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"The way to build a country is to take faithfulness as the armor, and etiquette and righteousness as the ......"

"Read the book of Confucius and Mencius, and learn the way of Yao Shun."

"The whole country is going to business, the copper smell is everywhere, the morality is declining, and the world is declining."

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"If the ministers of the other generation are sure of the algorithm, so that the algorithm will be proficient, the machine will be able to skillfully make it, the Chinese scholars will not be used by the Yi, and the ugly ones will be annihilated by China, then the upper can relieve the worries of the night, and the lower can extend the righteous indignation of the subjects, isn't it very good! If not, it will not be effective, and it will lose the hearts of the people first, and it is better not to do it to heal the ears. ”

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In the palace, Chen Ming has a thick pinch of newspapers in his hand, since the first day of August, Liu Wenwei took the Hongchang Textile Company as an example, and applied to the imperial court to formulate laws to protect the rights and interests of workers, the old Confucian newspapers in various parts of the people are like wild horses that have spread the reins, all the way from the way of governing the country, the foundation of the country, to the reformed Qintianjian.

Since the Manchu Qintianjian became a thing of the past, a group of foreigners from abroad have once again entered this sacred place. And as soon as these foreigners entered, they successively threw out a lot of things that had been covered up in the past, such as solar and lunar eclipses, wooden guard eclipses, and reports of comets and Mercury passing through the sun. Observations of the Lenymede cover help determine longitude and thus provide accurate data for mapping. Observations of comets are also very helpful in calculating orbits. But in China, these are things that ordinary people can't reach.

Since ancient times, China has respected celestial phenomena, looking for a thousand years, once the sun and moon eclipses and comets appear, the position of the prime minister will be shaken, because at that time this celestial change is directly linked to the moral conduct of the king. Of course, there have been no more since the Ming and Qing dynasties, and in the West, these things, many of which were still born on Chinese soil, have been made public decades ago, officially out of mystery, and have become a science. But in the East, it is still hidden.

From Nan Huairen onwards, there were many Jesuits who served in the Qin Heavenly Prison of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Among the Jesuits, there were many scholars who had a deep study of astronomy, such as Dai Jinxian, Liu Songling, Xu Maosheng, Song Junrong, Bao Youguan, etc., and many of their observations could not have been published in China, but they could have been compiled and published by their Jesuit colleagues and European astronomers.

Much of what has become common-sense astronomical knowledge in Europe continues to be shrouded in mystery in China. At the top of China's power, astronomical phenomena such as solar and lunar eclipses and comets have long since faded from the myths of thousands of years ago. However, in the eyes of many ordinary people and ordinary literati, it is still very mythical. And now these people have taken off this veil of mystery in one fell swoop.

In the past, Chen Hanqin's people in the Heavenly Prison never thought of sorting out these things and distributing them to newspapers and periodicals. The new European colleagues seized the opportunity, not only earning a good manuscript fee, but also making a name for themselves - the Astronomical Arithmetic Museum. This is a branch of Qin Tianjian's subordinates, and the members are mainly foreigners, but in this way, they have also attracted the spearhead of the old Confucian sect!

Now a very simple truth explains what happened to them: the tree is a big wind. It was just in time for this juncture in August.

On the first day of the ninth month, the Great Dynasty.

It's been a full month since August.

Yuan Mei's third resignation was approved by Chen Ming, but the cabinet soon sent him another letter, and he was hired to continue to participate in the compilation of the book.

It can be said that the old Confucianism is superior.

And it has caused a great repercussion among the people, not only in the competition of schools, but also in many factories. Although the state has not yet introduced a bill to protect workers' rights, many factories are already working on this. For a time, Liu Wenwei's name resounded throughout China, and he became a Buddha of ten thousand families, and I don't know how many workers' families were offered in their homes.

However, the fierce struggle between the two sides of the court, the "battle" between the old Confucianism and the new Confucianism, including the industrial and commercial faction called the money faction by the old Confucianism, was still going on. To a large extent, the latter is not interested in the Taoist system of Confucianism, but the scope of the attack of the old Confucianism is too large, and they can only beat the side drum for the new Confucianism. Liu Wenwei caught the key point of the Neo-Confucianism, but the arresters were also arrested, and the Old Confucianism was not clean under their own buttocks. On both sides, you bite me, I bite you, and slowly the new Confucianism consumes the momentum of the old Confucianism. Because in the court, they are more powerful and stronger than the old Confucianism.

When they found that the emperor was not moved by the Hongchang incident, they knew that the country had been decided, and the industrial and commercial assets could not be suppressed. And then they exalted 'Slow out'!

-- Suspend opening up and develop first.

"Since Master Peng thinks that it is not feasible for me to wait for this discussion, and that the country will be ruined, I think there must be no good way to strengthen the country. If Master Peng really has another good plan, which can make China's mechanical mathematics and science catch up with the West, then the ministers should follow Master Peng, do their best, and do business carefully. But if Lord Peng has no other good strategy, he just talks about loyalty and etiquette, thinking that these can surpass foreigners, ransom ministers, etc., I really can't believe it. Xiong Bingzhang carried the banner of Neo-Confucianism.

Here, Peng Zhongrui also personally said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are still the original opinion." If Master Xiong is really sure, in a short period of time, he will be able to master the science of arithmetic, and he can make exquisite machines, report to the king, extend the will of the people, and the ministers will naturally obey. But if you can't do this, but you lose the people's hearts first, then it is better not to open an astronomical arithmetic museum for the time being. ”

The old Confucianism also knew that blocking the torrent could not stop it, and the exchanges between the East and the West did not last long, but in the past, the Confucianists regarded it as a 'strange and obscene technique', the Europeans did go ahead of China, and more importantly, these mechanical ways did make the whole country stronger. In particular, the changes brought about by the 'Iron Bull' are completely beyond the imagination of many old Confucian people.

In the past two years, the price of cotton cloth has fallen again and again, but there is still a large amount of capital pouring into the cotton textile industry. Because that industry is still profitable.

But can these tangible facts make the old Confucians change their minds?

How can it be!

Will those who can say, 'Faithfulness as armor, propriety as a soldier,' will change because of the 'facts'? Many of the 'concepts' of the old Confucians have become their numerical beliefs and pillars of life.

Therefore, the attitude of the old Confucianism in this regard is 'independence', isolating the West, and not doing too much and too close exchanges with the West for the time being, anyway, in a short period of time, 'you' dare not guarantee that you will be able to catch up with the level of the foreigners." Then it is better to wait for a few decades, and wait until China's own mathematical machinery and other standards are developed, and then communicate with the West. The world is so big, don't you suffer from talent? They also specifically mentioned Huangluzhuang during the Kangxi period.

This is a strange person born at the wrong time, and invented a drying and humidity detector, a cold and hot device, a Ruiguang mirror, a bicycle, a temporary painting mirror, a multi-objective lens, a summer fan, a dragon tail car (water lifting machinery), time water, waterfall water and other utensils, and the knowledge used involves mathematics, mechanics, optics, acoustics, thermodynamics, materials science and other disciplines. But even the local chronicles of Yangzhou failed to leave their own names. Strange lewd skills!

Although a series of inventions of Huang Luzhuang, many things in it do not have much popularity, but the descendants of Huang Luzhuang now rely on the invention of their ancestors to open a Huang family in Yangzhou, and the small life is not too beautiful.

The palace has ordered several things from the Huang family, such as the bicycle, made of ironwood, with two wheels in the front and rear, more than three feet long, which can sit for one person, without pushing and pulling, and can be used by itself. When walking, the hand pulls the axle next to the crank, and the line is resumed as before.

Although it is troublesome to make, many parts need to be polished by hand, and the damage rate is very high, not to mention that this thing has traveled eighty miles in the legendary place to live and save the day, and it will be scattered if it does not go ten miles. In this era, the rims were made of iron and wood, and there were no rubber belts, that is, in a completely stone-paved place like the Imperial Palace, children could ride around happily, and if they reached the dirt road outside, their butts would give you three petals.

Among all the inventions of Huang Luzhuang, Chen Ming was most surprised by the so-called 'clairvoyant mirror', which was arranged in a square box and shone in the day, and could take pictures of the scenery several miles away, and was listed on it, which was picturesque. It's a pity that even the Huang family's own "Strange Weapon Illustrated" is missing, and this rarity cannot be restored, otherwise Chen Ming would have been able to watch the movie.

The old Confucian faction has no way to suppress the mechanical way, which they see as 'strange and obscene skills', because the big backstage of this faction is the supreme emperor, His Majesty. But they took a different path, starting from the dignity of the country. is still fighting with the new Confucianism, and at the same time looking forward to suppressing the development of industry and commerce on the other hand.

Industrial and commercial machinery can be developed, and it is not without development in history, but that must be held in the palm of their hands.

The Northern Song Dynasty had a developed economy, right? The Southern Song Dynasty also had a prosperous trade, right? But these rights are in the hands of the scholars, under the influence and control of the scholars' families. No matter how prosperous and powerful they are, they only provide nourishment for the scholars, and cannot in turn threaten the dominance of the scholars.

The Two Song Dynasty is different from the 'budding capitalism' of the late Ming Dynasty. The former is that the scholars absolutely control the merchants, but the scholars and doctors still discriminate against the merchants, and cannot "love" the business like the European aristocrats with a strong business atmosphere, and the latter scholars can still restrain the merchants, but the merchants have a little bit of their own power. It's just that this little force, combined with the Jiangnan Shidafu group, ultimately destroyed the whole of China, instead of developing into an indestructible tree.

When Chen Ming was in school, his brain was simple, thinking that capital was stronger than feudalism, and he saw what was written in the history books about the germination of capitalism in the two Song Dynasty and the budding capitalism in the late Ming Dynasty, which was interrupted by the Mengyuan and Manchu Qing dynasties. I don't know how much resentment I have for these two aliens in my heart. But looking at it now, it was a joke.

In a society controlled by Confucianism, the germ of capitalism can only be a bud.

Now there is a smile on the corner of Chen Ming's mouth, his eyes look at Peng Zhongrui, Chen Gang, Xiong Bingzhang, and Liu Dezhao and Chen Cong behind Xiong Bingzhang. This old Confucianism is quite interesting, their subconscious meaning is not: our current level in this area is a bit inferior, in some disciplines to worship Western barbarians as teachers, this is how humiliating, how much it affects the dignity of the Chinese people, how much it shakes the Chinese people's outlook on life and values, this is shaking the country's foundation. It's better for us to immerse ourselves in research and development for decades, and after the standard is improved, it is not too late to communicate with foreigners. There are talents in the world, there are so many people in China, there will never be only one Huangluzhuang, and there is also the support of the imperial court, I am not afraid that the level will not be able to climb! And you are worshipping foreigners as teachers, and you may not be able to catch up with the level of foreigners after studying for a few years or ten years......

Not to mention, there are some people in the military who support this view. The main reason is that the Chinese people of this era are really ashamed of learning from the French and Westerners.

China has not been defeated by foreigners, and at its own doorstep, Nanyang, it has directly suppressed the arrogance of foreigners. In this case, let them 'learn from the West', so I feel ashamed and shameless.

Chen Ming has never expressed his attitude, but this run on the old Confucianism has indeed touched the weakness of the new Confucianism. Xiong Bingzhang didn't dare to make his own guarantees, and in just a few years, he caught up with the level of foreigners. "The kind of certainty that Master Peng said, the ministers dare not guarantee. The ministers can only try their best to do what they should do and what they can do, as for the success or failure, even Hanchen Zhuge Liang can't predict it, let alone the ministers! ”

"Your Majesty."

Shen Guozhen is out. "Master Peng once said that the world is so big that there is no lack of talent, and if you want to learn arithmetic, you don't have to learn from Yiren. Then Master Peng will definitely be able to sponsor several talents. Please choose a place to set up a mathematics and physics museum, and the first department of Peng University is responsible for recruiting teachers and professors to observe its effectiveness. ”

Peng Zhongrui's face froze suddenly, Chen Ming's cheeks twitched, and he almost laughed. If you want to say that at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was still a Mei Wending in China, who can be found now? At least there is no such person in Chen Ming's memory.

"Why isn't Your Majesty dictatorial?" Li Xiaomei picked a grape and handed it to Chen Ming's mouth, her head rested on Li Xiaomei's thigh, Chen Ming opened her mouth to continue, and then said: "The more the reason, the clearer the Tao, the clearer it is." "Without a fierce exchange of ideas, there will be no deep understanding of one's own concepts, and there will be no in-depth thinking about the concept of life.

Now the old Confucianism and the new Confucianism are arguing in the court, and they are also coming and going in the folk newspapers, and their influence is constantly expanding, which is just to inspire the folk trend of thought.

"Your Majesty, Changsha Marquis Chen Liang asks to see you."

After dinner, Chen Ming watched the recital handed over by Zheng Ji, the governor of Nanming Prefecture, in the side hall, which was related to that battalion, and he should have arrived in Taiwan at this time. Liu Wu said in Chen Ming's ear.

"The minister has seen Your Majesty."

Chen Liang was holding a book in his hand, as the head of the overseas intelligence department, it was so late and he came to the palace in a hurry, there must be important news.

"Your Majesty, Japan's Go-Taoyuan Emperor is dead."

Chen Ming's heart jumped, this was really important news. 20-year-old Hou Taoyuan is dead?

"How did you die?" If the Tokugawa shogunate's hand is discovered again, Japan will have fun.

"There are no abnormal fluctuations in those who died of illness." Hou Taoyuan has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and he doesn't look like a person who can live long.

"Hou Taoyuan doesn't have a son yet." Chen Ming's eyes sparkled.

"Your Majesty, Hou Taoyuan not only has no son, but also no daughter left." Japan's near-branch royal family is extinct.

"The news from Tanuma Yoshiji said that the Japanese imperial family intends to let the great-grandson of Emperor Higashiyama, 8-year-old Prince Kanehito, succeed to the throne." Emperor Higashiyama is the ancestor of Go-Taoen, separated by three generations of Nakagomon, Sakuracho and Momozono, this is Prince Kanehito, who is the great-grandson of Emperor Higashiyama, and ethically speaking, Go-Taoen's cousin, but in fact, such a distant bloodline among the royal nobles has long been divided into the Yuanzhi. [History this is married to the only daughter of Hou Taoyuan, that is, his own granddaughter, Hou Taoyuan's daughter was born two years later, and her father Hou Taoyuan died shortly after birth. The Japanese imperial family is really a history of that]

Kanehito is the sixth son of the second generation of Prince Norihito of Kanin Palace, which is one of the four major palace families since the Japanese imperial family opened and created Sugawa Palace for more than 100 years.

It's hereditary reckless ***** Japan, a small country, the honorific title of the maid is messed up, the male prince and the female prince are the prince and the prince if they are a child, and they are called princes when they can't eat enough, and they are also worthy?

Until now, the most powerful family of Prince Katsura in small Japan, one of the four palaces of Fushimi Palace, Katsura Palace, Arisugawa Palace, and Kanin Palace, has only 3,000 koku [territory] a year. It's all laughing to death.

Chen Ming had already seen the emperor's family tree more than once, his head was blown up, and he couldn't remember the intricate relationship between these close relatives who were married.

Tanuma saw this as a great opportunity to shake the emperor's foundations. I hope that I can cooperate with ......."

"I see." (To be continued.) )