I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

When he got home, Tong Youwei called the man over thirteen years old who was still studying at home.

Tong Youwei's third son, Tong Wenwen, hurried to the auditorium and was caught by his sister Tong Xiangyu. "Where are you going in a hurry?"

"Auditorium, Daddy said that there is an important matter, and let all men over the age of thirteen go to the auditorium."

Tong Wen replied.

"Hmph, it's just a man again."

Tong Xiangyu stomped her feet angrily, and then followed quietly, she was curious about what big event Daddy wanted to call the men in the family.

In the auditorium, the thirteen sons of the Tong family have arrived. Among the thirteen men, the oldest is already twenty-six. He is still studying for the imperial examinations and doing nothing.

The youngest is only thirteen years old, and is also studying the Four Books and Five Classics, preparing to take the imperial examination.

And these thirteen children are not all the junior men of the Tong family, and some people who have no talent in studying have entered various shops and started business.

This is basically the talent training model of the big merchants in this era. The smart take the imperial examinations to become officials, and the stupid ones inherit the family business and do business.

At that time, officials and businessmen will collude and rely on each other.

The family provides money to pave the way for the officials to be promoted, and the officials use their power to facilitate the family business.

Among the thirteen men, Tong Youwei had only three sons, and the others were his nephews.

The Tong family is a big family, Tong Youwei's father once also served as the chief secretary of the third grade.

It's just that Tong Youwei is unsatisfactory and has no talent in studying, so he can only do business. And his younger brother, who had been a county magistrate in the Ming Dynasty, had just started his career.

But now, because the war-torn county magistrate is not easy to be, he has to worry about being slaughtered by the mob underneath, so he is temporarily idle at home.

"Daddy, uncle..."

"Xiangyu, why are you here to join in the fun?"

Tong Youwei found Tong Xiangyu hiding behind a boy and reprimanded him.

"Hehe, let me take a look."

Relying on petting, Tong Xiangyu said coquettishly.

Tong Youwei pouted, but in the end he didn't drive her out, but talked about the business: "I called you here this time for your future."

"You have probably heard of Wu Guogong's college in Suzhou, where it teaches some novel knowledge. For example, how to make perfume and soap, learn that knowledge, you can research and invent some new things, which will help the family's family. Business is very important. And as long as you study well, you will have the opportunity to become an official.”

"Now Guogong Wu is going to open a university in Nanjing. If you go to the university, you will have the opportunity to be taught by Wu Guogong in person. So, I decided to choose two-thirds of the people to study in the university. Are there any volunteers? If not, it's up to me. assigned."

Tong Youwei did not put all the eggs in the same basket, leaving one-third of the people to continue reading the traditional Four Books and Five Classics. After all, in the current situation in the world, it is difficult for ordinary people to see the direction clearly.

No one knows whether the next world will belong to the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, or Wu Changqing.

It would be too risky to abandon the imperial examination altogether.

Hearing that Tong Youwei asked them to give up the Four Books and Five Classics and learn new knowledge, Tong Wenwen and others were quite surprised.

This is the same as the parents of later generations telling their children not to learn Chinese, English, mathematics, physics and chemistry, to give up the college entrance examination, and to study music and art. This is not an ordinary way.

Whether this road is good or not, everyone does not know, and they have no idea in their hearts.

Although the imperial examination was difficult, everyone knew it well, and there was less fear of the unknown.

When Tong Xiangyu heard Wu Changqing on the side, his heart immediately became alive.

Today, Wu Changqing is a topic of conversation among many young ladies.

Tong Xiangyu only hated that she was not a man after learning that she had the opportunity to be taught by Wu Changqing in the university.

In order to get close contact with the mysterious character Wu Changqing, the idea of ​​a woman disguised as a man even popped up in her mind.

There is no such story in this novel. Women disguise themselves as men to go to school, and find a good husband by the way.

Of course, Tong Xiangyu also knows that fiction is fiction and reality is reality.

People who go to the university have to go through strict screening and screening, and it is impossible for her to pass the test by disguising as a man. Unless her father was willing to help run it, which was impossible.

If she dared to say this, her father would have to put her in confinement.

"How to choose this?"

"The imperial examination has not been held for a long time. Nanjing belongs to the Ming Dynasty for a while, and belongs to the Qing Dynasty for a while. Those in power have no intention of holding the imperial examination. I think it is not bad to go to the university."

"However, when the situation stabilizes, the imperial court will definitely resume the imperial examinations."

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These teenage teenagers have similarities when they talk about these major events, mainly because they have been educated early, so these people are relatively precocious compared to those of later generations.

Teenagers in later generations are still thinking about handing out love letters to little girls, and these people are already thinking about their future careers. As for women, they don't need to think too much, they can get married in a year or two anyway.

To be a little more presumptuous, now I can play maid secretly, and I don't have to be as hard as teenage boys in later generations.

They don't need to be thinking about sex.

"Third brother, are you going to go to the university?"

Tong Xiangyu asked.

"I still want to take the imperial examination."

Tong Wen said

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"You're stupid. You don't go to the university when Wu Guogong is teaching in person? Listen to your sister's words, go to the university, and teach me what you learned in the university."

Tong Xiangyu showed her intentions.

"All right."

Tong Wenwen noticed it, but he didn't care. He has a good relationship with his second sister. Since Tong Xiangyu wants to go to the university, then the university.

"Xiangyu, don't you think about Wu Guogong, and want the third brother to see Wu Guogong's appearance, come back and tell you. Why is this, you can ask daddy to propose a marriage for you."

Tong Xiangyu's eldest brother, Tong Benzhen, joked.

"Go, go, you've only taken a fancy to Wu Guogong."

Tong Xiangyu quickly denied it, but unfortunately, with her anxious appearance, how could she deceive Tong Benzhen.

Tong Benzhen not only knew that Tong Xiangyu liked Wu Changqing, but also knew that many young ladies in the city liked Wu Changqing.

This kind of achievement, Tong Benzhen is also very envious when he sees it.

In the end, some of the Tong family's children were more courageous, and those who had the spirit of adventure stood up.

There are still a lot of people in this group, mainly because they have more confidence in Wu Changqing, and believe that the knowledge they have learned will be useful.

This made Tong Youwei more satisfied, and he didn't want to force the younger generation in his family to learn new knowledge, after all, strong melons are not sweet. They are unwilling to learn, and forcing them to do so will definitely not be effective.

Tong's family is just a microcosm. When other merchants return home, they have done the same thing as Tong Youwei, but the degree is different.

For example, Tong Youwei directly overwhelmed two-thirds, while some people overwhelmed half, and some people even arranged only two or three mediocre people symbolically.

As for the real elites, they still stay on the road of imperial examinations.

After all, the imperial examination has been popular for thousands of years, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is impossible for Wu Changqing to convince everyone with just a few words.