In fact, it is not absurd, Zhu Houwei also knows that if he is not from the next generation, then if someone tells him this now, then he will only think that the person who said this is a psychopath.

This has nothing to do with knowledge and experience, it is purely the limit of thinking and cognition.

Xie Qian said this entirely because he was the emperor, and if he changed someone, he might be treated as a demon and put Suo in prison.

Speaking of which, in fact, only Zhu Houwei himself is the only outlier in this world.

Facts speak louder than words, seeing is believing, and no matter how much you say, it's useless.

At least before the train appeared and the giant ship was launched, Zhu Houwei knew that his words were not convincing.

But the flying ......

"Ome."

"Your Majesty." Ren Xing hurriedly responded, unlike the ministers, Ren Xing will always unswervingly believe in Zhu Houwei's words, no matter how absurd they are.

"Arrange a hot air balloon."

Ren Xing's eyes lit up, and he suddenly showed an excited look, he knew that the Son of Heaven was going to use facts to prove what he said, and by the way, he slapped the faces of these bird ministers.

This hot air balloon was sent into the palace the day before yesterday, and it has been tested many times in Tongzhou, and the manned flight has been completely realized, but in order not to shock the world, every test flight is at night, and the flight is not high.

After being sent to the palace, the Son of Heaven was busy with government affairs yesterday, so he didn't test the flight, but he didn't expect to make his debut today.

The eight important ministers looked at each other, they didn't know what a hot air balloon was, but the emperor clearly meant something to prove.

What can it prove?

However, the emperor had already gotten up, and they did not dare to slack off, and followed the emperor to the courtyard outside the palace.

After a while, I saw a large wooden box being carried outside the hall, and a little eunuch was followed by the wooden box.

The little eunuch's name is Ai Yuanzheng, born in the inner study hall, and was sent to Tongzhou to study Gewu like the other seventy or eighty little eunuchs in the inner study hall, and the place where Ai Yuan is staying has an extremely loud name.

Flying Labs!

To put it bluntly, it is to make and perfect hot air balloons, and it has nothing to do with half a dime of an airplane.

After the hot air balloon was made, Ai Yuanzheng also knew what his mission was, so this hot air balloon had not been once or twice, in order to satisfy the emperor, he had risen to a maximum of thirty zhang!

"Let's get started."

"Yes." Ai Yuanzheng immediately opened the box, took out the hot air balloon, and then skillfully unfolded it, loaded the brazier, and added fuel......

Standing in the gondola, igniting the fuel, the hot air balloon swelled little by little, and when it was completely expanded, several little eunuchs released the leash.

The eyes of the eight important ministers were straightened......

The scene that appeared in front of them completely subverted their cognition!

I saw that the so-called hot air balloon was in front of their eyes little by little, little by little off the ground, and then rose higher and higher, but in a moment there was only a black dot left.

"Amazing, amazing!" Xie Qian lowered his head, seeing is really believing, at this moment, he was subverted cognition, and he was completely convinced.

After another moment, the black dot grew larger and larger, and finally slowly landed in the temple.

"Well done, go get your reward." Zhu Houwei praised it.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ai Yuanzheng hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.

Outside the palace.

"What do I see?" A middle-aged man carrying a load of goods, staring at the sky with stunned eyes.

"That'...... Is that...... Miscellaneous...... What is it? ”

"It seems to have flown up from inside the palace."

"Flying into the sky? How can it be! ”

An old man said disdainfully: "How is it impossible! The Holy Son of Heaven is in the court, but the emperor is the son of heaven, a god, is it strange that the god can fly? ”

The old man's words immediately resonated, for ordinary people, anything that cannot be explained can be pushed to the miracle.

Today's Emperor Jiajing loves the people like a son, and he is the god in the minds of the people, so what is there to make a fuss about the means of the gods.

Rational readers are naturally not so ignorant, and they don't say anything strange and confused, which is the dogma they believe in.

But at this time, seeing the thing that I don't know what it was flying into the sky with my own eyes obviously had a strong impact on their philosophy, and even began to question whether what the sage said was right or wrong.

After all, sages are also human beings, so if they are human beings, won't they say the wrong thing and do the wrong thing?

Is it really right for Confucius to kill Shao Zhengmao?

In the palace, Zhu Houwei was very satisfied with the expressions of the eight old men, and said with a faint smile on his face: "Are you Aiqing credible?"

"The old minister is ashamed." Xie Qian sighed and shook his head.

"I don't know if I don't know why, so I will ask Wang Aiqing, does this hot air balloon have a practical use for the military?"

Wang Qiong hasn't taken off his hat yet, so it's naturally the most suitable for him, the secretary of the military department, to answer this question.

It is no exaggeration to say that Wang Qiong is definitely not a mediocre talent, he selects talents and appoints talents, and his role in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of War is remarkable.

In the first year of Jiajing, before the Shence army went north, he thought that the military order was out of order and the border army was corrupt, so he asked to rectify the border military affairs, and published a book "Judging the Great Plan to Emphasize the Importance of the Army".

Then he also came up with a specific plan to "set up a commander to revitalize the army and brigade, and cut redundant personnel to secure the border and guard the sparseness."

In addition, before the Jiajing Dynasty, the calculation of military merits has always been calculated according to the number of heads, but Wang Qiong believes that this method is not only brutal, but also unreasonable, because this method is most likely to appear the phenomenon of killing good and presuming merit.

In this case, Wang Qiong wrote: "This win Qin's maladministration, the border defense is still acceptable, and those who use the first merit without the mainland are now in Jiangxi and Sichuan to kill tens of millions of civilians, and arson to thieves and disasters, all of which are caused by this theory." From now on, the mainland will be consulted, but it will be done in a downturn, not counting the head. ’

Zhu Houwei was as good as a stream, and directly abolished the system of counting merit by the first rank, not only in the hinterland, but also in the border defense, and then asked Hong Ji to cooperate with the Counsellor's Department to draw up a new military merit system.

It can be seen that Wang Qiong deserves to be the secretary of the military department, but Zhu Houwei arrogantly took back the control of the army, and from the salary to the appointment of generals and military transfers, all these exclusive functions of the military department are controlled by himself.

Therefore, the meaning of the existence of the military department is already dispensable, and it is not surprising that Wang Qiong is sad and angry.

But there is no way, as an emperor, if he can't even directly control the army, then he, the emperor, is too insecure.

"With this hot air balloon and the telescope made by His Majesty in Tongzhou, it will be used for scouts, and the enemy's movements will be unobstructed."

"That's a good point." Zhu Houwei said with a smile: "Yang Shoufu has experience in leading troops to quell the rebellion, if you give this hot air balloon to Aiqing now, how will Aiqing use it?"

Yang Yiqing said solemnly: "Condescending, the first opportunity to control the enemy, with this thing, not only can the city wall be regarded as nothing, but also can throw boulders and explosives in the air, which can be called a killing weapon!"

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