After Zhao Zhen sent Sun Fu away, he pulled Wang Shenli to sit down next to the coffee table again, and asked thoughtlessly: "Is it done?" ”

"That's it!" Wang Shenli poured tea for him and said: "Your Majesty, according to your plan, the minister has secretly completed the transformation of Dongqian Avenue in the new city, and it has been debugged, so as to ensure that the people's eyes will shine when the time comes!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "That's good! You've got to work harder, I'm still waiting for them to make money! ”

Wang Shenli: "Yes, Your Majesty!" In fact, the basic technology is almost the same, but it will take some time to mass production, and some craftsmen have not thought of a simpler solution, which limits the output. ”

Zhao Zhen: "Yes! Our current conditions are relatively simple, thank you for your hard work! ”

Wang Shenli: "The emperor sees what you said, this is what the ministers should do, the ministers are embarrassed to say this, the ministers have spent so much money, but they have not given you anything in return, I feel ashamed!" ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand: "Do your business with peace of mind, don't listen to the gossip outside, those ministers quote scriptures and classics, but how do they know the value of science and technology, don't pay attention to them!" ”

Wang Shenli: "Thank you for the emperor's love!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "By the way, I haven't received a letter from this rookie for a long time, do you know what he's doing?" ”

Wang Shenli: "Your Majesty, you really asked the right person, not long ago he wrote a private letter to the minister, and asked for the minister's opinion!" ”

"Oh!" Zhao Zhen was surprised: "What did this kid say?" It's still hiding it from me! ”

Wang Shenli: "Your Majesty, he doesn't want to hide it from you, but he's just afraid that you will scold him!" ”

Zhao Zhen asked, "Why do I want to scold him?" Could it be that this kid is secretly doing something bad? ”

Wang Shenli: "That's not it!" And it came to pass that you didn't send him to catch the production of sea salt! He has been at the beach for a long time, perhaps conquered by the feeling of the vastness of the sea, and began to yearn to explore the ocean. However, if you want to explore the oceans, you have to have a boat, and you have to have a good boat. When we were young, didn't you mention a magical steel giant ship to your ministers! This kid is playing with its idea. ”

Zhao Zhen: "That's it?" Isn't that a good thing? What is there to hide? ”

Wang Shenli smiled: "Isn't he afraid that you will scold him for being unproductive!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Since he likes it, let him go and tinker with it himself!" For now, we are still concentrating on the prisoner dedication ceremony in a few days, and it depends on whether your research institute can become an instant hit. ”

Wang Shenli: "The minister is saved!" Dean Yan mutters next to the minister's ear every day, the minister just wants to be lazy and has no chance! ”

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On the 20th day of the 1st lunar month of Xinghua, following the news of the victory of the Song and Liao wars in the imperial court, after more than half a month, the imperial court once again posted the imperial list: the representatives of the field army who had returned triumphantly were about to arrive in the capital, and the saint decided to hold a ceremony to present prisoners and a commendation ceremony in the square of the new capital on the afternoon of the 20th. At that time, the west gate of the capital will be open overnight, and the people of the capital are welcome to go and observe. In order to better maintain the safety of the observation, please consciously abide by the arrangements of the guide and jointly maintain the order of the scene......

The end of the year is approaching, and the vast number of people who have worked hard for a year have basically rested, waiting for the arrival of the new year. coincides with this kind of leisure time, the imperial court holds such a large-scale event, and the common people should rush to it, putting aside patriotism or anything, this is at least a good time to watch the excitement.

In this era when IT is not yet known, teahouses and restaurants are the best distribution centers for news dissemination.

In a teahouse called Pinchaju, two young men dressed in literati clothes are sipping tea while looking out the window at the noisy scene. Judging from the dress of the two, they should be scholars, but now it is rare for scholars in the capital to dress like this, and more often wear student uniforms specially designed by the Royal Academy.

The reason why these two people dressed up like this was because they deliberately showed that they were different from others, and used practical actions to make silent resistance to the Holy New School. The two of them are Tang Jie and Chen Shengzhi, who are about the same age as Zhao Zhen, but due to the influence of family education since childhood, they have become representatives of the major colleges in Beijing that resist Zhao Zhen's new learning. It is precisely because of this that the two of them both failed in the last imperial examination and became a pair of difficult brothers.

However, this blow did not make them change their minds, and they still firmly believed in the doctrine of the saints taught by their ancestors, and refused to make concessions. They believe that one day in the future, the saints of today will be able to distinguish between black and white, and that day will be the time for our generation to be in the limelight again.

Chen Shengzhi, who was a year younger, withdrew his gaze from the window and asked Tang Jie opposite, "Brother Zifang, what do you think?" ”

Tang Jie: "Selling fame and fame!" ”

Chen Shengzhi: "Then Brother Fang, can you go and see the excitement at that time?" ”

Tang Jie: "Go, why don't you go!" In any case, being able to defeat this invasion of the Liao State is a great feat, and as a Song person, we are naturally happy! ”

Chen Shengzhi: "But, Brother Zifang, you said that the first major crisis after the implementation of the new school was easily resolved, wouldn't it be more firm in the belief of the Holy Lord to implement the new school?" ”

Tang Jie: "Uncle Yang, you can relax!" Although we are happy to be able to defeat the Liao army this time, it has also angered the Liao country, maybe when they will attack again, it may not be as simple as this time! ”

Chen Shengzhi: "Brother Zifang is very reasonable, I think that my Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State have been peaceful for so many decades, and the common people live and work in peace and contentment, isn't it good!" But the saint has to listen to slander and start a military revolution, and if you don't know it, this peaceful and prosperous world will be ruined in one fell swoop! ”

"Alas! Time is not waiting for me! Tang Jie sighed: "Look at it, most of the important ministers in the court are young people, and there are even people of the same age as me." You said that they know what they know at their age, stealing from a high position is naturally arrogant, and Yan Xiang is too generous, so he rarely restricts them, alas......"

Chen Shengzhi: "Having said that, we can't just do it!" Didn't the Holy Lord set up some 'Tongtian mailboxes', why don't we join some students to write to the Holy One? ”

"It's still free!" Tang Jie shook his head: "This trick has been played by the foolish brother before. ”

Chen Shengzhi: "What's wrong?" Is there anyone who is hindered from it and cannot reach the hands of the Holy One? ”

Tang Jie: "That's not it! It is said that the 'Tongtian mailbox' set up by the saint is all closed with iron sheets except for the delivery port, and each has a hidden code, which can only be opened by nine people authorized by the emperor to be present at the same time, otherwise once the mailbox is lost or damaged, the relevant personnel will be severely punished. ”

Chen Shengzhi: "So strict? Wouldn't that no one be able to do it! ”

"Not really!" Tang Jie waved his hand slightly: "But all the rules in this world are not perfect, there are always some intentions who can find loopholes and take advantage of them." A friend in Brother Yu's hometown mentioned a case to me in a letter, talking about this 'Tongtian mailbox'.

This incident happened in Brother Yu's hometown, a relatively remote county under the jurisdiction of Jiangling Mansion, and Brother Yu didn't remember the name of this county master.

It is said that this county prince relied on the high mountain and the emperor to be far away, and acted as a prestige in the local area, deceived the superiors and subordinates, and fished the people. After a long time, a scholar couldn't see it, so he went directly to negotiate with the county magistrate, and he told the county magistrate that the saint had set up a 'Tongtian mailbox' mailbox in various state capitals as published in the county magistrate's Times, and threatened the county magistrate to correct his style, otherwise he would go to Gangneung to report him.

However, this benevolent brother thought things too simply. He didn't expect that the county magistrate listened to his words, not only did he not mean to change his ways, but he became angry and arrested him and beat him half to death. Moreover, the words of this benevolent brother also gave the county magistrate a wake-up call, and began to set up cards on the road to search for passers-by, and once he found the letter, he was beaten wildly. And the people below the county lord are not good goods, they all have the same virtue as him, and they took the opportunity of the search to loot a lot of people's fat and people's ointment.

Hey, I guess when the Holy Lord set up this 'Tongtian mailbox', he didn't expect the people below to deal with it like this! ”

"Brother Zifang, don't be busy sighing! Tell me how it turned out? The flame of Chen Shengzhi's gossip has been ignited by Tang Jie, and he can't wait to know the end of the story.

Tang Jie deliberately tasted the tea slowly, and whetted Chen Shengzhi's appetite before saying: "Speaking of which, the ending of this matter is also quite bizarre, it is said that the county master at that time had already gathered the few scholars and squires in his small county town to say hello, either to win them over and join the same stream, or to arrest and lock him up for the idea of framing him, you said that the remaining ordinary people who don't know big characters can still kill him!" ”

Chen Shengzhi: "That's right! Those ordinary people are illiterate, so naturally they will not threaten him! Then how was the county master found out? ”

Tang Jie: "That's the strange thing I want to say, I heard my friend say that they somehow received the news of the arrival of the criminal department, saying that they were ordered by the Holy Lord to thoroughly investigate the county government. Needless to say, it didn't take much effort for that Qin Cha to obtain a large amount of evidence in the local area, and he used Shang Fang's sword to cut down the unlucky county master on the spot. And because of this incident, the prefect of Gangneung at that time was demoted by one level and transferred to other places because of his unfavorable rule. At the same time, there were quite a few officials in the entire Gangneung Province who were implicated, and my friend escaped because he was in charge of the Cao Si at the time. ”

"That's it?" Chen Shengzhi saw that Tang Jie seemed to stop there, and asked unsatisfactorily.

"It's over!" Tang Jie spread his hands: "In addition to the corrupt officials, the people are also comfortable, aren't the plots like this!" What else do you want to drop? ”

Chen Shengzhi: "But, you haven't said how the Holy One knew about this?" ”

Tang Jie: "Who told you that the Holy One knew this?" ”

"No...... Isn't it ......" Chen Shengzhi was almost stunned by his sudden rhetorical question, and after a while, he said: "Didn't you say that the Holy Lord sent a messenger to investigate this case?" If the Holy One didn't know, how could he send a messenger? Isn't that a contradiction? ”

"You're right, it's a contradiction!" Tang Jie said unceremoniously: "Because the prefect of Jiangling at that time also thought so, they couldn't understand why the emperor knew about such a remote place, and what happened on this place didn't even know to him, the prefect." Therefore, their first reaction when they saw the arrival of the Qin mission was that someone had used the 'Tongtian mailbox', but it was later confirmed that the 'Tongtian mailbox' in Gangneung had not been touched during that time. ”

Chen Shengzhi: "That's strange, if someone didn't send a letter, how could the saint know?" ”

Tang Jie: "You forgot! There is one more person who also has this feature. ”

"Alone?" Chen Shengzhi immediately turned on his brain, thought carefully for a long time, and asked uncertainly: "Brother Zifang, you won't be talking about the sage of the saint, right?" I know that although they do not have official status, they have the right to communicate directly with the Holy One. ”

Tang Jie: "Uncle Yang, what you said is not wrong!" But unfortunately, the sage in the Gangneung area happened to die of illness at that time, and the saint had not had time to choose a new sage. ”

Chen Shengzhi: "Oops! Brother Zifang, don't hang my appetite, tell me what's going on! (To be continued.) )