Chapter 1296
"Brother Sima misunderstood Gu. I think that since His Highness of Qin can unify the empire, if he doesn't even have this tolerance, he will probably not last long. What kind of political ruling structure will the Tang Empire appear? Gu thought that His Highness of Qin was probably his own idea. I heard that His Highness of Qin had traveled in the Western Continent, and he might also learn from the advantages of some national systems in the Western Continent. Therefore, Gu's intention was to wait until the new government was released before judging."
Gu Ji's words immediately won the respect of the listeners, including several women. He was able to openly make such a curse prophecy when the new dynasty was about to be established. Of course, they did not know that the founder of this new dynasty sat aside and listened with interest as the people were quarreling.
Wufeng's interest was not entirely placed on the arguments among the whole group. The three women sitting on both sides of Sima Shi aroused Wufeng's interest a lot.
One person on the left can tell at a glance that he is a typical mixed-race girl. A woman with white and yellow blood seems to have inherited the excellence of the two major bloodlines. Her high nose bridge, black eyes under her feather-like eyelashes, and her plump and broad mouth pursed and smiled particularly attractively. Her round face showed a delicate texture like an ancient ivory. Her traditional Indian sarong skirt also showed that she also had the blood of an Indian Dean. A cinnabar on her eyebrows added to the woman.
It adds a touch of charm and charm, and the style flowing between the eyebrows is full of incendiary charm. Another woman next to this girl is completely opposite to her companion. Her slightly delicate body is covered with a cloak. Her bright eyes, like a rhinestone on her face, always seem to be shrouded in mist, hazy and indescribable, with her cherry lips as red as a pen, her savory nose as a pillar, and her pink cheeks as peaches, making people feel urge to embrace her in her arms and feel pity.
Wufeng cannot but admit that the appearance of these two people is enough to make Shui Yunjian stand out in the imperial capital. Not to mention being able to sit among a group of passionate scholars to participate in the debate, even the elegant demeanor of the two women makes it hard to find many people in his harem to compare with the appearance of the two women. Perhaps only Angel's gracefulness and luxury are just equal to the two women, but it lacks the charm of a mixed-race girl and the pity of a delicate girl.
The girl sitting on the right surprised Wufeng. Her ordinary face, apart from her occasionally lit starry eyes, attracted a little attention, her simple outfit made people want to ignore her. But Wufeng knew that if the woman could sit here did not have the specialties of one side, she would be very uneasy.
"Although what Brother Gu said is reasonable, before this, can't we put forward some feasibility suggestions like His Highness the King of Qin for reference? As the saying goes, everyone is high in fireworks. We can make some rational suggestions, which can at least avoid the empire taking more detours and make the empire's development prospects better. Isn't that right?" A young man in a blue shirt was not frightened by Gu Ji's name and refuted it flatly.
Wufeng could see that most of the young scholars had already recognized the new dynasty psychologically, which made him feel very pleased. It is easy to obtain the country, but hard to convince people. This is a truth that has not changed since ancient times. He became the emperor of the imperial emperor from a prince of the Tanghe Empire behind the suspicion of usurping the throne, which inevitably attracted criticism from many people. Wufeng also knew this very well. The reason why he tried to capture the hearts of the people was to avoid the many negative effects that this problem might bring. Now it seems that his various methods should have achieved good results. At least among the younger generation, he has successfully mobilized their enthusiasm. For a strong Tang clan, he successfully guided their passion and passion to the empire he created.
"Mr. Gu thought that the rationalization suggestions needed by His Highness of Qin must be more than that. The Tang Empire is about to be founded. Although we finally ushered in a unified empire, it may be the beginning of a prosperous era, but to be honest, our Tang people have gradually lagged behind in many aspects of concepts, especially in the lack of attention to national education, the contempt of new scientific and technological innovations, and the neglect of marine rights and interests, all of which show the shortcomings of our nation. If we can pay more attention to the political system while also focusing on these aspects, I think the Tang Empire will have better prospects."
Gu Ji intentionally or unintentionally brought the topic to several of the most focused issues that Wu Feng was most concerned about. The scholars of the imperial capital have always led the entire imperial public opinion trend. If these concepts can be successfully instilled into the minds of these scholars, the driving effect may be more than other means.
Gu Ji's words aroused a thousand waves, and the three key issues he mentioned immediately aroused the strong interest of a group of scholars who took the rise and fall of the world as their responsibility.
"Brother Gu, national education is not valued enough? What do you mean? Do you think the education system in the empire is not sound enough?" a young scholar asked first.
"Of course. As far as Gu knew, the education level of the people in the Western Continent was far higher than that of our empire. In our empire, there were only one official school in each government, except for some private schools, which could only be barely maintained by the support of the people. However, in the Western Continent, especially in some city-states and urban republics, the education system has been quite perfect. Almost every town has public schools. Although many are funded by religion, this can allow a considerable number of people to enjoy the basics.
The benefits of this education are also numerous private institutions, and many rich people donate money to help with their studies, and their enthusiasm is beyond imagination. On the other hand, there are too many people in our empire who are rich and unkind. Although they are rich, they only care about their own pleasure. They have a lot of luxury houses, countless beautiful wives and concubines, thousands of hectares of fertile land, and herds of cattle and sheep, but they are unwilling to donate money to help with their studies. This phenomenon is everywhere in the empire. Compared with the style of aiding students in the Western Continent, our empire is really far apart."
Gu Ji's words made all the scholars unable to answer. After all, there was no right to speak without investigation. As Gu Ji's identity, he naturally would not speak nonsense. They naturally knew the performance of these rich people in the empire. They were naturally clear about the performance of the wealthy people, and no one would be willing to go to future generations, but if they asked them to donate money to support their education, not many people were interested.
"I wonder what Mr. Gu means to new technological innovation? I think everyone here wants to understand this. Can you ask Mr. Gu to explain it?"
The words were gentle like the spring breeze, which made Gu Ji and Wufeng feel itchy deep in their hearts, like soft hair gently whirling on their hearts. The weaker and beautiful woman vomited her cherry lips slightly, and her curious expression made Gu Ji unable to resist the question of Fang.
"Miss Mu Ying, it may not be easy to explain this question clearly in a few words. In short, it means using human wisdom to improve productivity or produce richer goods to meet the needs of the people or improve the living standards of the people. Perhaps it is more vivid, such as improving the ship to make the ship load larger, with more passengers, faster speeds, stronger resistance to wind and waves, or inventing a new item that can achieve more convenient communication, as we imagined, a thousand miles of voice transmission can be reached in an instant. Whether it is an improvement or a new invention, as long as it can promote the improvement of productivity and people's living standards, it is referred to as technological innovation." This problem is a bit troublesome to explain, but Gu Ji quickly achieved his goal with an image distance.
"Mr. Gu means that in these aspects, the Western Continent has also come to us, but as far as I know, the Western Continent under the rule of His Highness of Qin seems to attach great importance to this aspect, such as the progress in iron smelting technology, the introduction of glass manufacturing technology from the Western Continent, and the product called rubber, have all achieved good results. Especially now, the major technical updates on the carriage seem to come from Western Continent, making the comfort level of the carriage incomparable to the original carriage. What do you think of this issue?" This time, the person who spoke was a mediocre woman with a bad appearance, but just these few words have made Gu Ji and Wufeng start to focus on this woman at the same time.
"It seems that Miss Shang seems to be very interested in this aspect. Yes, Xijiang is indeed much better than the original Tanghe Empire in this regard, but glass manufacturing technology is not innovation, but introduction, and the improvement of iron smelting technology is the same. The only thing that is barely mentioned is the use of rubber, which can be regarded as the originality of Xijiang. But this alone wants to make up for the gap between us and the West, which is somewhat suspicious of looking at the sky from the well. Due to the complete education system of the Western Continent, they have begun to show their advantages in these innovations. For example, exploration, surveying, metal forging in the Western Continent, and many industries related to national economy and people's livelihood have surpassed us, and this gap is still widening further. Of course, we still have advantages in many aspects, but if we do not pay attention to this gap, we may gradually lose our initiative. In the empire, I personally think that this atmosphere and awareness of encouraging scientific and technological innovation are still very weak."
Chapter completed!