Xinshun 1730

Chapter 312
The emperor came prepared, and not long after, the seventh prince, Li Yan, came in from outside.

Although he is a prince, he has not yet been titled nor married.

After entering, he first saluted the emperor and called his father, then bowed to Liu Yu and called Liu Yu by his title.

After looking at it for a while, Li Yan looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a blindfold on his left eye.

The acne queen obviously didn't bless him very well. It is not necessary to wear an eye mask when he has acne, but if the acne grows on the eyes and causes blindness, then he must wear it. It is quite scary to take it off.

Liu Yu was thinking that Li Yan was in the palace all day, and he was also afraid that his scary-looking eyes would make the emperor disgusted, so he simply put on the blindfold. Although it didn't look aesthetically pleasing, it was not scary anymore.

He is quite tall, not full of stature, and not very strong.

Thinking of such a life experience, and being born in the emperor's family, it doesn't matter if all thoughts are lost, the spirit is scattered, and it doesn't matter at all;

With little contact, Liu Yu can't jump to conclusions.

"When I was young, I heard the name of Eagle Sobo, and I also saw the balloon flying into the sky. At that time, those Western missionaries praised Eagle Sobo all day long. The servant, but his practical knowledge is higher than that of Dai Shilang. Today, I am honored to be allowed by my father to study with Ying Suobo."

This kind of scene can't be seen, who knows how many times it has been rehearsed?However, Liu Yu felt that this might be someone who really wanted to learn, because he didn't have the right of inheritance, so he didn't have to show a studious look to please the emperor.

I praised Liu Yu a few words, which sounded very useful.

After Li Yan finished complimenting Liu Yu, he said again: "Since I read the study of Western countries written by Ying Suobo, I know the size of the earth and the vastness of the ocean. I have also read some naval brochures written by Ying Suobo, and I know the navy. In combat, in the past, jumping gangs were often used to fight, so some brave people often wear blindfolds, so that they can enter the dark cabin from the sun, and they only need to change the side of the blindfold to fight; Looking at the sun, the scorching sun often scorches the eyes, so there are many eye masks."

"I lost my left eye since I was a child. I used to feel resentful, but now I think, is it because God told me to devote myself to the scorpion?"

This is also quite beautiful, the emperor nodded in approval as a sign of encouragement.

Li Yan looked at Liu Yu in front of him, and couldn't help but think of the autumn when the hot air balloon soared in the capital for the first time many years ago.

I was only eight years old that year, and it was a rare opportunity to see my biological mother. As always, my biological mother loved this disabled child since childhood.

In the autumn garden, the birth mother was telling stories from the Bible.

One day, Jesus and his disciples were walking along the road when they saw a man who was born blind, sitting on the side of the road begging for food.The disciples asked Jesus, "Teacher, this man was born blind. Who committed the sin? Was it him or his parents?"

Jesus said: "His blindness is not because of his own sin, nor his parents' sin, but to reflect the power of God in him. As long as I am in the world, I will bring light to the world."

Li Yan was still young at that time, and did not have many opportunities to contact his biological mother, and the palace had its own system.He just knew that he was baptized shortly after he was born. At that time, he did not have the right to choose. His Christian name was Ignatius, the same as Sun Yuanhua, a firearms expert in the previous dynasty.

It was not the first time Li Yan had heard this story that day.

It is said that there are no taboos in children's words, and Li Yan still remembers asking his biological mother a question that still hurts his heart when he thinks of his biological mother's desperate eyes many years later.

"Mother, I have been blind since I was very young. But God didn't send Jesus to heal me... Am I guilty?"

After saying a word, Li Yan still remembers that his mother's tears fell down, holding his face and saying, "It's my mother's fault, it's my mother's fault..."

He wanted to go to his mother's arms and wipe her eyes, but when he looked up, he saw the hot air balloon floating in the sky in the distance.

For a moment, he really believed that it was a miracle of God, to save his eyes.

Her biological mother also prayed devoutly, begging Jesus Christ to restore her child's blind eye.

however……

After that day, Li Yan knew that it was just a hot air balloon flying into the sky.The faith that was born in the only bit of Dian Dian was shattered.

From hope to disillusionment, but a few days.

So the hot air balloon impressed him too much, and he wanted to know how it flew into the sky.

The prince wants to learn. He asked those teachers who taught him a subset of classics and history, but the teachers couldn't answer.

I also asked the missionaries who taught them Western knowledge at that time, but the missionaries could not answer.

It was not until a long time later that someone told him that the person who made this thing gave an explanation, just like the Kongming lantern, the air expands when heated, like a wooden board floating on the water, lighter than air.Rather than flying into the sky, it is better to say it floats into the sky.

Li Yan remembered Liu Yu's name very early.

In the following years, this name would always appear in his ears from time to time.

During the period when Rakshasa was at war and his father was in charge, there would be news about Liu Yu; later, when the palace began to change the glass on a large scale, Liu Yu's name would be indispensable; …

This name was very famous among the princes. Li Yan felt that he might not know who the current Pingzhang soldiers were, but he firmly remembered the name.

From time to time, some newly printed pamphlets about real studies flowed into the court. Li Yan read them with great interest, indulging in another world that would not be touched by those classics and history collections—the world, why is this so?Why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west?Why are there four distinct seasons?Whose power is it that drives this world?
The palace is the most gloomy place in the world. Most of the princes who grew up here are either perverted or crazy, even if they behave like normal people.

But Li Yan was different, no one in the palace bullied him.

Because of his disability, he received preferential treatment that many other brothers did not enjoy.

What is missing, we will say something.

Just like the imperial palace where brothers fight each other, the emperor's most important thing to his heirs is the four words "brother, friend, brother respect".

A disabled younger brother, a younger brother who has no political threat at all, is the best object to show brotherly respect in front of the father.

Li Yan has a good relationship with every brother, at least no one dares to make fun of him or bully him in the open.

And as the brothers grew up, all kinds of intrigues completely excluded him, especially after the banning incident.

Without interest entanglement, there will be no unwarranted hatred.

Li Yan, who grew up in this environment, can be regarded as a slightly normal person.

Because of the influence of his mother, and because of the impression that made him completely disillusioned that day, he began to put more energy on Western learning—at this time, he changed his name to Real Learning, because the emperor combined Western Learning and Real Learning with the same name. segmentation.

What is effective in the east and also effective in the west is called practical learning; what is normal in the west but unacceptable in the east is called western learning.

After the ban on religion, many books were implicated and required strict censorship before they could enter the palace.And Liu Yu’s is not listed here, so Li Yan has read many pamphlets written by Liu Yu, and knows far more about the geography and history of the world than his brothers—the brothers need to read more collections of classics and history, but he does not. demand.

The imperial palace is like a birdcage, and normal people in this birdcage long to see a bigger world.Especially when he was growing up, after someone told him how big the world was.

In the dark, Li Yan is grateful to Liu Yu from the bottom of his heart.

If that autumn, without that coincident hot air balloon, maybe he would really pin his hope on God's salvation, just like the story his mother told, one day Jesus would touch his eyes.

However, if that is the case, perhaps after the banning of religion, his fate will be completely a waste of the court.

It was precisely because of that coincident hot air balloon that he became the best one among the many princes, and the emperor praised him a lot.

Because of this foundation, after the emperor wanted to take over Liu Yu's navy alone, the disabled son was the first thing he thought of.

There is no threat to the crown prince, no matter who will come to power in the future, he will have a good relationship with him; he is the emperor's own son, no matter what, this fleet is surnamed Li, and there is no need for a person who cannot inherit the throne Stand in line and engage in a coup or rebellion.

It's a blessing in disguise, and the disability plus the disadvantage of being baptized at a young age turned out to be an advantage this time.

The navy is booming, and it is rumored that the Ministry of the Navy will be established in the future, under the Privy Council, and the Ministry of the Army and the Navy Department will be listed under the Privy Council.

The princes can go to the Privy Council to practice as staff officers, and they can go to the military academy after the military reform to learn the knowledge of war, but they have almost no chance to wield real military power.

And he may be the first among the many princes who really has military power.

Li Yan has never tasted the taste of power, but he knows how intoxicating and magical it is, so that it will make those brothers who were brothers and sisters in childhood change their appearance when they grow up.

Li Yan felt that he was lucky.

Compared with those brothers who failed in the competition, they may be locked in the capital for the rest of their lives in the future, and they will not hold a little bit of real power.And he, no matter which elder brother is in the position, he will always be the first to be wooed.

All of this luck seems to be traced back to the person in front of me and the hot air balloon that ascended to the capital in the golden autumn.

You don't have to do anything, and you don't have to do anything.

It doesn't matter which of my older brothers will become the emperor after my father's death, I only need to be loyal to the emperor, not someone.Whoever is the emperor in the future will be his closest brother, and he will also be that brother's closest younger brother.

At this moment, standing in front of Liu Yu, Li Yan felt a little complicated.Facing Liu Yu, his mentality was also a little different.

A bit of predestined mystery; a bit of respect for military exploits; a bit of a prophet who seems to have cured his heart disease...and a bit of fear that he knows well.

As for the few words he said to Liu Yu, they were not all scene words.But he wasn't sure if Liu Yu believed it.

The emperor didn't say that he should "see him as a teacher" to Liu Yu, but just asked him to practice and learn from Liu Yu. Perhaps for some deep meaning, he didn't want to go into it, but he knew that the emperor didn't say "see him as a teacher". Just because he doesn't want him to have a formal teacher-student relationship with Liu Yu doesn't mean he doesn't have to do it in reality.

After a brief silence, Li Yan heard Liu Yu asking him what books he had written.

"I have read many books by Ying Suobo. "A Brief Examination of Western Countries", "Introduction to Force and Inertia, and Universal Gravity", "General Knowledge of Physics", "On Momentum Pendulum and Measuring Cannon Ejection and Artillery Algorithm" , "The History of the Prosperity of the Netherlands", "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Spanish Gold and Silver", "Triangle Trade"..."

He talked about a lot of simple booklets written by Liu Yu like a few famous dishes. He has the foundation of mathematics taught by missionaries, and some things seem easier to understand than ordinary people; as for those who seem to be talking about trade, they are actually talking about it. At this time, there is no other school for political economics, and there is no speculation. I can only read it through and accept it, and subconsciously take it for granted, and I feel quite enlightened.

Of course, there is nothing in it that can be reversed.

(End of this chapter)