Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1863, Knowledge does not distinguish between high and low, the best is the first

"Brothers, everyone has to fight for their breath. No matter what, a few people have to go in and show them."

"Yes, yes, don't underestimate our new learners. Although we have read less content in the Four Books and Five Classics, it doesn't mean that we are worse than them. They can't even count."

"That's right, that's right~"

"However, this pair is really difficult. Each pair seems to be very simple, but when you think about it carefully, there is a lot of knowledge in it, and it should be from the hands of famous masters."

"I heard that this time the pair was made by our political envoys, inspectors, and admirals. It is still very difficult, otherwise this position would have been filled."

"Brother Meng, you have always been the best in Chinese studies, but you must give us a sigh of relief."

"Yeah, yeah, I really can't figure it out, this pair is really difficult."

The new students couldn't help but shake their heads after looking at the pair and pondering for a while. There is no doubt about the difficulty. Even the old students find it difficult, let alone those new students. up.

But soon, a new student named Meng Yang laughed and said, "It's quite difficult, but I've already thought of it."

After speaking, he confidently came to the entrance and said his answer. The former students who had stopped him all widened their eyes slightly when they heard it.

"Why didn't I think of it~"

"It's really wonderful to be right. I'm really pissed that a new learner can be right."

"How could he come out right."

All the students from the old school were a little bit disbelieving, but since Meng Yang matched up, he was allowed to enter the inner circle according to the rules.

Meng Yang is tall and big, a full [-] meters tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a straight nose. He seems to be of mixed race. His skin is a little fairer, but he still looks more like a Ming Dynasty.

"Meng Yang has met you brothers!"

Meng Yang was very generous and bowed his hands to everyone.

"Brother Meng!"

Everyone also returned the gift together. Since you can enter the inner circle, no matter if you are a new learner or an old learner, you still have some knowledge. Besides, as for scholars, you can have different opinions, but when you meet, you still have to have etiquette.

"Brother Meng is studying in that school?"

Hu Zongming asked with a smile.

"Currently studying Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London."

Meng Yang also replied generously.

"Imperial College of Technology is actually a very famous university."

"Come on, let's all offer a toast to brother Meng, and welcome brother Meng to come and enjoy the moon together."

Hu Zongming nodded. Although the new learning is different from the old learning, the new learning is actually very difficult. Many students of the old learning have learned the content of the new learning, such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, geography, biology, etc. There are many, and it is far more flexible and changeable than the old school relying on rote memorization.

Among other things, mathematics alone makes countless people ashamed. There are tens of millions of new students every year, but only a handful of them can be admitted to Imperial College of Technology.

There are very few people in the entire Golden Continent who can pass the exam every year, and sometimes even the entire Golden Continent cannot pass the exam.

"It turned out to be from Imperial College~"

When the people around heard it, they immediately nodded their heads.

Although the new learning is despised by the students of the old learning, for the people of Ming Dynasty, everyone still approves of the new learning.

It is because of the rise of new learning that Daming's technological development can be so rapid.

To be able to manufacture all kinds of machinery to improve the productivity of Daming, to allow the people of Ming to cultivate more land, grow more food, research more powerful machines, manufacture trains, cars, ships, etc. It facilitates everyone's life.

The signboard of Imperial College of Technology is also very resounding. Many managers and technical leaders in major commercial firms and large factories are students from these universities.

Although it is said that they cannot be officials, their income and living standards are all leveraged. Many people even become their own bosses, open factories, etc., the business is booming, and the rich are very rich.

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin also watched everything in front of them silently.

At the beginning, I supported and acquiesced in the development of Xinxue, and I had already anticipated this day.

The battle between new learning and old learning is getting more and more serious now.

In the Beijing-Tianjin area, the old and new disputes happened in the market, and it was inevitable to have some kind of poetry fair. I didn't expect it to be the same here in Huangjinzhou.

This made the two of them worried, how to solve this problem in the future?
New learning and old learning, who is the direction of future development, or both.

Since ancient times, all dynasties have ruled the country with Confucianism and law, from the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the present, and it has lasted for more than a thousand years.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, Confucianism still occupies an absolute dominant position, and the power of Confucianism is still very strong. Almost all the ministers in the upper and lower courts and the Manchu Dynasty came from Confucianism.

If you want to abolish the dominant position of Confucianism, it is estimated that the ministers will make you, the emperor, unable to continue.

But is Confucianism really suitable to rule forever?

Starting from the Han Dynasty, dynasties have been changing continuously, and they cannot escape the fate of the cycle of chaos.

The same was true of the Ming Dynasty, but it developed to the middle of the Hongzhi Dynasty, and many problems began to be exposed.

Traditional Confucianism and Confucian officials are becoming less and less useful in solving these problems, it can be said that they are useless.

But the new learning is different. Although it is despised by the old learning as heresy and indiscriminate, the new learning has indeed solved many deep-rooted problems.

Relying on technological innovation and the study of nature, the study of machinery, improved productivity, expanded production, and strengthened the army and national strength of the Ming Dynasty. Only then did the Ming Dynasty gradually achieve its current heyday.

If there were no new-style textile machines, Daming would probably not know how many people would not be able to wear warm clothes in winter.

If there were no steam engines and internal combustion engines, there would be no trains, cars, ships, etc. in Ming Dynasty, and the communication between the world would not be as convenient and fast as it is now. Maybe a famine would cause headaches for the emperor, but now the famine is very important to him. Daming's influence has been negligible.

If there is no new breakthrough in astronomy and geography, how can Ming Dynasty colonize the world and dominate the world?There would be no great immigration today, let alone the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

Even Emperor Hongzhi himself knew that if it weren't for the Daming Medical School advocated by the new learning ideas, he would have died in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, with his intestines rotting to death.

But because of the advocacy of new learning ideas, medicine has also developed rapidly. Through surgery, I have gained a new life. I can live to this day, and I still have a good body, and I can travel around the mountains and rivers.

The new learning has brought great changes to Daming, making Daming stronger and richer. These are the advantages of the new learning.

Originally, new learning and old learning should be allowed to coexist peacefully, but now it seems that the dispute between ideas and learning has not been a simple matter since ancient times.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, and each faction was making continuous efforts to gain dominance. Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism, military strategists, peasants, strategists, Taoism, etc., all schools of thought competed for beauty, and their ideas bloomed. Many great thinkers.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dismissed the hundred schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, so the other schools in the world gradually faded away, and no more outstanding people emerged, which is really regrettable.

Confucianism is full of talented people and is becoming more and more prosperous. However, the lack of it now seems to be sluggish, and it has been a long time since it has been able to produce any new ideas and new masters.

"Brother Zhu, Brother Liu~"

Just when Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin were thinking hard, Hu Zongming shouted at them.

"Oh~"

The two came back to their senses.

"Brother Zhu, Brother Liu, what do you two think about new learning and old learning?"

Hu Zongming and the others were also discussing this matter just now. Originally, they wanted to take advantage of the fact that there were many old students and only Meng Yang was the new student, so as to embarrass the new students and criticize the new students.

"New learning and old learning are all learning. If you learn it well, it is beneficial to the country and the people. If you learn the old learning well, you can assist the king in governing the world. If you learn the new learning well, you can also research more useful things. Let us To live a better life for the common people of Ming Dynasty, all knowledge is worth learning, and the key is to learn it thoroughly and learn it.”

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said.

His meaning is more in the middle, no one is partial, still go according to the previous set, learn from the old to be an official, learn from the new to do various research, and everyone will work together to promote the prosperity of the Ming Empire.

Emperor Hongzhi's answer obviously made Hu Zongming and others dissatisfied. They felt that Emperor Hongzhi looked like a person with old learning.

"Learning does not distinguish between high and low, and those who have mastered it first."

"In my opinion, whether it is new learning or old learning, the key still depends on the individual. New learning can also learn the content of the old learning, and the old learning can also learn the content of the new learning. Learn from each other. Once we learn, we can learn more about each other, so that we can be qualified to talk about it.”

"It is also possible to evaluate the differences between old and new schools in a more objective and fair manner, instead of only seeing one's own advantages and not being completely ignorant of the other's advantages. What exists is reasonable and reasonable."

"The old learning has lasted for thousands of years. Confucianism has a long history and far-reaching influence. Naturally, there is something worth learning. Although the new learning has only appeared for a short time, the new learning has developed rapidly, and various skills have emerged in an endless stream. Greatly improved The productivity of my Ming Dynasty has facilitated our life in Ming Dynasty, and also made our Ming Dynasty stronger, this is the advantage of Xinxue, and it is also the reason for its rapid rise."

"So there is no distinction between high and low learning, it depends on how much you have learned."

Liu Jin looked at the crowd and said earnestly.

(End of this chapter)