Chapter 67 What if?
1055, the second year of Zhihe in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Song Renzong is now 45 years old, in the prime of his life.
The one who was active in the Northern Song Dynasty court was not him, the emperor with real power, but——
Princess Fukang, who was only 16 years old, Zui Xinglai, who was one year younger than her, and Su Jinghe, who was 35 years old this year.
Ever since Su Jinghe developed the "magic weapon" that changed the Song Dynasty - electricity, his reputation has gone from being universally praised to being a mixed bag.
It is said that people will envy those who are slightly better than themselves, but not those who are much better than themselves.
But is this person so strong that the whole world is shocked?
Su Jinghe's declining reputation was due to this "electricity".
Some people think he is a demon and should be eliminated.
Who first spread this kind of voice is unknown to the public - the gang had been wiped out by Song Renzong, "Anyone who shakes Shenji's loyalty to the Song Dynasty is despicable!" Song Renzong found all the people and couldn't find out the reason. He found out that these people actually believed that Su Jinghe was an evil spirit, and that all of them, from the emperor to the court officials, had been bewitched by the evil spirit.
They even had a plan. They would first pressure Su Jinghe through public opinion. If Su Jinghe remained unmoved, they would find a way to kill him. If others had objections to this matter, they would kill whoever had objections. If necessary, it would not be excessive to change the dynasty.
After hearing about this plan, Song Renzong killed all these people.
But such remarks are like wildfires that cannot be extinguished and will spring up again with the spring breeze.
"How foolish."
Han Qi looked at the "desk lamp" placed in front of his desk. The light was dim and the area it could illuminate was actually almost the same as a candle, but he still had to pay for the "electricity bill".
Until now, Han Qi still couldn't understand why such an "electricity bill" could be charged just for pulling a few wires.
What I don’t understand even more is that the place where such “electricity bills” are generated is not the “lightning rod” in the popular sense. Some people call the “lightning rod” a “lightning rod”.
It is a dam that manages water.
When Han Qi complained about rumors like "evil spirits and chaotic times", his wife was right next to him.
Cui's desk was not far from him. There were a lot more things on the desk than on Han Qi's desk. They were neatly arranged and kept clean. There was a name tag on her desk lamp - Cui Lanyin.
These three words were also engraved on the first dam used for generating electricity.
The dam was completed last year, and this year most of the court officials in Bianliang have access to electricity in their homes. The electricity supply is actually not very large, but it is not bad, as there are not many electrical appliances.
Cui Lanyin also heard Han Qi's complaints. She looked up from her digital kingdom and looked at her husband, who looked more handsome than usual under the light. Her husband had completely turned into the image of a science student, so her thoughts were particularly simple and unpretentious.
"Schools have already gone to the countryside. Once these people have received education, they will realize that this is not some magical skill at all, but the power of science!"
If this were said to someone else, they would probably trust her because she is Professor Cui Lanyin, but Han Qi is Han Qi. As a husband, he also knows some things that can be used to strike a blow against Professor Cui, who is rising in reputation.
"Just science? Then next time you ask me to run indoors, I won't run." Han Qi raised his eyebrows, the old fox was fearless.
"It's a bit of metaphysics, too." Cui Lanyin couldn't give up Han Qi's "blessing of running."
Strangely enough, Han Qi was quite lucky. When Cui Lanyin and her colleagues were stuck in their research, they took Han Qi to the laboratory to run around twice, and everyone suddenly had a lot of inspiration.
It's like there's some bonus.
"Hehehe, I also have overflowing talents, although they are literary talents." When saying this, Han Qi was a little cocky, but when he thought of his wife's achievements, he calmed down obediently.
"How on earth did you manage to combine electricity, water, and all that... in just a few years? It's amazing."
Han Qi looked at his wife. He had asked her more than once since she started studying "physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics".
Something so strange, something so unrelated to language logic, something that might not even be necessary to study...
Do you really want to learn?
At least from Han Qi's understanding, knowing whether a person is male or female is enough, and knowing that someone has a family genetic disease is enough. As for why they get it and under what circumstances they get it, is it necessary to study these?
Not being with this person can solve a lot of problems.
But…but…
They used this knowledge to develop tastier and more productive rice, wheat, and apples... and even the watermelons Wang Wenjun brought back from abroad...
When applied to humans, what's the difference between specifically breeding the desired species and specifying how tall, fat, or smart a person should be?
This is simply the Creator!
With each piece of research, Han Qi looked at his wife with increasing admiration. Last year, his wife's team developed hydroelectric power generation, using dams to supply household electricity...
Amazing skills!
The way Han Qi looked at her was no different from the way he looked at a god.
Cui Lanyin also enjoys such a husband. Not only that, she enjoys chatting, playing and even working with her husband.
Sure enough, Su Jinghe was right. After a woman has her own career, she will become much more confident!
Cui Lanyin enjoyed it.
…
Like Cui Lanyin, there are many women who have studied day and night in the past ten years and given up their own efforts for the Song Dynasty.
"You mean to say that you think I'm so focused on improving women's treatment that I've given them a lot of resources that don't belong to them?"
Su Jinghe was sitting in a wheelchair, and behind him was Wang Wenjun, who was pushing him while playing with a small handheld electric fan under development.
Not only did the two of them have this look of the man being weak and the woman being strong, they also changed their outfits. Su Jinghe wore women's clothes and put on makeup, looking extremely cute.
This was a bet between Su Jinghe and Wang Wenjun some time ago.
Whoever loses gets to wear a little skirt. Su Jinghe felt that it had been a long time since he saw Wang Wenjun wearing a new skirt. It just so happened that the clothing store under Wang Wenjun had just put on a new batch of products, so he made a bet on this.
Unexpectedly, Wang Wenjun was also looking forward to Su Jinghe's attack, and did not hold back, killing Su Jinghe without leaving a single piece of armor - using the 30th generation Three Kingdoms card game developed by Su Jinghe.
There was no need for a wheelchair originally, and Su Jinghe was not lame, but Wang Wenjun just enjoyed such moments, so of course, he only pushed the wheelchair for a while.
Su Jinghe didn't expect that someone would barge in so blindly during his and Wang Wenjun's sweet time together and say such strange words.
"Do you know what you are talking about?" Su Jinghe frowned and asked the person in front of him again. While asking, he was not idle and was looking for information about this person.
Chen Guang, a native of the Song Dynasty, was a male chauvinist who believed in the ancient feudal ideal of women staying at home to take care of their husbands and raise their children...
After reading this, Su Jinghe felt relieved that this person was not a spy.
But Wang Wenjun was not relieved. In a place where they were not paying attention, her hand was still holding a dagger, ready to kill the man if anything unexpected happened.
When doing business, Wang Wenjun has improved more than before. Now she has no problem carrying two Su Jinghes home in her arms like a princess.
That is, there are not two.
Chen Guang's expression was very fierce, but he didn't say anything to Su Jinghe. He was also an official of the Song Dynasty and knew that Su Jinghe was "unique". Even if he said these words to Su Jinghe, it was just a complaint to him, at most a complaint, and it would not rise to hatred.
He didn't even dare to say it in the court.
He pretended not to hear Su Jinghe's comments about him, and still had a smile on his face, looking very kind.
"It's been four years now, and the results have always been from women. This year it's still women. When will it be the men's turn? Your school is definitely good, and has contributed so much to the Song Dynasty and the government. But you probably don't know the situation under your command. I think there may be people who are pretending to obey but actually disobeying..."
Chen Guang almost believed what he said, and his face was full of grief. He looked at Su Jinghe with eyes full of expectations, as if as long as Su Jinghe gave an order, he would be righteous and would not ask for anything in return to deal with these people who were hypocritical.
He wanted to continue talking, but Su Jinghe didn't want to listen anymore.
Su Jinghe leaned back in the wheelchair, with Wang Wenjun's shadow looming behind him. He looked as if he was being swallowed up, or as if he had something to lean on. But this only made Su Jinghe, a love-brained man whose mind was only focused on his wife, feel more at ease, and he raised his voice.
"Ten years ago, when my school was recruiting students, there were far fewer men than women."
"Isn't that true? Isn't the imperial examination also attractive? Women taking the imperial examination are still a minority, and most of them are men."
Chen Guang's words were quite righteous.
"Oh my goodness, I didn't even want to say this. After the imperial examinations allowed women to take them, many places started to pretend to comply, restricting women from the initial registration stage. And you still say there aren't enough women taking the exam? Why don't you just let them take it?"
Su Jinghe was so angry that he couldn't express it in words.
He didn't say it so directly. "They started studying ten years ago, so isn't it natural that they're seeing results now? I know your child entered my school last year, and I also know that he's been studying our subjects while diligently preparing for the imperial examinations. You have to do both well, or else you'll end up with nothing and waste your good intentions by threatening me in advance to get your son to produce results."
"Ah? It's not a threat, it's..." This man didn't expect Su Jinghe to care about his son.
I haven't heard him mention this in his heart? How did he know so much? He even knew that his youngest son hadn't given up on the imperial examination.
To be precise, Chen Guang had not yet asked his youngest son to give up the imperial examination.
As for the two-pronged approach, Chen Guang suspected that Su Jinghe was hinting at him.
His fifth son, who was nearly ten years older than his youngest son, had failed the imperial examination and was one of the people who gave up Su Jinghe's school.
Chen Guang looked at Wang Wenjun pushing Su Jinghe away, and there was a hint of resentment in his eyes.
It was true that his son failed the imperial examination, but he heard that Su Jinghe's two younger brothers were preparing for the next imperial examination.
"Why are you being so arrogant now? Let's see if your family passes the exam directly. Who doesn't want to take a few exams..."
Before Chen Guang finished speaking, he remembered that this guy Su Jinghe passed the imperial examination on his first try, and his results were so good that he even ranked third in the imperial examination.
This made him silently take back what he wanted to say, but he did not take his eyes off it. Chen Guang kept staring at them until the couple turned into small black dots and disappeared into the distance.
He was waiting for the time when things would change after thirty years.
But soon, he found that he could not wait any longer.
The people from Xuanjiansi stood in front of him.
"Chen Guang, in 1046, you resold the Ministry of Works blueprints... In 1047, you sold the empty account books from the Ministry of Revenue... Were you involved in all of this?"
"No, it wasn't me. I didn't do these things! Haven't these things been concluded? I wasn't found out at the time, so I wasn't involved at all!"
When Chen Guang saw Xuan Jiansi, he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. When he heard what Xuan Jiansi said, he broke out in a sweat again, but he still kept his composure.
"He didn't even say I did these things. What makes you think I did these things? Do you have any evidence?"
The leader of the Xuanjian Division looked at him and raised his eyes. His dark eyes made Chen Guang frightened. He wouldn't be so scared even if he saw a ghost.
The man didn't say anything, but just let the people behind him tie him up, and even blocked his mouth when he was about to scream.
Most people in Xuanjiansi don’t like to talk, but there is one person in this team who likes to talk.
The man walked from the last position to the middle, with a smile on his face, next to Chen Guang.
"The artifact hasn't talked about anything he didn't ask recently. He's much more important than you. The artifact won't bother him with a trivial matter like you."
This is also true. After Su Jinghe became busy with work, he used the system less frequently to check gossip. The system's big data also changed the gossip it recommended to him to study materials.
What materials can be learned, who can learn, and how much return can be gained from learning...
"As for your case, you don't think that we at the Xuanjian Division would wrongly accuse you, do you? Don't worry, we'll just use the evidence to speak for ourselves. It's just that we didn't think your involvement was too deep before, so we could let you go. Now..."
The man raised an eyebrow.
Chen Guang's heart was completely dead. The confidence he had when he first approached Su Jinghe had now vanished into thin air.
My heart was filled with hatred, hating myself for being the first to come out and speak out. If I hadn't...
What a pity... What a pity that he can't see the future of his youngest son...
As if knowing what he was thinking, the man laughed again, very ostentatiously.
"You don't think that because you disturbed him, we considered your danger level to have increased and wanted to arrest you, right?"
Isn’t it? Chen Guang thought this was the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
"Yes and no. Your third son is suspected of treason."
When the last two words fell, Chen Guang was so scared that he peed his pants.
It’s over, it’s all over!
1057.
Su Jingxian, Su Shi and Su Zhe passed the imperial examination on their first try.
The reputation of the three Su brothers from one family resounded throughout the Song Dynasty.
Among the three Su brothers, Su Jingxian devoted himself to science.
Su Shi and Su Zhe chose to rise and fall in the officialdom.
"What if we can save our brother in the future?" Su Shi always felt that his brother Su Jinghe was quite arrogant in the court and still needed their brothers' help.
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