Prince Hong was so angry that his beard straightened: "You, you" said several times, but he couldn't speak.

Although he is closer to the blood of Prince Nanhai, Prince Nanhai has always been the emperor's favored minister, much more prestigious than him, and the title is the same as him, so he doesn't dare to do anything about Midnight.

Qian Jun was good-tempered and explained: "Prince Hong, it's not that the people over there refuse to give it to the emperor, but that there is a telephone, how can the emperor call?" If you contribute a few more, you have to cast a net, and you have to set up a telephone bureau, I proposed it two years ago, didn't you oppose it, and it didn't work out in the end? ”

"Why do you need a telephone office? Just pull a thread between the two families. ”

Midnight said again: "Prince Hong, then pull a line between my family and the palace, and you will be spared." ”

"Why do you allow you to pull the string and not allow me to pull the thread?" Prince Hong glared at Midnight, and said in his heart, although you and your son used to be more powerful than me, but in the past few years, he has offended the emperor a lot, and it is difficult to say who Your Majesty is willing to pull the line with.

Midnight smiled: "Prince Hong, you say, do you want the emperor and the eldest princess to pull one?" ”

It was a brother and sister, and Prince Hong didn't dare to say no: "Yes!" ”

"Do you want to pull a line with Weiyuan Hou in the palace?"

This is my grandfather's house, and Prince Hong doesn't dare to say no.

"My father is the first assistant, Your Majesty may be sleeping at night, and suddenly a question comes to mind, do you have to call my father to discuss it, this line is necessary, right?"

Prince Hong gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Also, does the palace still want to pull a line with the eldest princess's family? There are also Prince Rui, Prince Zhong, King Mingjun, and King Chengjun...... Home pull phone line? ”

These are the emperor's own uncles, cousins, uncles, and grandfather's cousins, all of whom are closer to Prince Hong and the emperor.

"That's the palace, and the sky is full of wires, so why don't you weave webs as a spider? It turns out that this is how you do things for the emperor. ”

Qian Jun was amused by his son, he endured a stomachache on the side, he was silent on weekdays, well-behaved and honest, he always thought that this son would not have a big future, he was a good person, so he sent him to accompany the emperor to play around the country, but he didn't expect that his mouth was so sharp, Qian Jun secretly prayed, his son must not offend the emperor, although the emperor's power is smaller than before, but no matter how small, it is also the emperor, when he is older, his heart and eyes are full, and he wants to plot against someone, so that the other party can't eat and walk around.

After teasing Prince Hong enough at midnight, he changed his tone and said with a kind look: "If the two families just pull a telephone line, won't the sky above the palace become a spider web?" The capital is full of wires, and they are all glued together, and I can hear you when you call the emperor. ”

Prince Hong shook his head anxiously, he had nothing to refute Midnight, in fact, he just didn't know how to use the phone, he just talked nonsense, and now when he sees Midnight, he regrets it in his heart.

When they heard that they could pull two copper wires between the power plant and the capital, they could transport electricity over, and the nobles who came to visit asked for tracks to be installed on the streets.

"Prince Nanhai, let people make a bigger tram, one for each family, it's convenient and stable to go out, there is no horse dung and cow dung on the street, how clean." The eldest princess walked up to Qian Jun and suggested.

Qian Jun smiled: "Okay, you are younger than me, go back to find a book on this science and read it, the tram has to go to the tracks, if the two meet, what should I do?" It's so fast, I haven't reacted yet, I have collided, even if I drive slowly and can't hit it, then I can't go, how can I give way to the head above my head? The carriage can still turn around or something. ”

"Lord Wang, don't laugh at me, is it possible, such a good thing can only be played as a game?"

"I heard that some people are studying how to make a small car, and there is no need for a track, so that one can be one by one, and then, let's widen the road, and it will be much more convenient to go to someone's house."

"When will it be built?"

"I'm not sure, who can say what's next?"

Although the tram is fun, but after all, the power plant is between the mountains and wilderness, after the picnic, there is nothing to play, the group of people on the horse, on the car, surrounded by the emperor's chariot to go back, not long after, the little emperor in the chariot panicked, and noisy horseback riding, everyone can not resist him, so they have to let the martial arts Midnight and the son of the Marquis of Weiyuan Lin Qing on the side to protect, the group also slowed down, and hugged the ground to the capital.

After walking for a while, the emperor was still dissatisfied, and called all the young people to his side, a group of people muttered jokes, what they expected most was to quickly make a single tram, no tracks, and the emperor finally asked people to pass the word and recruit the prince of Nanhai to his side: "Lord, when will we be able to build a trackless car?" ”

"Emperor, this, I really can't say, but if you want to speed up, Weichen has a suggestion." Qian Jun groaned slightly.

"Forgive your innocence, speak!" After all, the emperor is still young, and he can't help it.

"Your Majesty, Weichen suggested that the imperial examination has always been based on Confucianism, but at the moment, relying on Confucianism alone is not a little unworkable? After all, there is no way to make a tram there, but if the content of the imperial examination is changed, it will be mainly based on science and supplemented by Confucianism. ”

"No way!" Before the Emperor could speak, he heard a loud objection from behind.

Qian Jun waved his hand: "Your Majesty, this matter is important, don't say okay or no now, let's go back to the dynasty and discuss it again, is it okay?" ”

The little emperor nodded: "Okay, let everyone think about it and weigh the pros and cons." ”

The young people in front of them also grew up studying Confucianism, and the latter was more attractive than satisfying their hearts and minds, but the stakes were so high that no one spoke.

If we adhere to Confucianism, we will not be able to form an atmosphere of learning science, and without the accumulation of this aspect, scientific and technological innovation will be an empty talk, and the beautiful world that Wen carefully planned will never be realized.

Just when the officials and scholars of all sizes in the capital were arguing about whether the imperial examination should be changed, the gentry and people in the south were unified, and the credit also lay in the Zhou family's drama troupe, they launched a play "Three Drops of Blood" the year before, satirizing those nerds who do not seek to solve the problem of studying, the hero in the play is an official of the imperial examination, the father and son of the Zhou family, do not deal with those sour Confucians, and the actors they play make them particularly expressive, shaking their heads as soon as they speak, The people were first tired of such officials, and then they also accepted the reality that the imperial examination system was inadequate.

Drama review is an important content of the newspaper, for "Three Drops of Blood", not only the "Maocheng Daily" long comment, "Maocheng Morning Post" is not to be outdone, the discussion on the imperial examination here in the capital began, some people who have been to Maocheng remembered "Three Drops of Blood", someone paid to invite the Zhou family opera troupe to go north, Zhou Bingkun's performance in Maocheng couldn't take care of it, naturally did not agree, but a few imitation of their troupe, rushed on the road.

As a result, several theaters in the capital began to perform "Three Drops of Blood", and there is no need for officials to discuss it, because similar stories above have not been published, and Shoufu's most famous remarks: "There is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry, why should people who only understand Confucianism want to manage all the people?" Why don't you let those who study agriculture manage agriculture and those who learn to work manage agriculture? ”

Qian Jun is the first assistant, and the emperor is a puppet, which brings great convenience to him, so the capital launched a big discussion, at first those old Confucian students still had the upper hand, and later, more and more rational and poor words, was refuted to the point of incompleteness, this discussion, greatly impacted the imperial examination to Confucianism-based argument, coupled with Qian Jun's personal influence, the time to change the imperial examination is ripe.

After more than a month of discussion and controversy, the parliament finally voted and passed it with just over 60 percent of the votes.

The "Science Series" and "Mathematics" printed by Maolin Book Company are all books that meet the examination syllabus, so almost every student who wants to participate in the imperial examination has a book, and those who have studied it before can't help but be happy, they have already given up the imperial examination, and now they are overjoyed to see the god of luck knocking on the door, and they are all overjoyed, and they are preparing again one by one to take the exam.

Maocheng has an account room Sun Lin, because he likes mathematics, he has completed the whole set of books from Maolin Bookstore, he thinks that he is old, his background is not good, and he does not have the physical strength to participate in the imperial examination, so he wants to run a school, but unfortunately, there are many people of his level in Maocheng, and he has no confidence to be able to do it.

At this time, someone introduced Sun Lin to Lai Bao'er, Lai Bao'er sent Sun Lin to the capital, in a house not far from Guozijian, and set up a crash course in mathematics, and later Lai Bao'er sent a woman Wang Hongli, she lectured on science, and this courtyard became a small school. Which of the students of Guozijian did not study here for the imperial examination? Seeing that there is more than a year left, all the previous learning is not used, and new ones have to be learned, the students are as anxious as ants on a hot pot, just when everyone is anxious, someone sees the brand, and they try to listen to the class, mathematics and science, which is easier to understand than Confucianism, and it is easy to arouse people's interest, so the students of Guozijian have gone to the private school, and a few old Hanlin are so angry that they blow their beards and stare at the ground, and they give a book to the emperor to ban the private school. Qian Jun took the opportunity to make a decision with the cabinet to simply recruit Guozijian teachers openly, so there were scholars from Maocheng who went north to apply, plus Sun Lin and Wang Hongli, a total of ten people, who taught in Guozijian and started a new milestone in science education.

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