I'm in the Red Mansion

Of course, there are naturally smart people who see the trick.

The emperor has always advocated new learning and tried to promote it several times.

They even planned to add the new content to the imperial examination.

However, he was stopped by civil and military officials.

But now, he has successfully achieved his goal by taking advantage of the popularity of Western learning.

All I can say is that those radical returnees were used by him!
However, this is the general trend, and it is now unstoppable.

However, after the decree was issued, the entire Chinese scholar community was suddenly in an uproar.

Not to mention how angry those scholars were, how they resisted, and how they cursed in secret.

But if they want to pass the exams, they have to follow the rules.

Those candidates who have not yet passed the imperial examination or have not passed the imperial examination have to seize the time to learn new knowledge.

At this point, the new learning was finally popularized throughout the country.

At this time, it was no longer only the children from poor families who began to learn the new knowledge.

Instead, almost all scholars began to learn the new knowledge.

Even those officials who had already become high-ranking officials could not help but find the new books they had learned and read them.

Western learning and new learning have been debated for such a long time, and now the emperor has included new learning in the examination subjects, and they have also become curious about new learning.

Therefore, I couldn't help but want to learn new things.

After reading books on the subject of mathematics, these people couldn't help but sigh.

The new learning was indeed profound and extensive, and its level of research on mathematics and physics far exceeded that of mathematical classics such as the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art.

After studying the three subjects of physics, chemistry and biology, they were also amazed.

It turns out that we can analyze and understand the world from this perspective.

Perhaps, this is the principle of investigating things and seeking knowledge mentioned in the University?
Most of them just took a look and that was it.

But there are also a small number of people who really have a strong interest in new studies.

China has never lacked talented people who love to study.

For example, Shen Kuo, Zu Chongzhi, Song Yingxing, Bi Sheng and so on.

They can achieve brilliant achievements in a certain field without any guidance and just by exploring on their own.

Not to mention, we now have a new theoretical foundation.

Therefore, from this moment on, the new learning began to flourish.

The goal that Jia Cong had wanted to achieve for a long time has finally been realized.

It is now approaching midsummer, and the autumn provincial examinations will soon arrive.

This year marks the first year of the imperial examination system reform.

Therefore, the imperial examination questions of this year are crucial.

Jia Cong directly handed this matter over to Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai also attached great importance to this matter, so he took the initiative to seek advice from Jia Cong.

"Your Majesty, I wonder how Your Majesty will set the questions for this exam?"

"What is the weight of the Four Books and Five Classics and the New Learning? How difficult should the questions be set?"

Although Lin Ruhai was the emperor's father-in-law, he was also a cabinet minister.

The chief academician is Academician Kou, but Academician Kou is not in good health, so he has gradually transferred power.

After Grand Secretary Kou steps down, I'm afraid Lin Ruhai will become the chief Grand Secretary.

However, when it comes to the imperial examination, Lin Ruhai has to obey the emperor's instructions.

After hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but say, "Father-in-law, I think the imperial examinations in the past were quite inhumane."

"Why not take this opportunity to make some changes?"

"For example, if you only take one exam a day and finish it on the same day, you don't need to stay overnight in the exam room."

"As for the questions on the Four Books and Five Classics, they can be made simpler."

"You can test some basic questions and link them more to current affairs."

"The Four Books and Five Classics should account for 40% of the total, and the remaining 60% is new knowledge."

"As for the new subjects, they can be combined into one subject for the time being. Since it's the first year, the test questions won't be too difficult."

"It can be made simpler."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai fell silent.

He originally thought that the Four Books and Five Classics and New Learning might be split 50-50.

But I never expected that the final score would be 4:6.

I have to say that the proportion of the Four Books and Five Classics is too low.

How could he know that Jia Cong originally planned to distribute the four exam questions evenly.

If this is true, then the proportion occupied by the Four Books and Five Classics would be only 25%.

Today, the Four Books and Five Classics still account for 40%, which is already a very compromising result for Jia Cong.

However, the proportion of the Four Books and Five Classics will gradually decrease later on.

After a long while, Lin Ruhai sighed, "However, if this happens, the effort that the examinees put into the Four Books and Five Classics will gradually decrease."

"I'm afraid the saints' classics will slowly be lost!"

Jia Cong laughed and said, "Father-in-law, let me say something disrespectful, but the Four Books and Five Classics were also written by people."

"It has been held for thousands of years now, and countless people have devoted their lives to studying the classics."

"When those saints wrote their books, I'm afraid they didn't think about this much."

"The Book of Rites and the Great Learning say: If you improve yourself every day, and improve yourself every day, you will be a saint and your descendants. You must not rest on your laurels."

“Can the articles written by ancient people more than a thousand years ago really adapt to the situation more than a thousand years later?”

“The Four Books and Five Classics are indeed cultural treasures, but we should not be too superstitious about them.”

"On the contrary, it is the new learning that is changing with each passing day, and it has truly achieved the point of constant improvement, day after day, and day after day."

Hearing the emperor's unorthodox words, Lin Ruhai surprisingly did not refute.

The more I read, the more doubts I have.

Lin Ruhai had many doubts when he was studying.

Hearing the emperor's words at this time, I actually felt that they made a lot of sense.

Therefore, next, Lin Ruhai began to ask questions according to Jia Cong's instructions.

After Lin Ruhai left, Johann Adam Schall Johann Adam Schall von Bell came again to ask for a meeting.

Jia Cong hurriedly ordered someone to invite the person in.

Now, the person Jia Cong likes to see the most is Johann Adam Schall von Bell, no one else.

As new disciplines flourish, the number of researchers in scientific research institutes is also increasing.

There are more and more scientific research projects.

Rubber was one of them, the internal combustion engine was one of them, and the telegraph was one of them.

All of these were research conducted under Jia Cong's plan.

Meanwhile, the research institute is also conducting research in different directions.

After all, the research institute cannot be its own puppet and lack the ability to conduct independent research and development.

In this case, the research institute would be bound by itself.

I don't know which research has produced results for Tang Ruowang to come to see me this time. Soon, Tang Ruowang was invited in.

"Your Majesty, we have lived up to your expectations and finally invented the telegraph. After experiments, it has been proven to be feasible."

The telegraph was invented?

Not bad, pretty good.

Now that the telegraph has been invented, the construction of hydroelectric power stations must be more targeted and purposeful.

For example, priority must be given to military strongholds, while remote areas must be preferred.

Because only with electricity can the telegraph be used.

With the invention of the telegraph, messages could be transmitted quickly.

The rapid transmission of information can strengthen the central government's control over local governments.

Therefore, it is natural to place telegrams in the most important places first.

And Jia Cong was naturally not stingy either.

With a wave of his hand, he took out three thousand taels of silver and gave it to the scientific research department as a reward for their meritorious service.

After Tang Ruowang finished his report, he did not leave immediately, but said: "Your Majesty, I have a subordinate who has invented a new technology and I am going to report it to Your Majesty!"

Jia Cong couldn't help but ask: "Oh, I wonder what new technology you have invented? Why not tell me about it?"

Tang Ruowang said: "This technology was invented by my people. It is the phonograph."

"As long as a person speaks into a phonograph, it can record it, and then just rewind and play it back to play back everything that was just said."

Huh?
I was just about to propose ideas such as the phonograph, camera, etc. and let them study them.

I didn't expect that they developed it on their own without me reminding them?

I have to say, this is a pleasant surprise.

Jia Cong said hurriedly: "This is really a great invention. I wonder if you have brought the phonograph? Bring it in for me to see!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! I will have someone bring him in right away."

After saying this, Johann Adam Schall von Bell hurriedly gave orders, and soon someone brought in a phonograph.

The phonograph in front of him was unexpectedly smaller than Jia Cong had imagined.

However, the playback mode is quite different from the image of the phonograph that Jia Cong had seen before, and the gap is quite large.

But for Jia Cong, this is not a big deal.

Next, Jia Cong asked Johann Adam Schall von Bell to conduct an experiment.

Next, Tang Ruowang stood in front of the phonograph and said loudly: "I wish our emperor eternal prosperity and long live the emperor!"

After that, Tang Ruowang operated a few more times and clicked play.

Soon, the phonograph began to make another sound: "May our emperor live forever and ever!"

After hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh and said, "Not bad, really not bad!"

"By the way, this phonograph still has some flaws. For example, it's not easy to operate."

“We also need to make the operation simpler.”

"Besides, this phonograph will be of great use."

"You can produce discs that can record sound."

"Then, these discs can allow those famous actors to record a few plays."

"Once all these are completed, this phonograph can be sold to the public, and the discs can also be sold separately."

"This business can be affiliated with the research institute in the future."

“The researchers who invented this technology can get a certain commission from the profits.”

"You can also pay them a lump sum of money to buy out the technology, and this technology will be protected by Chinese laws."

"If anyone wants to use this technology in the future, they must obtain permission from the inventor and provide certain financial compensation."

Tang Ruowang was surprised and delighted when he heard this and said, "Yes, Your Majesty is wise. When I return, I will ask someone to do this."

Jia Cong added: "Besides, you actually have the most inventions."

"However, you cannot get a share of the profits from many of your inventions."

"I cannot treat my meritorious officials unfairly. So, I will issue an edict to confer upon you the title of Earl of Innovation and confer upon your apprentice Nan Huairen the title of Viscount of Yingxin."

Hearing this, Tang Ruowang was overjoyed and knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for your grace. I will definitely work hard in the future to repay Your Majesty for your kindness."

Jia Cong said, "Get up, this is what you deserve."

The master and disciple, Johann Adam Schall von Bell and Ferdinand Verbiest, made great contributions.

Jia Cong couldn't let them feel disappointed. He couldn't let the horse run without eating grass.

Therefore, appropriate rewards are necessary to give them sufficient motivation to research and invent more projects.

After Tang Ruowang went down, Jia Cong operated the phonograph himself and found it was quite useful.

The phonograph was originally quite small, so Jia Cong took the phonograph and walked towards the harem.

Soon, Jia Cong saw Prince Jia Cang shooting deer with a bow and arrow in the imperial garden.

This guy has a pretty heavy workload. He has to farm, read the Four Books and Five Classics, and learn new knowledge.

At the same time, you also have to practice martial arts, archery, etc.

In short, we should not relax on any of the aspects of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, and we should focus on all of them.

But this guy can't hide his mischievous side at ordinary times.

Just look at the moment, he still has time to hold a bow and arrow and chase a group of deer everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh, and he couldn't help but shout: "The queen is here."

Mother is here?

Jia Cang was immediately frightened and quickly dropped the bow and arrow in his hand and stood at attention.

Then he quickly turned around and looked pitiful.

After he finished this series of actions, he realized that there was no mother behind him.
It was clear that only my father was standing there laughing.

Jia Cang couldn't help but said angrily: "Father, you are scaring me again."

It seems that this is not the first time that Jia Cong has scared him.

Jia Cong laughed and said, "If you weren't naughty, how could I scare you?"

At this time, Jia Cang saw the phonograph in Jia Cong's hand and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Father, I wonder what you are holding in your hand?"

Jia Cong said: "It's just a little gadget. It's used on trains. You wouldn't know it even if I told you."

Hearing this, Jia Cang couldn't help but put aside his curiosity.

He asked again: "Father, can you take me out to play today? I want to eat wontons from South Street!"

The wontons from South Street are really delicious.

Jia Cong still remembers the time when Jia Huan invited him to eat wontons, but only gave him one.

When he felt embarrassed to be looked at by himself, he reluctantly gave himself another one.

Unexpectedly, the little guy Jia Cang also likes to eat his family's wontons very much.

Jia Cong said, "Well, if you want your father to take you out to eat wontons, that's not impossible. Then tell me first, who is better to you, your father or your mother?"

Jia Cang said without hesitation: "Father, do you even need to ask? Of course, Father is good to me!"

"My mother is not good. She is very strict with me and always controls me. My father is the best to me!"

What Jia Cong didn't see was that just now, Jia Cong quietly pressed a button, and when he finished speaking, he stopped recording. (End of this chapter)