My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 307: Live and learn

Not only can this emerging knowledge create unprecedented miracles, but Wu Daoxing's thinking has also been completely opened up after he came into contact with technical knowledge, which allows him to think about problems from a completely new perspective.

Therefore, at Jiangzao Academy, he was sometimes more like a student than a teacher.

It was precisely because of this that he was eager to fully incorporate technical learning into the imperial examinations, even more eager than Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Yes, sir, your opinion is profound. Education reform is urgent. Now that the majority of people support it, His Majesty should have a complete showdown with the literary world in the near future."

Li Min rolled his eyes and continued, "The foundation of educational reform is the precious knowledge on the table, but it needs someone to teach and learn. That's why His Majesty asked us to understand the new knowledge thoroughly first so that we can better teach the students. So, I'll leave it to Mr. Wu."

At this time, the attendants beside him couldn't help laughing out loud. His Majesty clearly asked you, Lord Li, to learn it first and then teach others. But now, as soon as you arrived at the academy, you pushed all these few words to Wu Daoxing.

Seeing Li Min staring at him, the follower quickly shut his mouth.

Li Min also had his own little thoughts. He had a lot of things to do, and now there was the most urgent railway project. His Majesty had already given the best solution, and he had to quickly improve this set of measures and then implement them. He had no extra time to learn new things.

Looking at the pile of papers on the desk, Wu Daoxing was also a little dumbfounded, but he still said solemnly: "Master Li, don't worry, I will lead the teachers to start studying seriously and strive to spread the new knowledge as soon as possible."

"Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Wu." Li Min said as he picked up a bound booklet and started reading.

After all, he was also curious about what magical contents the new knowledge Li Han brought him.

Then the words on the cover instantly attracted him - "Popular Science of Natural Sciences".

Below the name, there is a line of small words suitable for children's enlightenment education.

Is this an enlightenment book for children?

Li Min opened the book and the first chapter was "Understanding Our World".

Wow, he is indeed a remarkable man. The themes of the things he shows to children are so grand. Even a saint would not dare to say that he knows this world.

With great curiosity, he read it carefully and was deeply attracted.

What is the sky and what is the earth? It turns out that above the blue sky, there is endless space called the universe.

The universe is infinite space and the universe is infinite time. Although these are not common sense in the Ming Dynasty, most scholars also understand this truth. However, when the book said that the stars, the sun and the moon that we usually see are all floating in the vast space of the universe, Li Min was still shocked.

The land where he lives is an irregular sphere called the Earth. Just like the stars seen at night, they are all floating in the universe. Li Min pondered carefully and found that this corresponds to what Zhang Heng mentioned in "Annotations to the Hun Tian Yi" that the celestial bodies are as round as bullets.

When I was young, when I read "Annotations to the Hun Tian Yi", I thought it was just a hypothesis proposed by Zhang Heng, but I didn't expect it to be true!
The earth we live on is actually a sphere. It’s really magical to think about it.

In other words, our ancestors had actually recognized this phenomenon long ago, but today more people's understanding of the world is still at the stage of the round earth and square earth.

It seems that we really need to increase our efforts to promote new knowledge.

Then he saw that the Earth, Taibai, Suixing, Chenxing, Yinghuo, Zhenxing, etc. were all rotating around the Sun. When the Earth revolved around the Sun once, it was a year. And the Earth also rotated on itself, and one rotation was a day. Li Min suddenly realized why the Sun rose from the East and set in the West.

The more he watched, the more fascinated he became. It turned out that thunder was caused by the electric charges in the clouds, some of which were positive and some of which were negative. When clouds with positive and negative charges collided, thunder would occur.

If the phenomenon of electricity is caused by electric charge, then he thought of the radio. Is the reason why the radio can communicate over long distances through the air also because of the existence of electric charge?
Thinking further, if we can create electric charges ourselves, then wouldn’t the Ming Dynasty also be able to create things related to electricity?
Thinking of this, he flipped through the booklet quickly, but he couldn't find any mention of how to create electric charge until he reached the end.

I think this is an enlightenment reading material for children, and it should not involve such advanced and magical techniques.

So, is this included in the information sent by the strange man?

Thinking of this, Li Min rummaged through a pile of materials, and then found a book on intermediate physics. He opened it and his eyes immediately lit up.

There really is a device that generates electricity. It turns out that electricity can be generated using magnets and copper coils!
While Li Min was searching, Wu Daoxing was also deeply attracted.

What he took out was the elementary mathematics book he had picked up at the beginning. After he finally understood the ten numbers, he began to write and draw on paper.

Then he discovered that this new type of number was indeed much easier to calculate than before.

Wu Daoxing soon realized that once this method was used for large-scale industrial calculations, such as output, labor, etc., it would be much simpler.

This will be another major change from bottom to top and from inside to outside!
The two of them absorbed new knowledge without sleep and food until late at night, until Li Min suddenly realized that the two of them seemed to have urgent things to do.

After being reminded by Li Min, Wu Daoxing slapped his thigh and realized that he was so absorbed in learning new things that he forgot to eat and sleep and forgot the most important thing.

Wu Daoxing actually understood in his heart that Zhu Yuanzhang had been suppressing him, Lan Zhi and others from speaking out because he was waiting for the final critical moment.

He quickly took out paper and pen and began to write the article he was going to submit.

He had already prepared the article, but after seeing the new teaching materials, he had new ideas and felt it necessary to write a new article.

After the article is written, it will be handed over to Fang Xiaoru. After proofreading, it can be published immediately after Your Majesty gives the order.

At this moment, his thoughts were flowing like a spring. Li Min didn't want to disturb him, so she quietly left the room and quickly rushed home.

He also had to quickly turn His Majesty's plan into an executable plan and then implement it on the captives.

At the morning court the next day, as usual, those who supported and opposed the reform submitted memorials to the emperor. Some of them extolled the benefits of educational reform, mostly from the aspects of industrial and economic development, while others denounced the drawbacks of the reform, with the main point being that the ancestral laws could not be changed and that any reform would shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

The two sides are still arguing fiercely, but the number of people opposing is far less than the number of people supporting.

The final decision-making power naturally lay in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang. However, just as all the civil and military officials were waiting for him to make the final decision, their Majesty made a decision that no one expected.

His Majesty announced that the first self-produced film of the Ming Dynasty has been successfully filmed and will be shown nationwide from now on!
(End of this chapter)