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[My aunt's father-in-law died of complications of COVID-19 and ran to work hard for a while. She came back late and was feeling restless. Today I will post half a chapter and make up for yesterday's out of context, even if I take a day off.]

After Jiao Shun said this "big talk", the Renshou Palace fell into silence again.

In fact, such remarks that imagine the future out of thin air are not surprising. If you meet a strong scholar in person, you will be afraid that you will immediately refute this fantasy, and even the arguments required for refutation are ready-made, and you will directly excerpt from some ancient books.

However……

After all, the Supreme Emperor is not a great Confucian scholar. Although he complained about the new policy because of the turmoil in the court, he was far from the same oath as the Confucian scholars who oathed to the new policy.

More importantly, he has been blind for several years, and can only use others to describe new things that have appeared recently, such as ironclad ships, bicycles, generators, lighthouses, etc.

When ordinary people mention these new things, they often exaggerate them unconsciously - for example, when Jiao Shun first built a bicycle, it was said that it was "stand on the hot wheels".

Influenced by this, the Supreme Emperor's impression of these objects is actually far more bizarre than that of ordinary people, and hence he can feel the changes of "changing with each passing day".

So after thinking about it carefully, he felt that what Jiao Shun said was not too exaggerated, and this triggered a strong sense of crisis.

But if we say that we have turned to supporting the new policy, we can't make this turn for the time being.

Besides, the father and son cannot both stand opposite the ministers, right?

So after a while of silence, he shook his head and said, "Your words are probably a bit alarmist."

Jiao Shun's tone was obviously much better than when he was asked just now. He knew that even if he had not been persuaded by him, he was afraid that he would be somewhat shaken.

So I hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "I am just picking up Your Majesty's wisdom and dare not deceive the Supreme Emperor. When I first heard about this, I felt that it was a worry. But the more I understood the style of the Uxi Kingdom, the more I felt like walking on thin ice, and the more I felt that Your Majesty had a far-sighted vision!"

"Just two or three hundred years ago, the Uxi Kingdom was just a small country in the extreme west. In terms of national strength, it is not the best among the Western barbarians. In order to rise strongly, the Uxi Kingdom can be said to have used all the best."

"The people are exploited internally, and even issued private pirates to the outside world, condoned bandits to attack foreign business travelers, and promised to provide them with shelter for stolen goods, supplies, etc. So the Western barbarians were all willing to obey orders, which caused the military strength of Uxi to increase sharply. In the end, the "Invincible Fleet" of the most powerful Western barbarian country, and began to dominate Europe."

"After that, the country became stronger and even more rampant. Relying on the strong ships and the cannons and acted recklessly, they often massacred cities and destroyed the country. Over the past hundred years, countless land was expanded, and their jurisdiction was several times larger than our Celestial Empire. It was the name of an empire that did not set sun."

"The fierce and greedy people are more than the Mongolians in the late Song Dynasty and the Tartars in the late Ming Dynasty! If our Daxia wants long-term stability and prosperity for thousands of years, we will never give them any opportunity to take advantage of it."

"Therefore, I think that even if it is just to leave a guarantee for future generations, the industrial reforms carried out by Your Majesty must be implemented no matter how many disadvantages there are!"

Because he participated in this palace examination review, the Supreme Emperor had some understanding of the cruelty of Uxi Kingdom. In response to Jiao Shun's idea just now, the balance in his heart unconsciously reversed.

However, after all, he has been upright for many years, and even if his will is shaken, it is impossible to show it immediately. What he most opposed is not the new policy itself, but the way Emperor Longyuan radically promoted the new policy.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly waved his hand and said, "I know, please step back."

Jiao Shun wanted to speak but stopped hearing this, but there was no clear answer to the purpose of his trip.

The Supreme Emperor seemed to have noticed something and added: "I will send someone to the emperor in two days."

"I, take your leave!"
Chapter completed!