Daming Military Empire

Chapter 227

Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi were actually relatively well-known literati in the late Ming Dynasty, and they were also relatively famous national heroes. Together with Chen Zilong, he fought against the Qing Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River. After the defeat, he left a famous Jueming poem to commit suicide and die for the country. The name of loyalty is even higher than that of Chen Zilong. This is recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

It stands to reason that these two talented, loyal and patriotic people should be high-ranking officials in the late Ming or Southern Ming courts, and should occupy a large space in the history. Why do they seem to have no reputation at all?
It's also their bad luck. During the Chongzhen Dynasty, that is, when they took part in the imperial examination, it was when Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru, two treacherous ministers, were in power. The great writers and Ming Dynasty poets have all been dismissed twice. It is conceivable how difficult their road to the imperial examination was.

For example, Xia Yunyi, in the 46th year of Wanli (AD 1618), was a high school candidate, and it was not until the 1637th year of Chongzhen (AD 15) that he became a Jinshi. AD 1642) was admitted to Juren, Chongzhen passed away two years later, the world was in chaos, and he didn't even have the chance to be named on the gold list!
These two people were extremely fateful in the Chongzhen Dynasty, but they were extremely lucky in the Chongzheng Dynasty. The Western knowledge they learned from Xu Guangqi was not very useful, but it happened that our Emperor Chongzheng opened a course to obtain scholars. To select science talents, the background of western learning allowed them to solve a simple logic algebra problem, and at the same time they got on the rocket for promotion.

On the second day after the palace examination, the imperial decree arrived that Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi were promoted to be Ministers of the Ministry of Industry at the same time. From the rank of third rank, although they are not as powerful as the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Industry, they are already fake third-rank officials, which is worth mentioning. Stepped into the ranks of senior officials of Ming Dynasty.

Why did Zhu Cijiong give them a false title without real power?This is mainly for the convenience of the professors. If they are assigned real jobs, they will have to sit in class, and they will have less time to study. This electromagnetic science is a real "book from heaven" for people in the Ming Dynasty. Listen to it after work. You can't learn by listening to the lectures, you have to study hard before you can hope to learn, so Zhu Cijiong didn't arrange anything for them. The only thing they have to do now is to concentrate on studying electromagnetism.

By the way, how was this "Book of Heaven" like electromagnetism taught in the Ming Dynasty?The reason why people are able to accept the knowledge of electromagnetism very quickly is because the application of electromagnetism has been widely used. Electric lights, TVs, computers, telephones, etc. are everywhere, and they can be seen every day, so it is naturally easy to accept. .

In the Ming Dynasty, there was nothing but electricity. The only chance to get in touch with electricity was the terrifying thunder and lightning during the rainstorm. The rumbling thunderclouds could scare the soul out of people. Who would have nothing to study that thing!

In order to teach Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi the knowledge of electromagnetism, Zhu Cijiong has racked his brains and prepared a detailed teaching plan.

To teach people about electromagnetism, they must first be exposed to electricity, just like learning to write, you have to see the words first, how do you learn to write when you don’t see the words?

Electricity is actually not difficult to see. Of course, what we are talking about here is not to let people go outside in the rain to watch lightning. In fact, a small experiment can make people see electricity.

The first experimental class of Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong was held in his private study. Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi were extremely nervous at this time. It is said that the emperor mentioned Cong Sanpin to them inexplicably, but did not arrange work for them. This inevitably makes people feel uneasy, now that the emperor has finally invited them to come to have an audience, it would be false if they were not nervous.

However, there was still no work to do, the emperor just asked them to stand there and watch some experiments!
What does "experiment" mean? Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and their old cronies are naturally familiar with each other, but Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi, the two newcomers, are stunned. They just stood there dumbfounded. look at.

First, the two young eunuchs each carried the thick blankets on the bed and carefully stacked them on the table.What do you mean by this?You can place blankets on the bed or on the floor. Do you need blankets on the table?Maybe there are more valuable things to be taken out next, and the blanket is placed for fear of being damaged, both Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi think so.

However, nothing valuable appeared on the stage. What the emperor wanted them to look at seemed to be blankets, and it was not a normal look, because the emperor directly ordered several eunuchs to block the windows with thick quilts, and the whole study suddenly It's pitch black.

At this time, the emperor said: "Fu Zhai, Yi Zhong, watch carefully, Cao Huachun, you can start now."

Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi suddenly had the urge to burst into tears, this difficulty was a bit beyond their imagination, what do you think of it being so dark?How about you light a lamp!

Of course Zhu Cijiong wouldn't light the lamps for them, it would be invisible if they were lit!
As soon as he gave the order, the two young eunuchs immediately began to pull the two blankets in opposite directions, "呵啦,呵啦", a weak voice sounded, and a small electric arc appeared between the two blankets.

Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi looked at all this in amazement, they seemed to have seen this before, but the small flashes were not so dense.

The two little eunuchs dragged the two blankets repeatedly, and the sound of "呵啦,呵啦" kept ringing in the study. At this time, Zhu Cijiong said again: "How is it? Fuzhai, Yizhong, have you seen this kind of blanket?" Is there any phenomenon?"

Although it was in the dark, Xu Fuyuan still respectfully cupped his hands and said: "When you return to the emperor, I have seen it. It seems that I wear a little more in winter. I occasionally see it when I take off my clothes and go to bed at night."

Xia Yunyi then said respectfully: "If you go back to the emperor, I have seen it before, and I also saw it when I took off my clothes at night in the winter, but it seems that this thing can't be touched, it's a bit numb."

Both of them admired the two little eunuchs a little, the numb feeling was uncomfortable, the two little eunuchs actually endured it all the time, and didn't make a sound.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijiong immediately clapped his hands and said, "It's good to have seen it, Cao Huachun, remove the curtain."

Soon, the quilt covering the window was taken off, Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi were still staring at the blanket, only now did they see that the two little eunuchs were holding two thick wooden blankets in their hands. They didn't hold the blanket directly with their hands. No wonder they didn't make any noise. They didn't even touch the blanket for a long time.

Of course Zhu Cijiong knew that static electricity numbs people, and it’s uncomfortable to be shocked. Naturally, he would not let the little eunuch touch it directly with his hands, and the experiment was not over yet. He still needed the static electricity to stay on the blanket. But it's gone.

When the study room was bright, Zhu Cijiong immediately walked to the blanket, took out a fluffy glove, put it on his hand, and beckoned: "Fu Zhai, Yi Zhong, come here and watch carefully."

Hearing this, Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi had no choice but to walk forward respectfully, staring closely at the gloves on Zhu Cijiong's hands.

Zhu Cijiong slowly brought the back of his hand close to the blanket, and a miraculous scene appeared. As the distance approached, the fluff on the glove exploded directly, and it was like a hedgehog was placed on the back of Zhu Cijiong's hand.

Zhu Cijiong ordered again: "Fu Zhai, Yi Zhong, you all put your hands close to the blanket, just like me, just close, don't touch it."

Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi immediately moved their hands closer curiously, and the two of them obviously felt that the hairs on their hands also stood up. They really haven't tried this, what's going on?
Zhu Cijiong did not open his mouth to explain, but instead asked: "Do you know what is on this blanket?"

Both Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi became deep in thought, and didn't reply for half a day. Zhu Cijiong had no choice but to guide him: "All guess boldly, it doesn't matter if you are wrong."

In fact, Xu Fuyuan had guessed a long time ago, and now he said cautiously: "My minister ventured to guess that the thing on this blanket is a bit like lightning, very small lightning."

Zhu Cijiong's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he dared to think that a genius is definitely a genius in physics!He couldn't help nodding his head in approval and said: "Fu Zhai is right, this is thunder and lightning, and the thunder and lightning in the sky are also produced in this way, but it is produced by the friction between two very large clouds. It is several miles or even dozens of miles in size, so the lightning generated is very large, so large that it is several miles or even tens of miles long."

If this is said in modern times, it is of course nothing. Everyone knows that this is the case, but it is a bit shocking to say it in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was superstitious. Everyone thought that the thunder and lightning in the sky were thunder It was released with the electric mother.

Seeing everyone's horrified expressions, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help touching his head, and said awkwardly: "Hehe, the two clouds that rubbed against each other should be dragged by Lei Gong and Dian Mu. How can mortals go to the sky to drag that thing?"

Well, this lie was more in line with the mythological background at the time, and everyone suddenly realized, looking at Zhu Cijiong in reverence, the emperor is so powerful, even Lei Gong and Dianmu know how to release the thunder and lightning!

For the people of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong was of course powerful. You must know that the history of human beings' discovery and application of electricity was not achieved by one or two experiments. The laws of physics and chemistry were verified from countless experiments. In order to discover and prove electricity The existence of it has been studied by countless scientists for decades.Like the scientist Franklin 100 years later, in order to prove that the lightning in the air and the electricity on the ground are the same thing, he once flew a kite in a heavy rain like a madman!
Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi are much luckier than them. They don't have to think hard for decades, and they don't have to fly kites in the rainstorm like crazy people. Zhu Cijiong will tell them what electricity is, what are the characteristics of electricity, and the principles of electromagnetism through experiments one by one. What are the basic laws.

The famous scientist Newton once said: "The reason why I see far is because I stand on the shoulders of giants."

The giants Newton mentioned were Copernicus, Cavendish, Galileo and other scientific pioneers, and our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong was also a giant to these people in the Ming Dynasty. A person who has seen technological development hundreds of years later Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi, the "scientific giants" who have achieved great success, are destined to stand taller and see farther!
(End of this chapter)