Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 115: The method of hundreds of skills can change the weather!
Inside the main hall.

Empress Ma watched in astonishment as Su Xian asked this question without changing her expression, but she almost laughed out loud with a "poof" sound.

How does this kid's head grow? Fang Xiaoru, Li Xiyan and other great scholars of the country basically respected Confucius as a saint, and they had just been talking for a long time and basically held the saint high, thinking that the saint knew everything and was omnipotent.

But Su Xian's current question is simply taking the words of a saint and slapping them in the face.

"Two Children Debating Day"

This is something the sage himself admitted, and he doesn’t know the answer either.

"Hahaha……"

At the same time, King Qin laughed without any scruples.

Obviously, even he realized that Su Xian's question was directly aimed at the fate of several gentlemen!

Li Jinglong suppressed the corners of his mouth, and Chang Mao also grinned.

this moment.

"Let me ask you gentlemen again, which came first, the male or the female?"

“Where did the chicken come from?”

At this moment, Song Lian looked at Su Xian seriously.

But Li Xiyan turned around again and looked at Su Xian.

"But what have you read? You have read this to argue with your gentlemen about the distance of the sun?"

“Sages only talk about the spirituality of humans, why do they pay attention to animals?”

"enough!"

Su Xian took this opportunity and pointed to the sun in the sky: "Sir, tell me, is the sun closer to us in the morning or at noon?"

But now, Su Xian can make them speechless.

Fang Xiaoru continued to look at Su Xian and said loudly, "As long as there are problems in the world, they are recorded in the scriptures of the sages!"

As soon as these words came out.

The expressions of several people suddenly froze.

"What are you laughing laughing?"

"Okay!" Su Xian continued to nod, and then asked another question.

"You..." Fang Xiaoru became more and more frightened and angry.

"people?"

"I eat an egg every morning, but as I eat, I always think about a question and ask my husband to answer it."

Su Xian's tone was faint. He didn't want to continue asking, but you insisted on putting the topic in my mouth.

"May I ask, sir, which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

"Does that mean that for human problems, saints know the answers?"

In the end, Zhao Jing spoke slowly, but he covered up the problem again.

Sure enough, Su Xian's question has arisen, "Where did the egg come from?"

Even Zhu Yuanzhang looked stunned.

Because it has been said in "Two Children's Debate" that no matter how you answer, it is wrong.

Fang Xiaoru was still smart and put the problem aside directly.

"Lieh Tzu included this article "Two Children Debate the Sun" to let you know the greatness of the sages, and to let you know - knowing what is known, and not knowing is the honesty of not knowing!"

Zhao Jingze said, "The egg comes first..." But as soon as he said the words, he regretted it.

"I ask you to study on weekdays. I ask you to read Liezi and read the meaning of the scriptures. Is this how you read?"

Li Xiyan turned around and said angrily: "You have time to laugh. Have you finished your homework?"

Even Song Lian was stunned and speechless. This problem was worse than the distance of the sun.

For some reason, Fang Xiaoru immediately felt bad.

"Then ask humanity."

Li Xiyan blushed when asked, "Of course it's noon...it's the morning..."

Normally, they would not dare to yell at their husband, and they would not even be able to argue, because Li Xiyan would really hit them with a ruler.

It took a long time, but he couldn't answer it himself.

Su Xian looked at the latter again.

"Chicken first!" Although Fang Xiaoru didn't want to answer, he still answered angrily when Su Xian asked.

"I don't know! How high is the sun? How vast is it? It is in the sky. Saints only know the principles of the human world. How to answer such questions?"

Fang Xiaoru had a bad premonition, but it was already too late.

Sure enough, the next second, Su Xian's voice seemed to be filled with magic, making Fang Xiaoru freeze on the spot again.

"The worlds you mentioned are all answers that can only be obtained from ancient myths. It was not the male or the female, nor the chicken or the egg that came first. It was the gods who created humans, all things, and all living beings."

"The sage also made it clear: You don't talk about strange powers and chaos! These things have transcended the common sense of human ethics and are difficult to explain. The sage's subtle words and great righteousness have always emphasized... moral cultivation and human order!"

"The world of children is full of fantastic ideas, but no one in this world can answer these unsolved mysteries, so there is a lot of ignorance."

Su Xian would not let them fool him easily.

"Since gentlemen know such a simple truth, why did you have to say that the saint knows everything just now?"

"you……"

At this time, Fang Xiaoru's attitude had completely changed.

He turned from defense to offense and it was impossible for Su Xian to continue asking questions.

Otherwise, what does the Holy Spirit think?
"Su Xian!" Fang Xiaoru shouted, "Then I'll ask you too."

"Sir, please speak."

"These eggs, men and women, and even the distance of the sun you mentioned, could it be that these are the things you want to study in the various craftsmanship you mentioned?"

"The teacher just said that the saint has always emphasized moral cultivation and order in the world."

"But of these things you said, which one is really making the world safe? Which one is for the country and the people? Which one is really improving the morality of the people?"

Fang Xiaoru asked three questions in a row, and even looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and others again.

"Look at Your Majesty."

"Besides using your innocent questions to make things more ridiculous, have you ever really moved the Holy One?"

"You just said so much, which one of them is like what you said before, to increase the yield per acre, the transportation speed of grain and grass, or even the weapons for attacking cities?"

After saying this, he shouted again: "Joke!"

Sure enough, even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nod when he said these words.

His voice was rich and resounding in this palace, but it also carried unshakable faith.

"Those issues just now are not beneficial to the country!"

Queen Ma and Zhu Biao also nodded in time.

moment.

The situation that was favorable to Su Xian just now, as this voice sounded, the victor seemed to be Fang Xiaoru, Li Xiyan and others.

The latter was overjoyed, and the reason was simple.

The grain, grass, acres, etc. that Su Xian mentioned before had indeed shaken their faith, but the sudden questions seemed like shooting themselves in the foot.

This is self-inflicted.

It even made them a little happy.

Su Xian admitted it to himself now, "Really? But it is these questions that can promote the progress of technology and even the understanding of the world."

"Also, I don't know, I just don't know, why do you talk about it on gods?"

Fang Xiaoru asked: "If you still don't give up at this time, can you still explain the distance of the sun?"

Su Xian said: "Baigong skills are approaching these problems! While trying to explain these problems, the answers will be easily solved on the road. By then, who says that the yield of the acres cannot be increased? The efficiency of transporting grain and grass cannot be increased? The siege of the city Can’t a sharp weapon destroy a city thousands of miles away?”

"Ha! Your Majesty, he is talking nonsense again." Fang Xiaoru waved his sleeves angrily.

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression also calmed down.

What Su Xian just asked made him laugh.

But there is no doubt that he cannot sit idly by and watch the important matter of official selection in the country change because of these strange problems.

"Su Xian, choosing an official is to manage the place, make decisions for the people, relieve disasters, eliminate injustice, punish corrupt officials, and take orders from the court. You are not choosing these for us to study the sun or eggs! And the acres of land, transportation, etc. you mentioned, We can’t tell from your question about the gender of the sun egg…”

Even the Holy One said so, Fang Xiaoru, Li Xiyan, Zhao Jing and others looked at each other.

This kid can be regarded as being restrained.

But the next moment.

But Su Xian's expression remained unchanged, "Then let's change some questions."

"When it comes to people's livelihood disasters, everyone says the earth dragon is rolling, but are there really earth dragons under our feet?"

"Floods in the Yellow River, floods in the Yangtze River...floods together cause thousands of families to flee. Is it the churning of water dragons?"

"There is a severe drought. Even though there are thousands of clouds and mists in the sky, it never rains. The people can't get rain. They can only watch the grains in the ground wither and die!"

"When winter comes, it is bitterly cold in the north. If you are not careful, you will freeze to death and starve to death. Even our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty suffer this disaster every year!"

"If any one of these four disasters occurs, it will be a disaster that spreads throughout a province. If it is a little bigger, the entire country will be affected. Not to mention the lack of food and grass, even the country will be in turmoil!"

"Another mishandling will result in tens of thousands of refugees and hungry people. If they take up arms, they will completely unsettle the entire country."

"When that time comes, I dare to ask the sages about human ethics and order in the world, which one will be really useful?"

In an instant.

As Su Xian's problems emerged.

Just now, Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Su Xian and the issue of Sun Eggs, but now he looked at it suddenly.

Queen Ma and Zhu Biao also looked at each other, mother and son had a good understanding.

They asked almost simultaneously: "These are all natural disasters. How can natural disasters be solved?"

now.

Li Xiyan, Fang Xiaoru and others who were really asked by these questions felt uneasy at first. Then they heard Queen Ma's question and followed suit:
"Are you trying to deceive people again? Could it be that these problems can be solved by the skills you mentioned?"

Their doubts just came out. Su Xian turned his head directly, not looking at Fang Xiaoru and others.

Instead, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and his crisp voice was loud and clear.

"Of course it can be solved!"

"That's nonsense!" Li Xiyan was furious.

"You are still young, but you still want to deceive the emperor?" Zhao Jing also shouted.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him solemnly.

As he said just now, the sun and eggs were too far away and too small for him to care about, but these problems changed.

This is real. If you are not careful, it will be a shocking event that will damage the country's foundation.

"The secret of all things is to observe, study, and then try to solve it!"

Fang Xiaoru shouted and asked: "Could it be that if the earth dragon is rolling, can you stop the earth dragon from rolling?"

"Although it's not possible for the time being, after we figure out the principle, we can disperse it in advance so that people can avoid it and reduce losses!"

Without waiting for Fang Xiaoru to ask again, Su Xian continued: "As for the floods in the Yellow River and Yangtze River..."

"There is also a solution. There is no need to transport rocks from thousands of miles away and spend 30 to 50 years to build dams."

"The method of hundreds of efforts can reduce the time several times, and it is possible to build a 100-meter embankment overnight, even overnight!"

Li Xiyan didn't believe it at all.

"Lingya, how do you deal with the severe drought and severe cold in winter? How can you still stop the four seasons from turning around after these natural disasters?"

"If it doesn't rain, let it rain." Su Xian continued to shout:
"No matter how cold the outside weather is, hundreds of techniques can still accumulate thousands of heat sources!"

"Haha..." Li Xiyan laughed angrily.

"Did you hear this clearly, Your Majesty? This guy is just talking nonsense and dreaming about sweet dreams?"

"Not only does he want to be the Dragon King of the Four Seas who can control wind and rain, but he also wants to be a God of Wealth?"

"I heard what you mean clearly. Do you think that everyone in the common people has an earth dragon and can burn wood to make fire day and night? Firewood is also fuel!"

The quarrel can no longer go on.

Su Xian watched him say one sentence, and they were waiting for ten sentences to refute.

Simply look at Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, the method of studying things is to explore the truth of heaven and earth. Then in the process of understanding, we find that we, the people of the Ming Dynasty, will take precautions against natural and earthly disasters."

"If you use something useful, you can improve its use!"

"If we take another step forward, my Ming Dynasty's progress will be ten miles a day!"

"If you improve ten steps, your Ming Dynasty will be a hundred miles a day. If you take a hundred steps forward, you will be a thousand miles!"

Seeing that Fang Xiaoru wanted to continue talking.

Su Xian continued: "The investigation of things is originally taken from the words of the saint."

"This sage and saint has long been in use..."

"In ancient times, how were we, the ancestors of the Yan and Huang dynasties, different from wild beasts who ate raw? It was the Sui people who made fire. Only by learning how to use fire could we eat cooked food and move from stone to bronze ware."

"After that... as we continued to learn to use fire, in the Warring States Period, iron tools appeared and bronze tools gradually disappeared. By the Han Dynasty, iron tools officially became the mainstream."

"Before the pre-Qin Dynasty, emperors would only use bamboo slips to handle official affairs. However, with the advent of papermaking technology, we can use paper. With the same words, a book can even hold up thousands of bamboo slips!"

"When people cultivated the land, they only used human power at first. Later they raised cattle and horses, iron tools were popularized, and iron plows were cast. The speed of cultivating the land increased hundreds of times..."

"There are so many examples before, and the skills of various crafts have been improving step by step. Why do we have to build a dojo in the shell of a snail and a lion based on the Four Books and Five Classics written by the sages?"

At this moment, with every word Su Xian said, Fang Xiaoru's expression changed.

Li Xiyan also looked uncertain.

Because of this, what Su Xian said is right!

The next moment, Su Xian's words fell out like golden beads falling to the ground.

"The great road ahead is at your feet, why do you just cling to the Four Books and Five Classics?"

"What's more, the various craftsmanship skills will not affect the students all over the world from learning the classics of the sages."

"As long as I, the Ming Dynasty, use the study of studying things as a criterion for selecting talents, it will not only recruit students who can only recite poems and books and shout about it."

"It can even make our Ming Dynasty advance a hundred steps, increase the yield of acres of land, increase the efficiency of transporting grain and grass, and even change the time and place to benefit more people, it's not a problem!"

"Aren't these...the talents our Ming Dynasty needs?"

These words made even Zhu Yuanzhang start to think deeply.

"Your Majesty!" But Fang Xiaoru suddenly shouted: "What Su Xian said is the crystallization of thousands of predecessors. If my Ming Dynasty focuses on these, wouldn't it be a waste of too much time? What should appear will naturally appear when the time comes. …”

For no reason, Su Xian suddenly became angry when he heard this.

"If you think so, then the place where you appear will not be my Ming Dynasty!"

"The sages invented gunpowder, but now the entire weapons inspection department, after decades, has made firecrackers that are not even as good as bows and arrows."

"The artillery and ships we built are not even as good as Chen Youliang's during the Battle of Poyang Lake. That's what you said, sir!"

Su Xian looked directly at Li Xiyan.

"Why is this so?"

Su Xian looked at the former first, and then at Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly sat up in shock.

Su Xian yelled, "It's all because of the craftsman family, which is passed down from father to son, and from son to father. I hold ancient books at home, thinking that after reading them and reaching the level of my father and grandfather, it will be a lifetime achievement!"

"They never thought about progress!"

"Is it because they don't want to make progress? Even if they work hard to study it, they will still be craftsmen for a lifetime, ten lifetimes, as long as Ming Dynasty is around, and a hundred lifetimes. Unless there are special circumstances, they will not even be as good as his grandfather."

"If you don't understand the world and understand the investigation of things, then if you give it a hundred lifetimes, you might still be like today, holding ancient books... shouting about the scriptures of the sages, and you can still benefit your descendants!"

brush!
These words, which contained strong sarcasm, completely changed the expressions of Li Xiyan and others.

But Su Xian ignored it and just said: "But everyone knows that the sages never thought of benefiting their descendants in this way!"

"What the sages always thought was that a person is better than a person who is better than a person!"

"enough!"

Fang Xiaoru's face turned red and his neck became thick with anger.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a solemn expression. It is undeniable that the series of events just now went up to the gods of heaven and earth, to the earth dragons, and then to the fields, transporting grain and grass, fire, ironware, books, and even to the last ship artillery and fire guns...

He could no longer suppress the wild thoughts in his heart.

You know, he doesn't care about other things, but he cares nothing more about managing people's livelihood, especially strengthening the power of weapons.

Otherwise, the weapons prison would not be firmly in hand.

This is the real weapon that he believes can change the battlefield in the future!

What Su Xian said really spoke to his heart.

"Stop with all this lip service."

now.

Zhu Yuanzhang slowly calmed down his heart, stood up, and slowly sat down again.

"Speak with the facts."

He knew what Su Xian had been busy with in the imperial prison these days.

But I have never been able to figure it out.

Today, Su Xian said so much in a series of tit-for-tat confrontations with Fang Xiaoru and others.

Obviously, when they got to the back, they couldn't resist it at all.

this moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think of what the other party once said——

Who said that Confucianism cannot bow to the truth?

Then I will bully these gentlemen!

Su Xian seemed to have been waiting for this scene.

Hearing this, he also said seriously:

"It just so happens that I really want to start the first act of Gewu Xue!"

"As for whether His Majesty can open it in the future, that depends on the future."

talking.

Su Xian thought about the experiments he had done.

At present, there is only one thing that is most beneficial to Zhu Yuanzhang, and that is the city-destroying weapon he just mentioned!
But to cast these things, the Ming Dynasty couldn't even reach the most basic temperature.

And relying on himself, to be honest, there are too many ways to do it, and Su Xian doesn't think he is an all-around genius.

Only I, with the vision of future generations, can gather all the talented craftsmen from all over the world to guide me after the formal opening of Gewu Science!
This... is the "foundation of the Su family" that Su Xian has always hoped for!
As long as you remain in this "leader" position.

Whether it is craftsmen, military households, or even the most ordinary farmers who gather around Gewuxue and gradually begin to have "physical" proofs.

They can also be the most basic core strength of Ming Dynasty in the future.

And when the time comes...what is the selection of officials in the country? With the general trend, the imperial examination of the Four Books and Five Classics will inevitably be abandoned!
On the contrary, talented people all over the world will develop in the direction of their own interests. When the time comes, they will enter the gate of Physics!
This time was destined to be long, and Su Xian just happened to be able to wait!

And by that time, no matter in terms of age or condition, he should be at his peak.

Thinking of this, Su Xian thought of her preparations again.

In those two hemispheres, what Su Xian wants to tell these people is not that the atmospheric pressure is strong.

After all, these things are unfamiliar to them, and explaining them too clearly would be too hasty.

Su Xian's purpose has always been two very simple words, and a "vision"!
For a broader vision of geophysics, and an infinite future!

As for those two words.

Su Xian glanced at everyone, and finally his eyes rested on Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, and Queen Ma.

"The opening ceremony that guides the study of physics, omnipresent among all things..."

"Qi and strength!"

(End of this chapter)