The donation of manuscripts by Xu Xiake's relatives and friends even shocked Zuo Mengeng, who was far away in Shandong.
He immediately gave instructions and ordered Songjiang to properly keep all manuscripts and escort them to Shandong.
That is a priceless treasure that Xu Xiake summed up by traveling to countless mountains and rivers throughout his life!
Not to mention anything else, relying on these information alone can help the Xia Kingdom to better govern the country according to local conditions when it unifies the world in the future.
The remaining value in academic, humanities, geography, science and many other aspects cannot be counted.
It is a pity that the Qing army rushed into Jiangyin in the previous generation. Not only Xu Xiake's tribe suffered a disaster, but most of this precious manuscript was also destroyed in the war.
It was Li Ji, Xu Xiake's youngest son who was living abroad, who spent his whole life collecting various manuscripts and sorting them out and revising them, so that "Xu Xiake's Travels" could be seen again.
The version seen by later generations is the result of Li Ji, also known as the Li Jieli manuscript.
Although it is equally valuable, how can it be compared with Xu Xiake's original manuscript?
After receiving the order, Songjiang Prefecture immediately dispatched a large number of capable personnel and even invited the local garrison. All manuscripts were tightly sealed and transported all the way north.
Xu Xiake's friend Ji Huiming and Xu Xiake's eldest son Xu Qi, who contributed the manuscript, also received a warm invitation from Zuo Mengeng.
Ji Huiming and Xu Qi just felt that Xia State attached great importance to practical learning, so they made the decision to donate Xu Xiake's manuscripts. It was completely unexpected that Xia Guo attached great importance to practical learning to such an extent.
The two of them were filled with glory and set off northward with great interest. They were extremely happy for the decision they had made.
This incident caused huge repercussions all over the world.
Countless people with practical talents, but unable to display them under the shadow of Confucianism, packed their bags and rushed to the Xia Kingdom.
A good bird chooses wood to rest.
Since there is a place where they can show their talents, how can they let it go?
Among them, Maoxiang and others, who had already become famous all over the world, defected to the Xia Kingdom, which had a greater impact.
Maoxiang ran to Fu Yijian to apply for a job, thinking that he would be put to good use immediately. However, Fu Yijian strictly followed Xia Guo's talent selection system and wrote a letter of recommendation for him, asking him to study at the Government School first.
Maoxiang was greatly moved when he saw that the officials of Xia State respected the rules so much and did not follow their own whims. He happily went and became a member of the reserve officials.
There are also some talented people who don't care much about fame and fortune. After they came to Xia Kingdom, they also found their interests.
Xia Kingdom, inside the Academy of Engineering.
There are many facilities arranged on the large ground.
Two long slides are the most eye-catching.
At the starting end of the slide, there are two iron balls, one large and one small. It can be seen with the naked eye that the weight of the two iron balls is extremely different.
Big difference.
Hou Fangyu walked up to the two iron balls and stepped on them.
Only the sound of the machine's kacha was heard, and two iron balls were bounced out at the same time.
Two iron balls rolled forward along the long slide.
The big iron ball rolled very slowly and gradually stopped after a while. But the small iron ball was as fast as lightning and rolled far away without stopping.
Hou Fangyu did not care about the situation of the two iron balls, but happily said to the people around him: "Brother Mi, you see, this is the practical application of the quality test method you mentioned. In our place, it is called It is a scientific experiment. By doing this, we can verify whether some theories are true or not."
Next to Hou Fangyu stood a Confucian scholar in his early thirties.
He stared at the movement of the two iron balls with his eyes wide open and was puzzled.
"Why does the big iron ball travel shorter and slower even though the same force is applied?"
Hou Fangyu laughed.
"This is the second law of physical motion summarized by our school of physics: the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force, inversely proportional to the mass of the object, and proportional to the reciprocal of the mass of the object. The direction of acceleration and the direction of force same."
He paused and then said in words that a Confucian scholar could understand: "This is the objective law of existence in the world, which is the Tao."
The Confucian scholar ran over personally, took back the two iron balls and placed them in the ejection position. I personally operated it and watched the process again, and I couldn't help but be convinced.
"Brother Chaozong, your country's spirit of in-depth knowledge is truly the best in the world. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, how could I understand this?"
Hou Fangyu was not proud, but sincerely said: "Brother Mi's talents in practical learning are even praised by His Highness. His Highness has said that if Brother Mi abandons the idea of utilitarianism in Confucianism and devotes himself to scientific research, he will definitely leave his name in the history of the Qing Dynasty. A great sage from afar."
The Confucian scholar's face glowed red.
"His Royal Highness, Prince Xia, does he know that I am also aware of this?"
Hou Fangyu was very sincere.
"His Highness once said that among the talents from the south of the Yangtze River, Brother Mi alone has six or seven."
The Confucian scholar was surprised, happy, and a little flustered, and he waved his hands quickly.
"How dare I compare to Cao Zijian?"
He had been traveling in Shandong for a long time, and after getting to know Hou Fangyu and others, he felt that he had not met for a long time.
Looking at everything in the Academy of Engineering with longing eyes, I couldn't help but feel my heart beat.
"Brother Chaozong, although I am not talented, I still want to be among the sages. Is it okay?"
Hou Fangyu was inexplicably surprised.
"Haha, we can't even ask for a great talent like Brother Mi. Come on, I'll take you to see His Highness. Your Highness will be extremely happy."
What about Zuo Menggeng?
No one expected that Hou Fangyu would win over Fang Yizhi.
Although in the previous life, Hou Fangyu and Fang Yizhi were known as the four young masters in the late Ming Dynasty, and they had a close friendship. But in this time and space, the two met for the first time.
But no matter what, in addition to being talented, Fang Yizhi was also the leader of his generation in practical learning.
He is willing to stay in Xia Kingdom and devote himself to scientific research, which is really the best thing.
"I have read Mr. Fang's articles for a long time. Many of the arguments in them are also very helpful to our scientific research. From now on, Mr. Fang can be an academician of the Academy of Engineering. Once he conducts research, the country will fully support it."
Fang Yizhi already knew a lot about the Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of Engineering in Xia State.
In terms of his nature, he is not qualified to be an official.
On the contrary, if you devote yourself to scientific research and ignore the intrigues in official circles, you can still achieve success and fame, which is really comfortable.
"It is truly a great honor for my humble talent to gain the trust of His Highness. I will redouble my efforts in the future to benefit the world more."
Because Hou Fangyu recommended a great talent, Zuo Mengeng was very interested and cared a little more about this close brother.
"I heard from my little sister that you have been studying mathematics recently. I wonder if you have gained anything?"
When asked by Zuo Mengeng, Hou Fangyu wanted to show off.
"I recently discovered a theorem. There should be no general algebraic solution to algebraic equations of the fifth degree or higher. In other words, such equations cannot be solved by using the coefficients of the equation through finite-order arithmetic and square root operations. root."
Zuo Mengeng was shocked when he heard this.
Even if he is not a math expert, he still knows that this is the famous Abel Ruffini theorem.
Unexpectedly, it was summarized by Hou Fangyu nearly two hundred years in advance.
Zuo Mengeng asked with concern: "Has this statement been calculated?"
Hou Fangyu nodded firmly.
"Our School of Mathematics has conducted calculations tens of thousands of times, and even invited many math experts at home and abroad to help. The verification results are the same."
Zuo Mengeng couldn't help but smile with relief.
Mathematics is the mother of encyclopedias, but it happens to be an area in which the Chinese nation was quite weak in its original history.
Now finally, under his influence, it is gradually blossoming and bearing fruit.
Looking at Hou Fangyu, who has beautiful features and a smooth life, Zuo Mengeng couldn't be happier about these changes.
"Since you discovered this theorem, name it Hou's theorem!"
