Mrs. Tang thought about it for a long time, but recently accepted Jia Xu's request.
Her lack of affection for Yuan Shao and others does not mean that she has no sympathy. She has suffered from war and there are many Ruying people in the Yinfang who are displaced by war like her. Although life is stable now,
There are many people who are trapped in nightmare and cannot be relieved for a long time.
For them, this is a sign that their relatives who died in the war were not buried in peace and their souls had no support. It is still necessary to hold a grand sacrifice and send their souls back home.
Mrs. Tang immediately came to Lantai with a gift to meet Cai Yan.
Cai Yan is also a person who has experienced war and has a deep feeling about it. When the Xiliang Army caused trouble in Guandong, some of her clan members died of unlawful life and their bodies remained.
But she knew better than Mrs. Tang that this incident would cause a chain reaction and should not be taken lightly. If it was so easy to persuade, Zhou Zhong would not go to Jia Xu, and Jia Xu would not go to Mrs. Tang.
One is that it will cause uneasiness among the people of Xiliang.
There were still many people in the Xiliang Army who were in trouble with Guandong, such as Zhang Ji, Yang Ding and others. Although the emperor intended to drive these people out of the court step by step, this could not be accomplished in a short period of time.
In order to appease Zhang Ji, the emperor spent so much effort. If it was ruined by a sacrificial article, it would not be the emperor's pleasure to see him.
Secondly, although there were many Ru Ying people involved in the case this time, they were not victims of the war.
Instead, they are the initiators.
If Yuan Shao hadn't led foreign troops into the capital, if they hadn't escaped and handed over Luoyang to Dong Zhuo, if they hadn't supported the army and refused to move forward and watched the Xiliang army suffer the disaster in Shandong, how could so many Shandong people suffer?
Now, it is not reasonable to plead for the family of the initiator on the grounds that the innocent people died in the war.
Faced with Cai Yan's doubts, Mrs. Tang took out a letter and handed it to Cai Yan.
This is a handwritten book by Jia Xu, specially for Cai Yan.
Cai Yan opened it and saw only two sentences above.
Things in the world are not chess, and black and white are difficult to distinguish. Accumulating virtue will bring blessings, and the descendants will be lucky.
After reading it, Cai Yan's pretty face turned red inexplicably and then put it away. "I'll write the sacrificial text. After writing it, please ask the emperor to take a look and see his wishes."
Mrs. Tang looked at Cai Yan meaningfully and bowed.
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"Bang!" With a loud bang, the heavy iron block was pushed up high and fell heavily, making another dull sound, even the ground shook.
The technicians watching the side looked at each other, their faces a little pale.
They are all people who deal with armour every day and know how much power it takes to lift this iron. If used to push the arrow, they can at least send the arrow to a hundred steps, which is equivalent to a four-stone crossbow.
A small handful of gunpowder actually contained such a large amount of energy, which exceeded everyone's expectations.
How powerful will this weapon be if it is put on the battlefield?
Anyone with some common sense can realize the opportunities.
The emperor once said that if he wanted to rampant the Western Regions with tens of thousands of cavalry, many people felt that it was impossible and that the emperor was young and vigorous. Now it seems that the emperor is still too conservative.
He said nothing wrong, knowledge is power, and these are the most typical examples in front of him.
The Taoists only wanted to seek immortality, but only the emperor saw the power of destruction.
"This matter should be listed as the highest secret of the martial arts lecture hall." Among the group of people who were stunned, Liu Xie was the most calm. For him, this experiment was just a big firecracker and could not be considered a firecracker.
What. "Yu Jijiu, please arrange it, list detailed improvement plans, make available samples as soon as possible, and conduct experiments."
"Which." Yu Fan bowed and took his hand to show his respects and led several Taoist priests to retreat. "Boyang, follow me."
Taoist Wei Ao, Yu Ji and others saluted Liu Xie and retreated with Yu Fan. After leaving the door, Wei Ao whispered: "Zhongxiang, is the emperor going to use the elixirs we have refined for the battlefield?"
Yu glanced at him and raised the corner of his mouth slightly. "Isn't it a pity that such a powerful weapon is not used on the battlefield?"
Wei Ao suddenly became anxious, stopped and grabbed Yu Fan's sleeve. "Zhongxiang, never. We are developing this pill for immortality, not for killing people."
Yu Pan patted his shoulder. "Although it is used on the battlefield, it is not only for killing people, but also for saving people, and it is also for immeasurable merit."
"It's obviously killing people, how can you save people?"
"You think, if such a powerful weapon appears on the battlefield, and once you use it, the enemy will be brave and surrender to the city, will it avoid innocent casualties? This will prevent a large number of casualties from happening, and how many more people have been saved?"
"This..." Wei Ao was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to refute it.
Yu Ji, who was standing beside him, said, "I am sorry that I do not agree with this statement of offering sacrifices. The world is peaceful, why should we start the war easily? If we can have a good relationship, why do we say innocent casualties?"
"Do you think the emperor is a warlike person?"
Yu Ji shook his head. "How dare we? We knew that the emperor was not wary and had Daren, so we came to offer the prescription according to the imperial edict. But we didn't expect..." He smiled bitterly, wanted to speak but stopped, but he understood his meaning very well.
"A warrior is an ominous weapon. The saint cannot use it himself. Medicine can save people and kill people. Do you think it is better to take it in the hands of the emperor or others?"
Yu Ji stroked his beard and stopped talking.
Yu Fan said again: "Although this medicine is powerful, its ingredients are not complicated. If you don't offer it, someone will offer it in the future, but it may not be dedicated to the emperor. Take a step back and say that you have studied it for so long but have not found this medicine.
The essence is, but the emperor said it in one word. Do you think that without you, can the emperor study it on his own?"
Yu Ji and Wei Ao looked at each other and said nothing more.
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Liu Xie walked out of the door and walked slowly with his hands behind his back.
Although the power of gunpowder was not beyond his expectations, the effect that might have triggered by the advent of gunpowder made him a little excited.
Gunpowder is one of the inventions of Chinese civilization. Together with printing and compass, it provides conditions for the development of the West. However, it lost the space for development due to the precocious puberty of civilization, and was finally used by Western barbarians to break through the door of China. It is both sad.
, again irony.
Now, history has given him another choice, and he will never let such a tragedy happen again.
Gunpowder must be vigorously developed and must be fully utilized to come in handy during the Western Expedition, so that the barbarians can know what a true civilization is and what a benevolent and righteous teacher is.
A group of robbers used the technology of our Chinese civilization to kill, burn and plunder, causing harm to the world, and did all the bad things. They actually still have the face to regard themselves as civilized people and regard truly civilized people as backward barbaric nations.
In the final analysis, force cannot be given up and must be in your own hands at any time, otherwise the right to define civilization and barbarity will be stolen by others.
"Your Majesty, once this thing is released, how many people will die from death?" Yuan Heng said softly, his voice trembling a little.
Liu Xie turned his head to look at her and said calmly: "The one who kills people is never a weapon, but a human being. If you are born with barbarity and killing, even if you don't have weapons in your hands, you can still kill people."
"Invincible starts with offering sacrifices to the ancestors"
Yuan Heng hesitated for a moment and mustered up his courage. "Your Majesty... Do you want to kill someone?"