Han Dao world

Chapter 1131

Mrs. Tang thought for a long time, and recently accepted Jia Xu's request.

She doesn't like Yuan Shao and others, but it doesn't mean she has no sympathy.She herself has suffered from the war, and there are many Ruying people in Yinfang who were displaced by the war like her.Although life is stable now, there are not a few people who are trapped in nightmares and cannot escape for a long time.

For them, this is a sign that the relatives who died in the war have not been buried in the soil, and their souls have nothing to rely on. It is still necessary to hold a grand sacrifice to send their souls back to their hometowns.

Mrs. Tang immediately brought gifts and came to Lantai to meet Cai Yan.

Cai Yan is also a person who has experienced wars, and he deeply feels the same.When the Xiliang army was in trouble in the Kanto region, some of her clan members were killed and there were no bones left.

But she knew better than Mrs. Tang that there would be a chain reaction behind this incident, and she couldn't take it lightly.If it was really so easy to persuade, Zhou Zhong would not go to Jia Xu, and Jia Xu would not go to Mrs. Tang either.

One is that it will cause uneasiness among Xiliang people.

There are still many people in the Xiliang Army who were responsible for the disaster in the Kwantung, such as Zhang Ji, Yang Ding and others.Although the emperor intends to drive these people out of the court step by step, this cannot be done in a short time.In order to appease Zhang Ji, the emperor spent so much thought, if it was destroyed because of a sacrificial oration, it would definitely not be what the emperor would like to see.

The second is that although many people from Ruying were involved in this case, they were not victims of the war.

Instead, they are the ones who started it.

If Yuan Shao hadn't brought foreign soldiers into the capital, if they hadn't run away and handed over Luoyang to Dong Zhuo, if they hadn't held up a large army instead of moving forward, and watched the Xiliang army do harm to Shandong, how could so many Shandong people have suffered?

Now it doesn't make sense to plead for the families of the perpetrators on the grounds of innocent people who died in the war.

Faced with Cai Yan's doubts, Mrs. Tang took out a letter and handed it to Cai Yan.

This is Jia Xu's handwriting, specially for Cai Yan.

Cai Yan opened it and saw that there were only two sentences on it.

The world is not a game of chess, it is difficult to distinguish between black and white.Blessed are those who accumulate virtue, and their descendants are auspicious.

After reading it, Cai Yan blushed inexplicably, and immediately put it away. "I'll write the sacrificial oration, and after it's finished, I'll ask the emperor to look over it to see what he thinks."

Mrs. Tang looked at Cai Yan meaningfully, and bowed.

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"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and the heavy iron block was lifted up high, and then fell heavily, making another muffled sound, and even the ground shook.

The technicians watching from the side looked at each other, their faces turning pale.

They are all people who deal with ordnance every day, and they know how much strength is needed to lift this piece of iron.If it is used to push the arrow, it can at least send the arrow a hundred steps away, which is equivalent to a crossbow with four stones.

A pinch of gunpowder contained so much energy that it exceeded everyone's expectations.

How powerful would this weapon be if it were put on the battlefield?
Anyone with a little common sense can recognize the opportunities.

The emperor once said that many people thought it impossible to use ten thousand horses to run amok in the Western Regions, thinking that the emperor was young and vigorous.Now it seems that the emperor is still too conservative.

He was right, knowledge is power, and these are the most typical examples.

The Taoists only wanted to live forever, but only the Son of Heaven saw the power of destruction in it.

"This matter must be classified as the top secret of the martial arts hall." Among the stunned people, Liu Xie was the most calm one.To him, this experiment was just a big gun battle, nothing more. "Yu Jijiu, please make arrangements, list detailed improvement plans, and make usable samples as soon as possible for testing."

"Wei." Yu Fan bowed his hands and saluted, leading several Taoist priests to retreat. "Boyang, come with me."

Taoist priests Wei Ao, Yu Ji and others bowed to Liu Xie and retreated with Yu.After leaving the door, Wei Ao said in a low voice: "Zhong Xiang, is the Son of Heaven going to use the elixir we refined on the battlefield?"

Yu Fan glanced at him, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. "Wouldn't it be a pity not to use such a sharp weapon on the battlefield?"

Wei Ao suddenly panicked, stopped, and grabbed Yu Fan's sleeve. "Zhongxiang, absolutely not. We developed this pill for longevity, not for killing people."

Yu patted him on the shoulder. "Although it is used on the battlefield, it is not only for killing people, but also for saving people. It is also of great merit."

"Obviously it's murder, why is it saving people?"

"Think about it, if such a sharp weapon appears on the battlefield, if it is used for a while, the enemy's courage will be broken and the city will surrender. Isn't that just avoiding innocent casualties? Our soldiers can also avoid a large number of casualties because of this, and how many people have been saved?"

"This..." Wei Ao was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing how to refute.

Yu Ji, who was on the side, said, "Forgive me for offering a sacrifice to the wine. The world is peaceful, so why bother to lightly start a war? If the two sides can live in harmony, how can there be innocent casualties?"

"Do you think the Son of Heaven is a warlike person?"

Yu Ji shook his head. "Don't dare, we just knew that the Son of Heaven is not warlike and has great benevolence, so we came here to present the prescription. It's just that I didn't expect..." He smiled wryly, hesitating to speak, but the meaning was very clear.

"Soldiers are ominous weapons, and the sages use them against their will. Medicine can save people, but it can also kill people. Do you think it's better to keep it in the hands of the emperor, or in the hands of 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 not necessarily to the emperor. Take a step back and say, you have studied for so long, but you haven't found anything about this medicine. The essence lies, but the emperor said it out. Do you think the emperor can research it by himself without you?"

Yu Ji and Wei Ao looked at each other without saying anything.

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Liu Xie went out, walking slowly with his hands behind his back.

Although the power of gunpowder did not exceed his expectations, the possible effects of the advent of gunpowder made him a little excited.

Gunpowder is one of the inventions of Chinese civilization. Together with printing and the compass, it provided the conditions for the development of the West. However, due to the premature civilization, gunpowder itself lost the space for development, and was finally used by Western barbarians to break through the gate of China. It is a tragedy. , is ironic again.

Now, history has given him another choice, and he will never let such a tragedy happen again.

Gunpowder must be vigorously developed, and we must go all out to use it during the Western Expedition, so that those barbarians know what is truly civilized and what is called a teacher of benevolence and righteousness.

A group of robbers, using the technology of our Chinese civilization to kill, burn and loot, to bring disaster to the world, do all kinds of bad things, and they still have the face to call themselves civilized people, and treat the real civilized people as a backward barbaric nation.

In the final analysis, force cannot be given up, and it must be in one's own hands at all times, otherwise the right to define civilization and barbarism will be taken away by others.

"Your Majesty, once this thing comes out, how many people will die?" Yuan Heng said softly, his voice trembling.

Liu Xie turned his head to look at her, and said calmly: "It's never weapons that kill people, but people. If you are born barbaric and murderous, even if you don't have weapons in your hands, you can still kill people."

Yuan Heng hesitated for a moment, and mustered up his courage. "Your Majesty...do you want to kill someone?"

(End of this chapter)