"Zhang Yingkui, the magistrate of Guangping, and Li Lusheng, the magistrate of Jize County, these two are so brave! Without my order, they dared to raid their homes without permission and starve to death so many members of the Kang Supervisory Army!"
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the second year of Taichu, Emperor Wu Ding tore the Tang newspaper in his hand into pieces at Prince Fu's Mansion in Luoyang, and threw the fragments on Zhang Dong's face. After doing this, You couldn't help feeling resentful and grabbed the teacup on the table again. It fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
Zhang Dong looked at the tea splashing on his leather boots and did not dare to lift his feet to avoid it. He hurriedly explained: "I am guilty of negligence. I have sent someone to Guangping Mansion..."
"Send someone! Do you know how to send someone now?" Liu Zhaosun slapped the eucalyptus and stood up. Due to the excessive force, the eucalyptus in front of the throne fell apart and turned into a pile of splinters. The palace maid Du Juan Hubo who was standing next to him had never seen the emperor's hair so big. The two beauties turned pale with fear and backed away.
Emperor Wu Ding glared at Zhang Dong fiercely and said angrily: "I have said before that for Kang Jianjun and Qiao Jianjun, they are just knocking on the mountain to shock the tiger and showing off to outsiders. They are not allowed to hurt their families. It's okay now. Let a group of old ministers know that I am so mean, who will be willing to do things for me in the future, and who will be willing to do their job properly!"
Beads of sweat oozed from Zhang Dong's forehead. His subordinates, the Capricorn Guards, had been focusing mainly on the Korean War and the Xuzhou peace talks. The Capricorn Guards had planted many informants in Pyongyang, Nanjing and other places, so they had no control over Guangping Prefecture. Lack of precautions (there are not enough manpower to begin with).
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yingkui, the prefect of Guangping Prefecture, was so impatient that he led people to raid Kang Yingqian's hometown without waiting for the imperial edict, and caused such a big incident.
At this time, a hoarse smoky voice came from the door of the hall: "Your Majesty, urgent report from the southeast..."
Liu Zhaosun impatiently waved his hand to Dongfang Zhu, telling his father-in-law to get out. Dongfang Zhu glanced at Zhang Dong who was kneeling on the ground and added: "Your Majesty, there is also a seal from the palace. It seems to be given to you by the Queen Mother." Hearing that it was a letter written by Yang Qing'er, Liu Zhaosun's expression relaxed slightly and his clenched fists relaxed. Dongfang Zhu hurriedly stepped in, walking past the broken tea cups and wood chips on the floor without blinking.
Liu Zhaosun took the letter from home, Dongfang Zhu saluted, and turned to leave. The Supreme Emperor stopped him and said, "Leave the other letter as well."
Emperor Wu Ding opened the two letters in turn and read them carefully. His expression softened a little. Seeing this, Zhang Dong took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, someone in Jize County reported that Lin Yu and Wu Xiao have rushed to Jize and will take Kang Kang." Jia Jia Juan was rescued, and in addition, I have sent capable personnel to protect Qiao Jianjun's Jia Juan in Shandong, and informed the local officials not to tamper with it without permission."
Qiao Yiqi's ancestral home was Taicang, Jiangnan. Before Emperor Wu Ding ascended the throne, he moved his family (old mother) to Shandong.
"Don't worry about Shandong. That's our home base. I don't believe it. Who in Shandong would dare to be greedy?"
Emperor Wu Ding was still angry and gritted his teeth and said: "I thought the prefect of Guangping was an upright official, but I didn't expect him to be so greedy. When I first came to the throne, I should have killed him. It's strange that I don't know people well!"
Liu Zhaosun signaled Zhang Dong to stand up and speak. Zhang Mazi stood up tremblingly, not daring to look directly into Emperor Wu Ding's eyes.
"Zhang Mazi, there are wars in the north and the south during this period. The coir raincoat guards are busy, and you have worked hard alone,"
The Supreme Emperor patted Zhang Dong's shoulder out of habit.
"I have brought shame on Your Majesty and deserve death. Please punish me!"
Emperor Wu Ding sighed and said thoughtfully: "Now you know why I stopped at the Huaihe River and stopped going south."
Zhang Dong nodded coquettishly.
"Although the territory has been conquered, many state and county government offices have just changed their brands, changing the soup but not the medicine. I worked so hard to conquer the country, not for these moths and rats!"
After experiencing a brief period of depression, the intelligence leader Zhang Dong quickly returned to his cold-blooded and cruel nature, his expression unchanged, and he quietly listened to the Emperor's order:
"Don't worry about the affairs in Xuzhou, Korea. You, the Coil Guards, should leave it alone. I will let Yang Tong's soldiers handle it. Now, you must concentrate your efforts and cooperate with the soldiers to start a big purge and kill all the demons and monsters in Huguang and Henan." I’m going to clean it up, and if I can’t kill it all in one go, I’ll just kill it a few more times, do you hear me clearly?”
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As the new year was approaching, Emperor Wu Ding celebrated the Spring Festival at Fuwang Palace. At the New Year's Eve family banquet, the Supreme Emperor hosted Sun Chuanting, Ma Shiying, Xu Guangqi, Huang Gongfu, Song Yingxing, Ge Yewen and others.
According to the Supreme Emperor, these ministers will form the new power center of the empire.
The Emperor once again emphasized to his ministers the new policy he was implementing.
Emperor Wu Ding reiterated that all rebels in the empire would not be tolerated and must be eliminated.
He called on the ministers who held the highest power in the empire to insist on studying the New Deal and write out a study experience every half a month in the form of a memorial and give it to him for his royal reading.
Later historians commented that around the third year of Taichu in the Qi Dynasty, with the retirement of Kang Yingqian, Qiao Yiqi, Wang Huazhen and others, a new core of power gradually emerged.
The rise to power of Sun Chuanting, Ma Shiying, Xu Guangqi, Huang Gongfu, Jin Nige, and Song Yingxing marked the beginning of the empire's transition from the rule of the traditional Confucian civil servants of the Four Books and Five Classics to the rule of technocrats who were good at natural science.
The complete abolition of the imperial examination system in the third year of Taichu further highlighted this trend. The details of the abolition of the imperial examination system and the political earthquake it caused will be described in detail later, so we will not mention it here for now.
Song Yingxing's improved steam engine was successfully developed, and the manned hot-air balloon developed by Francisco and Jinnige was successfully tested. Although the direction of the hot-air balloon still cannot be controlled, and each ride is a bit useless (basically there is no return), but at least it is possible. A decent piece of black technology.
"Gene Era"
Song Yingxing invented a mini steam car that generates steam by heating water in a container. The kinetic energy of the steam drives the gear next to it, and the rotation of the gear drives the axle above the wheel, ultimately allowing the wheel to roll forward.
Strictly speaking, this is the world's first self-propelled car.
In order to please the Emperor, Song Yingxing gave this invention to Emperor Wuding as a congratulatory gift on the fifth day of the first lunar month.
This compact steam locomotive aroused great interest in Liu Zhaosun. Although the car exploded into pieces after running for less than half an hour, the time-travelers had already begun to dream about whether they could develop a steam-powered aircraft, similar to A flying fortress like the B25 bomber...
At the height of the celebrations, Emperor Wu Ding warned that an enemy counterattack would soon come.
North Korea in the north, Huaihe River in the south, and internal wars formed three fronts.
"All three fronts are fighting, and all three fronts must win! Zhang Dong, what I want is to seek common ground without reserving differences, so all rebels will be killed. If the rebellion in Henan delays the war in the north and the construction of the capital, I will punish you."
Zhang Dong was silent for a moment and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. As long as I'm here, there will never be any trouble in Henan."
