Zhao Zhen's team has grown from the original three to five. As generals in the army, Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu certainly need to understand advanced weapons and equipment.

In terms of physical fitness, Zhao Zhen feels that the farming civilization of the Central Plains Dynasty is still not as good as the nomadic people who ride on horseback all day long. From food intake to daily exercise, it is still slightly weaker in comparison.

But this difference will be made up for and surpassed by science and technology, the primary productive force. Under Zhao Zhen's strict regulations, all products of the Armament Department and the Armament Department must be kept confidential, and no one is allowed to publish books or biographies. Research can only be disclosed The results were kept in a secret form in the forbidden Chongwen Academy.

This makes many courtiers and craftsmen do not understand. In their view, it is only natural for them to write a book about new achievements so that they can be preserved for future generations. However, they do not know that the city of Tokyo has published a collection of poems today. In three days, he would become the focus of after-dinner discussions in Shangjing, Liao Kingdom.

The Liao people have been envious of the culture of the Central Plains Dynasty for a long time. The inertia of history once again proves that nomads will always be attracted by the culture of the Central Plains Dynasty. The reason why the Liao Dynasty was recognized by the scholars of the Song Dynasty was not only because their founding was in the Great Song Dynasty. Before the Song Dynasty, what was more important was that the Liao people respected Confucius and took Confucianism as the leading ideology for governing the country.

When the Liao Dynasty was first established, General Yelu Abao chose people with great merits in history to worship. Prince Bei believed: "Confucius is the great sage, respected by all generations, so he should be the first." Visit and offer sacrifices in person.

This is almost exactly the same as the Han people's memorial ceremony. It is not only to maintain the rule of the Liao Dynasty, but also to respect the Han culture.

Existence is reasonable. Confucianism must have its superiority and stability to withstand the test of thousands of years. Even the destruction of the Four Olds failed to clean up Confucianism, let alone the feudal dynasty?

Zhao Zhen has conducted in-depth research on this opium-like Confucian thought. In the eyes of Wang Yuyan, the queen of a country, his behavior was purely because he was full and had nothing to do. The thought of Kong Sage is the Great Way. Since it is the Great Way, it is also the Great Way. If there is anything you need to study, just follow it!

What puzzled Zhao Zhen the most was Yang Caiwei, a Dangxiang person. She actually supported Confucius and Mencius more. In her opinion, the reason why the Han Dynasty was more stable than that of the Dangxiang people was that they followed Confucianism.

Vera looked at the two of them with envy, and at the same time reached out and pinched Dobaozhen, who had a look of disdain on her face.

Apparently only Duobao Zhen, a woman in Zhao Zhen's harem, scorned Confucianism. In her words: "This kind of knowledge that inherently divides people into three, six or nine grades is wrong in itself."

Wang Yuyan and Yang Caiwei think this is barbaric Yi Di thought, but Zhao Zhen deeply believes that everyone in the world should be equal, and no amount of knowledge should be used to distinguish the nobility of personality.

What he fears most now is the persecution of the Song Dynasty by Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism. The custom of binding feet has begun to appear, and Zhao Zhen has to guard against it.

There has been a saying in the palace that foot binding is a beauty. Zhao Zhen is strongly opposed to this, and Wang Yuyan, the empress of the palace, is also very repulsive. What dignity can a woman have if her feet are broken?

But after someone connected foot binding with Confucianism, Wang Yuyan and others stopped talking and pretended not to see it. Anyway, she would never bind feet herself.

The imperial edict outside the palace, the lady always brought up the matter of foot binding after entering the palace. Every time she mentioned it, Wang Yuyan said: "Women have their feet bound, and their children are four or five years old. They are innocent, and they suffer infinite suffering. The bound little ones don't know why."

Use?" and dismissed it.

Everyone knows that foot binding is not good, and a pair of delicate feet can always make people feel beautiful, right?

Zhao Zhen greatly appreciated Wang Yuyan's understanding.

I don’t know who pushed it, but now the Song Dynasty’s learning system has become somewhat deformed. The Gakushu University that Zhao Zhen personally presided over has been denounced as a grotesque technique, and the orthodox Confucianism has also been tampered with and has become more and more unrefined.

Become more dogmatic.

This is the last thing Zhao Zhen wants to see. The more dogmatic Confucianism is, the more it will imprison people. Once all the words of saints become dogma, it is the most difficult to shake, because no matter what you do, as long as it violates the dogma or is different

All the places are wrong.

It is wrong that the earth is round, it is wrong that the sky is vast, it is also wrong that studying things can improve people's lives...

The dogmatic Confucianism is like a chain, tightly entangling the giant Song Dynasty. Compared with the foot binding of women, binding the feet of Song Dynasty is the most terrifying thing.

What Zhao Zhen has to do now is to ensure that Fengqiu Military Camp will not be infiltrated by this kind of thinking. The Armament Department and the Armament Department are the two major scientific research bases of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Zhen will not let decadent ideas penetrate into and destroy Gewu under any circumstances.

develop.

The Armed Forces Department, the Armed Forces Department, and the Military Academy, the three most important departments of the Song Dynasty, were located on Yishan Mountain inside Fengqiu Gate.

Although it is within the heavily guarded Fengqiu Gate, the defense of the Armament Department and the Armament Department is still comparable to that of the Forbidden City. For the safety of the military technology of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen did not hesitate to arrange the elites of the black hands here. The Song Dynasty

In the final analysis, external military advantages are reflected in technology, and this military technology is also part of national strength.

Compared with the military camp at the foot of the mountain, the defenses on the mountain are even tighter. All kinds of crossbows are ready to be fired at any time. The eight-niu crossbow, which is as ferocious as a ferocious beast, can be fully loaded easily under the action of the ratchet. Everyone here has a rare musket.

The small smoothbore gun was originally looked down upon by Peng Qi and others, mainly because it was expensive to make, and its accuracy and range were not as high as those of crossbows. Its smoke would also obstruct the sight on the battlefield.

But Ding Du from the Armament Department was particularly interested in this kind of gunpowder-powered weapon. Seeing Zhao Zhen's continuous test firing of the musket, he blushed and handed one to him: "Your Majesty loves this thing very much. Please improve it a little."

, please give it a try..."

Zhao Zhen saw that the gun in his hand was no different from an ordinary smoothbore gun, so he raised the gun casually, pulled the trigger, the machine clicked, and the flint struck the edge of the fire door in a graceful arc. When Zhao Zhen returned,

When he didn't react, the gunpowder quickly ignited and triggered the warhead.

The speed of this flintlock gun was far beyond Zhao Zhen's imagination. The bullets flew out almost as soon as the trigger was pressed, and the accuracy was quite high. Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu who were watching on the side were stunned.

Because the bullets from this gun penetrated the plate armor a hundred meters away!

Zhao Zhen pulled Ding Du over and said, "Why is this gun so much better than an ordinary flintlock gun?"

Ding Du took the exquisite musket and wiped it quickly and skillfully. After cleaning the barrel of the gun with the long push rod, he said: "Let's start the official story. This is thanks to Zeng Gongliang's design. He changed the warhead of the flintlock gun and used

The way the natives used arrow blowing, the tail of the lead bullet rapidly expanded under the push of gunpowder, thus sealing the barrel and giving full play to the power of the gunpowder. The spiral pattern on the bullet also made the bullet more stable in flight."

Zhao Zhen looked at Ding Du in surprise and said, "Didn't Zeng Gongliang be demoted to the forge to make iron?"

Ding Du said awkwardly: "He accidentally chatted with a native craftsman while making iron, and then he suddenly became inspired..."

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly. No wonder Zeng Gongliang could think of using lead as a warhead. His chemical experiments could not do without the help of lead. Zeng Gongliang, who was in the forge, knew the properties of lead best. Zhao Zhen felt that he was not suitable for it.

Instead of being an official, I am more suitable to be a scientist.
Chapter completed!