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Chapter 5 The Great Election: The Emperor¡¯s Armored Face 291 Testmate Novice

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    Walking out of the big shed, there is a wooden plaque with "Flying Phoenix Ling Yun" hanging on the moon gate of the west quadrangle. Passing through the moon gate gently is the academy. The three houses inside are all newly built with brick and wood structures, with blue bricks and red tiles, and bright and clean windows.  The small courtyard in the middle is deliberately filled with flowers and plants. Under the reflection of the moonlight, this quiet academy gives people a feeling of tranquility and comfort, and it seems to be a good place for studying.

    "Circle" Zhou Lizai wanted to call out to his brother as soon as he entered the door, but Fang Bingsheng next to him blocked his chest and signaled him to be silent.

    "I forgot that you wanted to inspect, sir." Zhou Lizai smiled softly, rubbed his head in embarrassment and stepped back.

    Looking at the yellow halo of light in the window glass of the academy, this kind of brightness cannot be lit by candles, and a lot of foreign oil lamps must have been used. Fang Bingsheng nodded: the academy did not lie to itself, and was willing to give candidates enough light as advertised.

    He approached the window softly, leaning against the wall like a rapist, stretching his head to look into the window.

    There are rows of Western single desks in the room. The desks are filled with books, all standing neatly in a row. If the students are short and lie down, it will be like lying on the parapet of a trench.  under;

    At the front is a podium and a large blackboard, with the slogan "God's grace is great and we are determined to serve the country" posted on the wall above.

    There are fashionable world maps, maps of the Far East, and maps of the Haisong Dynasty hanging on the walls inside. Under the maps is a wooden shelf, like the window sill, filled with pots, bowls and chopsticks, which are the utensils used by the students to eat.

    In addition, candles and oil lamps illuminate the room brightly.  In short, these settings are exactly the same as ordinary Western-style schools, fully embodying the Qiufeng Church¡¯s self-proclaimed slogan of ¡°Western standards and moral cultivation requirements.¡±

    But after watching for a while, Fang Bingsheng felt a little angry: some of the children in the room were not studying, but were gathering in the front row and talking about something.

    Sitting in the front row are Fang Bowen and Zhou Tianen. Fang Bowen is short, but Zhou Tianen has inherited the characteristics of a big man in his family and is very tall. The academy specially allows these two most powerful students to sit in the front row for the convenience of studying.

    but.  After he withdrew his glaring gaze from his son.  Hey, I kind of understood what was going on.

    There is one more person in the room wearing a Pedelan school uniform, there are three people.

    The Peide school uniform was designed with the emperor's participation. It is a blue dress with a large school emblem embroidered on the chest.  Very eye-catching.  In the eyes of the people, it is a symbol of candidate officials.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Many candidates for moral education will be vacant if they do not pass the exam.  Or if you don't go to a foreign company to find a job, but choose to continue studying, it doesn't matter how many years have passed since graduation.  They are not willing to take off their uniforms, which represents that they are young people who are aspiring to be officials. The uniforms of many cram schools with deep pockets will also imitate the Peide style.

    In order to advertise, Qiufeng Church specially asked Fang Bingsheng's son to wear school uniforms to school. Because the family's financial situation collapsed, they had no money to repair old clothes or directly order new ones. The Fang family used to be a wealthy family, so naturally his wife did not know how to mend clothes.  He also didn't let his son put on sleeves to protect his clothes. As a result, Fang Bowen's school uniform cuffs were frayed and tattered, and he was still wearing his old clothes, but that didn't matter. Even if the official uniform was patched, it was still an official uniform.

    I heard that when Wang Xintai led parents to visit her academy, she would always point to the two students in blue suits outside the glass window and say proudly: "What are you worried about? Did you see that?  There are two moral education graduates in the academy! Send your children over quickly. When officials come out next year, the prices here will increase."

    But today there were three Peide school uniforms in the room. Fang Bingsheng pushed up his glasses to let himself see clearly what the third person looked like: he was a young man about the same age as his son, very fat, with flesh all over his face; wearing a  A pair of myopia glasses, even from the outside, I feel that the lenses are as thick as the bottom of a glass bottle, my myopia is severe enough; but the Peide school uniform is brand new, and compared with other people's, my child's old school uniform looks like  It was dug up from the body of a soldier who died in battle; and when the conversation turned, a silver watch chain on his chest flashed under the light, which seemed to be the wealthy owner of the family.

    "Wang Xintai has recruited another new student? I have never seen this child. Could it be that he came to study elsewhere?" Fang Bingsheng suppressed his anger. Just now, he had imagined going in and grabbing Bai Yuanqing's collar to question him.

    "You just let me study at night to herd sheep? How did you become a teacher!"

    Bai Yuanqing is also a newly hired teacher of the academy. If Teacher Tan is not here, he will definitely be responsible for supervising the students' studies at night. Now, not only is he not sitting on the podium to supervise the students' self-study, but he and his son are standing in a circle, discussing something enthusiastically.  This is the kind of thing that would make any parent furious.

    Everyone is familiar with this young man commonly known as "Xiao Bai": he also lives in that row of wooden buildings and lives with Fang Bingsheng's family.??The painter, the strokes, the twists and turns tsk tsk tsk, he is at the level of a master.  "

    Fang Bowen, who was sitting in his seat, looked up from the comic strip in his hand and asked with a smile: "Teacher Bai, can your drawings compare?"

    Fang Bingsheng¡¯s son inherited his genes and was also dark and thin. However, when he grinned, the white teeth brought by wealth and Western school shone like shells. They were no longer the yellow teeth inherited from their family.

    Xiaobai turned the comic book to the last page, looked at the publisher and said with a wry smile: "This is published by Haijing Christian Art Publishing House. That's the Imperial Publishing House. They are full of great painters. We who have become a monk in the middle will definitely not be able to compare."  ."

    "If the newspaper publishes official vacancies in a few days, and there is a vacancy for painters in publishing houses, will you take the exam?" Zhou Tianen put the comic strips in his hands into the little fat box, rummaged around again, and muttered: "The seventh  Where is the book "Surprise Attack on Shaozhou"?"

    Xiaobai thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No test."

    "Why?" The three PED candidates were all surprised.

    Xiaobai explained: "I have thought a long time ago that I studied painting to strengthen my liberal arts and to be as powerful as a tiger. If I take the exam for the art officer vacancy in a publishing house, there will be no tiger. I am just competing with geniuses for wings. I am cutting off my fingers and taking advantage of myself."  It's humiliating; I must have applied for a position that focuses on liberal arts but requires artistic talent, so that I can show my advantages." After saying that, he waved his hand and said with an indifferent smile: "Besides, this kind of position as a court painter is definitely not possible.  Those who will be released are all recruited internally by places like Haijing Academy of Fine Arts. My former teacher is a student there. They don¡¯t need to take exams, they are talents specially cultivated by the court, just like the Boy Scout officers in the military academy."

    Fang Bowen was stunned for a while, then nodded firmly and said: "Teacher Bai is indeed a person with rich experience in imperial examinations. I will ask you for advice when there is a vacancy in the examinations in a few days."

    "Oh, I'm sorry, you are all talented people who passed the imperial examination for the first time." Xiaobai quickly became humble.

    "Alas." At this time, everyone heard the little fat man next to them sigh heavily, and the voice was really loud.

    ¡¾Comic book weapon¡¿

    With the introduction of Western painting methods, the art of comic strips in the Hai Song Dynasty has developed greatly.  Due to the popularity and story-telling of pictures, it has the huge advantage of having minimal reading difficulties, a large audience, and unlimited market communication potential.

    The political genius Poseidon specifically proposed that comic strips should be used as an important weapon in evangelizing the people.

    Therefore, the imperial court specially established a publishing unit for comic strips. The main publishing work thereafter was mainly created by the Academy of Fine Arts established by the imperial court and issued by Huangbao Publishing House.

    Comic books began to be selected, compiled and published in a planned and large-scale manner.

    Not only did "court painters" create works that were popular with the public, but also because comic strips had a relatively large circulation and were popular with the common people. Compared with other industries that relied on painting for a living, the remuneration for painters was more generous, so many folk painters also devoted themselves to the production of comic strips.  During the creation process, comic strip products on the market are in full bloom.

    However, because they were included in the category of "cultural weapons" by the emperor, all comic products must undergo strict review to ensure that there are no Manchu cultural factors. This also makes religious and war themes account for the majority.

    As a talented artist, Poseidon also proposed his own ideas, which were adapted into a large-scale infinite serial comic. The theme is that the young Sun Wukong has been looking for seven virtues. After collecting them, the angel will realize one of his wishes; the common people  You can see the passion, friendship and spirit of sacrifice; the Emperor's Newspaper declared: The creative fields of the painters have been greatly broadened by the creativity of this genius; but after the prototype came out, no one could understand it at first, including the screenwriter Emperor himself, which led to the four  The main artist was named and criticized by the publishing house; as for the sales volume, the emperor's newspaper did not mention it, and the project was cut in half. From then on, the emperor never took care of the comic book scriptwriter.

    In that era, comic books enriched the cultural life of the people. They were not only extracurricular readings for teenagers, but also an important part of illiteracy and cultural entertainment for many adults. Comic books assumed the glorious mission of being the vanguard of cultural attacks and did a good job.

    In 1874, the creator of a popular comic strip with record-breaking sales was knighted, a grand ceremony and legend in the cultural world.  (To be continued)
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