What exactly is water?
For future generations, basically everyone knows this question. Water is composed of two hydrogens and one oxygen. Water can support combustion because it is broken down.
However, for people of this era, it is a bit dumbfounding question: Isn’t water just water? What else can it be?
This question will once again lead people of this era to understand the microscopic world and to recognize problems that are usually taken for granted!
Here, he just raised a question and did not analyze it in detail. After all, what was explained on this day was shocking enough for them to discuss it for many days.
Just like that, the opening ceremony of the Ming Dynasty Capital Academy was over.
This day, October 30, the 16th year of Chongzhen, was designated as a scientific memorial day by later generations.
After they dispersed, the common people in the capital, the dignitaries, or the ladies of the family hiding in the boudoir all discussed the views and issues raised by Duke Xingguo.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the improvement of economic conditions caused the social atmosphere to turn to luxury and corruption, with men loving women's clothing, etc. This situation occurred because the court did not guide this trend, allowing energetic people to go astray according to their nature.
Today, Zhang Mingwei has given strong guidance to the social atmosphere. Let those who have money and time have a direction to explore the unknown natural world!
It happened that at this time, Jingdezhen Glass Factory shipped five more carefully built microscopes.
Under current conditions, this kind of microscope cannot be mass-produced, and it can only be carefully crafted by skilled craftsmen in the glass factory. Therefore, after several months, only five units have been produced.
And after the goods arrive, Zhang Mingwei will also conduct verification.
Later, Zhang Mingwei kept two microscopes in the Ming Dynasty Capital Academy, and the other three microscopes were auctioned.
There had been microscopic experiments in the palace before, and they were already spreading among the dignitaries.
As mentioned before, everyone has curiosity about the unknown world.
Especially after experiencing Zhang Mingwei's speech, rich people, for this microscope, even if it is not for themselves, but for their children to enter the Ming Dynasty Capital Academy and worship the Duke of the country, they still have to buy one to use it. Open your eyes? Explore the unknown world.
Naturally, the capital is also a gathering place for wealthy people. As a result of the auction, all three microscopes were sold for more than 10,000 taels of silver.
I don’t know if I got some advice from some people? Who got the microscope? I used it to observe various things, and then wrote the observation results into articles and mailed them to the head office of "Ming Pao". As a result, most of these articles were published.
Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, was the nobleman who snatched a microscope. He was originally martyred in the capital city, but he actually used the microscope to observe various things, and then submitted it to the head office of "Ming Pao".
When Chen Yuanyuan, the editor-in-chief, reviewed his article, he blushed with embarrassment and commented angrily: "You are a bastard!"
Just in time? Zhang Mingwei is here. Because it is related to the content of the science and technology section? If he is free, it will also need to be reviewed. As soon as I heard what Chen Yuanyuan said, I was a little curious and wanted to take a look. I immediately laughed.
This Liu Wenbing actually took liquids from animals and humans and looked at them under a microscope, and found that there were bugs in them. So I wrote this article and submitted it to Ming Pao.
In original history, the first observation of these was in 1677, when Dutch Hooke described insect, dog and human sperm. Nowadays, because this kind of precision microscope was first introduced in the Ming Dynasty, naturally there are boring people, oh, no, people with the spirit of scientific exploration, such as the well-fed Xinlehou who went to see it first and published relevant articles. article.
In response to this, Zhang Mingwei immediately told Chen Yuanyuan: "What's wrong with this? It's very meaningful to observe this. This is scientific research. This article must be published. In addition, I will write a review!"
When Chen Yuanyuan heard this, her eyes widened immediately. Although her face was still blushing, she still asked curiously: "Master, what is the meaning of this?"
"Of course it makes sense! This involves the mystery of where we humans came from! If you are interested, we can test it later and I will teach you..."
Just like that, this issue of "Ming Pao" caused another sensation in the capital.
Until now, no one knew where people came from. Therefore, there are some legends that Liu Bang's mother dreamed of a big white snake, and she became pregnant with Liu Bang. There are many similar legends.
But now, Xin Lehou saw bugs in the man's liquid, and Xing Guogong said in the review that these bugs are called sperm, and they need to be combined with the eggs in the woman's body. , stunned.
Xin Lehou, on the other hand, laughed out loud, and then wanted to take a look at those eggs.
Speaking of this matter like this, it is a bit polarizing.
Those who are very dissatisfied with these are some stubborn Confucians, as well as Buddhism, Taoism and other religions.
For a sour scholar, talking about men and women in such a public manner is offensive and disgraceful!
For those Buddhists, children are gifts from gods and Buddhas. How come they have become little bugs?
Of course, even in later generations, things like sending children to Guanyin are still very popular, let alone the ancients.
Now Duke Xingguo actually told them that whether they have children depends on the existence of this insect, whether it is active or not, whether it can be combined with women's things, etc. This is simply a strange story!
However, due to the power of Duke Xingguo and the fact that the person who published the article was not an ordinary person but Xin Lehou, they did not dare to attack him in groups and could only slander him privately.
If it were an ordinary person, believe it or not, someone would come to the door to scold me every day, or even go further.
Against this background, Duke Yansheng's memorial arrived at the General Affairs Department.
Except for a few people, memorials from various places in the Ming Dynasty were sent to the General Affairs Department, and then sent to the cabinet or the emperor from the General Affairs Department.
As a result, news spread from the General Affairs Department that Duke Yan Sheng had accused Duke Xingguo of using public weapons for personal use, and he used his power as commander of the Jin Yiwei to privately mobilize the Jin Yiwei to investigate Duke Yan and deal with him.
This incident immediately detonated those people who were lurking in the dark and dissatisfied with the new learning, including stubborn Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
Of course, this also has something to do with Zhang Mingwei's style.
Although he had great power, he did not use his power to persecute his opponents like Wei Zhongxian. After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, he spent most of his time leading troops and fighting outside.
Of course, many people fell down because of him, but none of them can be blamed on Zhang Mingwei.
Wang Dehua, the former eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, and Wang Zhixin, the former eunuch in charge of the royal horse supervisor, were nominally killed by Wang Chengen. The name of corruption is real.
Luo Yangxing, the former commander of the Jinyi Guards, sent someone to assassinate Duke Xingguo, but he was killed by Duke Xingguo. There is nothing to say about this.
Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, deserved it even more. He was caught on the spot when he murdered the queen's biological father, and was also involved in the case of the Queen Mother Lianhua. It was reasonable for her to rebel against the prince and destroy her family.
The Jinyiwei Yamen, which was originally a scandal, had not arrested anyone at all during the period when Xingguo Gong was the commander of the Jinyiwei. Some of them were serving as supervisors in the army and had been following Xingguo Gong in his expeditions. Fight, perform meritorious service on the battlefield.
Because of all these, these people who jumped out were not as afraid of Zhang Mingwei as they were afraid of Wei Zhongxian.
Of course, when Wei Zhongxian was in power and his power was overwhelming, there were also people who opposed him.
Therefore, using the memorial of Duke Yansheng as an introduction, the opposition to Duke Xingguo suddenly broke out.
It may be that it has been accumulated for a long time. When it breaks out, it will be fierce, calling for Duke Xingguo to suppress Duke Yansheng. If scholars do not stand up, they will bully their teachers and destroy their ancestors. In any case, they are using righteousness to suppress others.
However, they didn't have time to cause trouble yet. News came out from the Forbidden City that Jinyiwei did not go to investigate Shenggong Yan, but Dongchang was ordered by the emperor to investigate the Kong family's violations of law and discipline, and it had nothing to do with the dispute over knowledge!
He also cited Kong Dazheng as an example. The cases were all tried by the magistrate's office in Beizhili, and the facts are all there.
The Kong family are all sages, and none of them break the law?
Or is it that even if the Kong family violates laws and disciplines, the court can't investigate them?
In the face of this kind of questioning, the violent rioting started with a climax, and then immediately died down.
No one can guarantee that the Kong family are all saints!
No one dared to say that even if the Kong family broke the law and violated discipline, the court would not be able to investigate!
However, although these people suddenly died down, privately, they were still in contact and comforting each other. It is said that Duke Yan Shenggong has written to the great Confucian scholars, and he is also going to hold a massive academic discussion, and invite Mr. Yu Shan, the scholar leader, to give lectures and fight against this new school.
By that time, it will be time for Confucianism and New Learning to compete. At that time, they came to support us again.
It has to be said that in the conflict between New Learning and Confucianism, those who have a clear-cut stance and choose to stand on both sides are still in the minority.
Most people are waiting and watching. In other words, they are still hesitating, feeling that it is not good to betray Confucianism and Taoism, but also feel that the new learning seems to be very useful knowledge.
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In the capital, when the impact of new learning and the dispute between new learning and Confucianism were raging, Ma Xianglin, who was far away in Zhangjiakou, didn't care at all.
At this time, he really wanted to fight and achieve military success!
Although in Shu, there used to be many chieftains, but now Shizhu and his family are the only ones left, and the court did not touch him. But he understands that changing his ways and returning to his old ways is a general trend, and it will happen sooner or later.
In this case, what he is pursuing is a knighthood.
His mother Qin Liangyu was made a marquis by the court, which made him very excited and grateful. And he himself doesn’t have a title yet!
Just when he was worried about this, his men hurriedly came to report it.
