If today's Tang Dynasty, including all the foreign countries around it, is like a "patient" lying on the platform of the earth, undergoing surgery that deviates from the original historical trajectory, then the surgeon in charge is naturally none other than Emperor Li Hong of the Tang Dynasty. .
Taiyi City first underwent earth-shaking changes. Although most of the reasons were due to passivity, and although the main reason for taking the initiative to change made the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty very anxious, after patiently and carefully sorting out, the entire Tang Dynasty was like As in the past, Taiyi City served as the first experimental rat, radiating the second reform to the surrounding areas.
The favorite thing of the Supreme Emperor Li Zhi, who was angry with someone in the past few years, was that he would often be in Xingqing Palace, surrounded by a group of frightened palace maids and eunuchs, and loudly scold the prodigal and unfilial son in front of the person in Daming Palace. , and even ignored Empress Dowager Wu Mei's obstruction from time to time and personally delivered memorials to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
The content of the memorial was completely devoid of anything specific, it was just a rant that covered everyone's face.
So every time someone receives a memorial from Xingqing Palace, the moment he opens it, he will reflexively tilt his head to one side, fearing that the words in the memorial will slap his face.
A pair of railway tracks from Chang'an to Luoyang cost a lot of money from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry and took five years to build.
Just when someone was happily inviting the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and leading the ministers to the huge house next to the railway track, and was about to show them the fast steel monster that could run without being pulled by animals and emitting green smoke, Chang Chang The monster was lying on the rails and couldn't move.
Li Zhi even thought for a time that he didn't have enough fodder to make this guy lose his temper
Facing the sarcastic words of the Supreme Emperor who was following behind him and a group of technicians headed by Li Dan, who was watching the excitement, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty looked back speechlessly at the old man who had gone through many changes with his hands behind his back and a curious look on his face. Neng said helplessly: "Why don't you go and stay with the queen first? I'll ask you to come over after I'm done."
"Forget it? If you can run very fast without a horse and carry dozens of times more weight than a horse-drawn carriage, I think you are the emperor who is not doing his job properly and is trying to deceive the world by using some strange tricks. It's just a common people, I won't believe it." Li Zhi kicked Li Dan's butt, which was in the gap between the big steel man not far away, and motioned for him to get out of the way and look at what this guy was holding. What is the iron rod-like thing poking at
"You can't understand, and you don't know what Li Dan is doing..."
"I don't understand, do you understand? You understand and you take advantage of it? You let it run happily, pulling me and your mother, and we can reach Luoyang in less than half a day?" Li Zhi looked confident, and when he saw it, Come on, the tall and big iron cabinet in front of you, like an iron dragon, was obviously created by his eighth prince, Li Dan, and has nothing to do with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Hong, who was choked by Father Long and didn't know what to say, nodded speechlessly in agreement, too lazy to compete with Li Zhi, an outsider. After all, he was completely alone now and could no longer cause trouble for himself.
A series of accidents in the past few years have long pushed him to the forefront. The old couple in Xingqing Palace were the first to attack him. As the accidents happened, even the courtiers in the court began to tremble and tremble. With a beard, he begged him to be at ease for a while.
In the eyes of the Emperor and Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty, as well as conservative courtiers and wise scholars, the railway tracks were like city walls. They were considered to be barriers across the land, and at the same time harmful to the heaven and earth. It destroyed the fertile fields and the people's food and clothing.
In their view, these railroad tracks were so lonely that they were planted on the loess land. Not only did they occupy fertile farmland, they also brought uncertain factors and all kinds of unknowns to the prosperity and destiny of the Tang Dynasty.
"The rails on land can't pull the car you spent a lot of money to build. Your ship in Qujiang Pond, which can drive automatically without sails or oars, is still lying on its back and unable to move. With this You are like a dead dog, you have been tossing these things in the past few years, which one has made you proud?" Wu Mei's light voice came like a heavy hammer from the back of Li Hong's head.
With the help of the palace maid, Wu Mei, who was graceful and elegant, slowly walked to the side, looked at the iron lump in front of her like a long dragon, and sighed helplessly.
It has been several years since Li Hong ascended the throne as emperor. Although the court is stable, the world is prosperous, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment, in the past two years, it is obvious that this bastard has not paid attention to the court and encouraged Li Dan every day. What a fairy tale.
Just like the boat floating like a dead dog in Qujiang Pond, it is said that it can sail on the water without human or animal power with the roaring sound and the curl of green smoke.
Such big words would be said every time he went to Xingqing Palace to visit himself and His Majesty, but several years had passed, and the ships on the surface of the Qujiang Pond were still floating like dead dogs, unable to move, every day It was some craftsmen from Taiyi City who worked there day and night, just like everything in front of us.
"Technical... technical problems, technical problems, these are all technical problems. As long as I allocate more funds to them after I return, it is estimated that they will be completely perfected within a year or two, and they will be able to run automatically." Li Hong Scratching his head in embarrassment, he really wanted to kick Li Dan, who was failing, but fortunately, his father Long had already helped him with another kick.
He is already in his thirties, and now he still has to be scolded by Dragon Father and Dragon Mother in front of the concubines in his harem just like Li Ye and the others. Li Hong could only sigh in his heart, how could the emperor treat him like this? , I’m afraid it’s also the first one.
"Brother Imperial...Brother Imperial..."
"Here, what's the name of chirping?" Li Hong's heart tightened again after hearing Li Lingyue's anxious voice. Could it be that something went wrong again
There have been a lot of accidents in the past two years. Bai Chun has been scolded by himself and cried several times. Now Li Lingyue comes rushing over again. Could something happen again
"Look... look at the sky..." Li Lingyue and Shangguan Wan'er, who has now married into the East Palace and became the imperial concubine, have always been inseparable. The two women have worked together to help Li Hong put out fires in the past two years. Every issue of " "Everyone in the world" will help praise Li Hong to offset the pressure and trouble caused to Li Hong by accidents in Taiyi City, internal combustion engines, hot air balloons, etc. in the past two years.
"I'll go... Who the hell approved this?" Li Hong looked up at the direction of Shangguan Wan'er's finger. He felt his eyes go dark for a moment and almost fainted from anger.
At this time, I saw two huge white hot air balloons in the originally clear sky. They seemed to be entangled together due to the hot air currents in the sky. These were okay and did not scare Li Hong.
The most important thing is that while two huge hot air balloons were fighting in the sky, sparks were coming from above. Apparently there was something wrong with one of the engines, which ignited the hot air balloon.
"Li Dan! Who did this?" Li Hong walked up to Li Dan angrily, ignoring Shangguan Wan'er's pull. Looking at Li Dan whose face was covered with black oil, he roared: "You still think I'm not right now?" Are you living a safe life? Last time, ten students from the Imperial Academy were killed. Didn’t I tell you that you must not fly again until the problem is completely solved? Why did you jump up again? "
"Is this... something about Li Zhe? These days, he said that he wants to try using hot air balloons to transport troops. As the saying goes, soldiers are valuable and fast. If magic soldiers can fall from the sky, it will be easy to go to Anxi and continue to add variables to the chaos in the Food Country. There are more, so I guess it was him who made the hot air balloon this time. I told him before coming that it was not very stable... "
"Don't stop me." Li Hong grabbed the little hand of Shangguan Wan'er who looked worried next to him, and then pulled him up to the platform. He avoided the cold-faced Long Ma and shouted directly: "Let Li Zhe give it to me immediately. Come here!"
"ah… ."
"Oh my god..."
As soon as Li Hong finished speaking, he heard Shangguan Wan'er holding his arm next to him, and Long Ma not far away, looking at the sky high in the sky and involuntarily screaming.
He hurriedly looked up into the sky and saw two hot air balloons, like kites with short strings, starting to fall like arrows from the string in the raging fire. From time to time, black shadows could be seen coming from the hot air balloons. He was thrown out, screamed in the air, and fell to the ground with his teeth and claws open.
"How many times has this happened? Li Zhe, you little bastard, you are so crazy in order to transport soldiers. You haven't finished this thing yet, and you dare to carry so many people to the sky at will." Li Hong Mumbling.
Shangguan Wan'er on the side has put all her thoughts on Li Hong since entering the Daming Palace. Now she sees her husband, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, once again causing trouble due to this dangerous and unknown hot air balloon. Human life, she had begun to think rapidly in her little mind. Should this kind of accident related to the royal family be concealed again in the next issue of "Fang Jian Tian Xia"
Looking at the worried look on Shangguan Wan'er's face, the long eyelashes on her fair and jade-like cheeks seemed to be a bit worried, and her red lips were bitten by a row of neat white teeth. , beautiful eyes full of worry.
"Don't worry, just write whatever you want. This didn't happen on the ground. Few people saw it. It happened high in the sky. It's estimated that everyone within a few dozen miles can see it clearly. It's over." Li Hong hugged Shangguan Wan'er's slender waist and held her tightly in his arms, comforting her softly.
Because, he saw Mother Long with a livid face and Father Long walking towards him angrily under the platform!
"This... this matter, you two also heard what Li Dan said just now. This is the result of Li Zhe's private order. The father and mother really have nothing to do with my son."
"What if you don't give him such great rights? Can he do it?" Li Zhi was so angry that his already sparse beard stood up.
"I... Li Dan has always been in charge of the Imperial College..."
"Didn't you give Li Dan the responsibility?" The feather duster that Wu Mei had not used on Li Hong for many years has now become like a crutch. Although it is not used, it is definitely always with her.
"..." Li Hong.
There is no point in trying to accuse Li Dan of being in charge of the Imperial College, nor is it the first time that Li Zhe has taken charge of the logistics power of the Ministry of War.
But facing Father Long and Mother Long who loved the people like their own children, someone had no choice but to lower his head. At the first train station in the future of the Tang Dynasty, in front of the ministers, Shangguan Wan'er and others, he was separated by the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager. Three days later, I was severely scolded again.
(End of chapter)