New Shun 1730

Speaking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help but become nervous.

It's easy to turn against someone. Dai Jinxian's mathematics level is considered a master in this era, but Liu Yu, who went to school in his previous life, seems to be just that, a rough master of calculus, right?

But even if they turned against each other and stopped interacting with each other in the future, what does it mean that they were close friends before? If something happens in the future, will someone take the opportunity to cause trouble?

Liu Yu only felt a little sweat on his back and muttered: "Yes, my son knows. But Western knowledge does have merit. If we cut off contact with the West because of this matter, might it be detrimental to the country? The former dynasty Xu Guangqi was so talented that he even praised Matteo Ricci as a great talent, and his books such as "Elements of Geometry" and "Taixi Water Method" were circulated in the world. Chixian County of Kyushu is not the only one in the world..."

Liu Sheng sighed and said, "How could I not know? In the past, no one from the Military Government Department could take charge of such a major task as drawing a map of the world, so we could only let Western missionaries do it. Maps are the lifeblood of the country, how can we do it so easily? People? But there is nothing we can do. The French missionaries mapped the map of China, so the French know all the passes and mountains of China!"

"Calculating the calendar, no one in the Qintian prison can beat me. I can only cry, 'I would rather have no good calendar in Zhongxia than have Westerners in Zhongxia', but what's the use? Just like Che Chi in "Journey to the West" They fought with each other to predict the eclipse of the sun. As a result, all the people in Qin Tian Prison lost the bet. They lost the bet but refused to die. The face of our country was completely lost. "

"The "Wanli Yehuobian" of the Qing Dynasty said that there is a calendar ban for beginners to learn astronomy. Those who practice calendars are sent to the garrison, and those who create calendars are put to death. A three-foot-long freeze is not a day's cold."

"Don't I know that there is something to be learned in Western knowledge? But now the Holy See of Rome has sent people here, speaking arrogantly, not allowing Chinese believers to worship their ancestors, and even demanding that all cities be fully opened to allow missionaries to travel freely. No one will do it. allowed.”

Liu Yu also sighed. He knew about the mapping of the Celestial Kingdom a few years ago and relied on French missionaries.

Because Galileo developed the longitude measurement method for standard time on Jupiter's satellites, the world's first map with standard longitude and latitude appeared. Louis XIV once saw the French map with standard longitude and latitude for the first time and complained: The land lost by scientists , more than I have lost in a single battle.

France is also known as the "filial son of God". The Holy See was at odds with Dashun over the etiquette dispute, and France seized the opportunity to send missionaries, including academicians of the French Academy of Sciences.

My father, Liu Sheng, said that all the French people know about our country’s mountains and rivers. But actually, it’s not just the French who know all about it? Even some missionaries from various HRE princes who had never been to China were able to compile and draw complete maps of the Han provinces with clear markings.

Surveying and mapping are the lifeblood of the country. Liu Yu knew it very well.

In the previous life, the longitude and latitude of all civilian maps were Martian coordinates. It was strictly forbidden for other countries to survey and map their own maps. When the Japanese invaded China, they also sent people to draw maps everywhere.

Da Shun is not without brains. This is what the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Fourth Division of the Ministry of War are responsible for. The responsibilities of the Fourth Division of the Ministry of War cannot be left to others. It is not clear to the country and the court.

But now we can only rely on Westerners because the local surveying and mapping methods are seriously distorted.

Westerners have left copies of the mountains, rivers and terrain, which will be hidden dangers in the future.

It is a huge hidden danger. As long as there is some way, surveying and mapping must not be left to foreigners.

Nowadays, the gap between the East and the West has widened. The blind man Euler, who can calculate calculus in his mind and solve the three-body problem of the sun, earth and moon, has emerged and is about to dominate the symbols of future generations of mathematics textbooks.

The partisanship between the Spanish Party and the Conservative Party broke out at this time, and the Holy See insisted on the issue of etiquette. It was impossible for the two parties to reconcile.

The father and son looked at each other and sighed. After all, Liu Sheng waved his hand and signaled Liu Yu to leave.

"Just write it down and don't spread this matter outside. You can read the pamphlet I just gave you when you go back. It will be of great benefit."

"Yes. My son has noted it down."

Liu Yu touched the pieces of paper in his hand, not knowing what was written in them. Do fathers and sons still play riddles? You just say no and that's the end of it?

He bowed and saluted, walked back to the door with small steps, opened the door and left.

"It seems that the imperial court is going to ban religion?"

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When Liu Yu walked out of the study room, he felt quite depressed. The cicadas in early autumn were even more annoying and kept chirping.

Steamed Bun was still waiting for him obediently by the stable. Looking at Liu Yu with his head drooped from a distance, he felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

As he hurriedly walked to his side, Liu Yu remembered that there was an uneasy boy beside him.

"It's okay, it has nothing to do with you, you can rest assured."

"call……"

Mantou Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to caress his chest, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "I saw that the third master looked bad, so I thought I was going to be beaten with him again. Since there is nothing to do, the little one will go to Quanliu first. Just informing me will save those people from worrying."

"Well, okay. I won't go. I have something to do and I'm not in the mood to drink. Don't say I'm not going, just say..."

"Do you think these words are enough for Third Master to teach you? I'll just say that Third Master was stopped by the Duke and asked about his knowledge."

Seeing his cleverness, Liu Yu smiled and took out a small piece of broken silver from his arms and threw it over: "Just in time, there is a temple fair in Huguo Temple today on the eighth day of the lunar month. Just go and play. I won't go out today, without you." It’s over.”

This is his confidant, the companion he has grown up with since childhood, so his treatment is naturally different.

Steamed Bun took the money and bowed. Seeing that Liu Yu was still looking sad, he asked with concern: "Third Master, are you in a bad mood?"

Liu Yu nodded, thinking he was in a good mood? Seeing peace in the world, the world is actually undergoing drastic changes. I don't want to wait for death, let alone let Dashun repeat the humiliation a hundred years later. But after thinking about it, I can only sigh: "I have no choice but to worry about Yaoqin, my best friend." , Who is listening? This matter has nothing to do with you, just go about your business."

Steamed Bun didn't ask any more questions, went to the stable to pick up the horses and left.

Liu Yu was in a bad mood and needed to think about some things clearly, so he had to go back to his residence first.

He hasn't married yet, and he doesn't have any position. He still lives in the inner courtyard of the Duke's Mansion. Although the Duke's Mansion is large, the memory imprinted in my bones will not change, and I won't be able to find where I live.

Slowly passing through the outer gate, there is another wide yard of more than twenty feet. On the front is a large front hall with five rooms, but this is not the main room of the Duke's mansion.

After passing the front hall along the path full of flowers and plants, there is another rite gate, this is the inner rite gate.

After entering the Neiyi Gate, going forward is the main hall of the Duke's Mansion, with seven halls, which is the standard chartered by the Duke's Mansion.

Among the scholars, farmers, and merchants, no matter how rich the merchants were, they could not build a seven-bay main hall. That is transgression, a crime of beheading.

Normally, the main hall would only be used when the emperor issued an edict or a prince came to visit, and it was usually just a decoration.

The place where Liu Yu lives is still far away. There is a passage in the main hall. After passing the passage, walk more than a hundred steps to the right, and then walk through two courtyards, which is where he lives.

Under the etiquette and legal system, brothers and sisters cannot hang out together for too long. Once they reach puberty, they must live apart. My sisters are in some courtyards behind the main hall, and my mother is also there, so that she can take care of and educate her sisters.

People say that the Tang Dynasty is a dirty man, but in fact, the princes in the palace don't care too much, mainly because they are afraid of going one step further and directly creating the orthopedic story of "Lu Dao is wandering, Qi Zi is returning home. It is said to return to stop, and it is pregnant with stop".

The rules here are completely different from those in the previous life. Although the words are similar, they are actually two completely different worlds.

After all, Liu Yu was still not used to it and could only adapt slowly.

I moved to my own small courtyard. There were two ginkgo trees in the courtyard, and the sunlight was shining and casting spots.

Several little maids were sprinkling water there, and two little maids were carrying a long bamboo pole with balls of gluten hanging on it. They were watching there, probably because they were afraid that the annoying cicada chirping would disturb the young master's dreams. .

As soon as he entered the door, a maid in a green and yellow skirt came over. Without waiting for Liu Yu's instructions, she brought water for washing her face and stood aside with a towel in her hand.

"Why did Third Master drink this wine so quickly today?"

The little maid stood very close, and her breath was like blue. She also held some mint leaves in her mouth, which was refreshing and made Liu Yu itch.

Without waiting for Liu Yu to answer, the maid handed over the towel and asked Liu Yu to wipe his hands. After sniffing the faint smell of alcohol on Liu Yu's breath, he took back the towel and said with a smile: "If I had known that Third Master was going to drink, he would have prepared the maple birch dew from the north. It has cooled down and is a good time to drink to get rid of the alcohol smell. ”

While talking, her soft and tender hands dragged the towel and gracefully prepared the maple tea.

There seemed to be some scent of the powder on the girl's fingers still lingering on his face. Turning back to look at the other serving maids, Liu Yu stretched his fingers and his bones creaked.

I thought to myself that living such a life, no wonder the nobles fell so quickly. It is said that if you go to school in the Wude Palace, you have to complete 100 days of classes a year to live and eat in the Wude Palace, otherwise you will not be rated as high-ranking, but even so, some noble children find it difficult.

Feeling the sweet little girl beside him, Liu Yu seemed to feel the same way. Living like this, who would want to go to Wude Palace to study for classes? There are ghosts only if you don't fall.

The serving maid just now was named Yu Yan. She was extremely beautiful and was specially arranged by her mother.

In recent years, some Western things have been introduced to Kyushu, including crops such as corn and potatoes, and handicrafts such as glass clocks, but there is also syphilis introduced from the Americas.

At this young age, her mother was worried that Liu Yu would go out and indulge in Hualiu, so she specially chose a pretty girl, hoping that Liu Yu would stay at home more and go to Hualiu Lane less.

It's not that it's a bad thing to be fond of flowers and willows, but I'm just afraid of catching bayberry sores, which is not good.

But after Yuyan came for a while, when her mother asked, Yuyan said that the third young master usually either read a book or picked out stone locks, but he never touched her and respected her etiquette.

It is said that this is a good thing in line with "poetic etiquette", but my mother was very anxious when she heard it.

The personal maids were sent here just for the young masters to vent their anger. As long as they don't believe the nonsense in the scripts and fall in love with their masters as equals, that's fine. If you fall in love, you will be beaten to death, but if you have some fun, your family will still support you. It's better to open it up than to block it. At least my maid is clean.

It's not that Yuyan doesn't understand what Liu Yu's mother means, but she can't help but use some flirty tricks, and she just hopes that one day things will come true.

Liu Yu's mother heard what Yu Yan said. At the age of sixteen or seventeen, she was indifferent to a maid as beautiful as a flower. Could it be that her son had the habit of Long Yang and the habit of cutting sleeves?

Or is it that my son is young and doesn't like such charming maids, but he likes mature women? If it weren't for the shame, I'm afraid a well-known and charming cook in the house would have been arranged to come here.

I had no choice but to arrange for my servants to give Yu Yan a few words of advice in private, all of which were red-faced. With this in mind, the Swift she chose was naturally stunning in the world, and even more so, well-behaved and lovely.

At this time, Yuyan had already brewed tea, and added some maple and birch dew from the bitter cold land in the north, and the fragrance filled the room.

Liu Yu took a sip of tea with the taste of maple and birch, and the aftertaste was full of mouth, as if he was holding the autumn with maple leaves in his mouth.

After holding this sip of tea, he looked at Yuyan carefully.

She was sixteen or seventeen years old, with thin shoulders, a waist like a willow, eyebrows and eyes like black, and a small delicate beauty mole under the corner of her mouth. Her eyes were clear, and she was indeed a beauty.

Yuyan also noticed that Liu Yu was looking at her, but she didn't blush and lower her head shyly, but smiled, thinking that the third master had changed his nature today?

Could it be that those rumors that the third master had a preference for men were false?

Liu Yu recalled and cursed himself for having a bad aesthetic sense before.

He had no habit of being a man who shared peaches with others, but he had been to some romantic places with a few dandies.

Having been with those women who have been in the entertainment industry for a long time, he fell in love with those plump and soft women who took the initiative to tease at a young age. The women in the entertainment industry are really charming.

Although Yuyan was born beautiful, in Liu Yu's eyes before, she was just a sour fruit that had not grown up. It tasted sour and tasteless, and was far less delicious than the soft and glutinous ripe peach.

Before, he would rather be impulsive about the waist and hips of the cook and the mature woman, and would not have any interest in a sour fruit like Yuyan.

Now he changed his mind and felt that she was quite delicious. He looked at her for a while and saw that Yuyan's face was a little red, so he looked away.

Yuyan's heart was beating wildly, and she asked in a mosquito-like voice: "Third Master, do you want to take a nap? Or read a book?"

When he said this, Liu Yu also remembered the business. He didn't know what to write on the few pieces of paper his father gave him, so he indicated that he was going to write.

Yuyan followed Liu Yu for a long time. When he saw Liu Yu enter the study, he hurried to grind ink. Liu Yu entered the study, looked at the books on the bookshelf, and shook his head in self-mockery.

"It turns out that my cultural level is not low?"

He laughed in self-mockery, and swept his eyes around, only to see that the books on the bookshelf were of some level.

"Elements of Geometry" and "Water Law in the West" translated by Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci in the previous dynasty are all Chinese translations.

In addition to the Chinese translations, there is actually a half-volume handwritten copy of Boccaccio's "The Decameron".

Seeing these books, Liu Yu is more convinced that the rumors that he was "not doing his job properly" are true. He has communicated a lot with Western missionaries and even knows a lot of Latin.

And from the amount of information revealed in these books, the Westerners he has made friends with are probably diverse, not just Jesuit missionaries...

I haven't heard that any missionary can read "The Decameron". What's the difference between this and a monk reading "The Monk of Lamp Grass"?

Apart from these weird Western books, the rest are relatively normal.

A set of the first four histories, a bunch of military books such as "Li Weigong Wen Dui", "Liu Tao", "San Lue", "Wei Liao Zi", and a "Rumi Gun" matchlock gun from the pre-Ming Dynasty.

Rumi means Rome, Roma, Rumelia... Actually, it is Ottoman Turkey.

After all, Green Rome is also Rome.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Rumi Gun was already a little behind Western Europe, and the path was a little crooked.

This is the standard equipment of the elite five battalions of Dashun, but at this time, Britain was about to mass-produce brown bass used in the Opium War. The generation gap has already emerged. A glimpse of the whole leopard, Liu Yu has a rough idea of ​​the military strength and formations of Dashun.

At this time, Yuyan has already ground the ink. In addition to the large and small hairs for writing, there is also a set of quill pens for writing foreign words on the pen holder.

On the desk was a small self-ringing clock, next to which was a glass mirror made in Venice. Next to it was a Ruyao beauty goblet that looked like a thin-waisted woman in the palace of the King of Chu, with a bunch of flowers in it.

Some purple smoke was slowly coming out of the incense burner on the table. I don’t know what kind of incense it was, but it smelled very light, just enough to suppress the faint strange smell in the ink.

Yuyan stood by, fanning herself obediently, carefully afraid that the wind would be too strong and make Liu Yu uncomfortable.

Sitting in front of the desk, Liu Yu took out the booklet his father gave him, glanced at it, and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.