C621 Lets continue with our nonsense! (1/2)

If you were hungry, you would eat; if you were thirsty, you would drink. If a person had three emergencies, no one could avoid it. This was a very simple and practical principle for Xiao Letian.

In the eyes of Weng Tonghe and the others, the Grand Commission was a sacred and inviolable existence. This represented the prestige of the Empire, so what was left for the Great Qing other than to use respect and awe to intimidate the various kingdoms?

The envoys of the other countries are all watching by the side. Xiao Le, other than humiliating the imperial court, you are the traitor of the Great Qing. You are trying to dig up the roots of the Great Qing.

There was also the concept of clear stream, which could never be made up for by conflict in human concepts. The reason that the thousands of years of self-brainwashing Confucian Scholars had instilled was not something that Xiao Letian could change alone.

The hall was filled with buzzing sounds of discussion and everyone was denouncing Xiao Letian, but Xiao Letian remained unmoved and continued to look at him with a mischievous smile.

”I've never held such an unreasonable meeting. Even if you don't allow people to eat, you won't allow them to eat. So, what's the use of opening this meeting other than tormenting people?”

”Your Majesty, Empress Dowager!” Other than hearing the flattering and faking eight papers, this official doesn't see anything else. I believe that the reason why I am listed as a minister and have traveled thousands of miles to return to the capital is not to gather together to brag, eat wine, and then disperse, am I right? ”

”How dare you!” The Grand Commission had its own rules and regulations, without the 100 officials reporting about their duties first, how could there be a governance discussion later? ”Barbarian …” Weng Tonghe scolded.

”Hehe, since it is a duty that I do not like to listen to, then I have the right to choose not to listen.” Hehe, since it is a duty that I do not like to listen to, then I have the right to choose not to listen. With that, Xiao Letian turned and left.

This time, the court officials were even more speechless. Such rogue officials are truly rare in this world. How could they be so willful? The loyal subjects of the Great Qing were all about to go crazy.

But this round, the Grand Commission could not lack Xiao Letian as the main character, and all the following issues were related to him. If he were to throw the match, the Grand Commission would have no meaning.

At this moment, a voice sounded out from the crowd of officials. ”Reporting to Your Majesty and Empress Dowager, this humble official has something to begin with!” Everyone saw that it was the Fujian Province's Governor, Zuo Zongtang, who had followed Ceng Guofan into the capital.

Although Xiao Letian had never interacted with him before, he knew quite a bit of information. This steel-faced Chinese Officer had just set up the Ma Wei Ship Building Board this year, and Nan Yang's initial form had already sprouted under his protection. However, Li Hongzhang's Bei Yang was still nowhere to be seen.

This was a very outstanding famous subject in the late Qing. Liang Qichao had once said that Zuo Zongtang was the strongest person in the past five hundred years; this placed his position above Ceng Guofan.

However, this glory was built on the basis that Zuo Zongtang had entered Xinjiang to pacify the Yaqub riots. A famous general who had fought in a foreign battle would definitely have a higher historical standing than a civil war general.

Just for the sake of Zuo Zongtang's past achievements, Xiao Letian had to give him face. He stuffed half a piece of sesame seed cake in his hand into his mouth, then laughed at Tongzhi before turning back to his own seat.

Weng Tonghe's eyes grew dark, as if his blood pressure had risen due to anger. However, the emperor and empress dowager didn't follow what he said, and with Zuo Zongtang stepping out to stir things up, he could only endure it.

”This subject requests Your Majesty, the empress dowager, and now that Yaqub is invading Xinjiang, there are faint signs of unrest in the Ganshan pars dorsalis. This subject requests that the telegraph line s from the capital to Xi'an be constructed to spread the news, your majesty, your majesty, please grant us permission!”

With that said, Zuo Zongtang took out a memorial from his sleeves and started reading. The diary only showed the development of the telegraphic technique and the importance of military matters. It seemed that Zuo Zongtang had worked hard before, and this paper had also been verified by the foreigners. Even Xiao Letian had nodded when he heard it.

”Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, in 1843, twenty-three years of Xuanzong Deiguang, the Americans Samuel Morse built the one hundred and twenty miles of telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore, and in May the following year, he sent the first telegram in the world to Baltimore, using the telegraph he had invented and perfected since 1837, in the Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Capitol Building in Washington.”

Zuo Zongtang started to use words that were easy to understand to spread knowledge of telegraphy to the court officials. This kind of mysterious technology that could spread across millions of miles instantly made all the ministers here look at each other in dismay, none of them daring to believe it.

”Are you for real?” Thousand Li Sound Transmission Technique? ”Bullshit, these are all tricks used by foreign devils …”

”Listen and see. Look at the empress dowager and the various princes. They seem to have already believed it. Let's not shoot down the bird at the head!”

The most excited one was the little emperor, Tongzhi. The child was originally filled with interest towards the mystical Western technology, upon hearing that the Thousand Li Sound Transmission Technique was real, his eyes lit up.

When Zuo Zongtang finished reading his report, the little emperor was the first to ask, ”Do you dare to use your head to guarantee that the telegraphic technique you mentioned was not a fake?”

”This humble subject is willing to vouch for it with his brain!”

”Alright, then tell me, how much does it cost to produce such a long telegraph line?” The little Emperor asked.