Zhao Shichun's Yang Cong has talked to him a few times, he is indeed very upright, and his talent is relatively outstanding, but he is too stubborn.

You said that no matter how much you serve the country and the people, you can't fight with Jiajing, right, can you beat the emperor no matter how reasonable you are?

It's really rare to see an upright person in these years, and Yang Cong really doesn't want to see him ruined himself in vain.

He took the fold and "admired" it for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Brother Jingren, the little brother dares to ask, what is the purpose of your playing?" ”

You're not talking nonsense, are you?

Zhao Shichun said inexplicably: "Of course, for my brother, I want the emperor to know his way back, be diligent in government affairs, and govern the Ming Dynasty well, so that the country and the people will be safe, the emperor now believes in what kind of ethereal way of immortality, and he is becoming more and more negative about government affairs, and it will definitely not work like this." ”

I'm dizzy, and I'm still lost, and it's you who are lost!

Yang Cong didn't say that, but pretended to admire: "Brother Jingren's heart for the country and the people is really admirable!" ”

Zhao Shichun immediately showed a smug expression, but his mouth was modest: "It's over, it's over." ”

Yang Cong suddenly asked again: "Brother Jingren, with your understanding of the emperor, do you think the emperor will listen to you?" ”

This!

Zhao Shichun's face suddenly became extremely embarrassed, with his understanding of the emperor, of course the emperor would not listen to him, when the great rites were discussed, the emperor almost had a relationship with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and finally the emperor simply dismissed the highly respected minister Yang Tinghe, and replaced it with Zhang Xuan, who was only a white official at the time.

In terms of donkey temperament, he is far worse than the emperor.

He thought about it, and then said righteously: "The emperor will not listen to me, but someone has to remind the emperor that he is not, and people of insight of my generation cannot ignore the country's social affairs for their own safety." ”

Faint to death, and people of knowledge, you idiot!

Yang Cong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Brother Jingren, haven't you thought about what the result will be after handing over this fold?" ”

Zhao Shichun really thought about this, he said fearlessly: "It's a big deal to be imprisoned by the emperor for a few days, and then be dismissed and cut off." ”

You know the results.

Yang Cong then asked, "And then?" ”

And then?

And then there is no then, he has been dismissed and cut down, basically there is no then, and it is impossible for the emperor to recruit him back, a rebel minister who has been taught repeatedly.

Zhao Shichun looked at Yang Cong inexplicably, not knowing what he meant.

Seeing his stunned appearance, Yang Cong couldn't help but sigh and said, "Brother Jingren, junior brother dares to ask, what do you think is the benefit of doing this for the country and the people?" ”

Zhao Shichun is not an idiot, he can naturally understand Yang Cong's words, there is no benefit to the country and the people by doing this, he just put himself in it for nothing.

Thinking of this, his face couldn't help but show a gloomy color, and his whole body wilted.

Seeing his expression, Yang Cong hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "Brother Jingren, you are the third in the second class, and now you have entered the Hanlin Academy, if you are diligent, it is not a problem to enter the cabinet as a minister, think about it, if you can enter the cabinet as a minister, how many good things can you do for the country and the people?" ”

This.

Zhao Shichun's face slowly showed a look of struggle, what Yang Cong said made sense, but his strong donkey temperament would not be able to turn around for a while.

Yang Cong then said in a low voice: "Brother Jingren, to say something disrespectful, this emperor will always have a day in the past, Da Ming will not die at this time, we still have a chance." ”

Faint to death, you said it, you are even fiercer than me!

Zhao Shichun was really taken aback when he heard this, but after the shock, his strong donkey temperament seemed to have calmed down.

He thought about it carefully, what Yang Cong said was indeed reasonable, why sacrifice himself in vain, and keep a useful body in order to truly contribute to the country and the people.

Thinking of this, he directly snatched the fold in Yang Cong's hand, tore it in half, and then said with a sincere convincing: "Brother Qingfeng, you are right, it is indeed too reckless to be a brother. ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, this upright man was saved.

Immediately afterwards, he and Luo Hong first began to discuss the "Principle of Knowing Things. Geography Chapter.

Zhao Shichun didn't leave, he listened to it for a while, and then couldn't help but ask: "Brother Qingfeng, why do you spend your time researching this unpopular map?" ”

Popular?

Well, what Zhao Shichun said also has a certain truth, the knowledge of geography is indeed an unpopular in these years, and few people have studied it at all.

However, Yang Cong not only wants to compile a geography book, but wants to compile a set of encyclopedias, it just so happens that this Zhao Shichun is not only talented, but also very idle at this time, if he has any specialty, wouldn't it be another helper to bring him in to compile "The Principle of Knowledge".

Thinking of this, Yang Cong compiled himself in detail in "The Principle of Knowing from Things. The purpose of the Geography is explained, and the idea of compiling an encyclopedia is also expressed.

When Zhao Shichun heard this, he couldn't help admiring: "Brother Qingfeng, you are really for the country and the people, and you have been taught for your brother." ”

Yang Cong hurriedly said modestly: "Don't you dare to say that, everyone encourages each other, encourage each other, by the way, Brother Jingren, do you have something that you are particularly interested in, why don't we compile this set of "The Principle of Knowing Things" together?" ”

Zhao Shichun thought about it, and then said embarrassedly: "Don't hide it from Brother Qingfeng, my brother likes the art of war, and my brother has also determined to lead the army to defeat the Tartars and solve the danger in the north of the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately, when I was the head of the Ministry of War, I was too reckless, and a few letters buried my future. The past is over, don't talk about this, Brother Qingfeng, have you ever thought of adding the "Art of War" to the "Principle of Knowing Things", if you have this idea, you can do a little bit for your brother. ”

"The Art of War"?

Yang Cong thought about it carefully, he really missed this, and it seems that this "Art of War" really needs to be added to "The Principle of Knowing from Things".

The reason why he thinks like this is not that he despises the previous art of war, the main focus of the previous art of war is on cold weapon combat, and now the Ming Dynasty is in a critical period of alternating between cold weapons and hot weapons, perhaps, it is precisely without the corresponding guidance of the art of war that hot weapons have not developed in the Ming Dynasty, and finally dominate the battlefield, if they can compile the art of war to adapt to the hot weapons of combat, it may bring earth-shaking changes to the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Yang Cong nodded solemnly and said: "Brother Jingren, it is indeed necessary to compile this "Art of War", but we should not stick to the previous cold weapon combat art of war, but should focus on the study of the hot weapon combat art of war. ”

Cold weapon?

Thermal weapons!

There is no such thing at this time, Zhao Shichun said in confusion: "Brother Qingfeng, what is a cold weapon, what is a hot weapon?" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he hurriedly explained: "Cold weapons refer to the weapons that did not carry gunpowder in the past, such as knives, guns, swords, halberds, etc., and relied purely on manpower. Thermal weapons refer to weapons that contain gunpowder, such as muskets and cannons. In fact, thermal weapons have great advantages, both range and lethality are much stronger than cold weapons, and the requirements for the source of soldiers are not as high as cold weapons, the younger brother believes that if it can continue to develop, hot weapons will definitely replace cold weapons to become the master of the battlefield, but there is no hot weapon-related art of war at this time, so the younger brother wants to compile a book. ”

When Zhao Shichun heard this, he couldn't help but be suspicious: "Can thermal weapons really become the master of the battlefield?" ”

Yang Cong said without hesitation: "Of course you can, think about it, if tens of thousands of Ming soldiers can be equipped with muskets and thousands of artillery, can the enemy who uses ordinary swords, guns, swords, halberds and bows and crossbows be able to match them?" ”

If you can have tens of thousands of muskets and thousands of artillery, then you still need to think that you can overturn tens of thousands of people in one round, can you still fight this battle?

However, this is also too unrealistic, Zhao Shichun shook his head and said: "If there can be so many muskets and artillery, it will naturally be invincible, there can't be so many problems, the imperial court now estimates that thousands of muskets can't be gathered, let alone tens of thousands of muskets and thousands of artillery." ”

Yang Cong smiled: "Is it impossible, the so-called accumulation of small amounts and gathering sand into towers, as long as we compile the method of musket warfare and make the thermal weapons invincible in actual combat, this musket and artillery will naturally gradually increase." ”

Zhao Shichun thought about it when he heard this, too, at this time, because there is no good tactics, muskets and artillery are rarely used in big wars, if suitable tactics can be used, so that the border army can try to be equipped with muskets and artillery against the enemy, and achieve brilliant results, muskets and artillery will definitely attract attention, and the number will naturally increase.