"This kid Su Jing can really give me problems!"
In Fengxian Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on an office chair, with a frown but a smile on his face, which was quite strange.
Empress Ma smiled at the side and said: "Chongba, why, you don't know what reward to give Mr. Su, do you?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes! I thought it would be over if Su Jing could stabilize the Qingzhou Prefecture plague problem and not expand it. How could I have thought that this kid would solve the problem directly!"
In front of Queen Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang told the truth.
Now, he really doesn't know what reward to give Su Jing.
"Just have some fun!"
Queen Ma said: "Chongba, I am very aware of your little thoughts. Ever since Uncle Cheng Yi resigned, you have always wanted to find someone to stand up to you, right?"
Queen Ma was aware of the situation in the court, and many ministers knew it well.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Girl, you know me well. Look at Shanchang and his group who have followed us in Huaixi. They are all veterans. What have they become now?"
"If I don't find someone, their tails will be raised to the sky."
Zhu Yuanzhang's feelings about his old Huaixi tribe were very complicated.
On the one hand, these old troops followed him early and made great contributions.
On the other hand, because they followed early, the relationship is also complicated. Various relatives have been entangled together for a long time, and it is not impossible to say that they will not form a party.
When these two aspects are combined, it will be very uncomfortable for the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.
For an old minister who follows you, you can't forget about the old relationship once the Ming Dynasty has been established, right?
Besides, the Ming Dynasty is still pointing at them.
Whether it is domestic affairs or foreign wars, the old Huaixi tribe is Zhu Yuanzhang's current main force.
but!
In the Ming Dynasty, one party was so powerful that the emperor definitely did not want to see it.
Balance is the state that Zhu Yuanzhang has always pursued.
The old Huaixi tribe will still be used, but they cannot be allowed to become too powerful.
Originally, the Zhejiang East Group headed by Liu Bowen was a good counterforce.
However, due to some reasons, Liu Bowen resigned.
During the period when Liu Bowen resigned, the power of the old Huaixi tribe expanded rapidly.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw it all, but there were some things that, as the emperor, it was not good for him to intervene directly.
If an emperor wants to end up having sex with his ministers personally, it can only mean that he has failed.
When Liu Bowen was asked to meet Su Jing, Dean Zhu had already made up his mind.
"Yes, they are all your old friends. They worked hard little by little when they were poor. It is not easy to do anything directly."
Empress Ma nodded, expressing her approval of Zhu Yuanzhang's idea.
"Sister, ugh."
Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated to speak. Only in front of Empress Ma could he take off his mask as emperor.
Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, her husband who she had always supported silently, and felt very distressed.
When others see Zhu Yuanzhang, they are either afraid or flattering.
They all thought that sitting in this supreme position was like having the world in their hands. What a wonderful thing it was.
In fact, the pressure on Zhu Yuanzhang cannot be seen by others.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were internal and external troubles and various complicated things. Zhu Yuanzhang never showed any timidity or fatigue in front of outsiders.
He is like a tall and tall mountain, everyone relies on him.
This mountain will neither fall nor fall.
"As long as Mr. Su is here, everything will be fine."
Queen Ma comforted her.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flickered and he said: "Su Jing really gave me a lot of surprises, I hope so."
At this moment, Su Jing didn't know that the Ming Dynasty's court had undergone too many changes because of him.
And he was truly at the center of the storm.
…
Inside the carriage carriage.
Su Jing continued to talk about materialist dialectics.
"The so-called contradiction refers to the 'dialectical relationship between the unity of opposites within things or between things' in dialectics."
Su Jing said calmly: "We must use contradictory viewpoints to analyze and deal with problems."
Zhu Biao listened to Su Jing's explanation and said doubtfully: "Master Su, I know that contradictions are opposites, but how can they be unified? Shouldn't contradictions be mutually incompatible relationships?"
Su Jing smiled and said: "You know the story about people from Chu selling spears and shields."
"Of course I know."
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "If the sharpest spear and the strongest shield are sold at the same time, one of them will always be fake."
Su Jing said: "There is an antagonistic relationship between sharpness and solidity. This is very clear, but if you think about it carefully, what is sharpness and what is solidness?"
Zhu Biao was stunned.
Mu Ying suddenly said at this moment: "Mr. Su, the reason why this sharp spear is sharp is that it can pierce solid things. On the contrary, the reason why a strong shield is strong is because it can block sharp things."
"In other words, without solidity, there is no way to express sharpness. Without sharpness, there is no way to express solidity. Am I right to understand it this way?"
Su Jing looked at Mu Ying with a rather surprised look in her eyes.
"Yes, brother Wenying, you understand it correctly."
Su Jing nodded and said: "Sharpness and solidity seem to be opposites, but in fact they are interdependent. Without each other, they themselves will lose the meaning of existence."
“This is the nature and tendency of interdependence, interrelation, mutual attraction, mutual penetration, or mutual penetration in the unity of contradictions.”
Mu Ying's understanding really surprised Su Jing.
After all, during Su Jing's lecture, she talked about a lot of definitions, which were very empty and insubstantial.
Being able to understand this level in such a short period of time is quite impressive.
Zhu Biao thought carefully about Su Jing and Mu Ying's words, somewhat vaguely understanding them.
Mu Ying asked: "Mr. Su, then this contradiction is the unity of opposites, so what use is it in solving practical problems?"
Pragmatic, still pragmatic.
Su Jing finally discovered that Zhu Yuanzhang's education was pragmatic.
Even though Mu Ying realized the unity of contradictions, she still thought about how to apply it and how to solve practical problems.
"Brother Wenying, don't be in a hurry."
Su Jing said calmly: "Contradictions also have two characteristics, universality and particularity."
"The universality of contradiction means that contradiction exists in the development process of all things, and there is a contradictory movement in the development process of every thing from beginning to end."
"The particularity of contradiction refers to the contradiction of specific things and each aspect of each contradiction has its own characteristics. This is the essence that distinguishes one thing from other things, and is the basis for the differences in things in the world."
As soon as she understood this, Su Jing came up with two more arguments.
Zhu Biao and Mu Ying only felt quite tired.
It is not an easy thing to understand its meaning.
"If you don't understand, just remember it first and think about it slowly."
Su Jing knew that it might take time for the two of them to understand this content.
"Okay, Master Su."
"I understand, Mr. Su."
Zhu Biao and Mu Ying nodded.
Su Jing continued: "The contradiction has now been briefly explained. If you don't say you understand everything, you understand part of it."
"Now let's talk about applications and how to solve practical problems."
Hearing this, Zhu Biao and Mu Ying's expressions were shocked. It was finally time to apply.
"Two points and key points!"
Su Jing raised her hand and took out a piece of wood. One side of the board was smooth and the other side was rough.
"Handling numerous contradictions is like looking at a piece of wood. You must look at both the front and the back. Both the primary and secondary contradictions must be solid. If you only look at one aspect and ignore the other, it is a one-point argument. "
Su Jing continued: "If we want to use this board to make a table or stool, then when we look at this board, we need to grasp the key point, which is the main contradiction. The table needs to be smooth, and use the smooth side of the board as the desktop. , Grasp the main contradiction of the problem, not look at equal parts, distinguish the primary and secondary, divide one into two, and combine the two into one to comprehensively analyze the problem.”
"Especially, you can't scratch your eyebrows and beard with no focus or priority. In the end, you don't know what to do."
The main contradiction and the secondary contradiction.
When this theory came out, Zhu Biao and Mu Ying didn't quite understand it at first.
But looking at the wooden board example given by Su Jing, I seem to understand a little bit more.
Su Jing did not wait for the two to understand, and started talking again: "In actual events, contradictory situations are ever-changing, and the connections between things are complex and close."
"It's like the Qingzhou Prefecture plague this time, natural and man-made disasters, and various sudden situations are intertwined to form a contradictory but unified whole."
"Under such circumstances, the first thing we have to do is not to follow the script and have to 'analyze specific problems concretely'. When analyzing and solving problems, we must focus on analyzing specific situations under the guidance of the principle of universality of contradictions. The specificity of contradiction.”
“Any theory in books or previous experience must be linked to reality, and we must adopt a pragmatic attitude and keep pace with the times to understand and solve problems.”
"After understanding this, not only all problems can be solved, at least most of them will not be so complicated, and ideas will emerge."
What Su Jing said is true. Marxist Dialectics was Su Jing's favorite book in her previous life.
There are also various extended ideas of materialist dialectics, which Su Jing has studied and found very useful.
A correct way to understand the world is Su Jing's greatest wealth.
Even after traveling to the Ming Dynasty, it is still very useful.
Of course, at this moment, he poured out what he knew at once, which was like an initiation for Zhu Biao and Mu Ying.
Su Jing didn't know how much the two of them could catch.
But even just catching a little bit is enough to last a lifetime.
This is a cosmology, an epistemology and a methodology.
Although what Su Jing said was mixed with a lot of his own understanding, it was not comprehensive and profound enough.
However, this is the Ming Dynasty and the Hongwu period.
At this time, Wang Yangming did not show up, nor did Xinxue.
The most profound philosophical influence was Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.
…
The carriage moved slowly, and snowflakes began to drift in the sky.
The boundary of Laizhou Prefecture has finally been reached.
After arriving at Laizhou Mansion, Mu Ying said goodbye to Su Jing and Zhu Biao. In addition to guarding Su Jing, he also had his own mission this time.
Pass the Wolf Constitution and Yuanyang Formation to the garrisoned border troops.
As for Su Jing and Zhu Biao, they went to look for graphite mines.
After confirming that graphite is ink, finding graphite ore actually becomes very simple.
Because all the larger graphite mines are owned.
As the most important writing pigment in ancient feudal dynasties, ink has always been valuable.
"This is the largest ink mine in the local area, you two gentlemen."
The local guide said to Su Jing and Zhu Biao.
"Thank you."
After Su Jing paid the guide fee, the guide left.
Then, Su Jing rented a small courtyard in a town near the ink mine.
Graphite clay does not cost money.
After all, there is too much clay mixed with graphite near the graphite mine.
In the small courtyard, Su Jing built another iron-making furnace.
Su Jing brought enough money for this trip.
The graphite crucible steelmaking method is the method Su Jing thought of for making carbon steel.
However, the process from method to results is not simple.
It requires Su Jing to try a little bit.
The snow is falling harder and harder, and the weather is getting colder.
It is already the third day that Su Jing has been in this small courtyard.
Fortunately, they were smelting iron and the temperature was very high. Su Jing did not feel much about the drop in temperature.
He continued to try to make iron as always.
Zhu Biao was helping with chores such as blowing the wind, while also thinking about the materialist dialectics taught by Su Jing.
Time passed by slowly.
In the blink of an eye, ten days have passed!
Su Jing's graphite crucible steelmaking method finally succeeded in producing molten iron for the first time.
After pouring the molten iron into an iron ingot, Su Jing began to hammer and forge it again, and finally got an iron embryo.
"Huh~~~~~~"
Su Jing was also a little nervous while holding the iron embryo she had made for the first time.
He didn't know the strength of this iron embryo.
The iron blank is resmelted and cast into a steel pipe.
Then Su Jing took the gunpowder, stuffed it into it, and made a fuse.
He did not make a firegun because the process was too complex and unnecessary. The current goal was to make a barrel with acceptable strength.
Light the fuse and the flame burns.
Bang!
The gunpowder exploded in the steel pipe, and brilliant flames shot out from the mouth of the pipe.
After waiting for the gunpowder to burn completely and no longer dangerous, Su Jing ran to the steel pipe and carefully inspected the changes in the steel pipe.
According to the amount of gunpowder just used, if the steel pipe with this thickness was cast by the previous casting method, the steel pipe should have expanded from this time on.
But at this moment, the steel pipe in Su Jing's hand has only a slight deformation, which can't even be seen without looking carefully.
The intensity has really increased!
Although he cannot reach the level of his previous life, he has at least made progress.
It only needs to be thickened in the area where the gunpowder burns, and the weight problem of the new gunpowder can be solved.
Su Jing couldn't help but boast: "I am indeed a genius!"
(End of chapter)
