I open a history tutorial class in Daming

Chapter 19 It’s not a big deal to watch the excitement

The huge lecture hall fell silent.

The only sound was the rustling of pages turning.

Song Shen also crossed his arms across his chest, waiting patiently for them to finish flipping through the book before asking their own questions.

Yes, of course they will have questions, even though there are textbooks here.

The people in front of Song Shen, and those who will appear in the future, are undoubtedly almost all among the brightest stars in the long history of Chinese civilization.

These people are extremely smart, but they have not received any modern education, have not read "100,000 Whys", and have not taken science classes in elementary school. It is normal for them to have questions.

If Song Shen had no reaction when he first heard about the theory of evolution, he would even think that there was something wrong with the system replication.

It didn't take long.

Someone below raised his hand first.

Contrary to Song Shen's expectations, the person who raised his hand this time was not Zhang Liang or Zhu Biao, but Zhu Yuanzhang.

He felt somewhat relieved.

This guy finally knows the rules!
"Student Zhu Yuanzhang, if you have any questions, please stand up and speak."

Song Shen happily raised his hand to signal.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not at all nervous and immediately stood up and asked:

"Although the book is well-reasoned, I still think there are some problems here."

"You said that humans evolved from monkeys, so why are there both monkeys and humans in the world now? If that were true, wouldn't all monkeys have become humans? This doesn't make sense!"

Song Shen raised his eyebrows, but did not answer immediately. His eyes swept across the faces of the four people.

As expected, the other three people showed approval on their faces, obviously they all found this logical loophole.

Song Shen smiled.

Only now did he finally have a sense of reality.

I am really teaching a group of the smartest people in history, not two good students and two bad-tempered bullies.

This actually cheered him up.

The feeling of teaching smart people, although a little troublesome, is finally challenging.

"That's a good question. It seems that Mr. Zhu Yuanzhang has thought about it seriously."

"This question should be answered by your biology teacher or science teacher, but I'm the only one here now, so I can give you a rough explanation. It may not be very professional, but it's fine as long as you can understand it."

Song Shen turned around and drew a tree on the whiteboard with a few strokes.

He tapped the tree with his hand:
"First of all, I want to correct a misconception, that is, humans evolved from monkeys. I did not express this sentence completely. To be precise, humans and monkeys have a common biological ancestor, which is not the same concept as the apes and monkeys you have seen and heard of today."

"The apes and monkeys that coexist with us now actually just share a common ancestor with us that has disappeared. You can understand it as us humans and apes being relatives, cousins ​​or not. That's probably what it means."

"The trunk of this tree is our ancestor. Monkeys chose to evolve into the current furry, climbing, fruit-eating creatures, but humans chose to leave the trees and walk upright, learn to grill meat with fire, and eat with chopsticks. These are the branches of the two forks."

"The relationship between us and the monkeys is like that between two distant relatives. One family is very successful and has become a high-ranking official, while the other family is so poor that they have to sweep stables. The two families don't even know that they are relatives."

"If this is the case for people of the same bloodline, then why is it so strange that humans and apes have a common ancestor?"

The classroom was even quieter than before.

The four students had strange expressions on their faces.

This feeling...how to describe it...is like someone is using urine as medicine, and it smells hard to swallow, but the medicine is so effective that you have to drink it.

Just as Song Shen just said.

What he said made a lot of sense, but when I thought about the fact that I was a relative of monkeys, I felt inexplicably humiliated.

very annoying.

Song Shen waited for a while, but he didn't wait for the next person to refute him, and he felt a little proud.

Just kidding!
Even if he is not as smart as these smart guys, he has experienced the era of information explosion. What kind of weird questions has he not heard, and what kind of tricky brain teasers has he not seen?

Just Zhu Yuanzhang, how ridiculous!

Song Shen knocked lightly on the podium, cleared his throat, and continued:
"It seems that everyone doesn't have too many questions about the theory of evolution, so let's continue talking about the content in the book."

"You have read the book. Today, we will talk about the prehistoric civilization unit directly based on this topic."

"The representative of early human beings in my country, Peking Man, everyone has seen this, right? Do you have any questions?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another person raised his hand decisively.

Song Shen took a closer look and frowned a little -

Why is it Zhu Yuanzhang again!!!
"Student Zhu Yuanzhang, speak up."

Compared to the relief he felt the first time, he was already feeling a little annoyed.

Zhu Yuanzhang has always been a very rebellious student. It is good that he suddenly becomes obedient, but if the price of becoming obedient is to become a walking version of 100,000 Whys... then he will not be very happy, okay!

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang also noticed Song Shen's impatience.

But he didn't think anything of it, because he had a very ominous premonition and his mind was full of questions.

"Sir, where is this Beijing? I have never heard of this place before. Is it a name from later times?"

Song Shen was stunned for a moment, and after reviewing the situation in his mind for a moment, he slapped his thigh in sudden realization:
"Oh, that's right. None of you know where Beijing is. This actually belongs to the category of geography. I can just talk about its historical evolution. Anyway, you should know where it used to be."

"During the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou granted Duke Zhao the land of Beijing and its surrounding areas as Yan, and granted the descendants of Emperor Huangdi the land of Ji, which was close in location. Later, Yan destroyed Ji, and the two states merged into one, collectively known as Yandu or Yanjing."

"In later history, it had many names, including Guangyang County, Shanggu County, Yan State, Yan County, Youzhou, Zhuo County, etc., and in the Yuan Dynasty, it was first designated as the capital and called Yuan Dadu."

"The above is the predecessor of Beijing. Everyone should know where it is now. Do you want to know what happened next?"

In fact, Ying Zheng and Zhang Liang were not very interested in this matter.

The former had already incorporated the State of Yan into the territory of the Qin Dynasty, while in the eyes of the latter, it was just Guangyang County. This place sounded like it had nothing to do with the fall of the Qin and Han Dynasties, so they didn't need to waste time.

However, they all keenly noticed that Zhu Yuanzhang's breathing had become rapid.

This is very interesting!
"Sir, please continue. Liang really wants to listen."

Zhang Liang raised his hand with interest.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked very unhappy.

Song Shen didn't care at all, and said with his hands spread out:
"In the early Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu, our classmate Zhu Yuanzhang, renamed Dadu as Beiping and named his fourth son Zhu Di as the Prince of Yan, where he was enfeoffed."

"A few decades later, Prince of Yan Zhu Di successfully seized power and moved the capital from Yingtianfu to his fiefdom of Beiping, and renamed it Beijing. For the next 700 years, even though times have changed, it has remained the capital."

There was a peaceful silence in the classroom.

(End of this chapter)