Great Ming National Teacher

Li Yunya originally thought that he had a bad reputation among the scholar-official class. Xu Guangqi is the Zuo Silang of the Ministry of Rites, and he is more powerful than the deputy minister of the Ministry of Education in later generations. To invite people over, if three visits to the thatched hut are not enough, then use force to tie them over, in short, we can't let people run away!

However, Xu Guangqi didn't let him visit the thatched cottage. After receiving the eunuch's decree, he started the handover work of the Ministry of Rites, and then took the initiative to come to the Academia Sinica to report. At this time, the Academia Sinica was only a central building.

Li Yunya has a lot of things to do, and he is watching the corn production in the backyard of Fengyuan Palace. There are three kinds of corn seeds he brought, 90.00 strawberry corns, [-] pineapple corns, and [-] colorful corns. They are all planted, and the germination rate is still low. It's quite high, reaching [-]% or more. In summer, Li Yunya didn't want to eat any of them. He saved them for planting in autumn. Fortunately, the yield was not bad. There were two cobs on each corn, and the first two were small in size. Rice grains are also small, so the yield will not be very high, but it is several times more than the current wheat, millet, and sorghum.

It was said that Xu Guangqi had arrived, and he was so excited that he immediately handed over all the tasks at hand to others, ran to the front yard, jumped onto the Yezhao jade lion that he got from Eunuch Wei, and took twenty guards with him all the way. Run into town.

When he arrived at the Academia Sinica, Xu Guangqi was looking at the thirteen-story water tower with his hands behind his back. Li Yunya admired such a "national treasure" person very much. He cupped his fists and bowed slightly: "Mr. Xu has been waiting for a long time, I wanted to wait After harvesting the corn at home, I went to the mansion to greet him in person, but I didn’t expect that my husband would come here by himself today, so please forgive me if I miss you, please forgive me!”

Xu Guangqi was also very surprised. This "demonic way" is not as domineering as the outside rumors. Xu Guangqi has read every issue of Zhonghua Hou Bao during this period, and he appreciates some of the above discussions, especially the parts about mathematics and common sense of life. Today Seeing the ten-story high-rise tower with his own eyes made him feel refreshed, and he felt a faint feeling of heroism in his heart.

Although Li Yunya is young, he is a big celebrity in front of the emperor. So many courtiers have resigned in such a way that he could not shake his position. Very humble, Li Yunya couldn't accept his gift, so he quickly helped him up with his hands: "I have agreed with the emperor, please come here to be the vice president, and we will recruit more talents in the future, and I will continue to With the funds in, the husband can be carefree, stop worrying about anything, and focus on doing research."

On the same day, Li Yunya mobilized his staff and set aside a small courtyard. Although there was only one entrance, it was a small two-story building with about half an mu of land in the back and East and West Wings in front. It was very clean and tidy, and was dedicated to Xu Guangqi.

The Academia Sinica is the highest technical department, and security work cannot be ignored. Li Yunya transferred a company of soldiers from the military academy, and then transferred people from the Beijing camp to form a security brigade with 500 people. Wait to come in and ask them to send four security guards. If Xu Guangqi goes out, he must go with him to protect the old man's safety.

In addition to the security brigade, Li Yunya also set up an internal hospital, transferred a military doctor from the military academy, two imperial doctors from the imperial hospital, and recruited more than a dozen famous doctors to be responsible for the safety of the academicians. A comprehensive inspection is carried out every quarter, especially Xu Guangqi is the target of key protection.

Xu Guangqi was a little flattered. He didn't know why this "demon" was so kind to him. Could it be that he wanted a thousand pieces of gold?If you are polite to others, you must ask for something.Soon, he knew what Li Yunya was asking for.

Li Yunya first planned and built eight research institutes, including the Academy of Astronomy, the Academy of Geography, the Academy of Mathematics, the Academy of Physics, the Academy of Chemistry, the Academy of Agriculture, the Academy of Medicine, and the Academy of Engineering, and gave Xu Guangqi one by one lectures.

In his courier bag, there is a telescope. In addition to two military binoculars, there is also a desktop, 120 times astronomical telescope. At night, he and Xu Guangqi use it to watch the sky, which is different from the performance in film and television works. In addition to looking at the moon and seeing craters, etc., looking at the stars is still a point of light, and you can't see more celestial bodies such as nebulae, but you can see more stars than the naked eye.

Li Yunya is an idiot in the study of constellations and the like. Xu Guangqi is an expert in the study of calendars. He was taken aback when he saw it. Palace after palace, there are nouns such as Weiyueyan, Xingrima and other astrological nouns, quickly draw a blueprint of celestial bodies, and draw the remaining ones that are not revealed based on experience, and compare the two , the stars seen above are much more than the stars seen below.

Seeing that he fell in love with him, Li Yunya settled down a little. After all, the twisted melon is not sweet, and he still has to fall in love with it: "President Xu, astronomical observation is not something that happens overnight. I will build one in the Astronomical Institute next year." Put this telescope on the 33-story tower, and you can go up to observe it at any time."

Xu Guangqi smiled wryly: "I am an old bone, I have to be out of breath when I go up to the sixth floor, and the 33rd floor, I have to toss and break up."

Li Yunya thought about it, and it was the same thing: "Then put this on the bottom, and let them make a bigger telescope later. Alas, the improvement speed of the glass factory is too slow, and the glass produced now is still there. A lot of impurities." He told Xu Guangqi a lot of ideas for the future of Academia Sinica, and Xu Guangqi listened with interest, and the worries and grievances in his heart gradually disappeared.

The second talent that Li Yunya and Zhu Youjian wanted was Song Yingxing. This guy was rather miserable. Although he was ranked No.3 in the province during the Wanli period, he never won a Jinshi again. In February this year, Zhu Youjian Presiding over the examination, Song Yingxing still failed. At this time, he has cut off the idea of ​​continuing the scientific examination. He is now only a candidate, and he can't even be the smallest county magistrate. Compared with Xu Guangqi, his status is very different.

When the eunuch personally ran to his house to deliver the decree, Song Yingxing was dumbfounded. He didn't know what kind of institution the Chinese Academy of Sciences was, and the imperial decree didn't say what kind of official he was asked to go to. Go to report and listen to Master Yunya.

Real person Yunya?It seems to be the name of a Taoist priest. Could it be that the research institute is a Taoist temple?

But no matter what he thinks, when the imperial decree arrives, he has to go. It's rare that the emperor still remembers him as a young man.

I rushed to Beijing city day and night, only to hear that in the past six months, there has been a demon in the capital, named Li Yunya, who is proficient in illusion and can confuse the emperor. , It caused a wave of dismissal of officials and returning home, anger and resentment... It can be seen that the literati and bureaucrats have the ability to kill people with knives and pens.

Song Yingxing came to Academia Sinica full of apprehension, and the security guard at the door checked his identity and invited him in for tea, while quickly notifying Li Yunya.

Li Yunya came over again on horseback. Song Yingxing is 42 years old this year and has not made the famous "Heavenly Creation". , is very interested in astronomy, acoustics, agronomy, mechanical engineering, etc., is familiar with Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, and can compose music and poems by himself... This person is simply an all-rounder!

In "Tiangong Kaiwu", which he completed nine years later, he integrated knowledge about agriculture, machinery, porcelain firing, sulfur, gunpowder, weapons, textiles, dyeing, coal mining, oil extraction, etc., and so on. What he collected with his heart, and what he researched and invented by himself.

In Li Yunya's heart, he can be compared with Xu Guangqi, who gave him the greatest enthusiasm as soon as they met, and also gave him a separate yard, sent four personal bodyguards, and had a carriage to pick him up when he went out.

Song Yingxing was even more flattered than Xu Guangqi at the beginning. From the Wanli Year to the Chongzhen Year, he failed in the exams and failed everywhere. He was already disheartened. As an official, it was like a dream to be treated so courteously by the "Demon Dao" comparable to the Great Eunuch of Wei in the previous dynasty.

Li Yunya divides academicians into three levels: bronze, silver, and gold, and each level is divided into three levels. Both Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing were awarded the third-level gold badge. The monthly salary is 100 taels of silver. You must know that the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was pitifully low. Xu Guangqi used to be a deputy minister, and it was more than 30 taels of silver every month. Not only the salary is high here, but also the benefits are good. Every meal is a nourishing medicinal diet, and there will be bonuses after the research results.

Of course, what attracted Song Yingxing even more were the modern things that Li Yunya brought out, which can light up with the touch of a hand, light up lights like night pearls, and drones that can fly in the sky and can travel miles away. Even Xu Guangqi was deeply attracted to the walkie-talkie that communicated with each other, thinking it was a fairy art.Li Yunya picked out some brainwork from military academies and craftsmen's families, and interested teenagers came to be assistants to the two of them and did research together.

After Song Yingxing, another person came to report. This person is Sun Yuanhua. He is an expert in making guns. He was a student of Xu Guangqi and learned the technology of casting Western firearms from him. He is 47 years old this year. He is a doctor in the Ministry of War. He asked for leave to go home, so he came late, and when he arrived at Academia Sinica, it was already snowing in the sky.

Li Yunya rated him as a second-class academician of silver and asked him to help cast more advanced guns in the arsenal. Sun Yuanhua was not very successful in the imperial court. After being transferred, the salary was high and the treatment was good. Doing my favorite thing with inexhaustible materials and funds every day, like a mouse falling into a rice vat, I started to take office happily, and took the assistant arranged by Li Yunya for him, running back and forth between the Academia Sinica and the southern suburbs , while continuing to study with Xu Guangqi, while improving the casting method of artillery, he was very busy.

The fourth person Li Yunya wants is also very famous, named Xu Hongzu. He said that this name may not be known to many people, but his name is indeed famous, and that is Xiake.

When he was 15 years old, he took the boy's exam for a while. After he failed the exam, his father saw that he had no intention of taking the imperial examination, so he stopped forcing him and encouraged him to read more. At the age of 22, he wore the traveling crown made for him by his mother and left his hometown with simple luggage. Until his death at the age of 54, most of his life He lived in ruined temples, slept in the streets, and even sat on the ground under the roof. Every time he went to a place, he recorded what he saw and heard. In 30 years, he wrote a 60-word "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes" ".

He is 43 years old this year, and has traveled abroad for more than 20 years. Li Yunya ordered Zhu Youjian to find this person no matter what. Zhu Youjian sent Jinyiwei to Xu Xiake's hometown and the places he traveled through The state government inspected everywhere, and finally found Xu Xiake at the beginning of the spring of the second year, and immediately brought him back to the capital from Qinling, Shaanxi by force.

Xu Xiake thought he had committed some crime. When he arrived at the Academia Sinica, he received all kinds of courtesy from Li Yunya. He was still puzzled to become a third-rank academician like Sun Yuanhua.

Li Yunya wanted him to become a geologist and humanist, and spent three days talking to him about geological soil layers, climate and other aspects of knowledge, and asked him to study the surrounding areas of Beijing first. He gave him twenty assistants, a special carriage, and all food and lodging expenses on the road, all paid by the Academia Sinica.

Xu Xiake suddenly had the feeling of being knocked out by a big pie falling from the sky.