Chen Jingke briefly talked about what happened in the East Palace, focusing on giving a big gift to the prince.
Sun Simiao said approvingly: "Yes, for long-term considerations, Saint Cerebral Hemorrhage will give more power to the prince. Being friendly with him at this time will not cause suspicion. You have finally made progress."
"Uh...yeah, that's good." There was a trace of unnaturalness in Chen Jingke's expression, but it disappeared in an instant.
He really didn't think so much about it at that time, he simply felt that his eldest grandson Wugou was still alive and his position as the crown prince was stable, so he should sell it well and build relationships in advance.
Who would have thought that there are so many worries in this process, I can only say that it is a mistake.
Sun Simiao sighed with emotion: "There are no fathers and sons in the Tian family, but no one expected that the saint would suddenly have a cerebral hemorrhage at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period."
Chen Jingke has been thinking about this issue and made a guess. He did not hide it and immediately told the result of his guess.
"I thought it was because His Majesty's success in the past two years made him so angry that he became ill."
Sun Simiao said: "Tell me what you discovered."
Chen Jingke said: "People's psychological endurance is related to the environment and experience. People who have experienced setbacks have relatively stronger willpower and psychological endurance."
"His Majesty has experienced countless setbacks in his life, and it is reasonable to say that his mental endurance is far beyond ordinary people. But in the past two years, he has been too successful, which has made his mind relax..."
First, the condition of eldest grandson Wugao was brought under control. Because she was alive, the entire palace maintained a relatively harmonious situation, with true fatherly kindness and filial piety.
Chen Jingke also presented him with various black technologies, such as artillery, ships, sugar making, glass, papermaking, printing, globe, etc.
These things are changing the entire Tang Dynasty at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Although it was confirmed that there was a family hereditary disease, Sun Simiao and Chen Jingke received relatively effective treatment and their conditions were under control.
It can be said that the past two years have been so smooth that the nerves that have been tense for most of his life have relaxed.
"Of course, under normal circumstances, he would not be so angry that he would have a brain hemorrhage. Just imagine if the person who compiled the clan chronicle was a nobleman, he would have been mentally prepared and would definitely not be so angry."
"The key lies in the identity of the editor. Gao Shilian is his most trusted in-law, and Cen Wenwen was trained as a prime minister."
"No matter from what aspect, these people should stand by him unconditionally. It is precisely because of trust that he had almost no involvement in the preparation of the book."
"In the end, these people actually played such a trick on him. It can be said to be betrayal."
"For him who was so proud, it was like a blow to the head. The contrast was so great that he was so angry that he had a brain hemorrhage."
After hearing these words, Sun Simiao fell into thinking, and after a long time he said: "What you said makes sense. Children who are pampered and raised are indeed in a difficult position."
"Perhaps Your Majesty, as you said, has been so successful in the past two years that he has become mentally relaxed. However, these are all speculations and will need to be studied carefully in the future."
Chen Jingke nodded and said: "The main reason is his own high blood pressure. Although you have tried your best to help him treat it, as the emperor, he cannot calmly cultivate himself."
"The mood swings are too great, and I worry so much every day. These negative emotions accumulate over time and sooner or later they will explode."
"I just hope that your majesty can learn a lesson this time and give him some authority instead of doing everything personally. If you really can't trust the prince, can you give part of the memorial to your aunt for review?"
Sun Simiao glanced at him speechlessly and said, "You can also say these words? Be careful of trouble coming from your mouth."
"Hey." Chen Jingke sighed: "I'm just going to tell you, others won't mention a word, but I'm very afraid of death."
Then he continued: "By the way, regarding this issue of resistance, my family elders actually made a guess. You can refer to it."
Sun Simiao immediately became energetic and urged: "Tell me what your guess is."
Chen Jingke thought for a while and said: "The human body is made up of flesh and blood, muscles, bones, hair, etc., but why is human meat different from beef and mutton? Why is the human body so different from the bodies of cattle and mutton?"
"This..." Sun Simiao subconsciously felt that this sentence was ridiculous, but when he wanted to refute it, he didn't know where to start.
Chen Jingke didn't expect him to answer, so he said to himself: "So the elders in my family just guessed."
"Although the surface is all flesh and blood, there must be a basic factor in the subtleties invisible to the naked eye that determines the difference between these flesh and blood."
"This basic factor, they call it genes. This gene determines whether beef is beef, mutton is mutton, and human beings are human beings."
He didn't know if what he said was right, so he could only explain it based on existing knowledge and some guesswork.
Sun Simiao was confused at first, but later he finally understood what he meant. After pondering for a while, he said noncommittally: "Then what?"
Chen Jingke continued: "Then they did a lot of research based on this guess..."
He shared the little information he knew about genes, including the differences between men and women's genes, and the subtle differences in each person's genes.
The closer people are to each other by blood, the more genetic similarities they have, which is why they have so many similarities in appearance.
If one day humans can master the ability to observe genes, they will be able to identify each person through a hair or a drop of blood, and even determine whether two people are related by blood.
What he focused on was about genetic immunity: "Genes have no consciousness, but they have the instinct to inherit, and this instinct often creates many magical things."
"For example, for inheritance, genes do not allow cannibalism. If a person eats too many of the same kind, he will get prions."
"Not only humans, but livestock as well. Cattle can also be infected with prions if they are fed feed made from cow offal."
This is how the mad cow disease came about in the United States in the previous life. They used the offal of cows that they did not eat to make feed for the cows, which resulted in even greater losses.
Later, American scientists discovered this problem after studying for a long time, and quickly stopped the use of cow offal as feed, and mad cow disease also disappeared.
Sun Simiao frowned and said, "Have your elders in your family ever used humans for experiments?"
Chen Jingke quickly shook his head and said: "How is it possible? You will know if you observe more during disaster years. Those who survive by cannibalism often do not live long."
"Especially if you eat human brains, you will be infected with prions faster and you will definitely die. Many people think it is a divine punishment, but the elders in my family don't believe it."
"I did an experiment with cows and found that cows go crazy after eating too much meat of the same kind, so I came to this conclusion."
"They also named this virus prion. They speculated that in order to pass on the gene, they made a spontaneous choice to kill those who cannibalize themselves."
Sun Simiao was relieved, and then asked: "You just said that genes have no consciousness, only instincts that are passed down, so how do they know that someone is cannibalistic?"
