Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1441: Moon Palace House Viewing
Everyone in the room was a little dazed, but it had already happened.

The one who had broken down emotionally was Governor Yuan himself. After all, who knew that he only had three days left to live, and he would not be any better than he was now.

Although he knew that he could get a second life to accumulate time for resuscitation, it was obvious that no one had ever gone through this process. This kind of thing should be experimented on dogs first, rather than letting him tread on a minefield without knowing what was going on.

Zhu Xianxun, the person who personally gave the medicine, also fell into deep thought. Although it was not his recipe that had a problem this time, he made a mistake in choosing the person. He should have been more careful when choosing.

Although mistakes are valuable, it is better not to make them if you can avoid them. The current situation is obviously one of the worst cases, because after taking the elixir, Governor Yuan has no time to relive his peak body. He will die immediately.

"Well," the task fell on Shangluo's head, "My opinion is that you should prepare for the funeral as soon as possible."

"That's the only way." Fu Yuanshan looked at Governor Yuan, "What does the Governor think?"

"It's the only way. But I still have to say goodbye to my family. I don't know how long this business trip will take."

"You can actually send messages back from the moon," Shangluo added.

"So you can make phone calls? Isn't there no news at all?"

"It's not phone calls, it's only text messages. You can't talk after you do the silent work, but you can keep everything else. So, practice typing, and then you can do it this way."

"What about my job?" Governor Yuan asked, "When will I hand in my job as the Grand Governor of Beiting? It would be too disgraceful if I died in office."

"Pay it? Why do you have to pay it?" Zhu Xianxun wondered, "I didn't tell you to pay it."

"But I only have three days left to live. Long live my Lord."

"Alas." Zhu Xianxun waved his hand. "I've already told you that you won't die after taking the golden elixir. The continuity of your consciousness will not be interrupted, and the process of fulfilling your responsibilities will certainly not be interrupted. So, you continue to take up your post at the Beiting Grand Commandery."

“Do I have to work even if I die?”

"Silent Worker, you have to work. It's the same wherever you go. However, you may have to take up the post remotely on the moon - I'll ask for your personal opinion, because I don't know much about the practical work in Beiting. Can this job be done remotely?"

"Your Majesty, any provincial governor who works remotely is committing dereliction of duty. Even if I resign and go home, I can't just hang around and take up a position. If I can't go to Beiting on this mission, then I still have to resign."

Governor Yuan had to reject Zhu Xianxin's suggestion for practical reasons. Although he had longed for this position, he would be criticized if he could only take up the position remotely.

Before him, Li Yinchang, the governor, could be said to be a respected old general. He had worked in Beiting for many years, but he had never been in the cabinet because he had never reached an agreement with the cabinet.

After entering modern times, the imperial court did not have the habit of regularly transferring garrison commanders, but would let them work until they were promoted - that is, the governors of Beiting, Xiyu, and Yangzhou would generally not be transferred to each other, but would be replaced only when they were promoted.

This kind of horizontal transfer was very necessary in ancient times. Regularly mobilizing the troops where the town commanders were stationed could prevent the generals from becoming warlords and prevent them from taking root in the military town for too long.

But in modern times, when anyone can make a phone call, send a telegram, listen to the radio, watch TV, and take an airplane, both information flow and personal movement are extremely convenient. The court does not need to use this method to restrain the town commanders, because the court can easily know everything that happens in Beiting. Every officer and soldier can call home at any time.

The advancement of science and technology has eliminated the sense of distance, and with it the isolation of the border. Serving at the border is completely different from the "guarding the border" of hundreds of years ago. Although it is indeed quite hard, there is heating in the winter, beef and mutton in the trenches when hungry, and you can call home when you miss home, and fly back to visit relatives. This makes the border no longer a living hell that people shudder at.

What was eliminated was not only psychological independence, but also military independence. In the industrial age, it was impossible for the border to produce the military supplies it needed. The chariots shipped to Beiting were all produced in Northern Zhili and then transported there by train. The canned food they usually ate was also produced in Southern Zhili and transported there by train.

The weapons factory in Beiting is generally only responsible for daily maintenance and upkeep, and does not even produce bullets by itself, because it is more convenient to produce bullets from Liaodong than from the border.

At this time, the generals who served as the Grand Commander could not start a rebellion just because they had been at the border for many years, because brewing a rebellion requires a dilemma, a sense of closure, and a lot of unspeakable ambitions. Today's borders do not have these things at all. Instead of worrying about the border, it is better to worry about someone using a helicopter to airdrop to the Grand Palace with a group of lawless Qigong practitioners to challenge Zhu Xianxin.

Governor Yuan was prepared to stay in Beiting for more than 10 years when he left the country this time. He planned to come back when he was 60, and then see if he could serve in the cabinet for one term before retiring at the age of 70. If he could only work remotely during these years, it would be meaningless.

"Well," Shangluo thought for a moment, "If Commander Li doesn't want to go to the Moon Palace, it's not impossible. Silent work can also be done on Earth - I remember Xu Fu has an interesting thing. Commander Li, how about you go back and take care of your affairs first, and we'll meet tomorrow. Whether it works or not, I'll give you a definite answer tomorrow. If it works, I can probably let you work in a form close to human while keeping most of your abilities."

Zhu Xianxun asked only after everyone else had left.

"Do you really have a solution?" "It only works in Beiting. It's very cold there all year round, right?"

Zhu Xianxi nodded: "In the hottest summer, the temperature is only about 10 degrees, and in the winter, the snow is very thick. You may not see such heavy snow in the south. The snow can pile up to more than a person's height. After one night, the road disappears. We need to drive high stakes beside the road so that we can distinguish the road when the snow accumulates."

"That would be much more convenient. If Governor Yuan could wear a military coat all year round to cover his limbs, joints, and even most of his face, this would probably work - because Xu Fu has terracotta warriors that can be used."

"Hmm?" Zhu Xianxi suddenly thought, "Is it the same as the spirit figurines at Daozu's place?"

when--

A chime sounded. This place was right at the entrance of Yuxi Palace, so Daozu responded quickly. The spirit figurines at Xu Fu's place were the same as those at Daozu's place.

There were indeed two spirit figurines sweeping the courtyard in Yuxi Palace. The daily maintenance of Yuxi Palace was also done by those two spirit figurines.

"Ah!" Zhu Xianxi slapped his thigh, "Daozu told me that the spirit figurines were made by ancient alchemists and given to him by someone. It turns out that they were made by Xu Fu! Daozu did bring several of his companions with him. When I saw Huang Jin, I also called him Huang Ban. Huang Jin is much older than me. Daozu didn't mention the origins of those two people. It turns out that consciousness can be stuffed in. But speaking of this."

He also pondered: "Since Daozu knew there was such a useful method, why didn't Daozu use it? It's a pity that many people died. They shouldn't have died so early."

“Perhaps, the Taoist thinks that everyone is destined to die, and there is no need to force them to stay.” Shang Luo replied, “If we can’t let the whole country ascend to heaven like we did, then letting one or two people accompany him to immortality will cause chaos. For example, if the ministers are immortal, should the emperor also be immortal? If the emperor is immortal, should he give up the throne? This will cause chaos.”

Zhu Xianxi is not facing this problem now. Because if everyone is immortal, then the immortality of an emperor will not be a prominent issue for the time being. But if everyone is short-lived, and only the emperor and his close ministers can be immortal, then all the order from ancient times to the present will be put to the test. Because no matter what, many emperors and generals from ancient times to the present will eventually be buried in the ground, and no one will be left unburied. This is the greatest fairness.

If power can overturn this greatest injustice, then everyone can be Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. Because when everyone will die, there is a world of difference between normal death and being executed. But if there is an emperor who can live forever, then the boundary between death from old age and being executed will not be so clear - at that time, if doing nothing means death, and rebelling to seize power is also death, then it is better to rebel and fight hard.

"I think this is why Daozu felt that this must be kept secret. He also kept the secret of his own existence. If this secret were to be leaked..."

After dealing with Rome, he also saw many secrets. Many of these secrets, if exposed, would probably cause the entire social order to collapse. The survival of the Ming Dynasty did not rely on secrets, but the Ming Dynasty did not want to collapse because of the exposure of secrets.

"Yeah, that makes sense." Zhu Xianxi nodded. "Sometimes, bystanders see things more clearly. But Daozu doesn't ignore us, his descendants. If there is a chance to prolong life, Daozu won't refuse to help. For example, my father retired to practice cultivation under the guidance of Daozu, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting in this position at my age. As for me, I've liked alchemy since I was a child, so Daozu has been teaching me. But at least we can be more generous now."

If the court gradually showed a trend that "everyone can be saved immediately", then after knowing these secrets, people would not feel desperate, but would feel that they have won. Because the experiment was not conducted on dogs, but on the emperor himself, this was more credible.

Now is the time to start applying Reiki technology. Although not on a large scale, this is the time when these technologies come in handy.

"If Governor Yuan were put into a zombie, what would he look like?"

"Hmm," Shangluo thought for a moment, "I've talked about this with Xu Fu. First of all, you may face some decline in quality of life - thinking and the like will not be affected, but there will be a big difference in senses. Let me give you an example. If you have a missing tooth, you may add an artificial crown, right? Even if you add an artificial crown on the outside of a decayed tooth, the feeling is completely different from your natural teeth. Natural teeth have a more sensitive touch, while artificial crowns have a subtle sense of isolation."

"Really? My teeth are fine, so I don't have this feeling. But after ascending to the realm of heaven, I feel that my perception of the world was a little dulled before."

"Then the zombies are a level lower than ordinary people, and their perception of the world is like being separated by a layer of shell. The Romans had something similar. They had a decompression accident that caused all the people on a ship to die suddenly, and then everyone was put into jars. Their perception of the world is also separated by a whole layer. According to their description, it's not that they can't tolerate it, but this sense of dislocation will have a great impact on their psychology."

Without human sensory stimulation, the mental state will naturally change. The human mind is highly plastic, and anything can happen over time.

"Fortunately, we don't have to keep doing this here." Zhu Xianxi breathed a sigh of relief. "Then, if Governor Yuan himself is willing, let's do this first. How do you want to put Governor Yuan in? Take him to the moon, or pick up the goods back?"

"I'll call the Romans to transport it right away - they are very fast when traveling between heaven and earth. But when the Lianshan is fully completed, our speed will probably be much faster than these submarines that rely on phlogiston for submergence. There's no need to take Governor Yuan to the moon to look at houses. His house will come straight to him from the moon."

"Unbelievable. We are now preparing for the first mind uploading. I will be involved in the whole process. After all, it was my negligence that caused Governor Yuan to suffer."

"Actually, you don't have to blame yourself too much, Senior Brother. Governor Yuan was here just now, and General Fu and the others were holding back when they spoke. From what I can see, the whole situation is that Governor Yuan didn't have more than a year to live. If you don't choose him, he will be dead in a year. No matter how fast we are, there is no way to make everyone ascend within a year. Whether or not to save Governor Yuan at that time will require another discussion. And he got into an accident with you, it was a work-related injury. Not only did he get treatment, but all the expenses were reimbursed. This is not a bad thing no matter how you look at it."

"I hope so. But he will live one year less. Well, maybe he can do a lot of good things in this year. However, his willingness to do experiments can help me accumulate some experience. In recent years, we can conduct similar attempts in the hospital. If it can be widely produced, we can at least save a lot of people. Thinking about it this way, he did a great thing unconsciously. After all, under normal circumstances, we would not start emergency surgery so quickly."

"Once he figures it out, he'll probably feel much better. But I don't think it's reliable to let the zombies do the work. I'm afraid that Governor Yuan might lose some parts while walking, and that would turn into a horror movie."

(End of this chapter)