Zhu Fuyan took a volume of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" that he had borrowed from a friend, and read and studied it word by word.
The weather was so hot that after reading for a while, Master Yan had to walk to the middle of the room, pick up a water ladle, and pour a ladle of water on himself to cool down.
"We don't have much money..." The master's father Yan took out the dozens of copper coins left in his pocket and sighed helplessly.
When he set out in Jicheng, he still had more than three thousand dollars in savings.
However, in just ten days in Chang'an, the more than 3,000 yuan was almost spent!
Fortunately, the money is well spent!
Even if you don't pass the exam, as long as you can pass the second round, with this qualification, your future will be much brighter.
In the past few days, Zhu Fuyan heard that several scholars from Hedong County had received family letters from their families. In the letters, the family elders of these scholars asked them to pass the examination.
In the second round, the governor of Hedong has already announced that as long as all scholars from Hedong can pass the second round, if they are not hired in the end, they can be recommended directly after returning to Hedong!
This is a signal!
Although so far, only Hadong County plans to do this.
But anyone with a normal IQ can imagine that soon, counties, counties and even vassal states across the country will follow suit!
The reason could be guessed by Master Fuyan.
During the reign of the late emperor, in order to add more fresh blood to the court, he once issued an edict to force local counties to recommend a number of officials. Those who did not meet the standards would affect the assessment of their political performance - the annual ten
Every month, local counties and counties report to the central government the population, number of households, acres of land, thieves, penalties, and tax revenue within their jurisdiction over the past year. This is called the Shangji.
Those who are judged as the 'most' and get promoted to a noble rank or a 'dian' will not only be punished, but may even lose their official hat.
When it comes to Wu Sha Mao, who dares to relax?
In particular, the emperors of the Han Dynasty attached great importance to the evaluation of officials. The emperor often presided over it personally, with the assistance of the prime minister, and the review by nine ministers and hundreds of officials.
However, the matter of recommending talents is not something that local officials can just find a random cat or dog to make up.
At this time, the recommender must first have a great reputation in the local area, at least have prestige throughout the county, and secondly, he must be an intellectual...
How many such people can there be in one county?
Those who meet the conditions have been recommended long ago, and those who do not meet the conditions are working hard to gain reputation.
As a result, I don’t know how many county governors could have been ranked among the "best" based on their political performance, but because they lost points in the recommendation, they fell to the next level.
Goodbye, there are some unlucky ones. Their political performance should have been qualified, but because of the weak recommendation, they were demoted to the 'high palace', and then they were called and scolded by their superiors at all levels. They were unlucky.
, I just threw away my black gauze hat and rushed back to my hometown to farm.
It's already the end of May, June is approaching, and the New Year is only four months away.
Obviously, it is time for counties and counties to prepare for the plan again.
However, it is also obvious that many counties are destined to fail to complete the required recommendation tasks.
At this time, the examination appeared like a life-saving straw in the sight of local officials everywhere.
Even better, for local governments, it is not wrong to keep up with the central policy changes no matter what!
Master Fuyan knew that Hedong County was the first to respond just because it was close to Chang'an. When the matter of the examination continued to spread, in the next two months, local officials who were not too dull-minded would follow suit.
Therefore, after thinking about this clearly, almost all the scholars in Chang'an became excited!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...
God knows if there will be another exam?
Even if there is, who knows when it will be held next?
Moreover, the phenomenon of ranking based on seniority in officialdom is very common. It is better to be recommended two years earlier than to be recommended again a few years later!
Therefore, after his body felt a little cooler, Zhu Fuyan immediately sat down in front of the desk again, holding the book and continuing to study.
"Mr. Master, are you at home?" As soon as he sat down, a strange voice came from outside the door.
The master's father Yan quickly put on the clothes he had taken off, straightened his clothes, and said: "Your honor, please wait a moment. Someone will open the door right away!"
When he opened the door, he saw a few faces that seemed familiar.
The master's father thought for a while, and it seemed that these people came to his door a few days ago to congratulate him on passing the first round. As a result, he was so happy that he actually gave away more than 200 yuan of reward money, causing him to eat meat for two consecutive days.
I don’t even dare to eat it…
Thinking about this, the master's father Yan's face twitched slightly. Fortunately, he was well-educated. He asked: "What are you doing here?"
"I have been ordered by His Highness Liu De to give Mr. some relief from the summer heat..." The leading man, with a smile on his face, asked his two men to place a bag of several kilograms of things at the feet of the master and handed them over.
Said: "Sir, please count, here are five kilograms of mung beans..."
Before the master's father could react, the man took a bamboo slip and handed it to the master's father and said: "If it is correct, sir, please write your name on this bamboo slip, so that it can be more convenient for us and others!"
I have to admit that the Rangers at this time may have done things like killing people, breaking the law, and bullying the weak better than their younger generations, the Young and Dangerous. But there is one thing, the Young and Dangerous in later generations can't keep up with their Ranger predecessors.
——Keep your word and keep your word!
Most of the current rangers regard their oaths as more important than their lives, and their reputation as more noble than money.
The master's father Yan stupidly signed his name on the bamboo slips with a pen.
After the man looked at it, he held up his hands and said: "The weather in Chang'an has been hot recently. I hope you, sir, will take more care and pay attention to cooling down... If anything happens, you can come to me in Dongshi and give me the name of Zhaozhuang...
"
In Zhao Zhuang's eyes, these scholars in Chang'an are now his food, clothing and parents. How can they not do their best?
What's more, as a ranger, I actually admire the thoughts of literati.
The other one is to make a fortune and establish a good reputation as an official. Now that he is with a good boss, he sees the opportunity to clear his name. It is not impossible to even become a court eagle in the future. Naturally, he subconsciously begins to protect his own
Personal image.
Zhao Zhuang took the bamboo slip handed over by his father and said, "I won't disturb your husband's study and review until everything is done. I would like to wish you success in taking the exam tomorrow and marrying a noble lady!"
Now in Chang'an City, there are already rumors about the Neihou and even the Chehou, and they will recruit the person who can finally be admitted as their son-in-law.
This was tantamount to a strong stimulus, which made almost all the poor scholars, including the master Fu Yan, excited.
Who doesn't want to marry a charming noble lady?
Not to mention anything else, the dowry alone will be enough to turn an originally poor family into a wealthy family immediately!
Looking at Zhao Zhuang's retreating figure, holding the small bag of mung beans, Master Yan felt warm in his heart.
"I don't care about anything else, but you can think of the fact that we scholars are unbearable in the heat. This benevolence alone is enough to prove that His Highness Liu De is the master of the Ming Dynasty!" Master Fu Yan thought in his heart, in today's world, the most respected scholar among the literati
There are two kinds of masters.
One is to give them official positions and let them display their ambitions; the other is to value them and be willing to condescend and bend down for them.
The latter is more highly praised by literati than the former.
The reason why Uncle Tian was willing to accompany Zhao Wang Zhang Ao to prison before he was a Zhao official was because Zhang Ao valued him...
On this day, countless poor scholars living in Chang'an City felt Liu De's warmth, and many even decided to be loyal to Liu De and swear to the death.
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10.1 is on the shelves, it’s wise to save more manuscripts~ But I can’t save them, it’s a tragedy~~~
