Early in the morning, Xue Chongxun explained what happened in the official office, and returned to Beijing with the guards of the Flying Tiger Regiment, took a car when he came, and went back to ride a horse for half a day to arrive in Chang'an. The courtiers knew that he had returned, but they still did not see anyone. After a few days, Xue Chongxun sorted out the mathematical manuscript paper he deduced, and asked the official eunuchs of the Inner Service Province to make a book, and then met with the nine ministers of the central center in the Zichen Palace, and handed the manuscript paper to Zhang Shuo, asking them to copy a few copies and read it first.

Next, Xue Chongxun considered continuing to write about physical chemistry, but these two disciplines are real disciplines, and if there is no corresponding practical means, it is indeed difficult to discuss clearly, and even if they are written, others may not be able to agree. After thinking about it, he put it on hold for the time being, planning to set up a corresponding school in Guozijian after the imperial examination system was gradually improved, and gradually verify the hypothesis and reality. So he went back to politics.

The courtiers pondered with Xue Chongxun's manuscript, and the Arabic numeral arithmetic and other contents in the early stage were easy to understand, and it was not possible to read through them in a short time when they reached the back. But everyone was amazed when they saw that the reasoning of this article was rigorous and reasonable. Of course, these things were not figured out by Xue Chongxun alone, they were the accumulation of many geniuses, and he had just learned them.

When this thing was circulated among the ministers, it was mixed, and Jia Yingfu and his students of Qin Tianjian became so interested that they occupied a copy of the document and refused to take it out, and a group of officials were calculating and reasoning all day long, and in their words, they were "astonishing" and "ancient and modern", and the officials in charge of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs were also greatly praised. However, Li Shouyi and others reacted coldly, only saying that it was "metaphysics" and "strange books", which were not righteous and reasonable, and were of little use to govern the country and educate the world.

At the same time, the information that circulated from the palace was that Xue Chongxun seemed to be going to add this thing to the imperial examination. Many people feel that it is inappropriate in their hearts, the selection of merit in the imperial examination is mainly for the purpose of being officials, nothing more than the examination of moral cultivation, literary attainments, and governing the country through the world, how much does this kind of inference and calculation have to do with governing the country? Some people talk in private, it is better to test some poetry and songs in addition to asking questions.

The cabinet members also heard the news, and the three of them took it out to discuss it when they met in the yamen. They are prepared that if the news is true, the world will reform the imperial examination, and when the time comes, the ministers will always have to explain their positions, and the political hall is still the most powerful place in the southern government, and a few members of the cabinet will discuss it first, and then they can take advantage of the favorable opportunity in the temple.

Wang Changling did not agree with this kind of novel knowledge that has not been precipitated over time: "Since the opening of the Sui Dynasty, the most important thing is nothing more than to test the current affairs countermeasures, so as to distinguish the cultivation of scholars to distinguish between right and wrong. Although this book is strange, it is not the way of virtue and talent of the ancient sages, and it is uncommon sense to choose a scholar. ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "I think it's okay, this is not out of flattery, but because everyone has not seen through the imperial examination." Besides, if you want to innovate the imperial examination today, you shouldn't just test this thing, and the talents who are selected as officials must always know the words, right? ”

"Why is Zishou used for the imperial examination?" Wang Changling asked rhetorically.

Zhang Jiuling said indifferently: "Choosing virtuous and virtuous people for the country is naturally one of them, but there is also one biggest role: connecting up and down." Throughout the ages, those who have been in power as officials have mostly taken the gate lord clan as the foundation, and recruited talents as officials by inspecting, prohibiting and setting up the nine-product Zhongzheng system, and the scholars with the reputation of the lintel are the main source of talents. In order to balance the alliance between the scholars, the alliance is linked by marriage, and the marriage is the first priority, which causes the upper and lower levels to be blocked, and those who have no background in the Taiping rule have almost no way to become officials, and those who govern people are governed by the people, and those who are governed are the grass people. Even if there is a Ming Jun in ancient times, it can't change this situation, there is no prestige, there is no relationship between officials, how can the virtuous know it?

Since ancient times, there have been occasional talents born in the people, with the ability that ordinary people have not reached, and the heart of the origin, if such a person has no way to be used by the country, and is not willing to be unknown to the public, what will he do? ”

Wang Changling and Su Jin looked at each other, and thought of one thing at the same time: rebellion. This kind of thing is not new, "the prince will have a kind of Xiangning", whether it is a success or a failure, the cattle can always stir up a storm, not in vain. And it is not all unsuccessful, although the façade of several dynasties has been changed by nobles with family backgrounds, such as the Tang Dynasty in the previous dynasty; But Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty for three hundred years, was born as a pavilion chief, and he was not much different from the grass people, who created a brilliant foundation.

Zhang Jiuling saw that the two colleagues agreed, so he continued: "Looking at Chang'an Luoyang and other big cities, traffic on all sides of the streets and alleys is the most taboo to block the passage. The city is still like this, how to govern the world? Therefore, the method of going up and down is to open the door to promote traffic, as long as the candidates test the same thing fairly and reasonably, what to test is not the most important. We advocate the way of archaeology and the law of the world, one is the virtue and the other is the talent, which is the way of the world's loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and the wisdom of reading and reasoning. And if we don't first comprehend the deep meaning of the Son of Heaven and categorically veto, is it the way of the courtiers? ”

He sighed and said in a deep voice: "There is one more, my Great Jin Dynasty cannot have the hearts of some scholars, and the current way of governing the country must rely on the scholars, otherwise there will be no one to make an administrative order on behalf of the Son of Heaven." This is very detrimental to the community, so since the founding of the country, the court has reached a consensus to treat the scholars leniently to win the hearts of the people, which is a wise policy in desperation. If we make up our minds to revive the imperial examinations, we will fundamentally change the situation of being controlled by others. We should be considerate of the heart of the present, the country is very fortunate, and the society is very fortunate. ”

At the same time, Du Xian, who was in Yingzhou, had already received an official document jointly signed by the Cabinet and the Political Affairs Hall to remove the general manager of the march of Hebei Province, and he did not panic, let alone feel terrible, just because he was in the border but there were people in the court, and the emperor still supported him, so it was not a big problem.

Sure enough, before Zhang Wulang, the general of Jin Wuwei, who came to replace him, waited for the secret envoy of the court. This person hides his identity as a businessman who can live in strange goods, but he is actually the person sent by Zhang Xiaozhen, the squire of the military department, to deliver the news. Zhang Xiaozhen, the squire of the military department, is the cousin of Zhang Xiaosong, the governor of the Beiting Governor's Mansion (formerly the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate). Later, Du Xian mixed into the capital, and had a deep friendship with the Beijing officials of the Zhang family, and also had a marriage relationship with the Jia family.

Zhang's secret envoy also expected that Du Xian was suddenly removed from his post and was so calm as the head of the Hebei Provincial March, and when they met, they explained the ins and outs to him: "A while ago, the courtiers complained that Du Gong connived at the generals in the northeast to be greedy, and later Du Gong went on to build the Great Wall, and the courtiers were in an uproar and wrote to impeach many people, but now it is not allowed and it is delayed. Later, last month, Yu ignored the government and went out of Beijing to Huaqing Palace, and the government was decided by the Queen Mother. Dou Huaizhen slandered Du Gong in front of the Queen Mother, saying that Du Gong provoked a war in the northeast for the sake of prestige in the army, and was suspected of misconduct. The Empress Dowager was suspicious, so she ordered the political affairs hall to remove the post of chief administrator, and Zhang Wulang, the general of Jin Wuwei, took over the military power of the three towns. ”

When Du Xian heard that the person who slandered him was Dou Huaizhen, a contemptuous smile appeared on his face, and he said indifferently: "This person can only do this kind of thing." ”

The secret envoy said: "There is another thing, I heard the rumor that His Majesty wants to innovate the imperial examination, the content is novel, and the private discussions in the court are mixed. Ah Lang (Zhang Xiaozhen) said to Du Gongjian, if he was asked about this matter after returning to the dynasty, Du Gong should support Jinshang. Although paying attention to the imperial examination will weaken the status of the scholars and nobles, and Du Gong is also a nobleman who is afraid that you are in the wrong position, but Jinshang should not weaken the power of the central minister, Ah Lang believes that this innovation will not shake the incumbent minister, so Du Gongda does not have to think too much, just support Jinshang. ”

Du Xian nodded and said, "I have my own measure." ”

This kind of thing doesn't need Zhang Xiaozhen to teach, Du Xian can make Xue Chongxun feel like a confidant, and he may be more expert than Zhang Xiaozhen in this regard, but people sent someone to remind him that it was always a good intention, so he lowered his posture and accepted it gladly...... G