Chapter 798 There is a Dragon Phoenix Shop on the Road

As a catering street in the capital, four years after entering Zhengde, the popularity of the West Street in the Imperial City is getting higher and higher. The main reason is of course the increasingly regular league, but the inherent charm of the Forbidden City and the thriving prosperity of the entire capital are also affected.

At the same time, the prosperity of the capital is different from the adjacent Tianjin.

The latter is a large industrial area where people have clear goals, so they are very busy all day long. Only after the sun sets, the popularity of various service facilities will increase. Most of the time, there are only a few people there during the day.

The capital is a comprehensive place, with all kinds of people everywhere, and everything here makes people feel fresh and difficult to make a decision. Now, the most crowded people are scholars from all over the world, and they are also here to take the exam, but the scholars no longer stare at the Chunxian or the Imperial College, but are concentrated on the academy.

Confucianism, as a prominent scholar, has declined. If it does not change its course, it can only choose to go overseas to fight for the future or go to the Hanlin Academy to live a lifetime. Today, the Hanlin Academy is no longer the precious place of the past. Although the difficulty of admission to the hospital is lower than in the past, compared to the future, it is simply a bad choice.

In the past, even if the Hanlin Academy was not powerful and could not make any progress, at least he could hold his hands and write about history, and control the reputation that the world valued most. If he was promoted smoothly, it would be even more amazing. The Hanlin Academy is the only way to enthrone the cabinet and become the prime minister.

Now, there are only two responsibilities left in the Hanlin Academy, one is academic research, that is, the removal of the drought and essence of Confucianism. Because without the support from the court, those who were originally scared and rude to the point of being so scary that they naturally could not make any move. If anyone is shameless, then the Hanlin Academy will be out of position.

The Marquis said it well: When doing academic research, you must be realistic. There is no real evidence. Those who are boundlessly sought after Confucian sages can only be treated as ulterior motives.

The second is to study history. This time, it was not ancient history, but Confucian history. The Marquis named it "Scholars and Foreign Histories", which mainly lists the lives of celebrities of Confucianism. In foreign history, it is not allowed to praise the morality of a great Confucian scholar. It can only describe the life story of this person, where he was an official, and how much his political achievements were during his period. Even the family property of the person before and after he became an official was examined.

There are many Confucians who are knowledgeable, but they don’t know that this is Xie Hong’s strategy to beat the dog in the water? But even though they know, if they don’t write, they will write it. If it is replaced by those Legalists or even the believers of the Mohist school, it will be really fatal.

What Confucianism emphasizes is that only one person has virtue and reputation, so no matter what he actually did, this person is a respected and kind person. Therefore, after looking at the history of the country, I saw that since the founding of the country, there have been many famous officials and good people.

Now that the verdict is about to be overturned, the Legal disciples pay attention to research and are the most serious. They may not be able to find out the distance, or some omissions are missing, but the figures in this dynasty are not difficult. However, the school that has been destroyed but has suddenly been revived by Xie Hong is completely opposite to Confucianism.

Confucianism emphasizes ethics, while Mohism advocates equality and love; Confucianism has always been a king inside and sage outside, while Mohism is the opposite; in the era when hundreds of schools of thought contend in the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius once angrily denounced Modi as a "beast", and the latter was extremely disdainful of Confucius.

The Mohist theory was not favored by the grassroots rule. After Confucianism came to power, it spared no effort to suppress it. It is not an exaggeration to describe the hatred and conflicts in ideas between the two sides as irreconcilable.

Although Confucian scholars did not know that the behavior was very similar to the legendary Mohist children and their methods were also decisive. Why did Xie Hong not kill all the Confucians? But they knew very well that the other party's identity was beyond doubt and that his disdain for Confucianism was also clearly shown.

If they took out the things they used to do, did some passive and slackening, or even strike tricks, they would not be ruthless. At worst, they would just change to another group of people. The Legalists would be fine. If they were replaced by Mohist schools who valued both love and studied history, then no famous officials since the Han Dynasty would have left a good reputation. Who made Confucianism always pay attention to the ignorance of the people and governing them?

Therefore, it is well known that Confucian scholars in the Hanlin Academy have had a hard time, and this situation will last for a long time. However, books over the years cannot be read in vain. Scholars always have to find a way out, and changing careers has become an urgent task.

Most of the scholars received the news in their hometown and rushed over. The rumors were always a little distorted. Before arriving in the capital, the scholars were also worried and imagined the situation so bad that they could not be more terrible, but when they arrived at the place, they were not that scary at all.

The first problem they face is to abandon Confucianism and change their studies, which is similar to changing religious beliefs. Using a buzzword can be said to be redemption, which is a very important behavior in religious teaching. However, except for a few nerds and stubborn people, others can easily overcome the psychological barrier of giving up their faith.

Confucianism produces nerds like idiots. In fact, that was the impression that the Qing Dynasty Tartars left after they entered the pass. Because the Tartars themselves were stupid and did not want others to be smarter than them, they should be as ignorant as possible in the end, and even scholars were foolish, which led to a large number of idiots coming out.

The academic atmosphere and academic achievements of the Ming Dynasty were much higher than those in the later period of fall. After all, Confucianism is a combination of ruling science and political science, plus history and philosophy. People who can learn such knowledge well cannot be too stupid.

These people are not only not stupid, but also have extremely flexible brains. Otherwise, there would not be so many surrendered officials in the late Ming Dynasty. The ritual of righteousness and death is what literati like to talk about the most, and following the current situation is what literati do the most often.

In this regard, it is no different from before. Instead, the choices are more diverse, so not only are there nothing scary, but it also makes people have more expectations. What makes the scholars embarrassed is how to choose.

"Brother Weng, the School of Law and Administration will be able to become an official in the future. No matter how you look at it, these two places are more promising, and they are more similar to what we have learned in the past. Why do you have to hesitate?"

Before choosing a subject, the scholars were idle. Just like before, they were taking the exam, everyone gathered together to call on friends. In the past, such gatherings were mostly for the purpose of making a name for themselves, but now they took out the information they found out together to discuss it as a credential for the final choice.

"Yes, the same is true for inquiry. Although I went to the Academy of Engineering and would have the opportunity to become an official in the Ministry of Industry in the future, it was not as direct as those two places. As for other things... the business school also seems to have the opportunity to become an official. Mr. Li's son seemed to have the official position because of this. However, their people were sent overseas, and I don't know why."

Several scholars gathered together and discussed enthusiastically, and the topic was the one that the people in the capital had been tired of listening to. These people were too focused on the discussion, otherwise someone would have noticed the disdainful gazes in the store.

"The head of the house, Erfu is going to attract customers. What are you going to do?" In a shop at the intersection of the street, the proprietress with an apron looked at her man in confusion, who was pulling and tugging with the guy.

"We don't have business, why do we do this kind of person? We don't look at the world, but we are still obsessed with being an official. I want to be stupid. If we still have those original ideas and really enter the yamen, we will stay there soon. Do you think it's still a corrupt official who is rampant and protects each other? I don't do business with such person, do you know, it's bad luck!"

The shop owner cursed and pulled the guy back to the store, and chased the boss's wife back to the kitchen. In the early years, he had been blackmailed by corrupt officials and gangsters. Now, he is really frustrated.

"The young man just hasn't figured out the status quo, it's not... OK, okay, if I don't do their business, I can do the kitchen, right? It's a hot day, so just say a few words."

Several scholars did not notice the small episode here, and the debate continued.

"A few of you said it well, but Weng heard something different..." The scholar surnamed Weng is a very long-sized person, about thirty years old, with a mature face and a steady behavior. When his companion spoke out his opinions, he did not speak out. He then spoke slowly until no one said anything new.

"Last year, the world gathered in the capital. As soon as they entered the capital, they could only hear everyone talking about the ivy..." Everyone knew the old story he said, but everyone knew his nature and knew that there must be some information. He was not impatient, and no one urged him.

"At that time, most people's ideas were similar to me. The number of new students recruited by the academy was the most popular in the School of Political Science and Law, and was therefore divided into the Second Court of Administration and Law. However, you can know that by the time of enrollment this spring, more than 30% of those who studied politics and law had transferred to the department, and most of the new students were engineering?"

"Ah? Take this matter seriously?" Several scholars were all surprised.

"But when we go to the academy to register for the information, why no one knows it? Aren't those governors claiming to be full of words? If they don't say it, then... will this matter be a misinformation?"

"I asked about this from a classmate, brother Yu from Hanzhong Mansion. He also came to take the exam last year and then entered the School of Political Science and Technology. Now he has transferred to business..." The scholar surnamed Weng explained.

"Is it Yu Tongwen from Hanzhong Prefecture?" These people spoke with Sichuan voice, and scholars from the two rivers often interacted, and were familiar with the people Weng Shusheng said.

"Yu Tongwen is a square person, and is a kind and elegant man with Brother Weng. Since he said this, there should be no mistakes, but, among them..." He held up a word and said, as the saying goes: No businessman is treacherous, and people's impression of businessmen is sleek and cunning. For example, with the same temperament as Yu and Weng, can they learn business?

"Oh, this capital is really weird." His doubts finally turned into a sigh.

"It's... strange, please see, there is such a shop here... weird, so weird." The scholar surnamed Weng nodded in a slight sense of his head. He was about to explain what he heard, but suddenly heard a scream from his side. When he turned around, he saw a companion pointing at a shop sign, his fingers were trembling.

"The Dragon and Phoenix Store is open opposite the Forbidden City..." Several scholars were shocked when they saw it in the voice.

What is this store? Provoking the emperor? Or seducing the emperor to consume? No one cares about doing things like this. Is there any other way around the capital?

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