It was supposed to be the second year of Zhengde in history, but now it is the 20th year of Hongzhi, when Prince Zhu Houzhao was finally getting married. Because Emperor Hongzhi did not want to burden the common people, this time the draft was only selected from the two capitals of the north and the south.
Prince Zhu Houzhao didn't have much requirements for the future concubine Yuan.
Hongzhi and Empress Zhang were deeply in love, and also hoped that their son could marry a congenial wife, so he smiled and said, "When the sons of all men enter the palace, you will ask the eunuchs to test their talents, and choose one who is both talented and beautiful. Queen."
The prince was very excited, and before he married a concubine, he took care of the groom and wrote down all the topics he cared about. He also invited the two uncles to read and help him improve the papers. When the Ministry of Rites officially presented the prince's marriage note, he also twisted and presented the paper he had produced to Emperor Hongzhi, and asked his father what the title was.
very good.
Those who can pass the test can be selected into the Siyi Hall as a translation student, and then follow the translation of "Euclidean Originals".
Emperor Hongzhi was funny and proud to show the papers to the cabinet.
The elders of the pavilion were used to Hongzhi praising the crown prince in different ways, and they were very cold inside. However, in order to prevent Prince Daming from being unable to choose Concubine Yuan, Liu Shoufu dutifully asked the emperor to change the paper to be simpler.
However, the emperor couldn't bear to care about his beloved son, so he discussed with the elders: "The ladies will live for three months after entering the palace, and then ask them to learn from the eunuchs and wives. I see this topic... It's not difficult, just ask When they do the questions, they look up the calculation table, and they should be able to do it.”
The big deal is to stay in the palace for a while, and whoever passes the exam first will be banned.
In the 140 years of Ming Dynasty, there has never been such a fresh draft. Is this the selection of the queen? Would a family with a daughter outside still be willing to marry a daughter into the palace
The four patriarchs couldn't bear it any longer, they fought hard according to reason, and finally got the opportunity to reveal their knowledge points to the ladies in advance. But the emperor also firmly set a principle - the original question cannot be disclosed, and only the same type of simulation questions can be leaked. I can't let the prince's painstakingly come to waste.
The four patriarchs could only copy the questions and hand them over to officials and students from the Ministry of Rites and Guozijian specializing in Western studies, asking them to explain the solution of the questions in detail, and then produce a few thick stacks of papers according to this example, and send them to the two expeditiously. All the prefectures, prefectures and counties in Beijing.
Every candidate lady must have one set at home. One day of review in advance is counted as one day, and a queen must be tested on time!
This incident was full of ups and downs, but the people's evaluation of the prince's magic pen was not bad.
In the past, concubines were chosen on the basis of beauty and family law, but there were women who were beautiful and courteous. Who knows what the emperor and the prince love? On the contrary, choosing a concubine by examinations, those who intend to give their daughters a good future at least have a direction, success or failure depends on their ability, and it can save a lot of money and time for gift-giving.
Many people even went to Ju'anzhai to ask if there were "Necessary Notes for the Draft" for sale. Hearing that there is no guidance book, I bought the "Introduction to Western Characters", "The Original Euclid", "Introduction to Practical Arithmetic" and a full set of "Daily Agricultural Classics", and went home and forced my daughter to endorse it.
For a while, the roaring voices in the capital were incessant, louder than the reading voices of the scholars before the two examinations of the township and the society, and even the girls who were not of the candidate age nibbled at the "Original".
The neighbors on the left and right are all reading, and the sisters in the boudoir always talk about "geometry". If they don't understand a few Latin letters, they can't do four arithmetic operations, and they don't know the principles of microscopes, so they can't go out and communicate with others.
And there are more people who are willing to send their daughters to the palace, but never ask their daughters to study. There are also many people who are forced to borrow or buy books for their young daughters to study. It was too late after the election this time, but these young girls who have read books can expect them to marry a prince or a prince in the future, or enter the palace as a maid, and become a favorite concubine in the future.
These four sets of books have become the new four books for women. The genuine copies of Ju Anzhai are sold out within a few days, and even the pirated books are almost in short supply.
At first, it was only for women to read. Later, many scholars also went to Ju'anzhai to choose books for themselves under the guise of buying them for their daughters, sisters, and granddaughters. It's so embarrassing that the little girl can't figure out the math problems...
Jin Yiwei was going to help Shuntian Prefecture prepare a carriage and a horse-colored shed to welcome the pre-selection ladies. There were many other people who were already on the list of candidates. He was well informed and told this as a joke.
Xie Ying and other commanders, acquaintances, and other officials also heard about the incident in Beizhen Fusi, and smiled happily: "Back then, the children had so much trouble learning Latin, and those scholars even laughed at us Jinyiwei for not being able to learn saints. In the article, you can only learn Fanwen arithmetic, and now you have to learn Fanren’s stuff too?”
At the very least, they studied for the sake of raising the country's prestige, and they were a hundred times stronger than those who learned to not be looked down upon by their wives and daughters!
They managed to overwhelm the literati in the aspect of reading, and they must maintain this advantage, and ask the next officers and family members to learn this set of girls... This set of new four books!
Xie Ying saw that they were talking with great interest, but no one was willing to take the initiative to read the book by herself, she curled her lips slightly, and showed a smile: "What women can learn, how can we not learn it? I only hate those who live in Anzhai now. Fanxueshu is sold out, and when I go to his master and ask for a new book, I will pack a set for each of you, and we will all be literati!"
He ignored the wrinkled faces of his colleagues, and went back to persuade Cui Xie to produce more sets of beautifully packaged concubine selection exam materials.
Recently, Cui Xie was busy preparing the imperial edict for the selection of his concubine, and was busy studying the corn that the governor of Yunnan had recently donated. It was not until Xie Ying came to tell him about the matter that he was surprised that the prince had inadvertently increased the reading rate of women in the two Beijings and promoted modern mathematics.
The crown prince is promising, so he has to praise!
Cui Xie immediately arranged for the shopkeeper to make gift boxes, and stepped up the printing of the luxury concubine selection gift package "Ladies Must Read Library", and printed the paperback version of "Mathematics Must Read Library" for the ladies' parents and brothers. On the one hand, he took advantage of the situation to promote mathematics, physics and chemistry, and on the other hand, he took the time to write an essay praising the prince's ingenious method of selecting a concubine for the examination.
What the prince likes is a woman who is willing to use her heart to seek knowledge. She is virtuous and not lewd. She is a virtuous prince who is as virtuous as when he was in the East Palace today! If the prince concubine can mingle with the prince Qin and Se, like the prince and the queen today, the harem will save a lot of expenses, how much cumbersome etiquette has been saved in the previous dynasty, the state treasury and private treasury are abundant, and the courtiers and the common people can also live a prosperous life.
Although the selected ladies are a little harder to study, but they can learn the knowledge of arithmetic, and they will get married in the future. Can't they also better host the middle-feeder and teach their husbands and children
Only when the mother knows the book and is polite can she teach a son who can be the pillar of the country.
Liang Shengren was not born yet, so he, the master who predicted Wang Shengren's sanctification, borrowed a famous sentence. Anyway, everyone is in the circle of saints, so he is welcome.
Although Cui Xie's poems are not very well written, the articles are still at the level of champions, and he started from backing the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Hearts pounding. The Chaling faction in Daming today, who has authority over the article, all exaggerates this article, what else can ordinary scholars say
Most of them were convinced by him after reading the article, and a few who still felt unconvinced wrote articles to refute them, but they did not have the popularity of his articles and could not refute the arguments in his articles.
This article quickly spread throughout the two capitals, and also into the palace. The prince told him to boast so much that he couldn't believe that the wise prince written in the article was himself.
Did Lone think so in the first place
Did you really think so deeply in the first place
Gu is really a good prince who thinks about the people, and he will act accordingly in the future.
The prince pondered for a while, and gained a deeper understanding of his character of being diligent in study and loving the people like a son. He decided that when he married Concubine Yuan, he would ask her to write a book on women too, to teach women in the world the importance of seeking knowledge and understanding. . After thinking about it, I couldn't help but take out the book, copied a few formulas and theorems, and found some topics that I found difficult.
Although this method of selecting the Concubine Yuan was very frustrating for people in Beijing, after all, the world is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. After the exam, he still chose a talented woman who liked him as Concubine Yuan.
In history, Zhu Houzhao was established in a hurry after he was enthroned. The selected queen was too transparent in history. Cui Xie didn't actually remember who she was, but it was estimated that she was not the current one. This Concubine Yuan was from Tongzhou, surnamed Wang, and her father, like Zhang Guozhang, was born in a supervisor, and she was one of the supervisors who was selected from the Imperial College to study Fanwen and Arithmetic.
The Wang family has a family background. Both father and daughter know Latin, mathematics and geometry, and they can solve the prince's problems. Wang Yuanfei is also good at manipulating flowers and plants, and is good at calligraphy and painting. Whether it is a cell structure map or a map of the world in the Prince's study, he can draw it down, which is simply a favorite of the Prince.
Since Zhu Houzhao got married, he has shown the temperament of a winner in life. Whenever Cui Xie tells him about current affairs and agricultural affairs, he can't help showing off his beloved concubine.
However, Cui Xie firmly held on to these shows of affection, and despised the little boy's frivolity in his heart.
Isn't it just a question? What is there to show off? Back then, Xie Ying was able to brew a high-quality liquor with the schematic diagram in the chemistry book. Who did he show off to? He sent a few jars to the teacher and Shangguan's house in a low-key manner, and said lightly, "This is Xie's wine".
Mr. Cui doesn't care about this kind of hairy boy, but after returning home, he plans to do something with Xie Ying that a husband and wife should do.
For example, show affection.
Of course, you can't be as public as a teenager, but you can't just stay at home and enjoy the two-person world, always go out for shopping, eat, watch movies or something.
In order to experience the feeling of a handful of teenagers going to the cinema with Coke and popcorn on a date, Cui Xueshi decided to spend a lot of money to pack a few more days in the Huangjiayuanzi, repeated the scenes carefully made by Ju Anzhai, and invited several famous classes in Beijing. The latest picture and video of famous actors co-voicing.
Yang Tinghe began to prepare since the Chenghua period, and because of the Chenghua emperor and Wan Guifei, he could not make a masterpiece - "Qinglian Ji".
In the play, Li Bai and his friends Liu and Yang, the two servants, were framed and imprisoned for offending Gong Zhongliang and Wei Erlishi. The story of Liang Wei's second prisoner was dealt with by the Emperor Sheng Tian who advised him.
This play was made by Mr. Yang for 20 years, with dozens of additions and deletions.
Every move of the people in the play has a shadow in his heart, and asking the actors to play can't show the style of Li Dongyang, Liu Zan, and Yang Yingning in his memory. So he instructed Cui Xie to draw a small picture almost one picture, one picture, and then handed it to the craftsman to enlarge it, with background and special effects, to make a more delicate painting than the original "Jinyiwei Zhifengfengyun" audition. film.
This film is still being performed on the Lantern Festival, but there is no need to wait until the end of the holiday on the 19th. The Huang family vacated the scene for them early. From the 15th to the 17th of the first lunar month, the best days are reserved for this film. blockbuster.
Cui Xie was also determined to have a good Lantern Festival with Xie Ying, not to delay the two of them together every time for the sake of having a reunion dinner according to the season.