Twenty-three-year-old Yu Dayou, holding a copy of the Book of Changes in his hand, was sitting in the study hall waiting for his teacher to arrive.
Yu Dayou's father was from a hereditary family, but the family was also very poor. It was not easy for him to study for many years.
Yu Dayou's ideal in life is to be admitted to the Jinshi Scholarship List and become a famous minister and eunuch who can help the country. Unfortunately, he is the eldest son of a military family and does not have this qualification. Even so, after Yu Dayou completed the Four Books in Wei Studies, he also went to study with Wang Xuan and Lin.
Fu studied the "Book of Changes" and became a disciple of Zhao Benxue, a great folk scholar and strategist of war.
With Yu Dayou's talent and learning, it is difficult to say whether he will be a good candidate for examination, but he will definitely be qualified for being a scholar.
Zhao Benxue, who was almost fifty years old, walked into the study hall with his head held high.
"Sir!" Yu Dayou stood up quickly.
"Sit down," Zhao Benxue said with a smile, "There is news from the county that the country wants to promote military talents and has added county and palace examinations for martial arts examinations. Your Majesty will appoint the number one martial arts champion. Are you interested?"
Yu Dayou grinned and said, "The student does have this intention."
Zhao Benxue threw out three books: "Take them back and study them slowly. I won't be childish."
These three books, namely "Taoling Nei Ling Pian", "Zhao Notes on Sun Tzu" and "Sun Tzu Shu", are all military books written by Zhao Benxue himself.
Zhao Benxue is a descendant of the clan of the Song Dynasty, and his ancestor is Zhao Kuangyin. His "Book of Changes" was passed down from Cai Qing's lineage, and he studied Sun Tzu in the art of war, and introduced the "Book of Changes" into the art of war. Yu Dayou's thoughts on the art of war were also influenced by this.
"Summary of Martial Arts Classics" also includes the three books written by teacher Zhao Benxue.
After a conversation, Yu Dayou asked for advice on a few questions, then put away his military book and said goodbye to his mentor and left.
Yu Dayou returned to Jinjiang from the capital city of Quanzhou and waited for several days before going to the martial arts competition.
At the beginning, it was a literary test. The examination room was at the school of Qianhu. The county magistrate was the main examiner and Qianhu was the deputy examiner.
During the identity verification, a young man from Lehu wearing a green turban was beaten out by the sergeant: "You cuckold and forgetfulness, how dare you come to take the martial arts test without even looking at your identity!"
The children of Lehu said angrily: "Is it written in the official notice? The country promotes military talents regardless of household registration type. This is decreed by the emperor. Do you want to resist the decree?"
"Dare you make any noise again? I'll beat you to death!" the sergeant sneered.
The children of Lehu muttered a few words, turned around and ran away? How could they dare to actually rush into the school grounds?
Wang Yuan did not discriminate against those with low status, but the people discriminated against them. Are they allowed to participate in martial arts? It can only be based on official notices.
Yu Dayou shook his head, took out his stamped ticket, and was quickly let in.
There is nothing to say about the content of the martial arts test, just archery, stone locks, riding skills, etc.? Except for riding skills and riding shooting? Yu Dayou took first place in them all.
The next day is the literary test? The location is at the county government office.
There are only three questions:
First? Which are the Seven Books of Martial Arts?
Second? What are Sun Bin’s ten formations?
Third? Civil affairs cannot be delayed. Try this sentence to discuss military matters.
The exam questions were randomly set by the county magistrate. The first two questions were very simple, but the third question actually tested the eight-part essay from "Mencius".
Ninety-nine percent of the candidates were confused by the eight-legged question and answered it in a confused manner.
Yu Dayou is familiar with the Four Books and the Book of Changes, and he can pick up the eight-legged essay at his fingertips. It is nothing more than the way of the people. If there is permanent property, there will be perseverance. If there is no permanent property, there will be no perseverance. When it comes to military affairs, it means that food and salary cannot be deducted, and soldiers must be motivated, so that they can fight.
Brave.
Did you know that the County Chief Examination for Liberal Arts did well in the County Examination? This was the first time for me to take the Martial Arts Examination, and I laughed out loud at the various articles written by reckless men. It wasn’t until I read Yu Dayou’s answer sheet that I said with emotion: “It’s a pity that such a literary talent should be regarded as a Confucian scholar.
You can only take the martial arts exam. Alas, the country has lost another talent, and he is the first in the case."
There are only three places for Wu Xiucai in Jinjiang County, and there is no tax preferential treatment. Yu Dayou successfully passed the exam and got the first place.
The second and third place were all children from military households. Not many children from civilian households and craftsmen households signed up, and their abilities were quite poor. How could they compete against military households?
Because Daning Guard was in urgent need of a large number of military attachés, Yu Dayou immediately left for Fuzhou after completing the county examination. He would take the rural martial arts examination in two months.
There are only ten places for the martial arts examination in Fujian, and the competition is more intense than the civil examination.
Yu Dayou ranked first in the rural examination again. Although equestrian and horseback shooting were behind him, personal martial arts was only the threshold. After passing the test, he could take the written examination and be ranked based on the written examination results.
Of the ten martial arts candidates in the province, nine are children of military families, and one is a military enthusiast who comes from a wealthy family.
After the provincial examination was over, I hurriedly took a boat to Beijing because time was so urgent. If the martial arts examiners from Guangxi and Yunnan were delayed a little, they would probably miss the martial arts examination.
Yu Dayou's family was not wealthy, and the provincial capital in Fujian Province gave him little travel expenses. After he came to Beijing, he could only rent private houses outside the city.
After settling in for a while, Yu Dayou went to the Chengnan Institute of Physics, wanting to appreciate the style of Wang Erlang's disciples.
As a super military fan who came from a military household, Yu Dayou certainly has an idol he admires, and that is the brave and unparalleled Wang Zhuangyuan!
Moreover, Zhao Benxue studied the arithmetic of the Book of Changes intensively and was naturally very good at mathematics. After Wang Yuan's new arithmetic was introduced to Fujian, Zhao Benxue immediately studied and adopted it, and passed it on to his disciple Yu Dayou.
Zhao Benxue once said to Yu Dayou: "Wang Shilang is victorious in a hundred battles and has innovated arithmetic. He must be proficient in the art of war. It is a pity that he cannot ask for advice in person. This is a great regret in life."
As soon as he entered the School of Physics, Yu Dayou saw Fang Xianfu giving a lecture.
After listening carefully for a moment, Yu Dayou felt very unhappy. Because of Fang Xianfu's theory of mind, Zhu Xi was attacked everywhere. Yu Dayou was a disciple of Cai Qing, and Cai Qing was a loyal admirer of Zhu Xi.
Actually, Cai Qing belongs to the revisionist school of Neo-Confucianism.
Zhu Xi said that there is reason first and then there is Qi. Cai Qing said that there is Qi first and then there is reason.
When Chen Baisha, the pioneer of mind science in the Ming Dynasty, was lecturing everywhere, Cai Qing was also lecturing everywhere. That is to say, when Wang Yangming was young, the ideological movement of the Ming Dynasty began, and Baisha mind science, represented by Chen Baisha, was born, and Cai Qing was also born.
Such a revisionist school of Neo-Confucianism.
Yu Dayou wanted to continue walking in, but was stopped by a student: "Please show the directions and register."
"You still need a road guide?" Yu Dayou asked in surprise.
The student explained: "Since the advent of the steam engine, the School of Physics has often been spied on by idle people. They always thought that there were secrets hidden in the academy, and they sent young men to steal it and made many laboratories into a mess. Therefore, in addition to the large lecture hall outside,
, if you want to go in again, you have to show the way."
Yu Dayou asked: "What is a steam engine?"
The student said: "A great invention that can be driven by coal to weave cloth. The new money of the Ming Dynasty was also cast by a steam engine. The brothers are also developing ship-borne steam engines. Perhaps one day, large ships on the water can also be driven by coal and survive without wind.
Travel thousands of miles."
Yu Dayou was surprised: "There is such a divine thing!"
The student smiled and said: "There is no limit to the extremes of physics, and there is no limit to what I know in my heart. This is Zhu Zi's sage words. I, the School of Physics, follow them and take it as our duty to explore the avenue of all things. Everything in the world can be used by me."
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"Brilliant!" Although Yu Dayou didn't know what the avenue of physics was, he sounded very impressive.
After taking out his road sign and registering at the door, Yu Dayou walked into the inner courtyard and was told not to break into the laboratory at will.
There are six classrooms in total, and the students come from three sources: first, traditional scholars who have joined the School of Physics; second, students from Hangzhou and Tianjin Technology and Business Colleges; and third, children from the capital who directly study in the colleges.
Two of the trio from Hangzhou Technology and Business University are currently studying in the School of Physics.
Fang Lingxi, who was born in Lehu, is already a top student in the school of physics. Xu Zhi, from the Xu family in Jiangyin, was sent to the School of Physics through connections. As for Yoshitaka Ouchi, he has returned to Japan and is fighting for copper mines with his father.
"Dear classmates, I have been practicing physics for thirteen years. I just received a letter from home. Unfortunately, my father passed away due to illness, so I returned to North Korea to attend the funeral," Liu Mei said, clasping her fists, "Farewell!"
Many classmates expressed their condolences and gathered around Liu Mei to see him off.
Yu Dayou caught a student and asked in surprise: "There are still Korean disciples in your academy?"
The student proudly said: "That's Senior Brother Liu Meiliu. He used to be the Hucao Counselor of North Korea, equivalent to the Minister of Hubu in the Ming Dynasty. When Senior Brother Liu was sent to the Ming Dynasty as an envoy, he realized the path of physics in our school and immediately decided to stay.
Become a disciple. Now, he has been studying physics for thirteen years and is already a great scholar in our sect."
Yu Dayou was secretly shocked that North Korea's Minister of Household Affairs actually stayed in China for thirteen years in order to learn the path of physics.
Yu Dayou ran to visit the classroom. He stood outside the classroom and listened to the lectures inside. Some of them could understand, but others were like reading from heaven and had no idea what the hell they were talking about.
Then I went to visit the laboratory, where there were a lot of messy stuff.
"Haha, I saw it, those little bugs are really moving! Yeast is actually countless living things!" A student shouted at the microscope.
"Really, let me see!"
“It’s incredible!”
"Try looking at something else."
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Just a few days ago, craftsmen finally used glass to polish a microscope slide with a magnification of 300 times. Under a low-magnification microscope, only small particles of yeast could be seen, which immediately began to swim under this new microscope.