The next day, Chao Yong came to the palace with a telescope.
It took ten days to finish the book on mathematics. Firstly, the content written by Chao Yong was only some introductory knowledge. Secondly, ancient arithmetic was also very developed. What Chao Yong taught did not have much new content.
The students are all talented people, so the teaching process is very fast.
Chao Yong also selected several outstanding people and asked them and Qin Hui to continue teaching mathematics in Taixue.
Chao Gai has decreed that in the future, mathematics will be added to the examination of Taixue, and the imperial examination will have to wait until mathematics is popularized throughout the world.
However, promotion to a higher education institution in Taixue depends on your academic performance, and those with higher grades can be directly promoted to official positions. Therefore, Taixue students are still very enthusiastic about learning mathematics.
When Chao Yong arrived at the palace, the morning court had already dispersed, which Chao Yong deliberately avoided. Most of the matters dealt with in the morning court were local political affairs. Although they could not be said to be trivial matters, Chao Yong had no interest in those matters, so
Usually I don’t go to morning service.
He hates others grabbing power, but he is absolutely not greedy for power. If he were to be the emperor, he would leave all these matters to the ministers and only intervene in military and national affairs. In normal times, he would be a carefree emperor.
Chao Gai also delegated a lot of power, but there were still a lot of memorials handed to him. After the morning court, he kept looking at the memorials.
"See Father."
When Chao Gai heard Chao Yong's greeting, he put down the memorial in his hand. Seeing Chao Yong holding a box in his hand, Chao Gai smiled and said, "What did you make again? Your mother liked the silver mirror she sent yesterday.
, I will send a few more to your mother later."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Since the Queen likes it, I will have a few more made and delivered. Here are magnifying glasses and telescopes. The magnifying glass can make things look bigger, and the telescope can make people see things in the distance clearly."
With that said, he walked to Chao Gai, took out a gold-handled magnifying glass, and placed it on the memorial. The small characters on the memorial immediately became much larger.
Chao Gai nodded and said: "This magnifying glass allows people with poor eyesight to read."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "There are special glasses, but my father's eyesight is very good, so I didn't bring them. The magnifying glass is not of much use, this telescope is a good thing."
As he said that, he picked up the monocular telescope and said, "Father, just look out from here."
Chao Gai took the telescope and put it to his eyes.
The pillar in the distance suddenly appeared in front of him, as if he was bumping into it. Chao Gai subconsciously dodged back.
When I saw that the pillar was still there, I realized that the telescope was causing trouble. I curiously raised my eyes to look at it again. The pillar in the distance seemed to be many times larger, and it was right in front of my eyes, so I could see it very clearly.
I couldn't help but wonder: "How far can you see?"
Chao Yong smiled and said: "It's hard to say. It depends on how clearly Father wants to see it. Let's go outside and try it, and then Father will know."
"good."
When Chao Gai came out of the Chui Gong Hall, he looked at it for a while, then put down the telescope and praised: "It's a good thing. This should also be used in military affairs."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "With a telescope, it will be easier to detect the enemy, and it will be difficult to ambush our army. With the telescope and the spacecraft, there should be no problem in seeing for more than ten miles."
"It's a good thing. It's really a magic weapon. It must not fall into the hands of the enemy."
Chao Yong said hurriedly: "Actually, this thing is easy to make. As long as you learn the physics I wrote, you can know how to make this telescope. I can't hide it from others. I want to open a mirror shop to sell glasses, magnifying glasses, and telescopes for the court."
Increase a source of wealth.”
Chao Gai handed the telescope to the eunuch waiting next to him and said, "Put it away."
The eunuch also saw that Chao Gai had something to say to the prince, so he quickly backed away with his telescope.
Chao Gai frowned and said: "Physics is so powerful that it can make spaceships and telescopes. How can you teach physics to people? Nowadays it is said outside that physics is theology. There were spaceships before, and now there are telescopes. If not theology, what is it?
Such powerful skills can only be passed on to sons, not daughters, let alone to outsiders."
Chao Yong also knows that physics is still a bit of a secret for this era, although many sages have discovered some knowledge of physics. For example, Mozi mastered some knowledge of optics and discovered the principles of convex lenses, concave lenses, and pinhole imaging.
, but it was not explained in detail in the book, but simply recorded. Using beads to make fire and using ice to make fire are also recorded in "Guanzi" and "Huainan Wanbi Shu".
These sages may have thought that these things were very simple and that as long as they left a few words, future generations would know about them. However, without detailed descriptions, a lot of knowledge was lost, and it may take hundreds or even thousands of years for someone to figure out this knowledge again.
Of course, the optical application of telescopes exceeds that of using ice to make fire. At least no one has made a telescope before.
However, Chao Yong did not want to hide these "unique knowledge". Once he hid it, it is very likely that future generations will keep it. When other nations begin to move towards science, they will really become a treasure for themselves. The physics he wrote did not
It's not something profound, it can only be said to be introductory stuff at best. Once a nation starts to study it, then these things will be all over the streets. And China is likely to still follow the old path, with poems, books and etiquette passed down from family to family for thousands of years.
Then the door was knocked open by guns and can also be said to be science.
Chao Yong is confident of sweeping the world, but this does not guarantee that the Han people will always stand on the top of the world. There is no empire on which the sun never sets. Once Europe breaks through the darkness of religion and accepts the baptism of science, history may repeat itself. So Chao Yong wants to let science
Germinate in China and be the first to receive the baptism of science. In this way, even if you cannot dominate the world in the future, you will not be beaten for falling behind.
What he wants to do is to use his overwhelming force to promote mathematics and physics, so that people can learn to understand the world objectively, instead of blaming God for things they don't understand.
Of course, we do not lack ancestors who objectively understand the world, but just as the European sages were persecuted by religion, our ancestors who truly understand the world are often killed by various forces. In order to maintain the emperor's empire and maintain the interests of certain people,
Even in order to maintain etiquette, a lot of knowledge has been lost in the long river of history.
However, Chao Yong could not tell Chao Gai these things directly. He could only say: "It is actually difficult for us to keep secrets. As long as the spacecraft is used too much, everyone will find that the spacecraft only has a pile of fire. In addition to the example of the Kongming Lantern, people are very
It's easy to imitate a spaceship. It's just that they don't know the principle of a spaceship, but it doesn't affect them from making a spaceship. Besides, what if this telescope is given to the enemy? I, Daliang, will soon dominate the world with millions of soldiers.
The horses can easily gather together, so there is no need to play tricks with them. We can defeat them with a majestic formation. In fact, the most powerful of our weapons is gunpowder and the guns we are developing. As long as we have them, we can defeat all enemies.
"
Chao Gai thought for a moment and said, "What's the benefit of teaching physics to the world?"
"It can allow people all over the world to understand the world more objectively, guide people all over the world to explore all things in the world, enrich this knowledge, and then create more powerful things."
Chao Gai couldn't help but wonder: "What other powerful things can be created?"
Chao Yong smiled and said: "A spaceship that can fly to the moon, a submarine that can dive to the bottom of the water, and a car that is faster than a Maxima."
Chao Gai was stunned and said: "Can you fly to the moon?"
"Yes, but such a spaceship requires very advanced science, and I'm afraid it won't be possible to build it for hundreds of years."
Chao Gai heard that it would take hundreds of years to build it, so he couldn't help but said in disappointment: "Then we won't be able to see the moon."
Chao Yong naturally knew that what Chao Gai meant was seeing clearly, not the small moon hanging in the sky every night. He thought about it and said: "Looking back, we can let someone try out an astronomical telescope, and then we can see the moon clearly."
Looks like this. In fact, there are no moon palaces and laurel trees at all, let alone Chang'e and Wu Gang. It's just a bumpy planet."
Chao Gai said in disbelief: "There is nothing on the moon?"
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Nothing."
Chao Gai would not doubt Chao Yong's words, but this fact still made it difficult for him to accept.
After a while, he said: "So, the legend of the moon is all false."
Chao Yong said helplessly: "Maybe those stories are just stories told to children, and everyone takes them seriously if they are passed around."
Chao Gai couldn't agree with Chao Yong's words, but he couldn't find a better explanation, so he said, "I'll ask someone to make an astronomical telescope later and send it to me."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "The first astronomical telescope must be sent to the palace. I would like to ask my father to remove the ban on astronomy. In fact, the eclipse of the moon by the dog and the broom star are all special astronomical phenomena.
It doesn’t predict anything at all. Although the theory of telepathy between heaven and man is not completely nonsense, it is basically unbelievable. In the future, if anyone uses astrology to interfere in politics, it will be regarded as a lie to deceive the public."
Chao Gai was stunned, and suddenly said: "What about the stars you mentioned descending to earth?"
Chao Yong also hesitated for a moment, and immediately said: "The stars I'm talking about cannot be seen by humans, just like there are gods in the sky, but they will never be known to others, let alone worshiped by humans. In their view,
Humans are just ants, so what’s the use of them enjoying our incense? Just like we don’t want ants to worship us.”
Fortunately, when Chao Yong wanted to destroy the religion, he thought of an explanation for himself, otherwise he would have been questioned. If Chao Gai knew that Chao Yong had been lying to him, he would have to ask the family law to serve him. Thinking of Chao Yong when he was a boy, Chao Yong
He shuddered a little at the family treatment he received.
Chao Gai thought for a while and said: "You are right, why do we need ants to worship us?"
Chao Yong continued to instill his atheism: "Father, think about it, people in the past have said that the Purple Star descended to earth, but when did the Purple Star disappear? It can be seen that there really is a star king, and it is not the stars in the sky. On the contrary,
, what's the point of using those stars to interfere with the government's affairs? Most of the theory of telepathy between heaven and man is used to restrain the emperor. Changes in the celestial phenomena, floods and droughts in the human world are all natural phenomena, and have nothing to do with the emperor's character.
Just like this year, my father ascended the throne and exempted the world from agricultural taxes and corvees. It can be said to be a benevolent policy. Floods, droughts, and locust plagues are all over the world. If the new dynasty had not just been established, and the steel swords in our hands had not been sheathed, I'm afraid
Many people will write letters saying that the emperor has lost his moral character, and even want the emperor to issue an edict for committing crimes."
Chao Gai said with a smile: "It's true that someone wrote a letter saying that I killed too many people in Daliang and asked me to grant amnesty to the world."
Chao Yong didn't expect that Daliang was still killing corrupt officials everywhere, so someone dared to jump out and couldn't help but ask: "Didn't the father deal with him?"
Chao Gai shook his head and said: "Previously we made a law not to be punished for words, and there are more upright people in the court. If we punish them for this, I am afraid they will become people who only know how to flatter."
Chao Gai shook his head and said: "Only when you killed Li Qianshun privately, Zhang Shuye took the lead in impeaching you, and a few people seconded it. Other than that, no one impeached you. You were the leader of the killing, and you rarely retreated when things happened. I'm afraid they were all worried. You will retaliate afterwards. Of course, this is also related to the fact that there are few truly upright people in Zhao Ji's court. Many ministers who were not afraid of the powerful were demoted to various places by Zhao Ji. After Zhao Zisong went to Jiangnan, he helped Zhao Zicheng invite a group of people who had been compiled by Zhao Ji before. They are the officials who control and criticize. They are the truly upright people. The people in the government now are just people who act according to the prevailing situation."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "There are only a few people who are not afraid of the powerful. Whether most people are upright or follow the crowd is actually decided by the emperor. What kind of people the emperor likes is what they are. People who dare to go against the times will always They are a minority. A lot of those who tended to be clinging to influence in the Zhao Ji Dynasty have now become upright people, right?"
Chao Gai nodded and said: "You are right. I have read many people's previous memorials. Many people used to either follow the trend or rarely discuss politics, but now the memorials are quite insightful and have some insights. He dared to argue with Wu Yong and others about different political affairs, and he was almost like two different people than before."
"For us, these people are much easier to use than Li Gang and others. When we overthrow the Song Dynasty, Li Gang and others will not be used by us, but these people can be used by me. Their talents may be higher than Li Gang. It’s just that his character is not as good as Li Gang’s.”
Chao Gai nodded and said: "These people are villains after all. They may cause harm to the world again. They cannot be used in a big way."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "I don't think so. Whether they can be gentlemen for a lifetime depends entirely on the emperor. As long as the emperor's preferences remain unchanged, for the sake of their official positions, they will not change. Just like Cai Jing, Zhao Ji just became emperor. At that time, Cai Jing was also a capable minister. If Zhao Ji could always work hard to govern, it is not certain that Cai Jing would be famous for centuries. It was only later that Zhao Ji was greedy for pleasure, and Cai Jing only knew how to plunder the people for Zhao Ji's enjoyment for the sake of his position."
Chao Gai thought for a while and said with a smile: "What you said is not unreasonable. As long as they have merit, I have to give them promotions. There are rewards and punishments for merit. As long as they don't do anything wrong, I can only watch them." I have risen to a high position step by step. But in the future I am afraid I will have to make fun of others, because the people I use as the leader are all the villains of the Song Dynasty who tend to be popular and follow the trend."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "No one would think that my father was incapable of employing people. In the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng was first in the Wagang Army, and later became Li Jiancheng's staff. Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng, and he became Li Shimin's official again. He and Li Shimin There is no difference between Lu Bu, but Lu Bu failed to achieve anything in the end, while Wei Zheng made great contributions to the rule of Zhenguan, so he became an admonisher through the ages, and Li Shimin also gained a reputation for knowing people and making good use of them.
The more you rely on people like Zhao Ji to govern the world, the better your father's reputation will be. Of course, Zhao Ji's reputation will probably get worse.
All the evildoers in the Zhao Ji Dynasty have been brought to justice. Although most of the remaining people are those who follow others, they are just wise to protect themselves or greedy for wealth. They have not done anything evil. There is nothing wrong with the emperor appointing them. The world
There are a few people who are not greedy for wealth. If those scholars were not for the golden house and beauty, how many people would be willing to study hard every day and even hurt their eyes. The glasses are mainly sold to those scholars. "
Chao Gai was a magnanimous man, but he also had a jealous temper. He had always been worried about the appointment of villains in the Song Dynasty. After chatting with Chao Yong for a while, he finally eliminated the grudge in his heart.
It was difficult for him to say these words to Wu Yong and others, especially after arriving in Tokyo, Wu Yong and Zhang Shuye kept asking Chao Gai for power, and Chao Gai and Wu Yong inevitably became a little alienated.
Hearing Chao Yong make fun of scholars, he couldn't help but laugh: "You seem to have a lot of opinions on scholars. I come from a martial arts background, and I like martial arts more than literature, but I don't have such a prejudice as you. We rely on the Liangshan brothers to conquer the world, but in governance
The world still depends on these scholars."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "I don't have a problem with scholars, but I have a problem with those who study hard and think that everything is inferior. Only the scholars who are good at reading have problems. They didn't see them inventing gunpowder, spaceships, and telescopes when they were studying.
They know how to recite poems and lyrics every day and study the complicated etiquette. Recently, they can neither resist the Liao people nor educate the Liao people with books. What's more shameful is that they have no backbone. They use the people's hard-earned money to buy from the Liao people.
In order to achieve peace, internally we have to spend the people's hard-earned money squandering the money. The people can't afford three meals a day, but the sergeants and officials in the court never tire of fine food and fine meat. Of course, I am not completely against scholars, otherwise I would not go to Taixue to give lectures.
Already."
Chao Gai felt relieved when he heard what Chao Yong said.
Chao Yong recalled what he had said before and asked, "Which loyal ministers and good generals did the Southern Song Dynasty invite?"
Chao Gai said: "The most famous ones are Jiang You and Zongze. Both of them are upright. Jiang You once reached the third rank of Zhengzheng, and served as Minister of the Ministry of War, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Although Zongze's official position was not high,
However, he was widely respected. During the palace examination, he wrote more than ten thousand words eloquently to criticize the evils of the times. After becoming an official, he was not afraid of the powerful and loved the people like his own son. Later, he was dismissed from office because he opposed the alliance with Jin Dynasty to destroy Liao Dynasty. He was also accused of contempt for Taoism and was compiled.
Guan Runzhou. After Zhao Zisong went to the south of the Yangtze River, he invited two people from Runzhou to serve as officials, and then appointed some popular officials one after another. During this period, the Southern Song Dynasty also gained some people's support."
Chao Yong was naturally familiar with Zongze's name and said with a smile: "They invited these people just to make wedding clothes for us. Without good soldiers and generals, even if loyal ministers from all ages gathered in the Southern Song Dynasty, what could they do to resist my army.