Chapter 1488 The Mystery of Civilization
Innovation is the most troublesome thing.
In every unified feudal dynasty, in the middle and late stages, someone will try to innovate.
However, the most successful ones can only extend the life of the dynasty by a few decades, and in the end it becomes difficult to recover, and another cycle of chaos begins.
The Yuanshi Rebellion is just a prelude.
Later, Lu Zhizhi, the Queen Mother, realized where the real trouble was.
Right at her feet, inside and outside the capital.
“The Queen Mother, Liu Yuanwai outside the capital, asked her thugs to smash up the Western-style school opened in the town, thinking it violated the laws of the ancestors.”
“Wang Xiucai ridiculed Those who studied Western learning were all libertines who failed to pass the imperial examinations, which caused conflicts. "
"A group of old boys and girls united to kneel down in front of the saint's statue, crying that all Western scholars were forgetful of their ancestors. "
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"Are they all sick?" Lu Zhi didn't understand what these people were thinking.
Has it really harmed their interests?
No, firstly, we did not ask for their land, and secondly, we did not increase their taxes.
No one dared to look up and answer.
“Go down.” Lu Zhi waved his hand.
Maoqiu answered her question: "People always habitually hide in their comfort zone, just like modern programmers arguing for various languages. Everyone hopes that the language they are proficient in can be promoted. In this case, it will not Additional learning costs will be required.”
Lu Zhi was silent.
Only then did she understand where the real resistance lay. There were not many people in the court who needed Western learning.
Unless it hurts to the bone, the human heart will not change and will always choose the simplest way to do it.
Just like why Westerners can develop science, it’s because if they don’t develop it, they will starve to death and cannot survive. It is impossible to feed people just by relying on barren land. They must go to the ocean through the ocean. The other side transports wheat and grains.
Her reforms were doomed to fail.
She had no idea that in Wen Rensheng's previous life, the Qing Dynasty had been beaten like that, and most people still didn't want to change.
What's more, the current imperial court is still in the middle stage, and it is still more than a hundred years away from being completely finished.
For more than a hundred years, it has been determined that people will only regard Western learning as a fun thing to have, rather than a necessity for survival.
People do not have the motivation to learn Western learning urgently, only a small number of people do.
Just like in the last years of the Ming Dynasty in the previous life, a handful of laudable scholar-bureaucrats actively studied Western learning in an attempt to use Western methods to save the dying Ming Dynasty.
It is a pity that they are not cheating time travelers after all. The accumulated Western power is really difficult to match the old forces. The imported Western cannons have instead become the destroyer of the dynasty.
“What should I do?” Lu Zhi said with a headache.
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“What should the Queen Mother do to solve the problem of innovative power she faces without using extraordinary power?” Wen Rensheng was at home, Got the same problem for everyone.
Zhao Han, Wu Shanshan, Wang Wenwen and other girls frowned. This kind of historical issue is a headache for them.
Wen Rende, Wu Liansong, and Li Shuangyue were quite interested and started talking to each other.
“It’s not easy, just give me money.” Xiao Huan answered quickly.
Thanks to the Queen Mother who no longer listens to politics behind the curtain, she finally doesn’t have to fan herself.
“Now that we’ve come to an idea, who’s going to pay?” Wen Rensheng asked.
"She is the Queen Mother. She ordered the ministers to hand over their family's money, and she will give it to those who study Western learning." Xiao Huan continued.
Everyone laughed.
The thinking of a child is that it is enough to be a senior official. Little did he know that when it came to money, it would not be easy even if the emperor came.
“In the court of Empress Dowager Lu, the only place where Western learning could make money was through its use in navigation. However, the most important force in the court was the big landowners. They had huge land income. They will not engage in extremely risky voyages. Only some landowners along the coast will do this. After they are done, they are keen to buy land instead of continuing to develop trade." Wen Rende analyzed seriously.
Wen Rensheng nodded silently. In this world, Dongzhou did not have in-depth historical and political education. After all, there was a huge variable called aliens.
So after excluding the aliens, on a new planet with only a very small number of mysterious powers, how society will evolve is not clear to the people around me. Only he knows best.
The birth of science is not inevitable, but accidental.
No civilization can give birth to science after a long period of development.
The planet he simulated deliberately chose a protagonist and introduced the script of the past life. After more than ten reincarnations, science can be born.
Just as he was thinking about it, the mysterious seed that had been motionless for a long time suddenly gave him a reminder, which almost missed him——
"The mystery of civilization: Is the birth of rationality accidental or inevitable? This is a question. Question. Remember the game simulator? "
"Mysterious composition:?"
How long has it been since the mysterious seed prompt was triggered?
Wen Rensheng recalled it and found that it must have been a long time ago.
I made a profit this time. Solving an incident can also solve an incident a long time ago.
He had known something about the ambition of the game simulator before. The other party wanted to master the power of time reversal.
This reversal refers to the entire universe, not a certain planet that he plays like a house.
Of course, his Wen Rensheng's playing tricks are already at the level of the Creator in the eyes of ordinary extraordinary people.
But it's nothing compared to the ambitions of game emulators.
After all, in a small galaxy, the number of planets is measured in billions.
But the Mysterious Seed has never given any hint of completion of the mission. It was only today that I saw the possibility of completion.
Yes, the evolution of civilization is an important part of the universe.
With civilization, the originally empty universe without any observers has been given the meaning of existence.
Game simulators have created many secondary worlds, but those worlds are too illusory and unreal.
In the real universe, the water in civilization is too deep and it cannot be grasped.
It wants to master the evolution of civilization... This should be another component of its ambition.
As long as you wait for the evolution of civilization to end and see if the event is completed, you will know whether your guess is correct.
I hope that the upper limit of the mystery will be doubled again. No, I am too courageous. Why is it not squared?
Square is a bit exaggerated, multiplying by LOG(N) will do.
Thinking of this, Wen Rensheng cheered up and paid great attention to it.
"Hey, Lao Wen, your state has suddenly changed?" Xiao Huan said in surprise.
“Because this is a matter that concerns hundreds of millions of lives, and we will encounter it again in the future. Look at the residents outside. They are part of civilization, and they are also working hard to push civilization forward, and It’s not just us.”
Wen Rensheng said and opened the window.
Everyone looked up, and the scene in the city came into view as if it was refracted.
Office workers walking fast, old people taking a leisurely break, crying children...
Shopping malls with people coming and going, assembly lines going up and down, crematoriums transporting things in and out...
People live hard in the city, living a short but real life from birth to death.
They have death, and even Wen Rensheng did not interfere with this death. Because of this, they appear real.
The family members were silent.
At the same time, I felt an indescribable feeling. People outside were living so truly, but they were discussing the evolution of civilization for hundreds of millions of people, which seemed a bit false.
(End of this chapter)