Ancient Country iQue(63)

Outside the door, they rushed forward and back, except for a few people like the nursing home, the rest were women. It was like a servant of a large family, and then two young girls came out from behind. It's not that I'm dressed in gold and silver, but looking at this posture, it's not something that ordinary people can have.

Looking at the dress and posture, this is a girl from a full house. But...... Not from the imperial court or the yamen.

The young class master suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked, "I wonder what the two nobles are doing here?" ”

Yingnan glanced at the young man, "You have the final say here?" ”

The courtyard has an unobstructed view, and so many old people are dancing with knives and sticks. Although the knife and stick are like toys in the hands of children, the brains of old people are not as useless as toys.

The young man was stunned, "That's not true." He stood up straight again, "I came to take the academy entrance examination, and because the rent was a little expensive, I stayed here." ”

"Oh!" Yingnan glanced inside, "That'...... Are you fellow villagers? ”

People in a foreign land, only fellow villagers can give such convenience, and only living with fellow villagers can make people feel a little safe. There are many guild halls in the capital, all of which are for fellow villagers. Some of the correspondence was also passed back and forth through the guild hall. After a long time in the academy, I have come into contact with more people, and the common sense that I didn't know before has gradually come to know.

The young class master glanced at Yingnan deeply, and then nodded yes, "When I came out, I met this troupe on the way, and they wanted to enter Beijing, so they came on the same road." ...... you're looking for"

Yingnan glanced inside, his eyes flashing. Since this person is not the person in charge, why has he been talking here for a long time, and no one has come forward.

She thought it was a little interesting, so she smiled and said, "We want to find a few female guards who can do some kung fu, and Kong Wu is powerful!" ”

The young class master immediately said, "Then I can't be the master of this." The two nobles waited a while, and the head of the house took a nap inside, I'm afraid I didn't hear it. It's dirty inside, so I won't invite you two in, help you ask? ”

"Good!" Yingmen responded, "There is labor." "It's a bow salute, not like a boudoir daughter's house.

The young class leader hurriedly returned the salute, and then turned around and walked inside.

Yingnan and Ami glanced at each other, the people in this courtyard were strange, they were staring at the young man before, as if looking at his facial expressions, the young man went in, and looked at them as if they were nothing, but no one came out to greet them.

The two of them remained silent, looking up at the jujube tree at the gate of the yard, like playful girls, and they were curious when they saw anything.

There was an old man sitting by the window inside, and he could see the scene outside clearly.

The young man said in a low voice, "Master, you go out and take a break." ”

The old man asked, "But are our whereabouts known?" ”

The boy shook his head: "It doesn't look like it." It's just to recruit female guards. He hesitated, "Actually, this is a great opportunity." ”

The old man shook his head: "Those girls have learned a play, and they don't know anything else." If you go, you will be trapped in three or two sentences. Don't tell them to come out, I'm going to send them away. You...... Didn't you let your brother go to the exam? You ......"

Where is the boy willing to let his younger brother get into danger. If you hadn't met yourself, you would have called your brother. But since someone has seen that he has something to do with the troupe, he can only go by himself. Even if it's Longtan Tiger's Den, you have to go by yourself.

The old man patted the young man on the shoulder: "It's okay!" I'll have your brother take care of you......"

"Master, my brother...... You have to have a livelihood and live like a normal person. I heard that the academy will check the situation of each family, and my family's fields and shops are ready-made, and there are people in the family to take care of them. He can have no worries about food and clothing. Tell him to take a look at the past, go to study for a few years, and I will correspond with my family in the future, so that I can have a place to go. ”

The old man said 'um', "You think about Zhou Xiang." Do as you say! He got up and walked out, staggering all the way, and finally moved to the door, and gasped for breath, "I've seen a nobleman." ”

Ami glanced at him, "My husband is not in good health?" There is a good doctor in Huimin, and the old man has to go and take a look. ”

The old man thanked him repeatedly, "I'm taking medicine, so I'll take a look if I don't see any better." What the nobles said, it was our honor, but ...... A few girls are stupid and miscellaneous girls, if you can see it, you can take it. ”

As he spoke, he shouted backwards, "A few girls, don't be in a hurry to cook, come and meet the guests first." ”

A string of seven girls, big and small, the eldest is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and it doesn't look like a practicing family.

The old man said, "In our business, all the horns are pretended to be men." It is only in the past few years that there are women on the grass platform team...... Before, that was not allowed. No matter how good you sing, it's useless. Therefore, these girls are just left to serve the corner, and they have not learned anything. ”

Yingnan nodded, "Then bother." ”

When she left, Ami was still curious, "Where are you setting up a stage to sing, let's go and see if we are going to see tomorrow." The troupe in Beijing is tired of hearing it. ”

The old man hurriedly said: "Country tune, so as not to stain the girl's ears." ”

"Why should the old man be arrogant, you just have to tell where the play is, whether it's good or not, you have to listen to it."

The old man said: "Huaiyan, I don't know if the girl has heard of it?" ”

Ami really showed a confused look, and the old man hummed a few words casually, and there were no lyrics, but Ami had really heard that tune, "I know!" If you sing well, I ask you to sing for your nobles. I'm afraid you don't know, the Queen Mother likes the play you sing in this tune. ”

What Lin Yutong can almost understand is Huangmei Opera.

It's like a husband and wife returning home, and they can always hum a few words about small jokes like flowers.

When the old man heard this, the bright color in his eyes flashed, "Ouch! Thank you, girl. ”

"You've always been here, haven't you?" Yingnan smiled, "If Niangniang wants to hear it, I will send someone to find you." ”

"Yes, yes! Been waiting here. The old man smiled more and more.

Ami said, "I know, your drama is in the country factory, and it is a little vulgar." When you have kung fu, you might as well listen to the plays of other troupes, especially the plays in the palace, and eliminate those indecent ones. Otherwise, no one would have the courage to invite you there. ”

"Naturally! That's natural! The old man responded in a row, and beckoned to the back, "Bring the special products we brought to Miss Liang......

Yingnan waved his hand, "Let's talk about it when I really help you later." She pulled Ami and turned to get on the horse, and disappeared into the alley with the people in a short time.

It wasn't until he walked far away that Ami said, "This troupe is a bit strange." ”

Yingnan smiled, "Go back and talk to the princess." This place needs to be noted. ”

It was not smooth for the two to recruit female guards, and there were not many in the troupe, and now the troupe is holding the identity deed of the people below. There is another owner behind a good troupe, and the rich and noble people who serve watch the play, and people are reluctant to give such people as guards. And the grass team, generally without good qualifications, in a place where the place of life is not familiar, not to mention that the troupe is not at ease, even those girls who have just arrived, and they dare not go with others.

It's embarrassing, and I didn't get anything after a day of running. But the news is spreading everywhere.

Also! Even those girls who seem to be stupid may not be willing to come. As a female guard, it's not easy to talk about kissing in the future. But now, if you do something to make a living, won't you still earn money at home?

He Wan smiled and waved her hand, "Don't rush, take your time." There's always something to come! ”

The two of them just told them about today's events, and He Wan wrote them down, praised the two of them a few words, and then sent the person back. When the others left, she got up directly and went to see the emperor's grandmother.

"Troupe?" Lin Yutong asked Dehai to check, and turned back to the fourth master and said, "Everyone who is admitted should check the house well." ”

One of the most bad things about this day is that there are no photos. Then there are a lot of holes to exploit. It's a portrait, and it can only be said that there is a six-seven-percent can. After all, modern sketches, that's just similarly high.

Lin Yutong felt that the sketches and portraits could be included in the archives. Even if the similarity is not high, it should be counted in detail.

There are still a lot of people who learn to sketch and draw with Mr. Yang, and the fourth master called Su Ying'er and ordered the matter to continue.

Su Ying wrote them down one by one, and then asked the fourth master, "...... When the rice is harvested, who do you think will be arranged? ”

Accompany the fourth master to cut rice, not everyone has this qualification.

The fourth master waved his hand, "Individuals have personal affairs, and whoever is free will come." There's not much either. Didn't the engineering institute make several kinds of rice harvesters? Take them all, how do you know if you can do it without trying. ”

Qianlong brought a lot of ministers to open the sickle and cut the rice, and the fourth master brought a farmer's house, "...... Rice cultivation is nothing more than 'water' and 'soil'...... Now that the capital can be planted, what about other places? Further north......"

When Qianlong and a group of officials arrived, the fourth master and a circle of students were on the ground, and a map was spread on the grass, and the fourth master was drawing in the northeast direction.

Honghan stretched out his hand and pointed, "Here...... The river network is dense, and it should be the place of choice. Although Ama visited it once when I was a child, I remember that the black soil there was so thick,......" he gestured with his hand, "If the yield in the capital is not low, if you want to come to this place, the yield will not be much lower." ”

Another student said, "The only bad thing is that you can only grow one season of ......."

"One season is good, the border is vast and sparsely populated, and the high-yield miscellaneous grains are parallel to wheat and rice, and calculated on a per capita basis, not only can they not be hungry, but they also have food for the garrison army."

"Then you're underestimating this place. I heard that some people in the south are buying a large amount of land outside the Guan, in order to grow sweet potatoes, and then use sweet potatoes to make wine, and transport them to Lao Maozi. ”

"Our hometown also brews some drinks, that thing is not strong, and the old Maozi family may not like it. Sorg......hum has to be strong."

The fourth master waved his hand, "Are you afraid of being strong?" What about the people in the institute? This year, we planted a lot of sweet potatoes ourselves, and we tried them. If you can't pass the technical test, or you can't purify it, look for your mother. She's very good at making wine, so I'm going to ask someone to move over today......"

Honghan said: "I was strained by my hand last time, and I found Wang Xichen, he has a glass bottle in his hand, and the smell of wine is particularly strong......

"That's right! That's pretty much what it means, but you can't drink it......"

The people in the circle discussed.

While he was talking, a few people were in a cloth pocket, and there were ears of wheat cut out inside. There are words written on the cloth pockets, some are short, some are tall, some are thick, some are thin, and some are selected from the field to be relatively full and have particularly long ears.

Carefully took them one by one, squatted on the side to show the fourth master, "Sir, look at this plant, the big one is a little special......"

"Sir, look at this one...... I took it off separately, and it had black mold spots on it......" the student gestured around, "Have any of you ever seen anything like this?" ”

Because he stretched out his arm during the display, his whole arm was on the body of the fourth master, and the person opposite reached out to ask for the ear of rice in his hand, he stretched out, but he didn't stand firm under his feet, and the whole child was lying on the fourth master. The fourth master stretched out his hand to protect it, but the person didn't fall down, but the students in the circle laughed out loud.

Wu Shulai wanted to remind them to be bold several times, and the minister who followed behind sweated for the child, but after that, he didn't see that these students were very afraid.

There is a royal history in the back, and you have to step forward, which is too beautiful and ruled. Even if there is no distinction between monarchs and ministers, there is still the identity of a gentleman and a student, where they can look like this, there is no humility at all.

Su Ying's forehead saw that something was wrong with the old man behind him, so he hurriedly went over and said in a low voice: "Sir, a few over there have already been tried, you go and see ......"

Interrupted the words that the imperial history was going to say directly.

When the fourth master called Qianlong over, Su Ying'er stood still and didn't move, waiting for the imperial history to come over, he looked at the other party deeply, "My lord, you have to be careful about your step." ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and wanted to say something, but Su Ying'er had already turned around and left.

Licentious! Absurd!

It was a disappointing speech, but the next day, the two sides began to quarrel again on the matter of the word "li". The daily issue is very busy, and now this thing is the most profitable. Booksellers waited and waited every day, and then bound them into books and shipped them to various places.

In the midst of this controversy, the academy's enrollment for another year began.

There are so many candidates that all the clubs are used, and there are still those who need to take the test in the open air, standing in the corridor pavilion outside, etc.

Because last year, many of them were masters in the clan, and this year the quota for this part of the people was gone, and the rest of Lin Yutong was quite satisfied with the statistics. At least half of them come from humble backgrounds. Some things show talents, some are children, and some are just small bookkeepers in the shop, anyway, some people have some skills.

The students of the academy all stayed to invigilate the exam, and Honghui went out again with a few people. With the opening of the exam, the Mongolian nobles also entered the city one after another, and he went to listen to the movements of these people. As a result, when I arrived at the sentry post in and out of the academy, I was attracted by the sound of the dispute. Outside was a teenager with an exam bag under his arm, eagerly talking about something. His face was blue and purple, and his body was covered with dirt, and the marks left by the whip could be seen behind his back.

Highland stopped and glanced over there and called out to the young man, "I said...... It's useless for you to entangle with them. It's past the exam time, and the exam is all open. If you don't know how it will be, there will be no drama this year. ”

The young man's face was eager, "This young master, isn't it...... I think I'll have to come next year, too? I've had a hard time this way, and I may not have saved enough for three years...... Can you tell me about it, and give it to ...... accommodation?"

Hailancha frowned: "There are no rules, there is no circle, and it is useless to ask for it." He glanced at the whip mark again, "Unless you have a last resort." ”

When did Highland get so long-winded.

Hongchen lifted the curtain: "What's the matter?" ”

A few guards over there came over, "Oh, Master Chen is also there?" ”

"Duanye is in the car, what's going on?" Hongchen jumped out of the car. The guard greeted Honghui in the car, and then said, "It's late...... Not allowed to enter, here for a long time. As he spoke, he looked at the young man, "You kid, this is Duanbeile in person, I can still coax you." ”

As soon as this kid heard Duanbeile, he was suddenly excited, and looked straight at the car.

Hailancha frowned, opened the curtain and whispered to Honghui. Honghui put down the book and opened the curtain on the car window, and the young man had hurriedly lowered his head.

Honghui looked at the whip marks on his body and asked, "Troubled?" ”

The kid only bowed his head and said, "Back to Lord Belle, I bumped into a few nobles, and it was okay." ”

Now those who can still move the whip in the capital are afraid that they are all Mongolian.

Honghui asked, "Where are you from?" ”

"Gyeongju ......"

What a coincidence! That day, it was said which troupe was from Gyeongju.

Honghui smiled, "The exam must be late, and I happen to lack an entourage by my side." If you want to, stay and wait until next year. So saying, he lowered the curtain and said no more.

Those thieves are really capable. If they don't have one of them around, they will tell everyone about the so-called secret. Dial and dial, endlessly. Rather than this, it is better to simply put the right person.

As a teenager, there are many possibilities for the future.

Sure enough, in addition to Hongchen, there was also this kid who got into the car.

Hongchen didn't know why Duan Ye was so dignified that he wanted to accept a young man who appeared inexplicably by his side, and he didn't even ask what his name was or who was in the family. This doesn't make sense.

So, he made the decision to ask, and only after this question did he know that the young man in front of him was called An Xi, who was thirteen years old this year, and had an elder brother named An Qing.

Honghui's eyelids moved, opened them slightly, glanced at the young man, and closed them again.

Dehai checked the troupe, and the troupe had a very small courtyard in the outer city, and there lived a young man in the courtyard, who was handsome but slender, as if he had a background in singing.

"Who else is in the house? Are you in Beijing? ”

"Yes!" The young man who claimed to be An Xi bowed his head and responded, "My parents died early, and only our brothers depend on each other. ”

"Then it's not easy for you to be able to study."

An Xi nodded, "The family has a little land and a shop, and life is still passing." But my brother's health is not good, and he will have to marry in the future, so I can't add a burden to the family. ”

Hongchen responded oh oh oh, and then said: "Also, everyone has their own difficulties." As he spoke, his words shifted, "How did the wounds on your body come about?" Crashing into nobles? What kind of nobleman? How did it collide? ”

"I met a few teenagers and bullied people. The bullied child is just a little more delicate, so he was pulled to accompany the wine, I couldn't see it, and I went up to theorize a few words, and the result was ...... He was rewarded with a few whips by the nobles. ”

"You've become like this, then...... Is that kid okay? ”

"It's fine!" An Xi said, "I...... I saw him running away. ”

That's it!

Honghui opened his eyes and said Hongchen, "Give him a treat." ”

I didn't ask any more questions.

Since this day, Honghui has suddenly had a young man named Anxi by his side. Lin Yutong didn't see what this child looked like too clearly, his face was bruised and purple on the first day, but he came to see it clearly, hey, in fact, this child is very handsome. It also looks like a retreat and upbringing.

She had to ask Honghui: "Just keep it like this?" ”

"I didn't mean to hurt me." Honghui said, "I want to keep this person and it will be of great use." ”

Let's go! You have a point.

Lin Yutong knew that Honghui had been going out a little frequently recently, "What are you busy with?" "I only go to meet the Mongols, why am I so unbelieving?

Honghui stuffed the whole piece of meat into his mouth, "You'll know soon." ”

It's really fast, the written test here is just over, and there is a fraud case in this year's examination in Shuntianfu.

Fucha Mingliang stood beside Honghui and said in a low voice: "When the chief examiner entered the curtain, the people we arranged for him found joint paper in the luggage of Cai Shitian, the inner curtain supervisor, and found a note in Cao Yongzu's glasses case...... After the outer curtain supervision test of the imperial history Cao Xiuxian identification, it was the handwriting of his nephew Cao Yongzu. ”

Insiders knew the way as soon as they heard it, but An Xi was confused, "If you want to give others the opportunity to cheat, how to treat people's articles in one fell swoop?" What's more, who is this to pass on only one article? ”

Fucha Mingliang glanced at An Xi, "You haven't participated in the imperial examination, so you don't know the doorway." Cao Yongzu's note is actually an hour, and the worst thing is the joint paper. An examiner brought into the examination room, and there are a lot of articles in a small square inch. Where did he know the questions, who gave the answers, and who he brought in, and to whom he intended to pass them on. To Cao Yongzu? If so, what did Cao Yongzu do when he brought a note? His uncle is Cao Xiu, and the most he can take care of is that he is not so strict when he enters the door. ”

Anxi understood, "This is not cheating alone, this is using the examiner, a group of people to cheat......"

That's how it should be.

An Xi said, "Then this has to be killed." ”

Whose head is killed?

Honghui said: "If you find out who it is, then kill whose head." This matter only involves Cai Shitian and Cao Yongzu, so they are bound to die. As for that Cao Xiu, between death or not death, it is estimated that he will not be able to die. This person is a little wronged! He really didn't know about fraud. ”

Things are just like Honghui thought, Qianlong was angry at first, he was furious, and said angrily: "Since I ascended the throne, I have paid attention to the rectification of fraud in the imperial examination, and always thought that all evils should be eliminated. Cai Shitian, as an imperial historian, took the invigilator as his job, and he was even subjected to joints, which is especially illegal and hateful. ordered Cai Shitian to resign, Cao Yongzuge to raise people, and Cao Xiu was dismissed; In the case, some celebrity criminals were handed over to the Prime Minister Wang in Beijing and the Criminal Department to be severely tortured and convicted. ”

In just 14 days, the case was understood again, Cai Shitian and Cao Yongzu asked for beheading, and Cao Xiuge removed his fame and never hired.

In the past half a month, the Shuntianfu Township trial fraud case was concluded.

At this time, a long corridor was erected on the side of the college, and the list of students who had passed the preliminary examination and the transcription of the examination papers were pasted on the corridor.

In such a comparison, the readers in the capital are completely chaotic.

Why? How unfair is the imperial examination?

On the one hand, you may not be able to find the correct answer to the question if you know it, and on the other hand, you can leak the question with a random note and a sentence. So does this have to ask, where is the fairness of the imperial examination?

In the teahouse in the capital, there were angry candidates, standing on the table and shouting loudly: "Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there have been frequent frauds in the scientific field. From the children's test, the township test to the general test, there are layers of them, and each layer is more serious than the other. I don't know if you still remember the "Ding You Prison" in the fourteenth year of Shunzhi. In that year, the Shuntian, Jiangnan Erfu, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other provinces and townships tried to cheat at the same time, and the imperial court opened a large-scale killing, and the whole country was shaken, among which the Shuntian and Jiangnan cases were the most serious. At that time, Cao Benrong, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, was the chief examiner, Song Zhisheng was the deputy chief examiner, and the same examiners were Li Zhenye, Zhang Ipu, and Cai Yuanxi, a doctor of Guozijian, who were all the culprits of fraud. They claimed that 'although they may not pay all the money and bribes, but they want to form a powerful group and build a party support', bribing and selling joints to feed the list, specially admitting the high bribes and rich families, and the other houses also have their own private individuals, and the entire science field has been made into a mess. Under such circumstances, Zhang and Li did not know how to check it. I went around boasting and said, 'So-and-so, my strength is also; So-and-so didn't work, and I had to be a deputy car because of love; So-and-so, I try my best to be in it, as good as a certain old man in the middle. There are hundreds of people, and there are no less scruples, and the more resentful. Li Zhenye also boasted to others: 'Among so-and-so, I have a lot of strength; Someone can't get through it, thanks to me to carry ......', these words still sound appalling today. ”

"And in the same year, Ding Youke's 'Jiangnan Township Trial', after the township test list was released, someone wrote words to satirize the examiner: 'The fate is in the question, the poor are light, and the rich are heavy.'" "Poems" and "Zi Yue" are all useless. Discuss the lack of work, and the exchange must be passed, and the meaning of the Si can be successful. Tell the public, Fang Renzi tribute, it was originally a family style. When the examiner withdrew and returned to Changzhou and Suzhou, some candidates spat and threw bricks and tiles with the boat to vent their anger. The case was extended for another year without a result......"

This person counted the fraud cases that began in the Shunzhi Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, during the Kangxi period, the Yongzheng period, and the Qianlong period. There are cases in which most of the admitted people are the children of official eunuchs, and there are examples of the children of salt merchants who have failed in the imperial examination. This pile of piles is clear.

In the end, he asked: Under the heavy law of the imperial court, why is it still so rampant and repeatedly prohibited. There are so many that have been found, and how many of them are not close in some small places? How many people can't get over that hurdle in their first life. Is it useless for people? Or is it useless? Then why are there still people who are in danger under the strict laws of the imperial court? Because of cover-up. Why cover up? Because he wants to be an official eunuch on his behalf! Why did they do it? Because the exam is not transparent, because there are too many opportunities for black-box operation.

At the same time, Ji Yun received an anonymous submission, which was the same as the needle examination system.

Ji Yun came over and asked, and the fourth master glanced at it, "Deng!" ”

When the people left, Lin Yutong asked, "Did Honghui do it?" ”

The fourth master smiled, "The window paper on this layer is not high, and it is ...... pierced" After all, the official is the right way to be born in the imperial examination. You can't use others while stabbing them in the back. There is a problem with the examination system, this Hongli will not say, and he can't move it for the time being. So who's going to puncture this layer of window paper?

The best way to use those who read books to poke holes and use strength to fight is the best way.

It's time for Hongli to have a big head!

Qianlong really has a big head, and when he got up in the morning, he saw a daily issue, and his face was dark, "I'm afraid that the world will not be chaotic about this matter!" ”

He felt messy, but so many readers read it and thought it was good! That's right! It should be fair and just. There are many things that can't be done fairly, and there is no standard for judging articles. Often, the examiner's preference is the criterion. But new learning is different, and there are many things that can promote a great degree of equity. The assessment of mathematics, one is one, two is two, not right is wrong, you are the prince, it is still not right.

Why do you want to take the prince as an example? Because the fifth elder brother didn't want to be an auditor, he held back his strength to take the exam once, and after auditing so many classes, he was still baked. Because he couldn't keep up with the course, he just hadn't been exposed to many things. As a result, the rest of the class has been listening to it semi-confused. He baked paste, not to mention Hongli, and choked the fourth master angrily. A few gentlemen from the academy came to the fourth master with a scroll, "Look, is this admission?" Or not admitted? ”

Don't record! What is not up to standard? It's not shameful enough.

Then this matter was spread out, but the fourth master and the academy did not pass it on, but Qianlong's dog temper, coupled with the queen's encouragement, how could this matter not be spread. So, I gave the academy a lot of praise.

What is Fairness?

It is fair that the exam questions are not easy to ask people to take advantage of loopholes, and the people who implement them only speak in the paper, which is fairness. It's not absolute, but it's ...... It's better than the imperial examination so that people can't see the depths. It's like this kind of answer that is even posted to you, so you compare the area, how good or bad you are in the test, don't you count yourself?

So, this mentions again, new learning is good. The new learning should be the subject of the exam, and the old learning is not to say that it should be abandoned, we can learn it, and we can even take the test, so can we make the proportion of this thing smaller?

Hell if those adults in the court can agree!

This inevitably leads to rip-offs. But as long as there is some, it will be three or five years, or a pilot trial will be three or five years, this is progress.

Honghui just lit the fire, he didn't control it, so he had to burn it like this, not all of it, but he had to keep adding firewood to it, so that the fire would not be extinguished.

Yin Jishan returned to Beijing in this atmosphere and asked to see the fourth master.

The status of this Manchurian from the imperial examination added luster to him, but when he returned to Beijing this time, it was as if he had also passed the imperial examination through the back door, which made people feel very uncomfortable. However, his son is a strong supporter of Xinxue. The father and son met in a hurry and almost quarreled at the door of their house.

However, when he came to see the fourth master, he had more important things, but he didn't mention this again.

The two of them locked up in the house and talked a lot about the situation in Fujian and Tai Bend, and then they remembered: "Master, the slave is back this time and has brought you good things." ”

As a result, Yin Jishan brought a British businessman.

The reason why Yin Jishan dared to bring people was because of the controversy in the publications he read on the road before, the 'ceremony', as if the academy didn't care too much. If this person enters the palace and does not pay homage or kneel, he will be very embarrassed.

When he entered the palace before, he had already reported to the Long Live Lord. It is said that he brought a merchant, brought some clocks and other things, and left one for the palace, and that one wanted to be sent to the old sage. I also want to take this merchant with me and see what else this person has in his stomach. After all, clocks and watches would be nice if you could make them yourself. There are many skilled craftsmen in the academy, and the old sage is one of them, and the reason here is reasonable. Therefore, man was brought.

This man's name is Alan, and he looks like a gentleman when he meets him.

The fourth master and Lin Yutong are still more curious, not because the other party is a foreigner, but except for the foreign adults who have been assimilated, the two have never seen the original ancient foreigners.

There is one in front of me, and as soon as I speak, I can feel that there is still some difference between the spoken language and the later generations. But it doesn't get in the way of communication.

Alan was surprised, he didn't speak Chinese, but the emperor of other people could speak native English. Isn't that surprising?

He brought not many things, a clock, an astrosphere, an astronomical telescope, a globe marked with the British colonies. Oh! The last box was a hot air balloon.

These things are honest, these things are rare and rare, not rare and not rare.

I have these things like celestial instruments. It's just different from theirs. People always think that if they don't know other people's scientific systems, they don't think it's anything unusual.

As for the globe, this thing has been there for a long time. Back then, the fourth master in the palace still used that thing to teach children.

And the hot air balloon, in the final analysis, isn't it still a Kong Ming lantern? How clever can you be?

As for clocks, people don't think that time is more precise and has much to do with the world. Look at this day, no one has delayed eating and sleeping!

The fourth master looked at these things and put them down, and asked the other party, "Is there a complete set of models of the British Fleet?" ”

"Your Majesty, do you even know about the British Fleet?" Alan said, "To be honest, we seem to know too little about your country. ”

The fourth master smiled and was speechless, "I still know about the East India Company...... It is a company with a royal warrant. Coincidentally, we also have a company in Daqing, and we also have a royal license, if you can bring the words, bring the words back, just say, we are very interested in cooperation. India is close to us, and trade is much easier than crossing the oceans......"

Lewen