It was difficult to react for a while, Qin Yang chewed on what Zhao Kang said over and over again.
After a while, he was shocked and said: "My lord, no matter how high or low your status is, as long as you have the reputation of being a scholar, you can participate in this Qiuwei Provincial Examination?"
Zhao Kang hummed, and everyone stared at Zhao Kang with wide eyes.
Is there such a good thing?
Someone reacted, then looked at Zhao Kang cautiously and said: "Sir, what are the admission quotas?"
"The quota remains the same as before." Zhao Kang said.
"Then isn't this..."
Now everyone understood what Zhao Kang meant. The number of admissions remained unchanged, but more people took the exam.
This means that the difficulty of the Qiuwei Township Examination has been increased this time.
In the past, there were only those places, and those who participated in Qiuwei were also fixed. People like them only had to spend money to build good relationships.
Just let the children of your own family take the exam. Whether they succeed or not depends on the individual.
Because the quota is fixed, as long as you can take the provincial examination, your chances of getting into high school are very high.
But it would be different if, as Zhao Kang said, anyone with the reputation of being a scholar could participate in the imperial examination.
This suddenly becomes a lot more difficult. Originally you only had to compete with five people, but now it suddenly becomes fifty. How can the situation be the same?
Therefore, many people present looked embarrassed.
Zhao Kang chuckled; "Why? Not willing? Then there is no need to discuss. I might as well tell you clearly."
"With the grace of the imperial court, all the scholars in Qingzhou can take the exam. This is just the beginning. Next, the four states of Youzhou, Tongzhou, Liangzhou, and Jiangzhou will also implement this decree one after another."
"In addition, in the future, the imperial court will also provide food and accommodation for scholars who take the imperial examination. Even a beggar can go to high school as long as he has real talent and learning."
"The good old days when you relied on free money to buy places, and even relied on those scholar-bureaucrats to enter the Spring Examination, are gone forever."
"This! Sir, are you kidding me?" one person asked.
Zhao Kang smiled and said, "What do you think?"
Everyone was thinking for a moment. If Zhao Kang really said this, then the matter would be really serious.
No one here is a real fool, and they all know how difficult it is to implement this decree.
And now Zhao Kang has made it clear that he wants them, the clan leaders of Qingzhou, to be traitors and respond to this decree.
It is foreseeable that if they agree, their situation in the future will not be easy.
But if we don't agree now, are we really going to have to ban those backers in the family from taking part in the examination for twenty years?
Now it seems that the choice between long-term pain or short-term pain is upward.
No one dared to say this first.
Zhao Kang was not in a hurry. He put a peanut into his mouth and chewed it slowly. After a long time, Qin Yang raised his head and asked: "Sir, do you know how big this will be if the world knows about it?"
Reaction?"
"I know this better than you, but I can tell you that there will always be more people responding to this matter than resisting."
Zhao Kang put down his chopsticks: "In the end, you are just businessmen, so what if some scholar-bureaucrats' family wars come to resist in the future? If you piss me off, if anyone disagrees, it would be much easier to just lead the troops and kill them one by one!"
Qin Yang was frightened and looked at Zhao Kang blankly. Only then did he realize that he had never recognized the young man in front of him who was only 25 or 26 years old.
"So, Lao Qin."
Zhao Kang poured a glass of wine by himself: "I am talking to you now, so I hope you will nod obediently and agree, otherwise?"
"Haha, I can make your Qin family and Ma family lose more than ten or two hundred thousand for this disaster relief. In the future, you will have nothing left like the Wang family. This is not difficult for me. Who among you wants to try?
Try, you can walk out of this restaurant now."
After swallowing his saliva, Ma Shan said cautiously: "Master Zhao, if we agree, this autumn..."
Zhao Kang interrupted him: "Just agreeing is not enough. If someone with no foresight comes out again in the future, you have to stand up and fight them with me. Do you understand?"
"As long as you can do it, I guarantee that the descendants of your family will be able to participate in this autumn or even spring exam!"
As Zhao Kang spoke, he felt a little resentful and said: "You bastards, you still don't know yet? Aren't you the biggest beneficiaries of this decree?"
"Use your pig brains to imagine that you are all businessmen. You can spend some money to let the children of your family take the national examination and that's it!"
"If you want to be an official in the future, you have to look at the faces of those scholar-bureaucrats. But no need to do that now! As long as your people have real talent and learning, let alone promote people! As long as he can pass the Jinshi exam, he can take the exam!
"
"Why do you have to be someone's retainer? Why waste money? Besides, there are so many students from poor families in the world. Even buying pens and ink is enough to give them a headache, let alone books!"
Zhao Kang said angrily: "You guys are richer than the other, and your children have enough food and clothing. Are you so scared? Is it possible that you young masters can't beat those poor scholars? What the hell?
Are you worthy of being an official? Die as soon as possible, I don’t even have the strength to pick up shit!"
Everyone was a little confused by the spray, and when they realized it, there was something wrong in their eyes.
Hey, it seems like this is really what the hell happened!
After a while, Ma Shan was the first to speak: "Master Zhao, the common people have agreed to this!"
"I agreed too!" Qin Yang also said.
The others also spoke one after another.
Zhao Kang smiled with satisfaction: "That's right. Okay, okay, don't kneel down. It's not the New Year yet, and I don't have any New Year's money for you."
Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, so they got up from the ground and returned to their seats.
Zhao Kang said again: "Remember what you said, if anyone dares to be a coward on that day, don't blame me for turning against you!"
"Don't worry, sir!"
"Don't worry, sir!"
Everyone nodded and bowed. Zhao Kang hummed, then stretched out his hand towards Qin Yang: "Bring it here."
Qin Yang was stunned: "Sir, what, what?"
Zhao Kang was angry: "Nonsense, it's a bank note! You gave it to me!"
Qin Yang was dumbfounded: "You, you don't want it?"
"I said no? Is that true? Why don't I remember it? You don't know, I like to challenge my weaknesses and exercise my willpower."
Zhao Kang said matter-of-factly: "Being an official must go through all kinds of tests. I can give it away, but you have to give it away, you know? You can't even take it back after giving it away! That means you didn't put my surname Zhao in
In your eyes, I will be angry!"
Qin Yang scolded his mother in his heart, what a fool, he turned out to be a fucking corrupt official, bastard!
