Then, on the way into Yizhou City, Wei Zheng saw too many scholars.
These scholars are still ordinary people.
It was hard for Wei Zheng to imagine why the people in Yizhou City were so eager to learn.
Moreover, he was able to say four sentences that moved Wei Zheng extremely.
Although Wei Zheng has not traveled throughout the entire Tang Dynasty, he is sure that there is no other place in the entire Tang Dynasty that has such an atmosphere of learning.
After entering Yizhou City, Wei Zheng once again heard news that shocked him.
It turned out that the King of Shu actually opened a Yizhou University in Yizhou City.
All children from Yizhou can be sent to school to study.
As for this school, not only does it not charge tuition, students even get free room and board if they attend.
What shocked Wei Zheng even more was that there were as many as six to seven thousand children in school in Yizhou.
There are so many parents sending their children to study.
Although there is no tuition fee and free room and board are provided, in Wei Zheng's view, it is still unimaginable.
Because right now, rural areas have the greatest shortage of labor force.
How can many common people be willing to send half of their young men and half of their labor force into schools?
With such a mood, Wei Zheng couldn't help but go to Yizhou University.
I heard that Yizhou University is in the direction of Xincheng.
At this time, Wei Zheng also understood.
It turns out that those officials who impeached the King of Shu to build a palace for themselves were actually building a new city, not a palace for themselves.
At noon, Wei Zheng arrived at Xincheng.
In Xincheng, Wei Zheng couldn't help but marveled again.
What first surprised Wei Zheng was the roads in the new city.
The roads in the new city are naturally paved cement roads.
The wide and neat cement road was completely beyond Wei Zheng's knowledge.
Walking on this cement road, Wei Zheng had an unreal feeling.
Wei Zheng also made a special study of the cement road, and found that the cement road was so strong that it was much harder than ordinary official roads.
It can be said that if it had not been man-made destruction or a major natural disaster.
Then, there shouldn't be any problems with this cement road.
If this kind of road can be promoted throughout Datang, it will greatly enhance Datang's transportation capacity.
After walking into Yizhou University and seeing the teaching building of Yizhou University, Wei Zheng couldn't help but be amazed again.
This teaching building is actually three stories high!
Well, it’s not like there were no tall buildings in the Tang Dynasty.
Even, there are many higher than this.
For example, Li Bai later wrote an article about a famous person.
The dangerous building is a hundred feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands.
Don't dare to speak loudly for fear of frightening the heavenly beings.
However, there was a big difference between the tall buildings in the Tang Dynasty and the teaching buildings he saw now.
The teaching building that Wei Zheng saw now covers an extremely large area.
And the three floors above and below are actually completely consistent.
This architectural style is truly unheard of and unseen.
Is it really strong if built like this?
What surprised Wei Zheng even more was how huge holes could be left in this building.
Why is there such a hole left?
With these holes left, wouldn't there be air leakage inside the school?
When it rains, won't it leak?
Won't these schoolchildren fall from these holes?
It’s so wrong that this school is actually built like this!
Seeing such a major safety hazard, Wei Zheng couldn't help but run over.
Upon closer inspection, I realized that these were not holes.
Instead, it is equipped with a layer of crystal!
Well, actually, it is installed with glass.
But Wei Zheng had only seen mirrors and didn't know that mirrors were made of glass.
Therefore, this glass is regarded as crystal.
This discovery made Wei Zheng secretly speechless.
This King of Shu deserves to be called the most prodigal son of the Tang Dynasty.
How much does this crystal-inlaid window cost?
But fortunately, these are all paid for by the king of Shu himself, rather than using the people's fat and the people's anointing.
In view of this, Wei Zheng did not have a bad impression of the King of Shu.
After watching the course taught by Yizhou University, Wei Zheng was equally worried.
The Four Books and Five Classics are nothing more than this, arithmetic can be considered serious knowledge.
But what exactly is physics and chemistry?
There were no physics and chemistry subjects in the imperial examination.
Isn’t it misleading to teach children this knowledge?
Wei Zheng took note of this and decided to report it to the emperor truthfully when he returned.
However, after a private visit on Weifu.
Wei Zheng found that apart from the railway, it seemed to have no use.
Also, the teaching building is too extravagant, and the physics and chemistry taught are misleading to the students.
Other impeachments against the King of Shu are completely nonsense.
After seeing what he wanted to see, Wei Zheng decided to go directly to the King of Shu and ask some questions face to face.
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Not long after, Wei Zheng appeared in the Shu palace.
Facing this selfless imperial envoy, King Li Min of Shu gave him the highest standard of reception.
However, Wei Zheng was not interested in all this.
Wei Zheng asked Li Min two questions directly.
The first question is that the railway was built so narrowly, and a lot of manpower and material resources were wasted, and a lot of steel was wasted. What is the use?
Especially in Datang, where steelmaking technology was seriously not up to standard, wasting so much steel was an extremely shameful act in their eyes.
At this time, even Wei Zheng believed that the King of Shu should hand over this steel-making method and apply it to other places instead of wasting it here.
However, there will naturally be people fighting over this matter, so there is no need for him to waste any words.
Facing Wei Zheng's inquiry, Li Min replied: "Zheng Guogong, I have spent countless money, manpower and material resources building the railway. How can it be useless? After the railway is built, I will build a train."
"This train is specially designed to run on railway tracks. It can transport hundreds of thousands of kilograms of goods. It can transport tens of thousands of people. It can reach Chang'an from Yizhou in one day."
Hearing Li Min's words, Wei Zhengde couldn't help but reveal an extremely ridiculous expression on his face.
This Shu King's boast is bound to go nowhere, isn't it?
How is this possible?
Well, no wonder Wei Zheng.
Who would dare to believe that a train has such a huge carrying capacity before seeing it with their own eyes?
Wei Zheng couldn't help but said: "What the King of Shu said is too unbelievable, isn't it?"
Li Min smiled slightly and said: "May I ask Mr. Zheng, have I ever lied or told lies? After the railway is repaired, Mr. Zheng will naturally be able to see the carrying capacity of the train."
"this--"
Don't tell me, King Shu has created too many miracles, and he has never boasted about them.
Could it be that the King of Shu could really create such a train that he would not be able to get on?