HCB Chapter 287 The Importance of Developing Science and Engineering
Chapter 287 The Importance of Developing Science and Engineering
Feng Quji and others made fun of Nei Shiteng, and Ying Yu couldn't help laughing at it.
Now the relationship between the courtiers of the Great Qin Dynasty is really interesting.
Smiling and shaking his head, Ying Yu continued to conceive the plan of the Daqin Institute of Science in his mind.
Now that Ying Zheng and the courtiers have expressed their stance that they fully support Ying Yu's proposal, Ying Yu is going to take it all in one step and directly form the Daqin Academy of Sciences and the Daqin Engineering Academy.
Among them, the Academy of Sciences focuses on the research of scientific theories, such as the principles of mechanics, the study of arithmetic, and the compilation of astronomy and calendars.
The Academy of Engineering is a practical research unit of engineering technology, specializing in specific projects.
For example, the construction plan of the Grand Canal project, the improvement of the petroleum distillation process, the specific application of the hydraulic flushing car, etc.
According to the division of later generations, it is the difference between science and engineering.
It's not that Ying Yu doesn't pay much attention to liberal arts, but for the current Daqin, science and engineering are more in demand than liberal arts.
Although entertainment can enrich the life content of the people in Daqin, the law and the way of vertical and horizontal are also of great use to the state, but after all, there are only those jobs.
Although there is still an urgent shortage of manpower for the time being, when the free official education starts to harvest, it will be the same as the imperial examinations in later generations.
Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people competed, and hundreds of candidates were selected that year.
At that time, only some of these people who failed the imperial examination will change their careers to become government school teachers, or storytellers and the like.
More, I will continue to prepare for the imperial examination until I am old.
For Daqin, this is undoubtedly a great waste.
As long as engineering and science are learned well, they can directly promote the development of commerce and industry, and the employment prospects are almost unlimited in theory.
For most poor students, if they study science and engineering, they can directly find a job and earn income after graduation. Compared with the extremely low proportion of opportunities to become officials in the scientific examination, it is much more real.
And as long as you can make achievements in specific work, you can also enjoy the treatment of being an official if you enter the Daqin Academy of Sciences and Engineering Academy.
The purpose of Ying Yu is to correct the misconception of only focusing on liberal arts and ignoring science in the history of later generations at the budding stage.
It directly cultivated the atmosphere of advocating science and culture in Daqin.
Otherwise, even if Ying Yu invented a lot of science and technology in Daqin ahead of time, there would be an embarrassing situation like in the history of later generations.
In history, the four major inventions appeared in the Central Plains hundreds of thousands of years earlier, but the compass was not used to explore new territories, but was used to measure Fengshui.
After the advent of papermaking and printing, the Four Books and Five Classics and religious classics were printed the most.
Gunpowder has always been used to make fireworks, and after being learned by the West, it was turned into a cannon to invade the Central Plains.
This is the evil result of only emphasizing liberal arts and ignoring science and engineering.
The Renaissance is certainly good, but in the history of later generations, it was the Industrial Revolution that really made the West surpass the East.
As a time traveler, Ying Yu naturally would not forget this painful lesson.
The Daqin Academy of Sciences and the Daqin Engineering Academy are the help Ying Yu uses to guide the development of Daqin Science and Engineering.
The conditions offered by Ying Yu are also very attractive.
Why is the liberal arts thriving in the history of later generations, and the famous saying "Everything is inferior but reading is high" was born?
In fact, it is very simple, because once Xuewen wins the exam, he can become an official!
Wouldn't it be enough for the professors of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering to be awarded official positions as well?
Before Gongshujie became the general as the Shaocheng, the craftsmen of Daqin were deeply encouraged. Even the disciples of the Mohists, who had always been the most at odds with Gongshu, gave up the useless idea of "universal love and non-aggression" and re-studied the art of equipment. Dao, in order to get a promotion.
Today, there are hundreds of official positions in the Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering, waiting for the craftsmen and science and engineering students of Daqin.
As long as Ying Yu spreads the news, the impact on Da Qin will definitely be shocking.
Although it is a bit too utilitarian, but as the prince of Qin, Ying Yu is very clear that fame and fortune are always the best tools, as long as people can't escape the word fame and fortune.
Why did Feng Quji and others go against their previous ideas and fully support Ying Yu?
Isn't it just that he hopes to be recorded in the annals of history with Ying Yu, so that he can have a chance to be famous in history and be famous forever?
In the thousands of years of history in the Central Plains, it was a surprise to see the emergence of two great talents, Mozi and Gongshuban, but in Ying Yu's view, it was actually a great pity that there were only these two master craftsmen.
There should have been more people at the level of Mozi and Gongshuban.
A thousand-mile horse often exists, but a bole does not often exist!
What Ying Yu has to do now is to discover more scientific research talents for Daqin, the Bole of Daqin's scientific community.
During the manufacturing process of many inventions before, Ying Yu knew the craftsmen of Daqin very well.
The degree of ingenuity of these craftsmen is no worse than that of modern people.
All that is missing is a theoretical guide.
Typical, such as the steel ball rollers needed for carriage wheels, Ying Yu originally thought it would be difficult, but Gong Shujie only took a few days to make it.
It is faster than making telescopes. According to Gongshujie, both Gongshuban and Mozi have studied and improved bearings in the past.
The concepts proposed by the two are similar to the principle of steel ball bearings proposed by Ying Yu.
The only difference is the material.
Moreover, the ancients have long understood the role of lubricating oil. The reason why they don't use it is not that it is not easy to use, but because the oil is too expensive to use.
This made Ying Yu believe even more that as long as he provides a good environment, Daqin's technological development will surely take off rapidly.
After all, this is Daqin with a hundred schools of thought contending, an open atmosphere, and a strong ability to accept new things, and it is far from being as pedantic as later generations.
The seedlings of science and technology have not completely dried up in Daqin.
And what Ying Yu has to do is to let this sprout grow vigorously.
Just wait until it blooms and bears fruit.
After Ying Yu said the method in his heart, everyone present was silent.
After a long time, Ying Zheng said:
"Your idea is very good, it's just such a huge reform, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of commotion!"
After Ying Zheng listened in detail, Ying Yu pondered for a long time about the establishment plan of Daqin Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering.
The state of Qin was able to develop from a wild frontier to the strongest of the seven countries, and finally unified the Central Plains and achieved hegemony. Shang Yang's reform played a great role.
Therefore, the first emperor has always supported the reform.
It's just that every major reform in history will face huge resistance.
Before the first emperor won the government, the reason why he was hacked into a tyrant was that apart from the fact that the Qin law was indeed harsh and there were more corvees at that time, the biggest reason was that the changes of the first emperor touched too many interests.
Among other things, the single system of prefectures and counties has caused the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and many nobles in Guanzhong to lose the opportunity for the separatist party to become king and hegemony.
The burning of books written in the languages of the six countries, all re-edited by the government in Qin language, also touched the interests of Confucianism and other schools of thought, and made them lose their right to interpret the classics.
These dignitaries whose interests have been damaged will naturally slander the First Emperor with hatred.
Ying Zheng didn't want Ying Yu's reputation to be affected by the reform.