Under the clamor of the old-fashioned scholars, many officials who were interested in applying for the Tongwenguan finally retreated. As a result, only 30 of the 98 applicants were admitted, and because the quality of the admitted ones was too low, 20 were soon eliminated, leaving 10 people, and only 5 people graduated. The Westernists originally hoped to train a group of middle and high-level officials who were proficient in Western studies through the Tongwenkan, but this plan almost died at the same time.

For this reason, Yi Zeng pointed out angrily: "When the imperial history Zhang Shengzao played this matter, after the edict was issued, there was no shortage of people who applied for the examination in the Yamen; Since the initiative of the Japanese people, the scholars and doctors of the various provinces of Beijing have gathered to discuss privately, and the law has blocked them, and even incited people with nonsense rumors, and there are no more applicants for the examination in the Yamen. It is the way of the ministers who have not lost the hearts of the people, and the people of the people have lost, and the advocates of floating words have also lost. ”

Yu Lingchen, the secretary of Guanglu Temple, also believed: "Astronomical arithmetic recruits people on the right path, and for several months, there are many disputes, and day by day, or there are not one or two people in a province who are willing to apply, or only one or two people in a province are willing to apply. As soon as there are others, they are despised by their fellow villagers and fellow people. The husband knows that he is lined up by the public opinion, and he comes with a negative anger, and the comer is not sympathetic, and the attacker leaves no room for it. ”

There was no solution to this matter for a while, so I had to put it on hold and discuss it again, so after the political affairs were over, the queen mother asked about the trivial matters in the Beijing Division, the two of them were talking, and they told outside, saying that the emperor was coming, Prince Gong hurriedly stood up, stood up with his hands down, and the Tongzhi Emperor entered the Bitong Academy and saw Prince Gong slightly surprised, "The son asked the emperor to say goodbye, and the sixth uncle is also there." ”

"Yes," Prince Gong saw that the emperor was coming, and hurriedly saluted.

The Empress Dowager smiled at Emperor Tongzhi and nodded, "This is the end of class?" ”

"Yes," Prince Gong, the emperor of Tongzhi, "got up early to learn bows and arrows, and went to the lecture again, so I came to the emperor to say goodbye." ”

"If you're busy, you don't have to say hello every day," said the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"My son is not busy, my son also goes to Changchun Immortal Hall every day, this is my son's filial piety, and I don't dare to be lazy." Emperor Tongzhi hurriedly said.

Changchun Immortal Pavilion is where Ci'an lives, Cixi nodded, "Did you use a snack?" Then go to the dormitory to rest. ”

Emperor Tongzhi shook his head, "Erchen still has to carry King Liang Hui, don't dare to delay, so I will go back to Kyushu Qingyan," Seeing that the Queen Mother was indifferent, she had to prepare to leave in a daze, "You have to carry it out to get out of the garden." ”

The Queen Mother couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard that she was out of the garden, why didn't I think of this layer? Isn't there a Jumbo-type main force in front of you! The Queen Mother stopped the emperor, "Emperor, there is an opportunity to go out of the garden now, are you willing to go?" If you don't want to, that's it. ”

Emperor Tongzhi was overjoyed, and rushed to the queen mother with an arrow step, "My son is willing to go, where is this going?" ”

The Queen Mother pointed directly at Prince Gong who was standing on the side, "This matter will be handed over to your sixth uncle." ”

"The queen mother laughed, how dare the slave take the emperor out of the garden, the emperor is the world, how can he easily get out of the palace, in case of a mistake, how can the slave afford it." Prince Gong hurriedly waved his hand, this kind of thing is better than one less thing, how can it be good to take care of things.

"My good sixth uncle," the emperor hurriedly said to Prince Gong with a sneering face, "It doesn't matter where you go, you always have to go out for a walk," the Queen Mother glared at herself, and Emperor Tongzhi hurriedly explained, "This is also what the emperor means, to combine work and rest." ”

"The Queen Mother?" Prince Gong questioned the Jubilee.

"Sixth Master, you just take him out," the Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, "This is the method I have come up with for you!" ”……

"Foreigners take ship guns as their lives, do not hesitate to pour thousands of millions of money, exhaust the minds of hundreds of millions of people, and accumulate hundreds of years of power, but they can be as strong as this. If Middle-earth is added to this, after a hundred years, it will be self-reliant. Zhou Fu put down the fold in his hand and said admirably to Li Hongzhang, who was drinking tea, "Lord Futai's fold is really wonderful. ”

"I don't expect him to be wonderful," Li Hongzhang took a sip of tea, "Only those nerds in the Hanlin Academy think that this world is still the kingdom of China's Celestial Empire, and the days when all nations come to the dynasty, it's ridiculous," Li Hongzhang was a little disdainful, "In the old days, several colleagues who compiled books in the Wuying Palace also wrote letters to admonish me, telling me not to make mistakes, if I get entangled with foreigners and corrupt the Chinese Sven, they will cut off relations with me, what a joke, a group of rotten Confucians, fortunately I got out of those places as soon as possible, if you want me to say, If Confucius and Mencius dealt with muskets and foreign cannons, then so many scholars in China, everyone could resist the foreigners," Li Hongzhang laughed dumbly, "If you don't go to the East China Sea, you don't know how big the sea is, these people are trapped in the pile of old papers, and they will inevitably sit in the well and watch the sky, and they will come to persuade me, if I am so pedantic, how can I achieve a career, how can I be the governor of Shanghai today!" Lao Zao, like Wu Ren, was disliked by others, and was idle for a long time. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )

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