Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

〖Success and failure are all due to Xiao He. The development of science and technology in the Song Dynasty was due to the emphasis on culture over military affairs, and the death of the country was also due to the emphasis on culture over military affairs.

I don't agree. Can the vassal of Neo-Confucianism still be called science? Shouldn't the focus of science be the exploration of truth?

I agree. Science is a powerful tool and needs to be guided by the correct methodology and world view. Neo-Confucianism has not even started its own world view, let alone guide science.

There is no need to use today's cannons to attack officials in the feudal era. After all, the understanding of the world is related to many aspects, from mathematics to astronomy to navigation to astronomical innovation. You can't do it in the Song Dynasty. There are too many prerequisites in the technology tree.

So this is also the shackles of the feudal era, representing that advanced science will inevitably become a tool for building classes and oppression, and will eventually only give birth to religious superstition and feudal rule in the name of science.

Speaking of how the Song Dynasty had such a weak foundation, how did it achieve such a large population?

Agriculture, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, merchants and farmers in the south had already risen. Although Zhao Da bullied orphans and widows, he did put an end to the chaos. From handicrafts to agricultural tools and seeds, the north and south were exchanging with each other. In a sense, it was also the digestion of the achievements of the Tang Dynasty. Any development is inseparable from exchanges.

Although it is now speculated that the population of the Song Dynasty may exceed 100 million at its peak, in fact, the North China Plain has been in a state of waste. If it can be managed well, there is still a lot of room for growth. It can only be said that the God of Cars has "ability".

It is a pity to look at the Southern Song Dynasty in this way. The threshold of mathematics has been lowered. It may not be impossible to give some time...

What a pity, the Northern Song Dynasty is not bad, and there have been many civilian prime ministers. The Southern Song Dynasty read a lot, but forgot what "the prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce general must start from the soldiers". No matter how well the people do, the emperor is either treacherous or crazy or lying, and the prime minister is either treacherous or useless. It's really useless. The vitality of all things is competing.

But such a scientific atmosphere was already a rare peak in ancient China. Compared with the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was more advanced in the application of science and technology, but it was indeed backward in the development of scientific and technological ideas and theories, which was a pity. 〗

"Since Emperor Hongwu was so ambitious, why didn't he like mathematics?"

Zhang Fei sighed with regret.

According to his habit, such questions must be written on paper and thrown on the screen to argue with the new party.

But unfortunately, because of the content of the screen, everyone was busy at this time, even Zhang Fei was no exception.

Just like this, he was facing the table that was moved over, and he copied the picture called "Axis Frame Warping Method" completely with his pen like a spear.

In the words of the military advisor, this thing has the "use of creating livelihoods for all people", so even if he felt sorry, his wrist still did not shake at all, and he carefully reproduced the pattern in his mind on the paper one by one.

At the same time, Kong Ming can be said to be writing very fast. Those ancient books and words that were only selected as the background by the younger generation were all firmly engraved in his heart and poured out through the ink pen.

Wine is based on pulp. If there is no pulp, vinegar can be dissolved in water... Add onions and peppers to fry, which is called old pulp... The first step is to mix glutinous rice... It must be swirled, pounded, and winnowed to make it white, and then washed with water...

The buds must be clean, the utensils must be clean, the steaming and pressing must be appropriate, the paste must be hot, and the roasting must be good...

Whether it is making wine, making tea, pressing oil, or printing, all kinds of skills are described through these words, and there are some simple drawings that Kong Ming made at a stroke.

When copying the tea-making related content, Kong Ming also subconsciously exclaimed:

"Zhao Ji, the author of "Daguan Cha Lun"... Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty?"

Although he spoke in a low voice, the words were heard by the people around him. Lu Su, who was also busy organizing the scientific thoughts, still had time to say:

"This Huizong was mocked as the emperor of the brothel by later generations, and he also tried to enter the imperial examination with his paintings. He could even write this book in his spare time. If he was not an emperor, everything would be fine."

Nodding without saying anything, Kong Ming's hands moved two points faster.

Even Liu Bei was silently copying the words that passed by the light curtain with a pen.

In these unruly words, it became clearer why later generations called the era they lived in "feudal".

At first, I thought that the origin of this name was the Zhou emperor's enfeoffment of various countries, but now I have overturned this speculation. Instead, as later generations occasionally narrated the mistakes in the progress of the country, I vaguely understood this concept a little more clearly.

This is a road that is still difficult to see clearly, but Liu Bei vaguely feels that the answers to why the emperors of later generations died and how the feudal era ended are probably at the end of this road.

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The scene of Ganlu Hall is not much different from that of Luoyang Villa.

The ministers are busy, and Li Shimin is thinking deeply.

Empress Changsun wanted to say something but stopped herself, but seeing her husband frowning, she finally chose to lean over and asked softly:

"Erlang, but..."

Before she finished her words, Li Shimin shook his head and said meaningfully:

"I... am not worried."

Seeing the disbelief in Empress Changsun's eyes, Li Shimin smiled and simply took her in his arms and said with a smile:

"Since I know the wishes of the younger generation and the sorrow of the future generations, I will feel guilty if I abandon this way of seeking truth."

"Only if you shrink back from self-reflection can you go in front of thousands of people, with a brown face and broad mind without fear."

"I rely on this courage and reason to pacify the chaotic world to survive, why should I abandon it."

It was a bit complicated, but Li Shimin was thinking very clearly at the moment.

Instead of thinking about unreliable things like the Tang Dynasty will last forever, it is better to practically promote the path of seeking truth that was handed to him by the light curtain.

After all, the light curtain has explained all the historical events tirelessly, and even the emperor of the ages can do nothing about the things that will happen a hundred years after his death.

No... let alone a hundred years, think about the things that happened to Zhinu and Wu Zetian.

Although the light curtain has been very secretive about him, it can be inferred from the things that happened to Wu Zetian that Li Shimin could not even decide what would happen three or five years after his death.

Therefore, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty at this time was very calm - I am only 33 years old now, what am I afraid of?

He even had the time to think about the Hongwu Emperor who had just spoken to him:

How could this Zhu Baba... so calmly accept Zhu Qizhen, who could fight against Zhao Gou on equal terms?

Because later generations had joked that he and Zhu Qizhen would "travel through time" with each other, he remembered Zhu Qizhen's family background quite clearly.

He inherited a prosperous era and led a strong army, but he was captured alive by the northern barbarians. It is really incomprehensible.

However... after the later generations described Wanyan Gou's mistakes in such detail, think about his mood when he knew about the disaster of Xuanzong, the Wu Zhou replacing the Tang Dynasty, the Wu Wei Rebellion and other messy things.

Li Shimin couldn't help but look forward to the future.

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Zhu Yuanzhang in Kunning Palace couldn't figure it out:

"What does this text mean to question us?"