"Your Majesty, Song Yingxing, the governor of Jiangxi Province, will meet you outside the Meridian Gate!"
"Song Yingxing? A civil servant?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little confused when he heard this.
But soon, he remembered that Song Yingxing was recommended by Liu Weichao, who said that in his generation, he should be the most knowledgeable person in various industries and the easiest to accept science. He also wrote a book called "
"Tiangong opens things".
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen was immediately overjoyed and quickly ordered: "Quick, let him see you immediately!"
After finishing speaking, he ordered his chamberlain to fetch the book "Tiangong Kaiwu".
In the past, when Emperor Chongzhen heard Liu Weichao talking about this book "Tiangong Kaiwu" for the first time, he had already asked him to look for it. He just flipped through it casually and had no time to read it.
Now that the Lord is here, he needs to take a look first and at least understand a little bit.
Song Yingxing needed some time to come from the Meridian Gate. Therefore, when Song Yingxing arrived, he had already read the preface to "Tiangong Kaiwu" and flipped through the table of contents again.
After Song Yingxing saw the gift, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't wait to ask: "This "Tiangong Kaiwu" was written by you alone?"
Song Yingxing has been wondering.
He was just a candidate, not even a Jinshi. Why did the emperor send eight hundred miles to summon him to the capital!
If something bad happened, it would not be the emperor's turn to directly intervene. The local magistrate would be able to accuse him!
And if there was anything good about it, he couldn't figure it out.
Although there were many officials in Jiangxi Province, none of them knew him, and they had no connections with each other. It was impossible to say that anyone would recommend him to the emperor, so much so that the emperor spent 800 miles to urgently summon him!
In terms of his own talents and learning, Song Yingxing is still somewhat self-aware. His knowledge is not better than that of the princes in the court.
Every time the Jinshi is passed, even if some people do not rely on their ability, there are still many who really need to pass the Jinshi based on their own ability.
However, he himself had taken the exam many times in a row and failed every time.
If there is really something that is better than others, Song Yingxing himself knows it, and it is in miscellaneous studies.
However, as he said in the preface of his book "Tiangong Kaiwu", miscellaneous knowledge has nothing to do with fame, and no one will pay attention to it.
At least in Song Yingxing's view, the reason why the current emperor sent him to the capital was definitely not because of his miscellaneous studies.
As a result, he couldn't understand even more, what exactly is going on?
But at this time, when he was facing the Holy Spirit with an uneasy mood, he heard the first sentence of Emperor Chongzhen, which was actually asking about things related to "Tiangong Kaiwu", and he was stunned for a moment: Could it be that the emperor really
Called himself because of the book "Tiangong Kaiwu"? Will the emperor value "Tiangong Kaiwu" or miscellaneous studies?
To be honest, Song Yingxing still couldn't figure out why this happened.
Of course, if he lived in the capital and knew what Emperor Chongzhen had been doing in the past few months, he might still be able to accept this knowledge.
But he was in Jiangxi and was not an official. He didn't care about government affairs and didn't read the newspapers. Naturally, his impressions of the current emperor were all those he had heard about before.
At this time, in front of the emperor, Song Yingxing did not dare to neglect, and immediately replied: "It was written by a common man!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately asked again with interest: "I saw in your preface that you wanted to buy strange research, to attract colleagues, and to discuss false truths, but you were short of money. So I will give you this opportunity, seal the seal."
How about you work as a doctor in the Ministry of Works, Yu Heng, Qing Li Division, and specialize in studying these things for me, and recruit people of the same discipline to be used by the imperial court, how about it?"
"..." When Song Yingxing heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded!
You know, normally, if he were to become an official, he would probably be the magistrate of a lower-class county, and he could not be any higher.
As for county magistrates, they are usually of seventh rank.
But now, Emperor Chongzhen said that he would make him a doctor in the Ministry of Works, Yu Heng, Qing Lisi, which is a fifth-grade official. At the local level, it is the level of a prefect. Not to mention, compared to local prefects, central officials, even if they are only just
Even if they are of the same rank, their status is completely different.
Yu Heng was in charge of manufacturing, sending and receiving various official utensils, writing off military expenditures, military supplies, and arms expenditures in various places, in charge of the national weights and measures system, smelting and casting money, and purchasing copper, lead, nitrate, and sulfur.
Although these things are still related to the miscellaneous studies that he is good at. If Emperor Chongzhen said that he wanted to make him the head of Yu Heng's Qing Li Department, a sixth-rank official, he would not be so stupid, but he would be a fifth-rank Qing Li of Yu Heng.
Chief Si, you are really dumbfounded.
After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he found that Song Yingxing was stupid. He knew what was going on.
Under normal circumstances, such a promotion would be absolutely impossible.
Because if the emperor can appoint officials as he pleases, what will happen to those who were born in Jinshi? There are even those who were born in Jinshi, who are still waiting for official positions to be vacant!
But now it is not a normal situation. In two years' time, if the people and the country will be destroyed, Emperor Chongzhen will not be able to care so much.
If those Jinshi have opinions, they should have opinions.
In fact, it's not like he has never done this before. Chen Xinjia, whom he trusted a lot before, has become the second-rank Minister of the Ministry of War. That's just a promotion!
At this time, seeing Song Yingxing's dumbfounded look, he raised his voice slightly and asked again: "Song Qing, can you handle the errand I entrusted to you?"
When Song Yingxing heard this, he immediately came to his senses, but then, facing Emperor Chongzhen's question, he hesitated again.
Generally speaking, if other people hear this, they will definitely agree without saying anything.
To be an official, how to do it is not to do it!
But for Song Yingxing, he didn't think so. Instead, he felt that the more gifts, the greater the responsibility. He was afraid that if he failed to do well and let Emperor Chongzhen down, he would be betraying the divine grace!
He has such an idea, perhaps because he likes to study miscellaneous knowledge, and compared with those normal officials, he is similar to a science student and a technical official.
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but frown when he saw his look, and immediately asked: "Why, you don't want to?"
When Song Yingxing heard this, he quickly replied truthfully: "The common people only have a rough knowledge of miscellaneous studies. Most of them record what they see and hear on the way to Beijing to take the exam. Most of them don't know why they are doing miscellaneous studies. It is also the same. When the grassroots wrote this "Heaven"
"Gongkaiwu", the original intention is to find like-minded people to explore its principles together."
Having said this, he sincerely continued: "To be appreciated by His Majesty, ordinary people are afraid of not doing well. In fact... I am really too poor in miscellaneous studies..."
The more Song Yingxing learned about the technologies in various industries, the more he felt that the knowledge contained therein was superior. However, there were no sages' books to refer to for the knowledge contained therein, which made him feel that he wanted to understand the truth inside and be able to know it.
So, it is really difficult.
Although the meaning of his words was not fully stated, Emperor Chongzhen understood it.
Because Emperor Chongzhen came into contact with science through Liu Weichao, he had the same feeling as Song Yingxing. The knowledge here is so great that it is really not easy to understand!
Not to mention, on his side, Liu Weichao directly explained the principles to him, but on Song Yingxing's side, he didn't know the answer and needed to explore it by himself, which was even more difficult!
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was happy to see Song Yingxing's attitude.
Seeking truth from facts and not exaggerating, this is what Liu Weichao said about technical talents!
So, he smiled slightly, interrupted Song Yingxing and said: "I have here a far more profound miscellaneous knowledge than "Tiangong Kaiwu", which is called science. I think it will be easier for you to understand its principles, and then it will benefit the Ming Dynasty.
. Let you be the official of the Ministry of Works, Yu Heng, and the Qing Dynasty. I allow you to have the right to report secretly. If you have any questions, you can report them directly to me. Recruit talents in this field for me, and jointly carry forward the science of the Ming Dynasty. And in the future, it will be appropriate.
When the time comes, take part in the imperial examination. Are you willing?"
Song Yingxing's mouth opened wide when he heard it, and he was beyond surprised!
When he gave up the imperial examination and concentrated on his favorite miscellaneous studies, of course he looked for information in this area. But at most it was "Mengxi Bi Tan" by Shen Mengxi, which he had never heard of, and there was another one called "Science".
Moreover, the emperor said that it was very profound miscellaneous knowledge, and understanding its principles would benefit the Ming Dynasty.
To his surprise, Song Yingxing immediately became very interested.
Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen gave him the right to secretly report, which means that in the future he can directly answer to the emperor, without having to go to the Minister of Industry and influence the expression of the minister, which means that he has a very large space for display.
Furthermore, Emperor Chongzhen also asked him to recruit talents. In other words, the talents he recommended could become his subordinates and study "science" together.
Days like this were really what he had dreamed of before!
No, it was something he couldn't even dream of.
Having an official position and real power, you can still do what you like and work with like-minded people!
After waiting like this, Song Yingxing, who came to his senses, immediately fell to the ground, knelt down before Emperor Chongzhen and accepted the decree, and burst into tears with excitement.
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile happily when he saw him like this. He even stood up directly and went down to help Song Yingxing himself.
He knew that the reason why Song Yingxing was so excited was definitely not because of his official position, because before, Song Yingxing was worried that he would not be able to do well and did not agree directly.
Now that I am so excited, it is my excitement for science. In other words, if I entrust this matter to him, I must be entrusting it to the right person!
With this in mind, after helping Song Yingxing up, he said with a smile: "Come on, come with me to the War Bureau, first go and broaden your horizons, and see some good things by the way!"
When Song Yingxing heard this, he couldn't help but look forward to it.
I really didn’t expect that I couldn’t find Kit Kat items for verification before because I had no money, but now I can go see Kit Kat items with the emperor!