Li Zicheng found a set of physics textbooks for Xining High School from his luggage, thought for a while, and then found a geography textbook, turned to the section of "The Shape of the Earth", and marked it.

He sat back on the dragon chair, leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes and took a nap, but he was still thinking about Fang Yizhi in his heart.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Qian Qianyi came in with a strange man in a long shirt, and the man in a long shirt followed Qian Qianyi and saluted, "The grass people are wise, knock on the emperor!"

"No rudeness!" Li Zicheng glanced at Fang Yizhi, but he was in his early thirties, dressed in an off-white robe, and his face was normal, but his eyes were particularly bright, black and shiny.

"Your Majesty ......" Fang Yizhi seemed to be uneasy.

"Give the seat, serve the tea!" Li Zicheng estimated that it would take a long time to summon Fang Yizhi this time, so he asked Qian Qianyi to go back first.

Qian Qianyi knew that Li Zicheng was going to ask Fang Yizhi alone, so he saluted Li Zicheng and left.

Li Zicheng looked at Fang Yizhi and said with a faint smile: "I heard that Mr. Fang wrote a book called "Physics Knowledge", but is there such a thing?" ”

Fang Yizhi took out a book from his arms and offered it with both hands, "Back to the emperor, this is the original manuscript of Caomin's "Little Knowledge of Physics", and it can't be entered into the emperor's eyes......"

He Xiaomi took "Physics Knowledge", investigated it, and was sure that there was no hidden weapon in the book, so he gave it to Li Zicheng.

"Whether you can enter my magic eye or not, you have to see it to know!" Li Zicheng took it in his hand and compared it, because it was a manuscript, it felt very thick, at least a thousand pages.

When I opened it, there was no punctuation, and it was traditional characters, and it was more difficult to read than the chapter, so I frowned slightly, and barely read the introduction and the first few pages, and was secretly surprised in my heart.

The book consists of 12 volumes, which are divided into 15 categories, including heaven, calendar, wind, thunder, rain and sun, earth, horoscope, human body, medicine, food, clothing, gold and stone, utensils, plants and trees, birds and beasts, ghosts and gods, and strange things.

The content is very varied, covering astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, agriculture, crafts, philosophy, art and many other aspects.

It turned out that it was not the kind of "physics" of later generations, but an encyclopedia that taught Western knowledge.

If such a work is read, it will take at least ten days and a half months, and Li Zicheng decided to skip the "heavenly category" according to the introduction, and start with the second category of "calendar category".

"The earth is round and round, in the middle of heaven...... Legend has it that the ground floats on the water, and the sky covers the water, which is ridiculous! The terrain is like walnut meat, convex mountains and concave seas......"

Li Zicheng was even more surprised, although the content of the book was not correct, Fang Yizhi had already accepted the "Earth Circle Theory"!

I also plan to use the doctrine of "the earth is round" to persuade Fang Yizhi to give up the restoration of the society, it seems that ......

Li Zicheng thought for a while, raised his head and looked at Fang Yizhi opposite, and said with a faint smile: "Mr. Fang is idle, I also have some books here, you might as well take a look!" I handed over the marked geography textbook to me.

Fang Yizhi took it with both hands, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Fang is a scholar, so there is no need to be polite, so as not to be burdened by these foreign things!" Regardless of what Fang Yizhi thought, he lowered his head and continued to read "Physics Knowledge".

Fang Yizhi paused, but he didn't speak, and casually flipped to the place where Li Zicheng had made a mark, frowning unconsciously.

The imperial study was silent, and even He Xiaomi felt very depressed.

After a long time, Fang Yizhi seemed to lose in a fight, and suddenly put down the teaching materials, "Your Majesty ......"

"What's wrong?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Fang, is this textbook plagiarized from Mr.'s knowledge?" ”

"No, no," Fang Yizhi's head shook like a rattle, "grass people...... Grass people want to know...... Know who wrote this book......"

"Why?"

Fang Yizhi wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead with the sleeves of his long shirt and said, "The author of this book is comparable to a Western missionary...... No, it's more powerful than a Western missionary, and there's ...... this writing."

"Mr. Fang's knowledge is famous all over the world, and it should be good to be able to enter Mr. Fang's eyes," Li Zicheng bowed slightly, and said: "According to Mr. Fang, what are the merits of this book?" ”

"What is desirable?" Fang Yizhi hurriedly said: "It's a lot, it's too much......"

Li Zicheng smiled lightly: "Can Mr. Fang come one by one?" ”

"This kind of writing," new beads of sweat broke out on Fang Yizhi's head, "The grass people didn't know it at first, but after reading a few pages, they seemed to have found some rules, this kind of writing is better than Da Ming...... No, it's much more concise than the Chinese text, and there is this symbol, which can help break sentences, grass people...... The grass people dare to ask, who created this......"

Li Zicheng did not want to add the merit of simplifying Chinese characters to himself, otherwise he would not be able to explain its origin, except for the students of Xining Girls' School, no one knew that he had created such Chinese characters and symbols.

"This is not the creation of one person, but the wisdom of the collective," Li Zicheng sighed leisurely: "Only by concentrating the strength of all people can we create an immortal doctrine!"

"Collective intelligence?" Fang Yizhi seemed to have an understanding, tilting his head and looking at the roof, but his gaze was fixed, obviously restrained.

Li Zicheng waited for a while, and Fang said, "Mr. Fang, apart from the written words, what is the merit of the content in the book?" ”

"Contents?" Fang Yizhi reacted at this time, and there was obviously a trace of uneasiness on his face, "Your Majesty, the discussion of the earth in the book is more accurate than that of the grass people...... This book came out before the grass people's handbook, and it can't be plagiarized from the grass people's ......"

"I believe that Mr. Fang did not plagiarize the results of this book," Li Zicheng said: "Although it was written earlier, it was only circulated in the northwest border, and Mr. Fang should have seen it for the first time." ”

"That's, that's," Fang Yizhi breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment, and finally said: "Your Majesty, is the earth suspended in the air......" As soon as he finished speaking, he regretted it, the emperor had this book by his side, it didn't mean that the emperor understood this knowledge, the emperor had a lot of opportunities, and there were countless military affairs, how could he have time to study such a doctrine......

Li Zicheng laughed and said: "This, I really know that the earth is suspended in the air, sparing the sun, in fact, not only the earth, but also several stars, are also the same as the earth, sparing the sun to run......"

Fang Yizhi blurted out: "Venus and Mercury ......" was extremely shocked in his heart, how could the emperor know about these knowledge?

Li Zicheng was also secretly surprised, but after thinking about it, "Water, metal, earth, fire, wood, earth, among the six planets closest to the sun, except for the earth, it happens to be named after the "five elements", maybe the wisdom of Huaxia has already guessed their existence, and he just doesn't know, "How did Mr. Fang know about Venus and Mercury?" ”

"Telescope," Fang Yizhi said, "the grass used the methods recorded in Western books to build a telescope, and observed that Venus and Mercury actually existed, as well as Mars......"

Li Zicheng was almost so excited that he wanted to jump up, this Fang Yizhi seemed to be even more powerful than Tang Ruowang, if he let him go, he would be a sinner in Huaxia!

He took out the military telescope he carried with him from the drawer, handed it to Fang Yizhi, and said with a smile: "Mr. Fang, take a look, but this kind of telescope? ”

Fang Yizhi took a look, exclaimed unconsciously, picked up the telescope, tried it on his right eye, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, the magnification of this telescope is too low......

"This is a military telescope, and there is no need for too high magnification for the time being," Li Zicheng bowed slightly, and said, "Mr. Fang's telescope, can you already observe Venus?" ”

"Exactly!" Although Fang Yizhi's self-made telescope has a much higher magnification and a much farther observation distance, he does not dare to despise the telescope in Li Zicheng's hand at all, who knows what new things the emperor will come up with? "Your Majesty, the grass people are brave, can the emperor know Western missionaries?"

Li Zicheng nodded, "Does Mr. Fang know John Tang?" ”

"John Tang?" Fang Yizhi's eyes immediately widened, "It turns out that Tang Ruowang has been serving Huaxia?" He is...... When the grass people enter God, Mr. Tang presided over the baptism!"

"It turns out that Mr. Fang has already entered the worship of God? Is it a brother in the church? Li Zicheng said in his heart, this is much easier, and then smiled: "Sir, do you know that I am the Pope of Catholicism?" ”

"The Pope?" Fang Yizhi was even more stunned, and said, "As far as the grass people know, isn't the Pope in distant Rome......

"That's the pope of the West," Li Zicheng said calmly, "I am the pope of China, don't hide it, there are already millions of Catholics in Lanzhou and Xining in China." ”

"Millions?" Fang Yizhi was stunned for a moment, finally got up and knelt down in front of Li Zicheng, "Believer Fang Yizhi, bow to the Pope!"

"I'm the Pope, not God, so I don't have to bow down!" Li Zicheng was overjoyed in his heart, for a believer, the worship of the pope may be greater than that of the emperor, the dynasty may change, the emperor may be ousted, but the pope will never be replaced, until he goes to see God!

The next thing is much simpler, Li Zicheng was too lazy to read "Physics Knowledge", but asked Fang Yizhi to ask questions about the knowledge in the book for him to answer, mainly in science.

Fang Yizhi's questions are getting more and more difficult, but Li Zicheng still answers fluently, Fang Yizhi had to close "Physics Knowledge", and secretly sighed, the emperor is worthy of being the pope, no wonder Huaxia will replace Daming!

Li Zicheng knew that Fang Yizhi had been completely convinced, so he smiled lightly: "Mr. Fang's book, except for me and Western missionaries, there are really not many people in China who can understand it, does Mr. Fang have any intention to promote it to the people?" ”

"Caomin wrote books and said that they were just for future generations to see ......" Fang Yizhi shook his head suddenly, with a trace of shame on his face, "It turns out that Mr. Tang has written better works in Chinese......"

"Sir, that's a mistake!" Li Zicheng said: "If you just write a book and say that it will be read by future generations, not to mention that it will take a lot of time, that is, when future generations see the work, how many people can understand it?" Don't hide it, sir, I have opened high schools in Xining, Lanzhou, and Jingshi, specializing in teaching this kind of knowledge to ordinary people, and now I plan to open Nanjing University in Nanjing, is Mr. interested in this position as president? ”

"Caomin originally had some extravagant hopes......" Fang Yizhi was not surprised at all about Nanjing University, obviously Qian Qianyi had told him.

"Sir, do you know that high school is completely different from Mr. personally teaching apprentices, and can teach dozens, hundreds, or even more people at a time?" Li Zicheng said: "After entering Nanjing University, Mr. can eliminate all influences and do his studies with peace of mind!"

"This," Fang Yizhi hesitated, "It's just the grass people's knowledge......"

"What is contained in Mr.'s book may not be beyond the part of the textbook, and when Mr. finishes reading the textbook, he can add it appropriately to the textbook according to his own experience," Li Zicheng smiled indifferently: "Even if there is nothing in Mr.'s book that exceeds the original textbook, I will not care, Mr. wants to interpret the textbook and impart the knowledge in the textbook to more students." ”

Fang Yizhi thought for a long time, and said: "In this way, the grass people thank the emperor for his kindness......"

"Wait," Li Zicheng said, "If Mr. wants to take up the post of president of Nanjing University, he needs to do one more thing!"

"Please make it clear to the emperor!"

"Quit!" Li Zicheng said lightly: "Mr. is a person of learning, this life should only be dedicated to God, serve China, and can no longer have anything to do with the Fushe, the students recruited by Nanjing University can be official eunuchs and gentry, or ordinary people, no matter who it is, they must not have anything to do with the Fushe, let alone spread any ideas of the Fushe on campus," after a pause, he said: "If Sir spreads Catholicism on campus, I will not object!"

Fang Yizhi didn't know why Li Zicheng opposed the resumption of the society, but through hundreds of thousands of students at Nanjing University, he was really tempted to pass on the results of his painstaking research, even if most of the content in the textbook was not his research results, but at least with his participation, it was like-minded!

He bowed his hand to Li Zicheng and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the grass people will withdraw from the restoration society and dissolve the Tongcheng Ze Society created by the grass people!"

Li Zicheng smiled and said: "I believe in Mr.'s knowledge, and I believe in Mr.'s conduct, Nanjing University, I will hand it over to Mr.," After a pause, he said: "Nanjing University needs many teachers, and it will also recruit many students, so Mr. must personally check it!"

"The grass people obey!" Fang Yizhi thought for a while, and said: "The second son of the grass people, the third son, and the student Jiexuan, although they are young, they have mastered most of the knowledge of the grass people, and the grass people do not avoid suspicion and want to recommend them to enroll, in addition, the grass people have a close friend, who is also a Western missionary, called Bi Fangji, who preached in the city of Nanjing, and the grass people recommended him as a teacher!"

"Mr. Fang is at his own convenience, there is no need to ask me about this kind of thing," Li Zicheng thought that what Nanjing University lacked the most was not students, but teachers, tunnel: "Mr. 's children and students, if they really master part of Mr.'s knowledge, they can learn from Mr. while serving as a teacher at Nanjing University and teaching them the part of the course they are familiar with!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Zicheng suddenly said: "What did Mr. Fang just say, Bi Fangji is a Western missionary?" Spreading Catholicism in the city? ”

"Exactly!" Fang Yizhi said: "Mr. Bi is a devout Catholic priest, and there is a small Catholic church in Nanjing, which is not very influential because of its small scale and small number of believers......

"Tell Mr. Bi that as long as he is at ease to impart knowledge at Nanjing University, when he preaches at Nanjing University, this pope will give his full support, and within three years, this pope will guarantee that at least half of the millions of people in Nanjing will believe in God!"