Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 114 His Royal Highness Liao's New Invention!

Rao is as witty as Zhu Qi, and it took 0.03 seconds to think of a similar argument.

He pondered for a moment and said:

"Father, there is actually one thing that has been bothering the child.

Does father still remember the serious illness that the child had the year before last? "

How could Zhu Yuanzhang not remember that in the sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Qi was seriously ill.

Until the first month of the seventh year of Hongwu, the imperial physicians said that His Royal Highness King Liao was probably dying.

People are not iron and stone, so how can they be ruthless, let alone Zhu Yuanzhang, an emperor who values ​​family affection.

But I didn't expect that Zhu Qi suddenly miraculously improved, and he was just like enlightened, which was very different from before.

Zhu Qi continued:

"It was that time of illness, the boy was sick all day in a daze, and it seems that the boy read a lot of books.

But after the boy recovered from his illness, those books suddenly disappeared, and the boy didn't know what was going on, but it did seem to have learned a lot.

As for the specific reason, Hai'er couldn't explain clearly, and didn't dare to think too much about it. "

Zhu Qi's acting skills are good, and he speaks with a nose and an eye.

Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally not a materialist, but he doesn't really believe in these gods and ghosts.

I just heard what Zhu Qifang said, and after thinking about all the things afterwards, I really feel very strange.

Zhu Qi really didn't know how to draw before, and he had never heard of a poetic talent, let alone map drawing, fine number skills...

Could it be that there really is an immortal in this world, and this immortal touched the top of the third child's head and enlightened him?
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and pondered for a while. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was such a possibility. Of course, it could not be ruled out that the third child was a genius in the first place, and a serious illness stimulated his potential.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Qi's frowning and distressed look, so he said:
"Okay, since you don't know what's going on, don't think too much about it.

I have understood a truth for so many years, everything has a clue, if you can't figure it out now, you can always figure it out in the future.

So don't worry, there is always a way out. "

Zhu Yuanzhang soon started the old father's education mode again, and began to talk about his life experience to Zhu Qi.

But they didn't talk much, so I asked Zhu Qi to pay attention, if Wang Chuanqi came back and still had polar bear fur, keep some more.

In order to prevent those noble ladies from arguing and quarreling every day, they will not live in peace.

When Zhu Qi came out from Zhu Yuanzhang's side, he took a deep breath.

Fortunately, I was witty and didn't reveal my secrets, otherwise it would be terrible if I was caught out.

And the current rhetoric is naturally not the best solution, but I am the son of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, so I can only use that serious illness to speak in a more general way.

Even the emperor didn't want a polar bear fur cloak, so those noble ladies could be considered more peaceful.

As for whether there was any polar bear fur, at least this time it was uncertain. After all, Wang Chuanqi had set off for the second time, and this letter could not be delivered to him.

Then in the middle and late April, Zhu Qi didn't forget to ask Venetian Ma San to teach those craftsmen how to learn mathematics in the first grade of junior high school.

Counting the time, Zhu Qi arrived at the research center early in the morning.

And Ma San and a group of craftsmen over there have already been ready for battle.

Looking at Ma San's exhausted face with dark circles under his eyes, it seems that this month has been very difficult.

But if you think about it, imagine your junior high school math teacher, who takes eight classes a day, all week long, for a month.

Don't say that the students can't hold on, even the teacher may have to collapse.

And this is without regard to the level of the students.

Those craftsmen also looked similar, and each of them seemed to be a little sleep-deprived.

This is of course because Zhu Qi also set goals for them. After studying for this month, if they can pass the assessment, they can be promoted and raise their salary.

Zhu Qi also took this opportunity to grade these craftsmen.

For example, those who just came in are junior craftsmen.

Those who have reached a certain level and passed the assessment are intermediate-level craftsmen, followed by advanced and special-level craftsmen.

Currently, there are four levels.

Each class of craftsman has different treatment and salary.

If you can reach the level of senior craftsman, you can get more money every month than ordinary third-rank officials.

Of course, at present, everyone is just a junior craftsman.

However, there is nothing to say about their technical level, and all that remains is to pass this math test.

Zhu Qi plans to use Arabic numerals and symbols to mark the drawings that Zhu Qi plans to draw in the future, which is convenient and easy to recognize, and it is also convenient to write calculation formulas.

As for the test paper, of course it was prepared by Zhu Qi himself, and it was printed with an ink printing machine, which looked very beautiful.

But it's different from those scholars who take the exam for several days and nights. For mathematics, if you know it, you will know it, and if you don't know it, you won't.

So set the time for half an hour, and you can hand in the papers in advance after you finish writing, and Zhu Qi will also review the papers on the spot to decide whether you are qualified or not.

Everyone was arranged in a special room, where they all sat separately, and Zhu Qi's guards over there began to distribute test papers to these craftsmen one by one.

The form of the exam was naturally based on Zhu Qi's experience in taking exams in later generations.

The craftsmen sat on the chairs for the exam, holding the distributed charcoal pencils in their hands.

After such a long time, they are already familiar with the use of charcoal pencils.

After all, each one of them used to be big and rough, and there were not many opportunities to hold brushes. They just used charcoal pens when they came up, and they thought it was very convenient.

After all, it can be used at hand.

Ma San stood on the side, looking around with a serious expression, he looked like a head teacher, and Liao Wang Zhu Qi, who was proctoring the exam on the spot, was not the same as the school principal.

As for the issue of cheating, the guards were all standing on the sidelines, and His Royal Highness King Liao was also sitting at the top and watching, who would dare to cheat!
What's more, although the mathematics in the first grade of junior high school was very difficult to understand at the beginning of learning.

The main reason is the Arabic numerals and symbols. For these craftsmen, it is a new language at all.

But after getting familiar with it, it's not that difficult. The main thing is logic. Mathematics is just logic, a game of numbers.

Once you figure it out, you can learn it quickly.

Mathematics in the first year of junior high school is not said to be incapable of learning, but any human being with a normal IQ can learn it.

If someone really can't learn it, it's probably because they don't want to learn it.

Fortunately, Ma San is proficient in Chinese, otherwise it would be really impossible to teach these craftsmen.

Soon half an hour passed, and most of the craftsmen had already written about the same.

But no one handed in the papers. Their mood now is the same as during the college entrance examination. They would rather sit until the last second than hand in the papers in advance, for fear that something might happen and they won't be able to correct it in time.

After Zhu Qi collected the papers, he began to mark and mark them on the spot.

All the exam questions I asked were basic, and there were no difficult problems.

Zhu Qi just hoped that the craftsmen would master the methods of mathematics and be familiar with modern numbers and symbols, and he didn't want them to specialize in mathematics, so there was no need to make difficult problems.

Therefore, it is also very fast to change. The answers are all ready-made, and the work is done after facing one by one.

Science is good at this point, one radish and one pit. Under normal circumstances, there is no second solution. Of course, higher-level science topics are another matter.

After finishing the modification, Zhu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and Ma Sanna held his breath, waiting for the result. The other craftsmen were also similar.

Zhu Qi quickly put the paper aside, and then announced:
"Congratulations, you all passed."

The craftsmen showed joyful expressions one by one.

They study mathematics seriously every day, after all, it is directly linked to their salary.

The reason why people don't work hard enough is lack of desire.

These craftsmen are not too young, there are old and young, and they can be regarded as the group of people with the most desire.

How could it be possible not to work hard?
Those craftsmen who don't work hard will not be able to enter Zhu Qi's research institute.

It is naturally gratifying for everyone to pass the assessment and become an intermediate craftsman.

In addition, Zhu Qi has another very important thing that these craftsmen need to do.

That is to spread the news of the research institute's recruitment.

But recruiting people this time is not that simple.

In addition to passing the technical level, the learning ability and adaptability must also be strong!
So how to assess learning ability and adaptability?
It's very simple. In addition to the mathematics books for the first grade of junior high school, Zhu Qi also integrated all the mathematics tutorial content for sixth grade elementary school students by memory.

Coupled with the annotations of Hanzi mathematics in the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that the whole is easy to understand.

Zhu Qi will let these craftsmen give these books to colleagues they know for free. If their colleagues want to ask for it, they can also come here to get it for free.

As long as you can pass the assessment and pass the craftsman level, you can come to your side as a junior craftsman.

In short, it is necessary to maximize the popularity of this simple modern mathematics book among the craftsmen with these craftsmen as the spark.

Some people may want to say, oops, most of the craftsmen don't know how to write teeth, what should we do?

It doesn't matter if you don't know how to read, as long as you pass the skills and character, you can come to the research institute directly and start learning from reading.

Tuition is free, but the prerequisite is to pass the test of craftsmanship and character, and the combination of virtue and skill is still very important.

Because what Zhu Qi wants to recruit and cultivate is the future scientists of Ming Dynasty!

Can those literati become scientists?Those talented poets can become scientists?
At most, they should be traffic stars.

But can celebrity entertainment rejuvenate the country?impossible.

We must rejuvenate the country through science and education!And China's science and technology rejuvenation is not just a slogan. The leaders of many important departments are all high-achieving science students.

People with good scientific research ability also have more opportunities to work in politics.

This is called rejuvenating the country through science and education.

As for why not go to Guozijian and directly popularize these mathematics, physics, chemistry and other things.

The main reason is that it is too difficult and the resistance is too great.

Think about those scholars and students, who have been studying hard for so many years, and suddenly you say that you want to learn new things and test new things, who is willing to accept it?
Not to mention that this is a major change that shakes Confucianism, Zhu Qike does not have that ability, and is an enemy of the entire Confucian class.

What's more, those Confucian scholars who think highly of themselves may not be willing to accept Zhu Qi's new ideas.

On the contrary, these artisans who are used to it are almost a blank sheet of paper in terms of learning.

They are the easiest group of people to reform, and they are destined to be the easiest group of people to produce results after years of work.

Look at the inventions and theoretical knowledge in Western history between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Most of them are invented and created by craftsmen who focus on manual work!

Another example is the famous jenny machine, which was invented by the weaver Hargreaves.

So don't underestimate the craftsmen, they are the first line of technological innovation!
After arranging this matter, Zhu Qi has another task, which is to complete the task given by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Help Guozijian to revive numerology!
However, considering Ma San's status as a foreigner, it is absolutely impossible to become a teacher in the Imperial College under the current circumstances.

Does he know the Four Books and Five Classics?Did he read through the book of saints?Are you familiar with the principles of saints?
That's impossible, if you want those old scholars to accept Ma San, then let's get rid of this idea as soon as possible.

Those Confucian scholars were not ordinary stubborn, anyway Zhu Qi didn't intend to talk too much with the Confucian scholars.

The Confucian scholars before the Tang Dynasty were perhaps very bloody and scientifically minded.

But after the Song Dynasty, they began to pull their hips, especially when the Southern Song Dynasty fell. Most of the Confucian scholars with backbone and ideals died in sevens and eighties.

Nowadays, there are very few Confucian scholars like Zheng Shiyuan and Liu Bowen who have ideals, ambitions and abilities.

So Zhu Qi thought of a compromise, that is, teach Zheng Shiyuan, and give Zheng Shiyuan the basic mathematics for the sixth grade of elementary school and the advanced mathematics for the first grade of junior high school that he wrote.

Let him go to the Imperial College to teach. Zheng Shiyuan himself was born in the imperial examination and a well-known talented Confucian official. If he becomes a teacher, his prestige is no problem.

As for how far you can teach those scholars and how far you can go, let's just let it go and see.

Anyway, I have already planned to work hard from the artisan group, and I don't care about the Confucian scholars.

Some people may say, oops, Confucian scholars are the group that controls the public opinion of the country. If you don’t get rid of Confucian scholars, don’t you want public opinion?

Good guy, Zhu Qi didn't intend to control public opinion from the beginning to the end.

Although the crown prince Zhu Biao is very stable, Zhu Qi will not take the initiative to do such suspicious things.

You are a prince, what does it mean to try your best to build a good relationship with Confucian scholars? If you want to grasp public opinion, do you really think Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't understand public opinion?
On the contrary, things like propaganda wars are all leftovers from Zhu Yuanzhang's play.

Anyway, it's just one sentence, stay away from the court and be a king in a low-key manner, this is Zhu Qi's purpose.

Zhu Qi didn't want to, but he didn't know that he was proficient in mathematics, knew the art of war, knew poetry, and was quick-witted. With all these advantages, he was already an idol in the hearts of Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

A talented person like His Royal Highness Liao Wang is the goal of our Confucian scholars.

It can be said that Confucian scholars have become a little blindly confident in His Royal Highness King Liao.

So when Zheng Shiyuan, who was very famous, was ordered to bring mathematics books to the Imperial College, and with the permission of Prince Zhu Biao, he opened a subject called "Mathematics".

On the first day of class, it was already overcrowded.

Everyone wants to see what kind of subject this mathematics is. It is said that His Royal Highness Liao Wang attaches great importance to it.

Zheng Shiyuan was also someone who had seen big scenes, and he didn't panic at all when he looked at the Confucian scholars in the dark.

Soon someone brought up a black wooden board and hung it high.

Zheng Shiyuan picked up a section of white plaster that had been burned, and then wrote a few large characters on the black wooden board: Lesson [-], know numbers.

After finishing writing, Zheng Shiyuan turned around and said:
"Everyone, this is a new invention of His Royal Highness Liao Wang. It is called a number."

(End of this chapter)