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Chapter 1086 Visiting the Library

"It's too much. We are required to work ourselves. After all, we are also daimyo. Even if we become captives, we should be treated politely. Why should we be treated like this?"

Matsudaira Tadaaki and other daimyos still felt upset after Chu Yun finished summoning them, and they didn't know why Chu Yun treated them like this.

"Okay, let's not complain too much as we live under the fence. In the past, our ancestors had to go to the farmland to cultivate the fields themselves. At worst, they would become farmers." Tokugawa Iemitsu, who has experienced ups and downs, compromised.

"He also didn't mention the specific time limit for imprisoning us. He said that we would not be allowed to return to Dongpu until our influence faded. He was afraid that we would be put under house arrest in the capital until we died of old age before we would be released." Mizuno Katsuki Cheng said.

He is already seventy years old, and it is estimated that he will not be able to return to Edo in his life.

"What is that building for?" Tokugawa Iemitsu and others noticed the building at the same height as the Temple of Heaven.

Originally, buildings outside the imperial palace could not exceed the palace, but the Kyushu Library represents advanced cement concrete technology, which is similar in height to the Temple of Heaven, and its square shape allows Tokugawa Iemitsu and others to see it from a distance after leaving the Military Lord's Mansion.

The Kyushu Library contains all the knowledge that the Kyushu Army is willing to provide to the university students, from Confucian classics to natural works, and these works are growing at an extremely fast rate every year, requiring a very large area to store them .

Therefore, the Kyushu Library, which represents knowledge, has become the largest building outside the Forbidden City.The Forbidden City is famous for its group size, and the Kyushu Library is the largest single building, standing out from the surrounding schools and courtyards, making it even more majestic, like a giant steam ship on land.

"The place we use to collect books is larger than the "Yongle Canon". The collection is extremely rich. You can go down to pay your respects, but ordinary people cannot enter it. Only students of the University Hall Alliance are eligible. Enter." The officer escorting them said.

"Let's take a look at its elegance." Iemitsu Tokugawa felt a little regretful when he knew that they could not enter the place where the classics were collected, but he still wanted to admire the majesty of the Kyushu Library.

Kyushu Library is located in the university hall area, surrounded by the gathering places of the Beijing Normal University, the Agricultural University, the Geological University, the Political Science and Law University, and the Normal University.These university halls form the University Hall Alliance and share the right to use the Kyushu Library.

When they were arrested and brought to the capital, it was just at the beginning of the University Hall Alliance, and there were students wearing Republic-style school uniforms everywhere near the Kyushu Library.

These students couldn't help casting curious eyes when they saw a few soldiers and a dozen people in samurai uniforms coming to visit.But the curious eyes didn't stay on them for too long.There are many foreign students sent by the shogunate in the Overseas Department. They are no strangers to the Japanese samurai costumes, and they are even familiar with them.

"These are all back-up literati?" Tokugawa Iemitsu was surprised when he saw the blue shirt and long skirt.

This style of school uniform has the style of Hanfu, but there are differences.

They came to the bottom of the Kyushu Library, looked up at the huge building from below, and felt their own insignificance.Under the huge building, thinking that there are all kinds of classics stored in such a huge building, there seems to be a shocking power that makes people awe.

"Liu Xuemei, this is the Kyushu Library. In addition to the Overseas Department of our Imperial University, students from other departments are eligible to read books in it. However, because most of the books in it are very precious, there are not many copies. The number of books to borrow is limited."

While Tokugawa Iemitsu and others were looking at the Kyushu Library, several male students were enthusiastically introducing the surrounding facilities to a female student.

"Is the library open all the time?" the female student asked.

"No, no, it's only open from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm. It's open every six days and one day off on weekdays, and it's also closed on holidays. Although there are electric lights inside, the space inside is too large, and the cost of power generation is expensive." Already in Beijing The male student studying in the Normal University hall shook his head and said.

"Liu Xuemei can go in with us to have a look. There are many mathematics classics in it, including our ancient "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", "Algorithmic System", and many works of current lecturers in our mathematics department, such as Professor Gauss' "Arithmetic "Research", Professor Riemann's "Geometry Fundamentals". Most of them are published in the form of articles and manuscripts. Compared with "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and practical examples, these manuscripts called "papers" are very difficult It's hard to understand, we third graders have only scratched the surface."

"I'm here to guide Xuemei Liu. There is still some time before the entrance ceremony in our department in the afternoon. I can take you to visit all the floors. There is a ladder in the Kyushu Library that can go from the first floor to the top floor, called For 'diligence is the path'..."

The male students from the Department of Mathematics scrambled to be Liu Rushi's guide one by one.

There is no way, the Department of Mathematics is regarded as the most difficult and impractical department in the Imperial University, and it is difficult to enter the official career, and has always been neglected.Before the abolition of the imperial examinations, the idea that a woman's ignorance is virtue dominated the mainstream. Few women were literate, and even one in a million could pass the examination and enter the university.Most of the women who passed the entrance examination chose to enter the Department of Humanities.

Liu Rushi became the first female student in the Beijing Normal University in three years. The male students in the Department of Mathematics regarded her as a god, and they all tried to win Liu Rushi's heart.

The people from the Department of Mathematics came to the Kyushu Library in a noisy way, and then they surrounded Liu Rushi and went into the library before they calmed down.

Tokugawa Iemitsu saw the energetic students talking and laughing as they passed by. This kind of academic atmosphere is stronger than anywhere else.

"If this area is full of schools, then the number of students is not tens of thousands, but thousands. With so many talents in the empire, why worry about great things?" Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't help but envy when he saw the abundance of talents. These talents are a civilization. s future.

"For poor students, we will arrange dormitories for them, and even exempt their tuition fees and provide stipends. Excellent students have scholarships, and senior researchers have annual allowances. Tens of thousands of financial expenses are invested in the university every year. , It can be said that the cost is not considered." The officer of the Kyushu Army who brought Tokugawa Iemitsu and others said proudly.

The origin of almost all technologies comes from the University Hall and the Academy of Sciences, the predecessor of the University Hall, and in addition to the talents summoned by Chu Yun, more and more local talents began to emerge.

(End of this chapter)