Qian Qianyi was very surprised to look at His Majesty the Emperor who was talking happily with foreigners in the distance, he originally thought that the emperor was here to greet him, which made him inexplicably excited when he just got out of the car.

But unexpectedly, when he got off the train, he found that the emperor actually ran to the door of the second-class carriage and had a warm conversation with a group of foreigners, which made Qian Qianyi, who would be wrong, very embarrassed.

But no matter how embarrassing he is, he can't turn a blind eye to the emperor, if the mountain doesn't come, I'll take it, so I have to go to the mountain. Qian Qianyi quickly trotted over to the emperor, trying to say hello to Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty..."

Zhu Youzhen turned his head, quickly put his index finger to his mouth, and signaled Qian Qianyi to shut up before saying, "I'm just dressed as a civilian now, so Mr. Qian doesn't have to create chaos here."

Mr. Qian, don't come over in official clothes, lest others know that I have slipped out of the palace again, and then someone will write a book to criticize me. Sir, you have a tired journey, you might as well go home to rest first, and if you have anything to say, we will talk about it in the palace tomorrow.

Today I will be a guide to take this Mr. Galileo to visit the capital and the places where he will live and work in the future. I don't have time to listen to your report..."

Qian Qianyi watched in amazement as the emperor left the station with a large group of people, and soon only these officials who had just returned to Beijing were left on the platform. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he knew that the emperor valued these Westerners so much, and he should have talked more about them when he was on the road, I really don't know what is special about the Westerner named Galileo.

On the other side, Galileo, who had left with Chongzhen, quickly let down his guard in front of the enthusiastic young emperor. He could see that the Oriental monarch was indeed interested in science, and was not like the ignorant and proud bishops of the Holy See, who were always looking for science to prove the greatness of the gods.

Zhu Youzhen, who invited Galileo to ride in the same carriage with him, after some small talk, cut to the chase and said: "Mr. Galileo, I have already read your new work "Dialogue".

Of course, I also got protests from the Jesuits, who thought that the simple-minded, old-fashioned Simpli Qiu you portrayed in The Dialogue was an allusion to the Pope himself. Their evidence is that Simpli often makes ridiculously erroneous statements in his books in the usual language of the Pope. I wonder if this is true? ”

Galileo lowered his head and quickly denied: "No, it's not like that. Suffice it to say that this is the Jesuit slandering the Pope, and if it weren't for them linking the Pope to Simpliqiu, no one would have seen that Simpliqiu was the Pope. For example, Your Majesty, if there is no report from the Jesuits, can you think in this regard? ”

Zhu Youzhen shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, I'm willing to accept your explanation." You should know, however, that my authority can only protect you in the East, and that when you return to Europe, the Pope may not listen to your explanations. So I advise you not to go back to yourself until the Pope forgets the Dialogue. ”

Galileo shrunk his neck, he was indeed a little uncertain in his heart, after all, the Inquisition was not as good as the young supreme in front of him to speak, he quickly changed the topic and asked: "Thank you for Your Majesty's protection, I will definitely consider your opinion carefully."

It is an honor for me to meet His Majesty, but I would like to know what kind of job His Majesty can give me, and if you can leave me some personal time for some interesting research? ”

Zhu Youzhen replied with a smile: "You have come all the way from Europe, I don't think you need to get into work immediately, but first look at my country's education and scientific research work, understand the differences between my country and Europe in this regard, and then help us find out some problems." I would like to have an effective system for scientific research rather than scientific results, which will allow us to concentrate more human resources and make effective use of them..."

The emperor's respect for the Western scholar Galileo, and even personally as a guide, led him to visit the Royal Academy of Sciences, Yenching University, and the Chongzhen Swing in the Bell Tower, but in fact, it was not understood by the academicians of the Academy of Sciences. Although the Jesuits were aware of Galileo's knowledge, as subordinates of the Holy See, it was difficult for them to accept the fact that Galileo had been above them from the beginning.

The Chinese academicians did not know much about Galileo's learning, so it was naturally even more difficult to accept, and the emperor respected him even more than the entire Royal Academy of Sciences, which simply hurt their self-esteem.

Therefore, the academicians of the Academy of Sciences once went to negotiate with Xu Guangqi, thinking that the qualifications of academicians of the Academy of Sciences should not be awarded to Galileo so easily, at least they should conduct an examination on him.

Seeing that everyone had this attitude, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but run to ask the emperor for instructions. Although Zhu Youzhen did not think that Galileo needed to take any exams, he did not want the contradictions between the two sides to continue to deteriorate. Therefore, it was suggested that the Academy of Sciences should come up with a few research problems, and Xu Guangqi should take them to ask Galileo for advice, so that they did not have to be carried out in the name of examinations.

Xu Guangqi accepted the emperor's suggestion, and went to talk to Galileo for a whole day and half a night with five problems, and the next day he came to Chongzhen to suggest that his position as president of the Royal Academy of Sciences could be handed over to Galileo, and the other party's knowledge was obviously deeper than Matteo Ricci's, enough to lead the entire academy of sciences.

With the assistance of Xu Guangqi, Galileo finally won the title of academician of the Academy of Sciences without hindrance and became a professor and vice president of Yenching University.

Of course, compared to the little public opinion that Galileo brought up in the capital, in front of the list of new science and technology jinshi, it is not news. This time, the students of Yenching University who were the most outstanding in the Jinshi examination were the students of Yenching University, especially Xia Yunyi and Niu Jinxing, who entered the list of the top five.

Wen Tiren actually wanted to suppress Xia Yunyi's momentum, and when he was sent to the list of scholars, he said in front of Chongzhen: "Xia Yunyi has a high reputation among young scholars, and if he wins another champion, I am afraid it will be even more difficult for someone to suppress him." The minister thought that it was better to sharpen his temperament, remove him from the top three, and give him a Jinshi background was enough. However, this Liu is straight, and the article is done steadily, and the name can also convince everyone. ”

Zhu Youzhen wrote a word behind Xia Yunyi's name without raising his head, and then said lightly: "Liu Lishun is 40 years old, this article is not stable to write, do you still have the face to take the exam?"

I am now the time to work hard, naturally need young and promising people to fight, there is a group of forty or fifty-year-old men standing in the court, can they support my reform?

My Emperor Taizu Gao was already the Duke of Wu at the age of 32, but this Liu Lishun only came out for the exam at the age of 40, even if he was allowed to win, how many years would he be able to serve the country? When he learns how to be an official, he is also dying of old age and can't do it anymore. The next step is not to make money for the descendants of his relatives and clansmen, and it is not in vain to be an official.

Now in this world, if these gentlemen who can only read four books and five classics and are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality fill the court, it is estimated that the people of the Ming Dynasty will really not be able to live. The classics left by the master are to teach scholars how to cultivate themselves and how to behave, not to make them think about being officials all day long. ”

Wen Tiren suddenly closed his mouth tightly, he didn't want to be regarded by the emperor as being a faction with those old and useless officials. At the same time, he understood who were the staunchest supporters of the reformers.

On May 10, Xia Yunyi, who was discussing the pros and cons of land reform with members of the Youth Society in her dormitory at Yenching University, suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums beating in the distance.

Xia Yunyi, who was interrupted from speaking, said quite unhappily: "Someone came to the school to beat gongs and drums, isn't this disturbing the quiet?" ”

Niu Jinxing, who had been waiting, reacted at the first time, "It's the list, it's the list that has been opened..."

Under Niu Jinxing's reminder, the scholars in the house couldn't help but run to the courtyard, looking to see who this was to give good news. Xia Yunyi, who was thrown into the back of his mind after the exam, only then remembered that there was such a thing as the imperial examination. Seeing that everyone had run out, he couldn't help but roll up his sleeves and prepare to clean up the house.

But before he could remove a few chairs, Niu Jinxing ran back and took his arm and walked out and said, "What else are you cleaning, and go outside to have a look, maybe this good news is coming for you." ”

Xia Yunyi followed out a little helplessly, but said in his mouth: "I have some feelings in this scientific examination, but I don't think I can win, Juming, you think too much..."

However, as soon as they waited in front of the courtyard gate for a while, three errand servants came straight to the courtyard gate, looking at the crowd and shouting, "Congratulations to Master Xia for being the top student in the current department and the first... That is Master Xia? ”

When Xia Yunyi heard the shouts of the newspaper, he was also a little distracted for a while, and he felt that the world around him seemed to pause for a while, and it took a while to return to the real world.

Although he knew that Xia Yunyi would be successful, Niu Jinxing didn't expect that the emperor would openly point Xia Yunyi as the champion, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and felt that this world was so unfair. Although he himself was admitted to the Jinshi and ranked fourth, he couldn't be happy when he looked at Xia Yunyi in front of him.

Compared with the bustle of Yenching University, Zhang Dailing, who lives in Yushu Hutong, stood in the courtyard with the good news and was stunned for a while after the servants scattered the good news to the messenger who reported the good news.

At the age of 36, he became a jinshi, and he also had mixed feelings, and he didn't know what to say. When he was young, everyone in Shaoxing praised him as a prodigy, but because he didn't pay attention to the format of the examination several times, the examination papers were invalidated, and he lost interest in the imperial examination.

Unexpectedly, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he and his father's luck came, under the name of Chongzhen himself, his father participated in the rectification project, after nearly four years and 13 phases of the project, so that the southern part of Shandong and northern Jiangsu from the past flood flood area into the land of fish and rice, only last year this area increased the production of 1.75 million stone grain, nearly half of the number of grain transported in the north of Jingcang.

With this credit, my father became the backbone of the Ministry of Water Resources, continued to be reused by the emperor, further deepened the water conservancy projects in northern Jiangsu, and began to study the problem of water disasters in the Huai River. And he also picked up the books again and took the imperial examination.

Although the work of water conservancy management is extremely tedious and tiring, Zhang Dai enjoys it as much as his father, but his literary friends often write letters complaining about him, and in recent years, they have not been able to write refreshing and beautiful articles.

Zhang Dai looked up at the sky, and felt that it was nothing if he couldn't write beautiful writing, at least when he looked at the sky now, he could feel that his mood was much more comfortable than in the past.