Drinking a little wine and listening to the music, looking at the snowflakes dripping outside the window, this is an artistic conception, far from being comparable to Yicui Building in Yihong Courtyard.

After all, he is a literati.

After drinking a few glasses again, Emperor Chongzhen said goodbye to Li Chengyan and others.

It was only after Emperor Chongzhen's figure completely disappeared from the Drunken Immortal Building, and many people in the lobby on the first floor and the seats on the second floor of the Drunken Immortal Building chose to leave, that Li Chengyan slowly picked up his wine glass and said, "Two, drink together!" ”

Sun Xiyuan said curiously: "Why does Brother Li look like this?" ”

No wonder Sun Xiyuan is curious, the current Li Chengyan can't see that he was still here to guide the country just now, but he looked like he was in a cold sweat, which looked a little scary.

Li Chengyan said: "That Li Xin and Li Gongzi just now, do you really think he is an ordinary son?" Whether my family succeeds or fails, we will know in a few days. ”

Zhou Hongchang said suspiciously: "Could it be that there is something else to do?" ”

Li Chengyan shook his head and said: "In short, it is unspeakably expensive, don't ask the two brothers again, and I won't say it if I ask." ”

Li Chengyan felt that he didn't have the courage to study the identity of this Li Yan and Li Gongzi.

When Emperor Chongzhen scolded Lao Tongsheng to death in Nanjing before, Li Bangyan happened to see the whole process from the side.

Li Gongzi, who scolded the dead man, swaggered to the restaurant to drink, and when Ying Tianfu, who wanted to intervene, was persuaded to leave by the shopkeeper of this drunken fairy building, Li Chengyan happened to see some of it.

Such a big man, even in the Wei State Mansion, has never existed, and Li Chengyan naturally intends to make friends.

However, with the requirements of safety first and less trouble, Li Chengyan still sent someone to inquire about some news about this Li Gongzi.

It's just that no matter how much he sends someone to investigate, he can't find the roots of this Li Gongzi, as if he appeared in Jinling City out of thin air and disappeared out of thin air, and all the clues clearly point to an inconspicuous official family in Henan.

The problem is that these clues are so clear that it's not normal - as if someone deliberately put them there for someone to investigate.

Thinking about it, as soon as Emperor Chongzhen left Nanjing City, there was no news of this Li Gongzi, and the identity of this Li Xin and Li Gongzi was a little about to come out.

It is precisely because of this that after Emperor Chongzhen arrived at the Drunken Immortal Tower, Li Chengyan, who had been secretly remembering it in his heart, deliberately said those words, hoping to get the attention of this Li Gongzi.

Later, Emperor Chongzhen turned a blind eye to the ban on not allowing all living beings to make suggestions, which made Li Chengyan more sure of the speculation in his heart - it is not for nothing that there are people who dare to take Emperor Chongzhen's will as a matter of nothing, but those have become dry bones in the grave.

Li Chengyan, who slapped the emperor's sycophants a few times, felt that he should take a big gamble.

If you win, naturally there is nothing to say, and it is not impossible to get any promotion and salary increase as the first assistant.

If you lose, there are two possibilities.

One is that the identity of this Li Yan and Li Gongzi is not the one he imagined, this situation is actually quite good, at least his knowledge can be appreciated by this son, and he is not afraid that he will not be able to pass it on.

The other is that what he said was not recognized by this Li Gongzi, and what he said just now was just to play with himself.

In this way, my future career will basically be over.

But this bet is completely worth it, even if the bet is a bit big, the back is soaked with cold sweat and has to talk and laugh as if nothing happened.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had left the restaurant, planned to continue to wander the street, but he just instructed Wang Chengen: "Check that Li Chengyan and the other two people just now, and go back and tell me." ”

After Wang Chengen answered in a low voice, Emperor Chongzhen continued to wander the streets.

This is fucking abnormal, I just went out of the palace for a wave, and I was able to meet the students of the Zongheng family?

But this is also normal, after all, Zuixianlou is one of the largest restaurants in Nanjing, and students who can drink must also have some ability.

The problem is that this Li Chengyan really knows everything and says everything.

That's the problem.

Even if this is a world of faces, even if you are more handsome, it is impossible to reach the point where both men and women are killed, right?

And people can say so many things from their hearts and lungs at the risk of being targeted by Jinyiwei?

Emperor Chongzhen thought that he was not so handsome as Chongzhen's treasure banknote.

Speaking of Chongzhen's treasure banknote, Emperor Chongzhen remembered that he didn't seem to have settled the bill just now? Rubbed someone else's meal?

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen didn't take it to heart, but walked in the direction of Jubao Mountain.

Jubaoshan is a good place, what if you find an artifact that emits blue fire?

After Emperor Chongzhen ran away, Li Chengyan settled the account, and left with Sun Xiyuan and Zhou Hongchang and went home.

But the next few days were peaceful, eerily calm.

The things that I imagined that someone came to the door to announce the decree or that someone came to the door to invite me did not happen, and life continued as before.

Even Sun Xiyuan and Zhou Hongchang laughed at Li Chengyan, feeling that this product was completely a pipe dream, and it was crazy to dream of ascending to the sky in one step.

But not far from Li Chengyan's house, Guan Bu, who was wearing a night suit, put down the binoculars in his hand, yawned and said: "It should be nothing, this guy is completely shit luck, or his brain is flexible enough." ”

Zhu Gang nodded and said, "What about the relatives in his family?" Especially on the wife side? ”

Guan Budao: "I've checked it all." There is nothing abnormal in his wife's family, it is not a rich and noble family, but it can be regarded as a poetry and book heirloom, just like his Li family.

As for the relationship between other clans, there are some bullying and bullying things, but there are no things about forcibly seizing land and robbing people's daughters, which is not bad. ”

Zhu Gang nodded and said, "That's good, since there is no problem, let's report back to Your Majesty truthfully." ”

Emperor Chongzhen was indeed very interested in Li Chengyan.

This guy's level is not easy to say compared to those bigwigs who talked about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the future, but this momentum of not being cheeky and taking advantage of it is really too much to the appetite of Emperor Chongzhen.

At least there is only one Shi Fenglai in the court, and even the dignified Shoufu Wen Tiren can't be completely faceless.

As long as this kind of person is put to the right place and used well, he is definitely a qualified diplomat.

Especially with his back to Daming to support him, it is really exciting for him to blackmail the Dutch into coming out with many good things.

It's time to meet this bold guy - the courage to dare to secretly figure out who he is and then do what he likes.

When Li Chengyan himself began to vaguely wonder if he was thinking too much, someone finally came to the door.

Looking at these brocade guards in front of him, Li Chengyan knew that he really didn't think too much, his guess was correct, at least this time, it was stable.

After seeing Li Xin Li Gongzi again, or Emperor Chongzhen, the first thing Li Chengyan did was to hurriedly kneel on the ground and ask for guilt: "The student doesn't know Your Majesty's heavenly face, and the emperor is out of order, I pray for Your Majesty's mercy!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled: "Get up, where is the arrogance of pointing out the country a few days ago?" Tell me, if you were to make it, what would happen to Holland? ”

Li Chengyan first thanked him, and only after getting up did he say with a straight face: "Your Majesty, the student's words today are the same as in the past, you should first cut off their land, and then destroy their country." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "What if I want to finish my work in one battle? ”

Li Chengyan said: "Your Majesty think twice, even if my soldiers of the Ming Guard can dominate the world, and the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet are invincible at sea, they cannot send hundreds of thousands of soldiers to the land of Holland at one time. And the Netherlands is thousands of miles away from me, don't be careful! ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled, and then continued: "Since this is the case, then that's it." I have given you the same Jinshi background, go to Honglu Temple first, and you will preside over the affairs of the mission to the Netherlands. ”

Li Chengyan was only slightly entangled in his heart, and then thanked him and said, "Minister, obey the order." ”

The Jinshi background of the Zheng'er Bajing and the same Jinshi who was given by the emperor have a completely different reputation in Shilin.

But if you dwell on this issue now, if you miss the mission to the Netherlands, it will be difficult to catch the next opportunity.

Many times, there is only one opportunity, and it is fleeting, and if you can't grasp it, you can only cry out in vain.

Emperor Chongzhen was obviously very satisfied with Li Chengyan's knowledge, and ordered Li Chengyan to retreat with a wave of his hand.

The matter of the Netherlands is really like what Li Chengyan said, it is true to hit them until they hurt, and then cut them over and get an overseas military base.

As for actually sending a 102,000-strong army of two naval fleets to completely wipe the Netherlands off the map, it is obviously somewhat unrealistic.

Quite simply, there are not enough fortune boats.

Although the current fortune ship has been improved in the past ten years, it is more awesome than the fortune ship in the Yongle period.

If you just rely on two fleets to send 100,000 troops over, you can still do it by gritting your teeth, but in fact, it is far from being as simple as just sending 100,000 troops over.

Even if you don't consider the food and drink of the 100,000 troops along the way, you have to take into account the future combat problems of the Netherlands, right?

Supply? Ammunition? Cannon?

Especially the cannon, the place occupied by the broken thing is not small, and the Dutch also have cannons in their hands, if these 100,000 troops are not equipped with cannons, they will probably be killed.

But in the era when there is no Dongfeng Express and there is not even rocket artillery, not to mention the nuclear level of the express, it is already the bosses of the Ming Royal Academy to be able to do the cannon washing.

In fact, the bigwigs of the Daming Royal Academy, especially the bigwigs led by Mo Hua, are also staring at each other.

Mo Hua thought that it was not easy for a barbarian in Jinnige to learn something, and it was when he should study well, so he simply threw the nine chapters of arithmetic to Jinnige.

Then Jinnige was tortured to death by the nine chapters of arithmetic thrown by Mo Hua.

Out of the principle of reciprocity, the Kinney Pavilion also picked a difficult problem and handed it to Mohua - to divide any angle into three with a ruler and compass without a scale; Knowing any circle, draw a square with an area equal to it; If you know any cube, draw another cube that is twice as large as it.

Then the two groups began to stare at each other.

Jinnige can not solve the three major geometric problems, nor can he solve the nine chapters of arithmetic.

As for Mo Hua, most of the problems in the nine chapters of arithmetic can be solved, but the three major geometric problems cannot be solved either.

Especially looking at the piles of paper in front of me, the ghost-like things written on them, except for a few crooked Chinese characters that can still be understood, what the rest of the things are, I don't understand at all.

Mo Hua, who was extremely painful, stared at Jinnige, who was not much smaller than himself, and glared and said, "What the hell is this?" Do you have to find some bull noses to explain it? ”

I have been in Daming for many years, and I have basically become a Daming Tong, of course I know what the bull's nose means, isn't it those Taoist priests.

But these words are such a thing, no matter how much you try to get them, he can't turn them into Chinese characters.

Even if it becomes a Chinese character, it is also transliterated, and when the time comes, several characters represent a symbol, can you still understand it?

In desperation, Jinnige had no choice but to speak: "Otherwise, what should I do?" Each symbol has its specific meaning, replace one, and all the thousands of books in the next thousands of books need to be replaced, and it is impossible to complete it in a short time? ”

Mo Hua also knew that what Jinnige said was the truth, but it was too much of a headache to look at these crooked symbols - it was better to look at the Taoist talismans!

After thinking about it for a long time, Mo Hua, who didn't come up with a good solution, asked, "What if it was simplified?" It's easy to write, isn't it? No matter how bad you are, you don't want these crooked ghost paintings? ”

Jinnige said: "What about replacement? Replace all of them, but it takes a lot of manpower and time? ”

Mo Hua pondered and said: "If you talk about manpower, there is no shortage of people, you can get some literate ones from anywhere, and replacing them is not a big problem." Only time is a bit of a headache. ”

Beyond Mo Hua's expectations, he originally thought that the translation of 7,000 books would be very fast—even Emperor Chongzhen thought so.

After all, there are few missionaries who come to the Ming Dynasty to preach without understanding Chinese characters, and even if they don't understand it, they have always learned something after so many years of preaching.

But in fact, the situation was exactly the opposite of what was expected, in addition to the 7,000 books brought by Jinnige, Jin Yiwei was also constantly sending books to the Royal Academy through various ways.

In line with the principle of new technology in new books, the translation of new books is often given priority, and the 7,000 copies that Kinney brought with him are slowly being translated.

Then the problem arises.

It's good that the new book doesn't involve those ghost drawing symbols, but once it comes to ghost drawing symbols, it's enough to give people a headache.

The most deceptive thing is that those ghost drawings are very difficult to draw with a brush, and if you are not careful, the whole piece of paper will be wasted.

And then there was the continued quarrel - Mo Hua's request to replace those ghost-drawn talismans had already upset Jinnige, and it turned out to be a lot of quarrels over what symbols represented what meanings.

However, it is not without good news, at least Mo Hua and others accept Arabic numerals, and maintain a positive attitude.