I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 345 The Achievements of the Capital Tongwen Hall
"Eunuch Wei, this Shen Guan deception goes too far. This is clearly a slap in your face."

In the Si Li Jian, Wang Tiqian, who had been holding back his anger, was vomiting his bitterness to Wei and Wang. The clerks in the Si Li Jian were as silent as a chill after hearing this, for fear of offending him.

"In front of everyone, they refused to take me through the front door and had to go through the side door. This is obviously looking down on us. I really can't swallow this tone."

A "pop" sound sounded next to Wei Zhongxian. Wang Tiqian looked intently and saw that Wei Zhongxian also had an angry look on his face and had just slammed the water glass on the table.

"Too deceiving!"

After saying this, Wei Zhongxian immediately stood up and paced back and forth in the main hall of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

Regardless of whether Wang Tiqian was his or not, Shen Guan did this because he did not give them eunuch face.As the "ancestor" of the eunuchs in the palace, he must not sit idly by and ignore it.

But thinking about this made him angry. Shen Guan himself had also helped him a lot. Last time, the Palace of Culture's edict was correct. If he hadn't revealed the news to him in advance, he would have been deposed at home long ago.

Unexpectedly, he would put himself aside now that the emperor trusted him. If others didn't know who Wang Tigan was, how could he not know?
Wang Tigan was right. This Shen Guan wasn't slapping Wang Tigan in the face. He was clearly slapping Wei Zhongxian in the face.

Wang Tiqian also looked at Wei Zhongxian with righteous indignation, thinking that as long as Wei Zhongxian took action, no matter how deep it was, he would have to make him look good.

"Eunuch Wei, would you like to mention it to your majesty? What Shen Guan did is obviously an insult to the ministers. I ask your majesty to make the decision for us and we must ask him for an explanation."

Wei Zhongxian, who was listening to Wang Tiqian's words, was also thinking about how to deal with it. At this time, he glanced at Wang Boyu and found that he had no reaction and was sitting still, still concentrating on drinking tea.I couldn't help but feel angry, and asked expressionlessly:

"Eunuch Wang, what do you think about this matter?"

After hearing Wei Zhongxian's inquiry, Wang Boyu put down his teacup, looked at the two of them, and said slowly:

"Eunuch Wei, Eunuch Wang. What Shen Guan did is certainly hateful, but what can we do now.

Not to mention whether Shen Guan did something wrong this time, let’s just say that His Majesty is now rejoicing because of the completion of the library. If we are going to defeat His Majesty’s temper because we have been left out.When the time comes, His Majesty will definitely think that we are making a fuss out of a molehill, and will feel disgusted with us. "

When Wang Boyu said this, the entire main hall of the Supervisor of Ceremonies suddenly became quiet.

Wei and Wang were silent, both thinking about what Wang Boyu said.Although they had a bad relationship with him, they had to admit that his words made sense.

Especially Wei Zhongxian, he had a very clear understanding of the emperor's character, knew what kind of person the emperor was, and knew that Wang Boyu was right.

"So although Shen Guan's actions are abominable, we can only endure it now. Other than that, we have no other choice. If we do too many actions, it will be detrimental to us. Even if we want to deal with him, we have to wait for the opportunity."

When Wang Tigan heard this, he was immediately dissatisfied. He had just praised Haikou, how could he just let it go? He was about to object, but Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and suppressed Wang Tigan's hesitant words.

"Don't mention this matter again. I will explain it to Your Majesty later."

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian had spoken, Wang Tiqian could only give up, but Wei Zhongxian didn't want to give up, thinking that even if he didn't know how to deal with Shen Guan, he would not be easy for him.
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"Your Majesty Saint Ann."

"Well, how's it going at the library?"

Zhu Youxiao put down the book skillfully, without stopping the fan in his right hand, wanting to give himself some coolness.

Zhu Youxiao never expected that this summer would be so hot, which made him couldn't help but complain that these days without air conditioning were too uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the two pieces of ice in the room, which were half melted now. When he saw this, he waved his hand to Zhang Chang.

"Bring me two more pieces of ice. Why is the weather so hot now? It's unbearable."

"The slave is going here."

Wei Zhongxian saw that the emperor was a little hot from the scorching summer heat, and he was lucky that Wang Ti did not come to complain.The emperor was already in a bad mood, and Wang Ti would definitely be reprimanded by the emperor if he did this.

"Your Majesty, it's hot in the palace now, and the cleaning in Xiyuan is almost done. I think you might as well go to Xiyuan to escape the heat."

Zhu Youxiao kept holding the fan in his hand. He Ning just wanted to take it over, but Zhu Youxiao shook his head and refused. Now he heard Wei Zhongxian's words and couldn't help but nod.

"Well, I have the same idea. When the time comes, you and Wang Boyu will make arrangements and drive to Xiyuan."

Wei Zhongxian was secretly happy when he heard this and responded calmly. "I understand, Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty Library was completed today. Mr. Shen Ge, Mr. Sun Ge and others were all present. Wang Tiqian also went there with your imperial edict.

When he came back, he kept praising Mr. Shen Ge, saying that he repeatedly said that His Majesty is wise in front of the library, and that the existence of the library was all due to His Majesty's selfless dedication to educating all people. "

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing when he heard this. For this reason, he took out the entire "Yongle Dadian" and allocated 10 taels of silver, just for this kind of reputation.

"Excellent, the construction of the Ming Dynasty Library is only the first step. In the future, I will expand it in the capital, build it in various chief secretaries, and even build it in every prefecture and county, so that we, the people of the Ming Dynasty, can accept it. enlightenment."

"Your Majesty is wise, I believe that after hearing your majesty's heroic words, all the cabinet ministers and ministers will definitely send congratulations to your majesty."

Listening to Wei Zhongxian's compliments, Zhu Youxiao waved his hands with a calm expression on his face, seemingly not caring about it.

"I don't ask for any congratulations. I just ask them to say less about me. Ever since I announced that I would build the Capital Tongwen Library and let Tang Ruowang, Li Zhizao and others translate Western works, many people really felt like they were mourning for their heirs.

I insist on writing to me every day to remonstrate, hoping that I will not do this. Now that the library is built, I just hope that they will be tolerant for this reason and not say anything more. "

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao felt helpless. It had been five months since the construction of the Jingshi Tongwen Museum. At the beginning, only Tang Ruowang and Li Zhizao were in charge. Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua were too busy and could only occasionally participate in compilation.

Now, after five months of development, and some missionaries from Macau returning to the capital, the number of translators at the Tongwen Library in the capital has increased to more than 20 people.

Ten of them were recruited from the Ming Dynasty. Now Li Zhizao and others generally teach foreign languages ​​and generally gain a lot from translating works.

But now there are still many people who don't agree with it and don't understand it.He felt that this move was an act of forgetting the classics, but Zhu Youxiao was also glad that thanks to the Ming Dynasty, although a few people were very conservative, most still held an open attitude and were not against it. Although the work of the Tongwen Museum in the Capital was There is resistance, but it goes smoothly.

"Indeed, your majesty has done his best. Those missionaries cannot preach in the Ming Dynasty, and religious believers must worship their ancestor Confucius. Now your majesty has built a library for the people of the world to refer to the "Yongle Dadian". If they still write a letter criticizing the capital Tongwen Pavilion, that slave will definitely compete with them."

When Zhu Youxiao heard Wei Zhongxian's righteous statement, he immediately laughed, feeling that Wei Zhongxian was very good at figuring out his thoughts.

"Haha, you still understand me. But we can't blame them. After all, the Westerners come to our Ming Dynasty to cause trouble, and we have to guard against it. Even if I order the translation of works, it is to guard against and exploit at the same time. After all, they also have merits."

As Zhu Youxiao spoke, he looked at He Ning and said:

"Go and get the two books that the Capital Tongwen Library sent over a few days ago."

After hearing this, He Ning went to search the nearby bookshelf for a while, and found two books after a while.Wei Zhongxian took a closer look and found that the two large characters "Elements of Geometry" and "The Divine Machine of Western Law" were printed on the covers of these two books.

After taking the book handed over by He Ning, Zhu Youxiao opened it with interest.

This "Elements of Geometry" was actually translated and published by Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci before, but only the first six volumes were translated before. Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao have been translating it in their spare time, but the progress is very slow.

After the establishment of the Capital Tongwen Library, with the joint efforts of Tang Ruowang and Li Zhizao, the other nine volumes of this book were quickly translated and sent to Zhu Youxiao.Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied. For this purpose, he also allocated funds from internal funds to publish "Elements of Geometry" together with some traditional Chinese arithmetic works for later use.

As for the second book, Zhu Youxiao was even more surprised. Historically, this book was translated by Sun Yuanhua during the Chongzhen period. Unexpectedly, Sun Yuanhua had already been translating it, and the progress was faster with the Jingshi Tongwen Library.

Zhu Youxiao had heard of this book in later generations. He also knew that this book was actually translated from the Spanish "Practical Artillery Manual" and was mostly targeted at artillerymen who practice firearms. Therefore, it attaches great importance to practicality and is very suitable for Licaolan. The artillery trainees at the field are more suitable for the artillerymen at the Beijing Camp Artillery Battalion.

Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao saw this book, he asked Sun Yuanhua and others to quickly compile and absorb it, and then added this book to the teaching materials in Licaolanchang for students to study.

"The West still has some advantages, which can just make up for the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty. When we become more inclusive, we can let them learn from us."

"What your Majesty is saying is that I have also heard that Western arithmetic is very powerful nowadays, and astronomy is even better. During the Shenzong Dynasty, Qin Tianjian used the "Tatong Calendar" to predict the solar and lunar eclipses. At that time, there was a method of revising the calendar. discussion.

Later, when I heard that the Western monk Matteo Ricci had arrived, he wrote to Xu Guangqi and others many times, proposing to compile a calendar and use Western methods to calculate the calendar.

However, this resulted in a lot of criticism from the court. I remember that Shen Ge Lao and others were quite opposed to it, and Xu Shangshu wrote a letter to support it. Now the controversy has not subsided, and the calendar has been put on hold. "

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