Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 193 Crazy craze!
Zhu Yunhuan originally thought that the publication of Science journal would not cause much ripples.

The Ming Dynasty is currently in an era of great change.

Countless unprecedented things happened one after another.

The imperial clan system was re-established, the Ming army was completely disarmed, Huang Zicheng's treasonous scandal broke out, and a series of infrastructure plans and projects were launched...

Every incident has a profound impact and has triggered countless discussions.

Among these, although the steam engine aroused great curiosity in many people, the number of people it actually attracted was still far less than other events.

Although the position of Duke is tempting, except for the craftsmen who are obsessed with it and the students with a scientific background, ordinary people still have self-awareness.

Knowing that it is destined to be out of your reach, except for a very few geniuses and eccentrics who don't think so.

After all, Science magazine is a professional and technical publication. It has nothing to do with the lives of ordinary people and cannot be used as a topic of conversation after dinner like national affairs.

Therefore, Zhu Yunhuan believed that although this publication had a far-reaching impact on promoting the development of science and technology, its impact on public opinion would be very limited in a short period of time and would take time to slowly ferment.

Just like the top academic journals in later generations, ordinary people generally don’t pay attention to them.

That is a reading material exclusively for scientific researchers.

However, after the publication of Science journal, Zhu Yunhuan realized that he had underestimated people of that era's desire for professional knowledge and the difficulty of acquiring relevant knowledge.

For example, if people in later generations want to learn how to cook and become a chef, they can easily search for a large number of teaching videos on the Internet.

There are countless books on the subject.

If that doesn’t work, sign up for a class at New Oriental and let the teacher teach you step by step.

In short, in the future, as long as you are willing to learn, there will be no shortage of learning materials.

The “cheats” are all public and the methods are ready-made.

But this era is different.

In this era, if you want to learn to be a chef, you must first kowtow to the master, offer generous gifts, and then work like a slave to the master. After serving the master well, the master will then teach the apprentice some cooking skills.

It is impossible to pass on all the skills to an apprentice, unless the apprentice is his biological son.

Even learning to be a chef is like this, not to mention other skills.

Everyone likes to keep it secret, and some even go so far as to only pass it on to direct descendants.

It is passed down within the family but not outsiders, and passed down to sons but not daughters.

Technology is the basis of one’s livelihood, how can one teach it to others easily?

The launch of Science journal is like a situation in the martial arts world where a peerless martial arts master suddenly publishes and distributes all his life’s learning.

The most powerful martial arts secret book was born and was printed in large quantities.

The madness that this caused can be imagined.

The journal Science not only published Zhu Yunhuan’s three laws, but also included a carpenter’s explanation of how to make a certain complex piece of furniture, a blacksmith’s explanation of blacksmithing techniques, a machine maker, a weaver, a dyer…

Zhu Yunhuan originally planned to issue only 3,000 copies.

After all, they are academic professional journals, so even if the number is small, they can play a big role.

For future scientific researchers, publishing an academic paper that is cited thousands of times is considered a big deal.

The number of three thousand is enough for many people to communicate and promote technological leaps.

However, even he did not expect that after the publication of Science magazine, it would immediately trigger a buying frenzy.

In the eyes of many people, the Ming Daily is just a way to kill time and learn about national affairs.

But what is the journal Science?
What is published there are countless technologies, which are treasured and dreamed of by countless people.

For technical personnel engaged in related work, as long as they see something useful on it, they may benefit from it for the rest of their lives.

How could they not go crazy about it?

After the three thousand copies of the journal were issued, the price of second-hand Science journals on the black market reached a staggering price of dozens of taels of silver per copy.

However, the price soon fell back.

After Zhu Yunhuan received the report from the Intelligence Bureau, he immediately ordered additional printing.

Ten thousand copies!

Still not enough.

Thirty thousand copies!
Still not enough.

One hundred thousand copies!
Still not enough.

Three hundred thousand copies!

In the end, the total print run of Science magazine reached a previously unbelievable 300,000 copies!
You have to know that it is not a leisurely reading material like the "Da Ming Daily", but an academic journal that explains professional technology.

What does it mean for a professional academic journal to have a circulation of 300,000?
There are more than 100,000 craftsmen near Jinling City, and almost everyone has a copy of the book.

The rest were sold all over the country.

One can imagine the huge response that followed.

"So this device is actually made like this. It's really ingeniously designed!"

At Longjiang Baochuan Factory, an old craftsman was flipping through the journal "Science" and sighed sincerely.

"Hahaha, I was wondering why the kitchen knife I used to make always felt a little off, I see!"

In a blacksmith shop in Jinling City, a blacksmith looked at the newly made kitchen knife in his hand with a bright smile on his face.

Thanks to the journal Science.

Otherwise, you may never figure out the trick in your life.

The same scenes happened in many places in the Ming Dynasty.

Countless craftsmen and technicians from all walks of life have learned techniques from the journal Science and solved problems that were previously difficult to solve.

The journal Science is a hodgepodge, covering a wide range of industries, and it is certainly impossible to understand all of its content.

But it's okay.

As long as you can understand the part related to your professional skills, it is enough.

There are also a few highly skilled people who shook their heads in disdain after seeing the professional knowledge in Science journal.

Because they have better technology in their hands.

Some of them submitted articles to Science journal to describe their own technology.

This brings us to two traditions of the Chinese nation.

On the one hand, they kept their technology very secret. On the other hand, they were eager to show off their skills and leave their names in history.

A highly skilled craftsman is usually reluctant to pass on his skills to his apprentices easily.

But if he had the chance to become a great master like Lu Ban, and be worshipped by all generations, he would publish all his skills without hesitation.

At least a considerable number of people have this mentality.

For these people, submitting articles to the journal Science and publishing their technical insights can not only earn them generous royalties, but also bring them huge fame.

The first group of craftsmen who published articles in the journal Science have been visited by countless peers.

Fame and fortune!

It attracts a lot of attention.

Zhu Yunhuan was naturally happy to see this change.

This means that more and more craftsmen will contribute the skills they have mastered, just like Confucian disciples passing on the teachings of sages.

This prompted various technologies to gradually become prominent studies of the time, just like Confucianism.

The era of a hundred schools of thought contending has quietly arrived.

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Editorial Board of Science.

Since the planning of Science journal began, Lai Wen'an was appointed as editor-in-chief by Zhu Yunhuan.

Also joining the editorial department were dozens of highly skilled veteran craftsmen from the Manufacturing Bureau and some former students from the Imperial Academy.

Without the efforts of these people, Science journal would not have been successfully published.

Only Zhu Yunhuan, as the crown prince and in charge of the Ming Empire, could mobilize so many resources.

Human, material, financial resources...

The craftsmen could talk about their past experiences, the difficulties they had encountered, and the solutions they finally came up with after much thought, but they were unable to describe them well in words and needed help from the students of the Imperial Academy.

In fact, many of the submissions received by the editorial department are not very fluent in terms of language and logic.

After all, the cultural level of most craftsmen of this era was not very high, and they could only barely recognize words.

To officially publish it, the editorial department of Science journal needs to make efforts.

Lai Wen'an was well aware of the role and influence of this journal, and he was full of admiration for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for coming up with such a brilliant idea.

But what impressed him even more was the three laws of force published by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the journal Science.

Different from other professional knowledge published in the same period.

After the three laws of force came out, most craftsmen didn't pay much attention to them.

They prefer to read articles that solve practical problems rather than obscure principles.

Maybe His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just thought it was fun and did some research on it.

However, those students in the Imperial College who turned from studying the teachings of sages to the path of science all felt like they had found a treasure.

The three laws announced by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince attracted these people like magical power.

In addition, the same is true for scholars interested in science in other states.

These people added together, there are already quite a lot.

Lai Wen'an, editor-in-chief of Science journal, is one of them.

Moreover, he seemed to see hope for solving the problem of steam engine manufacturing from these three laws.

Obviously the two should be completely unrelated.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once told him that founding the journal Science would greatly promote the manufacture of steam engines.

At first Lai Wen'an didn't quite believe it.

Now I believe it completely.

Because many people’s contributions are related to the problems encountered in the manufacturing process of steam engines.

Before, I was thinking hard by myself and fighting alone.

Now is the time to truly gather the strength of everyone, the strength of people all over the world.

By publishing the solved technical problems in the journal Science, people who come after them don't have to research them again and repeat useless work.

Instead, focus on the difficult problems that have yet to be solved.

You can also get inspiration from the previous ones and open up new ideas.

The submissions we receive now all come from around Jinling.

Because the place is a little far away, it is still impossible to submit the article.

Fortunately, there are more than 100,000 craftsmen in Jinling, which is a very large number.

I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intends to open a postal department to facilitate the exchange of letters among people all over the world.

I believe that by then, there will be more submissions from other places.

As the editor-in-chief, Lai Wen'an feels that he has a heavy responsibility.

He reviewed every manuscript very carefully.

Even if it is knowledge that he does not understand, he will supervise other relevant personnel to review it first, second, and third times.

In the lobby of the editorial office, Lai Wen'an was reading manuscripts with other editors.

In order to prevent editors from secretly taking the contributors' work for themselves, manuscript reviews are done in the lobby.

After each manuscript is received, it will be reviewed by at least three editors.

Everyone was concentrating and no one spoke.

Sudden.

A voice sounded.

"This manuscript is so well written that it solves one of the biggest problems in making steam engines."

An editor high-fived, extremely excited.

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(End of this chapter)