Chapter 276: Official Career?
In early 2107 of the Xian Han calendar, on Hang Fu’s Longdeng Great Street, the original gas lamps were replaced with electric lights, and among the flow of four-wheeled horse carts on the street, quite a few sedans with boilers emitting hot steam were mixed in, foreshadowing that the era was changing rapidly.
After a year of study, Xuan Chong smoothly passed the Scholar Examination; and he also participated in the first two of the five mock exams before the Scholar Examination. Xuan Chong successfully touched the threshold line for Scholar.
This made that big figure from the Southern faction, who had always been paying attention to Xuan Chong, look at Liu Haoxing with higher regard once again.
Here at Xuan Chong’s side, he received a handwritten letter from Lord Wang, and the Scholar senior who delivered the letter gave Xuan Chong a meaningful sentence: “You are a seed for studying!”
This “mock exam” is equivalent to the mock exam from his previous life, but it is also somewhat different from the mock exam.
The Xian Han government office drafts regular exams and records them in archives precisely to prevent cheating in the Imperial Examination System.
For the Xian Han vassal king’s offspring, obtaining a Scholar qualification is not rare at all; after all, as long as they want to learn and are willing to put in three parts effort, and the Prince’s Mansion can obtain the best materials and professionalism, they can always spend three years to get the Scholar certificate.
But Xuan Chong, who completed the Scholar Examination after a year of hard study at sixteen years old, and even touched the threshold for Scholar, belongs to the category of “seed for studying.”
Most of the capable disciples in vassal king families often only obtain Scholar at eighteen years old.
Qin Tianyi commented: Problem-solving machine.
Obtaining Scholar at sixteen means that within the five years of holding the “Scholar” qualification, mental power and energy are at their peak, which is the most suitable for impacting Scholar. Impacting Scholar must be done while young, and impacting Juren requires not only youth but also full energy.
In recent years, Juren who achieved top three in successive exams all seized their “energy peak period” during their teenage years to study.
Hang Fu Great Scholar determined that Xuan Chong is a “good seed for studying,” which clearly means Xuan Chong has seized his own “energy peak period.”
In the eyes of those adults who have seen many new stars in the examination hall, this is “able to rein in the mind monkey, able to control the intent horse, rare, rare indeed.”
Among the vassal king’s offspring enjoying the same educational resources, the proportion of Scholars is much smaller than those from scholarly families; the core reason is that vassal king’s offspring, after sixteen, have the task of branching out and scattering leaves, and thus play around with maidservants!
And discarding those proteins every day below will cause the brain’s development to lack nutrition. Xuan Chong did not consume essence in this area.
For Xuan Chong, Lord Wang personally writing this letter actually has a very clear meaning: focus on studying, simply directly resign from your navy military position.
The navy goes to sea for half a year every year, busy with various sea conditions, which has a great impact on the mind for studying.
It has to be said, this is correct; Xuan Chong is certain that if he patiently studies, his scores can improve by a large margin. However, this puts Xuan Chong in some difficulty.
…Join the military or pursue civil service…
The accumulation and research of industrial technology does not require cultivating prodigies; most industrial production positions only need average aptitude with dedicated focus.
Speaking of which, in his previous life, many boys had poor grades in their youth but correct values; after adulthood, they all became technical backbones in some manufacturing plants.
But the education system still needs to produce a portion of elites; because under the modern social management system, the higher the upper limit of high-knowledge individuals, the better.
In the reserve bureaucratic system, the earlier young people awaken, the earlier they master systematized knowledge proficiently, the more young energy they can bring into positions, which is more beneficial to the country.
And now, the “trial-and-error cost” of the industrialized development area’s management system is extremely high; the aging bureaucratic system can make development take every single detour without missing any.
In his previous life, those economically highly developed areas all transferred young elite cadres here.
This is fearing being one step slow, leading to industrial upgrading being one beat slow; then step by step slow, unable to seize the market, ultimately only relying on policy support, finally losing hundreds of billions or even trillions.
In the Industrial Revolution, electric vehicles, ultra-high voltage, photovoltaics, robots these new industrial chains, if really calculated, national-level real gold and silver support is not much, at least much lower than the United States. But looking closely at the management teams, that is the difference between dragon and snake.
Discussing heroes over wine, he said a bit.
Russia goes without saying, oligarch groups. The young and promising groups are all in the army or in energy companies. Maozi who do industry are all old baldheads who sit in the “monopoly” position after fighting a lifetime and winning. They have given up on new industry competition, just waiting to online shop in friendly countries, — Maozi: As long as I can compare goods from three shops in online shopping, buy cost-effective new industry technology, it’s as if I have caught up with the era.
Europe has talents for doing industry, but young talents are all discussing “freedom”; they need to wait until over forty to settle and have a big-picture view, but energy is already insufficient. When new technology breaks through, European teams still need to hold meetings for a few years, while the quick-reaction young teams on the East side have already completed the process of “formulating policy, allocating resources, trial production, finding market user groups at the fastest speed, recycling funds.” And on the European side, the first wave of funding determined based on market conditions from a few years ago hasn’t even come down yet. — European bureaucrats: As long as my brand is still there, find Indians to make a good PPT, with infinite prospects outlook, I haven’t fallen behind the era.
The United States is even more so. If not for having the world’s number one financing platform, through a series of credit rating advantages, using dozens of times the capital compared to the Chinese side smashed into new industry fields, hard-carrying market disadvantages to build cars! American bureaucrats: As long as after my new industry lists, it is still the primary investment project for global investors, then the advantage is with me!
The Eastern side bureaucrats: practical, implement, willing to work. Play a leading role. In photovoltaics, new energy and other industrial chains, half a year after a certain key product is put into the market, the related reactions are already in the bureaucrats’ reports. Then analyze information, formulate policy, lead banks and emerging industry companies in loan business, with the government as guarantor, smash funds down. This set makes outsiders feel it’s “the king of the venture capital world.” Little do they know it’s the technocrats rolled out from the Eastern Gaokao who have formed a dimensional strike on the “market research departments” of those European and American monopoly big companies in ability.
The second generations in European and American market research departments face the “prodigies” selected from every hundred miles in the East.
From this, it can be seen how crucial a bureaucratic team that is “highly professional” and “young” is during the technological revolution period.
The era where Xian Han is located is still in the first Industrial Revolution period; a few years ago ships and trains were still using rivets, but in recent years “welding” processes have begun to be applied in steam engines and train heads. The industrial chain along the Jiangnan line is now surging wildly, and elites selected by the Imperial Examination System are all gathering here.
…Admire Jiangnan, sigh at Dongtu…
Xuan Chong commented on his own poor place, saying only about two hundred Scholars are needed to complete governance.
Returning to his familiar military domain, within twenty years dreadnoughts will definitely appear! As for the air force, whether airships or airplanes, in twenty years, they will absolutely be vastly different.
As a military strategist, Xuan Chong has experience; that is: as an officer, every twenty years one must change generations, otherwise it will mislead the country.
In modern history before the Xinhai Revolution, those army academy graduates, after returning, were glorious for ten years, then slapped dead on the beach by the following waves.
The current speed of technological progress and military revolution is extremely fast. After one exhausts their mind to figure out the optimal solution for one version, the new version updates.
Xuan Chong: The effort and investment in joining the military do not preserve value in returns! While pursuing civil service, one’s returns are the highest.
…Development…
Although he keeps saying “poor b place,” Xuan Chong is very clear that his roots are there, and no matter where he goes, he will eventually return. And after returning, what can he bring there? Bring back honors of a hundred battles? Honor needs top-level recognition to be honor; if not recognized, what can you do about it.
What does Dongtu lack? It has minerals, has ports, has a geographical position that is not good but also not bad. What it lacks is talent! Not a single Juren looks favorably on developing there.
Xian Han Juren, especially young Juren, represent a “key industry”; and for Xuan Chong, if he exams to Juren that would be even more extraordinary, because due to circles of communication among scholars, once he enters the circle, he can introduce related industry investments.
In that Dongtu place, the industry with the most lucrative future profits is digging oil.
When Xuan Chong first arrived, he “didn’t want to effort,” wanting to rely on sitting on oil fields to slack. But after reality gave him a beating, he was pushed to have to effort, to the point that after understanding the Xian Han system, the calculations in his heart increased by two orders of magnitude compared to a few years ago.
“Petroleum industry” is a meal given by heaven, but how to eat it? Eat at the table, or squat in the corner to eat? This concerns dignity.
Xuan Chong: If he divides petroleum profits as a vassal king landlord, then how much of this profit can he actually divide? It depends on whether he pays protection fees to the Imperial Court diligently, and whether his stance is obedient.
But if he has a Juren status, the cooperating partners who come are his peers and Scholars; from the basic technology level of drilling and refining, hold this industry. The Xian Han Imperial Court cannot arbitrarily take or demand, if forcibly taken, it is competing with the people for profit, it is “heaven and man contradiction.”
And in this way, he can keep the petroleum profits in his hometown, without trepidation watching the faces of Imperial Court adults, openly use this money for other things, build infrastructure, do aquaculture in the North Ice Sea, invest in diversified industries.
During the process of going south, Xuan Chong scoured the cases of many Southeast Asia vassal kings tinkering with industry!
Some tried operating finance to attract industry; some tried marrying daughters for marriage alliances to get Juren to settle, but without exception, all tinkering failed!
The only remaining path of “letting close branch exam the Imperial Examination System” has not been taken by vassal king’s offspring.
Why haven’t vassal kings taken it? Relative to other paths, they are all using ancestral capital to invest. Only this one requires oneself to step up. To compare wings hardness with the heavenly proud sons of this era in the sky.
“Read for the rise of xx” Xuan Chong silently recited this sentence.
Xuan Chong feels he must compete, not whether he can, but when it’s his turn to step up, he must.
Note: Xu Xi does not have this idea. After multiple transmigrations, he has subconsciously formed the mindset of “weighing various routes.” Overly difficult paths, directly skip.
Reborn once, Xuan Chong appears very modest on the surface, but deep in his heart hides a breath: So what about heavenly proud sons? Don’t make it too mythical! All have one brain, two hands. When Oldzi was growing up, Italy readers disturbed my Dao Heart, creating a large batch of myths. What crowns, bright pearls, later cut down from horses, looking back, nothing more than that.
If scared, then let opponents “yield without fighting,” let others obtain victory at the lowest cost, then use more resources to crush you in other aspects.
After “rebirth,” Xuan Chong has an indescribable confidence, that as long as he does not waver, along the correct method, all the “roads once looked up to in legends” he can touch!
In previous life became “study slag,” he accepts it, the reason is he wavered, or the method was wrong.
Just like when playing games, first round without guide, swaying left and right in operation, resulting in very poor performance.
Xuan Chong: The harder the question, the more it can widen the gap. Want to reach the top, don’t retreat.
…Math teacher: This batch of students is pretty good…
When determining to do the Imperial Examination System, Xuan Chong began planning from today. The recent mock exam results approached the Scholar score line. This is also the result of planning.
In the planning, there are some factors affecting Xuan Chong’s study.
First, joining the military and navy sailing does drag on energy a bit, but this is unavoidable! His participation in the Southern Region Naval Academy is actually not simple, this is Dongtu side’s pledge of allegiance paid to the Southern Region Jianye side.
How did the steel mill now being built in Dongtu’s north come about? It is investment from the Southern Region group.
Dongtu has had no steel mill for so many years, why suddenly has one? Because Dongtu jumped to the Southern Region camp.
Lord Wang’s persuasion-to-study letter, asking him to leave the navy and focus on study, is absolutely not feasible! — As long as the big shots behind the navy haven’t spoken, he absolutely cannot casually change career routes.
Unless he establishes merit? Like now, the reason he can exam Scholar is actually too “autonomous.”
But his previously submitted old warship modification report was useful. Made a small contribution, so he was tacitly allowed to go to Lingjue Academy.
…Small scene…
After returning from the academy, a sedan stopped in front of him, the visitor handed over an invitation; Xuan Chong glanced, confirmed it was a banquet invitation from sea merchants. So he shook his head and refused. (Zhou Xu’s face must be given, others no need to talk.)
Xuan Chong’s previous life realization: The most annoying behavior is, on one hand unilaterally accepting others’ resource investment without refusing; on the other hand feeling one has free will, completely disregarding the resource investor’s feelings and going alone.
In several banquets, Xuan Chong refused corruption, precisely not hoping “to consume resources provided by others in his unnecessary areas.”
Facing the invitation, Xuan Chong refused this sea merchant on the grounds of “I am doing Imperial Examination.”
Xuan Chong learned through eavesdropping that sea merchants have a complete set of strategy plans for him.
It seems because he accepted the accompaniment of Qin Tianyi this great beauty, these sea merchants now have small calculations, that is, get him over, then send a popular leading actress (celebrity) to bed.
This is the common method sea merchants use to handle those fast-rising talented individuals in the navy, that is, use women of sufficient weight to tie down potential stocks.
Of course, the so-called sufficient weight is just famous flower dan chased by the populace, overhyped.
Xuan Chong avoided this sedan, heading straight to his own camp.
…The hardship of seeking knowledge…
In the first half of 2107 of the Xian Han calendar, Xuan Chong returned to ship work. In the gaps of participating in daily exercise training and sailing, he began supplementing questions.
According to the teacher’s words, he is now biased in subjects; Physics discipline is extremely excellent, almost without flaws, but in logic studies he is still rigid and rigid.
Xuan Chong feels the teacher spoke too politely, to truly be harsh, it is a crude person from barbarian regions!
Physics (science) this thing is what Xuan Chong killed out in the exam hall in his previous life; while logic belongs to liberal arts, but previous life liberal arts? Large scores are language questions.
And this world’s logic studies (liberal arts) lectures logic. Its logic is still the set of sage words, but exam questions are not eight-legged essays, but application of various rules and systems in complex work scheduling.
Correct, now in Xian Han’s industrial production and social scheduling, all rules and laws are versions based on Confucian theory, formed in the practice process of production organization.
(Note: At the entrance of American law schools there are three statues, one of which is Confucius; the highly logical system of law, when compiled, is all based on a set of “moral blueprint” system. America’s moral blueprint is the Bible, as for Xuan Chong’s previous life, discarded Confucius and Mencius, it became malie.)
Jiangnan now “logic” studies are extremely strong, in this industry and commerce developed area, old-brand Confucian officials personally compiled revisions collections of Legalist laws for various industries. — Different from the late Qing scholar-officials who only empty-talk detached from production, Xian Han’s Confucian system is pragmatic.
Confucian scholars living in Jiangnan, when answering these questions, know the why and the how, while students not living in Jiangnan?
Lack environmental edification. When Xuan Chong sees the correct answers to many exam question cases, he does not understand the behind-logic of how the systems formed, and how related morals supervise the operation mechanism of these systems.
Lingjue Academy organizes students every year to go to some “legitimate profession” occasions, such as roads, water conservancy sites, factories, farmlands to see, understand why regulations operate this way, ultimately understand the question setters’ logical thinking.
Teachers need to take students with poor backgrounds to various factories to explain. Xuan Chong as a country bumpkin from “barbarian regions,” belongs to this category, but due to his military service, this type of activity must be strictly scheduled.
…Dark fragrance comes…
Once again docking and disbanding, Xuan Chong hugged his books and ran to factory internship.
And when Xuan Chong left the military camp. On the airship in the sky behind, Liu Kehua silently watched Xuan Chong’s hasty back, and on his left the projector was the Qilin Lord.
Liu Kehua: “Fine talent and beautiful quality, can you leave him for me to cultivate?”
Qilin Lord: “His ambitions are lofty.”
Liu Kehua slightly dissatisfied: “What’s that, the great ocean is so vast, can’t accommodate his ambitions? Stormy seas contest, how many men seek it in vain.”
Qilin Lord: “He might really look down on your ‘Navy Great General’ position. Among the disciples I recruited this batch, he is the most concerned about future technology. These years, the one downloading materials most frequently from me is him.”
Liu Kehua retorted: “I am quite concerned too!”
Qilin Lord: “You are different from him. What he concerns are those that can be quickly realized in ten years, planned in twenty years, prospected in forty years! While you just look at ‘big guns sturdy ships’ for fun.”
Qilin Lord did not elaborate, that Xuan Chong in the Lin Group searched for “ballistic missiles hitting fleets,” “satellite constellations building communication nets” and other sequences of technology.
When Xuan Chong queried these things, Qilin Lord knew: Xuan Chong views fleets and such with a “eliminate every ten years” gaze, without any intention of treating fleet as a power throne.
Liu Kehua: “Oh, so he wants to be a heavy minister?”
Qilin Lord frowned: “He gives me a feeling, as if, he is like a person who jumped back from future spacetime.”
Qilin Lord is qualified to say so, his supernatural ability can observe other spacetimes, hence he can feel the future characteristics on Xuan Chong.
