The capital in the first month of the year is still quite cold, especially after nightfall, it is surprisingly cold.

Usually at this time, everyone will choose to use a hot kang head and burrow into the quilt to avoid the invasion of the cold, but this night, the Yang Mansion is full of friends and lively.

This time, Yang Cong invited not Xu Yande, Zhang Bangqi, Zhang Yue and other faction bosses, but Luo Hongxian, Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun and other close friends, and even Wang Xuan, the director of the Ministry of Works, who had not met for a long time, was invited by him.

He invited these people to come mainly to discuss the compilation of the "Principle of Gewu Zhizhi", he had already decided to meet Jiajing and win Jiajing's support, what would this "Gewu Zhizhi Principle" roughly look like, and the specific volumes would naturally have to be decided first, otherwise he would not even count in his own heart at that time, how could Jiajing support him.

The cold wind was howling outside, but the interior was as warm as spring, the wine had passed three rounds of food and five flavors, and when everyone was drinking red faces and hot ears, Wang Xuan finally couldn't help but be curious: "Qingfeng, there has been no charcoal fire here, why is it so hot, I am a little sweaty." ”

When everyone heard this, they all turned their heads to look around, and they also felt very strange, there was no charcoal stove here, how could it be so hot, the cold wind outside was like a knife cut, but it was like a roasting fire inside, it was really strange.

Yang Cong pointed to the copper pipes on the wall next to him and said with a little pride: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that these copper pipes are added, and they are full of steam from boiling hot water, which is very hot." ”

When Wang Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but get up curiously and touched the copper pipe on the wall, this touch almost didn't blister his hands hot, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Qingfeng, you can think of this, what a genius." ”

What is this, there are even more amazing things, many things he has seen in his previous life can surprise people at this moment, this heating is nothing at all.

He shook his head and said modestly: "It's just a gadget, it's not worth it, it's not worth it, by the way, sir, do you remember what I told you about "The Principle of Knowing Things"?" ”

This Wang Xuan naturally remembered that it was he who wanted to publish a book and went to Yang Cong to find him, and Yang Cong thought of compiling a complete set of "The Principles of Knowing from Things".

Originally, he thought that even if Yang Cong didn't give him a book, when he was a high school scholar and a lifter, and he had money, it would be the same for him to publish it himself, but after he entered the Ministry of Industry, he found that the things he had written before were really superficial and one-sided, and the Ministry of Industry had a lot of books on this subject, which were much more detailed than the ones he compiled.

At this time, he was using his free time to read the relevant records of the Ministry of Industry, and his purpose of publishing the book had not changed, but he wanted to compile a more comprehensive book.

He was a little embarrassed and said: "Of course I remember this, but after I arrived at the Ministry of Industry, I found that the things that were compiled at the beginning were really superficial, and now I am reading the relevant records of the Ministry of Industry, you are right, if you want to compile a comprehensive book, but unfortunately I don't have a lot of time at this time, I can only watch first, learn, and publish a book, and it is estimated that I will have to wait until I am old and old." ”

Dizzy, when you are old, it is not more than ten years to wait.

Yang Cong couldn't help but blame himself secretly, he thought about it well, and wanted to compile a set of "The Principle of Knowing Things" to lead the development of Daming, so that Daming slowly became stronger, but after he entered the officialdom, he was deeply involved in the power struggle and couldn't extricate himself, and forgot his original intention.

Fortunately, he suddenly woke up, and this Wang Xuan has not forgotten his original intention, and he is still seeking.

Thinking of this, he asked with great interest, "Oh, what do you see in the Ministry of Works?" ”

Wang Xuan said excitedly: "I have seen a lot of things, including salt, sugar, paper, wine, textile, danqing, ceramics, casting, metallurgy, etc., and I now understand that I was really a frog at the bottom of the well." ”

These are actually traditional skills, but unfortunately no one has to summarize and bring forth the new, but they are passed down from father to son among craftsmen, and it is naturally difficult to develop by leaps and bounds.

If these existing technologies can be combined with the experience of the previous life, what will the development of Daming's technology become?

It's a pity that I was blinded by power and wasted so long.

Yang Cong was a little ashamed and said: "Mr.'s persistence really makes me ashamed, during this time, I am really a little slack, I want to make a proposal to the emperor, organize manpower, and make every effort to compile the "Principle of Knowledge of Things", I don't know if Mr. is interested in compiling it with us." ”

Of course Wang Xuan is interested, he is more interested than Yang Cong, he also understands that he doesn't seem to have much to do in this officialdom, if it weren't for Yang Cong's help, he might be able to be a county magistrate or something in his life, transfer a few places, and then when the age comes, it will be time to become a magistrate.

He didn't have much to do with power at this time, so he wanted to compile a comprehensive book and pass on the skills he had seen.

Yang Cong's proposal is exactly what he wants, if the emperor can pay attention to it, then it will be okay, he said excitedly: "Okay, as long as you don't dislike me, you can only learn shallowly." ”

He is really the most talented and shallow one, because Luo Hongxian, Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun and others are either champions or first-class and second-class leaders, and he, a third-class jinshi, is really nothing in front of these people.

Yang Cong smiled and shook his head and said: "Mr. is not good at this, there is no order to learn, the master is the teacher, everyone is good at different things, like Mr. is good at we are not good at, and the compilation of "The Principle of Knowledge" also needs to be a master in all aspects, like Brother Duff is good at geography, and he is compiling "The Principle of Knowledge" with me. Geography", like Brother Yixiu and Brother Jingren, who are good at the art of war, are compiling "The Principle of Knowing Things. The Art of War. ”

It turned out that everyone was a fellow practitioner, and they also understood the reason why Yang Cong came to them, Yang Cong just wanted to make a proposal to the emperor, organize manpower, and make every effort to compile "The Principle of Knowing from Things".

This is a good thing, and everyone is eagerly discussing.

In the end, they determined that "The Principle of Knowing Things" was temporarily divided into "Astronomy", "Geography", "Five Elements", "Art of War", "Equipment", and "Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning".

At this time, they did not have a lot of manpower, and they could not start compiling it in an all-round way, so they could only grasp the key points, compile the things that Jiajing was most interested in, and fool Jiajing in order to gain Jiajing's attention.

Jiajing's greatest interest at this time was, of course, how to deal with the remnants of the Northern Yuan, and the countermeasure given by Yang Cong was to use firearms and chariots combined with new tactics to deal with the Northern Yuan cavalry.

Yang Cong scattered these things into the "Five Elements Chapter", "Art of War" and "Equipment Chapter", with Tang Shunzhi and Zhao Shichun in charge of designing chariots, Wang Xuan in charge of compiling artillery casting methods, and himself in charge of improving arquebuses.

It was relatively fast for them to join forces to prepare these things, and it took less than half a month for the things to fool Jiajing to be ready.

Can Yang Cong make Jiajing's flickering interest full of interest, and see how it is broken down next time.

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