People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 144 Efficiency, Efficiency, or TM's Efficiency

Zhang Yu's words are so crazy!

With Liu Ji already admitting defeat, he seemed aggressive.

When Kong Na and Deng Zhongxiu heard this, their scalps became numb.

Kong Jiazi desperately gave Zhang Yi winks, persuading him to be forgiving and forgiving.

Liu Bowen couldn't help being happy when he heard the words, but looking at Zhang Yi's serious eyes, he didn't seem to back down.

Zhang Yi's persistence has his own reasons and his self-confidence.

His so-called textbooks were not actually written by him, but copied from the textbooks he had learned in the future.

This is something that has gone through the painstaking efforts of many people, and I don't know how many people have produced it. This sense of honor does not belong to Zhang Yi alone.

Liu Bowen may be a genius, but Zhang Yi represents the future people.

If Liu Bowen admits defeat today and just admits that he failed because of his carelessness, then he will look down on those who compile the textbooks too much.

No matter how powerful Liu Bowen is, if he says that only with his knowledge and intelligence, he can surpass the hard work of thousands of people from generation to generation, then Zhang Yi will definitely not agree.

Old Liu: ...

This kid doesn't give others a chance at all, not only that, he's the kind who digs a hole under the stage!

Damn!

If it wasn't for the self-cultivation he has acquired through decades of study, he might really know how to scold his mother!
But after thinking about it, Lao Liu had to admit it.

Even if he was serious about compiling it, he would never be able to compile a better textbook than Zhang Yi.

It's not that there is not enough time, nor is it that Liu Bowen is not smart enough.

It is the underlying logic of Zhang Yi's textbooks, which may be the real education...

Illustrations, words, thoughts, exercises, and strange symbols and punctuation...

These things that later generations are accustomed to, in this era, are actually considered dimensionality reduction blows.

The ancients also preached and taught karma to solve doubts, but the pedagogy created by modern education, and pedagogy to guide and practice things, are actually things of another level.

If it wasn't for Zhang Yi's persistence, it would probably be a long time before Liu Bowen would understand the preciousness of the dozen or so "Mathematics" textbooks.

But at this time, he completely understood.

"The old man agrees with you, even if I ask me to publish a new textbook, it can't compare to the one in your hand!"

Liu Bowen is very frank. Once he agrees with Zhang Yi's point of view, he will not feel ashamed to admit it wrong.

After confirming that Lao Liu lost, he was convinced.

Zhang Yi put away his stubborn attitude and became grinning.

"Okay, let's all sit down and drink tea, why get so nervous!"

Liu Ji: ...

Conner: ...

Deng Zhongxiu: ...

I don't know who is the culprit.

"Are you still busy?"

As soon as Zhang Yi sat down, he was ready to see off the guests.

In his opinion, since everyone's affairs have been settled anyway, it's unlikely to become friends, so why not break up early?

Lao Liu's expression remained unchanged, and when he needed thick skin, he could completely ignore Zhang Yi's hints!
"There are a few questions that I don't understand!
what are these? "

Liu Bowen left some symbols on the paper, Zhang Yi looked at it and smiled:
"It's punctuation!"

"Punctuation marks, it seems that there are also ancient books?"

"It existed in the pre-Qin period, and it was included in "Shuowen Jiezi", but you scholars don't use it!

One by one pretending to be gods and tricks, obsessed with punctuation, thinking that they are awesome, but in fact they are just a few pieces of nonsense!

In fact, I just don't want to talk about people.
It is obviously something that can improve efficiency, but it is not used, and now you come to ask me what I mean? "

Zhang Yi muttered, but taught Liu Bowen how to use punctuation marks such as commas, periods, and exclamation points.

Liu Bowen felt quite harsh when he heard his complaint.

But when he thought about it, it seemed to be the same reason.

Sentence punctuation is sometimes used as a skill to show off in literati circles.

Because there is no punctuation in ancient books, different people can actually derive many meanings when judging sentences.

Many people will quarrel for several years because of different sentence sentences.

Liu Bowen used to take this matter for granted, but after Zhang Yi scolded him, he also felt that this kind of thing seemed...

It doesn't make much sense.

"What is the purpose of writing a book, to clarify his own truth, but because of different sentence sentences, his words may be misinterpreted into many meanings.

Is this really what the author intended?

Poor Dao culture is superficial, so after discovering punctuation marks, I think it's too fragrant!

At least I can express clearly what I want to say, and I don’t have to let students guess and learn sentence punctuation

Life is short, and reading is painful enough. Teachers don't want to lighten the burden of future generations, but create the cost of reading for them!

This is not teaching and educating people, it is clearly eating and having nothing to do! "

Zhang Yi complained endlessly, and Liu Bowen frowned frequently.

Although he admitted that what Zhang Yi said was reasonable, this guy's words were too harsh.

The emperor had expectations for Zhang Yi's future, but from Zhang Yi's words, he did not stand on the standpoint of a scholar at all, but was more like a bystander.

Liu Bowen didn't like this attitude.

The title of "Mr. Yi" in that mathematics textbook is what he, Song Lian and others hoped for Zhang Yi's future.

Now he is a Taoist priest, if he becomes a scholar in the future, he will gain fame.

Even if the real author of "Twelve Volumes of Mathematics" is exposed in the future, Zhang Yi, who is already a member of the Confucian family, will leave a good name.

But if this guy is a Taoist priest who makes it clear that chariots and horses look down on Confucianism, then Liu Bowen would not even dare to imagine the picture.

So no matter how much he recognized Zhang Yi's complaints, he couldn't help but refute:

"Although what you said is somewhat reasonable, the sages of the past dynasties paid more attention to the inheritance of Confucian classics themselves, rather than those complicated details!
You can discover the role of punctuation marks, although it is a great achievement, but you can't use it to attack other people! "

"Another incident?"

Zhang Yi smiled, a little dismissively.

"Perhaps it is because of the Confucian ethos, that everyone is so overjoyed and not down-to-earth, that His Majesty will accept me as a student for the imperial examination!
It's okay for others to think so, but you are always Liu Bowen, and you also have this kind of thinking?
The truth is that the truth will not change for thousands of years. What new things can be researched one by one?

The little technique you look down on, in my opinion, is the key to carrying the inheritance, so I won't talk about paper, pen and ink and other things.

Be it Confucianism or Taoism, in essence, they all hope to pass it on better!

Inheritance needs to be educated, and to educate a person requires cost!
Not to mention other boys, but if these little things on the table are popularized, the cost of passing on knowledge can be made several times, even ten or a hundred times easier!
Isn't this better than those old guys who are busy playing tricks all day long but don't care about these gadgets?
The so-called small technique, under the qualitative change, is the great way!
The so-called Dao, if it is not put into practice, is empty talk!
This is the truth that I have learned from the poor! "

In this era where Dao is more important than art, Zhang Yi's blatantly raising art to the point where it is on par with Dao is actually considered apostate.

Zhang Yi had told Huang He and his son, but few outsiders had said such a theory.

Because he also knows that his own theory is definitely not popular!
"What do you think Tao is, and what is art?"

"If Tao is thought, art is a tool, and Tao is cause, art is effect! If Tao is the truth, art is the standard to test the truth!

From effect to cause, if a theory can no longer promote the change of the world, but just blindly worships the ancients, it can only prove that it has been gradually abandoned by the world..."

Liu Bowen's face changed drastically, and the hint in Zhang Yi's words could no longer be described as rebellious.

What is he implying?
Liu Bowen felt that Xu Cunren and the emperor were very wrong. They actually wanted this child to enter the court?

This kid is full of rebellion. If he really gains power one day, won't the world be turned upside down by him?
Fortunately, he is a Taoist priest, and he seems to have no intention of fame.

Liu Bowen wiped his cold sweat secretly. Fortunately, he still wants the emperor to meet Zhang Yi, so it's better for this guy not to approach the Holy Majesty.

Lao Zhu is also a rebel, how could Liu Bowen, who has served the emperor for so many years, not know?

His respect for Confucianism and his kind treatment of scholars are all out of ruling needs.

In that king's heart, he actually didn't like Confucianism at all!

If these two people got together, Liu Bowen didn't even dare to think about the consequences.

However, Zhang Yi's theory cannot be said to be correct to some extent.

The so-called technique is a tool!
Just like a person holding a knife, a knife is a tool, but without a knife, a person is powerless to face the dangers of the world.

Before the reform of the imperial examinations, the Confucians infinitely exaggerated the role of human beings, but ignored the changes that tools had on the world.

"If we say that knowledge is the great way, practice is a small art, and knowing and doing it is the way we have traveled before.

But if you only know but don't do it, it will be like a castle in the air, just empty talk!
No wonder you told that old fellow Xu Cunren that knowledge and action are one...

It's no wonder that the imperial examination reform you proposed to the emperor is to incorporate mathematics into the imperial examination!
Your Majesty thinks that the current Confucianism is too out of touch! "

Although Liu Bowen didn't guess everything right, Zhang Yi also acquiesced to his statement.

Zhu Yuanzhang's psychology is actually very contradictory. On the one hand, he wants to find an obedient person, and on the other hand, he hopes that the obedient person is more capable.

But if it is difficult to have the best of both worlds, ability will eventually prevail.

Therefore, in the original historical trajectory, he promoted the birth of stereotyped essays, but after the imperial examination, he was not satisfied with the results of the imperial examination, so he stopped the imperial examination for ten years.

This kind of contradictory psychology is the reason why Lao Zhu lingered in Xinshou Village and couldn't get out when he was the emperor.

It wasn't until the Hu Weiyong case broke out that the emperor really walked out of Xinshou Village and could be regarded as a mature emperor.

But with Lao Zhu's background and temperament, apart from his suspicious mind, he must have paid more attention to the matter of pragmatism than other emperors. Considering the rebellious behavior of being admitted to the imperial examination, he is probably the only one who can carry out reforms.

There is no need for Zhang Yi to tell Liu Bowen about Emperor Hongwu's mentality.

Lao Liu thought he had guessed right, and another topic came up:
"But if you want to put the imperial examination into practice, you need to combine knowledge and action!

I don't think it is thorough enough to enter the imperial examinations in mathematics. Since it is necessary to be pragmatic, the assessment standards should also be pragmatic!
For example, you can come up with a topic, set up a difficult problem, and let students solve it with their own ideas..."

Listening to Liu Bowen's eloquent talk, Zhang Yi also admired the old man in front of him.

It is worthy of being Liu Bowen, who will be rated as the most intelligent and one of the most legendary people in the future.

His acceptance of new things and his insight into rules are by no means comparable to that of an ordinary person like him.

What he has more than Liu Bowen is still standing on the shoulders of his predecessors, with hundreds of years of historical knowledge that others do not have.

Isn't what Liu Bowen said about the discussion in the future public examination?

This is indeed one of the important methods to test the overall quality of candidates, although as long as there is an exam, routines are inevitable...

But such a routine is better than doing it all day long.

Of course, Zhang Yi also knew that Liu Bowen was just discussing the facts, and it was unlikely that he would agree to such reforms from his standpoint.

But chatting with Lao Liu, Zhang Yi really felt hearty.

In fact, Zhang Yi hadn't thought about this possibility, but he himself rejected his idea.

After hearing Liu Bowen finished speaking, Zhang Yi smiled and shook his head.

"This method is not good?"

Seeing Zhang Yi's expression, Lao Liu guessed that this kid must have bad things to say.

He was a little unconvinced, even if he said this method casually, he believed that it should be more practical than Zhang Yi's calculation method to enter the imperial examination.

"Because it's not fair!"

Zhang Yidao: "Lord Liu's idea is at least hundreds of years ahead of the times. If you live in an era of convenient information circulation and information explosion, this method is a very good means of assessment.
But we are Daming!

Ninety percent of the common people have never left home ten miles in their whole life.

How many people in the world don't know who the emperor is?
This knowledge is monopolized by a few people in the world, and it is unfair to the poor to assess a person's ability to govern and cope with it!
Experience is also a part of ability, honorable, scholarly family has a natural advantage in this respect...

According to Mr. Liu's way of thinking, these people have an advantage if they are tested to adapt to the situation, but if they are tested for farming and other things from the lower Liba people, the poor have an advantage!
So after all, the direction of the question can determine the admission rate of the class, so it's not fair!

Arithmetic isn't perfect, but it's fair enough,

Moreover, what he tested was a person's logical ability. People with this ability will probably not be bad at learning other things! "

Zhang Yi's words made Liu Bowen think a little more. After thinking for a long time, he finally agreed with him.

"I know Master Liu, or those adults in the court, don't think it's considered to be admitted to the imperial examination, and even warn me, a Taoist priest, to intervene in the reform of the imperial examination.

In fact, you don’t have to, what the poor Taoist preaches is art, not Tao!
Art can carry Tao, if your Confucian stuff can't withstand even these small changes, then it deserves to be annihilated in time! "

After talking, Zhang Yi directly pointed out Liu Bowen's heart disease.

Liu Bowen looked calm, and he never denied his warning to Zhang Yi.

However, after talking with Zhang Yi, the doubts in his heart disappeared a lot, and when he looked at Zhang Yi again, the child became more pleasing to the eye.

"Come here today, it's a worthwhile trip!"

Liu Bowen did not continue to entangle in "Tao and Art", but set his eyes on those punctuation marks again.

Words are used to convey the truth, and words are tools...

As long as the Dao remains unchanged, it doesn't really matter what the tool is.

"Tell me about punctuation again, and I'll go suggest it to the emperor..."

Lao Liu began to seriously ask Zhang Yi about the use of punctuation marks, and Zhang Yi also taught him carefully.

Not long after, Lao Liu mastered these contents, and Zhang Yi took the opportunity to remind:
"How about adding Arabic numerals when learning arithmetic?"

"What is this for?"

Liu Bowen was puzzled. When Zhang Yi wrote the Arabic numerals, he recognized them immediately. In fact, Arabic numerals have been introduced to China for many years.
It's just mainstream and not accepted.

China is influenced by the thought of the heavenly kingdom, coupled with the arrogant virtue of Confucianism, naturally it will not look up to Arabic numerals.

"Efficiency, efficiency, or TM's efficiency!"

Zhang Yi answered Liu Bowen's question in a half-joking tone:
"Actually, Mr. Liu, if you try to write these numbers, you will understand!

In fact, whether it is punctuation marks or Arabic numerals, it is all for improving efficiency.

For example, punctuation marks. If scholars spend less time arguing about sentence breaks and spend more time comprehending the truth when they are reading, wouldn’t that be more beneficial to enlightenment?
The same is true for this kind of number, which is a tool and has nothing to do with the road.

Let's put it this way, as long as it can make officials write faster by one breath, and I have tens of thousands of Ming officials, it is equivalent to 360 breaths a day faster, and within a year, it will be [-] million breaths...

Accumulated sand becomes a tower, these inadvertent changes, as long as time accumulates, this change will be very scary
Most importantly, the cost of this change is very low!

Isn't this more effective than talking about great principles and thinking about all kinds of unrealistic things? "

Liu Bowen was silent, and then he stared at Zhang Yi, silent for a long time.

"efficiency……

The old man understands, this is probably the reason why you want to promote arithmetic!
be taught! "

Liu Bowen stood up and put what Zhang Yi wrote on the paper into his cuff.

At this moment, a noise came from Kong Kejian's sleeping room, interrupting their communication.

"Since Yan Shenggong is awake, I won't bother you!"

Liu Bowen got up, turned around and left.

He came suddenly and left quickly.

When Kong Na ran in, Kong Kejian was sitting on the bed blankly.

"How is your grandpa?"

"It's all right, it looks fine!"

Kong Na always felt that there seemed to be something different about Kong Kejian, Zhang Yi shouted outside, Kong Na quickly answered.

He didn't see the confusion in Kong Kejian's eyes.

"Tao... Technique..."

"Your grandfather's condition should be almost the same, but if he is in that environment, he will never get better!"

Kong Kejian has been hypnotized by Zhang Yi for more than ten days.

Zhang Yi checked Kong Kejian and found that his condition had improved further.

However, such things as mental illness are also a problem in later generations.

Even if he finds out a method by himself, it is still experimental and cannot be regarded as a successful experience.

"Grandpa is at home recently, and his condition has improved a lot!

But still not here with you okay!

Zhang Yi, thank you, I will take grandpa home first! "

Zhang Yi nodded, and Kong Na led Kong Kejian away.

The carriage of the Kong family went all the way to the Confucius mansion from outside the city.

After entering the city, Kong Kejian stretched out his hand for the first time, opened the curtain on the carriage and looked outside.

This small change made Conne very happy.

"Grandpa, do you want to go down and have a look?"

Kong Kejian nodded blankly.

"Grandpa, I will support you!"

As long as Kong Kejian is willing to contact the outside world, he is happy.

Kong Fu parked the carriage, and the grandpa and grandson walked through the busy city.

Conne introduced this to him, introduced that...

Mr. Kong can also react.

But Kong Na didn't notice that someone slowly approached Kong Kejian in the crowd and whispered in his ear:
"Master Shangshu, Your Majesty misses you..."

(End of this chapter)