The Ming Dynasty started with caution

There is a door behind him. That thing can reach through the door. It is definitely not a human.

Han Simen has lived for most of his life and has never been so frightened. In the palace of Seoul, the concubines who failed in the palace fight will die. It is rumored that they will become the wronged ghosts of Gyeongbokgung Palace...

He dare not think about it.

But he can't figure out why the ghosts of the Ming Dynasty can speak Korean. Do they need to say hello?

"An... An Niang Ha Se Yo!"

"Let... Let me leave here, I will give you everything."

Yan Chengjin's face was solemn.

A sinister voice sounded again: "You took away the "Song's Tiangong" from the library?"

Han Simen was shocked. How could it know? At this time, another pungent smell of blood came.

"No... No!"

At this moment, a dim light shone in.

He saw a corpse standing in front of him, facing each other, extremely hideous and terrifying, and he was so scared that he held his head and screamed.

The smelly hot stream splashed on his face, and it was hot, it was blood.

Han Simen was close to collapse...

The light disappeared, and the surroundings returned to darkness.

A sinister voice sounded again: "People who lie will eventually stay here."

"Take it... take it, I take it!"

...

Forbidden City,

Jinyiwei rushed back to Beijing and reported to Mou Bin: "My lord, Yan Chengjin took the Han envoy to the Qiyu House, that place... I dare not go in."

Mou Bin hurried to the East Warm Pavilion to report to Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi twisted his beautiful beard: "I am curious, what book was lost in the library, why did Yan Chengjin make such a big fuss and force Han Simen to this point?"

"Your Majesty, Korea pays tribute to our dynasty every year, this move will damage the tribute relationship between our dynasty and foreign countries." Zhang Sheng worried.

"Send Yan Chengjin and Han Simen to the palace."

The Jinyiwei rode fast horses to Liangxiang, and met Yan Chengjin on the official road of Liangxiang. The Liangxiang yamen escorted Han Simen back to the capital.

Yan Chengjin already knew that Han Simen's son Han Jun took the books "Song's Tiangong" and other books to Tianjin Port, waiting to board the ship, and sent Liangxiang yamen to chase him.

"Your horse runs faster than mine. Let Lord Mou send someone to Tianjin Port to intercept the Korean envoys. I will go to the palace now."

After tossing for most of the day, it was almost dusk when I returned to the capital.

Yan Chengjin entered the palace and walked quickly to Fengtian Hall.

When Emperor Hongzhi saw him, he was the first to ask for punishment: "I heard that you took the Korean envoys for a few books. Why?"

Li Dongyang and the other three and the six ministers looked at Yan Chengjin.

I saw that this guy reached into his arms and took out something.

Cough~

Li Dongyang almost coughed up blood when he saw it.

Yan Chengjin held it and said seriously: "Among the books Han Simen took away, there is a book called "Song's Heavenly Craftsmanship". This book records the manufacturing methods of monocular telescopes, trolleys, and ships."

Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers were shocked.

"How did you put such a secret in the library in Liangxiang?"

When the workshops appeared in Jiangnan, this was no longer a secret. The manufacturing difficulty was not high. The craftsmen jumped to other folk workshops and made it easily.

Yan Chengjin did not intend to hold these things.

There is prosperity only when there is competition. If it is only controlled in Liangxiang, the Ming Dynasty will be complacent.

In fact, what is important is mechanics and mathematics, which may bring about some changes in North Korea, such as the birth of the industrial revolution.

"The minister cares about the people of the world and does not want to keep it privately."

Liu Jian and others sighed lightly. The secret recipe will be passed down and will be invaluable. This kid still shook it out. It is really... selfless.

"Have you found the book?" Emperor Hongzhi was furious. He was displeased that the Korean envoy took the book away.

Mou Bin hurriedly said, "I have asked the Jinyiwei to chase him. If he left Beijing last night, he probably hasn't boarded the ship yet."

"You take someone with you!"

Mou Bin took the order and ran out of the East Warm Pavilion.

"Your Majesty, it is better to store these books in the Hanyuan and not allow them to circulate in the market." Liu Jianzheng advised.

Yan Chengjin had no objection to the books stored in the palace, but not allowing them to circulate in the market would hinder the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I am not recovering these books because they are unique. I have more than ten copies in my home. I am recovering the books taken away by Han Simen just because I don't want them to flow into Korea." Yan Chengjin continued, "I will establish science in the shipyard in Liangxiang and teach these books."

"Science? But science?" Li Dongyang was puzzled.

Science is a liberal arts...

The science Yan Chengjin was talking about was the science in the previous life, which divided the reading of the Ming Dynasty into two paths: liberal arts and science.

Scholars study hard for ten years, and some of them may not pass the imperial examination even when they are over 40 years old.

It can be seen that if you want to pass the imperial examination, you have to spend all your time, and you have no time to take care of science subjects.

Therefore, it is extremely unreasonable to let scholars learn science in the Ming Dynasty.

The court decided to recruit scholars based on eight-part essays.

Scholars have no time to learn these miscellaneous subjects.

Moreover, if you spend a little time studying, you will not get any results.

If you want to study science, you need to spend most of your life, even more than liberal arts.

"The science I am talking about is the study of numbers. Like the imperial examination, you also need to take exams." Yan Chengjin said.

The eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, Li Dongyang and others lit up.

"It's just a private examination set up in Liangxiang shipyard and workshop. I have set up a position in the shipyard called engineer. As long as you pass the science examination and become an engineer, you can earn three taels of silver a month, and as many as five taels." Ten or even hundreds of taels.”

Hiss~

The six ministers took a deep breath.

A salary of hundreds of taels a month?

This is their annual salary!

Emperor Hongzhi felt like he was in a dream. Is it worth spending hundreds of taels a month to hire a worker?

Thirty taels can buy an acre of good farmland in the capital.

For four taels of silver, you can buy a pig.

Two taels of silver can buy a fifty-jin sheep.

With a monthly income of one hundred taels, there is plenty of food and fish every day!

"Does your science exam have household rules for the exam?" Liu Jian was moved.

"No, everyone, whether military, craftsman or refugee, can study science and become an engineer. The exams are naturally extremely strict."

The imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were fairly fair.

In the morning he was a farmhouse man, and in the evening he ascended to the Emperor's Hall.

If you are a farmer in the morning, you may become an official in the evening.

Children from poor families also have opportunities to stand out.

However, the laws of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that subordinate officials, prostitutes, servants, and even their children were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

In the Ming Dynasty, although merchants had a low status, they could participate in the imperial examination.

Xu Jing is the best example.

The Xu family is the leading wealthy family in Jiangnan.

However, the subordinate officials and their disciples could not participate in the imperial examination. Tang Bohu was miserable because his descendants were cut off from the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination.

Yan Chengjin promoted science in the shipyard. Children of subordinate officials and untouchables could not take part in the imperial examination. If they devoted themselves to science, they might have better brains than scholars.

Emperor Hongzhi said calmly: "Has it been implemented in Liangxiang?"

"Not yet. The shipyard will be completed in a few days and it will start with the craftsmen."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, not sure what the purpose of this move was.

Yan Chengjin was not punished for detaining the envoy.

Han Simen was also imprisoned by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

One day later, Mou Bin escorted Han Jun back and brought back a pile of books.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Send them all to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and hand them over to Yan Chengjin for interrogation."