There is nothing surprising about this Liquan Building. There are more than a dozen tables on the first floor. There are several middle-aged people in their thirties sitting across from each other drinking tea on both sides of the table. Sometimes they will take out the chessboard to play chess.
Bureau.
In addition to tables, there are seven or eight bookshelves on the second floor, and the bookshelves are densely packed with books.
Zhang Jian said hello to a few middle-aged people on the first floor, and then took Shen Yi all the way to the second floor. He sat down at a table on the second floor. The Jiangdu County magistrate looked at Shen Yi.
"You can come here often in the future. Many of the books on the second floor are rare and unique. Some books that cannot be found outside can also be found here."
Shen Yi took a look at these bookshelves. There were seven or eight bookshelves, each with hundreds of books, which meant that there were at least three thousand books here.
Three thousand books may not be a big deal in later generations, but in this era, it may be the limit of a family's book collection.
While Shen Yi was watching, a middle-aged man who looked about thirty years old stepped up to the second floor. The middle-aged man glanced at Zhang Jian, then said hello to Zhang Jian, and walked towards the bookshelf.
go.
He took out a book from his sleeve and put it on the bookshelf. He rummaged in the bookshelf for a while, took a book and left.
Seeing Shen Yi looking at the bookshelf, Zhang Jian smiled and said: "Junior brother should know that many of the scholars who came from Ganquan Academy decades ago were not from very good families. After these people were promoted to candidates or even Jinshi, they could not fill the gap.
"If I stay in Jiankang City, I won't have much money in a short time. I have to rent a house to live in, and I won't have any spare money to buy books."
Books in this era mean valuable knowledge resources.
Nowadays, when printing technology is not developed, knowledge resources are very precious.
In human terms, books are expensive.
It is so expensive that ordinary people cannot afford to support a scholar. It is so expensive that children from poor families, even if they are very talented in reading, will never have the spare money to buy books. Some children from poor families will even go to bookstores to record books for them in order to read.
Once you copy it down in a book, you will almost have it all in your mind.
Zhang Jian paused and said: "So more than fifty years ago, our academy's predecessor, Mr. Wenbai, built the Liquan Tower in Jiankang, and put his collection of more than a thousand books here.
Mr. Wenbai made a rule for young people in the academy to borrow books. If you take a book from Liquan Tower, you must first bring a book in."
Speaking of this, Zhang Jian smiled and said: "Under the leadership of Mr. Wenbai, Ganquan Academy's young talents have emerged in large numbers, and Liquan Building has also grown day by day. Now there are more than 5,000 books in Liquan Building, all of which are
My senior classmates from the academy have saved it bit by bit."
Hearing this, Shen Yi already understood.
This Liquan Building is essentially an internal library open only to students of Ganquan Academy.
The reason why it is only open to internal users is easy to understand.
Because the quality of the people in this era is not high,
And books are very expensive.
Sometimes a best-selling book can be sold for five or even ten taels of silver!
Just imagine, if a library in the future could lend out books that cost about 10,000 yuan each, and there was no ID card to register, it would be impossible for this library to be open to the public anyway...
This is the case for this Liquan Tower.
If there are some unique copies, the price can even reach the level of a thousand taels!
It is very wise to only open it to some college students.
Shen Yi nodded slightly and sighed softly: "The seniors in the academy are indeed amazing. So many books are already a huge wealth."
"The Liquan Building was originally just a place for borrowing and reading books. Later, after Ganquan Qizi, it gradually had other uses."
Zhang Jian smiled and said: "There are more and more officials, Jinshi and Juren who came from academies in the capital. When we meet on weekdays, we usually make appointments here to drink tea and play chess together, so as to keep in touch with classmates.
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Sure enough, it has become the Ganquan Club.
This result is not unexpected. After all, as a group of people from the same background get along better and better, the things they pursue will gradually change, and Liquan Tower will naturally change accordingly.
Shen Yi didn't say anything more. Now he was not qualified to say anything more about this Liquan Tower. He just looked at Zhang Jian silently and asked: "Didn't Senior Brother Zhang say that he would take his little brother to attend a cultural gathering today?"
"There's no such thing as a literary meeting."
Zhang Jian smiled hoarsely: "I came here today to take you to Liquan Tower to have a look. As for Wenhui, I deceived the Prince of Jin."
He pointed at the books on the second floor and said with a smile: "There are many good books here. I have already said hello. You can borrow them at will. There are many books that will be of great benefit to your journey in the examination room."
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Magistrate Zhang paused and continued: "You don't have to worry about the college examination this year. As for the provincial examination..."
"There are two candidates for the examiner of this year's provincial examination."
Zhang Jian said slowly: "The first one is Yu Zheng, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, and the second candidate is Cao Qian, the former number one scholar."
"But it hasn't been decided yet."
Zhang Jian smiled and continued: "The provincial examination will not be held until the autumn, and there is still more than half a year left. Anyway, you have nothing to do. You can look up everything these two people have written and take a look."
Zhang Jian knew about the candidate for the chief examiner of the Jiankang Rural Examination, so it was not surprising.
Because his grandfather was the prime minister.
And he also had the motive to ask about this matter. After all, he was now considered a member of the Academy Sect.
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Being able to know the candidates for the examiner in advance is of course a great help to the academy.
Shen Yi first lowered his head to thank him, then looked up at Zhang Jian, feeling a little suspicious.
Because this Senior Brother Zhang was a little too kind to him.
Although the two of them are brothers in name, they are not actually "close" brothers. Moreover, the identities of the two are very different. It would be great to be able to meet and talk, but Zhang Jian looks like this now.
, clearly sparing no effort to “support”.
Seeing Shen Yi's expression, Zhang Jian seemed to understand clearly what Shen Yi was thinking, and he smiled at Shen Yi.
"Junior Brother Shen, your poem is very well written. It has caught the attention of the emperor and has greatly promoted the government. If you can pass the scientific examination smoothly and enter the officialdom smoothly in the future, your official career will be smooth.uuReading www.uukanshu
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"This is also a good thing for the academy."
He reached out and patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said slowly: "My teacher said that if you win the provincial examination this year, let me take you to meet him."
Zhang Jian’s teacher... Zhao Changping, the Minister of Household Affairs!
A proper court boss, very promising to become the next prime minister!
Hearing this, Shen Yi also understood the meaning of Zhang Jian's words.
It seems to be because my poem is so suitable for the occasion...
It not only attracted the attention of the emperor, but also the attention of these Ganquan sects in Jiankang City.
Shen Qilang lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head to look at Zhang Jian, lowering his eyebrows and saying, "If you are lucky enough to win the election this year, I will definitely go with my senior brother to meet Uncle Zhao."
There was a ladder in front of him, and Shen Yi had no reason not to climb it.
He needs this ladder more than anyone else because he wants to climb high and fast.
The faster you climb, the more likely you will be able to compete with Mr. Fan earlier, and then...