Chapter 16: The Story of Dinner (I)
"The Chinese nation attaches great importance to education, and scholars are a great name and an enviable class in any dynasty. But education, this sacred place, is becoming a nest of flies that nourish and suck blood. Wang Chengen also started to complain, and it seems that he also saw some unpleasant things.
"The Ming Dynasty relied on the imperial examination to recruit outstanding talents for the use of the imperial court. Later generations relied on the college entrance examination, not only for the imperial court, but also for all walks of life in society to select suitable excellent training objects. This has given some people an opportunity to regard the selection of the state and society as their own food in their own bowls and bags. ”
"The simplest is the misalignment of teaching in public and private schools. To a large extent, private schools established with private capital can be regarded as making up for the lack of coverage of public schools, and play a great role in popularizing educational resources in society. However, like the eight shares, the college entrance examination in later generations also has a scope of regulations. Wang Chengen continued to speak in one breath.
"In the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, there were scholars who passed the imperial examination on their backs, and the same was true for later generations. All the publications in later generations covered more than 80 categories of content topics, and the college entrance examination could only cover about 30 kinds of popular topics. Therefore, private schools have worked this and memorized model essays. It's easy to memorize dozens of sample essays because it's different from the texts and doesn't require you to write a word, as long as the meaning is about the same. Find good articles and divide them into good categories, memorize one article in three days, make small changes during the exam, uncle becomes aunt, grandfather becomes grandfather, things are still those things, comments are still those comments. Over the course of a year, the content of dozens or hundreds of good articles is memorized, and a student who does not understand the sentences can become a high scorer in the college entrance examination essay, which is a trick. A kind of learning without a soul. ”
"On the one hand, there are private schools that conduct high-intensity study from 7:30 in the morning to 9:30 in the evening, with a major exam every month, a small exam every week, and even a daily exam. In the public schools at the other end of the scale, the imperial court issued a document demanding quality education and repeatedly asking for a reduction in burden, which is called how they compete. In addition, students in public schools are generally day students, and the time to go to and from school is 1~2 hours, while private schools are mostly residential students. Compared with these two, the accumulation of time is not a small gap. Moreover, after many students finish the college entrance examination, they tear up their books to celebrate. It can be seen that reading is only a stepping stone for them to gain fame and fortune, and how can such students study all their lives? How can they be expected to serve the court and the people? But are all these the sins of the students? No, the sins of the court!"
"College Entrance Examination Factory, College Entrance Examination Factory This is the name of those famous private schools in later generations, and each student is like the products produced on the assembly line of the factory. On the surface, they all seem to be qualified, but in fact they are lifeless, and there is no creativity at all. And the money comes very quickly, don't look at the tuition they charge is not high, but normally you can't get into a private school. Except for a few outstanding children, the vast majority of children need to pay the so-called sponsorship fees, donation fees, school funds and other expenses, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands. A school enrolls nearly 10,000 people every year, which means that the gray fee for enrollment in a year is more than hundreds of millions of net profits, which is comparable to the tax revenue of a province in the Ming Dynasty. ”
Qin Liangyu coughed lightly, "Lord Wang is also heartbroken, so he said so much, in the final analysis, whether it is the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty or the later generations, it is the supremacy of reading, and only reading can have a way out, which caused this deformed result, which was used by villains to collect money." But "
"We still have to see the benefits of schools, that is, they have popularized basic education, so that everyone in future generations can read and write, and the imperial decree can be issued without worry. We can take advantage of this. ”
Hearing this, Yan Wu slowly stood up from his position, "I have a proposal. ”
"Yan Xingguan, please speak. ”
"Lord Yan, you know the future generations best, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”
"Stop all the Daomen selections that are being held in Xiangshan in the future. Instead, people of insight were selected to be stationed in major colleges and universities. Aren't there hundreds of thousands of registered disciples who have successfully gained star power and chosen to practice the Immortal Dao? Most of these people have university diplomas, and some are even professors and associate professors. If they wished, they would go back to their school and open a branch for Taiyimen. And the people of Shenxiao Jade Palace can participate in all departments of the imperial court and apply what they have learned. ”
"Taiyi Gate is for learning, and the real person is secretly given 200,000 syllabuses and classics in Taiyimen, and more than 8,000 profound and shallow cultivation exercises, all of which are for people to learn. How to select the right candidate is best for the colleges in various dynasties and regions. The students from these academies have experience, they know how to select students, and we just need to arrange for supervision, so as not to make a profit from it. The global development of the Ming and Qing dynasties required a lot of talents, and they could be digested to some extent. ”
"The classics in the Taiyi Sect are considered immortal paths, different from our Shenxiao Jade Palace, our Shenxiao Jade Palace's star power is heavenly, it is used, and it should be supervised. ”
"Alchemy, talismans, hundred refinements, incantations, and the hundred schools of heavenly craftsmanship should be divided into civilian and military, and some of the classics and exercises that involve strong aggression can only be taught by military schools, or sent directly to us, and then taught after screening. ”
"The cultivation of the Immortal Dao is extremely slow, according to the current environment of several dynasties, it is good to be able to have a period of knotting and harvest eight hundred years of destiny, and the Yuan Infant is hopeless. The elixir and spiritual objects that the Venerable was given by the Taiyi Gate are a little less, and the elixirs and spiritual pets in the collection are almost impossible to plant and cultivate, I don't know what the Venerable thinks?"
"The legal net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, the Venerable has long instructed Benjun to use the refining of the power storage jade talisman to lay out the legal net in the world of various dynasties, in addition to facilitating communication, ordinary people can also use the legal net to show their magical powers. Song Yingxing suddenly spoke.
As soon as he said this, the scene was immediately silent.
"The master is thoughtful, it is beyond our ability to figure it out, this move is huge, and the meaning behind it is carefully considered, I am afraid that it will change the world" He Shen was the first to open his mouth and praise.
"Establish a legal net?haha, isn't this move of the lord a reference to the creation of the legendary goddess of magic? Yan Wu's mind spun extremely fast, and he suddenly thought of something, and suddenly laughed.
"Brother Yan may talk to me in detail?" Wang Chengen didn't understand what the magic net was, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he opened his mouth to ask, also for all the participants present.
Yan Wu nodded, "This magic network is also called the magic network, it is the embodiment of the mana of the Internet in later generations, and it is said that it was created by a powerful god known as the Magic Lady in a mysterious plane. The Magical Lady is also known as the Mysterious Lady."
After the Demon Hunter entered, he walked directly to the innkeeper's counter and asked the owner who was wiping his glass, "I'm looking for someone, his name is Hendrick." ”
The innkeeper didn't put down his work, he was still busy, "What are you looking for him?"
"There's something I want to talk to him about. ”
"What are you talking about?"
The Demon Hunter's face seemed to change slightly, and the atmosphere in front of him seemed a little awkward, and the stranger wearing a white hood immediately stepped forward and pressed the Demon Hunter's shoulder, and said, "Boss, what do you have to eat and drink? ”
"Geralt, don't be in such a hurry, eat some food first. ”
The Demon Hunter nodded in agreement.
"There were roast pork, chicken sandwiches, dried fish, roast chicken, ham, fried meat. ”
"Two portions each, and what do you drink?"
"Virgin Champion, Kodwin Stout, Redania Yellow Beer, Livia Cherry Beer, that's all for now, it's been a mess lately, the Traveling Merchant has come a little less than before, and we're having some trouble restocking. ”
"Geralt, what are you drinking?"
"Codwin stout. ”
"Okay, boss, two Codwin and two Redania. ”
"Find a table and sit down, and I'll bring you food and wine when I'm ready. ”
After the two sat down, Luo Xian smiled, "You have a cold face, looking like you're looking for trouble, how dare the boss say what you want to know?"
Geralt said helplessly, "I'm not looking for trouble. ”
"The first time someone sees you, who knows you've always had this cool expression. Wait a while, when we eat and chat, and the atmosphere is warm, the boss will naturally say. We take care of his business, and he will naturally not embarrass us, and he will not be blind when he opens the door to do business. ”
After a while, the boss arrived with a large wooden plate filled with fragrant roast chicken and other food. Luo Xian did not hesitate, and directly paid for the food and wine, and the boss left with a smile, and then brought a few glasses of beer and a small plate of dried fruits, saying that it was for the two of them to drink.
Luo Xian had long been hungry, and on the battlefield of the Soviet Union, eating mashed potatoes and cold rice, constantly shelling, the food had long been mixed with mud, and it was extremely unpalatable.
finally had a normal meal, and he naturally wouldn't let it go.
After eating a large glass of beer in one go, Luo Xian picked up a piece of fried meat and gnawed it, I don't know what spices are wrapped in the bread crumbs, this fried pork is unexpectedly fat and tender, full of meaty aroma, so that Luo Xian can't stop eating, and praises one after another.
Geralt also traveled day and night for several days, rushing from the royal city hundreds of miles away, although the demon hunters can eat raw animal offal and raw meat, but how can there be the delicacy of normal food. Demon hunters are hardly good at cooking, and they generally eat poorly without cooking utensils in the wild, and the food cooked in the inn is extremely rare.
"Luo Xian, where are you from? I think you're a stranger, and you don't seem to be using magic. Geralt asked first, as they had been on a battlefield to dispose of the corpses of soldiers, and had met several ghouls. Luo eliminated them in a few clicks, and Geralt was extremely impressed by the methods used.
"An accident that ended up here can be understood as a failure of the experiment. ”
"Spell experiments?"
"Sort of~"
"I don't have much of a fan of teleportation either, because I've seen people cut into two by the power of the portal, with the second half staying where they are and the first half not knowing where they've been teleported. ”
"It must have been an unforgettable scene. ”
"Yes, Luo Xian, how did you find out that there were still people alive in the corpse?"
"The purpose of my trip is to pursue the meaning of life and death, if you can't tell whether a human being is alive or dead, isn't that not a lack of learning? By the way, what are you going to do with this matter? I think the purpose of the priest of the eternal fire who asked you to burn the corpse is probably to get rid of this living person, who was paralyzed by anesthetic and could not move, and fell between the corpses, and was almost burned. ”
"A poor man who smuggles narcotics, this is the battlefield, and there is still a battle going on all the time. Ancotics are strictly controlled strategic materials, which are needed in many places, and the price is high, and it is normal to be smuggled, but I didn't expect the smugglers to be hacked by a righteous pastor of the church. ”
"You didn't get rid of the smugglers, so how do you go back and report back to the priest?"
"I'm doing things for money, not killing. Moreover, the priest asked me to burn the corpses on the battlefield, and the smugglers, although they were incapable of acting under anesthetic, could not be counted as corpses. Of course, if we had gone a little later, the poor man would have had his head gnawed off by the ghouls who had come to see him. ”
"yes, he's terrified, too. I'm afraid that after this time, he will never touch smuggling again. ”
"Hehe, Luo Xian, people's hearts are unpredictable, and wealth knows people's hearts best, I'm afraid he will still take risks in the future and return to his old business. Of course, it's none of my business, I just need to find a pastor and get paid. ”
"What about the smuggler? Will you remind him that the smuggler is not dead?"
"Of course, I won't say it explicitly, as the pastor of the eternal fire, the so-called embodiment of justice, this kind of thing will definitely affect his position in the church, and I can even take the opportunity to extort him a hush money. ”
"Geralt, I like you, well done!"
"Luo Xian, can I take a look at the book on your waist?"
Luo Xian nodded, took a black book half the size of a palm from his waist and handed it to Geralt.
Geralt took the leather notebook in a thin silver chain, with four unidentified words on it that looked like flames, and judging by his experience, it must have been a magic book. Because before dinner, when he met a few ghouls who wanted to take out the silver swords on their backs to fight, he saw that the mysterious traveler Luo Xian's waist was shining.
The bright light was held in Luo Xian's hand, and more than a dozen rays of light shot out, instantly turning the ghouls that required a lot of effort to kill by themselves into ashes. Countless points of light flew back into the light from the ashes, and finally the black leather book he saw.
Geralt tried to open the book, but unfortunately he couldn't break the cover for half a point, so he had to return it to Luo Xian, he knew that some magic items could only be opened by specific users.
"Is this your magic item? It looks so powerful, and the few ghouls just now were wiped out by it in an instant. Geralt was a little jealous, he was known as a demon hunter, but he could only fight monsters hand-to-hand with a sword, far less easily than magic.
"Is it powerful? It comes at a cost, just as you have great power. ”
"Really?"
"Remember, you asked me why I wore a mask?"
"Yes. ”
"Do you want to see what's under my mask?"
"Is that okay?"
"Well, don't be surprised. After Luo Xian said this, he reached out and slowly lifted the face covering his face.
Under the silver mask, there is a skull head, the upper half is a skeleton, the lower half is flesh and blood, and there is only a chin left and a human appearance, no wonder Luo first wants to use the mask to cover the upper half of his face, if he doesn't cover it, it will be seen by others, it will be an absolutely terrifying thing.
Geralt gasped, never expecting that under Luo Xian's mask was a pile of bones without a trace of flesh.
"That's what you call the price?"
"Yes, for every point I am strong, I lose one point of flesh and blood, and that's the price. I can't even tell if I'm alive or dead. ”
"Living!"
"Are you so sure?"
"I'm almost a hundred years old, and I've been working as a demon hunter, and believe me, I've seen a lot of things. One of the things I understand best is that something looks alive but it's dead, and something looks dead but it's still alive. ”
Luo Xian listened to Geralt's words, and was stunned for a moment, these words were also said by a famous master in the original time and space, which was very classic. A thought suddenly flashed in Luo Xian's mind, and he seemed to be about to grasp the true meaning of life and death.
"To be alive but to be dead, to be dead and still alive?" Luo Xian muttered to himself.
Geralt sighed, "Yes, that's what I've learned over the years. It is said that we demon hunters recognize money but not people, but who knows that we have seen humans who are more vicious than the undead, and undead who are more loyal than humans. ”
"So, what distinguishes the life and death of objects is no longer the birth and death of the surface, but what is within them?" Rouse raised Geralt's words a little.
Geralt was stunned for a moment, "That's right! Luo Xian, that's the truth! Would you like to listen to me tell a story? A story of good and evil." ”
"I can't wait, Geralt, your words have inspired me, and I seem to have seen a little through the mysteries of life and death. ”
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