Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I'm here to help Mr. Sun make a great contribution."

Sun Yuwen said with a smile: "Master Lin is joking, what great achievements can I make?"

Lin Yuan said: "My lord is in charge of the Ministry of Punishment. If you can eradicate a tyrant in the local area, wouldn't it be a great achievement!"

Sun Yuwen waved his hands and said with a smile: "It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense, local affairs are managed by the prefecture and county government, and at the top there are inspectors, and at the top there are governors and governors. It doesn't matter what you say It's up to us."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "What if this person is a heinous person?"

Sun Yuwen laughed and said, "No matter how big a villain is, we don't need our Ministry of Criminal Justice to come forward directly."

Lin Yuan looked sullen and said, "If it's a rebellion, do you care?"

Sun Yuwen couldn't laugh anymore, he knew that in the eyes of the emperor, no matter how much they devoured Russia, Japan or England, they were nothing more than a disease of the elbow and armpit. Although the disease was painful, it was not fatal, and the traitor The rebellious party is a serious problem. If the rebels and rebellious parties are smashed, it will be a great achievement.

Sun Yuwen hurriedly asked: "Who do you say is a traitor?"

Lin Yuan lowered his voice, and said: "This word comes out of my mouth, it's like your ears, don't let the third person know, that person is Long Wu on the pier."

When Sun Yuwen heard this, he burst out laughing, and said: "I thought who you were talking about, it turned out to be that little thing, he also smuggled goods, plotted rebellion, he would never dare to do Yes, and he still..."

Sun Yuwen looked around, and said to Lin Yuan in a low voice: "He is still Lord Ronglu's small treasury, and he has a lot of filial piety to Lord Ronglu!"

Just as Lin Yuan was about to say something more, a eunuch sent a message: "The candidates for the pilot test are invited to go to the palace, and the palace test begins."

When everyone entered the hall, the ministers were lined up on both sides, and the people stood in the center. The so-called palace examination was where the emperor personally set the questions.

Emperor Guangxu said: "I have been reading Western books for the past few days. I don't know how much you love about these Western artifacts?"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan was relieved. At this time, everyone lowered their heads and no one answered. Emperor Guangxu said: "I have seen all kinds of Western artifacts recently. They are as big as battleships and as small as rifles. The components are all complicated. Take this battleship as an example, there are hulls, decks, steam engines, cannons, etc. If you take out all of them, there are many components. Subdivided, there are small objects such as threads, pins, etc. It is really a one-foot hammer, half of which is taken every day, and it feels inexhaustible. I don’t know how I, Qing Dynasty, will build these objects from scratch?"

The purpose of Lin Yuan's participation in the examination was to silence those Confucian officials. As for whether he could win the first prize in the palace examination, he didn't care at all, he couldn't even think about it, so he didn't intend to answer the questions asked by Emperor Guangxu. Stand aside silently.

Lin Yuan didn't want to answer, but the crowd really couldn't answer, and some of them broke out in cold sweat. Seeing that no one took the initiative to answer, Emperor Guangxu pointed to the one in front, and said, "You can answer."

After hearing this, the Juren hurriedly knelt down and said: "The Master said: 'A gentleman is not a weapon', Zhu Zi noted..." So he started a long speech, many of which Lin Yuan didn't understand. "From the Analects of Confucius, it means that a gentleman has many talents. The Juren didn't know what "Western utensils" were, and when he heard the word "vessel" in it, he remembered this sentence.

The Juren made a lot of nonsense, didn't know what to say, and after shouting "Long live", Emperor Guangxu was also dizzy, and waved his hand to let the Juren join the line.

At this time, a Juren stood up, knelt down on the ground, and replied: "Caomin is willing to relieve His Majesty's worries."

When Emperor Guangxu saw it, he asked, "What's your name?"

The man replied: "Caomin's surname is Xin, and his name is Wenyuan."

Emperor Guangxu nodded, and Xin Wenyuan said: "The imitation of Western utensils is actually done by people of all kinds. Lowly, the grassroots think that if you want to imitate Western utensils, you must let the craftsmen not be low."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "In ancient society, there was a status ranking of 'scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen'. This new Wenyuan can break this stereotype, and it seems that he can be regarded as a man of insight."

Emperor Guangxu seemed dissatisfied with the answer, so he asked, "Does anyone have anything else to say?"

Weng Tonghe on the side said at this time: "I report to the Holy Majesty that none of the people can answer it. Please ask the Holy Majesty to change another question. Why don't you try another stereotyped essay."

When Lin Yuan heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat. He thought to himself: "This Weng Tonghe is Guangxu's teacher, so his words are naturally very important. If Emperor Guangxu really agreed, he would just stand there and write every word." I won’t come out anymore! At that time, it will all be revealed.”

So Lin Yuan stood up from the crowd and said, "I have something to say."

When Weng Tonghe saw that Lin Yuan didn't speak early and late, he only spoke when he was making suggestions, thinking that Lin Yuan was deliberately finding fault with him, and in addition, Lin Yuan hadn't visited the teacher like others before, so he felt very sorry for him in his heart. Even more dissatisfied.

Seeing that everyone was citing scriptures, Lin Yuan thought he would say a few words, otherwise he would appear too uneducated, so Lin Yuan said: "Whether it is imitation or self-made, the key lies in three words: set to one."

Emperor Guangxu asked, "What does this mean?"

Lin Yuan replied: "This sentence comes from "Mencius". On that day, King Xiang of Liang asked Mencius how to stabilize the world, and Mencius replied like this, meaning 'fixed in unity'. The same is true for making utensils. The key is to have unity. According to the standard, utensils are composed of mechanical parts, and there are many types of mechanical parts, such as threads, pins, gears and so on."

"Just take the screw thread as an example. The use of the screw thread is extremely wide, and it can be used in almost every kind of utensil. If the proportion of each part of the screw thread is specified, and each factory produces according to these unified standards, then when the utensil is manufactured, the designer It can be used directly, which saves the time of designing these small parts.”

Emperor Guangxu suddenly realized: "It turns out that the small parts are produced in advance, and the big utensils are used directly. I thought that designing a big utensil requires designing every small thing."

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Of course not. Screw thread is just one example. There are also gears, cams, ratchets, couplings, etc., which also have certain standards. It is good to combine them when designing."

Seeing that Emperor Guangxu was very happy to hear it, Lin Yuan didn't seem to want to change the topic, so he said again: "Such 'fixed in one' are all trivial details, but the real way is not here."

Emperor Guangxu hurriedly asked: "Then what is the real Dao?"

Lin Yuan said: "It is several times more difficult for the Qing Dynasty to develop industry and manufacture utensils than the English countries. There is no other reason. The countries will try to suppress our development. For this, we need to concentrate the power of the Qing Dynasty and join hands. against the enemy."

Emperor Guangxu said: "What do you mean? You can explain it later."

Lin Yuan said: "We have also set up arsenals and steel factories, but the guns we make are still inferior to others, because these factories operate independently. If these factories are combined into one, the revival of the Qing Dynasty will be just around the corner."

Without waiting for Emperor Guangxu to speak, Xin Wenyuan said: "The grass people think that Master Lin's words are unbelievable!"