novelraw Chapter 887 The Carpenter Emperor 142
Chapter 887 The Carpenter Emperor 142
The monarch and his subjects talked and laughed and had lunch together.After lunch, Zhu Youxiao still left a few old ministers to take a lunch break in the prepared side hall, while the others went back to their respective ministries.
As for the news of the rebellion of An/Bangyan in Guizhou, which was sent to the capital before the palace examination, it was really suppressed by the emperor's achievements in Liaodong and Northwest, and did not cause much trouble to the court and courtiers.
When Qin Liangyu passed the capital with his white soldiers, Zhu Youxiao also sent someone to summon Qin Liangyu's mother and son, and the brothers and sisters of the Qin family to the palace for an audience.At the same time, Qin Liangyu was instructed to send the two small banners of the Jinyiwei to the Baigan soldiers.
"General Qin, if there is something embarrassing or difficult to do in suppressing the rebellion, let them do it."
Zhang Zhifeng brought several second sons of honorable families to meet with Qin Liangyu and others.They went to the southwest this time to do some difficult things for Qin Liangyu.
Zhu Youxiao privately gave him a few tokens of Dongchang, implying that it could be pushed on Dongchang.The commander of Jin Yiwei made Luo Sigong's mouth twitch for a long time.
His Majesty does not want Dongchang to have a good reputation at all.
In the evening, Zhu Youxiao led his group of officials back to the Wenhua Palace again.I saw that most of the scholars in the hall had finished answering the papers, and only a few scholars were still writing quickly.There is also a time limit for the palace examination. After the sun turns to the light in the west hall and the light is insufficient, each person can light a candle issued by the palace examination. When the candle is extinguished, the examination time ends.
The test papers of the palace examination do not need to be obscured.The tributes who have finished their answers can leave their seats after putting down the scrolls, and follow the officials of the Ministry of Rites who are in charge of the Wenhua Palace to rest in the side hall. After everyone has finished their answers, they leave the palace together.
The tributes who can take part in the palace examination are all intelligent and different from ordinary people, so they can become the winner of Chunwei in the many imperial examinations.But when put together, you can still tell the difference between high and low.
It's like a modern marathon, where runners from all over the world are outstanding long-distance runners, and if they run together once, they will be compared to see who is better.
After the officials of the Ministry of Rites collected the scrolls, Zhu Youxiao first invited the courtiers who participated in the marking to have a dinner, and then the monarchs and ministers lit candles to mark the papers together.Zhu Youxiao wanted to replace the previous scoring method of dots, ticks, Xs, and circles with the Arabic numeral 12345.
Xu Guangqi patiently explained the rules to the courtiers participating in the review.Wei Chao and Cao Huachun made a large piece of paper, hung it on the screen, and cleverly matched 12345 with [-], dotted circles, etc., so that the old ministers could understand it at a glance.
When Huang Kezuan was developing the artillery, he saw a lot of calculations by the emperor, Xu Guangqi and others.He pushed Zhou Jiamo's arm and said: "Xu Zixian used this number notation with His Majesty when he was building a new cannon. Everything was calculated first, and then let the craftsmen do it. Get twice the result with half the effort."
Zhou Jiamo looked at the emperor and Xu Guangqi, and immediately expressed his opinion happily, "It's still the old rule that 2 doesn't see 4 and 5, does anyone have any questions?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Officials took the lead in supporting the emperor's new idea. Everyone just looked up at the screen to check it when they commented. It was not a big trouble, so they nodded unanimously.
Xu Guangqi is the happiest.He has long wanted to change the way numbers are written. The Western way of writing is much faster than the way of writing Chinese characters, and it is also convenient to calculate.Today, the ministers of all ministries have accepted it. In the future, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households will be reformed, and mathematics will be more easily promoted.
Xu Guangqi was looking forward to the day when the emperor agreed to add arithmetic to the imperial examination.Alone mathematics department has long been unable to meet the needs of the Ministry of Industry.
Wang Yingjiao, Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, was in the same year as Huang Kezuan. He asked Xu Guangqi's new number writing method and usage, and after thinking about it for a while, he said to Bi Ziyan, the servant of the Ministry of Accounting: "This method can be used in our account keeping. But the only disadvantage The advantage is that it is easier to change.”
Bi Ziyan also thinks so. The 1 recorded in the account book can be added one by one before and after, and the whole number will change ten times, one hundred times, ten million times.But he looked at the number calculation demonstrated by Xu Guangqi to him, and he didn't want to miss this convenient way of writing numbers, so he replied to Wang Yingjiao and said: "Butang, let's think about it later and see how we can use the convenience of this Western way of writing." , and it is not easy for the books to be altered.”
Zhu Youxiao only pretended to read a few of the 25 papers, then slipped away to watch Xu Guangqi do the calculations.Xu Guangqi's calculation is to rebuild the three main halls.The fire in the [-]th year of Wanli burned down the Huangji Hall (commonly known as the Jinluan Hall), the Zhongji Hall and the Jianji Hall.
In the last years of Wanli, the ruins were cleaned up several times to prepare for reconstruction, but in the end it was nothing.After Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he put the matter of the three halls on hold completely, using the military affairs of Liaodong as an excuse. Now that Liaodong and the northwest are stable, the matter of building the three halls is once again on the agenda.
Hiding is impossible.Zhu Youxiao really didn't want to build these three halls, so he had to change his ways and delay.
"Xu Qing, have you paid attention to the immigration from Shaanxi to Liaodong?"
Xu Guangqi shook his head.As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he should have been among the group of people who read the papers for the emperor.But being called over by the Wei Dynasty under the pretext of the Three Great Halls, how can it be expected that His Majesty still does not want to build the Three Great Halls in his heart.
"Xu Qing, what I said last time is to increase the flow of water in the Wei River before Lanzhou, and use the newly calcined stone powder to rebuild the north bank of the Wei River. How much money do you think you will get for that?"
"Your Majesty, the minister has to go to the northwest to take a field survey of the situation on the north bank of the Weihe River."
Zhu Youxiao nodded happily.
Seeing this, Xu Guangqi immediately put forward new demands tentatively.
"Your Majesty, when the new Jinshi takes the Shujishi test, can you add a math test. I want to find some assistants who can help."
"Yes. The Ministry of Household Affairs also needs such talents. You can discuss with Bi Ziyan to see how many new scholars are needed. I also want to bring the Yellow River back to the old way, so I have to figure it out before doing it."
Xu Guangqi's eyes widened in surprise, "Your Majesty, the amount of labor and earthwork required will be huge."
"There is no other way." Zhu Youxiao snatched the brush from Xu Guangqi's hand, and drew him on the paper the area where the lower reaches of the Yellow River now flow.
"You can see that the Yellow River moved south to pass through Sishui and took the lower reaches of the Huaihe River below Huaiyin to enter the sea. The Huaihe River lost its access to the sea and accumulated water in the east of Xuyi. The water potential of the Yellow River is strong, and the Huaihe River and Surabaya River are weak. They were forced to bend by the water of the Yellow River. The accumulated water became Hongze Lake.
If we can't find a suitable outlet for the water of the Yellow River as soon as possible before the rainfall increases in the south, I worry that the water of Hongze Lake will lead to a catastrophe sooner or later.At that time, it will not only be the canal that will be affected. "
Xu Guangqi looked at the connections between the Yellow River, Huaihe River, Surabaya, and Hongze Lake drawn by the emperor, reached out and snatched the wolf hair from the emperor's hand, added the canal, and then pinched his hands to perform calculations on the paper.
"Nine dragons control floods and droughts, and one dragon controls floods. Your majesty is thoughtful. You should first control the waters and then build the three halls."
One dragon to cure waterlogging?Cao Huachun is really worried about Xu Guangqi, can you speak like this in front of the emperor?
Xu Guangqi ignored Cao Huachun's little thoughts, he was already immersed in the emperor's new ideas.Even the emperor around him no longer cared about it, and began to calculate dully.
Zhu Youxiao signaled Cao Huachun not to disturb Xu Guangqi, and took Wei Chao to see the courtiers who were marking the papers.
Seeing the emperor coming back from his walk, Gong Nai took a paper and handed it to him.
"Your Majesty, how do you look at this paper? Does it have the talent of the champion?"
The emperor also had to take a good look at the newly released No. [-] scholar paper recommended by the Minister of Rites.Looking at the name Wen Zhenmeng on the head, and then looking at the evaluation below, Zhu Youxiao is a bit square.
Is this good?
He looked at Zhou Jiamo, and at Huang Kezuan, looking for strong foreign aid.But even Zhang Wenda bowed his head as if he hadn't received the emperor's distress signal.
Wen Zhenmeng is almost at the age of knowing his destiny?
The ministers of the Ming Dynasty really had character.Knowing that he likes those young scholars, he chooses an old man who is twice their age and more than enough.
Zhu Youxiao looked at the sky and sighed.
Gong Nai lowered his head and continued to read other papers.This is not something he can do alone. It is Wen Zhenmeng's luck for this year's exam.
Wen Zhenmeng is a descendant of Wen Tianxiang and a great-grandson of Wen Zhengming. The whole family is famous for their poems and paintings.Wen Zhenmeng was famous for his literary talent and character in Changzhou, South Zhili when he was young. After he successfully won the imperial examination in the 22nd year of Wanli, he fell down repeatedly on the Chunwei.His nephew Yao Ximeng, who studied with him, was able to become a good scholar in high school after taking the first subject, but he failed again.
This is Wen Zhenmeng's tenth time entering the examination room of the Ministry of Rites.
Zhu Youxiao admires Wen Zhenmeng's indomitable spirit of never admitting defeat until he reaches his goal.
Forget it, it doesn't matter who is the champion.At worst, throw Wen Zhenmeng to the Imperial Academy, and if he has the ability, he can earn his head in the Imperial Academy by relying on his literary talent.
There are not a few Jinshi in their twenties in any subject, so are they all the same as Zhou Jiamo and Cui Jingrong?Isn't Zhou Yanru, the No. [-] scholar who was released to the southwest just now, an example?
Dozens of people started marking the papers together, and each paper had to go through the hands of five people.Even if there is no name, no one who can achieve the position of assistant minister or above will play tricks in front of the emperor for a Jinshi ranking.
In fact, it depends on the first person who grades the paper. If he first sets the tone as 5, the people who follow behind will not give 123.But most of the first graders will leave room for articles that they don’t like very much, that is, they will give a 3, at most a 4.This means that if you want to gather the common cognition of five people, there is still room for manipulation.
Those who rank in the top [-] in the test are basically in the top two.The following papers will basically not be handed over to the various halls for reading.Before midnight, Gong Nai picked out the first twenty papers with examiners Zhu Guozuo, He Zongyan, Zhou Ruqing and others.
"His Majesty."
Gong Nai still put Wen Zhenmeng's paper first.