The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

"By the way, when I was passing under a big tree, I happened to see an old man in his 50s sitting there eating, and when he looked down, he saw the 'Raptor crossing the river'. I looked curiously, it was obviously a bowl of clear soup, But the old man ate it with gusto, as if others were asking why." Li Xin shook his head disdainfully.

"But you don't know that that person used to be a scholar, but unfortunately he lost his reputation as a scholar in the late festival. Before the family hoped that he could be admitted to the Juren and Jinshi, the family's savings were spent on him. Now the late festival His wife passed away again, so his son and daughter-in-law were naturally unwilling to support him like this, so they fell into this situation.

However, I don't know if he is stupid in reading or something. He didn't know that his son and daughter-in-law treated him like this, and he didn't know that he went to the village to sue his son and daughter-in-law. What I saw was invented by that old man. "

Lin Hai sighed in his heart. In ancient times, he finally deeply understood the mood when he learned the text "Fan Jinzhongju" before!

Since the imperial examinations became popular in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, that is, at the beginning, or in special periods, scholars were still a bit valuable. For example, at the beginning of the founding of the country, no matter how talented the officials of the previous dynasty were, they would not immediately be just because of your bastard spirit. I bow down and do things for you.Even if the tripod has been set, in order to stabilize the new dynasty, there will be a major purge of the officials of the previous dynasty. Even if they are not killed, they will not be reused.Therefore, when talent is scarce, even if you are a scholar, as long as you can stand in line in time and do some hard work, you are likely to get an official job, and there are not so many restrictions on promotion.

It's just that when the rule is stable, the world is peaceful, and the further the culture is popularized, the scholar will not be so valuable.Since the Celestial Dynasty, students and scholars are not eligible for lifelong tenure. They have to take an exam every three years. If they fail to pass, their fame will be cut off.It will be better when you reach the level of Juren. Not only will you no longer have to take the exam every three years, but you will also have the privilege of tax exemption, and you will also have the power to appoint officials in the Ministry of Officials.

It can be said that juren is a dividing line. It is completely different to pass the exam or not to pass the exam.There are financial subsidies from the state, and money, rice and grain are distributed every month. Ordinary families, as long as the population is not large, can barely make ends meet with this.The students below don’t need a guide to go out, they are no longer citizens, and they don’t need to serve any corvee, so they don’t have any privileges. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as a poor scholar.

If you encounter some unlucky people and fail repeatedly in your life, then you can only end your life as a scholar, and you may even lose your reputation as a scholar at the end of the year. running water.

It is conceivable that in this society, winning the Juren is an iron rice bowl, even if you don’t go out to be an official, but at least the family’s taxes will be exempted. It is no wonder that Fan Jinzhong was so happy that he went crazy after being promoted.

Lin Hai shook his head, "I don't think so, I'm afraid I feel guilty!"

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Li Xin looked at Lin Hai and asked.

"I've actually heard of what Brother Li said before, but the one he said is more poetic than what Brother Li said. Two egg yolks on leeks are 'two orioles singing green willows', a vegetable leaf A row of sliced ​​egg whites on the top bed is "A row of egrets on the blue sky", a frame surrounded by four leeks, and some crushed egg whites sprinkled inside is "The window contains Xiling Qianqiu snow", and two eggshells floating in clear soup are "Menbo Dongwu Miles Ship' gone.

In my opinion, it's just having fun while suffering.Some people have spent their entire lives studying hard in the house, but they have not achieved any fame at all. Instead, they let their wives and children support them in public, and lose their dignity as women.When others call them poor scholars and nerds, I can't do it. They suddenly become deaf in both ears, but they just act as if they didn't hear it!But secretly they feel uncomfortable too!

But what can they do, what can't be carried by shoulders or hands.It's not the only way to study hard, hoping that once the title of the gold list will be relieved, the sullenness in my heart will be relieved.But every exam, there are still some people who fail to pass the exam. If they are unlucky every time, it is conceivable that they will end up like that old man.He was afraid that he knew that he couldn't do it, and he felt guilty, and he was just having fun in the bitterness.

Furthermore, I thought he might have other ideas in his heart!Thinking that I can't do it anymore, my son and grandson will always be able to do it, so I won't take the initiative to ruin my family's reputation. "

"Brother Lin's words are absolutely correct." Li Shunwei, son of Li Zairan, a bachelor, agreed, "We don't know their lives."

"Brother Lin's words are right, although there is some truth to it, but who can tell what it's like!" Zhao Xuan shook his head, he had heard of such things before, some people were gray-haired, I still have to take the provincial examination, and I am not afraid to go in vertically and come out horizontally.

Lin Hai shook his head. The reason why Feng Chao has such a high reading atmosphere is because the troubled times ended too soon!The Ming Dynasty only existed for a short period of 30 years, while the previous Hua Dynasty has been strong for more than 400 years. Naturally, people talk about it because of its flourishing style of writing. Coupled with the title of "Scholar, Farmer, Industry and Commerce", the world is rapidly developing. It stabilized, so there was the slogan of "everything is low-grade but reading is high" again!

It is a pity that Lin Hai once carefully studied the history of the Hua Dynasty and discovered a very strange thing.That is mediocrity. A dynasty can be said to have some bright spots when it overthrew the previous dynasty, but at other times, it is extremely mediocre.

Don't think that the word mediocrity can only describe people, and the same goes for dynasties.

Lin Hai was very surprised that the Hua Dynasty, apart from leaving many practical tools and weapons to future generations, could not find any bright spots.For example, when it comes to the Han Dynasty, everyone thinks of Liu Bang or Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Speaking of the Tang Dynasty, everyone will immediately think of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, or Wu Emperor Wu Meiniang, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji...

In short, other dynasties have representative emperors, but the Hua Dynasty has a little impression of the founding emperor and the subjugated emperor, and the others, that is.Not impressed at all.But these emperors who no one likes to talk about, they all have one thing in common, that is-to pay close attention to 'martial arts'.

Every year, they catch strong men and fight against foreign tribes every year, but they didn’t destroy their own domestic economy, and they didn’t leave a reputation for militarism in the history books. This has to be admired. You must know that even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty completed the extermination of the Xiongnu After the great achievements of the clan, they all left behind the reputation of being militaristic.

It can be seen that making a fortune in silence is the truth.

So a certain person took another big step forward on the road of black belly.