"Marquis Yong 'an, we will have Official Fang, Official Du, and the others write a few articles and send them to the editorial department of the Great Tang Daily. We will use this opportunity to let the people of the world see the true colors of the Cui Clan and Zheng Clan. They were the ones who were unjust, so they can't blame us for being ruthless!"
In the Sweet Dew Hall.
After Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Cheng Yaojin left, Li Er looked at Li Zexuan and instructed.
Li Zexuan was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Old Li to know how to make use of public opinion. This time, the Cui family used public opinion to attack Li Er to incite the people to rebel against the imperial court. Now, Old Li wanted to use the same method to gain the people's trust and support!
Only a ruler who valued the people's trust would be a successful ruler!
"Yes, Your Majesty! In the next few days, Datang Daily will cooperate with the imperial court to announce the Cui family's rebellion to the world! As the saying goes, those who are righteous get more support while those who are unrighteous get little support. Cui Junchao has no regard for the emperor's grace and is not a subject. He will definitely be despised by the people! I will also list out all the good deeds and benevolence Your Majesty has done to the people since you took over the throne. People's hearts are made of flesh. I don't believe that the people can't differentiate between good and bad ~ "
Li Zexuan cupped his hands and replied.
"Yes!"
Li Er nodded and said, "The Cui and Zheng family have thousands of scholars in their hands. Actually, I am not afraid of how many soldiers they have. I am only afraid that they will use these scholars to bewitch the people and attack the imperial court. After all, the people are innocent!"
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty is so considerate of the people. It is the blessing of the people!"
Li Er smiled and didn't deny it. After a while, he said, "I have an idea. Listen to it and see if it is feasible!"
Li Zexuan's expression turned solemn as he listened attentively. Li Er paused for a moment before continuing, "Since ancient times, when a general was away from the capital, he would not obey military orders. The reason was that the battlefield was quite far from the capital, and the situation on the battlefield was constantly changing. Therefore, the previous emperors would not interfere with the generals away from the capital and give orders!
But this time, when Li Yu used a telegraph to send information to Chang 'an from Zhengzhou, I had an idea. That is, is it possible for me to understand the situation on the battlefield immediately through the telegraph? Then, if I or any other officials in the imperial court have any good ideas about military formations, I can also send them to the frontline through the telegraph at the very first moment! What do you think? "
Li Zexuan was shocked. He thought to himself that Old Li's thinking was quite advanced. He even knew how to engage in "information warfare"!
"Your Majesty, our telegraph is not mature yet. This kind of ultra-long distance communication is not stable. This time, the reason why Little Yu 'er was able to send the information from Zhengzhou to Chang' an was because she sent the telegram from a Buddhist pagoda that was more than a hundred feet high. When the army goes out, how can there be such a high altitude everywhere?
In addition, the power supply of the telegraph is also a problem. Therefore, I think that it is still too early for Your Majesty to use the telegraph to command the battle formation this time! Your Majesty, please reconsider! "
Li Er couldn't help but frown. He asked doubtfully, "What does the telegram sent by the telegraph have to do with the height of the terrain?"
Li Zexuan cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if I may be so bold as to ask you, if this person stood on a high mountain and shouted to the foot of the mountain, would his voice travel far? Or if he stood on the street and shouted, would his voice travel far? "
Li Er thought for a moment and replied, "Of course, if he stood on a mountain and shouted, his voice would travel far!"
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "That's right! Your Majesty, in fact, the telegram sent by the telegraph is just like shouting. If you stand high and the position is spacious, it will naturally travel far! There are many houses in the city, which will block the telegram sent by the telegraph, so it won't travel far! "
He definitely couldn't tell Li Er about the transmission loss of electromagnetic waves. Otherwise, if he wanted to explain it clearly, he would have to talk for a long time! After thinking about it, Li Zexuan could only give an example to explain to Li Er.
"I see!"
Li Er nodded thoughtfully. Then, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "I still have a plan! This time, we can let the pharmacist bring two celestial lamps. On one hand, it can be used to scout the enemy from the sky. On the other hand, we can use the celestial lamps to send information to Chang 'an from the sky! What do you think? "
Li Zexuan didn't object this time. In fact, he had thought of using the celestial lamps to carry the telegraph when he came here. The reason why he didn't tell Li Er at the first moment was because he was worried that this kind of technology that was ahead of its time would cause uncontrollable variables in the future if it was used on the battlefield too early before it matured.
The Tang Dynasty's biggest enemy was still the Turks. Li Zexuan felt that using the celestial lamps and the telegraph to deal with the Zhengzhou rebels was a little overkill!
"Your Majesty's wisdom is as vast as the sea. This subject admires you! This subject feels that this method is feasible, as long as you pay attention to the power supply of the telegraph! "
Li Zexuan cupped his hands and said.
Li Er's face finally revealed a victorious smile. At this time, he looked at Li Zexuan meaningfully and asked, "You must be wondering why I am so insistent on using the telegraph in this rebellion, right?"
Li Zexuan was silent. Seeing this, Li Er continued, "Five Families and Seven Hopes. Just three families working together to deal with me? What a joke! I don't put Cui Junchuo in my eyes! However, using the blood of the Cui Family and the Zheng Family to sharpen the blades of my army seems to be a good choice!
I won't hide it from you, I long for war! In the ninth year of Wude, the Turks attacked the city and I was forced to sign the treaty. This is the greatest shame of my life! At the latest next year, I will send troops to the Turks and fight it out with Xieli!
I can't wait to go to the battlefield and kill them with my own hands. However, as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how can I casually go to the battlefield? And the telegraph that you, Marquis Yong 'an, built just happens to solve this worry of mine. Although I can't go to the battlefield, I can control the situation through the telegraph!
And now, the Cui Family's rebellion can be used to train my troops! Your telegraph must be used this time. Even if there are problems along the way, I don't care! "
Li Zexuan was silent. Although Li Er was just over thirty years old, he had been on the battlefield for more than ten years. He was a real Emperor on horseback. Such a strong Li Er was attacked by the Turks back then. How could he not be angry ~?
However, Li Er was now the Emperor of a country. Even if he wanted to take revenge, he couldn't personally go to the battlefield. For a former world hero, this was also a kind of grievance and suffering!
"This subject obeys Your Majesty! Currently, this subject has a total of three telegraph machines. One of them was given to Li Yu. Since Your Majesty wants to arrange it this way, then when the army sets out tomorrow, this subject will send a student from the Academy who knows how to use the telegraph to bring one telegraph machine and two celestial lamps with the army. This subject will send the last telegraph machine to the palace. At that time, Your Majesty can let His Highness, Prince of Wei, teach the people in the palace how to use the telegraph machine! "
Since Li Er had put it this way, Li Zexuan naturally had no reason to refuse. After thinking for a moment, he cupped his hands and said.
Li Er was finally satisfied and said, "So kind! Haha, after this rebellion is quelled, I will remember your merit! "
"This subject does not ask for a reward. If there is merit, it should be the contribution of the student from the Academy who went to Zhengzhou!"
…
In the afternoon, Chang 'an City suddenly became "busy". In the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue, officials went in and out, all of them in a hurry. They were all busy!
In the city, teams of soldiers were constantly escorting carts of grain and fodder out of the city!
Since ancient times, grain and fodder had always been the first to move. This time, the imperial court's army of more than sixty thousand was going to Henan Province. The amount of grain and fodder they needed was not a small amount. However, they would not bring all the grain and fodder at once. They only needed to bring about ten days' worth of rations. When they arrived at Henan Province, they could either exchange the grain from the local government or transfer it directly from Luoyang!
In Chang 'an City, the old people who had experienced the great chaos in the early years were all worried when they saw this scene!
"This! Where did this war break out? "
"There is going to be a war! The imperial court is going to war! I just don't know where it will be this time! "
"Did the Turks start to harass the border of the Tang Empire again?"
At present, the imperial court had not officially issued a notice, so even if the people felt that something was wrong, they could only make wild guesses in private.
However, those in the officialdom basically knew the cause and effect. The Cui Family had rebelled and the world was going to change!
"Wenhao, Iron Egg, I won't force you. In fact, I don't want you to take risks. So, whether you go or not, it's all up to you!"
On the way back to Cloud Mountain, Li Zexuan had been considering the candidates from the Academy who would go south with the army. First of all, he definitely could not go. It was not that he was afraid of death and did not dare to go on the battlefield. With his current martial arts cultivation, as long as he was not alone on the battlefield and was not surrounded by thousands of people, he would not die. The main reason why he could not go was that the construction of the dam at Ba River had reached the most critical stage. Recently, Yan Shaoning and Mo Huai had often encountered this and that kind of problems. He had to find a way to solve the problems. If he really could not leave, then the dam would really be ruined!
He had spent too much money and effort on this dam. He really could not bear to give it up halfway! Moreover, in his eyes, although the Cui Family and the Zheng Family had a strong foundation and a lot of people, they were still vulnerable in the face of the Tang Army! The reason why Cui Junchuo felt that he had a chance was that he wanted to take Luoyang and strengthen himself before the imperial court reacted!
However, the telegram sent by Li Yu had completely destroyed the Cui Family's painstaking plan. In this way, Cui Junchuo was even less of a threat!
Therefore, Li Zexuan felt that it was not worth it for him to go, and there was no need for him to go!
Since he was not going, he could only let his students go. Among his students, only Li Tai, Meng Wenhao, and Iron Egg were proficient in using the telegraph.
Although Cheng Chumo was the first to come into contact with the telegraph, this idiot had never learned how to use it!
Therefore, after returning to Yunshan, Li Zexuan sent someone to call Meng Wenhao and Iron Egg to the side yard. He briefly told them about the imperial court's intention to send an army to Zhengzhou to quell the rebellion, and then began to ask for their opinions.
"Sir! I'm willing to go! I'm willing to follow the army to Zhengzhou! "
Meng Wenhao said without hesitation as soon as Li Zexuan finished speaking.
Speaking of which, he was still worried about how to help Li Zexuan resolve the crisis. Now that Li Zexuan had made this request, it was exactly what he wanted. Instead of worrying in Chang 'an, it was better to go directly to Zhengzhou to help resolve the crisis!
"Master! Iron Egg is also willing to go! "
Not long after Meng Wenhao finished speaking, Iron Egg also spoke up.
Li Zexuan looked at the two of them with a solemn expression, saying, "Both of you should think carefully. This is going to the battlefield, not a game. Although you will be staying in the main tent at that time, and the danger will be much smaller, but on the battlefield, there will never be an absolutely safe place!
Wenhao, your life doesn't belong to you alone. You still have your parents and sister. If anything happens to you on the battlefield, what will you do to them?
And Iron Egg, you are the only son of the Han family. If your father knew that you are going to the battlefield, what would he think? "
To be honest, Li Zexuan was quite conflicted. Strictly speaking, following the army to the south was a good opportunity for the students of the academy to gain experience. There was little danger, and if they won the battle, they might even be able to gain military merits, which would benefit them for life!
But he was also worried that something would happen to his students in Zhengzhou …
After listening to Li Zexuan's earnest words, Meng Wenhao and Iron Egg both lowered their heads. But after a while, Meng Wenhao raised his head and said, "Yamachō, I have made up my mind! This trip to Zhengzhou, I must go! If I don't go, I will regret it for the rest of my life. As for my parents, I will persuade them! "
Iron Egg also raised his head and said with red eyes, "Master! Iron Egg also wants to go! My father went to the north to kill the Turks. Iron Egg also wants to become a hero like my father! "
"Iron Egg …!"
Suddenly, a complicated female voice came from the door. It was Han Yuxi.
"Wife!"
Li Zexuan hurriedly got up and greeted her with a guilty conscience.
Because he didn't have time to discuss this matter with his wife.
"Sister, can you not stop Iron Egg ~?"
Iron Egg stood up and looked at Han Yuxi, his eyes full of persistence.
Han Yuxi stared at Iron Egg in front of her in a daze, looking at her brother who she had personally raised. After a long while, she walked forward and patted Iron Egg's shoulder, saying with a complicated tone,
"Iron Egg, you have grown up! I don't have the right to make decisions for you anymore. If you've decided on something, then go ahead and do it! Sister only wants you to be safe! "
Seeing Han Yuxi like this, Iron Egg felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart. He held back his tears and said, "Sister, don't worry. Iron Egg will definitely make himself safe! Iron Egg will definitely become a hero like my father! "
"Husband, you … you two continue to talk! I will go out and see Lan 'er! "
Han Yuxi quickly turned around and gently wiped the corner of her eyes with her sleeve. She said to Li Zexuan and hurriedly went out.
The room was silent.
After a while, Li Zexuan forced himself to be spirited and asked, "Both of you want to go?"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Meng Wenhao and Iron Egg nodded solemnly at the same time.
Li Zexuan sighed softly and said, "That's good! Since that's the case, then let's both go! We can take care of each other on the way! Go back and pack up immediately. Tomorrow morning, I will send you to Uncle Li. In the future, you will listen to his orders! As for the academy, you don't have to worry. I will ask for leave for you first. When you come back, I will arrange for someone to make up lessons for you! "
"Yes! Yamachō! "
"Yes! Master! "
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