Qiao Dai was stunned, and he asked puzzledly, "Brother Wen Yu, as the founder of the scientific school, why does he also defend Confucianism?" ”

He Zhiyuan put down his chopsticks and said to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have never opposed the idea of Confucianism, and I will not do it now and not in the future. On the contrary, I believe that Confucianism and science are not opposites, but two schools of thought that complement each other. As Brother Aoyama said, Confucianism cannot solve many practical problems such as increasing grain production, improving textiles, and sharpening weapons, but this is what science is good at, and these problems can be solved with scientific knowledge. ”

But Confucianism is not useless, at least it can unify thoughts, educate the people, and turn people's hearts to goodness, which cannot be done by the scientific school. If there is no social environment with unity of thought, peace and stability, where can scientific development come from? Therefore, the two complement each other and are indispensable. At the same time, the development and popularization of scientific knowledge can effectively promote the development of the productive forces of the people, so that the people can live a prosperous life, the country will be rich and strong, and the army will be strong, and the two will complement each other. ”

When Qiao Dai heard this, he still said a little unwillingly, "Anyway, I have been reading the scriptures for more than ten years, and I have long been tired of them, and after the spring of next year, whether I pass the exam or not, I will no longer read these books." On the contrary, I am very interested in scientific knowledge, and when I arrive in Juzhou, Brother Wen Yu will definitely borrow me a few books to read. ”

"There's no problem with that, but don't delay next year's Spring Festival, only if you have a certain social status, your ideas can influence more readers." He Zhiyuan replied.

Zhao Nai also followed and said, "Brother Wen Yu is right, if you want to say that you are bored, I am more qualified than everyone here to say that you are bored. But we must not lose the big because of the small, we have survived so many years, are we still a few months away? In fact, we also want to read books other than Confucianism, especially the books of the scientific school pioneered by Wen Yu. ”

As soon as Zhao Nai said this, Qiao Dai's complaints could not be said again, among the five people, he was the oldest and had read the longest time, and no one could compare.

Wang Yun, who had not spoken, opened the topic and asked He Zhiyuan with a little jealousy, "After the Luming banquet, the governor left our Xie Yuanlang alone, but there is a separate small stove for Xie Yuanlang to eat?" ”

He Zhiyuan heard his sour taste, but he didn't care, just said casually, "How can there be any small stove to eat, the governor just told me not to slack off during this time, and strive to be admitted to the second class in the spring of next year, win glory for the scholars in Shandong, and don't let the candidates in Jiangsu and Zhejiang out of the limelight every year." I was going to go to Beijing after the Spring Festival, but the governor advised me to go to Beijing early next month to communicate more with the candidates in Jiangnan. ”

Xu Feng couldn't help but nod and said, "The governor is right, the responsibility of winning glory for our Shandong candidates in the examination will be handed over to Brother Wen Yu and Brother Dong Qiao, it is right to go to Beijing as soon as possible, and I also have plans to leave for Beijing next month." ”

Everyone also agreed, "Yes, after going home this time, it's better to leave early, so as not to be entangled in trivial matters at home and unable to study with peace of mind." ”

Only Zhao Nai hesitated and said, "If you leave next month, it will be half a year to live in Beijing, and the silver taels of this inn"

Qiao Dai interrupted him and said, "I understand what Brother Dong Qiao means, during the annual examination, the inn will increase in price, and the price will be booked in Zhao Wan, the more expensive it is, and it may not be possible to book the inn, so it is better to go early." As far as I know, living in an ordinary inn for half a year is only more than 100 taels of silver, plus 200 taels of silver for coiling and eating. ”

Zhao Nai heard that he only needed two hundred taels of silver, and his heart was relieved, and now he had the eight hundred taels of silver given by He Zhiyuan in his hand, and he went home to pay off the debt, and there was more than half left, which was enough to go to Beijing to participate in the examination. And after this lift, relatives and friends will definitely present a lot of congratulatory ceremonies, even if they fail to try, their families will have no worries in the future.

He Zhiyuan took Qiao Dai's words and said, "Everyone doesn't have to worry about the problem of living, out of business needs, I plan to buy a two-entry courtyard in Beijing, I live alone is too lonely, when everyone lives in, it is convenient for everyone to take care of each other, I also want to be lively, isn't it the best of both worlds?" ”

Everyone was very happy to hear this, which was nothing to He Zhiyuan, but for others, it solved a big problem and could save a lot of money. While everyone happily accepted, they thanked He Zhiyuan one after another.

Next, everyone began to discuss the departure date, and finally everyone agreed to meet at this inn on the seventh day of the next month, stay here for a night, and then go north along the canal together.

Because everyone carnival last night, and participated in the deer banquet in the morning, the body was a little tired, so they didn't drink late, just after the second watch, everyone left, and went back to the room to pack their luggage and prepare to leave tomorrow. And Qiao Dai also changed his mind and no longer went to Juzhou with He Zhiyuan, but repeatedly asked him to bring a few scientific books this time for him to feast his eyes.

At the same time that they received the good news two days ago, the province would also send another way of soldiers to report the good news to the hometown of the candidates. It's just that it always takes a few days at night, so that the candidates' families are also anxious and restless.

Juzhou City has not been a prosperous place over the years, and in the past 20 years, there have been only a handful of candidates in the middle school. At this time, the biggest topic in Juzhou City is not how many people can be in Jinke, but whether there is anyone in Jinke High School. If it is a high school candidate, it will be the biggest news in the city, enough for the people in the city to talk about it for half a year.

For this era, reading is the most glorious profession, and being an official means the most noble status. In the township examination, the completion of the transformation from "Xianggong" to "Master" is to complete the leap from the people to the official, in the eyes of the people at that time, there is nothing more important in the world.

This time, a total of 27 people from Juzhou went to participate in the township examination, and He Zhiyuan was the most promising one, because his achievements in the past two years are obvious to all. But not everyone thinks that He Zhiyuan can be lifted, and some people think that although He Zhiyuan said that he was a talent in the examination at a young age, he has not gone to study in the past two years, and the possibility of winning the lift is not great, and there is even no hope of winning the lift.

These two points of view are becoming more and more intense, and when the list is approaching, whether it is a deep house compound, a street or an alley, or a teahouse or restaurant, or a brothel and gambling house, as long as you open your mouth to chat, you will be allowed to go to this matter in three sentences at most.

Naturally, the casino will not give up this great opportunity to make money, and they have opened corresponding odds, such as the total number of winners, what is the highest ranking, who will win the lift, etc., but the more popular one is to predict whether He Zhiyuan will be lifted.

As soon as this market was launched, it became popular in the sky. In addition to the usual gamblers, people who are not good at this mouth also joined in, joined in the fun, and no longer shy away from saying the word "gambling", as if it had become an elegant thing because of their involvement with the imperial examination.

Seeing so many people participating in this game in the casino, another game was launched. That is, whether Liang Yuesong, the son of the governor of Benzhou, will be lifted. Although Liang Yuesong participated in the township examination in Shaanxi, Liang Yuesong's reputation and influence in Juzhou are also very large, especially his talent is now far greater than He Zhiyuan.

So as soon as this handicap came out, most people bet that Liang Yuesong would win, and the casino owner saw that if Liang Yuesong really won the move, the boss did not want to lose money, so he closed immediately and changed it to whether Liang Yuesong would win the solution of Shaanxi Jinke. With such a change, those who bet on the solution and those who don't win will be roughly the same.

As the day of the release of the list is getting closer and closer, the liveliness of the people is getting higher and higher, but the state government is the same as usual, and there is no appearance of celebrating in the slightest. In fact, this is also a very normal thing, Juzhou has a bad context, no one can say whether there is a middle lift in this department, if it has not been released yet, it will start to put up lights, put on a festive look, if no one is lifted, where will Liang Wensheng's face go?

However, in his heart, he was already sure that He Zhiyuan would be able to win the promotion, because last year the emperor had said that he would meet in the Wenhua Palace next year, which was both an encouragement and a hint. How could those officials in the provincial capital not be able to figure out the emperor's thoughts, so they would definitely open the door for He Zhiyuan's promotion, so the possibility of winning the promotion is very great.

But until the results are out, he will never prepare in advance, so as not to be tongue-in, but he still secretly prepares and buys everything that needs to be bought.

The first day of September is the day when the provincial capital Gongyuan releases the list, but the news will not spread to Juzhou so quickly, and the major casinos in the city stopped betting on the first night, but the warm atmosphere in the city was not affected by the stop betting. Every day, a large number of idle people are piled up in the area of the North City Gatehouse, wanting to be the first to see the team of the annunciation, so that they can go to eat and drink, and ask for some luck.

In fact, the first to get the news is still the government, on the afternoon of the second day of the ninth lunar month, Liang Wensheng sent to Qingzhou Mansion to inquire about the news, the team to report the good news has arrived in Qingzhou, this year there are people in Juzhou, but who is in the middle of the move is still unknown, the morning after tomorrow will arrive in Juzhou. Hearing this news, Liang Wensheng was also very happy, and he hurriedly ordered the officials to set up colorful sheds and prepare firecrackers, just waiting for the good news team to arrive and celebrate it in a big way. After that, he asked He Shaoyun's family to inform them and ask them to prepare to receive the good news. Because in his opinion, as long as there is one person in Juzhou, it will definitely be He Zhiyuan.

After Chen and Yueji received the notice from the officials, they couldn't close their mouths happily, as if He Zhiyuan had been lifted, and Chen said to He Shaoyun, "Let's prepare, save the time when you are in a hurry, and the hospitality is not good." ”

He Shaoyun said with a dark face, "Prepare before the letter, aren't you afraid of losing the door?" ”

In fact, in terms of nervousness, he is more nervous than anyone in this house, from the beginning of August to fasting for a whole month now, in the last few days he has not been able to eat, and his mood is irritable, and he seems to have lost a circle.

"If you're not prepared, it's always okay to change into new clothes, right?" Seeing He Shaoyun's unhappy appearance, Chen asked cautiously.

"What do women know! This dress is what I wore when I was a talent in Zhiyuan, a real auspicious dress! He Shaoyun was superstitious to the extreme, and he was not even allowed to go out to see Yueji.

Early in the morning of the third day of the ninth lunar month, several of He Zhiyuan's apprentices, Wang Zhixue, Ren Guocheng, Yan Jihai, Li Zhigang, Wan Fulai, etc., all came to He Mansion located in the city. When He Shaoyun saw a few of him, he was angry, and said with a dark face, "What are you doing here?" Go back! What to do, what to do! ”

Wang Zhixue's great apprentice first said, "Don't be angry, we heard that the good news will come tomorrow, isn't this coming in advance to congratulate the ancestor." ”

"Congratulations! Before you can get a letter, you will come with a lot of people, if you don't win, won't it make people laugh off their big teeth! ”

When Chen heard this, he was immediately reluctant, and scolded He Shao, "You crow's mouth, why don't you say something nice early in the morning!" I'll tell you that if Zhiyuan doesn't win, it's your crow's mouth that said it! ”

Yan Jihai, who was standing in the back, laughed secretly, the heart of the ancestor and the grandmother were two and a half catties to eight taels, and a pair of crow's beaks!

He Shaoyun was counted down by the Chen family, and his momentum immediately became half a cut shorter, and he said to Wang Zhixue in a soothing tone, "Since you are here, let's stay, but you can't go to the street, everything will be said when you are convinced!" ”

A few apprentices reluctantly agreed, but everyone's hearts were thinking that they would go tomorrow to see the grand occasion of the annunciation.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, from the morning, the bustling crowd outside has not stopped, and from time to time there are still firecrackers and gongs and drums, and the celebratory crowd has passed from the street one after another. Wang Zhixue and Yueji climbed on the ladder, looking at the lively crowd outside, like the New Year, Yueji finally couldn't bear to say, "It's past noon, why haven't you come to report the good news, I'm in a hurry!" ”

Wang Zhixue glanced at her and said, "It's hundreds of miles from Qingzhou City to here, and the team is coming so soon!" ”

Yueji snorted coldly and retorted, "What do you know! The team of the annunciation set off from Qingzhou yesterday, stayed in Yishui for one night at night, and rushed here early this morning, so it is said that it should arrive now. ”

Wang Zhixue heard Yueji say this, and also said, "Yishui is only fifty or sixty miles away from here, and the time should come, it won't be that Juzhou won't be lifted this year, right?" ”

"Bah, what nonsense are you talking about? The day before yesterday afternoon, Lord Liang sent someone to inform him that there was a middle lift in Juzhou, and Lord Liang said that as long as someone in Juzhou was lifted, he must be a young master! Yue Jiqi replied with a snort.

"No, I'll have to go out and have a look." Wang Zhixue finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"But the master won't let me out." Yueji said worriedly looking at the closed door.

"I can't care so much." Wang Zhixue said: "Anyway, if you bring back the good news, no matter how big the sin is, you will be broken." After saying that, he climbed over the wall and went out, ran to the street to hire a car, and went straight to the north gate of the crowded city.

When I got to the outside of the building in the city, I got out of the car and looked, oops, there were so many people! The inner and outer three layers are piled on both sides of the road, shoulder to shoulder, sweating like rain, one by one so excited, as if they have been lifted. Even if it is a big gathering during the New Year, it has not been so lively.

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