In the midsummer of the 19th year of Jiajing, the sun shone from the direction of the Forbidden City to the peak of the middle peak of the Banzai Mountain, and in front of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire and his son, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the sixteen-year-old Zhang Juzheng was stunned.

After many years, this sentence will continue to linger in his ears.

But at this moment, there is only the quiet wind in the afternoon, and the many ancient acacia trees in the mountains here in Banzai Mountain and the cicadas in the north orchard below the mountain.

During the Yuan Dynasty, it was the center of the imperial palace and was named Qingshan. The central building of the Mengyuan Palace, Yanchun Pavilion, is located in the south of Qingshan. The green mountains are widely planted with flowers and trees, which is the back garden of the Mengyuan emperors.

During the Yongle period, Beijing built a large number of buildings, and the earth dug up from the moat around the Forbidden City, Taiye Pond, and the South China Sea were piled up here, forming five peaks, and firmly suppressed the foundation site of Yanchun Pavilion under the mountain, including the will to suppress the "dragon qi" of Mengyuan.

And, of course, there is a practical use: a pile of coal. In order to prevent the remnants of the Yuan from fighting back and besieging Beijing, which caused a shortage of fuel, a large amount of coal was stored here for a long time, which is also the origin of the folk name "coal mountain".

Nowadays, this Banzai Mountain is not a garden, and there are not so many pavilions.

Zhu Houxi thought that it was probably built after Jiajing, but he didn't know that it was Wanli who began to build some palaces, and then the Manchu Qing Dynasty really built a lot of construction here.

Long live the mountain of the Ming Dynasty, at this time, the people only know that there is a hundred fruit orchards here, and it is also called the North Orchard.

At the top of this peak, there is only a small pavilion now.

In Zhang Juzheng's shocked and dull gaze, Zhu Houxi smiled and walked back to the pavilion and sat down.

"The first emperor's book is the same text, the car is on the same track, the degree is the same, and the line is the same, and China has a unified law. The trend of the times is Haohao soup, and now, Daming also has the same opportunity. You know the world much more than the First Emperor knew. In this world, it is naturally extremely difficult to reach the land of the Ming Dynasty. But in this world, it can be the appearance of Daming, the standard of Daming! ”

The two children stood in front of them, and Zhu Houxi's voice was not loud, but it was deafening.

The emperor said that the world is the same, although it is different from Zhang Juzheng's impression, it is still an unimaginable feat.

Taking the first emperor's book as an example, the same car with the same track, the same degree and the same system, and the same line as the same lun, with Zhang Juzheng already knowing how big the world is, so that the world is the same system as the Ming Dynasty, with the Ming Dynasty as the criterion, after a thousand years, what will be the general scene?

Such an achievement, His Majesty said, has hopefully been accomplished in his generation in the future.

I only heard the emperor sigh lightly: "The real strength of the Ming Dynasty today has not yet exerted two or three out of ten......"

The two teenagers found that the emperor was looking at the capital from afar, and they looked at each other: Is such a powerful Ming Dynasty still only exerting one or two percent of its strength?

Zhu Houxi sincerely thinks so.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty is powerful, but the monarchs and ministers all think that the Ming Dynasty is now because of the non-objective and non-continuous things of the monarchs and ministers.

The monarch and ministers are still confused about the real reason for the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and the strength of the Ming Dynasty has not really been brought into play.

Staying in one acre and three points of land, guarding the old Huayi difference, hindered too many possibilities, and formed the invisible ceiling of the Eastern Empire.

has always been such a big cake, so that Huaxia's internal friction has never stopped. Aren't the most powerful people in the Ming Dynasty the wealthy gentry?

For a long time, the understanding was not in place, and everyone just instinctively invested their wealth and energy in the empire's most valuable hard asset, land, and soft asset.

What is the difference between the peasants who were engaged in land annexation and a large number of tenants and the migrant workers of later generations? It is no wonder that the great man believed that the peasants of the Celestial Empire were naturally objects that could be united.

At the end of each dynasty, how many of the people who revolted were proletarians?

However, before the contradictions accumulated to that level, limited by transportation and communication conditions, and accustomed to the weak position of industry and commerce for thousands of years, China no longer had the will to expand its territory for a long time.

Zhao Song doesn't talk about it, he can't beat it.

What about Da Ming? In fact, the old land of the Han and Tang dynasties cannot be completely restored.

After expanding the territory, the gains and losses are always outweighed, so that is actually not in place, and the method is not right?

Zhu Houxi looked around and looked for a tree with a suspected crooked neck.

After pondering for a while, he stood up and waved his hand: "Let's go, go back to the palace, I know what to do." ”

Zhu Houxi took the two young men who were ignorant and inexplicably excited, and walked towards his loyal palace.

The real world is naturally far away, but since he has to go through that transitional stage first no matter what, what concerns does Zhu Houxi have?

Even if the Great Wall of the Sea is built, it is only a fence that has been secured.

But in a more advanced form, Zhu Houxi has not seen it.

On the contrary, in today's era, Da Ming is the strongest, and there is no need to do too much plundering and colonization with dirty hands.

After clarifying his identity as the largest agricultural capitalist himself, Zhu Houxi was not so entangled in the barbaric growth of industrial and commercial capital.

To put it bluntly, what is the difference between the gentry and the factory owners and merchants?

They are all things that control the key things, so that wealth can be doubled.

It's better for everyone to work together and blossom inside and outside.

As long as we look at the new class as human beings, and the people of foreign races as human beings, we will find vast opportunities.

The premise is to do this from the heart, and be willing to let the foreign people live well first, so that their hearts will be bright and become ...... A larger consumer base.

Why is it that the most profound reform in all countries and dynasties has always been land reform?

Because it's about everyone, especially ordinary people.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to go to the foreign domain to fight the local tyrants and divide the land, won't the people of the foreign domain raise their hands and feet in favor of this and welcome the king?

The lords of the foreign feudal kingdoms are all the courtiers canonized by the Great Tomorrow, are the people of the foreign feudal realm not the people of the Ming Dynasty?

Zhu decided to care for his people, starting with the conflicting Koreas and Japan.

He loved his people too much.

……

"Ahh Kyoshi, I'm finally back! ”

To the east of Beijing, Yan Shifan, the uncle of the Ming Dynasty, had tears in one eye.

Letters go back and forth, and it's not been a long time since I've been to Tsushima.

In midsummer July, Yan Shifan trekked through mountains and rivers, and finally returned to the capital of the Ming Dynasty after his long absence.

With the status of a count.

Now his apparent identity is the general manager of the Japanese branch of Huizhou Haimao Company, his hidden identity is a major officer of the Great Wall Company on the sea, and his actual identity is the old man of the small country and the uncle of Dongyingbo!

"Send the two little ones back to the house first, and Uncle Ben will go to meet Your Majesty!"

Yan Shifan waved his hand, and the concubines brought over from Daming, the newly acquired concubines in Japan, and the sons and daughters they gave birth to were naturally sent home first.

Yan Song naturally knew about the import of the old Yan family.

The year before last, the second child was sent back, this time it was the third and eldest daughter.

Yan Shifan was majestic and high-spirited, and stepped into the east city wall of Beijing.

Seeing the bustling fireworks, he sighed: "This is the place where people stay!" ”

Tsushima Island is a big place, even if Yan Shifan's status is not trivial now, but it is always like the countryside.

A place that has been urinated in a soak can also be called a city?

Yan Shifan was already hungry and thirsty, and he felt that His Majesty had too high a view of Japan.

He didn't need Da Ming Haishi to give him three or five thousand, he felt that he could push over and catch all the girls of their arrogance and send them to the bed of the real Son of Heaven.

Hey, don't say it, this Japanese girl is more obedient than Jiaozhi!

Yan Shifan looked around and came to the Chengtian Gate, and said in amazement: "The five mansions and six departments have become like this?" ”

“…… Uncle, it's eight, it's already eight. ”

"Wow, it's smooth." Yan Shifan looked at the library in amazement, and then looked at Daming Bank.

When he arrived outside the noon gate, he looked at the stele forest again, and looked up at the Yingjie Palace: "I don't know when I can be erected here." ”

"Rushing to death?"

A voice sounded, Yan Shifan was furious, and then when he saw the smiling face, he burst into laughter: "Brother Lu! ”

Say a big bow.

"Oops! Is this forgetting the etiquette of the Celestial Empire? Lu Bing couldn't laugh.

As a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally heard about how the people of the Japanese country saluted.

Yan Shifan's posture, standard!

After standing up straight, Yan Shifan squeezed his eyebrows and leaned over: "I haven't seen you for a long time, let Brother Lu be happy." Why did you come to greet the little brother in person? ”

"Your Majesty is swaggering through the market, Your Majesty naturally knows. Anyway, your father is also in the imperial study, and Your Majesty will ask me to give you a breeze and comfort you for many years of suffering in a foreign country. ”

“…… Your Majesty, the ministers ......" Yan Shifan's tears are about to fall.

"Stop pretending, let's go. You haven't seen a driver since you got the seal. The dignified earl, the rules can't be lost! ”

He said this because he found that Yan Shifan wanted to hook his shoulders a little.

Under the forbidden palace, he is not a little more particular.

Goodbye Gong Que, Yan Shifan asked curious questions all the way, and Lu Bing naturally explained.

And when he arrived at the door of the imperial study, after hearing the emperor's voice inside, he found that this feeling was very familiar, so he asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty is lecturing again?" ”

Lu Bing smiled: "I've been talking about it for almost a month, and I talk about it every day." Now there are rumors in the court, and those who can come to the lecture are expected to be among the counselors this time. ”

“…… So important? ”

After Huang Jin came out, he was sure.

"The elders are still there, Your Majesty has a will, Dong Yingbo will wait in Zhiyuan Zhai first."

"Commandment. Father-in-law Huang, I haven't seen you for many years, but your body is getting stronger and stronger. ”

“…… Dongying Bomo is going to laugh. Huang Jin's voice was not high, and he only motioned for him to go over.

"I won't accompany you, and the guards of the longevity ceremony will have to be arranged."

“…… Isn't that little brother waiting alone? ”

"Or else? You go in and get your dad away? ”

The two people who had known each other since they were young talked casually, and Lu Bing left by himself. Yan Shifan walked into Zhiyuanzhai, only to find that there was still someone waiting inside.

"His Royal Highness?"

Yan Shifan was taken aback and greeted him first.

Zhu Zaiyan didn't hold it up, humbly returned the salute, and then said: "Uncle Dongying has returned from afar, is the journey smooth?" ”

“…… That is, to worry about it when you are at sea. ”

Yan Shifan chatted with him, he was very surprised, what did King Rui do at this time to invite His Majesty?

According to his identity, he naturally wanted to see the emperor before Yan Shifan.

Yan Shifan didn't hide it, and asked him directly.

Zhu Zaiyan replied: "I am now devoted to studying the avenue of physics, and I am ordered to assist in the steam engine, but recently I have made some discoveries in another matter, and I have come to show it to Your Majesty. ”

"Oh? What was found? ”

"I have nothing to do, and I have been working with Tao Zhenren to study the kind of mirror that can see more clearly, and His Majesty said that it can be called a microscope ......"

So not long after, Yan Song, who was listening intently in the imperial study, suddenly heard his son exclaim loudly: "What? There are many small invisible bugs in the water? ”

His face trembled, and he left his seat and bent over: "The dog has no form, Your Majesty forgives ...... sin"

Zhu Houxi was stunned.

Yan Shifan's words, he naturally understood. Zhu Zaiyan is here, and he knows it.

Linked ......

Zhu Houxi's expression suddenly became serious: "Let's talk about it here today." ”

“…… Be. ”

The old men were not boiled, and they were also inspired by many of the opinions that the emperor had said during this time.

Although it is novel, it does exhaust many important points.

I can't talk about breathing a sigh of relief at the moment, but I feel a little unfinished.

The latest round of His Majesty's lectures has been more inclined to academic exchanges.

In the past month, everyone chatted in private, and they all felt that the emperor seemed to have a concentrated understanding on the road of human reason.

Now that he has retired from the imperial study, Yan Song stayed for a while, staring at his son with complicated eyes.

“…… Father. Yan Shifan's eyes were red.

Yan Song's expression softened, and then he just said, "See you first, and then talk about it when you go back to the house at night." ”

Naturally, this is not a place to say goodbye, Yan Song also saluted Zhu Zaiyan and left first.

Seeing that his father had more white hair on his head and some bent waist, Yan Shifan raised his sleeve and touched his eyes.

"His Royal Highness King Rui, Uncle Dongying, Your Majesty is still waiting."

"Together?"

Yan Shifan asked, and Huang Jin nodded.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty knows that the microscope was made, but I don't know where? I'll send someone to carry it over. ”

“…… On the Xiaowang Mansion, Huang Gong went to get it. ”

He couldn't help but look at Yan Shifan, just because of his exclamation, His Majesty knew that it was made of a microscope?

I came to see you before, but I only said that it was about the steam engine. The manufacture of this microscope, Zhu Zaiyan wanted to surprise the emperor, and by the way, see if there was a chance to rescue his biological parents from the high wall of Fengyang.

Now if you want to be less eye-catching, it is too eye-catching to go to the Jinshi examination.

and Yan Shifan entered the imperial study together, which was the first salute.

Yan Shifan's movements were exaggerated too much: "Minister Yan Shifan knocked to see Your Majesty, thank Your Majesty Longen, long live Your Majesty!" Banzai! Hooray! ”

"You'll talk about that later." Zhu Houxi casually asked him to get up, and then showed some urgency, "Zaiyan, that microscope, can you grind out the appropriate lenses?" ”

“…… Your Majesty, exactly. The minister also understood some Western discourses translated by the Ministry of Rites and Communications, and then carefully calculated many times, and this time grinded out the appropriate lenses. In addition, now the threads of the Baojin Bureau are more and more finely carved, which is made. ”

Zhu Zaiyan felt the emperor's surprise about this matter, and couldn't help but look forward to it a little more.

He immediately added: "The condenser that His Majesty said on the steam engine, Chen, Tao Zhenren, and Zheng Dajiang have painted a new type of shape, and they have tried it separately before, and there are some results. If you want to see if it can be used when the steam engine is running, you have to build a real thing and experiment again......"

"I'll tell you to go down."

After saying this, Zhu Houxi looked at Zhu Zaiyan.

The actual person in charge of the steam engine project team was not him, he reported it, and he hid the microscope first, and Zhu Houxi also guessed what the child thought in his heart.

It seems that Tao Zhongwen now understands the emperor and appreciates this Rui King, so he wants to help him, right?

After asking them about the detailed consideration and process of solving the two problems this time, Zhu Houxi ordered them to go down and ask Tao Zhongwen to be called.

After asking carefully, he flipped through the records of "Jianwa" and "Jiantuan" in the "Book of Ink", the so-called "Jianwa" and "Jiantuan" are concave mirrors and convex mirrors respectively.

In addition, Ptolemy's book, which Louis collected, has a detailed description of the refraction of light.

There are not many scientific talents in the Ming Dynasty, and Tao Zhongwen was purely fed by him to become an elder in this field, but Zhu Zaiyan can take the initiative to study the experience of the East and the West on certain phenomena, even if there is a clear direction of the emperor's guidance, it is also a rare good seedling.

The new Feng Dong Yingbo, who returned to the country to see the driver, was just left aside, and there was a grievance of being left out in the cold.

But he also wanted to see if what King Rui said was true.

The Rui Wang's Mansion was not far from the palace, and the prototype of the microscope was quickly carried over, and Tao Zhongwen was also called here from the Broad Research Institute.

"Go to the yard and pick a leaf."

Zhu Houxi instructed Huang Jin again, and then tried it himself.

Through the small sight hole, the fine threaded knobs that have been precipitated by the masters for more than ten years are rotated, and many microorganisms are revealed in the small cup of raw water in the sight.

Zhu Houxi's heart couldn't help but feel a little excited.

I've been in this world for so long, and I've finally seen something like this again.

This was the first step for scientific research to enter the microscopic realm, and since then, Daming has a new tool.

"Great work!" Zhu Houxi opened his mouth first, and then said to Huang Jin, who came back, "Give me the leaves." ”

This time, he peeled back the outer layer of the leaf to reveal the delicate mesophyll inside before placing it on the microscope shelf.

The outline of the cells in the leaf is already roughly visible, but the internal structure is not very clear.

After thinking about it, it should be the reason why the multiples are not enough.

He only knows the general principle of such a thing, and now that he has the first one, it is progress.

Historically, the fierce Leeuwenhoek was a one-way mirror that grinded out a perfect curve, allowing him to magnify his lens by nearly 300 times, and see more bacteria, yeast, and more microorganisms in the water. After that, after improvements and further increases in the magnification, the door of the microcosm is pushed wider and wider.

There are many kinds of cells, and Zhu Houxi doesn't know how many times large cells need to be able to see clearly, but now that he can see the small lattices in the leaves, it really proves that this microscope is usable.

"Great work!" Zhu Houxi laughed happily again, and beckoned to Tao Zhongwen, "Come and see." ”

“…… Your Majesty, the ministers have naturally seen it. Tao Zhongwen didn't hide it, and said with a smile, "The cells that His Majesty said back then, the minister really saw it this time." This microscope has only now been made, and His Majesty has such foresight, and the ministers admire it so much......"

“…… That's what I imagined. ”

Zhu Houxi was confused, and Yan Shifan tried to find a sense of existence: "Your Majesty, can you let the ministers also take a look?" ”

"Look, look at the water."

Yan Shifan walked over curiously and brought his eyes closer.

He has the "blessed" advantage that he doesn't have to close his other eye.

Because of this, he could see more clearly, and he was immediately startled.

"What bugs! Really! Yan Shifan's voice trembled, "The water that Nachen drinks every day ......"

From the emperor to Tao Zhongwen, and then to King Rui, the three of them showed him a smile but not a smile.

Yan Shifan's heart palpitated, and he leaned his eyes over to look at it again, and this time his face was even paler.

In the water, there are some small insects with many legs swimming around, some with a lot of hair, some with tails, and some like threads......

He looked away in disbelief and looked at the clear, clear water again.

"This ...... This ......" Yan Shifan looked at the emperor blankly.

"Look at the leaves again."

Yan Shifan shook his head: "The minister doesn't look at it!" ”

He was afraid to see something dirty again.

"Your Majesty, there are worms in the water, so how can you drink them in your stomach?"

"This immortal ancestor only told me to drink the water after it boils?" Zhu Houxi smiled, and then waved his hand, "These small creatures are not all harmful. ”

After saying that, he stared at Zhu Zaiyan: "Zaiyan, the importance of this microscope is far above what you think!" Everything in the world, birth, old age, sickness and death, many things are known but do not know why, all because of the naked eye, some things are not visible without the help of tools. With this microscope, the avenue of physics has taken another big step forward! You have made great contributions, and I can't fail to appreciate them! ”

Zhu Zaiyan knelt down: "The ministers don't dare to say their work, it's all Your Majesty's work that pointed out the direction and was sharpened by skillful craftsmen." ”

Zhu Houxi just smiled: "I will make an order, pardon your biological parents' family, and come to the capital to reunite." Zaiyan, you have chosen this path excellently! Continue to concentrate on this way, and in thousands of years, you will be among the sages of China! ”

The relationship between Zhu Zaiyan and his biological parents is actually very rusty, after all, he was adopted at such a young age.

But the blood and family relationship, when it was a mess, and his biological parents have been imprisoned within the high walls since then, how can he let it go?

Now, the emperor finally gave this grace, and made it clear that he could be called a sage in the future to leave a name in history, Zhu Zaiyan was very excited, crying and thanking him.

"I've been looking forward to this day for too long!" Zhu Houxi was also excited, "If the steam engine is also made, and the Ming Dynasty is at the forefront of the two avenues of physics and human science, why worry about the day when there is no great harmony in the world?" There's a lot to do this year, and you two are going to experiment with the steam engine first. Whoever preaches the decree and develops the microscope, everyone has merit, and everyone will be rewarded. ”

In these two short months, a new door to the real-world pattern, the door to the microcosm of the scientific field, has been opened.

Yan Shifan was robbed of the limelight as soon as he returned to the capital, and His Majesty was obviously much more excited about the microscope's reaction.

What about Japan? Didn't you say that the world is the same?

Wait a minute...... The world is the same......

Yan Shifan was stunned.

He was also a good seedling among scholars back then, but because he was blind in one eye, this honor was difficult in the scientific journey, and he had a special bearing in the army.

The world is the same or something, he also understands.

Are you kidding?

And after the Rui King and the others thanked them and left, the emperor said to him solemnly, "I am not joking. ”

(End of chapter)