Ande Hai blinked, and he still had a little admiration for Fu Hui, his godson, and his nominally new apprentice. The Queen Mother wanted a map of the world, so why didn’t she think of bringing a foreigner’s spinning globe? You must know that foreign things are much more accurate and intuitive than those of the Qing Dynasty.
Damn, I’m such a pig-brained person. I can’t wait for you anymore. After cursing in his mind, Andehai quickly said with a smile on his face, “To your Majesty, the Queen Mother, when I was moving the World Map, I suddenly thought of the foreigners. I paid tribute to a globe, and I thought it would be kept in the gold room. I’m a slave who makes the decision without permission, please don’t blame me..."
The group of eunuchs has no face at all, and An Dehai took credit for Er Mao's achievements with a single word. But how could the idealistic Er Mao care about this? San San smiled and retreated behind Mr. An without saying a word.
Ci'an seemed to be meeting Er Mao for the first time. He thought about it carefully and asked, "Your name is Er Mao? I heard that you are Fu Hui's godson?" As soon as Er Mao heard the question from the Queen Mother of the East Palace, he quickly knelt down and said, "Master, good luck." , this servant is none other than Er Mao, the godson recognized by Fu Hui, the aunt of the Fucha family..."
"Well, he's a very smart kid. Anderhai, you have found a good apprentice!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Master. I don't dare to say anything else about this kid, Er Mao. He is very diligent and clever..."
The sudden appearance of Ermao made the little emperor Tongzhi also interested. Since the nine-year-old Emperor Tongzhi and the fourteen-year-old Ermao were about the same age, they naturally had a sense of intimacy. He was served by the so-called mature and steady eunuchs selected by Cixi. For example, Zhou Daoying and others.
However, children are naturally close to their peers, and it is inevitable that they will feel depressed when they are always with a group of adults. However, in the Forbidden City, young eunuchs are at the bottom of the food chain. They are still in the age of learning and have no chance to come into contact with the emperor. It is impossible for adult eunuchs to give them this opportunity. Therefore, Emperor Tongzhi's childhood was very lonely. of.
It was precisely because of this loneliness that he looked at Er Mao a few more times and even nodded and said, "Fu Hui should be my cousin according to seniority, right? Didn't I hear that she is going to marry Xiao Letian? You little eunuch is so cool I have to take the surname Xiao, but it’s good that Xiao Letian is a lone traveler overseas. There must be a lot of interesting things around him. You’ll be lucky if you go..."
Hey, after talking for a long time, I still wanted to play. Cixi frowned when she heard this. "Your Majesty, you should learn more about government affairs and stop thinking about playing. Sooner or later you will be in charge, so why are you still acting like a child?"
Emperor Tongzhi was afraid of his mother's nagging and hurriedly walked to the side of the globe. At this time, the velvet covering the globe had been taken off, and the gold-plated globe inlaid with gems was presented in front of everyone.
When the round globe appeared in front of everyone's eyes, it was the first time for many people to see such a thing. People in the hall exclaimed, "Oh, it's really a ball? Could it be that all the books written by Xiao Letian are right? The Earth It’s actually round, but why is it still crooked?”
An Dehai and other senior eunuchs could kill people with every glance. These little guys who forgot the rules would strip them naked, hang them up and beat them. It was so unruly. Fortunately, the Queen Mother and the Emperor were focused on the globe and forgot the rudeness of the minions for the moment.
The earth is round. Although ordinary people do not accept this concept, the high-level officials of the empire have to accept it. After being beaten twice in a row by Westerners, if you still shrink back and refuse to acknowledge these basic knowledge, you will be close to the end of your country.
But admit it, admit it. Emperor Kangxi already knew that the earth was a ball, but who would publicize it with great fanfare? Sometimes, when you admit a new thing, you will also admit more, and these new ideas are harmful to the rule of the empire. Update as soon as possible
Therefore, the final fate of things like the globe in the Forbidden City was to be stored in the warehouse. If he hadn't wanted to learn about the Ryukyu Kingdom this time, he might not have had the chance to see the light of day again.
Several leaders of the empire circled the half-human-high globe several times. Among them, Emperor Tongzhi looked at it carefully and kept asking questions.
"It's round, it's really round. Mr. Xiao is right. The earth is just a ball, but why didn't the people below fall down? This is Qing Dynasty, this is Tianzhu, where are we?" It's amazing to say this. I can’t believe that this is the first time that the nine-year-old Emperor Tongzhi has seen a globe.
Guizi Liuyi was able to explain something to the little emperor at first, but when the emperor asked more and more questions, Yiyi couldn't answer anymore.
"Uncle Emperor, why is this globe crooked? Is it bad to pay tribute? Are they foreigners humiliating our Qing Dynasty?" Tongzhi's question made Guiziliu scratch his head and couldn't come up with a reason. "No way. ? No matter how bad foreigners are, they won’t send defective products, right? This is not a valuable thing..."
Just when Emperor Tongzhi looked regretful because he couldn't get the answer, suddenly a voice came from the group of eunuchs: "Your Majesty... I heard that Er Mao studied Western learning at Master Qing's house for a few days. Maybe he knows the answer!" It turned out to be Li Lianying, the eunuch supervisor who had received nearly 200,000 taels of silver from Fu Hui in bits and pieces. At this time, it finally started to work. Update as soon as possible
"Oh? Come on, tell me..." Emperor Tongzhi hurriedly waved to Er Mao, but at this time Er Mao's legs were a little fluttered with excitement. Under jealous eyes, Er Mao knelt beside the globe and said tremblingly.
"Your Majesty...this, this is called the inclination of the earth. The earth is indeed not straight!"
With a bang, everyone in the hall was shocked. This idiot was so brave that he actually said that the earth was not straight. This was too deviant. Andehai wanted to get angry on the spot, but when he saw that the emperor showed no sign of anger, he swallowed his words.
At this time, Ermao also risked his life, "Your Majesty, in fact, the so-called tilt of the earth is only relative to the sun... The earth seems to be stationary, but it is actually constantly rotating. It is precisely because of the rotation that there are day and night... …The function of the inclination is to give the earth four seasons all year round…”
"Your Majesty, you can imagine, if this slave's fist is the sun, and this is the earth, it goes around like this... That's right, Your Majesty is so smart. Our Qing Dynasty is day, and America is night... Winter is because of the sun's light Less radiation reaches the ground, so the heat is not enough..."
Er Mao was not very young, so he and the nine-year-old Emperor Tongzhi were naturally able to communicate effectively. The heliocentric theory turned out to be so easy to understand under his explanation. Please come to more and faster chapters.
Ermao is now different from what he used to be. Due to his improved status, he doesn't have to do any work at all on weekdays. He has enough time to read and learn Western learning. In addition, Fu Hui recognized him as his godson, so he visited his godmother every holiday. Under Xiao Letian's arrangement, there were always some masters teaching Er Mao some new knowledge, and Er Mao could even speak English. Just a simple conversation.
All preparations were valuable. When the opportunity came, Er Mao immediately gained the favor of Emperor Tongzhi with this brand-new knowledge. The two children actually played together. Natural science is indeed more interesting than the Four Books and Five Classics.
The empress dowagers of the two palaces, the princes and the eunuchs were all dumbfounded, especially the empress dowager Cixi. He had never seen his son be so eager to learn. Although he was studying Western learning that she hated, her mother was so focused. Don't like it.
Ci'an and Guizi Liuxiang looked at each other, and each could see the incredible look in the other's eyes. But Ermao’s surprises for everyone are far more than that.
"Er Mao, where did you learn these things?"
"Your Majesty, I go to my mother-in-law's house every time I take a vacation. My godmother is very good to me. Sometimes she teaches me personally, sometimes I ask my husband to teach me, and I also read some books myself..."
"Okay, okay, let me ask you, what is the relationship between Ryukyu, Japan, and the Qing Dynasty? Do you know this..."
Emperor Tongzhi was a joke, but Er Mao's face turned pale. But in the end, the persistence in Er Mao's heart made him overcome his fear. Everyone knows that it is a capital crime for a eunuch to discuss politics, but isn't it necessary to take a gamble in life? If God can survive this pass safely, his status in the Forbidden City will skyrocket. Update as soon as possible
For the sake of my benefactor, I will not take this life today.
"Your Majesty, if you want to understand the story of Ryukyu, you must first talk about the history of Japan. I wonder if your Majesty knows about the imperial conquest campaign during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty? At that time, Japan had just ended a century of chaos. During the civil war, Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the world. In order to gain more land, they set their sights overseas..."
Ermao is really willing to risk everything. If a person is not afraid of death, is he still afraid of speaking? He talked from Toyotomi Hideyoshi to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and from the Japanese political situation to the poverty of Japan. He has a brief understanding of why the Shimadzu family secretly controls the Ryukyu royal family, how the joint trade rights affect the economic layout of East Asia, and even the fierce reform reforms currently taking place in Japan.
At first, everyone in the hall looked at Ryukyu with a black eye, and even the Lifanyuan could not understand something, but it was actually said in the mouth of the fourteen-year-old eunuch. The atmosphere in the Yangxin Hall became more and more dignified, and became more and more serious. It's getting weirder. Andhei was very familiar with this smell. He had been almost subconsciously sensitive to this smell since he had practiced it all his life.
"We're going to kill people. People are really going to die today. My nose can't deceive anyone. Ermao is dead today!" Anderhai's palms were sweating. He was organizing words in his stomach. He must find a way to deal with this stinky man later. The boy disengaged.
The other eunuchs also smelled the smell, and they all looked with their eyes, nose, nose, and heart without saying a word. Only Li Lianying looked at Er Mao happily, nodded in her heart and said, "Good boy, you really dare to risk your life to gain wealth." Ah, you deserve to be cultivated by Xiao Letian."
Er Mao was originally an extremely smart child. The fight before entering the palace gave him a certain maturity that was incompatible with his age. Coupled with Xiao Letian's careful training, this child's knowledge has far exceeded that of ordinary people. In this era when all the literati in Manchuria close their eyes and act like ostriches, a child can already talk about the world by relying on a few months of crammed knowledge. This shows that the literati in the late Qing Dynasty ignored the outside world.
"I believe that this matter will be resolved peacefully in the end, because the Shimazu family is unwilling to make the matter a big deal, and Ryukyu is in decline and does not dare to make a big deal. As for the Ryukyu Prime Minister Xiao Letian made, it is even more of a farce. Mr. He won’t be the prime minister of a small Ryukyu Kingdom. It doesn’t even have enough land for one county. Even if the King of Ryukyu gives it to him, it will be nothing more than a rural village..."
"I feel that Mr. Xiao will definitely resign before returning to the country. His status as prime minister in name only means that it sounds good during negotiations... Of course, the above are all just guesses by the servant. It is better to ask the Holy Judge!"
Quiet, as quiet as death, you could hear a pin drop in the Yangxin Palace. After a long time, Cixi's cold voice came from the throne, "Talents! I really didn't realize that there are such powerful talents hidden in the Forbidden City." , so Xiao Letian is your master?"
Listening to Cixi's neither yin nor yang voice, almost all the eunuchs and maids were so frightened that their feet weakened. There was even a weak maid who got dizzy and fell to the ground.
"Drag him out!" Cixi yelled angrily, her tone changing. Ande Hai rushed up personally, grabbed Er Mao's arm and pulled him out, "You little bastard, you are so outrageous. The eunuch dares to discuss politics, your life is over..." After saying that, he dragged Er Mao out with all his strength, pinching Er Mao with his fingernails. The fleshy skin is twisted to death.
"Trash, I said drag that bitch out. The Ai family hasn't finished asking her yet. Why are you dragging her out?" Cixi angrily scolded An Dehai. Today is really not going well. Why can't you even use an old slave? They can't even listen to the voice.
When Andehai heard this, he shrank his neck in fear, quickly stepped back and pulled the palace maid's hair out like a dead dog.
