Chapter 268: Experts in Western Learning

Ma Cheng knew that when he heard the coachman talk, Sun Yuanhua was Xu Guangqi's disciple. His teachers were at home and the disciples would not have a way out. A juren without the support of his elders, and it was difficult to enter the center of the court. This is the biggest opportunity for eight-legged scholars. The disadvantage is that it is really difficult to select practical talents. As a pioneer of Western learning and the East, a famous artillery expert in the late Ming Dynasty, Sun Yuanhua's value alone exceeded that of the entire Hanlin Academy. What kind of birds are there in the Hanlin Academy, and they are all living beings, and they are waiting to die. A useless nerd is still yelling to clear the king every day.

Ma Cheng probably knew why Xu Guangqi resigned from his post when he was ill and lived in Tianjin. In the 41st year of Wanli, Xu Guangqi was appointed as the examiner of the Spring and Autumn Room. At that time, Wei Guangwei was also the examiner of the Spring and Autumn Room. Xu Guangqi was dismissed from Wei Guangwei. Three people were selected to recommend them, and the three people eventually passed the Jinshi and had a good reputation as officials. Wei Guangwei hated Xu Guangqi and released rumors that Xu Guangqi had accepted bribes from candidates, and even criticized Xu Guangqi for his superstition of God and his unfaithfulness and filial piety.

Xu Guangqi's neck pain during this period was poor and was slandered. He suddenly became accused of resigning from office and went to Tianjin to recuperate while farming. He compiled the "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs", developed water conservancy, and experimented with promoting southern rice to alleviate the pressure of Jiangnan canal transportation. Xu Guangqi felt that it was better to step back and do some practical things than to slander the censors in the court, and it was helpless.

The carriage and the carriage were rolled into the gate of the Sun Manor. Ding Wenchao rushed to the sting. Before a cup of tea, several people hurriedly came out from the manor path. The Confucians walking in front were about forty years old. Medium, bright eyebrows and clear eyes, showing that this person has a firm mind and a regular life.

"My husband, I've been waiting for you for many days."

The one who came quickly was Sun Yuanhua, who bowed several feet apart and was happy.

Xu Wenjue, who was in charge of the recommendation, bowed and said, "Brother Sun, it's been a long time."

Get off the car and greeted and recommended it. I heard that the name of Macheng Sun Yuanhua was nothing different. Instead, I was a little happy to invite the distinguished guest into the village. Macheng was funny. Most of the scientific madmen were political idiots. This Sun Juren may not be able to make it clear. What really happened in the middle of the city? I just kept doing research in the village without asking about the world. After getting off the car, I walked in the fields. Ma Cheng was stunned and wiped his eyes and thought he was dazzled. I saw something in Jiading and actually saw a church .

That's right, a Catholic church that's like a fake one!

Macheng was dull. Today, I realized that Catholicism had developed in Jiading. I suddenly remembered that Sun Juren was still a baptized Catholic. The Ming Dynasty's attitude towards Catholicism has always been acquiescent, but the priest rumor has been jumping up and down, attacking in every way, and now he is a castrator. The Catholic Church took advantage of the situation and even built a church. The Catholic Church invaded China, and Macheng was funny, and it was also the Westerners who did not know the power of Chinese civilization.

Buddhism and Islam have hit a wall when it comes to the upper countries of the Celestial Empire, and Catholicism is no exception. These missionaries are too naive.

He has no disgust or good feelings towards Catholicism.

Missionaries can bring advanced technology and sharp firearms to the Ming Dynasty. It is enough. If you keep the door closed and be a turtle, you will sooner or later be blown open. It has been proven in later generations. It is better to let the origin flow. As Chinese civilization grew up, it actively collided with Western thoughts and divided the differences. Ma Cheng was very confident in Chinese civilization, and even worse, it was even worse if Buddhism was not good at Catholicism.

When a guest came to the door, Sun Yuanhua was extremely excited and led the distinguished guest to his manor. After greetings, he led everyone to visit his manor. Sun Yuanhua had been operating here for nearly three years and had two thousand acres of farmland. It turned out that there were wastelands here.

Sun Yuanhua led his servants and hired farmers to cultivate rice, corn, herbs, and grapes. Because Catholic Mass requires red wine, they were transported from Macau to the capital, and Sun Yuanhua wanted to brew it by himself. It can be seen that this is a very exploration and practice.

Spiritual man.

The dragon tail car, Yuheng car, Hengsheng car and field irrigation channels made by Sun Yuanhua according to the "Taixi Water Method" opened everyone's eyes.

Juren Sun pointed to a deep well by the mountain and said, "This well was determined by the method of finding water sources in the Taixi Water Method. In previous years, water could not be found in this area, and drought was not insurmountable. Although the natural disasters were severe, they could still be

Relieve it with manpower.”

Ma Cheng was convinced and praised it. A true master of Western learning was unfortunately not allowed to enter the officialdom. This is why the Heavenly Kingdom was surpassed by the West and left far behind. That night, Sun Yuanhua invited all the scholars, including chicken, duck, fish and meat.

All the manors are produced by themselves, and the rice is also the August white late rice introduced by Songjiang. The rice grains are coarse and not as fragrant as ordinary rice seeds. But this is already valuable. This is already awesome. This is already awesome.

Before dark, the young master returned to Nanjing, and Fang Shihong also wanted to go back to Yangzhou to take stock of the goods.

Ma Cheng took the two daughters Liu Wang to stay at Sun's Manor overnight, chatting around the fire, and the two girls listened.

There is a beautiful couple who are having fun with each other. They don’t talk about the imperial examinations, but they start with the art of strengthening the country and enriching the people.

Sun Yuanhua said: "To enrich the people, to take the lead in their careers, to strengthen the country, to use manpower to overcome the harm of natural disasters."

Although Ma Cheng sighed in his heart, he praised a few words, just sighed as a naive scientist. The biggest crisis at present is Jiannu and natural disasters. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive to promote rice in the north. It is impossible to plant in arid land. If you want to build related water conservancy, it will cost a lot.

It is unrealistic for the court to pay this money, and the gentry in the north do not have this vision. In the end, this person should be a capable minister in governing the world, but in troubled times, he will definitely be a tragic figure.

When talking about Western learning, what surprised Ma Cheng was that Sun Yuanhua's basic philosophy was actually the mathematical principle of natural philosophy. What Sun Yuanhua admired most was the mathematical components in Western learning. He believed that nature itself was "reasonable, meaningful, and

Methods, there are numbers, and can be cognized and expressed in mathematics. This is exactly the process of obtaining necessary data through a series of experiments through a series of experiments, which is the mainstream of modern science.

These thoughts of Sun Yuanhua cannot be taught by missionaries. Even Matteo Ricci is still promoting the Nine Heavens theory of the Middle Ages in Europe. This is obviously Sun Yuanhua, and it is also likely that his teacher Xu Guangqi discovered it himself. According to this

If we continue along the way, the Ming Dynasty should be able to produce science in the modern sense.

Ma Cheng was really surprised. Compared to his attainment in artillery manufacturing, Ma Cheng valued this person's simple scientific view more. This is really a treasure. No wonder so many time travelers must take this person into his pocket.

The product is real. When my eyes turned, I made up my mind and tied up this person to Kaiyuan. This person is much better than his half-tone scientist. This person really has a scientific outlook and is more likely to be this

People of the times accept it.

When his eyes turned, Ma Cheng smiled and said, "Time is too late. Brother Sun should return to Beijing to work. Only an official can benefit the people to the greatest extent. Otherwise, how can the method of northern rice planting, and even the method of Taixi Xinli and Water?

open."

Sun Yuanhua smiled bitterly and said, "How can I enter the court as an official if I fail to pass the third grade? The Lord of the General Town was joking."
Chapter completed!