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Chapter 1206 Assigning him to be with Qian Qianyi
Cheng Quan was obviously shocked, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses, took a step closer, and arrived in front of Su Minggang, and asked with a little nervousness, "So, my mother...my mother is still alive? "

Su Minggang nodded and said with a smile, "Live well. By the way, your brother has married a wife, and your son is almost ready to make soy sauce!"

Cheng Quan still couldn't believe it, and after standing still for a moment, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Su Minggang's arms and said, "You just said... that the emperor would pardon me? What about my brothers?"

"It's all the same!" Su Minggang let him hold him, and continued with a smile, "And the emperor also said that if you perform well and make meritorious service, you might be able to return home!"

"Homecoming?" Cheng Quan let go of his hands and repeated in a daze, "Homecoming..."

Ever since he fled to Nanyang, ever since he was squeezed out by other pirates, he had dreamed more than once of going home, dreaming that one day he would be able to return to his hometown in a prosperous and prosperous way.Of course, no matter how much he thought about it, he never thought about returning home!
After a while, he turned around, stared at Su Minggang and asked: "You think, the emperor can really forgive us?"

"Well, the emperor said it himself, and Governor Sun and Commander Zheng both saw it." Su Minggang nodded and replied, "The emperor said that Liu Xiang and other thieves are bound to be arrested by the imperial court. Others who commit crimes need to reform themselves." , can be exempted from prosecution."

"Then...then what do we need to do?" Cheng Quan asked again with a look of hope.

"Just listen to the old man." Su Minggang replied, "For now, please cooperate with the head of the family to fool the Dutch and delay the construction period as much as possible!"

The news that the Ming army will come to rescue cannot be told to anyone at this time.It's even more impossible to say that it's all here.

For the matter of delaying the construction period, Chengquan will definitely bear the pressure from the Dutch side, but as long as they unite to fool, the pressure will not be too great.

Cheng Quan thought for a while, then nodded and said: "This is no problem, is there anything else we brothers should do?"

"In order to avoid leaking the news, the head of the family had better not tell your brother about this matter. It's not too late to announce it later." Su Minggang said with a slightly serious face, "In short, the most important thing for us right now is to delay the construction period. After a while, there will be new things to do. As long as you do it well, you will be rewarded for your merits!"

After listening to Cheng Quan, he nodded with a serious face and said: "Okay, I know, it's just for my mother, even if you lied to me, I will do it too!"

Obviously, he still has a little bit of disbelief.However, in order to be able to go home, he chose to believe.

Having dealt with these pirates, Su Minggang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.In this way, the best problems are solved.Although the emperor is thousands of miles away, he can solve Batavia's difficulties. It's amazing!

While sighing secretly, he made a report to Emperor Chongzhen.Things on Batavia's side began to operate secretly.

And at this time, in the country of Ming Dynasty, the Chinese New Year is about to begin, and the days are getting better every year, and the sound of firecrackers is also getting louder every year.But at the same time, sulfur dioxide is also increasing year by year, and there are even fires. This, perhaps, is accompanied by pain and happiness!

In the year of the Ming Dynasty, Mobei was swept away, and only a few remnants of the three tribes in Mobei fled to the west.The Oirat Mongolia was attached and became a new part of the Ming territory.In this year, even if the territory of the vassal state is not counted, the territory of Ming Dynasty itself has been greatly expanded.At least the entire northern part of Ming Dynasty, up to the Arctic Ocean, belongs to Ming Dynasty.

In the south, three more vassal kings were sealed off, namely King Yi of Lu Song, King Fu of Annan, and King Zhou of Nanzhang.In this way, a large number of grain fields were vacated in the country to collect taxes, and the burden of the three clans was thrown out, which by the way stimulated the economy between the vassal state and the mother state.

Originally, I always thought that there were many people in Ming Dynasty, but after a total of four vassal states were sealed off, many Ming people from the provinces that were close to the vassal state, many of whom did not do well in the country, went to the vassal state to seek a living.

With the expansion of the territory of the Ming Dynasty and the enfeoffment of the vassal states, the floods in the south and the drought in the north would have a serious impact on the Ming Dynasty, but now it is a bit insignificant.Daming has become increasingly capable of solving these problems.The victims of the disaster can be easily resettled to other places, at least there will be no starvation to death.

The feudal states in the south are basically harvesting grain fields in three seasons a year, and Ming people take the lead in planting, and this grain has been fed back to the country.

In addition, the future is changing with each passing day. Not to mention that the imperial court has become a science and technology bureau, and there is a new official office like the Ministry of Communications. It is said that at Yingtianfu, a hot air balloon flew into the sky and floated over the entire Yingtianfu. The dream of people being able to fly in the sky had an incomparable impact on the people of Ming Dynasty.

After this incident, the people of Ming Dynasty, especially the people in the south of the Yangtze River, remembered what the emperor said: there is nothing impossible, only unexpected!This sentence is domineering and fluent enough, even a three-year-old child can say it.

In addition, on the side of the cement road in Jingshi and Tongzhou, there is a new project, and subway lines are laid on the ground. It is said that there will be a new means of transportation in the coming year. What kind of train is it called? I don’t know what it is What the hell?This, many people are thinking about it, and want to take a look at it as soon as possible.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, that is, in [-], scientific and technological knowledge, with the emergence of each new thing, has become more and more popular.Some voices even came out from the ruling and opposition parties, suggesting that the court include scientific and technological knowledge as part of the imperial examination.There are also voices saying that it is necessary to learn the pre-Tang system and reopen the imperial examinations such as Mingfa, Mingzi, and Mingshu. They say everything, but it is not the mainstream for the time being, and it is not accepted by most scholars.

But no matter what, the restructuring of the content of the imperial examination has already surfaced.Many discerning people speculate that the court is expected to make a formal discussion on this matter next year.

In addition, there are some things that are only circulated within a certain range.For example, Qian Qianyi, a Confucian master, was dragged down by his tribe and sent to Guihua City, and it is said that he will go further afield.This matter was only circulated in the Jiangnan Shilin side. After some great Confucian scholars or friends heard about it, they secretly warned themselves to take good care of their families or clansmen.

Another thing was only spread among scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, saying that it was the Confucian family in Shandong. The sage Confucius later made it clear that Confucianism and science are two things in one person, and the other is indispensable.When today's son is wise, only science is born!

This incident was actually quite surprising to Jiangnan Shilin.Because many of them knew that the Kong family had previously stated their support for Fushe to play the imperial court and abolish fallacies and heresies, but now it is the other way around!Many people wonder why the position of the Confucian family has changed, and it has changed so thoroughly that they say that science and Confucianism are both important!Dimly, many people can't help worrying about some remarks made by the current government and the opposition. Maybe next year's imperial examinations will really change.

For this situation, there are actually very few people who know the inside story.When Emperor Chongzhen sent factory guards to Shandong, it was also a secret investigation, and he had a lot of criminal evidence against the contemporary Yan Shenggong.After the interview, if Yan Shenggong did not claim so, the court would replace Yan Shenggong with another person, and would send him to accompany Qian Qianyi to the far north.

This Yan Shenggong really gave in, but it's not over yet.Emperor Chongzhen decided to use this Duke Yansheng next year.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so the capital is naturally very lively.Many yamen are also closed to prepare for the New Year, such as the Science and Technology Department.

Since Song Shigui came to the capital with his father, he has been helping the Qing Dynasty Officials Department, but he also received a gift from this and entered the Imperial College of the Capital to study.No, after the Ministry of Science and Technology cleared up officials and sealed the Yamen, he went to a restaurant for a small gathering with Wang Dele, who was the same year as the Imperial College.

It has to be said that Song Shigui's status is quite special. He was not a pedantic person in the same year he met and had a good relationship with him, and he has a certain understanding of technology.This makes their relationship close, eat happily, and chat happily.

After leaving the restaurant, the two of them walked on the bustling street, their faces glowing red.

"Brother Song's talents and knowledge are beyond the reach of others!" Wang Dele said with a smile, "If the content of the imperial examination is reformed next year, and knowledge of science and technology is added, Brother Song will definitely win the first prize if he does his part!"

Song Shigui was full of joy when he heard it, but on the surface he said modestly, "That's not necessarily the case. There are so many talented people in the Ming Dynasty. Maybe there are even more powerful people there! Besides, it's not clear whether the system will be restructured next year." Definitely! Didn't you see how many people in the Imperial College objected!"

"Hehe, what's the use of their objection!" Wang Dele sneered after hearing this, "It's the general trend that scientific and technological knowledge is so useful. Sooner or later, the emperor will include such important knowledge in the imperial examination."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Song Shigui, pointed at him, and said with a smile: "I don't believe it, Brother Song doesn't know this. Your father is the doctor of the Science and Technology Cleaning Department, and you are also helping there. You should It's the clearest, right?"

Hearing this, Song Shigui smiled and walked a few steps, as if admiring the bustling scene on the street, then turned his head and said in a low voice, "I asked my father in private, and I guess it won't be next year. That will be the year after tomorrow, and the imperial examination system will definitely be reformed in the next few years. Brother, you also have research on scientific and technological knowledge, and when the system is reformed at that time, you will definitely be able to surpass others of the same year!"

When Wang Dele heard this, he met Song Shigui, and then both of them burst out laughing.The movement of the imperial court is obvious, only those sour Confucians who are obsessed with the past hold on to the Four Books and Five Classics.Now this kind of general trend, how can those sour scholars be able to stop it?How childish!
The two of them walked down the street while talking about important things to themselves, and it was quite pleasant.

After walking for a while, Wang Dele said to Song Shigui with a little envy: "It will be New Year's Eve soon, but Brother Song is not bad. The whole family is reunited in the capital. Unlike me, who traveled thousands of miles away to study in the capital, This New Year will be deserted."

"That's right, I miss my relatives a lot during the festive season!" Song Shigui was also emotional about this, "You said that, I miss my grandma a little too!"

Speaking of this, the atmosphere is somewhat affected, but there is no way to do it.Both were silent for a while, just walking forward.

Suddenly, I saw a large group of people surrounded in front, very lively.

The two were curious, and both looked up, but saw many people discussing there, listening vaguely, "Impossible", "true or false" and other words.

When the two heard it, they were a little curious, and their pace quickened a little.There happened to be onlookers, two scholars who seemed to be walking this way, Wang Dele clasped his hands together and asked for advice: "Excuse me, brother, what's going on here so lively?"

"The imperial court established a new yamen, just opened!" One of the scholars shook his head and replied, "What instant messaging yamen, it sounds really awkward!"

Song Shigui and Wang Dele glanced at each other.As soon as I heard the name, I felt that it was a science and technology, and it was probably a government office related to science and technology.At this moment, the two of them immediately became interested without knowing what happened to others.After thanking him immediately, he quickened his pace and walked over.

As we got closer, there were indeed a bunch of people surrounding, discussing, and doubting.

"If I say something here, Ying Tianfu can receive it. Isn't this too outrageous? Such things can happen?"

"Who knows if it's a scam, and we don't know if Ying Tianfu can really receive the message!"

"This is a yamen, so you can't lie to people, right?"

"It's too expensive, one tael of silver once, and it's only limited to Yingtianfu City, otherwise, you can give it a try?"

"..."

Listening to the discussion of the neighbors, Song Shigui and Wang Dele also squeezed in to take a look, and sure enough, as they heard, there was a notice pasted at the gate of the yamen, which said that the content was similar to what they discussed. The yamen servant stood there, shouting unhappily: "Don't surround anyone who has nothing to do, it's almost Chinese New Year, go where you should go!"

After Song Shigui read the notice carefully, he couldn't help sighing: "It would be great if Nanchang Mansion also had this. It's only a tael of silver. I have to try it. Send my grandma a greeting. I wish my grandma a happy new year and good health."

The treatment of the Science and Technology Cleaning Department is considered high among many equal yamen.Song Shigui helped in the Qing Dynasty Officials Department, and also received a salary, so he also had a little money.

After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Wang Dele and said, "My dear brother, doesn't your family happen to be in Yingtian Mansion? Why don't you go and have a try?"

The people next to them heard their conversation and couldn't help but stop talking and turned to look at them.Since the yamen opened, no one has tried it yet.Now hearing that someone wanted to try it, everyone was very curious and began to encourage it.

Compared to others who lacked confidence, Song Shigui and the others were very close to technology-related things.Hearing what Song Shigui said, Wang Dele happened to miss his relatives far away, so he smiled and said, "Okay, let me try!"

　The next chapter still has to wait tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)