Ming Zuo

Chapter 1274
Xu Xiake's relatives, friends and family donated manuscripts, even Zuo Menggeng, who was far away in Shandong, was alarmed.

He immediately gave instructions, ordering Songjiang to keep all the manuscripts properly and escort them to Shandong.

That is the priceless treasure summed up by Xu Xiake, who has traveled countless mountains and rivers throughout his life!

Among other things, relying on these materials alone can help Xia Guo better govern the region according to local conditions when it unifies the world in the future.

The value of other academic, humanities, geography, science and many other aspects cannot be counted.

It's a pity that when the Qing army rushed into Jiangyin in the previous life, not only Xu Xiake's clan suffered a catastrophe, but even this extremely precious manuscript was mostly destroyed in the flames of war.

It was Xu Xiake's youngest son, Li Ji, who spent his whole life running around collecting various manuscripts, and then sorted out and revised them so that "Xu Xiake's Travels" could be seen again.

The version seen by later generations is the result of Li Ji, also known as Li Jieli's manuscript.

Although it is equally valuable, how can it be compared with Xu Xiake's original manuscript?
Songjiang Mansion received the order and immediately dispatched a large number of capable personnel, and even called in the local garrison.All manuscripts were strictly sealed and transported all the way to the north.

Xu Xiake's friend Ji Huiming and Xu Xiake's eldest son Xu Qi, who contributed the manuscript, also received Zuo Menggeng's kind invitation.

Ji Huiming and Xu Qi just felt that Xia Guo attached great importance to practical learning, so they made the decision to donate Xu Xiake's manuscript.Unexpectedly, Xia Guo paid so much attention to practical learning.

The two of them were full of glory and headed north with high spirits, and they were extremely grateful for the decision they made.

This incident has aroused great repercussions all over the world.

Countless people who are quite talented in practical learning, but unable to use it under the shadow of stereotyped Confucianism, packed their bags and rushed to Xiaguo.

A good bird chooses a tree to rest.

Since there is a place to show their talents, how can they let it go?

Among them, Mao Xiang and others who have long been famous all over the world defected to Xia Guo, which had a greater impact.

Mao Xiang ran to Fu Yijian to apply for a job, thinking that he would be employed immediately.But Fu Yijian strictly followed Xia Guo's talent selection system, and wrote a recommendation letter for him, asking him to go to the government affairs school for further studies.

Mao Xiang was greatly moved to see Xia's officials respecting the rules so much and not doing whatever they wanted.Go there with pleasure and bury your head to become a member of the reserve officials.

There are also some talented people who don't care much about fame and fortune.After they came to Xia Kingdom, they also found their interests.

Xia Guo, in the Academy of Engineering.

Many facilities are arranged on the large ground.

Two of the long slides are the most eye-catching.

At the beginning of the slideway, there are two iron balls, one large and one small.It can be seen from the naked eye that there is a huge difference in the weight of the two iron balls.

Hou Fangyu walked up to the two iron balls and stepped on them.

Only the clicking sound of the machine was heard, and the two iron balls were bounced out at the same time.

Two iron balls rolled forward along the long slide.

The big iron ball was rolling very slowly, and it didn't take long before it gradually stopped.But the small iron ball was as anxious as lightning, and rolled a long way away, still not showing any signs of stopping.

Hou Fangyu didn't care about the condition of the two iron balls, but said happily to the people around him: "Brother Mi, look, this is the practical application of the method of quality testing you mentioned. In our place, it is called It is a scientific experiment. Through this method, it is possible to verify whether some theories are true or not."

Beside Hou Fangyu, stood a Confucian scholar in his early thirties.

He stared wide-eyed, watching the movement of the two iron balls, puzzled.

"Obviously the same force is exerted, but why does the big iron ball travel shorter and slower?"

Hou Fangyu laughed.

"This is the second law of physical motion summarized by our School of Physics: The magnitude of the acceleration of an object is proportional to the force, inversely proportional to the mass of the object, and proportional to the reciprocal of the mass of the object. The direction of acceleration and the direction of force same."

He paused, and then said in words that Confucian scholars could understand: "This is the objective law of existence in the world, that is, Tao."

The Confucian scholar ran over in person, brought back the two iron balls and placed them on the ejection positions.I operated it myself and watched the process again, and I couldn't help being convinced.

"Brother Chaozong, your country's spirit of in-depth study of knowledge is the best in the world. If I didn't see it with my own eyes today, how would I understand this?"

Hou Fangyu was not proud, but said sincerely: "Brother Mi's talent in practical learning, even His Highness praised him. His Highness said that if Brother Mi abandons the idea of ​​utilitarianism in Confucianism and devotes himself to scientific research, he will be famous in Qing history. Far ahead of the sages."

The Confucian scholar's face was full of red light.

"His Royal Highness King Xia also knows?"

Hou Fangyu was very sincere.

"His Royal Highness once said that among the talents in the south of the Yangtze River, only brother Mi has six or seven."

The Confucian scholar was both surprised and happy, but also a little flustered, and waved his hands quickly.

"How dare I stand shoulder to shoulder with Cao Zijian?"

He has been traveling in Shandong for a long time, and after getting acquainted with Hou Fangyu and others, he felt a sense of resentment when they met each other.

Looking at everything in the Academy of Engineering with nostalgia, he couldn't help but feel his heart beat.

"Brother Chaozong, although I am not talented, I want to be among the sages, I wonder if it is possible?"

Hou Fangyu was pleasantly surprised.

"Haha, we can't even ask for a great talent like Brother Mi. Let's go, I will take you to see His Highness, His Highness will definitely be very happy."

Zuo Menggeng never expected that Hou Fangyu would win Fang Yizhi over.

Although in the previous life, Hou Fangyu and Fang Yizhi were both known as the four sons of the late Ming Dynasty, and they had a close relationship.But in this time and space, the two are just acquainted for the first time.

But no matter what, besides Fang Yizhi's brilliant talent, his attainment in the way of practical learning is also a leader of his time.

He is willing to stay in Xia Country and devote himself to scientific research, which is really the best.

"I have read Mr. Fang's article for a long time. Many of the arguments in it are also very helpful to our scientific research. From now on, Mr. Fang can be an academician of the Academy of Engineering, and the country will fully support it if he researches it."

Fang Yizhi already knew a lot about Xia Guo's Academy of Social Sciences and Academy of Engineering.

From his nature, he is not the material to be an official.

On the contrary, it is really comfortable to devote oneself to scientific research and not to pay attention to the intrigue in the officialdom, but also to achieve success and fame.

"It's a great honor to be trusted by His Highness with such a meager talent. In the future, I will redouble my efforts to benefit the world."

Because Hou Fangyu recommended a great talent, Zuo Menggeng was very interested and cared a little more about this close brother.

"I heard from my little sister that you have been studying mathematics recently. I wonder if you have gained anything?"

Asked by Zuo Menggeng, Hou Fangyu wanted to show off.

"My little brother recently discovered a theorem. There should be no general algebraic solution for algebraic equations of the fifth degree or higher order. In other words, such equations cannot be obtained from the coefficients of the equation through the finite number of four arithmetic operations and square root operations. root."

Zuo Menggeng was shocked when he heard this.

Even if he is not a mathematics expert, he also knows that this is actually the famous Abel Ruffini theorem.

Unexpectedly, Hou Fangyu summed it up nearly 200 years in advance.

Zuo Menggeng asked with concern: "Has this statement been calculated?"

Hou Fangyu nodded firmly.

"Our School of Mathematics has performed tens of thousands of calculations, and even invited many experts in mathematics from home and abroad to help. The verification results are all the same."

Zuo Menggeng couldn't help showing a relieved smile.

Mathematics is the mother of encyclopedias, but in the original history, the Chinese nation was quite weak.

Now finally under his influence, it is gradually blossoming and bearing fruit.

Looking at Hou Fangyu, who has a handsome face and a smooth life, Zuo Menggeng couldn't be happier with these changes.

"Since you discovered this theorem, let's name it Hou's theorem!"

(End of this chapter)