"Marquis Yong 'an, if I didn't hear wrongly, that mister was explaining the principles of the telegraph to the students?"
Arriving at the conference room on the first floor of Guanghua Building, Li Er gestured for Li Zexuan to close the door. Then, he looked at Li Zexuan and asked.
Li Zexuan didn't know what Li Er meant by this question, but he still replied truthfully, "Your Majesty, what Mr. Mo said before was only the most basic theoretical knowledge used in the telegraph …"
"The most basic knowledge? What's wrong with the most basic knowledge? If these most basic knowledge were to be learned by foreigners, wouldn't they also be able to create the telegraph? "
Li Er mercilessly interrupted Li Zexuan's words. His face was gloomy as he said, "I let you establish Yanhuang College to open the minds of the people and promote engineering. I didn't let you leak the military secrets of the Tang Empire. The telegraph is the highest military secret of the Tang Empire, but you so easily revealed its principles to the public. Have you considered the consequences?
This time, the imperial court sent troops to Zhengzhou. Before Cui Junchuo attacked Luoyang, they completed the encirclement of Guancheng County in time. Then, during the siege, Li Jing and Liu Rengui worked together to break into the city without expending a single soldier. What did they rely on? You should know better than me!
You can imagine, if the technology of the telegraph fell into the hands of the enemy, how much trouble would it bring to the Tang Empire? As the Yamachō of Yanhuang College, why didn't you think of this ~? "
Li Er blabbered on and on, not giving Li Zexuan a chance to interrupt. It could be seen that he was quite angry now.
It was because of the recent war that Li Er saw the importance of the telegraph in the military, so he had such a big reaction now!
Li Zexuan saw that Li Er had finally finished speaking, so he quickly took the opportunity to say, "Your Majesty, knowing the principle of the telegraph machine and making it are two completely different things. It's like everyone knows that food is grown from the ground, but does everyone know how to grow the ground? Of course not!
I'm introducing these things to the students in the 'Physics' textbook so that they can understand the characteristics of things in this world and broaden their horizons. This way, they can create more valuable things in the future!
Even a wise man would make a mistake. Although this official is proficient in engineering, this official's strength is limited after all. This official needs many successors of engineering to help this official overcome more technical difficulties. If this official blindly cherishes what he knows, once this official gets old or dies, engineering will quickly decline and there will be no successor! "
Li Zexuan felt that he needed to explain the gap between theory and practice to Old Li, and at the same time change Old Li's long-held beliefs.
This question was actually very simple. In modern times, it could be said that 90% of college students and even high school students knew how the telegraph worked. But did they know how to make a telegraph? Obviously, it was impossible. Among the 90% of the students, it would already be good if 5% of them could make a telegraph!
Another example would be the atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb. Many people knew the explosion principle of the atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb. One was nuclear fission, and the other was nuclear fusion. However, with so many people knowing the principle, why were there so few countries in the world that possessed nuclear weapons?
There was a huge gap between theory and practice.
It was impossible for a person who knew the principle to understand everything in practice. These were two completely different things!
Li Er's expression became slightly better. He said doubtfully, "According to what you said, even if all this knowledge was leaked to foreign countries, our enemies would still find it difficult to imitate the telegraph?"
Li Zexuan cupped his hands and replied, "Your Majesty, that is indeed the case. Even if they have figured out how to make a telegraph machine, by that time, we may have already produced an even more advanced telegraph machine with a longer transmission distance and a more stable message transmission!
Moreover, although this is the case, this knowledge is unique to our Tang Empire. Currently, only the students of Yanhuang College have the qualifications to learn it. This official will also instruct them to keep it a secret. Even if the students outside or the envoys of other countries enter the Academy, they will not be able to learn this knowledge!
Your Majesty's words today can be considered as a reminder to this official. In the future, this official will strengthen the education and punishment of the students of the Academy. In the future, Yanhuang College's enrollment will focus on whether the students are patriotic. This will prevent evil people from sneaking into the Academy and stealing knowledge!
This official will quickly come up with a regulation for these things and then hand it over to Mr. Kong Gui and Mr. Wen Ji to strictly implement it. This will further prevent the teachers and students of the Academy from leaking the Academy's knowledge! "
Li Er's expression finally improved. He nodded and said, "En! That's more like it! Yanhuang College will definitely be an important tool of the country in the future. This Emperor will pay attention to it. Don't play dumb with this Emperor. You must also pay attention to the management of the Academy! "
Although Yanhuang College had only been established for less than a year and had not fully blossomed, Li Er could already see the importance of Yanhuang College to the Tang Empire's national strength.
"This official obeys!"
Li Zexuan cupped his hands and said.
Li Er waved his hand and said seriously, "Alright! Let's get down to business. We came here today because we have something to discuss with you! "
Li Zexuan was puzzled and said, "Your Majesty, please speak!"
Li Er pondered for a moment and slowly said, "This time, in resolving the crisis of Luoyang and taking down Guan City, the telegraph played an extremely important role. The situation on the battlefield is constantly changing. The commander behind the enemy needs the latest news from the frontlines, and the soldiers at the frontlines need the latest orders from the commander. The telegraph perfectly solved all the problems. This thing is simply a divine tool for military formation communication!
The Apothecary mentioned to this Emperor in his report that he wants to fully implement the telegraph in the army. This Emperor feels that the Apothecary's words are very reasonable. Therefore, firstly, the telegraph that the army needs, Marquis Yong 'an, see if you can think of a way to create another batch. Secondly, no one in the army knows how to use the telegraph. Either you let your students teach the soldiers how to use the telegraph, or you can directly send a batch of students into the army to take charge of the telegraph! What do you think? "
When Li Zexuan heard this, he frowned slightly. He did not expect Li Er to be in such a hurry to promote the telegraph. The problem was that the telegraph was still in the experimental stage. If they wanted to use it on a large scale, there were still many problems that needed to be solved!
"Your Majesty, the current telegraph technology is still not mature. This official suggests that Your Majesty wait a few more days for the academy to improve the telegraph before promoting it to the army! You must not be too hasty! "
Li Zexuan cupped his hands and said.
Li Er said somewhat unwillingly, "The immature you are talking about should be referring to the telegraph's transmission distance not being far enough, right? However, there is already a solution. In this Guan City rebellion, Li Yu was at the top of Songyue Temple's pagoda, and Meng Wenhao was on the Fairy Lamp. They were able to transmit information to Chang 'an more than four hundred miles away. This is already enough! At most, when the army goes to war in the future, we can bring a few more Fairy Lamps with us! "
Li Zexuan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, using a telegraph to send a telegram from a high place can increase the transmission distance, but there is also a limit. With our current telegraph, this official estimates that four hundred miles is very likely to be the limit. Any further and it might not work!
Moreover, if we need to climb to a very high Fairy Lamp every time we send a telegram, it will be very disadvantageous for the army's concealment! If our army needs to sneak behind the enemy, what should we do? Do we have to raise a Fairy Lamp? Wouldn't that be telling the enemy the location of our army?
Therefore, this official hopes that Your Majesty will give this official some more time. When the time comes, the telegraph that has been modified by the academy will not only be able to transmit messages further, but it will also only need to be sent on flat ground when sending a telegram! This kind of telegraph is more suitable to be promoted in the army! "
When Li Er heard this, his expression could not help but change. He asked uncertainly, "Can this kind of telegraph really be made?"
"Absolutely!"
Li Zexuan replied with certainty.
Li Er nodded and said, "Good! Then how long do you need? "
Li Zexuan thought for a moment and replied, "At least half a year, at most a year. Because the modification of the telegraph needs to search for and refine a few special materials, this official cannot give Your Majesty a very precise time!"
Li Er did not ask Li Zexuan what materials he needed because he knew that it was useless to ask. He definitely did not have them. Otherwise, Li Zexuan would have directly borrowed them from him instead of painstakingly searching for them. Therefore, Li Er directly said,
"This Emperor knows that you have sent people to search for all kinds of mineral veins. In the future, as long as it is useful for making a telegraph, this Emperor can give it to you no matter what kind of mineral it is! If you don't have enough people to search for mineral veins, this Emperor can also allocate some people to you!
If this Emperor remembers correctly, there are two brothers in the Imperial Army. Their ancestors were Daoist sorcerers who specialized in searching for Longdianxue. Although these two did not learn the family's skills, they have been to most places in the Tang Empire. If you need people to search for mineral veins, this Emperor can send them to follow you and help you search for useful mineral veins all over the world! "
"Yes, yes! Your Majesty, to be honest, this official does not lack anything right now, but I lack people! "
When Li Zexuan heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. When he sent Ah Fu to Sichuan to search for vanadium ore, he was thinking that he should form a team that specialized in searching for mineral veins. However, he had not been able to find the appropriate talents. He did not expect Old Li to directly send him warmth today.
This warmth was sent at the right time!
Li Er could not help but smile and said, "Alright! This Emperor will let them come to you when the time comes! These two people are called Liu Feng and Liu Yun. Other than being experienced and knowledgeable, their martial arts are also not bad. In the future, after they help you search for mineral veins, they will stay behind to be your guards! You and Yanhuang College are important to the Tang Empire. You cannot have any mishaps! "
"Ah ~?"
Li Zexuan was stunned when he heard this. He quickly waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this cannot be done, absolutely cannot be done! The two of them are Imperial Guards. How can they be my guards? Your Majesty, please retract your order! "
Previously, when Pang Feiji searched for the whereabouts of the "Four Ghosts of Taibai" for several months to no avail, Li Zexuan had thought of expanding a group of guards. Although he was indeed lacking guards, he could not use the Imperial Army as his guards. One had to know that the Imperial Army was equivalent to the Emperor's personal guards. If they were to be his guards, it would be taboo!
"No matter! You just need to improve the telegraph machine as soon as possible. If this is done, I will guarantee Yanhuang College's glory and glory for generations to come! "
Li Er waved his hand and said without allowing any objection.
After that, he did not wait for Li Zexuan's reaction and left directly!
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