After reaching a consensus with the pavilion elders on how to deal with Gu Bingqian and several other civil officials, Xiao Mu hinted to Lai Zongdao and other pavilion elders that he did not plan to execute Xu Xianchun. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As a result, it is not surprising that Xiao Mu's idea was strongly opposed by the cabinet elders - the attitude of the cabinet elders on the handling of this murderer who killed so many loyal ministers is clear and consistent, and there is nothing to say: it must be punished as a capital crime, there is no room for negotiation, and it is already the emperor's great grace to leave him a whole corpse. If this rebellious minister and thief can escape his life by chance, it must be a matter of hating relatives and fast enemies.

Seeing the tough attitude of the ministers, Xiao Mu also had to put away this idea for the time being, after all, just now they were able to agree to let Gu Bingqian and the others go to the inner study hall to teach, which was already a big concession. At this time, if he continues to persecute on Xu Xianchun's issue, I am afraid that the elders will have to pick and choose.

And there is no need to dwell on this issue, not only will there definitely be no result, but if he keeps insisting on his opinion, he will only let more people know about it in the end, and at that time, there will be countless pairs of eyes staring at Xu Xianchun, in that case, he will really never be able to live again, even if he finds evidence to prove that he was wronged, it is useless - of course, this kind of evidence will definitely not exist.

So Xiao Mu put away the hint, saying that he must be good and will not let go of this eunuch executioner, Xiao Mu's words did not completely say death, but still left an ambush for himself: after all, he said that he would not let Xu Xianchun go, and he did not say that he must be executed.

After listening to Xiao Mu's words, he came to Zongdao and waited for the elders to rest assured, and they all sent praise such as the emperor's wisdom.

"It's not too early, a few Aiqing will go back to rest first." Xiao Mu saw that it was getting late, and there was nothing else to say, so he opened his mouth and sent the pavilion elders back.

"The ministers are leaving." The ministers got up and left. Although Lai Zongdao deliberately wanted to stay and talk about what the emperor said about Huang Taiji's knocking on the gate, this matter was too sensitive, and he didn't know where to start. Lai Zongdao hesitated in his heart, but he still didn't muster up the courage to speak, so he had to leave the palace with a heavy heart.

After they left, Xiao Mu continued to think alone, and because of their resolute attitude, Xiao Mu also tried to start looking at the problem from their point of view: Xu Xianchun did kill many honest and loyal ministers, there is no doubt about this.

Although history has no ifs, Xiao Mu still couldn't help but assume that if these loyal ministers were not killed by Xu Xianchun, then maybe there would be someone among them who would be able to turn the tide in the turbulent times at the end of the Ming Dynasty - whether it was in governing the country or sending troops to fight, they would become the pillars of the country, and with such a person, the Ming Dynasty might not perish.

While the probability of such a thing happening is slim and almost impossible, it is certainly not zero. But now these assumptions are useless, and it is Xu Xianchun who buries these original possibilities with his own hands. To say that Xu Xianchun was just instructed and acted on orders, and used this reason to excuse him, Xiao Mu himself felt that this was simply a joke.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mu found that he also thought that Xu Xianchun was indeed an unforgivable crime, even in later generations, all kinds of torture had already been abolished, and at the same time, the time and space of the death penalty were used carefully.

"Am I really too stubborn?" Xiao Mu couldn't help but have such thoughts.

Just when Xiao Mu was almost about to convince himself, he thought of the policy of amnesty to the world that was being implemented now, as well as the lenient treatment of Gu Bingqian and others. The contrast between civil and military treatment made Xiao Mu feel unprecedentedly entangled and had a headache.

Xiao Mu felt that he urgently needed to change to something else to do, so as not to get into the tip of the bull's horns.

"Forget it, let's put that aside for now. Anyway, killing people is a matter of the autumn, and there are still a few months to go, so there is no rush at this time. ”

In order to divert his attention, Xiao Mu found the playing cards again and continued to design them, and then I don't know how long it took, Xiao Mu fell asleep unconsciously, and he didn't say anything all night.

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Xu Guangqi's mood in the past two days is more complicated.

The last time he talked to Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu showed a strong interest in things such as the operation of heaven and earth, water conservancy, agriculture and mulberry, and firecrackers and artillery, which undoubtedly made Xu Guangqi very excited.

Because in the current Ming Dynasty, all the minds of scholars are focused on studying the books of sages and sages to gain fame, and almost no one is willing to study those "strange and obscene skills", which makes Xu Guangqi feel very worried. In his early years, he got along with the Jesuit Matteo Ricci, which gave Xu Guangqi a certain understanding of Tessie's scientific and technological level, which also deepened his worries: those who had time, money, and conditions to study were all devoted to learning and pursuing fame, and no one wanted to study these things.

In fact, this situation was very common in the Ming Dynasty, so much so that Song Yingxing, a scientist who was also in the Ming Dynasty, wrote in the preface to his book "Heavenly Creation": Gai Daye literati abandon the desk! This book has nothing to do with fame and progress!

It is obviously an important scientific work, but since it has nothing to do with participating in the imperial examination and gaining fame, Song Yingxing himself knows that this book will not be of interest to literati, and it will definitely be thrown aside by readers, and no one will read it.

This sentence was also often mentioned in later history courses, and was used to express Song Yingxing's "indignation at the Ming Dynasty's imperial examination system for restricting talents and being unrealistic."

Of course, Daming is not only a reader, but other people do not have enough conditions even if they want to engage in scientific research, or even if they are lucky enough to find some tips or tricks, there is no way to write them on paper, which is not conducive to circulation, and it is good to spread them in a small area. And no one has been able to systematically organize these findings for future generations.

In the long run, won't my Ming Dynasty fall behind the Taixi Kingdoms? Every time he thought of this, Xu Guangqi felt a pang of worry in his heart.

At this time, of course, he never imagined that only more than ten years later, the Ming Dynasty would be replaced by the Qing Dynasty built by the Jurchens outside the Guanwai. Due to a combination of reasons, from then on, the scientific and technological level of the East in Eurasia never had a chance to catch up with the West, but was gradually falling farther and farther away, and the rulers were unaware of all this, and it was too late for the robbers to come to the door. Until Xiao Mu's time and space, he was still on the way to catch up.

However, at this time, the relationship between Western science and technology and Daming is only half a catty and eight taels at most, and there is no obvious advantage, Xu Guangqi is still very optimistic. Especially after learning that today's son also attaches great importance to this, Xu Guangqi was greatly encouraged and delighted. After talking with Xiao Mu, Xu Guangqi wrote a letter to his student, Sun Yuanhua, who was proficient in firearms, that night, expressing nothing more than that the emperor attaches great importance to artillery, you just have to concentrate on it, and the emperor will be of great use in the future.

It's just that Xu Guangqi's excitement only lasted for one night. The next day, in the early dynasty, the problem of party disputes in the court broke out, first he was inexplicably "arrested" by the Jinyi guard, and then many officials and Qingliu demanded severe punishment for the remnants of the eunuch party, and the list of hundreds of people, and finally even the elders were impeached, the situation was once very serious, and the emperor was so anxious that he fainted.

Xu Guangqi knew in his heart that the emperor's mind would definitely be spent on solving this matter, after all, the consequences of the party struggle were very serious, and if it was not properly dealt with in a timely manner, it would definitely shake the Ming Dynasty, and Xu Guangqi was secretly worried about this in his heart.

Fortunately, the crisis did not last long, fortunately, God bless me Daming, the queen mother is pregnant, and the prince will be born. The emperor also found a good way to solve the problem, and used the policy of amnesty to calm the party dispute, and Xu Guangqi was naturally very happy.

It's just that the emperor never summoned him again, and there was no response to his own works such as "Sweet Potato Shu", although it has only been two days, Xu Guangqi also knows that the emperor has a lot of opportunities, and he may not be busy for a while, so he didn't take the time to see himself or give him any will, but Xu Guangqi was still a little anxious, for fear that the emperor would forget about this matter.

Just when Xu Guangqi was very hesitant in his heart, not knowing whether he should take the liberty of looking for an opportunity to remind the emperor, Wang Chengen, the prince in the palace, came and said that the emperor would summon him and let him follow him into the palace. This made Xu Guangqi's heart finally fall to the ground, and after a simple cleanup, he followed Wang Chengen into the palace to face the saint......

It turned out that Xiao Mu fell asleep after improving the playing cards last night, and after getting up this morning to sort out the results of the improvement, he handed over the final version of the design to Wang Chengen, so that he still found the craftsmen who made mahjong tiles and playing cards last time to make them, and finally solved the matter of playing cards.

After that, Xiao Mu inevitably continued to entangle the affairs of Gu Bingqian, Xu Xianchun and others, and was naturally very upset. When he wanted to find something else to do, Xiao Mu suddenly remembered the works such as "Sweet Potato Shu" that Xu Guangqi had sent him before, and he had not understood it for nearly two hours, and then he realized that when he complained to Lin Ye that he couldn't understand it, Lin Ye said to himself, and handed over this matter to Xu Guangqi to do.

So Xiao Mu hurriedly asked Wang Chengen to summon Xu Guangqi into the palace, and Xiao Mu planned to study ancient science and technology with him. The poor prince had just finished explaining the matter of the craftsmen making playing cards, and he didn't even have time to drink the tea, and he went to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to invite Xu Guangqi to enter the palace to face the saint.

didn't let Xiao Mu wait long, Wang Chengen came with Xu Guangqi, Xiao Mu immediately greeted him, stopped Xu Guangqi before he was about to kneel down to salute, said that there was no need to be polite, and then asked Wang Chengen to bring him a seat.

After the two sat down, Xiao Mu went straight to the point and discussed the topic of science with Xu Guangqi.