. "Rebel." said slowly in silence.

"Scared..." Everyone suddenly turned pale and said with a tongue: "Sir, are you kidding..."

"Of course it's a joke." He took a sip of tea in silence, turned the topic calmly and said: "Since you don't dare to rebel, you have to follow the actual rules..."

"Cough..." Everyone let go of their hearts, and they wiped their sweat while smiling bitterly: "Sir, this joke is going to scare people."

"Let's get the atmosphere alive." Chen Si smiled and said, "Everyone, if you want to make a century-old plan, it will not work. You must have great courage, great perseverance and great investment."

"Sir, please speak." The heads of the family came to their senses and listened to the silent topic.

"We must clarify the goals." Silently said in a deep voice: "Let our officials, both in terms of quality and quantity, continue to improve, and maintain an absolute advantage in the court."

"This is the reason." This is of course everyone's wish, but what they want to know more is how to do it.

"First of all, don't miss the privilege of the font size. Dear clans, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, just focus on your studies, second, you can get famous teachers and professors, third, and the most authoritative pre-exam tutoring. What are the reasons why you can't get other scholars?" Chen Si said slowly: "Let them lose their luck and fight for the sake of the water. I don't believe in a dignified family, and you can be without good talents!"

Everyone was slightly moved by his words, but it was just a little bit. Some people said worriedly: "But the scholars in Jiangnan are the place where the literary master of the Ming Dynasty are. Scholars are like Jiang Zhina, and countless talented people are. If they do not have the protection of the font size, they will probably be greatly reduced in this way."

"You can't just look at the negative side." Chen Shu shook his head and said, "In this way, the number of Chinese people will indeed decrease, but only in the fire can they refine real gold. Besides, with the strong support of all the elites, they don't need too many to have the chance to enter the cabinet and become ministers." He paused, "Besides, you shouldn't just stare at your own one-acre and three-point ground... Standing higher and thinking deeper, in the final analysis, the scholars in Jiangnan should be in the same trench as us, and should not regard them as opponents!"

Everyone was really moved now, and they didn't know how much disgusting the Jiangnan Shilins" but they always felt that it was more important to get a profit, so they turned a deaf ear to the rising protests. In fact, they had already tasted the consequences of doing so, so they compared the two things, "Zhu Wan banned the sea and "Hu Zongxian's editing," and the former could die under the unanimous resistance of Fujian officials; the latter could overcome difficulties and implement the obviously unacceptable policies. Although there are the capabilities of the two and the differences in the direction of the court's stroke, they have to admit that the Jiangnan officials are not as united as others. Especially in their attitude towards the gentry in their hometown, there is even a considerable hostility. This cannot be said to be the consequences of the Hannan officials.

The heads of Nanzhi family were the most touched. After all, the size of the font is the quota of the province, and it does not occupy Zhejiang. "There are only benefits and no harm to others, so they are of course happy to continue. However, for them, this offended the scholars of the province, making wedding dresses for others. Why didn't they realize such a stupid business?

"Then..." So while others were still struggling, the people in Nanzhi spoke: "How to remedy it?"

"In fact, there are good examples in front of you. Which ceremonial house is the biggest today?" said quietly: "Do you turn a blind eye?"

"Of course it was Shanxi's help." This is something that a three-year-old child also knows.

"Have you ever thought about how they did it?" He said silently and looked at Wang Yao and said, "Dandel, let's talk about it easily. Are the Shanxi merchants going to the forefront?" Wang Yao is a representative of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce and is considered a Shanxi merchant family, but in terms of geographical terms, "it is also a lineage in the southeast, which makes Yangzhou merchants a bridge for communication between the two sides... In fact," thanks to these people eased it, which has not caused too much conflict between the two sides, and the current mi-month period has been created.

Politics is always an extension of the economy. Why did Yang Bo endure silence and give in? Why did silence withdraw his troops while having the advantage? On this side, because both of them are mature politicians, they know that they should take the overall situation into consideration, but what is the overall situation? It is not that the industry and commerce in the southeast are booming, the total economic volume has expanded sharply, and several major business groups have enough profit space, so cooperation overwhelms confrontation and become the main trend.

In fact, at this party, Chen Si did not invite Yangzhou merchants. However, on the one hand, this matter also involves their interests, and it is obviously not appropriate to exclude them; on the other hand, Chen Si wanted to pass on his thoughts to the Shanxi Merchants Group through Wang Yao's mouth... This would only benefit and not harm the future of getting along. As for whether it would be powerful, those who could know would have known it would have known it, and those who could not know it would not be able to leak this time. So Chen Si asked them to come together in a very generous manner, so he would not have any press conferences in the future.

"The adults are too proud." Seeing that they were rude, Wang Yao smiled implicitly, "Then I will just say a few words." So he cleared his throat and introduced to everyone the motivation of the Shanxi merchants in this regard: First, whether in Shanxi or Yangzhou, the Shanxi merchants spared no effort to promote education on a large scale, and achieved the ability of the clans to have clans, villages and villages, and cities had a large number of arch schools. These schools of varying sizes, hundreds of schools, all kinds of expenses were funded by the Shanxi merchants. The scholars did not need to pay the deposit. Those who were poor and had good academic performance would also receive additional funding. This gave many young people who could not afford to study the books. With more scholars, the chance of producing talents would naturally be higher.

In addition to investing in basic education, Shanxi merchants also tried their best to establish literary meetings to provide conditions for scholars to discuss and practice skills before taking the exam..."... The so-called literary meetings came from a gentleman who made friends through literature. However, after Chenghua of this dynasty, it became an institutionalized form of education organization and was widely established in Jiangnan. For example, Suzhou, Jinling, Hangzhou, Shaoxing and other places held lectures all year round and established lecturers to help scholars learn about their skills. Although Shanxi's literary spirit is not as strong as Jiangnan, Shanxi merchants, relying on their investment in every possible way, invited a large number of famous masters of character creation. Not only did they open the ceremony in cities all year round, but they even went to rural areas to give lectures regularly to benefit rural scholars.

In order to make this kind of work, the people of a clan gather together to attack the righteousness of the country. Through the guidance of famous teachers and friends to improve their level, the Shanxi merchants not only generously provide the club's food, but also reward the best articles, which is a great effort. However, the effect of this is also obvious, making Shanxi from a backward province in the imperial examination to a strong province in the imperial examination that will not allow Jiangsu and Zhejiang to be the only beautiful province in the imperial examination. Even if a county fails to take the exam, people will say that this is because the school and the guild have not been well-organized, and its importance can be seen.

Second, generously donate the imperial examination fees to provide financial guarantees for the scholars who are taking the exam. In this era, the imperial examination was a luxury thing. Not only did the scholars be required to be paid off, the fees were also very high, and they were getting higher and higher... In addition to being responsible for the generals, books, paper, and food, they also had to meet the officials of all sizes, and the officials of the village in the same year. After being admitted to the juren, they would also have to pay the servants of the Zuigong to have a banquet, reward the servants of the cabinet and the carriage of the Ministry of Personnel, as well as the travel expenses and test papers for the next year, and the fees for the test papers.

, studying must be costly and cost more money. Their expenses are not affordable. In the final analysis, this is still a game for rich people. "The poor scholars study hard and succeed in the golden list. The plot can basically only exist in opera and essay books. However, Shanxi merchants broke this gap and donated generously. As long as they can get into prefectures and counties, they will receive funding from them. Once the scholars pass the imperial examination, Shanxi merchants will not only cover all the fees mentioned above, but also provide them with favors and follow-ups."

The third is to actively donate the examination room, test institute and test hall to provide comfortable examination room and apartment for the examinees. It is no exaggeration to say that the examination room and test institute of each county and prefecture in Shanxi are the best in the country. Zhu Dashou, who served as a supervisor of Shanxi, once told Shen Mo very deeply in his letter that the examination room in a county in Shanxi: the center is the main gate, the road, the steps are the steps. The middle is the Water Jian Hall, the two corridors are the boys' numbers, and the houses are more than 800. The right is the huā hall, the left is the study room, the back is the kitchen, the front is the main gate, the east and west, the drum tower, the whole house is dozens of rooms...

After the examination institute, no counties in the world dared to be on par with each province, and it was no less than the tribute courts of each province. What better reflects the sincerity of the Shanxi merchants was the comfortable residences built by the scholars who participated in the provincial examination and imperial examination in Nanjing and Beijing. In the city of Beijing, where every inch of land was valuable, the wealthy Shanxi merchants set up more than 20 guild halls, and even refined them to various prefectures... such as the Taiyuan Association, Puzhou Association, Yangzhou Association, etc. Most of these guild halls are large in scale, complete facilities, and beautiful environment, which makes the students feel at home and can take the exam calmly.

When Shen Mo went to Beijing to take the exam, he visited the Puzhou Guild Hall and visited it. He is still impressed. The Guild Hall was built in the house of the former chief minister Li Xian. The building was vast and the corridor was elegant. There were three courtyards and a huā garden. There were Wenju Halls with plaques written on the names of the examinees in this town. There were sacred buildings that worship Zhu Xi and famous officials of all dynasties, as well as the stages, as well as the Bilinglong Hall, Kuiguang Pavilion, Sijing Hall, Tengma Yin House, etc. There were cloud and smoke storage pavilions, Zishan Pavilion, rockery, and pool water, covering an area of ​​thirty or forty acres.

This is the case for just one government guild hall, not to mention the largest Shanxi guild hall and the widest Yangzhou guild hall. These guild halls are the main purpose of which is to serve the scholars of our country and the scholars from our country to Beijing for examination. Although they are usually provided to fellow villagers and earn some operating expenses. However, when the year of the competition comes, several months ago, these idle people must move out of the club, and they cannot stop goods, so as not to affect the students' preparation for the exam.

Although they knew that Shanxi merchants were willing to invest in education, they heard Wang Yao telling each other with their own ears that the gentry in the southeast were truly shocked... They did not expect that Shanxi merchants' support and funding for the imperial examinations of their hometown scholars was not only strong, but also concrete and comprehensive, and sincere. It can be said that Shanxi could change the appearance of the imperial examinations, and batches of outstanding talents such as Yang Bo, Ge Shouli, Wang Guoguang, Wang Chonggu, Zhang Siwei and others emerged. The number of Chinese people is also among the top provinces in the country and is known as the most prosperous. This is inseparable from the Shanxi merchants' unremitting support in financial resources.

Of course, the Shanxi merchants are so smart that they will never do lose money. The benefits they get are more profitable than a million taels of silver per year.

Wang Yao actually didn't say it too much. For example, Shanxi merchants would use bribes, gambling, unblocking relationships, etc. to help as many students as possible. They would also continue to provide favorable favors for him and learn the most favorable development after high school. Of course, they would not tell these tricks that were not up to date. But just the three general points he said were enough to make everyone present think deeply.

"If you give, you will get rewards." After a moment, a silent voice slowly sounded: "Helping a student alone may not get rewards, and he may even be ungrateful. But if more people help, a tradition and a trend will form, which will make those ungrateful people feel ashamed of themselves."

"In addition to Shanxi's experience for learning," saw everyone nodding silently and struck the railway while it was hot: "I suggest that if you want to do it, it is best to formulate a set of strict rules and levels from the beginning, such as setting up a four-level educational institution in townships, counties, prefectures, and provinces..." He paused and said: "The focus should be on both ends." The township level specializes in selecting materials, while the provincial level is working hard to cultivate elites. I believe that with the prosperity of the Southeast literary style, as long as you show this energy, it will definitely not be worse than Shanxi." As he said that, he smiled at Wang Yao, "Let the Dandelion laugh."

"What are you talking about by sir?" Wang Yao quickly shook his head and smiled: "You are always so humble, but who doesn't know." The best thing about this is Suzhou. I heard that Suzhou Prefecture School hides dragons and crouches tigers, and has been sharpening swords for ten years. The competition next year is probably the only one who will be the leader."

“It’s over-reward.

"Silent smiled faintly, but did not deny it." Instead, he looked around the cabin and said, "You don't have to agree now. You might as well go back and investigate first. After next spring exam, you can see the achievements of Suzhou Prefecture School before making a decision."

After hearing such a silence, everyone's interest was suddenly aroused, and they could make a decision without making a decision immediately... For such a big thing, I have to go back and discuss it. So they all agreed happily and said we will wait and see.

"If you do as your wishes in the future," there are some questions that need to be asked, and someone asked, "Our children must also go to their own schools." What is the meaning of the Imperial College?"

"Of course it makes sense." asked silently, "Can all your disciples be able to go high school?"

"How is that possible?" Everyone smiled bitterly: "After all, many people failed the exam."

"Let's go." Chen Jizhe smiled and said, "I said that we are a family, and I will not reduce the number of children who have been a credible..." Of course, those who can pass the Jinshi are not to worry. For those who fail the exam, I have to give them a good way out."

"Imperial College?" Everyone almost thought of it together.

"If everything goes well, the Imperial College will no longer accept regular students. After all the students in the school have dropped out, there will be no one in the prison to buy the identity of the Imperial College student with money." Silently said: "The Imperial College will only accept three types of students, including the Imperial College, and the ancestral system will be restored, and they will be trained by the points and internship experience, and then allocated according to the comprehensive scores." As he said, everyone said: "The academic system is four years. The first three years are mainly the points in the prison. After the new Jinshi is born, they will also go to the Imperial College to study... But there is no need for points. Then, whether it is a new Jinshi or a full-time student, they will be sent to various yamen for internship experience. A year later, the ranking will be arranged according to the comprehensive assessment given by the various yamen, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Imperial College. What do you think?"

After hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up: "It's really the same as the Jinshi officer?" I thought to myself, why don't you cancel the size of the dish? The benefits of supervising students will only increase and not decrease!

"Yes." Chen Silent nodded slowly and said, "But don't be too happy too early. First, the supervisors of each province will be responsible for the recommended supervisors. The performance and performance of supervisors during school will be an important basis for evaluating their political achievements; second, the premise of being in prison for three years is that supervisors can complete their points. If they are not satisfied with their cultivation, they have to continue to study. If they cannot complete their cultivation for up to six years, they can only be sent back to the province to handle it themselves. Third, the yamen who were interns for the last year will be willing to give good reviews, but it depends on their performance. This also affects whether the supervisors can firmly tent in the future..." He paused and said, "I will sink again."

"My lord has thoughtfully thought about it." Everyone said worriedly: "But can the court agree?"

"It's because of humans." Chen Si smiled and said, "And this does not violate the ancestral system, I'm still confident."

"It makes the adults worry..." When encountering such a careful consideration of the problem, what else can everyone say? Although they do not allow the restoration of the font size, they use the system of restoring the supervision and supervision and student affairs to compensate those supervisors whose interests have been damaged. And they also point out a clear and pragmatic way for how each company can continue to write glory.
Chapter completed!