The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 255 Gene (2)

Chen Jingke briefly talked about the affairs in the East Palace, focusing on the matter of giving the prince a big gift.

Sun Simiao said approvingly: "That's right, the sage has cerebral hemorrhage and will give more authority to the crown prince for the long-term consideration. Being friends with him at this time will not cause suspicion. You have finally made progress."

"Eh... yeah, that's good." There was a trace of unnaturalness in Chen Jingke's expression, but it disappeared in an instant.

At that time, he really didn't think about it so much, he just thought that his eldest grandson Wugou was not dead, and the position of the crown prince was stable, so he should make a good relationship in advance.

I didn't expect that there were so many scruples in the middle, so I can only say that it was wrong and right.

Sun Simiao said with emotion: "There is no father and son in the Tian family, but no one thought that the sage would suddenly have a cerebral hemorrhage when he was at the height of his spring and autumn."

Chen Jingke has also been thinking about this question, and has a guess.He didn't hide it either, and immediately revealed the result of his guess.

"I thought it was because His Majesty's past two years were so smooth that he got sick from anger."

Sun Simiao said, "Tell me what you found."

Chen Jingke said: "People's psychological endurance is related to the environment and experience. People who have experienced setbacks have relatively stronger willpower and psychological endurance."

"Your Majesty has experienced countless setbacks in his life, and it is reasonable to say that his psychological endurance is far beyond ordinary people. But in the past two years, he has been too smooth, which has made his mind relax..."

First, the eldest grandson Wugou's illness was brought under control, because she was alive, the whole palace maintained a relatively harmonious situation, true fatherly kindness and sonly filial piety.

Chen Jingke presented him with a variety of black technologies, such as artillery, sea ships, sugar making, glass, paper making, printing, globes and so on.

These things are changing the entire Datang at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although it was confirmed that there was a family hereditary disease, Sun Simiao and Chen Jingke were both present and received relatively effective treatment, and their illnesses were all under control.

It can be said that the past two years have been too smooth, so smooth that the nerve that has been stretched for most of his life has been relaxed.

"Of course, under normal circumstances, he wouldn't be so angry that he would have a brain hemorrhage. Imagine if the clan chronicles were written by a nobleman, he would have been mentally prepared and would not be so angry."

"The key lies in the identity of the editor. Gao Shilian is his most trusted in-law, and Cen Wenwen was trained by him as a prime minister."

"No matter how you look at it, these people should be on his side unconditionally. It is precisely because of his trust that he hardly asked about the compilation of the book before."

"It turned out that these people played such a game for him, which can be said to be betrayal."

"For him who is full of ambition, it is tantamount to a blow to the head. The contrast is so great that he is so angry that he has a brain hemorrhage."

After hearing these words, Sun Simiao fell into deep thought, and said after a long time: "What you said is not without reason, a child who is pampered and raised is really embarrassing."

"Perhaps your majesty is just like what you said, the past two years have been so smooth that you have become mentally relaxed. But these are all speculations, and we need to study them carefully in the future."

Chen Jingke nodded and said: "The main reason is his own high blood pressure. Although you have tried your best to help him recuperate, it is impossible for him as the emperor to calm down and cultivate."

"Mood fluctuates too much, and I worry about it every day. These negative emotions accumulate over time and will explode sooner or later."

"I just hope that His Majesty can learn a lesson this time, let go of some power and don't have to do everything personally. If you really don't trust the crown prince, can you send part of the memorial to your aunt for review?"

Sun Simiao glanced at him speechlessly, and said, "You can also say these words? Be careful that it comes out of your mouth."

"Hey." Chen Jingke sighed: "I'll just tell you, I'm afraid of death if no one mentions a word."

Then he continued: "By the way, regarding this issue of resistance, the elders of my family actually made a guess. You can refer to it."

Immediately, Sun Simiao regained his energy and urged, "Quickly tell me what your guess is."

Chen Jingke pondered for a while and said, "The human body is composed of flesh, bones, hair, etc., but why is human flesh different from beef and mutton? Why is the human body so different from that of cattle and sheep?"

"This..." Sun Simiao subconsciously felt that this sentence was ridiculous, but when he wanted to refute it, he didn't know where to start.

Chen Jingke didn't expect him to answer, and said to himself: "So the elders in my family guess."

"Although the surface is all flesh and blood, there must be a basic factor in the subtleties invisible to the naked eye that determines the difference between these flesh and blood."

"This basic factor, they call it gene. This gene determines that beef is beef, mutton is mutton, and people are people."

He didn't know if what he said was right or not, so he could only explain it based on his existing knowledge and some guesswork.

Sun Simiao was at a loss when he heard it, but later he understood what he was trying to express. After pondering for a while, he said noncommittally, "And then?"

Chen Jingke continued: "Then they did a lot of research based on this guess..."

He told the information about genes that he didn't know much about. The genes of men and women are different, and everyone's genes also have subtle differences.

The closer the blood relationship, the more genetic similarities, which is why they have so many similarities in appearance.

If one day human beings can master the ability to observe genes, they will be able to distinguish each person through a hair and a drop of blood, and even distinguish whether two people are related by blood.

He focused on the genetic immunity: "Genes have no consciousness, but have inherited instincts, and this instinct often creates many magical things."

"For example, for the sake of inheritance, genes do not allow cannibalism. If a person eats too much of the same kind, he will get prions."

"Not only humans, but also livestock. Feeding cows with feed made from cow offal can also be infected with prions."

This is how Laomei’s mad cow disease came about in the previous life. They made feed from the offal of cows that they didn’t eat, which resulted in even greater losses.

Later, scientists in the United States discovered this problem after studying for a long time, and quickly stopped the behavior of using cow offal as feed, and mad cow disease disappeared.

Sun Simiao frowned, and said, "The elders in your family did experiments with people?"

Chen Jingke quickly shook his head and said, "How is it possible? Just observe more during disaster years. Those who survived by cannibalism often don't live long."

"Eating human brains, in particular, will cause you to be infected with prions faster, and you will definitely die. Many people think it is a curse from God, but the elders in my family don't believe it."

"I did an experiment with cows and found that cows would go crazy if they ate too much meat of the same kind, so I came to this conclusion."

"And named this virus a prion. They speculated that it was a spontaneous choice made by genes in order to pass on, killing those cannibals."

Only then did Sun Simiao feel relieved, and then asked: "You just said that genes have no consciousness, only inherited instincts, so how do they know that there are people who cannibalize their own species?"

(End of this chapter)