As soon as Liu Yushi finished speaking, the rest of the Han officials also made suggestions one after another, hoping that Kangxi could take back his life.
Including Zhang Ying, the master who gave Yinfeng a class in the side hall of Qianqing Palace and explained the Four Books and Five Classics. After frowning and struggling, he also stepped forward and leaned over to tactfully persuade Kangxi that the idea of developing Western learning among the people was inappropriate.
Kangxi sat at the top, mindlessly tapping the hard armrests of the dragon chair, watching the ministers talking and rolling up their sleeves due to disagreements, making their faces turn red and spittle flying everywhere.
Most of the military generals looked like they were wandering in the sky. The old god stood still on the ground. The uncle Tong Guogang and Prince An Yue Le, who were in the leading position of the generals, even raised their right hands and used their little fingers to pick out their ears. One's eyes were lowered, his eyelids were half-closed, and he closed his eyes to rest on the spot.
Obviously, the current situation of officials has shown that the only people who care about the spread of Western learning are the civil servants of the Han Dynasty who respect Confucianism. In other words, as long as the civil servants of the Han Dynasty can be persuaded to accept the Academy of Western Studies and the Academy of Sciences of the Qing Dynasty, then the matter of promoting Western learning will be in the court. There would be no obstacles. As for the opinions of the students among the people, Kangxi would not care.
"It will take ten years for scholars to rebel."
If those students want to raise objections to his political views, they should wait until they have an official position and stand in the court before talking to him. Anyway, in the eyes of many scholars and Confucian scholars who live in isolation, the royal family has been in the country for more than decades. They are still Tatar barbarians, and the royal family itself does not have much of a good reputation in their eyes. There are too many lice, and they are not itchy anymore.
Kangxi turned the jade ring on his hand and thought in his heart. When he saw that it was almost time, he waved his hand, frowned and scolded:
"Okay, this is a court, not a vegetable market. How noisy is it?"
The civil servants who were standing below were arguing loudly because of their disagreements. They were so angry that they almost rolled up their sleeves and started fighting on the spot. When they heard the emperor's low and displeased voice, they had no choice but to give in and glared at each other unwillingly. He glanced at it, frowned and closed his mouth.
When it was completely quiet down below, Kangxi touched the short green-black beard on his upper lip again, faced the puzzled looks of the officials, waved his hand at Liang Jiugong, who was standing beside him, and said:
"My dear friends, I have understood what you mean. I decided to open the Western Academy after careful consideration. It is not the product of a hot head. Don't rush to refute it. Let's take a look at it later. It’s not too late to give advice after looking at the difference between the two things Liang Jiugong brought up.”
Hearing Kangxi's words, the officials below became even more confused.
Liu Yushi even used his hand to support the official hat that was tilted to one side on his head, swallowed, moistened his throat that was dry from talking too much, and prepared to keep his eyes open and take a good look at the emperor's gourd. What kind of medicine is sold there!
Civil servants are inherently stubborn, and censors who live by their pens are even more stubborn.
Liu Yushi had already made preparations in his heart. If the emperor really wanted to have his own way, even if he risked his life and touched the pillar with his head, he would still have to let the emperor take back his life!
After a while, Liang Jiugong, who was highly anticipated, carried a mahogany tray and walked briskly up the imperial steps to Kangxi's dragon chair.
Tong Guogang, who was picking out his ears with the little finger of his right hand, glanced over because of his good eyesight and happened to see a gun from the Firearms Camp placed in the tray in Liang Jiugong's hand.
Although he couldn't clearly see the black bump next to the gun, he knew that anything that could be placed next to the gun must be a firearm.
Tong Guogang frowned, put down his right hand, and looked at the emperor's nephew sitting on the dragon throne with bright eyes.
Although when the Qing army attacked Yuan Chonghuan, the red cannon made by Nan Huairen attracted a lot of attention, Tong Guogang himself had no favorable impression of firearms such as blunderbuss. Otherwise, it was mainly because they were too useless.
Once the bullet and the medicine are fired, it disappears with a "bang". The range is not as far as □□, and the speed of loading the bullet and medicine is far less than the speed of releasing the arrow. Good guy, the enemies are rushing to the front. Soldiers
You are still stuffing bullets and medicine into the iron pipe with all your strength. Isn't this giving the enemy heads in vain?
To be honest, Tong Guogang doesn't care whether he learns from the West or not. If the emperor's nephew wants to promote blunderbuss in the army, Tong Guogang, the uncle of the country, will be the first to jump out and refuse to agree!
Tong Guogang looked at it seriously, and Suo'etu and Nalan Mingzhu, who were standing side by side, also looked at Kangxi's movements with inquiring eyes.
Nalan Rongruo, who was both civilized and military, stood in the crowd of civil servants, silently watching Kangxi, who was sitting at the top, reaching out to pick up a cartridge and medicine box, and quickly opened the box with a few clicks.
The ammunition inside was put into the blunderbuss. Then the emperor put the loaded blunderbuss back on the tray in Liang Jiugong's hand, picked up a black and blue iron lump and stuffed the ammunition into it in the same way.
Nalan Rongruo couldn't help but squinted his eyes slightly and saw that the black bump in Kangxi's hand seemed to be an extremely expensive and exquisite gun in the hands of an English businessman?
Prince An Yue Le is very familiar with firearms. When the late Emperor Shunzhi came to power, he was the leading innovator among officials. He also contributed a lot to the establishment of the firearms camp, so he and Nalan Rongruo also
I recognized the iron knot in Kangxi's hand as a gun.
But neither hand guns nor bird guns could attract Yue Le's interest. He glanced at Tong Guogang who was standing next to him. Tong Guogang could be said to be the leader of anti-firearms. This was the bird gun who had ridiculed the firearms camp.
Yes, this kind of iron pipe that can only fire one bullet and stop the medicine is not as easy to use as the big knife on his back. Just pack up the iron pipe and take it home to smash walnuts.
Precisely because Tong Guogang had a "record" of saying such things, Yue Le thought that this time he was also not interested in the gun in the emperor's hand. How could he have imagined that the expression on Tong Guogang's face was extremely focused, and he was so focused on it.
His expression became brighter and brighter, as if he was seeing some rare treasure, and his eyes never blinked.
Prince An was stunned by Uncle Guo's unexpected reaction. Yue Le keenly noticed that there seemed to be something he had overlooked, and quickly turned to look at Kangxi on the dragon throne.
Now that he was observing more carefully, Yue Le also found some differences.
Because the muskets in the firearms battalion cannot fire ammunition continuously, there is only one ammunition and powder in each magazine. The emperor loaded the musket with one bullet and powder, and then it was tight again.
Then several ammunition boxes were opened one after another.
After seeing this scene, Yue Le's eyes widened instantly, and the expression on his face became more and more serious. Like Tong Guogang, he stared at Kangxi's hand intently, and at the same time secretly wondered whether it was the iron lump in the emperor's hand.
Is it a repeating fire gun?
The civil servants standing together saw that the generals opposite him had just looked indifferent and had nothing to do with them, but now their eyes were shining with light, as if they were hungry wolves pouncing on prey, staring at him with blazing eyes.
They were extremely puzzled by the emperor's hand.
Civil servants, let alone handguns, have seen only a handful of people who have seen firearms and birdguns. Due to the restrictions of external conditions, they naturally do not understand how far the level of firearms in the Qing Dynasty has developed today. Compared with the firearms of foreigners,
Is it good or bad, so now everyone has a confused face that doesn't understand the situation.
At this time, Kangxi stood up from the dragon chair, holding a bird blunderbuss in his right hand and a hand blunderbuss in his left hand. He walked down the imperial steps and said as he walked:
"Let's go, come with me to take a look."
Liang Jiugong followed closely behind carrying a mahogany pallet.
When the master and servant crossed the threshold and walked outside the Baohe Hall, the civil servants and military generals also came out one after another and stood behind Kangxi.
Kangxi raised his head and squinted at the sky above. The weather today was good, cloudless, and the sky was blue.
After catching a glimpse of a blue-tailed bird, spreading its wings across the blue sky above his head, Kangxi immediately raised his right arm and pulled the trigger of the bird gun. He only heard a loud "bang" sound, and the black mouth of the bird gun was heard.
White smoke and a faint smell of fire and medicine filled the air. With another "pop" sound, the flying bird landed softly on the floor tiles in front of them, about thirty meters away from everyone.
When Yue Le and Tong Guogang saw this, they didn't have much reaction. At present, the range of the firearms battalion's bird cannons is mostly within five or sixty meters. The birds fly at high altitudes. The ammunition fired by the emperor is a parabola. The bird cannon in the emperor's hand
The effective range is limited to 150 meters at most. The maximum range of the cannon is 300 meters. Beyond this distance, no matter how well-made the cannon is, the firepower of the ammunition inside cannot be reached.
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As the saying goes: "Experts watch the door, but laymen watch the fun."
The accompanying civil servants did not know the range and structure of the cannon as well as the generals, but they also had eyes and noses, and they could smell the smell of fire and medicine at the tip of their noses. When they saw the emperor aiming the cannon again, it landed on the eaves further away.
However, no matter how the emperor pulled the trigger of the bird gun, there was no loud noise again.
When Liu Yushi saw this scene, he couldn't help but scratched the official hat on his head in confusion, turned to look at the Crown Prince Zhang Ying beside him and asked:
"Lord Zhang, Your Majesty, is your Majesty out of ammunition?"
Zhang Ying frowned slightly and stroked the beard on his chin with his right hand, shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
Nalan Rongruo, who was standing next to the two of them, smiled and explained the confusion;
"Master Liu, Master Zhang doesn't know something. Guns cannot be fired continuously. The gun in the Emperor's hand can only hold one round of ammunition."
As soon as Nalan Xingde finished speaking, as if he was going against him, there were three loud "bang bang bang" sounds.
Liu Yushi's head was buzzing because of the noise. He was about to ask Nalan Xingde, didn't he say that a cannon cannot be fired continuously? What's going on with these three sounds?
However, before he could speak, Nalan Rongruo walked towards Kangxi with bright eyes.
Tong Guogang took the lead and rushed to the side of the emperor's nephew, his eyes astonishingly bright.
Except for left-handers, the right hand is the most convenient hand for ordinary people to use.
Tong Guogang saw very clearly that Kangxi used his left hand to shoot the handgun, and not only did the handgun fire continuously, but the range was not to mention 300 meters, but even 500 meters. Didn't he notice that the birds on the eaves were all there?
Are they all little black spots? Civil servants with poor eyesight may not even be able to see the birds!
Kangxi ignored the commotion coming from behind. After several loud noises, all the birds nearby were frightened and flew away.
He pursed his thin lips again, squinted his slender red eyes, and "bang bang bang" he fired all the ammunition in the gun in his left hand. After the gun in his left hand was empty of ammunition, he turned around.
Tong Guogang hurriedly pointed to the gun in his hand and asked in a loud voice:
"Your Majesty, I wonder where the gun in your hand came from?"
Kangxi smiled and threw the blunderbuss to his uncle. Tong Guogang took it with both hands and touched the cold shell of the blunderbuss with his rough, calloused hands. Prince An Yue Le also came to Tong Guogang's side and lowered his head.
Examine the gun.
As soon as the two of them got started, they knew how sophisticated the thing in their hands was. Yue Le couldn't help but said:
"The steel material of the casing of the emperor's hand gun is many times better than the iron material in the firearms camp. Moreover, the size of this hand gun is not only small, but it can also hold continuous rounds of ammunition and ammunition. There is even a place for loading and unloading ammunition and ammunition.
It’s also more convenient than a bird gun. Could it be that this is a new type of fire gun secretly made in the firearms camp?”
Kangxi smiled and said nothing. Tong Guogang couldn't help but move his fingers up and down. After trying to pull the trigger of the hand gun a few times, he found that the trigger of the hand gun was easier to pull than the trigger of the bird gun.
If the blunderbuss is a firearm that can only be used by adults, then this blunderbuss can even be worn by a young boy under the age of ten like the Crown Prince, wearing it on his waist and going out to the palace to hunt.
This thing is very convenient. Tong Guogang couldn't put it down and stroked the gun in his hand. He continued the words of Prince An Yue Le and laughed loudly:
"Your Majesty, since there is such a useful handgun in the firearms camp, why are you still hiding it? How good is this thing for the vanguard army to use? It is not only out of the way when you carry it in your arms, but it can also catch you by surprise.
It can be considered a very powerful firearm to take out the enemy's heads and crack them open."
The civil servants present are not fools. After watching this comparison show and listening to the words of Prince An and Tong Guogang, they all understand that the blunderbuss that Yue Le and Tong Guogang are fighting for is a good thing. Even if they don't have to go to the battlefield.
The civil servants also understood the importance of good weapons. At this moment, they all looked at Kangxi expectantly, wanting to learn about this new firearm from the Firearms Camp from the emperor's mouth.
Yue Le and Tong Guogang happened to say what Kangxi wanted to say in his heart. Kangxi saw that the civil servants and generals were now acting in unison and staring at him.
The smile on his lips disappeared, the expression on his face became serious, and he said something that shocked the civil servants and generals:
"Dear dear friends, let me tell you the truth. The bird gun I hold in my right hand is the latest firearm made in the firearms camp. It can only hold one ammunition and powder. You can only carry it like I do.
Only with good luck can you hit the longest range of 300 meters with your shoulder."
"And this gun was accidentally obtained by me from the Tsarist Russians, but it was not made in Tsarist Russia, but made by the English!"
As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, all the officials and generals were so shocked that their eyes widened.
"How could it be? Don't those foreigners in the West only know some strange skills? How could they make such powerful firearms?"
Liu Yushi felt that his world view had been subverted by Kangxi's words, and he immediately cried out.
Tong Guogang and Yue Le were also so frightened that they almost dropped their guns on the ground.
Standing next to Liu Yushi, Zhang Ying couldn't hide his shock. Since when did those Westerners develop so fast?
From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Liu Yushi looking stunned and in disbelief. He sighed and replied aloud:
"Mr. Liu, please don't forget that in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the invincible red cannons were made with the help of Mr. Nan Huairen."
Zhang Ying's voice was not loud, but the surroundings were so quiet that almost everyone present heard it.
Yes, Nan Huairen is a foreigner from Belgium?
A missionary like him can understand how to make a red cannon. Doesn't that mean that those foreigners actually have more sophisticated firearms hidden in their hands?
If the Westerners came to the Qing Dynasty with more powerful firearms, what kind of weapons would they use to fight back?
Officials who can go to court to meet the Holy Spirit have high official positions. Whether they are civil servants or military generals, these people are among the smartest and most capable people in this era.
The sharp contrast was in front of them, and almost everyone thought divergently and thought of this.
Suo'etu also had a flash of inspiration and thought about the emperor's intention of preparing for this and killing the birds himself. He took a step forward, raised his hands and said loudly:
"The emperor is resourceful and far-sighted, and the slaves are impressed. The slaves think that not only should the Western Academy be built, but they should also increase publicity to let the people know what the Western Academy will learn in the future. As the saying goes, the masters are among the people, and the slaves think
As long as we promote it widely,
The assessment method for selecting candidates is precise. Our Qing Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources, and there are many talents. We will definitely be able to find people who are proficient in Western learning and good at making firearms. Since foreigners in the West have produced hand guns that are many times better than our bird guns, we will also
He should work hard to catch up and never fall behind."
"I am a slave but not talented. I am willing to donate the profits of the Hesheli family's small glass workshop for one year to the Academy of Western Studies and the Academy of Sciences of the Qing Dynasty. I hope that the Hesheli family can contribute to the development of Western learning in the Qing Dynasty."
"The father-in-law has done his best."
Kangxi did not expect that this old man Suo'etu was becoming more and more enlightened. Every sentence he spoke about spoke to his heart. It was rare for him to call him "King Zhang" affectionately in public.
When the sound of "Guozhang" came to my ears, I felt as if I had soaked in a hot spring on a snowy day. My whole body felt comfortable and my back straightened up. My heart ached a little because of the large amount of money that was to be donated.
My little heart was instantly soothed.
Nalan Mingzhu, who was standing next to him, glared at Suo'etu without leaving any trace. She felt that this old thief was getting more and more shrewd. Not only did he seize the opportunity to slap the emperor's ass in time, but he also knew how to make his own family rich.
The wealth of oil was sent to the emperor's pocket in a roundabout way, for fear that one day the emperor would run out of money and kill the Hesheli family as fat pigs.
Contempt is despise. During the San Francisco period, when the future was uncertain, Nalan Mingzhu was obliged to stand on the same front as the emperor. Not to mention that now that the emperor is determined to study in the West, he also smiled and said with an extremely elegant smile.
:
"Your Majesty, my family is not as wealthy as Mr. Suo'etu, but I also feel that your development of Western learning is a good thing that will benefit the present and future generations. I am willing to donate to the Academy of Western Studies and the Qing Academy of Sciences on behalf of the Yehenala family.
Ten thousand taels of silver, for
In order to provide initial money for the development of Western learning. In addition, the slaves will also help Quanzi Rongruo to select reliable officials for the Academy of Sciences of the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible, and select good potential seedlings for the Academy of Western Studies, thereby contributing to the development of Western learning in the Qing Dynasty.
Lay a good foundation."
The civil servant wants to pat the dragon's fart, but he can do it so well that the people in power can't help but feel elated.
Kangxi nodded and patted Nalan Mingzhu on the shoulder with approval.
Nalan Mingzhu also felt that her back was straightened and she felt energetic.
The reason why Kangxi chose Nalan Rongruo to take charge of this matter was because he saw the influence of Nalan and his son among the literati, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to remove Nalan Rongruo from the complicated officialdom.
After all, over the past few years, he has also realized that his cheap little cousin is really not suitable for living in this big dye vat.
With Suo Xiang and Ming Xiang taking the lead, the remaining officials also expressed their support for the Academy of Western Studies and the Qing Academy of Sciences by donating some silver.
The matter of "donating money" was really an unexpected surprise for Kangxi. He didn't expect Suo'etu to be so good at doing things now. When the officials basically stopped saying anything, Liu Yushi, who was the first to remonstrate, also looked like he was being slapped.
I had a big ear scratch, my face turned red, and I didn't want to talk.
Kangxi then spoke of unfinished words:
"My dear friends, please rest assured that Confucianism is a good thing left by our ancestors, and the imperial examination is also a serious channel for becoming an official. I will never change these two points. I will directly serve as the academy of the Qing Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Western Studies.
They have long been in charge of these two places. They are more of an academic organization and will not have an impact on the official system of the Qing Dynasty. There is no need to worry too much."
After hearing this, the civil servants of the Han Dynasty present were completely relieved. It would be easy to talk about anything except the benefits of the imperial examination.
A smile quickly flashed in Nalan Rongruo's eyes, thinking that the imperial concubine in the palace was the dean of the Princess Academy. The emperor also said that he would be the dean of the Western Academy and the Qing Academy of Sciences in the future. Unexpectedly, these two people
They all really like to be "masters".
An invisible dispute in the court began and ended with Kangxi.
At dusk, when the Golden Crow fell to the west, Xiao Shi ran to Yikun Palace to play with Xiao Jiu.
After the imperial concubine, who was teaching the twins how to speak Manchu in the Chuxiu Palace, heard the news brought by the prince's nephew that Kangxi announced the opening of Western Studies in the daytime, her curiosity that had been raised for almost ten days finally fell back.
My nephew is too old to kiss me.
Qingyan was so happy that she hugged her two little sons and said "bop, bam" to the smooth and chubby little faces of the two brothers, almost kissing them.
Later history books record the Industrial Revolution of the Qing Dynasty｜The revolution was a top-down movement. It originated from the first imperial meeting in the first month of the thirteenth year of Kangxi's reign. It was marked by the Qing Academy of Sciences and the first Western school in the capital.
The establishment of the college.
This knowledge point was memorized by high school students in later generations. Only a few people knew that Prince Yinreng was behind the Western Movement. Some experts who studied Qing history later discovered in the remaining historical materials that it seemed that this attack on China
Behind the movement that had a huge impact was the figure of Emperor Jingxi, the founder of the Qing Dynasty, and even an old monk who did not leave any name also became a promoter and contributed a lot, but because of the useful historical materials
Too little has been excavated. Even if experts want to study it in depth, it will be difficult to find concrete historical data to support it.
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March is warm and the flowers are blooming, after the annual Longevity Festival celebrations are over.
Construction of the College of Western Studies in the outer city and the Daqing Academy of Sciences in the suburbs of Beijing started.
This is the first time Nalan Rongruo has been responsible for such a big matter. After nearly a hundred days of investigation, he found that very few nobles or people from the Haoying family like to study Western learning. Among these people
Students who came from Manchu noble families were prepared to follow the same path as him. After they were crowned, they would become imperial guards beside the emperor, and then when the time was right, their family elders would pave the way for them to enter the officialdom. Han ministers whose families came from scholarly families would not listen to them.
Outside the window, I only read the books of sages and made plans in advance for the future imperial examination.
On the contrary, some officials and officials from small families or the children of wealthy businessmen have a strong interest in Western learning because their families are not short of money. Some students who are from poor backgrounds and have smart minds heard that after graduating from Western Studies College, as long as they pass the examination, they will
You can directly work at the Daqing Academy of Sciences, and the deans of the Western Academy of Sciences and the Daqing Academy of Sciences are both emperors. After completing their studies, they are also regarded as "disciples of the emperor" in disguise. As a result, these three types of people crowd around the two construction sites almost every day.
, I wish that two big houses could be built overnight and open to enrollment within one day.
Nalan Rongruo took his investigation results and went to the Qianqing Palace to explain the situation to Kangxi. Kangxi had already expected that students with good backgrounds would not want to give up the serious imperial examination path and devote themselves to Western learning in a detour to save the country.
After thinking about it, he put forward the selection policy of "not restricting origin, focusing on character, potential and wisdom". Nalan Rongruo agreed deeply, and with the emperor's words in mind, he quickly devoted himself to the career he would strive for in the rest of his life...