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Outside the Institute of Technology, weeping willows have begun to sprout yellow buds. The spring breeze blows, the willow branches gently sway, the water ripples, and the grass on both sides of the river looks green from a distance but not near. In the chilly spring, the vitality is vying to emerge from the earth.
Qin Mu sincerely hopes that the Polytechnic Institute will be like this spring grass and will spread all over the world in the future.
More than 300 teachers and students watched the emperor write the inscription quietly. The scene was silent. "Facts speak louder than words" appeared on the paper. After Qin Mu finished writing the inscription, he said loudly to the hundreds of teachers and students: "Do you know why I gave you this school motto?"
Li Xuan, the chief priest of the academy, stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, please give us your instructions."
Qin Mu put down his pen and said to hundreds of teachers and students, "Since ancient times, Chinese writers have had the same problem, they like to have idle conversations, under the pines and rocks, in pavilions and terraces, brew a pot of tea, light a wisp of incense, and then sit down to debate, eloquent and incessant. Whoever has the best eloquence and speaks eloquently wins!
To put it nicely, this is called idle talk; to put it bluntly, this is just bragging. To be honest with you teachers and students, as the king of a country, I am speaking so harshly today because I hate this kind of empty talk.
China has never lacked theorists, but it lacks practitioners. Most scholars only like to talk, but not to do things. They often talk a lot, but when it comes to doing things, they are almost idiots.
I paid for the establishment of the Polytechnic Institute, definitely not for you to come here to brag. Mathematics, physics and chemistry are different from poetry and songs. They do not tolerate any romance. They need to speak with data and facts.
Here, you can make bold assumptions, but without careful verification and reaching true conclusions, all your eloquence will be unconvincing.
You must remember that in mathematics, physics and chemistry, facts always speak louder than words. What are facts? This is the purpose of my establishment of the Polytechnic Institute. I want you to experiment and verify, and to clarify the relationship, context, and cause and effect of the changes of things.
Poetry, songs and dances can bring spiritual sublimation to people. The mathematics, physics and chemistry that you are about to learn are the foundation for promoting the progress of the entire society. I hope all teachers and students will work hard. "
Hundreds of teachers and students were filled with emotion after listening to the speech. They all bowed and saluted with excitement. They said in unison: "We will follow the teachings of our emperor!"
Qin Mu not only presided over the opening ceremony of the Polytechnic Institute in his capacity as the emperor, but also personally taught the first class to all teachers and students. Through this series of actions, he improved the status of the Polytechnic Institute and enhanced the sense of pride of teachers and students.
The first thing he explained to the teachers and students was universal gravitation. The classical mechanics theory system established by Newton with universal gravitation as the core has made a huge contribution to the progress of physics. It has also been of great help to astronomy and cosmology, and can be regarded as one of the greatest scientific discoveries in human history.
Qin Mu didn't know if Newton was born now, but he had some understanding of gravity. In addition to Newton's apple falling to the ground, he gave an example: "Tide, for example, why are there tides? I believe many people know that tides have a lot to do with the moon. That's right. The sea water is affected by the gravity of the moon, and the moon keeps changing places, so the sea water is affected by gravity, so there are tides in the sea. We can deduce the law of tides from the law of the moon's movement."
In addition to gravity, he also used a series of small experiments to explain gravity, centrifugal force, friction, etc.
"Basically, centrifugal force and the gravitational force of matter are relative forces. Please see." Qin Mu dipped a ground stick in water, then moved it in his hand. When the stick rotated, the water drops on it were thrown out. "Please see, through this phenomenon, it can be proved that when an object rotates, it will generate a centrifugal force. The faster the rotation speed, the greater the centrifugal force. In theory, when the centrifugal force is greater than the gravitational force, it can get rid of the gravitational force.
Teachers and students, please do not underestimate these. Let me give you an example. The rifled rifles used by the military now have a longer range and are more accurate than the Huatang rifles. Do you know the principle behind this
That's right, when the bullet leaves the barrel, it rotates at high speed along the rifling, which generates a centrifugal force. This centrifugal force can help the bullet reduce the traction of external forces, so when the bullet is in inertial motion, the range becomes longer, the flight is more stable, and more accurate.
From this we can see that the mechanics I have mentioned will have infinite uses as long as we can understand its principles. "
Qin Mu’s courses are lively and interesting. For each explanation, he would use some small experiments to support it, which made the teachers and students on the scene fascinated.
In terms of chemistry, Qin Mu also did a lot of small experiments. For example, he first heated concentrated sulfuric acid, then put some white sugar in a cup, and then dripped in a few drops of concentrated sulfuric acid.
In an instant, a strange scene appeared. The white sugar in the cup suddenly turned into a pile of fluffy "black snow". With the hissing sound of heat and steam, the volume of the "black snow" continued to increase, and finally overflowed from the cup.
These strange phenomena made the teachers and students present hold their breath and their eyes widen.
Just when everyone was waiting to hear the emperor reveal the principle, Qin Mu quit.
After he washed his hands and dried them carefully with a handkerchief, he turned around and saw hundreds of teachers and students waiting anxiously. He said calmly, "I won't tell you the principle behind this. I hope you can tell me what's going on in the future.
I want you to answer more than these. You have to tell me how the celestial bodies move, why there are four seasons in a year, why the citrons from Huainan cannot adapt to the climate in Huaibei, why cats catch mice, why hail falls, why water does not burn, and so on. I have a hundred thousand questions waiting for you to answer. I don't want answers that only know the results but not the reasons. "
Qin Mu's establishment of the Institute of Science and Technology was itself an unprecedented initiative. He was eager to see China take the lead in the world in natural sciences.
How can we ensure that China remains strong and is no longer trampled underfoot by foreign enemies? Qin Mu believes that the key lies not in the reform of the system but in the development of natural science.
As long as China leads the world in science, even if there are a few incompetent rulers or even a change of dynasties, it will not be possible for China to be trampled on and ruthlessly ravaged by foreign enemies as in the past history.
Once the development of science has a foundation and forms a certain volume, it will form a strong inertia of progress, and no incompetent ruler can stop its progress. Just like the Western church, even if it burned batches of "heretics" to death, it could not stop the progress of science.
Qin Mu is still young, and if nothing unexpected happens, he may live another fifty years.
With the emperor's full support, although it is unknown to what extent China's scientific development would reach fifty years later, it is certain that scientific progress would not be reversed by some incompetent ruler at that time.
Under Qin Mu's repeated encouragement, many teachers and students of the Institute of Technology were so excited that they shed tears and secretly vowed to devote their entire lives to the cause.
When Qin Mu left the academy, all the teachers and students paid homage to him and sent him off respectfully. This ceremony was not only because he was the emperor, but also because all the teachers and students respected him.
The academy was funded by the emperor who saved money through his own frugality, and the textbooks were compiled by the emperor who took great pains to compile them despite his busy schedule.
Throughout history, there has never been an emperor like the Qin emperor who lived frugally and used his own money to support education. There were as many as five or six hundred royal primary schools in various places, and tens of thousands of children from poor families were able to go to school for free.
Such a person, even if he is not the emperor, is worthy of everyone's respect from the bottom of their hearts.
In the process of promoting education, Qin Mu also gained a great reward. The orthodoxy of the Great Qin Dynasty quickly gained popularity among the people. The royal elementary schools were definitely not just about enrolling a number of students.
It is no exaggeration to say that every imperial elementary school gathers the hearts of the people in a place. To put it bluntly, even if Qin Mu suddenly passed away now, the people in these places would definitely support the crown prince Qin Ye as the emperor. This is the power of orthodoxy.
Of course, there were people who wished Qin Mu would die suddenly, such as Batur Khan, Qitat, and Yatu. In their eyes, Qin Mu was a huge disaster.
However, the evil will last for a thousand years, and those who curse him to suddenly choke on his fart are destined to not get what they want.
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