Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

Why did ancient scholars like to go to brothels?First of all, of course, there are too few entertainment venues, and the entertainment methods are single; secondly, romantic venues are more suitable for literati to show off their elegance. Most men have the same characteristics of male species: they like to show off in front of the opposite sex.

Where there is wine and women, it is easy to have disputes.In just half a month, Xiao Yu heard several cases related to brothels: some were thrown naked on the street after drinking flowers and wine without paying any money; Get true love, spend all your savings to redeem true love, and go back to enjoy the tenderness without taking the exam... There are all kinds of strange flowers.

Xiao Yu thought about banning the brothels in Guangzhou, but after much deliberation, he still didn't take action, because the timing was not ripe enough, he didn't have enough prestige in Guangzhou, and he didn't have a place to house these women.

He simply bought a street-facing house in the city at his own expense, renovated it, and named it "Yimingshe", which means blockbuster.

Yimingshe is a teahouse, but there is a debate hall inside. The owner of the teahouse proposes questions, invites students to speak eloquently, and those who participate in the debate drink tea for free.

A best debater will be selected every day and ten Zhiyubai will be rewarded.The so-called Zhiyubai is the white paper that Xiao Yu brought from Yazhou. It is named for its whiteness, delicateness and softness like suet jade.

The notice posted in the teahouse is written in fat and white.As soon as this notice was posted, countless scholars came here admiringly, to see this plump jade white demeanor.

After reading books for so many years, they have never seen such white and delicate paper, and they have never seen it sold in the largest bookstore in Panyu City.

If such paper is circulated on the market, it must be worth a lot.I don't know who the owner of this teahouse is, but he can get such a prize.

So when the debate competition started, countless people signed up enthusiastically.

The rules of the teahouse are: set a topic, one side is positive, one side is negative, each side is limited to five places, both sides take turns to speak, explain their own views, and refute the other side's views.

Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, clear talk has become a fashion, but the topics set up in teahouses are forbidden to talk about metaphysics, and only talk about state affairs and social phenomena.

For example, on the first day of the debate, the topic of the debate was "Nine-rank Zhongzheng System, whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the advantages".

This topic of debate is like water dripping into a frying pan, and when the pan explodes, it is almost equivalent to declaring a war between the gentry and the common people.

Xiao Yu sat next to the debate room and finished listening to the debate.In fact, all the arguments can be imagined, and there is not much novelty. I just want to see the logic and language organization ability of both parties.

On the first day of the debate competition, it was unexpectedly lively. Hundreds of scholars came, which was nearly half of the applicants who participated in the selection examination.

Teahouses not only sell tea, but also snacks, and do not serve food and drinks.The price of tea varies from a few pennies to a dozen pennies per pot, and the water can be refilled indefinitely.

You can invite three or five friends to come here to taste tea and talk about life. There are also private rooms where people can drink tea and read books, but they refuse to have sex with prostitutes here.

The Yiming Society opened until night, and scholars had to pay an extra penny for lamp oil to drink tea at night.

Interested people soon realized that this Ming Club was not established for making money at all, but to provide a place for scholars to go.After all, one person can sit in a teahouse for a whole day for three or four Wen, so how can the boss make any money?

Xiao Yu continued to raise debate topics, such as "whether women should obey the three virtues", "should we fight or make peace with the barbarians", etc., all of which were quite sensitive and sharp issues.

In addition to the debate competition, the teahouse also launched various call for papers, asking students to submit papers, and rewarding Zhi Yubai for the outstanding ones.The solicitation questions are more practical, and they are all political issues, such as water control, tax collection, military recruitment, etc.

Gradually, someone noticed that the owner of this teahouse was very powerful, maybe he was the one who organized the exam.

Many people realize that this is very likely to be the channel to rise.So many people participated in the solicitation of papers one after another, but the initially lively debate competition gradually calmed down.

There are dozens of submission letters received in the daily teahouse.

Before the official exam, Xiao Yu had already started to write questions to test these scholars, hoping to select available talents from them.After all, there is only one exam, and it cannot fully reveal the talent of a scholar.

This also means that he has a new job every day, and has to review the articles that have been first reviewed by Xiang Yang and Lai Feng.These are all open-book exams. Although they cannot completely and truly evaluate a person's ability, the general point of view can still be seen.

Xiao Yu circled some students who performed well, and asked Ji Hai, Qing You, Shuang Luo and others to copy out the excellent manuscripts and post them on the bulletin board of the teahouse for everyone to refer to as a token of appreciation.

So waiting for the teahouse to open every day and reading the newly selected manuscripts became the main daily routine of this group of students. If someone was selected, they would be as excited as if they had won the jackpot.

Pei Linzhi looked at Xiao Yu's blue eyes, and couldn't help but sigh: "Why are you doing this? Anyway, you have to pass the exam to be selected, and now you can't count."

Xiao Yu said: "Why can't it be counted? Examinations are not the only criterion for selecting talents." He has already found a few people with good articles from the submissions these days. If these people do not pass the exam, they can still be selected. Use it.

Pei Linzhi said: "Then you can let everyone look at it for you, and you don't have to do everything yourself."

Xiao Yu showed a naive smile: "You have to understand my thirst for talent. What the government lacks most now is manpower. I hope to select a group of people who can be used from this batch of candidates. In the future, this group of people will train Once they come out, they will be our right-hand men.”

Pei Linzhi raised his hand and gently brushed the hair on his forehead, and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work. I also hope to pick out a group of generals."

This time, not only the literary examination was arranged, but also the martial arts examination. The martial arts examination included written examination and practical examination.

Generally speaking, the best way to select military officers is from the grassroots, because they have enough practical experience, but the military also needs ideological guidance, and it is necessary to equip officials with high literacy, and even civilian officials can be arranged to enter the army He held a position in the middle and was responsible for guiding the thinking of the soldiers.

Xiao Yu wants to build a well-educated and pursuing army.

Since the establishment of Yiming Club, there has been much less gossip in the brothel.

Moreover, from the debate questions and issues raised by the teahouse, many students noticed the author's attitude towards women. He didn't seem to like people who despise women.With this understanding, those who are pursuing and ambitious who dare to hit the muzzle of the gun, naturally dare not run to the brothel.

Those who are most looking forward to this exam are the poor students. The new emperor seems to dislike the Jiupin Zhongzheng system. It can be seen from the debate questions on the first day, so this selection test is set up, which means: the poor The spring of students has come, and they finally don't have to be suppressed because of their birth.

The first day of March is the day when the selection exam officially starts.

260 Three students entered the examination room and began to answer questions.The content of the exam is more complicated. It is not simply a matter of making a political statement. There are also various geography knowledge, water conservancy knowledge, agricultural knowledge, legal knowledge, arithmetic and even basic daily life knowledge. The final big question is the political discussion question.

The exam lasted for one day, and at noon, the tolerance would bring meals to enter. If you needed to go to the toilet, you would ring the bell as a warning, and the invigilators would lead you there for convenience.

In fact, Xiao Yu originally planned to take the exam for two hours, but considering that this exam is related to the future livelihood of the people, he had to be more cautious, so that the candidates would have plenty of time to think about how to answer.

The exam questions were given by Xiao Yu and Pei Linzhi, and Wang Qi was also consulted.Although Wang Qi did not agree to come out to be an official, he is almost equivalent to Xiao Yu's staff now.

He has been immersed in the officialdom for many years, and he is obviously more experienced than Xiao Yu in dealing with problems, but some views and methods will be inconsistent with Xiao Yu's ideas. At this time, Xiao Yu will stick to his own views.

After the exam, Wang Qi, as the examiner, assumed the task of judging the papers.

Of course, each test paper has to go through the hands of three people, besides Wang Qi, there are also Lai Feng and Xiang Yang, because Lai Feng and Xiang Yang know Xiao Yu's preferences better, so they can make Wang Qi feel bad but may be in line with Xiao Yu's preference. I kept the test papers I liked.

260 three test papers, after the preliminary review, less than half of them scored [-] or above, because the content of the test school is too broad, even though Xiao Yu has already defined the test scope for everyone in advance.

Xiao Yu still personally read the three test papers of 260. If they are really sloppy, they can’t be used. If they are remarkable, they can still stay. If they pass the interview, they can be sent to a place as a small official.

It took a total of ten days from the preliminary review to the publication of the list, and the results were not announced until March [-]th.

Those excellent candidates who had been solicited by the teahouse before were all on the list.Xiao Yu feels that true talent really cannot be faked.

After the results of the list came out, the entire city of Panyu was filled with joyful atmosphere, and those who made the list were congratulating each other and entertaining friends everywhere.Although there are still interviews, they all feel that there is no problem and they are full of confidence in their future.

Xiao Yu looked at the list, among the [-] recruited, [-]% were scholars from the common clan.

Of course, it's not that the children of the noble clan are not as knowledgeable as the children of the common clan, but that the scholars of the common clan accounted for more than [-]% of the registration quota for this exam.

Most of the gentry children are still on the sidelines. Maybe they are not sure how long Xiao Yu can be the emperor, maybe they don't believe in this kind of selection test, or maybe they cherish their reputation and don't want to take the test easily, in case they fail the test Children of the common clan, how embarrassing.

But this time, it really made the children of the common clan look good. They beat the children of the noble clan by an overwhelming advantage, which shows that their knowledge and ability are not inferior to the children of the noble clan who are rich in resources.

After the written test, there will be an interview. There are three interviewers: Pei Linzhi, Min Chong and Wang Qi.Scholars have to go through the indiscriminate bombardment of questions by several examiners, and their psychological quality is not good, so they really can't cope well.

During the interview, Xiao Yu sat behind the screen, and when he had any questions he wanted to ask, he would write them out and hand them to Ji Hai to take out, and hand them to Pei Linzhi, who would ask them for him.

Because the last round of interviews was still Xiao Yu himself, the ten most outstanding people were selected for interviews.

The first selection exam was full of problems, but the result was still good.After more than half a month of intense exams and interviews, on March [-]th, the official list was posted. One hundred people were finally selected, and three were eliminated during the interview.

Next, these 100 people will be selected and assigned to various positions, Xiao Yu finally has his own manpower.