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Chapter 746 Gu Yanwu, the Grandmaster of a Generation (Part [-])
Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi, three thinkers in the late Ming Dynasty that Chu Yun knew, among them, Huang Zongxi has been appointed by Chu Yun as the dean of the Tokyo School, and is currently sinicizing the people in Dongying.And Wang Fuzhi is still a little kid at this time, the rest is only Gu Yanwu.

"Brother Zhongqing, it's getting late, let's go back to the inn first."

After the scholars at that table had satiated with wine and food, they were about to leave.

"This virtuous brother, can you do me a favor and chat with us?" Chu Yun stood up at this moment and invited Gu Yanwu.

"Brother is...?" Gu Yanwu originally wanted to leave with his companions, but when he saw Chu Yun, whom he didn't know at all, wanted to strike up a conversation by himself, he couldn't help being suspicious.

"It's the first time I've come to Jiangnan in the lower capital city, and I want to ask my brother for advice on some things." Chu Yun cupped his hands and said.

"The people in the capital may have a lot to do with the Kyushu Army. Brother Zhongqing, don't get involved with them, or you will be cast aside by all the scholars." A scholar persuaded.

"Students, please go back first, and I will stay and see what they have to say." Gu Yanwu said to his classmates.

"Sigh, brother Zhongqing has completely changed..." When several of Gu Yanwu's classmates left, they couldn't help whispering.

Gu Yanwu also sat down helplessly. He accepted the new ideas, but he couldn't stop at all. He couldn't read the Four Books and Five Classics anymore. It is estimated that he would no longer be able to drink with his former classmates and friends in the near future.

"Please, dear brother, I don't know the name of my dear brother," Chu Yun said.

"My Gu Jiang, a native of Kunshan, is just a grassroots person now." Gu Yanwu laughed at himself.

It should be true, at this time he was not called Gu Yanwu, and Gu Yanwu only changed his name after the Qing people entered the customs.

"From what Brother Gu said, it seems that he wants to be admitted to the Academy of Sciences of the Kyushu Army. I wonder what my brother thinks?" Chu Yun asked.

"Actually, I also have selfish intentions. Currently, the Kyushu Army has only set up an examination room in Nanjing City in the Jianghuai Chief Secretary and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Chief Secretary. This year is the second entrance examination. The number of people is already larger than the first year. The later you participate The more unfavorable it is to pass the exam, if you enter the Academy of Sciences one step earlier, your career will be one step faster in the future." Gu Yanwu said.

"Haha, Brother Gu's idea is not wrong. If a person has the ability to manage the world, who wouldn't want to be in an important position so that he can use his abilities?" Chu Yun said.

"Selfishness is on the one hand. On the other hand, I bought the assessment textbooks from the government and studied them day and night. I was deeply influenced by them and felt that the new learning is very interesting. I have a complete grasp of the entrance examination for the Academy of Sciences." Gu Yanwu is confident. said.

"I wonder what Brother Gu plans to do after he has completed his new studies?" Chu Yun asked tentatively.

"Of course it is to govern the country and the world, and to seek the well-being of the people. I also want to go to the north to see the real iron carts, electric lights, and telegraphs." Gu Yanwu said full of enthusiasm.

"What is a tin cart? What are electric lights and telegraphs?" asked Goya, who was awkwardly fiddling with chopsticks.

Not only Goya, but even Xiao Xiuer looked at Chu Yun curiously.

Gu Yanwu noticed Xiao Xiu'er and the others beside him, and when he saw Xiao Xiu'er, a woman born in Jiangnan, he couldn't help but take a second look.But out of the reservedness of a scholar, he quickly averted his gaze.

"A tin wagon is a train powered by coal. It is also called a tin wagon because the body of the cargo is made of steel. This tin wagon is faster and more stable than a horse-drawn carriage on the rails, and it doesn't know how hard it is..." Chu Yun simply said Introduced to a few people who don't know about trains, Gu Yanwu listened with gusto.

"Is there really such a miraculous thing in the world? If it is driven to use food and grass, a hundred thousand troops will use the food and grass to come and go, and they will never rebel." Gu Yanwu couldn't help but think of using trains in military affairs.

"Not only that, but using the goods can save leg power and benefit the common people," Chu Yun said.

Afterwards, Chu Yun introduced to Gu Yanwu some things that had begun to be popularized in the north, and said that these new things would soon appear in the south of the Yangtze River, and Gu Yanwu was even more amazed.

Not only Gu Yanwu, but even Xiao Xiuer and Ge Ya were fascinated, as if Chu Yun was like a storyteller, telling them about those miraculous things.

"After listening to what Xiongtai said, I am more determined to obtain the admission qualifications of the Academy of Sciences. I don't know what Xiongtai does, but he knows so many things, and the principles are so detailed, which is richer than the description in "Kyushu Daily" .” Gu Yanwu asked.

"I've been in the Academy of Sciences for a while, so I know a thing or two. If Brother Gu can be admitted to the Academy of Sciences in the future, maybe we can meet each other in the capital." Chu Yun said to Gu Yanwu.

"If this is true, then I will definitely visit and discuss new learning with my brother!" Gu Yanwu heard that Chu Yun had been in the Academy of Sciences, and couldn't help being envious.

"It's easy to say." Seeing that Gu Yanwu accepted the new learning at this time, Chu Yun couldn't help but rejoice that a generation of masters had been brought into the right track, and he might become a member of the Academy of Sciences or a good official in the future.

Gu Yanwu saw that Chu Yun was proficient in "new learning", so he discussed with Chu Yun some doubts in the entrance examination textbooks of the Academy of Sciences. Chu Yun answered every question, so that Gu Yanwu regarded Chu Yun as a half-god.

About an hour and a half later, Chu Yun and the others got up to leave, and Gu Yanwu who had been invited reluctantly bid farewell to Chu Yun and the others.

"Mr. Army, I think you seem to think highly of that scholar. If that's the case, why don't you just arrange him into the Academy of Sciences? The Academy of Sciences was created by you yourself, so it's just a matter of a word to arrange a person?" Yu Cheng said in Gu Yanwu's voice. After leaving, he asked suspiciously.

"At the beginning of the establishment of the Academy of Sciences, there were no written rules for entering the Academy of Sciences. Naturally, we could open the door of convenience and cultivate a group of new talents as soon as possible. But now that we have announced to the world that we must pass the 'entrance examination' to be eligible to enter the Academy of Sciences , I cannot continue to be arbitrary. If I break this rule for one person, future officials will follow suit, and the Academy of Sciences will become another place where cliques form for personal gain." Chu Yun said.

"Then what if he fails the assessment?" Yu Cheng asked.

"It depends on his luck. Luck is also a part of strength, not to mention that I have already mentioned him." Chu Yun said meaningfully.

He also participated in the textbooks for the entrance examination of the Academy of Sciences. The discussion between him and Gu Yanwu just now has been a bit leaky. He is now looking at how far he can go, and it still depends on himself.

"I..." Xiao Xiu'er felt as if she had walked through the back door!

"You are different. That was my promise five years ago. There was no such regulation at that time." Chu Yun said.

(End of this chapter)