Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 593 Yu Eshui's Research
Jiang Shan was in high spirits: "I think if we can occupy the prefect's position, we can try to get him transferred to other posts in advance. Spend money and campaign to transfer him to the central department in Nanjing or Beijing. It's not that the Donglin Party A lot of people in the village are working hard to sell officials and nobles, can they do things with money?"

"It's still the same sentence, who will go?" Chen Tianxiong shook his head, "It stands to reason that it would be beneficial and harmless to install such a person, but there is no way to pick such a person among the elders."

"Is it very dangerous?"

"This danger is based on the fact that no veteran is capable of acting as a qualified Ming official. He will be exposed as soon as he appears on the stage. Leaving aside the most obvious problems of accent and appearance, none of the veterans possess the basic qualities of a Ming intellectual. " Lin Baiguang shook his head regretfully, "This is not something that can be learned by a few months of cramming. This opportunity is actually very good..."

"It would be great if I were Qing Dynasty. The official donation team ran all over the place, and any bad person could become an official." Wang Ding said.

Lin Baiguang said, "I propose to choose a trustworthy native to pretend to be Leizhou payment. This is the only possibility for Tang Seng's plan to succeed."

"Are the natives trustworthy? Will they be confused when they become officials, and sell us to get a real official hat? Others are not afraid, but they are afraid that the elders who are remotely controlled behind the scenes will suffer. If the distance is too far, we will be too late to save people."

"Then his own crime is big enough." Lin Baiguang said, "I think he can still be caught. As long as everyone uses their brains, there is still a way to figure it out. This matter was very interesting to Eshui at the beginning, I suggest you You might as well talk to him."

"This is very difficult," Yu Eshui said often, "The most ideal situation is that we find a veteran to be the magistrate, but I have studied it, and even if he is cultivated from now on, this person is smart and studies hard, and he does not have two or three years of work." It can't be done either."

He is responsible for the retrieval and compilation of historical materials in the large library, and there are not many things.In his free time, he spent a lot of energy studying the feasibility of Tang Seng's plan—not so much that Yu Eshui really wants to promote this plan, it is better to say that it is purely a kind of leisure research work, similar to the past "how can a modern person Issues such as being an official in Ming Dynasty".The more I study, the more interested I feel, it feels like I used to write a thesis and engage in research projects.And he also has the biggest advantage, that is, he is living in Daming. Although the imperial examinations are not prosperous in Lingao, at least it has produced a Jinshi and several candidates, plus a group of scholars.The imperial examination is alive and well by my side, so I don't need to keep trying to figure out what is said in the book, but also to verify the authenticity.

In addition to looking through historical materials, he also visited a group of imperial examination figures in Lingao County and asked them for various knowledge about the imperial examination.Including several scholars and candidates from the county, Wang Jiaoyu from the county school, and even Liu Dalin interviewed him once -- Liu Dalin didn't know what he was thinking, and thought that this young Australian was "aspiring to enlightenment" and wanted to take the imperial examination He not only talked about his experience in the imperial examination, but also talked about many techniques for writing stereotyped essays and test post poems, and recommended several contemporary "white post" masters, Wei Mo, who recommended him to write post.

"During the palace examination, it is better to write large, bright, and round papers. A good handwriting is better than a good essay." Liu Dalin taught him earnestly, "The palace examination is said to be the emperor's personal test, but in reality it is based on the test paper recommended by the main examiner. , Your Majesty is just counting the rankings with the imperial pen. The ranking will be decided in a short time in the palace examination, who will read your article? The first place in the main examination recommendation paper is to read calligraphy."

In the end, Liu Dalin took out a few volumes of essays he had just bought from Guangzhou, and talked about the changes in the style of writing in the imperial examinations in recent times, and his tendencies in writing when he was recruiting scholars from the imperial court.

Although this knowledge is of no use to E Shui's research, he admires it very much-as expected, such things as guessing and betting questions have existed since ancient times.

But in this way, Yu Eshui is basically desperate for the idea that a modern person can be an official of Ming Dynasty.

"... Our fake magistrate, he doesn't need to pass the imperial examination—that's a little bit better, but at least he must understand the rules of the imperial examination. For example, writing stereotyped essays and judging whether they are good or bad. The second is to be able to write poems." Yu Eshui said, "I don't know who among our 500 people can write real ancient poems, but as a person who passed the imperial examination It is normal that the level of poetry is not high, and it is not strange at all—except for stereotyped essays in the imperial examination, you have to write test post poems. You can’t write poems, and you don’t know the rhythm and rhythm. How do others get your name? I'm going to make a few question marks!"

The hearts of the people have already plummeted.Stereotyped essays, test post poems, needless to say, these things are the same as heavenly scriptures.

"...Then I have to talk about calligraphy." Yu Eshui had a strange smile on his face, as if an intellectual was complacent about solving difficult problems, "Most modern people have developed the habit of using computers for word processing. Now writing with pen and pencil is crooked, and writing with brush is probably not as good as the guy in the store who is studying business. You have to practice calligraphy—in addition, anyone who has passed the imperial examination will write white posts , this needs to be practiced separately.”

"If you say that, don't you have no hope at all?!" Wang Ding said.

Chen Tianxiong nodded with an expression of "that's how it was originally", and said, "If it wasn't for these problems, how could it have stopped at the beginning?"

"There are still many problems! There is also an accent. We are all accustomed to speaking Mandarin - this Mandarin is based on modern Beijing dialect, and modern Beijing dialect was developed on the basis of Qing Dynasty Beijing dialect. Qing Dynasty How did the Dai Beijing dialect come about?” Yu Eshui gave a mysterious smile, “It’s mainly the aborigines in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty plus the Eight Banners and a large number of Liaodong Chenjun Han people they brought into the customs. mixed."

"You mean to say that our accent has something in common with the Tartars?" Jiang Shan was shocked.

"Strictly speaking, it is similar to the Chen Jun Han people in Liaodong," Yu Eshui said. "Of course, the two languages ​​are not the same, and the similarity is not very high, but there are indeed similarities."

"I think the accent problem can be corrected, and it won't be too difficult." Lin Baiguang said, "I can speak the official dialect of Ming Dynasty now—similar to the modern Nanjing dialect. If you want to learn it, it's not difficult. Three or four months is enough. Let's talk about the accent. The problem is not too big of a loophole, there have been no loopholes in Guangzhou and Leizhou.”

"The accent problem is relatively the easiest to solve. Officials who learn Mandarin can generally get by." Yu Eshui said, "But the first two points are difficult. Especially the first point."

"There are still two years left. It should be fine to train them suddenly."

"According to Liu Dalin and the scholars in this county, it takes about ten years for a person to start from enlightenment to the level of being a scholar. Of course, whether you can pass the exam depends on luck. The difficulty of being a scholar is more difficult than that of a master's degree. It's much more difficult." Yu Eshui said, "Although a fake magistrate doesn't need to take the imperial examinations directly, but he needs to be familiar with the Thirteen Classics and reach a level of familiarity with stereotypes and poetry. I'm afraid it will take three or four years of work— ―The premise is that this person has to work hard enough and be interested in learning.”

"To sum it up, it is impossible for Yuan Lao to be this fake magistrate." Jiang Shan said, "Is that what you mean?"

"I didn't say that. If someone is willing to study hard and he is smart enough, maybe he can do it in two years. At least there are people in Lingao who can teach this knowledge." Yu Eshui said, "The advantage of being a fake prefect is that you are born This set of native place is all ready-made, and there is no need to do anything else. And there are no photos in ancient times, so it is easy to impersonate."

"There are many people who are smart enough, but I am afraid there are none who are willing to study hard." Jiang Shan knew very well that this group of veterans wanted them to study "Thirteen Classics", stereotyped essays, and practice calligraphy hard. It is better to ask them to go to the countryside to become agricultural technicians.At least someone will flatter her, maybe even get a little landlord's daughter or something like that.

"It seems that if the Tang Seng Project is really to be implemented, only the natives can choose it." Lin Baiguang knew that although Yu Eshui's high-level theory was suspected of showing off his own research results, the truth was still completely correct.

Jiang Shan said: "Indigenous personnel have to be capable and loyal. This candidate—" He showed embarrassment.

"There is a person, you can consider it." Yu Eshui said, "Zhang Xingjiao. You can check the file of this person."

"Thank you." Jiang Shan said, "Our Foreign Intelligence Agency intends to send intelligence personnel to the mainland. In fact, many veterans are willing to go to the field, but after what you said, I am a little hesitant."

"I know," Yu Eshui nodded and said, "My suggestion is that it's okay to send out veterans, but it's best not to be an official, unless you're in the remote Yuanzhou evil army, otherwise it's easy to be exposed once you socialize with the local gentry ——Jin Gentlemen generally communicate with the province and the court, even if it is not a report, it may cause trouble if it is a joke or anecdote in an ordinary family letter."

"So the expatriates still have to take the route of Leizhou, Guangzhou, and become businessmen?"

"Businessmen, monks, and Taoist priests are all fine. Landlords are fine too. The idea of ​​pretending to be an intellectual and wanting to copy Mao Zedong's poems or Nalan Xingde's poems to become a literati poet should be discarded as soon as possible-anyone who has such thoughts No one is allowed to go out to work." Yu Eshui seemed to hate this, "All unauthorized infringement of the intellectual property rights of the ancients must be severely cracked down! All use of such materials must be approved by the big library! Otherwise, it is plagiarism!"

Everyone didn't know why Yu Eshui hated this so much, and they were stunned for a while.

No one knew that some embarrassing things happened to Yu Eshui a few days ago when he asked a scholar about the imperial examination knowledge.This scholar is a small family in the countryside, and they don't pay too much attention to etiquette, so they accidentally let him see their daughter.Yu Eshui was quite moved.Yu Eshui took the opportunity to recite a poem by Yuan Mei to express his "talent".The other party's performance was not "five-bodied" or "extremely rewarding", but very surprised-it turned out that some people who traveled through plagiarized Yuan Zicai's poem came here to show their hospitality.

Thinking of this, Yu Eshui gritted his teeth, of course he couldn't tell others about his thoughts.I just kept writing a memorandum on intellectual property rights to remind the executive committee that the intellectual property rights of the ancients should be strictly controlled, and they should not be used by the elders at will.All poems, articles, and works from the late Ming Dynasty must be applied for before they can be used...

Jiang Shan jokingly said: "Fortunately, this is the end of the Ming Dynasty. The only ones who can plagiarize are the Qing Dynasty literati. There are not many poets and poets in the Qing Dynasty who can plagiarize..." He then coughed: "I think we have to do it ourselves. A training course to train intelligence personnel. Not only the natives, but also the veterans who are willing to go out to the field."

"I agree with this idea very much." Yu Eshui said, "Especially the elders, their appearance, manners, living habits and language are too different from those of the natives of Ming Dynasty. It is easy to have accidents if they go out to work recklessly without certain training. Time is no more than two stops in Leizhou, Guangzhou, which is close at hand. If something happens, Lingao can start rescue operations in two or three days. If something happens on the mainland, he can only rely on himself. Don't say anything about North Town Even if they are locked up in the county prison, it will be enough for the old man to shed a few layers of skin!"

"Researcher Yu, you know so much about the social conditions of the Ming Dynasty, why don't you work for the Foreign Intelligence Agency? You are an expert on Ming issues here." Jiang Shan said, thinking that most of the positions in the General Administration here are vacant, so If E Shui is to come, he is qualified to be the director of the Daming Department.In case he likes something easier, why not set up an intelligence personnel training center and let him be the director.As for the level, it can be solved by applying the position of concurrently serving as the deputy director of the Daming Department.

"It's okay to be a part-time consultant, but not a full-time consultant." Yu Eshui flatly refused.He lives comfortably in the big library, and besides completing the assigned tasks, he spends almost all his time at his own disposal, just doing the research work he is interested in.I am too lazy to go to such a substantive office to bury my head in the documents, "If you have any questions about historical materials, please call at any time, and I will try my best to answer-this is also my job."

Jiang Shan was a little disappointed that he could not pull this combat power.Yu Eshui probably knew what he was thinking, and said, "I have a candidate, and he really wants to work on the intelligence front. Are you interested?"

"Of course, I'm short of manpower right now—" Jiang Shan didn't say a word, especially the manpower willing to sit in the office.

"You must be satisfied with this person," Yu Eshui said. "This person is very interested in intelligence work. He is responsible for document retrieval and translation in our company. By the way, he is also helping to raise bacteria in the Ministry of Agriculture. This person's favorite leisure activity It’s just translating and researching various materials for making traps and IEDs, and even going to Bopu’s shooting range to test a few times in person. The work is very planned.”

"What's his name? I'll transfer him to the organization department."

"My name is Li Yan, Ph.D. in stem cell biology," Yu Eshui said. "This person once wrote a memo on intelligence work. You can read it if you want, but this memo should be aimed at military intelligence, which is not right for you." road."

"Oh, is it Memorandum K/BW/290322.77?"

"I don't remember the serial number." Yu Eshui shook his head, "I also wrote a comment, disapproving of his idea-his set of things is the system of cloning the US military-if we do this, we will go bankrupt ...maybe in the future."

Then, everyone discussed the next step of layout.The mainland distribution of the intelligence system involves the future strategic layout of the Travel Group, and no conclusion has been reached on this issue yet.However, a general consensus has been formed on eliminating Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong, looking for opportunities to occupy important strategic locations along the coast of the mainland, and opening up lines of communication along the coast of the mainland.

"If you want to get rid of Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong, you have to find ways to go to Fujian to set up points. Only in this way can you effectively grasp Zheng Zhilong's movements." Yu Eshui said, "Zheng Zhilong's lair is in Anping, and now he has legal status. Spare no effort in management, Anping has a large number of industries and clans, and the other is the Zhongzuo Institute. It would be best to set up an intelligence station in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian, and always inquire about the movements of Zheng Zhilong and Li Kuiqi."

As for Guangdong, everyone agrees that there is no need to spend much effort, and the operation of the two stations in Guangzhou and Leizhou is already in place.Coupled with the industrial coverage of Wei Escort, there is no need to invest much manpower and material resources, just straighten out the relationship between intelligence and trade.

As for Macau, everyone thinks that a stronghold should be set up here.It is not only used to collect intelligence about the Portuguese, but also to get a lot of news about Zheng Zhilong-the Portuguese and Zheng Zhilong have a very close relationship.This stronghold can be used not only as a window for foreign trade but also to collect intelligence, killing two birds with one stone.

"We should focus on Jiangnan—or the Yangtze River Delta." Jiang Shan said, "This must be the second key target of the group after occupying the Pearl River Delta."

Jiangnan's rich products, vast market, abundant labor force, and capitalist-style handicraft factories that have initially taken shape are a more superior base than the Pearl River Delta in this time and space.Some people in the Senate have always advocated "taking the south of the Yangtze River to determine the world".There are constant calls to make Jiangnan the main target of the strategy.

"No matter when the Senate or the Executive Committee intends to take Jiangnan, we must obtain resources and markets from Jiangnan, so it is absolutely necessary to deploy here."

"Not only can you take care of business, but you can also collect all kinds of information by the way, and you can do multiple things." Wang Ding said with his eyes shining, "Whoever wants to go to Jiangnan to be a station master is simply a great job." He regretted thinking of himself A grand vision that has been shattered.

"I am afraid that all departments in this place want to get involved," Chen Tianxiong said. "Delong Bank also wants to step in to absorb deposits in Jiangnan and engage in the financial industry."

Jiang Shan shook his head: "It is best for Delong Bank to form a separate system, not to be mixed with the intelligence department and the business department. It should be a separate line."

(End of this chapter)