Chapter 1876 Arithmetic evolution, each stomach


    This time, Fei Qian, although it cannot be said to be a big victory, has also gained a lot, especially the "Xijing Xingfu Shangshutai", which is basically equivalent to Fei Qian''s right to be an official by the imperial court. In other words, the official positions granted by Fei Qian before were all "private grants and acceptances", but after having this title, the official positions awarded by Fei Qian are equivalent to the entrustment of the imperial court.


    Just like the Sichuan and Shu rebellion before, those guys can be said to be Fei Qian who ordered the officials and refused to obey. If they are still restless now, Fei Qian can put a rebellious hat on their heads.


    Name is very important, otherwise there wouldn''t be so many little three and four eager to kill the yellow-faced woman...


    Hearing the news of Fei Qian''s maneuver, Pang Tong also rushed to Tongguan from Chang''an in Guanzhong, and specially greeted Fei Qian with Ma Yan.


    Ma Yan is now old, although Tongguan has been relatively peaceful for a while, but with the passage of time, it is somewhat powerless. After meeting Fei Qian, Ma Yan also purposely found Fei Qian Qian expressed the meaning of preparing to "retire".


    Of course, Ma Yan hoped that the position at hand would be handed over to his son instead.


    Fei Qian thought about it and expressed a limited agreement, that is to say, he can transfer his son Ma Yue back, but it will take a while. After all, Ma Yue is basically equivalent to Fei Qian''s current cavalry instructor. changed. It''s just that Ma Yue has been in Yinshan for a long time, and it''s time for a rotation, so Fei Qian plans to let Li Dian go to Yinshan first, and then hand over Ma Yue, and it will take about a year before he can be transferred.


    In this way, the embarrassment of Li Dian and Cao Shi was also avoided. On the other hand, as a trainer, Li Dian was not bad at managing the army. At the same time, Fei Qian also needs to match Li Dian with a deputy position, so that they can not only assist each other, but also check and balance each other.


    Ma Yan is of course delighted, thank you without mentioning it.


    『Let Captain Zhang go to Yinshan Mountain...』 Pang Tong, who was then called in, suggested, "Captain Zhang, under Zilong, also attacked the Xianbei royal family. He has made outstanding achievements, so he can be a general..."


    Fei Qian thought for a moment, then nodded. Zhang Xiu is indeed a good candidate. Firstly, Zhang Xiu also stayed in Yinshan, and he is also familiar with the Southern Huns. Second, Zhang Xiu was born in cavalry, so it goes without saying about his riding skills. Thirdly, I would like to take this opportunity to mention It''s just right to stand up and be a partial general.


    Pang Tong asked Fei Qian about the arrangement of rewarding official positions. Fei Qian didn''t say anything first, but asked Pang Tong to adjust according to the previous arrangement, and then add the changes during this period of time...


    Anyway, Pang Tong is worried, and Fei Qian will do the final review.


    Pang Tong was also helpless, but he was also a little excited. After all, in this way, the Xijing Shangshu Ling in his hand should not be able to escape. It is almost equivalent to the organization minister of later generations. Although he is not the top leader, he has a strong right to make suggestions .


    Pang Tong also reported another thing to Fei Qian, that is, because of Huang Chengyan''s request, Pang Tong sent Xu Huang to Wuguan to support Huang''s strategy for the Nanxiang area.


    Although Fei Qian felt that using Xu Huang to deal with the remaining Yellow Turban thieves in Runan was a bit like killing chickens with a sword, maybe Liao Hua from Wuguan would be enough, but to be on the safe side, sending Xu Huang was not a mistake, so there was no What adjustments to make.


    『In addition... there are two other things...』 While drinking tea, Fei Qian told Pang Tong about his thinking on the road, mainly to prepare for the next stage of promoting medicine and mathematics.


    Pang Tong does not have much opinion on medicine, because this matter is an obvious benefit. After all, if there were no Zhang Yun and others to control the plague, and Fei Qian strictly demanded military health regulations, etc., it is impossible to say the number of people who died due to disease and plague infection in Guanzhong To double up several times!


    What''s more, the construction of a "Hundred Medical Center" in Chang''an is not a huge project. Pang Tong, who has done the architectural system of Qinglong Temple, said that it is a piece of cake.


    However, when it comes to mathematics, Pang Tong has some ideas that are not very consistent with Fei Qian.


    The branch of mathematics, in fact, the Chinese nation opened it very early.


    At the end of the primitive society, after the emergence of private ownership and the exchange of goods, the Chinese people have already opened the mathematical technology tree. The simple method of knotting and counting was soon replaced by official numbers. When Xia Yu controlled the water, there were relatively complete measurement and measurement tools. The so-called gauge, moment, standard and rope were the earliest cartographic measurement tools.


    During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Book of Rites stated that the children of the nobles of the Western Zhou Dynasty had to learn arithmetic from the age of nine, and be proficient in how to enter and calculate numbers, and it was used as an assessment method for "Six Arts of Gentlemen". By the Spring and Autumn Period, counting chips had become a basic and common calculation tool, and the decimal system was determined as the main counting method, which is a very important link for the entire mathematical system.


    The contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Warring States period promoted the further development of mathematics. Along with the concepts of "big one", "small one" and "non-half" produced by the philosophical system, colorful brilliance was produced in the collision of ideas.


    Then…


    What Pang Tong wants to say is this and then.


    『To count as an official? ”Pang Tong frowned, “My lord, I’m sorry to speak bluntly… I’m afraid this matter is inappropriate…”


    『Why? ’ Fei Qian asked.


    Pang Tong hesitated for a moment, as if some words were not easy to say, but after a while he said: "My lord, you know that there are hundreds of families in the Spring and Autumn Period, why only Confucianism survives today?" 』


    Fei Qian scratched his head, this mathematics, is it also related to the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period?


    『In the early Han Dynasty, Huang Lao was also used, but why did he lose? ”Pang Tong smiled wryly, “It’s not that Huang Lao meant that he was poorer than Confucianism... But it’s not the right time..."


    "Untimely" sounds like the choice of the so-called "time of heaven", but Fei Qian understands that what Pang Tong said about untimely is actually not the real "heaven", but the ruler.


    Fei Qian, who was also born under Pang Degong’s inheritance, naturally knows some ideas and concepts of Huang-Lao’s study. Even according to the concepts of later generations, Huang-Lao’s things still have a lot of shining points.


    Just like Lao Tzu, who emphasizes "doing nothing but doing nothing", it is very difficult for the rulers to give the people sufficient "what they have", and it is difficult for the ruler to control it at the beginning, or when they don''t want to control it, they can still "do nothing", just as I can''t see it, but now that the land is going to be sold and demolished, how can those shacks continue to be treated as "inaction"?


    Zhuangzi developed on the basis of Laozi, although he does not belong to the Huang-Lao school, is also incompatible with the ruler. What Chuang Tzu pursues is the unrestrained personal life. When the ruler sees it, how can this be possible? You haven''t paid your mother''s tax yet! Haven''t you heard that every dynasty and dynasties shouted "ten thousand taxes, ten thousand taxes, ten thousand taxes" when they kowtowed to the emperor?


    After understanding this, it is natural to understand why Huaxia''s mathematics was cut off...


    Fei Qian fell silent, he really didn''t think that much before.


    Pang Tong looked at Fei Qian, and Fei Qian waved his hand to signal Pang Tong to continue.


    According to Pang Tong''s statement, in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, those who had the opportunity to click on the mathematics technology tree generally speaking had three more outstanding schools, the first being "Masters". Famous scholars first began to study language definitions and logical thought explorations, most likely to open up logic, but in politics, Deng Zi proposed "no thick", Keiko proposed "respect", and then demanded that logic should not be wrong, The language must not be ambiguous, it must be clear and clear, and there must be no ambiguity, so that the ruler cannot reverse black and white, confuse the public, suppress speech, and deceive people''s hearts...


    The ruler saw it, how could this nima do it? Put a hat of sophistry on the "famous artist", **** him!


    Famous, dead.


    Then Mohism.


    The Mohist school is also a huge school that may open up the mathematics technology tree. After all, many things in the Mohist school are linked to mathematics first, and there are even some branches of scientific practice. The idea that the ruler is incompatible is also suppressed.


    The last one is Huang Lao, and Taoism derived from Huang Lao''s study. Not to mention anything else, the mere sentence "Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature" has already made the ruler frown. ’ to deprive individuals of their freedom?


    The ruler feels that he is not round at all, let him go!


    As a result, many of the edges and corners of Huang Lao and Taoism were polished away, and merged with alchemy, fairy witches, yin and yang, etc., and became Taoism with Tao as its skin and mysticism as its bone. The emperor''s old man sold fake medicines, on the one hand to prove his usefulness, and on the other hand to avenge himself.


    Since then, mathematics began to change from "study" to "skill", from theory to application, until later generations to modern times, there are still "arithmetic" instead of "mathematics"...


    It seems that Huaxia is not very interested in abstract theorems and propositions proved by certain assumptions, and so-called geometry, which have nothing to do with specific applications, so Huaxia mathematics is divided and fragmented. For learning?


    Just like "Zhou Bi Suan Jing" talks about Pythagorean shares, but does not say how to prove it, it is even more obvious in "Nine Chapters of Mathematical Sciences", all of which are in the form of problem sets. The 246 problems are divided into 9 chapters, in order: Tian, ??Corn, Decline, Shaoguang, Shanggong, Junshu, Insufficient Profit, Equation, Pythagorean.


    In history, China has been in the first echelon of the world for a long time. Whether it is population, economy, or cultural development, this is the case. The hardworking Chinese people are engaged in a lot of production and life. Naturally, there are problems of one kind or another, and you will also encounter doubts in mathematics. In order to solve these problems, various calculation scriptures have been produced. After "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", many calculation scriptures have been produced successively. The scriptures are only aimed at the problem, and if it is solved, it will be considered a matter, and basically seldom go into it.


    Pang Tong generally meant that this is because ordinary people understand the logic, proof, and deduction in mathematics, so it is inconvenient to govern, and they will inevitably argue over a certain answer. For example, when collecting taxes, if they all know how to calculate, one People count a pile of millet, the calculation method is different, the result may be different, and then they may fight for the difference of three or five fights...


    So it’s better to calculate if you don’t know anything, it’s simpler.


    On the other hand, the reason why the Spring and Autumn and Warring States were chaotic was because of ideological confusion, which led to the collapse of the original social structure. If Fei Qian had just launched the Qinglong Temple Great Theory, and the wave of scriptures was still being digested, then Will engaging in mathematics again cause the entire Guanzhong culture to be in chaos, and eventually become a two-sided affair?


    The third aspect, coupled with the position in the officialdom, is mostly a radish and a pit. Using mathematics as the consideration standard for official positions will inevitably affect the current officials in the entire political system of Feiqian. Most of the officials may not have a relatively high mathematical ability, so under such circumstances, it is very likely that history will repeat itself, that is, the old literary officials will unite to suppress the newly born mathematics faction...


    And this kind of suppression, the backlash of scripture faction officials, may occur in the generation of Fiqian, or it may be tolerated to the next generation of Fiqian. Even if the potential of this generation is good at mathematics, what can the next generation of Fiqian do?


    Lift the coffin board and climb out?


    Ok…


    I have to say that Pang Tong''s statement does have some truth, and it is indeed a problem.


    Feiqian can indeed promote the Bachelor of Mathematics in the same way as the Bachelor of Agriculture and the Bachelor of Engineering, but the problem is that these two items have a great demand for the public, and the Bachelor of Mathematics has some repetitions in this aspect, and the other is missing It must be supported by the public. After all, the public has a demand for farmers and workers. For mathematics...


    There may be demand, but it is definitely not as strong as that of agricultural workers.


    So, if the "Hongdu Xuegong incident" is repeated here in Feiqian, wouldn''t it make the Shandong gentry very happy to watch it?


    All these things, Pang Tong concluded, medical promotion is fine, but mathematics should be cautious.


    Medicine is easy to talk about. After all, people are born, old, sick, and die. Therefore, everyone will support the promotion of medicine. However, mathematics that will not be eaten for a while may not be able to understand the importance of its follow-up like Fei Qian. Therefore, if Fei Qian really wants to promote the development of mathematics, it may be effective only by temporary decrees, but it is also very likely to have the opposite effect. Maybe it will be like a hundred schools in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period...


    During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, whether it was Legalism, Confucianism, or Taoism and Mohism, at the beginning of development and implementation, there may not have been some rulers who supported them, but those who survived only knew how to conform to the rulers , resulting in new fusions and changes in Confucianism.


    After Pang Tong left, Fei Qian couldn''t help but fall into the long exam. With the efforts of one person and one generation, can Fei Qian overthrow the entire feudal social structure and change the course of China''s history?


    Obviously impossible, because the river crab said no.


    So how can we ensure that the wheel of history that Fiqian is striving to push finds a reasonable and legal new angle of advancement, so as not to fall back into the old track?


    Pang Tong''s reminder undoubtedly made Fei Qian face up to this issue. After all, what Fei Qian needs is not a short-term change, but a long-term change.


    So, what exactly to do? How can mathematics, like scriptures, have a path that fits each other and can coexist and develop with China?


    (end of this chapter)