"Okay, since Miss Liu is willing to stay in Jingshi, then stay, but you have to report a message to your father first, no matter what, after a month, you must leave Jingshi."

"Hmm." Liu Qianzhi whispered yes, and there was no great joy after success.

"Miss Liu, do you have any thoughts?" Zhu Youzhen felt a little strange, with Miss Liu's great enthusiasm for Jenny's spinning machine, she should jump up, "Since it is successful, let's give this spinning machine a name!" ”

"Marry...... A name? Liu Qianzhi's face turned red for no reason, and the powder and white were faintly red, but it was a little like an early-maturing peach, "Isn't its name Jenny Spinning Machine?" ”

"Ao," Zhu Youzhen dared to say that Jenny's spinning machine had not yet come out, "Jenny's spinning machine was born in the distant West, and I don't know when it will be seen by the people of Daming, and although the principle is the same, the structure and size will not be exactly the same, and this spinning machine is not a Jenny spinning machine." ”

"That'...... Or is it given by His Majesty, in fact, this spinning machine, mainly His Majesty is guiding, if you leave Your Majesty, the people will never be able to make such a fast spinning machine - is Your Majesty really omnipotent? ”

"Anything?" Zhu Youzhen shook his head, his eyes were introverted, and he thought about his thoughts, "How can there be such a person in the world?" ”

"Your Majesty," Liu Qianzhi's hot gaze threw at Zhu Youzhen, and immediately found that the eunuchs and palace maids on the left and right were red again, and their heads were so low that they were about to reach their chests, "Last time the people talked about overseas, although Your Majesty has no personal experience, she is no stranger to overseas at all, as well as this spinning wheel, as well as cement, perfume and other ......."

"Haha......" Zhu Youzhen had to be haha, hoping that Miss Liu's curiosity would not be so strong.

"Your Majesty," Liu Qianzhi estimated that the slight redness on her face had faded, and she raised her head bravely, "Your Majesty, if it is contained in the classics in the palace, why haven't others found out?" If it's from the West, but the father of the folk girl and Uncle Li have been to a far away place, why haven't they heard of it? ”

"Miss Liu," Zhu Youzhen completely collapsed, don't be so curious, okay? "Although there are classics in the palace, but the Ming scholars often take the words of the sages as the mainstay, and the four books and five classics are necessary for scientific examinations, and who can calm down to read these books of Qimen Dunjia? Has Miss Liu ever seen the books "Illustrated Illustrations of the New Making of Instruments" and "Illustrated Illustrations of Strange Artifacts in the Far West"? These are publicly available. ”

Liu Qianzhi shook her head, "Although the people's daughter has read books for two years, she has never heard of these books, is it possible that Your Majesty's knowledge comes from these books?" ”

"It's not all, I have read all the books since I was a child, because I am not a prince, I don't need to learn the way of governing the country, and I don't need to participate in the imperial examination, so what books to read, completely rely on my own interests, these books in the palace and the market, I have read almost all of them, and my knowledge is naturally extensive," Zhu Youzhen suddenly thought of Zhu Youxiao's matter, "Maybe Miss Liu has heard that although the first emperor is the prince, he also likes this kind of books, so ...... So I may have been influenced by the previous emperor. ”

Zhu Youxiao was called the "Carpenter Emperor", not only the way of the ministers of the DPRK and China, but also the people have heard of it, and Zhu Youzhen's words are reasonable.

But Liu Qianzhi still didn't believe it, she stared at a pair of big black and white eyes, as if she wanted to see Zhu Youzhen through, "Your Majesty ......"

"Uh-huh!" Zhang Yixian still looked kind, still bowing his head slightly, but he lost no time in coughing, but his body did not move.

Liu Qianzhi saw Zhang Yixian's appearance of an old monk, and immediately understood, looking directly at Zhu Youzhen like this, it was a violation of the royal taboo, that is, she lost her head, or possibly, she shrank her neck and stood beside Zhu Youzhen like a good girl.

"Miss Liu, I'm still waiting for you to name the spinning wheel!" Zhu Youzhen took the opportunity to divert the topic, lest she have to ask again.

Hmph, Liu Qianzhi was very unhappy, she secretly scolded Zhu Youzhen: What a stupid cow, "Well, it's called ...... Bamboo loom bar! ”

"Takemoto? What do you mean? "Zhu Youzhen has never heard of naming it after a person, even if it is the inventor's hometown, I don't know why Liu Qianzhi used these two meaningless Chinese characters?

"It's not interesting, in order to save costs, the folk girl plans to make spinning wheels from bamboo in the future."

"Oh." Zhu Youzhen replied casually, and he didn't have the heart to delve into it, on the way back, before he arrived at the dormitory, a eunuch reported: "Your Majesty, Xu Guangqi of the Academy of Sciences is dead." ”

"Xu Guangqi?" Zhu Youzhen frowned, when he saw Xu Guangqi at the Academy of Sciences that day, his situation was indeed not good, but he didn't expect that he would pass away in just a few days, "Hey, maybe he shouldn't be allowed to study the chiming bell, if he doesn't come out of this matter, maybe he can live a few more months." ”

"Your Majesty......"

"Yi Xian, you go and prepare some things and silver, and I will personally go to mourn him."

Xu Guangqi was the greatest mathematician and scientist of the Ming Dynasty, who devoted his life to scientific research and converted to Catholicism in order to learn the most advanced science from Western missionaries.

When Zhu Youzhen heard the name Xu Guangqi for the first time in Daming, in order to give full play to Xu Guangqi's profound knowledge, he did not hesitate to form the Daming Academy of Sciences, so to speak, the Daming Academy of Sciences was established for Xu Guangqi, if there was no Xu Guangqi, the Daming Academy of Sciences would not have appeared so early.

Now that Xu Guangqi is dead, Zhu Youzhen feels that he must do something.

But before mourning Xu Guangqi, there is one more thing that must be done, that is, the new president of the Academy of Sciences.

Zhu Youzhen's first consideration is Wang Zheng, Wang Zheng's achievements in applied science, even surpassing Xu Guangqi, the bicycle produced by Daming is designed by Wang Zheng, according to his reputation in the Academy of Sciences, is the new dean's best choice.

But Zhu Youzhen then thought that since Wang Zheng is a research talent, it is better to let him engage in research work with peace of mind, and not let the heavy management work occupy a lot of his time.

In the end, Zhu Youzhen decided to let Song Yingxing serve as the new president of the Daming Academy of Sciences.

The next afternoon, Zhu Youzhen took Zhang Yixian, under the protection of Fu Xiaojian and ten other guards, to Xu Guangqi's home.

The mourning hall was set up in the main hall, and there were many guests who came to pay homage to Xu Guangqi, but Zhu Youzhen could see from their clothes that they were mainly students of the Academy of Sciences, and there were not many wealthy businessmen and officials in the court.

In the history of later generations, Xu Guangqi once served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the prince Taibao, and the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, because "Zhu Youzhen" came to the Ming Dynasty, Xu Guangqi's highest official position, but during the Apocalypse, he served as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and after the establishment of the Daming Academy of Sciences, Xu Guangqi served as the dean, left the imperial court for a long time, and gradually faded out of the sight of high-ranking officials.

Xu Guangqi's only son, Xu Ji, knelt on the right side of the coffin and returned the salute to the guests who worshiped his father.

"Your Majesty arrives ......" Zhang Yixian's high-pitched and long shout startled Xu Ji, but he wanted to return the gift to the guest, but he didn't dare to get up, so he had to look at Zhu Youzhen in a daze.

It was the steward of the mourning hall who woke up first, "Kneel down quickly and greet Your Majesty." ”

"Bang", a large number of people knelt down in the mourning hall, whether it was relatives or guests who came to worship Xu Guangqi, they all knelt down in the small space of the mourning hall, which looked chaotic, and those who passed by Zhu Youzhen also bowed to Zhu Youzhen outside the mourning hall.

"Let's get out of the way! Today is the day to worship Dean Xu, so you don't have to pay much respects to me. Zhu Youzhen didn't want to steal Xu Guangqi's limelight.

The steward bowed his hand to everyone, "Your Majesty is here, let's go out and avoid it first, the Xu family thanks everyone for their hospitality." ”

"The steward doesn't need to be like this, Dean Xu is the scientific master of the Ming Dynasty, and if he goes today, it will be an immeasurable loss to the Ming Dynasty, and everyone should come to pay their respects." Zhu Youzhen's face was solemn, and under the protection of Fu Xiaojian and other guards, he entered the mourning hall.

The crowd automatically left the mourning hall and gave way to Zhu Youzhen.

The steward lit three sandalwoods, Zhang Yixian took them, and held them to Zhu Youzhen with both hands.

Zhu Youzhen took the sandalwood, first bowed three times to Xu Guangqi's spiritual seat, Zhang Yixian took the sandalwood and inserted it into the incense burner, Fu Xiaojian was about to hug Zhu Youzhen and leave the mourning hall, but Zhu Youzhen was a flirtatious robe, suddenly knelt down, and respectfully kowtowed three times in front of Xu Guangqi's spiritual seat.

"Your Majesty......" Fu Xiaojian was stunned, stunned on the spot, his hands and feet seemed to be petrified, if there was a villain who stabbed Zhu Youzhen at this time, he would not react.

"Your Majesty......" Zhang Yixian picked up Zhu Youzhen, took out a sweat towel from his arms, and gently wiped the dust that did not exist on Zhu Youzhen's forehead.

"Your Majesty......" Xu Ji cried, but he couldn't get up, so he had to desperately knock his head on the ground and return the salute to Zhu Youzhen......

"Dean Xu has worked hard for the development of Daming science, and even the last light and heat have been dedicated to the Daming Academy of Sciences. Zhu Youzhen's words were sonorous and powerful, and then he bowed to Xu Ji and walked out of the mourning hall.

Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing and others were outside the mourning hall, and they were all trembling, and their blood boiled in an instant......

"Your Majesty......" The family guests who came outside the mourning hall just now bowed down at Zhu Youzhen's feet again.

"No courtesy, get up quickly."

Zhu Youzhen's kneeling to worship Xu Guangqi's spiritual throne immediately spread in Beijing, whether it was high-ranking officials and businessmen, or the gentry and common people, all of them talked about it, and for a while, there were those who agreed, but more of them were opposed: Is it worth the emperor to kneel down as a president of the Academy of Sciences?

There are opinions and opinions, but the people have one more topic to discuss after tea and dinner.

In order to increase the sales of the newspaper, the fourth edition of "Miscellaneous Talks" also conducted extensive research on this matter to see the support rate of "kneeling down to the deceased scientist".

Judging from the feedback of the previous issues of "Ming Pao", less than thirty percent of the readers supported Zhu Youzhen, and most readers held opposing opinions, and there were two main reasons for opposition: there were many important ministers in the Ming Dynasty who were much more important than Xu Guangqi; Since the beginning of historical records, no emperor has ever said to kneel down to his ministers.

When Wan'er sent such a result, Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, he was not a show, he wanted to let the whole world understand: Starting from the emperor, the Ming Dynasty should pay attention to science.

Subsequently, "Ming Pao" published an article signed "Yu Wanxin" "Daming and Science", which listed the positive changes that science has given to Daming in recent years: the Ming army's northern expedition to the south to nourish the stomach and the South Seas was realized after the successful development of flintlock pistols and flowering bullets; The cement avenue makes people's travel and the deployment of materials more convenient; The invention of the bicycle has made it faster for people to travel; The invention of glass can not only make the house brighter, but also protect it from the wind and rain......