Chen Yuan, a doctor of materials science, woke up after an accidental explosion in his laboratory and became a dying scholar from a poor family in Tokyo during the Northern Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty here was inconsistent with the history he knew. Under the heyday of civilization, there are deep-seated political problems and undercurrents of border troubles. Reciting poems and writing poems? He forgot his words while writing. Classical policy theory? He had a splitting headache.
The only thing left is the scientific thinking imprinted in the soul and the historical perspective that spans thousands of years.
With no way out, we can only move forward. He started from the arithmetic questions in the county examination and used calculus to interpret "Nine Chapters"; in the policy theory, he used project management to analyze floods in the Yellow River; in the palace examination, he also put forward the time-honored theory of "enriching the country with resources and strengthening the military with technology", which shocked the government and the public.
However, getting there is just the beginning. From magistrate to prime minister, every promotion step is a fierce collision between modern ideas and the ancient bureaucratic system. He improved farm tools, but encountered resistance from local powerful men; promoted new learning, and faced criticism from Confucian scholars; after taking power, he fell deeper into the whirlpool of the old and new party struggles and the suspicion of imperial power.
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