My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 272 Advanced Use of Media

"Third sister, fourth uncle, don't drink, don't worry..."

Li Han hummed the song he had modified while frantically pressing the keyboard and mouse.

"Big Head, take this stick from me!"

A few days ago, the top-of-the-line computer I bought online arrived. I quickly connected to the Internet and bought a Black Monkey. I stayed up all night that night, but ended up falling down under Big Head's big feet several times.

This made Li Han very angry, and the next day he simply hung up a sign saying he was out purchasing goods, closed the shop, and stayed in the bedroom to deal with Datou.

He even ignored calls from Li Momo and Xu Nian. Several times when the two came to his house, Li Han pretended not to be at home.

But for several days in a row, Li Han hadn't even seen Guangzhi. All of them died at the hands of Datou. This made him wonder if he was really clumsy?
When the man of destiny in Li Han's hand fell down again, he, who had always been well-mannered, almost threw away the keyboard and mouse in his hands. Fortunately, the expensive price of the keyboard and mouse saved his life. With a price of nearly one thousand yuan, Li Han was reluctant to throw it away.

After pausing the game, he walked into the yard. Suddenly, he heard a crisp "clang" sound coming from the warehouse, followed by a "rumble", as if something fell to the ground and rolled over.

Could it be that a rat had entered the warehouse?

Li Han was shocked. The things in the warehouse were worth hundreds of millions and could not be damaged by rats.

He quickly opened the warehouse door and walked in, and saw something like a furnace lying under his feet. Upon closer inspection, wasn't this the Long Yu Tian Ji Furnace?
Wasn’t the model of the Long Yu Tian Ji Furnace placed in my bedroom? Why is it here?
Li Han was a little confused for a moment. Was this a supernatural event or...

Then he slapped his head and thought, "I've been playing games so hard. This is it! Lao Zhu has sent me a new model!"
I quickly picked it up and checked it carefully. Fortunately, the model was not damaged at all.

I walked to the mailbox again and found that the door was wide open, and there was actually a Dragon Controlling Tianji Furnace inside!

Li Han's eyes suddenly widened, his mouth opened, and his expression was a little surprised. Why did Old Zhu send two models?
It seems that the mailbox cannot fit two Long Yu Tian Ji Furnaces, so one of them was squeezed out.

But what does it mean that Lao Zhu made two?
Li Han picked up one of them and took a look. He saw Xu Nian's name engraved on the base, in a flamboyant style with a gold border.

"Hiss~ Could it be that the other one is made for Li Momo?"

He took another one out of the mailbox, held it up and saw that, as expected, Li Momo's name was engraved on it.

"Tsk tsk, this Old Zhu is really good at acting on his own, huh!"

Li Han muttered to himself as he took the letter out of the mailbox and walked out holding a model in one hand.

Not to mention, the Dragon Controlling Tianji Furnace is quite heavy. It is quite difficult to carry two at a time. Old Zhu is absolutely willing to spend a lot of materials.

Returning to the room and putting the model down, Li Han took out the letter and opened it, only to see a USB flash drive fell out.

What kind of tricks is Old Zhu playing? Li Han looked at the USB drive in surprise. Could it be that there were some secrets of the Ming Dynasty in it that could only be seen by him?
Li Han's eyes suddenly lit up. Hehe, this is unknown history. I, Old Li, am the only one in the world who knows it!

Thinking of this, Li Han couldn't help but get excited, and became more and more curious. He quickly unfolded the letter and read it carefully to see what good things Lao Zhu had sent him.

Daming has already started the construction of railways and locomotives. Li Han nodded with satisfaction and praised Lao Zhu for his high efficiency. Li Han was a little surprised about the new technical official school. The ideas of Lao Zhu and Li Min for building the school were not exactly the same as the current education system of primary schools, middle schools and universities, but at least they were the same.

Of course he knew a little about Li Min. He was a pragmatic scholar-minister during the Hongwu period. In the original history, he was a man who built water conservancy projects and roads, was an honest official with remarkable achievements, and was one of the few second-rank officials who had a good end under Zhu Yuanzhang.

The fact that he was able to come up with the idea of ​​building institutions of higher learning and secondary schools shows that he has some brains. Doesn't this also mean that historical development is actually converging?

When Li Han saw the resistance from the upright officials in the court, he was not surprised at all.

Confucianism has gradually become one of the core values ​​of Chinese culture since Dong Zhongshu's "abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone". It has developed since the Tang and Song dynasties, especially the emergence of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, which injected fresh blood into Confucianism and reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this Ming Dynasty refers to the Ming Dynasty in which he did not intervene.

Confucianism itself is developing, and the official recruitment system rooted in Confucianism has also been advancing with the times.

The system of recommendation replaced the system in which aristocrats monopolized the court in the pre-Qin period, and was later developed to its extreme by the system of nine-rank selection, thus forming a monopoly of the aristocratic families.

The imperial examination system was founded in the Sui Dynasty and gradually formed a system in the Tang Dynasty. However, Huang Chao's "When my flower blooms, all other flowers will die" started the road to slaughtering the aristocratic families. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, various military governors were on the road of slaughtering the aristocratic families. The aristocratic families were slaughtered to pieces, which in a sense cleared the way for the continued growth of the imperial examination system.

It was not until the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties that a consensus on the imperial examination system was gradually formed throughout China, completely replacing the old system of recruiting officials through aristocratic families. This allowed literati to fully enter the political arena and completely gain the right to speak.

If nothing unexpected happens, the literati in the Ming Dynasty will gradually develop into an increasingly perverted political force until the Qing Dynasty when the great Confucian scholars debated Confucianism. In the Republic of China, Confucianism was deconstructed again, and then picked up again in the modern 21st century, infused with new needs of the times.

But as expected, an accident still happened, and Li Han was that accident.

To be fair, according to the original history, during the Hongwu period, literati and scholars were basically a progressive force, but now they have become a stumbling block to industrial development.

Confucianism and the imperial examination system can be said to be a pair of complementary twins. The combination of the two will allow literati to always control the government.

Don’t you see that we still rely on examinations to select talents? This is a path dependence that has been formed over thousands of years.

Of course, the fact that the examination system has survived to this day has its value. Although it has been criticized a lot, at least in terms of fairness, examinations still have incomparable advantages.

It can be seen from the letter that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to hold an imperial examination for technology, which undoubtedly touched upon the core interests of the literati.

This is even more hateful than digging up someone's ancestral graves!
But Lao Zhu is right. It is imperative to carry out technical scientific research. If the industry wants to develop continuously, it cannot do without a large industrial population.

As for how to deal with the obstacles posed by literati, Li Han sighed and said, "Old Zhu, your thinking is still too limited."

I asked you to run a newspaper. Do you think it is just for propaganda? I have told you long ago that the core value of a newspaper lies in controlling the right to speak!

I taught you how to use newspapers for propaganda at the academic conference, so this time I will teach you how to use the media to carry out united front work!
Li Han thought for a moment, took out a pen and paper, and wrote down his ideas.

(End of this chapter)