As a lifter, Fan He became a teacher in the primary school of Yenching University, responsible for the enlightenment education of enrolled children, and had three taels of silver every month.

Of course, it is impossible to be poor in Daming as a lifter, and the fundamental purpose of Fan He's entry into Yan University is to learn!

At the beginning of Emperor Jiajing's succession, he set up a school tour envoy to let Wang Shouren inspect and supervise the world's new learning, and in Fan He's eyes, the place where the world of learning is gathered is Yenching University, where you can most intuitively feel the will of Emperor Jiajing, as well as the core concept of new learning!

He was right, in the mathematics class of Yan University, he learned basic mathematics, algebra and even geometric principles, learned to use equations to solve mathematical problems, and even learned pi and knew the practical application of pi......

In Gewuban, Fan He saw another world, he knew the existence and principle of force, what is the calculation formula and conservation law of kinetic energy and mechanical energy, what is electricity, and the use of electricity......

He understood why the train would run on the tracks, why the giant ship made of steel could float on the ocean and fly as fast as a sail without sails, and he knew that he felt why the emperor vigorously promoted Gewuxue, and what great changes Gewuxue would bring to the Ming Dynasty in the future.

However, among so many disciplines at Yenching University, Fan He's favorite is chemistry!

The charm of chemistry made Fan He deeply immersed in it and couldn't extricate himself, especially the miraculous little experiments were like miracles for a pure Confucian scholar like him!

He learned the periodic table of chemical elements and understood that those metals were actually elements in chemistry......

The new sub-subjects of Gewu and chemistry are like the world outside the deep well, and he is just the frog at the bottom of the well who doesn't know how big the sky is......

The more he immersed himself in the ocean of new learning, the more Fan He would think of the days when he had been studying the Four Books and the Five Classics for more than ten years, and then fell into deep self-doubt and denial.

He was questioning whether it was useful to learn Confucianism and read the scriptures, because Xinxue let Fan He know that Confucianism seems to be able to write beautiful articles in addition to teaching readers to understand the subtle words of the sages, so what about practicality?

Can it make the reader's character correct, or can it make people's moral character more noble?

It seems that it can't, otherwise why are there so many traitors who have brought disaster to the country and the people throughout the ages, and why are there so many corrupt officials who forget their original intentions and no longer care about the lives of the people, and only know how to constantly accumulate wealth after they become officials?

The significance of reading the books of sages and sages is to cultivate one's self and rule the country and level the world, but the Confucian scholars who have read the books of the sages all their lives are not clear about the basic understanding of the world, and they can really govern the world well?

In the past, Fan He thought he could, but now Fan He is uncertain, and as time goes by, this uncertainty seems to be slowly disappearing.

There is a widely circulated saying in Yenching University that let the world's scholars look at the world with a long-term vision, and recognize the world with a skeptical and scrutinizing eye!

Fan He didn't understand it before, but now he does!

To put it bluntly, it is four words hanging on one of the teaching buildings of Yan University.

Explore! Truth-seeking!

If there is no spirit of exploration and truth-seeking, there will be no trains, no giant ships, no firearms that terrify the grassland barbarians, and there will be no earth-shaking changes in the Ming Dynasty.

And it is Emperor Jiajing who created and realized all this, he is the most sober person in the world, he is the holy son of heaven in the hearts of all the people, and he is the residence of the Ming Dynasty!

Fan He used to think that if he wanted to realize the concept in his mind, then the imperial examination was the only way, and it was a single-plank bridge, and only by walking through this single-plank bridge could he have a chance, but now he doesn't think so anymore, because Xinxue has opened the skylight for him and let him know that even if he is not an official, as long as he can learn Xinxue thoroughly, then he will definitely be able to realize his own value in other fields!

So Fan He decided that this was his second and last attempt!

If he is still named Sun Shan, then he will completely throw away the "Four Books and Five Classics", and then throw himself into the arms of Xinxue without hesitation.

In the examination room, Fan He spread out the volume.

Two questions and four book questions, the first one is from "The Mean", Zi said: "The world and the country can be equal, Juelu can resign, the white blade can be followed, and the mean is impossible." ’

The second is from the famous sentence in Mencius: "Those who enjoy the joy of the people, the people also enjoy themselves." Those who are worried about the people, the people are also worried. Happy to the world, worried about the world, but not the king, there is nothing. ’

Fan He's gaze looked at the title of the "Rites", swept it casually, and his eyes fell on the fourth policy.

On what kind of impact industrial development will have on the Ming Dynasty. ’

Fan and his eyes lit up, industrial!

Before the Jiajing Dynasty, the weight of policy in the examination was not very important, and whether it was the chief examiner or the same examiner who wrote the articles of the Four Books and Five Classics was the focus of attention.

In other words, no matter how well the strategy is written, the articles of the Four Books and the Five Classics are generally written, it is useless!

However, since the first year of Jiajing, after the officials knew that the Son of Heaven attached great importance to the policy theory, they followed the importance of the policy theory, at least the importance of the policy theory was no less than the Four Books and Five Classics!

The topic of this policy thesis must be that Emperor Jiajing wants to test the candidates' insight and vision, those Confucian scholars who are poor all day long, and who are familiar with the sage classics and commentaries, how to write in the face of such a policy topic?

Can they understand what the word industry means?

But Fan He knew that Yan Da would definitely be able to raise people, because the topic of industry was not new at Yan Da at all, and there was even a debate about the superiority and inferiority of industry and agriculture.

Seeing such a strategic topic, Fan He was already able to be sure that an important purpose of Emperor Jiajing's reform of the new imperial examination was to favor Yanda!

Why?

Because Fan He knew very well that the emperor had always wanted to do something to Confucianism, and he did have the strength and confidence to do it, but he didn't ......

The reason why there is no is because the newly learned scholars have not yet fully grown up, and there are not enough newly learned scholars, at least it is certainly far from enough to carry out a major change of blood in the officialdom.

But what if one day there were enough new readers?

Still no!

Because it is impossible to completely replace Confucianism with new learning, if a new scholar who has no experience in local governance enters the temple as soon as he comes up, it will inevitably cause political instability, and the world will also be violently turbulent because of the great blood change.

Obviously, the emperor is seeking stability first, so that Yan Danei who has received a new study will come out first, spend several years or even more than ten years of hard work to stand firm in the officialdom, and use these ten years as a transition period to replace the turbulent period in the future!

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