No. 549: Finding a Way Out (4)

Arriving in Chang'an County, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang gave priority to investigating the Chang'an Supervision School under construction by the Absolute Holy Gate.

The appearance of the Chang'an superintendent is plain and even a little shabby. This is because the preparation time for Chang'an supervision is still short, and the follow-up funding and campus construction team have not yet been officially in place. The Yongzhou Prefecture League and the Yongzhou Thorn History expropriated the official and civilian houses some time ago, and only barely hung up the plaque of the Chang'an superintendent. However, the water is not deep, there are dragons and spirits, and the shabby and humble Chang'an supervisor surprised Liu Bei.

The value of education lies not in the education itself, but in the content or purpose of education.

Reading the Four Books and the Five Classics is education, and learning to ride horses and archery is also education; Cheating, abduction, deception, and stealing is education, and benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith are also education. Systematic and purposeful training of the talents needed by oneself in batches is the only successful education.

The purpose of education is to see through it but not to say it.

For example, if you take the literal meaning as the standard, no matter how thoroughly you learn it, don't want to become a model of Confucianism. Take a closer look at those well-known Confucian models, whether it is Confucius, Meng Ke, Xun Guo, Gongyang Gao, Gu Liangyu, Zuo Qiu Ming, or Dong Zhongshu, Liu Xin, Yang Xiong, Wang Chong, Zheng Xuan, if you take the literal meaning of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, they all have such and such problems. What really made them famous, what really made Confucianism exclusive to Kyushu, was the true meaning hidden under the literal meaning that everyone saw through but didn't say.

For the purpose of education, we must not be superstitious about literal propaganda slogans.

Only by studying the content of education can many things slowly surface.

Under the pretense of the name of the six arts of Confucianism, Chang'an supervised students set up six lessons, namely etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics. Lile shoots the number of imperial books, this is the six arts of the gentleman, at first glance, Chang'an supervision seems to be very traditional. In fact, it's not that at all, in terms of content, the music lessons are less different, they are all about musical sentiment; The difference between archery classes is also small, they are all about strengthening the body, and now there is nothing more than an immortal seed system.

The book class seems to be reading traditional classics, but in fact, it is committed to the study of sentence reading, and never delves into the internal logical chain of Confucian sayings and sentences; The math class seems to be explaining mathematics, but the depth can Zhuge Liang helplessly sigh that he was illiterate.

The difference between the ritual class and the imperial class is so big that it can no longer be said to be different, and it is fundamentally unrelated to the so-called etiquette and imperial education of Confucianism. The ritual class was distorted into an ideological and political class by Wei Dongsheng, spreading the values of the Absolute Holy Gate; The imperial class was also distorted by Wei Dongsheng into social science and natural science, disseminating the scientific achievements of the Absolute Holy Gate.

Chang'an supervises the five-year program, the first two years of comprehensive study to complete the foundation, and the second three years of intensive study. In the entrance examination from the first two years to the next three years, 20 points are for music classes, 80 points for archery classes, 100 points for etiquette classes, 100 points for book classes, 200 points for math classes, and 300 points for royal classes. The proportion of scores in each subject clearly indicates the subjective inclination of the Absolute Holy Gate. Of course, musicians and wrestling don't have to be discouraged. The proctoring entrance exam is just a big stream of students similar to the real-world college entrance examination, and those who are good at musicians and those who are proficient in the supernatural powers of the immortal seed system, as well as other special elders, will be sent to the corresponding professional invigilators for further study.

After simply flipping through the teaching content of Chang'an Supervisor, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang couldn't help but look at each other: Compared with thirty years ago, the Absolute Holy Gate is more radical!

Liu Bei sighed and threw away the textbook in his hand.

Liu Bei couldn't read these textbooks. In the final analysis, Liu Bei believes in the probationary system in the fond memories of his youth, and even if he makes improvements, he only accepts limited improvements. Liu Bei couldn't accept Sima Jinguo's increasingly perfect Jiupin Zhongzheng system, and he couldn't accept the supervision system vigorously promoted by the Absolute Holy Gate.

This is a clash of values.

The more deeply rooted the old ideas were, the more difficult it was for Liu Bei and other immortals to accept the new ideas.

It's not just Liu Bei!

Even if he is as smart and peerless as Zhuge Liang, he subconsciously dislikes the supervision system. In fact, the vast majority of immortals are trapped in their entrenched childhood, and they habitually condescend to look down on social change. Even if their limbs are healthier and more powerful than they were in their youth, their ability to accept new ideas and technologies is like that of blind and deaf old men.

The regret of the non-immortals is that they have a short lifespan, and they often die before they are born, and they have no choice but to live for another 500 years.

But there is really a chance to live for another 500 years, but the immortals often imprison themselves in the cage of deep-rooted old thoughts, and always subconsciously want to solve the problems of 500 years later with the thinking of 500 years ago. History has been spiraling forward, and if you stand still, no matter how clever you were back then, you will slowly become an old force that needs to be removed urgently.

Wei Dongsheng is already aware of these problems.

Even, the reason why the speed at which the Absolute Holy Gate reproduced the real-world technology tree was relatively slow was because in addition to the factor of needing to fuse the Immortal Seed System, Wei Dongsheng needed to spend a lot of energy thinking about how to break the old ideas that were ingrained in the minds of the disciples of the Absolute Holy Gate Immortals.

Back to the Zhuge Liang example.

Old and new ideas have always been a complex issue.

The old and the new are relative, and must not be simply judged by time. For example, the Immortal Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System developed by Sima Jinguo was later than Wei Dongsheng's trial operation of the supervision system in the Dabie Mountain Range, and it was also later than Cao Cao and Liu Bei's talent system. However, can we say that the Nine Grades of the Immortals are the most advanced system just because it is the latest to appear?

When we talk about old and new ideas, it is an ideological struggle in which it is impossible to clarify who is right and who is wrong in a short period of time.

On the contrary, the development of natural sciences that does not involve or involves less, as long as the radiation range is deliberately controlled, it is easier for the immortals to accept. is like the textbooks of Chang'an supervision, the textbooks of etiquette, calligraphy, imperial (social science) and other subjects, Zhuge Liang subconsciously read them with a critical attitude, and criticized them while reading, saying that this is not right, that is not right; As for the content of natural science, Zhuge Liang can read it calmly.

When leaving Chang'an to supervise the school, Zhuge Liang took several textbooks of the imperial class and the mathematics class home to study. Linear mathematics, space mathematics, analytical mathematics in mathematics, fluid mechanics, optics, electricity, acoustics, blood circulation theory, atmospheric pressure theory, astronomical telescopes, topographic maps of the lunar surface, and so on in natural sciences, these new discoveries suddenly opened Zhuge Liang's eyes.

In particular, the cosmic observation of the astronomical telescope even violently shook Zhuge Liang's worldview.

It turns out that the moon is like this.

It turns out that the starry sky is like this.

It turns out that the world is like this.

But is all this true?

Zhuge Liang looked up at the starry sky at night and muttered to himself: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing." I'm going to buy an astronomical telescope tomorrow and verify it myself. ”

When Wei Dongsheng was hiding in the Dabie Mountain Range in Lujiang County, his energy was spent cultivating the first batch of student seeds. Limited by the political and economic environment of the Dabie Mountain Range, many of the reproduction of science and technology trees were in a top secret state at that time. Sun Quan, Liu Bei, Sima Yi and other heroes, one focused on the more simple and crude immortal seed system, and the other was that they did not have the concept of accelerated development of science and technology, even if Wei Dongsheng once sacrificed a bird's beak weapon (arquebus), they took it for granted that it was the outstanding work of a certain skilled craftsman.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang did not understand the power of the technology tree, and they were limited by the deep-rooted prison of old thoughts, they had been hiding in Qiu Chi for all these years, and they were not willing to spend their minds collecting information that had nothing to do with the immortal seed system. As a result, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang sailed against the current and gradually began to fall behind. Now, it has been almost ten years since the advent of the astronomical telescope, and Zhuge Liang has only felt its power for a long time.

The more outstanding heroes like Zhuge Liang, the more stubborn the worldview becomes.

What is benevolence, what is righteousness, and what is virtue......

These generalized discussions could not shake Zhuge Liang's worldview at all. Even if Wei Dongsheng suddenly sacrificed a well-known heirloom work in the real world, Zhuge Liang would most likely not think so. For example, in the works on capitalism and communism, Zhuge Liang has no relevant impression of the times, so how can he have an in-depth understanding of this form and that form of struggle? The concept of benevolence and righteousness in the industrial age could not convince Zhuge Liang in the feudal era with empty words.

If you want to crush Zhuge Liang's worldview, you must strike hard at key points to have a chance to persuade him to actively reconstruct your worldview.

The starry sky image of the astronomical telescope plays a key role at this time. The new image of the cosmic starry sky derived from the astronomical telescope ruthlessly shattered Zhuge Liang's old impression of the cosmic starry sky, forcing Zhuge Liang to humbly look up at the cosmic starry sky and strive to learn a new knowledge system.

Unconsciously, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were forced to change their original goals.

In order to verify the contours of the moon, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had to spend a huge amount of money to buy an astronomical telescope; In order to confirm that the astronomical telescope is not a trick and illusion, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang remediate the basics of optics from scratch, as if returning to the days of juvenile study.

The study of optical and astronomical telescopes involves mathematics and related manufacturing processes. Extending bit by bit like this, the more Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang learned, the more shocked they were by the accumulation of the Absolute Holy Gate. Looking back and appreciating the achievements of the Absolute Holy Gate, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang subconsciously had less condescending and more awe that they had not had before.

Yongzhou to Yuzhou, and then to Jizhou.

After passing through Wei County and arriving at Xiangguo County, it suddenly became prosperous, and there was a bustling flow of people everywhere; Then through Changshan County to Baoyou County, the prosperity is several times better than Xiangguo County, and the economic level of the residents has been greatly improved, and Guanzhong County, which is embarrassed by food, clothing, housing and transportation, is simply in two worlds. As an emperor of the old era, Liu Bei quickly realized the power contained in it: "After more than 40 years of operation, northern Hebei has become a blessed land that is even more luxurious than the two Han Dynasty Gyeonggi." It is said that the supervision system has been implemented in the north for many years, and the northern Hebei has been rich but not chaotic in recent years. ”

It's a pity that Liu Bei doesn't have time to carefully investigate the details of Baoyou County.

At this time, it was the end of 251, and the Absolute Holy Gate was gradually gaining a foothold in Guanzhong, but there were also many shortcomings. Wei Dongsheng planned to take several high-level immortals to visit Yongzhou in person, and by the way, he used the supernatural power of his level 10 immortals to savagely smash the dock forts of some stubborn clans. Wei Dongsheng traveled to Baoyou County, and simply met Liu Bei on the spot to start a meeting on Qiuchi's surrender.