dressed as a scholar

On the sixth day of April, Xinke Scholars paraded through the streets, flowers were blooming all over the city, and the light was warm and warm. Fang Yu rode a horse wearing red silk and big flowers, all the way out of the street from the palace gate, looking down from the heights.

The scenery of the capital city is infinitely beautiful, the most prosperous season of the year, under the most prosperous capital of the Ji Dynasty, such a tall horse, and just at the age of prosperity, if he is not proud of the spring breeze, he will be young in vain.

It also confirmed what Fang Yu joked with Qiao Hezhi when he first learned how to ride a horse. If he didn't learn these skills, he would be named on the gold list one day, and it would be ridiculous for new scholars to be afraid of horses and dare not ride.No, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

The city is lively, and the capital already has the custom of spring hairpin flowers. Today, Xinke Scholars are parading the streets. Young and beautiful young men and women are all over the street, all of them incense with hairpin flowers, holding baskets of collected petals, and wait until the parade procession arrives. At that time, the petals will be thrown towards the handsome Jinshi Langjun, so that the streets of Kyoto are full of colorful flowers.

After leaving the inner city, Fang Yu saw the prosperity and prosperity of the outer city. The windows on both sides of the street were opened, and flowers were floating from upstairs to both sides of the aisle. Such a magnificent scene can only be seen once in three years.

"Oh, this year's Tanhua is really mediocre."

Seeing the Xinke Scholars coming out with drums and gongs, the leader, Zhuangyuan Lang, had a white face and clear eyes. Because he was born in a famous family, although he was not tall, his aristocratic atmosphere could be called a dignified appearance.

Slightly behind on the left is Xinke Tanhualang, who is visibly taller than Zhuangyuanlang, and his eyes are also full of energy, but his facial features are mediocre, so he can't help but pack up early in the morning and go out to wait on both sides of the main street, or on the sidewalk. The ladies and gentlemen in the teahouse were disappointed.

However, the second place who is usually caught in the middle and is not often watched by people, this year it is eye-catching.

The young man on the right side of Zhuangyuan Lang has a face like a crown jade, bright eyes, wide shoulders and narrow waist, wearing a red robe, wearing a beaded gauze hat, his appearance and posture are all excellent, the spring is warm and can tell people's mood, a touch of the beauty from the corner of the tall building Chunyang also seemed to feel pity for the second-best man, and fell tenderly on the edge of the slightly raised mouth of the man.

In this day and age, there is no such thing as a sense of atmosphere. In short, this magical stroke has attracted the hearts of all the girls and boys in the boudoirs who are waiting for a word, and they sprinkled the petals in the basket to the second place.

Fang Yu smiled because he saw Qiao Hezhi leaning on the railing.

"The lord is indeed the most popular."

Qiao Hezhi looked at the man passing downstairs, smiled and shook his head: "He also complained to me that he wanted to be a bit of a prostitute, relying on his talent and appearance to pass on a good story."

"It's a pity that the lord didn't get what he wanted." Si Yu covered her mouth and sneered.

Qiao Hezhi was also helpless, and Fang Yu secretly said some outrageous things to him when he came back from the bed, saying that the emperor was old and his aesthetics was no longer good, and he was asked to go to the largest cloth shop in the city to choose the latest materials for him to make. Clothes, let the public know that he can be taken care of.

Earlier, he said with a blushing face that it would be great if he did Tanhua, the ceiling of Ji Chao's Tanhualang's appearance would be raised to a new height, and the life of the young lady and brother who was waiting in the boudoir in the capital suddenly had an inspiration, and then Marriage at an early age has become a pity in everyone's life, commonly known as not being able to love.

Just like Yuncheng, the first batch of students he accepted were closed-door disciples, no matter how much effort and effort he put in now, he couldn't worship Master Fang as his teacher. Now and then disappear forever.

Qiao Hezhi listened to his rambling remarks, angrily and funnyly rewarded him with two big mouths, but it seemed to calm down.

Walking around the street today, he received the most flowers, and his wish has come true, but he is not beautiful.

Look at the spring heart of that smile, if he compliments a few more words, he will go to heaven, and he will have to ask for credit and feel sorry for himself when he returns home.

Seeing that the team had disappeared, and the sound of gongs and drums was far away, Qiao Hezhi got up and said to Si Yu, "I've been busy these two days. We just got the key to our new house, and we have to settle it down. We will live here forever."

Fang Yu's itinerary was almost written out and pasted on the gate. He is busy these days, so all the affairs of the house fall on his head, but he is the master of the back house of the Fang family, and handles the affairs of the back house It is also a must for him, and the two of them divide their actions and do the work, which can be said to be mutual responsibilities and progress together.

The houses in the inner city are also not small, like a standard two-in-one house, it usually covers an area of ​​[-] square meters, but their houses are smaller, about [-] square meters.The layout is still in a binary style, and the houses in Kyoto are all well-built, symmetrical and beautiful.

Invert the gate in front of the house and enter the outer courtyard. When you enter the door, you will see the screen wall first. There are two screen doors on the left, two on the left and two on the left and two on the left. The wing room, the main room is directly in front, and there are two side rooms on the left and right.

According to the general living layout, parents and elders live in the main house, the eldest son lives in the east wing, the second son lives in the west wing, and the daughter and brother live in the backyard.But their family is thin, with no parents at the top, and the heirs at the bottom are still in the belly. Even if they are born later, the house is completely enough to live in, but it is not so rigorous. Everything changes with time. When the population booms, if Fang Yu If it is good, the house can also be extended.

In fact, the layout is similar to that of Qiao's house, except that there is a third backyard behind the main house of Qiao's house, which is the residence for girls and boys, and there is also a back room along with it, which occupies a larger area. It is spacious, and nowadays the house does not have a backyard.But it was the expansion of the Qiao family's ancestral business from generation to generation to achieve the scale it is today, and the land price in Yuncheng is very different from that in Beijing.

Compared with the dignitaries and dignitaries in the inner city, the Fang family in the middle of the capital is naturally poor and shabby at the top, and spacious and comfortable at the bottom.

Qiao Hezhi felt that he was born as a younger brother of a merchant family, and that he could be a member of the official family and live in the inner city of Kyoto in this life. Regardless of the size of the house, it is best to tidy it up.

Qiao Hezhi was full of joy. During Fang Yu's busy socializing, he bought new maids and servants, and made some new furniture. The most important thing is the signboard at the door. The difference in words, can be full of too much status in it.

On the seventh day of April, Fang Yu entered the palace to be appointed as an official.

There is no suspense that the first-class Jinshi will be directly assigned to the Imperial Academy. Of course, except for a very special case, the emperor appreciates a certain student in the first-class, and directly arranges to go to other departments to do other things Wait, but as far as the Ji Dynasty is concerned, when Emperor Chongming was in power, all the first-class scholars entered the Imperial Academy.

Zhuangyuan Lang was appointed as the official rank of the sixth rank, and he was appointed as the editor of Hanlin, and the second place and Tanhua were awarded the position of editor of the seventh rank. His official rank was not high, and he was regarded as the middle and lower ranks in the capital, but he was young and had a lot of room for development.

This era is not like the modern era, where the salary is discussed first before entering the job. The central authority is arrogant, and they will tell you the salary after the entry is completed.

The number one scholar is from the sixth rank, with a monthly salary of twelve stones, and Fang Yu, a junior official of the seventh rank, with a monthly salary of eleven stones and five buckets.

Among them, there are ten dou of salary for one stone, and if one stone is converted into money, it is about two taels of silver, that is to say, Fang Yu's monthly money is 23 taels of silver.In addition, during festivals and good weather, the imperial court will also send out other festival gifts.

For ordinary people, the income of 23 taels of silver is already very high, enough to buy a lot of things, but for officials, this salary is a bit meager.

The expenses of officials are not small. The imperial court generally manages breakfast and lunch, and dinner is settled by itself. One dinner is not much, but it is impossible to eat at home every day, and you have to go to restaurants. This is still a small expense.

In the capital, you have to socialize, not to mention flattering high-ranking officials and giving valuables. People in the capital like to be hostesses and guests of banquets, and there are banquets every now and then. You can use excuses not to go to other things. You have to have contacts in a department. , There are weddings, funerals, and funerals in people's homes. You can't come to the door empty-handed to eat, right? During the holidays, if you want to live well, you have to visit your poor leader's house to give something.

When you go out on weekdays, it’s impossible for all your friends to spend money. If you invite you too many times, you still have to invite them back. This is the cost of communication.

You have a wife and children yourself. These people have no ability to make money, so they can only wait for you to raise them at home. That’s all. You have been influenced by society and the education of the times. Two little wives, I am happy, and I still save face, marrying a little wife is an expense, and after giving birth, I have to support...

When you receive your salary every month, your face is scorched. What can you do with this little money? If you don’t keep it, you have to borrow some money from the court to spend it.

Fang Yu had long heard that the salaries of officials are actually not that high, and that this regular salary is not enough to fill the gap between your teeth, not to mention that life can be rich, it's just to ensure that you don't starve to death.

Poor scholars think that being an official through the imperial examination is the end of a poor life. In fact, a poor life has just begun. Those who have no family background and no background, enter an official position, and in the great imperial capital, they will soon be lost in a life of poverty. among.

Otherwise, why do so many officials live in the outer city, knowing that it will take several hours to enter the palace from the outer city, but they still have to toss around outside. Is it really for fun? Isn't it because the wages are low and they can't afford a house in a good location.

In fact, there are so many corrupt officials in the past dynasties, but there are traces to follow.

Fang Yu saw in his heart that the salary and treatment were mixed. At first, the imperial court would give five liang of silver a month for being a scholar, but after the entrance examination, there will be no other rewards before. Those lands, if you commit crimes and lose your reputation, will also be taken back, and the scholars will also be taken back after death, which means that your descendants cannot inherit these lands.

The reason why the imperial court gave generous real estate to scholars was because the emperor of the previous dynasty was a brutal person and loved scholars very much. Therefore, he gave such good conditions to encourage people all over the world to study hard. Later, when there were more scholars, the policy was gradually reduced.

Some of Fang Yu’s land and properties were given by the imperial court, and he will return them to the imperial court after his death. That is to say, he must maximize the functions of these properties while he is alive, and use the benefits he obtained from them to run his own family property. Only in this way will future generations be blessed.

If one's own generation is greedy for pleasure and has not accumulated a family fortune, then the next generation will have to endure hardships and struggle again.

Naturally, Fang Yu didn't want to suffer with Qiao Hezhi's baby boy. In addition to clocking in and going to work on time, he had to run the few shops he had been rewarded with, otherwise, this salary would not be enough to support the family's servants.

Although the family business on the other side of Yuncheng is not small, it is difficult to put out the fire near the water, and they have to make a living on this side.