Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 347 The Study of Objects
  In the past few days, people inside and outside the capital are talking about the reform of the House of Representatives. In the streets and alleys, whether they are princes, nobles or porters and vendors, they can talk for half an hour together.

No, in the Zhengxifang, at the Shunde Restaurant, scholars have often gathered together in the past few days to discuss the current situation.

"In our northern Zhili region, we are number one in terms of the number of scholars, number one in terms of senior officials and cabinet ministers, and we are impeccable in terms of geographical location! In summary, in terms of the number of members, we should be second to none in the entire parliament. ! Any one of the nine seats we can get is the result of our local scholars from Gyeonggi who sacrificed their lives and blood for the House of Representatives and fought for it in front of the Duke! It’s all our blood and sweat, and it’s our honor. He How can Shanxi plus Datong Prefecture get eight seats? How can other provinces in Liaodong get eight seats, almost tied with our capital?" A young man who looked like a scholar was talking loudly about how other prefectures and places could get eight seats. I was quite unhappy to get eight seats.

"Brother Ruizhi, this is the truth, but other prefectures and localities have not given up on fighting for quotas. I heard that these days, at the gate of the government office of the Seventh Pingzhang Chongguo Congressman, there are more than a hundred fellow villagers waiting to pay homage to them every day. What are you doing? People with a discerning eye know everything!" The chubby man shook his head, with worry in his tone: "If we let them come from behind and occupy my quota in Gyeonggi, our future and right to speak will be gone!"

boom!
  The man known as Brother Ruizhi slapped his hand on the table: "Let's go! We can't sit still and wait for death. Let's go to Mr. Sun's house together, and I will also go and make a fuss, otherwise the rest of the government will ride on us and shit on us!" "

As the young scholar raised his arms and shouted, the onlookers in the restaurant were all excited and angry: "Let's go to Mr. Sun's house and fight for our future in Gyeonggi!!!"

Not long after, the second floor of the restaurant was empty. Most of the people followed Brother Ruizhi to the residence of Senator Sun Chengzong to talk to Mr. Sun.

As for the old man with a goatee who was sitting by the window, he ignored the crowd's outrage and just kept to himself by the window, eating wine and food. From time to time he would transfer the food from the table next to him to his own plate, almost without saying a word. In how long it took, the goatee-bearded old man devoured a table full of dishes.

hiccup~~~
  The old man let out a long burp, and then patted his belly with satisfaction: "I traveled around Huguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and I am exhausted. I have been hiding here and there. I haven't had such a full meal in a long time!"

He found a bamboo stick at random, and the old man with goatee picked his teeth and rolled his eyes: "Now it seems that the divination that Pindao originally made has come true. The climate of Duke Qi has become. The North Pole is declining, the sun shines, and it occupies the middle court. Cover up its glow, and the artifact will be easy to use."

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Today, Wang Qi declined all the colleagues who came to visit and drove to Xu Guangqi's house. Wang Qi had something to confirm about the Science Society.

"The Duke is here, I am a little far away from you to welcome him, please forgive me!" After Xu Guangqi heard the news, he quickly put down what he was doing and took several of his disciples out of the mansion together and went downstairs to greet him.

"The students are waiting to meet Duke Qi!"

Xu Guangqi's three students are all proficient in Western Yi theories and techniques. They have been helping Xu Guangqi with the final finishing work of the Science Society these days.

"I don't care about my official status when I'm not in the court. I came to visit Mr. Xu today as a student to ask for advice. You don't have to be like this," Wang Qi smiled and returned the greeting to everyone.

Facing Wang Qi's respectful return, the three students did not dare to neglect and bowed again.

Just kidding, if Wang Qi's behavior were spread outside, he would be called a polite and virtuous corporal, and he would be respectful and orderly. But if these students really think that they can treat themselves as normal in front of Wang Qi, it would be disrespectful and Xu Guangqi's teachings were not strict.

Not long after, Xu Guangqi invited Wang Qi into the house and took a seat for tea.

"I have also been thinking about the preparation of the Science Society these days. I have a few questions that I would like to ask Mr. Xuan Hu." After a cup of tea, Wang Qi went straight to the topic and expressed his purpose: "First of all, the The status of the orthodox system needs to be confirmed again. I read your proposal last time. In the draft of the declaration, I think the importance of the society is still not emphasized. The scientific society is different from the imperial examination system. It guides the entire society over a long period of time. The role of the scientific society is much higher than that of the imperial examination, so I think it is necessary to raise the scientific society to the same level as the parliament. Even in some professional academic aspects, its authority is higher than that of the parliament. This must be realized by ordinary people. "

As soon as Wang Qi said these words, not only Xu Guangqi, but also the three students sitting beside him were shocked and even felt ridiculous.

All of you here have studied hard for decades, passed the imperial examination, and then obtained official status. To be honest, without the imperial examination, these people would still be hawking on the streets in the country alleys, which is not necessarily the case.

Such personal experience made them understand how important the imperial examination is to ordinary people.

After all, the imperial examination has been the most recognized, fair and authoritative way for the imperial court to select talents for thousands of years. If the current scientific society wants to gain a foothold in the imperial court and be recognized by the people of the world, it still needs help. Only by giving a single lesson on the way of investigating things under the imperial examination can you be qualified and secure for your status in the imperial examination.

Wang Qi wanted to put the Science Society above the imperial examination from the very beginning. In the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the world, there are countless old scholars and new talents who have devoted their lives to studying the Four Books and Five Classics. Wouldn't it be a revolution?
  When the public dissatisfaction boils and people's hearts are full of resentment, even Wang Qi, who has the most prestige in the world, will not be able to explain it, right?

"Your Excellency, even if you don't tell me about the importance of scientific society, I know it," Xu Guangqi thought for a long time before he said cautiously: "But people's hearts are easily moved, and those scholars who are bright and poor may not understand your good intentions. Be careful, besides, the southern provinces have not yet been pacified, so if the laws of the Science Society are promulgated rashly, it will chill most southern scholars, and it will be easy for them to be exploited by Zuo Guangdou and others!"

"It does not mean that the imperial examination should be abolished." Wang Qi certainly knew the importance of the imperial examination. It was a tool for countless people to make a class jump. It must be more irreplaceable than the college entrance examination in later generations, so he patiently continued: "I want to ask I would like to ask, Sir, if in addition to the imperial examination, we can develop the study of studying things and use scientific articles to select the best scholars!"

"Isn't that just like the imperial examination?" Xu Guangqi frowned slightly, not quite understanding.

At this time, a student who was sitting in the room and listening to the conversation between Qi Guogong and the teacher suddenly said: "What does the Duke mean? The scientific society selects the best scientists, and the imperial examination selects the best officials? To show their ability?"

"Who is this?" Wang Qi looked at Xu Guangqi.

"Taizhou School, successor of Xinxue, Wang Gen's grandson, Wang Shou," Xu Guangqi stroked his beard with a smile.

(End of this chapter)