Chapter 44 Knowledge is the beginning of action, and action is the achievement of knowledge
Zhu Yijun led his ministers to his nursery. At this moment, he stood in the light and made the Ming Dynasty great again, starting from the nursery.
Zhu Yijun led the ministers to a container filled with water. This was a device with a somewhat weird shape.
It is only half a foot in size. At the bottom is a glass bubble the size of an egg. The glass bubble is in the water. Above the glass bubble is a glass tube as thick as a finger. Above the glass tube is a wooden stopper. On the wooden stopper is A long, thin glass tube was inserted, about the thickness of three or four needles.
The entire device is filled with water, and the slender glass tube above the cork is marked with a scale.
“This is a thermometer, specially designed to measure temperature. I asked people to record the temperature of the glass bubble immersed in the ice-water mixture. I measured the height of the water surface in the slender glass tube and recorded it as 0; I soaked the glass bubble in boiling water. , measure the height of the water surface in the slender glass tube, record it as 100. Then divide it into one hundred equal parts." Zhu Yijun introduced his first small invention, measuring temperature.
This device is extremely crude, but it is already the best thermometer that Zhu Yijun could make in the first year of Wanli. He cannot record sub-zero temperatures, because sub-zero water will freeze and freeze the test tubes. This device is temporarily It is enough. If you have a high concentration of alcohol in the future, you can replace the water in the glass with alcohol and try to measure the subzero temperature.
It’s not that Zhu Yijun didn’t expect mercury, that is, mercury, which is not in short supply in the royal family, but Zhu Yijun didn’t have a good way to solve the problem of mercury volatilization. Mercury vapor is not only poisonous to people, but may also cause harm to seedlings.
As for the research and development of thermometers, Zhu Yijun will not stop, but he will move forward step by step.
This less accurate thermometer records in detail the temperature at which potatoes and sweet potatoes turn green and germinate. This provides a reference for the cultivation of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the north. It will also be used when promoting the cultivation of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the future. Be able to make sense.
The fire room is a seedling room, and there is also a thermometer outside the fire room. When the Qingming Festival is approaching, potatoes begin to germinate. Outside the fire room is the control group. Under the two-phase correspondence, Daming obtained the germination temperature of potatoes and sweet potatoes, which is five to eight degrees. After germination, they will thrive only when the temperature further rises to about 15 degrees.
Zhu Yijun talked eloquently to the ministers and introduced the harvest of the glass fire chamber nursery.
Ge Shouli's jaw almost dropped in surprise. He stared blankly for a long time and said dullly: "Your Majesty's fantastic idea is really ingenious."
Thermal expansion Cold shrinkage is actually not that unusual. As early as the pre-Qin Dynasty, Li Bing and his son used thermal expansion and cold contraction to crack mountains and crack rocks when treating floods. However, taking this thermal expansion and cold contraction to such an extreme is a completely fantastic idea, and the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty They realized the little emperor's whims.
Actually, this is degree bypass, or mathematical thinking to be precise.
The thermometer is just a small design of his, and in the fire room of more than half an acre, there are thousands of small boxes with glass lids. Each of these small glass boxes contains a seedling, and these The seedlings are lush and green and look full of vitality.
"Scholar Xu." Zhu Yijun shouted, indicating to Xu Zhenming to introduce the functions of these small boxes.
Xu Zhenming had no idea that His Majesty the Emperor would bring the Ming Dynasty courtiers to visit. He was not prepared at all. When the Emperor called him, he was still observing the situation of the seedlings. He turned around blankly and hurried over. Only when he was in front of everyone did he remember that he wanted to pay tribute to the emperor.
"This is raising seedlings, pinch the tip, tip it up..." After a while of fussing, Xu Zhenming got stuck. He was unprepared, so he didn't know how to make a summary.
Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Zhenming's honest and courteous face, and was so angry that he was usually eloquent, so it was useless to ask him to perform or give him a chance.
Zhu Yijun interrupted Xu Zhenming's words and motioned Xu Zhenming to step aside. It was better for him to answer the question. He smiled and said: "This is a seedling box. Water chestnuts, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops grown using tubers accumulate toxins from generation to generation, leading to The yield is getting lower from generation to generation, how to get rid of the virus? "
"The old farmer who grows water chestnuts told me that if you can pinch off the tips and plant seedlings, the yield will be much higher. Each plant is pinched and sent to the fire room over there. After growing for fifteen days, it is taken out. "
"The soil in the seedling box is all steam-fumigated soil. To prevent the pinched points from being poisoned.”
Zhu Yijun did not enter the fire room. The temperature inside was around 38 to 40 degrees. This was high-temperature passivation. This was Xu Zhenming’s idea. It was actually green tea. During the preparation process of green tea, in order to stop the fermentation of green tea, it is cured by various methods such as steaming, blanching and drying.
Xu Zhenming thinks it is all poison. Can the poison be reduced by killing it?
However, the seedlings will die if the temperature is high, and of little use if the temperature is low. Finally, after repeated experiments and determination, the specific range was determined.
Xu Zhenming succeeded. The new seedlings grown from the seedling box had plumper leaves than the old seedlings outside that had not been cured, and there were no symptoms such as yellowing or ulceration. This made Xu Zhenming particularly excited.
Zhu Yijun took a box of seedlings in the seedling box and picked up another box. This box had not been cured, that is, it had not been passivated by high temperature. He lifted it up and placed it on the table. On the table, the little emperor smiled and said: "The difference is huge."
The courtiers pointed around the two seedling boxes and talked a lot. The little emperor was engaged in farming and mulberry farming, and he actually produced such results. Judging from this posture, it seems that they are really planning to plant it, rather than just showing off.
The court officials thought that the Ming Emperor's Baoqi Hall was just a symbol of the emperor's emphasis on farming and mulberry. Even during the harvest, not much was harvested. Don't the eunuchs in charge of the ceremony? Can you buy? Plant the potatoes and sweet potatoes you bought into the ground, and when they are harvested, do you shout out auspiciousness?
In the Baoqi Hall of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the Qi is two, which means two ears of wheat are grown on one wheat, which is regarded as auspicious.
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, in order to please the emperor, the eunuchs collected double-headed wheat ears from the people and secretly planted them at night in the fields in front of the Baoqi Palace of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. When they were harvested, all the fields were full of It's one wheat with two ears. Everyone comes to congratulate and praise, God bless the Song Dynasty.
The court officials of the Ming Dynasty were gradually involved in the position of Duke Ming. Everyone was a fox for thousands of years. Of course, they could see through this trick. Therefore, in the eyes of most courtiers, the marriage to Nongsang was just a replica of Song Renzong [Qimai Xiangrui].
It’s just to fool the emperor. If the ministers fool the emperor, won’t the eunuchs fool them?
What the courtiers didn’t expect was that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty actually stopped using such tricks and started practicing them! The two boxes in front of you are placed in the sun, and you can see the difference at a glance. They are the result of hard work.
Zhang Juzheng and Xu Zhenming were talking to the side, mostly Xu Zhenming was talking and Zhang Ju was listening.
Xu Zhenming mainly talked about what the little emperor did. Ninety-nine percent of the hard work was done. Before the little emperor came to Baoqi Hall, Xu Zhenming arranged for people to finish it. There was only a little bit of work. , will be specially left to the little emperor after he practices martial arts.
Not dangerous, not dirty, not tiring, and very engaging.
"Will Your Majesty come here every day?" Zhang Juzheng asked a very strange question.
Xu Zhenming didn't know why Yuan Fu asked such a question. He said quite accurately: "It rained the day before yesterday, and your Majesty also came. Your Majesty comes every day."
Zhang Juzheng held his hands, clenched his fists, and looked at The back view of the little emperor. The little emperor is not messing around, and he has no intention of giving up halfway. He is ambitious, has the world in mind and perseveres. He is a wise king, a virtuous master, and a warrior.
For the first time, Zhang Juzheng had the feeling that the revival of the Ming Dynasty was not just a mirror image, this feeling was extremely certain and real.
"You did a good job. This is the badge of the Quanchu Guild Hall. Take it and don't lose it, and don't lend it to others. If you have something to do in the future, come to the Quanchu Guild Hall to look for me." Zhang Juzheng said without leaving a trace. He took a waist badge from his waist and handed it to Xu Zhenming.
"Thank you Yuanfu for your appreciation!" Xu Zhenming was extremely surprised and bowed to Zhang Juzheng. It is not just about money, but also about ability. Having ability is not enough, but also about connections.
To this day, Xu Zhenming still doesn’t know why she was recommended by Zhang Juzheng to serve as a bachelor at the emperor’s side, and now she has become a disciple of Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng said gently: "Bing Jing, Tan Jing, there is no need to think of a way, you don't have that way, just work well by His Majesty's side, plant the land well, and never let anyone destroy it. His Majesty's farming affairs, whether it is eunuchs, Tiqi, Xunwei, people with swords or old farmers, are absolutely not allowed."
Zhang Juzheng knew that some people did not want to see the emperor achieve great results in farming. No one will stop him from playing the trick of "Qimai Xiangrui", but if the emperor puts it into practice and really wants to produce results, some people will be unhappy and will interfere with it.
Because if there are really results, it will solidify the foundation of imperial power.
Xu Zhenming is actually not good at exploiting, let alone corruption and bending the law. He pays filial piety twice a year for two thousand taels of silver. Xu Zhenming is a Jinshi who carries a bamboo book box. Where can he find two thousand taels of silver a year? Filial piety?
Zhang Juzheng exempted him from filial piety, as long as he did what he was best at, farming, and took good care of these ten acres of land.
Growing potatoes and sweet potatoes well can really produce more than a thousand catties per mu, and it can also add some vitality to the weak state affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhang Juzheng and Xu Zhenming, but did not stop them or interrupt them. If Xu Zhenming wanted to do something, he had to get someone's name. Zhang Juzheng was willing to accept it, which was Xu Zhenming's opportunity.
When you come out to hang out, you need to focus on strength, and more importantly, power. For at least ten years, Zhang Juzheng will be the biggest backer of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun pointed to the roots in the seedling box and said: "There are many things to pay attention to in this nursery. After the tubers germinate, cut a potato or sweet potato into two or three parts, then dip it in some plant ash and leave it to dry for a quarter of an hour. , can be put into the seedling box. This step cannot be omitted. If the plant ash is omitted, the seedlings will easily get sick.”
“The first time we cut into pieces, we had no experience and ended up cutting a hundred pieces. More than two hundred seedlings came out, and more than a hundred died."
"Fortunately, I found the right way."
"Mr. Yuanfu taught me that there is no way to do things. Qualitative, only doing half of everything, shrinking when encountering difficulties, will lose the courage to face difficulties and become timid. This is not perseverance. Once a person is timid, nothing will be accomplished. ”
Yang Bo has always said. After being silent, His Majesty showed some of his achievements with a little complacency, and then said sincerely: "Knowledge is the beginning of action, and action is the completion of knowledge! The true and true nature of knowledge is action; action requires clear awareness and careful attention. That’s it. Your Majesty’s knowledge and actions are united. I congratulate you on the great Ming Dynasty!”
Zhu Yijun was stunned and asked seriously: “What do you mean?”
Everyone looked at Zhang Juzheng next to them. The feast was Zhang Juzheng's exclusive business. At this time, His Majesty asked Yang Bo, the leader of the Jin Party, but looking at Zhang Juzheng's posture, it seemed that he had no intention of stopping him.
Zhang Juzheng’s expression was extremely peaceful.
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