"Your Highness, I just want to ask, if Lan Liangdi is Doumu Niangniang, then why are you God?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled: "I am the emperor of the world. ”

For more than ten years, Yiqingzi, who has been loyal to Zhu Zhanji and obedient, said unceremoniously this time: "It's not appropriate." Then he apologized to the blue smoke next to him.

Zhu Zhanji was not angry, because he knew that in the area of religion, it was better to listen to the opinions of professionals.

As a descendant of Han Zhongli and a Taoist scholar, Yiqingzi has a close relationship with Taoism, so he naturally became the object of Zhu Zhanji's consultation.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and motioned for Yiqingzi to continue, Yiqingzi was also familiar with Zhu Zhanji's temperament. If you have something to say, make it clear to your face, even if you say it wrong, it doesn't matter, but don't stumble.

After saluting Lan Yan again, he spoke: "Doumu Niangniang is the mother of the gods, and her nine sons are Gou Chen Xing, who is the Emperor of Heaven, and the North Star is the Crape Myrtle Emperor, as well as the Big Dipper. But does Lan Liangdi have a child? If Lan Liangdi can't give birth to nine sons, wouldn't it be right? If Lan Liangdi gives birth to nine sons in the future, where will the little prince of Qizhen be placed? More importantly, who is older and who is smaller, she or His Highness? ”

Only then did Zhu Zhanji realize that what he thought was simple, this matter was not simply a religious issue, a scientific issue, but also a big issue involving the future inheritance of the imperial throne.

If Lan Yan really made a huge contribution and the people knew about it, wouldn't her status surpass the royal family!

The improvement of her status will directly threaten Sun Xian, Zhu Qizhen, and even Zhu Zhanji's own status.

Zhu Zhanji asked: "Then in your opinion, how should this matter be operated?" ”

Yiqingzi said with a smile: "It is good that His Highness wants to sort out the current Taoist immortal system, and only when the Taoist immortals are sorted out, the people will know which one to believe." As for the heavy (zhong) students of Taoism, it can just be combined with the current Institute of Physics and Chemistry to improve the lives of the people.

The common people are the easiest to satisfy, and as long as they can live a good life, they will naturally believe in the teachings of Taoism. No, it should be the Taoist scriptures. ”

Yiqingzi knew very well that although Zhu Zhanji did not have a good impression of Buddhism, he also did not have a good impression of Taoism. What he really liked was Taoism rather than Taoism.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "There are countless Taoist scriptures and teachings today, except for a few that have research value, most of them are deceiving. I don't read much Taoism, only the Tao Te Ching, and the Nanhua Sutra is still slightly impressive. ”

Yiqingzi couldn't help but smile and said: "The spread and origin of Taoism comes from these two scriptures, and it is natural that it can enter the eyes of His Royal Highness." The key question is no longer here, but where should His Highness start and what scriptures should be based on since he wants to create another religion. ”

Zhu Zhanji understood the meaning of Yiqingzi, Taoism was founded relatively late, only in the Han Dynasty, but hundreds of years before that, Taoism had flourished.

The development of Taoism was still before Confucianism, and even Confucius was still a descendant of Lao Tzu, personally admitting that "Lao Tzu is the first in the world".

But Taoism does not have the concept of helping sentient beings, they have always focused on personal cultivation.

Therefore, the common people's belief in Taoism lacks a foundation, because it is useless to believe, and no one will help them.

It was not until the Han Dynasty that Taoist scholarship was still the foundation of governing the country at the beginning, and the Huang Lao doctrine continued until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when it was abandoned by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and chose Confucianism, which was more suitable for imperial rule.

The Taoist people who were unwilling to be abolished, in order to resist, there were sects that rebelled in the name of Taoism, which is the origin of Taoism.

But in the beginning, Taoism still focused on the upper rulers, and did not pay attention to the common people.

When Buddhism entered the Central Plains and began to preach, Taoism began to be anxious and began to compete with Buddhism for followers.

That is to say, most of the Taoist classics only existed after the Han Dynasty, and their origins were all reinterpreted by some original Taoist books such as the Tao Te Ching.

It is also because Taoism was born after the division of Taoist forces, so each faction has its own immortal system and scriptures, which is an important reason why Taoism has not been able to integrate.

Such a sect is naturally not an opponent of Buddhism, and for more than a thousand years, it has been suppressed by Buddhism and cannot hold its head up.

Now that Zhu Zhanji wants to establish a new sect and establish the name of Taoism, he naturally needs to find his roots in Huang Lao's scholarship such as the Tao Te Ching.

It's okay to let Zhu Zhanji grasp the direction, let him explain the meaning of the scriptures, then he will be blind.

Before he could think about how to answer, Yiqingzi said again: "Moreover, the name Scientology does not conform to the world's ideas, what is science, how can people believe it?" Therefore, if His Highness wants to preach, he must also think of a new name. ”

Zhu Zhanji's plan is simply full of loopholes in the eyes of Yiqingzi, he has followed Zhu Zhanji since he was six years old, and he knows Zhu Zhanji's development trajectory over the years.

Not only is he familiar with Zhu Zhanji's development trajectory, but he is also the first person to accept some of Zhu Zhanji's advanced theories.

Ever since Zhu Zhanji built ten research institutes in Xiamaqiao, he has been constantly researching. Physics is a Gewu, although it is a Mohist academic, but Taoism is not without the meaning of this aspect, and even many things were put forward earlier than Mohist.

Chemistry can be regarded as one of the foundations of Taoism, because the first thing Taoist priests learned was to identify medicinal herbs and alchemy and cultivate themselves. With the exception of Taoism, almost none of them have a strong foundation of Taoism.

As for mathematics, this is the subject that Zhu Zhanji attaches the most importance to, and even proposed it as the foundation and foundation of the new sect, and Yiqingzi also agrees.

This is in the Tao Sutra there is Tao Shengyi. Life two. Two begets three. The theory of three beings and all things.

As the origin of Chinese civilization, the Three Easys can be said to be the three basic books of mathematics. "Lianshan" and "Returning to Tibet" have been lost, and Yiqingzi is unknown. But in the palace, he consulted the preserved Book of Changes.

The book has long been used for divination, but half of the content is related to mathematics, and from this it derives philosophy, politics, life, literature, art, science, and so on.

Therefore, whether it is Taoism or Confucianism, they take the I Ching as their root, the classic.

Therefore, the use of mathematics as the basis of the new sect is very much in favor of Ichikiko. He even believes that in this way, it can directly suppress the arrogance of Confucianism.

Zhu Zhanji clarified his thoughts at this time, nodded and said, "Indeed, it's easy to think alone. In this case, don't mention Lan Liangdi as Doumu Niangniang's living thing for the time being, and only need to publicize more after she makes achievements in the future.

The name Scientology is indeed not popular enough for everyone to accept, so it is better to change the name to Shinrikyo. Lone even thought of the opening sentence, 'The gentleman is harmonious but different, and the villain is the same but not harmonious.' I love my teacher, and I love the truth even more'. ”

Yiqingzi couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said, "Your Highness, you should leave these things to us!" ”

Lan Yan, who was sitting next to him and hadn't spoken, couldn't help but smile and quickly covered his mouth, even Li Liang couldn't help but want to laugh.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help blushing a little when he saw Yiqingzi's expression. Yiqingzi gave him face and did not refute him directly.

The first half of this sentence is Confucian theory, and if he uses it, Confucianism will definitely fight endlessly.

And the latter sentence was said by Aristotle, because on a trip to Europe, at least tens of thousands of people knew about it.

If you borrow someone else's scriptures in the scriptures, it's okay to express them in another way, and just copy them directly, it will be too tasteless.

What's more, in the "Book of Changes" and "Tao Te Ching", there are not no more classic words.

Yiqingzi was afraid that Zhu Zhanji would feel embarrassed, so he patted his ass and said: "The name of Shinrikyo is good, the Tao is the truth, and the truth is the Tao. His Royal Highness is smart by nature, and the old minister admires it. ”

Of course, Zhu Zhanji knew that these were not because he was smart, but because he had more knowledge and then thought more.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji didn't mean to blame, Yiqingzi turned to Lan Yan, who was sitting on the side, and said, "Lan Liangdi, the subordinates are just talking about things, and they don't mean blasphemy. ”

In front of outsiders, Lan Yan is still very cold, and he has always behaved lightly. She hummed and said, "When His Highness proposed it, I felt that something was wrong, and after the Taoist chief said this, I understood it completely. ”

Looking at the two of them, Yiqingzi couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, Lan Liangdi, Poor Dao has always had a question, why is His Highness sure that Lan Liangdi can develop a good medicine and stronger explosives?" ”

Zhu Zhanji looked at Lan Yan with a smile, Lan Yan nodded, and said with a little coldness: "It may take a little more time to help the world, but explosives, prepare the materials for me, and I can prepare them in an hour." ”

Not only Yiqingzi, but even Li Liang and Jin Kuo, who were listening, couldn't help but look at Lan Yan in surprise.

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Let's go to the Institute of Chemistry, the facts can prove everything." ”

At this time, it was just past noon, the weather in the fifth month of the lunar calendar was already hot, and seeing Zhu Zhanji and Lan Yan rushing with interest, Li Liang said softly: "Your Highness, it is very hot at this time, why don't I let someone prepare the materials first, and then go later." ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "This matter is very important, and the materials used must not be disclosed to others. Therefore, we still go to the Institute of Chemistry first, let Lan Liangdi select the materials by herself, and then make them. ”

Lan Yan said softly: "Your Highness, the female official Hu Liangzhi beside me is trustworthy and can help me." ”

"Then let people summon ......"

If you want the people around you to recognize Lan Yan's ability, you must let Lan Yan show it, and only in this way can you shock everyone.

Zhu Zhanji can't be by her side all the time, and now her importance is more important than most people.

Moreover, physics can be learned by drawing, but chemical experiments cannot be carried out by writing a program. Especially in the test of explosives, every carelessness can lead to accidents.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but ask, "What explosives are you going to make?" Picric acid? Nitroglycerine? Or a detonator of mercury thunderate? ”

"I don't know the concubine now, go and see what materials are available. As long as there is sulfuric acid and nitric acid, cotton, at least nitrocellulose explosives can be made. ”

Sulfuric acid and nitric acid were accidentally created by Taoist alchemy as early as the Han Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, the Arabs had already learned to use dry distillation to obtain sulfuric acid and nitric acid.

Zhu Zhanji attached great importance to the collection of techniques, and during his voyage to sea, he collected information and craftsmen in this area in Kurumus.

Therefore, there is no shortage of sulfuric acid and nitric acid in the current chemical research institute.

Only two quarters of an hour later, the group arrived at the Xiamaqiao Farm outside Chaoyang Gate, and under the escort of Yu Linwei, Zhu Zhanji was greeted by the people from the Chemical Research Institute who got the news.

"Greetings to Your Highness......"

"No courtesy...... Open the storeroom, others dodge. ”

The researchers of the Institute of Chemistry are mainly divided into three groups, one group is the official of the Ministry of Works, the other group is the Taoist priest who is proficient in alchemy, and the largest group is the dyer who is called from all over the country.

They didn't expect that after Zhu Zhanji arrived, they didn't say anything, and they had to check the treasury first. One by one, they thought they had committed something, and they were in a hurry.

The person in charge of the research institute is a seven-product institute, and he hurriedly ordered to go down and let people go to open the warehouse, wanting to say something to Zhu Zhanji with a smile.

But his status was too low, Zhu Zhanji didn't ask, and he didn't even have the qualifications to speak.

Li Liang said on behalf of Zhu Zhanji: "You don't have to panic, it's just that Your Highness has an occasional gain today, so I want to select some materials from the treasury for testing." After opening the storeroom, you retreat to the front yard and are not allowed to watch. ”

Zhu Zhanji has had a hundred guards and close attendants around him for a long time, plus at least a thousand Yulin guards, and when he comes, he will block this place, how can anyone dare to watch it.

After asking the location of the various materials, they took Li Liang and the Hu Liang servant to a damp courtyard in the far corner first. All of them are dangerous goods, all kinds of gunpowder, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, etc., there are many of them, but they are very small.

If there is a shortage, it will be shipped by ship from the Jiajiang Industrial Zone.

Nitric acid and sulfuric acid are available, but there is no test equipment and the concentration cannot be measured.

Let the maid carry out two small jars, and they went into the dye storehouse.

There are more kinds of plant dyes and ore dyes here, even if you see the name, Zhu Zhanji has many uses that he doesn't know.

He asked curiously, "You want to find picric acid?" ”

Lan Yan groaned for a moment and said, "Just take a look, maybe there will be a discovery." The raw material of picric acid is phenol, which is predominantly extracted from coal tar. In the future, coal coking, you have to have people collect those coal tars. Phenol can be treated with sulfuric acid and nitric acid to obtain trinitrophenol, which can be diluted as a surgical disinfectant. ”

Li Liang held the pencil record hand and stopped, Lan Liangdi's words, he understood every word, but he just didn't know what she was talking about.

"Your Highness, this ......"

Lan Yan smiled and said, "There is no need to record it, I will compile these into a book in the future." ”

Lan Yan is very familiar with dyes, and her family was able to monopolize Shu brocade at the beginning, not because of the prestige of the Shu Palace, but on the dyeing process she mastered, so when she saw these dyes, she felt very kind.

After walking around the warehouse, Zhu Zhanji felt a little bored, but Lan Yan watched it with relish. From time to time, there was an exclamation: "It turns out that there is already this at this time, and there is already that at this time." ”

Thankfully, she hadn't lost her mind and hadn't revealed their identity as a crossover. Otherwise, Zhu Zhanji would have to think about whether to kill Li Liang and kill him.

Some materials were selected from it, and finally, they went to the equipment warehouse.

Three years ago, Zhu Zhanji had already asked the Ma family to manufacture all kinds of test equipment, all kinds of glass test tubes, bottles and cans, everything.

However, because there is not much guidance for the development direction, these researchers have done countless strange experiments and harvested many strange things, but Zhu Zhanji does not know what these powders are.

That's the hard part of chemistry, you don't get started, you don't have testing equipment, you don't know what things are in front of you.

After looking around, Lan Yan was excited, and said to Zhu Zhanji: "Now that I have a microscope and these tools, I can set up a large laboratory here." ”

Zhu Zhanji said gently: "You have to promise me that you can do ordinary tests yourself, but if you have tests like poisonous, harmful, and explosive, you can arrange for others to do them." ”

Lan Yan nodded happily, but Li Liang was secretly speechless.

He had never seen Zhu Zhanji so intimate with any woman, and Lan Liangdi didn't come out before, why was he suddenly favored?

Could it be that she is really Doumu Niangniang?

Thinking of this, Li Liang shuddered, and no longer dared to think nonsense.

Whether it's true or not, he will look at this favored Lan Liangdi differently in the future.

"Your Highness, you go to the front yard and wait for a while, I have to test the concentration of nitric acid and sulfuric acid before I can match it. It's going to take a little while, you go to the front yard and talk, and I'll have someone call you in a moment. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded, left Li Liang to wait, and went to the front yard by himself.

At this time, everyone in the Institute of Chemistry had calmed down, and some of the people who had slipped the shift had also returned at this time.

Zhu Zhanji didn't have the heart to care about them, and there were no projects for them to do before. When the Institute of Chemistry is handed over to Blue Smoke Management, there will naturally be one project after another that will keep them busy.

In the future, workers can still be lazy, resign, and change jobs. But at this time, they have no human rights. If you don't work hard, you may lose your head, and no one dares to be lazy.

Zhu Zhanji was not idle, visited several laboratories, and saw some strange things they had made.

Almost half an hour, Lan Yan came to the front yard in person. However, she didn't have anything with her, and when she asked, she found out that she had the two jars of explosives she had made to get to the testing ground.

Zhu Zhanji was in a hurry at this time, and gathered everyone to go to the test site to watch.

The test site was about half the size of a football field, full of mounds of earth, and was surrounded by a concrete fence more than half a meter high, specially designed to test the power of gunpowder.

Li Liang was directing a few cautious chamberlains to bury the two jars in the mound.

Lan Yan said in a low voice: "Time is a little tight today, I just got a jar of nitrocellulose explosives and a jar of imitation picric acid explosives." Because of the purity, it may be slightly less powerful. But, give me some time, and I can make a detonator and TNT right away. ”

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but sigh: "If you had confessed to me earlier, it would have been nice to let you be the concubine directly." You're even more than I do, but you're not getting the reward you deserve. ”

Lan Yan smiled and said: "Being an emperor is the hardest job in the world, even if I give birth to a son in the future, I don't want him to be the emperor, but I want him to be a free prince." ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled and shook his head, feeling a little relieved. Regardless of whether Lan Yan was sincere or false, she could say this, which was already very satisfying to Zhu Zhanji.

"Don't worry, I will definitely leave him a good place in the United States in the future, and give him the California Valley."

Lan Yan asked, "Where is the California Valley?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "From the north of Los Angeles to the north of Sacramento, the length is about 700 kilometers, and the width is almost 100 kilometers, including San Francisco, which occupies the best position in California. Where is the largest agricultural base in the western United States, a wine producing area, and many gold mines and Yosemite scenic spots, it is almost a fertile land in California except for the desert. ”

"I want to go...... Lan Yan became sad. In my previous life, my dad took me on a trip to the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone. ”

"If you have a chance, the steamship has been invented, and it won't be difficult to go out in the future."

At this time, Li Liang had already arranged for people to bury the explosives, and Hu Liangzhi, who had been confessed by Lan Yan, kept an eye on their movements, and finally came to report to Lan Yan that everything was ready.

Lan Yan nodded and commanded, "Don't stand up straight, hiding behind the wall, the power may be a bit great." ”

But there were only two small jars of explosives, and one was only lit at a time, so no one really cared at all.

Others don't care, and Zhu Zhanji, as a grandson, naturally can't hide. But he also has a solution.

Two chairs were brought in, and he sat down with Blue Smoke, with a row of human walls in front of him.

Li Liang personally lit the fuse of the first jar of explosives, and then quickly ran out, lying on the wall and waiting for the explosion.

The others looked inside with concern, wanting to see how powerful the explosives were.

The nitrofoam explosives ignited in the first jar were actually much less powerful than picric acid, but when five catties of explosives were detonated, the earth covered the sky like rain.

Zhu Zhanji and Lan Yan had already prepared, the two of them blocked their ears and opened their mouths slightly, and they were not affected much at all.

Many people were completely frightened, and many fell to the ground from the shock, screaming desperately, because their eardrums had been shaken so that they couldn't hear themselves at all.

Li Liang is still fine, because he was lying on the wall, he fell on his back after the loud noise, and the impact was not great, and many people who were standing had bleeding ears.

The two men looked at each other, and both laughed wickedly.

Li Liang came to his senses at this time, got up in a state of confusion, stumbled two steps, and fell down again all of a sudden.

Then he ran over with a rolling belt, howling as he ran. "Your Highness, the slave maid thought that she would never be able to wait for you anymore!"