These are a bit messy, which is true, because Wang Xuan is not a learned Confucian who specializes in learning, he doesn't have so much time to study, and he doesn't have so many books to refer to.

Yang Cong's meaning, it is very much like declining his request to publish a book, what is written a little messy, what we add up, it is all, Yang Cong's meaning is that this book should not be published, at least Wang Xuan thinks so.

He couldn't help but shake his head with a lonely face and sighed: "Alas, this old man knows that the old man is a craftsman, and he can't compare to those great Confucians, how can he write any masterpieces." The old man also wants to record the craftsman skills of Quanzhou Mansion and even the surrounding state capitals, and explore how to make these skills more exquisite. ”

This sounds a bit desperate, but what Yang Cong is concerned about is not the despair in his words, but something else.

He asked with great interest, "Oh, sir, are you from a craftsman's family?" ”

Wang Xuanzi gradually said: "Yes, the old man was originally a blacksmith, but after he was admitted to the fame, he was exempted from the pain of hard labor, and married the daughter of a farmer, and the family had a little thin land, and he could barely make ends meet. ”

What he said was relatively easy, but in fact, his own situation was far from so easy.

It is true that he was born in a craftsman's family, but he was also a talented young talent, otherwise he would not have been favored by a master of science like Cai Qing and accepted as a protégé.

It's a pity that after he shined in the county test, the government test and the hospital test, the township test failed, and since then, he has fallen silent and never participated in the township test again.

Of course, it is not because of a bad background that you have failed in other places, the imperial examination at this time is relatively fair, and most of the time you only look at your knowledge, not your background.

The reason why he didn't pass the test in other places is mainly because of money.

Because he had no money to buy horses, he could only go to Jinling on foot, Quanzhou is more than 2,000 miles away from Nanjing, and he walked for nearly two months, and the hardships can be imagined.

Because he had no money, he could only eat and sleep in the open, and he didn't even eat a few full meals on the way, and when he arrived in Jinling, the whole person was already weak, and the township test lasted for three days, and it was good if he could hold on without fainting, how could he get any results.

On the way back, he almost starved to death on the road because he had no money to eat!

Therefore, after he went to Jinling once, he broke off the idea of continuing the imperial examination, and directly married the only daughter of a peasant family as his wife, relying on the tax exemption quota to barely maintain the family's livelihood.

Yu Dayou also deeply understands this kind of suffering of having no money, and he couldn't help but sigh on the side: "Qingfeng, Mr. is actually a handsome man for a while, and he was also among the best in the college examination, but it's a pity that Jinling is too far away!" For us lowly poor people, Jinling is too far away, more than 2,000 miles, and it would be good for ordinary people to walk there and keep half their lives! ”

These two are people with a lot of stories.

When Yang Cong heard this, he fell into contemplation again.

Wang Xuan and Yu Dayou both thought that he was still thinking about whether to pay for the printing of these books, but in fact, they were not at all.

The emotion of these two people made him faintly find the reason why Daming could not develop, or in other words, the hope of Daming's development.

Why can't Daming develop?

In other words, why did the development of the Ming Dynasty stagnate to a certain extent?

This reason seems to be related to what happened to Wang Xuan and Yu Dayou!

So, what's the connection?

He looked at Wang Xuan, then at Yu Dayou, and inadvertently glanced at the pile of books.

A flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind, and he finally understood.

The reason why Daming can't develop is because many talents have been buried!

The rulers of these years mistakenly believed that only those who read books were talents, or in other words, they could only read dead books and admit death, thinking that studying was to become officials, and that studying was to be among the gentry, and such people were talents.

In fact, they are wrong, not that the scholars are not talents, but their views are too one-sided.

Can it develop just to study just to be an official, then to join the gentry class, then to annex the land, and then to live the life of the upper class on the land that comes from the annexation?

In this way, you can only slowly go to a dead end!

Scholars should also have other pursuits, not just to be an official, let alone just to be among the gentry.

For example, Wang Xuan, after reading books and being educated, began to think about how to pass on the skills of craftsmen, and tried every means to improve the skills of craftsmen, so that the industry of the Ming Dynasty could develop.

For example, Yu Dayou, after reading books and being educated, began to think about how to use improved weapons and warships to defeat the Japanese invaders, how to improve the chariots, and defeat the Mengyuan cavalry, so that the army of the Ming Dynasty could become stronger.

With the development of industry, money, advanced weapons, and a strong army, the Ming Dynasty will become stronger!

This is where the hope of Daming lies, or rather, these people are the hope of Daming!

As for those officials and gentry who study purely as officials, not only can they not make the Ming Dynasty rich and strong, but in many ways, they are a stumbling block to the development of the Ming Dynasty.

This time, Yang Cong came to his senses without letting Wang Xuan remind him, he smiled and laughed at himself: "What kind of lowly poor people, if you want to say lowly, my merchant background is the lowest, right?" ”

That's what I said!

Well, Shinong Industry and Commerce, if you want to talk about status, the status of merchants is really the lowest, this is a fact, Wang Xuan and Yu Dayou can't refute it.

Yang Cong suddenly asked again: "Sir, Brother Zhifu, have you ever thought about continuing to participate in the township examination?" ”

Fainted, what is this, tell you about the book, but you are talking about the township test.

Yu Dayou said curtly: "I have passed the Wuju Township Examination, and then I go to participate in the Wenju, isn't it ridiculous?" ”

Yang Cong shook his head slightly and said, "Brother Zhifu's words are wrong, didn't you pass the Wenju Academy examination at the beginning, and then went to participate in the martial arts?" ”

Uh, this, it is indeed a fact, Yu Dayou was speechless for a moment.

Wang Xuan said with hope: "The old man wants to try, but this Jinling is far away, and the old man is afraid that it will be difficult to get there." ”

Yang Cong shook his head again and said, "Sir, you don't have to walk this time, you follow me and take a carriage all the way, and you are not tired at all." ”

When Wang Xuan heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he took the carriage over, he didn't even think about it!

In these years, if you can be admitted to the lifting of people, who wants to be a talent for the rest of your life.

Wang Xuan didn't fail the exam because he didn't have good knowledge, and more than ten years have passed, not only has his knowledge not fallen, but he has also made some progress, and there seems to be no problem in taking the exam!

The question is, what does Yang Cong mean by this?

He came to him to publish a book, but he invited him to participate in the township examination together.

How do you say this?

To be honest, this is a bit of a bull's head!