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What the hell!

"Come on, come and see, does anyone know?" The first person to get the "Ming Pao" hurriedly sent a request to his think tank.

So, a group of people he brought with him immediately surrounded him.

At the back of the comparison, those who didn't have their turn to buy "Ming Pao" for a while, and some people in their group of relatives and friends hurriedly surrounded them, wanting to peek at what the topic was.

As a result, people were already on guard, and immediately some people shouted and scolded people: "What to see, it depends on what you buy!" ”

Soon, at the entrance of the headquarters of "Ming Pao", a handful of people from the east and a handful of people from the west all solved the problem on the spot, and they did not dare to discuss it loudly, for fear of being heard by others, so they put their heads down and discussed in a very small voice.

Those who haven't bought "Ming Pao" yet, seeing that the people in front of them are discussing, and no one has answered, they are happy, it seems that the topic is a bit difficult, and they still have a chance.

Of course, as for whether the question will stump him, then he doesn't think about it, maybe he happens to know the answer?

However, when the people behind bought "Ming Pao", they were dumbfounded.

I saw that the first topic written on it was: A person carrying a load of 100 catties of rice on his shoulder, and he can't have external help, how can he feel that this load of rice is not heavy at all, light as a feather?

What the hell is this? It's actually a burden, we are a scholar, and we've never done this!

However, some people in some think tanks have done manual work, so they immediately guessed: "If this person is a strong man, then he won't feel that he weighs a hundred pounds and is as light as a feather, right?" ”

"No, no, there is still writing at the back of this question, so that ordinary people can feel that it is as light as a feather, are you an ordinary person?"

"So what do you say is the case? There can be no external force, and it doesn't matter if someone helps carry it! ”

"I didn't say I could answer it, think again!"

“……”

Basically, no one could guess a reliable answer, so in order to hurry, they didn't care about it and rushed to the second question.

This second question is a bit weird. Drawing a picture, it is a person sitting on a chair and asking, who can sit in this position, without help, can stand up by himself!

When I look at this question, many people are ecstatic, and this question is simply a score question! The most ordinary, how can you not stand up!

So, a group of people rushed to the gate on the other side of the headquarters of "Ming Pao", where there were examiners, and it was up to the people who answered first.

This examiner is not Xingguo Gong, but a student of Xingguo Gong, Huang Zongxi.

He came here early in the morning, very interested and curious, who can do these two questions?

Because, so far, he doesn't know the answer either!

Sitting there, in his mind, he was still thinking about Xingguogong's words.

"I won't tell you first, if someone can answer it, you must know what the answer is, if it is not the correct answer, you naturally do not know that the answer is wrong!"

This is the exact words of Xingguo Gong, that is, without telling him in advance what this answer is!

In desperation, Huang Zongxi sat here, thinking about these two questions.

He skipped the first question first, feeling that he couldn't meet it at all on weekdays. And the second question, if you sit every day, maybe you can solve it?

So, he adjusted the sitting position on the subject, and tried to stand up, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stand up, which was really strange!

Huang Zongxi was busy, and a group of people ran over and shouted that the second question could be solved.

Moreover, this group of people rushed to shout to answer first, and the scene suddenly became a mess.

Thanks to Xingguo Gong thinking of this situation in advance, there was a Jinyi guard captain watching here, so he maintained order.

Huang Zongxi was a little curious, and asked the person who was first in line to try it first.

As a result, this person couldn't stand up for a long time. Later, in a hurry, I didn't follow the sitting posture on the picture.

Of course, it's useless, Huang Zongxi is watching.

However, the second excited person stepped forward and began to try to stand up as well, but unexpectedly, it was the same as the first person.

It wasn't until this time that these people who came to the interview knew that this sitting position was strange, as if they couldn't stand up.

At this point, Huang Zongxi also discovered that the people who came here were all taken for granted, he didn't have time to spend with them, and he sat and stood with them one by one.

So, he put out a notice that if he came to entertain the examiner without trying the second question, he would be fined one or two pieces of silver.

Suddenly, the place stopped.

Of course, there are also some rich people who think that if they go back and try it, someone else tries to stand up first, and it will be a big loss.

Silver, yes, just try it here first, what if you can stand up?

So, Huang Zongxi began to make money.

Later, the fact that the penalty box was full told the people behind that it was not easy to stand up, and finally let the onlookers disperse, and they all went back to try first.

Of course, there is also a rich man who does not believe in this evil, and some people even directly smashed out ten taels of silver, paid the silver first, and tried him ten times before speaking.

With the passage of time, many people finally recognized a fact: the two questions of Xingguo Gong are really very difficult and not so easy to solve.

As a result, most of the people stopped staying at Ming Pao and went back to find a way.

On this day, Ming Pao set a new record for sales, reaching a staggering 100,000 copies. With a population of one million in Beijing, almost one out of every ten people bought a newspaper just for these two questions.

At dinner that night, after Princess Kunxing heard Huang Zongxi come to tell the results, she didn't follow it, and said coquettishly to Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, what are the answers to these two questions, tell me!" ”

Chen Yuanyuan and the others also looked at Xingguo Gong very curiously, and they also wanted to know the answer. Because of the answers to these two questions, Xingguo Gong didn't tell anyone.

Privately, they have tried and discussed, but there is still no solution.

Zhang Mingwei listened, and immediately said with a smile: "These two questions belong to the category of physics, the first of which is related to the content, in fact, I have talked about it before, you should think about it yourself!" ”

In other words, he still doesn't say it!

This result made Princess Kunxing and the others a little disappointed, but then, they immediately shifted their attention: What did you say about the first question before? When was that?

And just like that, they began to ponder the first question that they had overlooked.

However, after another three days, no one could solve these two questions. In this case, everyone recognized the difficulty of these two questions.

As a result, the discussion of the people of Beijing is no longer hidden from discussion, and even in teahouses and restaurants, etc., they are openly discussed, and maybe something can be discussed. There are even people who think that the literary style in Jiangnan is prosperous, and maybe the people over there can answer the answer, so they quickly send someone to Jiangnan to offer a reward for the answer.

Of course, because of the distance, the printing of Ming Pao's branches throughout the country will be slower, and the news about Jingshi will be a little later, and it will also be disseminated in the past.

The construction of the Daming Jingshi Academy, even if there are sufficient manpower and material resources, does not mean that it can be built.

During this period, Zhang Mingwei also intended to continue to advertise Xinxue, so he came up with two more questions.

The first question is: Why does fire slowly go out in an airtight container?

The second question is: Water can extinguish fires, but when a small amount of water drops onto burning coal, etc., why does the flame rise higher?

These two questions are common knowledge in later generations. But in the seventeenth century, it was an unimaginable problem!

was originally a very common situation in life, but Zhang Mingwei was brought into the public eye, and he began to think about it.

Regardless of whether they can answer it or not, at least giving such a question will make some Ming people ask more about the phenomena they see in their daily lives?

And this is a scientific attitude!

When Zhang Mingwei was training the ancients in the seventeenth century, he was far away in the Shenggong Mansion in Qufuyan, Shandong, but the atmosphere was a little heavy.

For a long time, as the Holy Father of Yan, life could not have been more comfortable.

Enjoy the glory and wealth, and don't worry about political enemies, because no one will point the finger at Yan Shenggong at all. The most problem that can be there is is the fight in the nest of the Confucian Mansion.

For example, in the seventh year of Hongwu, Kong Jing of Yansheng Gong and Kong Xi of Qufu Zhixian competed for power and profit. You must know that in the Kong family, the only one who has the qualifications and the Yan Shenggong is the same hereditary Qufu Zhixian. Because originally Qufu Zhixian also came from Yan Shenggong.

In fact, the outcome of the internal contention is actually predictable in the end. Qufu Zhixian failed to fight for Yan Shenggong, and was accused to Ming Taizu.

Zhu Yuanzhang took this opportunity to pardon the Qufu Zhixian, but changed the hereditary Zhixian to a hereditary position, but at the same time stipulated that the Qufu Zhixian was still held by the surname Kong, and the Yansheng Gongbao promoted the virtuous and virtuous people of the Kong family to be selected and awarded by the Ministry of Officials, and the leader was sent to the post, and the hereditary Zhixian was changed to the Liuguan Zhixian.

After all, it is the Kong family, and Zhu Yuanzhang does not dare to change it.

In fact, even if it is overhauled, it is useless, Qufu has Yan Shenggong, Qufu Zhixian is bold, and he doesn't dare to do anything to Yansheng Gongfu? Therefore, in fact, Qufu is decided by the Confucian family. It's useless to send outside officials to serve as officials, unless they really have to do something to Yan Shenggong!

From this point of view, the Kong family in Qufu has more power than those Tusi, and there is no need to worry about changing the land and returning to the stream.

However, if he is so good at dying, there is a Xingguo Gong, which makes the contemporary Yansheng Gong Kong Yinzhi feel the crisis.

Now, news came from Jingshi that Kong Dazheng was being investigated, which was even more of a signal, and Kong Yinzhi was a little worried.