Kong Hanyou took the "County Examination Paper" drafted by Xiao Duhou and returned to a Confucian mansion in Jinling City, wanting to discuss it with Dong Xianliang.

The more he pondered it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

At the beginning, Xiao Duhou told him that the implementation of the "imperial examination system" was much better than the "Zhongzheng system", and that allowing scholars to recommend themselves would be of great benefit to Confucian students in the world.

Only then did he fully support the imperial examination system, and in return, he supported Xiao Duhou to become the chief examiner of the imperial examination.

However, I never expected it.

The real foreshadowing of Xiao Duhou was actually buried in the "chief examiner".

The content of the prefectural examination is "all subjects"?

Or is it the "Confucianism" alone?

This can easily guide the direction of more than 100 counties and more than 1,000 counties in the Great Chu Dynasty, and tens of thousands of scholars.

Once the "all-subject" is examined, then the once depressed and lonely schools of the three religions and nine streams will inevitably recover again.

The disciples of the Kong family have been in business for a long time, and the great cause of respecting Confucianism is about to show a dawn, but it will be destroyed in the hands of Xiao Duhou.

If he knew this, he shouldn't have promised to let Xiao Duhou be the chief examiner, so that he fell into a huge passivity today.

"What about Dong Xianliang?"

Kong Hanyou asked, "Let him take a look at this county exam paper and come up with some ideas." ”

The old manager of the Confucian Mansion hurriedly said: "Master, Dong Xianliang has been in the Xuanwu Temple for the past few days, saying that he is studying the gunpowder formula with Li Tiantian. I haven't been to Confucius for many days. ”

"Research the gunpowder formula? ... This is the end of the technique, the small skill of the monk and the craftsman. Our Confucianism is learning the great art of governing the country and the people, what is he studying these for? ”

Kong Hanyou frowned, a little unhappy.

Although Dong Xianliang was his disciple, he liked to read miscellaneous books and study various schools such as Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, Legalism, and Taoism.

However, Dong Xianliang's purpose in reading miscellaneous books is to take Confucianism as the core, to annex and transform various schools of thought for his own use, and to realize the heart of "respecting Confucianism".

And not really to learn from other schools.

Kong Hanyou naturally didn't object too much.

Dong Xianliang said... Why can gunpowder achieve the power of heavenly thunder, like a god descending to earth, but it is used by mortals. There may be the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, Yin and Yang are reasonable, and he wants to study the mystery. ”

The old manager hesitated.

Since Dong Xianliang went to Pingwangfu and came back, he has become chattering, always muttering, "Yin and yang, gunpowder or something, mortals can also have the power of immortals, so isn't God useless?!" ”

The disciple of the head of the family is really not very human.

"Forget it, leave him alone. The old man still went to the palace and told the emperor about it in person. ”

Kong Hanyou shook his head.

...

On the same day, Kong Hanyou went to the palace and presented the "County Examination Questions" to the emperor in person, and expressed his opinion as the prime minister.

"The minister thinks that the design of this county examination question is too complicated, involving dozens of miscellaneous books, chaotic exam questions, three teachings and nine streams, there are many contradictions, which is very unfavorable to children.

The best is to be simpler, and select a few of the most common and classic Confucian theories such as "Poems", "Spring and Autumn", "Analects", "Ram" and so on, as standard exam textbooks. ”

However, Kong Hanyou was very disappointed when he saw the emperor's face.

Emperor Xiang Yanran looked at the county exam questions and opinions, and returned the "County Examination Questions" to him with an expressionless face, but he didn't have an attitude.

Didn't say anything.

Obviously, there is not much support for his proposal.

"Your Majesty...?"

Kong Hanyou raised his head and asked.

"I read Dong Zhongshu's "Confucianism and Confucianism", which integrates Confucianism with all schools in the world to complete the unification of the world's schools, and it makes a lot of sense. If people are in the same mind, there will be fewer arguments and constraints. It is still very beneficial for me to complete the unification of the world. ”

Xiang Yanran said.

Kong Hanyou couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, the emperor listened to Dong Zhongshu's "Confucianism and Confucianism", which was a great thing, and he was about to say something.

However, Emperor Xiang Yanran said lightly: "But I read his "Yin and Yang Calamity", what natural disasters warn man-made disasters, judging from the lightning strike incident in Xuanwu Temple, there are also a lot of fallacies.

Li Tiantian's old immortal alchemy, the gunpowder that was inadvertently refined, is infinitely powerful, this is a great weapon that will dominate the world in the future, how can it be called a natural disaster?

It is obviously an auspicious omen, a sign of the revitalization of the Great Chu Dynasty! ”

Kong Hanyou couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

He suddenly understood why Dong Zhongshu plunged headlong into the gunpowder and didn't care about other things.

The status of this gunpowder in the emperor's heart is by no means as simple as a weapon, and there are high hopes. An artifact that can help the emperor dominate the princes of the world and sweep the Huns.

Even Li Rong, the king of Ping, was overjoyed when he saw the gunpowder, and the Taiwei Mansion began to develop firearms.

The emperor was very happy when he saw such a good thing, and of course he didn't like to be criticized by others.

Dong Zhongshu's "Yin and Yang Disaster Theory" happened to encounter the lightning attack incident in the Xuanwu Temple, and there was a major mistake, and even the emperor did not trust Dong Zhongshu's "Confucianism Strategy" so much.

Who knows, in this "Confucianism Strategy", there will also be major mistakes?!

To put it bluntly, because the Xuanwu Temple lightning incident made a big mistake, the emperor did not trust Dong Xianliang's doctrine and countermeasures too much.

"But, Your Majesty, although this gunpowder is good, it is a skill after all. Statecraft, the way is the road! ”

Kong Hanyou said bitterly.

"Then raising horses, is it a small technique or a great way? Ma Zheng is a major matter of the country. The 100,000 war horses of the Taiwei Mansion in the Shandan Military Horse Farm are the heavy weapons of my Great Chu to resist the Huns. Why can't this gunpowder be a major national event?

Confucianism is a strategy for governing the country, but not a soldier? ”

Xiang Yanran said coldly.

Xiang Yu, the Taizu Emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty, was still born in a military family, swept the princes of the world, and ascended the throne as the emperor. Isn't it important to have a military strategy?!

"Uh... The minister lost his words! ”

Kong Hanyou's heart trembled, and he was speechless.

almost ignored the origin of the Xiang royal family, the children of the Xiang family are very heavy on the doctrine of the military family. It seems that no matter what, the imperial examination must have a place for the soldiers.

"You go back, and Xiao Duhou and Wang Su, have a good debate, how to take the exam questions in this county. When I see it, I will judge. ”

The emperor said in a deep voice and waved his hand.

"Yes, the minister is retiring!"

Kong Hanyou's heart was sour and helpless.

Although the emperor asked him to succeed him as the new prime minister, it was only to spur the gate lord and noble faction, but after all, he still did not fully support Confucianism.

Moreover, the little dusk marquis still has a very high status in the emperor's mind.

This Jinling's number one gentleman used the elixir of immortality to flatter the Empress Dowager Shen, used gunpowder to show loyalty in front of the emperor in various ways, and the flattering minister in the eyes of the ministers... has become a great filial son in the eyes of Empress Dowager Shen and a loyal minister in the eyes of the emperor.

Alas~!

The emperor trusts the great courtier, Xiao Duhou, so that old ministers like him, Xie Huyong, and Wang Su are all in vain!

However, for the sake of the great cause of Confucianism, he still has to go all out to defeat the Marquis of Confucianism, and he must not let the Marquis of Confucianism ruin the future of Confucianism and reproduce the great dispute between the three religions and the nine streams in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.