Qin Yuedang Kong

Chapter 98: Chapter 98: Preparations for the construction of the Great Qin Courtyard
Under the auspices of Li Si, the Great Qin Taixue and the selection of talents were gradually implemented. Although the voices of opposition from the soldiers still existed, they were already insignificant and did not pose a threat to the government at all.

Seeing that the Taixue matter was on the right track, Fusu set his sights on the establishment of the Daqin Agricultural Machinery Institute, the Daqin Medical Center, and the Daqin Gewu Institute, and put this matter on the agenda.

To enrich the people and strengthen the country, the first thing is to improve the medical, food, housing and transportation of the people in Daqin.

Take agriculture as an example. During the Qin Dynasty, the yield per mu was about 120 catties. In the Ming Dynasty, the grain yield per mu reached 170 catties. There is a difference of [-] catties between the two. According to the knowledge of "Fusu", as long as the newly formed Great Qin Farm Under his guidance, the Academy of Mechanical Engineering, even if the output could not reach the Ming Dynasty standard in a short period of time, it would not be difficult to break the [-] jin mark per mu.

Besides medicine, because medicine was underdeveloped in the Qin Dynasty, the average life expectancy of people in the Qin Dynasty was only more than 30 years old.As a person who traveled from later generations, he knew the importance of medicine. Although he did not dare to hope that the life expectancy of Qin people would be greatly improved after the establishment of the Great Qin Medical Center, at least the most basic diseases should be cured easily.

As for Gewuyi, it is the collective name for science in ancient times.The term "Gewu" first came from "Book of Rites University": "Extending knowledge lies in investigating things, and knowing things after investigating things."The original intention of Fusu in establishing the Daqin Gewuyuan was to raise the pursuit of science to the level of the Daqin national policy.

During the court meeting on this day, Fusu informed the ministers of his decision to form the Third Great Court of the Great Qin Dynasty. Of course, there was a lot of opposition from the ministers.The reason why these people have objections is not against the decision to support the Soviet Union to build the Three Courts, but because they are worried that Daqin's finances will not be able to afford the expenses of the Three Courts.In the past, they first managed the land of Hexi, and then attacked South Vietnam. More than half of the money and food accumulated by issuing the bonds of the Great Qin State had been consumed. Now they have to spend huge sums of money to build this inexplicable three courtyards, which really makes all the officials helpless.

In the eyes of the ministers, except for the fact that the Daqin Agricultural Machinery Academy is a little tricky, the Daqin Medical Center and the Daqin Gewuyuan are all jokes.

In their view, people's health is predestined by heaven, and doctors only need to be able to heal typhoid fever and bandage wounds. As for other things, they have not considered them at all, because they think that they are all things of heaven, and they are definitely beyond the capabilities of doctors. Left and right, spending a huge amount of money to build the Daqin Medical Center is pure waste of money.

When it comes to the Daqin Gewuyuan, the officials thought it was even more absurd. They thought that although the theory of Gewu was said by the sages, it had no practical significance, so they just let those Confucian scholars who were too busy to do it, and there was no need to waste people and money to build some kind of Daqin Ge Museum.

Seeing the opposition from the ministers, Fusu shook his head helplessly. After all, there is an insurmountable gap in knowledge. These ministers objected to his resolution because of their loyalty to Daqin. For these people, it is even more difficult to forcefully pass this resolution.

"It seems that we can't convince these stubborn people without some strong evidence," Fusu thought to himself.

After a while, a plan flashed through Fusu's mind, "Since you are opposed to the establishment of the Great Qin Academy, then I will use medicine and agronomy as weapons to teach you a good lesson." After thinking about it for a while, Fusu I thought of using this method to defeat the officials and let them know the role of the three courts.

"Prime Minister, what is the yield per mu of my Great Qin's land?" Fusu looked at Meng Yi with interest and asked.

"My lord, the yield per mu in my Daqin land is uneven. The yield per mu is more than 150 catties, and the less is less than 120 catties. If calculated according to the total number of fields and harvests in my Great Qin, the yield per mu is about [-] catties."

After hearing Meng Yi's answer, Fu Su nodded in satisfaction, showing that he was very satisfied with the answer of Meng Yi, Prime Minister Zuo.

"My lords, if the establishment of the Daqin Agricultural Machinery Institute can make our Daqin grain yield exceed 180 catties per mu, will you still oppose the establishment of the Daqin Third Academy?"

"Don't say 180 catties, as long as it reaches 150 catties, we have nothing to say, but now that it's winter, where can we find land to grow?" Zhi Su Neishi said.

"It's not difficult. The land in Guilin County is like spring all the year round, and it can be cultivated in winter. How about I make a bet with you that we each gather a group of good farmers and each cultivate a hundred acres of land. Comparing the harvest situation, if the yield per mu reaches 180 catties, how about you stop opposing the establishment of the Great Qin Third Academy?"

Fusu looked at the officials provocatively, and then said confidently.

"Okay, I will take this as a bet. If the yield per mu reaches 180 catties, I will not stop you from establishing the Daqin Agricultural Machinery Institute. As for the Daqin Medical Center and the Daqin Gewu Institute, it is not included in this bet. "

Meng Yi glanced at Fusu slyly, and then said to himself: "A bet is about one thing, and I want to use the competition of farming to bring it to the Daqin Medical Center and the Daqinge Institute. Fortunately, I am still smart. Otherwise, you will be fooled." Meng Yi said to Fu Su with a sly voice, and then glanced at Li Si intentionally or unintentionally.

Li Si nodded slightly, and glanced at Meng Yi with satisfaction.What he was most afraid of was that Meng Yi would blindly obey Fusu, which would harm Fusu. His expectation of Meng Yi was to be loyal to Fusu, but also to block Fusu's impulsiveness at critical moments. Yi did well.

As for the private eye contact between Meng Yi and Li Si, Fu Su had noticed a long time ago. Apart from looking at Meng Yi and Li Si speechlessly, he had nothing to say for a while.

After a moment of silence, Fusu spoke again:

"How about I make another bet with you ministers. I will gather some doctors in Xianyang City and bring them together to study medical skills. It will last for one month. After one month, you will find ten patients in Xianyang City. People with wind-cold disease, I let those doctors treat them. If they can’t be cured within ten days, I will lose. What do you guys think about the Daqin Gewuyuan?"

Fusu glanced at the officials, then focused his eyes on Meng Yi, and said to Meng Yi sincerely.

Seeing what Fusu said, Meng Yi couldn't object anymore, so he nodded and agreed to Fusu's bet: "Just as the young master said."

In the next few days, the officials and Fusu took action separately.

(End of this chapter)