Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 541 [Must Read] The Emperor and his Concubine Join Forces, Ultra-Long-Range Graphic Communication System - 1500 Miles per Hour

A corner of the Xishan Palace.

Li Yu saw Wang Zhenyi, whose face was slightly rounder, and smiled with relief:
"Servants have served Concubine Yi with merit, and each of them will be rewarded with 10 silver coins."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

A maid, five palace maids and several cooks from the small kitchen also received the reward.

Wang Zhenyi seemed a little uneasy.

But Li Yu raised his chin.

"I haven't seen you for more than half a month, and you feel strange to me, my beloved?"

Seeing such frivolity, Wang Zhenyi, who had always been strong-willed, suddenly blushed and became incoherent.

Just a small interlude, just for the fun of painting eyebrows.

……

Anyway,

Li Yu had high hopes for Wang Zhenyi.

After some affectionate moments, the nanny led the palace maids to come with copper basins and towels to clean the room.

Li Yu opened his arms without any reservations.

The nanny had seen the world, and she first served His Majesty and then served Concubine Yi.

During the cleaning process,
She discovered a strange phenomenon—the holy spirit seemed to have gone to a place it shouldn’t have gone.

After much deliberation, the nanny decided to quietly remind her master after His Majesty left that it was okay to waste money, but it was not okay to waste this thing.

It's about offspring.

If a woman in the palace does not have a child, her future will be difficult.

The emperor's favor has a very short shelf life, even shorter than the empress's career.

……

"Your Majesty, I have a mature idea about the long-distance communication method that I discussed with you last time."

"Oh?"

Li Yu put down his chopsticks in surprise. Buddha jumps over the wall, how can it smell like technology?

telegraph?

impossible.

There had been no breakthrough in electromagnetic science yet, and there were too many technical barriers before the telegraph could be put into use.

Wang Zhenyi showed a reserved and cunning smile:

"Your Majesty, after dinner, I will give you a live demonstration."

"well."

Li Yu is in a very happy mood~
……

Xishan Mountain, with its Piaomiao Peak, which is over 100 feet above sea level, is one of the highest peaks in the entire Jiangnan region.

Li Yu held Wang Zhenyi's hand and climbed all the way.

The guards surrounded him in front and behind to ensure safety.

When they reached a gentle slope on the mountainside, everyone stopped.

Wang Zhenyi ordered:

"Mammy, go get the telescope."

"Yes."

Two guards were carrying a large telescope with a stand, which at first glance looked like an astronomical telescope.

……

Wang Zhenyi read:
"You will be at the top of the mountain, and you will have a panoramic view of all the small mountains."

"Your Majesty, look, that's the Stone Lake, that's the Grand Canal, and that's the city."

Li Yu was still confused and nodded:

"Yes, if I climb to the top and stand on the Wangyue Pavilion to look out, I can even see the outline of Huzhou Prefecture."

Wang Zhenyi adjusted the angle and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, please look over there."

Li Yu came closer~
"Your Majesty, what did you see?"

"Qizi Mountain Top, Qianyuan Temple."

Wang Zhenyi adjusted the direction of the camera again.

"Your Majesty, can you see the Beisi Pagoda in the city?"

"Hmm, it's too far away. It's blurry."

……

Wang Zhenyi excitedly unfolded a scroll of drawings she had drawn.

"Your Majesty, based on the principle of seeing far from a height, I have designed a long-distance communication system."

"We built a communication tower every 40 miles, and installed a set of large enough movable wooden arms on the top of the tower as signal flags."

"The observer controls the wooden arm to change its angle and direction, thus corresponding to a set of flag signals."

"At the adjacent tower 40 miles away, the observer watched the flag signal changes through a telescope, recorded it, and then operated the wooden arm to convey it to the next tower again."

"I have thought about it. Investing the cost in building the tower, training personnel, and large telescopes is much more cost-effective than the post station."

Wang Zhenyi was very excited when she heard this, but when she saw that there was no response, she said awkwardly:

"His Majesty?"

……

Li Yu laughed out loud.

Remote communication problems are solved.

Before the 20th century, the two biggest headaches for rulers of vast empires were:

One, communication. Two, transportation.

Now we all see the light.

So he said excitedly:
"Princess Yi, you alone are more powerful than 10 soldiers."

"Issue an order to promote Concubine Yi to Imperial Concubine Yi from today on. If there are unemployed people in your family, they can all be arranged together. Those who want to make money can go to the southwest to open mines, and those who want to be officials can start studying in the government school. I will personally arrange a place for them in the future."

Wang Zhenyi hesitated to speak.

However, the nanny and the palace maids thanked happily.

If the master becomes prosperous, the servants will also become prosperous.

The imperial palace is the best place in the world for fame and fortune. They flatter the powerful and bully the weak, and their expressions change without hesitation.

……

Li Yu observed through the telescope for a long time again, and finally concluded that this communication system was indeed feasible.

Asked again:
"Have you ever thought about the flaws in this system?"

"I have thought about it. We should only communicate on sunny days and during the day. Also, the signal flags may not be rich enough and the information they can convey is limited."

"Let's go back to the palace. I will discuss with you a set of rich communication languages."

Inside the palace,
Li Yu stood above countless predecessors and put forward an idea based on the clear text telegraph.

"There are too many Chinese characters, but that's okay. I have designed a way to convert between simplified and traditional Chinese characters."

……

"Referring to the clock, the flag signal system consists of two wooden arms that can be flexibly rotated to correspond to the ten numbers from 2 to 0. The observer records the number and corresponds to the code book of the plain text telegraph, and can then consult the code book."

"Every four digits is a code, corresponding to a Chinese character."

"In this way, theoretically any information can be transmitted. No matter how long or short, complex or simple."

Wang Zhenyi's eyes widened.

Li Yu was very proud. As expected, to conquer a top student, one had to crush him with his IQ.

The emperor and his concubine chatted in the room for two and a half hours before finally implementing the system.

Many details have also been finalized one by one.

For example, the height of the tower is negatively correlated with the tower density, and the original hillside is used as much as possible.

For example, the mechanical design of signal systems.

For example, two wooden arms pointing together to 12 represent a pause, encoding the interval and ensuring accurate communication.

For example, opening schools and training observers.

For example, general communications are agreed upon for a fixed time period.

……

The next day, Li Yu and Concubine Yi left the island.

This project is named:
"The Wu Kingdom Tower."

The word "communication" is deliberately avoided to make the function vague.

Because this thing actually has no technical difficulty, it is purely a conceptual breakthrough.

What Li Yu has to guard against now are the Europeans, who have the ability and motivation to engage in counterfeiting.

He was not worried about the Qing court. What else could a bunch of rubbish do except engage in slavery and establish a killing beast army?
The first phase of the project,
The distance from Suzhou to Jiangning is 400 miles, so 15 towers were built for safety reasons.

Wang Zhenyi personally served as the teacher for the first batch of "Communications major" students.

Explain the principle and emphasize confidentiality~
……

Wu Ting bought a large number of high-quality lenses from Dutch merchants and made his own large telescope.
Buy a large number of pocket watches from Frankish merchants and distribute them to each tower.
We sent people to Nanyang to buy soda ash raw materials and asked the industrial department to produce transparent glass as soon as possible.
Building a tower is not a technically difficult task.

It does not need to be made of solid materials like a pagoda, but is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, with a cylindrical spiral upward, and bricks to the top to protect against wind. The top house is used to protect against wind and rain, and observers can stay there.

The first test was conducted half a month later.

The weather is sunny and windy.

At the first tower in Jiangning City, the observer operated the signal arm unsmoothly and sent out a signal.

After more than ten transmissions,
Located in the last tower in the palace, the observer received and translated the full text on the spot.

"Your Majesty, please read it."

Li Yu took the note and laughed.

"Today's market price for salted duck is 40 wen per catty, and duck soup is free. May 1, 1779, : a.m."

He opened his pocket watch: a quarter past eight.

After a while, the second message came.

"The Empire needs to go big."

Both messages were written by Li Yu himself two days ago and sent to Jiangning by express horse.

……

The empire's territory was too large, and remote border areas were easily out of control.

Distance and dominance are negatively correlated.

To solve this problem, we can only start from 2 points:
Transportation, communication. Today, it corresponds to communication towers and steam locomotives.

Communications have achieved breakthroughs, and steam locomotives are still undergoing repeated testing. However, as long as we are willing to spend money, I think it will not be far from practical application.

Perhaps the first generation steam locomotive could not outrun a horse.

But, the horse is the upper limit.

Steam locomotives are still the lower limit.

……

Next,
Li Yu added a large amount of funds.
Clearly announce to the Science and Technology Department, the Royal Academy of Sciences, and relevant (official and private) factories:
Steam-hulled ships, breech-loading rifles, breech-loading cannons, transparent glass, better bearings, mass-produced spring plate beams, cheap industrial lubricants, etc. - Anyone who makes a key breakthrough in the overall or partial process will be rewarded handsomely.

In addition to the official position, the reward starts at 500 silver coins and there is no upper limit.

If you excel in study, you can become an official; if you have excellent skills, you can also become an official.

The imperial court employed people in a flexible manner.

……

Human beings always think in a surprisingly consistent way.

Thousands of miles away, the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In a small courtyard.

Emerson, a former Saxon army officer who was huddled in the corner to bask in the sun, looked at the group of people pouring in with fear.

The young man in the lead was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, with sinister eyes and a raised mouth corner.

Emerson moved closer on his knees as if by reflex, and kowtowed.

Yongyan was very surprised and waved his hand:
"Come on, help me up."

"Whoo."

Two servants from the Ministry of Internal Affairs helped the disheveled Emerson up, one on each side.

……

"I want to use you. Are you willing to serve the Qing Dynasty?"

Listening to the interpreter's words, Emerson nodded rapidly, and despite the obviously different look on his face, he looked like a regular slave.

Yongyan sighed, guessing that this person had suffered a great punishment.

suddenly,
He realized that this way of employing people might not work.

laughed:

"I am the crown prince, the future emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Before I employ anyone, I like to show favors."

"I'll give you a banner and the title of deputy governor. I heard that nobles are very popular in your hometown? Then I'll give you the title of baron."

"Do you have any other requests? Just ask."

Emerson was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.

……

The servant at the side walked forward flatteringly:

"Congratulations, Sir Yang."

Emerson's face trembled, he clenched his fists, and pointed at him suddenly:
"I'm going to kill him."

Everyone present was stunned.

Yongyan guessed what was going on and said with a smile:
"He humiliated you, didn't he?"

Emerson shivered violently. He would never forget those painful memories until his death.

Seeing that the situation was not good,

The two slaves knelt down:
"Prince, please spare me. Lord, please spare me."
……

Yongyan took off his sword.

"General Ai, here's your reward. In the Qing Dynasty, you can kill anyone you want, not just these two dogs."

Emerson drew his sword and killed them one by one.

Then kneel down:

"There are also a few jailers from the Ministry of Justice. Please help them, Prince."

Yongyan laughed heartily, immersed in the sense of accomplishment in controlling people.

After a while,
The guards brought in four prisoners.

Emerson said nothing and hacked and killed crazily, and the scene was extremely bloody.

Yongyan admired this scene calmly.

……

Emerson dropped his saber and fell to his knees:
"Thank you, Master."

"I want to train a European-style musketeer team, and you will be the commander. You have the final say on all training and punishment. I will come to inspect from time to time."

"Yes, sir."

"Take General Ai to wash up and change clothes. We will go to the Xishan training ground tomorrow."

"Whoo."

That night, Emerson moved into the luxurious house. There were housekeepers, servants, maids, and horses.
He washed, changed his clothes, shaved his hair and beard, ate a lot, and even raped two maids at night.

Major Emerson, who commanded 45 men in the 2000th Infantry Regiment of the Saxon Kingdom, accompanied the Macartney Mission on the visit and was later taken prisoner and tortured.

His life has experienced tremendous ups and downs.

Anyway,

He no longer wanted to be tortured by those slaves. The prisons of the Qing Dynasty were too terrible.

……

The next day,

He rode to the training ground of Jianrui Camp in Xishan and was surprised to find a small group of Rakshasa soldiers.

The interpreter explained:
"These are the Luosha soldiers captured by Emperor Kangxi during his northern expedition more than 100 years ago. They were given flags and organized into Luosha Zuoling, and they also live in the inner city."

"Everyone, come and meet your governor."

A group of mixed-race Rakshasa soldiers swung their horseshoe sleeves in unison and knelt on one knee.

Shouting:

"Servants greet the master."

At this moment, Emerson seemed to be in another world.

He looked at these theoretical European fellows and felt extremely unfamiliar.

Take a deep breath:

"Beat the drums, assemble, I will read out the military discipline."

……

The atmosphere in Sijiu City is weird.

Even a blind man could smell the gunpowder in the air.

The East Palace secret room,

A group of people are discussing how to seize the throne, no, the throne without bloodshed.

"Your Majesty is old and in poor health. If you can voluntarily abdicate and be honored as the Grand Emperor, it will be a blessing for the Qing Dynasty."

"Yes. When Guo Jia is in trouble, the court needs a young helmsman."

"The key now is to send a wise minister to persuade the emperor to retire at the right time and enjoy his remaining years."

Fu Shou, who had the lowest official rank among the officials present, suddenly spoke:

"I am willing to lead the soldiers from the South Camp to the Meridian Gate to make remonstrances."

Everyone was shocked~
Military remonstrance?

The means are a bit drastic, but the starting point is good.

……

Yongyan was of course not present.

How could I be present and listen to such a thing? As a human being, you still have to have some dignity.

after that,

He gave three instructions:
1. The Emperor must not be killed.

Second, we must take the overall situation into consideration and not let local governors and governors-general harbor resentment.

Third, he wanted to take the helm as soon as possible and turn the tide for the Qing Dynasty.

The confidant of the Eastern Palace took advantage of the night to visit Heshen and Yu Minzhong, indirectly conveying his meaning, hoping that the two old ministers could help.
Heshen's eyes were red and swollen.

I feel sad and angry when I think about my favorite concubine being tormented by that kid Yongyan.

It turns out that the so-called "second to none" is just a piece of shit.

When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain his reason clearly. I have held numerous positions, but I have never touched military power.

……

The next day,

Heshen hurried into the palace.

As for what he talked about with Qianlong, outsiders have no idea.

Anyway,

The eunuchs heard the crying in the palace.

In the afternoon, Yu Minzhong also came.

Cried again.

The people inside and outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation were in mourning, as if the country was about to be destroyed.

Qianlong was horrified to discover that his influence was limited to the imperial city.

but,

He was still reluctant to leave and didn't want to be the emperor emeritus.

Only when you sit on the dragon throne can you understand the feeling that is hard to describe in words. Even at the moment before death, you are reluctant to let go.

……

One of the Eight Great Hutongs, inside a small courtyard.

"Master, great news. I have important military matters to ask for your approval."

After hearing the whole story, Jiang Tianmu, the station chief of the Intelligence Agency in Beijing, smiled in surprise.

whispered:
"You, lead the infantry commander and all the soldiers in the southern camp of the government office tomorrow, with swords and guns fully equipped, and patrol outside the imperial city, waiting for an opportunity to act."

"Have you informed Prince Jia in advance?"

"No, kill first and ask for permission later."

(End of this chapter)