Xinshun 1730

Chapter 121 We all have a bright future

Gongyang's idea was originally dug out by Kang Youwei to advocate reform, but Liu Yu made it a big step backwards into the world of great struggle, and frightened Li Gan severely.

He didn't have much emotion, he had seen too much about the ups and downs, and he had experienced the worst. Where could the worst be?
Considering Li Gan's impetuous temper, five years is considered unprecedented.

It would be even worse if Li Gan went to become a tyrant and engage in the Wutai poetry case, and reuse the Laowuying and Langguan from the good families of the six counties to directly bypass the imperial examinations and engage in Western learning.

If things don't go well, there will really be a chaos of dynastic change, especially Li Gan's quick temper, then it will be even worse.At least the Western Regions haven't been brought back yet.

Thinking about giving Li Gan a strong dose of medicine today, the next step is to go through the three-shelf selection method step by step.

After returning home to rest for a while, he hurried to Qi Guogong's mansion.

Seeing Tian Ping, he didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Brother Tian, ​​what I entrusted to you, are you going to do it or not?"

He didn't remind anything, Tian Ping smiled and said: "Brother Shouchang, can I not take care of your business? Isn't it just a Japanese teacher? I did it together when I asked my family to go south to do business. But you, what are you doing today? Are you free to come to my place?"

Liu Yu also heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Tian Ping's different reminders to know what was going on.

"Hey, His Majesty gave me my leave and didn't need me to be on duty. Let me be busy preparing for the summer exam. The Duke is accompanying the Rakshasa Mission today?"

"Yes. Father has been busy these days. How can he be as relaxed as you? By the way, there is one more thing."

Tian Ping slapped his head and hurriedly took a plate of things from the house.

"The flying hot air balloon you got last time, let's get another one. Have fun."

I drank too much that day, not to mention the fragments, and I really didn't remember it.

Looking at the gold that Tian Ping held out, he couldn't help but click his tongue and said, "Okay, Brother Tian, ​​you still have the money. I got the silver that day, and I borrowed it from my mother. You can get the money out just by playing around."

Tian Ping thought to himself, how can I have so much money?Even if there is, it's not worth such a disaster.It was my father who ordered me to do it. There are other things in it, so how can I say it?
Just smiled, put some gold into Liu Yu's hands and said: "Don't forget about this. After the summer exam is over in a few days, go outside the city to play. Call me when the time comes, so don't call me too much someone else."

Liu Yu grabbed a golden pickle, tossed it twice and teased: "Why, you didn't hold back the poem last time, but this time the poem is very popular? Well, don't call anyone else, this hot air balloon is still yours when it's ready. But there is one thing, when I want to play, you have to borrow it."

"Nonsense. I won't keep you drinking today. The summer exam will be in a few days. If you drink too much, your hands will shake. Besides, your majesty will let you prepare for the summer exam. If I let you drink, your majesty will know in the future , need to be reprimanded. Hey, by the way, do you know that after the Rakshasa delegation returns, we will send people to celebrate the new Rakshasa king's enthronement?"

Liu Yuxin said that this is not nonsense, that is what I suggested, how can I not know?
"What? Do you want to go?"

"I definitely won't go. I can't ride a horse or listen to a gun. There are rumors that His Majesty intends to select Xia Kao who can't enter the upper house to follow. Although it's good to go out and have a look, it's too far away after all. Everyone was panicked and refused to go.”

Liu Yu was startled, and wondered, "Why didn't I know about this? I've been serving His Majesty all day long."

"There are so many things you don't know. When His Majesty was in the Temple of Heaven's Blessing, you were just on duty outside the gate."

After finishing speaking, he pulled Liu Yu mysteriously and whispered: "My buddy, let me tell you a secret. I will definitely not be able to pass the Xia Kao. But it seems that I will be assigned to practice in the study room."

The writing room was the Zhongshu Department of the previous dynasty. It was renamed when Xi'an was established, and some of it was merged into the subordinate institutions of Tianyou Palace in the future.

Speaking of which, the official position is not big, but it is someone who can get in touch with the core level.

It has its own customization, some of them are selected from the imperial examination, and some are selected from the members of the Wude Palace.

This one can't enter the real inner circle, without the title of the top three in the Shangsheqiu exam, it is absolutely useless.But this one depends on writing skills, and the other depends on loyalty. It is definitely a suitable job for Tian Ping to do this, and it may be released in the future.

It should be the Duke of Qi's contribution to the northern border. His family is already a hereditary duke.

Hearing this, Liu Yu cupped his hands and said: "Congratulations, although the writing room of this dynasty is not the Mongolian Yuan Zhongshu Province, but it started in the capital and took turns in the Tianyou Hall. It has a bright future in the future."

Tian Ping is quite satisfied with this official position. Although the grade is not high, he is indeed well-informed, and if he can take a rotation in the Tianyou Temple in the future, if he is familiar with him, there is still a chance for him to be released.

"This matter is not yet official, brother Shouchang is good to know. As the saying goes, when a person encounters a happy event, he should share it with his confidant. Brother Shouchang is very sure that he will be admitted to the upper house. I will also congratulate you first."

Liu Yu laughed, and said: "I don't need to be afraid of the story of Tang Yin in the previous dynasty. There may be surprises in whether I can pass the stereotyped questions in the imperial examination, but I am not surprised at all. Even though your congratulations are early, I dare Shou. Come on, since you don’t want to keep me, I’ll go back and study. Remember, my business must be done for me. The sooner the better. Japanese teacher, Japanese teacher, Japanese teacher!”

After saying important words three times and exhorting them repeatedly, Liu Yu said his goodbyes and left.

After more than a month, Liu Yu was only at home.

In the morning, I will discuss strategies with Kang Bulan, and in the afternoon, I will teach about steamed buns.

Once the Dragon Boat Festival is over, it will be Xia Kao.

A few Western studies, marksmanship and horsemanship, and a simple strategy theory on the art of war, except that the theory of strategy is an objective question, if you can do it, you can do it, if you don’t, you can’t.

In addition to the usual assessment, as Liu Yu said, it was a certainty. He and more than 30 people in the same class were promoted to the upper house, and he ranked first among the more than 30 people.

Sure enough, Tian Ping didn't get into Shangshe, because he didn't pass the bow and horse, so he definitely didn't have the slightest chance.

Those who fail the entrance examination will have no chance to continue their studies, and can only go their separate ways and wait for arrangements.

If you are lucky, you can directly enter the study room like Tian Ping did, or find a vacancy in the capital.

If you are unlucky, you will be thrown to the frontier as an officer to practice.

Not bad, not bad, or arranged to enter the Beijing camp as a grassroots officer, or arranged to be sent to the frontier army or the southwest.

It's just that the arrangement this time is different from usual.

The Rakshasa mission is about to leave, and many things have finally been agreed upon.

As a return visit, Dashun will send a mission of more than 300 people to Moscow to attend the enthronement ceremony of Peter II.

This time, many of the inner-house students who failed to pass the entrance examination were assigned to the mission. They will go to Moscow with the mission, and some of them will go to France by land, as the French missionaries in China these years. return gift.

Students in the inner house do not take the imperial examination, they have to learn geometry, surveying and other knowledge, and they also have a certain level of shooting and hunting in Latin.

Liu Yu's uncle and cousin, Xuanming, the fourth member of Xiangguo Gong's party family, was also among them.

At the small banquet after Xia Kao, Dang Xuanming frowns.He didn't want to leave home, Raksha was bitterly cold, he knew it well, but the order had been given, he wanted to be a loose rider and wait for death without giving him a chance.

"Fourth brother, isn't it? Just go out to see the scenery, and come back after three or five years. Why are you so worried?"

Dang Xuanming took a sip of his wine, and said with a wry smile: "I can't even tell you that I don't have a backache while standing and talking. You walked around Heilongjiang, and you have actually been to the battlefield. Keep it up, mother I might as well be like Tian Ping, who can't ride a horse and shoot a gun. Maybe I don't have to go. Brother Tian, ​​you are a blessing in disguise."

Now Tian Ping's whereabouts has also been announced, it is the study room.

When Dang Xuanming uttered such boring words, Tian Pingxiao didn't agree with him, nor did he accompany him.

Liu Yu had no choice but to pick up the wine

"Fourth brother, I'm not talking about you. You knew today. Wouldn't it be better if you studied hard at the beginning?"

Dang Xuanming said with a bitter face: "Who knew it would be like this? According to your uncle's plan, it is for me to go to the southwest to follow the experience and accumulate some credit. To go further, you have to follow another part of the mission to the country of France."

After speaking, he glared at Tian Ping again and said: "If someone else leads the team, I can still put on airs. The leader is Brother Tian's father. In front of Qi Guogong, what airs should I put on? He really dares to scold and beat. Your Majesty yesterday He also summoned us and asked us to learn more and see more when we got there. We will have our own opinions when we come back in the future. My family also passed a note to Duke Qi, and Duke Qi replied: "Jade is not polished, it is not good."

Shaking his head again, he said bitterly to Liu Yu: "Your aunt can only cry, but there is nothing you can do. Your uncle is still in the southwest, even if he comes back, Qi Guogong's temper is useless. Fate! When summoned, the third son of Huaiyuanhou's family I didn't want to go, and after saying a few more words, His Majesty gave me a kick and slapped my mouth twice. Your Majesty will not beat a courtier, this is an elder beating a junior, who dares to speak?"

Liu Yu suppressed a smile in his heart, thinking that this matter has a lot to do with me, probably because what he said before scared the emperor, and he was so angry that he couldn't bear it, if you have to hit the muzzle of the gun, two slaps would be light up.

After listening to his uncle and cousin complaining, Liu Yu said: "It just so happens that I have something to ask you."

Knowing Liu Yu's preferences, Dang Xuanming stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the list. What strange Western gadgets do you want to buy? There is no need for books, but you can buy as many books as you can for practical learning. The household government dials I paid 3 taels of silver, and I bought it according to 3 taels of silver. Knowing Chinese and Western, in order to excel. If you want to be able to understand, you must first translate. This time, the book of 3 taels of silver is enough to translate for a while."

Liu Yu giggled, took out a list, pointed to the top two lines of the list and said: "These are all to be bought. After you go, just ask yourself. A copy of "British Star List", A "Star Catalog of the Southern Hemisphere". I will write you a note. After you go to Rakshasa, take this note to visit some people in the Rakshasa Academy of Sciences. I don't know the exact title of the book, but they will tell you I have clearly written down what to buy.”

Dang Xuanming was shocked and said: "Okay, keep the routine, do you still have acquaintances at Luocha?"

"I have a fart acquaintance. Make friends with literature, make friends with literature, do you understand?"

"I wrote a few questions, and those who know the goods will understand it naturally. This is called divine friendship, do you understand? Let me tell you, fourth brother, this is my big business, you have to do it for me. Aren't you going to France? country? If you can buy it in Luocha, then just call the person who came back to send it back to me. If Luocha doesn’t have it, you have to buy it in France. Let me tell you, if you want to buy it, I’ll go to my aunt’s It's really a big deal to sue you."

Seeing Liu Yu's solemnity, Dang Xuanming carefully put away the list, and if there is no money, it is not bad for buying a few books.

After talking for a while, Liu Yu raised his glass and said, "Okay, it's over, don't cry, you're useless."

"I went to Shangshe, brother Tian went to the study room, cousin went to Paris... We all have a bright future."

(End of this chapter)