The next day, Shen Kuo entered the imperial city again.

Soon, he was summoned, and the summoning place was still in the banquet of Chongzheng Hall.

When Shen Kuo arrived, there were still many soldiers inside and outside the palace.

Shen Kuo was led by his ministers. When he arrived at the palace, he saw the young master already sitting on the throne.

"I am dedicated to making military weapons. I wish His Majesty the Emperor long blessings!" Shen Kuo bowed twice in a formal manner.

"No gifts!" the young master in the palace ordered: "Give Shen Aiqing a seat and tea!"

A chair was moved behind Shen Kuo, and a cup of snow-white tea was delivered to Shen Kuo's hands.

Shen Kuo thanked him and bowed again before sitting down.

The young master on the throne clapped his hands at this moment.

The chamberlain who had been serving the young master bowed to him, then led the palace maids behind him and the attendants on the left and right, all left the hall and pushed them to the sidewalk on the other side.

Obviously, this is something that the young master has already ordered.

Shen Kuo's mood was inexplicably tense.

He sat on a chair, took a sip of tea soup, and after alleviating some tension, he said: "I would like to inform your majesty that yesterday, Zhang Dun, the ruler of the capital, went to the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau in accordance with the orders of the two palaces. middle……"

"Zhang Dun?" When the young master in the palace heard Zhang Dun's name, his tone became ridiculing: "He went to the specialized weapons manufacturing bureau and saw the method of soaking copper with bile water. What did he say? ?”

Shen Kuo lowered his head and replied: "Zhang Zhiyan: It's so amazing! Isn't this magic?"

The young master asked very curiously: "How did Aiqing answer?"

"I replied: This is the way to know things!"

"Zhang Zhizong asked: What does it mean to study things to achieve knowledge?" Shen Kuo trembled and said: "I can't be right..."

"I enter the palace and ask for your Majesty's advice..."

"What does it mean to study things to achieve knowledge...begging for His Majesty's holy teachings..."

This is the focus of his entry into the palace today.

What is the study of things to achieve knowledge?!

He can't just slap the butt of a courtier and explain it according to his own ideas, right?

If the explanation is wrong, wouldn’t it mean that the horse’s flattery is slapped on the thigh?

Therefore, the emperor must personally draw the range or specify a direction.

…

Zhao Xu looked at Shen Kuo's expression and felt deeply pleased.

"It's worth all my efforts to recall you from Suizhou!" Zhao Xu thought in his heart.

For Zhao Xu, Shen Kuo had too many advantages.

He understands technology and engineering, has strong subjective initiative, and is highly enterprising. He is also a civil servant-official at the waiting-for-hire level!

the most important……

Look at this flexible figure!

Can Su Song have such a figure? No!

"The so-called study of things leads to knowledge..." Zhao Xu stood up and slowly walked down the imperial steps to a place close to Shen Kuo.

He waved to Shen Kuo.

Shen Kuo hurriedly approached him with his hand, and he stopped only when he was only three or five steps in front of you.

Then, he heard the young master's childish voice whispering: "Didn't the saint say it a long time ago?"

"The way to know is to study things! After studying things, you will know!"

"Everything in the world is like this!"

"Why do you get copper clay by putting pig iron in bile water?"

"Why not something else?"

"There must be a reason and a reason for this!"

"The principles of the saint must also be contained in it..."

Shen Kuo listened, swallowed his saliva, and bowed: "Your Majesty, please make it clear..."

"Everything in the world has its own form..." Zhao Xu said: "Just like when water is heated, there will be water vapor, and when the water vapor is cold, it will condense into water droplets..."

"There is nothing more wonderful than this in the creation of Yin and Yang!"

"When gall water meets iron, copper comes out..."

"Could it be the same?"

"This is what Shen Tiju wants to do! It also needs Shen Tiju to explain it based on the meaning of the sage's scriptures!"

Shen Kuo listened and understood.

Use the sage's principles to explain the smelting of copper with gall water.

This is not a problem for him!

After all, he is also a Confucian official!

Although he is not top-notch in his Confucian attainments, he is still a first-rate contemporary scholar.

The Confucian classics are familiar to the heart and can be picked up at will.

For example, at this moment, Shen Kuo remembered the explanations of many contemporary schools of thought.

Zhang Zai's theory of Qi - all things are Qi, and principles are in Qi.

Therefore, the scholar-bureaucrats were praised for their ability to "recognize things with virtue and help the world with virtue".

He also remembered some descriptions in Wang Anshi's New Meanings of Three Classics...

But now that Wang Anshi is still here, the final power of interpretation rests with Wang Anshi!

That stubborn man is really difficult to deal with!

Similarly, Er Cheng's Confucian explanation was also given up by him - there are still living people here! If you are talking nonsense, be careful and someone will come knocking on your door.

Some of Shao Yong's understanding of heaven and earth can also be used.

The trouble is that Shao Bowen, Shao Yong's son, is difficult to deal with.

Some of the insights from Mr. Hu Yuan and Zhou Dunyi seem to be useful too!

Thinking like this, Shen Kuo lowered his head and bowed with the phoenix in his hand: "I understand! I will bear in mind your Majesty's lesson!"

Zhao Xu nodded and suddenly asked: "Shen Tiju, Zhang Zihou asked about the investigation of things and knowledge yesterday... When Tiju returns today, will he also mention the matter to Zhang Zihou about what he asked before?"

Shen Kuo shook his head at first, but when he saw the smile on the young master's lips, he nodded again.

Zhao Xu smiled: "You know what is going on here, and I know it. Let Zhang Zihou let him guess!"

"And the rest... you don't need to know!"

"I obey your Majesty's will!"

Shen Kuo understood.

It would be fine if he personally knew what happened here today, but he could reveal some details or hints and let Zhang Dun guess.

But for others, you can never say that.

only……

The young master's attitude towards Zhang Zihou is a bit subtle!

Shen Kuo has already noticed that although the young master hides it well, it may be because he is in private and no outsiders are present, so every time he mentions Zhang Dun and Zhang Zihou, it is mostly ridiculing, joking, and in a bad taste. mentality!

…

After seeing Shen Kuo off, Zhao Xu flicked his elastic robe and let out a slight breath.

It was not that he had never thought about clarifying some common sense of modern chemistry with Shen Kuo.

However, that was too shocking.

Moreover, Shen Kuo may not be able to accept it, let alone the scholar-bureaucrats in the world today.

It is better to wrap it up with Confucian theory first and let people know that there are these things, principles and laws.

As for the future?

There is a great scholar who can interpret the scriptures for me!

After society develops to a certain level, scientific spirit will be born!

Of course, in this case, it is difficult to guarantee that there will not be some people who are obsessed with the book of Confucius and Mencius.

But, what does this have to do with it?

When Zhao Xu was in modern times, he met several foreign girls who believed that the earth was flat and that humans were the so-called creations of Jehovah!

But this did not prevent Zhao Xu from doing things with them that promoted international religious and cultural exchanges between different ethnic groups.

"Let's go!" Zhao Xu told Feng Jing who was coming up to him: "Go to Kunning Hall first to pay your respects to the Queen Mother!"
Chapter completed!