And how should those scholars who are not able to pass the examination to a level that satisfies them make a living? Most people will probably go to an academy or college to become a teacher.
Those who have no intention of giving up on the imperial examination can continue to study and teach students at the same time, and use the salary earned from being a teacher to support themselves and their family, and to continue to take the imperial examination.
And those who have become discouraged on the road of politeness can continue to teach in the new generation, or in other words, find knowledgeable and spiritual young people among their own students to train. This can also be regarded as completing what they have or have not achieved.
Target.
Of course, there are also scholars who return to their hometowns or other places and can come to work as teachers for some additional boys, or they can open their own private schools to recruit some students and teach in classes. This type of people basically rely on teaching.
Educate people in exchange for living capital.
Another group of people have embarked on the path of some petty officials. Among them, those who have connections or have connections may be working as scribes in some yamen, or some clerical jobs such as long history. Are these official positions considered as official positions?
It may be said that it is official, but it is indispensable in every place. And if you can learn from real officials, it is possible that after building a good relationship, you can also pave a career ladder for yourself.
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And those that don't have much to do, can only do some clerkships or have a limited field of vision, and are not even considered small officials. There may be a way out, but the opportunities are very few, and they are often buried in these clerical jobs all their lives.
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The most pitiful possibility is that the lowest situation for scholars is to make a living by copying books and writing letters to others. They probably can't make a few cents in this kind of life. They can barely make ends meet, but this
Basically, it is the most miserable and desolate situation for scholars.
In the past, Gong Jian used to copy books to people in comfort in exchange for some copper coins just to support the family. However, the situation at home went from bad to worse, and the little money the girl gave could no longer save the family's decline. In the end, he
I had no choice but to sell my physical strength. Later, my body was overdrawn and I fainted at the workplace. This shows that the living expenses earned by scholars are very pitiful.
Therefore, because scholars came to the palace for the first time, I felt that Zhao Rong did not seek the possibility of development in this aspect of making a living for scholars. After all, in the palace's view, it was actually the second-best job of copying and writing letters for others, writing letters on behalf of others, and so on.
For a relatively large-scale job, it would probably be difficult to recruit people to do it. That’s not to say
The reason why he is so poor at studying is because he missed the best time to study, and he has never studied anything systematically. Therefore, even if he can recognize words or understand articles, that single stroke of character is really
If you really can't deal with it, this is definitely not a problem that can change the status quo in a year or two.
Therefore, from the palace's point of view, it is basically impossible for Zhao Rong to support himself by the means of earning a living as a scholar. But with his small body, it is impossible for him to sell his physical strength like tigers and do some strenuous work.
At first glance, this seems to be a completely impossible task. I don’t know what Zhao Jia is like.
Listening to Xiao Tao's words, they are not subject to any restrictions in terms of living conditions. Zhao Rong also has a reputation in the Zhao family for being particularly picky about eating shit. It can be said that the Zhao family is not as good as HKUST in terms of food and drink, or it can be said that it is already extremely
He indulged Zhao Rong's life, but failed to realize that the two masters and servants could develop a strong physique.
Just looking at the two teenagers, they are now more than a head shorter than their younger brothers. Their small bodies look like they can be blown away by the wind. It is not so much that they have been carefully raised for more than ten years.
It is better to say that the child from a poor family who was admitted to HKUST looks two or three years younger than his actual age. Anyway, Zhao Rong is actually only one year younger than the palace maid, but it seems that there is a real gap between the two in terms of stature.
, even looks like four or five years old.
Seeing such a frail Zhao Rong, every time I go to the palace, I have to remember that when I was young, I saw how the palace maid looked like at that time. At that time, the family did not have enough to eat. Gong Yu was even more aware of the difficulties at home at a young age, so
Every time he eats, even if it is hard-to-eat coarse grains or even grass roots and bark, etc., he will try his best to let other people in the family eat. In his opinion, he is too young to do much work, so it is better to save food.
It would be better to come down and feed it to my brother and mother who can bring some income to the family.
The little Gong Yu believed from the bottom of her heart that the food at home should be given to her brother and mother as much as possible. They are the ones who can earn money to support the family. At the same time, it should also be given to her father, because his father is frail and sick and has been lying in bed. If he is not allowed to eat anymore
If you are fuller, your health may be worse, and you need to give it to the little sister. The little sister is a girl and needs
She has to be taken care of by a family, and she is so young, so he helps the family to do the work. But the younger sister is younger than him, so of course she needs more care, so Gong Yu really put all the knowledge in the family at that time.
They stuffed it into the mouths of other people in the family, wishing that they could live on just drinking water all day long.
So when I called Gong Yu back from the landlord's house, I must have been very clear. I remember deeply that at that time, the park seemed to be shaking three times when walking, and I wished that I might fall to the ground in the next second.
She was so thin that she was just a layer of skin except for bones, and her pitiful appearance was indeed quite shocking. It seemed that the palace maid's head was particularly big and her body was weak. She looked three or four years younger than her peers.
When he saw the master and servant Zhao Rong, he also felt like a bow and arrow. He seemed to see his little brother again, the grown-up version of him when he was poor. This also made him take more care of the master and servant Zhao Rong. Every time he had a meal,
Sometimes, he always hopes that these two people can eat more, or try to cook more carefully. After all, these two people are also carefully raised by the Zhao family, but they cannot be affected by any knowledge.
Wronged.
But in fact, after being able to leave the Zhao family, Zhao Rong and his servant no longer have the same requirements for food. Especially before Zhao Rong, the main reason why he kept being picky about food was because of his
All his emotions were vented in this aspect. In other aspects, anything he wanted to say was severely suppressed. Only in terms of knowledge, no one seemed to have restricted him since he was a child.