Alive, of course still alive.

And he is living a pretty good life, not because the book "Tiangong Kaiwu" he wrote two years ago sold tens of thousands of copies, but because last year he was promoted to the official position of Tingzhou Prefecture in Fujian Province, which is an official position of the eighth rank. , is a subordinate officer under the Provincial Observation Envoy, in charge of a prison, commonly known as the Penal Hall, also known as the Manager.

In other words, he is now an official in the system. He may not be rich and powerful, but he is still enjoying life.

As a result, Zhu Guoqiang naturally gave up the idea of ​​inviting Song Yingxing to come over for the time being. After all, he was now working well as an official within the system.

"Your Majesty, since you want Song Yingxing but can't get it, you might as well write to him and invite Chen Hongxu, Liao Bangying and others to come over. When he wrote the book "Tiangong Kaiwu", he got help from his friends, most of whom are also knowledgeable in all kinds of craftsmanship. The leftover talents..."

Ge Shizhen's suggestion made Zhu Guoqiang, who was originally a little disappointed, shine and said immediately.

"Oh? Really? In that case, your Majesty, you might as well repair a few books for me and invite them to come to Jinan."

Zhu Guoqiang is naturally very clear about the importance of talents, especially in this era. His thirst for talents cannot be described as being thirsty for talents. After all, there are too few talents in this world... In fact, there are quite a lot. Contrary to what people in another world imagine, the Ming Dynasty was actually an extremely rare watershed in Chinese history - the watershed between classical China and modern China.

This watershed is not history, but politics, economy, culture, customs...the beginning of comprehensive changes. This change is the first time in Chinese history. With the late Qing Dynasty and precisely the ideological awakening after the Russo-Japanese War, the Chinese people have Different from abandoning the old Confucian thought, this change is from bottom to top, a spontaneous ideological change.

The reason is not only because scholars want to break through the confinement of stereotypes, but also because the social economy has prospered to a critical point.

According to the record of Shui Tailiang, "During the Zhengjia period, scholars regarded studying the classics as a detour; during the Wanli period, scholars regarded reading as a taboo!".

This means that starting from the Zhengde Dynasty, scholars actually regarded being familiar with the Five Classics as pedantry. By the Wanli Dynasty, scholars were even embarrassed to say that they liked reading. The reason was simply that they felt that stereotyped writing was useless, so they looked for other ways of thinking and began to pursue The practical value of knowledge.

This is also one of the reasons why "Practical Learning" became popular in the late Ming Dynasty and became the mainstream in the late Ming Dynasty. This ideological revolution, which can be called the "Enlightenment Movement of Ancient Chinese Thought", originated before Zhengde and flourished under Wang Yangming and Wang Yangming's

The idea of ​​"Xin Xue" is like a bolt of lightning piercing the night sky, bringing the mainstream of Confucianism from Neo-Confucianism to Xin Xue. It gradually transformed into "practical learning". By the Tianchong period, most of the world's well-known scholars were also "practical learning masters". Even the "Shui Tailiang" was actually a "practical learning master" and advocated "from classics to "In practice", it just went astray, turning "practical knowledge that can be applied in the world" into "real practice makes a hero".

Of course, in this ideological enlightenment, it is inevitable that many scholars will go astray, because they despise stereotypes, stop reading classics, and stop reading books. In other words, they just memorize reference materials to prepare for the imperial examination. They say that they are talents who can apply themselves to the world. , disdain to associate with pedantic scholars. This is of course inevitable. After all, whether it is the ideological enlightenment movement in Europe or the ideological changes in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, many people have strayed from the theme. But in general, the late Qing Dynasty Ming Dynasty's theme of "ideological enlightenment" has not deviated from it, and it still adheres to the purpose of "practical learning".

What would have happened if this “intellectual enlightenment” had not been interrupted by a barbaric invasion?

Looking through the book "Tiangong Kaiwu" in his hand, Zhu Guoqiang thought a lot about it that day. This set, which can be called an encyclopedia of Chinese classical science, is full of explanations about how Manchu slavery destroyed Chinese civilization.

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Because the book "Tiangong Kaiwu" is introduced in middle school textbooks, this book is very famous, but how many people know that this great scientific and technological work in Chinese history once disappeared in China for nearly two hundred years.

In the early years of the Republic of China, someone found that a book called "Tiangong Kaiwu" was quoted in "Yunnan General Chronicles", so he was curious about this book, but he went to major libraries in the country to search for this book.

, but not a single one was found. I also asked well-known bibliophiles, but no one knew about this book.

In other words, under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this book had completely disappeared from China, and almost no one knew about this book. Later, this person accidentally discovered the Japanese version of this book at the home of a Japanese friend, so he went to

I went to the library in Japan to search, and it didn’t matter. I found that this book has been translated in the UK, Russia, Germany, Japan, and France, and there is also a complete translation in France. Ironically, China is the only one not to have this book.

, there is no one in the real sense. Later, he found the original Ming Dynasty edition of "Tiangong Kaiwu" in the National Library of France, and this original edition was the most beautifully printed among all editions.

This also shows the development of the private printing industry in the Ming Dynasty. Then according to this original edition, the book Tiangong Kaiwu was widely printed in China and saw the light of day again.

The disappearance of this book is directly related to the ban and destruction of the "Sikuquanshu" edited by the Manchus. I don't know how many ancient Chinese works were destroyed in the hands of the Manchus. How much value did they have under the cruel, closed and ignorant rule of the Manchus?

The technology, ideas and works were completely wiped out, and future generations will never know.

But one thing that is certain is that people nowadays often confuse the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is really the result of the propaganda of the ignorant people. There are even a group of bastards who are not slaves enough. In order to exonerate their masters, they "transfer" Wei Zheng's

The experience of "Haiguo Tuzhi" is applied to the book "Tiangong Kaiwu", saying that Song Yingxing, a poor scholar, tightened his belt and published "Tiangong Kaiwu" at his own expense, but it was not taken seriously by the world in the late Ming Dynasty.

, had a limited circulation, and was listed as a banned book in the Qing Dynasty, so it naturally disappeared.

But how do they explain that after the Manchus banned it, the only record of the book "Tiangong Kaiwu" was not in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas where it was issued, but in Yunnan, the southwest border. In fact, this "Tiangong Kaiwu" book was not taken seriously.

"The fact that the encyclopedia spread to various European countries shows that it was extremely popular in the Ming Dynasty, and there was even a set in the study room of the living uterus.

"Ni Ma!"

Once again, while staring at the book in his hand, Zhu Guoqiang felt only one feeling in his heart: anger. Boundless anger!
Chapter completed!