Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

Chapter 231

After sleeping for more than ten hours, Qi Cheng got up energetically, ate a little, and asked the system to send someone quickly.

"Liu Ji of the Ming Dynasty."

Liu Bowen, Qi Cheng was curious about what questions this guy would ask. It wouldn’t be about Qimen Dunjia, right? He had only seen this thing in movies.

It's still the kind from the 1970s and 1980s.

"Host, I'd like to ask, who was the last Ming Dynasty figure yesterday? Are there any other well-known tech talents?"

Qi Cheng glanced at his phone and remembered that he had played a video about lunar craters when he was half asleep yesterday.

"The last one is generally called Wan Hu. His original name was Tao Chengdao. He was obsessed with making firearms. He once presented firearms to Zhu Yuanzhang, and for this he was given the title of Wan Hu."

"He was named Crater Mountain mainly because of his dedication. In order to see what the sky looked like, he planned to use firearms and kites to send himself up there."

"The firearm exploded in mid-air, but his spirit is still worthy of recognition."

The people outside the sky saw this result and felt that this person could no longer be described as fierce, but was simply a fool, even if the firearm did not explode.

He didn't seem to think about how he was going to get back.

But it was worth it. Among so many people in the early Ming Dynasty, except for those generals, the others could only leave a name in history books.

Slowly it was forgotten.

Many ruthless people also plan to give it a try, maybe they can leave their names in the future generations.

……

"There are many other famous scientific and technological talents. Let me give you a few more familiar ones. Zhuge Liang from the Three Kingdoms period is one of them. He invented the Zhuge Crossbow, which can fire multiple arrows."

"There's also the wooden ox and horse, but no physical artifacts have been passed down, so later generations can only recreate it based on speculation. Of course, some people also speculate that the wooden ox and horse are the modern-day unicycle..."

"During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a famous figure in the Wei State named Ma Jun, who improved the waterwheel..."

Cao Cao immediately ordered someone to summon Ma Jun to Xuchang. He was determined to reward him handsomely and fully support his other projects.

In a word, money is not a problem.

Sun Quan was furious. "Three Kingdoms, Three Kingdoms", why did they introduce two more countries? Did the Eastern Wu really have no presence at all, or did he not have such people under his command?

It shouldn't be.

"Go ask Zhuge Jin if he knows these techniques."

……

Before Qi Cheng could continue, Liu Bowen said that what he wanted to know was whether there were such talents in the Ming Dynasty, and that other dynasties could ask about them.

Other dynasties: How can people be so stingy?

"The Ming Dynasty. Although the mainstream of the Ming Dynasty was Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, there were many scientific and technological talents. However, some of them did not receive attention. If they did..."

"Let me first tell you about a talented person from the imperial clan. His name is Zhu Zaiyu, the fifth-generation grandson of Zhu Gaochi and the crown prince of Zheng Fan. He has loved reading since he was young. After his father was convicted, he built a hut and lived in seclusion."

"Although many people are not very familiar with him, he is actually a great encyclopedic figure with profound attainments in music, calendar science, and mathematics."

"Although he later declined the title of King Zheng, later generations listed him as a world cultural figure."

Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin was jealous, really jealous!

There are still a few capable fighters among the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, but how can there be no talents like this? We must increase our efforts in training them.

What can’t you learn?

There is nothing you can’t learn, it’s just that you don’t learn it with your heart!

Seeing Li Shimin's appearance, several princes in the royal family were frightened. Wei Zheng, aren't you usually quite talkative? Come forward and say a few words.

But you must never let them learn any mathematics. It gives me a headache just thinking about it.

Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily and asked the fourth son to quickly bring his fat son over so that he could reward him well.

Jiajing in the harem was also very surprised. Is his nephew so powerful? He quickly issued an order to reward him well, in case he could also command a crater in the future.

That is also the pride of the Zhu family.

"A little later than Zhu Zaiyu, there was another quite formidable scholar. He was also an encyclopedic scientist, with expertise in astronomy, calendar science, agronomy, and firearms. He could be said to have mastered both Chinese and Western learning."

"He is Xu Guangqi."

"Just how powerful is he?" Qi Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Whenever we write Ming Dynasty novels that travel back to the time of Tianqi, we will make use of this person."

"Some even gave him a sedan chair in the palace."

"He also has a disciple named Sun Yuanhua, who is also very accomplished in firearms."

……

Emperor Tianqi looked at the sky curtain with some disbelief. He knew Xu Guangqi, but he believed in Western religion, so he had always been excluded by the ministers in the court.

According to later generations, his ability could turn the tide, but was it really that powerful? If only Tianmu could choose him.

Be sure to ask if there are any other famous ministers who can be used.

"Send an order to have Xu Guangqi come to the capital immediately, and bring his disciple along with him."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the aging Xu Guangqi and complained to his brother in his heart, "This guy is so capable, why don't you give him more important positions?"

Would the barbarians outside the Great Wall still be so rampant if that were the case?

"My dear, Lian Po is old, can he still eat?"

"I will dedicate my entire life to the Ming Dynasty."

After asking Xu Guangqi to go and gather students and like-minded people, Emperor Chongzhen also hoped that the host could recommend a few more people, and he would definitely use them, even if their temper was as stubborn as Hai Rui.

……

Qing Dynasty

Emperor Kangxi's face was gloomy. The Ming Dynasty had so many scientific talents, but what about his own Qing Dynasty? He had never heard of a single one.

In case someone ignorant asks.

You'll lose all your face!

Zhang Tingyu, who knew Kangxi's thoughts well, lowered his head

The Qing Dynasty didn't pay much attention to this at all. No matter what happened in the Ming Dynasty, it had been making progress in the research of firearms. Even if it was not good in this area, it would learn from outside.

But what about the Qing Dynasty?

Dai Zi, the rare master of firearms, was exiled.

……

In fact, there were many such scientific and technological talents in the Ming Dynasty. Among them, Qi Cheng knew Song Yingxing, the author of Tiangong Kaiwu, Zhao Shizhen, an expert in firearms, and Bi Maokang.

There are also earlier people like Tang Shunzhi and others.

It's a pity that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't know how to use them. If each of them could exert their full strength, not to mention a Tungusic tribe, even the Mongolian army in its heyday might be able to put up a fight.

What a pity, what a pity.