"Your Majesty, it seems that the distance between Da Ming and Heaven is not far away." One of the ministers visually measured the distance between the two sides, pointed to the map, and introduced the crowd, "The Mughal dynasty of heaven, adjacent to the Ladakh region of Uszambi. If the Ming Dynasty could set up a guard in Ladakh, the westernmost part of Uszang, it would be able to connect with the heavens. ”

"At that time, the Ming Dynasty and the Heavenly Fang will be a whole."

When the ministers heard this, they looked at the map one after another, and found that it was indeed the same as what the lord said. Ladakh at the very edge of Uszzang is at the tail of a rooster, and near it is Kashmir.

If Ladakh and Kashmir can be connected, then the Ming Dynasty will be connected with the heavens.

"Makes sense!" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it carefully, and felt that he was right, so he nodded and said, "This area is indeed the closest land distance between the Ming Dynasty and the Heavenly Fang. ”

"However, from the map, there seems to be a mountain range in the Ladakh region, which lies between the Ming Dynasty and the Mughal Empire."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked for the map with a pole in his hand and said, "This mountain range is called the Himalayas. ”

"Among the ministers, there are many well-educated people who are rich and knowledgeable. Do you know whether this Himalayas is big or not, and whether it is high or not? ”

"If it's not too tall, you can consider bulldozing it manually to open up the main road between the two countries. Connecting the Ming Dynasty and the Heavenly Fang. ”

"This ......" Hearing the question raised by Emperor Zhu, the ministers were embarrassed.

One of them was silent, not daring to speak rashly.

They studied the books of the so-called 'sages' of the Four Books and the Five Classics very thoroughly.

But the size of the Himalayas is not recorded in the books of the sages.

Even some of the previous geographical chronicles were looked down upon by these readers, and they were regarded as miscellaneous books with strange skills and ingenious skills, and they could not be put on the table.

Therefore, for these Manchu Dynasty scholars, including Liu Bowen and Song Lian Gao Qi, they are all looking for chapters and sentences, picking words, and doing everything, but they know very little about practical knowledge.

Lao Zhu asked casually, but they couldn't answer.

"Your Majesty, the minister guesses that this Himalayan mountain range must be very high and very large." Yi Wenchen said. At this time, the crowd did not even have a concept of map scale, and everything had to be guessed.

"What is the basis for Aiqing's speculation?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"There is no basis for the minister, just a guess based on common sense." The Wenchen said, "If Your Majesty really wants to know the height and size of the Himalayas, ask Wei Guogong Deng Yu if he will know soon?" ”

"Deng Yu and Mu Yinger were ordered to conquer Wusizang and include Wusizang in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the two of them must know a lot about the geography of Uszzang. ”

"Makes sense!"

"Makes sense!"

The rest of the ministers seconded the proposal.

"We want to know the human geography of the Himalayas immediately, and we don't want to wait that long. You can't answer such a trivial matter, what's the use of the court raising you? Zhu Yuanzhang said with some hatred, "If this matter is related to the emergency military situation, are you the same as now, let us ask others?" ”

The ministers were full of shame when they heard this, and they couldn't speak.

"Deng Yue is far away in Wusizang, and he can't recall and inquire in a short time, so it's okay to ask Mr. Qin." Liu Bowen said, "I heard that Mr. Qin and Xu Da have returned from Tianfang, and they will reach Yingtian soon. ”

"That seems to be the only way to it." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "You wait for these readers, I really don't know anything." ”

"Da Ming, what's the use of waiting?"

"The people pay their taxes and feed you with the fat of the people, but you do not know whether the Himalayas are high or short. The people, you have been raised for nothing. ”

"Your Majesty, there is no such knowledge in the sage books that the minister read before...... Liu Bowen said embarrassedly. was reprimanded by the emperor like this, not only Liu Bowen, but also the scholars of the Manchu Dynasty felt disgraced and couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into. After reading the books of the sages all his life, he eventually became useless.

Even when the emperor asked them about the size of the Himalayas, they couldn't answer.

"It seems that it is right for us to eliminate Confucianism and learn natural science." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "Mr. Qin said that physical chemistry and mathematics are not immortal studies, but natural sciences. ”

"We should attach importance to the practical natural sciences, and we should immerse ourselves in the four books and five classics that only have human feelings and sophistication."

""The University", "The Mean", "The Analects", "Mencius", these so-called sage books, what are the results of what we have learned for thousands of years? Hundreds of years later, it was invaded by foreign powers and suffered a hundred years of humiliation! ”

"Being ridden on the head and by a small projectile country!"

"The whole people have lost their self-confidence, and people are disappointed and blind to the point that they want to abolish the Chinese script!"

"The descendants of the dragon have become the descendants of the worms."

"The so-called quintessence of the country, the so-called sage book, is that science and technology lag behind the West for hundreds of years, and it is pressed to the ground by others to rub it? Such a quintessence and such a sage book, don't want it. ”

"Your Majesty, you said that our nation will be invaded by foreign powers in hundreds of years, and will be ridden on the head and by the Japanese country?" Liu Bowen stepped forward and said, "Who said this?" ”

"It was deduced by Mr. Qin." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"I see." Liu Bowen sighed, "Actually, the minister also deduced some of the situation five hundred years later, and the result was similar to that of the dean. However, the minister can only deduce a trace of genius through the baked cake song, and the dean actually deduces all the performances, and it is so detailed. Dean, it's a man of God! ”

"Mr. Qin said, if we can change now, it's still too late!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Mr. Qin is in Lujia Village, and the knowledge of the Pope's children, mathematics, physics, and chemistry, we have already asked people to compile them into a book. Then it was printed and distributed on a large scale across the country as a basic education textbook and distributed to various provinces! ”

"The nine-year compulsory education of natural sciences is implemented, and the later imperial examinations are also examinations for physics, chemistry, mathematics, and Chinese literature."

"The Emperor Shengming!" Li Shan said, "From then on, our Chinese nation will no longer study the Four Books and Five Classics, but will study natural science. ”

"To tell the truth, the learning, the golden mean, and the etiquette in the Four Books and Five Classics are all human feelings and sophistication that have no practical use. Physics, chemistry and mathematics, on the other hand, have strong practicality. ”

"We, the descendants of Yan and Huang, should not be trapped in the quagmire of human affection,"

"We should come out of it and work hard to develop science."

"Good man, you're right." Zhu Yuanzhang said. The ancients were not stupid, once they broke the shackles of Confucianism, they would soon be able to understand what was really developing to benefit the country and the people, and the Han family.

"Benevolent, you are the chief examiner of the first imperial examination." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Therefore, the important task of carrying out compulsory education in natural science in Daming will be handed over to you." ”