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Chapter 758 Second Saint
Zhang Xianyong demonstrated the experiment that glass rods can absorb each other after friction on the main hall.

After that, anyone who was able and able to afford glass rods unconsciously experimented with this seemingly unimaginable thing.

It can be said that there is a gust of experimentation in the whole city of Beijing.

As the weather gets colder and the dry season approaches, people gradually put on sweaters.It is no longer difficult to understand this kind of thing that can be experienced by oneself. The problem of electricity has gradually entered the world's field of vision and has begun to be accepted by the world.

Those bright sparks in the darkness and the sound of "cracking" are a good verification of what Zhang Xianyong said. These sparks produced by friction are exactly the same as the thunder and lightning in the sky, but there is a difference in size.

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Zhang Xianyong is the one with the largest scale of experiments.

He used exhaustive methods to experiment with all the things that could be triboelectric, hoping to find one that could generate bigger, more, and more coherent electricity.I also hope to find a way to store electricity.

Because after glass and silk are rubbed, the glass rod will be charged; because after fur and rosin rod are rubbed, another kind of electricity will be charged.Therefore, Zhang Xianyong pinned his hopes on this to a large extent.

A device was constructed that rubbed a glass rod with silk and a rod of rosin with fur.

Zhang Xianyong felt that he had found something that could produce electricity more continuously, so he decided to show it to the emperor.

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Qianqing Palace.

Recently, Yang Reform is mainly busy with the cement factory, and he is also paying attention to the military movements outside the customs. Of course, he is also concerned about the static electricity experiment that is now sweeping the entire Beijing city, and he is even more concerned about the development of the new granary in Liaodong.Several other granaries such as Ryukyu, Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake, etc. have gradually been on the right track, so there is no need to worry too much.Only in the newly developed Liaodong, Yang Reform was a little uneasy.

Look at the memorial sent by Sun Chengzong.

Yang Reform is quite relieved. This year he didn't spend so much money in vain. The sweet potatoes planted this year are already in sight.

"...The situation in Liaodong this year seems to be good..." Yang Reform read Sun Chengzong's report and said happily.

"It's all His Majesty's sage!" Wang Chengen flattered him.

Yang Reform smiled and collected Sun Chengzong's memorial.

This year is the first year of large-scale development. Yang Reform mainly focuses on planting sweet potatoes, supplemented by other food crops, to lay the foundation for larger-scale development next year. The harvest of sweet potatoes is imminent, and the food pressure on Yang Reform will also suddenly increase. reduce.

"... Companion, bring those things from me..." Yang Reform had already finished his business, and planned to spare some free time to do other things.

As for what to do?Of course, it is "playing" the most fashionable "electrification" experiment at the moment.

After Zhang Xianyong performed in the court, this frictional electrification "spell" immediately became popular all over the world. Of course, Yang Reform is no exception, and he is also playing this trick. Of course, Yang Reform is more advanced. Playing with rubbing glass rods with silk, he was already playing with electrostatic generators.

"Your Majesty will take this servant girl..." Wang Chengen agreed.

Not long after, Yang Reform's "toy" was brought.

This is actually a generator.

Two disks with foil attached to them...

Yang Reform is preparing to improve this generator.Then I heard Wang Chengen report: "Your Majesty, Zhang Xianyong, the real Zhengyi, wants to see you."

"Oh, he's here, see you!" Yang Reform put down his work and prepared to meet Zhang Xianyong first.

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Not long after, Zhang Xianyong arrived.

"I see Your Majesty!" Zhang Xianyong saluted with joy.

"Forget it, seeing that the Qing family is so happy today, it must have been a big harvest..." Yang Reform asked.Seeing Zhang Xianyong's happy face, Yang Reform didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Yang Reform was also very depressed. Why did other people start with generators and go directly to hydroelectric generators when they engage in technology, while he had to start from Leiden bottle, have to start with friction electrification?This is more than one level worse, Yang Reform secretly lamented his own life.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, I have finally made some progress..." Zhang Xianyong said happily.

"Oh, what progress?" Yang Reform asked.Although some progress has been made, Yang Reform is still quite depressed. This technology tree has only climbed to the stage of electrostatic generators. Even if there is any progress, how good will it be?It's nothing more than spinning in the circle of static electricity, and there is still a long way to go with industrialized and practical electricity.

"Reporting to Your Majesty! Thanks to Your Majesty, with the hard work of the minister, the discharge can finally be clearer. The discharge is no longer elusive, but continuous..." Zhang Xianyong said excitedly.

"Oh, is that so? Let's take a look..." Yang Reform pretended to be a little happy.It's not that Yang Reform doesn't want to be happy, but that he really can't be happy. There is still a long way to go.

"Follow the order, Your Majesty!" Zhang Xianyong agreed.

After a while, Zhang Xianyong's things were brought in.

This is a triboelectric device.It is divided into two parts, each with a large seat, and there is something on each seat. Yang Reform can see at a glance that one is made of glass rubbed against silk, and the other is made of rosin rubbed with fur..., and then they are respectively connected to the silk and fur. There are copper wires, and the copper wires are close to each other. It seems that this is preparing for a discharge experiment...

Yang Reform sees that.An enlarged version of glass rod friction electrification plus rosin rod friction electrification...

"Your Majesty, please allow me to show it to His Majesty..." Zhang Xianyong said happily. After such a long time of busy work, he was finally able to continue to electrify.

Yang Reform didn't speak, but just waved his hands, letting Zhang Xianyong do it himself.

Zhang Xianyong was very happy and started to use the device.Step on the two seats with your feet, hold a handle in one hand, and start to lift and rub the two electrification devices up and down. One side lifts the glass up and down, and the other side lifts the rosin block up and down.

Yang Reform looked at it, it was very funny... He wanted to laugh, but he couldn't. His own starting point was too low. Yang Reform has been considering whether to give Zhang Xianyong more support, lest he stay here all the time. Now that Yang Reform has seen Zhang Xianyong's "progress", Yang Reform feels that it is necessary to exceed the progress.

Zhang Xianyong rubbed the two electrifying devices with both hands at the same time, not to mention the effect, it does exist, the place where the two copper wires are close seems to be faintly visible, and there is a "pop" sound , it seems to be discharged...

Yang Reform sees that...

Zhang Xianyong had been busy for a long time with "wheezing and wheezing", and then he stopped when he saw that the two copper wires seemed to be discharging.

"...Report, Your Majesty..., this, this is the latest achievement of the minister, using,... using this method, but,... more electricity can be generated by friction,... root..., this, if ...It's even more obvious at night, ...it's not conspicuous during the day..." Zhang Xianyong stammered.

"Not bad, not bad..." Yang Reform nodded, watching Zhang Xianyong pull the two electrifying devices so hard, Yang Reform was not good at pouring cold water on Zhang Xianyong.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment..." Zhang Xianyong worked hard for a while, and finally received a compliment from the emperor, so his hard work was not in vain.

Yang Reform slightly praised Zhang Xianyong.Regarding the electrification device, Yang Reform is going to do it himself. If Zhang Xianyong ponders this matter slowly, he may not expect to make much progress in 100 years.

"By the way, what progress has the Qing family made on how to distinguish between yin and yang and electricity?" Yang Reform asked another question, which was to determine the positive and negative electricity.

Friction between different materials will have different charging effects, and different materials will have different charging effects when rubbing the same object. This result shows that different objects have different binding capabilities for electrons. Under different conditions The power of the lower belt will be different.

This is a profound concept for the current Ming Dynasty, and it may be difficult to understand, but this kind of large-scale experiment is also an indispensable step, which is very helpful for further understanding the performance of electricity.

Of course, Yang Reform didn't expect to discover anything like electrons or nucleons, but just wanted to provide the necessary theoretical support for his next step to develop a generator.Although Yang Reform wants to develop by leaps and bounds, he still has to do it step by step.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, forgive me for your incompetence. At present, I still haven't found out how to distinguish between Yin and Yang electricity. I can only know that between the two, one is Yang electricity and the other is Yin electricity..." Zhang Xianyong said here , getting more frustrated again, originally thought that he would quickly discover the difference between yin and yang and second electricity, but until now, he has not found a way.

"...However, I also found an interesting thing..." Zhang Xianyong has done so many experiments on electricity, and finally found some interesting things, but it is not nothing.

"Oh, tell me..." Yang Reformed.

"...Your Majesty, it is like this. It stands to reason that the glass rod rubbed with silk meets the rosin rod rubbed with fur. After rubbing the glass rod, the glass rod and the rosin rod actually repel each other..." Zhang Xianyong also said doubtfully.

"Oh, so what does this mean?" Yang Reform asked. Although Yang Reform came from a later age, he seemed to know more than Zhang Xianyong by nature, but in fact, he had already returned his things to the teacher, and only his knowledge of electricity was left. Let's do some common sense things, for example, don't touch the wires..., other problems of positive and negative electricity, the strength of electrons and nuclei, I'm at a loss...

"...Your Majesty, this shows that according to the principle of yin and yang attracting each other, either both of them are charged with yang electricity, or both of them are charged with yin electricity... Otherwise, there will be no repulsion between the two..." Zhang Xianyong said in an extremely weird way Said.

"Well, this makes sense..." Yang Reform thought for a while, and said, in fact, Yang Reform didn't know if this was the case at this time, but it was just based on his feeling, since Zhang Xianyong was so sure about this matter, it was basically this matter up.

"...Your Majesty, later, I rubbed the glass rod with other things, and found that after the glass rod was rubbed with rosin, the glass rod was able to attract each other with the rosin rod that had been rubbed with fur..." Zhang Xianyong said of his encounter Strange thing arrived.

Yang Reform has already started to feel dizzy, what are these things?It's really not that simple to engage in technology. If you don't do it yourself, you can't understand these phenomena at all.

"This...is really interesting, that is to say, if the same thing is rubbed by different things, the electricity charged will be different?" Yang Reform said intuitively.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is true that I am also curious... why such a strange thing happened. I have recorded this situation and made a list according to the difference in charge after friction between various objects. Your Majesty, The things in the front rub against the things in the back. If the things in the front are positively charged, the things in the back will be negatively charged... If the things in the front rub against the two things in the back, then this The ones behind are all charged with negative electricity, because the ones in front have to be charged with positive electricity, so when the two things behind are close to each other, they will repel..." Zhang Xianyong said seriously.

Yang Reform was dizzy and dizzy, and Zhang Xianyong had told Yang Reform that he was dizzy.This is what and what...

Yang Reform thought about it for a long time, and finally got a clue, and said: "The Qing family said that the fur is in front of the glass and rosin? So, when the fur rubs against the glass and rosin, the fur at the top is positively charged. And the ones in the back are all charged with negative electricity, and it is only the yin and yang that attract each other, so the glass rod rubbed with fur and the rosin rubbed with fur are both charged with negative electricity?"

Yang Reform finally figured out some clues, and said with difficulty.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is exactly... I think that although it is impossible to determine what is yang electricity and what is yin electricity, it is also an interesting thing. If you can designate the electricity rubbed by the things in front of you as yang electricity, then it will be the same as The rubbing of things arranged in the back can be designated as negative electricity..., different objects rub against different objects, some can be positively charged, and some can be negatively charged, it doesn't matter..." Zhang Xianyong shook his head Said.

Yang Reform's dizziness, this is such a superficial knowledge, and he is so vague.

"This, this matter, let's talk about it later. If the Qing family finds it convenient, you might as well divide it up like this..." Yang Reform said dizzily. It is indeed not easy to participate in scientific research and refine the theory. Logic is on fire.

"The minister leads the decree!" Zhang Xianyong said.

"By the way, what about the arranged watch? Can you bring it?" Yang Reform asked. Although this is not a big discovery, it is definitely a big improvement. Yang Reform, who is groping in the pile of static electricity, will not dislike it. This is progressive.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the minister brought..." Zhang Xianyong seemed to wake up suddenly, said, and then delivered the things he brought.

Wang Chengen took it and passed it on to the emperor.

Yang Reform flipped through it, and it indeed listed the electrification of various substances, and arranged them in an order according to the difference in electrification.Yang Reform took a look.Fur is bigger than glass, glass is bigger than silk, and then wooden strips, rosin... It's a very interesting arrangement, and the exhaustive method is indeed a powerful weapon.

"It's really interesting..." Yang Reform looked at it for a while, and said, seeing this, Yang Reform remembered something.

"...That is to say, the Qing family's electricity does not necessarily have to rub glass against silk, nor does it have to rub fur against rosin, does it?" Yang Reform figured it out and said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is true that as long as two objects with different arrangements are rubbed against each other, electricity can be generated. It is only a matter of the strength of the electricity... You don't have to have glass rub against silk, and you don't have to wear a sweater to verify electricity... ..." Zhang Xianyong said extremely happily, according to the conclusion he has come to now, he can finally let go of the plight of experimenting with a human body, because if the production of electricity cannot be separated from humans, he will not be able to make much progress, because there is no That person could rub him for a quarter of an hour without stopping.

"...It's kind of interesting, it's kind of interesting..." Yang Reform looked at Zhang Xianyong with admiration, but he didn't expect that after Zhang Xianyong got into this line of work, his thinking ability would be greatly improved.

"...Then what is the next step for the Qing family to do?" Yang Reform asked with great interest. Yang Reform remembered that the two disks he made were electrostatic generators, weren't they?Although Zhang Xianyong is still using silk to rub glass, which is still quite a "primitive" method, but Zhang Xianyong is constantly improving. The next step, is it possible that something similar to the generator he is making now should appear?My disc generator doesn't use silk or fur...

Thinking of this, Yang Reform realized that once the seeds of science and technology are planted and flourishing, it does not necessarily need to remove the boulders for these seeds to provide room for growth. The seeds of science can push the boulders by themselves.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the next step is to use other things to make electric things, and no longer use such bulky and friction-resistant things... If the silk and fur are rubbed too heavily, they will ignite. It's dangerous, it's quite dangerous, it's impossible to generate electricity through friction..." Zhang Xianyong said excitedly.

"..." Yang Reform was speechless for a while. He was still worried that Zhang Xianyong's progress was too slow, and even laughed at Zhang Xianyong's methods as too primitive. Now it seems that it may not be so.

"That makes sense. The Qing family is right on point. It's really impossible to supply electricity for a long time by rubbing against silk and fur all the time. Sooner or later, we have to find something durable to replace it... I also heard that the Qing family has found a lot. People wear sweaters and rub against electricity, I heard that a lot of ice cellars have been used? Is there such a thing?” Yang Reform sighed for a while, and asked about this matter again. This matter is now regarded as half of the “laughing stock” in Beijing. up.

That's Zhang Xianyong, he had no choice but to do this. It's really ridiculous to make people wear cotton clothes on a hot day and get electrified by friction.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it won't happen now, I won't use my body to generate electricity by friction..." Zhang Xianyong said hastily.

"...Well, I really hope that the Qing family can find a better way to generate electricity for a longer period of time..." Yang Reform said with a smile.

"Your Majesty will definitely not be disappointed." Zhang Xianyong immediately said enthusiastically, breaking away from the scope of electrification of the human body, of silk and fur, was a big breakthrough for him to create longer-lasting electricity.

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Zhang Xianyong left, watching Zhang Xianyong leave, Yang Reform was slightly disappointed.Thinking back to the past, Zhang Xianyong would definitely ask himself for some "cheats" before he would leave, but today, Zhang Xianyong left in high spirits, without asking himself for "cheats" at all. Obviously, he already had a certain spectrum in his heart , otherwise it wouldn't be like this.

After Zhang Xianyong left, Yang Reform took out his own "toy", a generator made of two discs. This kind of thing actually only appeared in the [-]th century. Yang Reform was still hesitating before, whether he should tell Zhang Xianyong, But now, Zhang Xianyong has been able to "evolve" to this point by himself, and began to seek strong and durable electrification materials... Isn't this his own generator?

Yang Reform thought for a while, then disassembled this thing and threw it into his "toy box".As for the generator, let Zhang Xianyong do it, he may not need to intervene too much in this matter.

Yang Reform is thinking about the problem.

Wang Chengen reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Yansheng is asking to see you."

"Yan Shenggong? Kong Yinzhi?" Yang Reformed his mind for a while before remembering who this is. He felt strange, why did Kong Yinzhi come to him?Could it be that Zhang Xianyong is too prosperous, feeling unbalanced?
"Reporting to Your Majesty, that's right!" Wang Chengen agreed affirmatively.

"See you!" Yang Reform said immediately without thinking too much.

"Slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen agreed, and then went to work.

After a while, Kong Yinzhi arrived.

"I see Your Majesty!" Kong Yinzhi was respectful and still meticulous.

"Excuse me, sit down..." Yang Reform motioned Kong Yinzhi to sit down.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Kong Yinzhi sat down politely again.

Yang Reform took a look at Kong Yinzhi, and saw a lot of things in Kong Yinzhi's eyes. Most of Kong Yinzhi's eyes were respectful and cautious, but there was some confusion, puzzlement, and fear. Panic, even resentment.

What is in a person's heart can be revealed through the eyes, and even those who know how to hide will more or less miss it.

"The Qing family came to see me, but is there something wrong?" Yang Reform asked, seeing clearly what was in Kong Yinzhi's eyes, Yang Reform had roughly understood what Kong Yinzhi was thinking.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have some doubts, and I hope Your Majesty will not hesitate to explain..." Kong Yinzhi said cautiously and respectfully.

"Oh, what's the problem? The Qing family might as well come and take a look..." Yang Reform asked, looking at Kong Yinzhi who was cautious, Yang Reform had already seen his heart through his skin.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is the case. Recently, the demonstration of electricity in the capital is very popular. I don't understand. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for Daming? Is this too bizarre? Is it worth it for my Ming?" Immerse yourself in it up and down?" Kong Yinzhi asked a few questions in a cautious manner, and there was a lot of thorn in his words.

After hearing this, Yang Reform's first feeling was that he had bones.

Isn't Kong Yinzhi a soft bone?Why do you feel bones in his words now?Thinking about it, I immediately understood that the whole Ming Dynasty was engaged in "scientific research", and the stubborn forces who left behind the old and the young and refused to make progress would definitely rebound. This Kong Yinzhi was probably a flagpole they raised again.

"That's right! Then I asked the Qing family, what do the Qing family think about this matter?" Yang Reform wanted to understand the purpose of Kong Yinzhi's visit, and asked with a smile, Kong Yinzhi was conveying pressure and dissatisfaction to himself again, The pressure is those old-fashioned forces, and the dissatisfaction may come from himself.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that this matter may be beneficial, and Zhang Zhenren's spells may be really exquisite, but I think that you must not play with things and lose your mind. The civil and military people of the whole dynasty are not involved in it. Your Majesty, this..." Kong Yinzhi said.

"Well, what the Qing family said is reasonable. Indeed, a courtier should behave like a courtier. It is indeed not appropriate to participate in these matters too much. It is better to leave these matters to Zhenren Zhang and Yousi. Of course, For these fresh foods, the ministers should also know about them, otherwise, they will not be able to keep up with the times!" Yang Reform said, now Yang Reform does not have to compromise with others everywhere, but can make others compromise with himself. It's the same, and the attitude is different.

"Your Majesty is right..." Kong Yinzhi said immediately, the emperor seemed to give in, but in reality, there was no concession at all. Those things that are playful and harmful to his Confucianism will still prevail, and he, Kong Yinzhi, can't stop it. These things happen.Now Taoist Zhang Xianyong's reputation is catching up with the saints, and he has a huge reputation in the court and the public. It is not so easy to deal with Zhang Xianyong, not to mention that there is an emperor standing behind him.

"That's why the Qing family came today?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have something to ask His Majesty about today..." Having said this somewhat unpleasant matter, Zhang Xianyong quickly corrected his attitude and prepared to talk about his own affairs, showing more respect.

"Oh, what's the matter?" Yang Reform asked.

"Your Majesty, I got your Majesty's advice earlier, and learned a lot from the four characters of people's livelihood and civil rights. Now I want to ask Your Majesty, what else do I need to understand?" Kong Yinzhi asked, what he said now The matter is his own business. The emperor promised him to become a saint, but Zhang Xianyong is getting more and more beautiful, and he is getting closer and closer to the saint. The meaning of Zhang Xianyong's suppression is not only that he has not stepped forward to the saint, but also Confucianism and Confucianism have been suppressed by Taoism and Zhang Xianyong, but they are farther away from the saint's. However, the position of the sage in his family is also in danger, and the position of the Kong family is also in danger.

"This..." Yang Reform pondered.It's not that he doesn't understand what Kong Yinzhi wants, and it's not that he doesn't understand what Kong Yinzhi thinks in his heart.In fact, there is a way that Yang Reform designed for Kong Yinzhi, but it is by no means convenient to say it now. To confess to Kong Yinzhi frankly, it must be repaired before the human altar can be said. Now, it is really impossible to give Kong Yinzhi Get to the bottom of it, otherwise, this person will talk too much, and I'm afraid it will affect the construction of the Human Altar.

Yang Reform thought about it for a while, and he already knew that it was not suitable to confess to Kong Yinzhi at this time, and he would have to fool him for a while.

(End of this chapter)