"Good news, teacher! The emperor's edict is too learned! ”

"Teacher, it's good now, our Jiangnan scholars can finally take the test with their skills!"

"Teacher, the emperor also issued a big edict to openly recruit Hongru to study the "Zi On Gewu", what is this "Zi On Gewu"?"

"Yes, you have to understand the "Sub-Treatise on Things" to take the Taixue exam, and you also have to understand the "New Arithmetic", what is this?"

In Qian Qianyi's mansion in Tangshan Hot Spring in Nanjing, Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who had only returned to Beijing yesterday, was surrounded by a group of disciples who came to visit. These disciples around him are all "lifting people", that is, they have not been admitted to the last class of Jinshi in Chongzhen's eighteenth year, and they are unwilling to be a local official, so they all stretch their necks and wait for the imperial court to resume the college entrance examination, no, it is to restore the Jinshi department.

Now there is no Jinshi department, and it is good to have a too discipline! It's just that this Tai discipline exam does not test the eight articles and the four books and five classics, but what is the "Sub Treatise on Gewu" and "New Arithmetic", what is this?

"The knowledge of the "Sub Treatise on Things" is great," Qian Qianyi stroked his beard, "The old man couldn't tell for a while. By the way, what is this "New Arithmetic"? ”

"Master," Liu Ru, who came out to meet Qian Qianyi in front of him, knew that someone would ask this, and had already prepared a copy of "New Arithmetic", and handed it to Old Man Qian with both hands, "This is "New Arithmetic", it is all Western arithmetic, as well as the knowledge on "Geometric Original", the concubine has studied a little by herself these days, and she doesn't find it difficult." ”

Isn't it difficult?

It depends on whom! Of course, it is not difficult for high-IQ science students to learn - just look at Liu Ruyi's big forehead to know that this woman's IQ is not low, if she doesn't have the tendon of science, she has to hate Emperor Zhu to death!

"Really?" Qian Qianyi took "New Arithmetic", a thick book, heavy, and turned a few pages, "It's really not difficult, it shouldn't be difficult to study on your own." ”

It's not hard...... How many pages has he read? It's rare to scratch your ears and cheeks, and the content is all behind! And after entering Taixue, there will be "Advanced New Arithmetic" waiting for them to learn by themselves!

Of course, Qian Qianyi is also smart. Wanli thirty-eight years of flowers! In the future, at least 720 points or more in the national paper of the college entrance examination, or a naked score! For his brain, "New Arithmetic" is certainly not too difficult.

"Teacher," the prefect of Songjiang, Dagong Luo, also came, he went to Beijing to report to the imperial court that "the misunderstanding of Risibania", "this student of "New Arithmetic" also read it, although it is not particularly difficult, but it is not easy to study on his own. ”

Although Luo Dagong is the champion of Chongzhen's eighteen years, he is the champion of "extra points", and his real level is not even necessarily "Tongjinshi", Zhu Cihong added at least 100 points to him, and he became the champion.

So in his opinion, "New Arithmetic" is a bit difficult - of course he can understand a little, he understands Western studies. Because of Xu Guangqi's promotion, scholars in Shanghai are more popular to study Western studies. Luo Dagong also dared to be fashionable, and after becoming the magistrate of Shanghai and taking charge of the work of Shanghai's commercial port, he studied Western studies more deeply. He now speaks a little French and Dutch.

In his opinion, the content of "New Arithmetic" is from shallow to deep, and the shallow ones can still be studied by themselves, and the deep ones must be taught by Mr. ...... If you can learn this by yourself, then you are not generally smart!

"It's a test after all!" Qian Qianyi handed over "New Arithmetic" to Liu Rushi, and said to his students with a smile, "Go back and study hard!" When the time comes, they will be admitted to Taixue, and if they come out of Taixue, they will be the pillars of the country! ”

"What the teacher is teaching is this!"

"Students will go to find a self-study ...... of "New Arithmetic"

"If a student fails to pass the exam, he will not return to his hometown!"

What is the best place to study in Dudang...... The Son of Man who wept is behind!

Not to mention self-study of advanced mathematics, even if high school mathematics has to be self-study, it can also make them cry - that is self-study! Although there is no teacher to teach, there is an emperor who will come up with difficult problems and deviate from the test to take the test!

In addition to being super difficult in mathematics, philosophy will not be easy either! There are a lot of brain-stirring questions waiting for them, and it's not enough to just memorize them, they have to have their own opinions, and they have to write brilliant papers.

It's going to make people cry hard!

And Taixue has the last elimination! finally entered Taixue, and finally was eliminated, and became an ordinary person again, it was really from luxury to frugality, and I didn't have the face to go home to see my grandmother!

Of course, Emperor Zhu still cherishes talents!

Those who can study "New Arithmetic" by themselves and get into Taixue are not stupid, and they will have a place to go after they are eliminated.

You can go to the army lecture martial arts hall on the edge of Xiaolingwei to join the army - the martial arts hall also has arithmetic, but that is much easier, how difficult can it be to line up to shoot the math problems of the era?

If you don't want to join the army, you can also go to Yanshang Bank and Haishang Bank to learn business.

......

Grand Duke Luo now had no need to worry about difficult philosophical and mathematical problems, but he had something else to worry about—a diplomatic problem!

He has already figured out that the "Japan" in collusion with the Qing Dynasty is not Japan, but the country of Japan, that is, Spain!

This is not a problem, the real problem is that the Ming diplomatic mission to Shanghai has issued a warning to the Tokugawa shogunate through the Ming embassy in Japan, asking Japan not to establish any form of official contact with the Qing state, and explaining the rumors of the "Japan-Qing alliance". Otherwise, the consequences are serious!

It's a bit rough!

And he can't shirk his responsibility, because now the foreign affairs of the Ming Dynasty are carried out through the "foreign transportation and trade envoys" of various commercial ports, among which the Shanghai foreign transportation and trade envoys are the most responsible.

The Ministry of Rites of the Imperial Court, because of the system and employment factors, was mainly responsible for exchanges with vassal states, and did not care much about foreign affairs.

"Your Majesty, the minister has sent someone to find out that this Japanese country allied with the Qing State is actually the Spanish State, and the Qing State calls them the State of Risibania."

Forbidden City, Fengtian Palace, in the East Warm Pavilion.

Emperor Zhu listened to Dagong Luo's report, and he couldn't laugh or cry for a while. This low-level mistake can be forgotten if the Qing Kingdom makes it, but the Ming Dynasty is in power, how can there be such a foolish thing? It really shouldn't be!

"It's not a big deal, it's just a misunderstanding." Zhu Cihong frowned and said, "Just send someone to explain......," he paused, "I wrote to Tokugawa Iemitsu, telling him that the Spaniards were planning to acquire several important harbors near Shenzhou as a base for their further plot against Japan and China. ”

"Your Majesty," Grand Duke Luo was stunned, "do you want to form an alliance with Japan against Spain?" ”

"Alliance? ...... with Japan," Zhu Cihong shook his head, "Japan has been closed to the country for many years, and it has long been a matter of ignoring overseas affairs. ”

In fact, he was particularly reluctant to disturb the retreat in Japan...... It's good to be closed, what is the founding of the country for? Now that there are so many bad people in the world, what should you Japanese do if you follow the bad example?

But he also knows that the founding of Japan will be sooner or later!

Because the Ming Dynasty was the big brother of the Eastern world in these years, many national policies of Japan, Korea, and Annam imitated the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Ming Dynasty has opened the country and has gone to the world, there must be people in Japan who want to follow.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong could only try to delay, but could not completely prevent the opening of Japan.

As for the conquest of Japan, at least for the time being, there is no such possibility, and it is not in line with the Ming Dynasty's national policy of going south.

After solving Annam and Champa, the next thing to be solved is Chenla, after Chenla is Siam, after Siam may be Myanmar, maybe Malaya...... If the conflict with Spain could have been avoided, Zhu did not want to seize the Philippines – the Spanish empire was dying, but its existence was of great significance for maintaining the balance of the Western world.

If Spain lies down prematurely, will France become the heir to the Spanish imperial legacy of the world?

So Zhu Cihong has been avoiding military conflicts with Spain, a brain-dead world empire!

But what if conflict is unavoidable? Zhu Cihong thought, should Japan be brought in as an ally? At least we can't let Japan be co-opted by Spain, right? It's a headache to think about!