"I am the priest of the Ming Dynasty's high-level martial arts hall. Shen Qing means that it is not appropriate for me to control this Ming Dynasty's high-level martial arts hall. Or should your Ministry of War be in control? Your Ministry of War already has the power to dispatch troops, and you want the power to command the troops..." Emperor Chongzhen said this, leaned forward slightly, and asked with a little majesty, "Where is your intention?"

In fact, in the past, the Ministry of War had the power to mobilize troops, and the final assessment and power of military generals were snatched from the Governor's Office of the Five Army, making the Governor's Office of the Five Army a vassal of the Ministry of War. However, from the beginning to the end, there were no powerful ministers in the Ministry of War, and there were no examples of rebellion. But this matter cannot be made public. No matter who it is, no matter how reasonable it is, it cannot hold the power to command the troops and the power to mobilize troops in its hands.

Only the emperor can do it. After all, the world is the emperor's world. Whether it is the Governor's Office or the Ministry of War, it is said that they are all subordinates of the emperor and they work for the emperor. The power they have is given by the emperor.

If the sacrificial wine in the Ming Dynasty's senior military prefecture hall was someone else, such as the Governor's Office of the Five Army or the royal relatives and nobles, the Minister of War might still be able to argue with reason, but now it is the emperor himself. He wants to fight for this, and that is he who is fighting with the emperor himself. Therefore, how will Shen Yongmao answer the question of Emperor Chongzhen?

Shen Yongmao immediately knew that he had made a mistake. He could not take the hat that the emperor threw over. Whether it was a rebellion or a powerful minister, he could not bear it. Therefore, he quickly knelt down and apologized and tried to explain: "The old minister did not mean this. The old minister just wanted to be vulgar and did not know the saints' teachings. He would have delusions in possessing power. He only followed the conventions of previous dynasties and thought not to give the warriors this opportunity, and to make the long-term peace and stability of our Ming Dynasty..."

"Haha!" Emperor Chongzhen heard this, looking at Shen Yongmao who had already knelt there, and sneered: "So, my Ming Dynasty is full of beacons. The barbarians with only tens of thousands of people in Liaodong can attack the capital city. Even the emperor, I, must go to the top of the city to resist the enemy. The chieftains in the southwest have been in chaos for years, and the thieves on the sea raged along the coast. Tell me, what about my elite army? Don't think I don't know, where did the elite army of the Ming Dynasty go after your Ministry of War has grasped the actual power to command troops?"

This is actually a bit over. Even if the Governor's Office of the Five Army still holds the power to command the troops, hundreds of years later, the army will still be corrupt, and this responsibility should not be entirely subject to the Ministry of War.

But at this time, since Shen Yongmao came to oppose the Ming High-level Martial Arts Hall, Emperor Chongzhen naturally spoke and made the matter worse. Seeing Shen Yongmao's forehead sweating, he continued to say: "I have reformed the military system and trained the new army. The effect is there. The continuous defeat of Jianlu is proof and proved that my approach is useful. Therefore, in addition to the primary Martial Arts Hall, I have also established the Ming High-level Martial Arts Hall, and I have not hesitated to take time to serve as a sacrificial wine, just to want our Ming army to become stronger again, to intimidate the four barbarians, and to prevent our Ming people from suffering military disasters. Do you still have any opinions on this matter?"

Even Su Qin and Zhang Yi were alive, and there was no way to say anything in the face of the new military facts that had proved their combat power. However, Shen Yongmao was not a fool. He naturally knew that the premise for the Ming Dynasty to win consecutive victories was not just the reform of the military system, the use of new training methods, the solution of food and salary, the ability of the commanders, and other aspects of this was better. For example, in the northwest suppressing the chieftain's rebellion, the new army did not participate, and it was Zhu Xieyuan who led the army to suppress it.

But even if Shen Yongmao understands these, it is useless. The emperor's identity is here, and the emperor's words make sense. The power to command troops should not be owned by the Ministry of War. If he is too concerned about the emperor and defends one by one, the emperor's previous words of heart-slaughtering may really be suppressed.

Therefore, Shen Yongmao had no choice but to bow his head: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Originally, he wanted to say that the journey of a literati and Jinshi did not have direct guidance from the emperor. It was just a matter of palace examination, so he thought he was a disciple of the emperor and put a gold on his face. But now the warriors are the real disciples of the emperor. How can such a comparison make the literati feel? The tails of those warriors have not yet been raised to the sky?

But now I can't say this. It's not because of the importance of the power to command military forces, just as Shen Yongmao was worried, so the emperor personally served as the sacrificial wine. This power is equivalent to being in the hands of the emperor himself. In terms of military affairs, the emperor must be so careful of military people. Isn't this a formal thing emphasized by literati of all dynasties, and it's something that is sought after by? It can't be said publicly that the reason why this power is emphasized is actually to be in the hands of civil officials, not in the hands of your emperor! No matter who it is, the emperor personally goes barefoot, who can compete with the emperor?

So, the matter of the Ming Advanced Martial Arts Hall was decided. This is thanks to the people in the cabinet who were recommended by Wen Tiren, who could stand on the side of Emperor Chongzhen with one heart, and the Censorate is innovating again. All the censors are concerned about where they are assigned, how many subordinates they have, etc., and not many people can have extra thoughts and want to trouble the emperor. If the emperor is unhappy, then the Censorate is in an unprecedented innovation, and it is likely that they will be eliminated.

But even so, there were still censors who submitted memorials. Shen Yongmao could not refute it from another perspective, so he caused trouble from another perspective, saying that Li Zicheng and others were not worthy of becoming disciples of the emperor. Look at their origins and see what achievements they have. It is not their turn to enter the Ming Dynasty's Advanced Martial Arts Hall, right?

Emperor Chongzhen was too lazy to refute these memorials and kept them all. When they accumulated to a certain level, he held a court meeting and said again what Li Zicheng and the others said about the importance of Siberia.

In this way, almost everyone did not pay attention to what Siberia was like. They all care about what the magical artifact the emperor mentioned. What exactly is it? Zi said, "Don't speak strangeness, power, chaos, gods." Emperor, you have something to do with it!"

The emperor's authority is naturally not as important as the general's mind in the eyes of civil servants. To put it bluntly, these civil servants are all educated hooligans, and what they pursue throughout their lives is to overthrow the emperor's authority. The glory of being taken by the emperor's court is an example. Therefore, what Li Zicheng and the others could believe in immediately was questioned on the civil servants' side.

Emperor Chongzhen was not angry about this. Isn’t the main job with the civil servants? The ability of the civil servants is to open their mouths. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the civil servants in the court, looked a little serious, and said seriously: “The magical artifact I mentioned has a name called technology!”

When all the ministers heard this, no matter whether they were cunning or cunning, they were surprised. What technology? What is this?

As the confidant of Emperor Chongzhen, the chief assistant Wen Tiren is the one who knows Emperor Chongzhen the best. When he heard this, he suddenly felt that the emperor might have something new to say. Since that was the case, he went out to cooperate and asked: "Your Majesty, what is this technology?"

When everyone else was kept quiet after hearing the Prime Minister’s question, they all wanted to hear what this technology is?

"Technology is actually the combination of science and technology!" Emperor Chongzhen answered Wen Tiren's question, which was actually a lesson for all his ministers. "Discover the relationship between conclusive facts and phenomena in all things in the world, and establish a theory to connect facts and phenomena. This is science. And applying the achievements of science to practical problems is technology."

Seeing that the ministers below were confused, Emperor Chongzhen gave another example and explained: "For example, thermal expansion and contraction, do you know this? To get this conclusion, and further analyze the further details such as how much heat will rise, how much cold will shrink, and how much cold will shrink, this is science. To give a simple example, such as Kongming lantern, it is actually related to thermal expansion and contraction. The heated gas floats upwards, driving Kongming lanterns to fly into the sky. To make this Kongming lantern is technology. The magical artifact I mentioned is science and technology, referred to as technology!"

Originally, when he gave this example of thermal expansion and contraction, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to talk about the steam engine. But he thought that many officials present did not know about the steam engine, so he changed his mind temporarily and described the Kongming lantern that everyone knew as an example.

Unexpectedly, after this example was introduced, a minister immediately came out with a serious face and said loudly: "Your Majesty, what's the use of things like Kongming lanterns except to float in the air to look better? Such a skill is useless to use manpower and material resources. Your Majesty wants to say that these things are magical tools that benefit the country and the people, but I really don't agree!"

Since historical records, many people have tried every means to get the happiness of the king and thus obtain official positions. For example, without the need of a market economy, they can only be used as a palace amusement to the queen. When the king looks happy, he will naturally have a reward, and maybe he can get an official position. This is how Kongming lanterns, bamboo dragonflies, firecrackers and other things come from.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen mentioned Kongming lanterns, a civil servant jumped out and said. Not only that, another minister followed him and said loudly: "I heard that Your Majesty has accepted a craftsman as his apprentice in Jiangnan, and made this Kongming lantern. I think that Your Majesty's thoughts are wrong! For the great Ming plan and the ancestors' and the country plan, I beg Your Majesty to correct the situation..."

Before he could finish speaking, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help laughing and interrupted the minister's words.

He thought that the emperor would either get angry, be beaten to court, or even be punished, but he never thought that the emperor was laughing as if he had heard very funny words and laughing at his... ignorance?

At some point, the chief assistant Wen Tiren had already retreated to the queue. Seeing this scene, he realized that the emperor was about to start to get angry and say something unheard of.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen laughed for a while and suddenly stopped to look at the minister. He still had a vague impression that this minister came from Jiangnan, so that he knew about Carpenter Xu!

Then Emperor Chongzhen said loudly: "It's really a ignorant and fearless person who actually speaks such unsightly words. This is the frog in the well! Do you know that at night in the army, do you use the Kongming lantern hanging in the air to convey military orders? This is one of them..."

Obviously, the two ministers who rushed out to persuade him came from the wealthy Jiangnan. In their life experience, they were mostly gentle in the land of gentleness. They knew that the purpose of Kongming lanterns was just something they used to play when playing, but they did not know that Kongming lanterns had been applied to many aspects.

When Emperor Chongzhen said this in public, his face turned red and he wanted to argue, but the emperor was still talking and he was not qualified to interrupt the emperor, so he had to hold it in his mouth first.

"Secondly, the technology of thermal expansion and contraction that I mentioned is reflected in the Kongming lantern is just an example. I would like to ask you, if this Kongming lantern is extremely huge, its buoyancy in the air must be very large. When it reaches a certain level, will it bring people to heaven? If the current Kongming lantern is not suitable, then according to the technological principle of thermal expansion and contraction, can it be brought to heaven? The current Kongming lantern can only float in the air. If other devices are added, can it be controlled to increase and decrease in the air according to the human mind, and move forward and backward..."

Emperor Chongzhen's series of rhetorical questions based on thermal expansion and contraction were shocking for people of this era. For a moment, the scene became very quiet, and only Emperor Chongzhen's endless voices were heard.

Human beings have always yearned for flying in the sky like birds, but at the same time, human beings know that they cannot fly in the air like birds. But the civil and military officials present heard the description of Emperor Chongzhen at this time, which seemed to open their eyes. According to the emperor's description, it seemed that it was really possible to fly in the sky!

Think about the impossible, there is a possibility of realization? How did that person feel when he flew in the sky and looked down at the earth?

"...I did accept an apprentice. I saw in Jiangnan that he was determined to make a tool that people could fly in the sky. Therefore, I asked him to think about the Kongming lantern and let him understand the technological principles contained in the Kongming lantern. Because it is impossible to do it without knowing why. I can tell you clearly that things that can lead people to heaven will definitely appear within these two years."

Another shocking statement, and for a moment, the ministers were a little unacceptable. Subconsciously, they were thinking that those who could bring people to heaven were always magical tools, right?

At this time, the two civil servants who came out to oppose him were a little helpless standing there. Because the emperor's series of words seemed to prove that they were frogs in the well! This conclusion really made them a little embarrassed to stand in the middle, and they wanted to hide in the crowd and hide in a place where no one could see it.

Emperor Chongzhen was still very happy when he looked at the expressions of the ministers below. Today, he would tear a hole in the Ming Dynasty, so that the concept of technology could be taken root in the Ming Dynasty!

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