Chu Tianxiu scolded vigorously, rolled up his sleeves, and accused Kong Hanyou, as well as the large group of Confucian students behind him, his mouth was like a firing machine gun, and he kept shooting wildly.

"I'm talking about you, Jia Sheng! And you, Wu Sixian. Tell me about you Jinling celebrities, how many great things did you do when you lived to be forty or fifty years old? ”

"You people will definitely not be convinced, my little dusk marquis is the number one gentleman in Jinling, and he is notorious. Who is in a position to criticize you Confucian scholars and scholars who read the books of the sages? ”

"I haven't become an official yet, so I painstakingly studied and created a sensational Duhou paper. Is it just to wipe your ass? Is your ass as delicate as this little marquis?

What do I make paper drawings? Isn't it to read more books for you readers?

I don't just make paper, I study printing. My printing house now prints 1,000 books a day, 10,000 in 10 days. A book for each person.

The "Poems", "Analects", and "Spring and Autumn" paper books in your hands all came out of my little dusk printing house.

How important and great is this craftsman's work that you despise the most to Dachu and to the world's scholars?

The merit is in the reader, the merit is in the thousands of years, and the merit is in all generations!

The thousand-pound bamboo books of an ox cart have become a paper book weighing several taels in his hand. You don't have to copy books hard in the second half of your life, go to the gate valve mansion to beg your grandfather to tell your grandmother, there are hundreds of thousands of books for sale in Danyang Bookstore.

Pat your conscience, my little dusk is worthy of you!

Master Kong, you want to take the imperial examination for Confucianism alone and depose the whole department. Can you test the faint paper and printing technology that only craftsmen can study? You can't get out of the test, right?

There is no paper, you still use bamboo slips, a roll of bamboo slips per person, hundreds of thousands of catties. Can you take the imperial examination? Or honest and practical years of recommendation!

Master Kong, which is more important, the third princess of Da Chu, or the faint paper?

Do you have to take the imperial examination, respect Confucianism alone, become a big official, respect the monarch and love the people? If you are not an official, you can't serve the emperor and benefit the people of the world?!

Even if this little marquis is not an official, the big things done by one person are worth the big things that thousands of you have done in your life!

Do you think I'm a special case? Then let me tell you, Li Tiantian is a Taoist immortal, because of the great merit of refining gunpowder, he was divided into counts by the emperor. Did he rely on studying and becoming an official? No, he is a Taoist priest, not a scholar, and he still made great contributions to Da Chu.

Tens of thousands of you scholars are not officials, and you can't respect the king and love the people. Did someone want to go over and invent paper, invent gunpowder?! ”

Outside the Sima Gate of the Imperial Palace.

I only heard Xiao Duhou alone, pointing at thousands of people opposite, and scolded bitterly.

In the square, the black and black crowd was deadly silent.

Not only thousands of Confucian scholars were shocked and ashamed, but they opened their mouths and were speechless.

The paper books in their arms, the thick Confucian classics, are all paper books made by Xiao Duhou, what can they say?!

There was no little dusk marquis to make paper, and they were all now leading a cow and a cart full of bamboo slips.

Even those gate lords were dumbfounded, and they were completely distracted.

"Yes, except to be officials, we scholars don't want to do anything else?"

"It's good to be an official, but the title of the gold list is cited in the posthumous photo, and one person is above 10,000 people. However, there were hundreds of thousands of scholars in the Great Chu Dynasty, and there were only a few hundred people who could become officials in a year. More than nine out of nine, it is impossible to be selected by the imperial court. ”

"Except for these hundreds of lucky people, the rest of the scholars have lived a chaotic life, making a living, and they haven't done anything big."

"Making paper, printing books, and so on are all the same feats! Why is it that everyone despises and disdains it? But he is proud to be an official! ”

Many Confucian scholars bowed their heads in shame and were eager to get into the cracks in the ground.

It's worth reflecting on!

Of course, they bow their heads, a very cruel and real problem, in front of their eyes.

Can't pass the exam?

What are they going to do as readers?

It is also acceptable for them to do a big career like a small dusk.

Papermaking can also glorify the ancestors!

refining gunpowder can also be crowned an earl.

...

Among the many Confucian people.

Dong Xianliang jumped on his heels excitedly, looking at the lonely little dusk on the opposite side, his eyes were full of emotion.

He once thought that he had studied Confucianism hard, hundreds of schools of thought, and took "Kuang Fu Mingjun and helping the world" as his own responsibility, and he was the most outstanding talent in Dachu.

He has never understood why the emperor listed the Marquis of Xiao Duan as an excellent first-class name in the palace test, and he has been the first in the year.

Today I finally understood.

This is the real responsibility for the rise and fall of the world!

Xiao Duhou is full of enthusiasm for Dachu, without self-interest, specializing in benefiting others. It's not just the assistant king, that's the best in the world.

Those small skills that he despises, such as paper-making, gunpowder, etc., can also play a huge role in helping the world.

This is a big heart, this is a big vision.

What a gap!

He is so far from the little dusk!

...

Kong Hanyou was stunned.

Xiao Duhou didn't follow the routine at all.

He was obviously debating the "Imperial Examination Election Officer" with Xiao Duhou. Since it is the election of officials, let's debate according to what is the best official to choose!

He has just talked about Confucianism, which is the most beneficial to the "election of officials".

Xiao Duhou didn't mention the imperial examination election officials, and actually talked about those ninety percent of the scholars who failed to be elected. said that those who failed to read the election were a bunch of rubbish... Waste food in vain, and achieve nothing.

How does this make him refute?

"Little Marquis, we are talking about the election of officials today. As for the losers... You can renegotiate how to arrange them. ”

Kong Hanyou is coloring.

"Master Kong, taking the Confucianism exam alone means that in order to elect the most outstanding 100 officials, we will sacrifice 10,000 candidates in Jinling, 100,000 scholars in Dachu, and sacrifice the foundation of my Dachu!

And only by taking the whole subject can all industries prosper. Even if nine out of nine scholars are not officials, they also know the techniques of the three religions and nine streams. ”

Chu Tianxiu waved his hand, heartbroken, and arched his hand towards the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to only choose officials, the imperial examination, and the Confucianism examination alone is indeed possible." Confucian scholars can't do anything else, but they are still quite good at being an official.

However, you want this great Chu to prosper, to have money and grain in surplus warehouses, and things such as 'paper-making, gunpowder' and so on are constantly emerging, and the world is full of all kinds of talents, leaning over them, and they can use whatever they want.

Then this imperial examination must be taken in all subjects. ”

...

Emperor Xiang Yanran looked at Xiao Duhou and fell into deep thought.

His purpose in changing the "annual examination" to "imperial examination" was indeed to select officials and assist him in governing the world.

Confucianism preaches "respecting the monarch and loving the people", which is of course the most in line with this.

But the remaining ninety percent of the scholars can't be elected, which is indeed a huge waste!

In the entire Great Chu Dynasty, all the literate talents are all here. Don't treat them well, it's just a tyrannical thing.

It is extremely difficult to train a scholar.

Often, a county town, a rich family, and a small landlord can support two or three children to study, and it takes as long as one or two decades to become successful.

These scholars should be the most outstanding talents in Da Chu.

The entire Great Chu Dynasty has a population of 70 million, and there are only hundreds of thousands of scholars.

The eldest son inherited the family business, and the remaining sons all went out to earn a living.

If they only read Confucian books, they only understand some great principles of governing the country.... I can't use it in ordinary life, so I rely on the livelihood of some flies and dogs to make a living.

Now in Dachu, there are internal worries of the princes, and there are external troubles of the Huns.

It is the time for the people of the world to be loyal and do their best.

Only by examining all subjects in the imperial examination can we give full play to the power of all scholars.

He, the emperor, already believes in the statement of the little dusk marquis.

However, he didn't want to use his prestige to directly dismiss the prime minister, Kong Hanyou. It's best to be Kong Hanyou and take the initiative to admit defeat.

"This is quite reasonable, so you can continue to argue. Listen! ”

The emperor said lightly.

"The minister will not talk about those who are not elected. The minister only said that the three princes and nine high-ranking officials here! ”

Chu Tianxiu would give Kong Hanyou a chance to turn the tables, and immediately said in a loud voice: "Lord Yang Chu, you are in charge of the Great Agricultural Order, in charge of the world's money and grain finance, what are you learning?" ”

On the palace gate, Yang Chu, a big farmer sitting on the emperor's side, was stunned for a moment, and said slowly: "What this order has learned is miscellaneous... Taoism, Huang Laozhuang, farmer, Yang Zhu, arithmetic, etc... There are all of them, but they don't learn Confucianism. ”

"Lord Wang Xiao, what are you doing with this servant?"

Chu Tianxiu said again.

Wang Xiao, the servant, said lightly: "This order is in charge of horse administration and animal husbandry, and raising hundreds of thousands of war horses for the emperor!" ... Raising horses, this does not need to learn Confucianism. ”

"Master Taiwei Li Rong is a soldier, and he is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, so naturally there is no need to mention it. Most of the high-ranking officials of Jiuqing here are Huang Laozhuangxue, and how many of the other doctrines are mainly Confucianism?

It can be seen that Confucianism is far from being as important as Confucius imagined. What is the significance of the imperial examination and Confucianism? ! ”

Chu Tianxiu smiled coldly and said.

He was still very proud in his heart.

These words can only be said in the Great Chu Dynasty, which was not long after the founding of the country and Confucianism had not yet dominated.

If he had traveled tens or hundreds of years later, and had been successfully exalted by Confucianism, he would never have dared to say this.

At that time, there were Confucian officials everywhere, who regarded other doctrines as "strange and ingenious tricks", and scolded these Confucian officials for respecting Confucianism, which was looking for death!

...

Outside the Royal Palace.

Kong Hanyou's face was flushed.

It's embarrassing.

Whoever lets, he is the only great Confucianism who stands up and supports the supremacy of Confucianism.

Among the high-ranking officials of Jiuqing, there are also Lang Zhongling Cui Haoran and Shaofu Xiao Gongwang, and the two of them are also great Confucians in the world. However, as the heads of the top ten gate valve families in Jinling, they all have family interests, and they will definitely not stand up and fully support Confucianism.

Even the old prime minister Xie Huyong, the imperial historian Wang Su, the scholarly family that has been passed down from generation to generation, learned from Huang Laozhuang, but also learned Confucianism. However, they do not admit that they are Confucianists!

Xiao Duhou said that among the three princes and nine high-ranking officials, there are not many Confucians, which is also reasonable.

Kong Hanyou fell silent.

He saw the shame and uneasiness in the hearts of the Confucian scholars.

It can be seen that on the palace gate, Emperor Xiang Yanran's tone seems to be moved.

Kong Hanyou was friends for a long time before he sighed gloomily: "Little Dusk Hou, what you said is very reasonable. The imperial examination is mainly Confucian... How about taking all subjects at the same time?

In this way, everyone in the world understands the principle of 'respecting the king and loving the people', but they also learn from others, so that they will not be ignorant of anything else. ”

This is his final bottom line as a leader of Confucianism.

This bottom line is acceptable.

Because there are many Confucian students, in fact, they are also learning Taoism, law and other studies, and try to integrate all disciplines into one.

His disciple Dong Xianliang has been trying for more than ten years.

If he can't keep this bottom line, he will be ashamed of Confucius and Confucianism. Keeping this bottom line, Confucianism will have a chance to turn the tables in the future.

The little dusk hou refused.

The emperor did not allow it.

Then he, the prime minister, can only hang up the crown and leave, return to the countryside, and teach as a country Confucian.