Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2175 New learning is also profound

Here in a quiet Yayuan in the capital, Hu Xiwen, Sun Yun, and Chen Maoyi are learning new things. This Yayuan is also rented by a rich man named Sun Yun.

Sun Yun's family is different from Hu Xiwen's family. Sun Yun's family is considered to be a scholarly family. Both his grandfather and father were scholars. Finally went to become a county magistrate.

Born into such a family, Sun Yun's conditions are naturally much better than Hu Xiwen's. When he came to the capital, he came a few months earlier, so he simply rented an elegant garden, which is convenient for studying and living, and the main thing is to be quiet.

Although the hotel is comfortable to live in, there are many people in the hotel, it is difficult to calm down and study quietly, especially in the same period, many candidates are always invited to go around and participate in various activities, which delays the preparation for the exam.

"This new learning is also broad and profound!"

"In the past, I always felt that this new study was a heretical miscellaneous study, not worth mentioning, and it was not worth learning."

"But when you really learn it, this new learning is not easy."

"Apart from anything else, mathematics alone is very interesting. Many problems and things can actually be calculated and solved by mathematics."

Sun Yun put down a book of elementary mathematics in his hand, and couldn't help admiring it.

As a traditional scholar, he has never read many new books, and now he has to study new books for the scientific examination.

After this study, I suddenly discovered that the content of the new study is actually very broad and profound, with deep knowledge in it.

And compared to the rote memorization of the Four Books and Five Classics, this new learning has a wider content and a wider range of knowledge, and it is also more interesting, and it requires more active learning and flexible thinking.

"It's really not easy!"

"I am currently learning the content and knowledge of basic physics. It turns out that many things are related to physics, such as the buoyancy of air, the pressure of the atmosphere, the buoyancy of water, and friction. After learning this physics knowledge, it is still very useful. Yes, there is also electricity and magnetism, electromagnetism can generate each other, electricity generates magnetism, magnetism generates electricity, and various phenomena.”

Chen Maoyi also followed suit.

"I used to disdain to learn it, and I always felt that this thing is heresy, not as good as the sage's theory, but now it seems that this new learning still has merits. It specializes in the study of natural laws, and it is useful to make use of natural laws. These new things that we're seeing now."

"This steam engine actually boils water and lets the steam of the water drive the piston to work. The principle is very simple, but when it comes to actually doing it, there is still a lot, a lot of knowledge in it."

"That's right, this new learning is still very broad and profound. When my younger brother and sister were studying new learning, I taught myself a lot of new learning content to teach them."

"This new study is actually very powerful. For example, some professors of the new study are now studying the calculation of the speed of light. It is said that the preliminary calculations are very amazing. The speed of light is about 29 kilometers per second."

Hu Xiwen also followed suit.

"Brother Hu, have you learned anything new?"

When Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi heard this, their eyes widened slightly. This Hu Xiwen has learned something new about his feelings. Doesn't this mean that he will have an absolute advantage in this imperial examination.

We must know that everyone seldom learned this new learning before, and now they are all sharpening their guns, but the content of the new learning is very extensive. How much can you learn in this temporary 2 months?
This is still self-study. I'm afraid everyone will do badly in the exam. Hu Xiwen has taught himself before, so the advantage is too great.

"You also know the situation in my family. My family can only blame the college for me to study alone. My younger brothers and sisters all go to new schools."

"My parents are uneducated, and I am often the tutor in this family, so I started to learn new things very early, and then taught my younger siblings after self-study, so I know a little about new things."

"It's luck this time. I didn't expect the imperial court to carry out reforms in this area."

Hu Xiwen smiled and said that he was already very happy in his heart. This reform has great advantages for him. Since he was a child, he read books from his younger brothers and sisters.

"Brother Hu, Brother Hu, we don't understand, you need to give me some pointers and teach me."

Sun Yun immediately said quickly: "Brother Hu must be able to go to high school this time. Brother Hu is only eighteen years old. If he can go to high school in one fell swoop, he will have a bright future."

"Yeah, Brother Hu might really be able to go to high school this time!"

Chen Maoyi also said.

The content of the new learning test accounted for [-]% of the total score. Hu Xiwen had such an advantage that he could definitely pass high school easily.

"Haha, it's a bit of an advantage, but it can't be said too absolutely."

"On the contrary, the two brothers are full of talent and knowledge, and they will definitely be able to go to high school this time!"

Hu Xiwen said with a smile.

"Don't mention it, don't mention it, I have come to the capital for the third time to participate in the test."

"The competition for the examination is too great now. Although 200 places have been added this time, the number of people participating in the examination this time has indeed exceeded 5 people. 700 people compete for [-] places. It's one in a million."

"It's so hard to get high school!"

Sun Yun shook his head and said, to be honest, the competition in this imperial examination is indeed too great, every time it is almost one out of a hundred, thousands of troops cross the single-plank bridge.

In addition to being talented, being able to go to high school depends more on luck sometimes, to see if the exam questions just happen to be known by oneself, and after review, what you write is in line with the appetite of the examiners.

You must know that even a talented person like Zhu Zhishan failed to pass the high school exam seven times, and a talented person like Wen Zhengming even failed to pass the exam, you can know that in this era of imperial examinations.

Not only do you need to be talented, but you also need to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics by rote in many cases, because the exam questions are getting more and more biased, excerpts and chapters are just broken, if you can’t remember where they came from, That's about to fail.

"Yeah, high school is indeed too difficult. This is the fourth time for me to take the imperial examination."

Chen Maoyi also sighed helplessly.

It is the dream of almost every scholar to be named on the gold list, but it is too difficult, too difficult.

Look at the candidates in the capital, many of them are in their [-]s or [-]s, with gray hair. They have been unable to pass the test for a lifetime. Those who take the test three or four times are considered normal, and those who take the test six or seven times are not. It's strange, some people have taken the exam more than a dozen times, from a young boy to a gray-haired old man.

Thirty Shao Ming Jing, fifty young Scholars, this is the best explanation.

Especially now that there are more and more scholars in Daming, the competition in the imperial examination is also increasing, not only in the general examination, but also in the rural examination. The competition pressure is also very high.

Take Sichuan as an example. Sichuan is a province with a large population, and there are many candidates. The quota is only about 100.

It is also one in a million, with thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge, and the competition is extremely cruel.

Hu Xiwen was able to pass the test in one go, which also shows that Hu Xiwen is indeed very talented and can be appreciated by Sichuan Xuezheng.

Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi were not so relaxed. Don't look at them as brothers and sisters with Hu Xiwen, but in fact they are both in their forties, older than Hu Xiwen's father.

They are just scholars, they never look at their age, they only look at their grades. Everyone is a Juren, and they take the imperial examination together.

This is the relationship. Whoever will be successful in the future is an extremely important relationship, and we will have frequent contacts in the future.

"Mr. Sun, Mr. Chen, don't be discouraged!"

"This reform of the imperial examination may be our opportunity. If the three of us can go to high school at the same time, it will be a good talk!"

Hu Xiwen comforted with a smile.

"Yes, yes, Brother Hu is right, maybe the three of us will be able to go to high school this time."

When Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi heard this, they immediately laughed happily.

This is what I like to hear most during the imperial examinations, such as high school, gold list titles, etc. The most taboo is to hear words such as "failure to Sun Shan", "failure to fail in repeated trials".

"Continue to read, continue to read, and seize the time. You can learn a lot in two months."

"I heard that the chief examiner this time is Prince Shouren, the second assistant to the cabinet. The prince is talented, upright, and a cabinet minister. If he can be appreciated by him, he will be very successful in the future."

"Yes, yes, continue to study hard, the new knowledge is broad and profound, but this is the first time to introduce the content of the new learning, it must not be too difficult, as long as we study a little, we can still gain something."

"I heard that quite a few students went to Donghua Gate to make trouble, saying they threatened to cancel the exam."

"Don't blindly join in the fun, when the emperor gets angry, if he directly revokes his fame and examination qualifications, it will be over."

"That's right, the Son of Heaven's introduction of new learning is for the benefit of us scholars, for the sake of the country, and for the long-term prosperity of Ming Dynasty. It is always good to learn more things. Where are they making trouble, what good can it do? "

"This reform of the imperial examination is said to be led by Liu Gong, the chief assistant of the current cabinet. Although there are ministers in the court who oppose it, most of the ministers support it, and the emperor supports it even more."

"That's right, don't pay attention to those people, let's study hard and go to high school in one fell swoop!"

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(End of this chapter)