Shandong, Zichuan, Pujiazhuang.

Because of many persuasions to the new emperor, Pu Songling, who was nearly seventy years old, was demoted from the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites. In addition to being indignant, he resigned and returned to his hometown, writing books and sayings.

Of course, it's not the creation of "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", he can't look at that thing yet.

Pu Songling's book is "The Case of the Study of the Two Dynasties of the Republic of China", which describes in detail the birth, development and evolution of ideological and academic schools during the period of Taizu and Taizong of this dynasty.

One of the important contents is that he classifies natural scientists, and also as school figures of the new dynasty!

Those who study the natural sciences are collectively referred to as the physical school.

The origin of the word physics is very early, which can be traced back to the pre-Qin period, and Zhuangzi has the saying of "analyzing the principle of all things".

Even in Pu Songling's writing, natural science can compete with science, and they are all under the sect of Confucianism.

That is, Confucianism is divided into two major schools: Tianli and Physics, the traditional science of science and mind is the school of Tianli, and the emerging natural science is the school of physics.

The Tenri school focuses on social research, while the physics school focuses on natural research.

At the beginning, the physics school absorbed and applied Cheng Zhu's worldview to make its own development more acceptable to the public.

In the last years of the First Dynasty of the Republic of China, very fierce academic disagreements and controversies broke out between the traditional Confucians and the emerging scientists. Some Confucians even pointed out that natural science is a crooked and heretical way, and advocated that natural science should be excluded from the court and schools.

Under the protection of Taizu Zhao Han, the textbooks of schools at all levels have instead increased the content of natural sciences.

When more and more young people learn natural sciences from an early age, and one after another they go to court, one after another become the backbone of society. The mainstream public opinion began to reverse year by year, the real traditional Confucians all died, and the emerging Confucians all studied natural sciences.

The Tianli School and the Physical School began to merge and evolve!

The emerging Confucians of the Tianli School took the initiative to absorb the achievements of natural science. They incorporated the knowledge of natural sciences into traditional Confucianism, and even revised some ancient books, such as "rotten grass for fireflies" in the Book of Rites.

The Book of Rites is one of the Five Classics, and even the Book of Rites can be revised and commented, so what else can't be changed?

Under Pu Songling's pen, Taizu Zhao Han was characterized as the founder of the physics school. Xu Guangqi and others in the previous dynasty were also regarded as pioneers, and even accepted Western scholars such as Pascal who emigrated to China.

After several years at the helm of the Ministry of Rites, Pu Songling was familiar with education and science and technology, and he came to compile the "Case Study of the Two Dynasties of the Republic of China" with the most authoritative and convincing effect.

"Grandfather, I have a distinguished visit!" My grandson, who is in high school, ran into the study to report.

The school system was also reformed during Pu Songling's tenure.

Five years of elementary school, three years of junior high school, three years of high school, four years of university, and seven years old are the age of entry.

The fifteen-year study period has caused many female students to be discouraged, and they are basically engaged when they are in junior high school, and they get married and have children immediately after graduating from junior high school. Countless women who are aspiring to study go to high school hard, and very few can finish it under pressure.

As for female college students, the number is very small!

If you don't change it, it has nothing to do with discrimination against women, the main thing is that there is an explosion of knowledge, and there is more and more content to learn. Suppressing women from reading is only a side effect.

The bar for applying for the official examination has also been raised.

You must have a junior high school diploma to apply for the county and town level officials. And in practice, junior high school graduates are often not competitive unless they can rely on relationships to go through the back door. Like Taizu Zhao Han at that time, officials who graduated from elementary school abounded.

Pu Songling asked, "Which distinguished guest?" ”

The grandson handed over the prayer post.

Pu Songling took a look at the name, and immediately got up and said, "Go and open the main door!" ”

The visitor was Zhu Yifen, the grandson of the former Ming prince, and Pu Songling personally greeted him in the courtyard.

Zhu Yifen had a sad face: "Fen was entrusted by my father to come to see Mr. ”

"Please come in and rest." Pu Songling Road.

Zhu Yifen handed over a letter, which was Zhu Cihong's obituary: "My ancestor died of illness this spring, and I specially asked my husband to write an epitaph." ”

Pu Songling was stunned for a moment, and then sighed.

Zhu Cihong, the former crown prince, although he has not been suppressed, has always had an officialdom ceiling. His highest official position was only to participate in the politics of Shanxi Province, while Pu Songling had been a political envoy in Shanxi for several years, and his friendship with Zhu Cihong could be said to be very good.

After arranging the grandson of the deceased, Pu Songling picked up the pen at night, and suddenly didn't know how to write the beginning.

The identity of the crown prince of the previous dynasty is too sensitive, and His Majesty is still a cautious eye today!

……

Forty years ago in the fall.

Zhu Yujiao was 36 years old, and her brother Zhu Cihong returned to Beijing to report on his work and asked to visit him in the palace.

Zhu Cihong said that when he returned to Beijing, he passed through Hebei and made a special trip to the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum to see it. Siling (Chongzhen Tomb) was built by Li Zicheng, King Chuang lived in Beijing for a month, what can the mausoleum look like? Today, it has fallen into disrepair, not only is it overgrown with weeds, but even the grave pile has been dug by grave robbers.

Zhu Cihong only dared to plug the thief hole, eradicate the weeds, and wipe the tombstone clean. He wanted to pay for his own money and tidy up his father's mausoleum, even if it didn't meet the emperor's standards, at least he had to catch up with the rich people in the countryside.

This kind of trivial matter of repairing the cemetery must also be reported!

"Siling was stolen?"

Zhao Han was a little speechless when he heard it, and couldn't help but complain: "Doesn't this tomb robber have a brain? Li Zicheng's tomb can be buried, how much gold and silver treasure can be buried? ”

In fact, the tomb robbers are also very helpless, there are so many graves in the tomb of the Ming Emperor, only Chongzhen's tomb is the best to dig up, and the tombs of other emperors have to use explosives.

Zhu Yujiao said: "Your Majesty, please allow the concubine's brother to take leave to repair his father's tomb." One should be paid, not the government appropriation. ”

Zhao Han thought for a while and said: "Don't go through the accounts of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, the royal family will allocate two thousand taels of silver, let your eldest brother take it to repair, and then give him half a year's vacation to do things." ”

Chongzhen is also Zhao Han's father-in-law, and it is reasonable for him to pay for his father-in-law's grave. What's more, he also accepted Chongzhen's favorite Tian Guifei, and he should be more tolerant and generous to his ex-husband.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yujiao was overjoyed.

Zhao Han took the concubine's little hand and asked, "You have just been out of confinement for three months, have you recovered your body?" ”

"It's been raised." Zhu Yujiao blushed and said, and there was a palace maid watching next to her.

Married to an emperor who is more than ten years older than herself, Zhu Yujiao is still very happy.

This emperor is more affectionate, and there are not many concubines in the palace. If you take turns to sleep, there is still room for two turns per month. And like the queen and Concubine Tian, although they are old and decrepit, the emperor will also take turns to accompany them, and they generally don't have sex, just chatting at home.

In Zhu Yujiao's feelings, the emperor is not only a husband, but also like a father and a brother.

Zhao Han treated the palace maid as air, and pulled Zhu Yujiao to his lap and sat down: "I heard that you have made great progress in painting recently?" ”

"Thanks to Sister Liu's teaching." Zhu Yujiao leaned on the emperor's arms and said.

Liu Ru is very well maintained, especially after being a concubine, she doesn't fight with anyone for anything, she cultivates her self-cultivation all day long, and lives carefree and comfortable. Although she is forty-eight years old this year, she looks like a woman in her early thirties.

Zhao Han hugged Zhu Yujiao's waist, smelled the fragrance of the concubine, chatted some gossip in a hurry, and said: "I will go out of the city in two days for autumn hunting, I have to hurry up and finish the political affairs that have not been handled." ”

"Then the concubine is going to prepare eight-treasure porridge!" Zhu Yujiao knew that the emperor was going to work overtime again.

In the past, my father was so busy, and she would sometimes go to the sidelines. At that time, I was young, and I didn't know what my father was busy with, anyway, I was reading all kinds of official documents, and I was so angry that I slapped the table when I looked at it, and Zhu Yujiao didn't dare to breathe when she was next to her.

The farther back, the more angry her father became.

The emperor's husband in front of him has always been calm, and most of the time he is extremely fast. Sometimes he complains: "Such a trivial matter can be solved by the ministry and the court, and it is pure nonsense to send it to the cabinet, and it is outrageous to send it to me!" ”

At ten o'clock in the night, Zhao Han was still reviewing the folds.

Zhu Yujiao brought the eight-treasure porridge, Zhao Han watched it while drinking, and chatted a few words, and the royal pen has been writing.

After drinking the eight-treasure porridge and approving more than a dozen documents, Zhu Yujiao looked at the clock in the corner and reminded: "Husband, it's almost eleven o'clock, let's rest today." ”

"It's time to sleep." Zhao Han rubbed his shoulders.

Zhu Yujiao hurriedly helped the emperor press his shoulder, and asked while massaging: "Although it is autumn, the heat is heavy, do you want to take a bath again?" ”

"It's okay to wash and wash, it's a stinky sweat." Zhao Han regretted a little that he had set the capital in Nanjing, and the weather was uncomfortably hot.

Zhu Yujiao immediately instructed the palace maid beside her, and the palace maid trotted to arrange hot water.

Zhao Han continued to review the official documents, and when the bath water was boiled, he finally ended his overtime.

After washing a refreshing body, Zhu Yujiao was already lying on her side on the bamboo cue, her light gauze dress was translucent, and her eyes were like silk: "Husband, the concubine has been out of confinement for more than three months, and the doctor said that ......she can have sex with her."

To be honest, Zhao Han was a little tired, and he just wanted to fall asleep at the moment.

Zhu Yujiao turned over and stood up, the gauze clothes slid down, half-exposed her shoulders, and ran to give the emperor a wide coat. Wide and wide, he pulled the emperor to hand over the emperor's grain.

When he got up the next day, Zhao Han felt a sore back and decided to go to Fei Rulan's place for the next two days.

There are too many tigresses in the palace, and he really can't bear it.

In particular, the European concubine slept for up to two days a month, and when they met, it was as if they were going to eat people. What should the emperor do when he is tired of office? Lie down obediently, the old lady will come by herself!

In the blink of an eye, it was autumn hunting again, and the emperor took his concubine, children, and a large group of military generals and scholars of Qintianyuan out of the city.

The spring outing brings civil officials and the Hanlin Academy, and the autumn outing brings the military generals and the Qintian Academy, and these two visits a year have become a rule. The concubines and the princes and daughters also liked it, because the rules were more relaxed, not only could they go out of the city to play, but the minister's wives and sons would also come.

The concubines played with the minister's wife, and the princes and princesses played with the minister's children and grandchildren. It's much happier to be able to meet new people every year than to be bored in the palace.

There are also group programs, where everyone sits around the racecourse and watches circus, polo, football and other sports.

Anyone could sign up for the competition as long as they wished, and the emperor allowed gambling as long as the stakes were not too large.

In the racecourse, young men and women cheered constantly, cheering for their promising competitors.

Zhao Han sat beside the concubines, and they were also involved in gambling, and everyone took pleasure in winning the emperor's money.

Although Lu Tianxiang is much calmer, when he encounters this kind of occasion, he must participate in the competition in person, and he is chasing the ball on horseback at the moment.

Among all the concubines, the Kazakh princess Jibeke in Xinna last year was the emperor's favorite concubine. But in this kind of public place, she sits on the outermost side, because her concubines are of the lowest grade.

"Win!"

As the referee's whistle blew, a small half of the audience cheered.

Fei Rulan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lose the bet." ”

"Take it, take it all, I haven't won a few times," Zhao Han, who deliberately bought the weak team, also laughed heartily at this time, and said to Liu Rushi, "Concubine Liu, don't buy one side with me next time." ”

Liu said: "Nong gambles greatly, and the odds of the weak team are higher. ”

"That's right, then we will definitely win next year," Zhao Han stood up with his wine glass, "Gentlemen, drink this cup to the fullest, and wish me eternal harmony in China!" ”

"I wish me eternal harmony in China!"

The crowd shouted in unison, and the sound was like thunder.

This autumn, the sun is shining, the wind and rain are smooth, and the world is rich.

(The new book "A Guide to Crossing the Northern Song Dynasty" will be released around 9 a.m. tomorrow.) ）

(Also, it is recommended to watch the movie "The Wandering Earth 2".) Tap water, confiscated money, no urine for more than three hours, ready to find time to go to the second brush. ）

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