From Chief to Ball

Xu Guangqi added: "The book says that this is like a child fighting with an adult. The adult is stupid, untrained in martial arts, and falls out of his loopholes. The child can seize every opportunity, and every time he makes a move, he also seizes the opportunity, but some What's the use? If the left wing is crushed by the cavalry, the whole army is in danger. We all know this. This man is not good at strategizing, but he is good at running the army. That's why he was also called a famous general after this battle. Why? Because the opponent Didn't break out his left wing, so the plot is useless here."

Sun Yuanhua said puzzledly: "Master, I have heard people say that there is no such thing as governing the people and using soldiers when there are major national affairs. Govern the people with righteousness and use troops with odds; when things are normal and strange things change, things are often easy but things become difficult. The way, isn’t the first priority to make changes on the fly?”

"It's rare to make corrections, but you can't seek corrections. Chuyang, you have always been curious about planning, and among all living beings, you like military formations the most. That's why I let you read this book. The master said, teaching students according to their aptitude is the right thing to do." That means. Don’t go astray.”

After speaking, he turned to the first few pages and said: "Look at this general, what did he do? Building bastions, training troops, studying geometry and gunnery, and transporting food and grass. I'm not curious about planning, but it's all about these things. He became a famous general. I asked you before, if you are allowed to lead the army, you think you can do better, but the premise is that this person has trained well. According to those people: because of this person’s training, the soldiers are tough , so you can go up to you. But if there is no such person to train troops, do you think you can hold on to the situation where the left flank is attacked by cavalry?"

"So, the merit of this battle is firstly to govern the country. The country is rich and the people are strong, and the soldiers work hard, so as they say, they can afford to lose, but the opponent cannot afford to lose. Secondly, it is to govern the army. Even if you change generals, you can still win. This general is not good at ingenuity and can still be undefeated. In the end, he is responding to the situation. This is called oppressing others with power, and there is nothing you can do about it."

Sun Yuanhua thought about it for a long time, and suddenly said: "Back then Han Gao was named Marquis, with Marquis Bing as the leader and Cao Can next. Marquis of Huaiyin moved to Qi and Zhao, and after a few months of repeated defeats, he could fight again and become a strong army... This is thousands of miles away, the reason is actually the same?"

"Yeah, this is exactly what I'm troubled with recently. Those people said that there is a reason between heaven and earth. This reason cannot be applied to my Ming Dynasty, but it is not applicable to them. If it is applicable to Daming, it is applicable to Japan, It is applicable to Frangji, and it is also applicable to them, so the truth can be summed up, and it can even be said that the truth is universal."

Xu Guangqi sighed: "They said that they don't know anything else, but there are two things they can be sure of. One is arithmetic and geometry, and the other is science. I flipped through the books they gave me and ran through them from the beginning to the end. The more I read, the more impressed I became. The more you look at it, the more frightened you are."

"In the beginning, I thought they were demons, asking for a reason for everything, even for the simplest things. But the more I communicated with them later, I realized that it was this kind of reason that everything asked for a reason. Their obsessed mentality is what made them achieve this. Chuyang, have you ever thought about why peaches and plums fall to the ground instead of flying into the air?"

Sun Yuanhua shook his head and said, "I never thought about it. This is the law of heaven and earth, do I still need to think about it?"

"But these people thought about it, and gave an explanation for why. Then relying on this explanation, it is said that they revised the method of firing cannons in China, and they also calculated miracles such as the coming of comets. I did the same thing I thought about it, this is the principle of heaven and earth, why should I think about it? But they say that it is the principle of heaven and earth because of it, and the principle of heaven and earth I said is just a description. Just like...fertilization can make crops grow well, But why does fertilization make crops grow well? Why does planting beans and then wheat produce a high yield?"

Sun Yuanhua followed with a long sigh, and asked again: "But how do they know these things?"

Xu Guangqi picked up a book called "Induction and Deduction" and said: "It is nothing more than seeking common ground, differences, co-variation, surplus..."

He pointed to the books that were treated as gifts and said: "Any one of these books can be read every day, but in my opinion, if you distinguish the importance... the first is "Arithmetic and Geometry", and the second is "Anaithmetic and Geometry". "Induction and Deduction", the remaining book is behind these two. The former is Tao, and the latter is art."

Glancing at Sun Yuanhua, Xu Guangqi handed over the two books and said: "Chuyang, since you like these things, remember to learn the Tao first and then the academic. The Tao can be derived, and the technique can be deduced. Disaster."

"The disciple took it down."

"Before those people left, I asked me to recommend a few people to go to Fujian to learn these scientific methods. Chuyang, are you willing to learn these things?"

Sun Yuanhua hardly thought about it, nodded and said, "I am willing."

"In this case, I have a few words to tell you, you need to remember."

"Yes."

"If you talk about scientific arithmetic, there is a division of Taoism. If you talk about governing a country, there is also a division of Taoism. Our way is different from theirs, but the techniques are universal, and they did not refute this. We take Confucianism as the body, and we cannot Change, this is the right way to govern the country. Remember, Confucianism is the body, science is the application, and benefiting the king is the right way.”

Sun Yuanhua wondered: "Teacher, what is their way of governing the country? They don't believe in the words of saints, they don't have Buddhist teachings to save them, and they don't have the meaning of Christianity... I'm a little curious."

"It's just to lure them with profit, and you can't learn. The debate between righteousness and profit has been judged by sages. I only heard a few words from them. Although they said it was a matter of walking meditation, it was just a conflict of interests. No matter how much it is, I don't know, and I don't know." Maybe I couldn’t figure it out either. When they talked about asking people to study science, they also told me that Confucianism was for the purpose of physical science, but I was still hesitant.”

"Teacher, why hesitate? Don't you also believe in God?"

"It's very different. Catholics have no doubts about their traces and minds. They are bright and upright. They are all saints. They teach people to cultivate themselves and serve God. I heard that China also has the teaching of saints, and they also cultivate themselves and serve God, so the reasoning is consistent. So I don't know. Traveling thousands of miles, going through dangers and dangers, is for the good of everyone and proves that God loves people.”

Xu Guangqi lamented again: "God's believers take the worship of God as their foundation, save the body and soul as the most important thing, take loyalty, filial piety and love as their kung fu, learn to improve their mistakes, learn to repent and purify them, and take the blessing of ascension to heaven." It is the reward of goodness, and the eternal disaster of hell is the bitter reward of evil. The purpose is to make people do good and be true, to eradicate evil, and to educate the people. It is supplementing with Confucianism and supplementing the education of morality. Confucianism, the two ways coincide, so we can believe in God, this is a good thing that is beneficial to education, and it greatly complements the words of the world's saints."

"If everyone believes in God, the world will be safe. If everyone obeys the words of the saints, the world will be safe. Complementary and complementary, why should I be afraid?"

"But what about those people? Believe that people's matter is immortal after death, and they are all eaten by ants. They have nothing to fear, nothing to fear, and nothing to believe in. What they believe in is nothing but the benefits in life and the name after death. In this way, If everyone is like this, the world will be in chaos! If there is nothing to be afraid of, naturally there is nothing to advise, how can this be done?"

"If you are foolish women and wild people, you tell them that if you do good, you will go to heaven, and if you do evil, you will go to hell. Wouldn't they change the good and change the evil? If everyone does good, how can this world be unstable? But they are fearless , fear nothing, if everyone is like this, how many crimes are there?"

"I also asked them, and they are really not educated enough. The young and the prostitutes, the businessmen love money, and the officials talk about profit, they are really mercenary, depraved and corrupt. Why is this so? It is because they have no sense of reverence, no sages to educate, and pleasure The wind prevails, killing people and setting fire for petty gains..."

Speaking of this, he took out another book titled "The History of the Miner's Petition Movement in Min County" and said: "It is said that when a leaf falls, you will know the arrival of autumn. The books they sent are obviously carefully selected, although there are not many. But you can understand all aspects of them. Let’s not talk about the riots, but why they rioted? Isn’t it because there are no saints to teach them, and they don’t have the righteousness of God, so those mine owners are allowed to act recklessly, sucking blood and eating flesh. Why are they so dirty? Dirty? Because they only talk about profit, but not righteousness! They are fearless, not afraid of the suffering of hell and reincarnation, do not read the words of saints, and do not understand the heart of benevolence and righteousness, so bloody and brutal are no different from animals."

Sun Yuanhua peeked at a random page in the book, only to see that it said: "The Republic is a country for the people of the country, and the right to life is the basic right of the people of the country. If survival is difficult to guarantee..."

With a flash of light and shadow, he turned over, but he was startled by such a glance, and his heart was extremely frantic.

So he nodded quickly and said: "I have written it down. Confucianism is the body, and science is the application. They have their Tao, we have ours, and they don't interfere with each other. Academics don't learn Tao. And science is divided into Taoism. This is another way of saying that, with the science of mathematics, you should first learn Taoism and then academics. Disciple, please remember.”

……

More than a month later, led by Sun Yuanhua, a total of 12 young talents from Shanghai, Jiading and other places who love scientific calculations went south to Fujian to learn these barbarian arts.

Before leaving, Xu Guangqi repeatedly urged not to forget the way of Wang Hua, and everyone agreed one by one.So he took the sponsorship money and went south by boat.

Twelve is just a coincidence, there are just these people who want to go, or they like these knowledge, or they don’t want to take the imperial examination, or they are attracted by things like telescopes and photos...

Not long after he left, Xu Guangqi suddenly had palpitations, but he didn't know why he was in Nan'an. When he read the Bible that night, he turned to a random passage and suddenly felt something.

Gospel of Mark, Chapter 14: While they were sitting at the table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I tell you, one of you who eats with me will betray me."Then they became troubled, and asked him one by one, Is it me?Jesus said to them, It is the one of the twelve who dipped his hand in the plate with me...

Whether it was a coincidence or a prophecy, Xu Guangqi was very disturbed and prayed according to the scriptures...

Chapter 66 The rise and fall of the world, what does it have to do with me

Spring flowers and autumn fruits, summer rain and winter snow, the four seasons are slowly changing in the long river of time, and everything in the world is changing all the time.

Farmers near the capital of Daming have harvested winter wheat, begging that this year will not be rained like last year for a month, sowing hope in the summer wind.

An old crooked-neck tree on the Waiyi Road in the capital died, withered, and fell down. Fungi grew, and then slowly turned into soil. New seedlings germinated not far away and slowly grew stronger.

Not long ago, a group of foreign envoys stayed here and tied their horses to this tree.Maybe a Shuji who returned to his hometown half a year ago also stayed here, or maybe he didn't, no one knows.

To the north, the envoys of the Joseon Kingdom were heading to the capital to ask the emperor to confer King Gwanghae on the throne. The envoys knew that at this time, Ming Dynasty was engaged in a dispute over the country, and that Li Hun, who was not the eldest son, would inevitably receive a lot of criticism. pour oil.Li Hui sprinkled tens of thousands of taels of silver, and finally got Liaodong Du Si to admit that his eldest son's elder brother was sick and could not ascend the throne.

To the south, a province is approaching, and there is a famine.Further south, the river tide poured back, killing thousands of people.Further south, civil uprisings in Jiangxi, township strikes with weapons, kilns, and markets...

When the envoys entered Beijing, perhaps Sun Yuanhua, who had set off from Shanghai County to the south, finally understood why his teacher asked him to read those pages of paper: With the size of Ming, as long as he wins miserably, he is undefeated.Or maybe I saw a tortoise walking slowly on the beach, and occasionally realized that as long as I learn from this tortoise, use the fort as a shell, and draw it slowly, there will be no invincible enemies around.

It’s just that he is young after all, has no experience, and his thinking is simple. He doesn’t understand how much it will cost, and he doesn’t know if Daming can afford the money. Then the Haiyan River will be clear and the world will be peaceful.

Although it is whimsical, it has a strong heart after all, and it lives up to the passionate ambition of young people.

He hadn't even won the Juren, and it was when he was young and berated Fang Qiu that he didn't know where the real difficulties were in many things.

In fact, there were not many people who thought like Sun Yuanhua when they were young.

But when you are no longer young and have truly stepped into the imperial court for many years, perhaps your favorite poems will become Jiaxuan's but it's a cool autumn.

For example, at this moment, for example, at this moment, a person who was as strong and passionate as Sun Yuanhua 20 years ago at this moment is in a state of depression at this moment, and his brows are furrowed.

In the capital, in the study of Zhao Shizhen, a scholar in the Wuying Hall, the doors and windows are closed.

This "lucky minister" who wrote "The Spectrum of Artifacts", improved the matchlock gun, and imitated Tufik sat alone in the study.

On the table, there are two Fanbang muskets, one long and one short.

Long spears are used by infantry, and short spears are used by riders. They are all fired with flint, with extremely fast loading speed, great power, and exquisite structure.

It was given to him by an envoy from a strange country who came to the capital not long ago. It is said that he has heard of his name in Fujian, so when he came to the capital, he first sent two muskets and a book. Fill the manual.