After seeing the people in the Ryukyus, Luo proposed to prepare to set off for Fujian. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info occupied Fuzhou, and now that the whole of Fujian has been returned to the Holy Kingdom, Luo Gang suggested that the naval division station be moved from Xiamen to Fuzhou.

Feng Yunshan remembered the black ship incident in Yueben, so he told Luo Outline what he thought in his heart, and asked Luo Outline to hurry back to Fujian, and prepare to lead the Fifth Division to go to Yueben, almost at the same time as Perry, to fight for the interests of the Holy Country.

At the same time, he also told the Fifth Division that it was ready to seize the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang and control the estuary of the Yangtze River, although it could not block the control of Shanghi, but at least it was a deterrent, reducing the total trade volume of foreigners in the two ports of Shanghai and Ningbo, and forcing the foreigners to slowly transfer trade with China from Shanghai back to Guangzhou and Xiamen.

In addition, Feng Yunshan explained to Luo Xuan that he planned to re-form a new naval division as soon as the warships ordered from the United States arrived, and at that time he might transfer half of the manpower from the Fifth Division to the new naval division. Therefore, after going back, let Luo Gang recruit some sailors in places such as Ryukyu and Fuken to replenish the manpower and get ready.

After sending Luo Outline away, Feng Yunshan suddenly remembered something.

There is too little talent on hand. As early as when he inspected Shaozhou Mansion, he thought about reopening the imperial examination, but as soon as he got busy, he delayed it until now.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was nothing to do now, Feng Yunshan called Xu Xiangguang, deputy minister of the Ministry of Medical Education, to discuss the second imperial examination of the Holy Kingdom.

This time, Feng Yunshan no longer personally served as the chief examiner, but appointed Xu Xiangguang as the chief examiner, and Xu Youren, the former political envoy of the former Mu Nanbu and the current deputy governor of the Central Bank of the Holy Country, who had just surrendered, served as the deputy chief examiner. In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for assisting Zhang Luo and setting up the examination room.

Although the imperial examination was in a hurry, Feng Yunshan requested that the "Nanfang Daily" be publicized as soon as possible and that the matter of the imperial examination be widely publicized, and it is believed that more people will come to participate. Moreover, with the expansion of the sphere of influence of the Holy Kingdom, the population under its rule is increasing, and the Holy Kingdom is becoming more and more recognized by the people under its rule, I believe that there will be more and more scholars who are willing to participate in the imperial examination and come to serve.

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On the 25th day of the first lunar month, the weather was still a little cold. Due to the war, there are surprisingly few ships on the water surface of the Yangtze River.

A passenger ship sailing from Wuchang to Jingzhou Mansion sailed alone against the current, sailing on the murky river.

In the cabin, wrapped in a thin and worn cotton jacket, Li Xian shivered, touched his forehead, seemed to be a little burned again, and couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Li Xian is a person from Handan, Hebei, smart since childhood, at the age of thirteen he became a Xiucai, and at the age of seventeen, he became a person in the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately since then the luck has been gone, and he has been named Sun Shan for three consecutive examinations in Beijing. Since then, Li Xian broke off the idea of taking the imperial examination, sold the two acres of land left by his deceased parents, and made a mess.

Two years ago, Li Xian accidentally read a physics book compiled by a foreigner, and found it very interesting, and became interested for a while, searched for Western books and studied them, and was naturally very proficient in the science of Western affairs.

Originally in Wuchang City for half a year as a private school Mr., who knew that the Taiping army in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River was preparing to attack Wuchang, Li Xian followed the main family and hurriedly escaped, recently remembered that there was a distant relative in Jingzhou Mansion, so he took a passenger boat to Jingzhou, who knew that the way was actually caused by a cold and sick.

Fortunately, the main family treated him well, and sent a servant to boil some ginger soup, and it was finally better.

"Mr. Li, if you want me to say, you still don't go to Jingzhou Mansion to find any distant relatives, now that there is war everywhere, I heard that the holy country in the south is also attacking Jingzhou Mansion, so it is better to follow us to Yuezhou Mansion. Now Yuezhou Mansion is the territory of the Holy Country, and it is relatively stable. A middle-aged man with a horse-faced face with high cheekbones couldn't help but persuade when he saw Li Xian's pitiful appearance.

"Thank you for your kindness! It's just that Li has no relatives and no friends in Yuezhou Mansion, what are you going to do? Li should go to Jingzhou Mansion to see the situation first. Li Xian rejected the kindness of the main family, and he did not want to be a private family school.

When the lord saw that he refused, he did not persuade him any more.

A day later, they soon arrived at the wharf outside Yuezhou City.

The passenger ship stayed at the west wharf of Yuezhou City for most of the day, the boatman wanted to buy vegetables, meat, rice, grain and other food, and the main family got off the passenger ship when they arrived in Yuezhou, Li Xian felt sick, so he got off the boat, and while sending the main house, he wanted to see the cultural scenery of Yuezhou, especially the Yueyang Tower, which was bound to go for a walk.

Farewell to the protagonist, Li Xian looked up and saw that Yueyang Tower was already in his eyes. Li Xian hurriedly entered the west gate of Yuezhou City, went up to the west city wall, and came to the bottom of Yueyang Tower.

I just wanted to enter the building, but I found that at the gate on the first floor, a group of people gathered there, and two notices were posted on two of the four pillars.

Li Xian couldn't care about this, he was in a hurry to go upstairs, and just wanted to push the crowd in, but was told that he had to read the notice carefully before he was allowed to go upstairs.

Li Xian saw that inside the gate, there were really several soldiers in light green military uniforms, holding brand knives.

Li Xian couldn't smile bitterly, there was such a strange request?

In desperation, he followed everyone and looked up at the notice, but on the left was a notice page of the "Nanfang Daily", which announced that the Holy Kingdom was about to hold the second opening of the Department on the fifth day of the second month of February, and all scholars in the world could go to the five cities of Guangzhou, Guilin, Changsha, Nanchang, and Fuzhou in the Holy Kingdom to participate in the opening of the Science and Technology Ceremony organized by the Holy King's Palace. Moreover, as long as the on-site preliminary examination is passed, all the expenses and food and accommodation of the candidates will be borne by the Holy King's Palace.

This is really a beautiful thing. However, Li Xian has already cut off the heart of the imperial examination, even if he participates, he can't pass the exam, so why bother?

Li Xian shook his head, and then looked at the pillar on the right, but it was a notice of opening a department.

It is written that the majority of scholars are not only from families, regardless of their background, they are free to apply for the examination and are admitted on the basis of merit. In addition, this imperial examination is divided into two categories: Chinese studies and Western studies.

When Li Xian saw Western studies, he was a little interested. Take a closer look at it, Chinese culture is still the same as always, such as scriptures, current affairs, historical books, and Bagu texts. Western studies, on the other hand, are divided into several categories, such as physics, chemistry, arithmetic, astronomy, meteorology, geography, mechanics, military, finance, medicine, etc., and a reference book is also listed: "New Edition of Naturalism".

Others can't understand it, but Li Xian has studied Western studies in the past two years, which can be said to be just right.

"A New Edition of Naturalism"? Isn't this the book I stumbled upon last year and was fascinated by?

He shuddered: Isn't this just tailor-made for himself? I can't pass the Chinese culture exam, but this Western study can just be tried.

In an instant, he, who was originally as calm as water, immediately felt excited. Li Xian was anxious to look down further, the specific application method:

Those who pass the preliminary examination through the on-site assessment will be funded by the Fuxue and sent to Changsha, the provincial capital, for the final examination.

Unable to go to the Yueyang Tower of Nalaoshzi, Li Xian asked where Ming Fuxue was, and rushed to squeeze away from everyone and ran to Fuxue.