Sun Yuanhua bowed and complimented, "Your Majesty, you have selected talented people without distinction of status. You can be said to be selecting people based on their merits. This is truly wise."
Zhu Youxiao was pleased, but waved his hand and said, "If you can pacify the four barbarians and make the Ming Dynasty strong, why should I be stingy with the reward of a duke or marquis?"
"Oh, right." Zhu Youxiao suddenly remembered something and said, "I have selected a candidate from Jiangxi who seems to be a promising talent. When he arrives in Beijing, please pay close attention to him and give him guidance."
"May I know the name of this person?" Sun Yuanhua asked respectfully.
"His name is Song Yingxing." Zhu Youxiao paused and said, "He has failed the imperial examinations many times. His mind is not on studying, but he likes to study the side of things."
Sun Yuanhua bowed and said, "I'll take note of this."
Song Yingxing is very famous in history, but he was only a juren. He failed in the imperial examinations many times during the Wanli period and gave up the idea of taking the imperial examinations.
The work that made Song Yingxing famous in history, The Exploitation of the Works of Nature, was not published until more than a decade later. Therefore, if Zhu Youxiao had not remembered it, it would have remained buried in obscurity.
Zhu Youxiao has always valued scientific and technological talents, and spared no effort to recruit and guide them so that they can display their talents as quickly and as fully as possible and make further progress in the field of science.
But in ancient times, there was no such profession as science, nor was there such a profession as scientist. The only way to advance and succeed was to take the imperial examination and become an official.
For example, Xu Guangqi was a Jinshi (Jinshi) and was interested in natural sciences. Strictly speaking, the Four Books and Five Classics and the Eight-Legged Essay were his major, while natural sciences were merely his hobby.
Human life and energy are limited. If we study the Four Books and Five Classics less diligently, we will naturally have more time and energy for scientific research and make greater contributions.
However, to establish something similar to an academy of sciences, or a lower-level professional school, or even to offer only professional courses, is a difficult task at present.
The reason is simple: if we only have schools, who will teach? Physics is a bit easier, but as for chemistry, I guess only Zhu Youxiao is reliable, and he wouldn't do any nonsense like alchemy.
But who was Zhu Youxiao? He was the emperor. Even if he had a hobby as a carpenter, it was unlikely that he would teach! Even if he was given a high-sounding title like "Jiaoshou", he would not care.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao regarded and trained Sun Yuanhua, Li Tianjing, Zhang Tao, Wang Zheng and other talents who were proficient in Western learning, as well as Song Yingxing who was selected to come to Beijing, as teaching staff.
"Sun Qing, please find some suitable people to manage the Ordnance and Gunpowder Bureau." Zhu Youxiao thought about the arrangements he would make for Teacher Sun and Professor Sun in the future and reminded them, "It will take at most a year, at least half a year. I have another important task for Sun Qing to handle."
Sun Yuanhua didn't understand why, but when he heard the important errand, he knew the emperor was letting him off the hook for another position. Unlike technical officials, administrative officials were relatively easy to find as long as they were diligent and conscientious.
Seeing that the emperor had no further instructions, Sun Yuanhua stood up and took his leave.
Looking at Sun Yuanhua's back, Zhu Youxiao shook his head helplessly.
Sun Yuanhua, Song Yingxing, Wang Hui and others are undoubtedly the scientific elites of this era, but to become a teacher who meets his standards, one must still be taught by him!
After pondering for a while, Zhu Youxiao gathered his thoughts and walked to the sand table, staring intently at Ningyuan in western Liaoning. His gaze seemed to fly across thousands of miles, witnessing the brutal battlefield with roaring artillery fire and flying blood and flesh.
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The air was filled with smoke and the sound of gunfire shook the earth. The fierce fighting under Ningyuan City was still going on.
Strictly speaking, although the battle was fierce, the city was impregnable and the Ming army defended it tenaciously, while the Later Jin army suffered heavy losses and had no hope of breaking the city.
The Ming army abandoned their positions outside the city and retreated to defend the city, which only brought a brief ecstasy to the Jiannu.
When a large number of siege troops rushed to the city, ready to attack the city in one go.
The Ming army had achieved its goal of retreating, luring the enemy to the city and starting to use fierce and intense firepower to bring hellish cruelty and misery to the Jiannu.
Honestly, just by looking at the strange shape of Ningyuan City from a distance, one can roughly guess its purpose. Isn't it just the deformation of the horse mask to reduce the blind spots for attacking from the city?
But when they really faced the fierce firepower similar to that of a bastion, the Jiannu soldiers under the city realized its power and realized that attacking such a city was equivalent to falling into an abyss of blood and fire.
Not only were there countless muskets on the city spewing deadly projectiles, but there were also cannons roaring, pouring down hundreds and thousands of shrapnel...
A hail of arrows flew towards the city walls, and the shields on the walls that blocked the arrows soon became densely packed. Although the Jiannu were at a disadvantage in the crossfire with the enemy, this was the only means of counterattack they could launch.
Boom! With a flash of fire, the projectiles fired by the Portuguese on the city walls scattered in the air, forming a large coverage area, and the Jiannu archers fell one after another.
The flashes of fire became more intense, and the roars of dozens of heavy muskets broke out almost at the same time. The indestructible lead bullets stirred up a cloud of blood mist below the city.
"Charge, charge!" Captain Zhangguli raised the iron shield above his head and roared loudly.
According to his combat experience, and also the standard siege method, it was safer to approach the city walls, as the enemy would have to stick their heads out to attack, which was difficult and likely to cause injury.
Regardless of whether it was digging into the city walls or setting up ladders to attack from the outside, the prerequisite was to be close to the city walls. There was nothing wrong with Zhang Guli's command.
He had shouted this and had taken the lead, but the shape of the city wall ahead made him hesitate for a moment.
The hesitation was only a moment, not out of fear, but rather a weighing of options. Should he stick close to the sharp corner of the wall, the slope of the corner, or the flat section of the wall between the two corners?
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