"This matter is troublesome for the elder pavilion to implement, and when the three of them return to Beijing, create an opportunity for the two parties to meet, and see which of my three imperial sisters prefers, so that they can come to the door to propose marriage when the time comes." In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao and Xu Guangqi sat opposite each other, talking about the marriage of the royal princess.

"Okay." Looking at the emperor's burning gaze, Xu Guangqi reluctantly agreed, the emperor has a life, and he, the matchmaker, is decided.

Yesterday just finished the winter solstice court, he thought that he could rest for a day today, but he was still in the bed, so he was called by the emperor, and when he came, he heard this kind of thing, so that he couldn't refuse if he wanted to.

Since you're here, let's just discuss some things with the emperor.

Seeing that the emperor had no desire to continue, Xu Guangqi straightened his expression and spoke, "Your Majesty, next year, the fourth year of the Apocalypse will be how to carry out the Autumn Festival." ”

Xiucai is generally tested twice in three years, once this year, once next year, and then September 9 in the second half of the year will start the autumn season, how to take the autumn test, Xu Guangqi has no bottom in his heart. He also wrote to ask before, but the emperor did not reply, and later there was news that he was going to be overhauled.

These gossip circulated, coupled with the matter of the Confucian Mansion, really led to a group of rebels, and the emperor was eliminated, but the most critical form and content of the exam were still undecided. Because of the rumors that he was going to change his mind, Xu Guangqi didn't dare to make decisions about this matter, and finally returned to the original path and asked the emperor.

"This ......." Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment when asked, and then groaned. To be honest, he really thought about this problem, but there was no good solution.

The imperial examination can never be canceled, look at the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it perished within a few years after the imperial examination was canceled, although this is not a direct reason, but the cancellation of the imperial examination can definitely be counted as the direct cause of a large number of people who rose up to rebel.

Even Zhu Youxiao, who controlled all the armies in the country, did not dare to cancel the imperial examination, which was not equal to the field, and he could win the support of the peasants and tenant farmers, and the abolition of the imperial examination would be opposed by everyone, including the peasants who divided his land.

Because this is the hope of a family, studying, being an official, it's that simple.

Since it can't be canceled, then it can only be changed, but how should it be in order to make the ancient imperial examination system glow with new vitality?

Judging from the content of the imperial examination, the Four Books and Five Classics, Zhu Ziji's Annotations, and the standards of future generations should be divided into humanities, and on this, the development of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism is very perfect, and it has even reached the end of the current scientific and technological restrictions.

However, in the next few hundred years, it will be the world of natural science, and whoever masters natural science will have the lifeblood and dominance of the world.

In any case, Zhu Youxiao wants to promote natural science.

His original idea was to build a school, starting with a child, but this was too slow, as the saying goes, ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, if this method is used, I don't know when he will see the popularization of natural science.

There should be a faster way, naturally, Zhu Youxiao thought of the imperial examination, but how to combine the imperial examination with natural science.

He didn't know. Zhu Youxiao thought blankly.

"If Your Majesty has any doubts in his heart, you might as well say it and let the old minister refer to it in detail." Seeing that the emperor was in a deep thought, Xu Guangqi suddenly spoke. Although His Majesty is gifted and intelligent, he can get along with many solutions, but he is too lacking in common sense and experience, and he does not know how to implement many ideas.

Whenever this time, Xu Guangqi would give full play to his ability to check and fill in the gaps for the emperor, add, delete and modify.

"Oh, that's right." Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, and then poured out his difficulties, and by the way, he also popularized the concepts of humanities and natural sciences, and said his conclusions based on historical development. Of course, what he said to Xu Guangqi here was a prediction.

"Your Majesty's prediction is really interesting." Xu Guangqi's eyes flickered in contemplation.

Knowing this idea of the emperor, he suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment in his heart, and instantly clarified some of his previous doubts about His Majesty.

Why did His Majesty teach these things in the schools established among the children of the workers of the Inner Government such as the early salt works and steel mills, and why did His Majesty reuse the missionaries of Taixi and appoint him to serve as the priests of the Hundred Crafts College, compile the calendar, and take charge of the Qin Heavenly Prison. Why is arithmetic being promoted in rural primary schools all over the world?

After knowing the division between the emperor's humanities and natural sciences, he instantly became cheerful, and His Majesty actually equated the hundred crafts and acrobatics with the Confucian classics. He thought with some shock in his heart.

However, Xu Guangqi turned to think about it, there are still few shocking things that His Majesty has done, dividing land, opening up sea trade, overthrowing Confucius, and building a navy, which is not something that no one has done before.

Thinking about this, he was much less frightened in his heart, and then turned his attention to how to promote natural science.

For a while, the entire hall was silent, and the emperor and the first assistant sat together, looking like they were sitting and talking, mysterious and abnormal, so that the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids did not dare to come out, for fear of disturbing the two.

"Your Majesty, according to the old minister, you should still start with the imperial examination." Xu Guangqi suddenly burst out with a sentence.

"I know it, but how to do it!" Zhu Youxiao rolled his eyes and said angrily. His focus is also on this, but he doesn't know how to combine it.

"Haha, Your Majesty, this is a blind eye, Confucianism...... Well, that is, the humanities that His Majesty said, the content of the examination is from Zhu Ziji's notes, with fixed textbooks and limited content, but there is no natural science, Your Majesty's top priority, or should set the textbooks and content of natural science, so promulgated, the king's order is to be ordered, and the children will naturally go to study, is it not good for His Majesty's hard work to establish schools and promote. ”

Xu Guangqi opened his mouth and came and directly pointed out the root. When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he also understood that he had indeed neglected the role of the textbook.

This is the era of learning is private, there are no public schools, the famous four major academies are all private, but the exam is still the same, have you ever seen anyone fail the exam because they have not been to school. In the same way, even if there is no school, as long as there is natural science in the content of the imperial examination, then the juzi will naturally buy books and study them.

"It seems that I have overlooked the effect of the executive order!" Zhu Youxiao patted his head, the feudal era was the era of rampant big government, and everything had to be led by the government, otherwise the country would be scattered.

Wait, I think I've done something like that? Zhu Youxiao seemed to remember something, "I seem to have asked the Hanlin Academy to survey the classics, I don't know if there is a result." ”

"Chuan Hanlin Academy, the head of the academy, Feng Congwu entered the palace." Zhu Youxiao commanded, and a eunuch immediately went to deliver the decree.

"Poof!" This time it was Xu Guangqi's turn to be surprised, he wiped the remaining water stains on the side of his mouth, and asked in a hurry, "Your Majesty, ......what is this?" Want to change the content of the Confucian exam? ”

"What, can't you?" Zhu Youxiao asked strangely, isn't his mind Sima Zhao's heart known to passers-by, otherwise what would he do if he brought down the Confucian Mansion.

"Confucianism has been respected for too long, and it is time for a hundred schools of thought to contend!" He said quietly.

The leisurely tone made Xu Guangqi's heart chill!

"But Your Majesty, this ....... is against the ancestral system!" Xu Guangqi persuaded hesitantly, and after speaking, he himself was embarrassed and wanted to laugh, is there still less ancestral system violated by the saint today, some people write articles and scold them every day in the Imperial Daily, and Shilin is also preaching it everywhere, but His Majesty doesn't care about it at all, when these are farts, he can do what he should do, and he just doesn't change it.

It is strange to say that His Majesty has carried out such a thing that the officials in the world oppose, and his position is becoming more and more stable, and his authority is getting bigger and bigger, and there is no appearance of the previous generations of emperors being hollowed out.

This emperor's mental technique, except for Tai and Cheng Erzu, no one can compare!

"Huh!" Hearing this reason, Zhu Youxiao smiled and didn't speak.

Xu Guangqi became more and more embarrassed, so he changed the topic and said, "Since Your Majesty doesn't want Confucianism to be exclusive, there are other theories that you want to support." ”

This question made Zhu Youxiao stunned, Taoist, he only knows the Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi, hastily turned over, but Taoism has developed to the present, it has become a religion, and it is not suitable as a doctrine for governing the country.

The Mo family, uh, to be honest, he didn't even know what classics the Mo family had, so he knew that this doctrine was a gang that was stopped in the Spring and Autumn Period, with very high martial arts, and love and non-aggression or something, and if he didn't understand anything else, it should not be suitable as a mainstream doctrine in the country.

After all, in the next two or three hundred years, it will be a dark and bloody, cannibalistic generation, and love and non-aggression can't pay attention to anything, in such an era, hooligans can live better.

Legalism, this ....... seems to have been integrated into Confucianism, isn't it all about Confucianism, the two seem to be merging.

In the others, the Zongheng Family, the Yin and Yang Family, the Bing Family, well, these are all technical schools, just means of implementation, and they are of little use in determining the basic concept of governance.

couldn't help but because of Xu Guangqi's question, Zhu Youxiao fell into contemplation, and kept searching in his memory, except for Confucianism, which doctrine can be used as a governing thought.

As a later generation of the Celestial Dynasty, of course, he thought of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Deng, but these people have not been born yet, what is their core idea, what is it based on, and whether it is suitable for now, thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao found that he was really at a loss.

Fortunately, he has a lot of information in his mind, and Marxist-Leninist-Maodeng also has it, but after reading it, he is even more confused, it seems that ....... Marxist-Leninist-Maodeng is not good, not that the other party is not advanced enough, but too advanced, and people in this era will never accept it.

As the saying goes, half a step ahead of the times is a genius, and one step ahead of the times is a madman, as for Zhu Youxiao, who is not known how many steps ahead of the times, is ......... Genius madman?