"I just got married, so I don't want to go to the Japanese country!" In the school's office, Hu Yuelian said categorically to the school staff who came to ask her if she was willing to go to the Japanese country.

Half a day later, the panting oarsmen docked their boats at the pier, and the correspondents who traveled between Fuzhou and Mawei jumped onto the pier. Perhaps due to a lack of force, or for some other reason, the correspondent slipped on his feet and fell backwards. The skull slammed into the side of the ship, and the whole person sank into the water. The people on the dock couldn't help but laugh when they saw him in an embarrassed posture. The panting sailors on board were also amused, they sailed against the current, tired and tired. After a moment's pause, he stood up to see if the guy had floated up from the water.

The next morning, as soon as Zhao Jiaren arrived at Yamen, he came to report in person, "Zhizhou, a new correspondent has been sent here." ”

"Oh? Where did Xiao Wang go before? Zhao Jiaren asked casually.

He said with some emotion: "He accidentally fell into the river yesterday, hit his head, and drowned." After finishing speaking, he sighed again, "The world is impermanent!" ”

Zhao Jiaren was stunned, this Xiao Wang, who died yesterday, was smart and clever. Of course, correspondents are clever and clever people, and it must be a terrible thing for a correspondent to be inarticulate and angry at the slightest conversation.

Without waiting for Zhao Jiaren to speak, he personally handed over a document, "This is what the correspondent brought with him when he fell into the water yesterday." ”

Zhao Jiaren took the document and looked at the crumpled piece of paper, feeling a little heavy in his heart. When he opened it, Zhao Jiaren's heart became even heavier. For the sake of efficiency, the correspondent will try to bring as many documents as possible at a time. However, it is indeed a pity to have a life. After putting away the document that was soaked in water and dried to the point of crumpling, Zhao Jiaren ordered: "Call someone to come to the meeting." Since Hu Yuelian refuses to go, then find someone who is willing to take on this matter. ”

This meeting involved personnel, but Zhao Jiaren called Sima Kao and Xu Yuanzhi. In the past few days, Xu Yuanzhi has taken the family from his hometown to Fuzhou, so the former governor looks a little radiant. Even if he participated in a meeting he had never attended, Xu Yuanzhi still looked calm. Sima Kao didn't have any expression on his face, just curiosity mixed with vigilance in his eyes.

"At this meeting, we want to find a cadre who will go to the Japanese country to open up coal transportation routes." Zhao Jiaren is the same as before, straight to the point. After saying this, he waved his hand, and a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old came up. Most people's eyes fell on Li Hongjun, who attended the meeting.

Li Hongjun couldn't help coughing dryly, and then subconsciously sat up straight. This young man is Li Hongjun's eldest nephew, and the one who can be called to this kind of meeting at this time is definitely not a servant. However, Li Hongjun didn't know that his nephew had been able to come up to such a table, and he was also very surprised.

When Li Shaozu saw his uncle sitting in the audience, his originally normal face turned red. The early cadres under Zhao Jiaren were all about the same, they not only followed Zhao Jiaren themselves, but also brought out all the relatives who could be brought out as much as possible. Because of the treatment that Zhao Jiaren provided to raise children, the guys who defected to Zhao Jiaren were able to bring out more family members. The reason why many people are reluctant to come out is that after they go out, there is no one to take care of the children at home. After solving the worries, everyone is of course more willing to leave the poor hometown.

Although nervous, Li Shaozu still completed what he was supposed to accomplish. It's just hanging up a map and picking up the whip. After three attempts, Li Shaozu tried to open his mouth and speak, "Now we know that the coal mining areas are Jiangnan West Road and Guangnan East Road. If we calculate the distance in a straight line, there are more than 1,600 miles from the coal mine area of Guangnan East Road to us. From Jiangnan West Road to us, there are more than 2,000 miles. If you take the waterway, there are more than 2,000 miles from Guangnan East Road to us, and 4,000 miles from Jiangnan West Road to us. ”

The cadres listened carefully, and some of them even held small notebooks to record. While Li Shaozu, who was beginning to regain his composure, took out a new map and hung it up, Sima Kao asked Xu Yuanzhi in a low voice, "Uncle Shi, do you believe that the earth is round?" ”

Xu Yuanzhi smiled slightly, but did not answer. He heard Zhao Jiaren say that if there is no same understanding of the world, then the distance between two people facing each other is two worlds. Seeing the arc of latitude and longitude on the map, Xu Yuanzhi felt that he agreed with this sentence. If a person does not believe that the earth is round, and is as true as Xu Yuanzhi, then there will inevitably be a result. Xu Yuanzhi will try his best to question the correctness of this measurement. After learning latitude and longitude, Xu Yuanzhi knew that Zhao Jiaren's measurement was completely based on the cognition that the earth was round, and they would never measure step by step between two points, but measured the latitude and longitude according to the position of the sun, moon and stars, and then calculated the result according to the spherical surface.

'The same sky, two worlds', Xu Yuanzhi silently recited this sentence in his heart.

At this time, Li Shaozu had already changed to a new map, he pointed to the map and said: "Now that we have measured, there is a coal mine two thousand miles away from us in a straight line, and the coal mine over there is a port when it comes out. There is no need for long land transport at all, directly from port to port. ”

As soon as the map came out, Li Hongjun's attention shifted from his nephew, who was studying geography, to the map. The location of the Wa Kingdom has been shown on the new map. Thinking of what he said to Zhao Jiaren before, Li Hongjun already has an opinion on the answer. Before hearing the data, Li Hongjun thought that the country was far away from Fuzhou, but he didn't expect that after taking out the data, the actual distance from Fuzhou was not as far as Li Hongjun imagined, and it was even closer than many domestic coal mines.

"There are many coal mines on the island of Kyushu in Wakoku, and we are aiming for this place. And the specific data has already been written. After Li Shaozu finished speaking, he turned his head and left. It seems that this kid is quite shy.

Zhao Jiaren's entourage hurriedly grabbed Li Shaozu and said in a low voice: "What about not finishing?" ”

"Huh?" Li Shaozu hurriedly took out a piece of paper from his pocket and quickly read it from beginning to end, the child couldn't help but raise his hand and knock on his head, and then walked back with a red face, "Do you have any questions?" ”

There was a burst of laughter. Looking at such a cute young man, everyone has nothing but laughing. As for the problem, the crowd has no problem for the time being. After all, the data is theoretically very easy to understand.

After Li Shaozu finished his work, Zhao Jiaren asked, "I need someone to go to the country now." Because the Japanese side was not a commodity market system at all, there were many privileged elements in the land there. ”

Hearing the word 'ingredient', Xu Yuanzhi frowned slightly. He has also been going to school for the past few months and has been greatly stimulated. Originally, Xu Yuanzhi felt that as a jinshi, those details were just the end, and if he only listened to the theory, even the theories of these craftsmen should be able to understand. As a result, after listening to it, he realized that the content of Zhao Jiaren's school was not difficult to understand, but difficult to understand. It wasn't until Xu Yuanzhi humbly started listening to the most basic lessons that he understood the reason.

All theories are supported by basic theories, and the curriculum of the beginner class will only say that the earth is round. In the intermediate course, gravity is directly talked about, and Xu Yuanzhi sounds like listening to a book from heaven. After listening to the course, Xu Yuanzhi found that Zhao Jiaren had been using a lot of strange words since ten years ago. After first meeting Zhao Jiaren, Xu Yuanzhi only felt that Zhao Jiaren was a young man and liked to make up words that belonged to him. It wasn't until he went to the school he opened that Xu Yuanzhi discovered that these words actually had a deep meaning.

For example, the word ingredient comes from chemistry, and the whole text should be 'the amount of composition'. Until now, it has been abolished as a substance, and it is regarded as the whole content, including the political system. Now Xu Yuanzhi began to wonder what kind of terrible character Zhao Jiaren worshipped as a teacher, so he learned such a set of words.

Just a little distracted, Xu Yuanzhi found that Zhao Jiaren had said to the end, "This time, we need to get the mining rights of the mine from Kyushu, and even get the ownership of the mine land." It is important for the people who go this time to work. ”

Someone recommends, someone self-recommends. Zhao Jiaren informed everyone that a selection committee will be formed to select talents according to certain rules. Then the members of the selection committee were elected and the meeting was dismissed.

Xu Yuanzhi and Sima Kao left together, and Sima Kao said to the silent Xu Yuanzhi: "Uncle Shi, you said that if you would open like this, would anyone be an official?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Yuanzhi felt as if his heart was suddenly grabbed by an invisible hand, and he felt panicked. Officials have to face all kinds of unknown problems, and being well-read and proficient in ancient stories is the basis for the selection of officials. Compared with the delicate and obvious personal style of the Great Song Dynasty scholars, Zhao Jiaren's approach is simple, bright, rough, and ruthless.

If the officials of the Great Song Dynasty tell about the source of coal mines, they can talk about it. Zhao Jiaren's cadres talked about the source of coal mines, that is, the data column, distance, and whether the minerals need to be transported by land. And the truth in this has to be those who have read those basic knowledge to understand, the cost of land will greatly increase the cost, the longer the distance of sea transportation, the higher the cost. Profit is the only criterion for these people's judgment.

It is indeed easy for officials to do this, because there is no room for discussion at all about many things. But Xu Yuanzhi had to wonder, if the official did this, would he still be an official?

Sima Kao's thinking was very different from Xu Yuanzhi's, and he said with some hesitation: "Uncle Shi." Now that the court is in chaos, Jia Rudao is perverse, and it is destined to be unsustainable. And today, Zhao Zhizhou is one of those who have made great contributions to the Great Song Dynasty. If there was no Zhao Zhizhou in Ezhou back then, he was afraid that he would not be able to defend it only by virtue of Jia Rudao. If Jia Rudao falls, we have to push Zhao Zhizhou to power, right? ”

Hearing this, Xu Yuanzhi knew that his nephew was not desperate for his official career. The Great Song Dynasty was a system of power ministers, and the rightmost prime minister had great power. Jia Yidao can order that all Ding Daquan chaotic parties cannot be reactivated after distribution. However, when Jia seems to step down, this order will be canceled. As long as the person above changes, it is a change of day.

Sima Kao is only in his thirties now, and he was not at fault when he was an official, but he was hit by Jia Yidao, and he lost his official position. Xu Yuanzhi didn't want to criticize his nephew Sima Kao for being so obsessed with his official career. Xu Yuanzhi was uneasy about Zhao Jiaren's style. If Zhao Jiaren became the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty and began to implement his current set, not to mention the final results, the official system of the Great Song Dynasty would probably have collapsed. Although he couldn't explain the reason, what Xu Yuanzhi could feel was that Zhao Jiaren did not respect the traditional civil official model of the Great Song Dynasty at all.

If Zhao Jiaren knew the opinions of the two Jinshi, he would probably appreciate Xu Yuanzhi more. Because Zhao Jiaren did not respect the traditional civil service model of the Great Song Dynasty at all, the modern civil service system was originally a professional system. The rise of engineer governance in Northeast Asia has promoted the rapid economic development of Northeast Asia.

The selection of personnel to Japan was handed over to the selection committee, and Zhao Jiaren himself went to the school. The speed of going down the river was fast, and after the ship landed steadily this time, the captain let Zhao Jiaren go ashore. It can be seen that the captain was deeply impressed by the unfortunate death of the correspondent. When he arrived at the school, Zhao Jiaren met the principal first, and said: "This time, someone unfortunately fell into the water and died, and I must talk about it seriously at the school class meeting." ”

When the principal heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Do you want to be strict?" ”

Zhao Jiaren waved his hand, "Just tell them, children of this age are really willing to listen to persuasion." Let them not be so careless in a group setting. In addition, pick a group of people for me to come out, and they want to major in chemistry, iron smelting, and metal processing. These people have to be physically sufficient. ”

When the principal heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Do you want to take an exam?" ”

“…… Well, exams. You can say that again! Zhao Jiaren praised immediately. He originally thought that he was just looking for someone to come out, but the principal's exam made Zhao Jiaren immediately appreciate it very much. Exams are a very good system, private schools in Europe and the United States have a small exam every three days, a big exam every five days, and students have to write essays every week.

White people have lower IQs than Chinese, and many of those white babies have not slept before eleven o'clock since elementary school, and they have to rely on concentrated medicine to help them study. In junior high and high school, more babies began to take medicine. It's like the joke, 'Don't look down on patients, they can become Olympic champions by taking medicine'.

If examination-oriented education is useless, why is China developing rapidly in insisting on examination-oriented education, and why is the upper echelons of Europe and the United States, who developed earlier, clinging to examination-oriented education and not letting go.

decided the number of ways to select people for the exam, and Zhao Jiaren took out the selection criteria in one go, "Chemistry and physics, these two courses are general exams. Metallurgy and metalworking, two professions aimed at drawing iron wire. ”

Four days later, a list was sent to Zhao Jiaren. After an examination, thirty people were selected. Thirteen of them are all girls, and the best in chemistry and physics is a girl named Li Hongxia. The last table at the back of the list is from the college. Looking at the names of their parents, Zhao Jiaren knew sixty percent of them. At this time, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but smile bitterly, he didn't know whether he should feel unhappy that he knew sixty percent at this time, or happy because forty percent didn't know him.