The Red Room has been expanded again, and the three courtyards have each built an additional building, and the National Museum has been built next to it, and the National Library is also under construction in the heart of the Meaux district.

Before withdrawing troops from Zhejiang, the Huaxia Army followed the instructions of the monarch and launched a "cultural collection" operation, not only transporting all the books obtained from the plagiarized family, as well as cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, back to Eastern Qin.

It also spends money to subscribe to the collection of books and cultural relics from the gentry, if there is a unique book, as long as you are willing to take it out for exchange, you can immediately get a special sea quotation document, and enjoy half a year of trade tax exemption.

In addition, the destruction of the Ryukyus also obtained the collection of its royal family for more than 100 years, which instantly filled the cultural relics and classics.

Yan Zheng carefully selected more than 50 books, and asked Ming readers to annotate the vernacular text, add punctuation marks, and finally deliver them to the Huaxia Printing Bureau for printing and publication.

These are the bonds of Chinese culture, and this work will never stop.

In the future, we will not only collect books, but also focus on collecting gold and stone calligraphy and paintings, so as to leave a more lucrative property for Chinese civilization.

With regard to the Confucian scriptures, Yan Zheng's attitude is also to "promote and discard", dialectical negation, not only to discard its negative factors, but also to retain and carry forward its positive factors.

This move also made many Ming scholars very pleased, and felt that the king still recognized some Confucian classics.

"Your Majesty, these are the book lists we have put together." Just after the annual vacation, Xiao Erlin came over happily with a book list.

On the book list is the second batch of selected books, all of which are scriptures related to the imperial examination, and even most of the imperial examination secret scrolls!

When raiding the house in eastern Zhejiang, he copied several great gentry, and found these books and materials related to the imperial examination from their library.

From the Hongwu period to the Hongzhi period, the examination records, as well as the model texts of the jinshi, can be said to have everything. There are also records of the examinations of various academies in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Nanzhili, as well as the eight-strand model texts of the examinations, which are densely piled up in several piles.

It can probably be understood as the teaching and auxiliary materials of later generations, and it can also be seen from this point that the control of the imperial examination by the wealthy families has become more and more powerful.

It is simply difficult for poor students to get these materials.

Yan Zheng took it and flipped through it for a while, and found that these model texts had been classified according to year and province.

He nodded and said, "You're doing a good job!" ”

Xiao Erlin arched his hand and said: "It's all within the scope of the matter, it's just that the king wants these articles, isn't it...... Do you want to do this imperial examination in Eastern Qin? ”

After that, he looked at Yan Zheng with bright eyes, they were Ming scholars, but they didn't go home during the Chinese New Year, just to classify these imperial examination articles.

They also secretly began to read the Four Books and Five Classics, thinking that the king would definitely engage in the imperial examination!

Well, they guessed half right, Yan Zheng was going to take the civil service exam, but the test was not the Four Books and Five Classics, but Chinese, mathematics, physics, chemistry and a policy theory, all of which have a format, but no notice has been issued yet.

"Don't keep thinking about the imperial examination, your current position is no lower than the editing of the Hanlin Academy of the Ming Kingdom!"

Xiao Erlin was stunned and said, "Your Majesty...... Don't plan to do the imperial examination? It's not that ...... Do you want to select talents? ”

Yan Zheng looked at Erlin like a fool and said, "Could it be that the selection of talents must only rely on the imperial examination?" ”

"It's not!" Xiao Erlin was stunned, slapped the book list with his hand and said, "Then why is the gentleman...... Let's sort out these things? ”

"Make money!" Yan Zheng took the book list and said: "This is full of imperial examination materials, how many scholars are there in the Ming Kingdom?" With such a big market, how can you be worthy of Huaxia Printing Bureau if you don't make a lot of money? ”

Xiao Erlin was stupid, looking at the book list in his hand, he couldn't hide the loneliness in his eyes.

Yan Zheng thought it was funny, these Ming scholars were to the imperial examination like flies to stinky fish, and they buzzed when they smelled a little fish.

He quipped: "Mr. Xiao, if you really carry out the imperial examination, you may not be able to pass the examination, right?" ”

Xiao Erlin smiled bitterly, lowered his head and said, "What the king said is, hey...... It's my wishful thinking. ”

"It's not wishful thinking, my original intention was to conduct a civil service examination, similar to the imperial examination, but not the Four Books and Five Classics."

"So what's the test?"

"Physics, chemistry, the study of businessmen, and the study of craftsmen, let me ask Mr. Xiao, should An Sheng be a compiler, or will he learn these again?"

Xiao Erlin's face was full of bitterness, and he nodded: "I understand it, and in the future, I will be an editor and analyze Confucian theory for you." ”

"Mmmm, the sea of bitterness is endless, and turning back is the shore! You have been taking the imperial examination for most of your life, how can you be so confused that you hope that Dongqin will also take the imperial examination? ”

Yan Zheng waved his hand and said, "Stand down!" The sorted manuscripts were sent to the Huaxia Printing Bureau, and these manuscripts were all included in one book, which was called "The Truth of Scientific Expeditions". ”

Xiao Erlin retreated with a sad face, he forgot the mercenary nature of this monarch, otherwise he would not be active in this matter.

What he didn't know was that in addition to making money, this matter could also enhance the image and influence of Eastern Qin among scholars.

Let's ask a poor student, because of the Eastern Qin, he can afford and afford these imperial examination materials, after the promotion, does he have a good impression of the Eastern Qin?

So even if it's not profitable, it's worth doing.

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It's just that this sorting out of books also made Yan Zheng see the flaws in Ming literature.

It can also be said that there are great flaws in literature around the world at present.

At this time, most of the Ming Dynasty told stories one by one, or wrote a romance.

It is completely lacking in the profundity of those strange books in the late Ming Dynasty, and there are great deficiencies in reflecting the background of the times and in realism.

And the books that talk about values, morals and outlook on life are all scriptures in the Ming Dynasty, and they are all "daddy" preaching.

Therefore, no matter how much the Eastern Qin Dynasty moved books from the Ming Dynasty or found someone to create a second creation, it was impossible to develop to the level of revolutionary literature in later generations.

After Xiao Erlin left, Yan Zheng took out a stack of manuscripts and continued to write his masterpiece.

I saw that on the first page of the manuscript, it was written "How Steel is Made".

He read this book several times when he was in elementary school, and it is praised as a work that has influenced several generations.

Of course, the setting has been deleted, and the background is placed on the Ming Kingdom and the Eastern Qin, and the protagonist's name has also become Jin Bao.

As the first batch of middle school students were about to graduate, Yan Zheng wanted to give the book as a gift to them to see if it could influence generations.

He believes that this kind of rich plot and satisfying characters will definitely impress these young people.

After all, even after the second creation of the White Snake Biography, it was sought after by almost all the people.

In an era when the spiritual world is poor, a dose of fierce medicine may be more able to make monstrous waves.

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"Your Majesty, the leader of Mona, Zhang Sanfeng, and An San ask to see you." When Yan Zhengfen was writing a book, Yumo came to report.

"Let them in!" Yan Zheng didn't raise his head.

"Long life without borders!" The trio quickly came in.

Yan Zheng put down his pen and smiled: "The leader is here, come on, please take a seat!" ”

The leader of Mona smiled and bowed, and sat directly to the side.

"You've been in good health lately, aren't you? How's it going? ”

The leader smiled: "The body is very good, don't worry about me, don't worry about me, now I drink in moderation, the quilt you sent, I only take it for a drink every day." ”

Yan Zheng said: "It's good not to overdo it every day, remember to take care of your body, if you are missing something, just come to the red room to find me." ”

"I don't lack anything, what you think about every day is big things, so I won't bother."

Yan Zheng sighed, looked at An San and Zhang Sanfeng, and was a little puzzled when the three of them came together.

After Zhang Sanfeng understood, he explained: "Your Majesty, the current priority of the army is to conquer Luzon, and we have learned about some of the situation there through some Guangdong businessmen these days. Together with Ansan, I came to explain a thing or two to you. ”

Yan Zheng looked at An San again and asked with a smile, "What?" Just came back from the withdrawal of troops, and you can't rest? ”

An San smiled and said: "Originally, I planned to rest for a while, but let's fight this battle." ”

"Why?"

Zhang Sanfeng said: "Through the intelligence of the merchants, we found that there are also headhunters in Luzon. And Luzon is wild, and although its ports have towns, they are not affiliated with a country. Except for the port, most of the rest of the area is densely forested, and if we were allowed to fight in this environment, we would have been accustomed to it, and it would be convenient for us to communicate with the locals. ”

"Definitely!" Yan Zheng understood the intention of the three of them, and he explained with a smile: "Our main purpose in this battle is to occupy ports and other places, and the rest ...... It can be handed over to armed immigrants, and what is taken at the top is not the Eastern Qin-style pioneering method. In the early days, it was mainly business and trade, and when there were more immigrants, they would consider in-depth exploration. ”

Armed immigrants are those prisoners of the Ming army, and these people are allowed to do whatever they want in the early stage, and only when the population of immigrants increases in the later period will there be an organized and planned elimination of the resistance forces.

Zhang Sanfeng smiled, looked at Yan Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, we think that those Ming captives may not be able to withstand the jungle rainy season, so we ......"

"I want to take an old man who wants to hunt!" The leader of Mona stood up.

Yan Zheng was silent, and the rapid development of Eastern Qin made many aborigines give up their original way of life in a short period of time.

Young people have a strong ability to accept it, and they don't have much feeling about the turning of hunting grounds into fertile fields, and about entering the factory to work and go to school.

It's just that many aboriginal elders will still feel sad about the disappearance of the hunting grounds, which is not only part of their faith, but also the habit of life that they can't give up in the first half of their lives.

They can work in the rice fields, cut their hair and put on new clothes, but they also often miss running in the jungle and climbing in the woods.

The leader's eyes showed pleading, and he bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, since we started farming, our life has been getting better and better, and after the factory appeared, the goods have become more and more abundant. We, the old people, can't stop the disappearance of the hunting grounds, and we can't stop the tribe from becoming villages. We also understand that hunting grounds are inferior to farmland, and even less to factories.

But...... We don't want to be a liability, we don't want to live every day drinking and watching the sunset. We are old, and we are not as good as young people in farming, and no one wants to work. The only skill is hunting, and we aspire to live the rest of our lives in hunting. We were all warriors, and we hope that in the last days, we can hunt heads and sacrifice ancestors with blood! ”

Yan Zheng sighed and said, "You guys are older, and you are over there in Luzon...... If we are in distress, it is difficult for us to rescue ......"

"Your Majesty!" The leader said sincerely: "We will not hunt heads in Dongqin, we also know that headhunting is wrong, but we are old, we only pray for blood sacrifice to the ancestral spirit, you once said that this kind of belief is wrong, then let me take these people who stick to their beliefs to Luzon!" Let this faith go with us into the woods. ”

Yan Zheng thought for a while and said, "Okay, I promise you!" I will give you armor, weapons, and muskets, and I will order you, as the pioneer of the Huaxia Kingdom, to explore the deep mountains and dense forests of Luzon for me. ”

The leader said excitedly: "Thank you, Your Excellency! ”

Ansan and Zhang Sanfeng were relieved to achieve their goals. When the chief approached them and raised the matter, they were all distressed.

At present, it seems that the monarch is only against headhunting in Eastern Qin.

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