Wentang

Chapter 674 The Microscope and the Award
"Look, look, it's changed, it's getting thicker and bigger..."

"Wow... Really, it's not full of burrs."

"I'll see, I'll see..."

"The hair feels slippery. I didn't expect it to look like this. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it."

A group of gentlemen from the medical school gathered around a strange-looking instrument, screaming as if they saw something incredible.Squeeze Yue Shan and Sun Simiao aside.

Sun Simiao couldn't hide his excitement, and said, "This is...shown..."

"Microscope." Yue Shan suggested.

"Yes, a microscope. With this microscope, we can see things that are invisible to the naked eye. From then on, the door to the micro...micro world is opened to us...We can see viruses and find ways to kill them." Sun Simiao was a little incoherent with excitement.

Yue Shan could understand his mood, but he still reminded: "Viruses are very dangerous things, and many of them are transmitted through the air. You must be careful when observing them. It is best to observe other things first, and wait until you have experience. Watch the virus."

Sun Simiao said seriously: "Don't worry, Yue Hou, I'm not a reckless person, and I will take good safety precautions. I still want to live a few more years and make more contributions to medicine."

"Haha...that would be the best." Yue Shan laughed loudly.

He only remembered the microscope when Li Lizhi was seriously ill. This thing is the key to open the door to the microcosm.

It's just that he is a liberal arts student after all, and he knows very little about science. He only came into contact with a microscope once when he was in a junior high school biology experiment, and he never touched it again, and he rarely even saw it.

So much so that when he founded the medical school, he forgot about this magic weapon. If Li Lizhi's illness hadn't driven him into a hurry, he still doesn't know if he can remember it in this life.

The microscope in front of him was made by him instructing craftsmen to polish it with natural transparent crystal. It is very simple, with relatively low magnification and no scale display. The specific data depends on estimation.

But many things are created from scratch, from existence to refinement.After opening the door to the microcosm, there will naturally be elites of the era to improve.

After seeing the microscope, the people in the medical school were naturally overjoyed, because they could finally prove to the world that there is a microcosm.

Yue Shan put forward the theory of viruses and bacteria a few years ago, saying that diseases come from the microcosm, and that if you want to study diseases, you must study the microcosm.

But without a microscope, he couldn't prove the existence of the microcosm. Although many unexplainable things can be explained by applying his theory, there are still many people who doubt it without seeing it with their own eyes.

Don't be surprised, it's normal to be skeptical without seeing it with your own eyes.This is their normal conservative thinking, in fact, even more anti-intellectual behaviors than this are not uncommon.

It has been proven long ago that the earth is round, but in the 21st century there are still many people who believe in the theory that the sky is round and the earth is round.

These people are not illiterate in the corner, but come from Europe and the United States in the "civilized" world, and there are many senior intellectuals among them.

These people also formed a fixed group. A certain NBA star publicly declared that the earth is square and donated money to the group.

People not only talk nonsense, but also make up a set of theories.It is said that going south to the Antarctic is the end of the world, where there is an army armed to the teeth to arrest and brainwash all those who try to prove the truth...

They also donate money to certain adventurers who like to fly, so that those adventurers can overlook the earth from the sky and get tangible evidence of the 'place'.

Can you believe that such anti-intellectual behavior still exists in the 21st century, and there is still a wide market?
So even if Yue Shan's theory of bacteria and viruses solved many problems, he would not admit it unless he could see them with his own eyes. Even some teachers and students in the medical school were dubious about it.

Now with the microscope, the door to the microscopic world is officially opened, all doubts will be broken, and those who support Yue Shan will become the victors who grasp the truth.

Everyone who just got the microscope was very curious and wanted to observe everything.Yue Shan and Sun Simiao didn't bother to care about it either, and let them mess around.

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There was commotion here, and a messenger from the palace came to summon him into the palace.

Yue Shan asked what happened to the courier, and the courier only said that there was a letter from Dizhou, and the sage called him into the palace after reading it.

Dizhou?Is there a change in the Wanu country, or is there a change in Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla?

He didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately entered the palace with the messenger.

When he arrived at the palace, he found nothing abnormal. Li Shimin was having a meeting with his confidantes. When he saw him coming in, he feigned anger and accused him: "Li Zhi's illness is cured, why don't you go to work and run around, be careful about deducting your salary."

"Haha..." The others also laughed.

"Hehe..." Yue Shan squeezed out a dry smile from between his teeth, and said, "What the saint said is, I don't know what orders you have for calling me here."

Hearing the reminder, Li Shimin suddenly thought of excitement, and raised his voice: "The urgent secret letter just sent from Dizhou, the expedition team of Dongsheng Shenzhou has returned."

Yue Shan couldn't believe his ears, and exclaimed, "Really? Where is he?"

"The letter said that we will take a two-day rest in Dizhou and return to Beijing by riverboat. We should have set off now and arrive in the capital in five days at the latest." Li Shimin said.

"How about the casualties? Has the good seed been brought back?" Yue Shan asked the most concerned question.

"One-third of the personnel died. The good seeds you mentioned have also been taken back. Besides the four crops you specifically explained, there are dozens of other crops. You will have to judge whether they are useful or not." Li Shimin said.

Hearing that so many people had died, Yue Shan felt a little heavy, but he became excited again when he heard the news of the good species, and said repeatedly: "That's great, that's great."

"Congratulations to the sage, congratulations to the sage, from now on we won't have to worry about famine in the Tang Dynasty after getting this good seed. This is an immortal achievement, and the sage will be admired by all generations." Others also got up to congratulate.

They were all people who participated in that meeting, and they knew about going to Dongsheng Shenzhou to get good seeds. Now that the good seeds have been retrieved, they are naturally very excited.

"Haha... the gentlemen's words are too serious." Li Shimin was so happy that he couldn't see his eyes.

Can the retrieval of good seeds really make Datang never worry about famine?Everyone knows that this is impossible, and this is just a compliment that comes out of the occasion, and no one will take it seriously.

However, it is indeed a great achievement to obtain a good breed with an yield of five or six stones per mu, which is worthy of praise.

In the original history, potatoes, corn, etc. were introduced into China, why no one mentioned any great achievements?

The reason is very simple, it was passed down by the people themselves, not introduced by the imperial court.

In fact, the first person who risked his life to introduce sweet potatoes into the country has always been remembered by the people, and a statue was set up for him in his hometown for future generations to admire.

And look at Zhang Qian, who brought back many good breeds from his mission to the Western Regions, which have been remembered by future generations and praised by history books.Sun Fucai and others went to sea this time to obtain better seeds, which is comparable to Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions.

In the future, history books will inevitably introduce richly and colorfully: During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the sage Li Shimin sent an expedition team to Dongsheng Shenzhou, which not only retrieved the good seeds, but also laid the foundation for the subsequent occupation of Dongsheng Shenzhou.

"Sage, they must have found a safe route?" Li Jing asked.

"Yes, there is a detailed navigation chart, and they will present it when they return to Beijing." Li Shimin said.

"That's good, that's good. I, Datang, can send more fleets to Dongsheng Shenzhou in the future." Everyone said with a smile on their faces.

"Saint, the expedition team made such a great contribution, the imperial court should reward them heavily." Changsun Wuji said.

"It should be so, please the sage reward the expedition team generously." Others expressed their opinions one after another.

"It is true that a reward should be awarded. You should discuss how to award it." Li Shimin nodded.

Everyone fell into thinking, this kind of thing is unprecedented, there is no precedent to follow.It won't work if the reward is too large, or too thin.

In the end, no one dared to take this idea, and kicked the ball to Li Shimin's feet again: "This is the first time in the world. We really don't know what to do. Let the saints decide."

Li Shimin was not modest, and said directly: "Sun Fucai has made the most contribution as the leader of the fleet, and he should be named Marquis."

"This..." Wei Zheng said hesitantly: "I have no objection to Captain Sun, and I don't doubt Tai's contribution, but the eunuch may cause criticism."

"Besides, once this example is opened, there may be endless disasters. Don't forget the disaster of the ten regular servants of the former Han Dynasty." Wen Yanbo also objected.

Others support it and some oppose it, but overall there are more people who oppose it.After all, the reputation of the ten permanent servants is too great, and now they are generally blamed for the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Li Shimin was also embarrassed and became hesitant.

Seeing this situation, Yue Shan knew that he had to stand up, so he took a step forward and said: "I personally agree with everyone's concerns, but I don't agree with the methods you use."

"Eunuchs should take strict precautions, but we can't rely on you and me. Now that the emperor is clear and the ministers are clean, we can prevent eunuchs from interfering in politics. But who can guarantee that it won't happen in the future... Well, you know."

Yue Shan took a peek at Li Shimin, who was looking unhappy, and almost spit out the word Hunjun, but fortunately he woke up in time.

But even so, it is impolite to say this in the capacity of a courtier. Everyone looked at the nose and mouth, pretending that they didn't hear anything.In fact, I was amused in my heart, and my ears were perked up to listen to his next words.

Yue Shan bowed his hands towards Li Shimin to express his apology, and then continued: "The best way is to use the law to restrict, formulate a suitable system and let it be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even if a king wants to make an exception, the difficulty will become very high. In this way Only in this way can we effectively reduce the possibility of eunuchs interfering in politics."

Everyone nodded, the system is indeed more effective than the strict defense of individuals.But only the emperor can restrict the power of eunuchs... so everyone's eyes turned to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin also agrees with Yue Shan's words, but he has more things to consider and doesn't want to make a decision right away.So I brought the topic back to the starting point:

"I also agree with Cuilan's opinion, but how to limit the eunuch's power still needs to be carefully considered, and we will discuss it later. Let's discuss the issue of rewards first. Cuilan, what do you mean?"

Yue Shan said unquestionably: "Feng, if such a great achievement is not rewarded, how will the people of the world view the imperial court? In the future, our focus will shift to the ocean. It will be a difficult problem to guide the private forces to join in the exploration of the ocean. It is entirely possible to regard Sun Fucai as the horse." bone."

"Even eunuchs can be made marquises for their great achievements, and those ordinary people can also make great achievements, which can inspire more people to join in. Besides, Sun Fucai has already left the palace. Strictly speaking, he is not an eunuch."

"What do you think?" Li Shimin asked instead of directly making up his mind.

"I think Yuehou's words are reasonable." Fang Xuanling supported, and others also supported.

Only Changsun Wuji, Wen Yanbo and others, although they still had different opinions, did not stand up to oppose it.This does not mean that they have given up, but they have begun to conceive in their hearts what kind of laws to set up to limit the power of eunuchs.

"Okay, then make Sun Fucai a Marquis. You should decide on the title as soon as possible and announce it on the spot on the day they return to Beijing." Li Shimin finally made a final decision.

At this time Li Ji stepped forward: "Saint, I personally think that we can't greet the return of the expedition team with great fanfare, and we can't even publicize it deliberately."

Li Shimin asked in surprise, "Why?"

"Northern Goguryeo, Silla Baekje, and even the Onu Kingdom can also build ships that can travel thousands of miles. Once the news spreads, I'm afraid they will send a fleet to go privately..." Li Ji analyzed:

"That's why I thought that at least we would have to wait until we wiped out Goguryeo and completely subdued Silla and Baekje before we could disclose this matter."

Speaking of this, Li Ji cupped his hands towards Yue Shan again and said, "I really don't intend to target them, please don't misunderstand Yue Hou."

Yue Shan replied: "The British public has worried a lot. I understand your concerns and agree with your suggestion. Now is really not the right time to make it public."

"But we can't conceal their achievements. We can claim that they obtained good seeds overseas, as long as we don't tell others where they got them, it's not a big problem."

"Sun Fucai and the others had the full map of the universe and it took them two years to return. Those people don't have anything to refer to. Even if they don't know the general direction for three to five years, they don't expect to get anything. After three to five years, the countries like Goguryeo will no longer be there. exists."

Before others could respond, Li Shimin said directly: "The East Turkic War is over, let the soldiers rest for a while before they can conquer Goguryeo. The Privy Council and the Ministry of War can start to deliver military supplies to Youzhou in advance, but they must be concealed and not be used to scare the snake."

The topic suddenly shifted to the conquest of Goguryeo, and everyone was shocked.

For Datang, Goguryeo is a serious problem. Everyone agrees with this point, and they can't wait to crush them.But the conquest of it also made many people worry. After all, the collapse of the former Sui Dynasty began with the three conquests of Goguryeo.

But no one tried to talk it out of the plan.

Firstly, he has confidence in the family property of the imperial court, and the national treasury is unprecedentedly rich, with a surplus of millions of guan in money and food every year.Not to mention the internal treasury, although everyone does not know the exact amount, but it is agreed that it is no less than ten million.

But sometimes money may not necessarily buy food, and Datang has no worries in this regard.The grain produced by the Lingnan Granary is enough to support the needs of hundreds of thousands of troops.

In addition, the indigenous forces in the south of Nanyue began to plant rice on a large scale under the temptation of various treasures of the Tang Dynasty, and the output was even higher than that of Lingnan Road.

As for the transportation capacity... Thanks to Emperor Sui Yang who built the Grand Canal, the imperial court could directly transport grain from the south to Youzhou.

Besides, the imperial court began to deploy the northern strategy a few years ago, extending the northernmost end of the Grand Canal to the north for another three or four hundred miles.

It's just that most of the prisoners used were prisoners of war, and the conscripted labor was relatively small, which did not affect domestic production.

As for why no one mentioned sea transportation...the sea is too big, who knows where the ship went.If the person who escorted the food and grass said that two or three ships sank in danger and the court could not even find evidence, it would simply be tempting others to become corrupt.

The inland area is different. You say the ship has sunk, so go find the sunken ship.It takes a little time to always find out if it was embezzled or if it really was an accident.

Therefore, unless it was absolutely necessary, the imperial court would rather spend more money than insist on inland transportation and transshipment of various materials.Yue Shan himself understood this truth, and he didn't blindly insist on going by sea.

Everyone chatted for a while about the mobilization of supplies to the northern front, but they didn't discuss it in depth. Now it's just a preliminary plan, and there will definitely be a special meeting to discuss it before it is officially implemented.

Now the main topic is about the expedition and the thoroughbred.

Li Ji's opinion reminded everyone that it is really not possible to directly say where the fine seeds were obtained, but to say in general that they were obtained at sea.Also tell the warriors well, don't casually reveal the situation over there.

In fact, the imperial court was not very afraid of them leaking the sea charts. Only Sun Fucai and a small group of elites knew the sea charts. Most people probably didn't even know which routes they had traveled.Let them talk to the outside world, but they can't explain why.

In order to show the importance of the court, everyone decided to send an important minister to meet him. Many people wanted to grab this job, but they were taken over by Yue Shan.

Li Shimin also felt that this was a good opportunity to build his reputation, so he decided to let Li Chengqian go to greet him on behalf of him.

The matter was settled, and at the end of the meeting, Ma Zhou suddenly said: "You only think about rewarding the warriors who went to sea, but you forgot about another great hero."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then turned their eyes to Yue Shan.Yes, he is the one who put forward and advocated all this, logically speaking, half of the military medals should be from him.

(End of this chapter)