Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 588 Moxiang Building, Master Mirror Maker!
After reading the notice, people knew that the imperial court was rectifying the newspaper industry, and thus knew that there are so many other newspapers and periodicals.

Although the notice explained why the court wanted to rectify the newspaper industry, some people still criticized it for various reasons.

It is still Moxianglou.

A few scholars around the age of 30 gathered together, "same hatred" to denounce this matter——

"The imperial court actually banned private newspapers, which is tantamount to blocking speech!"

"That's right. Don't you hear that the mouth of the people is better than that of Fangchuan? If there are no mistakes or omissions in the imperial government's policies, why don't they dare to let the private newspapers comment?"

"First, he abolished the power of the Imperial Envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to hear rumors, and now he also banned the private newspapers. Hehe, this one, I don't think he will listen to the opinions of his subjects."

"I'm afraid that she also knows that it is not right for a woman to rule the country, and she doesn't want to be criticized, so she blocked the way of speaking and guarded against the mouths of the people."

"Governing the country like this, even if it prospers for a while, it will not last long!"

"···"

Xia Wanchun, who was not far away, couldn't listen anymore when he heard this, and immediately got up and said in a loud voice: "According to the notice, the imperial court is just rectifying the newspaper industry. When will private newspapers be allowed to discuss state affairs? I really don't understand. Notice, or deliberately spreading rumors here to mislead others?"

The few scholars were quite surprised when they heard this at first, and then they were annoyed when they saw that the speaker was just a young man with no beard.

"I'm waiting to talk, do you have a chance to intervene?"

"Young man, if you don't understand the affairs of the court, it's better not to open your mouth."

"I'm waiting to spread rumors? Jiangnan Xunbao, Jinling Evening News, Jiangning Minbao, etc. were all blocked, and even their owners were ransacked. Is it fake?"

"At such a young age, opening your mouth is to spread rumors and make trouble, right? You really give people a high hat."

"···"

Two fists are hard to beat four hands, Xia Wanchun is naturally hard to beat four mouths with one mouth, he was very annoyed by what he said.

He thought for a while, and said, "I don't know about other newspapers, but the Jinling Evening News has repeatedly tampered with Daming News articles, misinterpreted imperial policies, and misled the people.

How is such a newspaper different from the cult that bewitches the ignorant people?Shouldn't it be banned by the court? ! "

One of the other party sneered, "Okay, as you said, the Jinling Evening News should be blocked, what about the Beijing News and other non-governmental newspapers? Should they also be blocked?"

Hearing this, Xia Wanchun really wanted to say that the court notice did not say that Beijing News and other newspapers would be banned.

But he couldn't figure out the court's attitude towards other private newspapers, so he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

Seeing this, the few scholars showed mocking expressions.

One of them said: "You are young and ignorant, so you should read more sage books at home, and don't come out and get involved in the affairs of adults."

Hearing this, Xia Wanchun was so angry that he wanted to go up and punch that man.But he knew that if he did this, it would be tantamount to admitting his mistake.

Just when he didn't know what to do, a newspaper boy's shout suddenly came from outside the teahouse.

"The newspaper is sold, the newspaper is sold, the new issue of "Beijing News" is out!"

The Beijing News is out again?

The tea drinkers in the Moxiang Building are basically scholars, at least they are also literate. Hearing this, they can't help but look outside curiously.

Xia Wanchun showed even more joy, and asked the four scholars with a smile, "Don't you just say that the "Beijing News" has been banned? Why is it showing up again now?"

This time, it was the turn of the four scholars who did not know how to argue.

Only one person said stubbornly: "It's just that the Beijing News was released. Maybe it's a big backer who got through the news department's door—there's no movement from other newspapers, just wait and see."

Xia Wanchun believes that the imperial court will not really block the way of speech and prevent the people from discussing state affairs. After all, "Da Ming Pao" originally encourages the people to pay attention to and discuss state affairs.

So without showing any weakness, he said, "Then just wait and see!"

In the next half month, nearly half of the other folk newspapers that had temporarily disappeared also resumed publication.And compared with the past, these newspapers and periodicals have improved both in layout and paper quality.

In addition, although these newspapers and periodicals still mainly reprint the content of Minbao, they all have their own "original" news like the former Beijing News.

All of a sudden, these rectified non-governmental newspapers and periodicals attracted more readers, and their sales also increased a bit.

Xia Wanchun came to Moxiang Building again, bought a copy of these private newspapers and periodicals, and read them together.

I am very happy to see that there are no articles tampering with "Da Ming Pao" or misinterpreting imperial policies, and the articles discussing imperial policies are relatively objective and pertinent.

The fly in the ointment was that he never met those four scholars in Moxiang Tower again.

'Those four people probably don't have the face to come to Moxiang Tower again, right? '

He thought so with a smile.

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On this day, Auntie Zhu heard that the Nanjing Glass Factory Research Institute had imitated the microscope, so she moved to inspect it.

The Nanjing Glass Factory is jointly managed by the royal family and the imperial court. In addition to producing glass for glass mirror factories and private use, it also has a glass production research institute and a glassware research institute.

The former is responsible for realizing and improving the glass production process, while the latter is responsible for researching and realizing some glassware proposed by Zhu Yuxi.

Microscope is the subject that Nanjing Glass Works Glassware Research Institute has been working on since its establishment.

Because it is not urgent and hopes to cultivate a group of relevant talents, Aimi Zhu did not provide a full set of detailed information on the microscope.

Therefore, it took more than half a year for the research institute to manufacture the microscope.

Of course, the research institute is not limited to the research and development project of the microscope, and there are other things to be developed, some of which are even higher in priority than the microscope, which is one of the reasons why the microscope was born late.

After arriving at the place, Zhu Yuxi personally used the microscope with only [-] magnifications, and she was quite satisfied.

Then he looked at the obviously reserved young man aside, and asked with a smile, "Is he the one who helped you break through the technical difficulties?"

"Exactly." Yu Jianzhong, the factory manager, replied from the side, "This man's name is Sun Yunqiu, a native of Wujiang County, Suzhou, and his father, Sun Zhiru, once served as the prefect of Fuzhou and Zhangzhou.

He heard about the recruitment of foreign apprentices in our factory after the Spring Festival this year, and he is very talented in the development of glassware..."

While the factory manager was still introducing, Hao Guangming on the other side suddenly said in surprise, "This is actually a historical celebrity!"

Auntie Zhu's expression changed when she heard this, but she didn't open her mouth to ask—she knew Hao Guangming would definitely say it.

Sure enough, Hao Guangming said: "Sun Yunqiu, born in 1628, only this year, after the official.

However, his father should have passed away in the last two or three years, and his family fell into poverty.

In the history of later generations, he also went to Hangzhou to learn mirror-making technology (glasses) when he was very young, and later made great achievements.

Hangzhou's mirror-making technology is already advanced, which is a fusion of China's long jade craft technology.

In Hangzhou, Sun Yunqiu not only inherited the traditional mirror-making technology, but also integrated the knowledge of ancient Chinese geometry and physics into it, continued to improve his skills, and finally mastered the technology of "grinding the light".

In fact, he is not only extremely talented in mirror making, but also very talented in mathematics, physics, and especially in inventions and creations. He also invented the drag wheel for grinding lenses.

Later, he came to Chen Tianqu to study optics (Chen learned from Matteo Ricci and Tang Ruowang), and thus came into contact with Western knowledge and some utensils.

After learning something, he either imitated or invented optical items such as telescopes, storage eyepieces, Wanhua mirrors, mandarin duck mirrors, magnifying glasses, phantom mirrors, and night mirrors.

Later, he compiled his lifelong knowledge in optics and mirror making into a book called "History of Mirrors", which greatly reduced the price of glasses and benefited the common people and future generations.

Even, he has created a simple microscope in history, called a microscope.

In addition, he has also made great achievements in other inventions and creations. In order to calibrate the self-ringing clock, he invented a natural sundial, which uses the shadow of the sun to judge the time, which is quite accurate.

From this point of view, this person will not only be a master mirror maker in the future, but also very talented in mathematics and physics, and has the potential to become a scientist and inventor! "

After hearing Hao Guangming's words, Auntie Zhu couldn't help looking at Sun Yunqiu in surprise, which made Sun Yunqiu even more nervous, thinking that there was something wrong with him.

On the other side, Hao Guangming said again: "I see that in Sun Yunqiu's information, Chen Tianqu and the latter named Bo Jue are also considered to be talents in science.

You can ask Jin Yiwei to look for them. If they are still alive, they can be recruited. "

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)