Chapter 748: Wu Meiniang's Suggestion
In any era, the word 'sacred' is not so easy to bear, throughout the ages, there is only one Confucius, who is recognized by everyone as a sage, even Mencius, is only a sub-sage, and other doctrines, or outstanding people in the industry, the name of 'sage' is not convincing in front of the two of them.
This is because sacredness is not only a requirement of personal morality, but also requires the basic conditions for creating a doctrine that has a profound impact on human civilization and that will endure for a long time.
And this doctrine appeared precisely in this era.
Agricultural technology is a theory that solves the problem of human survival and is very important to human beings.
Because, it solves the fundamental problem of the survival of all human beings, as long as the people in this world still need to eat, then Sun Xiangfu's credit cannot be erased.
Its audience is all mankind, not just the Confucian scholars of the Han nation.
Those countries that do not practice Confucianism can still pass it on, but countries that do not have agricultural science and technology are struggling.
Time rewinds to two days ago, in the palace, Li Shimin, who was wearing filial piety clothes, began to read it as soon as he received the manuscript of the book handed in by Li Ke.
Moreover, this look, I watched it directly for more than two hours, until the waiter came to pass the meal three times, and was waved back, which attracted Wu Meiniang's attention, and after asking the waiter about the situation here, she personally went to the Changle Palace where Li Yuan's coffin was located, and the Bishui Villa came to see the situation, which made Li Shimin put down the manuscript in his hand.
"This is indeed the style of Zhengming's writing, I once saw something similar in his study that I don't understand at all, these symbols should be like the way we write in Chinese pinyin, but it may not be spelled out what it means, and I don't know what it means to write these knowledge, which is so esoteric and difficult to understand." After Wu Meiniang personally invited him to eat first, Li Shimin put down the manuscript and booklet in his hand.
At this time, Li Ke, who had been waiting in the living room for four or five hours, had a chance to speak, and said, "Father, Master Sun didn't mean to write about these studies so difficult, in fact, he very much hopes that more people can learn to understand the above categories."
Rather, these advanced knowledge, it may just be a deduction of Sun Shi, it is what it is, Xiaomei said that he can now understand at most one or two percent of the knowledge in these manuscripts, however, if you rely on some hypothetical deduction, you can make sense of three or four percent of the theories.
Therefore, those symbols may be a kind of annotation of some deduction results that did not actually appear by Sun Shi, Xiaomei knows how to read it, but it is only a way to read, and what content does it mean, but he firmly believes that Sun Shi said that this is his life's mastery, and the most precious thing must be reasonable, and Sun Shi firmly believes that these unknown theoretical knowledge deduced by himself are correct and practical. ”
Listening to Li Ke's words, Wu Meiniang roughly figured out what they were talking about, the thickly bound book in Li Shimin's hand was the secret biography of agriculture written by Sun Xiangfu, according to the situation that the chamberlain told him just now, this is still Sun Xiangfu's dowry to Sun Xiaomei.
However, this book, ordinary people can't understand it, even Sun Xiaomei herself, can only understand one or two percent of it, how to say that Wu Meiniang is also Sun Xiangfu's personal disciple, he thinks that he may be able to understand some, so he said, "Your Majesty, can the courtiers take a look at this book?" ”
Li Shimin wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, Li Ke's purpose in handing it over to him was to make it public, and then he thought that Wu Meiniang was Sun Xiangfu's disciple, so he nodded.
After a while, Wu Meiniang read the first few pages of the manuscript, closed the book again, put it back in place and said, "Your Majesty, the knowledge in this book is indeed agriculture, as for those symbols, the teacher called it the alphabet, which is a kind of script in the Byzantine Empire, however, the teacher added it to twenty-six, and the reading method is 'eh, than, pity, low, medicine, women, chickens, ······'."
Individually, many years ago, it was only represented by the locals for something like 'eh', which means bull's head.
Therefore, in the teacher's case, it is only a substitute, and it does not always refer to a certain kind of thing, the teacher sometimes uses these symbols when giving lectures to our core disciples of the agricultural sect, representing something that has not yet appeared, and now, it is also used in small amounts in middle school mathematics and physics textbooks. ”
Wu Meiniang explained what Li Ke just said to Li Shimin in more detail, however, she still had her own insights, and continued, "This book, based on the courtier's previous years of learning, has only read the third page, and there are a lot of situations that I don't understand, and I can't read it at all.
It can be seen that what His Royal Highness King Wu said is true, even Princess Wu, who has been doing various agricultural technology research all these years, can only read one or two percent of the theories, and it is even more impossible for other people to understand them.
However, as a disciple of the teacher, I can better understand the teacher's mood at that time, and Princess Wu must also understand the helplessness of the teacher who deduced and performed a unique doctrine but could not spread it, so she will regard it as Princess Wu's dowry, hoping that Princess Wu will one day be able to learn it and spread it.
Therefore, the courtiers think, Your Majesty, you should not think too much about its meaning, because it may be difficult to understand, just like a layman looking at some physics, you just need to know that it is a high-level crop research technology, if realized, it can make the crops of this world grow better.
And now, we should use some of its characteristics to do something for our Datang. ”
"Take advantage of its properties and do things?" Li Ke looked at Wu Meiniang with some doubts, but he knew that this girl's brain has always been flexible.
"Tell me, what can you use?" Li Shimin was able to agree that Wu Meiniang would take over as the internal supervisor at the age of nineteen, so he naturally had some understanding of her talents, and asked directly.
"Your Majesty, even Princess Wu can't learn it, so the rest of the world can't learn it even more, and it is, indeed, the world's most advanced agricultural work, and it is written by Chinese characters."
When Li Shimin heard the words 'written by Chinese characters', many thoughts appeared in his mind.
Now, Persia, Tianzhu, and the entire South Asian region are about to be incorporated into the Tang Dynasty, and in the end, only Byzantium and Dashi are left, and the most fundamental reason why these two countries can hold on to the end is that they have different cultural and religious beliefs.
Confucian culture basically cannot enter these two places, with the support of fanatical beliefs, benefits, and materials, and the temptation of their common people are very limited, how to let their culture invade these two empires, and lay the foundation for stable rule in the future?
Agronomy, a doctrine that cannot be resisted by any faith, is a doctrine that can open up the cultural transmission channels of the Byzantine Empire and the Great Food Empire more than Confucianism.
The reason why Confucianism was valued by the ancient emperors is precisely because it can be used by the monarch politically, and agriculture can also serve politics, and it is more practical than Confucianism.
These thoughts flashed through Li Shimin's mind slightly, and he regained his consciousness and asked Wu Meiniang, "So, what is your suggestion?" ”
Wu Meiniang bent down very formally and bowed, "The courtiers are invited, publish this work of the teacher, and later, send Sun Shi to the Great Food and the Byzantine Empire to preach and spread agricultural knowledge, when he opened a breakthrough in cultural propaganda for the Tang Dynasty in these two countries, preaching the world, teaching without class, benefiting the people of the world, won the canonization of the teacher, it was a matter of course." ”
Hearing Wu Meiniang's words, Li Shimin's eyes narrowed terribly, he couldn't imagine that Wu Meiniang, a girl, would pit her master like this, you know, after the Tang Dynasty incorporated all the small kingdoms in Central Asia and some parts of West Asia, and fully bordered the Great Food and Byzantine Empire, the hostile situation of the three kingdoms has been formed.
At this time, the other two countries are already taking various means to protect themselves, or make some strategic adjustments, and they have not started fighting directly, or because Datang has always looked better, so they have no excuse to send troops, of course, because they are now very in awe and rely on Datang.
Therefore, now the three major empires are in a kind of Cold War period, and in this situation where both countries are trying their best to exclude the Tang Dynasty, it is a very challenging task to send envoys to these two countries, and personal safety alone is worrying.
If Li Shimin was the ruler of the Byzantine Empire or the Great Food Empire, he would definitely control Sun Xiangfu as soon as possible and squeeze his talents.
However, in his heart, he supported Wu Meiniang's suggestion, because the standard of being a saint is too high, and he needs a suitable opportunity to promote it and be recognized by the whole people in order to maintain his holy name for a long time, and Sun Xiangfu is a saint, and Li Shimin himself can dream of being a saint.
However, he did not announce on the spot that he would follow Wu Meiniang's suggestion, but asked him to step back first, leaving Li Ke alone in the villa for a private chat.
As Zhengming said, this woman has the talent of a prime minister, however, her utilitarian heart is too heavy, in order to show her political talent, without the slightest hesitation, she violated the law that internal officials are not allowed to interfere in politics, and disregarded the personal safety of her teacher, and her heart is also poisonous. Ke'er, when you assist Chengqian in the future, you have to be careful to guard against her. After Wu Meiniang left, Li Shimin was silent for a moment and said.
"Erchen remember, however, maybe the military eunuch is too young, radical in thought, open-mouthed, and did not consider so many court rules, so he made a statement to his father, and please don't go to your heart, just if she is an internal official, even if she speaks and discusses politics, she is just helping the court to give advice, and she can't hold real power, and her talent, as Sun Shi said, can be of great use."
Wu Meiniang is Sun Xiangfu's disciple, and Li Ke, Sun Xiangfu's apprentice and brother-in-law, is naturally close, although he also feels that Wu Meiniang's performance is a little too much, but he still excuses her with a few good words, Wu Meiniang is a smart person, maybe a few words of persuasion, you can change your mind in the future.
However, Li Shimin shook his head and said, "It's better for you to be more vigilant, but her suggestion is really good, later, when Zhengming Xuanfu's itinerary is almost the same, you will have an excerpt!" ”
Hearing this, Li Ke was a little stunned and said, "Erchen obeys orders." ”