Several young eunuchs rode their horses and rushed out of the palace again, their destination still being Lu Chen's Sheng'endan workshop.
It must be said that these horses have suffered a lot today.
The emperor and his ministers in the court of the Great Qi continued to pass the telescope around while listening to the explanation of the young prince Li Xiang.
"A telescope is an optical system that uses an objective lens and an eyepiece to ensure that parallel light rays entering the telescope remain parallel."
"It uses the refraction and reflection of lenses to converge light into an image, and then uses a magnifying eyepiece for observation."
Looking at Li Xiang standing in the court and talking eloquently, a group of ministers felt a sense of awe.
Li Zhuo looked at his youngest son with satisfaction. Although Li Xiang is still young, Li Zhuo can always see his own shadow in this child.
This is why he loves this child so much.
Although he didn't understand what the child was saying, it didn't stop him from praising Li Xiang.
"My son, what you said is very reasonable! If such items can really contribute to the court and our Great Qi, my son will be credited with a great achievement!"
"I remember there's some land northwest of your prince's fiefdom, right? I'll give it to you as well!"
A group of ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. Li Zhuo's casual words at least doubled the size of Li Xiang's fiefdom.
My goodness, Li Xiang is not even seven years old this year! She already has such a large piece of land. This is simply outrageous.
At this rate, when he finally reaches adulthood and is eligible to be enfeoffed, how large will the area of his fiefdom be?
It is not a good thing for the country and the succession to the throne for a young prince to have such a large fiefdom.
Wei Yong, unsurprisingly, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, wait a minute! Throughout our dynasty, there is truly no precedent for this. Furthermore, rewarding the young prince so generously may not necessarily be a good thing for him."
"Furthermore, rewarding the young prince with such unusual and ingenious items will undoubtedly encourage the study of unorthodox methods throughout the country. This will cause the people to change their minds, which will be detrimental to the court's rule."
Many civil officials remained silent after hearing this. As disciples of Confucianism, they naturally knew that mechanical engineering had nothing to do with Confucianism.
Once it comes to disputes between schools of thought, right and wrong are no longer important; safeguarding one's own interests is the most important thing.
The military commanders scoffed at this statement, with General Pang even directly retorting, "What do you mean by 'strange skills and tricks'? Can anything that you scholars find objectionable be labeled 'strange skills and tricks'?"
"I'm a rough man, and I don't understand the twists and turns you scholars are making. I just know that since the arrival of Master Lu's Holy Grace Pill, the death rate of soldiers on the frontier has indeed dropped."
"Those of us who lead the troops have only two wishes in this life. One is to bravely fight on the battlefield and make great achievements to serve the court. The second is to try our best to bring back the young people under our command."
"Do you know what this thing means to our Da Qi army? Do you know that once we equip it in large quantities, we will be able to take the initiative on the battlefield?"
"You have all these strange tricks on your left and sorcery on your right. If you scholars have the ability, you should come up with these things to save the lives of the men on the border!"
Faced with General Pang's questioning, the group of civil officials remained silent.
The reason for their silence was not that they were speechless after being refuted, but that they disdained to argue with the warriors in the court.
The border had just won a victory some time ago, and Wei Yong didn't want to conflict with the generals at this time.
He immediately turned his attention to the young prince's education and said, "Your Majesty, even if these ingenious techniques are beneficial to the country, I believe that the young prince, as a member of the royal family, has no need to learn them. In the future, the young prince will rely on Confucian knowledge to govern his fiefdom. As for these things, if they are truly needed, why not let the craftsmen under your command make them?"
After hearing this, a group of civil servants nodded. Although Wei Yong often did nothing, as a member of the civil servants, he was still very reliable at critical moments.
With just a few simple words, he attributed Lu Chen's various magical methods to the category of craftsman. The level of the two sides was immediately widened, and there was no possibility of conflict.
Since Wei Yong has already taken the lead, Song Lian naturally cannot retreat.
He stepped forward at the right moment and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Wei's words are reasonable. A ruler does not need to be proficient in the specific affairs of a certain field, but only needs to know how to use people well."
"I think the young prince should return to the Imperial Academy to continue his studies. He always follows a Taoist priest around, doesn't read the Four Books and Five Classics, and doesn't understand the great principles. If he continues like this, he will eventually run into problems."
Li Zhuo didn't expect that what was originally a happy event would end up being turned into what it is now because of the two old men.
Li Zhuo is not blind, he can see that Li Xiang has become a completely different person after studying with Lu Chen for these days.
If this continues, maybe it will become even better.
However, the Confucian education system has such deep roots in this land that it is indeed somewhat unorthodox for a prince not to read the Four Books and Five Classics and to hang around with a Taoist priest all day long.
It’s still unknown how those scholars will fabricate this matter, and he might even be criticized for it.
Just when Li Zhuo was at a loss as to how to handle this matter, everyone suddenly heard a childish voice ask in a puzzled tone, "Father, why do the ministers think that I no longer want to study Confucianism?"
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