There is a gun range for testing guns behind the gun-making factory, which is very convenient. And the testing methods are complete, which cannot be compared with other places. Liu Ziyu's cannon was pulled here and placed on the gun position.
In fact, it doesn’t cost much to test a cannon. It’s nothing more than gunpowder and cannonballs. The cannonballs can also be recycled and recast. The problem is that the artillery factory has already tried it, so there is no need to try again. In addition to testing the cannon, when the cannon is manufactured in the factory, many items such as sealing, tightness, and casting defects must also be checked. The inspection of these items cannot be explained clearly to the generals who come to buy cannons, and they cannot be invited to see the cannons during the test. Therefore, the people in the factory hated the generals who asked them to test cannons.
In the official hall of Wang Xiaolie in Henan Mansion, Chen Qiudao, Chen Yuyi, Wang Ruohai and Wang Yan were sitting around. Wang Xiaolie, who was in the middle, put down the official document and said: "There is nothing to do today. Let's talk about the issue of virtuality. In fact, I don't think about this issue very well, so I have been avoiding talking about it. But now it seems that it is really impossible not to talk about it. For our officials and military officers, if we don’t explain this issue clearly, a lot of work will be difficult to do.”
After saying that, he ordered the soldiers to serve tea to everyone, and took a sip himself.
Putting down the tea cup, Wang Xiaolian said: "In recent days, some officials have added some, and former officials have also mentioned some. How to govern has become a big issue. I advocate that officials should learn some examples and learn from other people's governance. Secondary schools learn governance. However, our time is too short, our institutions are rudimentary, and the number of cases is really not enough. Cases take a long time, and more cases make it easier to learn. If there are less, what difference does it make compared with the regulations? ?”
Chen Qiudao said: "What's the solution? We can only learn slowly and accumulate slowly."
Wang Xiaolie sighed: "But the officials can't wait. They have to implement the policy now and come up with a solution."
Wang Ruohai said: "If it doesn't work, just strengthen the regulations first and let the officials act in accordance with the regulations."
Wang Xiaolie said: "This is also a way. There are two kinds of governance. One is to follow the regulations, follow the orders, and follow the instructions of the superiors. As long as there is no violation of the instructions of the superiors, it is not wrong. The other method is Officials decide specifically what to do based on local conditions. Even if there are orders from superiors, officials can implement or not implement them according to the actual situation. In the former method, we attribute it to officials; in the latter method, we attribute it to officials. But in fact, officials How can you tell the difference between officials and officials? Officials sometimes have to do things for officials, and officials sometimes have to do things for officials. But it is still not good for the things that officials deal with to fall under regulations. The ideal situation should be that because of the eucalyptus When there are too few cases and the subordinates feel confused, they usually get instructions from their superiors; when the number of cases increases, the instructions gradually decrease. But ideals are ideals, after all, they are not reality."
Having said this, Wang Xiaolie picked up a few official documents and flipped through them. He said: "But now, the officials below are increasingly treating what I say as regulations. In the official documents from these states and counties, it is always Xuanfu who said it, or Xuanfu did this. How can this be done?" "
Chen Qiudao said: "This is why the officials tried to understand Xuan Fu's meaning. As time goes by, they will naturally understand."
Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "Consultant, don't lie to me! As time goes by, they will just try to guess my thoughts and try their best to cater to me. As time goes by, they will slowly understand that it is just a liar! This kind of thing The momentum must be stopped and cannot be allowed to grow!”
Chen Qiudao lowered his head and said nothing.
In fact, Chen Qiudao often didn't know what Wang Xiaolie meant. It's just that as time passed, I gradually understood what Wang Xiaolie wanted to express. Although Chen Qiudao asked what this meant, he couldn't explain it clearly.
How could Wang Xiaolie not know that his subordinates were like this? No matter Chen Qiudao, Chen Yuyi, or Wang Ruohai, they couldn't fully understand what they meant. It's just that we've been together for a long time, and even though I don't understand it, it's pretty much the same and I know what to do.
That's great. How is it possible to find like-minded people all at once? We can only rely on our own strength to slowly transform society. In the process of transforming society, new talents slowly grow up. Only these new talents can slowly get closer to Wang Xiaolie's thoughts.
This does not mean that Wang Xiaolie is so smart and can see through everything. Rather, Wang Xiaolie wanted to transform society's thinking, pull down the lofty destiny, and integrate it with the people. Wang Xiaolie only knew that it was the right thing to do, but he didn't know what to do. How to do this requires people’s practice.
Wang Xiaolie said: "I have always said that officials should learn some statistics, understand the principles of statistics, and learn to use statistics to manage society. But after such a long time, not many officials really listened. We need to solve The most fundamental issue about officials’ obedience is that they must be able to truly manage society.”
Having said this, Wang Xiaolie took a sip of tea and cleared his mind.
Putting down the water glass, Wang Xiaolie said: "Our world is a world of statistics. In other words, at this stage, it is a world of statistics. Everything we encounter is based on statistics. Rather than saying, Since the facts we have are limited, we have to use statistical methods. Statistics is not a method, but describes the real world. Of course, this does not mean that only statistics can describe our world, but that the world described by statistics , It’s just closer to the real world. Other methods, compared with statistics, can also describe the real world.”
This was very difficult to say, and Wang Xiaolie didn't know if the three of them could understand it.
In fact, when these words were spoken, Chen Qiudao and the other three looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what Wang Xiaolie was talking about.
Civilization always carries its own imprint. People often ignore this imprint, and only occasionally look back at the road they have traveled, only to realize that the imprint has always been there and has never disappeared. This imprint that never disappears can only be broken through again and again, even if it is beyond recognition.
Only by understanding this can we understand why European civilization is so obsessed with the law of cause and effect and why it thinks everything is arranged. Because the formation of European civilization is inseparable from religion. Don’t be obsessed with which person is God, or who is the Son of God, but understand that the core of it is that God created everything. When God reaches out and makes a slight move, everything is already arranged.
Therefore, Newton's main energy in his life was to study theology. Einstein would say that God does not play dice, and quantum theory would explain this incomprehensibly. This is the imprint of European civilization. Even science also carries their unique imprint.
If industrialization happened first in China and science was the first breakthrough made by the Chinese, would the path of science be the same? of course not. The more similar it is in the beginning, the more different it is in the later stages, until it is completely different from the science we know.
We always believe that this is how the world is understood and should be understood, and that the scientific path is the only one. This is certainly not the case. There are many ways to understand the world, and its faces are also diverse. Even changing the way to understand it can be surprising.
Many people forget that the Big Bang is just a hypothesis, and the theory of the universe is just a guess, a theory established under existing conditions. In fact, humans don't even know how the Milky Way operates, how it gathers such a huge number of stars, and how it maintains its current state of motion.
In fact, many human machines use computers and become intelligent, and they even fantasize about a war between robots and humans. However, in the field of computers, it is still not possible to create a true random number, simulate a true random process, and truly simulate the real world.
The real world is consistent with statistical laws. Any precise calculation does not correspond to the real world. In other words, according to the current way humans understand the world, only statistics is more consistent.
If Wang Xiaolie were asked to write a science fiction about the future, all kinds of possibilities would be possible. Monsters, demons, ghosts, and monsters are not uncommon. There may also be gods and heavenly beings. Pluto in the underworld is even more common. The only thing that is impossible is space ship colonization. Precisely because this is the most likely scenario based on the current technical route, it is precisely the most unlikely scenario in reality.
What does the future look like? Only God knows.
This is only true in the most scientific fields of natural sciences. How can it be an exception in the most unscientific fields of humanities? In fact, when you travel back to ancient times, a lot of knowledge from previous lives is useful, but the most useless thing is precisely the historical direction you think you know.
Looking at the expressions of the three people, Wang Xiaolie said: "Officials need to know how to view the world from a statistical point of view, and they also need to know how to manage the world with statistical knowledge. In our world, many things can be expressed as statistical laws. But these laws change over time. For example, humans like to gamble, but how good are they? If this is represented as a curve, it may be high and steep if the management is strict, and it may be flat if the management is loose. . Can we say that the tendency of human beings to gamble is directly related to whether the control is strict? I'm afraid that's not the case. If the control is too strict, it may remove all the people who are really good at gambling, but it will calm down. And if the control is too strict, If it is too loose, people who like to gamble may have no scruples, and it will become high and steep. At the beginning, it is normal for everyone to not know what to do, but you must know that there is such a thing. As time goes by, rely on With everyone’s strength, we slowly accumulate wisdom and experience.”
Wang Ruohai nodded and said: "We understand what Xuan Fu means and we will work hard."
Wang Xiaolie sighed: "The world is so weird. Some methods are simple and effective sometimes. But after a certain period of time, they become ineffective. For example, now, we directly It is most effective to use orders to ask the officials below how to do things. But after a period of time, this will no longer work. When it comes to changing the approach, it is found that the officials below have developed inertia and must ask the officials above. Just give orders. We just lack officials now, and political affairs are not that urgent, so we should not use such short-sighted methods."
Chen Qiudao and the other three nodded.
Although the three people Wang Xiaolie said earlier did not understand, they could always understand what Wang Xiaolie meant. Over the years, many things have been done this way. Don't understand what's the connection? As long as what Wang Xiaolie said is consistent with the facts and effective.
(Maybe I have brain fog from the sequelae of COVID-19, which has lasted for so many days and has not improved. Until now, when it comes to typing, my brain is dizzy. The current update can only be like this, I hope everyone can understand Right. I don’t know when this side effect will be cured. Anyway, I’ll write as much as I can. It’s up to you whether you want to subscribe or not, so don’t force it.)
