As a restaurant street in the capital, four years after entering Zhengde, the popularity of Huangcheng West Street is also increasing day by day. The main reason for this is, of course, the regularization of the league, but the inherent charm of the Forbidden City and the thriving prosperity of the entire capital are also affected.

At the same time, the prosperity of the capital is different from that of neighboring Tianjin.

The latter is a large industrial area, where people have a clear goal, so they are very busy all day, and it is only after the sun goes down that the popularity of various services increases, and most of the time there are only sporadic people during the day.

The capital is a place with a variety of people, and everything here feels so new that it's hard to choose. Now in the capital, the largest number of people are the scholars who came from all over the country, and they also came to catch the exam, but the eyes of the scholars are no longer staring at Chunyu or Guozijian, but are concentrated on the academy.

Confucianism, as a prominent study, has declined, and if you don't change your course, you can only choose to go to sea to fight for the future or enter the Hanlin Academy for the rest of your life. Today's Hanlin Academy is no longer the noble place it used to be, and the difficulty of admission is certainly lower than in the past, but compared to the future, it is simply a bad choice.

In the past, Hanlin, even if he was not in power and could not get ahead, at least he could take charge of the sword and pen, revise history, and control the name behind him that the world valued the most. If it is successfully promoted, it will be even more remarkable, and the Hanlin Academy is the only way to seal the cabinet and worship the prime minister.

Now, there are only two responsibilities left in the Hanlin Academy, one is academic research, that is, Confucianism, because without the support of the court, the original scared people will naturally not be able to take action. If anyone is cheeky and hard-skinned, then the position of Hanlin Academy will be gone.

Hou Ye said well: To do scholarship, we still have to seek truth from facts, and without real evidence, those boundless pursuit of Confucian sages can only be dealt with as ulterior motives.

The second is to revise history, this time it is not ancient history, but Confucian history, Hou Ye named it "Confucianism and Foreign History", mainly listing the lives of Confucian celebrities. In foreign history, it is not allowed to praise the morality of a certain Confucian, but only to write the life and deeds of this person, where he was an official, what his political achievements were during the period, and even to examine the family property of this person before and after the official.

There are many people of insight in Confucianism, where do you not know that this is Xie Hong's strategy to beat the water dogs? But if they don't write, they will have others to write it, and if they are replaced by those Legalists or even Mohist believers to write, then it will be really fatal.

Confucianism emphasizes that only one person has virtue and reputation, so no matter what he actually does, this person is a good person with high morality and respect.

Now that the case is about to be overturned, the Legalist disciples pay attention to the evidence, and they are the most serious, and they may not be able to study it far away, or there are some omissions, but there is no difficulty in the characters of this dynasty. And the Mohists, which had been annihilated but were suddenly revived by Xie Hong, were completely opposed to Confucianism.

Confucianism emphasizes ethics, while Mohists advocate equality and love; Confucianism has always been an inner king and an outer sage, while Mohists are the opposite; In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius once angrily denounced Mo Zhai as a 'beast', and the latter also disdained Confucius to the extreme.

The Mohist doctrine was not liked by the ruling grassroots, and after Confucianism came to power, it spared no effort to suppress it.

Although the Confucian scholars did not know why Xie Hong, who acted very similar to the legendary children of the Mo family and whose methods were also decisive, did not exterminate Confucianism. But they know very well that the identity of the other party is beyond doubt, and their disdain for Confucianism is also clear.

If they take out the same set of things as before, engage in some passive sabotage, or even strike tricks, then the people will not be soft-hearted, and they will change a group of people if it is a big deal. If the Legalists are replaced, if they are replaced by the Mohists who pay attention to love and love to repair history, then the famous ministers from the Han Dynasty onwards, I am afraid that none of them can leave a good reputation, who has made Confucianism always pay attention to the rule of foolish people?

Therefore, everyone knows that the Confucian scholars of the Hanlin Academy are very unhappy, and this situation will continue for a long time. It's just that after so many years of books, they can't read in vain, and scholars always have to find a way out, and changing careers has become a top priority.

Most of the scholars received the news in their hometowns and rushed over. The rumors are always a little distorted, and before arriving in the capital, the scholars are also worried in their hearts, imagining the situation so bad that they can't be overwhelmed, but when they get to the ground, they are not so terrible at all.

The first problem they had to face was the abandonment of Confucianism and reform, which was similar to the conversion of religious beliefs, to use a fashionable word, it could be said to be salvation, and it was a very important act in religion. Still, with the exception of a handful of nerds and diehards, others easily overcome the psychological barrier of abandoning their faith.

Confucianism is rich in idiots, like nerds, in fact, it was after the Manchu Tatars entered the customs, and they left an impression on people, because the Tatars themselves are stupid, and they don't want others to be smarter than them, so they should be as stupid as possible, and finally even the scholars are stupid, which has created a large number of idiots.

The academic atmosphere and academic achievements of the Ming Dynasty were much higher than those of the later fall period. In the final analysis, Confucianism is a combination of government and political science, plus history and philosophy, and people who can learn this kind of knowledge exquisitely cannot be too stupid.

Not only are these people not stupid, but they are also extremely flexible, otherwise there would not be so many surrendered officials at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The festival of righteousness and death is what literati like to talk about the most, and adapting to the times is what literati most often actually do.

In this regard, there is no difference between the present and the past, but the choices are more diverse, so not only is there nothing to be afraid of, but also people have a lot to look forward to. What makes the scholars difficult is how to choose.

"Brother Weng, this Law School and the School of Administration can become officials in the future, how do you think about it, these two places are more promising, and they are more similar to what we have learned in the past, why should you hesitate?"

Before choosing a subject to sign up, the scholars were idle, just like in the past to catch the exam, and everyone gathered together to call friends. In the past, most of these gatherings were for the purpose of fame, but now they are used to bring out the information they have found out and refer to them together as the evidence for the final choice.

"Yes, the same is true of the news from the next inquiry, although I went to study in the Academy of Engineering, and I will have the opportunity to work in the Ministry of Engineering in the future, but after all, it is not as direct as these two places, as for the other ...... The business school also seems to have a chance to become a career, and Li Gelao's son seems to have made a career out of this, but their cadres were sent overseas, and I don't know why. ”

A few scholars gathered in one place, discussing enthusiastically, the topic was the one that the people in the capital had long been tired of hearing, and these people were too focused on the discussion, otherwise someone would definitely notice the disdainful gaze in the store.

"The master, Erfu is going to solicit customers, what are you pulling him for?" In a shop at the corner of the street, the proprietress in an apron looked at her man with some puzzlement, who was pulling and pulling with his buddy.

"It's not that our family has no business to do, what do you do with this kind of person? I don't look at what kind of world it is, and I still think about being an official, bah, I want to be stupid in their hearts, if I still have those original ideas, I really entered the yamen, and I will stay for a long time, thinking that it is still a dynasty where corrupt officials are rampant and cover each other? Lao Tzu doesn't do this kind of people's business, you know, bad luck! ”

The shopkeeper scolded and dragged the guy back to the store, and then dragged the proprietress back to the kitchen. In the early years, he was not less blackmailed by those corrupt officials and local ruffians, but now that I think about it, he is really aggrieved.

"People just haven't figured out the status quo yet, and it's not ...... Okay, okay, if you don't do their business, I'll be in the kitchen, right? On this hot day, you should say a few words. ”

A few scholars did not notice the episode, and the argument continued.

"A few of them are good, but Weng Mou here, but he heard something different...... "The scholar surnamed Weng is a very old man, about thirty years old, with an old face and a very steady demeanor. When his companion was babbling and expressing his opinion, he remained silent, and only then did he slowly speak when no one said anything new.

"In the spring of last year, the world gathered in Beijing, and as soon as he entered the capital, he only heard everyone talk about the ivy ......" He said this old thing, others are well aware, but everyone knows his surname and knows that there must be a following, but there is no impatience, and no one urges him.

"At that time, most people thought about the same as us, and the number of new students admitted to the college was the largest in the School of Political Science and Law, so it was divided into two schools: the School of Administration and the School of Law. However, do you know that by the time of enrollment this spring, more than 30% of those who originally studied politics and law have changed to departments, and most of the new students are in engineering? ”

"Huh? Is this serious? Several scholars were taken aback.

"However, when I went to the college to register for information, why was no one informed? Don't those governors claim to know everything, and they say everything? They don't say, that'...... Could it be a miscommunication? ”

"I inquired about this from a classmate, Brother Yu from Hanzhong Mansion, who also came to take the exam last year and then entered the School of Political Science, and now he has transferred to the business ......," explained the scholar surnamed Weng.

"Hanzhongfu's? Could it be Yu Tongwen? These people spoke with a Sichuan accent, and the scholars in the land of the two rivers often corresponded, and they were no strangers to the people Weng Shusheng said.

"Yu Tongwen is a square person, and Brother Weng is a person of elegance and elegance, since this is what he said, there should be no fallacy, but ...... of this" He didn't say a word, as the saying goes: no business, no annihilation, the world's impression of businessmen is sleek and cunning, such as Yu, Weng and other surnames, can also learn to do business?

"Alas, this capital is really weird." His doubts eventually turned into a sigh.

"Indeed...... Strange, everyone, there is such a shop here...... It's weird, it's so weird. The scholar surnamed Weng nodded with affection, and was about to explain what he had heard, but suddenly heard an exclamation from beside him, he turned his head to look, and saw a companion pointing to a shop sign, and his fingers were a little trembling.

"The dragon and phoenix store is open in the Forbidden City...... opposite the door" Several scholars followed the sound and looked at it, and they were all stunned.

What is this store? Provocation to the emperor? Or did you seduce the emperor to consume? No one cares about such a mess, is there any royal law in this capital?

(To be continued)