My Daming New Empire

At sunset, a group of examinees came out of the palace, and the crowd immediately became heated. Many people felt that their answers to the questions were not satisfactory.

However, they are now tributes and have the qualifications to be officials. Even if they do not do well in the exam, they will not lose their fame because of small mistakes and troubles.

"Brother Zhaonan..." Wang Gan walked out of the Chengtian Gate, and he dared to relax after leaving the palace.Looking for Yin, I saw Yu Qian waiting by the side of the road with a smile. "I saw you just now, but I was stared at by those servants and officials, so I dared to say hello to you now."

Wang Gan shook his head and said: "Brother Ting Yi, this royal majesty, I just saw it today, it really makes people tremble."

Yu Qian asked with a smile, "How was the exam today?"

Wang Gan sighed, shook his head and said: "Unsatisfactory. I used to only read books of sages and sages. I have been ignorant of these current affairs, so I can barely pass."

He bowed to Yu Qian and said: "I also want to thank Brother Ting Yi for explaining earlier, otherwise I will really be caught blind."

Regarding current affairs, the richer the children, the more they know, because they have the opportunity to learn some news from their elders.As for the children of poor families, they spend a lot of energy in order to learn Confucianism, and they don't have a wide social circle, so they naturally don't know much about things.

If Zhu Zhanji hadn't started to let the students know more about current affairs since last year, most of the scholars would not be able to answer today's re-examination.

Yu Qian said with a smile: "You and I were originally classmates, but now we are in the same subject, so we should unite as one."

Wang Qian received a lot of favors from Yu Qian, at this time he bowed to the end and said: "If my brother is lucky enough to be admitted to the imperial examination, I will definitely serve the court with my brother."

Yu Qian put his arms around his shoulders with a smile and said: "A gentleman likes to be with others, but he can't keep it in his heart just because of some small favors. Zhaonan doesn't have to take these things to heart. You and I learn from the books of sages and sages and serve the court together."

At this time, the middle-aged man turned around, looked at Yu Qian and asked, "May I ask Yu Tingyi of Qiantang who wrote about the rise and fall of the country and everyone is responsible?"

After the list was published, some of the test papers for the current session were announced by the court and published.

Although Yu Qian is slightly inferior in literary talent, he has a broad vision, and his writings are upright and upright, so he was selected as a model essay.

This has also won him a lot of praise among scholars, because it is difficult to comment on the level of literary talent, but whether the writing of policy theory is good or not depends on the level.

Yu Qian let go of Wang Gan's shoulders, and replied solemnly: "It's my servant, may I ask your name, brother?"

The strong man replied: "Xue Xuan in Xiahejin, whose name is Dewen."

Yu Qian said in surprise, "It was actually Xue Hedong, Xieyuan from Henan, in person. Please forgive me for being impolite."

This Xue Xuan is also one of the best candidates in this year. Although he was born in the North, he has a brilliant literary talent.His well-known sentence "those who love the people but are not close to the people, love them beyond measure." This time, it was also used as a model and vigorously promoted by the imperial court.

Xue Xuan shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't dare, dare not. I'm ten years older than I am, but I can't write brother Ting Yi's broad ideas. Brother Ting Yi is proficient in current affairs, and I hope to ask Brother Ting Yi for advice these two days. "

Yu Qian laughed and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, it's better to hit the sun than to choose a date, why don't we go to a restaurant now and have a chat."

Xue Xuan smiled and said: "I hope I can give Brother Yu a chance to play host, please..."

Xue Xuan was born in the north, but he came from an educational family.His grandfather Xue Zhongyi was proficient in classics and history. Because of the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was unwilling to take the exam to become an official, and spent most of his life teaching in his hometown.

After his father Xue Zhen was elected in the 17th year of Hongwu, he successively served as the Confucian teacher in Yuanshi of Hebei, Xingyang of Henan, Yutian of Hebei, Yanling of Henan and other counties for more than [-] years.

Xue Xuan likes to be a scholar, but he doesn't want to be an official.In the 17th year of Yongle, Xue Xuan's father was reassigned as the teacher of Yanling County.Nearly 30 years old, he still goes to school with his father.

He devoted his energy to the study of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and generalized to Zishi, astronomy and geography, etc., but was not interested in the knowledge of imperial examinations.

However, according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, when no one in the county where the teaching is located can pass the exam for Juren or Gongsheng for a long time, he must be sent to a remote area to serve in the military.

However, Yanling's style of study is not strong, and there have been no Juren or Gongsheng for several years.Out of helplessness, Xue Xuan had no choice but to obey his father's orders. In August 18, he took part in the provincial examination in Henan Province, and passed the examination of Jieyuan, the head of Gengzi.

This time he went to Beijing to participate in Chunwei, and he felt that what he had learned in the past was a bit biased. The emphasis on theoretical knowledge and the neglect of current policy theory were his biggest flaws.

And regarding the changes in Ying Tianfu, he also noticed the changes in the world caused by these objects, which made him somewhat confused about the world.

The world is a big ball, and people live on the big ball.The train can run quickly without manpower or animal power, and thousands of catties of molten iron can be directly turned into steel.

All this made him feel that his previous life was really just watching the sky from a well.

And Yu Qian lives in Jiangnan, which has close ties with overseas countries, and has a broad horizon and rich knowledge, so he also wants to discuss this issue with Yu Qian.

And Yu Qian also admired Xue Xuan very much. In his opinion, Xue Xuan's analysis of theoretical knowledge was one of the best among the candidates in this year.

What he didn't know was that the Xue Xuan on the opposite side was the real champion of Da Ming Neo Confucianism.

Later generations regarded Xue Xue as the lineage of Zhu Xue, and called it "the crown of Neo Confucianism in the early Ming Dynasty" and "the foundation of Taoism in the Enlightened Dynasty".In the Ming Dynasty, there were two schools of thought: one was Yangming’s learning in the south, and the other was Xue Xuan’s and Zhu’s learning in the north.

And Xue Xuan didn't know that the young man opposite him who was nine years younger than him was a real man of action, even though he was poor at theory, and had the strength to become a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty.

The three of them took a train specially reserved for the students outside Chengtian Gate, and arrived at the bustling area in the center of the city.The three of them got out of the car, found a restaurant, ordered some small dishes, and chatted.

Among the three, Xue Xuan had the most theoretical knowledge and Yu Qian had the most extensive knowledge. Although Wang Qian was slightly inferior to the two, he was proficient in all kinds of arts, especially his superb calligraphy and exquisite painting.In this era, a talented man like him is highly respected.

The three of them drank a few cups, and then opened the chatter box, talking about today's re-examination.

As a theoretical researcher, Xue Xuan saw from "The State and the Nation" and from the fact that the Confucianism is now inviting great Confucians to improve Confucianism, he can see the trend of Zhu Zhanji's emphasis on studying things and vigorously developing the economy.When it comes to the decline of Confucianism, I am quite worried.

But Yu Qian disagreed, and retorted: "Confucianism is certainly the foundation of our Ming thought, but now it has become a shackle. Now our Daming has more than doubled its territory. How can we effectively manage it only by Confucianism?

Taking the northwest as an example, our Ming forces have already recovered Anxi in the Tang Dynasty. It is thousands of miles away from our Ming Dynasty. If there is no train, it will be occupied by foreign races a hundred years later.

Now that there are trains, as long as the railway to the northwest is built, it will take only five days to reach the distance of thousands of miles.If those tribes rebel and other tribes conspire against others, I, Da Ming, will suppress them directly.

Confucianism solidifies the heart and solidifies the country by studying things, this is the truth. "

"But now His Royal Highness, nobles, and generals all put business first and ignore agriculture. Isn't it a disaster?"

Yu Qian said disapprovingly: "There are thousands of miles of fertile fields in Nanyang, and three crops a year. As long as our Ming army protects the country and the family, there will be no risk of famine in Ming Dynasty in the future."

"However, the price of food is low, and the taxes of those low-level people have not been reduced..."

"So His Highness is now vigorously developing immigration and developing industries. Now a family with ten acres of land naturally has a low income, but in the future, when a family owns a hundred acres of land, the income will naturally be high."

In fact, the two of them don't have a deep understanding of the whole society, they just use their own understanding to understand the world.Their discussion is nothing more than a blind man trying to figure out an elephant.

But through this kind of communication, Yu Qian learned about the thoughts of farmers in the north, and Xue Xuan also learned about the promotion of business to the national economy.

Afterwards, several people had a discussion around today's exam questions and the palace exam questions a few days later. At this time, Yu Qian was mainly talking, Wang Gan added, and Xue Xuan gained a lot.

Three days later, a list was posted outside the Chengtian Gate. In this re-examination, another 290 people who did not know anything about current affairs were removed. There will be [-] people who will participate in the next day's palace examination.

There will be no more dismissals in the palace examination, that is to say, the remaining people will at least be from a fellow Jinshi.

The 14 people who were deposed, together with more than 1000 other tributes, will become candidates for the selection of officials by the Ministry of Rites.

Until April 21st, this time, 290 eight "Jinshi" entered Fengtian Temple early in the morning under the leadership of officials from the Ministry of Rites.

This time, Zhu Zhanji also appeared in front of everyone.After roll call, unraveling papers, praise, salute and other etiquette, policy questions will be issued.

Everyone worshiped Zhu Zhanji three times, and then Zhu Zhanji encouraged everyone, and everyone sat down in the order of their names before, and began the last important assessment on their life path.

And Zhu Zhanji got up and left after the exam started.The exam here will last for one day, of course he can't stay here all the time.