[Qing] If you don't work hard, you will be forced to inherit the throne

Chapter 142

Zhu Zhibi told Kangxi: "These four books contain the essence of numerology. The word 'Xiao Xiao' means the most simple knowledge, which is different from the interpretation of 'Primary School' since ancient times. And 'Junior High School' represents As for the strength of 'First Time Examination', as for 'High School', if you can read the book titled 'High School' thoroughly, then you must be as talented as a champion!"

Zhu Zhibi said again: "There are also three years of imitation for the five-year college entrance examination. Although I don't know why it is five years, maybe the immortals in the sky take the exam every five years? This book is the thickest, thicker than the pillow on Weichen's bed. It should also be thick, with a large blank space in it, the purpose is for people to use it for answering the paper."

Kangxi: "What do you use for the answer sheet?"

"That's right, this book contains all imaginable math problems. The contents of the first three books are tested and tested, and the answers are attached."

Zhu Zhibi praised Yinfeng: "It will take a lot of time to transcribe these four books. His Royal Highness is deeply moved by His Majesty's heart. I want to give you this book. His Majesty heard that the Emperor will open a new department this year to recruit people." A person who is good at numerology wants to share the emperor's worries, so this humble minister is fortunate to read the book taught by the immortal."

"Weichen is the chief examiner of this exam, but he is not the one who writes the test paper. Since the emperor summoned me today, I implore the emperor to allow only one or two questions in the new subject of this exam. Let’s test the candidates on the simple mathematics knowledge in the middle school.”

Zhu Zhibi also said: "With these four books in the Qing Dynasty, there will be great progress in numerology. In this way, many calculation problems on agriculture, mulberry and water conservancy will be easily solved."

Different from what Yinfeng imagined, the development of all material resources, chemistry, and mathematics in the Qing Dynasty was inseparable from the construction of the country. People studied mathematics to promote agriculture and land, not for mathematics itself.

Therefore, Zhu Zhibi is not what Yinfeng imagined. Although he is obsessed with mathematics, he understands common affairs better. Compared with studying mathematics itself, what he sees is the influence and convenience behind mathematics.

In the final analysis, Zhu Zhibi was still the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and an official.

If you are an official, you can't do it like a pure researcher. It is precisely because of this characteristic of Zhu Zhibi that you can persuade Kangxi to consider sending someone to thoroughly study the four books sent by Yinfeng. , and transcribed it, and listed it as a mathematics book with the same status as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".

Zhu Zhibi also said that if the emperor allows, he is willing to spend his time studying the four books given to him by His Highness the Crown Prince.

Yinfeng knows that in order to develop mathematics, apart from having books and ready-made knowledge, there needs to be someone who is willing to delve into it. All of this depends on the attention of the imperial court, and only when the imperial court pays attention to it can mathematics come into the sight of scholars .

As long as there is a new imperial examination this year, and mathematics is reserved in future examinations, making it a tradition, the Imperial College will take the lead in educating the supervisors in school, and follow the example, aiming at the private students who come from the examination The school I belong to will also pay more attention to "mathematics" for "examination".

In the Qing Dynasty, the catalog of numerology books learned by scholars was in the "Ten Books of Suanjing", such as "Nine Chapters of Numeracy" in the Han Dynasty and "Zhushu" written by Zu Chongzhi.

There are also eight books of "Song and Yuan Counting Books". Scholars learn them to get a general idea. Except for being an accountant or doing accounting after becoming an official, most people don't ask for a deep understanding. The root cause is that the imperial examinations do not test These.

After Yinreng gave Zhu Zhibi the four books that he worked so hard to produce, he went to Master Sha to take over the work.

This time, he needs to get in touch with Wang Shizhen to plan and rehearse the Spring Festival Sacrifice of Guozijian.

Of course, this matter will not affect the students. The sacrificial etiquette needs to be rehearsed the most, besides the etiquette officials, there are also musicians who play music.

The team of musicians in charge of sacrificial etiquette was raised in the palace. They were considered as the exclusive musicians in the palace, playing drums, flute, qin, pipa and bells.

Wu Nuchun, the left servant, was responsible for liaising with the court in the Yizhi Qingli Department. Yinfeng found Wu Nuchun and asked him for a list of musicians.

Wu Nuchun faltered for a long time, and asked three questions. After Yinfeng asked again and again, he called Gu Badai again, and Gu Badai came to report to Yinfeng.

Yinfeng felt that something was wrong with Wu Nuchun, he was supposed to be in charge of the module, but he didn't know anything about it?

He observed Wu Nuchun carefully, and often called Wu Nuchun to ask about matters above official duties.

Every time Wu Nuchun went to work, he brought at least two assistants with him, and the assistants took over the work he assigned, and he himself didn't know what he was doing all day long, as if he was messing around with this position. of the day.

Cao Zhen quietly told Yinfeng: "Lord Sha got angry more than once because of Wu Nuchun's poor handling ability."

Yinfeng was very strange: "Will the talents recruited by the imperial examination also have such untalented bastards?"

It's nice to say that you're a gangster, but what's even worse is "wine bags and rice bags".

Cao Zhen whispered: "Master Wu's stereotyped essay is very good. When he took the imperial examination, he ranked among the top two."

[The advantages of Stereotyped Scholars gradually weakened with the passage of time, while more and more disadvantages emerged.

The selected candidates are all good at writing stereotyped essays, are good at "taking exams", understand the words of sages, and write well. 】【Most of the people who stand out from the examination, after obtaining the official position, when they really need to do some common chores, they will assign the required tasks to the lower-level officials who can do these. This also caused the upper-level officials to be crony , profit-only, and circle-only, forming partisans and gangs, has become the cradle of brewing corrupt officials. 】When Xiaomei answered Yinreng's answer, she didn't forget to recommend a new examination method to Yinreng.

[In fact, the civil service examinations of later generations can avoid this problem very well!Xiaomei recommends big friends to learn about the theory and practice test.The so-called argumentation is equivalent to simulating that officials will encounter practical problems at work, and asking them to answer how to solve these problems.It is most in line with the principle of practical application. It tests people's ability to examine questions, analyze, and deal with affairs, and it also tests the ability to write articles!As for the behavioral test, it is more about job-related content, which is suitable for sub-subject examinations. ] The examination method presented by Xiaomei is novel and advanced. After seeing it, Yinfeng felt that this method is good everywhere, but it is not in line with the current national conditions of the Qing Dynasty.

He stroked Xiaomei's tiger head: Xiaomei is good, I know what you said is right, let's go play!

【? ? ? 】

Yinfeng explained earnestly and earnestly: Khan Ama re-introduced stereotyped essays to select scholars, and added Bohong Confucianism, in order to win over Han Chen. Now there are so many students who have learned stereotyped essays all over the world and are waiting for the exam. It is a single-plank bridge to reach the sky in one step. This group of people, at least for now, cannot carry out the application examination.

Yin Reng tilted his head and thought about it. How long would it take from the addition of special subjects to the addition of additional points in other subjects before the new examination method could be implemented?

He went to elder brother's office, found Yinzhen, put his hand under his armpit, and hugged him.

"I feel that as the number of subjects in Kaienke increases, more and more people will get additional official positions and opportunities. The court will give more positions, and the complaints caused by Kaienke will decrease. If things go on like this, by subtle influence, the influence of stereotyped essays will be reduced, and by then the application examination will be implemented, and after calculation, this process will take three imperial examinations to gradually influence, that is to say, it may take nine years before and after.”

Yinzhen lowered his head wearily, and said expressionlessly: "The old scholars will definitely fight back, and Khan Ama, in order to win over Hanchen, if he can compromise with stereotypes once, he can compromise a second time."

"Changing the exam is beneficial to the country, and beneficial to the country is beneficial to Khan Ama."

Yinzhen raised his eyes, looked at him quietly for a moment, and suddenly said: "Second brother really thinks so?"

Yinfeng was stunned.

That's right, think about it with his often-beaten ass, between the country and the emperor, the emperor will put his own private interests before the country, even a sage monarch can't be selfless for the country, let alone Not to mention the stingy and capricious Khan Ama?

Yinreng really blocked Yinzhen's words, he continued for a long time, struggling and said: "The reform of the examination system can also attract more Hanchens, and it will not threaten the power of Khan Ama."

Although he said this, Yinfeng's heart is like a mirror: if the consequences of what he implements will affect Khan Ama, even if he knows that it is right to do so and it is wrong to continue, Khan Ama will still Make the wrong choice in the eyes of posterity.

No one knows better than Yinzhen what was going on in his heart when he was an emperor. Even the prince who is the closest to the emperor at present has a completely different state of mind if he has not truly been an emperor.

Yin Reng is a reminder to Yin Reng.

Yinzhen said: "'Shen Lun' means Shen Er Lun Zhi? It is somewhat similar to the policy theory tested in the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty. The policy theory promoted by Khan Ama when stereotyped writing was abolished was abolished later. Do you know why?"

"Because one out of ten people will answer, and the Qing Dynasty strictly prohibits speech, and you cannot violate it, and you cannot disobey it. If you are a little careless, there will be a catastrophe."

During his reign, Yinzhen, who had many more literary prisons than Kangxi, had a cold light in his eyes.

Yinzhen: If you want to allow rebellious people to have the opportunity to become demons, it is better to cut off the root cause. The people are obedient to the strategy of fooling the people.The promotion of Confucianism and the use of imperial examinations to select scholars can attract a large number of "loyal and patriotic" scholars who obey the emperor's words.

Yinfeng: "..."

He stretched out his hand, pinched Yinzhen's cheek, and said decisively: "Then, why don't you just persuade Khan Ama to make Shen Lun the new Enke! Those who have passed the Shen Lun test can go to the various ministries. Those who go to work and only pass the stereotyped essay will enter the Imperial Academy and wait for dispatch and promotion opportunities."

Yin Mo's eyes widened: "You!"

Yinfeng: "Has the fourth brother ever been an emperor before?"

He glanced at Yinzhen, saw his younger brother's body was stiff, his pupils constricted, and said with a smile: "The way you speak is very similar to the way Khan Ama gave Gu, and only those who have sat in that seat can think so." If there are many, there will be such suspicions."

"However, there is still a little bit that needs to be corrected."

"Khan Ama has more aspirations than you can imagine. Although he values ​​the power in his hands and the status of the imperial power, he also has great ambitions. He wants to be the eternal emperor who will be famous in history. There was something that worked, and even if there was trouble, he went back to using it."

Otherwise, Khan Ama would not form a new department to manage the creation of literati all over the world, nor would he press the memorial he wrote about the new business department under the memorial on the imperial case, and it has not been moved so far.

"Gu knows Khan Ama better than you."

Yinfeng smiled, pressed Yinzhen's head, and said earnestly: "As I said before, Yinzhen will always be a younger brother. Since you are a younger brother, put away your prejudices and arrogance. Gu and Khan Ama are no longer the same. It's who you thought it was."

At this moment, Yinfeng's face coincided with that of the prince in the previous life. His smiling expression was completely different from the noble and indifferent prince in the previous life. He had the deterrence and pressure that the prince in his heyday did not have.

When Yinzhen pressed him, the hairs on his back exploded, and his little heart felt cold.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind: The prince actually found out that he was threatening me?What will he do, is he afraid, or find a way to get rid of me?

Yinfeng blinked, and said in surprise: "I'm fooling you, what kind of expression do you have, you can't really let Gu guess right?!"

【…】

Today's Xiaomei is also worried about Emperor Yongzheng's life.

Yin Mo: ...