New Shun 1730

Just like the East Coast, the historical reason for opposing Britain is that there is no representation and no taxation.

If Dashun wants to implement rule here, at least to maintain a certain centripetal force, it must hold imperial examinations here to recruit scholars.

The form of the imperial examination can be changed, and even the number of candidates for the imperial examinations here as a reclamation area can be limited. But the imperial examination must be held, and those who succeed in the imperial examination must be able to serve as officials within Dashun, otherwise, the centrifugal tendency here may be exacerbated.

Of course, because Liu Yu implemented the "balance of power" policy in North America.

Therefore, North America, which has different skin color, culture, religion, and beliefs, is generally not so easy to rebel, but will need the help of the mother country.

But if a policy is given on the issue of imperial examinations from the beginning, then this centripetal force will be more cohesive.

Unlike the situation on the East Coast, the "commercial" interests of the West Coast are not that heavy.

In addition, Dashun does not want to treat the Fuso immigrant area with the mercantilist policy of the colonial era, so it is difficult to produce a strong commercial smuggling group like the East Coast.

In addition, Dashun rejected the policy of private land enclosure from the beginning, which means that interest groups such as land speculators in Washington on the East Coast cannot be formed.

Therefore, even if many people think that this place will follow the story of Zhao Tuo. But in fact, as long as the imperial examination is opened, the situation here can still be stable for a long time.

The imperial examination policy here is definitely different from that in the inland of Dashun. Even if the quota of Juren is actually admitted by province, it is definitely not possible for this kind of reclamation area to follow the subject arrangement of the imperial examination system in Dashun.

Especially after the school system is restored here, the imperial examination itself will definitely exist, but the core must be changed. After all, Wang Anshi had already considered the intersection of the reform of the imperial examination and the school system, which itself was not too difficult for Dashun.

It is impossible for a private school teacher here to take on a school by himself. Instead, he can only be a part of the school teacher.

Although the retro Confucian scholars of Dashun advocated "universal Confucianism", which means that the six arts of etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics should be complete,

but like most "perfect requirements", it is precisely because most people cannot do it that this expectation is born.

The private school teacher is not capable of teaching the six arts alone. In fact, he can only be a teacher who "enlightens literacy" and needs to work with other people who teach mathematics, agronomy and other skills.

He already knew this when he chose to immigrate.

However, even though he has completed the change of mentality from "scholar" to "salaried teacher", he still cares about the imperial examination. Even if he himself can't take the imperial examination, and it's impossible to continue to take the exam, he still has hope for the future of his descendants.

The changes in the form and content of the imperial examination don't matter. The key is that a national examination must be held, and people in the North American immigration area are eligible to take the examination, and the North American immigration area must also have a certain number of juren, and this juren or similar identity title can be used in Dashun.

Regarding the changes in the form and content of the imperial examination, there have been many reforms in history, including the most powerful reform of Wang Anshi, the early Dashun period's policy discussion instead of eight-part essay, etc.

It was impossible for the private school teacher to continue to participate in the imperial examination, so he did not oppose the changes in the content and form of the imperial examination. The key is that there must be such a thing as the "imperial examination".

Compared with other migrants who were more concerned about tax rates and labor service, he was more concerned about policies in education and examinations.

This concern of the private school teacher was quickly responded to.

A few days later, the private school teacher received a notice asking him to go to Fenglin Bay.

Fenglin Bay is temporarily the "county seat" here, and all kinds of non-agricultural immigrants will be temporarily settled there.

When he arrived there, he was received by a group of officials of low rank. He was a scholar, and he always had the privilege of not bowing to officials, and the attitude of the other party was not so arrogant.

The private school teacher thought they were here to discuss school matters, and guessed that these people might be the future academic officials here?

But the question asked by the other party made the private school teacher give up this idea, thinking that today's matter seemed a bit troublesome.

"Teacher, you have read the books of saints. I just don't know if you have had any contact with Christianity? Do you know anything about it?"

In the turmoil of the Dashun ban on religion, this question seems simple, but it is actually not easy to answer. The private school teacher hurriedly said: "The court bans religion, I have never had any contact with it. Secondly, the holy dynasty has used the teachings of saints since ancient times, why use Western religion?"

"I don't know what the adults are doing?"

The leading official smiled and said: "Teacher, don't be nervous, just asking. Because there is something, I am afraid that you will be summoned to serve the country."

The private school teacher first heard about Christianity, and then heard the words such as summoned to serve the country, and thought to himself, I don't know what I can do? Monitor beliefs? Destroy obscene worship? Or educate the local natives to fight against Christianity?

Thinking so, the other party did not keep it a secret, and the leading official said it very directly.

"This matter is a serious matter, but the means are a little... improper. I think you know the story of Zhou and Zheng exchanging hostages. This matter is a bit similar."

"In theory, or the right way, as the saying goes: if the trust is not from the heart, the hostage is useless. If you are clear about forgiveness and ask for courtesy, even if there is no hostage, who can interfere?"

"But in practice, it is always contradictory to reality."

"To put it simply, the imperial court wants to set up a guard station hundreds of miles away to the east of the mountain. It is the border with the French. French missionaries go deep into the forests and grasslands, and many of the local indigenous people believe in God."

"The so-called cross-examination means that the court wants to seize some people's children as hostages. One is the children of nearby aboriginal families, and the other is the children of families who go there to reclaim wasteland."

"Of course, being used as hostages is just to ask them to study in the school. Since they want to study, they must learn all kinds of knowledge. Astronomy and geography, arithmetic, agriculture and industry, and the words of ancient sages."

"We, the people of the Practical School, think about it and know that we only know a little bit about the words of the sages. Even though there are textbooks, there are many allusions and details... Xing Guogong once joked before that although the word "fennel" for fennel beans has The four ways of writing are of little use; but if you read Xin Jiaxuan's poems and know that there are four ways of writing the word fen, it is probably easier to understand the allusions than those who don't know that there are four ways of writing the word fen."

"So, there is still a need for some people who specialize in teaching the knowledge of ancient saints and the sources of allusions. People who specialize in teaching these 'hostages' how to read."

The private school teacher was not that stubborn scholar. Hearing the story of the Four Methods of Fenzi, he smiled and said: "This... Although talking about the heart, it is indeed not the right path. It is indeed a villain's behavior like Zhou Zheng's confrontation. But let's change it. The idea is to spread the knowledge of the saints and spread the culture of the celestial dynasty. We should not be constrained by the small details. "

"It's just... I have a question."

The leading official nodded and said, "But it doesn't matter."

The private tutor paused for a moment and finally said: "I heard that the indigenous people here are descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties? Is this... true? Is it false?"

The official laughed and said: "Since the Ming Dynasty, many gentry have been engaged in compiling family trees. I heard that with the increase in the number of students, many students specialize in 'compiling family trees' for others. I think Mr. Lai also knows this. So, this In the family tree, it seems that every gentry is a descendant of the sages. Do you think this is true or not?"

"A hundred years from now, the family tree will be the proof. Then it will be true."

"If you say it's false, it seems that it's probably also false."

"As the saying goes, when falsehood becomes true, truth is also false, and there is nothing but nothingness."

"I have read few books by sages, but I have read some books like the Book of Songs and Zuo Zhuan."

"The ancients said: Gods will not worship those who are not human, and people will not worship those who are not of their own clan."

"However, "Daya" also said: Yin people have sensitive skin, and they often dress naked in Beijing, and they are kings and ministers. According to ancient etiquette, the emperor is outside this exception. The old descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties can wear the original ethnic clothes. Wear clothes to worship the emperor and participate in sacrifices.”

"So, whether it's true or false, now that the Holy Dynasty has an emperor, it's not a big deal to say that these people are descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties."

"The gentry has a family tree, and we have the 'verified' history books. Then yes is yes, and no is no. When their children grow up, they will receive this kind of education, and yes and no will be meaningless."

"Besides, from a practical point of view, it may or may not be true. But it can still be considered true. If there is evidence in the future, that would be the best."

The leader, an official from the Shi School, also caught up with that wave of promotions. Because of his strong atheistic ideas, he was regarded as "very firm" and had traveled to various European countries for many years.

One of the things that impressed him most deeply in Europe was the excavation of the ancient city of Pompeii in more than ten years.

Before that, Chinese culture was very popular in Europe, and many people had recognized Eastern aesthetics, which gradually influenced the development of Western aesthetics.

It was not until the ancient city of Pompeii was excavated that the leading officials could clearly feel that some of the elites in Europe began to build the inheritance of Greece and Rome.

The classic one is the "pottery and porcelain" aesthetic.

The imitations of some classical pottery excavated in Pompeii have gradually had some impact on the status of Chinese porcelain in the upper class of Europe.

He has also seen this kind of pottery. The French side gave two pieces to the Dashun royal family as national gifts. Although the leading official has not seen the original product, he has seen the imitation.

I have to say that it does have a simple, solemn, and simple beauty from ancient times, and the style is very special.

Regarding this trend, people living in the era cannot point out its various meanings like later generations who read history and summarize it.

But Dashun people who are living in the wave of the times can still feel some profound meaning about this trend.

To put it simply, it is the gorgeous style of Baroque Rococo that began in the 17th century and was dominated by court culture. Eastern classical aesthetics made a certain degree of aesthetic invasion into Europe through this style and court culture.

And the extremes of things must be reversed.

Now, with the excavation of the ancient city of Pompeii, it can basically be concluded that the Nanjing Tower and the Oriental-style Kew Gardens funded by George III and his mother can be regarded as the "last glory of Oriental aesthetics in 18th-century Europe." "Yes."

Both Catholicism and Protestantism lack classical aesthetics, or are not “classical” enough. A new European neoclassical aesthetic is about to appear, not only to shape cultural confidence, find roots and build civilization, but also to resist Eastern aesthetics.

So there was a trend of pursuing Rome and admiring Greece. Along with the excavation of the ancient city of Pompeii, under the counter-trend of the spread of Eastern learning to the West and the French Enlightenment using the Great Shun as a utopian nation, more and more people History books and pamphlets describing ancient Greece and Rome became popular.

There were even some pamphlets "describing the history of Pompeii".

Pompeii is real.

But are the many interesting and newly appeared pamphlets describing the ancient city of Pompeii or ancient Rome and Greece real?

The people of Dashun knew it well.

Because, in this era, whether it is the previous dynasty or Japan, a lot of "fake ancient books" have been produced.

In order to prove their own views, some literati of the previous dynasty have reached the pinnacle of the technology of making ancient books. This is not the technology of making cultural relics old, but imitating the style of the pre-Qin style, which is grand and profound, and has profound meanings; and some Confucian scholars in Japan have also compiled pre-Qin ancient books for reform in order to "restore the past". Not to mention the level of some literati of the previous dynasty, even the pre-Qin ancient books compiled by Confucian scholars in Japan can be fake if you don't pay attention.

Especially after trading with Japan, a lot of "ancient" books that are claimed to have been preserved in Japan during the Tang Dynasty and are different from the current classics have been "changed".

Dashun has seen a lot.

Under this background, the Dashun people who paid more attention to this aspect naturally had an impact, and they also came up with the idea of ​​"fabricating the history of the descendants of the Shang Dynasty immigrating to Fusang", the purpose of which was naturally to develop better here.

As for the inside story of these things, it may not be possible to tell all of them to the private school teacher.

But some things that are not critical can be told. After all, scholars like private school teachers can come here, in fact, they have passed the "political" "examination" before they immigrated, otherwise they would not be allowed to come.