Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 893 Zhang Hongwen who studied "Physics" (two in one)

Du Jinning's pregnancy is no longer as relaxed as when she was pregnant with Qi Ziqi. She has severe morning sickness. She has had morning sickness since she was pregnant for more than a month, and the reaction is quite severe. She can't eat at all. Nausea.

Seeing her like this, Chen Shi and Qi Muyuan felt very distressed.

"I told you not to have another child, but you still want to have one, now you know how uncomfortable it is?" Chen blamed.

Du Jinning smiled awkwardly.

If she felt so uncomfortable when she was pregnant with Qi Ziqi, she would definitely not seek abuse and wanted to have a child.

"Jin Ning, let's see how you eat this." Qi Muyuan came in from the outside, holding a plate of washed grapes in his hand.

This grape is different from the ones we usually eat. It seems to be a good variety passed down from Dawan. The skin is green, but crystal clear, and the taste is a bit like the grapes of later generations.

Mrs. Chen didn't want to vomit when she saw that Du Jinning had eaten a few, she was satisfied, and praised her son-in-law: "It's hard for you, go around and buy some good things for Jinning."

Qi Muyuan looked at Du Jinning, his eyes were full of love, and his voice was low: "She is suffering so much for me, for Brother Qi."

Du Jinning raised his head and smiled at Qi Muyuan.

Qi Muyuan wanted to say that he had ordered some pheasants to be hunted, and after a while he asked the kitchen to make pheasant porridge for Du Jinning, but remembering that she felt uncomfortable hearing these things, he shut up, fearing that Du Jinning would not even be able to eat grapes.

Seeing her son-in-law coming, Mrs. Chen was about to get up when she heard a servant girl coming in from outside the door and said: "Princess, son-in-law, madam, a scholar came outside the door. Come to visit the princess and consort."

"Zhang Hongwen?" Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan looked at each other, and hurriedly said, "Please, please lead him to sit in the hall outside and serve good tea and snacks."

Chen was very surprised: "Zhang Hongwen? Is it the son of Taohua Village? Why did he come to the capital?"

"Maybe something happened." Du Jinning was also puzzled.

When she first came to the capital, she passed several letters with Zhang Hongwen one after another.But transportation was inconvenient in ancient times, and a letter would have to travel for a month or two on the road, which took a long time and the postage was very expensive.Zhang Hongwen couldn't afford the postage, and Du Jinning was very busy. The contact between the two was completely broken after Du Jinning went to Runzhou.After all, they hadn't been in touch for several years.

All she knew was that Zhang Hongwen had taken the exam for several years before he was admitted as a scholar, and that he hadn't been admitted as a Juren before she lost contact with her.

"Could it be that he passed the Juren exam and is coming to Beijing for the exam?" Du Jinning slapped his forehead and stood up, "I'm going to change clothes."

"Oh, my little ancestor, take it easy, don't forget that there is a child in your belly." Chen Shi was taken aback by Du Jinning's aggressive actions.

Du Jinning looked at Qi Muyuan who was also nervous, stuck out his tongue, and was helped by Chun He into the room.

Chen Shi and Qi Muyuan looked at each other helplessly.

And Zhang Hongwen, who was led into the hall by the servants, was staring at Yao Shuqi in a daze, his face full of shock.

In ancient times, there was neither television nor radio. Except for the official residence newspaper and the "Shengshi Minbao" published in the capital, there were no newspapers distributed nationwide, and the news was very closed.Moreover, Zhang Hongwen has not only immersed himself in his studies these years, but also has to make money to support his family, so he has no time to care about other things.So he didn't know anything about what happened in Beijing.

Now when Yao Shuqi said that Du Jinning was a woman who had been named the eldest princess and married Qi Muyuan, Zhang Hongwen felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and did not believe it was true at all.

Yao Shuqi could understand his mood very well.Back then, he had the same reaction.

"You will know as soon as the princess and the consort come out." Yao Shuqi said, and let off another thunder, "By the way, the high-yield rice that is now being promoted across the country was developed by Princess Ning. She is now The Da Si Nong of the court, some time ago went to the south to direct the construction of Xingning water conservancy."

"The high-yield rice was developed by Du Jinning? And the Xingning water conservancy was also developed by Du Jinning?" Zhang Hongwen's face was dull, and he was numb to the news he heard.

As a candidate preparing for the exam, he has to care about state affairs, because it is likely to be related to the topics of the exam.

High-yielding rice was promoted nationwide last year, and the output came out after one season of planting, and the people all over the country were going crazy.Even when buying rice seeds is aimed at high yield, but when such high yield rice is actually grown, all the barns are full and there are still a lot of rice piled aside, I don’t know how many people cry He knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the direction of the capital, thanking the emperor and Princess Ning.Someone even set up a longevity card for Princess Ningguo.

Under the influence of Du Jinning, Zhang Hongwen did not become a scholar who relied on his family to tighten their belts. Instead, he studied and tried to make money at the same time.He also has a small family property now, and high-yield rice was planted in the field last year. When the rice was harvested, he was also one of the grateful ones.

The Xingning water conservancy is a major event in the Song Dynasty this year.It is not to mention that many victims of the disaster were saved by using work in lieu of relief.After the repair of the large reservoir and irrigation system, it not only irrigated a large area of ​​farmland, so that many dry lands in Xingzhou can be improved into paddy fields, but also has a great flood discharge effect, so that there will be no flood disasters if there are continuous heavy rains in the future .It was also heard that the money for the construction of water conservancy projects came from the sale of the rice seeds Du Jinning planted, and the people of Xingzhou were grateful to her.When giving a name to the water conservancy, be sure to add the word "Ning" of Princess Ningguo.

Princess Ningguo is almost being praised as Guanyin Bodhisattva.Because it is inconvenient for outsiders to know the woman's name, the world only knows Princess Ning, but not her name.

But at this moment, Yao Shuqi told him that the Princess Ning who was praised by the people was Du Jinning, and Zhang Hongwen was completely dumbfounded.

"How, how is it possible?" He murmured.

He was admitted to Juren last year, and he was still a little smug.After all, Juren in his twenties is rare.He felt that although he was not as talented as Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, compared with the local scholars, he was still very powerful.

He thought that he was just a few years behind Du Jinning and the others.When he is admitted to Jinshi, he will still stand on the same level as them.

But now he realizes that he is far from Du Jinning and others.

"Where's Qi Muyuan? What's his position now?" He asked.

"The son-in-law is now the You Shaoqing of Dali Temple." Yao Shuqi said.

You Shaoqing of Dali Temple is a fourth-rank official, and if he rises further, he will be the Minister of Dali Temple. At Qi Muyuan's age, he is an extremely powerful person who can be promoted to this official position in such a short period of time.

However, Yao Shuqi, as the housekeeper of the princess mansion, vaguely knows a secret that others don't know: Qi Muyuan is not just You Shaoqing of Dali Temple, he should have a position in secret, and this position is even more powerful than Dali Temple Minister, is the imperial court. There are not many people here who dare to mess with them.

But this position still shocked Zhang Hongwen, he was speechless for a while.

"How did Master Zhang find the mansion?" Yao Shuqi asked curiously.

Only then did Zhang Hongwen come back to his senses, and said, "I live in the Guild Hall of Guizhou Province, and I inquired about it from the people in the Guild Hall." After speaking, his expression was very complicated.

At that time, the people in the guild hall learned that he was Du Jinning's classmate and friend, and he was from the same village, and their attitude towards him suddenly became very warm.He thought Du Jinning was the No. [-] scholar in the Guangxi Provincial Examination, and now he is probably the fifth-rank official, so the people in the guild hall will know about her.Thinking about it now, it's all because of Du Jinning's current status and extraordinary achievements.

"The princess and the son-in-law are here." Yao Shuqi suddenly stood up and went to the door.

Zhang Hongwen subconsciously stood up, and saw two people coming up from the steps.

One is a handsome and tall man with a golden crown and jade belt.Although he hadn't seen him for a few years, both his manner and his appearance had changed, but he could still recognize that this person was Qi Muyuan from his facial expressions.

The other person is a woman with picturesque features and outstanding temperament. Because her appearance and temperament are so outstanding, people only pay attention to her when they see her, while ignoring her attire.

He met this woman on the street, and if others said she was Du Jinning, he would not believe it at all.But now that Yao Shuqi pointed out that she was Du Jinning, Zhang Hongwen had no choice but to try his best to connect her with the Du Jinning he once knew.With such a pair of seals, he suddenly discovered that this is really Du Jinning!

"Brother Hongwen." Seeing Zhang Hongwen, Du Jinning raised his hand and arched, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to come to Beijing. Why didn't you write to tell me earlier? I can also send someone to pick you up."

Qi Muyuan smiled and nodded towards Zhang Hongwen.

Zhang Hongwen used to play with them all because of Du Jinning.His own talent, family background and personality are not outstanding, and Qi Muyuan, Guan Jiaze's friendship with him is only mediocre.

So when Zhang Hongwen arrived in the capital, the first thing he wanted to look for was Du Jinning.

Zhang Hongwen bowed back as if awakened from a dream, but he stammered: "I, I'm here for the exam. I think we'll meet when we arrive in the capital. No, there's no need to write a letter in advance."

Du Jinning pretended not to see his discomfort, asked him how the journey was, and then greeted his family, before asking: "Brother Hongwen just said that he is coming for the exam, I wonder which subject you are going to take?"

Du Jinning asked this because the current imperial examinations are quite different from before.

When Lu Jiuyuan and his Ministry of Education wanted to promote the two introductory books written by Du Jinning, "Physics" and "Chemistry", Du Jinning told them to follow the example.As long as the content of the imperial examination involves these two subjects, the scholars will take the initiative to learn.And they don't have to train teachers for academies at all levels, as long as they announce the news, teachers will naturally appear.

At that time, Lu Jiuyuan and others were still skeptical.But Du Jinning never speaks empty words, what she says is very reliable.The Ministry of Education hurriedly asked Zhao Yu to draft an edict to announce that the two subjects would be tested in the government last year. At that time, the "Physics" and "Chemistry" printed by Du Jinning's Yinfang were sold out immediately, and all academies also invited teachers. teacher of these two classes.

Although these two courses were not taught before the Song Dynasty, there have been people who naturally like to study this kind of knowledge since ancient times. This was collectively called Gewuxue in the past.It's just that there is no systematic theory in these subjects, and these people are all from Yeluzi, and some of them have never even gone to school.

It doesn't matter to Ye Luzi, it doesn't matter if he hasn't been to school, isn't the court going to take these two subjects?Students who don't understand or the teachers of the academy, after knowing that there are such people, they need to ask for advice.After asking for advice, he understands, then this person can naturally become a teacher of this kind of subject.

But ever since Du Jinning demonstrated steam power to Zhao Mo, Zhao Mo couldn't bear to cultivate talents in this way—it would take at least ten years to cultivate talents from scratch and finally be able to use them. Zhao Mo really couldn't wait. .So Du Jinning gave him an idea to open Enke directly to recruit talents in this field.

Those who got "excellent" in "Physics" and "Chemistry" in the government examination last year can come to the capital this year to take the Enke examination, and the court will admit the corresponding number of people according to the needs.

Taking "excellent" is at least [-] points in the [-]-point system.

This news is a blessing from heaven for some candidates.

Learning talent varies from person to person.Under the examination system of the ancient imperial examinations, which was blindly partial to Chinese, people didn't know much about this.But for Du Jinning, who has experienced the division of arts and sciences, he can't understand it all too well.

In modern times, there are many students who fail the examinations of Chinese, History and Geography, but wish to get full marks every time in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

And if these people were born in ancient times, it would be really untimely. Even if you are the reincarnation of Edison, you may not be able to be admitted as a scholar.

Du Jinning's idea was simply to save such people.

Now that Zhang Hongwen appeared in the capital, if he came to take the exam, he must have studied Physics and Chemistry extremely well.Du Jinning was very happy for him.

After all, this is a side door, not as good as the orthodox people who get promoted through the general examination and palace examination.When Du Jinning asked, Zhang Hongwen felt a little embarrassed: "I want to take the "Physics" exam. I think this subject is very interesting."

　This chapter is two in one, good night

　　
　
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