Chapter 238 The dispute between science and Confucianism

Author: steam train

Chapter 238 The dispute between science and Confucianism

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It's like interrupting on purpose,

boom

Just when Cheng Yi was about to seriously refute Zhao Shi, he heard...a boom, and a plume of black smoke rose from the backyard of Kaifeng Mansion Office, and there was a thick, pungent smell mixed in the black smoke...

…

"What happened?"

Zhao Shi turned his head and asked,

"Let me go take a look." Since Yang Chuan saw the old oil man's side by Zhao Shi, he was a little eager to show off and hurried to the backyard. He came back after a while and said with a strange expression: "Shen Kuo seemed to be demonstrating something to the students.

The fire was radiating."

Full of fire?

Zhao Shi frowned slightly and didn't quite understand. However, knowing that it was Shen Kuo who was responsible, Zhao Shi felt relieved. When he was about to concentrate on dealing with Cheng Yi, he froze again and slowly looked at Yang Chuan: "What did you say?

The blazing fire couldn’t be… black powder, right?”

"Black powder?"

Yang Chuan scratched his head and said uncertainly: "It seems to be quite dark."

"Grass!"

Zhao Shidang didn't even bother to quarrel with these Taixue students. He cursed, jumped off the carriage and rushed to the backyard, and then, just halfway...

boom

The whole backyard was... on fire.

Grass!

Zhao Shi slowly stopped, there was no point in worrying, and then he saw Shen Kuo, whose face was all black, and a dozen seven or eight-year-old ditch children, rushing out of the backyard in a hurry.

There are still a few wisps of black smoke behind the person...

A collision between science and Confucianism?

Zhao Shi couldn't help but look at Cheng Yi and others who were running after him, as well as... dozens of ordinary people, one of whom was pushing his wheelbarrow. By the way... My Kaifeng government officials all

Are you eating dry food?

Zhao Shi looked at Yang Chuan,

He looked at Zhou Tong again,

The training of Kaifeng government officials is really on the agenda. Then he looked at Shen Kuo faintly and said, "Are you studying black powder in the Kaifeng government office where people come and go?"

"Try, try."

Shen Kuo was a little embarrassed: "It's mainly because the students want to see it."

Students?

The students looked at each other, and then all looked at the child of Mrs. Cui, the child named "Bastard" who was saved by Zhao Shi. The "bastard" was later named Cui Pin by Zhao Shi. Cui Pin believed in the truth.

: "Alang, it's not that the students want to see it, it's the teacher who insists on showing it to us."

Shen Kuo trembled,

Fortunately, I was so kind to you before, and then I heard Cui Pin say seriously: "It's just that the teacher is our teacher, can I ask Alang not to punish him?"

Zhao Shi was startled,

Just as he was about to speak, Cheng Yi, who was following closely, his eyes lit up and he couldn't help but ask: "What's your name?"

Cui Pin was stunned and looked at Zhao Shi. Zhao Shi nodded slightly. Then he took it seriously and saluted Cheng Yi meticulously: "I'd like to ask you, sir, my student Cui Pin."

Cheng Yi's eyes suddenly became brighter, and he couldn't help but take a step forward, sighing: "You are so young, but you already know how to have both loyalty and righteousness. It is really rare. Have you read the Four Books and Five Classics?"

"Students only read the Four Books and Five Classics briefly."

"Rough reading." Cheng Yi frowned slightly. It would be a waste if a private prince like Zhao Shi didn't study. It would be a waste for a student who knew benevolence and righteousness at such a young age not to study.

"Um."

Cui Pin didn't think there was anything wrong. He glanced at Zhao Shi again and continued to answer: "Students mainly study arithmetic."

"Arithmetic? Arithmetic?"

Not only Cheng Yi, but also Zhen Ling came over and said with a frown: "How can a trivial skill like arithmetic be learned as the main knowledge?"

"Miscellaneous technique?"

Shen Kuo was originally unwilling to pay attention to these Taixue students who seemed to have high standards at first glance, but when he heard the four words "Wei Mo Zhi Shu"... he instinctively stopped and looked at it slowly.

Turning to Zhen Ling, Zhen Ling frowned slightly: "As a teacher, you don't teach the knowledge of governing the world, but you only teach these trivial skills. Are you not going to let others talk about it?"

Don't let anyone tell you.

Shen Kuo slowly turned his head: "His Royal Highness the Prince once said that arithmetic is the foundation of all methods. If you don't even understand arithmetic, even if you learn a lot, you are just a talker."

Well said.

Zhao Shi applauded in his heart, but...why did you add...Prince Zeng Yan? Didn't you notice that even though it was you who was quarreling with others, almost everyone was looking at me?

Zhao Shi was a little helpless,

However, Shen Kuo became more and more unwilling to give in. He originally liked arithmetic, hydraulics, and astronomy, which were definitely not mainstream in this world, but he had to temporarily give up his interest in these things just to seek an official position. However, later he met Zhao Shi

, Zhao Shi came and was able to give him an official position, and secondly, it was indeed different from this world. The attitude of other big shots towards science gradually caused Shen Kuo to start focusing on what he liked, what he liked...

How can you be insulted?

that is……

Don't add the prince.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once said..." Shen Kuo seemed to be suffering from a disease that prevented His Highness from speaking. He stared at Zhen Ling and said: "Whether it is Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, or Lao-Zhuang, Huang-Lao,

, even the Yin-Yang theory is actually nothing more than a philosophy that satisfies people’s spiritual pursuits!”

"philosophy?"

Zhen Ling, Cheng Yi, and even Jia Changchao, Hu Yuan and others who followed behind after hiding among dozens of people all slowly looked at Zhao Shi...

Look at my hair?

Zhao Shi glared at Shen Kuo fiercely, "You are angry, you are jealous, you want to quarrel with each other, so just quarrel with each other. Why are you involving me?"

"What a philosophy."

Zhen Ling slowly looked back at Zhao Shi, and said with a more or less yin-yang tone: "Confucianism is the only one, and it is ignorant enough to put Confucianism alongside Taoism, yin-yang magic, and other Huang-Lao theories, but there is no

Come to think of it, there are still people who refer to all these worldly knowledge as, what...philosophy?"

Don't look at me!

Zhao Shi slowly stood up with his hands behind his back, and Shen Kuo retorted: "That's what I said... You can only use your words. If you have real ability, as His Highness the Prince once said... Philosophy can clearly count how much it takes to control water."

Sand and gravel, how much labor does it take to control the water?”

Zhen Ling froze,

Looking at Zhao Shi,

Do you usually chat with people like this? Fortunately, you have the nerve to hang up the portrait of Master Kong, and then grit your teeth slightly: "Confucianism is a university that governs the world, including arithmetic, but not arithmetic..."

"oh?"

Shen Kuo didn't think arithmetic was very important before. However, during this period of time, as he came into contact with Zhao Shi, he discovered that although Zhao Shi was not a great math expert, he came from a later generation and had a solid scientific worldview, which was deeply ingrained.

The feeling will be brought out, so Shen Kuo is gradually affected, that is...

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once said..."

Zhao Shi slowly closed his eyes,

I swear, I really just wanted to touch the surface of the scholar-bureaucrats and see how they would react. I didn’t want to touch their hearts. However, Shen Kuo became more courageous as he fought: “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once said, if the world is gone, there will be no need to

The common people have never seen how good governance is, but without arithmetic, you probably don’t even know how old you are, right?”

"Outrageous."

snap

In the rear area of ​​​​the common people, an old man in his sixties slapped the shoulder of a common person pushing a wheelbarrow, and scolded: "This is a real misleading statement. Without the teaching of benevolence and righteousness, people will not be human.

Even if one has the knowledge of arithmetic, what is the use of it?"

Liu Hang.

Zhao Shi slowly looked at the somewhat disheveled middle-aged man in his forties next to Liu Hang, and felt that there was an... cosmic aura about this middle-aged man.

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Chapter completed!