A few days later, the topic discussed in this small restaurant began to spread widely in Bianjing City.
More and more people, whether they are knowledgeable people or simpletons, are beginning to talk about this matter and put forward their own opinions.
Many people in the imperial court heard the news and bought relevant pamphlets. After studying these pamphlets, they were also brought into Bianjing by the group of Fujian scholars. However, they were not prepared for the common people because they were a bit awkward to read. It is down-to-earth, so it was not brought out before, but it seems more appropriate at this time, because it can systematically and completely explain the major benefits of water transportation.
This is actually not difficult for knowledgeable people to understand. Both the former Chang'an City and the current border rely on water transportation, this life supply line.
Eight rivers circling Chang'an have become a thing of the past, but five rivers circling Bianliang are still right in front of us.
Therefore, the scholar-bureaucrats in both the government and the public agreed very much with Li Ning's ideas, and the huge profits brought by maritime transportation made them realize their hatred. Therefore, they abandoned the stubbornness and conservatism unique to the Song Dynasty and boldly supported Li Ning's suggestions.
What's even more interesting is that at this time, a piece of news came, which made everyone feel surprised. The source of the news was also some unknown teahouses and taverns, but it was different from the previous ones. But after the news came out, no one pursued this point, and it was only a few, because the explosive effect of this news was too obvious.
The content of this news is that after the previous war, the Privy Council secretly sent a group of people to Asia Minor to investigate because they did not believe Li Ning's battle report. However, they saw a shocking scene on the battlefield of Issus.
What is this scene? There is no clear and detailed explanation yet, but one thing can be confirmed. After seeing this scene, all Shumingyuan officials believed that Li Ning's battle report was not exaggerated. He was indeed killed in this battle. More than 70,000 levels.
70,000 heads and 70,000 round things are placed in Issus near Syria. Although after a thousand years, this land already belongs to Turkey, it is undeniable that in this time and space, the glory of Li Ning, will not be wiped out by the times. Even if they are annihilated, they still have to wait for another thousand years to come.
But that will be the year 667 when local construction was carried out. Perhaps the Tang Dynasty will not appear at that time. For the time and space of the Song Dynasty, there is no need to consider this issue. Because they destined you to be changed more drastically and tragically.
It’s just that the people of the Song Dynasty have no clear expectations for such a tragic future. Although there is only a faint worry, except for the emperor and a few people, no one will think that the future of the Song Dynasty will not get better. After all, Li Ning Congguang Mu Division They gained so much benefit from the activity.
It is precisely because of this idea that countless people agree with Li Ning's approach and support him. The Privy Council's suspicion of Li Ning has attracted countless people's criticism. This is a logical thing, so the Privy Council followed the news as it spread widely. Falling into great passivity.
The emperor personally summoned his privy ministers to express his firm support for Li Ning.
Privy Councilor Li Zi knew this very well, but he also had trouble saying it. You thought he had never had a similar great sage since the founding of Guocha, so he had to send someone to investigate. This was also the unanimous decision of everyone in the Privy Council.
But just as he expected, although such a reason was consistent with the facts, it was completely untenable in front of the emperor. The angry young emperor of Lao Lu poured out his serious dissatisfaction on the minister of Lao Mai, and even Mingli He secretly threatened that he should be expelled from the court.
Li Zi also knew that he might have stayed in the court for too long, so he also had the idea of inviting to go out. The so-called self-inviting to go out means that he asked to leave the center of political power and go to work as an ordinary official outside. This is generally something that some officials who are disgusted with court politics are willing to do, and it is one of the unique political phenomena of the Song Dynasty.
However, some of his thoughts about Li Ning are still spreading, and have even ended their rooting state and entered his prime. Therefore, he is unwilling to leave this precious position easily because it is too difficult for him to implement this idea. It was important, so he endured the emperor's anger and continued the firm statement discussed by the Privy Council.
"After every war, the Privy Council has to send someone to do an accounting. This is common sense, and there is nothing surprising. I don't know what the scholar-bureaucrats in the government and the public have said to His Majesty, but I know very well, We just did what we had to do, and I believe people who understand will soon raise questions."
Hearing this explanation, the emperor curled his lips in dissatisfaction. He slapped the table and scolded: "I know that Li Ning arranged a trap in Bianjing City, which has made me very dissatisfied. I didn't expect that my privy minister would do the same. Something like this happened. Compared to being cunning and scheming, that young guy is still far behind you. I’m afraid it’s still unclear who will learn whose tricks.”
These words were so serious that Li Zi had to bend down to apologize, and then left in despair.
After he left, the emperor took out some reports recently submitted by the Imperial City Division.
"Some people in Bianjing City have begun to criticize Li Ning, thinking that they can also achieve Li Ning's industry, because as long as they are familiar with the history of foreign countries, they can know in advance what will happen in the light curtain and make arrangements in advance. As long as they succeed first, Then you can achieve success."
The emperor knew very well that the so-called foreign history and other words came from Li Ning, so he also knew that some people had been studying Li Ning's behavior. In fact, the old guy who left just now had started in this area earlier. One of the people, maybe this has some connection with the mysterious Mr. Boya, so he thought that after the old guy left the Secretariat, he should secretly investigate the true origin of Mr. Boya.
As for other people who want to imitate Li Ning and succeed, there is nothing wrong with the emperor. The more people succeed, the more stable his empire will become. This is undoubtedly and incomparably clear. As for the threat he may pose to Li Ning, that is not within the scope of his consideration.
The emperor is such a creature. Sitting in such a position, you will naturally have such a thinking mode. It will not change because of whether you are idle or stupid, except of course to the extent of Emperor Hui of Jin.
However, the emperor still briefly chatted with him about the matter in his letter to Li Ning, and in the subsequent text he affirmed Li Ning's educational methods and teaching content, thinking that for today's Song Dynasty, The imperial court is extremely necessary.
He did not put the two things together, but Li Ning, who saw the letter a few days later, quickly considered the two together.
The reason is of course very simple. Most of those people who are concerned about the light curtain or external barbarism go to Vanity Fair. Therefore, this is a subjective initiative of learning, and his objective indoctrination is to ensure the response. The basic ability of the light curtain will inevitably become an important material for these people's subjective speculation.
The emperor wrote these two things in a letter at the same time. There is no doubt that he hoped that Li Ning would bring these two subjective and objective situations together. In fact, Li Ning also had a similar idea, but he wanted to run it more plainly. , simply solving this problem through the admissions examination cannot succumb to the subjective speculation of those people.
After communicating these things with his boss Pang, Li Ning quickly came to the conclusion that boss Tang was extremely supportive of his judgment. This classic doctor of Song Dynasty had the basic belief in pursuing peace, so he did not let the government and the opposition get involved. The generals relaxed their vigilance due to the emergence of this speculative trend, and immediately chose to write to the emperor to persuade him to follow similar standards.
The power of the emperor's censor was so powerful that the young emperor even felt a little frightened. After being reprimanded by the teacher, he decisively wrote to Li Ning, stating that he had no intention of saving those people from speculating. Instead, he encouraged him to select students fairly, objectively and strictly, and here in Bianjing City, he did it personally. It discouraged some dissolute children from taking the exam. Of course, Li Ning believed that this approach was overkill. Instead, he hoped that those idle bastards would learn something at least.
But even if he told the emperor this idea, the emperor might not be able to mobilize those prodigal children again, because some things that were not mentioned in the previous written report of the court have now been spread to the ears of the common people by well-informed people. middle.
How the Privy Council officials confirmed the accuracy of Li Ning's achievements has not been described in detail before, but it soon shocked people and inexplicable claims spread.
"Jingguan!"
"ah!"
It only takes two words to make the public opinion field in Bianjing explode once again. What do these two words mean? It means corpses piled high and left there to become food for vultures and flies.
Beijing is a high hill.
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Ancient people, I mean people older than the Song Dynasty. Every time they killed an enemy or a thief, they would pile the corpses together to form a high mound. This is the origin of these two words, but later this habit did not It was not continued just as a habit, but as an act of showing off martial arts. Similar behavior occurred after the Tang Dynasty Dabodong Turk of Goguryeo. Before that, they also paid a similar price when they argued.
In the Song Dynasty, when humanistic culture was prevalent, such a ferocious behavior was obviously a bit excessive, so it became a place of fierce quarrels. However, those guys who had already joined the army stood up to speak for Li Ning at this time. They They believed that this kind of behavior showed their true nature as Chinese men, so they carried swords and wandered on the streets, as if they were afraid that others would not know that they had claimed to be Li Ning's party members.
The emperor was also inspired by this behavior. Although he had known it for a long time because Li Ming had reported it to him in letters, it was only at this time that he thought it was time to reveal his true identity as a Li Ning fan, so he wore armor. Carrying the accessories, he kept walking around the palace, and even prepared to go out incognito and go out to the private sector to have a good gathering with those who were of the same mind, and see if he could meet one or two wise people.
However, the emperor's impulsive thoughts immediately attracted the strong attention of his nominal mother, Concubine Shen. The granddaughter of the prime minister called the emperor into his palace and cursed him. However, the emperor was very comfortable with it, because the concubine was the He was worried that he would attract too much criticism, which might affect the stability of the imperial power.
"It's not impossible for an official to want to do something outrageous, but at least they have to wait until the prince grows up. Otherwise, some people may not give up."
"Your Majesty is right. But this victory is really exciting."
"You are right, but a few days ago someone said that Li Ning submitted a memorial claiming that he did not want the reward. I don't know if this is true."
"It's true, but I can still give it to him last time, but I can save the matter of promotion, because I have already promoted him before leaving the station, and now it is regarded as an early reward, so this time The main purpose was to broadcast that he was a little tight on the front line in the first two days, and he was also worried that something would happen in Shaanxi, so he took the initiative to persuade me to mobilize 20,000 elite troops to go for reinforcements."
"When will the 20,000 elite troops arrive?"
"We are still on the road now. I heard that we set off early this year, but we walked very slowly because we needed to adapt to the climate. But even then, many people died of illness on the road."
"The south is a land of miasma, and it is inevitable that such a situation will occur."
"Your Majesty, your recollection is wrong. It was those people who came to the north, which is not a land of miasma, and they became a little uncomfortable."
These words made Concubine Shen very happy, and the reprimanding of the emperor was temporarily suspended. However, the concubine finally told the emperor to take good care of the princes. The officials of the Song Dynasty were not so easy to do.
The emperor said that he was very aware of this, although he also knew that he was not as clear as he thought. However, while Li Ning dispatched 20,000 elites, he also sent him a group of intelligence personnel who had experienced the war.
Although many of them were disabled soldiers and were assigned to work in the underground fire shops in Bianjing, others also sneaked into the Internal Army Patrol Court and became the emperor's minions - the emperor had special regard for this group of people. Attention, he wanted to know, if the identification was established, who else was having some strange ideas?
However, it would definitely take a long time to resolve such a situation, so taking good care of the prince was indeed his top priority.
Interestingly, out of his trust in Li Ning, the emperor himself began to pay attention to his own health. He also advocated proper exercise for the princes. Although the princes were very young, the emperor also began to ask Li Ning for advice. No similar house for health care?
Of course, Li Ning was not a full-time, all-rounder, but he recommended several famous doctors for the emperor to choose from.
Unfortunately, the emperor did not completely believe them, so he planned in the letter, hoping that Li Ning could meet with him in Bianjing when he went to the Western Front.
Speaking of which, during the two years that he traveled to the Song Dynasty, Li Ning had never entered the political center of the empire.
Even some matters related to official promotion that he was supposed to go to Beijing to handle were not handled smoothly according to regulations. Therefore, his current position was not officially recognized. It was just that his qualifications and prestige were too high and he had great achievements. Backstage on the front line, so no one says anything about it.
What's more, the emperor specifically issued an order and believed that he did not need to waste time in this regard.
However, the matter regarding the prince was not trivial after all. Therefore, the emperor still believed that it was necessary for Li Ning to appear in Bianjing City.
Based on this idea, two things became the target of its derivative influence. The first thing was that the Patent Office was quickly established, because the emperor's trust in Li Ning had been destroyed due to the two of them communicating with each other. Infinite elevation, so the emperor approved Li Ning's proposal with almost no additional conditions.
Another thing is that Li Ning was not able to participate in the establishment of the Fujian Shipbuilding Shipyard as he imagined. This was actually very important to him. However, local officials believed that they had the ability to organize all this, so they moved the shipyard to The transaction was accepted in its entirety.
After spending nearly a year, the original shipyard was finally integrated. Not only did they integrate Arabian soft sail technology, they also explored the keel technology, coupled with the original watertight compartment technology, I am afraid that it is no longer difficult to achieve a long voyage across the ocean.
However, to build such a ship, it would take two or three years just to reserve the wood. After all, they had never looked for wood that met the keel requirements before. Therefore, it was impossible to shorten the time to prepare the wood. They even had to You need to manually plant some trees that meet this requirement. Fortunately, Fujian is mountainous, so this kind of work is not difficult to complete.
But even if such large warships cannot successfully appear on the current battlefield, the existing large ships are enough to bring danger to the enemy, so the pressure is great. In the near future, we may really be able to see the fierce fleets of our allies.
Alexander has now completed most of the work. The causeway has been built long enough to attack the city wall; the warships have obtained a safe anchorage; the strait has been cleared, allowing the siege warships to approach the city wall; the Tyrian fleet has also been driven back into the harbor and unable to break out. All that was left to do was to break down the walls and launch an attack on the city.
But this was actually the most difficult part. At least until he received gunpowder support from his allies, Alexander did not think he had to take the risk.
