Sprout of the Extra Story (Put both hands in pockets for the lord and no one loves
In the fourth year of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, Chang'an.
"No, I'm going to be late."
At dawn, Jiang Cang hurried out of the house and ran towards the Chang'an Gemological Garden.
I ran past a teahouse in a street and saw that it was crowded with people inside and outside.
"Listen to the newspaper, the Datang Times we picked up from Kaifeng overnight has arrived, half an hour faster than the Chang'an newspaper office!" Dr. Youcha stood on the second floor and shouted: "Those who want to hear the newspaper have paid the tea fee.
, wait for me to read the newspaper."
"Breaking news!"
Jiang Cang shouted at the top of his lungs, spoiling today's big news in advance.
"Master Wang has taken Baozhou, and the restoration of the Central Plains is just around the corner!"
He just couldn't stand the fact that this teahouse didn't even have enough seats, yet he still had to buy tea and listen to the newspaper. Why not drink tea standing up?
"This little kid!"
Sure enough, the teahouse owner was so angry that he immediately chased him out.
Now that Wang's army was on the Northern Expedition, the same news came out and was published by various sources. There must be a time difference, and many businessmen took advantage of it to make money. He also spent a little money to buy the news, but he didn't want to be disturbed by this kid.
Fortunately, most tea drinkers did not leave because of this.
Jiang Cang looked back, feeling proud.
He was twenty years old this year, a time when he was in high spirits.
His family is full of high-ranking officials, his father is Jing Zhaoyin, his eldest sister has just been promoted to the deputy envoy of the Third Division, and his brother-in-law is the minister of the Ministry of Works. He also has a step-sister who is a virtuous concubine. As for the step-brother-in-law, he is naturally the emperor.
.
With such a family background, at this moment he was wearing a green shirt and had no entourage behind him.
Not long after walking, there was a travel-worn woman standing on the street ahead with a bag on her back, looking around. Because she caught Jiang Cang's eyes, she stepped forward and asked, "This gentleman, what are you doing over there?
"
"Listen to the report."
The woman didn't understand and asked again: "What is that?"
Jiang Cang was in a hurry and wanted to walk away after a hasty answer. But when he turned around, he found that her dusty face... was actually very pretty.
It is a beauty rarely seen in the north.
Jiang Cang was no longer as frivolous as before and asked: "From your accent, do you think you are from Sichuan?"
"Yes, my little girl's ancestral home is Jingyan, Sichuan."
"What a coincidence. My mother is also from Jingyan, but I grew up in Syria."
"My little girl grew up in Jiangzhou. Due to the famine, she fled back to Sichuan. Later, she heard that her only relative had come to Chang'an, so she came to look for her relatives. She was running out of money and wanted to find something to do. I don't know where they are.
do what?"
"That's a business that has emerged in the past two years, newspaper readers. Without any other skills, as long as you are literate, you can make a lot of money by reading newspapers to people every day. Oh, I also collect newspapers from past years and give them to those who are not informed or who are not familiar with the news.
When people go to Guanzhong to read, some people will come to them for the serialized stories above, buy a pot of tea and pay twenty coins, and then they can listen to it for an hour."
"As long as you can read, you can do it?" The woman's eyes lit up.
Jiang Cang said: "If you were literate, you would have plenty of things to do. It's strange, a talented girl comes here, she should be hired away at the gate of the city."
"Maybe I entered the city too early?"
Jiang Cang looked over and saw that her eyes were slightly curved when she smiled, and she was very beautiful.
He also laughed, raised his hand and pointed, and said: "If you go west from this street, you can see the sheds for recruiting civil servants, sir, accounting houses, government offices, and other shops."
"Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Lang."
Jiang Cang continued walking towards Chang'an Gemological Garden, suddenly feeling a little annoyed.
I don't know whether he was annoyed that he wasted time by talking to this woman, or whether he was annoyed that he didn't ask her where she lived.
But he had something important to do today, so he patted his head and continued to move forward.
"Boom."
The bell rang, and everyone in the public room of Gewuyuan began to do what they were doing.
Nowadays, the Ordnance Factory, Wuhan Institute and other yamen have been separated from the Gewu Institute, and the academic skills studied here are mostly for civilian use.
Jiang Cang has little qualifications and can only serve in the third outer courtyard of Gewuyuan.
When he walked into the public room, he saw a two-wheeled bicycle on a large table, and two young men were busy adjusting the chain on it.
"Have you all read the newspaper?"
"Looking at it, it's obvious that Master Wang will defeat Meng Yuan before we can build the two-wheeled vehicle."
Jiang Cang said: "You really expect the soldiers to ride across the Yanshan Mountains on this thing you built that kills people without paying for their lives. It's not like there is no fodder for the horses."
"The strange thing is that we never found the rubber."
The Institute of Gewu Yuan published a booklet that records many inventions, principles, materials, and some wild ideas. It is said that His Majesty convened the wise men from all over the world to discuss the book and wrote it, called "Illustrated Guide to the Direction of Gewu in the Future."
It is a thick book with text and pictures inside.
Over the years, Gewuyuan has implemented a small part of it, proving that some of the above content can be achieved, and therefore can often serve as their guidance.
Jiang Cang took a look and said: "On page 10 of the material chapter, rubber is taken from a certain tree somewhere overseas. It is soft and tough."
It's not that he doesn't remember, but that's what it says.
"You can carry it all."
"Yeah." Jiang Cang asked again, "Have you all read the newspaper?"
"I told you, I've seen it."
"Ha, don't you only read the front page of the newspaper?"
"Is there anything more worthy of discussion than the investigation of things?"
"Haha." Jiang Cang took off the newspaper hanging on the wall, turned to the back page, clicked on it, and placed it in front of them.
A colleague looked over and said something.
"'The way of learning lies in the daily use of the people, not just the sages'? The Times really publishes a page every day with some boring discussions."
Jiang Cang said angrily: "You didn't even watch it, how do you know it's boring?"
“If you can’t apply what you’ve learned and just scold and fight all the time, it’s certainly boring.”
"You see clearly, it was the fake Taoist scholar who published their article first the day before yesterday, and this... Leshan lay scholar published an article to refute their article. You see, the fake Taoist scholar claims to be a saint and wants to set the standards for stupid men and women in the world. Leshan
It is no different for the lay people to descend from heaven to the people, and everyone can read the holy scriptures to refute them."
"Okay, let me take a look."
Jiang Cang pointed and said: "Look, fake Taoism said before that women are short-sighted and cannot tolerate Taoism. If they can't leave the boudoir for three steps, Leshan lay people asked them, if they don't leave the boudoir for three steps, how can they know that they are not worthy of Taoism? Look again.
These few sentences, 'For example, the rivers, Huaihe, lakes and Han are all water, and all the purples and reds are all spring, then A, B, B, D and D are all human beings.' Don't they sound inspiring?"
"You voted for it?"
"What?"
"The article you submitted?"
Jiang Cang was stunned and asked: "Isn't it bad?"
"My literary talent is really poor. How do I publish an article in this newspaper? Let's see tomorrow when I criticize those false Taoists..."
"you."
An older colleague turned around and said, "Do you want to do something useful? In the current Northern Expedition, who wants to watch you argue? Jiang Cang, bring me the drawings for improving the grain truck."
"oh……"
~~
half year later.
"'There is no high or low status in learning. Medicine, agriculture, calculation, and investigation are all top of the world. How can there be miscellaneous studies?'"
Jiang Cang read the newspaper carefully and said "Okay" secretly.
Over the past year, he often wrote articles to various newspapers in Chang'an and argued with those false Taoists. Gradually, he met many people with similar views, especially the man named "Mr. Chushan" who criticized Fang Qiu and could often say
to his heart.
Of course, now that the Northern Expedition is in full swing, most people in the world do not pay attention to some academic disputes on the back pages of newspapers.
Someone knocked on the door outside the house. Jiang Cang put away the newspaper, picked up an official document, and went to Quchi Academy to find Li Ye.
Because Li Ye is giving lectures at Quchi Academy today.
On this day, there were many students in the school, but most of them were younger. Because many young people from Guanzhong had rushed to the northern battlefield.
Jiang Cang had seen Li Ye, but when he turned to go out, he was bumped into by someone on the corridor.
"ah."
A stack of documents in the opponent's hand fell to the ground.
"It's you?"
It was a woman, and she was surprised when she saw Jiang Cang.
"Who are you?"
"When I first arrived in Chang'an, I asked you for directions."
"Remember, you are actually working here?" Jiang Cang leaned over to pick up the fallen documents for her and said, "My surname is Jiang, my single name is Cang, and my given name is Qingliao."
"Hao Leshan?"
"Ah, how do you know?"
"A senior official at the Times told me."
As the woman spoke, she took the document from Jiang Cang, took out a stack of manuscripts and handed it to him. She smiled and said, "I've seen you for a long time, Leshan layman."
"Are you...Mr. Kiyama?"
Jiang Cang was surprised and secretly happy at the same time, and felt a little out of sorts for a moment.
~~
Spring, the fifth year of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
"Her name is Shen Xi. She is from Sichuan. She came to Jiangzhou with her family since she was a child. She is erudite and talented..."
"Very knowledgeable and talented?" Sun Deyu heard this and responded: "She is either from a scholarly family or a famous brothel girl. Which one is she?"
"Ms. Shen is a prostitute, not a prostitute."
"oh."
"Little Taoist priest, don't look down on me. Because she is talented, she redeemed herself before leaving the court."
"Is that so impressive?" Sun Deyu was very surprised and said, "Why do I look down on others? Did I say anything? Are you crazy to argue with others?"
Jiang Cang said: "She will come over soon, don't bully her."
"Pretty?"
"Um."
"Well, with all due respect, such a young lady is not suitable for you, Jiang Dayan." Sun Deyu straightened his sleeves and said, "Why don't you introduce her to me."
"Stop making trouble, I won't beat you to death."
Sun Deyu then shook his head and sighed, saying: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. There are many young ladies in Chang'an City who admire you. Don't find the one who can make Jiang Jingyin most angry and break your legs."
"You put it this way." Jiang Cang muttered: "She is really different...here she comes."
Jiang Cang then greeted him.
Sun Deyu looked around and saw a woman in men's clothing hurried over in front of her, chatting and laughing with Jiang Cang.
"This is my best friend, Sun Deyu. You can call him little Taoist priest."
"Hello, Mr. Sun."
Jiang Cang smiled and said: "Tell me, it's rare to take a break today, where can you go?"
Sun Deyu said: "I plan to go to the suburbs of Chang'an."
"Why?"
"I'm counting on my fingers, it's going to rain and thunder in an hour."
Jiang Cang finally came to his senses and asked, "Do you have any way to get electricity?"
"Try it."
Shen Xi stood aside without any shyness, as if she had been friends with them for many years, and asked Jiang Cang, "What are you talking about?"
"We believe that electricity can be used, the problem is how to control it."
"Control electricity?"
"The little Taoist priest always has a way."
"..."
Sun Deyu had people make many kites and put small iron pieces on them. When the wind blew, he flew all the kites and connected the cotton strings hanging the kites to various objects he made, including strange bottles. , there are balls of iron wire, bamboo charcoal wire, and even gunpowder.
"The little Taoist priest has tried it many times, but thunderstorms don't happen often."
Jiang Cang and Shen Xi stood aside, explaining the scene ahead.
"It's an eye-opener." Shen Xi said, "Why don't we bring umbrellas?"
"forget."
The strong wind blew, and Shen Xi looked very expectant, but said: "I'm so scared, will we be struck by lightning?"
"No, probably not..."
Suddenly, lightning fell from the sky.
Shen Xi screamed and grabbed Jiang Cang's hand.
"boom!"
There was a crash of thunder and heavy rain poured down.
"Run away!"
Sun Deyu suddenly shouted, turned around and ran away.
Jiang Cang and Shen Xi ran after him and then lay on the ground.
I just heard a "bang" sound behind me, and muddy water splashed.
When the three young men got up again, they were completely drowned.
"Ha." Sun Deyu smiled, clapped his hands and said, "I caught it! I just caught the electricity, did you see it?"
"What a fart I saw."
"I saw it?" Shen Xi was very excited and said: "The white sparkling thing in the water bottle, is that electricity that can be controlled?"
"Yes, that's it." Sun Deyu punched hard, very happy.
Jiang Cang couldn't help but wipe the water on his face, shook his head and laughed.
Shen Xi also smiled happily and hugged his arm tightly, naturally.
…
But it was in the summer of that year that Jiang Chun, who was then Jing Zhaoyin, kicked his only son out of the house. When Jiang Cang turned around to leave, Jiang Chun became even more angry.
"Dare you leave?! Let me tell you, if you take one step out of this door, I will no longer have a son like you! I... will leave all my family property to Di'er from now on. Look at her, and then look at you."
"You know your brother-in-law is good now, but you weren't against it back then."
"You, you bastard!"
~~
At the end of the year, Wang Shi went to Yanyun in the north and returned to the court with his troops.
Several young people gathered at Li Zhaocheng's home.
"Let me introduce you. This is Yu Dechen. I don't know what position he holds in the Military Intelligence Department. It's confidential. You can just call him Muyu as I please."
Shen Xiluo bowed generously and said, "I have met Brother Yu."
Yu Dechen patted Jiang Cang's shoulder and said, "In a blink of an eye, you have grown so big? When do you plan to get married?"
"Just next year." Jiang Cang chuckled and said, "Just in time the war is over."
"That's not necessarily the case." Li Zhaocheng said: "The imperial court may have wiped out Zhao and Song Dynasties in one go."
When Yu Dechen heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at Shen Xi, but didn't say much.
Only Sun Deyu noticed the change in his senior brother's expression.
After the banquet, the two senior brothers were alone, and Sun Deyu asked, "Senior brother, is there something wrong?"
"When I heard you talk about her before I met her, I was wondering, how could a woman have such an upright and generous temperament?"
"What's weird?" Sun Deyu said, "Jiang Di is like this too."
Yu Dechen's face turned gloomy and he said, "The problem is that Shen Xi is from Jiangnan."
"You suspect she is..."
"It's hard to tell. I'll go to the Public Relations Department. It'd be best if nothing happens."
"oh."
Sun Deyu began to worry.
~~
In the blink of an eye, in the sixth year of Jiantong, Wang Shi was already attacking Jiangnan.
The government's newspapers have been expanded to five categories: the Times, the Military News, the Agricultural News, the Literary News, and the Commercial News. However, news about the siege of Jiangnan came so quickly that it is often difficult to report in detail.
As a result, more and more private newspapers have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
Jiang Cang and Shen Xi also published articles in newspapers and argued endlessly with the false Taoists in the world.
They even began to criticize "the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers" and advocated that men and women in the private sector could marry independently, which aroused the anger of many great scholars.
It's just that the unification of the world is imminent, and people at the time are looking forward to this long-lost unification, so the debates in these newspapers are limited to that small page.
Sun Deyu has always been worried, worried that Shen Xi was a spy sent by Jiangnan.
But until the news of the surrender of the Lin'an court came, the Public Opinion Department did not arrest Shen Xi.
But on the sixth day of November this year, Jiang Cang failed to wait for Jiang Chun's understanding, but decided to marry Shen Xi.
"She really didn't do it carefully, did she?" Sun Deyu looked at the invitation in his hand and said, "It's been so long. If it was done carefully, the Public Opinion Department would not be able to find out."
"The more I think about this matter, the more strange it becomes." Yu Dechen said: "Her acquaintance with Jiang Cang is so coincidental, and those ideas..."
"Jiang Di said that the reason why Jiang Cang has those thoughts is because he has been around His Majesty since childhood. But how could Shen Xi have the same thoughts?"
"Unless she deliberately agreed, he deliberately approached Jiang Cang."
"Wow, senior brother, you have guessed so many things, maybe they are all wrong."
"Perhaps the Public Opinion Department is too incompetent."
No matter what Yu Dechen said, on the sixth day of the lunar month, Jiang Cang and Shen Xi got married in their mansion as scheduled.
Sun Deyu finished drinking Jiang Cang's wedding wine and didn't see anyone from the Public Relations Department until the end.
"Ah, senior brother really guessed wrong."
Sun Deyu was so drunk that he lay on Lin Zi's shoulder and said: "Brother Lin, how can you reuse my senior brother? His vision is not good, he can't..."
~~
In the new house, red candles flickered.
Jiang Cang lifted his hijab and sat by the couch, feeling a little nervous.
"Official."
"Um?"
Shen Xi hesitated and said: "Sister asked me not to tell you, but... the Public Opinion Department had a talk with me a few days ago."
Jiang Cang was stunned.
"It is true that I redeemed myself before I left the government, but I did not redeem myself." Shen Xi lowered her head and said: "It was redeemed by Song court officials. They asked me to go north, steal the blueprints of firearms, inquire about the court's intentions, and bribe the court officials. , but I didn’t do anything. I wanted to get close to you at first. The time you took me to see the little Taoist priest was the closest I got to the Wuyan Academy. But that day... I held your hand that day because it was true. I don’t want to go back to Lin’an again… I met your sister, Xianggong Yan, and you in Chang’an, and I really want to stay.”
The red candle illuminated Jiang Cang's face. He seemed to be in a daze and did not answer.
Shen Xi was a little nervous and said: "At the beginning, I was deliberately agreeing with your point of view. But when you said 'No one is noble or humble', when it came to my heart, I...then I really admired you. I'm sorry, I I shouldn't hide it from you, because I'm afraid..."
She clutched the red silk tightly, fearing that Jiang Cang would get angry and get up and leave.
After a long time, Jiang Cang held her hand.
"I have been by His Majesty's side since I was very young. Others followed him and made great achievements, but I paid more attention to some of the words he said when chatting, which should be said to be... thoughts." Jiang Cang whispered: "Before I met you, I'm lonely and they all go to battle as if I'm a coward."
"You are not a coward, and you will not be alone. I believe that one day the world will understand you."
~~
In the twenty-sixth year of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing.
Li Xia looked at the resignation letter in his hand and said, "I thought you could serve as Prime Minister for any term."
"What Your Majesty never lacks is a prime minister who can handle government affairs." Jiang Cang was in his early forties, in the prime of life, and had a long beard. He bowed to the ground before His Majesty and said: "Your Majesty is so beautiful and has endless ambitions.
, there are endless strategies..."
"Speak humanly."
"In this world today, some people defend the country and some open up frontiers, but few people like me have been pondering your majesty's thoughts since childhood. I feel that your majesty's thoughts are a treasure. I want to travel around the world, observe folk customs, and then return to my hometown to publish a newspaper and write
Books, to mine this treasure for future generations.”
"Then should I open my head and show it to you?"
Jiang Cang was startled and said, "Your Majesty must be joking with me."
"Are you sure that there will be no impact on the Gewün Academy without you?"
"Your Majesty must not underestimate the talents of young people. I can no longer cope with them, which is why I am old."
~~
In the thirty-ninth year of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, Sichuan and Shu, Qingfu.
"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the latest folk journals, detailed explanations of smallpox vaccine, introduction to the products of the New World, Fujiang Academy's enrollment expansion..."
The woman riding a two-wheeler drove down the long street while shouting.
At the city gate, an old Confucian waved his hands angrily and cursed: "Where is Jiang Leshan? I want to argue with him face to face!"
A couple in their fifties came back from collecting medicine outside the city. Seeing this situation, they took a detour and walked away.
"Since Wu Boqing is really here, why don't you argue with him?" Shen Xi asked.
Jiang Cang held a cane in one hand and walked calmly, saying: "What these Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucians want is for the world to follow their opinions. So as long as people have a broad vision and a hundred flowers of thought bloom, they will be considered defeated, so what are they arguing for?
"
"The more we argue, the clearer the truth becomes."
"You old woman." Jiang Cang smiled and finally said: "The realm is higher than mine."
"It can be seen that there is no hierarchy in learning, it only depends on whether you work hard." Shen Xi said: "I work harder than you, so of course I am at a higher level."
The couple walked slowly into the city, where Wu Boqing was still cursing angrily.
"Jiang Leshan, if you preach heresy, aren't you afraid of being accused and having your home confiscated?"
Shen Xi then said to Jiang Cang, "He said we are promoting heresy."
"Do you know what His Majesty told me?" Jiang Cang said: "He has never been afraid of enlightening people's wisdom. On the contrary, he believes that as long as we do not shackle people's thoughts, China will be able to stand forever in the forest of the world. Human lifespan is limited
When it comes to an end, the country will also come to an end, but the inheritance is endless. If the people are strong and the ideas are strong, the country will be strong, from generation to generation."
At this point, he pointed his cane and said: "That's why when I resigned to Your Majesty, I said that there are many people planting potatoes, but few planting ideas, so someone has to plant them..."
Adding an update to the leader’s “No one loves anyone with both hands in his pocket”, thanks to the leader for the reward~~