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Chapter 503 Alternative Number One Scholar
"Giving young people one more chance is called tolerance, but I am still very strict with officials who have made mistakes. If nothing happens, at least twenty or thirty officials will resign one after another starting from tomorrow, and they will all be allowed to do so.

There are so many vacancies that must be filled. Now, dear friends, put your other thoughts aside and be sure to decide on the candidate before dawn. Wang Chengen, please distribute the list of officials involved and recommend these positions first. "

Hong Tao didn't pay much attention to why Weng Zhengchun was so excited. It was late at night, and these old guys were all much older than me, but they were all in good spirits. I really don’t know how they took care of themselves on weekdays.

Jingyang's ten-year examination is more eye-catching than previous ones. In the eyes of many people, it is not only an examination, but also a weather vane related to the trend of government affairs.

If, like last time, the candidates from Guangdong and Fujian win the championship in one fell swoop, it means that the royalists or the new faction have the absolute upper hand. Whether it is choosing sides or investing in building factories, there is a clear general direction.

On the contrary, it means that the emperor who advocated reform has lost power and is at an extremely disadvantageous disadvantage, at least temporarily. Therefore, we should be more conservative when it comes to taking sides with the New Deal and investing in building factories. We would rather not do it than make a mistake.

Fortunately, the excruciating wait didn't take long. The imperial list was posted at the end of February, and most people were dumbfounded. The first place in the Jinshi examination list of Jiayin Academy of Sciences was Sun Yuanhua, the second place was Zhang Chun, and the third place was Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing was from Fengxin, Nanchang Prefecture, Guangxi, Zhang Chun was from Tongzhou, Shaanxi, and Sun Yuanhua was from Jiading, Suzhou Prefecture. There was no one from Guangdong or Fujian. Could it be said that the conservatives have won, the emperor has been defeated, and the New Deal is about to die out?
In fact, if you think about the first-A list for a while, you will not come to such an overly simple and straightforward conclusion. That's right, among the top picks, second place picks, and top picks, there wasn't even a single candidate from Guangdong and Fujian. Instead, there was a candidate from Nanzhili who got the top pick, and he became the top pick.

However, in the Juzi murder case that caused a stir before the examination, Song Yingxing and Zhang Chun were both on the same table as Juzi from Guangdong and Fujian, and were also imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Whether they admit it or not, the new-school label on their heads will not be able to be removed for a while.

And Sun Yuanhua sat at the same table as the governors of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in South Zhili. Is it possible that the new faction and the conservative faction were evenly matched, and the emperor was trying to balance the left and right in order to maintain the stability of the court?
This kind of speculation will first be opposed by conservative officials. They firmly refuse to admit that Sun Yuanhua belongs to Jiangsu and Zhejiang forces, and even disdain the honor he received as the number one scholar. If they ask again, they should call him a traitor and scold him.

Why is this so? The cause is a person, Xu Guangqi. After Sun Yuanhua was released from the Ministry of Punishment, he was probably very frightened. He stupidly asked the jailer how to get to the Haihe Machinery Factory. Among the few who were released with him, there was a quick-thinking one who lied that he knew the road and hired a carriage to accompany him.

When Sun Yuanhua saw Xu Guangqi kneeling down and crying bitterly and calling him "teacher", these Jiangsu and Zhejiang scholars immediately understood what was going on and got in the car without looking back. Then the news spread that Sun Yuanhua was Xu Guangqi's disciple.

So is Sun Yuanhua a disciple of Xu Guangqi? It really is. Xu Guangqi was from Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, and Sun Yuanhua's grandfather was also from Shanghai County, but not in the county, but in Gaoqiao Town in the east of the city, which was later known as Pudong District.

Although Sun Yuanhua's father's generation moved to Jiading County, Suzhou Prefecture, Jiading and Shanghai counties are adjacent to each other and they are both from the same hometown. The ancients had a habit. If you make a fool of yourself outside, you must return to your hometown to build your ancestral home and honor your ancestors. There is also a habit of being willing to support fellow villagers.

Xu Guangqi is not immune to vulgarity. Even though he sits in the machinery factory all day long, holding the official position of a fifth-grade doctor on his head, he has no sense of presence and no real power in the capital, but in his hometown he is a high-ranking official in the court, and he can often Seeing the emperor, he has absolutely thick legs. After Sun Yuanhua passed the scholar examination, his father found Xu Guangqi through various trustees, hoping that his son would become his disciple. Xu Guangqi was not the only one to take care of him, regardless of whether he was a relative or a fellow villager. He specially asked Sun Yuanhua to go north to Tianjin to live for a month, and he formally accepted the apprenticeship ceremony after taking the academic test in person.

However, he did not take him with him immediately to teach him. Instead, he was given a few books and asked to go home and study by himself. After taking the examination, it would be better if he could pass the Jinshi. If he failed the examination, it would not be too late to go to the machinery factory for face-to-face teaching.

Sun Yuanhua did have some talent, and he also liked to delve into mechanical knowledge. After listening to the teacher's arrangement, he went home to prepare for the test. This time when I went to Beijing to take the exam, I happened to meet a group of Nanzhili and Zhejiang candidates on the way. Young people like to join in the fun, especially with their peers, so they came along.

Some people may not be good at understanding people by nature. Sun Yuanhua has no concept of the New Deal and the Old Deal in his mind, and he is not keen on politics. He only wanted to report the good news to the teacher after passing the exam, but he was confused and got involved in a group fight. .

However, he did not rely on Xu Guangqi to achieve his No. 1 ranking, and Hong Tao did not need to use this method to please Xu Guangqi. Sun Yuanhua's scores in Jing Yi and Zhao Gao Biao were very average, and he was only marginally good at Strategy and Questioning. He was brushed off in the same round as the examiner, and the examiner didn't improve it after reading it.

If the normal procedures were followed, Sun Yuanhua would not even be qualified to participate in the palace examination, so he would be considered a failure this time. But the ancients came out and said that it was a blessing in disguise.

The emperor specially ordered to read the test papers that caused the group fights of these candidates. His original intention was to prevent someone in the court from taking personal revenge, and then Sun Yuanhua became the biggest beneficiary.

Because the data was presented in the answer to the question and the general source of the data was very detailed, the emperor's attention was attracted and he was specifically approved to participate in the palace examination.

Sometimes luck can influence a person's opportunities, but if you want to seize the opportunity, you have to rely on your own ability. The questions in the palace examination were all set by the emperor, and they were very science and engineering. The key test was not a thorough understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics, but the management and coordination ability and the basics of mathematics, geometry, physics, and geography.

Sun Yuanhua's management and coordination skills are very poor, but his foundation in mathematics, geometry and physics is first-class, and he has completely reached the intermediate level of the Cuju team. This is also thanks to his teacher Xu Guangqi. Those basic textbooks written by the emperor were not given to him in vain, and they also reflected his strong self-study ability.

In Hong Tao's eyes, this kind of ancient intellectual who was not even qualified to be selected as a Jinshi was a rare genius in science and engineering. It doesn't matter that he doesn't understand politics and is not good at management. These shortcomings that would be fatal to others have turned into advantages for him.

Just get down to business with technology. It's best to know formulas and data all day long, even if your wife doesn't know how to look for them. Although the Cuju team and Kaitoji have received new education since they were young, talent cannot be taught. Before the new education became popular, they could only rely on luck to discover wild ones among the people.

(End of this chapter)