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"The young master must be working hard in school now!"

It's not that Zeng Liu is excusing the young master. What he said was the truth, since the young master came to Nanjing, he worked hard at school or at home every day, and he couldn't let go of the scroll all day long.

After hearing this answer, Zeng Guofan, who knew that Zeng Liu would not exonerate his son, just nodded casually, and then said to his subordinates.

"Take me to his room!"

After entering his son's room, Zeng Guofan glanced at the room, there were two bookcases in this simple room, which were full of books, and the desk by the window was also full of various books.

So he walked over, picked up a book from the desk, looked at the cover, it was a big head, the book was an English book, and there were books such as mathematics on the table, and checked the bookcase, and frowned slightly, most of the books on the bookshelf had traces of flipping, but as for books such as the subset of scriptures and poems, they did not move at all.

This directly illustrates the problem -- after his son came to Nanjing, he largely wasted his learning, at least some of what he thought in his heart.

Picked up a note on the table, only to see that it was marked with Chinese characters in English, and then opened another notebook, which was written in arithmetic, for those foreign numbers, now Zeng Guofan is no stranger, because after the surrender of the Han Dynasty, those officials are using foreign numbers to fill in the form, unlike the old-style officials who focus on articles, those officials pay more attention to numbers, which is obviously influenced by the government, and even the government often asks officials not to "play with words".

After looking at the two notebooks, Zeng Guofan's brows furrowed slightly, although from the establishment of Nanjing University Hall, he knew that it was impossible for this emperor to use the Bagu article to win scholars, but it did not mean that he was silent, and even ordered his son to apply for Nanjing University Hall He had no opinion on this.

And all along, Zeng Guofan is not very satisfied with his son's academic articles, and now seeing Zeng Jize's abandonment of academic articles, it makes him feel a burst of dissatisfaction in his heart, but at the same time of dissatisfaction, he is a little helpless, when he was in Jiangxi, he heard about what happened in Hunan and other places, which made Zeng Guofan very clear that the emperor was very clear about what the emperor's attitude towards Western studies was.

In the case of the emperor's full support for Western learning, Zeng Guofan, as a courtier, will naturally not please that boring, he knows very well that for the courtiers, it has always been transferred to the emperor's will, and now everyone is silent, not because everyone agrees, but everyone is unwilling to make the emperor unhappy, if the emperor shows a little dissatisfaction with Western learning, then there will inevitably be a bunch of excerpts to criticize Western learning.

For the ministers, few would risk their lives to advise the emperor. There will be people who are like two hundred and five who are sticking to the "right path" there. What's more, who said that the West is not the right way? If foreign guns and foreign cannons are not, then what are they? It's a crooked way.

Therefore, according to the current development trend, the emperor's interest in Western studies will only become stronger and stronger, and even in the palace, there is a place for the emperor to study Western learning. Because of this, no one will go if this is boring, everyone is smart. Zeng Guofan, who has been up and down for many years, also knows this, but when facing this reality, he has to face another unavoidable reality.

"Could it be that the famous teacher really will fall away?"

Zeng Guofan thought worriedly, thinking like this in his heart, he looked at his son's notes thoughtfully again. The only thing that satisfies Zeng Ze is his calligraphy. Ji Ze has been good at writing since he was a child, and he also intends to guide him in this regard.

When he left Beijing at the age of fourteen, Zeng Jize had already laid a solid foundation. Although he could not point out one by one in person in the next few years, Zeng Guofan often patiently taught his son the key to writing in family letters, and often asked his son to send words to him for approval. The son's handwriting is deep and beautiful to the second king, and it is beautiful and elegant, and few of the children of the big officials' families can write such good words. It's just that the pen is insufficient, and Xiuyi lacks strength, just like his personality, which is probably in line with his mother's nature.

For this point, Zeng Guofan, who is a master of calligraphy, knows that it cannot be changed. Therefore, he did not want his son to become a big official in the future, especially not to meddle in military affairs, and in the past he even thought that if he could be promoted to the rank of scholar and Hanlin and find a quiet position as a school secretary and a scholar, he would feel satisfied as a father.

"The ...... of the Law of America"

Looking at the words written in the notes in his hand, Zeng Guofan's brows furrowed, he knew that Ji Ze was going to apply for the "law" major. After studying the law, is this son of his going to be a lawyer in the future?

It is almost an instinct, for the "law", Zeng Guofan is disgusted, he is familiar with history books, he knows very well that the so-called "law" is just a "thing", as for the so-called "Son of Heaven violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" is not from the "Book of Shang Jun", but it is just the "conjecture" of later generations.

For 3,000 years, the so-called "law" has always been a tool of the emperor. As for the "Wei Ying" who emphasized the law, it was also said in the "Book of Shang Jun": ...... The prince broke the law. "If the law does not work, it will be violated from above." Prince Shofa. The crown prince, the heir of the monarch, shall not be punished, and the punishment of his Fu Gongzi is pious, and his master Sun Jia is punished.

Later generations used this incident to come up with the so-called "prince violates the law, and the common people are guilty of the same crime" to demonstrate the power of the law, but they don't know that the so-called "the prince breaks the law, and the common people are guilty of the same crime" is just conjecture, or it is used to deceive ordinary people. As for the "Son of Heaven", it is even more unlikely...... Because the Son of Heaven has always been a law, it is naturally impossible for "the common people to be guilty of the same crime"!

Because it is impossible for the Son of Heaven to break the law!

The so-called "the prince violates the law, and the common people are guilty of the same crime" is just wishful thinking on the part of the common people, but it is also a rhetoric used to deceive the people. Only those who are stupid in reading will believe that there is such a thing, and if the officials really believe this sentence, then there is really no place to die.

And now, his son's act of studying law, in Zeng Guofan's view, is simply reading "reading foolishness". even wants to be a ninth-rate "lawsuit", which Zeng Guofan certainly can't accept.

Although he is well aware that the official system of the new dynasty is different from the old days, the local parents are no longer responsible for adjudicating cases, and all are judged by the county Dali Zheng, the government Dali Temple Cheng, and the provincial Dali Temple Shaoqing. Because it is a full-time prison, it is required to be proficient in the law - although in the trial of Dali Temple, because of the ancient "three stabs" system, whether a prisoner is guilty or not is determined by the "Mingde Group" composed of "virtuous people", and Dali Temple is only responsible for sentencing.

However, this put forward higher requirements for the Dali Temple and the punishment envoys -- those "lawyers" only needed to persuade the "Mingde Tuan" drawn by the locals to be acquitted. When this system was first implemented in Jiangxi, Zeng Guofan was extremely puzzled, because the "Three Thorns" and "Five Hearings" were the systems of the pre-Qin and Zhou dynasties, and their core purpose was "Mingde prudent punishment", and even the "Mingde Tuan" that was selected to determine whether a suspect was guilty or not was also taken from the meaning of "Mingde prudent punishment", but on the other hand, the heavy punishment and heavy punishment in the new dynasty were ironclad facts, and the attitude of local officials in the past towards litigation was to "settle litigation", which was a method used to deal with litigation disputes in pursuit of "no litigation". "Erbi Jian Lawsuit" is a common term used to describe local customs in the official chronicles and official scribes' training. However, in the new dynasty, on the contrary, unlike the old advocacy of "the people like the most without lawsuits, and the countryside works together", the new dynasty encourages the people to resolve various disputes through "litigation".

Zeng Guofan would always sigh that "the world is declining", but he also has to admire one thing, that is, he can always be fair and honest in Dali Temple, and the "Mingde Group" does not live up to the trust.

But this does not mean that he will approve of his son studying law, because learning law must first be a "lawsuit", whether it is a lawyer or a sentence, its essence is just a "lawsuit", only after accumulating enough experience, can it be possible to become a Dali Temple after passing the application and review, and it is only possible, after all, there are only so many people in Dali Temple!

In the past, when he was in Jiangxi, he had no way to stop his son from becoming a "lawsuit", but now that he has come to Nanjing, he must find a way to get his son back on the right path, of course, he can't directly stop all this, after all, it is Your Majesty who wants to "act according to law" now, and the last thing Zeng Guofan wants is to cause His Majesty's dissatisfaction because of some of his actions.

"I've seen my father!"

Suddenly, Zeng Guofan's thoughts were interrupted by his son's greetings, and then he noticed that his son had come back at some point, and the next moment, he found that his son had changed greatly - he was wearing a black Western-style dress, and he was no stranger to this kind of clothing, which was similar to the army uniform, and many young officers also wore this kind of clothing, unlike the military uniform, there was a pocket on his left chest, and the military uniform and the officer's uniform were two pockets. And his hair, which was cut off in braids and did not grow hair, was kept short. He also wears a military-style hat on his head.

Although he was a little disappointed that his son couldn't grow his hair, Zeng Guofan knew that the one in the palace was also short-haired, and it was common for young people to dress like this, so he didn't show the complicated emotions in his heart, but just asked.

"Ji Ze, these days, what are you learning in that school?"

Zeng Guofan asked curiously.

"Father, the school was opened to prepare for the entrance examination of Nanjing University, where the son studied Western literature, arithmetic, geography, and Western law......

When mentioning the opening of the school, Zeng Jize's tone was a little excited, the private school with only a few hundred people opened a new door for him, and through that door, he saw the world he had never known before.

"Father, the reason why my son came back so late today is because he was looking up materials in the library,"

During the day, he studied in school, and at night he read books in the Imperial Library opposite the palace, completed his coursework, and after ten days of hard copying, Zeng Jize had just finished writing an article.

"Library?"

"Yes, my father, it is the Imperial Library, in addition to the complete set of Yangzhou Wenhui Pavilion's "Siku Quanshu", there are hundreds of thousands of books purchased from Japan and the West, and the translation agency translates a new book almost every day...... The father and the son learned while copying, which benefited greatly. The son thought to himself that this article "The Gains and Losses of the Comparison between the Chinese and Western Political Systems" is not only very useful for the son to be admitted to the Nanjing University Hall, but also should also have a certain inspiration for officials, and he also asked his father to give his son some advice......

When Zeng Jize sent the Chinese manuscript, he solemnly suggested to his father.

"Wow!"

Zeng Guofan flipped through his son's manuscript, and after reading this article, he was attracted by the words in the article, which pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of China's political system, and also pointed out the advanced points of the imperial examination, of course, it was inevitable that all kinds of disadvantages of the eight-share selection of talents. At the same time, it also pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of the Western political system.

It took almost an hour, and after finishing this article, Zeng Guofan looked at his son and was silent for a while before asking,

"Did you understand this article yourself, or did someone else teach it?"

Now Zeng Guofan wants to know who the article came from, in his opinion, it can't be written by his son, after all, the style of writing is not like his son's personality.

"It's the son who realized it on his own!"

Zeng Jize hurriedly replied, and his son's answer made Zeng Guofan's brows furrow suddenly, and he said coldly.

"Don't you know that this is a matter of arguing about state affairs!"

Now Zeng Guofan is really scared, he clearly knows that at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, I don't know how many vassals were destroyed in this unwarranted disaster, for him, he knows very well that as a subordinate, what he needs most now is to be cautious, not only him, but also his family, and the same.

"Back to my father, this article is really written at the request of the teacher, if it is not for the teacher's order, how dare my son dare to discuss national politics."

Zeng Jize has always respected his father like a god and feared him like a tiger, and when his father said this, he immediately replied.

"Okay, go back to your room, I'll take a look at it."

Looking at the article on the table, Zeng Guofan paced back and forth in the room a few times with his hands behind his back, and then sat at the desk and continued to watch, looking at this article that was shelved in the Qing Dynasty and did not know how much harm it would bring to the Zeng family, for a while he didn't know how to deal with this matter.

"My lord, the ninth master is back."

At this moment, Jing Qi pushed the door and came in to report.

"Lao Jiu is back?"

Zeng Guofan heard this, and then looked at the article on the table again, and his heart suddenly became uncomfortable, and then he felt a little helpless and got up and said,

"I know, you go and tell the guy, fry two dishes, and I'll have a meal with Lao Jiu!"

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