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Chapter 561: Knowing Things

Who is Xie Yuangong and what he looks like, everyone is very curious, but unfortunately he is the one who didn't see him. The Luming banquet hosted by Zhu Dadian didn't look at the appearance of Yuan Gong, so he had to ask the people left and right: "Why don't you see Yuan Gong?" ”

It was supposed to be the most beautiful time in life, but it didn't appear, which is really incomprehensible. The people on the left and right didn't know, but fortunately, someone stood up at the banquet and said: "Back to the teacher, Gu Jikun has an intestinal carbuncle emergency, and he will be sent for treatment without reading the list." I thought it would be impossible to escape death, but I didn't want Lord Chen of the cabinet to hear the news, so I rushed to the hospital in person, operated on him, and took out the broken intestines in my stomach, and now I am healed, just waiting for the wound to heal. I was a fellow villager, and I was waiting outside at the time, and it was said that this was a stunt left by Hua Tuo. No one expected that he would be able to witness such a miraculous skill in his lifetime, let alone that Lord Chen of the cabinet department would be so anxious for justice and righteousness. ”

The crowd was in an uproar, this is the secretary of the Ministry of War, the governor of the three provinces, and the cabinet scholar Lord Chen, to put it strictly, the people in this subject are all his students. is such a big man with a noble status, he can actually put down his body and personally go to operate on Xinke Xie Yuangong, if it is not Gui Zhuang Xing to say it, who would dare to believe it?

"Silence, silence!" As soon as Zhu Dadian saw that the scene was chaotic, he immediately voiced it, and waited for it to calm down before saying, "You say be careful, what the hell is going on." Gui Zhuang Xing said in detail at this time, and said that after Gu Jikun was diagnosed with an intestinal carbuncle, everyone sweated for him, and this disease is an incurable disease in ordinary doctors. Didn't think about it. A doctor mentioned the cabinet lord and said that he was a miracle doctor who had inherited Hua Tuo's stunts. When they heard that everyone was going to kneel for Chen Xie, they all felt very excited, for the sake of friendship. Putting down the figure of a scholar to kneel and kowtow can be described as affectionate. When everyone heard that Chen Xie didn't say a word, and rode out in a hurry, they all let out exclamations.

After Zhu Dadian finished speaking, he stood up and arched his hand in the direction of the Governor's Mansion and said: "Lord Cabinet is benevolent, and this constitution is not as good." Everyone, since Xie Yuan'an is safe and sound, you should be happy. I can't come here because I have something to do today. This constitution mentions yì, a toast to the noble sentiments of the Cabinet Lord. ”

Everyone raised their glasses and drank this glass of wine together, and the deer feast continued.

Why can't Chen Xie come to the Luming banquet? Without him, he took Zhu Cihong out of the city and went to the steel factory outside the city. There are many iron mines around Nanjing, so there are many private iron shops, and the Sugang produced was once the best steel in this era. However, there are very few small iron shops in the private sector now. All of them were converted into pig iron plants, which were specially used to produce pig iron for steelmaking for the United Iron and Steel Plant. 、

"If you compare the state to a person. Steel is the backbone of the nation. The amount of steel produced determines the military potential of the country. Maybe His Royal Highness will ask, Daming's steel output far exceeds that of Jiannu, why can't the officers and soldiers beat Jiannu? The minister wants to sue His Royal Highness, this is because after the Jingjing, the Ming Emperors of the past dynasties. The result of too much pursuit of the rule of law. This is also known as overkill. In a country, it is not wrong for civil servants to rule the country, and it is not wrong for military generals to guard the territory. But between the two, there should be no question of which is higher or lower. There should be no phenomenon that the military generals want to kneel when they see Wenchen, this is not in Wenzhi. This is breaking Da Ming's backbone. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Han Qi beheaded Jiao Yong, a fierce general who was born and died for the country, because of a little thing, and left a sentence: The one who is famous outside the Donghua Gate is a good man. The fate of the Northern Song Dynasty is recorded in the history books, and the minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must know. Why didn't later generations learn this lesson? ”

Chen Xie put the problem out, Zhu Cihong was stunned when he heard it, he had just come out of the steelmaking workshop of the steel plant, and he had not yet come out of that spectacular scene. I was directly asked by this question, why?

Zhu Cihong shook his head, and Chen Xie sighed and said, "Your Highness, this question is the homework assigned today, you go back slowly and think about it." As the lord of the Ming Dynasty in the future, you must figure it out for yourself, otherwise there will be a tragedy similar to the construction of slaves in the future, but the officers and soldiers cannot fight. ”

Zhu Cihong couldn't figure it out, and no one asked, so he had to silently write down this question in his heart, and go back to think about it slowly. After leaving the steel factory, he followed Chen Xie to the Xiaguan Wharf, this time it was also a micro-service patrol, Chen Xie took him to walk in front, followed by a few guards. The carriage is naturally parked far away, and when it is seen, what is it called a micro-service to go out on patrol?

Shimonoseki Wharf, which has been expanded many times, is now very large. It can make the largest ships dock at the moment, even if the fleet of the Dengzhou Navy comes over, they can dock one by one and replenish quickly. The most striking thing on the dock is the huge boom, and then the cargo ship docked on the dock and is being loaded. Looking a little further, there are warships cruising along the river, checking on passing ships.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Cihong didn't understand very well, so he naturally asked: "Brother-in-law, why do the warships on the river stop the passing ships?" Didn't you say that you should encourage business and commerce? Why did these merchant ships stop them? ”

Chen Xie explained: "Of course, it is to collect taxes, and it is also to check whether there are illegal businessmen, and to leak Daming's technology out for profit." There are things that are unique to the Ming Dynasty. For example, silk, porcelain, tea. These things bring great benefits to Daming every year. But we can't rule out some individuals, for private gain, to ship tea plants overseas for cultivation. This is the first, and second, the Ming navy dredged the waterway of the Yangtze River, cleared the bandits on the river, and ensured the safety of the merchants. Can't this work be done in vain? Therefore, the merchant ships walking on the river have to pay a fee, which is not much, it is only one percent of the value of the goods, and as long as they pay it once, no matter where it is called, as long as they hold the certificate, they can sail on the Yangtze River at will. Another advantage of this is that it avoids illegal phenomena such as arbitrary charges and duplicate charges. If a businessman on the river encounters the phenomenon of indiscriminate collection of fees, he can report it to the Nanjing Department of Industry and Commerce, and the violator will be severely punished. However, if it is found to be carrying prohibited items, the first warning will be given and the goods will be detained. The second severe warning, the detention of the goods, and the high fines in place. The third time it was discovered, it was time to arrest someone. ”

Zhu Cihong was thoughtful, and followed Chen Xie around the dock, looking here, looking there, all kinds of things were very curious. Seeing the huge boom, when the goods were hoisted, Zhu Cihong couldn't close his mouth. Can't imagine, how is this done? When Chen Xie saw him like this, he immediately said: "Your Highness, this is the power of Gewu." ”

"Knowledge?" Zhu Cihong subconsciously blurted out, this is the truth that Mr. taught him, but it is obvious that it should not be used here. Chen Xie nodded, and told him with certainty: "That's right, it's Gewu Zhizhi." But what should you know? Many people who read this truth are completely wrong, and they have carried forward this erroneous theory. Your Highness must remember that the only thing that is to observe the things in this world and find the truth behind them. It's not the induction of heaven and man, it's not the unity of heaven and man. The operation of all things has its own laws, and we must discover these laws and make use of them. This is called knowledge of things, not some kind of ingenious tricks. There are two reasons why the Dengzhou battalion can win the battle, one is that Weichen leads the troops, emphasizing unity and fairness. The second is to learn from the knowledge of the object, through the guò of the object, to discover the truth of how the power of firearms is greater, to create better firearms, to kill the enemy on the battlefield before the enemy comes close to him. Jiannu is like this, Liukou is like this, and foreign enemies in the future will still be like this. This is the power brought by the knowledge of things, the power of Chinese civilization that can last for thousands of years, and the real force that plays a role is not the eight strands of literature spoken by the sages, but the truth left by the sages. The teachings of the saints have long been read distortedly by later generations. ”

Chen Xie couldn't sue Zhu Cihong, and Confucius and Mencius's set of rules could not be used as the golden rule for governing the country, so he had to make a fuss about the explanation. Otherwise, if you say it too directly, I'm afraid it will scare this kid.

Zhu Cihong was really dizzy by Lei, since he received a formal prince's education, the truth given to him by those gentlemen was actually distorted by his predecessors. How can this be accepted? I've been deceived by you all along!

Chen Xie's voice was like a magic sound, and he continued in his ear: "Your Highness, don't be excited, in fact, they were also led crooked by their predecessors. The minister thought that it was too late to change it now, so the minister wanted to set up a Gewu college in Jiangnan, and the facts proved that many things in the past were all wrong. As the saying goes, facts speak louder than words, and the minister intends to name this new science Gewuxue. ”

Zhu Cihong's whole person was not good, and he followed Chen Xie back to the mansion in a daze, sitting there in a daze. By the time he came to his senses, it was already dusk. The qiē that Chen Xie said sounded in his ears again, really like Hong Zhong Dalu, waking him up from a chaotic world.

Zhu Cihong, who seemed to understand some truths, couldn't wait to rush into Chen Xie's study, and when he saw Chen Xie, he said: "Brother-in-law, you didn't inherit Hua Tuo's stunt, but through Guò Gewu, and in turn deduced Hua Tuo's stunt, isn't this the truth?" ”

Chen Xie really convinced this kid, he didn't expect it, he actually thought of it first. At this time, it is natural to encourage it, Chen Xie smiled and nodded: "It's good that you understand this truth, but don't be in a hurry to tell the world about this truth." Thousands of years of habits, isn't it something that can be changed? If you want to break the old and welcome the new, you should calm down and slowly change little by little. Let the facts speak for themselves, and what you see with your own eyes is the most convincing truth. (The novel "Rise of Empires" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)