Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

"Brother Zhao!" The student walked over quickly and bowed to Zhao Lin. He was born with red lips and white teeth, holding a folding fan, imitating the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Brother give me some pointers."

Zhao Lin smiled wryly: "What are the pointers..."

He himself has not reviewed his books these days, and he is all helping Zhou Rong create characters. The family has sent servants to scold him many times, and he will end tomorrow, so he dare not even go home today?

Who's hanging out on the streets now?

I'm afraid that only such "suave and suave" students are so carefree.

The student sighed and said, "Then let's find a teahouse to sit down? I finally found an excuse to come out, Brother Zhao, take pity on me."

Zhao Lin didn't dare to go home, so the two could only find a teahouse.

There is also a silk banner at the entrance of the teahouse, which says "honest merchant".

As soon as they reached the door, Xiao Er hurriedly welcomed them in.

The name Xiaoer was only known at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and it used to be called Dr. Tea.

Xiao Er smiled all over his face: "Where does the guest officer sit? There are also seats upstairs."

Zhao Lin: "Just go upstairs, what kind of tea does your house have?"

"Longjing Tiger Hill, Biluochun, and others." Xiaoer led them upstairs.

Zhao Lin: "Let's go Biluochun."

Xiao Er: "Okay! Wait a moment, two guest officers."

The student stopped him and asked strangely, "Was that pennant in front of your house?"

Xiao Er said with some pride: "It was given by the imperial court. Because my family has a good attitude and all the tea is good. I never use tea foam to make up for it. If the guest officer leaves something in my house, my house will put it away. The guest officer will come again." will pay it back.”

"A guest official wrote to the District Commercial Management Department to praise us, and the imperial court bestowed this pennant."

Integrity merchant!Certified by the imperial court!This is the gold-lettered signboard, which cannot be envied by many merchants.

Moreover, the imperial court will organize meetings of honest business owners in each district every quarter.

Since the pennant came into existence, the business of the teahouse has been improving day by day. In order not to confiscate the pennant, the boss even told them not to steal the price, and to take away any one found.

Who would steal a few pounds nowadays?

The income of the teahouse is high every month, and they still have bonuses!

The more bosses earn, the more bonuses they get!I can't wait to feed all the guests.

But it seems that after their attitude improved, the attitude of the bad-tempered guests in the past also improved, and they did not embarrass them as before.

The student asked Xiao Er to leave before touching his chin and saying, "Your Majesty values ​​businessmen too much."

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, although the status of merchants has improved a lot during the Yuan Dynasty, the status of merchants is even higher now.

Zhao Lin smiled wryly and said, "In His Majesty's eyes, there is no distinction between people."

The student opened his eyes wide in surprise: "How can we not tell the difference?"

Zhao Lin thought for a while, he had helped Zhou Rong for so long, and he had his own opinions, so he said, "How many servants does your family have?"

The student didn't understand why Zhao Lin asked this question, so he said, "I haven't counted. Some of the former ones have left, and some have been hired. There should be more than 100?"

Zhao Lin: "Would you divide the servants into three, six or nine grades? Maybe the servants will divide themselves, but will you?"

The student turned pale with shock: "Your Majesty can't treat us as servants!"

Zhao Lin smiled: "Not servants, His Majesty just regards us as useful people, the common people are also useful people, so are merchants, soldiers are also useful, everyone is useful."

The student was speechless for a while, bowed his head in thought for a long time, then suddenly stood up and bowed again: "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books."

Zhao Lin didn't expect the student to figure it out so quickly. He was startled into a cold sweat when he thought about it, but now he can take it as normal: "I thought you would..."

The student said earnestly: "Brother Zhao, to tell you the truth, I also thought about it when I was young, if the people in the world perform their duties and take charge of their duties, the emperor knows how to use them well. , people can work hard and make the country strong.”

"It's just an empty thought. Now that I think about it, don't your majesty's actions coincide with my thoughts when I was young?"

Zhao Lin admired him even more, put away his contempt just now, and bowed: "I am arrogant."

The student laughed and said, "It's a pity, how many people in the world can see through it?"

Zhao Lin also said: "We understand that this is the way to make the country rich and strong, but..."

The aristocratic family may not be unable to see through the emperor's thoughts, nor may they not know that this is a good thing for the country and the people.

But this good thing means that their class will step down from the altar.

How can we not make them suffer?

What they can't see through is where their future lies.

The student said again: "Tomorrow is over, I know how I will answer."

Zhao Lin looked at him strangely, because he knew that the other party was just an ignorant and incompetent son of an aristocratic family. He was not very good at composing poems or articles, and even his handwriting was not excellent.

When the two parted, the student surnamed Li also said to him: "I will talk to brother Zhao after I get the title on the gold list!"

After all, it was the first imperial examination, and many students from all over the country rushed to the capital.

They all have passed the hospital and township exams in the local area, and the children of aristocratic families do not need to pass the college and township exams, but this kind of preferential treatment is only for one time.

So the children of the aristocratic family felt that they should not be treated the same as the common people's students.

At the same time, he tried his best to trample the common people students under his feet.

In terms of real talent and real learning, can those common people compare to those from aristocratic families who have read poetry and books since childhood and have a long history of family education?

Song Shizhao looked at the question.

The topic of the imperial examination was selected several times, and finally it was set on "people's livelihood".

He sat with Song Lian, and Song Shizhao laughed at Song Lian: "You are quite old."

Song Lian sighed, "Tired!"

Then it was serious: "If you are loyal to the country, you can survive no matter how tired you are!"

Song Shizhao smiled inscrutablely: "I have something good to tell you."

Song Lian looked at Song Shizhao and didn't believe it, Song Shizhao had never given him any good news.

Song Shizhao: "Liu Bowen is here on call, and he should be here within three days. I see His Majesty's intentions, and I think he will hand over the Civil Code to him."

Song Lian did know that Liu Bowen was still screaming tired just now, but now he is not feeling well.

It's like raising a tree, and when the tree is about to grow, it is suddenly moved to someone else's field.

Although compiling dictionaries is also a good thing that benefits the country and the people, the Civil Code...

Song Shizhao saw Song Lian's entanglement, and said with a smile: "I'm joking with you. Your Majesty sees your hard work, and should ask Liu Bowen to edit it with you. The big credit is naturally yours."

Song Lian was not annoyed at being seen through his mind: "That's good, I can relax a lot."

Song Shizhao: "I don't know if we can select talents this year."

Even if there are no talents among the poor students this year, in order to set an example for the poor students all over the world, a few will be selected.

Song Shizhao sighed and said, "I think it will take several years for the imperial examination to take shape."

The first session is always the most confusing.

Song Lian: "What are you afraid of? Afraid you won't live until then?"

Song Shizhao pretended to be very old, pressed his neck and said, "I'm old."

He was already old enough, and now he is even older, but he feels that he still has the heart of a young man.

He thought he could live another 50 years!

"By the way, are the inns all arranged?" Song Lian asked.

Song Shizhao nodded: "It's all arranged."

Because there were many students who came to Beijing this time, many of them were from poor families, so the imperial court rented out a lot of inns.

When students come to stay in the inn, they still need to pay money, but they can afford it, and the inn will not drive up the price.

Han Ling is a member of the army of students who went to Beijing to rush for the exam. His family is a farm-study family. They say it is a farm-study family. In fact, the family can only afford him to study. He has three younger brothers, all of whom are only enlightened, or he opened it. , So far, I can only recognize some characters, and I can only recite some enlightenment articles such as the Three Character Classic.

This time, the family provided for him to go to Beijing and gave him almost all the money.

But before Han Ling came, he had heard that everything in the capital was expensive, and nothing was cheap.

He brought his family's money and hopes with him, but when he entered the city, he kept thinking, if he didn't pass the exam and the money given by his family ran out, what face would he have to go back?

It's better to hit him head-on.

Most of the students from his hometown are also like this.

Students from wealthy families will not be like them. Several people rent a bullock cart and go to Beijing.

When eating on the road, I only dare to eat cheap ones.

"I heard that renting a small courtyard in the capital costs five taels a month, but now it should cost ten taels, and there are only two people to live in."

"Staying in a hotel costs 20 taels a month. That's because no one rushed to take the exam before... I'm afraid it will cost [-] taels if I go now."

In ordinary people's homes, ten taels is enough for one or two years of chewing.

Now there are more ways to earn money, and people's expenses have increased. In the past, two taels were enough for a year's chewing.

When they entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city gate checked their belongings, and seeing that they were all dressed as students, they asked, "Are you all coming to Beijing for the exam?"

Several people quickly said yes.

The soldier smiled and said, "When you enter the city, you can look for inns with red flags hanging. Those are prepared by the imperial court for the students."

"One tael of silver a month, if you have relatives and friends in the capital, then just pretend I didn't say that."

Several were shocked and speechless.

It was Han Ling who said first, "Thank you, sir! We are worrying about this matter!"

The soldier hurriedly said: "You can't be an adult, everyone, go to the city, I wish you all the titles on the gold list, and you will skyrocket!"

The students were also excited.

The coachman drove the ox cart into the city. The roads in the city were smooth, and pedestrians and vehicles were separated, so there was no need to worry about trampling on passers-by.

The students were very moved.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty is benevolent!" There were students in the car crying bitterly, "Now I know that the imperial court is worried about me even for such trivial matters, and I will repay it with broken bones in the future!"

"That's right! Before I came, I was worried that we might not even be able to rent a yard with the money we put together."

Han Ling lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the street vendors selling goods, and the men and women walking around, and his heart was full of pride!