Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Those who have indeed committed crimes and are able to exonerate themselves?"

Zhu Xianfen nodded: "If someone knows that such a big gift is prepared in advance, someone might want to harm you. So, God knows and the earth knows that you know and I know. Wait, who else knows? "

"There is also Phaethon and Yanqiu."

"It doesn't matter, you are with them."

"And Zhu Ling."

"??????" Zhu Xianfen was stunned for a moment, "How could you let her know? This guy's mouth is as big as a panda's. All the pandas in the Yuyuan must know it now."

"She actually wants to go in and try out the hotel."

"What kind of hotel? Go to the 17th level of hell to stay, right? I understand, she wants to earn some time secretly, right? Then you calculate the money with her, and you have to charge her. Aren't you testing? Then start from She started paying for tests. If she asks, just say it was me."

Chapter 593 Inquiry

"Okay, 94 points." Shangluo put the answer aside, "I only got a few wrong fill-in-the-blank questions. Your tutoring is very effective. If you take the unified examination at this level, you can probably get it. It ranks quite high in the examination area.”

"What's the use? If you weren't born in Kinei, you won't be able to take the unified examination in your life. I can only take the exam specially set by the Imperial College."

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, this is part of the Imperial Examination Republic. The Imperial Examination Republic is only for people from the Kinei region. Otherwise, a dog would have to be born in the Kinei region. The dog would have a job to do as soon as he was born. "

"Is this all the test takes?"

"Yes." Shangluo nodded, "This is a proposition for the admissions process before the Imperial College. What do you think is the difficulty?"

This topic was "uniformed" from the Imperial College before. In theory, this is in line with the rules, but not everyone can take the initiative to ask the Imperial College to actively abide by the rules. It can be seen that the Imperial College really wanted Phaethon to fill the gap of "beating workers".

"The level of difficulty is about 'moderate'. There are no weird questions, but occasionally the content in the book will be raised a few levels for you. I feel that it is not easy to lose points in the basic score for those who take the Imperial College entrance examination, so These improved parts are scoring points. But the overall difficulty does not seem to be too high, and it does not exceed what a normal student should be like. What, why are you looking at me?"

"Miss Phaethon." Shangluo looked at her, "Can you help me with my studies? I feel that your academic level is completely above mine. I really think that your teaching can really help me improve."

"That's another price."

"No problem, no problem, you can add whatever you want. Anyway, the Lei Department is generating revenue now, so it is necessary to divert some funds to improve my personal level."

"Generate income? Well. Although I don't know what it is specifically, but through observation, you probably have the results. For example, how to use 18 levels of hell."

"That, we have discussed clearly. The answer is that it can be used. From an ethical point of view, we judge that this is in line with past use cases. But how to use it specifically requires the professional opinions of legal researchers. After all, how to add corporal punishment is a very Troublesome stuff.”

"How do you say this?"

"The current punishments include corporal punishment and deprivation of liberty. The execution of punishment has various functions, including warning the world and punishing criminals. The view of the legal community is that corporal punishment with a sensational effect has a greater impact on society. It can serve as a warning, and deprivation of freedom can bring more profound punishment to the prisoner himself. And 'ecstasy' is corporal punishment in nature. Because the main function of corporal punishment is a deterrent, once the wrong person is beaten, it will be a deterrent. The strength is greatly reduced. And... there is a final question."'

"Let me guess, it's a matter of year?"

"Yes. If the punishment is too severe, it will make everyone afraid - for example, everyone generally has no opinion on shooting prisoners. Because for most people, the biggest mistake he has ever made in his life usually has nothing to do with shooting. . But the feeling of ecstasy is extremely terrifying, and it is suspected of abusing cruelty and torture. But..."

He paused: "Let these matters be handled by legal researchers. This is their professional scope. A proposal will be sent to me at that time, and I will also participate in the review of the proposal. The cabinet will hold a meeting at that time The special enlarged meeting was extended to me. But..."

"but?"

"But there is always one question that I am not sure about. Apollonia and I also discussed it, and we both felt that this matter should be treated with caution: who is Tianyi Nobleman? As a hegemonic technology, we need to understand Tianyi as much as possible. The details of Yi nobleman’s existence in the world, otherwise we may go astray. I have already asked the emperor about this issue, and his advice to me is to find a ready-made example to interview. I will go there in a moment. "

"A while?"

"Yeah, I'm going to cover for you later. Don't you want to rest now?"

"I mean, who are you going to interview in the middle of the night? Who would let you interview in the middle of the night?"

"Here's the problem. The one I'm going to interview is like a fish on call 24 hours a day, never getting tired. How is it possible for a living being to maintain full energy all the time?"

"Is there really such a thing? You can't even spin Doudou and need a holiday. Even if you go to the Pure Land to accelerate, you have to sleep for a while between acceleration. Sleeping for a few dozen seconds is still sleep. So, what are you talking about? "

"That thing is far away and right before our eyes: it's the wiring board that's kept in the prison and that everyone uses all day long."

"You want to interview me? Aren't you here to work for Phaethon?"

"Both part-time job and interview. Of course, you are not the main interviewee. I mainly want to interview the 'Wiring Desk'."

As Jin Yiwei's stronghold, it can be said that everyone in this McDonald's is familiar. Although there are obviously no senior members of Jinyiwei here, Shangluo has met them many times, and they have all met Shangluo himself.

"You want to be interviewed about your views on the switchboard? How about we discuss while doing it?" The manager showed Shangluo the size and took out a uniform that matched his size.

"I said Shang Tianjun, can you cook?"

"Yes, of course I will."

"I don't mean to bully your stomach. I want to ask, do you have the confidence to let others pay for your own craftsmanship?"

"Ah this."

"Let me say something first." The manager reminded, "What I'm talking about is not the confidence of being a chef, but whether you have the most basic knowledge about cooking. A little bit is enough. After all, we have a modern kitchen here. There are not too many variables. Even if you don’t know how to cook, you can probably learn it. But you have to respect the food.”

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"It means that every step of cooking at Golden Arches is very measured. For example, French fries must be fried in 170-degree oil for 1 minute and 30 seconds. It is best not to fry more than one second, and not less than one second." After 1 minute and 30 seconds, you have to take out the fries and shake them off 5 times, no more and no less."

"Huh? What's the point of this?"

"In fact, there is no reason, but this standard is very important, because this standard is the bottom line. There are indeed big Buddhas in the Golden Arches sometimes in small temples. There are many people who seem to have nothing to do with cooking. They are all good at cooking. You have your own understanding, and of course it’s not about shaking five times. But! But!”

Chapter 594 Gestalt

He emphasized: "If you shake it 6 times today, tomorrow he will shake it 8 times, and whoever shakes it 12 times the day after tomorrow, there is no fixed number. This will lead to huge flaws in quality control. In the long run, new entrants will simply I don’t know how many shakes are appropriate. So shaking it off 5 times will actually have a minimal impact on the food. But from the perspective of quality management, this is extremely important.”

"I understand." Shangluo nodded, "So I can't do whatever I think tastes good here. It's better not to innovate at all. Because after you innovate, you can't evaluate what impact it will have on the entire system. ,right."

"Yes, after all, we are not Tianyi nobles. If we want to achieve similar effects, we have to put in more effort here."

"So, it turns out that Lord Tianyi has a big 'singularity'?"

"Well, I'll tell you when you clean three tables."

The golden arches were empty at night, with many more tables than people. There may not be one or two guests here every hour, but even if the guests don't come, the tables still need to be wiped, because the employees of Golden Arches want to create a "sense of action".

"Nonsense, is this part of the action?"

"Oh? How did Phaethon tell you about 'action'?"

"Every time you go in, everyone has to be moving. Everyone has to be active. Even if you wipe the empty table, you can't make it look like you are idle to the guests. For example, sometimes when you go to the front desk, there is no one. Because having someone stand still at the front desk does not match the 'action' of the Golden Arches. But as soon as you shout, a chef will immediately come out from the backstage to take your order. Is this a sense of action?"

"This has indeed become corporate culture. So will you come?"

"I actually want to do some creative work. What is Phaethon doing here?"

"Do you want to compare with Phaethon?" The manager thought for a while, "Although Phaethon is not our most senior employee, she does things that only the most senior employees can accomplish. She is responsible for fried chicken and The guy frying the patties, that’s a real chef.”

"Then what do you think I can do?"

"Let's get French fries. Just follow what I just said, don't make any mistakes step by step, and you should be able to make French fries. French fries can basically be said to be a model of industrialized products. You only need to follow the manual step by step, so novices and There is no difference at all between the fries made by the old man, so you can rest assured. But can you really follow the standards step by step?"

"Well, forget it." Shangluo shook his head, "I'll clean the table tonight. I really can't do her job."

"Well, when will she recover?" The manager was one of the few people who really needed Phaethon back. Because Shangluo looks like a person with a talent for making French fries.

"Probably in the mornings of the past two days, it shouldn't be very slow."

"That's good, that's good. What's wrong with him? I don't have any news here."

"Well it's confidential."

"Ah -" the manager understood immediately: "If you said any other reason, I would still be suspicious. If you say it is confidential, then it is confidential. After all, Shang Tianjun, you are full of secrets. .Eh, that table.”

Shangluo was wiping the table, and the manager brought his rag over: "Why do you have to wipe the round table according to the square shape, but you have to draw circles on the square table?"

"Ah, that's it. I just think it can be 'moved' this way. And if you move a little more in front of customers, they won't care whether you wipe it clean or not. They just care whether you wipe it or not."

"Look, look," the manager reminded, "this is how traditions are broken step by step."

"Tsk, okay, I'll wipe it for a while longer."

Like a kitten washing its face, he wiped the tables one by one until they were shiny.

"Okay? Is this okay?"

"Okay." The manager looked at it and said, "After all, I can't ask too much from Shang Tianjun. However, the answer you want to ask is actually already in it."

"Huh? How do you say that?"

"You mentioned the 'sense of action' before, but what exactly is the 'sense of action'? Is it the feeling that everyone is moving? Is this really important? Yes, it is really important. But, there are really people Can you tell me what the sense of movement is specifically?”

"Huh?" Shangluo thought for a while, "Really, I feel like this is something that can only be understood but not explained, but everyone is doing it. And the effect seems to be predictable. So, what exactly is this?"

"We call it 'Gestalt consciousness,' or 'Gestalt consciousness.'"

"Isn't that an ant? Or a bee?"

"Yes, what ants or bees produce is such a Gestalt consciousness. But in the final analysis, ants and bees are just lower forms of life, and if we use these more advanced forms of life, we can bring about more advanced effects. We Call it 'emergence'. The conscious response you see generated by Tianyi Nobleman is a kind of emergence."

"???" Shangluo thought for a moment.

The transfer station of Tianyi Guiren he had seen seemed to have such characteristics.

That switchboard has a temper of its own. That transfer station is open 24 hours a day. That switchboard always answers questions like a human being. And, that switchboard speaks human language.

"Wait a minute, doesn't Mr. Tianyi know how to speak human language?"

"Yes, but through their collaboration with each other, they can 'emerge' functions that the individuals themselves do not have. This is the essence of many collaborative abilities of Tianyi Nobles. In fact, this is a common phenomenon, just because Tianyi Nobles His behavior is extraordinarily rich. But..."

"This capability could easily produce a nuclear explosion!"

"Well," the manager nodded, "so from a safety perspective, we don't actually encourage Tianyi nobles to take the initiative to establish this kind of collaboration model. But as long as it involves large-scale mutual assistance between Tianyi nobles, this kind of Emergence' is almost inevitable. The transfer station here is a typical example, and other places include but are not limited to"

He looked at Shangluo: "The most typical one is the composition, right? It is a logical picture created by a large group of Tianyi nobles. You can see that they will coordinate and neutralize each other, and then produce meaningful pictures. information."

"Well" Shangluo looked at him, "Sir, who are you?"

"They're just ordinary Jinyiwei." The manager waved his hand, "As long as anyone uses these functions every day, they will naturally have this understanding. So, Shang Tianjun, what you said about 'nuclear explosion' is true. Tianyi The collaboration between noble people may one day reach a singularity of wisdom.”

Chapter 595 Consciousness

"So it is precisely because of this that the imperial court is restricting the use of noble Tianyi. How did the imperial court think of preventing Doudou from getting involved with each other?" Shangluo asked.

"Because, history." The manager replied, "We don't need to actually see this kind of thing happen before we can take precautions. Historically, this is what the imperial court had to do when it dealt with barbarians who emerged from outside the 'map' . The court’s strategy says this: If the barbarians are not in harmony with each other, they will be weak, and if they are weak, they will be easy to control. If they live separately, the barbarians will complement each other and interact with each other, which is best for the court."

"Isn't this a tribute?"

"Tribute is social engineering. Our understanding and practice of social engineering are often accomplished through tribute. Of course, we did not think of treating Doudou as a tributary country, because if an issue comes to need governance, , then the problem is usually not far away. We did not regard the Tianyi nobles as a problem from the beginning, we regarded them as helpers to solve the problem. Therefore, there is such a most basic setting. "

He looked at Shangluo: "The Tianyi nobles we selected do not like to confuse themselves with other beans. They like to solve problems independently - this is the premise. Without this premise, they will not come out on their own. "

"Wait a minute, does this mean, are there any others selected?"

"Yes, there are still unelected 'Bad Doudou'. But this is a two-way choice, not 'I won't let you out if you don't agree', but 'Those who are willing to come out think so'. As long as you are willing to work with Almost all the Tianyi nobles we interact with don’t like to ignore their own self-awareness and join in the Gestalt consciousness. They really don’t like to do this.”

"But what if it really happens?"

"It's hard to say." The manager shook his head. "After all, I have never seen Bad Doudou. Maybe you will see him in the future?"

"I don't want to see Doudou. It's better to be kind to yourself. This will be good for everyone. Doudou wants to repay, and we need someone to work. This is a win-win situation. If one day Doudou doesn't want to repay, , then I don’t even dare to think about the reason. It’s good like this now.”

Although this is indeed an important issue, at present, there is no channel for these problems to explode. The Doudou people seemed very satisfied, and the court was also quite satisfied with their work.

"So, any more questions?"

"No. After asking about it, I feel much better. Should I continue wiping the table later?"

"Yes. Wipe the table before anyone comes. I'm not asking you to do it perfunctory. I'm asking you to wipe it seriously. It doesn't matter whether anyone comes or not."

"Okay, then I'll continue wiping~"

Shangluo is not too opposed to working here. The income from working at the Golden Arch Gate is paid daily. Working for Phaethon today means that all the wages will be his own. When there is no pressure, getting paid for work is a pleasure in itself.

Back at the back, the manager dialed the red phone on the wall: "It's His Majesty the Emperor. As required, I enlightened Shang Tianjun and provided him with all the information that should be provided to him."

"Yes." Zhu Xianfen, who had already returned home but was still sitting behind the desk and working, replied, "If you can tell him, you must tell him, because you have to explain your condition clearly before the doctor can do anything. You have to tell him. Shangluo is a doctor. Although he has become a doctor after a long illness, a doctor who has become a doctor after a long illness is also a doctor. At least sometimes, he knows what he is doing better than us. What is he doing now? "

"He was cleaning the table. He seemed to be doing it very seriously. The table he wiped became brighter, and the frosted glass he wiped became transparent."

"Frozen glass can be polished to become transparent. Do you think that's okay?"

"At least it shows that he does his job quite well."

"Yes." Zhu Xianxun nodded. "Another question—you were at the scene, and you're also familiar with Phaethon. From your perspective, what is the relationship between the two of them? Are they a couple in love?"