Compared with the rule in the north, the rule of central and southern Myanmar has encountered many difficulties due to the small number of Han people and officials. Zhu Yijun, who already had children around his knees in the Forbidden City, found that if he wanted to integrate Burma into the Han Dynasty and achieve long-term peace and stability, the newly improved finances would once again have a big hole - even though the annual income in the eighth year of Wanli had reached 40 million, which was higher than that in the first year of Wanli. It’s quadrupled, but it still doesn’t feel good.
Although he feels like he has become poor again, Zhu Yijun is relieved that the contradiction between man and land in the entire empire has been greatly alleviated. One-third of the water conservancy project to transform the two rivers has been completed. The Huanghuai area, which was previously full of wilderness, has opened up a large amount of new farmland due to the continuous advancement of basic farmland water conservancy construction. These lands played a huge role when the military guard system in the Ming Dynasty was changed to the military recruitment system. Coupled with the vigorous development of the Northeast, by the eighth year of Wanli, the per capita cultivated land in the empire reached six acres, and the degree of annexation was very low, basically the same as in the Hongwu period.
It turns out that governing a country is difficult, but it becomes easy when the distribution problem is solved. For the Ming Dynasty in the eighth year of Wanli, land allocation was the most important resource allocation. Nine years after his time travel, Zhu Yijun finally dared to pat his chest and say: "We can look forward to a prosperous age."
With the advancement of the reform, the entire empire regained the peace and prosperity that could only be seen in the prosperous times. During the lean period in June of the ninth year of Wanli, there was a folk song saying, "If you are blessed today, you can enjoy it again, and the Wanli Emperor will live in peace."
Because the folk song was widely circulated, the chief envoy of Nanzhili officially reported it to the court, taking it as auspicious. Some officials from the capital wanted to join in the fun, but couldn't muster the courage. Because now everyone in the imperial court has lost most of the ground for establishing the theory of auspiciousness and other heavenly beings’ induction.
As Xu Guangqi, who picked up his father at Tongzhou Pier, said: "Those who are still talking about auspiciousness are probably not stupid, but ignorant."
His father, Xu Sicheng, was carrying his luggage. When he saw his son curling his lips and frowning, he became angry and cursed: "Didn't I see your father carrying things? What are you talking about? Can't you just take it over?!"
Xu Guangqi was stunned and quickly reached out to take the leather box from his father's hand. As soon as he took it, his arm dropped down and he asked: "Is this outfit a waste of time?"
After hearing this, his father glanced around nervously at the crowd. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he looked at his son fiercely.
Xu Guangqi was stunned again before he realized what was in the box. He frowned and said, "Don't tell me what I told you in the letter. Don't bring these with me. Daddy, I'll listen to you."
His father glanced at him again and cursed: "I've got a hard-on, and I'm engaged to be married. If I don't come here to buy a house, why don't I want my son-in-law to make cold porridge for me?"
Xu Guangqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, so he smiled and said: "I told you not to buy a house. Besides, this is the master, how can I do it if I don't become my son-in-law? How can I do it instead?"
While talking, the father and son walked out of Tongzhou Pier. Xu Guangqi stood on the steps of the pier and waved, and Xu Sicheng saw a luxurious four-wheeled carriage, surrounded by several red cavalry, running along the passage surrounded by wooden railings.
A small yellow man wearing a chamberlain uniform sat in front of the car with the coachman. When the carriage stopped, he jumped out of the car, approached and saluted, "Is this the captain's honorable master, Lord Xu?"
Xu Guangqi nodded, and the official quickly bowed and saluted. Xu Sicheng had never seen such a royal style before, and he was so shocked by the luxurious carriage that he didn't know how to react.
Seeing that he was nervous, the eunuch quickly apologized and said with a smile: "My lord, there is no need to be polite. Her Royal Highness Princess Leping specifically asked my servant to apologize to my lord for the inconvenience of coming to pick her up."
Xu Sicheng stammered: "No need, no need, little citizen, how can that one deserve His Highness's kind words?"
The official said auspicious words and reached out to take the bundle from Xu Sicheng's hand. When he reached out to take the suitcase from Xu Guangqi's hand, Xu Sicheng said: "No, let him hold it by himself."
The official was stunned, looked at Xu Guangqi with a smile, and when Xu Guangqi nodded, he stopped talking and led the father and son into the carriage.
After sitting in the carriage, Xu Sicheng's eyes were unfocused for a long time and he didn't speak for a long time. I just looked out through the glass window of the carriage at the cement road with weeping willows on both sides and sighed.
Xu Guangqiyin introduced: "This road was only completed in May this year. My father looked at the flower pond in the middle and heard that flowers and plants can be planted next year. Well, there are many people in the capital now and there are many carriages. My father must remember to go to the right side. Passage.—You know which way is right."
Xu Sicheng glanced at him, stretched out his hand and touched his forehead. He scolded: "Do you think Dad is stupid?" Xu Guangqi scratched his head and smiled silently. Afraid that his father would be overheated, he opened the window again, and the car suddenly became cooler.
It wasn't until the carriage entered the city gate that Xu Sicheng finally came to his senses and asked his son, "How did you become the prince-in-law?"
Xu Guangqi's face turned red and he said: "My son published some articles in the newspaper to popularize the study of objects. Your Highness was very interested and exchanged letters with my son several times. Later, when the emperor took His Highness to the Study Palace, he asked me to go there." We met the Holy Spirit, so we got to know each other.”
After hearing this, Xu Sicheng's eyes were bright and he looked at his son with pride on his face. He asked in a low voice: "Your Highness - this, um, how is his character and appearance?"
Xu Guangqi's face turned redder and he whispered: "Your Highness is gentle and virtuous, and has both good looks and character. I'm afraid my son is not worthy of her."
Xu Sicheng patted his back gently and said with a smile: "You don't have to belittle yourself, you are very good, very good. Although you have not pursued a career, how can being an official compare to being an academician?"
Although Xu Guangqi had already reconciled with his father about running away from home, he still felt his eyes welling up when he heard his father's gentle comfort. He whispered: "I am an associate researcher, and I am still far away from being an academician."
"Hey, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. How can it be so easy to be an academician? From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of anyone who can't help but kneel to the emperor. If it is easy to become an academician, he won't be in trouble."
Xu Guangqi didn't say anything. He heard his father say again: "Your mother-in-law also wanted to come. Because your Ana (grandma) was not feeling well, she only waited for a few days. Well, there is nothing wrong with your Ana. I left home. It's time for her to be fine, so let your uncle accompany her when the time comes."
"Tell me, are we two noble ministers now? Are you an earl and I am a baron?"
"How much is your salary now?"
"Will you live in the princess's mansion in the future? Should your mother and I live in our own home or in the princess's mansion?"
"Princess Leping is sixteen, right? Why won't the wedding be held until next year? You are already twenty. Well, your zodiac signs match. Your Ana also said that the dog and the rabbit are prosperous."
Amidst Xu Sicheng's chatter, the carriage arrived at Xu Guangqi's house. Although it is only a small courtyard with three entrances, in the capital where land is at a premium, this is a great piece of real estate. After all, many officials in the capital still rent their homes.
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After settling down with my father, it was already dark. Xu Guangqi took a shower, entered the study wearing a light and breathable silk robe, lit an oil lamp, and continued his work. As a member of the compilation committee of the "Imperial Primary School General Textbook", he is responsible for the compilation of "Nature".
With the invention of the telescope, the popularization of the round earth theory, and the establishment of the "heliocentric theory", the mystery of solar and lunar eclipses has long been stripped away. At the same time, the accuracy of the revised Grand Unification Calendar has been raised to a new level. Order of magnitude - this is why Xu Guangqi believes that the "auspicious theory" is completely ignorant.
After Xu Guangqi's "The World We Live in" was completed last year, he read it again and couldn't believe it - does this prove that we live on a big ball in the void?
In addition to common sense about cosmology, Xu Guangqi has a lot to write. In the seventh year of Wanli, the first thermometer was produced in Gewuyuan. This thermometer marks minus twenty-seven degrees to plus one hundred degrees. Zero degrees is determined by the mixture of ice and water, and one hundred degrees is the temperature of boiling water.
This thermometer, which is as thick as a writing brush, advanced the Ming Dynasty's theory of objects by a big step. Every time Xu Guangqi revised this chapter of "Temperature", he was very excited about the development of physiology in Ming Dynasty.
At the beginning of the ninth year of Wanli Period, the Gewu Institute had raised the upper temperature limit of the thermometer to 300 degrees. Later, they studied the relationship between air pressure and temperature, and invented the relative humidity meter based on the theory.
As the achievements of the Institute of Science and Technology have shown a surge, hundreds of thousands of rewards have been awarded to researchers of the Institute of Science and Technology who have made contributions. The half-box of silver cakes Xu Sicheng brought was nearly the entire Xu family's liquidity - and Xu Guangqi had already saved two large boxes.
What's more satisfying than the silver reward is that more than 30% of the people in Gokuyuan have left their names in history. For any gewu scholar who proposes a theory and has it verified, the theory will be simply and crudely named after the researcher. Of course, if you don’t want to be so high-profile, the naming rights still belong to the founders themselves.
A modern person who travels back in time from the Internet era is the biggest problem, especially when he himself is the emperor. Zhu Yijun may not have memorized the details of these techniques and theories - but as an emperor, he had too many resources to hint and induce others to verify the theories and add details.
As an emperor, Zhu Yijun did not need the title of physicist, so he did not have any title in the theories that he hinted and induced. So far, there are only two theorems in the name of Zhu Yijun:
The first one is called "Zhu Yijun's theorem of determining things", which is specifically stated as: "A proposition is determinative of things if and only if it is falsifiable."
The second theorem is "Zhu Yijun's Razor Principle", which is specifically stated as: "If a certain principle is falsifiable and sufficient to explain the nature of natural phenomena, then Physics should not accept more reasons than this - unless there is evidence to overturn this. principle."
These two principles put forward by the emperor at the plenary meeting of the Imperial Academy of Wanli Seventh Year were like a sharp scalpel, making an irrefutable distinction between "Gewu" and "Non-Gewu".
Moreover, Zhu Yijun's theory of matter gave the "reform" strong and unquestionable legitimacy. The emperor put forward this theorem, not only to tell the scholars, but also to tell the whole world that there is no absolute truth. There is only one principle that we can follow - "The only constant is reform."
As for whether a certain policy needs to be reformed, and when should it be reformed? Please refer to the second theorem.
At the end of the seventh year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty's first academic journal "Gewuxue", which Zhu Yijun personally inscribed, will have these two theorems printed on it forever.
By the summer of the eighth year of Wanli, the Gewu Institute had expanded to more than 1,400 people. According to the classification of different scientific research groups, magazines such as "Biology Monthly", "Physics Semimonthly", "Chemistry", "Agriculture and Gewu" etc. , periodicals have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
This kind of journal has a high reading threshold, and it is very easy to form a new knowledge monopoly. After Zhu Yijun noticed this problem, he asked the Institute of Gewu to write and publish popular articles when compiling textbooks on nature and Gewu.
As a researcher with very high moral literacy, Xu Guangqi stood out in this process and won the favor of Princess Leping.
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