In Yili Mansion Zhuangyuan Building, Lu Yuanpeng summoned many candidates from Yili Mansion according to the instructions of his master Song Kangnian.
Li Zizhan is the person who is most familiar with Lu Yuanpeng among this group of people.
He raised his tea cup, toasted Lu Yuanpeng with a cup of tea, and then asked: "Brother Lu, you haven't introduced your mentor to everyone yet.
I've been reading the newspapers these days and it turns out that there are people in the capital recruiting disciples. I wonder what your mentor's status is among the scholars?"
Li Zizhan said this because he also wanted to give Lu Yuanpeng a step forward.
He used to think that some scholars were engaged in learning.
Newspapers had reported frequently in the past few days, and he realized how big the turmoil was.
When Lu Yuanpeng heard what Li Zizhan said, he also recalled what he read in the newspaper.
Fortunately, his master was Song Kangnian, the governor of the northwest, who had a high status and was not afraid of any competitors.
His master also had the foresight to accept them as disciples so that there would not be no one available.
As the time approached, Emperor Su He also attached great importance to it.
The major newspapers in the Dahua Empire conducted comprehensive follow-up reports on the Congress of the Hundred Schools of Thought.
The method of debate has been determined, with young people from the school expounding the theories of their own school and demonstrating the charm of their own school.
The reason is very simple, no one in the school of thought follows it.
This idea cannot be used to govern the country, nor is it conducive to educating the prince.
Some big schools, they have promoted themselves in newspapers.
The most well-known school is, of course, the former hegemon Confucianism.
Today's Confucianism has been torn apart, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and each school has a large number of people.
It is precisely because it has been torn apart that Confucianism has no one to speak out and is divided into various small sects.
The most powerful school is the Confucian School of Mind, headed by Han Cuibai, the Minister of Rites, and Yu Wenhe, the Imperial College's minister of wine.
The largest group of remaining Confucians is the Confucian Datong faction headed by cabinet minister Li Zhisheng.
Confucianism also includes Mencius School, Classical School, Gongyang School and many other schools.
Not only the cabinet ministers, but also the cabinet prime minister Wei Shiming did not explicitly say which ancient school he inherited.
He founded his own school of thought called Gongjia.
Most of the content in the current newspapers of the Great China Empire is about Confucian infighting, each other blaming each other for being unauthentic and unable to represent Confucianism.
Occasionally there would be quarrels between Confucianists and Gongjiists.
Confucianism accuses industrialists of following the dog's tail, and trying to create living sages is simply a fool's errand.
Gongjia criticized Confucianism for being clingy and conservative and not making progress.
When Lu Yuanpeng read the contents of the newspaper, he seemed to see the flash of swords and shadows in the court.
The purpose of the Hundred Schools of Thought Conference is not only to see the thoughts of each school, but also to get everyone in the officialdom to align themselves.
The Han Dynasty has a history of only respecting Confucianism. After this Hundred Schools of Thought Conference, there will definitely be no shortage of overt and covert struggles among hundreds of schools of thought.
The people among the people can still be restrained, and the hundreds of families in the court will definitely fight their opponents to the end.
Lu Yuanpeng thought of his master Song Kangnian borrowing money from a farm to put new wine in old bottles.
This is the method adopted by many people.
Some old ideas are no longer suitable for this era, and choices must be made.
Lu Yuanpeng has already seen that a new school of thought represents a force.
His master Song Kangnian was also an ambitious man.
Only by following such a master can he go further.
Lu Yuanpeng saw that while he was lost in thought, Li Zizhan and the others waited expectantly.
He stood up, faced these people, and said confidently: "My family is under Song Kangnian, the governor of the northwest, and he inherited the farm family from hundreds of pre-Qin disciples.
Brothers, if any of you are interested in farming, you can ask your tutor to be your teacher.
For those who are smart and interested in farming, their tutor will accept them as their disciples.
Anyone who is interested, come with me to meet my master."
Lu Yuanpeng first introduced his master's situation.
Needless to say about other circumstances, as long as the name Song Kangnian is mentioned, no one present can understand it.
After the introduction is good, he will take people to become apprentices, so that no one will regret it, make a big joke, and damage the reputation of the master.
Li Zizhan was shocked and said: "It turned out to be the Governor-General. I should have thought that only the Governor-General has such a reputation."
He was extremely pleasantly surprised. He had never had the slightest chance to gain traction with the Governor before, but now it took no effort at all.
"The Governor-General loves the people like a piece of paper and pays special attention to agricultural production. It turns out that this is inherited from the farmers."
"Master Song is my role model. I will never miss the opportunity to listen to Master Song's teachings."
Lu Yuanpeng looked at everyone's reaction and found that this was not what he expected.
Yili was originally a border area, and there were almost no people capable of establishing a sect.
In this revolution, they originally had no chance, but the master gave these people a chance.
They are all smart people and will never miss this opportunity.
Lu Yuanpeng took everyone to the place where Song Kangnian taught, and led them to worship Song Kangnian as their teacher and learn new peasant ideas.
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Song Kangnian called his disciple Lu Yuanpeng and asked with concern: "How are the preparations these days?
Among the master's disciples, you are the most responsive and the best at dealing with emergencies on the spot.
The master is going to let you represent the peasant family and compete with other schools of thought."
This was not the first time Lu Yuanpeng heard his master say this, but he was still very excited.
As a young man, how could he not be excited when he had the opportunity to become famous all over the world?
Lu Yuanpeng immediately puffed up his chest and said, "Master, please rest assured. This disciple has a thorough understanding of the master's thoughts and is not afraid of people from other schools."
Song Kangnian looked at his disciple's performance and was very satisfied.
"Yuanpeng, please inform me that the people from our farm who are going to Beijing to take the exam will come to Beijing with me in five days."
Lu Yuanpeng said in surprise: "Master's transfer order has been issued. You can go to Beijing with your disciples."
Song Kangnian nodded and said: "I originally thought that Master could easily enter Beijing.
It turns out that the people in the capital may be afraid of old guys like me coming to the capital.
They proposed that young people participate in the Congress of Contention of One Hundred Schools of Thought.
Without a legitimate reason, people like the master cannot enter Beijing.
Fortunately, it is the duty reporting period, and His Majesty the Emperor has approved the master's request to come to Beijing.
Our master and apprentice can go to Beijing together, and there will be someone to take care of us on the way."
"That's great, master. Disciple, go get ready now."
After Lu Yuanpeng bid farewell to his master, he immediately made arrangements for his trip to Beijing.
Five days later, several carriages, protected by guards, were walking on the dirt road to Turpan.
The westernmost railway of the Great China Empire is now built to Turpan.
It only takes half a month to travel from Turpan to Beijing by train.
The trip from Ili to Turpan is expected to take more than half a month if the journey is smooth.
Lu Yuanpeng and Song Kangnian were riding in the same car, and he received the teachings of his mentor on the way.
The horse-drawn cart trudged along the mountain road with difficulty, and the group of them got out of the car and walked.
The mountain road here is relatively steep, and it is difficult for the horses to pull the carriage while people are sitting in it.
There were several loud booms, which immediately made everyone tremble.
Li Zizhan said in horror: "What's going on? It's such a sunny day. Could it be thundering?"
Lu Yuanpeng quickly came to his senses. He recalled his location and immediately calmed down.
"Don't be afraid, everyone, this is the empire's railway construction team, digging tunnels in the mountains.
The mountain road here has a very steep slope, and current trains are not capable of climbing such a high slope.
The engineering team blasted a road between the mountains."
After Lu Yuanpeng finished explaining, everyone was no longer afraid of the sound of cracking mountains and cracking rocks.
They were bored and discussing the situation while walking.
"I really hope that the train can pass through Yili Prefecture, so that in the future we can easily reach most places in the empire by railway."
"I really hope the railway can be opened soon. Our place is already remote and there are so many troops stationed there.
Large caravans came only once a month, causing prices to rise sharply.
After the railway is completed, at least prices will not rise sharply."
“Driving a tunnel through the mountains and building a railway hundreds of miles long is a project that far exceeds human imagination.
This is a sign of a strong country, and we are lucky to live in this era."
They chatted and climbed mountains one after another. When the terrain became smoother, they could move forward in a carriage.
The convoy traveled for several days and saw a large construction site with tens of thousands of people busy.
A large steam roller driven by a steam engine is rolling over the road repeatedly.
Curious people walked over to watch the construction site.
Workers are laying railroad tracks on black sleepers.
This is a long curve, and workers splice rails with different arcs.
Sections of rails were laid, and several workers took a funnel-shaped graphite crucible and placed it in the gap between the two rails.
They poured some black and silver powder into the graphite crucible.
The worker holds a wooden stick soaked in pine oil, inserts it into the center of the powder, and uses a fire stick to light the stick.
All I saw was a burst of intense fire, and from time to time hot sparks popped out of the graphite crucible.
They soon discovered that liquid iron was flowing out of the funnel-shaped graphite crucible.
The two rails are welded directly together.
After the liquid iron cools, a skilled worker taps it with a small hammer to determine whether the rail welding is firm.
Li Zizhan workers used this method to build railway tracks.
He opened his mouth wide and asked in disbelief: "What is going on? Two broken rails can be directly melted together.
What is that? You can make molten iron without coking coal."
After Lu Yuanpeng observed carefully, he said hesitantly: "Looking at the workers' operations, this should be the thermite welding technology I read in the newspaper.
It uses a chemical reaction where aluminum powder and iron oxide react to release a large amount of heat.
The generated iron turns into liquid iron and fills the gaps in the rails, allowing the two sections of rails to be firmly welded together."
Lu Yuanpeng's father was very liberal. He was a traditional Confucian scholar, but he did not reject new education.
He went to college, but when he studied chemistry in college, there was no thermite reaction.
He just saw some content in the newspaper.
From this detail, Lu Yuanpeng could see that the technology of the Dahua Empire was constantly developing.
He had decided to persuade the master to go and take a look at the fields when the train passed through Henan.
As a farm family, they do not understand the real life of farmers in the Central Plains.
In the Conference of Contention of a Hundred Schools of Thought, this weakness is likely to be attacked by your opponents.
Lu Yuanpeng watched the construction of the railway for a while.
He returned to the carriage and expressed his views to his master Song Kangnian.
"Yuanpeng, I am very pleased that you can think so.
If you want to go directly to the capital as a teacher, you should go to various places and carefully examine the lives of farmers, instead of just looking at the superficial appearance.
I believe that the conditions of farmers in various places may be different in details, but the essential situation is not much different from that in Ili.
But it’s also a good experience to find out the reasons for differences in different places.”
Song Kangnian taught his disciples, time passed slowly, and the carriage arrived at Turpan City.
They could finally reach various parts of the empire quickly and easily through railways.
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Baoji Mansion, Shaanxi Province, is the place where the Great China Empire flourished. Many important civil and military ministers of the Great China Empire came from this area.
Wu Donglin, Marquis of Wenxin, planned to retire in Baoji Mansion and was not prepared to participate in any disputes in the court.
This is because his old father passed away, and he came to his hometown specifically to deal with his father's funeral affairs.
He is a sinecure official with plenty of time,
Many important things happened during this period.
Among them, in the case of Su Erniu, Su Yan, the minister of Dali Temple, was dismissed from his post.
Wu Donglin was still thinking about who Emperor Su He would let take over as Minister of Dali Temple.
He was thinking in his mind about officials suitable to take over as Minister of Dali Temple, but there was no suitable person.
Wu Donglin was looking forward to whether Emperor Su He would issue an imperial edict and transfer him back to Dali Temple.
He soon received disappointing news.
Emperor Su He would rather choose Wang Yanhu, who knew nothing about law, than choose him, the founder of law in the Great China Empire.
This incident made Wu Donglin completely understand that he had lost power and had no chance to recover.
He decided to live out his old life in his hometown. His status as a parliamentarian was useless and he had no real power at all.
"Uncle, this is today's newspaper. I brought it to you."
Wu Donglin looked at the newspaper brought by his nephew. Reading newspapers was a habit he had always developed.
When he saw the Hundred Schools of Thought Conference, he immediately stood up and paced around the room.
"The emperor wants to restart the contention of a hundred schools of thought.
Besides me, the Legalist leader of the Great China Empire, who else can agree to this?
Once you become the leader of Legalism, it becomes extremely easy to become the teacher of the prince."
Wu Donglin immediately became very motivated, and he simply cleaned up the situation in his hometown.
Go to the telegraph office as soon as possible and pay a high price to send a few telegrams to persuade your former subordinates.
He set off as quickly as possible and took the train to the capital.
Wu Donglin was full of confidence. His disciples and former officials were all over the world, and the Legalist leaders did their part.
The train was traveling extremely fast. Wu Donglin returned to his home and summoned his confidants to discuss the matter.
After hearing the introduction from his confidant, he immediately became furious.
"What did you say? The leaders of the Legalists have already been selected. Without me being present, their leaders were selected.
Li Yuanzheng was so virtuous and capable that he could actually become the leader of Legalism.
I'm not convinced and I want them to re-elect.
For the benefit of Legalism, you must never choose the person with the highest official position. This is flattering."
Wu Donglin returned to the capital in high spirits, but immediately received a blow to the head.
Legalism requires extremely strong professionalism, and the backbone of Legalism in the Great China Empire basically works in the Three Legal Departments.
These people moved very quickly and selected their leaders in a short time, which frustrated Wu Donglin's plan.
"I won't give up, I will never give up.
This opportunity must not be missed again." Wu Donglin murmured to himself.