The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

Chen Gong next to him was a bit sour. He was from a poor family and had just considered getting married. The kid next to him was only twenty this year, and his family's children were all three years old.

"Bring it here when you have time, maybe you can play with Liu Cong." Liu Tao said with a smile. Adults have adults' circles, and children always have children's circles. Often the children of these core officials will also be friends. The core team of his heirs.

"Thanks to my lord, it was arranged by Jiahui." Guo Jia smiled, and it was a very honorable thing for a subject to be able to enter the circle of Liu Tao's direct heirs.

Liu Tao is also happy, Jimu diagnosed a few days ago, Cai Yan, Ren Hongchang, and even Zhen Jiang are all pregnant.Around July and August next year, three more children will be born.It's just that Zhen Jiang is only seventeen this year, so she is pregnant at this time, which makes people a little worried!

"Okay, how's the situation with respect to the imperial examination?" Of course, Liu Tao didn't forget the really important things.

Chapter 485 Mi Zhu's Experience in Jinyang (Subscribe)

The new year is here. Compared with the previous big Chinese New Year, which was slightly deserted, this year's New Year is particularly lively.

After all, a large number of envoys came over, many of them brought gifts, and at the same time there were many followers.

If there are a lot of people, then board and lodging must be arranged.Of course, we can't let others pay for it, we can only pay from fiscal revenue.As for the envoys, although they don't have to worry about food and lodging, it is impossible for them not to go out all the time.

When you go out, you must buy and buy everywhere, especially if there are one or two people whose minds are not very pure.

The common people these days are not very rich, and if they have money, they must open their businesses. In fact, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, many people have already opened their businesses. Maybe if they don’t operate for one day, they feel that they are in danger of not being able to eat.

With the opening of the store, ordinary people don't want to stay at home, so the atmosphere of the New Year will naturally become active.

"I didn't expect that a library was actually opened, allowing people to read and copy books for free..." Mi Zhu came to the library, looked at the people reading and copying books inside, and couldn't help but click his tongue.

He found a random book and looked at it. To his surprise, there were sentences in all these books.If it is said that this standard will be used in official teaching and examinations in the future, then scholars will no longer have to worry about it, and they may be wrong.

"If this continues, the whole of Jinyang must be scholars? How many scholars should there be in the whole of Bingzhou?" Mi Zhu couldn't imagine.

It is said that Liu Tao is mean to scholars, but is he really mean?How many poor families and ordinary people are probably grateful to him.After all, they are all the real beneficiaries, and the only ones who suffer are the big families that have been passed down for a long time, as well as various schools of thought.

He Mi Zhu, after all, is just a local tyrant and big businessman in Xuzhou, not comparable to the old Cao and Chen.When Tao Qian served as governor of Xuzhou, in order not to be excluded by the Cao family and the Chen family, he was promoted to be a different driver.

In addition, there is actually another reason, that is, because of Mi's family property, he can provide him with political donations.

Mi Zhu paid [-]% of the family property, and finally helped Tao Qian take control of Xuzhou, and at the same time secured this special position.But he knew very well in his heart that Tao Qian might not think highly of him.

This is also the norm. Before becoming a separate driver, the Cao family and the Chen family used their influence in the officialdom to oppress the Mi family in turn, but he didn't even have the room to cry and fight back.

If it wasn't for the fact that the Mi family had an equally good reputation in the local area, they could only rely on the charity of the two families and be careful in the cracks.

For those established families, Mi Zhu really didn't like it at all, but for the sake of the Mi family, he had to force a smile and suppress his disgust to have a false relationship with them.

He didn't even hesitate to spend [-]% of his family property to 'buy' this unique position.This time as envoys, Chen and Cao did not send anyone, but sent him here, and many problems can already be seen.

Even if he has the status of another driver, in Xuzhou, he is still nothing...

Therefore, Liu Tao's attitude towards the gentry, mainly these old-fashioned families, won his favor.At the same time, I also saw that here, poor families, local tyrants, gentry, and even ordinary people have the possibility of becoming officials!

"Excuse me...do you still read this book?" I was thinking, but a scholar next to me asked cautiously.

This person was not wearing a long robe, but a very common bunt of coarse cloth, but there seemed to be a layer of fluffy material inside, so it didn't look so thin.It's just a new year, and the weather is still very cold.

It can be seen from the appearance and conversation that this person should not be a serious scholar, and it is even possible that he is just an ordinary citizen.In fact, we can see some clues from his appearance and the calluses on his hands.

"Well, let's see..." Mi Zhu actually didn't plan to read at all, at least not in the mood to read now.Seeing that others wanted it, he gave up the book in his hand.

"Thank you...you are also here to prepare for the scientific examination?" The other party thanked and then asked in a low voice.

"Scientific examination?" It was the first time Mi Zhu heard about this, mainly because he had just arrived and had never been out before, so he didn't know about it.Although he didn't know, he was still very curious about this, "Can you tell me about this?"

"Well... I still have to prepare for the exam..." the latter said with some embarrassment, "I'm going to work in half an hour, and I have to hurry up and study."

"Well, tell me, this is yours!" Mi Zhu thought for a while, and took out a bunch of small change, about a hundred or so.

A hundred pennies is not too little, especially for a person from ordinary background.Seeing this, this person was a little moved, but in the end he gritted his teeth and bid farewell to Mi Zhu.

"Don't worry, it's easy to discuss!" Seeing this, Mi Zhu was a little puzzled. Could it be that the price of goods in Jinyang is very high?

"Okay, let me hurry up..." Seeing this, the latter couldn't bear the temptation, so he could only step forward, "It's hard to go into details here, let's go out and talk."

Loud noises are prohibited in the library, one warning and two expulsion from the library.If there are too many times, I have to be sent to the official. At the same time, through the drawing method of sketching, I will register the appearance, name and place of origin, and paste it on the side of the library gate.

It was even sent to all libraries in Bingzhou. As long as he passed by, others would not let him in if they saw that he was on the blacklist.If you dare to protest or abuse, you will be sent directly to the official.

Libraries are set up to allow ordinary people to have a place where they can obtain knowledge for free.Since I don't want to acquire knowledge, but also disturb others to acquire knowledge, I'm sorry, I'm not used to it!

When we got outside, we sat down at a tea stand.This tea stall is also an emerging industry, mainly due to the fact that Liu Tao has purchased a large amount of tea from Bashu in the past few years.Unknowingly, the tea trade has become the biggest business for Liu Tao and Liu Yan.

I didn’t lose money either, I sent a lot of wine, and considering that tea frying technology and fermentation technology have not yet appeared, what I bought was pure tea leaves, and the price was not symmetrical at all, so I only made money and didn’t lose money!

As long as there are tea leaves, there are tea houses, which specialize in frying tea leaves, black tea, green tea and oolong tea, and the technology is still very simple.There are also tea shops that specialize in selling tea, and there are also tea houses in the shop, where you can drink tea.

The tea stalls are not so high-end. You can buy some tea leaves and so on, and put them in a small amount.Those who can't drink, or who can't drink because they still have to study, come here for a drink, which is considered arty.

Naturally, the tea stand opened near the library, and the business was okay.

"After the year, on the third day after the enthronement ceremony, Bingzhou will hold the imperial examination, not only for Bingzhou, but also for Sizhou and Liangzhou. People who feel that they can take the exam have already come here. While waiting, I can read books in the library here to prepare for the exam..." The two sat down, and the candidate poured Mi Zhu a cup, and then slowly talked about the imperial examination.

"As long as you pass the imperial examination, you can become an official?" It was the first time Mi Zhu had heard of this method of selecting candidates, but it was obviously more reliable than Xiaolian.

It's just that the selection of materials in this way, I'm afraid there will be some unfilial and dishonest people mixed in, is it really okay?Is it really okay to promote talents instead of virtues?

The main thing is that he is sour. If he had only promoted his talents, he would have successfully become an official!I have asked the county magistrates and county magistrates in private, and I have never been filial and honest, but it is because my family is in business that I am considered immoral!

Suppression is suppression, dare to be more open and aboveboard?

Mi's Grain Shop, inquire about it, the most conscientious grain shop in Xuzhou, the common people do not praise benevolence and righteousness, what is immoral, it is nothing more than robbing the business of those evil gentry and gentry's family grain shop!

It is necessary to express his doubts. The latter heard the words and said with some entanglement: "How many bad people can there be in this world? Even if they have no virtue, at least they are not wicked. Virtue can be cultivated. Will you not be wicked the day after tomorrow?"

"This is interesting, but it doesn't seem like you can come up with it, right?" Mi Zhu agreed with the words after hearing the words.

It's not uncommon to see people who have both ability and political integrity in the village, but become worse and worse after becoming an official.Not to mention officials, county officials with a big sesame seed can look like a different person.

Sure enough, if you want to know a person's character, you have to look at what he is like after he has power.

"I learned it in the night school..." the candidate said shyly, "At that time, the teacher told us why we should study, why we should study, and why we should be an official. That's what he said."

"Evening school?" Mi Zhu obviously grasped the point.

"Well, literacy night school, two hours of class every night, mainly literacy and numeracy. You can also take a refresher class to learn more knowledge. I am in the refresher class." The candidate replied, "The fee is not expensive. Especially for literacy, there is no need to pay tuition fees except for books and stationery fees, and the government will pay for it.”

Since it's all free, people who have spare time and thirst for knowledge will of course go to school.Refresher classes are not expensive, if you find a job and don't drink, drink, or gamble, it will not only cover the tuition fee, but also the stationery fee.

It's rare that the time of the two is interleaved, that is, the time to sleep is slightly less, but young people can hold on.

"You can still go to school for free?" Mi Zhu really couldn't imagine that before, he had to go to class, let alone Shu Xiu, it was very difficult to get into someone's school.