Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

As a person who came from modern time travel, Lin Ze pays great attention to advertising and publicity.

Although there is an old saying that wine is not afraid of deep alleys, if there is better publicity, the results obtained will be better than doing nothing.

Of course, Lin Ze said before that he wanted to accept students from businessmen's children, which still had some influence on him.

No matter how tall Lin Ze said to the outside world, in the circle of literati in this era, it is a shameful and disdainful behavior to communicate with merchants. Now most of the literati and talented men around Nanyang Town disdain to communicate with Lin Ze. It's for money.

Fortunately, Lin Ze didn't care about these things. Those talented men who didn't want to associate with him would not associate with him. Anyway, there were still three years before the next rural examination. Everyone rode a donkey to read the libretto and wait and see.

The applicants who took part in the admissions examination were basically the children of merchants, or the children from poor families in the countryside who were really poor and wanted to study. People with a little bit of qualifications and innocence did not come to register.

Lin Ze looked at the information on the list and could only sigh. The Daji Dynasty emphasized literature, and the literati were divided into factions. The reputation of the teacher is far more important to the future of the students than their own knowledge.

Even the appointment of the merchant who came to sign up was based on his promise to ensure that he would be admitted to Tongsheng. Maybe he was thinking that if he was admitted to Tongsheng, he would be replaced by a real and respected gentleman.

So Lin Ze really didn't feel guilty about the huge tuition fees he was going to charge, and he just took what he needed.

There are more than 30 children from merchants who signed up this time, and more than 100 children from poor families in the countryside. The parents of farmers are basically holding that anyway, they don’t give money for the entrance examination, so let’s try it in case they are admitted!

Because most wealthy merchants will hire someone to give their children enlightenment education when they are very young, while children from poor families basically have no opportunities for early education.

Therefore, today's admissions test cannot be dealt with directly with one paper, and has to be tested one by one.

However, since the rural children are basically illiterate, and the number of more than 100 rural children is also huge, the general screening method will not work at all.

Therefore, Lin Ze can only give an open class to the children of candidates in the countryside, and then take a temporary test. After screening a group of candidates, the rest can be assessed one by one.

In this era when reading is considered a sacred act, Lin Ze's public lectures that anyone can watch at will is really refreshing and much discussed.

However, Lin Ze has always had a strong psychological quality, so let the literati circle in the town annoy him for not following the rules of his ancestors, anyway, he can just concentrate on his own business.

As long as his daughter-in-law Ah Yu is willing to agree to go crazy with him, who cares about the eyes of the world, let alone a group of old guys with solid ideas.

On the contrary, the news attracted more ordinary people who were onlookers, all of them were very curious, and the open space at Dongshikou of Nanyang Town was completely surrounded.

Compared with the children who are separated by fences and sit on the field with small benches and attract much attention, the parents around are more excited and nervous.

"Look, that's my son, the one in the second blue dress sitting in the third row, the new clothes specially worn for him today..."

"Look at the head of the family, how straight our son sits with his little back, he looks just like you in a serious manner, with a tiger head and a tiger brain..."

"Miss, look at our son's expression is not right, he is trembling, isn't he just being looked down upon by others, can this timid person pass the entrance examination of Zeyu private school? Look at the bastard next door, His cleverness."

"Oh, I don't know, but if you pass this entrance exam, you can finish it. The exam questions must be difficult..."

All the adults watching were so nervous that they were no more relaxed than the modern parents who accompanied their children to take the college entrance examination.

Different exams, but the same fate-determining opportunity, even for these poor ancients, this opportunity is even more important.

If you fail the modern college entrance examination, you still have the chance to retake the exam, but no one here except Lin Ze will give such a chance to "jump the dragon's gate".

Free admission is like a pie in the sky for these poor people. If you miss this time, you will be gone.

Most of the children from poor families are precocious. Under the urging of their parents, they know that as long as they go to school, they will not have to endure hardships in the village when they grow up. They will have meat to eat, new clothes to wear, and beautiful women to marry. daughter in law.

Except for a few pampered bullies at home, most of the poor children are sitting on the small bench with a serious expression, trying to pretend to be a mature adult is very distressing and cute.

And the young masters on the merchant's side are a bit of a headache, just the opposite.

Except for a few sensible ones, most of them are mischievous and mischievous, because they have everything, so they don’t realize the importance of reading to life. Today, they are forced by their parents to come here, reluctantly.

However, Li Sheng, who had been fighting with Lin Ze before, was very obedient today, with a serious expression on his face, which not only surprised Lin Ze, but also surprised and curious the young masters who knew Li Sheng.

"Li Tiaotou, why are you so serious? Do you really want to study in this private school like Zeyu? I secretly heard from my mother that this private school costs 200 taels of silver a year. Lin Xiucai is too black-hearted! Master Wei is still black!"

Because they were merchants, these young masters were very sensitive to money from childhood.

At the same time, because they share the same psychological shadow as Li Sheng left behind by bad men, and have resistance and resentment towards Mr. Xiucai, after learning that Lin Ze charged a lot of money for repairs, most of them just deal with it casually today with caution, Resolutely do not give the money of the family to such a sour scholar who is greedy for money!

Anyway, they can inherit the family business if they don't study well anyway, so they can eat and drink well, so they are very curious and surprised when they suddenly become serious about Li Sheng, who has always been the best performer.

Hearing the curiosity of his brothers, Li Sheng didn't hesitate to hide his experience, "Naturally, I've settled in Zeyu's private school, and my father is bleeding a lot because of this opportunity, so I can't take advantage of others for nothing! Besides, although Lin Xiucai is a bit black-hearted, he does have real skills, if you are a brother, please work harder for me today, and whoever falls behind, don't play with me in the future..."

Li Sheng's tone was not without pride.

But who told him that his personality is easy to eat among these little boys, and his brain turns quickly. Everyone is used to running with him. If he can't play with him, it means that other people's friends will be excluded and isolated, which is uncomfortable.

For the "dandy", even if the parents in the family tell them to do it, they can't stop the "fun friends and dog friends" from following along.

With Li Sheng's decision, although the little princes who were going to be perfunctory looked reluctant, their attitudes were finally a little more serious than at the beginning.

I also thought in my heart that even Li Sheng was convinced, this Lin Xiucai seems to have a few brushes...

In just a moment, Lin Ze looked back at the naughty young masters who made him mutter in his heart, and suddenly found that these little guys were rubbing their chins like little old men, making 'stone statues of thinkers'.

Seeing this, Lin Ze couldn't help touching his chin.

He had a premonition that his private school would be very fun in the future, a group of little devils with big eyes, and he finally had the opportunity to experience the work of the class teacher and dean.

In addition, among the group of children, there was another child that he couldn't help but pay more attention to.

This child is none other than the legendary young son of the Guo family, Guo Zian, who was awarded the "Number One Scholar Order" by the temple elder.

Guo Zian is a bit older than Li Sheng. He is 11 years old this year. He has good-looking features, but his face is expressionless and his eyes do not move for a long time, which makes people feel a little silly.

However, standing outside the fence Guo Yuanwai and Mrs. Guo waved at their son, and when the adults in their decades and a child were cheering on their son and doing gestures regardless of etiquette, Guo Zian was stunned for more than ten seconds, and his expression was obviously a little bit different variations.

If Lin Ze is not mistaken, he seems to have seen the word speechless in the little baby's eyes...

But due to Guo Zian's slow movements and paralyzed face, it is difficult for ordinary people to notice this subtle change, and after sitting on the small bench in the examination room for a long time, his eyeballs moved only once or twice, no wonder he was said to be a silly baby up.

However, after observing some subtle behaviors of the child, Lin Ze had some guesses about it.

This young master of the Guo family should not be stupid, and he may be extremely smart; he is indeed real, but he is not that kind of intellectual dumb, but is very likely to be caused by a neurological disease or the like.

After some observation, Lin Ze had a general impression and estimate of the children who were present to take the admissions exam, and then the next step was the assessment.

The class is the first question of the admissions exam.

Accompanied by the sound of the gong representing the open class, the children sitting on the small benches straightened their backs, and the voices of the adults discussing excitedly stopped abruptly, holding their breath for fear of affecting the children.

And on the second floor of the tea house next to the simple open-air examination room, a group of scholars and scholars who despise but are very curious also put down their tea cups and concentrated on watching.

No matter how much he despises Lin Ze for not having the rules and self-confidence of a talented man, he is still very curious about Lin Ze's dare to say that the students who are guaranteed to enter his private school will definitely pass the children's exam.

Even Wei Hongyan, who felt extremely complicated and resentful towards Lin Ze, was not afraid of being laughed at today, and came out with a shy old face. It was really Lin Ze who opened a private school to steal his business, how could he not care, and came to spy on the enemy?

These old guys, Lin Ze, have also noticed it a long time ago, it doesn't matter, just look at it.

Anyway, these groups of people can’t understand what he is talking about later, and there is no problem of revealing his own teaching methods. If he can understand and realize the special importance of what he is talking about, he can be regarded as a good friend, and he will not be in vain Today is such a high-profile next set.

With a treacherous smile on the corner of his mouth, Lin Ze walked up to the children sitting in rows and began to speak.

"Thank you, young masters, for coming to the first admissions exam of Zeyu Private School. First, let me introduce myself. My name is Lin Ze, and my name is Yuntang. After passing the exam, I will be the official teacher of 12 of you."

"And most of the content of your exam will be in the content of the class I will give you next, including not only literacy, but also the teaching purpose of the private school. I have the same idea. Only as a teacher can I get along with you, so children Ladies and gentlemen, you have to listen carefully to the class..."

Lin Ze stood with his hands behind his back, his demeanor was indifferent, and he couldn't see any of his usual private indecency.

This class is the content of the exam for the children, and it is also his weapon to smash the literati circle in Nanyang Town.

The children were so nervous that they concentrated and listened carefully.

The other private school masters and scholars in the teahouse also pricked up their ears, and they were inexplicable and a little novel about the teaching purpose that Lin Ze said.