Chapter 199 The King of Science

Li Shimin swore that he really had no prejudice against the Song Dynasty.

It was just that as an emperor who conquered the world on horseback, he could not accept such a petty and despicable behavior from the bottom of his heart:

"Isn't there some new Confucianism in the Song Dynasty?"

"Confucians can be approached but not forced, and can be killed but not humiliated?"

"Isn't it that this so-called new Confucianism teaches people to humble themselves and endure humiliation, and live in peace?"

"However, in the old days, Gou Jian also led the Yue army to swallow Wu. Can the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty only learn from Sun Shiwan to live in peace?"

Li Shimin was inevitably affected a little by looking at the light curtain.

Empress Changsun pulled Li Shimin's sleeve, and then he sat down angrily.

There was almost nothing to talk about this matter, and the Zhenguan ministers also thought:

"Suffering these three humiliations is a shame for the country!"

"If this shame is not avenged, how can the country's credibility be established? Where are the hearts of loyal ministers and righteous men?"

There is almost no need to express an opinion on this issue. After all, Jie Li Khan was captured and presented to the Taimiao just two months ago.

Therefore, Li Shiqi was very confused:

"Where are the loyal and brave generals? Where are the soldiers who fought for the country?"

Wei Zheng was also confused:

"Is there no loyal and honest minister in Song?!"

These questions were destined to be answered by no one, so they could only be put aside for the time being.

"The people suffered more from the Jingkang disaster than the Five Barbarians' Rebellion." Du Ruhui whispered.

The other ministers were silent. Of course, they understood the names of old and thin men, women, young women, and children.

It is precisely because they understand that it is particularly unacceptable. If the court is useful, it is not useless!

However, Fang Xuanling still found the problem from the words:

"Jin Di? Not Khitan?"

Everyone was a little confused for a while, and they all remembered that it was the Khitan Liao Kingdom that signed the Tanyuan Alliance.

So the speculation was logical: "The war in the north has not been settled? Why not gather troops to recover the old land of Yanyun?"

Everyone present was familiar with the art of war, and they were even more confused at this moment.

"Maybe the enemies of the Song Dynasty are all very powerful..."

Everyone could only comfort themselves in this way and make up for the Song Dynasty.

As for the title of the Kong family later, Li Shimin sneered directly:

"I will never confer the title of Yansheng Duke on the Kong family."

During the Wude period, there was an imperial decree to confer Confucius the title of Baosheng Hou, but it was just following the titles of Zongsheng, Gongwang, and Zouguogong that were conferred on Confucius by the previous dynasty.

And the title conferred during the Wude period can only be regarded as an empty title, as a statement of attitude.

Fang Xuanling thought it didn't matter:

"The title of Yanshenggong can be passed down in later generations, most likely not because of its honorific name."

After all, there were many people who were given this title in the previous dynasty, and no one took this title seriously.

As for why, Fang Xuanling couldn't figure it out for a while.

...

The Chengdu government office was silent again.

Liu Bei looked at those creepy and even stomach-worrying titles intently, and memorized them one by one.

These are the sufferings that the people in later generations have suffered. Now that they know, they must try to avoid them.

How to avoid them? Liu Bei didn't know yet.

But he felt that his military advisor should know, and...it's always right to eliminate the thieves and restore the Han Dynasty first.

On the other side, Zhang Fei couldn't wait any longer:

"Brother! When can we tie up Brother Shiwan and let him see his achievements?"

"When can we tie up Cao thief and let him see the disaster of the family caused by his good children and his Sima Yi?"

"Hurry up and restore the Han Dynasty. I, Zhang Fei, want to fight the barbarians!"

Zhang Fei's statement was applauded by others, especially Zhang Song's voice.

Leave Sichuan! Make achievements! Repay the master and spread his talent! Let those who judge people by appearance know his talent!

Liu Ba's idea was relatively simple: at that time, he wanted to follow the will of heaven and believed that Cao Cao could conquer the world, so he wanted to lie down there.

But now it seems that Guangmu likes the lord, and with this auspicious sign, he will conquer the world, so naturally he has to use his talents beside the lord.

He, Liu Ba, still wants to follow the will of heaven, but now he knows why the time is right.

Besides, they are both from the Liu family. Although Liu Ba is not a mortal enemy of the powerful, he can't stand it. Now it seems that it is good not to suffer from Cao thief.

Kong Ming and Pang Tong are studying the Kong family.

"A family that has been repairing the surrender?"

"A family that kneels?"

The two heads that Liu Bei relies on look at each other:

"It seems that the future generations have a lot of opinions about the Kong family... No, the Yansheng family is too favored. The Kong family is only the descendants of Confucius, not Confucius' real body. Why treat them so well?"

"Buying horse bones with thousands of gold is to win people's hearts. I am afraid that all the Confucians in the world only look to the Kong family."

"After the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was promoted. Are all Confucianism in the examination?"

The guess can only go so far. There is no need for more, because the Song Dynasty is too far away from them. Now everyone just wants to find a way to catch up with the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The other one is because we need to know more information about the Song Dynasty in order to know its specific situation.

[So now we look back, are the powerful families really useless?

This is of course a no. As the saying goes, the development of things has its pros and cons, and the same is true for powerful families.

Due to the imperfection of the local grassroots organizations of the Han Empire, the development and growth of local clans is an inevitable trend, filling the power gap and forming the basic social unit.

Such powerful people do bring together local forces. For the benefit of the family, the children of powerful families will inherit technology, study academics, manage wealth and even stabilize the countryside.

At this time, the powerful families were the blood-making pumps of the empire. They had no worries about food and clothing, and could pursue fame and fortune with all their strength. Therefore, they were also the backbone of the empire's foreign wars.

But as the powerful families grew stronger, they changed from the blood-making pumps of the empire to the blood-sucking leeches of the empire. Not only did they make half of the empire's financial resources go to their families, but they also locked up the creativity of the people.

The families without worries about food and clothing could only create artistic value, but could not produce other effects. For example, Wang Xizhi, the author of "Lanting Preface" that Erfeng took to the grave when he died, was the Wang family of "the swallows in front of the Wang and Xie halls in the old days".

Our history books can clearly record the names of all the parasites of the aristocratic families in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but the craftsmen who really improved the lives of the people and made the parasites live a better life have never left their names.

For example, under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu in the Han Dynasty, there were thousands of people in the East and West Weaving Rooms, and tens of thousands of craftsmen of all kinds. They contributed various wonderful and far-reaching inventions to the Han Dynasty:

Li drum car, dragon bone water wheel, water pestle, plow car, silk loom, escapement, thirsty crow, bellows, etc.

But none of them left their names.

The only person in the Han Dynasty whose name was left because of an invention was called Chen Baoguang's wife.

Historical records show that she invented the jacquard machine. Huo Xian summoned her to work on it. She could weave a piece of brocade in 60 days. A piece of brocade could be worth ten thousand coins. Its economic benefits need no further explanation.

But the record left by such a woman is Chen Baoguang's wife. Even her surname is unknown, and whether she was rewarded or not. She is anonymous.

But now there should be no one among us who does not know the Jenny spinning machine in the West.

This is the limitation of the family. The children of the aristocratic family who are ambitious learn and study in order to seize power. The children of the aristocratic family who lie down either seek pleasure or study art.

In fact, our ancestors started exploring science very early, such as mathematics, which has the titles of the mother of science and the king of science.

"Zhou Bi Suan Jing" and "Jiu Zhang Suan Shu" are both at the forefront of the world.

However, in order to pass on his research and works, the author of "Zhou Bi Suan Jing" needed to invent Shang Gao and Chen Zi to pseudonym this masterpiece.

"Jiu Zhang Suan Shu" does not even know the name of the author. "Sun Zi Suan Jing" was also written by the ancestors under the name of Sun Zi, just to pass on this ancient book.

Despite such achievements, the development of mathematics from the Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties can be said to be lackluster.

The few ancestors who contributed to mathematics, such as Liu Hui, Zhao Shuang, Zu Chongzhi, Zhen Luan, etc., either had no relationship with the aristocratic family or were marginal figures in the aristocratic family.

It was not until the complete decline of the aristocratic family in the Sui Dynasty that mathematics ushered in a wave of development that inherited the past and ushered in the future.

In the Song Dynasty, as the aristocratic families completely disappeared, the wisdom of the common people began to appear on the historical stage, creating the brilliant scientific and cultural development of the Song Dynasty. 】

Ganlu Palace and Chengdu government office, everyone was dazzled.

It took a long time to sort out the relationship here, and the missing ones will be made up tomorrow.