Inheriting a Taoist temple, the story begins with Wu Zetian offering incense.

Chapter 315 Using Japanese People for Experiments! [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

The Minister of Rites was bewildered by Zhao Xu's words.

Last time, when the Western Xia envoys delivered their official letter, at least they went through the motions in the court. Now they're not even going to bother with that?

However, the core circle of the imperial court had already decided to go to Japan to mine. Some merchants who had dealings with important officials of the court had even set sail to Japan to pave the way, such as building military camps and leasing docks.

At this critical juncture, going through the motions is too much of a waste of time; taking direct action is the right thing to do.

Just then, Li Gefei was about to conduct some horrific experiments, and using death row inmates would be somewhat inhumane. The arrival of the Japanese envoy provided an excellent test subject.

Inside the Ministry of Justice compound, Li Gefei, who was writing a letter to Zhang Jie requesting the return of the Western Xia prisoners, heard the news and rushed to the palace. After receiving the imperial edict, he was eager to pry open the mouth of the Japanese envoy and learn about the situation on the island in all aspects.

Zhao Xu flipped through the documents and said:

"Japan is currently in the Heian period, which is the weakest period for the island nation. Even the lord of the country can starve to death. This is a good opportunity for us to enslave the island!"

During the Heian period, Japan was plagued by internal strife, the imperial power was lost, and the people lived like ghosts.

During this period, the Japanese navy still used manned sampans, and their so-called naval battles were limited to boarding maneuvers. In contrast, the Northern Song navy had already entered the age of sail, and various firearms were gradually being mounted on ships.

If the navies of both sides were to engage in battle, the Song ships alone could ram and destroy the small Japanese sampans.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Japanese government implemented a policy of isolationism, nominally refusing to have any contact with the Song Dynasty, but private trade continued almost uninterrupted.

Through the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty, they learned that China was developing rapidly, and at the same time they realized that the Tang Dynasty Movement in Japan, which lasted for three hundred years, had failed completely. They thought that by learning from the Tang Dynasty in all aspects, they would become strong, but the more they learned, the weaker they became, and they even stopped eating.

In order to make Japan stronger, during the Southern Song Dynasty, ambitious people on the island nation came up with another way—borrowing sperm!

They sent noblewomen to the Song Dynasty to serve as concubines or prostitutes. If they became pregnant, they would flee to an island nation. If they gave birth to a boy, he would become the next head of the family; if they gave birth to a girl, she would marry the head of the family.

Merchants from the Southern Song Dynasty came to Japan to do business, and noblewomen threw themselves at them one after another, doing their utmost to exploit the Song people.

This perverse practice of artificial insemination, which was widespread and pervasive, continued for hundreds of years until the Ming Dynasty, when the Japanese people consciously improved upon it and deeply learned various Chinese technologies, such as shipbuilding, sailing, and metallurgy.

This nation exhibits typical dog-like behavior: when weak, they wag their tails and beg for mercy, resorting to any means to gain benefits, with no self-respect whatsoever; when they become slightly stronger, they try to take advantage of others, never having any concept of equal treatment.

If India is the toilet of the earth, then Japan is the urinal of the Confucian cultural sphere.

Without it, it won't stop people from urinating; with it, it will only attract countless flies and insects, and if not cleaned up in time, people will wet their shoes or even slip and fall.

Allowing such a people to remain will only bring harm to the Chinese nation. The best way to deal with them is to enslave and exterminate them, destroying their bodies and culture physically.

As Li Gefei left with the imperial edict, Zhao Xu issued another edict:
"In all the major ports within the Song Dynasty, any Japanese women seeking children are victims of Japanese witchcraft. Those who fall victim to it will die from rotting genitals, and their descendants will also be affected. If you encounter a Japanese woman, send her to the nearest government office to avert disaster."

Although this happened during the Southern Song Dynasty, the practice of artificial insemination was extremely common in Chinese history.

From the Xiongnu abducting Han Chinese and forcing their wives and concubines to sleep with them, to the Turks offering lodging to Han Chinese merchants, and the Mongols having their wives and daughters serve Han Chinese travelers... neighboring ethnic groups have consistently used these unconventional methods to improve their own ethnic groups.

Therefore, Genghis Khan's family was able to detect Liu Bang's genes, and Hungary, thousands of miles away, also planned to return to China to trace their roots.

When the Minister of Rites saw the edict, he felt that His Majesty was making a mountain out of a molehill by spreading rumors... However, this could prevent the use of progeny and the Japanese from spying.

To prevent the loss of various technologies, Zhao Xu also planned to have the Minister of Rites draft a regulation to restrict the movements of Japanese people in the Song Dynasty, and to establish a merchant association for Japanese goods. All exported goods must be approved by the association, and items containing seeds, technology, etc., would be prohibited from being exported to Japan.

Meanwhile, Li Gefei returned home and said to his family:
“A batch of test samples has arrived in the last few days, so I may not be able to go home. Please don’t worry.”

Upon hearing this, Li Qingzhao, who was gnawing on a braised chicken wing, asked in surprise:

"The Western Xia prisoners have been sent here so quickly?"

Li Gefei shook his head:
"There's still no news from Western Xia. Recently, an envoy from Japan came to our Great Song Dynasty. It's a rare opportunity. I plan to use them as test subjects. The Imperial Hospital also hopes to dissect three or five of them to observe the location of their internal organs and the condition of their healthy organs."

Li Hang had just watched the old film "Unit 731: The Black Sun" a couple of days ago and highly praised the actions of the Imperial Hospital:

"That's exactly right. If we don't have enough people, we can send people to Japan to recruit. We can say that the Song Dynasty is building a factory and needs a lot of manpower. Once they come, they'll be provided with food and lodging, three meals a day, and meat at every meal..."

Seeing that this guy was heading towards the telecom fraud zone, Li Qingzhao quickly stopped her bratty younger brother's behavior:
"Even the Japanese kings during the Heian period couldn't manage three meals a day, let alone meat at every meal. They wouldn't even dare to dream of such extravagance. Your lie has too many loopholes. Two meals a day, one dry and one liquid, is already a luxury for the Japanese." The Japanese have a long-standing tradition of voluntarily going into the deep mountains when they are over sixty years old. The reason is that there isn't enough food at home, and the elderly want to leave food for their descendants, so they have no choice but to go into the deep mountains to fend for themselves.

The current arrangement of two meals a day, one dry and one porridge, is already an enormous temptation for Japan. Anything higher would exceed their imagination and greatly diminish the perceived authenticity.

This limitation of imagination exists in many places. For example, the emperor carries a golden hoe, and the empress makes scallion pancakes every day, which are manifestations of a lack of imagination.

After the meal, Li Qingzhao rode her electric scooter to the Military Equipment Bureau, where she saw Emperor Huizong testing newly made nitroglycerin.

He dripped nitroglycerin onto a piece of paper with a straw, then struck the paper with a hammer. The paper exploded instantly, startling the officer in charge of military equipment who was standing nearby so much that he almost fell on his backside.

Zhao Ji looked at the scattered scraps of paper around him and exclaimed in admiration:

"With just one drop, it can have such an effect. The power of nitroglycerin is indeed well-deserved."

After saying that, he picked up a small gourd, slightly larger than his thumb, carefully poured a little nitroglycerin into it, and then flung it out violently. The nitroglycerin collided violently inside the gourd and exploded as soon as it hit the ground, with a power more than ten times stronger than gunpowder.

Li Qingzhao was terrified by this scene and quickly left the glass jar containing nitroglycerin, fearing that she would be affected.

She opened her phone's notes app and wrote it down: next time she goes to Hunyuan Palace, she should ask Zhou Yi if there are any related talismans. If so, she should bring a few with her to avoid a major explosion at the Military Equipment Bureau that could cause a shortage of scientific research talent in the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Ji said with great interest:
"Next, we need to make detonators. Zhou's explosives are detonated using detonators. Once this problem is solved, the Ordnance Bureau will be able to produce explosive packages continuously."

Of course, Zhou's explosives were only a temporary substitute. Once the blue dye arrived and picric acid was mass-produced, the explosives for military use would be fully finalized, and the types of explosives used would begin to expand.

Hand grenades, explosive charges, demolition charges, mortars, howitzers, cannons... this series of weapons would definitely shine on the battlefield of cold weapons.

The military equipment inspector muttered:
"We're just testing it out here, and we don't even know how powerful it is yet. It would be great if we could see the explosion effect in person."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingzhao immediately thought of the Japanese mission:
"A Japanese delegation has come to Bianliang today. If you want to conduct experiments, you can use them as consumables."

The Director of the Military Equipment Bureau was, after all, a scholar, and he found it difficult to take action.
"Is this appropriate?"

Zhao Ji said:

“Perfect! Unit 731 conducted all sorts of inhumane experiments on Han Chinese in Northeast China. Now it’s time for us to use the Japanese as guinea pigs… an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!”

Thus, the Ordnance Bureau also joined the battle for experimental consumables.

Inside the Hunyuan Palace, Gongsun Da Niang originally intended to stay a couple more days to accumulate her stay and exchange her household registration as soon as possible. However, upon hearing that Li Bai's fire meteor had actually increased her merit by a whole jin, she suddenly couldn't sit still.

She used to be a rising star on the merit list, but now she's at the bottom of the list in Hunyuan Palace. Her fighting spirit is suddenly ignited, and she plans to go back and find a way to increase her merit, and also tell everyone about Ban Chao's visit to Hunyuan Palace.

The girl went to the supermarket and bought a whole shopping cart full of food, as well as clothes and other items. Once everything was ready, she prepared to leave.

Zhou Yi escorted her to Little Penglai and earnestly instructed her:

"Go back and tell Li Longji not to be overly ambitious, but to take it one step at a time. When the military reform is almost complete, send them to the border and temper the army through blood and fire."

"Okay, Master, please prepare the appliances. I'll bring them for my grandson next time I come."

After saying that, the girl whispered a vicious threat in Zhou Yi's ear:
"Let Sister Meiniang give me a better name, and then call me Gongsun Tiechui, and I'll... I'll have Xiao Taiping and Xiao Dandan call you Father."

The Book of Changes: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
What is this all about?

To prevent the girl from going back and spreading rumors, Zhou Yi nodded and said perfunctorily:
"Okay, Gongsun Cuihua."

The gluttonous girl broke down instantly, lightly kicking Zhou Yi before pushing her electric scooter and fleeing, terrified that Zhou Yi would strike her with lightning.

Zhou was alone again. He called Uncle Ming to ask about the progress of the wooden statue he ordered from the crane factory, then drove down the mountain, intending to go to Wang Ge's second aunt's house to see the sweet elephant grass growing in the field.

Meanwhile, in the world of Emperor Zhang of the Eastern Han Dynasty, at the border between the Western Regions' Shule Kingdom and Shache, Ban Chao, holding a token, rebuked the King of Shache, who was riding a Ferghana horse, saying:
"Are you sure you want to be an enemy of the Great Han and disobey its orders?"

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Today is the anniversary of the September 18 Incident. Let us never forget our national humiliation, brothers!
(End of this chapter)