The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

In a few months, all the staff of the Kaifeng Prefecture School were in place, and the teachers were a few hired personnel and officials of the Kaifeng Prefecture. The students mainly came from various counties in the prefecture, and the number was about [-] or so.

Zheng Song, 13 years old this year, is one of them.

Just looking at the name, you can tell that Zheng Song is from the Zheng family. He is the son of Uncle Zheng Ling.

When choosing a school, Zheng Song's parents originally wanted to send him to Taixue, where the conditions are better after all.

Zheng Yun had no objection to this matter, but after learning that the Kaifeng government would open a government school, he proposed that Zheng Song go to the Kaifeng government school to study.

Zheng Song himself was a bit reluctant, and he was ready to go to Taixue.

This Kaifeng government school has just been established and is recruiting the first batch of students. How can it compare with Taixue?

However, Zheng Yan said very seriously that he believes that Kaifeng Fuxue is not inferior to Taixue. First of all, a large part of the teachers of Kaifeng Fuxue will be officials with practical experience in politics. For Zheng Songlai, who will definitely be in politics in the future That being said, it helps a lot.

Secondly, there is no need to worry about learning, except for these officials, the Kaifeng government will hire great scholars to give lectures from time to time.Zheng Yun learned from Zheng Ling that Yun Yanhui had already been stalking, and he had made a lot of appointments in the Imperial Academy to attend classes in the future.

And the teaching method that Kaifeng Fuxue will adopt is also very desirable in Zheng Yun's view. This method has not been officially used by Taixue yet.

Under Zheng Yun's reasoning and facts, Zheng Song's parents had no choice but to agree to send him to Kaifeng Prefecture for a try, and transfer to another school if he failed.

Zheng Song's father sent Zheng Song to the entrance of the government school, and he was not allowed to enter here. Not only Zheng Song's father, but also no one was allowed to take him with him.

The people in Kaifeng Mansion explained it this way, "One is that our place is small, not only today, but in the future we can only allow students to live in and out, and the second is that the government hopes to cultivate students' ability to be self-reliant."

Zheng Song's father complained for a while, so he had to hand over the luggage to Zheng Song, and he went in by himself.

Zheng Song looked very young among a group of students aged 16 and above. He and several other students were led by the tractors to report and check which dormitory he lived in.

On the way, Zheng Song heard someone say, "By the way, have you heard? In the government school, all meals are provided by the official kitchen in Kaifeng."

"Wow, brother, how do you know, are you a local?"

"Yes, my neighbor's uncle is in Kaifeng Mansion!"

"My God, can we actually eat in the Kaifeng Mansion Canteen? This is much happier than going to Taixue!"

——The last man is obviously a good eater.

Zheng Song's mood is a bit delicate, because he knows that this Kaifeng mansion cafeteria has something to do with one of his relatives, but he didn't eat it because of it, and even avoided it a few years ago.In his family, only one cousin ate it.

After checking in, Zheng Song looked at his dormitory number, took the key and went there.

After dragging his luggage to the dormitory, Zheng Song was already out of breath. He opened the door and saw that no one had come inside, but the decoration surprised him.

The beds here are actually double-layered and numbered.

Zheng Song's eyes widened, and he actually wanted to sleep on top of each other?He went to school and went to many academies to ask for advice, but he had never seen such a bed!

Although there are guardrails on the upper bunk, why does Zheng Song still find it inconvenient? If you want to get up at night, don't you have to climb down the ladder?

If such a bed was placed at home, Zheng Song would still find it interesting. After all, he had never seen it before, but it was in a school dormitory, which made people feel uneasy.

More importantly, the government school only allows students to come in by themselves, so don't they have to climb up and make their own beds?

Zheng Song was quite sad, but he still gritted his teeth, took out all his quilts, lifted them up and tucked them into the upper bunk.

Zheng Song is studying in addition to studying, otherwise he would not have entered university at the age of 13, so his physical strength is very average.The quilt was very thick, and when Zheng Song stood on tiptoe to tuck it up, he felt that it was on the verge of falling, as if it was about to fall down.

Oops.Zheng Song thought to himself.

At this moment, a hand stretched out, supported Zheng Song's quilt, pushed it up, and pushed it onto the bed.

Zheng Song relaxed his arms and felt relaxed. Thinking that the person who helped him should be a classmate, he turned around and took a step back. Just as he was about to thank him, he saw a familiar face standing behind him.

Zheng Song was stunned for a moment.

This person is the son of his sister A Weng, that is, his cousin. In their family, he is also a legendary figure.At that time, Ah Weng's younger sister eloped away from home, not being recognized by the family, and gave birth to this cousin outside, and raised him alone.

Zheng Song had indirectly witnessed the growth of this cousin since he was a child.At the beginning, the cousin had a close relationship with him, saying that he was working in the Daxiangguo Temple, and hoped that Aunt would recognize him, but it didn't work because Aunt didn't want to admit it, and the cousin didn't want to either.

Zheng Song's parents sighed privately that this child is very smart, but it seems that he can only be mixed in the market.

Who knows, later Zheng Song heard that he went to Kaifeng Mansion and made a lot of achievements in Kaifeng Mansion. These are all that A Weng paid attention to. Zheng Song often went to A Weng to study, so I knew it.

Later, it got out of control and was transferred to several yamen successively to handle errands, and it was done very beautifully. In the end, a matter that had troubled the government for a long time was even completed, and it was a success beyond everyone's expectations.

Such a step-by-step, how can we not shock the Zheng family who know his growth path best?This year, Ah Weng even swallowed back what he said, and insisted on recognizing his cousin.

It was also during the few days when my cousin came back to live, Zheng Song met him, and didn't say a few words. He felt a little embarrassed in his heart, or most of Zheng's family members were a little embarrassed.

Now, this uncle appeared in front of his eyes—yes, as A Weng said, the uncle also assisted in running the school.

Yun Yan looked back at the half-grown child who had only reached his chest, with a dazed expression on his face, and smiled, "Brother Song, right? Do you remember me? We met before, I am Yun Yan Hui. I heard from my uncle that you want to Come here to go to school, I will say hello to you, if you need anything, you can come to me, I should often stay in the Academic Affairs Office in the future."

As he spoke, he rubbed Zheng Song's head.

Zheng Song blushed inexplicably, and shouted in a low voice: "Well, cousin."

The cousin he imagined for so many years is a very rebellious person. The last time I saw him at home, I only saw Li. Now that the two of them meet in private, they feel that he is a very gentle and amiable person. No wonder The cousin especially went to play with him.

Yun Yan looked back at Zheng Song and felt shy, and liked her quite a bit. She smiled and asked, "Don't be polite. Self-reliance is important in government schools. But you are only 13 years old, and you will inevitably have some minor problems in life and study. If you encounter If you have something you can’t solve, don’t try to be brave, just come to me. By the way, you are required to choose a subject before entering school. If you live here, you should choose Jingyizhai, which subject you are majoring in, and what subject is your minor? What?"

After hearing this, Zheng Song felt very warm in his heart, "I majored in calligraphy, and I chose astronomy and arithmetic."

"Well, not bad." Yun Yan patted him on the shoulder back, "I'll ask someone to adjust it later, and transfer you to the lower berth." Zheng Song has not yet developed well and is relatively short. This upper berth is too much for him. A little taller, even if they are not relatives, the school has to take care of the children when they find out.

Zheng Song was originally dissatisfied with this place in his heart, but it disappeared all of a sudden, and he nodded vigorously.

Yunyan went back and accompanied him to clean up the dormitory. The dormitory here is equipped with sanitary tools. The floor was swept and mopped, and the bed was wiped down again.

Before Yunyan replied that he wanted to do hygiene, Zheng Song originally wanted to say that he couldn't do it, but when he saw Yunyan rolling up his sleeves and working, he was embarrassed to say so, so he imitated Yunyanhui's posture and did it. up.

When cleaning the bed and windows, it was also Yun Yanhui who cleaned the top, and he cleaned the bottom, and gradually became proficient in his movements. Although he was tired, Zheng Song was very unwilling to be looked down upon by Yun Yanhui, so he gritted his teeth and persisted.

Zheng Song also has a sense of accomplishment after cleaning the dormitory in this way.

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After cleaning, Yun Yan stayed here and accompanied Zheng Song to pack his luggage. When all his classmates in the same dormitory came, he discussed with one of the students who slept in the lower bunk for a change. The Office of Academic Affairs will also modify the register.

Seeing that Zheng Song was young, the man naturally agreed, and thought that because Zheng Song was young, he had privileges, and he even asked his parents to accompany him.

Yun Yan only laughed and said that she was working here, so she came to visit relatives by the way.

When everyone heard that he was working here, they would not think of him as an academic officer, but naturally thought of him as a support staff, so they asked questions one after another, such as the level of the professor they were assigned to, and whether the meals were really provided by the Kaifeng Mansion Canteen .

Regarding the latter question, Yun Yan replied: "Of course it is true. It will be provided from the school day, and registration today will not be open. However, if you are interested, I can show you a taste in advance."

All the students were excited, and asked Yun Yanhui if he was working in the kitchen.

Yun Yan smiled back and said: "It's sort of."

Everyone listens, can this be fake?So they all got ready to have a big meal.

Seeing that Yun Yanhui was recognized as a kitchen worker, Zheng Song didn't defend himself, but wanted to explain, but seeing Yun Yanhui's expression of not caring at all, he was slowly relieved, and just followed closely behind him.

Yun Yanhui took these students to the cafeteria for a meal. The people in the cafeteria of this school were transferred from Kaifeng Prefecture, and all the ingredients will be dispatched by the public chef. This is equivalent to a branch. department.

Although the door is not open today, everyone is tidying up the place. Yun Yan brought people to eat, so they naturally opened the back door and prepared a table of food.

Zheng Song's roommates all said that Zheng Song was blessed by Zheng Song when they were eating. Seeing that he was still young, they all offered tea instead of wine and toasted.

Yun Yan looked back and saw that there was nothing difficult to get along with among Zheng Song's roommates, so she felt relieved. He was entrusted by Zheng Yun to take care of Zheng Song.

After the meal, Yunyan returned and took them around the school. Everyone was very interested in the playground and classrooms.

As for the classroom, there is a sign outside, stating which fast it is.The inside is bright and majestic, with green plants placed inside, the podium is specially raised, and there is a particularly large blackboard fixed on the wall.The seats below are neat and tidy, and there are about 30 people in a room.

Yun Yanhui seemed to mention unintentionally that in the future, each fasting will select a fasting head from among the students to help manage the students' study and living conditions, organize students' activities and so on.

As soon as someone heard it, they were immediately interested. A leading goose with an official title?Very cool!

Zheng Song looked up at Yun Yanhui, and was pinched on the cheek, "Are you interested in running for the head of the house?"

Zheng Song's face was flushed red from being pinched, and he said crisply without changing his voice: "I want to be the head of the fast!"

Seeing his childish appearance, everyone just thought it was funny.

Yun Yan replied seriously: "Then you have to work hard. It is very hard for the head of the school to be able to convince the public in all aspects, and to organize and care for the study and life of the students in the whole school."

"I can do it!" Zheng Song puffed out his chest, quite ambitious.

——In the future, Yun Yanhui found out that because of Zheng Song's tenacity, he did not back down in the face of various new regulations in the government school, and he studied very hard, so he actually became a student of Shujing Yizhai fast.

And because he is the youngest in the entire prefectural school, Shujing Yizhai, and even other students in the school, nicknamed Zheng Song "Little Zhaichang".

"That's good." Yun Yan went back and showed them the playground. Everyone still doesn't know that this place is for morning exercises, and there are all kinds of exercise equipment.In the equipment room next to the playground, there are also a lot of Cuju balls and a lot of farm tools.

Someone asked if this is for students who study farming, but Yun Yan replied with a mysterious smile, "You will know when the school starts."

Everyone didn't take it seriously, and some people were looking forward to going to Kaifeng Mansion to take practical classes in the future.

Yunyan smiled back, "Don't worry, I will have this opportunity as soon as school starts."

"What? As soon as school starts? My God, I thought we'd have to wait at least two years before we have a chance!"

"Great! It will be of great benefit to us if we can see how the official business is actually handled. My father thought of this before he agreed to let me come to the government to study."

Zheng Song looked at Yunyan's smile, but always felt that there was something different from his classmates, the practice class in Kaifeng Mansion?Zheng Song always felt that he had grasped some key point, but it was so vague that he couldn't tell.

It wasn't until the school started, around the fourth day, that all the excited students were dragged to the vegetable field in Kaifeng Mansion, and each of them was handed out a hoe or a bucket, and the students realized that they couldn't believe it.

"So, the practice class is just such a practice...?"

Does the so-called guaranteed employment mean that if you can't be an official, you will at least be able to farm?

The students were in a trance and couldn't help doubting their lives.From the new teaching and accommodation conditions at the beginning to the current practical courses, they were very shocked.

How can there be a school in this world that gives practical lessons to students like this? Are they really here to go to school?Are they really government schools?Did he go to a fake school? !

Zheng Song saw his cousin even more, showing a treacherous smile on the side.

=_=!Isn't it? One of the errands that his cousin runs in Kaifeng Mansion is to mobilize all officials, big and small, to grow vegetables to increase income and reduce expenditure!