Chapter 167 Xu Guangqi's wrong understanding of evolution
As a place for basic research in the Ming Dynasty, the Royal Academy of Sciences is an important exporter of theoretical science. Therefore, Zhu You proofreads the interference of the Royal Academy of Sciences is much smaller than that of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Zhu Youxiao did not expect the Royal Academy of Sciences to bring him any economic profits in a short period of time. He only hoped that the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty would surpass the West in scientific theory construction, or even surpass the West.
Only when scientific theories and concepts are ahead of the world and downstream scientific research and development can we make progress and make our national strength far surpass other empires.
The Ming Dynasty has not completely left the forefront of the world, and everything is still in time. The Royal Academy of Sciences wants to serve as an engine for catching up and surpassing. Although it has also cost Zhu Youxiao a lot of money, the prospects it brings are imaginative.
For example, once Mao Yuanyi’s steam engine is completed, it will definitely change the industrial model of the entire country, and the production model that is mainly based on people will be changed to machinery.
People will apply more energy to the innovation of knowledge, technological progress, and of course the extension of war.
However, there are not many people in the Royal Academy of Sciences now, and there are not many academicians so far, most of whom are old scholars or retired officials who are good at studying.
But there is no way. In a Confucian dynasty, it is really difficult to find a few people who do science. Only these thirty were summoned by Xu Guangqi himself, many of them were rebellious people who were not valued or even ridiculed.
Fortunately, the current emperor, His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, is as "unprofessional" as they do, giving them the opportunity to receive their salary to study their interests.
The active new ideas questioned Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which was a rare highlight in the late Ming society. What Zhu Youxiao had to do was to amplify this highlight and make the Ming Dynasty undergo a major change in the field of thought that had not been seen in three thousand years.
Instead of letting this new trend come to an abrupt end after the Qing Dynasty, and finally leaving behind a bunch of slaves and insensitive worldly and people's hearts.
Xu Guangqi is now obsessed with Mendel's genetic laws to the point of not wanting to eat. Even after learning from the information provided by Zhu Youxiao that Mendel's pea self-parting experiment, he himself specially conducted a jasmine self-parting experiment, but he was surprised to find that after the jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored jasmine colored
As soon as Zhu Youxiao came to the Royal Academy of Sciences, he found Zhu Youxiao and mentioned this matter with some doubts: "Your Majesty, what the people called Mendel said is wrong. If there is really any genetic factors and laws he said, the offspring of this variegated jasmine should also be green and white, and it is a comparison between three and one, so why do three colors appear?"
Zhu Youxiao wanted to tell Xu Guangqi that the color of the petals of this jasmine flower is not determined by genes in the nucleus, but by genetic material outside the nucleus. Mendel's genetic law is aimed at alleles in the nucleus.
However, Zhu Youxiao believed that Xu Guangqi was afraid that he would not understand even more after listening. To be honest, biology research has not yet been widely used in modern times, and can be regarded as a science of sunrise. Many theoretical systems have not been fully established. What's more, even the science of physics and chemical is still in the enlightenment stage. Even Mendel of the West proposed this law of separation and the law of free exchange after the mid-nineteenth century.
But since it is the Royal Academy of Sciences, what they pursue is not interests, but scientific progress. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not intend to stop Xu Guangqi from moving further and further in biology.
But Zhu Youxiao can guide that the discovery of biological phenomena may not necessarily directly promote the progress of productivity, but it can indirectly change people's inherent thoughts. Just as the origin of Darwin's species was proposed, it almost caused shocks in the entire Western ideological community.
"The one named Mendel is a pea. You are a jasmine flower. If everything in this world follows a set of genetic rules, then there are probably differences." Zhu Youxiaohan said vaguely and broke a jasmine flower, and then broke a wild flower, saying to Xu Guangqi: "You see, although these are two different flowers, they are all covered with stamens. For example, why do you say that monkey has five fingers like us humans, and even looks a little like a little hair, but don't you think there is anything to do with it?"
"What Your Majesty said is that I have also seen it from the theory of heaven that you gave you. If you want to say these are really horrifying remarks, such as heretics, but there are some truths. In fact, I read the classics of the previous dynasty, and some ministers in the Song Dynasty had seriously discussed whether the Hu people were humans. According to this theory of evolution, I am afraid that these Tartars are not humans. After all, many of them do not even understand their ethics, and they are not evolving enough. Under this understanding."
Xu Guangqi's words surprised Zhu Youxiao. He did not expect that his selling of Darwin's theory of evolution in this era would be understood by Xu Guangqi and others and would lead to a racial discrimination view.
Zhu Youxiao's original intention was to completely change the ideological model of worshiping the past and present through the emergence of biological evolution. He should not take Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang as idols at all times, and even make every effort to restore the system and social style of the ancient times. Instead, he should believe that the development of civilization is generally progressive, and the Ming Dynasty should not follow any ancestral system, but should seek change.
He really wanted to tell Xu Guangqi that everyone in this world has the same evolutionary level, and they are all Homo sapiens, but he didn't know what to say for a moment to make Xu Guangqi understand.
However, what Zhu Youxiao also sighed was that the Han people in the Ming Dynasty did feel superior. Even after reading Darwin's theory of evolution, they felt that they were better than the Hu people.
Just when Zhu Youxiao didn't know how to talk to Xu Guangqi, he heard cheers coming from next door. Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so happy?"
Xu Guangqi couldn't help but smile and said, "It's Mao Yuanyi's voice. I'm afraid his loom, which relies on water vapor but not on human power, has been successfully manufactured."
When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he rushed over and felt very surprised. He thought that if this steam machine could be improved successfully, it would be even more surprising than building a flintlock rifle.
When Mao Yuanyi saw Zhu Youxiao coming, he was not worried about saluting, so he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is the steam loom that has been improved by Weichen. According to the information you provided, Weichen first introduces the heat gas after pushing the piston into another cylinder for cooling. In this way, the heat gas loss will be smaller, and the piston you mentioned can also rotate faster. In addition, there is a valve here, which can adjust the cooling level of the hot air through this valve, so that the speed can be adjusted. Once the valve is opened to the maximum, the turntable can be driven, so that the entire loom can also move."
Zhu Youxiao looked at the Ming version of the steam power machine and the textile machine connected to it, which was semi-autonomous (some important parts were purchased from the system), and couldn't help but smile and said, "Transfer it to me again."
Chapter completed!