"Through our previous series of experiments, we know the three forms of matter and the thermal expansion and contraction. This is a thermometer made of colored glaze (glass) filled with mercury, and it uses the principle of thermal expansion and contraction."
"But the thermometer has no scale, so we might as well set the scale with water. The freezing point of water is set to zero degrees, and the boiling point of water is set to 100 degrees..."
While Wang Yuan was talking, a student suddenly asked: "Sir, why do you use water to determine zero and one hundred degrees?"
"Water is the source of life. People need to drink water, and food also needs to drink water. It can be found everywhere," Wang Yuan said with a smile. "This is the most convenient. The temperature is just for counting."
Huang E took out an alcohol lamp and lit it. The alcohol was purified by distillation of liquor, and then filled a beaker with water and fixed it on it.
After a while, the water boiled.
Wang Yuan put a thermometer in the water and marked the position of mercury in the boiling water.
Take out the thermometer and wait for it to cool down, then put it into the boiling water again, take it out and say: "The position of the mercury is the same. This leads to the conclusion that after boiling water, no matter how long it is boiled, its temperature will not change."
Huang E took the experiment notebook and immediately wrote down the results.
Wang Yuan continued to test, adding water and boiling again, and the mercury position was the same every time. Then he took the students to the kitchen, put the thermometer into the steamer, and measured that the temperature of the water vapor was higher than that of the boiling water.
It was winter at this time, so Wang Yuan took a piece of ice and put it into the well water he had just brought.
"The temperature of the well water just taken out of the ground is higher than the indoor temperature in winter. After the ice water is mixed, the water temperature continues to drop, and the ice cubes slowly melt."
"When it melts to half ice and half water, the temperature barely changes for a while. Then, the ice water begins to re-condensate, which should be affected by the temperature."
"This experiment can be done several times to obtain the most accurate data. The ice-water mixture maintains a constant temperature, and we set it as zero degrees!"
After working for most of the day, I even went to have a meal in the middle, and the thermometer's scale was finally determined.
Moreover, they also measured today’s temperature to be minus six degrees!
Wang Yuan smiled and said to his disciples: "Su Dongpo said: One man can be a teacher for hundreds of generations, and one word can be a law for the world. This is what we do. I say the temperature of mixing ice water is zero, and I say boiling water
The boiling temperature is one hundred degrees, then from now on they will be the universal method. Anyone who studies physics will definitely regard us as their ancestors!"
Including the Imperial College students, everyone was in great spirits.
The same thing is different if you put it another way. It is obviously very vulgar to regard physics as a science of all kinds of skills; but if you use a sentence from Su Shi, it immediately improves your qualifications a hundred times.
Wang Yuan gave the thermometer to Huang E and asked her to take Zhu Sheng to measure the boiling points of other liquids, such as vegetable oil.
Yan Song had been waiting nearby for a long time. Wang Yuan took him to drink tea and asked, "What do you want to say?"
"Ruoxu," Yan Song clasped his fists and saluted, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face, "If Yan Guan is convicted for his words, can he still be called Yan Guan? In the future, which science and technology official will dare to tell the truth!"
Wang Yuan left the tea leaves and said: "Those who speak and bite others must know the severity. Jin Chongsui (Jin Gui), a scholar of Hanlin, although he cannot be said to have a noble character, he is not insidious and cunning. He is just a man of few words and a quiet person.
.There is any other form of favoritism and malpractice. The imperial examination fraud case has been investigated long ago, but it was just caused by the lax control of the family slaves by Academician Jin. That Meng Yushi used random guesses about personal ethics and used the already investigated cases to impeach a person.
Hanlin bachelor, in order to prevent Hanlin bachelor from joining the cabinet. This is a bad rule!"
Yan Song said: "Even if the impeachment of Bachelor Jin is based on speculation, the impeachment of Mr. Liang Ge is well-founded. How can he be directly imprisoned?"
"So," Wang Yuan shook his head and sighed, "this Meng Yushi is mentally ill. If he only impeaches Bachelor Jin, Mr. Yang Ge and Mr. Liang Ge will be very happy, and even secretly give him a push. If he only impeaches Bachelor
Although Mr. Liang Ge was disliked by the cabinet ministers, he was definitely praised by His Majesty and praised by many officials. He would definitely gain a reputation for being upright. However, he impeached both of them, making both the Majesty and the cabinet ministers hate him.
! In the whole court, only Academician Jin who was impeached by him interceded for him. What kind of stupid official do you think he did?"
Yan Song shook his head and said: "I'm not pitying this person. This guy can't understand clearly and deserves to be punished. But there are many kinds of punishments. They can be fines or demotions. How can any imperial censor be imprisoned for impeaching an important minister? Even if he has to.
To imprison him, we should at least make a show of investigating the officials he impeached, right? Even if we conduct a random investigation and say that there is no problem with Mr. Liang Ge and Bachelor Jin, it will not be too late to imprison this person by then!"
"Mr. Yang Ge and Mr. Liang Ge, they did go a bit too far." Wang Yuan smiled bitterly.
Yan Song said: "Not only is it excessive, it is simply unscrupulous. They are afraid that others will not know that they are powerful officials!"
What do you say about Yang Tinghe? He is usually quite shrewd, but he is easily complacent and acts completely regardless of the consequences.
The chief assistant takes office, the new official has three talents, and it is certain that there will be a major change in the officialdom.
But Yang Tinghe acted too hastily, his appearance was particularly ugly, and a lot of things happened within half a month.
Especially when it comes to the impeachment of the censor, they either investigate the person being impeached, or let the person involved defend himself during the court meeting, and just put on a show, and then punish the censor and it will be perfect. But they don't even bother to show off, and they act like I am
We have taken control of the court, no one of you can talk nonsense!
Any official with brains would not sympathize with the mentally retarded censor, but because the cabinet broke the rules, he resented Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu who were manipulating power.
A small impeachment, a huge loss of support!
Yang Tinghe's political level is worrying. Once he gained power, he didn't even bother to put on a show.
Coupled with the previous crazy transfers and appointments, a large number of officials from the central to local governments have emerged who oppose Yang Tinghe. Like Yan Song, these officials are conceited, talented and frustrated, and regard Yang Tinghe as the biggest obstacle to their promotion.
Different from what was recorded in history books, Wang Yuan could clearly feel that Yang Tinghe's official reputation at this time was very bad!
It only took Yang Tinghe half a month to go from being widely praised to having mixed reputations. He is considered to be a very good assistant.
Yan Song despised Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu, and suddenly said in a low voice: "There are rumors in the Hanlin Academy that your Majesty has delayed appointing ministers because he wants Ruoxu to join the cabinet!"
Wang Yuan laughed heartily: "I'm not even qualified to run the Hanlin Academy or the imperial office, how can I join the cabinet?"
Yan Song shook his head and said, "What is impossible for Your Majesty today?"
Hearing this, Wang Yuan couldn't help but smile. It seemed that Zhu Houzhao's absurdity was deeply rooted in people's hearts.
In fact, Zhu Houzhao was so stimulated by Yang Tinghe that he really wanted to do whatever he wanted this time.
Zhu Houzhao's original plan was to wait for Bian Zhen to enter the capital and everything settled, and then let Jin Gui fill the vacancy of cabinet ministers. He would then promote Wang Yuan to Hanlin bachelor and minister of the Ministry of Rites, and directly jump a few levels to take over Jin Gui's professional job.
Writing an edict to the emperor is like driving a nail between the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Cabinet.
Unexpectedly, a second-rate censor suddenly appeared and impeached Jin Gui to the point of resigning. Jin Gui's entry into the cabinet was thus ruined.
Even if Yang Tinghe didn't take action, the emperor probably wanted to send Meng Yushi to prison.
While he was talking, the eunuch came.
When the eunuch saw Wang Yuan, he smiled apologetically and said, "Scholar Wang, there will be an imperial edict in three days. Please prepare it."
Wang Yuan has fallen. His teacher Wang Yangming "doesn't give anyone a penny", but he directly gave the eunuch a piece of silver: "May I ask the official, what is the edict?"
The eunuch made a panicked expression, hesitantly accepted the money, and then smiled and said: "I don't know the specific content, but it seems to be a promotion."
"Thank you for letting me know!" Wang Yuan clasped his fists.
After the eunuch left, Yan Song said with a smile: "Congratulations on your promotion, I'm afraid if you really want to join the palace, you will be called Wangge Lao."
Of course, it is impossible to join the cabinet, otherwise the whole court will be in trouble.
Wang Yuan fasted for three days and was on a vegetarian diet to lose weight. He then bathed and changed clothes, set up the incense table, and respectfully welcomed the edict. This was the complete process of receiving the imperial edict.
The content of the imperial edict shocked Wang Yuan. Zhu Houzhao was really messy and asked him to concurrently serve as Zuo Yude of Zuo Chunfang!
This position developed to the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no real power at all, but the political significance it represented was frightening. He was the third in command of Zuo Chunfang in Zhan Shifu. With this springboard set up, if Zhu Houzhao continued to act recklessly, Wang Yuan would come down
For the second promotion, you can directly serve as a minister, or you can become a Hanlin bachelor and take charge of the Hanlin Academy (this position can be in charge of the Imperial Palace).
Generally speaking, it takes at least ten years to go from being the number one scholar to concurrently serving as Zuo Yude of Zuo Chunfang. This is predicated on a smooth promotion, but Wang Yuan only took less than two years.
As the saying goes, the imperial power is the greatest!
Zhang Cong of the Jiajing Dynasty was a second-ranked Jinshi. After serving as an official for nine years, he directly became the first assistant. Who among the emperor's appointees dared to gossip?
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Yang Mansion.
Liang Chu walked around the living room, and after a long time he finally stood still and said: "Why didn't you stop me? How could the number one scholar be promoted to Zuo Chunfang Zuo Yude within three years?"
Yang Tinghe folded his hands and sighed: "His Majesty seems to be very dissatisfied with you and me. In addition, Jin Gui's entry into the cabinet was disturbed, so he deliberately promoted Wang Ruoxu out of anger."
Liang Chu said depressedly: "I'm asking you why you didn't stop?"
"How can you stop what His Majesty has decided?" Yang Tinghe asked, "Who can stop the transfer of Bian Zhen to Beijing?"
Liang Chu said: "This king Ruoxu's attitude is unclear and he does not know whether he is an enemy or a friend. How can he be allowed to safely become Zuo Yude?"
Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "Zhan Shi's government positions are empty, so don't worry too much. Why not let him be Zuo Yude? What I am most worried about is that there is still one missing member of the cabinet. Your Majesty has always disagreed with the candidates recommended by you and me.
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Liang Chu said: "What is there to worry about? The cabinet is all our own. Even if your Majesty puts someone in, can this person rebel?"
"This is really hard to say!" Yang Tinghe said depressedly.
Liang Chudao: "Let's not mention the cabinet ministers. Even if we can't prevent Wang Ruoxu from serving as Zuo Yude at the same time, we must let the Kedao Yanguan speak out and let His Majesty know the thoughts of the officials!"
Yang Tinghe completely disagreed: "His Majesty promoted Wang Ruoxu to express his dissatisfaction with us. If we express our dissatisfaction through official speech again, what will His Majesty think? His Majesty will think that we are against him! Not only can we not oppose Wang Ruoxu's promotion, we can even impeach Wang Ruoxu.
It’s best not to show up any memorials. We should target the generals. The more hostile we are to the generals, the easier it will be for His Majesty to make compromises!”
Liang Chu thought about it again and again, and finally agreed with Yang Tinghe's statement.
With the emperor's appointment and the tacit approval of the cabinet, Wang Yuan's illegal promotion was shown to be calm. A few ignorant censors jumped out to object, and all his memorials were suppressed, and were later put on the back foot by Yang Ting and others.