The donkey swayed out of the city, and Wang Anshi's face on the donkey's back was always very heavy.

"Master, is the telegram Mr. Wu said true?" asked the old servant next to him in a low voice.

Wang Anshi glanced at the old servant: "The printing technique is true, the telegram, reason told the old man that it was fake, but ......" Wang Anshi sighed in his heart, if the telegram was fake, then who was the person who said those words?

Wang Anshi knows it clearly.

The person who spoke to him, how high the level of those words was, could never be an unknown little person.

"Confusing, confusing!"

"And what did the man mean by the last words?

Wang Anshi's article was not published, but placed in a suitable period such as a newspaper, and of course, the Qin Dynasty also tactfully reminded Wang Anshi that although this "Discussion on Literary Improvement" has been perfected, more content can be added and more perfect.

In the blink of an eye, it was two more issues of newspaper time.

Baitong Garden.

Zhao Tingzhi glanced at the disciples below: "This question, go back and think about it, don't say such a ridiculous reason next time." ”

"Yes, Teacher!"

A group of scholars looked a little ugly, but left respectfully.

"Qin Xianao is a human, and Duan Haifeng is also a human. Zhao Ting shook his head in his heart, "It's the same person, some of my disciples, some of them are in their thirties and forties, but they are even half as far as Qin Xianao and Duan Haifeng." Thinking about the topic of arguing with the disciples before, Zhao Tingzhi couldn't help but sigh.

Outside, a group of scholars entered a room with a calm face, and only then did they show the indignation on their faces.

"Senior Sister Mao, why do you say this. ”

"Why is it that when we are all right, when we get to the teacher, they say that we are wrong. ”

"Yes, this time we all agreed on a common answer, and we all agreed that it was correct. But when it came to the teacher......"

"But what the teacher said seems to have some truth, which is really hell. ”

......

A scholar is full of righteous indignation, and they have not encountered this kind of thing once or twice.

Mao Wenxiu sighed lightly, this situation happened again and again, she has always had some vague ideas, but only vague ideas. I didn't pay attention to it until the book appeared in the newspaper in the last month.

"Ladies and gentlemen. As soon as Mao Wenxiu spoke, all the scholars quieted down, after all, in terms of intelligence, Mao Wenxiu was the highest among them, even if it was Yang De, it was far inferior to Mao Wenxiu.

"Originally, I couldn't figure out why this happened, but recently I have an answer. Mao Wenxiu said in a deep voice.

The scholars were stunned.

Mao Wenxiu smiled slightly and pointed to a place: "The answer is there." The crowd looked over. I saw that there was a desk on her finger, on which were some books, the four treasures of the study, and a newspaper.

"You mean in those books?" the scholar asked.

Mao Wenxiu smiled but did not answer.

"Is it a newspaper?"

"It's not a newspaper, it's not a book, is it still those paper, ink, pens, and inkstones?"

......

One by one, one of the scholars was puzzled, and suddenly one of the scholars' eyes lit up: "I know." It's a newspaper, it's the serialized article in the newspaper. Those articles from the realm of the gods. ”

"That book from the Immortal Country?"

Some scholars are still thinking hard, some are looking at Mao Wenxiu, but there are also some smart people who have studied more and thoroughly on "Tool Theory", and even applied the methods in "Tool Theory" to do things. He clapped his hands and shouted.

"That's right, that's the article. ”

"I also remember, it's "Tool Theory". ”

"Yes, isn't it just talking about tools in "The Theory of Tools"?"

......

As soon as these people talked about it, some other people who were familiar with "The Theory of Tools" also felt that there was some truth.

"Yes. If we talk to the teacher about this principle, we first follow the "Scope Chapter", clarify the definition, stipulate it well, and block all the places that cause ambiguity, then the matter is another matter. ”

"Yes, if we speak in the same way, we should also speak in the Commentary. ”

As for the reasoning of the truth, you can follow the "Analysis" in it. ”

......

One by one.

Aristotle was an all-round man who made immortal contributions in various disciplines, one of which was that he was the father of logic, and the book that pioneered logic was the Instrumental Theory, which mainly discussed propositions, categories, syllogisms, etc., and expounded the methods of proof, definition, deduction, etc.

These things don't usually feel how important they are, and they only feel essential when the mind is in a mess.

Mao Wenxiu and others of the Shangrong faction felt that the real function of "Theory of Tools" was to make people talk about logic, and many people from all walks of life in the Great Song Dynasty, other academies, and all walks of life were greatly influenced by "Theory of Tools", and they more or less began to feel the benefits of the various methods of organizing thinking mentioned in the book.

"Haha, I see. ”

"I couldn't figure out this thing, I sorted it out in the way of the book of the fairy country, and the answer was easy to get clear, okay, a good book of the fairy country, it seems useless, but it actually has a great effect, this is the real great wisdom!"

"This set of books, even if the Immortal Kingdom is fabricated by Qin Xianao, I admit it, I haven't figured out this arithmetic problem for ten years, and I get dizzy every time I see it, but this time, I just took the method in "Tool Theory" and tried it, I didn't expect it to come out like this, this is really ......"

The original function of this "Instrumental Theory" was to tell us how to really be reasonable. ”

......

Although they discovered the true role of "The Theory of Tools", these people hid it and did not tell outsiders, and naturally they would not write articles and submit them to newspapers to explain the matter.

Soon the "Theory of Tools" was finished.

In front of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Bianliang City.

"Qin Gongzi, my family said that he is very busy and has no time, please go back. ”

"Don't have time again?" Qin Chao's face was ugly, this was the seventh time he had visited Sima Guang, and he had been rejected every time except for the first meeting.

Taking a deep breath, the Qin Dynasty left the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Literary improvement can't be done by me alone, but this Sima Guang ......

A scene appeared in Qin Chao's mind, it was the first time he visited Sima Guang, and Sima Guang received Qin Chao with a calm face. But that time.

"Ridiculous, you run a newspaper in the vernacular, write articles and poems in the vernacular, I don't ban it is already very face-saving for you, and you want me to support you in fully implementing the vernacular?"

"The bad ones of the ancestors can be thrown. But how can we discard good things, precious possessions, like garbage?"

"If I really do this, I will not have the face to see my ancestors and ancestors after I die, I will be a sinner through the ages, and I will be in the book after death. ”

"Qin Xianao, the old man advises you, do your studies in a down-to-earth manner, and use your wisdom and talents on the right path, which is the blessing of the country's society!"

"What kind of fairy country is that. It's so ridiculous, the old man doesn't know what to say about you, I'd rather take it straight and don't ask for it, young people don't be in a hurry, they have to take one step at a time. ”

......

Sima Guang did not argue with the Qin Dynasty at all, but talked to himself, and directly drove the Qin Dynasty out after speaking.

Sima Guang said that Wang Anshi was a bad man. He himself is more difficult than Wang Anshi. Qin Chao smiled bitterly and asked to see him seven times. I only saw it once, and that time Sima Guang seemed to know that the argument might not be able to argue with the Qin Dynasty, so he didn't reason with the Qin Dynasty at all, and then the Qin Dynasty wrote three letters to Sima Guang, but he didn't receive a reply.

"Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Lv Gongshu, Han Zhongyan, Fan Renchun, Lv Dafang, Liu Zhi, Zeng Bu......"

Anyone who is famous in Sima Guang's party. The high-ranking Qin Dynasty visited and sent letters, but they didn't pay much attention to the Qin Dynasty, and even persuaded the Qin Dynasty not to engage in any vernacular writing or punctuation.

"Whew!"

A figure fell beside the Qin Dynasty.

"Grand Prince Qin. I said earlier, Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo's gang are old and stubborn, you can't be persuaded to do it, you will suffer a loss, I think you still forget it, don't waste your efforts. Pian Miaoyu said with a smile.

Jun Yueru also appeared beside Qin Chao: "Gongzi Qin, don't listen to Miaoyu's nonsense, the main reason why you can't persuade them is that although you said a lot of reasons in your letter, these reasons are not enough, and you can't really prove that the vernacular literary reform is really better than the literary language." Changing the law has always been a big deal, Wang Anshi just made some changes in governance policies and financial management, and they were all met with such great opposition, and you are ...... Ideologically, the severity of this harm is more than ten million times more serious than Wang Anshi's, how dare they easily agree to you?"

"I know. Qin Dynasty smiled bitterly, where is it so easy to prove things in the world, and what can be proven, even if it is a small truth, such as a mathematical theorem, can often have a great impact on society. It is precisely because it is difficult to prove that later generations of Chinese governance used the method of 'crossing the river by feeling the stones', rather than a planned economy.

The Qin Dynasty could name a lot of reasons for who was superior and inferior in vernacular and classical Chinese, but it was impossible for those reasons to be completely free of loopholes.

"One of the big differences between the pre-Renaissance and Renaissance college curricula in Europe is that the Renaissance added logic as a curriculum, whereas it did not before. ”

Using classical Chinese to talk about logic, the Qin Dynasty felt that the head was big when he thought about it, and the non-punctuation and teasing of classical Chinese itself made people prone to ambiguity, and these ambiguities were not a problem in moral common sense and literature, but they were used in science.

"I want to launch modern math textbooks, geometry textbooks, etc., but ......"

The biggest difference between Western mathematics and geometry and the East is the use of logic.

For example, Euclid is famous for his "Geometric Originals".

But Euclid's greatest historical achievement was not only the establishment of a geometry, but the creation of a scientific method.

"I am throwing out Aristotle's "Theory of Tools" now, but it is Euclid who digitizes the ideas in "Theory of Tools". ”

Euclid was the first to apply Aristotle's deductive method in the form of a syllogism to construct a system of practical knowledge, and Euclid's geometry was a rigorous deductive system that derives numerous theorems from a few axioms and then uses them to solve practical problems.

It contains more methodological significance than the geometric knowledge in Euclidean geometry.

"Euclid created his geometry, but he didn't care about practical application at all, and he was really proud of the logical rigor of his geometric system. ”

The Qin dynasty understood that Euclid's greatest contribution to geometry was to elaborate and provide a model.

Since then, it has become the dream of mankind to organize human knowledge into a rigorous system of deduction based on basic concepts, axioms, or laws.

Spinoza's ethics is elaborated in this pattern.

The same is true of Newton's Principia Mathematica of Natural Philosophy.

This is true of scientific giants such as Maxwell and Einstein, as well as many textbooks studied by the later Qin Dynasty.

"Logic, definitions, formulas, axiomatizations, categories, deductions...... These standardized, serious academic methods are not deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and are not taken seriously, even if I throw out later books on mathematics and geometry, what can I do?"

The Qin Dynasty clearly remembered that Western geometry, mathematics, and even scientific works were introduced to China during the Ming and Qing dynasties, but what was the result?

"Fairy Jun, Sister Pity, are you interested in writing two articles to report?" Qin Chao said with a smile.

"Writing articles?"

"It seems that Qin Gongzi wants to use us as a gunman, so I said in advance that I won't do anything about advocating vernacular literature. Jun Yueru said with a smile, and Pian Miaoyu chuckled: "Sister Jun, what are you afraid of, I am not afraid, but Qin Gongzi, if you are not afraid of my writing to disgrace you, just send me." ”

"Fairy Jun rest assured, it's not a vernacular. "The Qin Dynasty strode forward.

"It's not vernacular, what is it?" Jun Yueru and Pian Miaoyu glanced at each other, it was not easy to ask on the street, and the two followed. (To be continued......)