It is true that the Ming Dynasty raised many useless feudal kings, but at least Zhu Zaiyu must be an exception!
Qianlong, the leader of the captives, and the ministers who participated in the "siege" would not have thought that at the same time, on the European continent, the Ming prince Zhu Zaiyu who made them gnash their teeth would set off another war.
Completely different from China Kuanglan!
Shortly after Zhu Zaiyu's death, the "Twelve Equal Temperaments", which condensed his life's wisdom, was brought to Europe by missionaries. Immediately afterwards, it caused a sensation in the European music industry: this brand-new music system not only solved the problem of
The millennium-old problem in the music industry has untied the chains of music creation and become more free and open.
As a result, new musical creations sprung up. Bach, a giant in the German music industry, built the world's first piano based on the "Equal Temperament". Since then, more than 90% of new musical instruments in modern Europe have
They are also all tuned by the "Twelve Equal Temperaments". Modern music has developed prosperously.
In this sense, Zhu Zaiyu is the founder of modern Western music.
In fact, the European musicians who have enjoyed the achievements of "The Twelve Equal Temperaments" have added "European titles" to "The Twelve Equal Temperaments" without any pressure - "Standard Tuning", "Standard Western Tuning"
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The same profound impact is still on the Western scientific community.
"Twelve Equal Temperaments" is more than just a musical temperament. Its birth is based on strong mathematical calculation capabilities. Therefore, the Eastern mathematics "square root" and "cube root" related to "Twelve Equal Temperaments"
" and other theories were quickly accepted by the European academic community, and immediately boosted the brainstorming of European scientists. The novel mathematical concepts promoted many achievements in modern European astrophysics. Helmholtz and other modern scientists,
All of them became Zhu Zaiyu’s biggest fans. Helmholtz praised and said: “(The Twelve Laws of Equality) was invented by this country with genius and skill.”
Even many Western scholars are puzzled as to why Zhu Zaiyu, who made great contributions to modern Western science, fell into such a situation in China during the Qing Dynasty. So much so that the British scholar Joseph Needham lamented that this is really "wonderful"
Ironic meaning".
Gao Pragmatic lamented at the time: We studied history and boasted about the introduction of "Elements of Geometry" to China, and then said that China had no "real science" worth mentioning, but at the same time we had no understanding of the real science in China.
And now, this scientific giant who definitely deserves the word "great" is standing in front of Gao pragmatism. Gao pragmatism is like a die-hard fan who has been with him for decades. When he sees his idol, he will naturally use whatever etiquette he can.
Already.
Seeing that Zhu Zaiyu remained silent, Gao Pragmatic said apologetically: "Don't be surprised, Mr. Jiu Feng. The students have admired him for a long time, and there is really no ill will. If there is any rudeness, please forgive me."
Zhu Zaiyu smiled, pointed to the open middle door of the villa where Gao Qingshi stayed, and said, "You can see that."
Then he said: "Gao Longwen, you are a busy man, and I... to be honest, I am also quite busy, so let's not stand here at the door chatting, okay?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed loudly: "Mr. Jiu Feng is quick to talk, and the students admire him very much. Please, sir."
Zhu Zaiyu didn't care why Gao Pragmatic always admired him, but when he heard the words, he was not very polite and walked away.
When they arrived at the reception hall, the two of them were divided into hosts and guests. Zhu Zaiyu took the initiative and said: "I heard from my father that Gao Longwen intends to make a deal with Prince Zheng's palace and appointed me to come to discuss it. Now I'm here too."
, if there is any deal, Gao Longwen might as well speak up."
Hey, it seems that you are indeed very busy. Your speaking style is indeed worthy of someone who once called himself "Kangsheng" in his early years.
Gao pragmatic smiled: "It's the student's fault to disturb Mr. Jiu Feng's purity with these mundane things. However, if you think that the student invites you here just to make more money for the partnership, then Mr. Jiu Feng will look down on the student.
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Zhu Zaiyu was a little surprised: "It's not to make money? But I heard that the steward sent by the imperial court to Prince Zheng's Mansion said that you, Gao Longwen, intend to let me, Prince Zheng's Mansion, invest in land to expand the scale of the mines and provide services for cement plants and iron and steel plants."
The factory is preparing to expand production, is this untrue?"
"This is certainly true." Gao Pragmatic explained: "But it's just a method, not a purpose."
"Purpose?" Zhu Zaiyu smiled: "The purpose of setting up factories and mining is not to make money, but to resettle another wave of refugees? Although there have been occasional floods, droughts and locust plagues in Henan in recent years, they are better than in previous years.
Many, especially the most harmful floods, because Pan Yinchuan's method of confining water and flushing sand is indeed effective, and with the help of Gao Longwen's cement, many river embankments in dangerous areas have been reinforced. Regardless of the floods in recent years,
The number of dykes bursting and the severity of the disasters are much better than in previous years. I’m afraid there won’t be so many victims displaced anymore, right?”
Gao pragmatically said: "If the students say that starting from the eighth year of Wanli at the latest, serious famines and plague will occur in Beizhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan... Will Mr. Jiu Feng believe it?"
Zhu Zaiyu's originally smiling face quickly darkened, he frowned, and stared into Gao Pingshi's eyes: "Zi Buyu has strange powers and chaos, Gao Longwen was born in the Gao family in Zhongzhou, and he is a sect of practical learning, why did he say this?
Waiting for nonsense? If so, Zaiyu needs to ask: What is the reason for Gao Longwen's remarks?"
Unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic said seriously: "Of course there is a reason, otherwise how could the students dare to talk nonsense about natural disasters?"
Zhu Zaiyu was more surprised than suspicious at this time and asked: "In that case, I would like to ask for advice."
"The way of heaven is constant, and its progress is unstoppable." Gao Pingshi said: "Students know that Mr. Jiu Feng is good at calendars (here refers to astronomical calendars) and is good at mathematics. I believe that Mr. Jiu Feng must know that although everything in the world has its own changes, everything has its own changes.
Changes are inseparable from the origin, and every change has its own rules to follow."
Zhu Zaiyu frowned: "I do agree with what Gao Longwen said, but what does this have to do with the disaster you just mentioned? It's hard to say, disasters also have laws?"
"Yes." Gao Pragmatic sighed and said, "Before Mr. Yu discusses this topic, students need to introduce a new word to Mr. Yu: the Little Ice Age."
"Please speak." Although Zhu Zaiyu had never heard of this word, perhaps out of the caution of a scientist, he did not resist at all.
But although Gao Pragmatic said he wanted to explain the Little Ice Age, he did not explain it directly. Instead, he said: "China has experienced at least three Little Ice Ages for thousands of years. The period from the end of the Yin and Shang Dynasties to the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty was the first Little Ice Age.
period; at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and the Western Jin Dynasty, it was the second Little Ice Age; at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, and the early Northern Song Dynasty, it was the third Little Ice Age... These three Little Ice Ages all led to a sharp drop in temperature, causing
Drought in the north has severely reduced food production, causing severe social unrest and even war for at least several decades."
"You calculated this?" Zhu Zaiyu's face suddenly became extremely serious and even ugly, and he took a breath: "You mean, now Daming has to face this... little one for the fourth time.
Is there an ice age?”
Gao Pragmatic's face was equally serious and he asked: "Mr. Jiu Feng might as well think carefully about the climate and disasters in recent years... The student suspected that we might not be able to say that we are about to face it, but that we have already stepped into the first step.