When Zhao Xu woke up early in the morning, Feng Jing took the palace maid to help him wash up and then brought him breakfast.
Zhao Xu finished eating quietly by himself, put down his chopsticks, and then, with Feng Jing's service, he went for a walk in the imperial garden behind the Funing Palace.
"What did Shen Kuo say yesterday?" Zhao Xu asked.
"Reporting to everyone, Shen Ti said: Your Majesty is wise!" Feng Jing replied.
Zhao Xu laughed and asked again: "Then he knows what to do, right?"
Feng Jing didn't understand these riddles, but he answered honestly: "Shen Tiju transferred a large amount of gallstone to the inner treasury and the Kaifeng government treasury overnight..."
He boldly asked curiously: "Everyone, what does Shen Tiju want?"
Zhao Xu smiled: "This is the study of things to achieve knowledge! It is also the study of saints!"
Who stipulated that only scholar-bureaucrats are allowed to interpret the classics of Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi according to their own ideas?
As the saying goes, if a monk can touch it, a poor Taoist can also touch it.
Zhao Xu just didn't want to waste energy on debating scriptures, but he could support others to help him debate scriptures.
"Tell Shen Kuo this too!" Zhao Xu ordered: "The true meaning of the saint is profound and profound!"
Um……
But please don’t connect this matter with the Taoist alchemy method!
Very troublesome!
It would be better to label Confucius as an old man and make it the study of saints.
After sending Feng Jing away, Zhao Xu sat in the pavilion in the garden.
Memories from his previous life flashed back in his mind.
Bile water immersion copper method!
It is a technology that he promoted across the country after he took office in his previous life!
Relying on this method, the maximum annual output of copper can be hundreds of thousands of kilograms!
Speaking of which, the method of soaking copper in gallbladder water was already offered to the imperial court around the third year of Yuanyou.
Su Zhe, the Minister of Household Affairs who was in charge at that time, decisively denounced it as an evil practice.
He proudly wrote an article about this incident and spread it everywhere.
It was also thanks to Su Che that in line with the principle of hating a house and a bird, Zhao Xu heard about this matter after he took office.
So he ordered people to find a way to soak copper in water.
Therefore, Zhang Qian, a commoner, presented a book called "Essentials for Impregnating Copper" and tried it, and it turned out that copper could be smelted.
The government and the public were overjoyed and promoted it nationwide.
However, at that time, people did not know the principle and did not understand how bile water turned iron into copper, so they thought it was alchemy.
Zhao Xu finally found out when he was in modern times.
This is a chemical reaction where gallstones dissolve in water, which is a copper sulfite solution, and react with iron to replace the copper.
It has nothing to do with alchemy.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu turned his head and looked in the direction of Concubine Xing's Pavilion.
That bastard Zhao Ji!
The army he had worked so hard to train and the wealth he had accumulated were all destroyed by him!
The success of the copper immersion method in water also made Zhao Ji obsessed with alchemy.
What kind of Taojun emperor do you call yourself?
Don’t even look at what kind of virtue you have!
…
Shen Kuo was instructing the craftsmen to crush the gallstones and put them into large water tanks for soaking.
"Tiji...there is a decree in the palace..." Tong Guan came to him and whispered.
"Your Majesty, listen to the decree!" Shen Kuo quickly faced the direction of the imperial city, bowed his hands and bowed.
"Everyone said: Studying things to achieve knowledge, the learning of saints, is broad and profound..."
After Shen Kuo listened, he bowed again and said, "I will bear in mind the Holy Instructions of the Son of Heaven!"
Then he stood up, his eyes shining brightly.
Investigate things to gain knowledge? Investigate things to gain knowledge!
As a scholar-official, his heart was beating loudly!
He looked at the water tank soaked in bile, which was slowly turning green.
He felt that there seemed to be a saint's whisper in the water tank.
“The way to know is to study things, and then you will know after studying things!”
These are the original words of the sage in the Book of Rites!
Shen Kuo slowly clenched his fists. He felt that a brand new door seemed to be being pushed open.
A bright road is waving to him.
"The young master advocates the method of studying things to achieve knowledge?" he thought.
This is critical!
Since Dong Zhongshu, if Confucianism in the past dynasties wants to gain recognition from the world, or even become a prominent school in the world, it must receive the support and endorsement of the imperial power!
The best example is Wang Anshi’s New Meaning of the Three Classics!
Without the support of Emperor Daxing, where would the new meaning of the Three Classics have reached its current status?
Not to mention becoming a classic in the country's recruitment of scholars, I am afraid that after Wang Anshi retired, it would gradually sink like Zhang Zai's Guan Xue.
Emperor Daxing praised the new meaning of the Three Classics and used it to recruit scholars.
As long as the scholar-bureaucrats in the world want to pursue fame and fame, they must read the new meanings of the Three Classics.
Over time, all the scholars in the world were disciples of Wang Anshi!
A hundred years later, maybe Wang Anshi will become a prince.
You can even see his statue in the Wenxuan King Temple.
what about me?
Shen Kuo felt that his heart might not be able to bear it anymore.
"Studying things will lead to knowledge...Studying things will lead to knowledge..." He murmured to himself.
The scholar-bureaucrats established their words, established their virtues, and established their merits.
Among them, it is said that it is a bright road that will last forever!
He recalled that day in the Chongzheng Hall, the young master's appearance and expression in front of him after he retreated to the left and right.
Shen Kuo knows that this young master is not simple! Absolutely not simple!
so……
If I can develop a new Confucian path based on studying things to gain knowledge, will my young master support me?
Do I, Shen Kuo and Shen Cunzhong, have a chance to be as immortal as Wang Anshi?
Shen Kuo took a deep breath.
The cake was too big and he couldn't hold it.
But... Shen Kuo couldn't refuse!
Even if there is only one percent chance, he will give 100% effort for it!
This is the way to become a ‘son’!
Shen Zi!
What a nice title!
Extremely pleasant to the ear!
…
Zhao Xu was in Baoci Palace at this time, accompanying the two palaces to review memorials.
There is still not much government affairs today.
These were all edicts drawn up by the three provinces and two governments after Zhao Xu ascended the throne. They were edicts that the scholar-bureaucrats showed favor to the officials all over the world.
When a new king ascends the throne, he must be generous to the people.
Among them, officials are the key among the key.
Not only civil servants, but also military officials should be exposed to rain and dew.
Therefore, all localities have successively reported the lists of officials who have been replaced, suspended, or removed from their respective jurisdictions.
The officials of the three provinces reviewed these people, selected those with the least culpability and the best performance, and then presented them to the emperor to ask for mercy and pardon for these people.
For the remaining people, the period of punishment for punishment will be reduced based on the story - generally speaking, replacement, suspension, and removal all have a period of time, just like Mokan. When the period of time is up, they can be reinstated, that is, they can be reactivated.
However, this power is in the hands of the emperor, and only the emperor dares to use these people if he has special orders.
Otherwise, generally this kind of person would just restore his official status.
Want to get a job in the Ministry of Civil Affairs?
Don’t even think about it!
Su Shi is a vivid example!
Zhao Xu sat next to Empress Dowager Xiang, looked at Empress Dowager Xiang and the Empress Dowager, and agreed to the invitation one by one.
He raised his lips slightly.
Zhao Xu knew in his heart that there might be a large number of related households in these reported lists.
However, there is no need for him to be this evil person.
After accompanying the two palaces and reviewing the memorial, Zhao Xu returned to Funing Palace.
Feng Jing came to him and said softly: "Everyone, Song Zhaoxuan has ordered someone to bring your words to Shen Tiju..."
