The golden sun slowly climbed overhead, and when everyone was a little impatient, Zhang Yixian, the eunuch of Nanjing Town, stroked the python robe on his body, and strode up to the high platform with his hands bowed to everyone. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Yixian slowly climbed to the high platform and arched his hand to the audience, "At the invitation of Liu Jimin, the chief soldier of Shandong, the miscellaneous family is here to preside over today's competition, the purpose of which is to resolve some verbal disputes and disputes between Donglin Shiren and Liu Zongbing. However, the two sides have a big difference, and after consultations between the two sides, they will adopt a comparative approach to resolve the conflict.

People say that there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts. Donglin and Liu Zongbing belong to two different fields of civil and military affairs, so for the fairness of the competition, this competition will not use literary fighting, and martial arts will only discuss other miscellaneous studies.

Because of the large number of Donglin scholars who came to challenge this time, in order to save time, after discussing with Wei Guogong, Master Lu of the Ministry of War and others, Liu Zongbing came up with ten questions, which involved astronomy, calendrical calculations, mathematics, water conservancy, agriculture and many other aspects of the country's policies. Only if the challenger answers any of these questions correctly can he enter the ring to challenge Liu Zongbing himself. The rules of the challenge are that each side asks one question, and those who fail to answer it lose.

As long as Liu Zongbing is defeated, the winner of the challenge will not only get 10,000 taels of silver provided by Liu Zongbing himself, but also get the joint recommendation of Master Lu of the Ministry of War and the miscellaneous family, as well as the invitation of all Qinhuai famous prostitutes to travel together!

Okay, no more nonsense, you can start answering the questions! Because the protagonist of this competition was not Zhang Yixian, he did not publish some official tirades, but briefly introduced the reasons and rules of the competition, and immediately ordered more than a dozen soldiers to hang Liu Fan's ten questions on high poles for the Donglin students in the audience to watch...

After Zhang Yixian stepped down, the crowd in the audience was in an uproar, and the people of Nanjing City thought that they could see a grand poetry and song competition, but they didn't expect it to be just some miscellaneous studies, and everyone couldn't help but be a little disappointed when they saw this. But just now Zhang Yixian also said that Donglin and Liu Zongbing belong to two different fields, civil and military, each has its own strengths, and it is difficult to compete, so he chose miscellaneous studies. Everyone thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense, so they had no choice but to accept this explanation.

Time passed minute by minute, I don't know if Liu Fan's questions were too difficult or the Donglin people were not good at these "miscellaneous studies", half an hour passed, and no one answered Liu Fan's questions correctly and came to the stage to challenge Liu Fan. Just when the people of Nanjing City were impatient and deeply despised the talents of Donglin, they suddenly heard Liu Ru is soft voice sound, "May I ask which one is Gu Jiang, Mr. Gu Zhongqing?" Your answer is correct, and you're ready to take on the stage! ”

Hearing Liu Ruyi's words, the crowd was in an uproar and praised one after another, "Mr. Gu Zhongqing?" Sure enough, he is one of the most famous talents in Jiangnan! Got it right so quickly! ”

Gu Zhongqing? Liu Fan was a little puzzled, these questions he came up with were only thought of by racking his brains in combination with some knowledge of later generations! According to the level of the Donglin Party, there should be few people who can answer! Why did a Gu Zhongqing suddenly appear now? Although he didn't understand the reason, seeing that people had already taken the stage, Liu Fan still got up and walked to the high platform.

Gu Zhongqing's name Liu Fan may not have heard of it, but his other name, Gu Yanwu Liu Fan, must know his name. Gu Yanwu didn't come to Nanjing, but this time Donglin was defeated too badly, and the people of the Restoration Society were not very good at mathematics, agriculture, and other 'miscellaneous studies', so the leader of the Restoration Society personally wrote a letter and invited some leaders of the Restoration Society to come to help, and Gu Yanwu was one of them. In addition to being very good at poetry and articles, Gu Yanwu has also studied the national system, the history of the county, the astronomical instruments, the river Cao, the soldiers and peasants, the hundred schools of scripture and history, and the study of phonological exegesis. is a relatively "all-round" talent, and this time he was the first to answer Liu Fan's question.

Striding onto the high platform, Liu Fan glanced at the middle-aged scribe and arched his hand, "Jiaozhou Liu Fan has seen this gentleman, dare to ask Your Excellency where is Sangzi?" ”

Seeing Liu Fan's polite and polite attitude, the scribe's originally flat face also eased slightly, and replied, "Kunshan Gu Yanwu has seen General Liu!" Although Gu Yanwu's tone was very respectful, he bowed and saluted, and it could be seen that he was not very interested in Liu Fan, a martial artist.

"Gu Yanwu!?" Liu Fan was shocked, he didn't expect that he would meet Gu Yanwu, a famous celebrity in the later world, in his first battle. For a while, Liu Fan didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

After being silent for a while, Liu Fan took the lead in raising his hand and signaled, "Since Mr. Gu is the challenger, then Mr. Gu should be the first to ask the question." Mr. Gu, please! ”

Gu Yanwu nodded and said, "Then Gu Mou is not welcome, I have heard for a long time that Mr. Liu is good at eloquence, and Gu Mou is not an opponent when he asks himself, so this time Gu Mou only asks questions, not debates." Gu Yanwu pondered for a moment and said, "Today, disasters emerge one after another, droughts, floods, locust plagues occur frequently, and starvation everywhere in the Central Plains has become one of the major problems that plague people of insight in the world. Yan Wu heard that Liu Zongbing is good at agriculture, but he doesn't know how to solve it? ”

Liu Fan's eyes lit up, and he secretly praised him, he deserves to be a character who has been famous for centuries, and this heart and mind alone are more than a step higher than the so-called "Four Sons of the Restoration Society". Looking at other people's questions, I directly asked one of the most important questions that plagued Daming.

Although he admires Gu Yanwu's character and talent, he is now an enemy. Liu Fan was not too eager, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "As far as the climate is concerned, today is in the Xiaoice climate, the weather has changed from warm to cold, and the climate changes have caused abnormal weather, so natural disasters are frequent, according to the estimates of the governor, this climate will last for at least ten years." Natural disasters are the result of the action of natural forces, and manpower cannot be changed, and if you want to solve the disaster problem, you can only start from yourself. The governor thought that if he wanted to solve the plight of the people in the Central Plains, there were only two ways, one was that the imperial court would increase its efforts to provide relief and allocate grain from other provinces to solve the urgent need. Second, it is necessary to introduce some drought-resistant and disaster-resistant crops to replace millet, wheat, sorghum, and other crops that are greatly restricted by climatic and hydrological conditions, so as to fundamentally solve the problem of insufficient grain output. Last year, Bentu introduced some high-yield and drought-resistant crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes from overseas and tried to grow them in Hanzhong, and the results were not bad. If it can be popularized in large quantities, even if it cannot completely solve the disaster, at least it can ensure that the people will not starve to death! (To be continued.) )