As the night became darker and darker, the guests left one after another, and in the end, only Qian Qianyi, Gong Dingzi, Tang Zhen, Wu Weiye, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi and others were left. Among these people, except Tang Zhen, they were all white. Tang Zhen was just now resigned from the position of the prefect of Chongqing Prefecture and was preparing to go to Beijing to report on his job. Even if a high-ranking official like Sun Lin who was responsible for the position of governor of Jiangsu Province was familiar with Qian Qianyi, he would not be able to stay in the Qian Mansion for too long.

With Sun Lin's departure, Tang Zhen, the only official of the Great Xia Kingdom, became a little uncomfortable. He wanted to say goodbye several times, but Qian Qianyi was kept by him.

Not to mention, since Qian Qianyi passed away, he has only Liu Rushi by his side. When he is nearly 80 years old, he still doesn't look old. Although he has a strong heart, he has a way to take care of himself.

The moon passed by the sky, and these people gradually moved to Qian Qianyi's study.

After tasting the Huangshan Maojian collected by Qian Qianyi, everyone became energetic from the sleepiness that came from midnight.

In the room, the one who was attentively serving a man of 35 or 36 years old named Lu Minggao. Although he was wearing Tang suit, he could not hide his strong figure and agile skills.

He was the disciple Qian Qianyi accepted in his sixties, and the only disciple he accepted in that year, and the only disciple of the Lu family in Taihu. However, after learning with Qian Qianyi for a few years, Lu Minggao did not embark on the road of imperial examinations. Instead, he responded to the emperor's call to report to the martial arts examination in the late Chongzhen year, and became the last martial arts champion in the last year.

Shortly after being admitted to the top martial arts scholar, he became one of the new army generals who went south to establish Zhu Cixuan of the Southern Ming Dynasty. There were a total of ten large battalions, each with 3,000 people. The commander initially enjoyed the position of being a deputy general. Later, as the pressure on the opposite Daxia Kingdom became increasingly greater, he gradually promoted from being a general to being a general.

After Nanming was driven south all the way, most of the ten new army commanders who were all from the late martial arts were killed in battle or followed the emperor south, and some were injured and captured. Lu Minggao was one of them. Of course, there were not many who took the initiative to surrender.

After the Daxia Kingdom occupied Jiangnan, it was not much time left for the old forces, and soon a vigorous land revolution was carried out. The Taihu Lu family also became a commoner's family. In the end, Lu Minggao had to defect to Qian Qianyi, and in fact became his housekeeper.

Everyone sat, only Lu Minggao stood. As the general of the previous dynasty, he was still a general at less than 30 years old. If it were not for a military family like Wu Sangui, it would be very rare in the Ming Dynasty. If he was still in the Ming Dynasty, although he was a military officer, he could still walk around Nanjing City with his identity as a disciple of Qian Qianyi, but it would not work now. In addition to the young Tang Zhen around Qianyi, the rest can basically be called "great scholars" and "hero scholars". Even the strange School of Literature of Jiangnan University in the ancient Xia Kingdom did not deny that any of them would teach at Jiangnan University and be more than enough to be a professor in the School of Literature, and it is not impossible to be a dean.

So, the former general of the new army was willing to serve him diligently.

Not far from Qian Qianyi's study, there is a Qinfang Pavilion where several women are also eating and singing softly. These are all famous talented women, one of the eight beauties of Qinhuai in the past.

The hostess Liu Rushi, forty-three years old;

Gu Hengbo, forty-two years old, is a concubine of Gong Dingzi;

Bian Yujing, thirty-eight years old, is a concubine of Wu Weiye;

Although Ge Nengniang is not one of the eight beauties of Qinhuai, she has also appeared as the concubine of the governor of Jiangsu Province, Lord Sun Linsun, who was wandering in the dust of the Qinhuai River.

The four of them were playing with the Feihua Order, and Qian Qianyi's conversation in the study gradually became more and more excited.

"Ahem"

As the owner of this place, so many great scholars gathered in the Qian Mansion, even the scholars were honored by Qian Qianyi. With the rice wine several times, he first felt a little sad and melancholy, and he threw away the clouds.

"Since the establishment of the Daxia Kingdom, it has used the two decades of Dongxiao and Dongxing. Now it has just changed its reign to Dongsheng, and it is inseparable from the word Dong. Do you know why this is?"

Everyone looked at Tang Zhen. After all, he was a person in the "system". Since the Kingdom of Daxia did not have anything like the Ming Dynasty newspaper, they may know some major measures in the court, but they may not know the cause and effect.

Tang Zhen was a little embarrassed.

The entire Sichuan, including Chongqing Prefecture, has become a province of the Daxia Kingdom for almost ten years. Ten years ago, Tang Zhen was just in his early twenties and had just returned from Qian Qianyi's study tour. Then the Daxia Kingdom occupied Sichuan like a decisive move.

After experiencing the short-term jurisdiction of Zhang Xianzhong, Yao and Huang's tribes, Zeng Ying's decisive behavior of the Daxia Kingdom impressed him, because when the Ming Dynasty was not yet destroyed, his hometown in Dazhou was completely damaged by the Yao and Huang's tribes.

Therefore, when the Daxia Kingdom took charge of the entire Sichuan with a decisive attitude and began to vigorously manage the entire Sichuan, Tang Zhen, who had witnessed the tragic situation of no chicken crowing thousands of miles east of Sichuan, immediately applied for the Daxia Kingdom imperial examination in Chengdu.

Like Wang Zhi and others in the past, Tang Zhen, who came from a noble family, did not study hard, but focused on both industry, business and agriculture, and had some insights into finance and finance, did not have any surprises among the top students in high school.

He then served in counties and prefectures. At the age of 27, he became the prefect of Chongqing Prefecture, an important town in eastern Sichuan. At present, he had been in office for five years. According to the rules of the Ministry of Personnel of the State Council of the State Council of Daxia, he needed to report his duties at the provincial government first, and then report to Beijing. After becoming the prefect, he was an official directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, not to mention that he was such a young official.

"Ahem", like most Sichuan people, Tang Zhen is very thin, but it can be seen that he is very capable, with a strong Sichuan-style accent, "Teacher, gentlemen"

"His Majesty the Emperor believes that our country stands tall in the east of the world, and naturally stands with the word "East". At the beginning, the country is established, and everything begins, just like the beginning of the day. Moreover, His Majesty believes that for thousands of years, you have finished your debut on this land. Although the emperor's name is different, the actual content has not changed much. This land urgently needs an innovation, as if it is about to wake up suddenly from a dream, so Dongxiao came into being."

"Arrogant!"

Of course, these two words were said secretly by the great scholars here. No matter how brave they are, they dare not say bad things about the emperor in front of the officials of the dynasty.

However, not everyone thinks this way. For example, Wang Fuzhi and Huang Zongxi know that the emperor's setting up the past year seems a bit inexplicable, but when you think about it, you are taking measures to restrict the imperial power. Regardless of these two, you will spare no effort to restrict the imperial power in your life.

Speaking of which, these two are both loyal believers of Mencius who said that the king is inferior to the people.

In the past five years, although these two people did not understand whether the imperial power was restricted, they also knew that the emperor was not in the capital, but inspected the territory everywhere, but the country was still safe and sound.

They naturally realized that in today's officialdom, although officials are still stronger than ordinary people, they are far inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty.

"Is this true equality?"

These two people have always had a doubt in their minds, and they will not be able to solve the doubts unless they see the emperor himself.

Among the so-called three "Enlightenment Thinkers", Tang Zhen is more pragmatic, while Wang and Huang are more focused on philosophy. This is also the reason why the younger Tang Zhen joined the ranks of Daxia early, and these two are still wasting their time in their 50s. Of course, for Daxia, with the rise of national compulsory education, people like Wang Fuzhi and Huang Zongxi are not indispensable.

But Qian Qianyi, Gong Dingzi, and Wu Weiye did not have such awareness. After all, these three are traditional scholars and officials.

As great scholars, they are naturally full of knowledge and knowledgeable. Their minds have been blinded by the great scholars and classics in nearly two thousand years and have been believed in them.

The key here is only clear and enlightened scholars like Wang Fuzhi and Huang Zongxi.

That is the compulsory education for all. For the scholars in the past, this was the most deadly. Once everyone mastered the knowledge, their identity as scholars and the wealth and glory brought by it will disappear. To put it bluntly, "cultivating oneself, managing the family, governing the country, and pacifying the world" is indeed their ideal on the surface, but it is only on the surface. Most people's idea is to become the best through studying for a Jinshi.

Therefore, Qian Qianyi, Gong Dingzi, and Wu Weiye were not only extremely dissatisfied with the Kingdom of Daxia, but also natural that he was a little hostile to him in secret.

But for people like Wang Fuzhi and Huang Zongxi, although they also had some impact on them, they were all half of the benefits and with their intelligence, it would be a matter of time before they could think clearly.

"Dongxing"

Everyone has their own thoughts. As the former in-laws, Tang Zhen also knows that now outsiders. However, although he is an official of the Daxia Kingdom and Qian Qianyi's disciple, it is impossible for him to give up completely with them. He can only talk about it with his teeth.

"Your Majesty believes that after a period of enlightenment..."

“Enlightenment?”

"Ahem, Your Majesty thinks that it is like a completely ignorant child before. He just got confused and recognized some words and read some books. He has a new view of the world, so he can enter the Daxing stage, so he is called "Dongxing". According to Your Majesty's popular saying, Dongxiao is the first stage, Dongxing is the second stage, and now it is the third stage."

"Slow down!"

Huang Zongxi seemed to be thinking, and he took over Tang Zhen's words.

"The current year name is Dongsheng, which means that the territory of Dongfang has been fully prosperous. Good, so big... ahem, courage."

Huang Zongxi almost spit out an old mouthful of blood, and his "great breath" was turned around by "great courage".

Everyone is a great scholar, so why don’t they understand the key points?

Wu Weiye is the most famous in Chinese in Jiangzuo, but his career is bumpy. Gong Dingzi and Qian Qianyi have served as senior officials in the previous dynasty. Wu Weiye's cunning is naturally not as profound as these two. He blurted out: "It's all provided by Sun Xiujie, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng..., otherwise, he has grown up in a bitter and cold place since childhood, and without the guidance of a famous teacher, how can he..."

"Cough cough", Tang Zhen had to say seriously when he heard this: "Not mentioning Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, these two, Sun Xiujie is indeed a former doctor of the Ministry of Works of the Ming Dynasty, a former Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and a famous scholar in Jiangnan, Lord Xu Guangqi and Xu, but he is still his current cousin and is now the prince."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions dimmed.

Tang Zhen continued: "In all provinces and governments in our country, there are military and political schools, which are for governments. The military has not had the experience of rising from schools at all levels in the Daxia Kingdom. Officials and generals can study there every year ranging from three months to half a year. This is how I come here."

"Aren't you an imperial examination school?"

"Although this is the case, there is no small middle school or any specialized school established in the Daxia Kingdom. The college has been admitted, so it is still necessary to study in the military and political school. According to the name of the Ministry of Rites, this is called further study."

"I am not satisfied with you. I got the specific meaning of Dongxiao and Dongxing reign in the Military and Political School. As for Dongsheng, since he happened to be in office, he naturally knew it early in the morning. These were not the Prince of Zhongjin or the Chief of the Privy Councilor of the Hong Privy Councilor, and the Censor Fan Du, all of them were drafted by His Majesty himself."

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Chapter completed!