Bringing the Railway to Daming

Chapter 131: The human heart is sinister, set up six gates [Please subscribe]

After hearing Lao Zhu's question, Liu Kuan did not answer immediately.

Because he was also thinking about this problem.

He quickly made up his mind and said, "Your Majesty, few ordinary people know about opium nowadays. Even doctors probably just treat it as a normal medicine."

"There may be doctors in the Ming Dynasty who have discovered the addictive nature of opium, but they are definitely very rare. If, under these circumstances, Your Majesty orders a ban on the cultivation of opium poppies, or even on their use as medicine, what will happen?"

Old Zhu was a smart man and understood what Liu Kuan meant after a little thought.

"No one in the world knows about this thing. If we ban it, it will make the world know about it."

"Such a caring person would probably seek out the reasons why the imperial court banned this substance, and perhaps even spread the knowledge of the addictive properties of opium to more people."

"Then there might be ambitious and greedy people who would profit from it. This would likely cause opium to appear earlier than in later history, and even spread!"

Having said that, Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, calmed his panic, and said, "Thank goodness you reminded me, otherwise I would have done something bad with good intentions!"

Liu Kuan said at this time, "I feel that with the cultural heritage of our Shenzhou, as long as the country does not weaken, evil poisons such as poppies and opium, even if they appear in the future and spread as they did in later history, will find it difficult to prevail in China."

"Of course, if Your Majesty is truly worried, you can leave a secret book and instruct future emperors of the Ming Dynasty to be careful with poppies and opium."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. "You have a point. Since opium is unknown to the world, it will be difficult to start a war. I can only ask your successor to be careful."

As the two chatted here, the tables and chairs over there were rearranged.

So Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma and the whole family sat down again and watched the movie together.

After the opening credits, there is a bunch of withered roses that look a bit like poppies, and then there is a scene of a woman in a red dress from the future getting an injection and falling into intoxication.

The others couldn't understand what was going on, and their attention was focused on the woman's overly revealing clothing.

Although there were women from later times in the movie "Lost on Journey" shown on the Double Ninth Festival, the most scantily clad woman in it was not as well dressed as the woman in the red dress - her arms and large chest were exposed, which was really dazzling to the Zhu family.

Fortunately, the shot passed quickly.

A man with a weathered voice appeared.

"Drug abuse is like a plague that continues to spread throughout our country, harming lives."

"Drug gangs, the Golden Triangle is synonymous with this. This no-man's land between Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos has always been a paradise for criminals and drug traffickers."

"With the rise of new drugs, the threshold for drug production has been lowered, further consolidating the Golden Triangle's status as a drug kingdom."

"The Mekong River, with a total length of 4180 kilometers, is an important economic and trade link between my country and Southeast Asia. It is also the golden waterway for drugs from the Golden Triangle to flow into my country. It is known as the 'Gate of Hell' in the South!"

After listening to the opening remarks, Zhu Biao, Zhu Ying and others began to have some guesses about the content of the film.

Of course, they hadn't heard what Liu Kuan had said to Lao Zhu before, so they could only guess a little bit.

Next, as the plot unfolds, the tip of the iceberg of future China and the landscape of a Southeast Asian country are revealed scene by scene.

So everyone's attention was focused on the movie...
When the young princes and princesses saw the Chinese police in the movie, they all felt that although they were not wearing armor, their upright and upright figures walking in line appeared more majestic than the Ming army, with an indescribable powerful aura.

Old Zhu speculated secretly.

According to Liu Kuan's previous statement, these should be constables. But in his opinion, they are clearly soldiers who are much more elite than the Ming soldiers.

As the plot unfolds, the Mekong River case breaks out and the country begins to take action. Old Zhu, Zhu Biao, and Queen Ma can't help but sigh at the competence of later officials in the movie.

"In just two days, he made a decision, came up with a rough plan, and sent out people to carry it out—even in later times with the convenience of mobile phones, this official can still be called decisive and efficient. He must be a capable official!"

When the scene of the movie turned to overseas, the secret agent played by Eddie Peng came into contact with the police who came to do their job in the tea mountain. When he saw the people whose hands and feet were chopped off by the drug lords, many concubines and princesses screamed in surprise.

Zhu Biao shook his head. "Drug lords are truly cruel. They resort to such brutal means to control the people."

Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Since they are murderers, do you still expect them to be kind? Forget drug lords. When I was traveling around as a monk, I saw some vicious beggars."

"To gain sympathy, they mutilate the abducted children, cutting off their limbs and even turning them into altar figurines for profit."

"The cruelty of this world and the wickedness of human nature are far more than what we allowed you to see among the people a few years ago."

After a few brief reminders, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped talking.

Because there is another interesting plot worth noting in the movie, which is a dog named "Xiaotian" who works with the police to solve the case and behaves quite smart and obedient.

Then the plot pace quickened, and scenes of our police fighting wits and courage with criminal gangs abroad made Lao Zhu and others feel suspenseful and subconsciously nervous.

When some of the dangerous fighting scenes were played, the woman and the young prince could not help but exclaim in surprise.

Just like that, the two-hour-long "Operation Mekong" seemed to come to an end very quickly...

"The truth behind the Mekong River case, which shocked China and the world, has finally been revealed. Our overseas arrest operation not only redressed the injustice of 13 lives, but also demonstrated our country's determination to defend our territory and protect our citizens."

"Modern China is a thriving global economy and trade, with its citizens spread across the globe. Protecting the lives and property of every individual remains a long and arduous task."

When the movie ended with the police officer Gao Gang's plain narration, the picture on the tablet computer stopped, and Lao Zhu and others looked away.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "This movie is certainly very touching, and there are many things worth talking about. Let's go over there and talk." This time, Zhu only named Zhu Biao, Zhu Ying and Zhu Xiongying, but did not call other princes and grandsons.

However, he did not run to the side hall, but sat back on the dragon throne.

Liu Kuan and his companions followed and could only stand.

As his butt touched the chair, Zhu Yuanzhang could not wait to ask: "Are the people who capture foreign criminals in this movie really the detectives of later times, not elite soldiers like the emperor's personal army?"

Liu Kuan didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to be so suspicious, and almost couldn't help laughing.

He explained, "Your Majesty, although I previously used the analogy of "Bukuai" to describe the police of later times, the two are not the same."

"Even if Your Majesty followed my humble advice and established police stations in local government offices and included patrol officers among the imperial court's regular officials, their status would still be far lower than that of later police officers."

"In later generations, regular police officers can gradually be promoted to officials, and even becoming a minister is not impossible."

"Most ordinary police officers are only responsible for handling ordinary cases such as civil disputes, but there are also special police and armed police who are responsible for fighting criminal gangs with firearms and many accomplices, just like in the movies."

"They can be said to be a different kind of army. The strength of the elite among them is actually not much inferior to the elite in terms of personal qualities. The main difference is that there are some differences in equipment and the direction of daily training."

"The elite troops in the army are mainly responsible for completing surprise attacks, destroying important enemy strongholds, and even penetrating deep into the enemy camp to kill enemy generals."

"The armed police, however, are primarily focused on rescuing hostages held by criminals, or, as in the movies, capturing criminals alive to facilitate investigations."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Do you mean that there are not many elite detectives like those in the movie in later generations?"

Liu Kuan said: "I can't say it's not a lot, but the proportion in the police force is indeed small."

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly relieved.

He said that if all detectives in the future were as powerful as those in the movies, that would be too awesome.

Then he thought that when there is more money and food in the future, he should also pay attention to strengthening the training of the constables and strive to create a special constable team as efficient as the ones in the movie.

In this way, if any major or important cases related to national affairs or the stability of the court occur, they can be solved quickly, leaving no opportunity for ambitious people to shake the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "Liu Kuan, do you think that the Ming Dynasty can train such an elite team of detectives to solve major crimes?"

Liu Kuan smiled and said, "Of course you can. In some later film and television dramas, the Ming Dynasty had an extremely powerful police station called the 'Six Gates'."

Six doors?
Old Zhu, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Ying all looked curious after hearing this.

In later generations, the Six-panel Gate actually refers to the yamen - because most palace gates and yamen have three doors and six panels, so in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (mainly the Qing Dynasty), people referred to working in the yamen as working in the Six-panel Gate.

The Six Gates in a narrow sense refers specifically to the joint case-handling agencies of the Dali Temple, the Supervisory Office, and the Ministry of Justice during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

However, the name of Six Gates did not exist in the early Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Yuanzhang and others were unaware of it.

Liu Kuan didn't explain the real-life Six Gates, saying only, "In later film and television dramas, the Six Gates were commanded by a prince trusted by the Ming Emperor, who would dispatch one civil official and one military officer as his deputies to handle administrative matters."

"Then, outstanding detectives were selected from government offices across the country to join; martial arts masters and extraordinary individuals were recruited from the underworld to serve as hawks, dogs, and spies."

"They also focused on selecting talented orphans from the orphanages established by the imperial court, cultivating their loyalty to the emperor and patriotism from a young age, teaching them literature and martial arts, and instructing them in the techniques of investigation, pursuit, and arrest."

"At the same time, these elite detectives were divided into different levels according to their abilities and powers."

"For example, depending on the material of the waist badge, they are commonly known as Iron Constable, Bronze Constable, Silver Constable, and Gold Constable."

"The four most powerful captains of the police are equipped with divine constable tokens engraved with the four characters of Heaven, Earth, Darkness, and Yellow. Each has a title, and they are known as the Four Famous Constables. Their fame spreads throughout the world, and they terrify evil spirits!"

Zhu Biao and Zhu Ying were still young, and Zhu Xiongying was even younger. After listening to Liu Kuan's story about the Six Gates, coupled with the film "Operation Mekong" they had just watched, they couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with emotion.

Zhu Biao secretly decided that if his father did not set up the Six Gates, he would definitely set them up in the future.

Zhu Ying couldn't help but say, "Father, if the court establishes six gates, I am willing to be there to take charge!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted with a smile, "Weren't you going to Zhoushan to be a naval commander before? Now you're going to be in charge of the Six Gates? You're already in your twenties, and you still haven't made up your mind!"

Prince Lu Zhu Tan, who had been "eavesdropping" not far away, suddenly said, "Father, I think I'm the right person to take charge of the Six Gates that Teacher Liu mentioned!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't mind Zhu Tan's "eavesdropping" and looked at him and said, "You? With your intelligence, you are suitable for presiding over the Six Gates and honing your skills, but the premise is that you don't delay the classes in the main hall."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Tan patted his chest excitedly and said, "I will definitely not delay my studies!"

Liu Kuan was surprised to see that Zhu Yuanzhang decided to let Zhu Tan preside over the establishment of the Six Gates in a short time.

I thought, could this Prince Lu turn out to be like the Prince of Qi in the TV series “Six Doors”?

On the surface, he appears to be a kind and wise king, but in reality he is extremely cunning and cruel.

He secretly plotted to seize the throne, but failed and died...

Thinking of this, Liu Kuan shook his head subconsciously.

　First update.

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(End of this chapter)