Chapter 329 Rejuvenating the country through science and technology

Later generations of people know that China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, with a long history, the most famous of which is the so-called "four great inventions", in these four major inventions, in addition to papermaking, gunpowder, compass and printing were finally perfected and applied during the Song Dynasty.

The philosopher Marx once said that gunpowder blew the knightly class to pieces, the compass (another name for the compass or its extension) opened the world market and established colonies, and the printing press became a tool of Protestantism,

There is no doubt that the science and technology of the Song Dynasty was absolutely ahead of the world at that time, relatively speaking, the spirit of exploration of the unknown world by people during the Song Dynasty was second to none in the entire ancient period, in addition to the four major inventions, the Song Dynasty also had many inventions and creations, although not as well known as the four major inventions, but still occupies a very important position in the history of science in our country,

Astronomy, mathematics, calendar, medicine, architecture, shipbuilding, commerce and many other fields have made remarkable achievements.

However, China's rulers since ancient times only recognized power, and those so-called inventions were nothing more than insignificant gadgets to them, and since the Yuan Dynasty, this concept has become more and more entrenched, and the emperors who are high up in the sky have agreed that the Celestial Empire is the center of the world, and the rest of the world is nothing more than uncivilized barbaric land, until hundreds of years later, when the Western powers forced our doors open with foreign guns and cannons, our emperor still condescendingly called those red-haired devils in the Forbidden City" Barbarian",

Ridiculous or sad, the development process of Chinese history has actually come to an end with the fall of the Song Dynasty.

Perhaps, this is the reason why the guardians sent me to the end of the Song Dynasty, as the guardians of the Huaxia clan, their responsibility is to inherit the continuation of civilization and protect the integrity of history, with the development of society, these guardians finally found a way to travel through time and space, so I was "lucky" to be chosen by the guardians,

Or perhaps, I am also one of the guardians, and it is my fate and responsibility to travel to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty.

According to the unified deployment of the relevant departments of the imperial court, since the end of February, all kinds of large newspapers and tabloids in Lin'an City have used a quarter of their pages to publish all kinds of reports on the activities of the science and technology month, and before the end of March, the headlines of each issue of the newspaper must be related to the activities of the science and technology month, in addition to the publicity and reporting of the news, there is also the need to publish the relevant policies and measures of the imperial court for the development of science and technology, in addition, all the big newspapers should also open up special columns to publish simple lectures on popular science knowledge. The content mainly includes what science is, why to develop science and technology, what benefits the development of science and technology will bring to people, as well as an introduction to natural sciences such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, which are provided by the relevant departments of Lin'an University and the Royal Academy of Sciences.

As my own leadership of the Song Dynasty Royal Newspaper, is sparing no effort to promote the scientific and technological revolution, because the knowledge of the news is one step faster, the content is more extensive, the royal newspaper is on behalf of the royal family, so since its inception has always been very good, in just a few months, has become the first major newspaper in Lin'an City, more than the official newspaper run by the imperial court, in order to cooperate with this activity, the Royal Newspaper specially added a supplement, all used to publish the content of the scientific and technological revolution, and for the first time in the newspaper carried out the relevant knowledge of the prize quiz activities, Of course, these questions and answers are extremely simple, the people of Lin'an City only need to fill in the answers, write their names and addresses, and hand them over to the distribution points of the Royal Newspaper or the Royal Newspaper Office, and after the newspaper staff checks, the list of winners will be published in the next two issues of the newspaper, and the winners can go to the distribution point to receive the prize with the identity certificate issued by the government.

Although the prize is not very valuable, due to the simplicity of the title, the participants only need to carefully read the content about the scientific and technological revolution published in the newspaper and the lecture on popular science knowledge, so this way has aroused great interest.

Since the first issue of the supplement issued in late February, the supplement of the Royal Newspaper has basically been sold out as soon as it comes out, and as long as you answer the question correctly, the amount of prize won is far greater than the amount of a newspaper, so why not?

No one would have thought that the seven-day supplement would become one of the most sought-after "items" in Lin'an City throughout March, and the only ones who were a little depressed were the editors-in-chief of the Royal Newspaper, although the newspaper's sales reached its peak since its inception in March, but March was also the only loss, and it was a month with a huge amount of loss.

"Why can't these topics be difficult?" Huang Yong and Liu Di, the two editors-in-chief of the Royal Newspaper, thought, however, these are all after the end of March.

For the people of the people, what science and technology, scientists and other words are some new terms, curiosity, these words have also become the most popular content of the people in Lin'an City before and after meals, replacing the headless case that once occupied the main position,

On March 1, the headlines of the major newspapers all published the four big characters of "rejuvenating the country through science and technology" written by Xie Daoqing, the empress dowager of the Great Song Dynasty, originally I wanted to try it myself, but my brush words really can't be used, and the hard pen inscription does not show the effect, so I had to ask Xie Daoqing, who is quite at home in calligraphy, whether it is in the court or in the opposition, Xie Daoqing's reputation and reputation are among the best, and he can naturally be responsible for this important task.

The four characters of "rejuvenating the country through science and technology" written by the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing officially opened the prelude to the first scientific and technological revolution in the Song Dynasty.

On the same day, according to the candidates proposed by Lin'an University and the Royal Academy of Sciences, after my review, the Government Council announced the list of scholars of the Great Song Dynasty.

A total of 16 scientists were awarded the title of the first batch of scientific scholars, of which the highest level is the Sanpin scientific scholar, a total of three, namely Shen Yiqiu, vice president of Lin'an University, Yun Bofei, a master of gunpowder supervision and firearms, and Yang Hui, director of the Department of Mathematics of Lin'an University. And for the first time, iron tools were used to replace the original wooden drill barrel, but the drill barrel of later generations used more advanced alloy copper, this technology was even called the "fifth great invention" in ancient China, Yang Hui is because of the achievements made in the field of mathematics, only by virtue of his invention of the "Yang Hui Triangle" is a great achievement, so by my appointment, from the original four grades of the country to the third grade, Yun Bofei is because of firearms research, but because the field of its research is a state secret, In the announced achievements, it is only vaguely written that it has made a unique contribution to the development of weapons, so it is ranked among the third grades,

In the first nomination, the proposal of Lin'an University and the Royal Academy of Sciences only started from the four national scholars, although I have repeatedly reiterated the importance of science and technology, but scientists, including Shen Yiqiu, all believe that the value of science is not enough to be compared with the officials of the third grade or above, in the eyes of the people, the three officials are indeed the ministers of the DPRK and the central government with high ranks, just like the Ministry of Industry Shangshu, but also the three officials, even the great scientist Shen Kuo of the Song Dynasty also called his research and invention just a gadget, It can be seen that the awareness of science in ancient society is quite low.

Originally, I wanted to directly promote Yun Bofei and others to the second-grade scientific scholars, but after the long examination, I decided to start with the third-grade scholars.

There are also three four-grade scientific scholars, headed by Quanjue, and two five-grade scholars, four six-grade scholars, and four seven-grade scientific scholars, all of whom I know, namely Huang Daopo, who improved the textile machine, Yang Xiaozhi, who invented clocks, Song Wuxin, the warship designer, and Zhou Hui, an expert in acupuncture and moxibustion.

On the square in front of Lin'an University (formerly Gongyuan), the Government Council posted the list and basic achievements of the 16 national scholars at the original red list distribution office.

The names of these sixteen people are very unfamiliar to the people, except for the families whose children are studying at Lin'an University, they know almost nothing, and as for their invention achievements, they are even more unknown.

There are many students of Lin'an University under the propaganda board, while distributing leaflets of science and technology month activities, while constantly answering questions to the people who watch, the most interesting thing for the people is not these people and achievements themselves, but the taste of scientific scholars.

"If you invent a gadget, you can become an official, and there are even three-grade officials."

"Big brother, you can see clearly, it is equivalent to the salary and treatment of an official of the same level, not a real official."

"It's about the same, it's also granted by the imperial court."

"That's just as well."

"Or big brother, you also invent something, isn't it written on it, the imperial court encourages the people of the world to participate in scientific and technological activities, and they can self-declare relevant inventions or academic articles, once selected, they can get corresponding awards, or go to the Royal Academy of Sciences to serve, and the imperial court will issue scientific research funds."

"Hey, brother, you don't know, although your eldest brother and I are full of wealth, we are only limited to poetry and scriptures, and we don't know anything about these natural sciences."

The other side of the red list is the display of some scientific and technological achievements, there are new fireworks, there are small "machine" people, there are textile machines, there are acupuncture bronze statues, and of course, there are a large part of the models, among the exhibits, the most eye-catching is undoubtedly the big clock invented by Yang Xiaozhi, which is large in size and heavy in weight, and can also see the time relatively accurately and intuitively.

There are a lot of people watching here, it doesn't matter if you understand it or not, the ability to watch the excitement is innate, not to mention that these are extremely fresh things, I have never seen them,

Towards evening, a staff member shouted, "Let's have a fireworks show, please stand at the edge of the square." ”