Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 398 The Competition Begins

Zhang Yunjie had never thought about this before.As a person trained by Zhu Han himself, although he is still young, his knowledge is definitely one of the best.

The reason why he put forward this condition is that he simply thinks that people like them will never lose.

The more you learn the knowledge taught by Zhu Han.

The more they can clearly realize how terrifying that knowledge is.In some respects, this knowledge is definitely superior to those old-fashioned scholars, who have learned many times the way of Confucius and Mencius.

It's not that they don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth.

In fact, although Zhu Han never puts Confucianism in his eyes.

However, the new education they experienced never completely rejected Confucianism.

Even when they are studying, there is a special class every day, which is used to explain these things.

During the exam, there will also be a specialized exam.

Some of them can also write very beautiful articles.

But the more you learn the knowledge taught by Zhu Han, the more people like Zhang Wenjie who accept the new education will understand.

What a huge gap there is between Confucianism and the new learning they have learned.

"I have seen His Royal Highness, the prince is a thousand years old!"

Everyone present respectfully saluted Zhu Han.

In formal occasions, even the students who graduated from Huangzhuang, dare not neglect in the slightest.

"Get up." Zhu Han said indifferently: "I just came here today to watch the excitement. As for how you guys competed and the results of the competition, I won't ask at all."

Believe it or not, Zhu Han first set the tone for his arrival.

The officials of the Yanjing Ministry of Industry slandered in their hearts. Naturally, they listened to the words of these scenes and listened to the right ear, and they did not believe a word.

Zhao Helun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, said with a smile: "These children are so energetic at such a young age, and it is also a blessing for the future of my Ming Dynasty. They are worthy of being trained by the prince himself, and they have the ambition of not being afraid of tigers when they are newborn."

What he said seemed to be praising the students of Huangzhuang, but in fact he was mocking them for being overconfident.

Zhu Han didn't seem to hear the ridicule of the minister of the Ministry of Industry: "Young people, if you don't even have this kind of momentum, then you won't be able to achieve anything.

"By the way, I only heard that you guys are going to have a competition, but what is the specific competition? Is there a regulation?"

Regarding Zhu Han's question, Zhao Helun told Gong Jing, but in fact explained very disdainfully: "Returning to the lord, master craftsmen don't want to bully these children. Therefore, these children have the final say on how to compete."

"Is that so." Zhu Han stroked his chin and thought for a while, then waved to his guards: "Go and get Liu Shenhong."

Not long after, Liu Shenhong quickly came to Zhu Han: "I have seen the prince."

Zhu Han smiled and asked, "How are you preparing for the competition? This is a rare opportunity to learn from the masters."

"Let's put aside winning and losing, as long as you guys can learn a tenth or two of the skills of master craftsmen, it will be enough for you to use for life."

Good guy, how could Liu Shenhong fail to understand what his lord meant?
If he loses this time in the competition with the Yanjing Ministry of Industry, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat in the future.

"Back to the prince, I have already asked the students for their opinions. The students think that we should not take advantage of those old seniors."

"So this time, we will choose a few projects and draw lots to decide. Under one big project, we will have three competitions in total."

Seeing Liu Shenhong stretching out three fingers confidently, Zhu Han asked with great interest, "What are you comparing to?"

Liu Shenhong quickly explained: "We plan to calculate the preliminary preparations for the competition atmosphere, construction skills, and quality acceptance according to the progress of the project."

"Wait..." Beside Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, a dark-skinned man dressed in an eighth-rank official mansion asked doubtfully.

"I understand the preparation and construction skills in the early stage, but what about the quality inspection. Whether a house is built well or not, the craftsman knows it in his own heart. Does it need others to judge it?"

The Lord looked at Zhao Helun: "Who is this?"

"Return to the lord, this person is Wei Chi, the envoy of our Ministry of Industry, Master Wei once participated in the construction of the Mengyuan Palace." The Minister of the Ministry of Industry quickly introduced it to Zhu Han.

"I see." Zhu Han nodded slightly.Judging by Wei Chi's age, he is definitely a veteran.

"Liu Shenhong, please explain to Master Wei."

"It's the prince." Zhu Han said, and Liu Shenhong naturally didn't dare to neglect: "It doesn't matter whether Mr. Wei's craftsmen build houses, bridges and roads, in the final analysis, they are all for people's use."

"When we Ming craftsmen build, we often use personal experience as the standard. This also causes the quality of many things to be uneven."

"If it's just ordinary houses, bridges and roads, it may not have such a big impact, but if it is replaced by a more important project, the situation will be more troublesome."

"It's like the imperial court building water conservancy projects on the Yellow River..."

"Ahem!" Liu Shenhong was still explaining to Wei Chi, when Zhao Helun, Shangshu of Yanjing Ministry of Industry, suddenly coughed violently, interrupting his words directly.

After all, he is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Although Liu Shenhong was dissatisfied, he did not express it directly.

When Zhao Helun was almost coughing, he continued to explain: "It's like the construction of the embankment of the Yellow River..."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Zhao Helun started coughing again after he started.

Zhu Han said impatiently: "Does Zhao Shangshu have anything to say?"

"No..." Zhao Helun subconsciously wanted to deny it.

But after meeting Zhu Han's cold gaze, he knew that his careful thoughts could not be hidden from His Royal Highness.

So he lowered his voice and explained: "His Royal Highness, the Yellow River is unlucky..."

Zhu Han understood and built the embankment of the Yellow River, which was one of the important reasons for the collapse of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.These old bureaucrats, if they are really asked to do practical things, they are often timid and can't do anything well.

But let them engage in these things on the scene, and they are as shrewd as foxes.

One or two plausible words can remind them of many things.

"There are no taboos or taboos. I am Ming and I am not Meng Yuan. Liu Shenhong, you continue!"

Liu Shenhong cleared his throat: "Master Wei, take the Yellow River dams as an example. Once the flood comes, the dams in some places are almost vulnerable. And the dams in some places are still impregnable even if the waves are huge. Why is this so? "

Without even thinking about it, Wei Chi retorted: "This statement is absurd. The Yellow River stretches for thousands of miles. The terrain of each embankment is different, and the pressure it faces is also different. How can it be the same?"

Regarding this question, Liu Shenhong was already prepared: "Your Excellency thinks it's because of the different terrain, but as far as I know, it's not the case."

"From the 25th year of the Yuan Dynasty to Zhengzheng, the Yellow River flooded, and the embankment of Jinxiang collapsed when it encountered water. Two years later to the 27th year of Zhengzheng, the Yellow River flooded again. This time, the performance of the Jinxiang embankment was much better than before. It lasted for three days before being washed away by the flood.”

"This..." Wei Chi hesitated, "Maybe it was because the embankment was in disrepair for a long time, so it was washed away by the flood?"

"No." Liu Shenhong firmly denied: "The embankment in Jinxiang was built in the 21st year of Zhizheng, and it took no more than four years before and after. Even if the local yamen were neglected, there would not be such a big difference."

"What's more, after 20 years, the corruption of the Mongolian and Yuan courts has become more and more serious. Under normal circumstances, this embankment should not be as good as the one built before."

Hearing what Liu Shenhong said, many officials announced by Yanjing looked a little ugly.

Why do they feel that this Liu Shenhong seems to be pointing at Sang and scolding Huai?
While depressed, he was also shocked by Liu Shenhong's strong memory.He can talk about all kinds of situations in Mengyuan.

Even they can't do this.

"Then why do you say?" Wei Chi retorted somewhat unconvinced.

"Master Wei, the reason why this happened is not necessarily because those craftsmen didn't care. The craftsmen in the past often relied more on their own experience when constructing various projects."

"It can be limited by the different qualifications of each person and their different experiences. The control of the project is naturally very different."

"Some standards are suitable for other rivers, but they are not enough for the Yellow River."

"The prince once taught us how to avoid this method of causing problems because of everyone's surprise."

"Promote senior craftsmen, as construction engineers, to formulate a set of standards in advance, and everyone strictly follows the standards. This can effectively avoid problems due to differences in personal cognition."

"Well said!" Wei Chi was delighted when he heard it, and he slapped his thigh fiercely and applauded loudly.

He has been a craftsman all his life, and even participated in the reconstruction of some palaces that were damaged due to various reasons.

Most clearly, as long as there are more people, all kinds of weird ideas will come.

If it can be implemented according to a unified standard, it will be a good thing for many large-scale projects.

Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhao Helun, gave Wei Chi a vicious look.

You guy, pay attention to your identity. As a member of the Ministry of Industry, don't be fooled by the other party.

Aware of the dissatisfaction of his immediate superior, Wei Chi quickly restrained his mind, pretending to be calm and said: "What you said is also reasonable, we have no objection to the content of the third competition."

Zhu Han yawned: "Since you all understand, let's start the competition. Who, come and write a few labels. Don't say that my students bully you, this person who signed your Ministry of Industry will draw."

The people from the Ministry of Industry were very speechless, and said they were not here to support the students?
After a while, someone wrote the label.The content of the label includes palaces, mansions, gardens, embankments and bridges, etc.

After finishing writing, I sent it to Zhu Han for a look to show that there was no cheating.

What left Zhu Han speechless was that there were temples and Taoist temples inside.

Zhu Han felt indifferent to this.He has absolute confidence in his students.

It's not that Zhu Han is blindly arrogant, but that the officials and craftsmen who made the announcement simply don't understand how terrifying the new education his students receive is.

Zhao Helun took the initiative to invite Ying with a smile: "My lord, if you don't mind, how about this lot, as an official to draw someone?"

"Yes." Zhu Han naturally didn't care.

With a solemn face, Zhao Helun came to the wooden box full of lottery.Rao couldn't help swallowing because of his city and identity.

After groping around in the lottery box for a while, Zhao Helun finally took out a lottery.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

Zhao Helun slowly opened the sign, and there was only one word on it.

bridge!
When seeing this word, many people in the Yanjing Ministry of Industry almost couldn't hold back their laughter.

No matter how incompetent they are, they are still officials of the Ministry of Industry.

I have been dealing with various projects all the year round, and I know all kinds of projects very well.Building bridges, although not the strongest among these tags, can still be ranked in the top three.

To build a bridge, you need to cross a river, sail a boat underneath, and walk people over a horse-drawn carriage above.The requirements for all aspects are quite high.

The most important thing is that there may be some people who have a little experience in building houses.

But there are very few ordinary people who have experience in bridges.

The topic is out.

The first competition, cost-effectiveness officially began.

The announced officials also gave data that the bridge is 60 meters long and requires two carriages to run in parallel.They need to calculate how much stone is needed, the geometry of the craftsman, and how long it will take to build.

Zhu Han, who was watching the excitement, twitched his mouth without self-examination.

This feeling.

Why is it so similar to the application problems of elementary schools in later generations?

After hearing the topic, the students in Huangzhuang immediately started to get busy, doing various calculations in an orderly manner.

While they were calculating, a craftsman from the Ministry of Industry had already stepped forward.

"My lord, the villain has already finished his calculations."

Although this person is also a craftsman, but unlike Wei Chi, he is not an official, so he can only call himself a grassroots or a villain.

Zhao Helun was a little proud. He looked at the Huangzhuang students who were still calculating, and deliberately said in a tone: "There will be a result so soon? Tell me!"

The craftsman didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly said: "My lord, to build such a bridge, it is estimated that 500 million catties of stone will be used, ten thousand people will be needed, and the construction period will be four years."

The reason this person answered so quickly was because he was in charge of the bridge project.

How big the bridge is, how many stone craftsmen will be needed, and how long it will take to build, he can estimate it with just a glance.

"You go down first." The wrinkles on Zhao Helun's smiling faces piled up together: "My lord, it seems that our craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry have won this round."

The thinking of other Ministry of Industry officials is similar to that of Zhao Helun.

The question had just been posed, and the officials from the Ministry of Industry had already answered it.As for Zhu Han's students, they still don't know what they are doing, nor have they given any answers.

This gap should not be too obvious, okay?

Before, they were somewhat worried. Since these people were specially trained by His Royal Highness, they might have some extraordinary abilities.

Now it seems that they are simply thinking too much.

"Everything, wait for my students to figure out the results." Zhu Han said irrefutably.

his words.

However, the officials of the Ministry of Industry regarded it as a stubborn sophistry of a dead duck.

(End of this chapter)