Chapter 294: The decisive crooked building

At the lecture.

The lecturer regretted asking the emperor to choose the questions himself. Now, he can only talk about them according to the emperor's questions.

"I report to Your Majesty, Liu Zongyuan and Liu Hedong's "Says of the Snake Catcher" is included in Liu Zongyuan's "Collected by Mr. Hedong". It is a friend of Liu Zongyuan, compiled by Liu Yuxi and passed down to the world. The "Says of the Snake Catcher" mentioned by Your Majesty was written by Liu Hedong when he was an official in Yongzhou. The article was written by Jiang's self-reporter..." The lecturer began to comprehensively introduce the relevant knowledge of this article.

To be honest, if Yang Jing had not recited this ancient text before, it would have been impossible to be interested in this article now, or if you could continue to listen to it, the classical Chinese alone would be very troublesome.

Revisiting the text of my childhood at the age of 600 is quite good! It feels like changing vicissitudes.

"...Your Majesty, this article is about this, 'harsh government is more powerful than tigers'! In order to pay taxes, the people would rather risk being bitten to death by poisonous snakes. It can be seen that the people are really suffering." It was very hot, and the lecturer wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

"That is to say, every household pays two snakes and venomous snakes every year, and they can get the tax all year round. Therefore, even if catching venomous snakes is dangerous, many people still flock to it, right?" Yang Jing did not lament how hard the ancient people were. The ancients worked hard for the people. Yang Jing knew that the New China back then was much better than that in ancient times, but in the countryside in the 1900s, Yang Jing still remembered it fresh in his heart, knowing what poverty and hardship meant.

"Your Majesty, yes, every household pays two poisonous snakes every year, and the whole family can be exempted from the whole family's annual tax. Although it looks very cost-effective, once you are bitten by a poisonous snake, there is no cure and you won't die in a moment. In your decades, even if you succeed countless times, you will definitely die once. Therefore, it is said that 'harsh policies are more powerful than tigers', and the lives of the people are not easy!" The lecturer explained very conscientiously.

"Since two poisonous snakes can be exempted from taxes for one family, why not keep some poisonous snakes in captivity? In this case, wouldn't we not go to the mountain to catch them?" Yang Jingwei asked.

"...Your Majesty, keep it in a captive place? Then Jiang kept the snake in a tank. When the snake collector sent him to hand it over..." The lecturer explained in a difficult understanding.

"I mean, why don't you reproduce poisonous snakes by yourself? On a large scale, let alone two, even if you pay two thousand, it's not a problem!" Yang Jing asked. After watching too many TV programs of artificial breeding of poisonous snakes, centipedes, and scorpions on a large scale, I still remember these things freshly. Regarding the risk of dying to the mountain to find two snakes to pay taxes every year, Yang Jing decisively asked his question, why not artificial breeding on a large scale?

The ministers couldn't help but laugh in their hearts. This emperor has indeed never seen the world! Both of them have to risk their lives, two thousand? Are they the ones below? They still reproduce themselves. They are really ignorant and fearless!

The lecturer also smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty, two are already difficult enough. How can I capture two thousand more? Then how can Jiang survive?"

"Forget it, forget it, just pretend I didn't say it." Yang Jing didn't care. This is not the 21st century and it is impossible to breed on a large scale.

The ministers bowed their heads and held back their smiles. The emperor looked very smart and mature, but sometimes, they also asked some inexplicable and childish questions, which made people laugh. It was really a child's mind!

"By the way, the lecturer, I just heard you say that a poisonous snake bites a person and will die soon? Is it?" Yang Jie was upset when he was ridiculed by everyone for no reason, so he decided to have some fun.

"Report to Your Majesty, yes, if you are bitten by that poisonous snake, you will die in less than a moment. It is quite poisonous." The lecturer replied with certainty.

"Oh, is that right? Then I want to ask, why did the poisonous snake bite and die so quickly? Are the poisonous snakes not poisonous in other places?" Yang Jie asked.

"Your Majesty, because the poisonous snake has poisonous fangs, the biting person will die on the spot." The lecturer replied.

"Are the poisonous fangs? The snake's poisonous fangs are hidden in the mouth. Why is the poisonous snake not dead? Or, the snake only has poisonous fangs, and other places are not poisonous. I remember that snake meat can be eaten, right?"

"This..." The lecturer was speechless and didn't know how to answer.

"...Reply to Your Majesty, this... maybe, maybe it's like this. The poisonous snake should have only venomous fangs and is poisonous, while the snake body should be non-venomous, because snake meat is indeed edible..." The lecturer began to make up his mind and started to talk nonsense.

"Since poisonous fangs are poisonous, why can snake meat be eaten? Logically speaking, our human teeth and mouth are together. If the teeth in our mouths are poisonous, poison will definitely be inhaled into our human body from our mouths, and we will die soon." Yang Jing asked the whole way, and wanted to ridicule these ancient people. Yang Jing wanted to bully the ancients with his own knowledge.

"...This, that... Your Majesty, I really don't know..." The lecturer begged for mercy decisively. This question was beyond his knowledge.

"Everyone, I think that this poisonous snake should have a place to hide poison. When it is needed, it will be injected into the human body through the poisonous fangs. Therefore, I think that the poisonous fangs of this poisonous snake should be hollow. This can explain these many problems. Do you believe it?" Yang Jing was decisive and decisive. It seems that this lecture cannot be opened.

The ministers never thought about what the poisonous fangs of the poisonous snake looked like, and they all heard this question for no reason.

"Okay, since we talk about this issue, we will make a bet, which can be considered to increase our knowledge. Those who agree with my statement stand on the left, and those who disagree with the right."

The ministers were confused. Is this still a sutra? Or is it a saint's words?

"Your Majesty, this is the lecture of the scriptures. Why did Your Majesty say nonsense? The poisonous snake's teeth may be hollow, or maybe not, and what does it have to do with the lecture of the scriptures? Your Majesty, this is too outrageous." A minister couldn't stand it and came out to persuade the emperor.

"Uh..., the Qing family is wrong. This is also a science! If you find out whether the poisonous snake's teeth are in the air, then you find out the key to the poisonous snake's death. If it is hollow, that is, the poisonous snake itself is non-toxic. It injects the venom from the poisonous naan into the human body through the teeth in the air. If you figure out this, in the future, will there be a countermeasure? Then, let alone catching two snakes, even catching twenty or thirty is not difficult. Most people across the country are bitten by poisonous snakes and bite to death by poisonous snakes.

, If you figure this out, wouldn’t it benefit the people? Do you think it is? This is also a solution to the problem for the people! The sages said, ‘The road is long and arduous, and I will search for it up and down’. Now that we encounter such a problem, we should also search for it up and down and find out the truth…” Yang Jing was nonsense. Anyway, this lecture of the scriptures is really boring, and it also needs to fight against the brainwashing of the ministers, so it is necessary to talk about this. Last time, Yang Jing was nonsense, and for a while, the ministers did not dare to hold a lecture of the scriptures because the emperor would talk nonsense at the lecture.

The ministers finally saw the emperor's terrible ability and shut up! If they persuaded the emperor again, the emperor might have to say something amazing! Last time, the emperor talked about the taboos of the royal family without any scruples, which made these ministers both embarrassed, helpless, and even more terrified.

The ministers began to choose, some stood on the left and some stood on the right to meet the emperor's requirements.

Seeing that everyone had chosen their positions, Yang Jingwei said, "Okay, my partner, go and invite the imperial physician. This is to catch snakes to be used as medicine. I believe the imperial physicians should know whether the snake's fangs are hollow." Yang Jingwei was very ignorant and pulled the ministers to play games. Of course, he used his own knowledge to abuse these ancient people. Who said that there is an Internet in the 21st century, who can go to school and have a wide range of knowledge?

As an imperial physician, he is ready to serve the emperor at any time and is ready to deal with emergencies at any time. Therefore, the imperial physician on duty will never be too far away from the emperor. After a while, he invited the imperial physician to Wenhua Palace.

The eunuchs from the Imperial Medicine Supervisor of the Inner Court were also treated by the emperor. They had always been involved in order not to let others murder the emperor. It was easy for doctors to deceive laymen, but it was difficult to deceive their peers.

Doctor Wang from the Imperial Hospital kowtowed to the emperor carefully, and the eunuch from the Imperial Medicine Supervision also kowtowed together.

After some salute.

"Imperial Doctor, I heard that poisonous snakes can be used as medicine? Is this true?" Yang Jie asked.

"When you go back to Your Majesty, some, some poisonous snakes can be used as medicine after drying them, which can treat a variety of diseases, and are special and effective, which can cure strong winds and cramps..." Doctor Wang began to criticize Jiazhen.

"Very good, then I'll ask you again, is this poisonous snake full of poisonous body or is it only poisonous fangs?" Yang Jie asked.

"When you go to Your Majesty, most of the poisonous snakes themselves are non-toxic, and the poisonous ones are poisonous naan and poisonous fangs." Dr. Wang said again.

"Then I ask you again, is the venomous fangs of the venomous snake, but is it hollow? Venom is injected into the human body through the hollow fangs? Is it?"

The Imperial Doctor Wang was stunned. The emperor asked what he was doing. After thinking about it, he said, "Go to Your Majesty, because it should be. The poisonous snake did inject venom into the human body through the poisonous fangs. I believe that the poisonous fangs are in the air, but they are too subtle and difficult for human eyes to observe! Therefore, I am not sure." The Imperial Hospital made an inference.

"Haha, is that true? Didn't I send a magnifying glass to your Imperial Hospital? Your Imperial Hospital has never used a magnifying glass to observe whether the venomous snake's fangs are hollow? Do you know how many people die of venomous snakes every year? If you can figure out the specific process and method of the venomous snake biting people, can't you effectively deal with the venomous snake, or how to avoid being bitten by the venomous snake? Wouldn't this benefit the people of the world? Your Imperial Hospital, don't be idle all day long! Find something to do!" Yang Jing started to talk about this venomous lecture. This essay is really boring, and you must be prevented from being brainwashed. Yang Jing wanted to make this essay a second lecture, and the ministers didn't want to hold it for the second time. They would have a headache when they heard the essay, so that the ministers would not bother themselves in the future.

The imperial physician named Wang was very embarrassed. The emperor did give him a lot of magnifying glasses, even alcohol lamps, glass test tubes, etc. They treated them as treasures and burned incense to these treasures every day. He never thought about using these things to see if the poisonous snake's teeth were hollow.

"In this way, my partner, immediately send someone a poisonous snake over, and then a few magnifying glasses to let the imperial physician see if the poisonous snake's teeth are hollow. There must be an explanation today!" Yang Jing began to have an unlimited crooked building.

"Abide by your order, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen agreed.

"Wait, I'll get a batch of thermometers for me, I'm useful." Yang Jing explained that since I decided to be wrong today, it's enough. Yang Jing was going to turn this lecture into a biology classroom and a medical classroom. He also brainwashed the scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty.

"Abide by your order, Your Majesty, I will go now." Wang Chengen agreed.

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what the emperor was selling. Some ministers sighed in their hearts that the lecture seemed to have failed again.

After a while, a little eunuch came in with a dead snake, and at the same time, he brought a magnifying glass.

As soon as the dead snake entered the door, a stench filled the entire hall, and many people covered their mouths and noses.

"Imperial Doctor, you should have experience fiddling with snakes, right? Let's see if the poisonous snake's fangs are hollow." Yang Jing issued an order, requiring the imperial doctor to dissect the snake on the spot. He wanted to teach these ministers biology lessons in class and make the ministers feel fearful of the lectures of the scriptures.

"I believe that the lectures of the scriptures are to preach scriptures and history, inherit morality, and speak saints. They need to be solemn and dignified, and they should not do such barbaric things here." Some people objected at the moment.

The ministers also opposed it. As soon as the dead snake entered the house, there was a stench in the whole house. Who could bear it? Besides, it depends on how the imperial physician broke the dead snake and observed the dead snake's poisonous fangs. This was simply a disgrace to be gentle! The gentleness swept the floor.

"Haha, it's okay. I'm really curious about this. I want to know it immediately. Besides, this is also for the benefit of the people of the world. How can you be afraid of odor and dirty? I am not afraid, what are you afraid of? The sages said, "The road is long and arduous, and I will search up and down." This is also very knowledgeable. Since everyone can't figure it out, then search for it. It can be regarded as the famous sayings and philosophy of our monarchs and ministers to practice the sages. Imperial doctor, you can start quickly. I can't wait. I just had a bet. Those who win are rewarded, and those who lose are punished..." Yang Jing must do this and pull out the sages as a shield.

The ministers shook their heads one after another, and could only shut up and do what the emperor wanted. If they fought with the emperor, they might even move cattle and sheep to Wenhua Palace to kill them.

Under the supervision of the emperor, the imperial physician began to dissect the snake's corpse.

Yang Jingwei said again: "Everyone, take advantage of the busy doctors, don't be idle. Take a thermometer each, and then put the thermometer in your arms like me... Yes, that's it, that's it..." Yang Jingwei asked the ministers to hold the thermometer in their arms again.

The ministers were all dejected and had a good lecture. Now they were like this. I don’t say much. I’m afraid of this. I was also curious and they followed the emperor to learn and put the thermometer in their arms.

The imperial physician named Wang cut open the snake's head, pulled out the poisonous fangs, and then carefully observed it with a magnifying glass. Although the snake was dead, it was still very bloody. Many ministers, looking at such a bloody scene, smelled the fishy smell and vomited. Many people looked pale. The ceremony was really a brain-damaging meridian!

After a while, the imperial physician confirmed what he saw and said, "Your Majesty, after careful observation, the teeth of this poisonous snake are indeed hollow. I didn't have this magnifying glass before, so I couldn't observe clearly, and I didn't dare to make a conclusion. Now, when I look with a magnifying glass, I'm clear."

Yang Jing shouted loudly with a thermometer in his hands: "Okay! Imperial Doctor, observe carefully and receive rewards, which also resolved the dispute between our monarch and ministers. It also made us understand the truth and confirmed my guess. Sure enough, the teeth of the poisonous snake are hollow, haha... Everyone, if you don't believe it, you can go and see it yourself, or go home and kill the snake's head by yourself. This time, I have won, and everyone who follows me has rewards. Each person will be given a salary for one month. Those who lose will be given a salary for half a month. Haha, Imperial Doctor, you should also increase your salary for one month." Yang Jing said with a smile.

Although the minister standing on the left was very dissatisfied with the emperor's nonsense and trouble-making ceremony, it was a good thing to get an extra month's salary. Those who lost were depressed, not only losing money, but also losing face.

Yang Jie was still clamping the thermometer with his arm and said, "Everyone, let's take a look at the correspondence between these numerical characters and the Chinese characters in my dynasty..." Yang Jie was selling his own thermometer again. Since the thermometer was made of alcohol, the sealing was perfect. The thermometer was stable and made in a relatively standardized manner. It already had the possibility of mass production. Yang Jie was ready to sell his own things. Although the money was small, he still had to sell them.

Several young eunuchs immediately gave the ministers a comparison of Chinese characters and numeric characters.

The ministers do not want to, or don’t like it, anyway, they are all watching.

After a while, Yang Jie said again: "Everyone, remember how the Chinese characters and numeric characters in my dynasty correspond to each other, right? OK... Now, take out the thermometer and put it in front of you to see what the reading is..." Yang Jie read it quickly.

The ministers also followed the emperor.

"My body temperature is 36.5 degrees..., everyone, what is your body temperature?" Yang Jing was very excited to popularize thermometers for others and popularize science for the ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

The ministers muttered to themselves while looking at the thermometer in their hands.

"Your Majesty, I have a little more than thirty-six degrees..."

"Your Majesty, I am thirty-seven degrees..."

"Your Majesty, I seem to be a little more than thirty-seven degrees..."

Soon, most people can report their own thermometer readings.

Yang Jie smiled and said, "Okay! Haha, everyone, in fact, after thousands of verifications by Liulizhai, the body temperature of a normal person and the temperature in the arm should be between 36 degrees and 37 degrees. This belongs to the body temperature of a normal person. Liulizhai has also measured many patients. It was found that the temperature of patients is generally different from that of a normal person. Some patients are as high as 38 degrees. If they have a severe fever, they are even 39 degrees. Forty degrees will burn the brain, and some will have low temperatures. Only
Chapter completed!