open sea

Chapter 1250 The Professor
The 11th year of Wanli is the year of the examination.

In the past, for such a major event, no matter what happened that year, the court would not change the date, but this year is different, the court has met two conditions.

One is that Beijing is the center, and everyone from top to bottom has enriched their understanding of the plague; the other is that the telegraph network extending in all directions has increased the ability of the imperial court to plan major events in a unified manner.

This allowed the trial to be postponed for one and a half months to avoid the aftermath of the Tongzhou plague.

The canal turns tens of thousands of boats, Huai'an Mansion is in a superior location, military ships, merchant ships, and civilian ships are constantly coming and going, and the two banks outside the city are full of boat-watching tourists. This is a grand event every year. The upper boy held the newspaper and peddled the latest issue of the telegram on the railing of the bridge, and the farmers on the shore had already set up stalls to sell fresh fruits, vegetables and meat for the boat passengers to choose from.

And at the Ship Coal Station outside the city of Huai’an Prefecture, a steam warship of the latest empire-style [-]-material offshore river is moored in the port. The bulging muscles were reflected black and bright.

Next to the pier, a group of shaved children, led by the old man, looked at this new-style warship with iron armor and a big funnel from afar, talking about something.

"Iron can float on water because of its thinness; a ship can move without a sail because of the propeller at the tail; the power of the propeller is not the wind, but the lighter in the belly of the ship, the lighter eats coal and burns. Burning, there is a boiler to hold water, the water boils into gas and rises up, pushing the piston forward, there is a small opening in front of the piston, one left and one right teach it to go back and forth, so it drives the propeller to rotate like the wind... As you know, Who made this steamer?"

The young children have shaved heads, and the oldest have just begun to grow their hair. They are all dressed in various colors. Some of them are holding a cross tree in their small hands hidden in their sleeves behind their backs. There are puppets hanging from the four corners of the wood. , listened with relish, and at this time, when they heard the question from the gentleman, most of them were at a loss. Some said Luban, and some said that the Jade Emperor did it.

There are also answers that are very close but inaccurate, like what Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth, did, and it was bestowed by the Dragon and Tiger Dao Jun Xiansheng.

At this time, you can see how important the experience brought by age is. Among the dozen or so children, only the slightly older child is the most calm.

"Yes, the steamer was made by Mr. Jing Haibo and Mr. Chen. It was first used by the Ordnance Bureau to make ordnance and weaving cotton in the textile factory. Later, it was improved by the Chief Zhou of the Steam Bureau of the Ministry of Industry. It was loaded on the ship by the order of His Majesty today. There are today's steamships."

"Students, please remember that if you intend to take the imperial examination in the future, you will have to take the examination."

After speaking earnestly and earnestly, the old gentleman continued to introduce with his hands behind his back, shaking his head and thinking: "Students, can you see the closed windows on the side of the ship? They are called gun windows, and there should be General Zhenshuo's cannons behind each window." One, when I was in my prime, I never saw a ship with four cannons installed on it. Now there are four gun ports on one side. This kind of ship is the country facing the Wuliang Sea in the north and frightening the barbarians in the West and Portugal in the south. The oceans are the foundation of the world."

As soon as the words fell, a young man applauded and greeted not far away. Before the old man could blame him, the man had already stepped forward. It was a young Confucian scholar, and he apologized with a smile: "Senior, please don't blame the students for being rude. I just passed by. Here, listening to Mr.'s lectures is so easy that students can't take their eyes off them, and the students can't help but cheer up."

"Student Ye Xianggao from Fuzhou, haven't you asked your master's name?"

"You young man is very polite, Xiang Gao, good name. This old man is Shi Yinchang, a professor in Huai'an Mansion. You look young. You came here from Fuzhou Mansion. Are you going to Beijing for the exam?"

The chief of the county school is Jiaoyu, and the chief of the state school is Xuezheng. Most of them are from Juren and Gongsheng, and they are appointed by the feudal officials. The county magistrate who has been promoted is an official but has no rank, equivalent to the director of the education committee and the principal of the county's No. [-] middle school.

The head of the prefectural school is a professor, who needs to be a Jinshi, and is directly appointed by the imperial court, starting from the ninth grade.

In fact, whether it is a teaching or a higher-ranking professor, the power is not small, but the grade is low and the treatment is poor. It is necessary for officials to be humble and thrifty, and to be humble and self-respecting.

As soon as Master Shi Yinchang said it, Ye Xianggao understood that this was an imperial official and an old Jinshi.

The official position is only Cong Jiupin, but he may be the most respected person in the entire Huai'an Mansion.

The official distinction is clear and turbid, clean does not mean incorruptible, turbid does not mean filthy, but that officials such as county magistrates and magistrates have high power, and the opposite of them is naturally teaching and professors, which require high knowledge and are too busy to pay back money. less work.

Even if the whole world is looking at money in this era of unprecedented silver inflows into the country, there will be no one who does not respect their professors and education, and it can even be said that it is because everyone is chasing silver that they respect them more.

"I don't know the master is here, the student..."

"Okay, there is no need to be so polite, and the old man is not wearing an official uniform."

Shi Yinchang bowed his head and gave some instructions to the older students, asking him to watch over the students not to enter the water, then he took a few steps to the side, and smiled at Ye Xianggao, "Actually, the teaching is not very good, right?" The old man himself knows that most of these things are understood by young people, but now that the imperial court is getting old, it is too difficult to build new schools in various places to teach students these unheard of things."

"Grandmaster's words are wrong, and your words are correct. Although there were no steamships in the world when the kingdom was established, when such children grow up, the steamships must be the Great Ming Dynasty. book."

Shi Yinchang knew that he was wrong, sighed and said: "Actually, I don't know these things, all my life's teaching experience, I was the first teacher in Xiuwu County, and later I was a teacher in Pinglu County. I became a professor in Huai'an Prefecture, thanks to the fact that my husband was a Jinshi in the second year of Wanli. Most of the fellows on the list are military officials who are engaged in overseas affairs, so there are people who can be consulted. This old man was the professor at the bottom of the list back then."

"I have to guess from a few words, young man, do you think I let the students learn this, and it will be useful in the future? I don't doubt these recent knowledge. I don't understand this knowledge but I know it is useful. It's just that I can't trust myself. I'm old. ah."

Ye Xianggao didn't know what he saw in the eyes of the frustrated old Juren, maybe he just didn't want to be sure - the old professor felt that he was abandoned by the times.

Before Ye Xianggao could answer, Shi Yinchang had already curled up his beard and laughed: "People talk a lot, and I finally teach my students. Today, I chatted with you, a young man who has never met before, for a long time. I won't delay your time. I hope you can do well when you come to Beijing." The title of the gold list, the old man will also take the children to the official ship over there to ask, can I take the students on board to have a look."

"Don't look at the Huai'an mansion guarding the canal boats to and fro. The steam boats have also come a few times, but the old man has never been on it. These ships belong to the Nanyang Army, and the soldiers are too strict, but--the old man should let the children Let's see."

Ye Xianggao turned his head to look at the official ship, and raised his hand to the old man: "Why don't you ask the students to ask for the seniors."

He got off that boat.

　Good morning! Chapter 2 will be later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)