"Students Tongcheng Fang Yizhi, Tongcheng Sun Lin, Huating Xu Fuyuan, and Taicang Wu Weiye have met Lord Wang."

The visit of these people made Wang Yue very curious, because these people were all members of the Fushe Society. Among them, Fang Yizhi is famous, and the others are famous.

Wang Yue said politely: "A few talents, please take a seat!" ”

"The adults have won the prize, I can't be considered a great talent!" Fang Yizhi bowed his hand to Wang Yue again: "On behalf of the students of Tongcheng, thank Lord Wang for exterminating the rogues and expelling the thieves, so that Tongcheng can be preserved." ”

The Fang family and the Sun family are both big families in Tongcheng, and Fang Yizhi is Sun Lin's eldest brother. In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong invaded the Anqing area for the first time, and Fang Yizhi and Sun Lin moved to Nanjing for refuge.

Wang Yue smiled and said: "This is the responsibility of this official, there is no need to thank you, please sit down quickly." ”

Among these people, Wang Yue is more interested in Fang Yizhi, because Fang Yizhi is a rare scientist in the late Ming Dynasty, and the research results in medicine, physics, natural science, and optics are very rich.

Wang Yue wanted to establish an industry at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and promoted mathematics, physics and chemistry in the school of the starting point, so Fang Yizhi once swirled in his mind.

What Sun Lin and Xu Fuyuan have in common is that they are all-rounders in civil and military affairs, and they both died in anti-Qing activities in the end.

Wu Weiye is actually Wu Meicun, a famous poet, and it is he who defines Wu Sangui's surrender to the Qing Dynasty as "rushing to the crown and being angry for a red face".

In fact, there are not many people who have a good impression of the Ming literati, but this is also an unavoidable group.

After they sat down, Mao Xiang explained: "A few friends heard that they were serving as editors of Ming Pao, so they came to get together. It happened that the adult was in Nanjing, so he was specially introduced to the adult. ”

In fact, these people are loyal readers of Ming Pao, and the sales of Ming Pao are increasing day by day, and the influence of Ming Pao is also increasing. Although Wang Yue made remarks in Ming Pao attacking the Donglin Party, such remarks became less and less common later.

The main reason is that Wang Yue is too lazy to argue with them, and it is too difficult to expect these literati to change themselves.

The scholars did not disagree with Wang Yue's remarks, there were still many people who were sober-minded, and they also took a fancy to the power of Ming Pao's fame, so they were very eager to do so.

The Shilin Newspaper founded by the Donglin Party has been reduced to a monthly magazine in the Shilin circle, and anyway, it is something they play by themselves behind closed doors, and if the circulation frequency is too high, they will lose money.

Wang Yue asked: "Are you all here to be the editors of Ming Pao?" ”

Of course, there is no problem with the level of these people, but the thought that they have to be reported to become a gathering place for everyone in the Restoration Society always feels very strange. Wang Yue is not afraid that their idea of resuming the society will become the dominant one of Ming Pao, after all, it is not these people who publish, editor-in-chief, and review.

Fang Yizhi said: "The day before yesterday, the students saw Lord Wang's convoy entering the city, and the car had no cattle or horses, but it could move freely, and they were very curious. When asked about the frontier, he was also dumbfounded, so he came to ask Lord Wang to solve his doubts. ”

Wang Yue nodded, Fang Yizhi later wrote "Physics Knowledge", and he had certain research in both mechanics and physics, and he had also done a lot of experiments. At the same time, he is also a natural scientist, and the motor vehicle is indeed beyond the current understanding of the natural world.

"That's a long story." Wang Yue said with a smile: "The reason why this kind of car can walk on its own contains a lot of knowledge. Disciplines such as thermodynamics, dynamics, and mechanics cannot be summarized in one sentence. ”

Fang Yizhi and the others were listening to the book of heaven, because they had never heard of these knowledge.

Fang Yizhi hugged his fist at Wang Yue and said, "Could it be that Lord Wang has books on this kind of knowledge here?" The students are brave, if Lord Wang is convenient, can he borrow it from the students. ”

The intellectuals of the Ming Dynasty were much more open than those who came after the Qing Dynasty, and they were always tolerant of foreign science. Fang Yizhi attaches great importance to the scientific progress of Europe, and does not blindly follow it, but through his own careful thinking and digestion. For example, he first examined the observational evidence on which the theory of the circle of the earth was based before accepting it.

He refuted the missionaries' false claims. For example, he refuted the missionaries' claims about the diameter of the sun and did an experiment to illustrate this by imaging the holes.

In addition, he was ahead of his contemporaries in his descriptions of the reflection and refraction of light, the generation, propagation, reflection, and sound insulation effects of sound, the dispersion, and the coking, specific gravity, and magnetic effects.

Wang Yue said: "These books are not carried by the official, but in my starting city, there are all kinds of books." If Mi Zhi is interested in this, he can go to the starting point city to study. ”

He's talking about learning, not watching. The basic education textbooks of the school in the starting point city, and the factory where the technicians are trained, are filled with a large number of technical textbooks, which are enough for Fang Yizhi to drink a pot, which is after all the crystallization of human scientific knowledge in the next few hundred years.

Through literacy, the technicians in the starting point city have been able to roughly understand the technical books, and the progress of the way of linking theory with practice is very fast. When the conditions are ripe in the future, Wang Yue plans to establish a technical college.

"Everything?" Fang Yizhi said with some disbelief: "Could it be that Lord Fei is teaching these knowledge in the starting point city?" ”

"That's right!" Wang Yue nodded and said: "And all the people in the starting point city must participate in literacy education, requiring everyone to be literate, everyone to be able to write letters, and everyone to be able to do four arithmetic." ”

Shocked, shocked!

Wu Weiye interjected: "Lord Wang, could it be that women also need to be literate?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Yue's face sank and said, "Of course women must be literate!" Don't women have the right to be literate? ”

Wu Weiye said: "Zi said: Only villains and women .........!" ”

Wang Yue waved his hand and interrupted: "Please don't misinterpret the meaning of the saint, this official believes that both men and women have the right to education. Could it be that Mr. Umemura also agrees with the saying that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented? Which of us present has no mother, and can a woman be compared to a villain? ”

Wu Weiye was speechless when he heard this, and this Lord Wang's words were too intense.

Just when Wu Weiye was a little embarrassed, Sun Lin smiled and arched his hand: "I have heard that Lord Wang's Tiance army is invincible and invincible. The students liked the art of war, read many military books, and asked Lord Wang how the Tiance army trained and what art of war it used. ”

This question Wang Yue is very painful, what kind of tactics does the Tiance Army have? But he was still honest with each other and said seriously: "Mr. Sun, this officer has not learned any art of war. Strength determines everything, and when strength reaches a certain level, all the art of war is in vain. The so-called training of troops is nothing more than strict discipline, adequate salaries, diligent training, and clear rewards and punishments. ”