Chapter 121 Enlightenment
It happened that at this time, Wang Yangming came with a group of people, and first came to Zhu Houzhao to salute:
"I have met your Majesty! Your Majesty, you came too early, and I still had time to greet you. I hope your Majesty will forgive me!"
"It doesn't matter, men should go to school early."
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, then turned back to look at Yan Song: "Teacher Yan, please invite me first."
At this time, Yan Song was so frightened that he lost his true soul. After a long while, he asked tremblingly: "You, are you your Majesty?"
Zhu Houzhao wanted to imitate Xia Yan and wave his fan, but found that he didn't bring a fan, so he had to take his hand back: "It's true!"
"Your Majesty! I am guilty! I am really blind! I actually violated His Majesty's holy authority!"
Yan Song was busy making a grand ceremony.
"Get up. He who doesn't know is not guilty. I came here incognito today. It's not surprising that you don't know."
As Zhu Houzhao spoke, he looked at Wang Yangming and ordered: "Let the ceremony begin!"
Zhu Houzhao took the seat in the middle first as he spoke.
At this time, Wang Yangming also began to announce the official opening of Capital University, and asked Zhang Cong and Xia Yan:
"Now at Capital University, there are liberal arts, science, engineering, and medicine. Which subject will you two choose?"
"Liberal Arts!"
Both of them replied without hesitation. After all, in this era, literature was valued over martial arts. Although they did not know why there was no martial arts, there was no doubt that liberal arts was the most worthwhile.
Zhu Houzhao thought that there were only two students in total, so there was no need to choose subjects from the beginning, so he immediately said: "From now on, you will learn every subject every day! It's just you two students anyway. You can choose by yourself after you master the basic knowledge of each subject." Favorite or best subject ”
"What your Majesty said is extremely true, and it can be said to be a commanding statement. A person's learning lies in being refined and broad, not narrow and broad!"
Yan Song hurriedly smiled and agreed.
Zhu Houzhao just smiled slightly, and then led Wang Shouren and others outside the main hall of the Capital University. When they arrived at the screen wall at the main entrance, Zhu Houzhao sat down directly on the ground and asked: "You know, in order to rule the world, the most important thing is What is it? ”
"Decisive!"
Zhang Cong replied.
"What you said is wrong, it's knowledge!"
Xia Yan immediately denied Zhang Cong's statement.
"Tao Lue!" Wang Yangming replied.
Yan Song smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, is it your ambition?"
Zhu Houzhao shook his head, stood up, patted his calf, and turned his waist:
"What you are saying is wrong, it's about the body! A healthy and strong body is the most important thing!"
With that said, Zhu Houzhao ordered: "Wang Shouren, Yan Song, Zhang Cong, Xia Yan, run with me!"
After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he ran away first.
Everyone had to obey the order, so Wang Shouren followed first.
Yan Song also hurriedly started running.
Zhang Cong and Xia Yan are no exception.
So, the five monarchs and ministers started running in the capital university and the royal garden.
The sun was rising slowly at this time, the thick clouds were inlaid with brilliant light, and white beads of sweat gradually appeared on the foreheads of Zhu Houzhao and others.
After running around, Zhu Houzhao stopped, breathing heavily, looked at Wang Shouren, Yan Song and others who also stopped behind him, and smiled.
Yan Song has always felt that what he is best at is dealing with people. No matter whether the person is smart or stupid, he can make the person feel like a spring breeze when getting along with him. However, he did not expect that he would stumble in front of the emperor. He said that the emperor was murderous and very rude, so he regretted it now and wanted to improve his image in front of Zhu Houzhao.
Therefore, as soon as Yan Song stopped in front of Zhu Houzhao, he stretched out his hand and gasped: "Your Majesty is right, physical fitness is the most important. The sage said that a gentleman should practice six arts, etiquette, music, archery, chariot and calligraphy. , number, these are also indispensable, shooting and imperialism are especially important, otherwise how can we bring peace to the world? ”
Wang Shouren glanced at Yan Song and just smiled.
Xia Yan, on the other hand, slandered with some disdain: "Flattery!"
Zhang Cong was old and weak. He was just panting and unable to explain.
When Zhu Houzhao saw what Yan Song said, he patted Yan Song on the shoulder: "In that case, let's run another lap! His body is barbaric but his spirit is civilized!"
Zhu Houzhao often exercises and runs in the palace, and he is also young, so there is no pressure to run another lap.
Wang Yangming has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he also likes to run all over famous mountains and rivers, and there is no pressure.
Yan Song, Zhang Cong, and Xia Yan, the three literati, felt a little bit more pressure.
Especially Yan Song. He has been treated a bit harshly by his wife in the past few days, and his physical strength is even more exhausted. Now that he saw Zhu Houzhao ordering another lap, he couldn't help but groan, thinking that he just wanted to take a more natural photo. It's just flattery, but I didn't want to make myself run another lap.
But there was nothing he could do about it. Yan Song had to fill the hole he dug himself, gritting his teeth and holding tears in his eyes. He had to follow Zhu Houzhao with another sentence: "Your Majesty's words are very good. They can be said to be good words passed down through the ages!"
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After finishing his run, Zhu Houzhao took Wang Yangming and four others to the public shower room of Capital University to take a bath and change into clean clothes.
After everyone had changed their clothes, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said:
"This is just the beginning. I have ordered Qiu Yue, the commander of the capital, to return to the capital. He will first be responsible for the military training of the students of your capital university! The so-called military training is to make you both civil and military. Although you are a scholar, you must also have military talent!
You will be given three months of professional archery training, and this will be the norm at the Capital University in the future. Except for those who are really weak or disabled, all freshmen who start school every year must undergo training. ”
When Zhu Houzhao said this, both Zhang Cong and Xia Yan exclaimed in surprise and regretted signing up to study at Capital University.
"Military training is good! Nothing can be made without polishing it. Your Majesty's so-called military training is actually a good strategy. Originally, each academy also had a subject of archery, but most of them were neglected. Now the Capital University is naturally different from other schools. Only when there is an example like this can we train Use your talents to govern the army and your people!”
Yan Song first agreed, and then took the opportunity to flatter Zhu Houzhao.
"Although Yan Qing is young, his physique is not strong and he lacks exercise. Let's participate in the training together. I will supervise the military training freshmen camp with you!"
Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.
Yan Song opened his mouth wide. He did not expect that His Majesty would ask him to follow the training. He originally thought that he was just a training student so he echoed, so now he regretted it and thought that he was talking too much, but even though he was not happy in his heart, he said He also said he was willing: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will train you well!"
Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly and didn't say much. He just said: "Let's go, I will give you a day of classes today, liberal arts first." Because the emperor was giving lectures, these people were also interested.
After Zhu Houzhao arrived at the liberal arts classroom of Capital University, he asked Wang Yangming and others to sit down. However, they could not accept the emperor's way of standing and sitting in front of him, so they still stood in front of Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao did not force it. After walking up to the podium, he picked up a charcoal pen and wrote the topic of the lecture on the blackboard on the plastered wall:
"An Invisible Hand and the Red Line of Empire Collapse"
Wang Yangming, Yan Song, Zhang Cong and others, after seeing Zhu Houzhao writing down the topic, they immediately turned their attention to Zhu Houzhao's topic.
This was the first time for Wang Yangming and others to see such a topic and such a lecture method. They were all thinking, in which Confucian classics has this sentence been written? Why is this sentence marked with strange coincidences? Why is this sentence so clear, and what does it mean? Did Zhu Xi comment on it?
Everyone was confused and confused, and it was hard to say anything for a while, because Zhu Houzhao had already started giving a lecture.
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At the end of the class, Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, while Wang Yangming, Yan Song, Tang Bohu, Zhang Cong, Xia Yan and others below were all stunned.
"Do you understand?" Zhu Houzhao asked.
Everyone didn't know whether to shake their heads or nod, but Yan Song spoke first: "What your Majesty said was unique and interesting. I was very enlightened after listening to it, but I didn't quite understand it!"
Zhang Cong stood up and cupped his hands and said: "May I ask, Your Majesty, where did what you just said come from? Whose words are they? Do you have a book? I want to see it!"
Wang Yangming also stood up at this time and said:
"Your Majesty! I would like to ask...
"Your Majesty! I would like to ask...
"Your Majesty! I would like to ask...
Wang Yangming asked so many questions that Zhu Houzhao was so frightened that he ran out of the classroom: "Don't ask questions yet. I will explain slowly later. I will take you to study science."
Wang Yangming and everyone had no choice but to follow Zhu Houzhao out.
Only Xia Yan did not follow him. Instead, he picked up a pen and paper directly from the podium and started writing. He relied on his good memory to write out exactly what Zhu Houzhao had just said.
In the science classroom, Zhu Houzhao had asked Qiu Ju to bring out several convex lenses made of glass, and the original telescope and microscope composed of glass mirrors. He showed them and said:
"The science I set up is to explore the principles of all things. I have limited time and will briefly explain. For example, if you use this convex lens to read the Analects, the characters will become larger, and you can use this telescope to see farther. Don't you believe it? You can try it”
When Zhu Houzhao said this, Wang Yangming and others curiously picked up these equipment and tried them, and everyone was stunned.
"Why is this? Why can this glass make words larger? What's so magical about it?"
"The same goes for this glass. You can actually see farther. The trees over there seem to be pulled closer!"
"Your Majesty, I dare to ask what the reason is. This is really incomprehensible!"
Seeing that everyone was like a group of primary school students, Zhu Houzhao had to patiently pick up a beaker and drink some water:
"These are the principles of using light. Light has the principle of reflection and refraction. Look, I inserted this pen into the glass filled with water. From the outside, does it look like the pen has become bent, as if it has been broken? ? ”
Zhu Houzhao said and took out the brush again: "But it is actually complete and has not been broken."
"This is really eye-opening! Is this the philosophy of Mohism?" Yan Song asked in surprise.
Wang Yangming has been thinking hard.
Zhu Houzhao only said at this time: "These are the principles of light. Regardless of whether the Mohists have mentioned it or not, to be precise, they are the principles of existence. As long as it is light, it has this principle, just like people also have their own principles. However, it is not an easy task to find out the truth of all things, and we must pay attention to methods;
Wang Shouren studied bamboo to understand the truth before, but why he didn't realize it was because he only looked at bamboo and didn't know how to understand bamboo carefully, how it grows, what it is, what it can be used for, whether it can be used to make clothes, or You can also make paper or bamboo tube rice!
The same is true for this light. We also have to understand it. Why can it be seen through glass but not through wood? Why can the brush break when it is inserted into the water? But in fact, the brush is not broken. It can be seen with the eyes. is not necessarily true. ”
Zhu Houzhao said, "Now let me show you engineering!"
Zhu Houzhao personally took a group of people to the soap workshop of the Royal Industrial Company. After showing everyone around, he said:
"This is what engineering is used for. Using oil, lime and water, through various methods, you can turn it into soap that can wash clothes cleanly, and even make people's skin cleaner. Why does lime directly It will burn your hands when washed, but it will not hurt after being made into soap. This is also reasonable! If you use the principle of all things well, you can benefit the people. ”
The group of people said nothing. They had never thought about this before, and they felt as if Zhu Houzhao had opened up a new world for them.
"Next is medicine. Medicine is similar to engineering and science. They are all based on the principles of all things. Today I will not talk about pharmacology and observation, hearing and inquiry. I am not as good as those doctors."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao asked from the water in the stream nearby: "Is this water clear and can you drink it?"
Zhang Cong said hurriedly: "Of course you can drink it. This is mountain spring water from Jingshan. It can nourish the five internal organs."
"Then drink it and show it to me." Zhu Houzhao handed it to Zhang Cong.
Zhang Cong drank it without hesitation and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this water is really sweet and will quench your thirst."
Zhu Houzhao asked everyone else to drink some, and Wang Yangming and others also drank to quench their thirst without hesitation. At this time, Zhu Houzhao took out a piece of glass, dropped a drop of water from the glass on the glass piece, and handed it to Zhang Cong and pointed at it. A relatively primitive microscope: "Put it on that table and look through the hole on it."
Zhang Cong immediately obeyed, but after a while, his eyes widened: "There are insects in the water!"
"No!"
Yan Song had just finished drinking. He picked up the glass and looked at it, then confirmed it again and said.
Zhu Houzhao asked Zhang Cong to take another drop and look at it. Zhang Cong looked at it and said: "It's amazing! It's really weird! It turns out that there are things that cannot be seen by the naked eye, and they are not dead things, but living things. I don't know these living things." Why does the substance not make people sick when it enters the human body? To be honest with you, I often drink mountain spring water and have never gotten sick from it.”
Others came to see one after another, and they were all shocked.
"This is what medicine needs to grasp. Although those tiny living things can enter the human body through the human mouth, human saliva and the acid in the stomach can inhibit or kill them! And some of them are not harmful to the human body. It is harmful or even beneficial. You will understand it when you study and research more in the future.”
Zhu Houzhao said.
At this time, Wang Yangming walked up to Zhu Houzhao again:
"Your Majesty! I would like to ask...
"Your Majesty! I would like to ask...
"Your Majesty! I would like to ask...
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The protagonist’s lineup now has three assistants and one saint. This lineup is quite strong. There will be no worries about later reforms. Book friends who are familiar with the Ming Dynasty should know how awesome these four people were in the Ming Dynasty.
(End of chapter)