Ying Tianfu.

The spring of the nineteenth year of Yongle came later than in previous years. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there was another heavy snowfall, followed by continuous rain, and the sun did not come out for more than half a month.

The cold weather has made the roads icy everywhere, and people's lives have been greatly troubled.

On the second day of the second month of February, this is the day when the dragon raises its head in the year. On this day every year in previous years, Zhu Di would lead hundreds of civil and military officials to Huangzhuang to cultivate the land, but Zhu Zhanji was unwilling to talk about this nonsense, and the heavy rain on the second day of the junior high school was adrift, so this procedure was canceled.

For the students who are rushing to take the exam in the capital, it is really fortunate that the imperial court has adjusted the spring festival to March this year.

Otherwise, in this bitterly cold and rainy February, I am afraid that I will really have to go to half my life in the examination in the Gongyuan for nine consecutive days.

People from all over the country came to Yingtianfu from their respective hometowns, and everything in front of them completely subverted their imagination.

Zhu Zhanji's development of the Ming Dynasty cannot be achieved overnight. Ying Tianfu is his experimental field, and only if it succeeds here, it will be implemented throughout the country.

At present, in addition to the patent law, cement, and banks have a greater impact on the country, because these are a game of chess in the country.

Cement is because of road construction, cement factories must be built locally, and these factories will be set up everywhere.

In other industrial fields, waterwheel power is more common in Jiangnan, and only a few are set up in other places.

However, the impetus brought by industrial development has already affected the lives of ordinary people.

For example, because the original carriage did not have bearings, the axles were easy to wear and break.

But now that there are bearings, there are iron shafts, and iron wheels with wooden strips wrapped on the outside, and the load capacity has been greatly increased.

Although most of the people do not know that this is Zhu Zhanji's credit, this influence has changed the people's living conditions and even living habits from all levels.

However, at present, except for Yingtianfu and Jiangnan, the impact of this change in the interior is not large.

Therefore, those students from the mainland saw Yingtianfu as if it were a modern industrial city, and the shock was like a Qing Dynasty person coming to New York.

At this time, many students began to doubt what they had learned.

If it is said that tricks and tricks can change the world, then is the legalism in Confucianism right or wrong?

Zhu Zhanji's request to add overseas current affairs and arithmetic to the Spring Festival only made some people feel inappropriate. However, they have no qualifications to question it, because as the grandson of the prison state, what he said is the golden rule.

Only these scholars can accommodate him, and it is impossible for a future emperor to accommodate scholars.

However, the more these readers understand everything that happened in Tianfu, the more confused and subverted they become.

Because it completely overturns what they had always thought was right.

But now all this is in front of everyone, everyone can see it, and no one can find fault with it.

You say that the waterwheel is a miracle, but the waterwheel improves people's manual operation, saves manpower, and can make more cloth.

You say that the steam engine is a miraculous skill, and the people of heaven can drown you with spit. The entire people of Yingtianfu, including those civil and military ministers, and the professors of Guozijian are looking forward to the opening of the train in late February.

Not to mention the musket made by using strange skills and tricks, which changed the passivity of the Ming people in front of the grassland people. In the past few years, even if Daming won every battle, everyone still had worries in their hearts.

Those grassland people came and went without a trace, and Daming could only be beaten passively every time. But now, even the little ones know that because of the muskets, the steppe people have succumbed.

No one sees steppe people, who are more than ten times outnumbered, as a threat.

There are also steamships that can sail without sails, and many students who go to Beijing along the Yangtze River and canals to take the exam have felt the convenience of this new ship.

Isn't it immortal that ships that can sail without manpower, and there will be no need for slender men in the canals in the future, and more people will not have to serve labor?

These tricks all have the power to change the world, so why doesn't it matter?

In fact, these are the questions that the great Confucians are also considering.

They know better than these students the power of these tricks and tricks, and they know the power of this power. They are powerless to stop it, so now they are thinking more about how to adapt Confucianism to this change.

Confucianism has been changing since ancient times, especially since the former Song Dynasty, and there has been no change at all in the past two hundred years.

It seems that the time has come for a change.

This time, under the threat of Zhu Zhanji, the Confucian family relied on Confucianism and came up with the article "The State and the Nation".

Although this book is quite a sensation in Daming today, and has received a lot of praise.

But the Confucian family knows better than anyone that Confucianism has faced the most important fork.

This book completely transforms the former Confucian world into a national world, and puts the state and the nation above all powers.

In the past, the imperial court did not have so many frameworks, what is a country, what is a nation, what is surrender, what is a traitor, Confucianism can be whitewashed at will.

But now that the framework has been established, Zhu Zhanji is still bent on carving this kind of thinking in everyone's hearts.

At this time, if Confucianism does not change with it, it will become backward.

After being a saint, all the members of the Confucian family have enjoyed the glory of their ancestors since they were born, and at the same time maintained the status of Confucianism.

This is their fate!

After Kong Yanjin and the others came to the capital, they saw that Zhu Zhanji even spent a huge amount of money to publish newspapers in order to promote this kind of thinking.

Although Zhu Zhanji's main purpose is not this, in their opinion, this is it.

Therefore, they need to keep up with Zhu Zhanji's footsteps and must not be left behind.

It was not easy to get back the lost Duke of Yansheng, and they didn't want to lose it again.

How should Confucianism change? This is the question that perplexes each of them.

Unlike Zhu Zhanji, they have a vision that transcends history, for whom history is the present and the future.

But all of them know that most of Zhu Chengli's ideas are no longer in line with today's situation.

Zhu Cheng Lixue is basically a neo-Confucianism founded by Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Zai, Shao Yong, and Ercheng, and is inherited from the Confucianism of Zisi and Mencius. Mr. Cheng Yichuan paid more attention to science, and Zhu Xi creatively developed Mr. Yichuan's science, and finally formed the Cheng Zhu science system.

The heavenly principles of Lixue are moral theology, which at the same time became the basis for the legitimacy of Confucian theocracy and royal power.

The fundamental characteristic of science is to form a more complete conceptualized and systematic philosophy and belief system of Confucianism's social, ethnic, ethical and personal beliefs, and to make it logical, mental, abstract and truthful.

This makes the science of science have a strong sense of autonomy, and forms a political concept that reason is higher than potential, and Taoism is higher than governance.

In terms of suppressing the power of the monarchy, Lixue provided theoretical support for the popularization of the people and the participation of the people in politics and discussion in the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

Why was there no Song Dynasty? It's because in the Song Dynasty, scholars still ruled the world, and science didn't work at all.

Cheng Zhu Lixue did not have much of a superior position in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was not until the Yuan Dynasty that Cheng Zhu Lixue was designated as an official school by the rulers, and it began to flourish since then.

During the reign of the Mongol and Yuan people, they needed a theory to justify their rule. The political concept of the science of science above the power and the Taoist system over the rule of the system can lay the theoretical basis for their alien rule.

This question may not seem important in later generations, but in this era, without Taoism, it is not justifiable.

It is also for this reason that Meng Yuan at the beginning attached so much importance to the Yan Shenggong lineage.

But now, Zhu Zhanji attaches great importance to governing the system and ignores the Taoist system.

However, in all dynasties, there is no dynasty that has the righteousness of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Zhanji doesn't have to fight at all, and he can't discredit him.

At this time, Confucianism had to change, not only in form, but also in terms of ignoring Gewu, and in Taoism, it was also necessary to rebalance the name and status.

Therefore, although they don't know how to change Zhu Zhanji to be satisfied, they also have a basic direction.

They still dare not remain unchanged, they will fall behind if they do not change, and they will be eliminated if they do not change.

Yiqingzi is now gathering the world's Taoist sects, and it is already known to everyone to make a Tianli Sect in Taoism, and this alone is enough to make Confucianism panic.

Taoism and Confucianism are in common in many ways, and the biggest difference between the two is that one is biased towards birth and the other is biased towards joining the WTO.

Judging from today's mainstream thought, Taoism is biased towards the study of the mind and is empty in the study of the manifest, but Confucianism is the study of the mind, and the study of the manifestation is grasped.

However, today's Taoist priests rely on alchemy to refine a science.

Many people still don't understand what chemistry is, let alone understand it. But the dyes that are made, the explosives that are made, are real.

This kind of chemistry is a real manifest science, and like Gewu, it can be seen and touched.

If Taoism is allowed to take chemistry as its own, rely on chemistry to absorb disciples, and Taoism as the foundation, it will create a great opponent for Confucianism.

Moreover, this opponent is not a heretic yet!

Of course, Zhu Zhanji knew that many Confucians had been jumping up and down recently, but he was unwilling to interfere.

Although he wanted to attack Confucianism in his heart, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism are now three religions in one, and the spirit of the entire Chinese nation is linked to the three.

Just like many people in later generations hated monks, but many people recognized the Buddhist scriptures. This life, the next life, retribution, this kind of thinking has been integrated into everyone's mind, removed?

He founded Shinrikyo not to suppress any one company, but only to make people's minds tend to be rational and to be able to analyze problems from an objective point of view, rather than being influenced by one company and not daring to break through the shackles.

This is a country and a nation that can always move forward and never be satisfied.

Zhu Zhanji does not expect everyone's thinking to be unified, but as long as those educators and scientific research personnel can always hold this kind of sober understanding, it will be enough.

So after he got these big Confucian actions, he didn't interfere. In addition to dealing with government affairs, his recent energy has been all on the train.

Trains can be said to be the most efficient way to shorten the distance in this era.

However, the problems faced by the manufacture of trains are far beyond Zhu Zhanji's imagination.

Because of the pursuit of perfection, the manufacturing difficulties brought by the 1.65-meter wide gauge are far more than when trains appeared in history.

Because the trains at that time were all small trains, the body was light, and the loading capacity was limited, which could not be compared with today's nearly four-meter-wide carriages.

Although most of the carriages of the train are made of wooden planks, the weight of the chassis, load-bearing frames, and wheels is not light.

The seats in the carriage, plus the personnel, walls, roof, and the weight of a carriage, have reached about ten tons.

However, according to Zhu Zhanji's estimates, the power of the steam engine is at most a few tens of horsepower.

This is a real horse-drawn cart, but because of the rails, it is not that it can't be pulled, but the speed is a little slower.

The main problem is still the damage to the rails due to the heavy carriages, not the wooden rails.

At this stage of the test run of the Xiamaqiao Farm alone, the entire wooden track has been changed several times, and almost every lap of the train can cause damage.

If this problem is not solved, the train will never reach the trial operation stage.

In addition to this problem, the brake device has also troubled the craftsmen for a long time, and relying on air pressure braking has become commonplace in later generations.

But now, the design of this set of pipes has troubled the craftsmen for a long time.

This is not a sound transmission device, the copper pipe of the sound transmission device does not care about the pressure, but the steel pipe of the brake is not firmly connected, and it will leak.

Moreover, although Daming has fish bladders, animal skins, and glues made of various tree pulp, which can effectively prevent leakage, these glues cannot resist high temperatures.

Although Blue Smoke studied chemistry, he had no knowledge of this aspect and could not make glue.

This is still solved by an old craftsman, and the glue he got from sulfur and pyrite is not as heat-resistant as the synthetic glue of later generations, but after testing, the effect is not bad.

After solving the brake problem, going back to solving the rail problem, Zhu Zhanji realized that he was a little too anxious.

Although the rails could initially be broad-gauge and had wider passages, the carriages did not have to be built as large as they were at the beginning.

Since it is a trial run, it is good to design the weight that today's wooden rails can bear from small to large.

It's not easy to change it to a bigger one, but it's much easier to change it to a smaller one.

First, the carriage was changed to three meters wide, and the height was reduced by more than half a meter.

Except for the wheels, which are reduced by one-third, the weight of the load-bearing structure is reduced by steel as much as possible, and the weight is saved by nearly half, and the weight is only about five tons.

A ten-ton carriage with a person is decisive for the damage to the wooden rails, but after it becomes five tons, the wooden rails can withstand it.

Even if the iron bars on the wooden rails are easy to wear, this wear can be controlled within the tolerance range.

In mid-February, the Ministry of Industry had just manufactured five carriages, and Zhu Zhanji couldn't wait to get the train on the road.

Today's Yingtianfu has undergone a major demolition. There are no nail households now, and as soon as the government gives an order, the people who have received compensation immediately move quickly.

It's late, but I'm going to jail.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji also ordered compensation according to the market price, and some stores could also be relocated as appropriate.

In today's Yingtianfu, although the train is not running, the construction of the road began last summer.

Nowadays, it has been built into two main roads, one vertical and one horizontal, plus a ring road.

Each of these roads is more than fifty meters wide, with a railway in the middle and roads on either side. And the road on each side is a one-way street, keep right.

In the era when there were no cars, such a width was sufficient for at least a few decades.

The east-west road starts from Xiamaqiao Farm and leads to the Jiajiang Industrial Zone in the west of the city, with a length of 18 miles.

The north-south road leads from Jubaomen in the south to Yuejianglou Wharf by the river, with a length of 18 miles.

These two roads are not simply straight lines, and different stations are set up according to the topography of Yingtianfu, the commercial area, and the main residential areas.

The ring road is more troublesome, because Yingtianfu is not a standard square, and there are many hills and lakes in the city. However, according to Zhu Zhanji's instructions, this road mainly runs along the inner ring of the city wall, and only excludes the southeast of the imperial palace and major official offices.

However, because it is not a standard square, basically these three roads can meet the needs of most people.

The first test run was originally planned for February 18, but because Zhu Zhanji was so excited that he wanted to be the first grandson to take the train.

The ministers of civil and military affairs tried their best to dissuade them, believing that this simple carriage did not suit Zhu Zhanji's identity. Therefore, it was postponed for two days, and the people from the Ministry of Rites and the internal supervisor went to the Xiamaqiao Farm to redecorate and arrange a few carriages before they really started on the road.

In order to facilitate the train to enter the city, the gate of Donghua Gate was dismantled, leaving only a large gap.

Originally, many ministers were clamoring for a new repair, but the advent of new explosives made many people shut up.

With the new type of explosives, no matter how strong the walls are, they are like paper paste, so what's the point of building them?

With muskets, explosives, and people to fight to Ying Tianfu, they must have these in their hands, and the city wall can't stop it.

In addition to the Donghua Gate, the Qingliang Gate in the West City and the Rujiang Gate in the north were also demolished.

On this day, the train stopped at the platform outside Chengtianmen, and Zhu Zhanji boarded the train with his concubine and a group of children in high spirits.

Four carriages, which can seat more than 200 people, and officials above the third rank and a group of chamberlains also boarded the train.

When the train whistle sounded "woo, woo, woo," the people watching the excitement on the side of the road knelt on the ground, not knowing whether to kneel Zhu Zhanji, the grandson, or kneel to this "monster".

Although the current train can run at a maximum speed of 40 kilometers per hour, in Yingtianfu, the standard of a maximum speed of 30 kilometers has been determined.

To give the people a period of acceptance and education, Zhu Zhanji did not want to see the news of a train accident every day.

With air brakes, the weight of the train is not heavy, and when it is not more than 30 kilometers, there is basically a braking distance of 20 or 30 meters, and the train can brake.

Sitting in the car, the people along the way, especially the scholars and the elderly, even if they didn't see Zhu Zhanji, were still kneeling and worshipping.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but ask Xie Jin beside him: "Master Xie, can you now be recognized as a person who is destined to return?" ”

Xie Jin smiled and said: "Your Highness was born with the destiny of heaven, but it is not necessarily you who the people kneel down to worship today!" ”

Zhu Zhanji knew that Xie Jin was reminding himself not to get carried away, but he was so upright that it was inevitable that he would be a little unpleasant.

Seeing a group of scholars saluting from the window, Zhu Zhanji beckoned to them, turned around and asked, "Master Hu, this spring has been going back and forth for more than half a month, and now that you are old, can you still bear it?" ”

Hu Yan smiled and said: "Your Highness, the old minister is now sixty and two, this is the first Spring Festival you presided, but it is the last one presided over by the old minister, so it is naturally incumbent." ”

Zhu Zhanji instructed Liu Wan to say: "Reward the hundred-year-old wild mountain ginseng from North Korea as a ......."

Now that Li Liang is learning to handle government affairs with Wang Yan, the person who follows him has become Liu Wan.

Liu Wanying is, Hu Yan grabbed the back of the chair in front of him tightly, stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your love." ”

Today's examiners are not invigilators of later generations, and they have to go to prison a week before the questions are issued. The invigilator is a set of people, and the marking is a set of people, and the two parties can't meet each other yet.

After the Shizi exam, it will be a little easier for the invigilators to seal the test papers, but the internal curtain officials need to start marking the papers, and they have no freedom for more than a month.

Hu Yan is the chief examiner, his task is the heaviest, and now the examination is set to start on the ninth day of the first month of March, and he will be closed in the tribute court from the first day of March, and he will not be free until the beginning of April.

So Zhu Zhanji was a little worried about his body, but what he didn't know was that although Hu Yan was the same age as Zhu Di, he lived eighty-four.

Zhu Zhanji in history is dead, but he is still alive and well.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but laugh when he saw him trembling. "Master Hu doesn't need to be nervous, although this train is running fast, safety is still guaranteed."

Hu Yan was just about to sit down, but was about to get up, but was stopped by Zhu Zhanji. Only then did he smile solemnly: "The old minister is rare and strange, but it made His Highness see the joke." ”

"It's okay, and take care of Shangshu......"

Before Zhu Zhanji's words fell, Gu Zuo couldn't help it, opened his sleeves, lowered his head and vomited.

Although there was no vomit, a sour smell came through.

Some ministers who didn't get motion sickness couldn't help laughing, Gu Zuo wiped his mouth, and confessed to Zhu Zhanji: "Your Highness forgives me, the ministers really can't stand such a fast speed, and they are dizzy." ”

Although Huang Fu is old, it is normal to behave at this time, and he can't help but sigh: "Your Highness, if I spread the railroad tracks all over the north and south of the river, the end of the world in the future will only be able to arrive in a few days, no matter where the soldiers are, there is no need to worry." ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "That's right, it's just a trial run now, and when the technology is more mature in the future, laying steel rails, the train has more horsepower, pulls more, and thousands of soldiers and horses can also be two thousand miles a day." ”

Everyone sighed, the power of this technology was displayed in front of them, even an old antique like Hu Yan bowed his head in front of reality.

He couldn't help but say: "The power of this object is really unfathomable. ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "No, this is not the power of Gewu, this is the power of science and technology. ”

Hu Yan asked again: "What is the difference between the two?" ”

"Gewu is the application of real things. And science and technology are looking for the law of development of this power. For Lone, Gewu is like Jiajiang Industrial Zone, and science and technology are like the research institute of Xiamaqiao Farm. ”

Whether they understand it or not, Zhu Zhanji will not give up any opportunity to instill this concept in them.