Daming: I have a showdown, my father-in-law is the emperor

Chapter 144 Sign up for the assessment
Tsing Yi Lane.

A remote alley in the capital is home to the working people of the capital.

Aunt Zhou has been living here since she got married.

Unfortunately, her husband died early.

Aunt Zhou worked hard to raise her daughter alone, and the mother and daughter lived on a loom at home.

It can be said.

The reason why Aunt Zhou was able to raise her daughter until she was 14 years old was all because of this textile machine.

Aunt Zhou has been weaving at home from morning to night every day, and then sells the woven cloth to cloth merchants in exchange for some scraps of silver.

It has been like this every day for 40 to [-] years.

It's just that in the past few years, Aunt Zhou's body and mind have become more and more haggard.

Because, the daughter has also reached the age of marriage.

If the dowry is less, you will definitely be bullied if you marry into the man's family.

Therefore, in the past few years, Mrs. Zhou has been shaking the loom day and night, just to prepare a little more dowry for her daughter.

In a dark room, there was the sound of a weaving machine.

The neighbors around have long been familiar with it.

Needless to say, Aunt Zhou must be busy again.

at this time.

Several officials rode to Tsing Yi Lane.

In normal times, these official officials would never want to come to a place like this.

Who in the capital doesn't know that Tsing Yi Lane is notoriously a den of the poor.

The environment was dirty, the sewage flowed across the river, and a stench could be smelled from far away.

After the group came to Tsing Yi Lane, enduring the unpleasant smell, they all got off their horses and stood up.

Hearing the sound of horses neighing, the neighbors in Qingyi Lane came out of their homes curiously.

Looking at these officials, everyone was full of doubts, wondering what happened?

Soon, a leader-like official told everyone the answer with his actions.

The officials gathered the onlookers together and announced to everyone:

"I believe that everyone knows about the enrollment this time. Anyone in the family who has a child under the age of 15 can sign up for the assessment."

"If any parents want their children to take part in the assessment, come here to register with me, and then go to Qingyang Academy in the south of the city tomorrow morning to take the preliminary test."

heard here.

The people in Tsing Yi Lane suddenly became noisy, and everyone clamored to register their children.

Since the news of the enrollment came out, everyone has been anxiously waiting for several days.

Nowadays.

Finally, the official servant waited for the master.

Although everyone does not know whether their children can pass the initial test, it is always good to try.

What if it passes!

Then there are ten taels of silver that can be obtained every year, which makes everyone excited just thinking about it.

To know.

These poor families in Tsing Yi Lane can't earn a few taels of silver even after working so hard for a year.

Ten taels of silver, enough to live frugally for a whole family for a year or two.

While everyone was registering, a strong man who looked honest and honest rushed to inform Aunt Zhou.

The strong man rushed into Aunt Zhou's house and said anxiously:

"Why are you still weaving at home? The official servant is here, go and sign up for your family Yingying to take the preliminary test!"

Aunt Zhou put down the shuttle in her hand and looked at the strong man next door with a puzzled expression.

"Sign up?"

Aunt Zhou has also heard about the news about the enrollment.

Every time she goes out, she always hears the neighbors talking about it.

Aunt Zhou was envious at that time. It would be great if she had a son, so that she could take the preliminary examination.

She just heard that reading is free, ten taels of silver a year, and working as an official in the official family after finishing her studies, all of which made her envious.

Seeing that Aunt Zhou didn't care at all, the strong man almost died of anxiety.

"That's right! Isn't your family Yingying 14 years old this year? I agree with the registration requirements, hurry up and register, what if you pass the preliminary test!"

Aunt Zhou froze for a moment, and asked with a puzzled face:
"Yingying is a girl, women can also sign up?"

Because Aunt Zhou had to save a dowry for Yingying, she basically didn't go out very often.

Although I know some admissions news.

But I didn't pay too much attention, after all, it has little to do with her family.

In Aunt Zhou's subconscious mind, reading and literacy is a man's right, and it is enough for women to stay at home with their husbands and children.

therefore.

About the news that women can also sign up for the preliminary test, Aunt Zhou has never been aware of it.

The strong man scolded:
"Staying at home all day without going out to take a look, Yingying almost delayed you."

"The imperial court said that anyone under the age of 15, regardless of origin, male or female, can take the entrance examination."

Although the strong man spoke in a bad tone, Mrs. Zhou couldn't care about it for a while.

Her attention was completely attracted by the strong man's statement that he doesn't care about men and women.

Thinking of this, Aunt Zhou came to her senses.

He followed behind the strong man with a look of excitement, and went out to find the official officer to sign up.

Ten taels of silver!
Coupled with some of what she had saved in the past few years, it was completely enough for Yingying's dowry.

As for whether her daughter Yingying could pass the assessment, Aunt Zhou didn't think about it at all.

She has been dazzled by the bursary of ten taels of silver per year.

Every household in Tsing Yi Lane, except those without children, basically signed up.

After all, this is an opportunity to jump into the dragon's gate, and naturally everyone cannot give up easily.

Although there is little hope of passing the assessment, it is always good to give it a try.

After registering the number of applicants, the officials of the yamen rode their horses and rushed to the next street to inform the common people.

Xianjulai Restaurant, private rooms on the second floor.

A group of young scholars are pushing cups and changing cups, drinking and drinking.

Just by looking at their clothes, it is not difficult to see that the young people at these gatherings are all scholars.

Everyone was drinking and chatting, it was really lively.

The topic of the chat was, of course, the enrollment incident that had gone viral in the capital these days.

"Brother Li, you are exactly fifteen this year and fully meet the requirements for enrollment. Why don't you sign up for tomorrow's preliminary examination?"

A handsome young man with delicate features teased.

Among this group of people, he said that Brother Li was the youngest, and only Brother Li met the registration requirements.

So the handsome young man naturally brought the topic to Brother Li.

Hearing this, Brother Li frowned, and said disdainfully:

"I asked the question knowingly, and everyone present didn't know that these recruited students are going to serve as subordinates in the future."

"Which one of us is not from a famous family? After passing the imperial examination, his official career is smooth. Even if he fails the exam, he can still find a job."

"A lowly subordinate official can only be treasured by those ignorant people."

After hearing this, all the people present burst out laughing.

"Drink! Drink!"

They think they have the capital to laugh at these ordinary people.

Because there are elders in their family who are officials in the court, so their future is bright, and they naturally look down on ordinary people who are arguing about the number of subordinates.

As for the scholarship of ten taels of silver, they don't even care about it from the bottom of their hearts, and only those ignorant people care about it.

(End of this chapter)