Chapter XXVI Systemic Problems

Zhu Houhuang let out a sigh of relief, he understood.

All problems in reality do not exist alone, all problems are a system problem, and all problems are part of a system problem, especially in academia.

A simple latitude and longitude made Zhu Houhuang dizzy.

He thought things were too simple.

In the face of Zhu Yu, all he can do is to increase the support of manpower and material resources.

It didn't take long for Bei Ren to arrive, and it wasn't just Bei Ren who came, but also the southern masters in astronomy who Bei Ren had invited.

Although the law prohibiting the practice of astronomy is still there, many people are still secretly learning, and this time these people were invited by Bei Ren to come over, which can be regarded as bleaching.

Whether it is the law of the moon's operation or the map projection, a lot of mathematical calculations are required, and Zhu Houhuang will also summon many arithmetic masters in the name of Emperor Zhengde, Zhu Houhuang originally wanted to call them mathematicians, but these people are not proud of their mathematical attainments, because these are not the right way.

There are everyone with such arithmetic, the son of Wang Wensu of Raoyang, Hebei, and the old gentleman of Wang Suan. There are also Wu Wenhai from Jiangnan, and so on, dozens of famous and unknown people. However, the two most famous are Wang Suanzhi and Wu Wenhai.

The two of them are famous because they both inherited the legacy of their ancestors, Wang Suanzhi's father is a famous mathematician, Wang Wensu, author of "Xinji Token Ancient and Modern Arithmetic Treasures", and Wu Wenhai is an elder in the family, Wu Jing. He is also a well-known math predecessor. He is the author of "Nine Chapters of Detailed Annotations and Analogy Algorithms", and the two sides happen to be one north and one south, and have become the leaders of the two schools of arithmetic veterans.

However, there is another problem for Zhu Houhuang.

These people use rough codes when calculating, 〡, 〢, 〣, 〤, 〥, 〦, 〧, 〨, 〩, ten, which means 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Zhu Houhuang couldn't understand it at all.

In order to understand their progress, Zhu Houhuang had to force them to use Arabic numerals. made these mathematicians complain, they used the straw code for a lifetime, and suddenly let them change it, naturally they were unwilling, but Zhu Houhuang took out a little mathematics he learned when he was in school to teach these mathematicians, everyone has always thought that there is something new in the record, and the others are gone.

Anyway, what Zhu Houhuang will get, Daming's top mathematicians will, but they just think that Zhu Houhuang's method is a bit new.

As for calculus, please Zhu said that it was all returned to the teacher.

In this way, Zhu Houhuang made these mathematicians have to use Arabic numerals to copy again to show Zhu Houhuang after they finished researching. Either way, it's a long project.

There is no progress in the research on latitude and longitude for the time being. Zhu Houhuang focused his attention on military training.

Three hundred flintlock pistols, each of which is handmade by a master craftsman, is used in the name system, who hits it, whose name is engraved on it.

Three hundred flintlock pistols of this class are sufficient. The power of the Ming Dynasty's military gunpowder is okay. In Zhu Houhuang's eyes, it's just that if you are willing to spend money, you can still get good gunpowder. This made Zhu Houhuang breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, the gunpowder was not rotten to the extent that he had to find a way to get the gunpowder himself. However, just in case, Zhu Houhuang still got some craftsmen who made flintlock pistols, and the craftsmen who could make flames were regarded as craftsmen in the camp.

However, Zhu Houhuang immediately had to face another problem.

It's that these flintlock pistols have a lifespan.

It hadn't been long before he had let go of his hands to train before the flintlock pistol was scrapped. 、

He never thought about this problem, in his mind, the guns in the Republic of China period, didn't the grandfather use the grandson, and in the end the rifling was gone, can it still be played? How can it be scrapped. But the flintlock pistol in his hand is scrapped for you to see.

Zhu Houhuang had no choice but to be cheeky and ask Qian Ning for it.

As a result, Qian Ning said with an embarrassed face: "Shizi, it's not that the ministers don't help you, it's really that the flintlock pistol you want is too demanding." It must be done by the master, and it is necessary to use the best 100 steel, ordinary steel is not good, these 300 flintlock pistols down, the material money alone, will be smashed into two or three thousand taels, the cost of this is really too great. ”

Zhu Houhuang finally knew why firearms were so powerful, and cold weapons were commonly used in the Ming Dynasty because they were too expensive.

Don't look at two or three thousand taels?

Zhengde won the battle of Yingzhou, and the reward for the cabinet is one million taels, the cabinet can hardly take it out, Zhengde built a leopard house, it is only two or three hundred thousand taels, and the annual financial income of the entire Ming Dynasty is only a few million taels, you go to see if two or three thousand taels are more or less.

Moreover, the depreciation of silver in the Ming Dynasty was after the opening of the sea in Longqing, and now when the Ming Dynasty has not returned a large amount of silver, silver is still very valuable.

This is a number that makes Zhu Houhuang smack, you must know that Zhu Houhuang is a prince, ah, he is not a prince, even after he became a prince, his annual salary is only 10,000 taels per year, and there are only 10,000 stone of rice.

That's almost a quarter of his annual income.

Seeing Zhu Houhuang's appearance, Qian Ning smiled in his heart and said, "Shizi, this time I'll get you another 300 flintlock pistols, just to save some use." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Thank you, Lord Qian. ”

"No, it's just that the world will be in the future, don't forget that my money is someone."

Only then did Zhu Houhuang understand a little, it turned out that Qian Ning had been showing favor to him all along, and he meant to save the future.

This made Zhu Houhuang sigh in his heart, only then did he know the difficulty of seizing the heir in ancient times, sometimes, it is not that you can be clear if you want to make it clear.

Can Zhu Houhuang refuse a gesture like Qian Ning? Refusing to offend Qian Ning immediately, don't think that Qian Ning is showing him favor, you really think that Qian Ning is a good person. Qian Ning is in charge of the Jinyi Guard, in the capital, he can make the child stop crying, and he is majestic, even Yang Tinghe is quite jealous of Qian Ning, and Zhu Houhuang does not dare to refuse such a person's overture.

However, Zhu Houhuang would not be naïve and said that he thought that this Qian Ning only invested and did not want to return.

Suddenly, Zhu Houhuang felt that the entire city of Beijing seemed to be a whirlpool.

The problem of flintlock pistols was not completely solved in the end. Zhu Houhuang had no choice but to let these three hundred people use wooden sticks to break down the action again.

Originally, Zhu Houhuang also wanted these 300 people to directly get on the paper bag, but Zhu Houhuang finally gave up. Because these 300 are all handmade, handmade is a high-class luxury in modern times, but Zhu Houhuang only wants all industrial products now, these 300 flintlock pistols look the same, but in fact, the caliber is different.

It's not the same, it's not the same, it's not the same Say the important thing three times. No surprises, no surprises.

Anyway, Zhu Houhuang was surprised enough, forget it, he could only let a large lead plate and mold be prepared for each soldier. Let them solve the problem of paper bullets on their own.

But in this way, how much effect it can play, Zhu Houhuang himself doesn't know.

His little notebook was now full of problems that needed to be solved, the steel problem, and it was a big problem. Standardization issues. Anyway, the chaos of weights and measures in the Ming Dynasty made Zhu Houhuang unable to see it, and there was also the problem of the calendar. There is also the problem of talents, circles of boundless spider webs, which tie Zhu Houhuang firmly in the middle, making him feel that he can't untie it.

None of these problems exist alone.

It's purely technical. It has not yet cut into the humanistic system, and it has not yet cut into the ideological system. When I thought that I wanted to establish the Age of Discovery, I ran counter to almost all the ideas of Confucianism. Zhu Houhuang felt that it was extremely tricky, and he didn't know how to solve it, or he couldn't solve it.

The moral high point set by Zhu Yuanzhang has been completely controlled by scholars and has become an important means to contain and control imperial power. Any way of changing the law will not be accepted by the civil servants, Zhang Juzheng just grasped the attendance, grasped the progress of the work, and improved the means of generating income, but he was almost wiped out. What did this make Zhu Houhuang do?

Zhu Houhuang also failed to create a class to support his own thoughts.

Zhengde can't, Jiajing can't, Wanli can't, Apocalypse can't, Chongzhen can't. Zhu Houhuang can't either.