".

"Wow......"

Almost in unison, all the onlookers let out a long "wow" sound.

I saw that the train slowly began to move, slowly drove out of the station, little by little, and finally disappeared from the view of the crowd on this side of the train station.

The arrangement of the opening ceremony of the train this time is that there are trains leaving Tongzhou and Jingshi at the same time. According to the original plan, Emperor Chongzhen had to wait until the train from Tongzhou arrived to witness the arrival and exit time of the train.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was worried about Xu Guangqi's body, and he was afraid that time would affect the bodies of those old ministers, including Xu Guangqi. Therefore, after the train departed, he did not wait any longer, and ordered to drive back to the palace, in addition to the relevant officials of the Ministry of Communications, other civil and military officials also returned to the palace. At the same time, he also secretly ordered the imperial doctor to send Xu Guangqi to check his body.

As for the people of Jingshi, after sending off the emperor and empress, they all stayed along the railway line to see the strangeness.

After Emperor Chongzhen returned to the palace, he remembered Xu Guangqi's body, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he immediately passed on the doctor of the Tai Hospital, and instructed him: "Officials above the fifth grade in Beijing will have a regular physical examination in the future, and this matter will be taken care of by the Tai Hospital, and you must not be sloppy!" “

The doctor was a little stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself, is there a disease, they don't know themselves, and they still need to be examined by the hospital? However, since the emperor gave such an order, he did not dare to disobey it, and immediately agreed to it.

However, Emperor Chongzhen saw that he was stunned, and he had already come back to his senses. In ancient times, many of these scholars could read medical books, and they all knew some medicine. And ancient officials, including those who were wealthy, were focused on health preservation. Generally speaking, if there is any discomfort in the body, you will know.

Traditional Chinese medicine is no better than Western medicine, and unlike the physical examinations of later generations, which can accurately examine every item of the human body. From this point of view, this physical examination should not achieve the same effect as the afterlife.

Although Emperor Chongzhen figured this out, he did not recover this holy decree. At least this regular check-up can be regarded as a part of my own mind, and it also allows these imperial doctors in Tai Hospital to have a job to do.

However, similar to Western medicine, especially surgery, it is still necessary to do it. At least having children is a ghost gate for today's women, and there will be a lot of progress here. Also, the infant mortality rate of children is too high in this era, even if they are born in the emperor's family, there is not much way to avoid it.

Medicine! Emperor Chongzhen thought about this in his heart and couldn't help but sigh.

It's a pity that I wasn't born to study medicine in the next life, and I feel a little helpless about medicine. If the future generations had taught medicine like mathematics, physics and chemistry in elementary school, they would have been able to write it down silently!

Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about this matter, and the imperial doctor sent to examine Xu Guangqi's body came back to pay the decree.

"Your Majesty, Weichen suggested that Xu Shangshu need to recuperate......"

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard the beginning of the imperial doctor's advice, his heart sank, knowing that his worries had come true!

After carefully listening to the imperial doctor's advice, he ordered Xu Guangqi to recuperate and recuperate. I didn't even feel at ease, so I went to Xu's Mansion to see Xu Guangqi in person.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is fine!" After Xu Guangqi saw the ceremony, he still said, "The assessment of officials in various places, related to science and technology, must be watched by the ministers, so that they will not be fooled!" Old minister......"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's attitude was very resolute, and he immediately interrupted: "Xu Aiqing, it doesn't matter if these are all right, I will send the factory guards to watch it secretly." Qing's body is what I care about the most. It's not too late to wait for Qing to recuperate and recover well! ”

In fact, according to the imperial doctor, Xu Guangqi's body has actually come to an end, and he can only live a few more days by recuperating well. But if you overwork, I'm afraid you won't live long.

Xu Guangqi listened and was silent. After a while, he looked up at Emperor Chongzhen and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, the old minister's body, the old minister himself knows. No matter how much you recuperate, there won't be many days. Rather than this, Lao Chen would rather spend the rest of his days on the promotion of scientific and technological knowledge! Now that the scientific examination of these knowledge has not yet begun, the old minister is worried......"

"Aiqing rest assured, with me, there is absolutely no recurrence of this matter." When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he said categorically.

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he smiled very gratefully. Although the emperor is young, his ability is here, and he believes this. After a little silence, he played again: "Your Majesty, the position of the secretary of the ministry is very important, since the old minister wants to recuperate, then this position cannot be vacant." Lao Chen originally wanted to recommend Sun Yuanhua, a student of Lao Chen, but he was already a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and he was also crucial to scientific and technological knowledge. Your Majesty, please choose carefully for the post of secretary of the ministry! ”

Generally speaking, the emperor will generally ask the opinion of the retiring official when he is dismissed from his post as long as he is not convicted of a crime. Therefore, Xu Guangqi has this statement.

Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded and comforted: "I know this matter in my heart. The most important thing for Aiqing is to take care of her body, I still have a lot of good things, waiting for Aiqing to comment on one or two! ”

"But what about electricity?" When Xu Guangqi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He had heard before that the emperor was writing a work on the subject.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, explained again, hung Xu Guangqi's curiosity, and let him recuperate well before returning to the palace.

At this time, most of the people in Beijing were still discussing the shock brought by the train. However, in the officialdom, many people are secretly discussing the fact that Xu Guangqi is recuperating at home, and the secretary is temporarily free.

Xu Guangqi's condition is not top secret, and people with a heart can quickly inquire about it. In this way, the post of secretary of the ministry is like a magnet, firmly attracting the attention of many people.