Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 685 Farm Enlightenment (Please Subscribe!)
Zhang Zhidong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, tears kept flowing while laughing.

Zhang Zhidong is not a person who can't be reformed, otherwise Zhu Kezang would not bother to punish him.

Mainly seeing his name, Zhu Kezang thought of Zhang Zhidong in the late Qing Dynasty.

The original Zhang Zhidong belonged to the Qing School and opposed Westernization!
The so-called Qingliu refers to a group of imperial officials and censors who flaunt their integrity, like to participate in the impeachment of corrupt officials, and fight against foreign officials.

This is their advantage.

The disadvantage is that you are not familiar with the situation, your speech is high, and it is unrealistic.

At that time, people believed that Zhang Zhidong was an idealist and Li Hongzhang was a pragmatist.

The two often punched each other in the air, but they couldn't tell the winner.

However, since he was released to become the governor of Shanxi in 1881, Zhang Zhidong gradually jumped out of the Qing School and moved closer to the Westernization School.

Seeing Zhang Zhidong's transformation, Li Hongzhang was very proud. He once said a passage, insinuating Zhang Zhidong: "Everything in the world is difficult after it is done. He was famous for discussing the theory; later he was let go of a foreign post and took on practical responsibilities. In the past, he immediately restrained himself and dared not say a word; when he was promoted to Fengjiang, he hated the officials more than others. Some people criticized me vigorously. The person who bows his head down and asks me for advice."

It means that the person who used to be very loud and attacked me the most fiercely, sat in the seat of a feudal official, and realized that doing practical things is the hardest. Now this person asks me for advice, and he is as humble as a primary school student.

Li Hongzhang regarded himself as a senior in Westernization, and thought that he was sure of Zhang Zhidong.

This is not the case.

In 1884, Zhang Zhidong became the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

What he did during his tenure laid the foundation for his career.

In the meantime, the Qing Dynasty fought.

Zhang Zhidong tried his best to fight, not at all as timid as Li Hongzhang.

He sent an envoy with an urgent letter and 5 taels of payment to invite veteran Feng Zicai to come out of the mountain.

However, Li Hongzhang strongly opposed the appointment of Feng Zicai, saying that he was too old and weak to be used.

As a result, Feng Zicai lived up to expectations and won the Zhennanguan-Lang Son victory.

At this time, the Zhuhe faction wants to accept it.

Li Hongzhang ordered Zhang Zhidong to cease fighting and withdraw his troops, "If there are any violations and mistakes, there will be other changes, and the only supervisor is to ask."

This annoyed Zhang Zhidong, but there was nothing he could do about it.

His own strength in Westernization is far inferior to Li Hongzhang, so he is unable to influence the court situation.

Zhang Zhidong secretly made up his mind that he must do a lot of Westernization and catch up.

At this time, the Qing school was dying.

Zhang Peilun, who was once as famous as Zhang Zhidong, was good at talking but not doing it. He honored his reputation with the destruction of the Fujian Navy during the Qing-French War.

Only Zhang Zhidong has completed the transformation from a master of Qingliu to a rising star of Westernization.

Interestingly, Zhang Zhidong supported the Tartar Qing all his life, but unintentionally became the gravedigger of the Tartar Qing.

The students who were sent by Zhang Zhidong to study in Japan at public expense became the backbone of the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty.

The Hubei Self-Strengthening Army he compiled produced a large number of advanced thinkers.

The Hanyang gun factory he established prepared sufficient weapons to overthrow the Qing Dynasty.

Two years after his death, the Qing dynasty fell.

Compared with Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Zhidong witnessed the defeat of the Qing Dynasty on this world line.

Zhang Zhidong was wearing tattered linen clothes at this time, his whole body was hunched over, his hands were red from the cold, and traces of freezing could be seen, even if he touched it lightly, he would almost die of pain!
However, he had no choice but to hold the turning handle of the millstone tightly, and grind the rice husks hard, trying to end this hell-like life as soon as possible.

He is eager to go back as soon as possible. If he goes back this time, he will vigorously promote steam machines. Manpower is too much to suffer!

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhidong's hands seemed to have another wave of strength, making him continue to move.

Looking at the steam harvesters and wind valley machines on the farm next to him, his tired eyes were shining with light.

At this moment, he always understood something.

I also understand why science and learning from things can be so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and develop rapidly.

In the final analysis, these things taught by science and gewuzhizhi are all things that can really help improve people's production efficiency and reduce labor burden.

Zhang Zhidong realized that whether it was the steam harvester, the wind valley machine, or various steam-powered machines, they all played a huge role, greatly improving efficiency and reducing the burden of labor.

Relying only on traditional stone mills or millstones, even with the help of livestock, is still very inefficient.

The key is that in the past, most people were very poor, and many families didn't even have livestock such as cows, horses, and mules, so the shelling could only be done by manpower!
It's like the current self, relying on his hands to hustle the rice, his hands were sore and painful all morning, but only a small bag of rice was produced.

Zhang Zhidong realized something, and wished he could write it down now.

He now realizes a truth: laziness is the ladder of human progress.

In the primitive society, people dug the soil with their hands, and fought with wild animals with their bodies, just for a piece of meat.But this is too laborious and dangerous, so people learned to make and use tools, beat wild animals with stones, tame pigs and dogs with wooden sticks, the Paleolithic age represented by stone tools and the Neolithic age represented by polished stone tools , is the era when people are tired of fighting with both hands and looking for easier ways of gathering and hunting.

In the past, it was thankless to smash walnuts by hand, but it was quick and convenient to smash walnuts with stones. This is the progress brought about by laziness.

The transition from nomadic to settled is also the result of the laziness of our ancestors. In the past, the primitive people migrated around and ran wherever there was food. Later, people were tired of living in no fixed place and sleeping in the open, so they learned to grow food and domesticate livestock, and started to build houses by themselves. .

Among the four great inventions that China is proud of, printing is a product of laziness.

The original ancient books, there is no printing house, no printer, what should I do?
The literati copied it by hand, and read it while copying.

Just like Song Lian in the junior high school Chinese textbook, he lit a lamp to copy books.

Therefore, when I fell asleep, I copied a few wrong strokes and copied a few words, which planted the root of disaster for future generations to collate ancient books.

However, with woodblock printing and movable type printing, we can make templates and print thousands of copies at once. As long as they are not searched by Qianlong, it will be a good book that will be passed down through the ages.

Scholars no longer need to copy books. They are liberated from this boring work and have more time to read, think, and write articles. This is why countless thinkers and literary giants since the Tang and Song Dynasties were born.

Zhang Zhidong, who wanted to understand this, had a clear understanding, and when he finished his work, he would go to the "Jiangxi Evening News" to publish what he had learned and thought, and then apologize to His Majesty and Science!
He thought to himself: Does this count as enlightenment on the farm?
Appeal!
At this time, a four-wheeled carriage stopped at the door of the factory building. It turned out to be Zhu Kezang who was about to leave Nanchang Mansion.

Zhu Kezang walked down with a smile on his face, "Zhang Aiqing, now you still think that machines are obscene things?"

Zhang Zhidong was no longer stubborn, and quickly knelt down to admit his mistake to Zhu Kezang, with a very sincere attitude.

"That's good, I give you permission to use the steam machine!"

"Thank you Lord Ron!"

Hearing Zhu Kezang's words, Zhang Zhidong opened his eyes wide in disbelief, looked at the mountains of rice behind him, and rushed to the steam wind valley machine quickly without thinking about it!
The speed is astounding.

"Master Zhang, wait for the next official, the next official will also use it!"

(End of this chapter)