The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 175 The Yellow River Bursting

Cheng Yimin just flipped through a few pages and was shocked by the content inside.

He knew that Chen Jingke's attack must be extraordinary, but he never expected that it would be even more powerful than he thought.

At this time, he only had one idea in his mind, no wonder he dared to call it Shape Xue.

As soon as this book was published, Chen Jingke could claim to be the originator of metaphysics.

This is really not an exaggeration.

In this basic book on metaphysics, Chen Jingke proposed many new concepts and gave many new settings and formulas.

For example, the definition of angle.

China has had an understanding of angles for a long time. For example, in observing astronomical phenomena, this concept is often used.

Folk craftsmen are also inseparable from horns.

It's just that among the people, it's not called Jiao, but Niegou.

But the people only know that there is cowardice, but they don’t know the degree of cowardice.

In mathematics, there is also no clear concept of 'angle'.

On the contrary, Taoism has conducted a deeper study on this aspect.

But Taoism studies this thing for the convenience of drawing various talisman patterns, not for the study of arithmetic itself.

Therefore, relevant research only stops here.

It did not form a system and did not develop further.

In fact, many of China's cultural enlightenments started very early, but it is a pity that they did not continue to deepen.

In this book, Chen Jingke elaborates on the concept of horns.

and proposed many theorems.

For example, the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is one hundred and eighty degrees.

For example, the two base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal.

These are just common and simple theorems.

Going a little deeper, the concept of the coordinate system is the first of its kind.

Well, I can only feel sorry for Descartes here.

……

In short, after just a brief glance, Cheng Yimin was impressed by the content of this book again.

I was also impressed by Chen Jingke's knowledge.

Chen Jingke waited for him to close the book before smiling and saying:

"how?"

Cheng Yimin said in an admiring tone:

"Chen Bandu's profound knowledge convinced Cheng."

"Your magnanimity impresses me even more."

Arithmetic can only be regarded as innovating on the basis of predecessors.

This metaphysics can be regarded as the founding work of the school.

Although many contents are summarized and developed on the basis of predecessors.

However, previous developments were only piecemeal and not systematic.

Chen Jingke organized it into a system and pioneered many concepts.

What's more, standing on the shoulders of predecessors does not conflict with whether one is the founder of a school or not.

Among hundreds of schools of thought, which one is not based on the thoughts of predecessors and summed up practice?

It does not prevent them from calling themselves founders.

Therefore, Chen Jingke is completely regarded as the originator.

This is Cheng Yimin's truest thought.

He did not know that "Elements of Geometry" already existed abroad, but this did not have any impact.

And now, Chen Jingke has actually contributed this book for everyone to study together.

Although he is still the originator, his credit is far less than that of independently publishing books.

It was like he distributed his knowledge and reputation to everyone for free.

Maybe he has requirements for the arithmetic circle, but compared with his contribution, what he requires is nothing at all.

Cheng Yimin was completely impressed by this kind of magnanimity.

Chen Jingke was very satisfied with the effect and said with a smile:

"I'm not here just for you to praise me. Can this book attract everyone in mathematics to join?"

Cheng Yimin affirmed: "Yes, that's great. With this book, the world's arithmetic masters can take your pick."

"That's good." Chen Jingke smiled and changed the subject:

"But we have to carefully screen who we want to join this time."

Cheng Yimin said seriously: "Don't worry, I know it well and will never let what happened last time happen again."

Chen Jingke nodded: "This time's organizational form must be different from the last one."

"We must protect pure arithmetic enthusiasts, they are the future of arithmetic."

"As for other things, we can also recruit some and let them be managers. It doesn't matter."

"But the core research must not be handed over to them, at least they cannot be responsible for the core research alone."

"To prevent someone from quitting in the future and causing the area he is responsible for to be redone."

In the technical circle, as long as the people who master the core technologies are there, they will never be dispersed.

Chen Jingke had already planned to officially start research on physical chemistry after completing the book on morphology.

Afterwards, he told Cheng Yimin how to use pens, new drawing and measuring tools, and how to use them.

"These tools are all made by the best craftsmen in the palace."

"When you copy, use them as a standard to reduce errors."

Because he had read some metaphysical content, Cheng Yimin could better understand the importance of this set of tools and carefully put them away.

"There are also length units, which I also unified."

"From the length units passed down by the ancients, some were selected as standard length units."

"For ease of calculation, I chose decimal units."

"For the unit of mile, we calculate it as two hundred feet, half a mile is one hundred feet..."

"We will first use it in our own small circle. In the future, we will see if it can be widely promoted..."

Having studied arithmetic, Cheng Yimin naturally knew the importance of unifying measurement units.

Knowing the advantages of the decimal-hundred system, I will naturally not object.

After introducing these things, the two discussed how to form a metaphysics editing team.

This time, they established a rigorous organizational framework and clarified the rights and responsibilities of each position.

After deciding on the general framework, it is up to Cheng Yimin to do the specific work.

Fortunately, I have a foundation in the arithmetic editing team, so it is very convenient to find people.

He directly selected a few good ones from the people he worked with last time as his assistants.

Greatly reduces the workload.

And Qiu Guangan, who has returned to Beijing, will also take time to come and help.

Chen Jingke no longer acts like the last time, a pure hands-off shopkeeper.

He often takes time out of the palace to personally participate in the construction so that everyone can get used to his existence.

Efficiency is further improved.

The news that Chen Jingke wanted to reorganize a small circle of arithmetic spread quickly.

People in the arithmetic circle were naturally very happy and were gearing up to join.

In particular, the accounting and official system was given the highest attention.

The arithmetic circle was disbanded before, and without this link, the arithmetic system, which had not yet been formally established, became scattered again.

To put it harshly, I can even fart in the yamen.

No one likes to live this kind of life, especially it is even more unbearable for everyone to experience a good life and then fall into poverty again.

Therefore, they pay the highest attention to this circle.

I sincerely hope that this circle can last a little longer.

But there are also a small number of people who feel very complicated.

At first, I wanted to fight for the right to speak, but in the end, I lost all the benefits, and instead caused a lot of trouble.

The key point is that Chen Jingke suddenly became the quasi-consort, with a higher status.

If I had known this, I would not have been unhappy with him in the first place.

In short, there are two words: regret.

The outside world did not react much to the reconstruction of the arithmetic circle.

Basically few people pay attention.

If there is one, it is a Confucian scholar. They mocked Chen Jingke for being naive and not learning his lesson after being betrayed once.

But in my heart, I once again paid more attention to arithmetic.

But that’s all. Arithmetic is just an applied discipline and does not constitute any competition with Confucianism in the field of thought.

Confucian scholars take it seriously, but they just think that they are in a group, and they can't bully them at will in the future.

That's all.

Chen Jingke didn't bother to care about what others thought. As long as he didn't jump out to stop him, he didn't care what others said.

Because of the background in the arithmetic editing team, the small circle was formed very quickly this time.

Half a month later, the organizational structure was officially completed, and the metaphysics editing team began to invest in research.

In the office, looking at the dozens of math masters in the hall outside who were immersed in studying morphology, Cheng Yimin was happy:

"Everyone in mathematics around Yingtian Mansion has been invited."

"There are still some in other places. I have also written to invite them. I believe they will be there soon."

“The morphological compilation team will be truly complete only then.”

Qiu Guang'an nodded and said: "Yes, Chen Bandu's metaphysics is indeed brilliant. I can't help but want to come here and study with everyone."

Chen Jingke smiled and said: "That's not possible. If you come here to study, what will happen to the Ministry of Revenue? Your Majesty will not let me go."

Qiu Guangan joked: "It doesn't matter, just let the eighth princess intercede for you."

Chen Jingke was speechless. He always liked to joke about this matter.

It seems that if you don’t take your wife home, you won’t be able to get through this.

"Forget it, I won't tell you anymore, I'll go teach everyone a lesson."

Graphics can be regarded as a brand new subject even for arithmetic people.

Relying on their own research is not only inefficient but also prone to problems.

Therefore, Chen Jingke, the ‘pioneer’, can only go into battle personally and hand over some basic knowledge to everyone.

Then let them do further demonstration and research.

Looking at his back, Qiu Guangan said in admiration:

"Compared to the beginning, Chen Bandu has grown up a lot."

Cheng Yimin said with deep approval: "Yes, he is becoming more and more like a general now."

"The most gratifying thing is that his heart has not changed."

Qiu Guang'an didn't say anything, but nodded in approval.

Chen Jingke's method of dealing with the arithmetic clique is not very clever.

Everyone can see that he wants to kick out the disobedient people.

It's just that this circle was formed based on his knowledge.

So no one can point a finger.

What really impressed Qiu Guangan was the reconstruction process of the small circle.

Chen Jingke personally participated and used various methods very skillfully.

It not only highlights one's status but also does not offend others.

Different from the honorary editor-in-chief last time, this time he is the real leader of the small circle.

Everyone is united under his banner.

Unconsciously, Chen Jingke has grown to this extent.

This made Qiu Guangan feel a little dazed.

The only shortcoming of Chen Jingke now is that he is too young and has not yet reached the time to carry the flag.

Otherwise, at this time, he can already recruit a group of people and fly his own banner.

But this is also his advantage.

Time is on his side and he can plan things out slowly.

My great-grandson reads with me, my consort, the future is limitless.

It's a pity that I am getting older and may not be able to wait until that day comes.

The arithmetic circle quickly got on track.

Chen Jingke teaches in person, and the students are all math masters, so the process is very fast.

It only took less than a month to learn the basic knowledge.

Chen Jingke is already preparing to start the next stage of teaching.

He also pays attention to things outside the small circle of calculations.

Reform is in full swing.

According to the plan, the military released civilians one by one. At this time, one-third of the work has been completed.

It is expected that the entire military transformation will be completed within two years.

However, the re-examination of military merit has been completed by [-] to [-]%.

A complete roster will be available by the end of the year at the latest.

In other words, the court will definitely conduct a major honors award during the Chinese New Year this year.

It can be said that it is highly anticipated.

The administrative reform process is even faster, and township officials are basically in place.

However, supporting staff still need to be slowly selected.

But a problem also arises: there are not enough officials.

Even if all Enyin officials are filled in and a group of people are selected from the public through recommendation, the gap will still be very large.

So the Ministry of Civil Affairs asked for an order to let some of the candidates directly serve as officials.

It is also possible to become an official by being promoted, but once awarded, it also means that you can no longer participate in the examination.

Therefore, only those who gave up taking the Jinshi examination would choose to become officials directly.

And generally they can only serve as assistant officers.

If you become a chief official, you can reach the county magistrate level at most.

What happens to be lacking now is a large number of auxiliary officers, which is just right.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to agree.

This barely alleviated the problem of insufficient officials.

However, this is not a long-term solution, and more reserve officials must be trained.

Zhu Yuanzhang has decreed that Enke will be held again in February next year.

Time soon entered August, and heavy rains fell in Shaanxi, Henan and other places.

This is a good thing for the two places that are short of water.

However, the rain also caused the water level of the Yellow River to surge, causing it to burst its banks in Kaifeng.

Fortunately, the place where the embankment burst this time was just below the new channel of the Yellow River.

Most of the residents in this area have been moved away.

Those who have not been relocated have relatively high residential areas, so there has not been much damage to people or property.

Moreover, in order to reduce the risks caused by the diversion of the Yellow River, Bai Ying built a huge sluice on the Yellow River.

Increase the amount of water little by little.

At the same time, an appropriate amount of water is used to "contain water to attack sand" and flush new river channels.

This time there was a breach below, so he opened the gate above to reduce the amount of water downstream.

Then he led the laborers who were building the Yellow River and rushed over without haste and blocked the gap.

Wait until the opening here is blocked, then lower the gate a little to control the water flow.

A major event that should have caused heavy losses and been solemnly recorded in the history books ended dramatically.

Zhu Yuanzhang and his officials were all shocked when they received the news.

Then there is joy.

Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to commend Bai Ying, and also allocated grain to reward all the laborers who participated.

But the ministers were not happy for long, and soon a message was sent to Yingtian at a speed of eight hundred miles.

An epidemic broke out among the laborers on the Yellow River, and thousands of people have been infected.

　It's sunny, and now I feel like I'm floating. This chapter took more than seven hours to write.

　　I'm really speechless.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)