Chapter 374: It is better to sprinkle rice on ink and let the chickens peck at it
After closing its doors to the outside world, the dynasty remained strong and prosperous for more than a hundred years.

Until one ordinary afternoon, artillery fire from overseas blasted open the dynasty's tightly closed borders.

The emperor was furious and immediately ordered the dynasty army to fight.

They thought that as long as they used the weapons that had enabled the dynasty to easily sweep away foreign enemies and completely consolidate its dominant position a hundred years ago, they would be able to win again.

However, reality dealt them a heavy blow.

When the Dynasty's weapons still needed people to desperately deliver them to a place very close to the enemy's position,
The invading overseas countries already had something called a cannon, which could, like a catapult, accurately fire at the dynasty's army from a distance of hundreds or even thousands of meters!

How to fight this?
The dynasty that once could defeat the enemy in just one day has now become the one that can be defeated in one day.

When the news of the dynasty army's defeat reached the emperor, he was furious but could do nothing about it.

Seeing that the overseas army was about to attack the capital, the emperor hurriedly ordered people to pack up a lot of valuables, intending to take his ministers and flee the capital first, and then make plans.

However, it was still a step too slow.

The emperor was captured and the palace was destroyed.

The once beautiful and luxurious palace was looted.
All the rare and precious treasures that could be taken away were shipped overseas in shiploads.

Those that could not be taken away were burned clean by the invaders with a grin!

The overseas countries that were once poor and weak and were despised for simply wanting to trade with the dynasty, have made rapid progress in industrialization in just over a hundred years, relying on the three subjects of mathematics, physics and chemistry.

On the other hand, this dynasty that had dominated the Eastern land for a thousand years was suddenly brought down to dust, leaving only a mess.

The dragon fell, surrounded by wolves,
In order to prevent the emperor from being humiliated in public, the dynasty barely managed to keep the last piece of fig leaf left on itself.

Unequal treaties requiring cession of territory and payment of indemnities were signed one after another.

Not only did they lose all the wealth accumulated by the dynasty over thousands of years, but they also owed a huge debt!

"Ridiculous! The person who wrote this article has ulterior motives!"

Before he finished reading the rest of the content, Lord Liu started to yell in anger:

“My Tiansheng, no, this dynasty, is so powerful!

How could it be possible that the barbaric lands overseas could develop to the point where they could easily defeat the dynasty in just a hundred years?
I really underestimated this official before, thinking that the meaningless plot of Zhen Xiang was over.
I didn't expect that he was waiting here!
I am going to the palace now and ask His Majesty and Princess Crown Princess to find out the person who wrote this article!

We must not allow him to hide in the dark and write such nonsense articles to slander the dynasty and disturb the people's hearts! "

Lord Liu said this without even a moment's hesitation and immediately asked the coachman to change direction.

Lord Du was sitting opposite him, and he did not say anything to stop him. He just turned the page of the Beijing Daily with a sullen face:
"Since we are going to ask His Majesty and His Royal Highness for advice, we must first read this article in its entirety.

Only in this way, when His Majesty and the others ask, we can answer them one by one!"

"Master Du is right."

Lord Liu took a deep breath, picked up the newspaper again, and said angrily:
"Let me see what this person's intentions are!"

He turned to the next page angrily. [Heroes emerge in troubled times! ]

The wealth accumulated by a dynasty can be taken away by others, but the talents cultivated by thousands of years of cultural heritage cannot be easily destroyed.

As the dynasty gradually fell, more and more people of insight stood up.

They learned from the painful experiences and lessons of the dynasty, and accepted and learned some foreign ideas and cultures.
Take the essence and discard the dregs.
Keep practicing and keep exploring.

Even though there are many difficulties and obstacles along the way, they are never afraid.

It doesn’t matter if one person falls, there will be thousands and millions of people following to meet him.

The thousand-year-long dynasty history has endowed the people of this land with a rare unity.
The dynasty was almost trampled into the quagmire, but after going through numerous difficulties and obstacles, it finally stood up again with a brand new look!

The dynasty that returned to prosperity did not forget this humiliating history.

They carefully compiled this history into a book for all future generations to learn from and take as a warning!
Zhen Xiang, who was the first to propose that the dynasty should vigorously develop mathematics, physics and chemistry and strive to enter industrialization, was regretted by countless people in later generations.

People praised him for his far-sightedness, but he never met a wise ruler or famous ministers, and ultimately he ended up leaving the stage in disgrace.

As for those ministers who had strongly opposed Zhen Xiang and even proposed closing the country to the outside world...

[The frog in the well is short-sighted, stubborn and self-righteous, and is stubborn and restless. He is truly a traitor who is misleading the country!

People in later generations said that if the court had ministers like this, it would be better to sprinkle rice on ink and let chickens peck at it. Who knows if it would be better if they pieced it together?]——

People in later generations said that if the court had a group of ministers like this, it would be better to sprinkle a handful of rice on the ink and let the chicken peck out some random words. The resulting opinions might be much better than the ones they put forward!
"Bastard!"

If I was just angry because of the content of this article,
Lord Liu was now furious because he had been severely offended.

Although those insults seemed to be only directed at those non-existent officials of the dynasty.

But in reality, aren't these people also against Zhen Xiang?
Isn't this equivalent to scolding them as well?
Lord Liu asked himself that although he had not made any remarkable achievements in the years he had been in the court, he had been diligent and conscientious.

Even if there is no credit, there is still hard work!
How could he be labeled such a heartbreaking evaluation as "a traitor who misleads the country"?

What is even more insulting is the words "scattering rice for chickens to peck at". Doesn't it mean that he is worse than those brainless beasts?
The person who wrote this article is so arrogant and presumptuous!
Today he will go to the emperor to file a complaint and ask His Majesty to arrest that bastard and put him in jail.
It would be best to execute him as a warning to others!

Boom!
Just when Lord Liu was most excited, the carriage that was trotting towards the palace suddenly stopped.

Caught off guard, his head hit the carriage directly, making a dull thud.

Lord Liu became even more angry and quickly pulled aside the curtain, cursing:
"Can you catch the car? Why did you stop suddenly?"

"Reply to the Master..."

The coachman shrank his neck when he was yelled at, his face full of embarrassment:

"It's really because the road ahead is blocked..."

There is one more chapter, a little later~