"Science..." Wang Dingjue was dazzled and yearned for it. He murmured, "It turns out that besides science and psychology, there is such a subject..."
"What's the big deal? There were many schools of thought before the Qin Dynasty..." Wang Wuyang was very proud. In fact, Zhao Hao never mentioned that this discipline was called science. He just said this word, and he naturally named this discipline like this.
Fortunately, the eldest brother was more prudent and did not directly elevate the knowledge of this school to the level of a "family", but defined it as a school.
Otherwise, he would be setting up his own school outside of Confucianism. Otherwise, he would be beaten to death by his master.
"Oh my..." Now even Wang Xijue looked serious, feeling that he was too disrespectful to Zhao Hao just now.
Although he had no talent for science, he knew that the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art was a treasure left by his ancestors. Since Zhao Hao's knowledge and the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art had the same purpose, it was enough to establish a new school.
Of course, in Wang Xijue's opinion, Zhao Hao's family's knowledge cannot be compared with the two major schools of Neo-Confucianism and Mind Learning.
But isn't there also a niche school called "Practical Learning" within Confucianism?
However, no matter how small a subject is, it is still a subject. If one can establish a school of thought, he or she is destined to be a master who will go down in history.
When Wang Xijue thought about how he had pointed at the master and called him a "monster", he became panic-stricken. He rubbed his hands and grunted for a long time before he managed to say, "I'll cook two of my signature dishes for you to apologize. You must come and show me your kindness."
After saying this, without waiting for Zhao Hao to refuse, he walked away in shame.
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Taking advantage of the time before dinner, Wang Dingjue asked Zhao Hao several questions in succession.
But Zhao Hao didn't need to do anything at all, Eryang gave him everything clearly.
Looking at Eryang's dazzling proofs, and occasionally solving problems beyond the syllabus, Wang Dingjue just wanted to find a word to express his admiration, but he couldn't find a suitable one for a while, so he could only hold it in with his face flushed.
"Shit..." Zhao Hao said it silently for him.
These days, he was recovering from his illness, and Eryang and Zhao Shizhen didn't come to disturb him. He didn't expect that they had almost deduced the propositions of the first two chapters...
In "An Introduction to Geometry", there are only the first two chapters of "The Elements", which contain a total of 62 propositions.
Zhao Hao thought, if they keep doing this, within a year, these guys will be able to learn Euclidean geometry. Then question the fifth postulate? Develop non-Euclidean geometry?
Damn it, who will teach whom then?
"Well, it's time to direct some people's interests to other areas." A certain unethical teacher who had a broad but not deep knowledge in his mind thought silently.
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The time spent studying is always so happy but short. It didn’t take long before the housekeeper came to call us to eat.
"What are you eating? You'll starve to death if you don't eat!" Wang Dingjue was in high spirits and naturally got angry when he was interrupted.
"No, that won't work. My master is still growing..." Hua Shuyang closed the book and interrupted Wang Dingjue's study.
"Yes, my master has just recovered from his illness and has a good appetite." Wang Wuyang mentioned this and gritted his teeth again, "But I was interrupted by your brother halfway through my breakfast!"
"Don't mention him, I don't have that brother." Wang Dingjue was still angry and said, "I won't eat his food..."
Before he finished speaking, everyone heard a gurgling sound. Zhao Hao thought it was him. After all, he had only eaten three cakes and drank half a bowl of soup in the morning...
Wang Dingjue's face flushed as he said, "I haven't eaten for a few days."
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As a result, Wang Dingjue ate the meal more deliciously than anyone else...
Zhao Hao also praised Wang Xijue's cooking skills and felt that he had not eaten such delicious food since leaving Jinling.
"How is it? It's not worse than the chef from Guanglu Temple, right?" Wang Xijue looked at Zhao Hao nervously.
In order to apologize and let the famous Wei Ji Xian owner appreciate his cooking skills, he did not dare to make any creative dishes this time, but brought out his signature skill - Suzhou cuisine.
Things like crab meat tofu, grouper soup, honey sauce hot pot, green snail shrimp... these are all dishes he has been immersed in for many years, so naturally they are not down to standard.
Of course, his hidden pheasant soup is also indispensable.
Zhao Hao tasted them one by one, and in addition to praising them, he also gave some suggestions for improvement...
With the later Suzhou cuisine for comparison, he naturally knew where the improvement should be.
Wang Xijue nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
He felt that although Zhao Hao only gave a few words of comment on each dish, he was able to hit the nail on the head and made people admire him.
Wang Xijue also wanted to become Zhao Hao's apprentice and learn cooking from him...but of course he was ruthlessly rejected.
Are you kidding me? I can't even make scrambled eggs with tomatoes...
When he tasted the incredibly delicious pheasant soup, his eyes finally lit up and he clapped his hands and praised it loudly, "This tastes amazing! It can rival several other famous dishes that are extremely delicious!"
Wang Xijue was immediately happier than if he had taken the "Bentan Nut Gas Pills", and even looked at Zhao Hao with a completely favorable eye. "Then please guess, sir, why is it so delicious?"
"But did you add black bean sauce?" Zhao Hao asked without thinking. He thought to himself, sorry, there are so many dishes made with black bean sauce in later generations, and any foodie can taste it.
Wang Xijue stared at Zhao Hao in amazement. After a while, he gave him a thumbs up and praised him: "Sir, not only is he good at poetry and math, but he is also very good at eating. You are truly amazing!"
"Uh..." Zhao Hao almost choked, and said with a smile: "This last one is not worth bragging about, right?"
"Why isn't it worth boasting about?" Wang Xijue said as if it was a matter of course: "It is said that food is the first necessity of the people. Is there anything more important than eating in this world?"
Wang Wuyang and Hua Shuyang couldn't help but laugh secretly, thinking, then you and Uncle Fan Shishu will really have something to talk about.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Hao praised loudly, picked up the freshly squeezed pomegranate juice, toasted Wang Xijue and said, "Brother Shi, you have such insight. You can become a prime minister in the future!"
"Ah..." Wang Dingjue was puzzled when he heard this. If Zhao Hao hadn't said this, he would have burst out laughing.
But Eryang immediately started thinking, and then patted each other's thighs and said in unison: "Master means that the king regards the people as the heaven, and the people regard food as the heaven. So as a prime minister, you must put the people's food problem first."
"When the people have food, they will be at peace. When the granaries are full, they will know etiquette and it will be easy to educate them..." Wang Wuyang added.
Zhao Haoqiang smiled and nodded, but secretly rolled his eyes at his two disciples. He could also say the same thing, so there was no need for them to rush to answer.
Wang Xijue nodded happily and said with a smile: "That's exactly what I meant. In my opinion, all the problems in the Ming Dynasty now are due to the problem of food."
"Would you like to hear the details?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile, silently activating the skill of attracting others.
"Not to mention before, just the past five years that I have been an official in Beijing, the entire north has suffered from severe droughts and floods, frequent earthquakes, and extremely cold winters. The harvests of the people in Gansu, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, and Zhili have been worse every year. But the taxes in these places have never been reduced... Even if the local officials want to petition, the court will not approve it." When talking about state affairs, Wang Xijue is as knowledgeable as if he were talking about cooking, and he no longer has the clumsy ideas he had when facing "Geometry".
"Because the court has to raise funds to defend against the Tartars, and also has to support more and more royal family members..." At this point, Wang Xijue's face showed deep worry and said, "I have looked at the data from the Imperial Clan Bureau. You may not believe that in the past 20 years, the number of royal family members has doubled, and according to this trend, the growth rate will be faster and faster. I am really worried that in less than 50 years, all the people in the north will be forced to revolt..."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hao couldn't help but nod secretly, thinking that Wang Xijue was worthy of being Wang Xijue. Although he was sometimes a little off the mark, his foresight and vision alone far surpassed 99% of the officials in the court.
Of course, that day came 20 years later than Wang Xijue predicted, but it was the result of the joint efforts of two reformers, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng. If it weren't for these two reformers who can be ranked in the top ten in history, the Ming Dynasty would have been ruined by Wanli, and there would be no time for the little carpenter and the unhappy to mess around...
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