Chapter Ninety-Eight: Science

Sure enough, Li Zhi asked with great interest: "If it is a rumor that Nuwa created people, then where did people come from?" ”

Zhang Wenyi almost helped her forehead, she was making trouble for herself. Looking at the culprit who caused the incident, Zhang Wenyi said that she was helpless.

Just when Zhang Wenyi was worried about how to answer this question, Li Xin said amazingly. He said to Li Zhi: "Dad, my mother also said that the sun is not a three-legged crow, it is a huge fireball, many times larger than the earth we live in, and the moon is also a ball. There are also stars in the sky, some tens of thousands of times larger than the sun. ”

Zhang Wenyi was embarrassed to death by her son's words at this time, although these are the basic common sense in modern life, but it is really a subversive understanding for ancient people.

Li Zhi's eyes gradually became sharper, he looked at Zhang Wenyi, and said with a soft smile: "Zitong, I really want to hear your explanation. ”

Li Zhi was afraid of scaring the children, but his tone was still very calm. At this moment, Li Zhi's heart set off waves, he always felt that Zhang Wenyi's behavior was different from ordinary people, but he couldn't say where the other was, and now he finally found something different about her. Now Li Zhi can clearly feel that Zhang Wenyi and himself are not the same cognitive system at all.

Zhang Wenyi also slowly calmed down, and she said calmly: "Let's finish eating first." ”

Li Xin and Li Ruyi felt that the atmosphere was a little tense, and neither of them knew why this was happening, so they were slightly uneasy and buried their heads in eating and didn't dare to say anything more.

It was the first time the family had had such a quiet dinner.

After eating, Zhang Wenyi asked the two children to go back to rest first, and before leaving, she told them: "Don't spread what my mother said to you, otherwise my mother will be in danger." ”

Li Xin and Li Ruyi nodded sensibly, Zhang Wenyi asked Bai Sanniang and Li Qinglian to send the two children back to sleep, and only Li Zhi and Zhang Wenyi were left in the room.

Zhang Wenyi, who had thought about what to say, looked at Li Zhizheng and said, "This matter is really incredible, and the concubine really doesn't know where to start." ”

Li Zhi said quietly: "There are only you and me here, Zitong is okay to talk about." ”

Zhang Wenyi pursed her lips and said, "The concubine had a strange dream when she was young, and she dreamed of the world a thousand years later. That dream has been going on for a long time, and where the concubine has seen it and learned a lot of different things. ”

Li Zhi let out a "hmm" and asked, "What have Zitong learned?" What do you see? ”

Zhang Wenyi replied: "The concubine body can not only transmit sound when she sees thousands of miles away, but also see the scene. There are airplanes in the sky that can soar, and submarines on the bottom of the sea can travel thousands of miles, and they can reach Lingnan from Chang'an in an hour and a half. There are roads and railways on the ground, although there is no faster plane, but you can also go directly from Chang'an to Lingnan in one or two days. ”

As she spoke, Zhang Wenyi took an eyebrow pencil from the dresser, sketched a street scene on the paper, and said, "This is what the city looks like as the concubine sees it." ”

Li Zhi's face turned pale when he saw this painting, and he didn't really understand what the painting on it was, but Zhang Wenyi's sketch painting method was unique in the world. Inferred from Zhang Wenyi's proficiency, she has studied for a long time.

He didn't believe Zhang Wenyi's words very much, because he couldn't imagine that kind of situation, but the street scene painted by Zhang Wenyi still gave him a great shock. The sketch is very realistic, and the proportions are strict. Roads, buildings, vehicles, and pedestrians give people a very intuitive and three-dimensional feeling.

Li Zhi took the street scene and looked at it for a long time, raised his eyes to look at Zhang Wenyi, and asked, "Did you also learn the calculation method you taught me in a dream?" ”

Zhang Wenyi replied: "Yes"

Li Zhi looked at Zhang Wenyi and asked, "The government, economy, and military affairs that you talked about with me are also what later generations learned?" ”

Zhang Wenyi replied: "In later generations, politics, economics, and military affairs were all professional courses in later generations, and the concubines learned very superficially, and they needed to be studied in specialized schools. ”

Li Zhi seemed to ask Zhang Wenyi and said to himself: "What is the future life like?" ”

Zhang Wenyi opened her mouth to answer, but found that this topic was not a very easy question to answer, she thought for a while and said: "Science is bright." ”

"Scientific Prosperity?" Li Zhi followed with a puzzled voice.

Zhang Wenyi said affirmatively: "Yes!" ”

She casually drew a mobile phone, a car, an airplane, and continued: "This is called a mobile phone that can transmit sound for thousands of miles, and this is a car that can speed on the road, three or four times faster than a horse." This is an airplane that can fly two or three thousand miles in the air in an hour. ”

Zhang Wenyi raised his head and looked at Li Zhi and said, "These things are very complicated, and the reason of how to make them is science. ”

Li Zhi looked at the paintings in Zhang Wenyi's hand in disbelief and asked, "How are these made?" ”

Zhang Wenyi shook his head and said: "The truths are different and wide-ranging, and it is by no means the work of one person overnight. The concubine has only learned some basic skins, and knows that all this stems from these basic knowledge. ”

Li Zhi pondered for a long time and asked, "What is the status of Confucius in the future?" ”

Zhang Wenyi replied truthfully, "In the future, only a very small number of people will specialize in practice, mainly tidying up. ”

Li Zhi was surprised and asked, "If you don't study Confucius, how can you govern the country?" ”

This question made Zhang Wenyi very difficult to answer, and she thought for a while before saying: "Confucianism is not enough to govern the country, human thought is evolutionary, and with the development of the understanding of the natural world, there will be more esoteric theories to replace Confucius in the future." It is only the moral standards based on Confucianism that establish laws to restrain people's behavior. ”

Li Zhi pondered for a long time and asked, "Can Zitong teach me everything you know?" ”

Zhang Wenyi thought for a while and said: "The concubine should do her best, but the time is far away, and many things have been forgotten by the concubine, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive her sins if she is not complete." ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

At night, Li Zhi lay on the bed and said with a smile: "I can get Zitong as a wife, but I'm afraid it's God's arrangement." ”

Zhang Wenyi nestled in his arms and said a gentle "um" without speaking.

Since this night, Li Zhi has spent at least half a month with Zhang Wenyi, and outsiders only think that he spoils the queen, but in fact, the two of them are more of one teaching and the other is learning.

Xiao Yan couldn't imagine that Zhang Wenyi could do this, she had no bottom in her heart, although she secretly hated Zhang Wenyi, but because Li Zhi was so favored, the queen could only secretly look for opportunities.

With the separation of some big families, the first to be weakened were the Guanlong nobles, who were the main holders of the government, and their sense of smell for wealth was naturally far more sensitive than that of other families.

These people went south to southern Fujian one after another, attracting the attention of the Central Plains gate valve family. After receiving the news of the extreme wealth in the south, some of these families in the middle and lower reaches of the clan went south in groups after saving up enough to entangle. It's just that their power is not as strong as that of the Guanlong nobles, so they are reluctant to go to southern Fujian, but choose Guangzhou, where the family power is not strong.

There were originally eight families in southern Fujian, and the forced intervention of the Guanlong forces was naturally resisted by the eight families. Although the Guanlong power was strong, the Guanlong power was greatly restricted under the interference of the local administration.

In particular, the local administration was supported by the emperor and empress, and the Guanlong forces could only be restrained by local customs for a while. However, the Guanlong forces brought a large amount of capital and manpower investment, which promoted the rapid development of the local economy.

The power of the Han people in Guangzhou increased sharply after the participation of various forces in the Central Plains, and although they were blocked by the local natives, this allowed Wen Zhonglian to secure a source of troops.

With the rapid expansion of the Tang army, which was mainly Han Chinese, the Lingnan Jiedu envoys gradually gained control of the Guangdong region. The gradual stabilization of Guangdong has stimulated a wave of migration to Guangdong from the Jianghuai, Qinghai-Hebei and Central Plains regions.

The large number of people going south further weakened the control of the gate lord families in the Central Plains, and the power control of the imperial court gradually increased. The tax revenue, which had been declining, increased, and this year the tax of the imperial court reached a new height of nearly 70 million yuan. Among them, southern Fujian alone contributed nearly 30 million guan of taxes, the Western Regions contributed 20 million guan, and the rest was paid by various places.

Southern Fujian alone bears almost forty percent of the country's taxes by commercial taxes alone, and when Li Zhi coldly threw the figures in front of the hundred officials, this made the hundred officials who opposed the collection of commercial taxes collectively silenced. Because the 30 million tax has once again entered the inner government, if the hundred officials oppose the commercial tax again, then the young government will refuse to provide funds for the household department.

Because in the last period of taxation, the Ministry of Households raised 19 million silver money from the Shaofu for flood control, disaster relief, military expansion and other purposes. Moreover, the Shaofu is very strict in the review of funds, squeezing out about 10 million water.

This exposed many officials who made a living from this and the families behind them, and after being impeached, these officials were demoted, their families were fined, and the imperial court alone recorded as much as 40 million yuan.

The first batch of students of the Royal Academy of Medicine, led by Sun Simiao, is about to graduate, and the first affiliated hospital of Datang Medical College was built in Chang'an under the initiative of Li Zhi.

The layout of the hospital was built by Li Zhi at the behest of Zhang Wenyi in accordance with the hospital pattern of later generations, looking at such a detailed subspecialty and a relatively perfect pattern, although Li Zhi did not understand why he dreamed of the future, he believed that what Zhang Wenyi said was good.

After Sun Simiao understood the general classification of the department, it was difficult for him to believe that Zhang Wenyi was medically illiterate, and even if he was known as a miracle doctor, he couldn't find any fault with this classification.

At Zhang Wenyi's suggestion, the medical school set up a nursing department, and the boiling medicine was included in the scope of nursing. Pharmacists were also set up to train talents for hospital pharmacies, and the medical school began research on finished medicines.

The construction of medical schools and hospitals made Li Zhi fully feel the changes in demand and the gradual subdivision of labor caused by progress, which made him change from believing in Zhang Wenyi's statement to a thorough identification, which also prompted him to want to understand what future generations would be like.

While Zhang Wenyi taught some knowledge of primary school and junior high school in later generations, she also let Li Zhi fully feel the living conditions of later generations through painting. Sometimes Zhang Wenyi will also make some simple models to explain the principle to Li Zhi.