There are indeed a lot of waste vassal kings raised by the Ming Dynasty, but at least Zhu Zaiyu must be an exception!

The captive chieftain Qianlong and those ministers who participated in the "siege" would not have thought that at the same time, on the European continent on the other side of the earth, the Ming prince Zhu Zaiyu, who made them gnash their teeth, set off another completely different and Chinese turmoil!

Soon after Zhu Zaiyu's death, the "Twelve Equal Laws", which condensed the wisdom of his life, was brought to Europe by missionaries, and then it caused a sensation in the European music industry: this new music system not only solved the thousand-year-old problem of the music industry, but also untied the chains of music creation and became more free and open.

As a result, new types of musical creation sprung up, and the German music industry was based on the "Twelve Equal Laws" to create the world's first piano. Since then, more than 90 percent of the new musical instruments in modern Europe have also been sounded by the "Twelve Equal Laws". Modern music has developed vigorously.

In this sense, Zhu Zaiyu is the founder of modern Western music.

In fact, the European musicians who enjoyed the fruits of the "Twelve Equal Temperaments" also added "European titles" to the "Twelve Equal Temperaments" without any pressure - "standard tuning", "standard Western tones" and so on.

And the same far-reaching impact is still in the Western scientific community.

The Twelve Equal Temperaments is more than just a musical discipline. Its birth is based on strong mathematical calculation ability. As a result, the theories of "open square" and "open square" in oriental mathematics related to the "Twelve Equal Laws" were also quickly accepted by the European academic community, and immediately boosted the brainstorming of European scientists. Novel mathematical concepts have promoted many achievements such as modern European astrophysics, and modern scientists such as Helmholtz have become Zhu Zaiyu's iron fans. Helmholtz exclaimed: "[The law of twelve equals] was invented by this country of genius and skill."

Even many Western scholars are puzzled as to why Zhu Zaiyu, who had made significant contributions to modern Western science, ended up in such a situation in Tatar-Qing China. So much so that the British scholar Joseph Needham lamented that this was really "wonderfully ironic".

Gao Pragmatic sighed at that time: We studied history and boasted about the introduction of "Geometric Originals" into China, and then said that there was no "real science" worth mentioning in China, but on the other hand, we did not even understand China's real science.

And now, this scientific giant who is absolutely worthy of the word "great" is standing in front of Gao Pragmatic, Gao Pragmatic is like a hardcore fan for decades seeing an idol, and naturally he can show whatever etiquette he can.

Gao Shishi saw that Zhu Zaiyu was silent, and said slightly apologetically: "Don't blame Mr. Jiufeng, the student has admired Mr. for a long time, and there is no malice. ”

Zhu Zaiyu smiled, pointed to the middle door of Gao Shishi's borrowed courtyard, and said, "I can see it." ”

Then he said: "Gao Longwen, you are a busy man, what about me...... To tell you the truth, it's quite busy, so let's not stand at this door and gossip, how about it? ”

Gao pragmatic laughed: "Mr. Jiufeng is quick to speak, the students admire him so much, sir, please." ”

Zhu Zaiyu didn't care why Gao was pragmatic and admired at every turn, but he was not polite when he heard the words, and he walked away.

When they arrived at the reception hall, the two of them were divided into guests, and Zhu Zaiyu took the initiative to speak: "I heard my father say that Gao Longwen intends to make a deal with Zheng Wangfu, and he designated me to come to discuss, and now that I am here, what is the deal, Gao Longwen might as well say it bluntly." ”

Hey, it seems that you are indeed quite busy, and this style of speech is really worthy of the character who once called himself "crazy" in his early years.

Gao pragmatic smiled: "It's not right to disturb Mr. Jiufeng's purity with these mundane things." However, if Mr. thinks that the student invited Mr. to come just to make more money from the partnership, then Mr. Jiufeng will underestimate the student. ”

Zhu Zaiyu was slightly surprised: "Not to make money? But I heard that the steward sent by Lingtang to King Zheng's Mansion said that your Gao Longwen intended to let King Zheng Mansion buy shares in land this time, so as to expand the scale of mines and prepare for the expansion of cement factories and iron works, is this not true? ”

"It's true." Gao pragmatically explained: "But that's just a practice, not an end. ”

"Purpose?" Zhu Zaiyu smiled: "Setting up a factory and opening a mine is not to make money, is it to resettle another wave of displaced people?" In recent years, although there have been occasional floods and locust plagues in Henan, they have been much better than in previous years, especially the most harmful floods, because Pan Yinchuan's method of restraining water and washing sand is indeed effective, and with the help of Gao Longwen's cement, many river embankments in dangerous areas have been reinforced. ”

Gao pragmatic said: "If the students say that from the eighth year of Wanli at the latest, there will be a serious famine and plague in Beizhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan...... Will Mr. Jiufeng believe it? ”

Zhu Zaiyu's originally smiling face quickly sank, frowned, and stared at Gao Shishi's eyes: "Zi Bu is strange and confused, Gao Longwen was born in the Gao clan of Zhongzhou, and he is a real sect, why did he say such nonsense?" If so, Zai Yu needs to ask: What is the basis of Gao Longwen's words? ”

How do you know that Gao is pragmatic and said very seriously: "Naturally, there is a reason, otherwise how dare students talk nonsense about natural disasters?" ”

Zhu Zaiyu was more surprised than skeptical at this time, and asked, "In this case, I have to ask for advice." ”

"Heaven is constant, and the week is not lost." Gao pragmatic said: "The student knows that Mr. Jiufeng is good at the calendar (here refers to the astronomical calendar) and is good at mathematics. ”

Zhu Zaiyu frowned: "I do agree with Gao Longwen's words, but what does this have to do with the disaster you mentioned?" It's hard to say, but there are laws to disasters? ”

"Yes." Gao Shishi sighed and said, "Before Mr. Yu discusses this topic, students need to introduce a new word to Mr. Yu: Xiaoice River Period. ”

"Please." Although Zhu Zaiyu had never heard of this word, perhaps out of the prudence of a scientist, he did not resist it at all.

However, although Gao pragmatic said that he wanted to explain the Xiaoice River period, he did not explain it directly, but said: "I have experienced at least three Xiaoice periods in China for thousands of years. From the end of the Yin Shang period to the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was the first Xiaoice River period; The end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and the Western Jin Dynasty was the second Xiaoice period; The end of the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, and the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty were the third Xiaoice River period...... These three Xiaoice periods have led to a sharp drop in temperature, caused drought in the north, greatly reduced grain production, and formed at least decades of violent social unrest and even war. ”

"Did you calculate this?" Zhu Zaiyu's face suddenly became extremely serious and even difficult to look at, and he gasped: "You mean, now Da Ming has to face this for the fourth time...... Xiaoice period? ”

Gao Shishi's face was also serious, and he asked rhetorically, "Mr. Jiufeng might as well think carefully about the climate and disasters in recent years...... The students suspect that we may not be able to say 'about to face', but that we have already stepped into the fourth Xiaoice Age. ”