Shao Xun stayed in Lu for lunch and talked about the people in Jiangnan again.

"If Your Majesty wants to search for talents who are ambitious about nature, Ge Zhichuan from Jurong Ge's family should not be missed." Lu Wan said.

After the meal, he asked for tea soup to rinse his mouth. Shang He looked at Shi with pity, picked up the tea himself and sent it in.

Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart thumped.

If Lu Fujun saw her serving people here, he would have the desire to die.

"Ge Hong?" Shao Xun asked.

After asking, I picked up the tea bowl and rinsed my mouth.

"It's this person." Lu Wan followed suit and then put down the tea bowl.

"He is not in Jurong, where is he now?" Shao Xun asked.

The Ge family of Jurong once raised troops to fight against each other, but was later defeated. The remaining people fled back to Jurong and surrendered and exiled.

Shao Xun also asked if there was any Ge Hong, but later he learned that he had gone to Jiaozhi, so he gave up.

"In Luofu Mountain, Guangzhou." Lu Wan said, "Hong is old and in order to seek longevity, he refines elixirs. He heard that Jiaozhi had cinnabar and asked Julu to order him to go south and go to Guangzhou to be the governor, and stops in Luofu Mountain to refine elixirs. This mountain also produces cinnabar."

Shao Xun nodded, which was similar to what he knew, and even he knew more.

While Ge Hong was refining elixirs, he was still improving medical books. However, the money he brought over was almost exhausted, right? After all, he has been going south for more than three years. Even if he has gifted the governor, now that the Jin Dynasty has fallen, is there any money?

Practice can make more than just a rich family lose their family, and you can make it until you lose everything.

"Where are there talent besides Ge Zhichuan?" Shao Xun asked again.

Lu Wan's heart moved and thought that she could only help you this time, so she said, "Now there is a man from Bianliang, whose surname is Yu's name is Xi, who is a legitimate child of the Yu clan of Yuyao. He has a high moral integrity and is of great talent."

Shao Xun was impressed when he heard this. Isn’t this a sinner that Shanxia once “wanted”?

When Shanxia was appointed as the commander of Yuyao, he cleared out more than 10,000 hidden households in 80 days. He was waiting to continue his efforts, but he encountered a wall when the Yu family, which had the largest number of hidden households.

At that time, he called Yu Xi, but Yu Xi was not a good person, so he immediately mobilized a group of followers.

They asked them to report to Jianye through the level, saying that "(Yu) has a high moral integrity and should not be humiliated." Then they also seized Shanxia's mistakes and dismantled him.

All "high tributes" are fake. The real reason is that you have cleared out 10,000 people. It's almost done. Just stop when you see it. If you continue, I, Mr. Yu, will be "humiliated". Once I am humiliated, you can wait for Kuaiji to start chaos.

The end result was that Shanxia was dismissed, and Yu Xi was nothing, so she probably was laughing in private.

"What kind of talents does this person have?" Shao Xun asked.

Judging from these things alone, Yu Xi is a typical local snake who can get rid of the royal relatives who want to capture him.

Given the impression of being arrogant and domineering.

But Shao Xun knew that it was not comprehensive to see a person from one or two things alone, so he spoke and asked questions.

"This person is knowledgeable and loves ancient times, especially astronomical and calendar calculations, and often climbs mountains and watches stars." Lu Wan said, "There is an anecdote."

"Come on fast." Shao Xun said immediately.

"A few years ago, he said, 'The winter solstice was short in the day of Yao, and now it is more than 2,700 years old, and it is in the eastern wall. I know where the difference is gradually coming every year'."

This sentence means that during the period of Emperor Yao, the star in the midst of the midst of the winter solstice was located in the Ansu position. More than 2,700 years have passed. The position of the star in the midst of the midst of the east wall of the midst of the midst of the east wall has moved to the middle of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the east wall. From this we can see that the point of the winter solstice will shift every year, which is called "year precession".

"How did you know?" Shao Xun asked.

"About this matter during the grand ceremony of the Qing Dynasty." Lu Wan said, "Yu Xi based on the deviation of more than 2,700 years,

Write the calculations on the spot, saying that it is 'proper and calculated, but it has not been a hundred years, and it is a difference of 2 degrees' or 'rejection once in fifty years' (actually 71 years and 8 months)."

Shao Xun was proficient in Cao Bu, but he really didn't understand this. After hearing this, he felt awe.

This is not enough to just look at the historical records and then calculate it. Yu Xi must have observed the astrological signs for many years for a long time, which is one of his personal hobbies.

This suddenly subverted Yu Xi's personal image. If we only look at the fact that he fought with Shanxia, ​​he was a local tyrant and evil gentry. Of course, as a descendant of Yu Fan of the Eastern Wu, the children of the Yu family served in the official positions for generations, and were serious gentry, not local tyrants.

But he also has personal hobbies, such as observing astrological signs and calculating them.

Perhaps the phenomenon of precession has long been discovered, but the concept and calculating the motion trajectory for it has risen to the theoretical level.

Astrology is actually part of the mystery.

Nowadays, scholars talk about mystery, and there are two main topics, one is based on "Zhuangzi" and "Laozi".

Doctrines such as the Book of Changes are explained into all things in nature and then sublimate from this. For example, the "Guiwu School" of metaphysics believes that there must be a "originality" behind the universe, otherwise the world will not operate like this and will be confused. They call this law that supports the operation of all things "nothing".

Another major category is the exploration of the essence of life, which may be because of the influence of various factors such as epidemics and wars since Wei Pu, and the human life is too short;

There are also some branches such as gods, ghosts, monsters, and Weiyi Theory.

After hearing this, Shao Xun pondered for a long time, called the female official and ordered, "Let Yu Xi come to see me tomorrow."

"yes."

Shao Xun looked at Lu Wan again and said, "The Yu family's land has been confiscated by the court, but it is difficult to return it. However, if Yu Xi is really talented, he can enter the Wanxiang Courtyard and I will give it another house."

"The Bianliang mansion is not easy to get." Lu joked.

Shao Xun waved his hand and said, "I said that I do not limit my residence. Now I should not give it to a house in the north, or find a place in the south of the Yangtze River. I can live at home on weekdays, and I can send letters to you and send them to you. I will also give you money and goods every year to encourage you."

There is no other reason for this money, it is to support their lives.

Some gentry were rich, while others were not necessarily poor. For example, Sun Jue from the Sun family in Taiyuan once farmed on his own.

Furthermore, if someone is rich and has a great time to live a happy life, but suddenly he has no money, this usually happens to the business group.

To put it bluntly, let them live a worry-free life.

"Ge Zhichuan Yiyi" said this, Shao Xun paused and said, "Luofu Mountain is farther after all, let's talk about the production of cinnabar that is slightly closer."

If Yu Xi lived near the Yangtze River, he would submit a book to the Vientiane Academy. After the Vientiane Academy was published and published, it would be sent to all bachelors for reading. Luofu Mountain would be too far away.

If Ge Hong posted a medical article or elixir recipe, he would first send it to Bianliang, and then he would be sent to Yu Xi and others by a messenger. The distance would be even further and something could easily happen on the road.

But it is not realistic to live together.

It’s easy to say if you do observations like Yu Xi, but it’s not suitable for those who need to collect herbs and elixirs.

Furthermore, these people generally have industries, and many people value them very much. For example, Wang Rong and his wife both took the initiative to calculate the property, and kept working day and night to open up multiple sources of wealth for their homes, such as fruits, bamboo tools, etc., and he was not at ease if you asked him to leave it to outsiders to manage. He had to experience it himself.

I can only say that I can make do with it first.

As for the scientific research led by the court, to be honest, until now, Shao Xun has not seen any official who has subjective initiative and actively applies for a certain research direction, and then applies for human, material and financial resources, all of them are squandering their lives.

He can only mention it himself, but he himself doesn't understand it very much.

For example, if you don’t have glass, you can find transparent crystals. It took a long time to find them, but after grinding for a long time, both convex and concave lenses have not been ground to make a name for themselves.

This is actually because Shao Xun and the craftsman are not aware of the details of the craftsmanship.

How to grind the lens? To what extent is the curvature controlled? To what extent is the error controlled?

After grinding the lenses, you need to align and focus, otherwise it cannot be used. How to do it?

The phenomenon of small hole imaging was discovered in the pre-Qin period, and West Asia and Europe were also discovered sooner or later, but why did the telescope be developed until very late? Technology and materials are part of the reason, and there is no systematic optical theory (such as the law of refraction) guidance is also part of the reason. This is the most regrettable thing, the Mohist school discovered this phenomenon,

Why not do more experiments and sublimate them into theory?

The emergence of an invention must have accumulated relevant knowledge from many generations in the past, and it is not done at once.

But this system cannot be given up. What if there is a surprise one day? What if?

Overall, the scientific research system planned by Shao Xun is divided into three categories.

First, private enthusiasts are spontaneous motivation, such as Yu Xi;

The second is the court yamen mainly composed of Shaofu and other institutions. This is a reward for promotion within the system, such as the craftsman who was just promoted to the ninth rank;

The third is that the wealthy family members who mainly focus on managing manors and doing business are like the Wang family of Langya, which cultivates fruit varieties, which is a stimulus of economic interests.

If there are dates or not, you will be beaten.

To a certain extent, the third type of people are like Shao Xun, but they are driven by economic interests and actively propose research directions, such as cultivating good varieties, etc., and investing manpower and material resources in research.

Since the Tu tribe cannot be eliminated, transform them as much as possible.

Even if it is only a little bit of transformation, it is progress.

Social atmosphere and mainstream theories will change, matter determines consciousness. Even if the second generation does not pay much attention to these things at the beginning, it will leave a lot of things for the world and make progress.

Especially in the era when metaphysics was prevalent, the plasticity was strong and everyone began to discuss everything in the universe.

Later, we have to combine the progress and hold a continuous discussion to turn the things discussed by these people in a direction.

*******

Shao Xun met Yu Xi in the afternoon. After some conversation, he was very satisfied and was awarded a bachelor's degree in the Wanxiang Academy and rewarded hundreds of pieces of silk.

The Yu Xi brothers and his wife were rescued and exempted, while other members of the Yu clan were not included in the pardon (such as the Yu Tan family).

Before leaving, Shao Xun asked him a question: "Did the year when Emperor Yao was in Xing'ang? Is it really more than 2,700 years since then?"

Yu Xiran. If the year is wrong, then there will be errors in his calculations.

After seeing Yu Xi away, Shao Xun asked the others to retreat, then held Shi in his arms and asked softly: "Why didn't you want to see Lu Wan just now?"

Shi covered her face and said, "I'm worried——"
To be continued...