"Master Su, Mr. Wu, how about you think this academy of sciences is built here?"

This is a farm outside Runing City, Zhu Changjin, the son of King Chong, pointed out the house on the Zhuangzi with great interest, and said to Su Hao and Wu Zhicheng, an old scholar who was following him. Several of the entourage were driven away by Zhu Changjin, because Zhu Changjin thought that they were too blind, which would affect the conversation between him and Su Hao and Wu Zhicheng.

Wu Zhicheng was recommended to Zhu Changjin by Su Hao, and Zhu Changjin sent someone to Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province to give Wu Zhicheng a letter of appointment and invite him to Chongwangfu as a staff member. Wu Zhicheng was very unimpressed with this invitation at first, like other scholars, he was very disdainful of these vassal kings, and he didn't think that these people would have any real desire to seek talent.

However, the subordinate sent by Zhu Changjin also brought a letter written by Su Hao to Wu Zhicheng, in which he gave a brief introduction to Zhu Changjin's situation, explaining that Zhu Changjin hired Wu Zhicheng this time out of the idea of exploring the way of things, which is very consistent with what Wu Zhicheng is currently doing. After Wu Zhicheng read this letter, he changed his original intention and came to Runing all the way with several large boxes of books.

Zhu Changjin summoned Wu Zhicheng in the living room of his courtyard, the two didn't know what to talk about, and when Wu Zhicheng came out, Zhu Changjin actually sent it to the door in person, which was a courtesy that no one had ever enjoyed.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Changjin sent a letter to Su Hao, claiming that he wanted to set up an academy, with Wu Zhicheng as the president, recruiting talents from all over the world, and specializing in the study of the doctrine of the Buddha Langji.

"Shizi, isn't this movement a little too big?" Su Hao kindly persuaded him, he was worried that this Second Ancestor was just a whim, and if he was not interested in turning around, wouldn't he leave a mess for others to clean up?

"Life is too short to learn. Since our generation knows that there is such a wonderful doctrine, how can we not pursue it with fanfare? Zhu Changjin said poetically.

"But what does the prince want to chase?" Su Hao asked again.

Zhu Changjin said: "Mr. Wu told me the principles of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, by the way, he said that you told him these things, and he has a lot of his own experience in the past two years." He told me a lot of directions he wanted to study, and said that if he could study it, he could explain many doubts around him in the near future, and he could help me to enrich the country and strengthen the army. These things are believed in by the son of this world. I just think that such a mysterious doctrine, just by Mr. Wu alone, it is inevitable that he will not be able to catch it. If there were ten or 100 great Confucians like Mr. Wu to do it together, wouldn't it be possible to achieve a hundredfold success? ”

"But what kind of merit does the prince want to achieve?" Su Hao continued to ask.

Zhu Changjin said: "I heard Mr. Wu say that you once told him that the thunder and lightning in the sky can be used on the ground, and the thunder and lightning can be used to propel the waterwheel, without using water power, wind power and animal power. The waterwheel can be turned. What this son wants to do is to make this prophecy come true. ”

Su Hao was overwhelmed by Zhu Changjin's lofty ideals, and he persuaded: "Shizi, this mathematical research is just that." The study of physics and chemistry requires money. The waterwheel driven by lightning is the category of electricity research. If you want to engage in electricity, it involves wires and motors. These are all things that cost countless amounts of silver to develop. ”

"For the son of this world, silver is just something outside the body." Zhu Changjin said lightly.

Su Hao asked again and again, and finally understood that Zhu Changjin was going to play for real. I don't know what kind of soup Wu Zhicheng poured into him, so that he wanted to set up such a academy with the purpose of studying Western theories.

What Su Hao could do was to change the name of the academy for Zhu Changjin and call it Runing Academy of Sciences. Because the things that Zhu Changjin wants to do are completely different from the academies in various places nowadays, this is clearly what an academy of sciences should do. According to Su Hao's meaning, he would prefer to build a royal academy of sciences, but unfortunately Zhu Changjin is only a prince of a vassal king, and he is not qualified to use the title of "royal".

To run an academy of sciences, space is naturally indispensable. Su Hao pointed out that if you want to do physical and chemical experiments, it is inevitable that there will be some movement, or some pollution of waste water and exhaust gas, and it is not appropriate for such an institution to be arranged in Runing City. This question naturally can't help Zhu Changjin, there are more than a dozen farms in Chongwangfu outside Runing City, and it is enough to build an academy of sciences if you find one at random.

Zhu Changjin has never been so energetic as during this time, he personally took Su Hao and Wu Zhicheng to the selected farm to go to the field inspection, listened to the opinions of the two on the transformation of the farm, and called the steward of the farm on the spot, and instructed him to follow the requirements of Master Su and Dean Wu, and implement it to the letter.

To establish an academy of sciences, researchers are the most critical. Zhu Changjin spread the heroic post widely, recruited Confucians who were interested in arithmetic and the way of things, and promised a generous bundle. Su Hao has seen what it means to be wealthy, and a few thousand taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket for Zhu Changjin, compared to Xu Guangqi's investment in scientific research in the capital.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, although the Bagu Imperial Examination still occupied the mainstream position, there were not a few scholars who were interested in exploring science and technology. Previously, these people could not find a place where they could specialize in the study of the art of Gewu, and their research results could not be shared with others. I heard that King Chong of Runing Mansion had set up a special academy for the study of Gewu, and Confucian scholars from all over the country came to hear the news, and a farm was crowded at once.

A vassal king, making such a big move, it is completely impossible to make the court not pay attention. Zhu Yijue wrote a letter to Wanli, explaining what his son had done, and repeatedly explained that if this academy of sciences could research something new, it would definitely be presented to the imperial court as soon as possible to serve the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty.

Wanli replied to Zhu Yijue, in which he highly praised the emperor's nephew Zhu Changjin's desire to study, and symbolically allocated a few hundred taels of silver to show his sponsorship. In fact, the emperor has always taken a supportive attitude towards such self-amusement of the vassal king. Because only by letting the vassal kings find something to do, they will not be bored and give birth to all kinds of disobedience.

Su Hao didn't expect that he originally suggested that he should study the Franco Doctrine in order to prevaricate Zhu Changjin, but in the end, he was crooked and came out of an academy of sciences in Daming. He went to the Academy of Sciences to discuss with Confucian scholars from all over the world several times, and was soon overwhelmed by everyone's curiosity. Daming is not without talent. All that's missing is an opportunity for talent to unleash their talents.

Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Analytic Geometry, Mechanics, Optics, Electromagnetism, Inorganic Chemistry...... Su Hao relied on his own memory to list a huge knowledge system for the Academy of Sciences, as for how to establish these disciplines, it depends on the wisdom of all researchers.

"If it weren't for the fact that this identity is too sensitive, the old man would also want to be a researcher at the Academy of Sciences." After listening to Su Hao's introduction of the Academy of Sciences, Li Zhen said with envy.

"Mr. Li, don't go to join in this fun, it's all to find something to do for the prince of Chongwang, so that he won't always bother me when he's bored." Su Hao said with a smile.

Li Zhen shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate this academy of sciences, although the old man did not personally participate in it, but with a few words of change." You can also imagine the vitality in it. For thousands of years, this craftsmanship has been passed down by word of mouth from craftsmen, and all skills have been tried again and again. And the change of this academy of sciences can turn the skills of craftsmen into arts, so that they can not only know what they are, but also know why they are, which is a remarkable change. ”

That said, but scientific research is not something that can be achieved overnight. There are some things that the prince wants to do, but I am afraid that it will be difficult for a person to do it in his whole life. Su Hao said. He remembered that Zhu Changjin told him about electricity, and with the technical background of the Ming Dynasty, it was very difficult to achieve a steam revolution, let alone an electric revolution.

Li Zhen said: "It is difficult to do it in a poor life. Then it will take two or three generations to do it. Isn't our knowledge today accumulated from generation to generation? As long as someone makes this head, the rest will be easy to do. Instead, in that sense. You've done a lot of work. ”

Is it? Su Hao was a little surprised, and a little excited. If everything he does can become the enlightenment of China's modern science and technology. Then he made this trip in vain. At this point in time, the gap between Western science and technology and Chinese science and technology is not large, but in the real history, China's science and technology have not developed, while Western science and technology are changing with each passing day, and finally left Chinese science and technology far behind.

If Zhu Changjin can use the power of Zhu Changjin to promote the scientific and technological progress of the Ming Dynasty, then after another 100 or a few hundred years, will China's science and technology still lag behind the West?

Su Hao didn't allow himself to imagine it anymore, let everything go naturally. If Zhu Changjin can maintain his current enthusiasm, then he may really be able to burst out countless sparks of science and technology from this academy. But if the situation changes, then this vigorous scientific and technological revolution is just a whim of a second ancestor, not to mention any contribution to society and history.

If Su Hao was a prince himself, he would prefer to be the president of this Academy of Sciences in person, leading a group of like-minded scholars of the Ming Dynasty to overcome various scientific difficulties and establish a set of original scientific systems belonging to the Ming Dynasty. But he knew that this was unrealistic, he was still a soft-spoken man, and if he couldn't handle the mission given to him by the court, then he should not have any illusions about having any say in the future.

"Mr. Li, let the prince figure out this matter of the Academy of Sciences himself, let's concentrate on solving the affairs of Runing Mansion. These days, Mr. Li has been concentrating on the files of Runing Mansion, so he should have sorted out some clues, right? Su Hao asked Li Zhen. (To be continued......)

ps: Orange is a cocoon and self-restraint, taking on a project that is beyond his power, and now he is trapped. National Day has been processing 7 days of data at home, and it has not been done yet, and it feels like things are getting more and more troublesome, and I don't know what the next result is. The brain is occupied by data, and the code words can't be coded, so it's been broken, let's understand more. Today, I am busy stealing a chapter to come out, mainly to tell you that this book has not yet entered the palace, as for whether it will enter the palace...... Ahem, I'm busy first.