Looking at the venue, Liu Che felt a little uneasy in his heart.
The advent of hot air balloons will herald the arrival of a new era.
The seeds of science were sown.
It is likely to take root and grow rapidly in the future, and then completely destroy ignorance in less than a hundred years.
But the problem is that Liu Che is a little unsure whether the world, especially the traditional scholar-officials and bureaucrats, can accept it?
If you cannot accept it, then taking this step will be extremely risky!
Angry people may gather together and besiege, forcing Liu Che to use violent machines that he was unwilling to use to solve the problem.
However, this step must be taken.
If even hot air balloons cannot be accepted by people, then people are destined to be unable to accept products that are even more disruptive to human cognition.
This can also be regarded as a kind of trial to see where the bottom line is for people to accept it?
Of course, Liu Che knows very well that there is always no bottom line for human beings.
If you can accept hot air balloons, then you will accept that the earth is round in the future. Oh, no, there is a round earth theory in the academic circles of the Han Dynasty, so you should accept the geocentric theory. If you can accept the geocentric theory, then you can accept astronomy.
Telescopes, if astronomical telescopes can be accepted, why can't we accept heliocentric theory? If we can accept heliocentric theory, then sooner or later we can also accept that humans and the earth are just a drop in the universe.
If the conditions are right and mature, this cognitive acceptance speed may even be completed within one generation.
Therefore, Liu Che is very patient and will slowly wait for the world to change.
On the other hand, Yang Yi on stage was actually very nervous.
His palms were sweating!
The emergence of ‘Kunpeng’ was actually not what the Mohists wanted at all.
Because Yang Yi knew very well that this thing would definitely cause an uproar and even put the Mo family on the crater.
But there is no way, this is the will of the emperor.
The Mohists must obey!
Fortunately, although the reactions of the princes and ministers were a little panicked, they immediately calmed down after receiving the explanation.
Seeing this, Yang Yi had to be thankful that in the past two years, the emperor had smashed bit by bit the remarks that once made the world noisy.
Completely destroy the theory of public funeral rites and mechanical ornaments.
Otherwise, today, I am afraid that the Mo family will not be able to eat and walk away.
Thinking of this, Yang Yi couldn't help but cast his admiring eyes on the emperor above him.
Two years ago, when the Emperor personally took action and smashed the public opinion consciousness and the theory of mechanical decoration led by Gong Xiuyi and his disciples, the Mohist family did not feel much.
But today, Yang Yi finally knew why the emperor did what he did.
Just for today!
Just for today!
Yang Yi couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Your Majesty has sacrificed a lot for our Mo family. If I can't do a good job, I will really be ashamed of my father!"
With this idea in mind, Yang Yi said into the microphone: "As you can see, the thing that just flew by is a creation of our Mohist family. It is neither a god nor a ghost. It is an instrument like a waterwheel. Its principle is extremely simple.
Just like a boat can travel on rivers and seas, it uses the power of 'floating'!"
"The so-called 'floating' power exists in everything, and is related to its weight, size, radius and density. If the method is right, we think that in the future, we may even be able to make steel float on the water and use iron as a boat!"
In fact, there is no need to wait until the future.
Within the Mohist family, a small hollow iron boat weighing about one stone has been successfully manufactured.
Although it is pitifully small, it is impossible to carry any objects.
But it can float on the water without sinking!
The success of this experiment even broke the three views of many Mohists within the Mohist school.
You must know that in the past, the Mohists held the inherent concept that gold and iron stones could not float at all and would sink as soon as they entered the water.
It also reveals that the world is far from as simple as people imagine.
However, this experiment only progressed to this step and then stopped.
The reason is simple. The Mohists have not yet seen a situation where further research on this phenomenon can benefit the country and the people.
The Mohist Three Tables method stipulates that Mohists will never study things that have nothing to do with the national economy and people's livelihood.
For example, if Liu Che wants the Mo family to use all the efforts of the world to build him a refrigerator so that he can have cold drinks in the summer, then the Mo family will never agree!
Yang Yi's explanation made all the princes and ministers calm down a little.
Of course, the so-called steel can also float on the water, and even the iron boat incident is viewed by everyone as a joke.
But the Confucian giants all looked angrily.
Some people even shouted regardless of their demeanor: "Deceive the master and destroy the ancestors, deceive the master and destroy the ancestors!"
In the eyes of these people, today's Mohist family actually dares to surpass Mo Zhai?
What a treason!
How can the great achievements of the sages and saint kings be surpassed?
If everyone in this world wants to surpass their fathers and ancestors and even their ancestors, then...how can we fool people!
However, after all, these are just the wails of defeated dogs, not worth mentioning.
The Legalists and the Huang-Lao School looked on with cold eyes.
It is easy to understand the Legalists. They are not a school that worships the ancients. Both Shang Jun and Han Feizi want to make further progress on the basis of their ancestors.
The Huang Lao School is interesting.
To be honest, the Huang-Lao sect is actually a sect that worships the ancients, and is more conservative and conservative than Confucianism.
Back then, scholars from the Huang-Lao School could even argue with Confucian Junqian on whether the Tang-Wu Revolution was correct!
However, the fact is that the giants of the Huang Lao School all watched with their eyes and their noses, and no one took any action!
Even if someone wanted to stand up and say something, he would immediately stop after listening to the advice of the person next to him.
The person next to him only said one sentence.
This sentence means that if the law does not prohibit it, it will not correct it!
This is also the core idea of Huang-Lao School's governance.
If the law does not prohibit it, then don’t care what the people or ministers do!
Now, the Mo family created a monster that flew over Shiqu Pavilion.
Is there any law prohibiting people from manufacturing aircraft?
No!
If not, why bother?
Before the Mohists use this thing to break the law, the best way is to treat it as invisible!
There were even people from the Huang Lao sect, with burning eyes and excited emotions recalling the monster just now.
Since humans can send such a large instrument to fly in the sky, is it possible to send people into the sky in the future?
If humans can go into the sky...then...does that mean that humans have the opportunity to encounter a few immortals in the sky?
If you can meet an immortal? Can you ask for an elixir?
With this idea in mind, some giants from the Huang Lao Sect even wanted to support the Mohists in creating a few more similar creations.
Liu Che, who was sitting at the top, was also indifferent.
Empress Dowager Dou, who might have objected, had no idea what was going on because of her eye disease, and no one would tell her what was going on.
She was like a mascot, sitting quietly and maintaining her majesty as the Queen Mother.
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I feel a little unwell today and I can't concentrate~
