Chapter 304 Popular Science Education

The sound of firecrackers in the year old,

The spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu.

Thousands of doors and thousands of pupils,

Always replace the new peach with the old charm.

This is the scene of the first day, every household drinks Tusu wine, changes peach charms, the sound of firecrackers, and laughter everywhere.

Yang Daguan himself thought of a couplet:

Yesterday's poor house was surrounded by walls,

Today, wives and concubines are full of beds.

I just thought about it, and I didn't dare to write it. I'm afraid that Thirteen Niang will let him practice the Sunflower Treasure Book.

But last night was really this scene, everyone kept the New Year, the game was played, the story was finished, and in the second half of the night, Thirteen Niang, Li Xiangxian, Qing Niang, and Qin Cao fell asleep together, this is not a wife and concubine full of beds!

Since the beginning of the Lunar New Year, the people who came to visit Yang's house have not stopped, and the invitations have been flying like snowflakes.

On the first day of the new year, at the invitation of Li Yizhi, the two Zhejiang roads passed through the appeasement of Li Yizhi, and the boat cruised the lake.

In the second year of junior high school, at the invitation of the transfer envoy Fang Ji, he traveled to Geling.

On the third day of junior high school, I went to Dongxiao Palace to visit Qingyun Old Road.

The fourth day of the new year received Renhezhi County and Lin'an Zhixian respectively.

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At the invitation of Qian Mu on the tenth day of the first year, he went to the state with Qin Zigui to study the scriptures and papers, and the "Mengxi Pen Talk" and "Qingqing Pen Talk" that were printed just a few years ago were printed, and Yang Yi asked people to bring hundreds of copies to the state school outside the Tongyue Gate.

More than 300 students got the new book, and they were very happy, but Yang Yi found that what they cared about most was the poems of himself and Qing Niang, so he decided to stop talking about literature and Taoism today, but to carry out a popular science education.

"Students, don't underestimate this "Mengxi Writings", if you can do more research on this book and make it play a role in the national economy and people's livelihood, it will probably bring earth-shaking changes to the Great Song Dynasty;

And the book includes astronomy, calendar, mathematics, geography, medicine, etc., these are all the study of the world, and now the imperial examination questions of the imperial court are more focused on the practical of the world. ”

After Yang Yi said this, the school building suddenly fell silent, no matter what, the title of the gold list is the most attractive to the students.

Yang Yi, as a core member of the reform faction in the DPRK, released such words, which somewhat represented the orientation of the imperial imperial examination, so his words are worth careful consideration.

There are currently 316 students in Hangzhou State School, and I heard that Yang Yi and Qin Zigui were invited to give lectures.

Yang Yi saw that the effect was good, so he continued: "Shen Gong is a scholar of heaven and earth, and everything recorded in this book is extremely useful, such as this one: In the fifth year of Xining, Shen Gong presided over the dredging of the Bianhe River, and personally measured the topography of the lower reaches of the Bianhe River from Kaifeng to the bank of the Huai River in Sizhou, a total of more than 840 miles;

He used the method of layered weir construction to measure the difference in terrain height between Kaifeng and Sizhou of 19 zhang 4 feet 8 inches 6 minutes.

This topographic survey method is to divide the Bianqu into many sections, build a step-shaped embankment in layers, divert water to irrigate into it, and then measure the water surface of each section step by step, accumulate the difference between each section, and the sum is the fact that the terrain between Kaifeng and Sizhou is high.

This is a pioneering feat in the history of water conservancy. In just four or five years, remarkable achievements have been made in diverting more than 17,000 hectares of water and silting fields. How many people can this benefit, have you ever thought about it?

When calculating the height of the terrain, Shen Gong was meticulous to the inch, which shows that his attitude towards water control is extremely serious;

A person's attitude often determines the success or failure of things, and also determines the success or failure of your life, and I hope that you can also have this serious attitude when you study this book. ”

When Yang Yi said this, all the students in the school building were silent, obviously, Yang Yi was not talking about a subset of classics and history today, so they couldn't turn the corner for a while.

Yang Yi persevered and said: "Everyone, please see, Shen Gong also has such a record in the book, when Shen Gong lived in Quanzhou with his father, he heard that there is a spring water in Leadshan County, Jiangxi Province that is not sweet, but bitter, and the local villagers put the bitter spring in the pot to boil, and after the bitter spring is boiled dry, they get Huang Cancan's copper.

Shen Gong was very interested in this legend, so he traveled thousands of miles to Leadshan County, saw the process of the villagers' 'gall water smelting copper', and recorded it in the book.

Here I can clearly tell you that the reason for the appearance of bile water is that the copper ore is eroded by the earth air and water flow and dissolved in the water, that is, there must be a large copper mine at the source of the bile water.

My Great Song Dynasty lacks copper, and there are often situations where money is expensive and cheap in the market, so if this copper ore is mined, it can greatly promote the prosperity of the market in my Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, don't underestimate Shen Gong's "Mengxi Writings", as long as you study it carefully, it will definitely benefit the country and the people. ”

The reason why Yang Yi dared to assert that there must be a huge copper mine near Bile Water was verified in later generations. According to Shen Kuo's records, later generations found a huge copper mine in nearby Guixi County, which has an annual output of 900,000 tons of electrolytic copper, ranking first in China and third in the world.

After Yang Yi finished speaking, there was a buzzing discussion in the school building, and one of the students stood up and said, "Student Meng Yuanjin, may I ask Bachelor Yang, which do you think is more important, the subset of classics and history, or these miscellaneous studies?" I also hope that Master Yang will give advice. ”

This question was very sensitive, and the school room suddenly became audible again, and everyone waited with bated breath for Yang Yi's answer.

Yang Yi replied without hesitation: "Classmate Meng, first of all, I want to correct one point, you call these classics and studies miscellaneous, which is obviously biased. Bao Shi proposed the six arts of a gentleman, namely etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics.

Among them, archery, royalty, and numbering can be said to be the practical learning set by the sage according to the actual situation at that time, and this practical learning does not refer specifically to these three things, but should vary from time to time, and the purpose is not to deviate from the meaning of 'practical'.

In other words, the sages also advocated the practicality of the scriptures, rather than just the study of the subset of scriptures.

The Book of Rites. University" proposes self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country and leveling the world. Self-cultivation is fundamental, in Confucianism, most of them are self-cultivation, so after self-cultivation, if you want to govern the country and level the world, you need to learn the practical learning of the world.

I am Zhao Pu and Zhao Gong, the founding prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and others say that all he read in his life is the Analects. Taizong inquired about this, and Zhao Gong replied: The minister knows in his life, and he is honest not to do this, in the past, he used to set the world with his half-auxiliary Taizu, and now he wants to bring peace to His Majesty with his half-assistant.

If you really believe that Zhao Gong rules the world with half of the Analects, hehe! Then I have nothing to say today. ”

Yang Yi smiled, and the three hundred students couldn't help laughing, indeed, no one is stupid, who believes that Zhao Pu rules the world with half of the Analects?

Everyone laughed, the atmosphere was much more relaxed, and the debate became more enthusiastic.

In the subset of history, Yang Yi has Li Yi's previous skills, and he is not afraid of them;

As for these natural sciences, Yang Yi can now be a self-proclaimed academic champion, let alone worry about running out of words.

Under the deliberate guidance of Yang Yi, this debate lasted for a whole day, involving medicine, geography, physics, people's livelihood, river governance, navigation and other aspects, which can be described as unique;

These students are still young, and some novel things can easily arouse their interest, and Yang Yi is a little skeptical that it was a mistake for him not to go to Taixue to teach in the first place.

When she came home at dusk, the sample of the rice plate that Thirteen Niang had fired also came out, she was drawing in the yard, and when she saw Yang Yi coming back, Thirteen Niang immediately said: "Official, come and see, it's no problem." ”

More exquisite porcelain can be made, craftsmen will naturally have no problem making this kind of stoneware seedling plate, Yang Yi looked at it, the length and width of this seedling plate are about one foot each, according to this size, an acre of land needs about seventy or eighty seedling plates is enough.

Pick it up and weigh it, each seedling tray weighs about three catties, which is barely acceptable, after all, the seedling sowing can be carried out at the edge of the village, and it is not too troublesome to carry it.

"Lady, how much does it cost to make a rice tray?" Cost is the key!

Thirteen Niang replied with a smile: "Officials rest assured, it will cost one or two pennies to burn a rice tray, and after the craftsmen make the model, they will press the stirred soil into the model, and then enter the kiln to fire, which is similar to burning tiles." ”

"The cost of refining is two cents, and when it is really sold on the market, it will cost three or four cents, and one acre of land will be calculated according to eighty seedlings, and the people will spend about three hundred cents, if you are careful to use it, you can use it for at least a few years, and at most ten years, so the cost of a year is about thirty cents, well! OK! Congratulations that Liangzi has created another great invention! ”

Thirteen Niang glanced at him prettyly, too lazy to bother with him, and said thoughtfully: "Our family has 500 acres of land in Hangzhou, if all the seedlings are thrown, it will take 150 seedlings to spend money, the amount is large, and it can be discounted, about 130 yuan." Official, should we let someone burn it right away? ”

Thirteen Niang was a little impatient and wanted to see the effect of throwing seedlings with her own eyes.

"Of course, how can such a great invention of the lady be buried, burned, burned more! If you can't use it up, send it to your neighbors, and it should be a holiday gift. ”

"The official is talking nonsense, and you don't dare to use it if you give it to others."

"Okay, let's be the first to eat crabs!"

After Thirteen Niang arranged for someone to go to the porcelain kiln to order, and Yang Yi both went back to the backyard, the spring was on, the weather became warmer, and above the attic, Qin Cao was discussing the piano skills with Qing Niang, and from time to time there was a string of beautiful piano sounds.

After officially entering the Yang family, Qin Cao was finally willing to change out of her plain clothes, inserted a crested jade hairpin on her head, and sold a golden sable fur blouse to make her more graceful and beautiful, as colorful as a narcissus.

Thirteen Niang took Yang Yi's arm, looked at the piano exercise in the attic, and said, "Isn't the official going to be the first person to eat crabs?" Qin'er has been in our house for so many days, why do the officials let the family stay alone in the empty room every night? ”

"This ......" Yang Yi looked at Thirteen Niang's expression with the corner of his eye, very gentle, "That's it!" Lady ......"

"What, this, that? Don't pretend to be an official, everyone has already married, what can the concubine do to you? ”

Oh my God, you took the initiative to let me bring people back, listen to this tone, alas! Woman! Belch...... It's good to be able to do that.

(To be continued)