What Zhao Kai calls the "method of studying things" pioneered by Yue Fei is actually the "simple induction method" and the "hypothetical deduction method".
For example, in the process of "barreling artillery", Yue Fei discovered that when the number of propellants, projectile weight, and caliber were exactly the same, the longer the barrel was cast, the farther the projectile was fired, and the trajectory was more stable.
Of course, Yue Fei could not conduct unlimited experiments. He only used bronze cannons with a weight of five kilograms as the main observation objects. He cast casserole cannons with three diameters of 12 times, 15 times, and 18 times, and passed dozens of tests. Shooting, we came to the conclusion that "the longer the barrel, the farther the range."
This is a simple induction! It looks very simple, but it is actually very simple, so simple that it is easy to be ignored. However, the Xuanwu City Artillery School and Xuanwu City Artillery Factory chaired by Yue Fei carried out experiments very formally based on Zhao Kai's suggestion - there were records, accounts, data, and observation reports, and they had to be repeatable.
Moreover, the experiments that the artillery school and gun foundry need to conduct are definitely more than just "exploring the relationship between barrel length and range." Instead, there are countless experiments to be conducted! Because artillery is an emerging branch of the army, it is almost blank. It is impossible to obtain relevant knowledge from books and there is no way to ask for advice from masters.
Everything has to rely on experiments, which is actually a method of investigating things - an empirical research method! However, it was Zhao Kai who proposed this method, not Yue Fei, but Zhao Kai knew that he was not the "original" one, but copied it from later generations, so he did not dare to call himself a great Confucian. If the people below must be crying and clamoring for him to become a great scholar, he can only reluctantly become one.
After Yue Fei came down from the battlefield in Heishan, he no longer led troops. Instead, he stayed with a group of students from the artillery school and craftsmen from the artillery factory, doing experiments, doing research, and exploring methods of casting and using cannons every day.
What is Yue Fei's character like? He was an extremely serious guy who couldn't get rid of the dirt in his eyes. You can say that he doesn't understand politics, but isn't that what leading troops and conducting scientific experiments have to do?
These two things cannot be fooled! Especially in science, there must be no falsehood.
Therefore, every experiment hosted by Yue Fei will have very accurate records, accounts, data and observation reports!
After practicing for a long time, Yue Fei naturally discovered that many experiments were actually unnecessary and could be deduced based on the phenomena discovered in the experiments and the data mastered.
At the same time, Yue Fei also discovered that in many cases a conclusion can be deduced first and then verified through experiments.
For example, when Yue Fei was studying the relationship between bullet weight and shooting range, he took it for granted and used his experience in archery to deduce that within a certain range, the lighter the bullet weight, the farther it would hit. However, after conducting rigorous experimental tests, Yue Fei discovered that his deduction was wrong. Cannonballs with heavier weights seem to hit farther...
After firing guns for a period of time, Yue Fei wrote these two methods into his book "Methods for Blocking Guns". He also used this book as a teaching material for the artillery school and showed it to Zhao Kai.
After Zhao Kai watched "The Artillery Blocking Method", he was surprised to find that Yue Fei and Yue Pengju were actually trained into scientists by his wise king!
Because the two methods discovered by Yue Fei, combined with the empirical research method plagiarized by Zhao Kai, can not only be used to check cannons, but also to check mathematics, check chemistry, check physics, check horses, check bombs, check steel, and check fire. Guns, plate armor, battleships...even all the way to steam engines, creating an industrial revolution!
Of course, it is impossible to achieve the Industrial Revolution by relying on the two "great Confucians" Zhao Kai and Yue Fei. This requires all the aspiring Confucian scholars from all over the world to come together and develop the spirit of "Foolish Confucianism to examine things" so that future generations can continue to do so!
To achieve this goal, Zhao Kai must attract the interest of some aspiring Confucians from writing essays to studying things.
But the matter of studying things, to explain it positively is to study things to gain knowledge, to study things to understand the truth, to seek the truth and ask questions.
To put it in the worst light, it's just a miraculous trick.
In the "Book of Rites. Kingship", there is content about "making obscene noises, strange clothes, strange skills, and strange weapons to make people suspicious and kill them." The "Book of Rites. King System" is regarded as the system established by Confucius for the "Su Kings" of later generations. It has a very high status among Confucian classics.
And those cannons made by Yue Fei should be classified as "wonderful weapons", right? If you follow the requirements of "Book of Rites. Kingship", you have to "kill"!
But the question is how to kill?
How can a group of Confucian scholars with "Book of Rites" kill a group of enemies with cannons?
If it can't be killed, it will even be killed by the cannon... Then the cannon cannot be a miraculous skill, but it contains the way of heaven.
If cannons are good, then bombs, firecrackers, plate armor, battleships, steam engines, etc., must also be good, and they are not fancy skills.
Therefore, Zhao Kai suddenly promoted Yue Fei as a great Confucian in order to bring out the "Way of Cannon" and use the "Way of Cannon" to break the Confucian theory of miraculous skills and ingenuity.
This method... is simple and crude, but absolutely effective!
Because the truth is always within the range of the cannon!
"Have you all read Yue Fei's "How to Counter Artillery"?" In the West Nuan Pavilion of Zhenguan Palace, I thought of Zhao Kai's voice again, "How is it? The method of induction and calculation mentioned in "Method of Countering Artillery" Is the method, as well as the method of empirical research that I proposed, a wonderful way to study things and gain knowledge? These methods can be used to study cannons, can they also be used to study all things in the world? Can the great road mentioned by the sages be used in this way? How about exploring the method of measuring objects? And after successfully measuring artillery, can it be used to govern the army and bring peace to the world?"
"Brother, the method of investigating objects proposed in "Methods of Examining Artillery" is indeed very reasonable!" Right Minister Chen Ji had already reacted and was the first to agree, "Although Pengju has never studied Confucian classics, he has He is not very good at writing articles, but he did have a glimpse of the gate of the great road, and he can indeed be called a great Confucian.
And the law of empirical research proposed by my brother is the foundation of the method of induction and calculation, and naturally it also enters the door of the great road! So you are also a great Confucian of the time, even the great master of my Confucianism! "
"Yes, that's right. What you said makes perfect sense. It's just what I meant!" Lu Yihao also woke up at this time, "Officials are knowledgeable about nature, and I admire them very much!"
Although this book "Grapple Method" was written by Yue Fei, it clearly mentioned that the "method of empirical research" was created by Zhao Kai! How could the principles created by Zhao Kai not be true? If Lu Yihao had this understanding, why would he be the prime minister?
Besides, there is really no truth to cannons.
Lu Yihao added: "And this artillery method has been empirically tested in the Battle of Lingzhou and the Battle of Heishan, and it has been proven to be true!"
Zhao Kai was a little embarrassed to be flattered by Lu Yihao. Others would just be a "literary copyist" once they traveled through time. How could he accidentally copy a great Confucian?
He blushed and smiled: "Lv Xianggong has said before that I don't dare to be a pedantic heavenly being... I just summarized some opinions based on different opinions. There is nothing remarkable about it."
"The officials are too humble!" Hanlin scholar Chen Dong said sternly, "If the officials are not academics, if they cannot be ranked as great Confucians, then what great Confucianism will there be after Confucius and Mencius? The officials are not good at investigating things. It is not only an empirical research method! The officials also discovered the secret of gunpowder, and also discovered the secret that "gunpowder becomes violent when it meets copper". Moreover, the officials also have a deep understanding of arithmetic, metaphysics, and the science of change of all things, which is really rare in ancient times. There are some great scholars!"
Zhao Kai thought to himself: Chen Dong’s advice makes sense! I used to worry that some people regarded the study of things to achieve knowledge as a miraculous skill, but now it seems that I am overly worried. The Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty were still very enlightened!
"Scholar Chen," Zhao Kai said with a smile, "putting it this way, there shouldn't be any scholars in the world who would regard "The Artillery Method" as some miraculous skill, right?"
How could this... be possible?
The same idea came to the minds of all the civil servants present!
However, they all shook their heads immediately.
Although there will be many people who regard "The Artillery Method" as a miraculous skill... but who dares to say it? You official is fierce, unreasonable, and a little crazy! Even the golden thief is afraid of you, how many scholars dare to oppose you?
Besides, you have done too many things to offend people! Just one government soldier and one Qingtian have caused countless families of scholar-bureaucrats to lose... But who dares to rebel? That's a way to die!
So it's not a problem for you, an official, to do some weird tricks. "Okay!" Zhao Kai said with a smile, "In that case, I will let Yue Fei be the examiner this time... Bachelor Chen, you will also be the examiner. This time we will have dual examiners."
Chen Dong was still ecstatic when he heard this.
Because Yue Fei will not care about the candidates for Jinshi, he will only care about the affairs of the three military academies. So the actual examiner is Chen Dong!
The previous "Wu Hanlin" was very close to him. If he could still become the examiner of the new "Wu Hanlin", he would definitely be able to get closer to them through this relationship.
It is only a matter of time before he becomes the Prime Minister in the future.
Just when Chen Dong was imagining that he would ascend to the position of prime minister with the support of a group of "high-quality Jinshi" and control the government and influence the affairs of the state, Zhao Kai suddenly said another "crazy talk", "Pengju, Bachelor Chen, I have already Think about it, this time we will take the cannon test in the imperial examination!"
What? Cannon test?
Chen Dong was still in a daze, but Yue Fei had already spoken: "Guan family, are you taking the cannon test in the military academy?"
"No," Zhao Kai said with a smile, "It's the Jinshi Scientific Examination Cannon!"
Cannon Jinshi?
Chen Dong and Yue Fei were both stunned.
Zhao Kai then added: "Of course it's not a test on cannons, but an article test... I want the candidates to experience the power of cannons first, and then write an article on cannons as the title. "Current Policy".
