Under Zhao's questioning, Liu Di said that the person he recommended was Chen Pu, the teacher of the champion Han Xintong. He was born in the fourth year of Li Zongchun, and he is only in his early forties, and he is honest and middle-aged. The resume sounds good, too,

Chen Pu was inspired to study hard when he was a child, reading four books and five classics. When he grew up, he devoted himself to the study of Zhu Xi's science. At the beginning of Xianchun, Han Yifu, a great Confucian in Suzhou, studied at Chongde Academy in eastern Zhejiang, and Han Yifu married his beloved daughter Jade Cicada to him. He is well-read, well-informed, and versatile. In addition to the Six Classics, he was also familiar with the laws of Lu, astronomy, geography, and arithmetic, and was proficient in the theory of yin and yang.

After the Mongolian army went south, Chen Pu then lived in seclusion in Shitang Mountain, entertaining himself with poor scriptures all day long, and regarded himself as a remnant of the Song Dynasty. Quartet students are hundreds of years old. In teaching, Chen Pu advocated linking theory with practice, governing the scriptures "not expensive words, sublime and elegant", but "must truly know practice and seek to be worthy of the ancient sages". While carefully teaching and tutoring students to become talents, Chen Pu also studied mathematics and physics.

The Yuan court appointed him as a professor in Fujian three times, but he insisted on resigning and swore not to be a scholar. He was afraid that Yuan Ting would add crimes, so he traveled to Gutian, Pingnan, Zhenghe and the surrounding mountains for 12 years. In Zhenghe, he established Dexing Chu'an Academy, and lectured at Jianyang Yunzhuang Academy, Fuzhou Aofeng Academy, and Changle Aofeng Academy. Everywhere they went, scholars came in their clothes, endlessly. In the meantime, he repeatedly studied the poly copper casting leaky pot, and after countless repeated trials, it was finally made in the third year.

"What does Your Majesty think of this person?" After some introduction, Liu Huang asked.

"This person has not entered the ranks, and in order to participate in the imperial examination, I think he is unwilling to be restrained, and I am afraid that he will not respond to the edict." To tell the truth, Zhao is not satisfied with him, first of all, he should be regarded as a hermit, and this kind of person often thinks very highly of himself, has a strange temper, and is not greedy for wealth and nobility, and throws a rake at every turn, which is difficult to restrain him; In addition, it is in the direction of studying Confucianism, what astronomy, geography and arithmetic can only be regarded as interest, and it is difficult to say how high the real level is; In addition, its footprints are limited to a small area in Fujian, and many places have not been personally surveyed, so their knowledge is limited.

In addition, for Chen Pu's invention of the leaky pot, Zhao knew very well that this was a bit exaggerated. He knew that in ancient times, in the traditional agricultural society, people's understanding of time was relatively vague, which led to people's habits such as timekeeping, timing, and punctuality. In the use of time, it is generally used to say "the time of the lamp", "three poles on the sun", "not to see or to disperse", etc., which is not accurate.

And this timekeeping method is greatly affected by the outside world, and the time of "palm lantern" is related to the season, the weather, and the geographical location and living habits, so there is no definite time; "Three rods on the sun" can not be measured in the first place, can only rely on the imaginary height of the sun to determine an approximate time, "not see or disperse" is not a definite time expectation, can only be a wish of people's activities, is the most time-free punctual way, until the invention of the leaky pot, so that this situation has changed.

Listening to Liu Di's description, he can basically confirm that the leaky pot invented by Chen Pu should be a kind of time to measure by observing the reduction of water leakage in the container, which is called a leaky pot, also known as a sinking arrow leak. The structure of a single draining or receiving type leaky pot is simple and easy to use. However, the water flow speed is related to the amount of water in the pot, and the flow rate of a single leaky pot is also slowing down with the decrease of water in the pot, which directly affects the stability and accuracy of the timekeeping.

Later, people thought of adding another leaky kettle to the leaky kettle, and using the water flowing from the top to replenish the water in the lower kettle, which could improve the stability of the water in the kettle below. After inventing the method of adding a supply pot, people naturally thought that a supply pot could be added on top of the supply pot to form a multi-stage leaky pot. But as far as Zhao knows, the use of supply pots probably began in the late Western Han Dynasty and early Eastern Han Dynasty. At least Zhang Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty had used two pots, namely a leaky pot and a supply pot; In the Jin Dynasty, there were three sets of kettles.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Cai designed a set of four leaky pots, the basic form of which was composed of four copper kettles of different sizes, which were placed on a stepped seat frame in turn. Each pot has a copper cover, the first, second, third pot lower end are equipped with a dragon head, the dragon's mouth drips, in turn drip into the kettle, the copper cover of the kettle center, insert a copper ruler, the ruler is engraved with twelve hours, from the bottom to the top for the son to the time. A wooden floating arrow is inserted in front of the copper ruler again, the next is a floating boat, and the floating arrow gradually rises as the water level rises, showing the time, so it is also called "carved leakage".

After the Song Dynasty, Yansu invented another method, which was called the 'Lotus Drain' by the people of the time. He made a hole in the top of the middle pot, so that the excess water from above automatically overflowed from this dividing hole, so that the water level remained constant, which was popular all over the country during the Northern Song Dynasty. Therefore, Zhao felt that Chen Pu was just a direct imitation on the basis of his predecessors, or improved in details, and it would be an exaggeration to say that it was invented.

And Zhao thought that if he imitated a multi-stage leaky pot, this matter would not be too difficult for him, he could complete the primary design through accurate calculations, and then after a period of correction, it would be put into use, even if it took a long time, it would definitely not take three years. From these, it can also be seen that Chen Pu's knowledge of mathematics and physics is limited.

"After His Majesty's personal administration, the affairs became more and more complicated, and he was entangled in trivial matters, and it was difficult to concentrate on two things. Since Chen Pu has some skills, why not give it a try? Ying Jieyan saw that the little emperor was frowning, obviously not satisfied with this candidate, and there was a lot of prevarication in his words, so he persuaded.

But he also knew that the little emperor had a deep knowledge of technical things, arithmetic, astronomy, and geography, and his knowledge was probably unmatched in the world, but he still thought that the emperor should focus on political affairs, and those things should eventually be out of the way, and should not be immersed too deeply, so that government affairs were abandoned. And Chen Pu is also a famous Confucian, and he will definitely advise from it and assist him from the side, at least it will not immerse the emperor in it and find it difficult to extricate himself.

"Your Majesty, what the governor said is very true, since there is no satisfactory candidate at the moment, you can first use Chen Pu to teach on your behalf, and then replace it when there is a competent person in the future!" Xu Zongren also persuaded him.

"Alas, Chen Pu is a famous Confucian, and with his leading research on these affairs, I am afraid that he will think that he will treat me slowly, not only will he refuse to go to his post, but he will cause trouble!" Zhao was still a little reluctant. But I also feel that if you want to find a 'great talent' like yourself, I'm afraid that you can only be a fellow traverser. And in this era, there is only Guo Shoujing who is still alive, but he is in Mengyuan and is being used by the enemy.

"Your Majesty, since Chen Pu claims to be loyal to the monarch and serves the country and the king, if he refuses to conquer, he is a hypocrite in vain. The minister is willing to go and try it and persuade him to return to the court to serve! Xu Zongren said.

"All right, but don't force or tempt, and don't make any promises." Zhao Shen said for a moment.

"Yes, Minister!" Xu Zongren saluted again.

After this episode, everyone discussed the ranking of the three lists, in fact, the first list is the heaviest among the three lists, and the top three are the heaviest among the first list. Now that the selection has been completed, Ying Jieyan and the other three have no more objections, and they have basically finalized the candidates and numbers of each list. Among them, there are 20 people in List A, 142 people in List B, and the rest in List C.

As soon as the list came out, of course, there were also people who complained that there were more than 50 officials who applied for the examination in the three lists, and they have since gotten rid of the fate of being officials all their lives; In addition, although Qiongzhou Juzi did not appear in the first list, there were as many as 30 people in the other two lists, which can be said to be a record-breaking result in Qiongzhou.

For this kind of 'accident', some of the unsuccessful ones are naturally dissatisfied, questioning the drawbacks, saying that the examiner is biased. Thinking that Jiangnan has not opened a department for more than ten years, and has accumulated a large number of scholars, but the result is unsatisfactory, so that they have lost the opportunity to advance, of course, they feel that they have been fooled, so they are ready to collectively write a letter, demanding that the fraud case be investigated and the officials involved be severely punished.

Just when the crowd was raging and about to explode, the little emperor's words at the Qiongtai banquet instantly made them lose their temper. According to those who have experienced it, His Majesty clarified the suspicions of the scholars about fraud, saying that the officials were at the bottom of the class, not only had a meagre income, but also had to undertake the heaviest work, and therefore were most familiar with the laws of the country and the procedures for handling various official duties. And this kind of person is exactly what the country needs, not a nerd who can only recite the words of the saints and cannot understand official duties.

For the excess number of admitted Qiongzhou scholars, that is also what the people of Qiongzhou deserve. At the most dangerous moment of the imperial court, they shared the hardships with the emperor, which can be described as solidarity. He made significant contributions to the defense of the imperial court, the reconstruction of the Great Song Dynasty, and made great sacrifices for the recovery of Jiangnan. And what did those who cried out for injustice do when the country was in crisis? They are content under the obscenity of Meng Yuan, but they do not think about resisting Yuan and restoring the country, what face is there to talk about fairness at this time.

Besides, the imperial court has been in Qiongzhou for ten years, building schools and teaching, and there are many famous Confucian teachings, even in a barbaric place, countless talents can be cultivated, and more than 20 people are not too much, but too few. The sons of the loyal and brave men, the loyal and patriotic soldiers, should be given priority, and they are a hundred times better than the poor worms who only lament injustice.

If you don't understand it anymore, you are a fool, the emperor is showing his position and attitude, and he is the mastermind who instructed him to do so. And the attitude is also very tough, I just did it, it's partial, what can you do? If you want to blame, you can only blame you for being cowardly, succumbing to Meng Yuan's obscenity, not defecting to the court as soon as possible, and having no ability, and now I can't blame anyone!

After calming down the doubts, Zhao followed the old practice of Qiongzhou, and the people on the first list were directly awarded officials, but they only started from the eighth grade, that is, Han Xintong, the champion of the Sanding Jia, was only the seventh grade, and he was appointed as a member of the Ministry of Rites; Lin Qing, the leader of the list, went to the Ministry of Officials and served as the desk of Cong Liupin; And Tanhua Zheng Sixiao went to the Imperial History Terrace and made a tour of the imperial history. The rest of the people were given more than eight grades, and they were sent to Lin'an Mansion or various ministries of the imperial court, starting from junior officials. The remaining two lists of personnel are enrolled in Taixue with paid study, but whether they can really become officials depends on their academic performance, and once they are unqualified, they will face the situation of returning to the original point.

The emperor is so emotional. In the society, from the common people to the officials and dignitaries, all of them firmly believed: "There is Yan Ruyu in the book, there is a thousand Zhongsu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book." "The direct utilitarian purpose of reading is to get into the office. Since the beginning of Confucius, "learning and excellence is a master" has become the eternal road of struggle for intellectuals. Therefore, I have been studying hard for decades, in order to be named in the gold list, in order to enter the official with literature, in order to become a eunuch and glorify my ancestors.

The champion and the first are not only the lifelong pursuit of the world's scholars, but also have the great honor of "being held out in the first round in the sky, and all the surnames in the world look up" in the minds of the people. Once the palace examination is the first, he will immediately be appointed to his official position by the official examination, or the Hanlin Academy, or the writer, the secretary, or the history of the country, or the servant of the Son of Heaven, and since then he has entered the official career and started the long life of ups and downs of the sea of glory and disgrace. But now they find that the sky has changed, and even if they become champions, their careers are not necessarily bright.

But Zhao doesn't think so, as a later generation, he is not very interested in champions, not to mention more than 700 champions in history, even if the champions appear every year in modern society, how many people can achieve a career after entering the society. In ancient times, the champions were named after their writings, but there were few people with high achievements in literature and art, and few people entered the ranks of everyone. As champions, they are all-encompassing in poetry and writing, and some of them have passed down poems and books, and some even have written books.

Therefore, from the champion as a whole, it is not worthy of the name, most of them have their appearance, quite mediocre, the vast majority of them since high school, since then, devote themselves to the career, no intention of writing, keen on officialdom, focus on the gains and losses of wealth and wealth, have no intention of persistent exploration of literature and art, they have mediocre literary achievements, it is difficult to pass on the future. It has formed a strange phenomenon that it is difficult for the champion to enter the ranks, and it is difficult for everyone to be the champions.

Such a disparity in proportion is enough to prove that the imperial examination can select talents, which is not very reliable in Zhao's view. Don't look at the champion on the dragon gate, the price is ten times, it can be said that it is the dragon among the people, the pride of the sky, its glory, its illustrious, its dignity, it is simply the peak. But even if the article is done well, the exam may not be able to test a person's knowledge level, and he may not be able to be a good official.

And those officials who have passed the exam by memorizing ancient books and picking up ancient books are mostly brainwashed robots with no thoughts, and their understanding of the world is only the words of those saints, but in order to become a big man, you must have a clear understanding of the world. What's more, after the vast majority of people won the champion, they also fell into the trap of glory and wealth, and fought for fame and fortune in the officialdom for this. This is also the reason why the vast majority of prodigies are rejected from scientific research. Therefore, Zhao thought that he could still observe the after-effects, but he could not take the test for life...... 2k reading web