Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 648

Episode 648: Hillbillies come to Seoul. (4)

“Yes, Your Majesty! It is only natural for water to flow from top to bottom. This is something even a simpleton knows! What your Majesty said just now is unreasonable!”

In response to Hyang’s words, the eldest professor and famous for his depth of knowledge came forward and claimed that it was unfair.

Hyang responded to the professor’s argument with an indifferent expression.

“Is it obvious? Right. Even a worm knows? Right. But that’s it. Aren’t you professors and not idiots? I mean scholar. We take a closer look at things that others would just overlook, find the truth hidden in them, and educate those ignorant people. “Isn’t that the responsibility of scholars like you?”

“But still…”

When the professor stuttered in response to Hyang’s question, Hyang asked again.

“What is your name?”

“My name is Camilo Libero Corza.”

“okay. Camillo of the Libero clan of the Corza family. Jim will ask. I petitioned to have a debate with Jim, but it was a debate… In the current situation, is what you and Jim are doing a debate or an education? If we talk about discussions, we’re talking about learning from each other, but Jim doesn’t think that’s going to happen. “What do you think?”

Camilo’s face turned red at the insulting words. But I didn’t care about the scent and continued pounding.

“If you consider the value of the debate you want, it is not worth taking up too much time from discussing and deciding national affairs for the people. The reason is that, firstly, the level is so shallow that it cannot even answer the question Jim asked earlier. Second, it cannot be said that it is the attitude of a scholar to downplay something because it is something that even a simpleton knows. It is impossible to debate with people who do not even have the attitude of a proper scholar. “Go back, rest, and proceed with your schedule.”

After making that decision, Hyang resolutely turned around and entered Geunjeongjeon.

The professors who were rejected by Hyang had no choice but to leave Gyeongbokgung Palace and return to their dormitories.

The professors who returned to their dorms all burst out in anger.

“I can’t believe I deserved this kind of insult!”

“Why should we suffer this insult!”

“Let’s go back now!”

“That’s right! “That’s right!”

When about 200 people started talking at once, the dorm became noisy like a country market.

While some impatient people raised their voices to go back immediately, the senior professors gathered around Camillo talked with faces full of embarrassment and disappointment.

“This is such a disappointment.”

“That’s right. I thought he was a wise man based on what I had heard through letters, but he is so arrogant…”

“If he is so arrogant even though he has excellent knowledge…”

It was Camillo who was forcing himself to refrain from saying, ‘The future of the empire is also worth knowing.’ .

The president of the University of Florence, who had been keeping quiet amidst the commotion all around, opened his mouth.

“Professor Korza, don’t you think something is a little strange?”

“What do you mean?”

“The emperor’s disposition as described in the letters sent so far was worthy of being called a wise man. Of course, there were people who said he had a difficult personality, but there was no one who said he was arrogant. Also, according to his second son, Medici, who actually met the emperor, was a sharp-tongued speaker, but he did not say he was arrogant. He looks like that from the first time they meet? “I don’t understand.”

As the president pointed out, the space that had been noisy until then began to become quiet. The professors who had been clamoring to pack their bags and go back immediately quieted their silence and began to focus on the conversation between the president and senior professors.

“Then, do you think the emperor’s appearance today is a fake one?”

The president nodded in response to Camillo’s question. Another professor expressed doubts about the silent answer.

“why?”

After receiving the question, the president thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“I see you’re eligible.”

“Qualification? “What qualifications are you talking about?”

“Are we qualified to find out the knowledge the empire has accumulated? Think about what you said to Professor Korza earlier. ‘Look closely at things that others take for granted and find the truth hidden therein. Didn’t you say, ‘That is the attitude of a scholar?’ I think there is an answer in these words. “The answer to why the emperor showed such arrogance.”

At the president’s words, the professors closed their mouths and began to think carefully.

After a while, exclamations began to come out from all over the place.

“oh! Right!”

“That’s what I meant!”

“I can’t believe there is someone this meticulous!”

Camilo also shook his head.

“I thought that someone who was simply well-versed in academics became emperor, but that wasn’t the case. “He had a deeper heart than anyone else.”

In the discussion that followed, the professors reached the following conclusions:

-The knowledge accumulated by the empire is such a precious treasure that its value cannot be measured. Sharing such knowledge is extremely dangerous.

-That’s why the emperor deliberately showed such arrogance. Our scholars are people with strong pride. It was a ploy to hurt that pride and make it go away without properly examining it.

The professors who analyzed up to this point once again strengthened their resolve.

“I’ll take a thorough, thorough look!”

“You will never fall for a trick again!”

While strengthening his resolve, some professors also came out to analyze Hyang’s words and actions from different angles and expressed their admiration.

“You can teach the correct attitude of a scholar with just a few questions and answers! “He is a wise man!”

“He is the Socrates of the East!”

Meanwhile, Hyang, who returned to his bedroom in Gangnyeongjeon, grumbled while reflecting on the scholars’ requests.

“I’m so busy already, but what kind of discussion is this? If I have time, I’ll go to Area 51 to do some eavesdropping or sleep.”

* * *

The next day, the professors visited the research institute according to their schedule.

Those who welcomed them at the institute were monks led by Angelo and Giovanni.

“welcome.”

“Welcome to the Empire.”

On behalf of the professors who were welcomed by the monks, the president stepped forward and reciprocated.

“You are going through a lot of hardships in a far away country.”

“no. On the contrary, I am truly happy to be able to do the research I want to my heart’s content.”

“exactly? “That too is a blessing.”

“I will guide you.”

The rector, who was entering the institute guided by the monks, spoke to Angelo.

“By the way. “I met the emperor yesterday…”

The president complained while explaining how he had been beaten by Hyang yesterday.

“No, it is natural for water to flow from top to bottom, but where is the insistence in asking me to explain the principle?”

In response to the president’s complaints, Angelo looked at the president blankly.

“Why are you doing that?”

“I should explain that part first. “Can I reschedule for a moment?”

“Sure.”

After receiving permission from the rector, Angelo gave orders in a low voice to the young monks who were moving with him.

Eventually, the place where Angelo led the professors was a large classroom attached to the research institute.

Angelo, who seated the professors in steps arranged in a semicircular space, stood at the podium and began his explanation.

“This is the answer your Majesty asked for.”

Using the tools brought by the young monks, Angelo explained the principles of the siphon.

“… When the water on both sides becomes equal, the water stops moving. If you use this principle well, you can send water a long distance without any special tools or power.”

The professors looked devastated at Angelo’s explanation.

“Ah…”

“That principle…”

“How did the emperor of the empire come to know that principle?”

Angelo answered the president’s question with a bitter expression.

“You said you learned about it after reading records about the Roman aqueduct.”

The professors once again looked devastated at Angelo’s answer.

“Rome…”

“How much have we lost…”

That wasn’t the end. Angelo showed various experiments using the tools brought by the young monks and explained the principles applied to them.

When Angelo finished his explanation, the professors looked sad.

“How many things have we passed over by saying ‘it’s obvious’?”

“I can’t believe there were so many hidden principles…”

Angelo continued as he watched the professors pounding their chests, unable to overcome their grief.

“To tell you the truth, we have found these principles, but putting them into perfect formulas is still a work in progress. And this part is designated as the highest level of Jeonjeonrok.”

“huh?”

When the words ‘Challenge Rock’ and ‘Top Level’ came out, the professors’ attention all focused on Angelo.

“If we look at the current situation, this area will be named ‘mechanics’ and will become a field of study.”

At Angelo’s words, the professors’ eyes all began to shine.

‘Hopefully!’

However, the professors looked mesmerized by Angelo’s subsequent explanation.

“The tools used in the current explanation were made in one bundle and supplied to social democratic schools across the country. All children of the empire who attend social democratic schools learn the principles that give rise to these forms. Of course, the depth is shallow. But…”

“People who are interested and willing to take on the challenge will continue to emerge, so there will be no shortage of talent.”

Angelo nodded at the words of the president who interrupted Angelo’s conversation.

“That’s right. “For your information, this bundle of tools is one of the many teaching aids that the Emperor created to educate his younger brothers when he was still a young prince.”

“her!”

* * *

Jinpyeong, who suffered an accident on the railroad, risked everything on the railroad.

The problem of lack of talent and budget was what stopped Jinpyeong from wanting to build railroads throughout Joseon as quickly as possible.

Jinpyeong, who realized that investing his own money was not enough, reached out to his younger brothers.

He attempted to cause his younger siblings to have accidents by showing them models of railroads and other models, just like what happened to him.

To put it another way, for my younger brothers who entered the science and engineering field, these teaching aids were created to keep the future workforce motivated.

“It is at the level of a rudimentary scientific box and experimental tool…”

And after seeing the effectiveness of the teaching aids created in this way, King Sejong decided to supply them to social democratic schools across the country.

* * *

“It’s late. Shall we continue?”

The president, who looked tired from Angelo’s question, turned to the other professors. Seeing that the other professors all looked exhausted as well, the president shook his head at Angelo’s suggestion.

“I’m going back today. “Everyone is exhausted.”

“All right.”

The professors who came out of the lecture room in great shock returned to their dormitories looking exhausted.

The professors who gathered in the banquet hall for dinner continued to sigh.

“Those are… tools for educating children?”

“A new discipline?”

The professors, who were constantly ruminating on the shock they had received in the classroom, simultaneously thought of the same thing.

‘In the current situation, you need a clear guide to catch up and get ahead of what’s behind you! It’s a challenge!’

‘Dojeonrok is the only answer!’

* * *

The young monks who were eating dinner in the institute dormitory at the same time asked Angelo and Giovanni.

“How long will the lab guidance last?”

“Hmm… Looking at today’s situation, it’s been at least 15 days.”

At Angelo’s answer, the young monks sighed in unison.

“Whoa~. “I have a lot of work to do!”

“I’m going to get scolded by the chief!”

“Even if I show you the formula, you won’t understand!”