Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1477, Be a Promising Youth of the Age

"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper~"

"Daming Morning Post publishes commentator articles, be a promising youth of the age!"

As the first ray of sunlight began to shine on the land of the capital, the shouts of newsboys began to resound in the streets and alleys, and the entire capital soon completely woke up.

"Okay, good writing~"

Here in a teahouse, many tea drinkers looked at today's Daming Morning Post, and couldn't help applauding immediately.

"I am a young man of the Ming Dynasty, this should be the case~"

"Build a heart for the heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, inherit the knowledge of the past, and create peace for all ages!"

"Today's scholars should be like this~"

"Instead of blindly immersing yourself in the pile of rhetoric."

"Liu Gong's heart is to select talents for the country and the people. The talents selected should be those who do practical things for the country and the people. They should not only write beautiful articles, but they don't know the difficulties of the people in the world. They can't see the shortcomings of our great Ming. Those who blindly sing praises!"

"Yes, yes~"

"Although this article by Jing Yang is good, it is empty throughout. You can't see the situation of my Ming Dynasty at all in the words. You only know how to praise the prosperity of my Ming Dynasty, but you don't know that the prosperity of my Ming Dynasty is all about small things. Gradually solve and slowly develop, this is how my great Ming is today."

"Jiang Wannian's article, although vulgar, pointed out the problems that our Ming Dynasty faced and existed, and he was able to find a way to solve this problem, beautify our Ming city, and prevent our Ming city from being like European barbarians Generally dirty and filthy."

"The same method can also solve the three urgent problems of ordinary people and provide convenience for everyone."

"My Ming Dynasty needs more officials like this, who can discover the problems and deficiencies of my Ming Dynasty, and find ways to solve these problems. Such officials are the officials that our era needs."

"It's not about those sour and rotten scholars who can only talk about it, but can't do anything."

In the teahouse, many tea drinkers couldn't help discussing the latest news headlines in the Ming Morning Post.

Obviously, this is a response to the dissatisfaction of the students who failed the imperial examination this time. I tell you that you failed because the articles you wrote did not have any substantive content. However, they did not see the many problems behind the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

Your failure is a matter of course.

Daming Royal Hotel, where Jing Yang, Dai Dabin, Lu Nan and many other students from the North and South List stayed here.

As usual, many students got up early and read newspapers while drinking tea.

When they saw the comments on the Ming Morning Post, everyone was silent and lost in thought.

All the time, what they have learned and what their teachers have taught them are the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics. Apart from this, they have never learned anything else.

But now in the imperial examination, the questions are not based on the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics, and even the answers to the questions have to be based on the situation of Ming Dynasty, which makes them at a loss.

They were extremely unconvinced about their failure, and thought they were brilliant, but now, not only did they fail, but they were also commented by the Ming Morning Post. One can imagine the turmoil in their hearts.

"To be a promising youth of the age?"

Jing Yang looked at the newspaper and couldn't help laughing.

"What is promise?"

"Youth of the age?"

"What kind of era is this?"

Jing Yang is confused. He has been brilliant since he was in elementary school, but now, he tells you that what you have learned seems to be useless?

In the past, the promising young people they recognized were naturally talented and full of knowledge, and it was best to be able to rise to the top of the imperial examination.

In the morning he was Tian Shelang, and in the evening he ascended to the Hall of the Son of Heaven.

This is what traditional scholars think is promising.

In the final analysis, it is actually one's own achievement. You have to pass the imperial examination, become an official, become a high official, and then assist the emperor to govern the country. As for how to govern the country, it is the Confucian set of benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Now, however, times have changed.

Daming is no longer the Daming of the feudal dynasty before, it is developing rapidly towards the capitalist and colonial era at this moment.

The traditional set has become less and less suitable for the requirements and development of the times.

"Haha~haha~"

Jing Yang laughed confusedly.

At first, I thought it was very unconvinced that I failed the ranking, but after reading the commentary article written on the Ming Morning Post, I suddenly felt that it was reasonable for me to fail the ranking.

The purpose of Liu Jin's exam questions is to talk about the problems of Daming for the students, and to give some suggestions. I and others are just blindly praising the prosperity of Daming and the sageness of the emperor. This is beyond the meaning of the question. From this point of view, it has already digressed.

Looking at those high school students, even though many of them are indeed not as good at writing as they are, what the article says is all about some of the problems that Daming currently has.

Even the feces Jinshi that everyone despises, he has discovered and raised the problem of public health in big cities. If it can be solved, this can be regarded as a benefit to the people, and it is reasonable to be able to go to high school.

What's more, among many high school students, there are some who are really talented, like Lu Nan, who is also a famous talent. His articles pointed out the current problems of Ming Dynasty and gave good suggestions.

There is also Li Nanyun from Nanyun Province. Although he is a student of Dongbang, even though he is not a Han, he is full of literary talent and talent. He is also able to discover the problems of the Ming Dynasty. He pointed out that it is difficult for minority tribes in remote areas to integrate into the Ming Dynasty. The importance of grand unification gives some good solutions.

"Brother Jing Yang~ are you okay?"

Lu Nan looked at Jing Yang, and hurriedly asked with concern.

"Haha, I'm fine, I'm fine~"

"Seeing this article, I immediately understood why I failed the ranking. It turns out that I really haven't learned enough."

"In the past, I always thought that everything was inferior and only reading was high. Now, it seems that traveling thousands of miles is not as good as reading thousands of books."

"In the future, I will travel around Daming, and at the same time learn more new knowledge, especially some new knowledge and content. After three years, I will come back."

After Jing Yang laughed, he said very seriously.

"Brother Jing Yang~"

"This new learning is heresy and third-rate stuff. How can we, Confucianists, learn these things?"

When someone next to him heard it, he immediately said in a hurry.

"You haven't even studied it, so how do you know it's a third-rate thing?"

In the past, Jing Yang would definitely nod along, but now, Jing Yang seemed to understand something, and asked back.

"Well, didn't the book say that everything is inferior, only reading is high, and what I have learned is the real way, and everything else is heresy."

When the man heard it, he didn't know how to reply, so he said after thinking about it.

"People who are new to learning are also scholars, but what they learn is different. If you don't learn it, how will you know that you are not as good as us?"

"The imperial court allowed the development of new learning, and also strongly supported it. This new learning must be superior. How can I be convincing if I draw random conclusions here before I learn it? How can I convince myself? ?”

Jing Yang shook his head slightly, then stood up and said, "Brothers, I will take my leave first, and we will meet again in the capital three years later!"

After finishing speaking, Jing Yang also went directly back to his room, and then took his book boy to pack up and leave the capital, ready to travel around the Ming Dynasty and learn new things and content at the same time.

Seeing such a huge change in Jing Yang, some people shook their heads without paying attention, while others fell into deep thought...

Lu Nan looked at the newspaper in his hand, and then at Jing Yang who left.

Although I am in high school, do I really understand the era I am in?

The newspaper said it was good, the current Ming Dynasty is in an unprecedented era.

This is a prosperous age, the best era.

Throughout the past and present, both at home and abroad, there has never been any dynasty or country as strong and prosperous as today's Ming Dynasty, as prosperous as today's Ming Dynasty.

Incomparably vast and vast territory, millions of standing powerful troops, fleets across the seas and oceans, immense wealth, and a population of hundreds of millions.

Such a huge and prosperous empire surpassed any country and dynasty in history.

However, today's Daming is also facing many problems.

The territory is too large, and the exchanges between various regions are not convenient, which can easily cause the division of the territory.

There are too many ruling tribes, hundreds of tribes, big or small, some have developed very well, but some are still very primitive, and they don't even have their own writing and language.

With so many tribes, when Da Ming was strong, they would naturally submit to Da Ming, but what if Da Ming weakened?
Isn't this the problem faced by many dynasties and countries in history?
As a youth of this era, shouldn't we find a way to solve this problem?
To consolidate the rule of Ming Dynasty, promote national integration, and maintain the great unity of the country?
There are also the growing and expanding capitalism in Ming Dynasty, with more and more factories and bigger and bigger factories, a large number of people flowing from the countryside to the cities, the rural land is barren, and the cities are densely populated, which brings many problems, these problems are also A problem that has never been encountered before.

How to protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers, prevent excessive exploitation of capital, and solve many problems such as housing and living, these problems have never been encountered in the past dynasties, and there has never been any city with the scale of Beijing and Tianjin today. The scale is generally so vast.

Daming is indeed in its heyday, but behind the heyday, there are still many, many problems.

These problems need to be solved by people of the whole era, so that Daming can continue to prosper.

　The same is true of our country today. We are becoming stronger and stronger, but we also have many, many problems. What we can do is to shoulder the responsibility of the times.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)