Humane Yongchang

Chapter 520 On Science

When the war drums in southern Xinjiang began to beat, the bell of Jinling City also rang three times.

On the small square outside the gate of Changning Palace, tens of thousands of Jinling people formed a large circle, staring intently at Chen Sheng in the center.

And the innermost part of the crowd is a hundred celebrities with high crowns.

They lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Chen Sheng in front of them.

But they kept whispering in private...

Chen Sheng didn't seem to hear their discussion.

With his hands behind his back, he straightened his back, and wore a wide robe without any decorations, which set off his tall and burly figure to stand tall and straight.

"Today is not the imperial government's decree lecture, but the first scientific concept debate meeting."

He enunciated clearly and forcefully in a slow voice, although the voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone present: "I am not the emperor, but the speaker and debater of scientific concepts."

"This is scientific thinking!"

"It's as if all of us know that when rice is planted, it will germinate, grow seedlings, bloom, and ear..."

"If the law on the protection of large livestock is not amended, then the common people can only carefully serve these large livestock like their ancestors, and continue to live a life of poverty and hardship."

"Looking at China for thousands of years, it is actually a magnificent historical process of summing up lessons, learning from experience, and making continuous progress!"

"But ten years later, the imperial court vigorously popularized basic education. Most of our next generation are literate and have read books. They will live and compete in an environment where they can read and write. By then, you Without literacy and books, it is almost impossible to have a chance to do some decent work!"

……

"My legalist studies focus on prestige and precision."

As if aware of what Han Fei was thinking, Chen Sheng turned around and scanned all directions, and shouted loudly: "The only thing that remains constant in the world is that everything is changing!"

He looked up and down this gas tank that was as thick as a cylinder but not as tall in shock, and asked, "It turned out to be the real one?"

He raised his hands and watched the crowd, and slowly followed his narration, and began to think.

The people present turned their heads when they heard the sound, and saw a young legal official pushing the wheelchair of Han Fei, the royal official of the dynasty, into the arena.

"Let me give you another example."

"I also sincerely hope that everyone can come up with a point of view that is more in line with my reality and more instructive..."

He slowed down his tone, and said in a low voice: "It may take decades, or even hundreds of years, for us Chinese people to master the method of making fire. It takes a hundred years to develop and grow..."

In the legalist's long-standing cognition, it is a taboo for legalists to change orders from day to day!
Almost all legalist prisoners have been pursuing a set of laws that can last forever.

"If you follow the traditional method of seed selection and seedling breeding, it is possible to breed hybrid rice, but from the previous yield of one stone per mu to the current yield of three and a half stones per mu, it will take decades or even hundreds of years to cultivate. Make a mistake, and if you make a mistake, your previous efforts may be wasted!"

The old man forced a smile, lowered his voice and said, "It's been too much outside, and with my old man's tricks, I'm going to cause trouble for the ancestors, so I'll just come here to avoid it for two days, your family's great cause." Big one, it won’t be short of a bite of my old man’s food, right?”

Following his narration, all the celebrities around him, as well as the common people of Jinling City, slowly widened their eyes, filled with indescribable absurdity.

But to be honest, most people can't tell what science is.

It seems that there is no...

But what your Majesty said was either something that had already happened on this land, or something that was extremely likely to happen on this land.

But the people around were all nodding their heads, and secretly replied: 'It's okay! '

"What conditions do we need to have more ears? A bumper harvest?"

"Hi!"

At most, it will be the time of good harvest, the government will turn a blind eye, the people will not be promoted, and the officials will not be investigated.

"Or, the imperial court will implement it across the board to the end, forcing the farmers who feed the large livestock to guard the large livestock like meat mountains, and die of poverty and starvation!"

"There is no tool to cross the great river, the Yellow Emperor invented the boat!"

He was really touched that Han Fei could show his old face to cooperate with him in singing the oboe.

He has known this old man for so many years, and when he met back, it was either in a dream, or both of them sent out incarnations.

"You are so old this time..."

The legal provisions that do not allow the slaughter of large livestock, especially cattle and horses, have existed since ancient times, so it is not very unusual.

Just in time, a steady and powerful voice came into the field.

This was really the first time he saw the old man's real body.

He could hear clearly and understand every word Chen Sheng said.

"Slavery in the Xia and Shang Dynasties has long been replaced by the state and county system."

But now, after listening to Chen Sheng's words, why does he feel that the concept of the eternal law is completely wrong from the very beginning?

"Why can they do it?"

"There is no shelter to defend against beasts, but the Chao family invented the house."

"The legal provisions protecting large livestock have become empty talk and decorations, which in turn affect the justice and majesty of all legal provisions!"

"This is change!"

After his words fell, the eyes of many famous people around him changed slightly... Yes, Boss Han, the show is not bad!
Chen Sheng was also a little dumbfounded.

"These can all be regarded as the development brought about by scientific thinking!"

Based on their simple feelings, they combined the scientific concepts they heard from the small officials who preached government orders with the understanding from the New Life Movement, and vaguely defined science as a kind of science that is related to the old, feudal, and The opposite of what barbarism is, something more new, open, civilized.

"A good government that was originally good intentions, for the sake of the people, and for the sake of long-term development, has now become a tyranny that ignores human lives and forces the people to rebel!"

"If things go on like this, who will still fear the law?"

"Six years, in only six years, they have achieved what others would have to do in decades or hundreds of years!"

It's very light, but it does smell like blood!
"You can't believe me so much?"

"I hope to share some of my superficial insights with everyone."

"Mountains can turn into ravines, and seas can turn into mulberry fields. Only by admitting that the world is changing all the time can we really keep up with the pace of the times!"

After a pause, he continued: "For example, when the country was newly established, Kyushu was seriously short of large animals that could serve as a strong labor force for a family of four, so the imperial court made a law to strictly prohibit private slaughtering and selling of large animals. , so as to increase the number of large livestock in the territory and speed up the reproduction of large livestock in the territory of Kyushu... There is nothing wrong with this law, right?"

Chen Sheng walked quickly to look for a bath, and sure enough, he saw a familiar old man with a round face, standing in the crowd and looking at him with a smile: "It's a good speech. It has the momentum of my old man talking about Kyushu back then!"

After thinking for a while, Han Fei also nodded and said: "Large animals have been a strong labor force in people's homes since ancient times. Protecting large animals is to promote production, and protecting large animals is to protect the people!"

"Looking back at the beginning, when the imperial court decided to launch the New Life Movement, the Confucian sage Xunzi once asked me, what is science?"

But when those words are combined, it is really the opposite of his cognition.

"I very much welcome everyone to refute my point of view. If you don't explain the facts, you can't argue the reason!"

"In the long run, there will only be two results!"

They now somewhat believe that the monarch and his ministers are not singing a double reed.

"Everyone knows about hybrid rice, right?"

"How can there be a precise definition of a punishment that can be light or severe?"

Anyway, how did they smell and feel familiar with the insensitive and reckless smell in the words...

"If one day, there are so many large livestock in my Han Dynasty that the land is overcrowded, what should the court do?"

He smiled and tentatively said: "Can I still make fun of my own life?"

"Hybrid rice that yields three and a half stones per mu replaces corn that yields one stone per mu..."

These days, they are indeed almost confused by the word 'science'.

He asked Han Fei.

"Nothing is lost!"

He said loudly calmly, and raised his eyes to look at the many famous people around him, but no one dared to look directly into his eyes. ,

'That's all, too much is too late! '

Moreover, all legalist prisoners firmly believe that the eternal law is real!

"Those rich people want to eat some beef and donkey meat to satisfy their appetites, but they are afraid of the court's legal provisions and dare not speak up!"

"But our farm masters, how long did it take to breed hybrid rice?"

"Anyone who stubbornly continues to use the eyes of ten years ago to look at Kyushu ten years later will become less and less able to understand Kyushu, and will gradually be abandoned by Kyushu!"

As Chen Sheng spoke, he observed the eyes of the people around him. Seeing that their eyes did not become clear following his narration, but instead became more and more confused, he changed the topic and said, "Let's change the angle again." Think!"

"There is no fire to cook the prey, Suiren invented fire by drilling wood."

I seem to understand.

Chen Sheng nodded slowly and said, "That's true, but..."

"Let me give you an example. Ten years ago, there were only a very small number of people from aristocratic families who could read and read. , You can live a comfortable life without reading, and you can also have the opportunity to do some decent jobs!"

"You guys don't have to agree with my understanding."

"But how many people know why rice can germinate?"

"I replied: Science is the study of all truths in the world."

"Because they figured out the right direction and the right method in the process of cultivation..."

Oh, so it's fucking science...

In the eyes of many people around, a look of ignorance finally appeared.

Seeing him, the eyes of the celebrities present gradually became strange, with a sense of contempt and absurdity as they looked at the double reel.

"Either, the imperial court turns a blind eye and closes one eye, allowing farmers who feed large livestock to 'borrow a knife' to kill cows and donkeys!"

'Anyway, I didn't expect a rally to lead the people to break the feudal superstition and believe in science. '

"Your Majesty's words, please forgive me for not agreeing!"

Chen Sheng looked at the old man's dejected look, and quietly twitched his nostrils slightly.

They don't believe that a good government that loves and protects the people can turn into the disaster of national subjugation that His Majesty said!

Even they themselves now despise some people and behaviors that are not civilized and polite, and they will call them "unscientific".

However, Han Fei didn't seem to perceive these strange gazes, and he spoke louder and louder, sounding deafening and aggressive.

"Scientific thinking, how can I guide the progress of the Han law? How can I promote the progress of the Han law?"

It's a bit of a kina taste under the netizen line...

"How can there be any prestige in a law that changes from day to day?"

Listening to Chen Sheng's eloquence at this moment, most people have a sense of enlightenment in their hearts.

"If you are not convinced, just come and argue!"

"The scientific thinking that His Majesty said focuses on change and development."

"If Suiren didn't choose to invent the method of making fire back then, but chose to attribute the flame to the gift of the gods, do you know what would have happened?"

Singing oboe, how can there be such a ruthless, let's kill it!
Han Fei was stunned for three to four minutes.

Before Chen Sheng could continue to explain, he suddenly saw a familiar face in the crowd from the corner of his eye, and immediately raised his eyebrows in surprise and delicately, and swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

But this excuse is really not convincing!
"Change and majesty do not conflict!"

"Going forward, if Youchao didn't learn how birds make nests in trees and invent the concept of 'houses', maybe those ancient ancestors would not have chosen to go down to the ground to learn fishing and hunting and farming. Instead, keep hopping up and down the trees like an ape."

After Chen Sheng gave a detailed and detailed explanation for a long time, he changed the subject: "But after thinking about it for a long time, I felt that 'science' should not only be defined as a subject, but should be a thought that guides people's progress, A life principle that promotes people to move forward!"

After half an hour, the meeting gradually dispersed.

"You say, will there still be a Chinese civilization that is as bright as a galaxy?"

Chen Sheng replied sternly: "When changes are placed in a long timeline, they cannot be called changes, and the majesty of the Legalists does not come from not changing a word or immovable like a mountain, but from justice and fairness. ,public!"

Seeing that he had already guessed it, the old man didn't bother to hide it from him anymore, anyway, he never agreed to hide it from this bastard at the beginning, it was Confucius and Guiguzi who insisted on him to hide it from Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng pursed the corners of his lips, and slowly frowned: "Don't you want any face?"

The old man curled his lips and said lightly, "Are you looking down on yourself, or on my old man?"

　My feet are still swollen today. I was sweating profusely from the pain of coding this chapter. I couldn’t concentrate at all. As a result, the quality of the finished product may not be very high. I am very sorry...

　　
　
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