Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 352 Just be a guide!
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Hearing the noise outside the house, Xia Zhibai asked.

The clerk's heart tightened, and he said quickly: "Sir, Scholar Liu just came over, and I let him go back according to your previous instructions."

The room fell into a brief silence.

Xia Zhibai said: "Okay."

Inside the house, Xia Zhibai took out "Mengxi Bitan" and looked at the seventeen chapters on it with a faint glow in his eyes. During the Northern Song Dynasty, although the ruling inside was somewhat corrupt, there was still great progress in natural sciences.

Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bitan" involves astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, etc.

Although it is not called these names now.

But he could still figure out the general content of the description at a glance.

"Mengxi Bitan" is an encyclopedia.

Valuable.

However, after several wars, this book was gradually shelved and replaced by various books on rationalism and psychology. The books that were truly beneficial to the world were artificially hidden. This can be said to be a huge setback.

Especially Shen Kuo's summary: "It is not a problem to learn a lot of arithmetic. If you can use the simple ones and change the complex ones, you will become a generalist."

This fully reflects the ancient people's understanding of numbers.

Xia Zhibai flipped through the books one by one, listing the formulas for mathematical models such as the 'method of accumulation of gaps' and the 'method of meeting circles' in a more modern way. He attached great importance to these textbooks, and aimed to use them to break the old 'apprenticeship' system in the world.

In particular, the decadent practice of "teaching the apprentice and starving the master" must be thoroughly corrected.

But Xia Zhibai also knew it.

It is not easy to change people's views.

Therefore, drastic measures are needed.

The technology and so-called unique skills that they are proud of are no longer so mysterious and even seem very ordinary under the mathematical formulas. This will break down the barriers between engineers, accelerate the development of the craftsman industry, and allow the "craft" industry to gradually move from the closed-door development of the past to the principle of communication, cooperation and win-win results.

The books in his hands are like the hammers that strike the sleeping soul.

Although it is a bit inhumane.

It will also cause many craftsmen to fall into self-doubt.

However, it will be difficult for the world to achieve substantial progress if it remains closed and conservative for a long time.

No one else in the world wants to run into this bad luck, but he has to go. Even if he will be criticized and even verbally abused by many craftsmen, or even worse, some will gang up on him, but he will not back down. The past "family inheritance" system should be broken.

Xia Zhibai came to his senses and continued reading.

Looking at the descriptions of 'magnetism', 'acoustics', 'optics', etc., his eyes became brighter and brighter, and more and more literature was available for him to refer to. In his mind, he even had an impulse to directly move the system he had worked on for the past nine years.

But after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to put the idea aside.

He still has to solve the problem of zero to one first.

Rather than one to three!

Xia Zhibai was flipping through the books, taking notes, and carefully verifying them. If he found any errors, he would mark them. However, it was not that the marks were wrong, but that he would give his own "unique" insights for reference.

It is better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish. All he has to do and can do is just to be a guide.

But it is really too much to ask him to do more. At least, he can't explain why Newton's First Law is correct. He can only give a general idea and then let others test it and get a more accurate explanation.

If you want to truly perfect it, you have to rely on other gifted people.

He's just a support.

When Xia Zhibai was fully immersed in editing the book, Liu Sanwu had already returned home angrily. As soon as he entered the house, he pushed the door open, and then without changing his boots or clothes, he ran directly to the dormitory and lay down as if he was really unwell.

However, Liu Sanwu, who was in a state of unrest, obviously couldn't sleep.

After rolling around on the bed for a while, he sat up and looked at the woman in her thirties beside him. He said impatiently, "Go, prepare some tea and light a fire in the room. It's so cold, do you want to freeze me to death?"

The woman's face changed and she hurried to prepare.

Looking at the woman's hurried figure, Liu Sanwu's eyes were cold.

He is now seventy-one years old. His first wife died of illness a long time ago, but he has always been in good health. In the past ten years, he has taken several concubines and even had children. He is quite proud of this. Other people of his age can't even walk properly, let alone have children, but he is full of energy. Even His Majesty has come to ask him for advice on his health-preserving methods.

But now, none of these made Liu Sanwu happy.

Because he is becoming more and more passive now.

Although other people did not say anything openly, he could see that other scholars had become increasingly perfunctory towards him, and even looked down on him. In his opinion, all this was due to his old age and Xia Zhibai's deliberate targeting of him.

Liu Sanwu said with a gloomy face, "Old man, go and call my good son-in-law. I have something to tell him."

His son-in-law was Zhao Mian, who was a fellow Jinshi as Xia Zhibai.

He has now been promoted to the position of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

As a scholar who has always been respected, he could not stand being despised and ignored by Xia Zhibai. He had to let Xia Zhibai know that he was not someone Xia Zhibai could despise. The fact that he could stay in the Hanlin Academy and be entrusted with important tasks by His Majesty, and even compile the preface to "The Great Edict" for His Majesty, was all because of his talent.

Xia Zhibai refused to let him participate in editing the book, which was a huge mistake for Xia Zhibai.

Not a moment.

The woman came in with a cup of hot water.

At the same time, he also asked the servant to light a fire in the house.

The room gradually became warmer. Under the flickering firelight, Liu Sanwu looked at the beautiful woman serving him, but there was not much ripple in his heart. As the saying goes, people get tired of the old and love the new. As he got older, he could no longer handle these women. He also preferred to stay with younger ones, which made him feel like he was regaining his youth.

He waved at the woman and said, "You go down first."

"Let younger people serve you from now on."

"No matter how unhappy I am, I am still a Hanlin scholar appointed by His Majesty, and the father-in-law of Zhao Mian, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. It is only natural for me to have a few young girls serve me. Moreover, I have been pampered for so many years, and although my hair is full of silver, I am still ambitious."

Liu Sanwu boasted about himself a few times.

It seems to have given me a lot of confidence.

The woman did not dare to refuse. He was bought by Liu Sanwu, so how could she say no? She nodded quickly and went out to arrange things for Liu Sanwu.

Liu Sanwu felt quite satisfied after demonstrating his status on the woman.

(End of this chapter)