The city of Nanjing is already quite lively even before the Spring Festival. Because I don’t know why Dongchang and Jinyiwei have relaxed their ban on all kinds of story books and picture albums.
As the New Year is approaching, Confucian scholars who are usually dissatisfied with the new learning in Hangzhou have put aside their prejudices and taken advantage of this relaxed period to buy all kinds of new Hangzhou books.
Before, I had to ask someone to go to Hangzhou to buy it at a higher price, but it was too expensive.
"Brother Tang, the Imperial Academy has not been able to find you in recent days. What have you been doing? Eunuch Lu has been suppressing you these days, and Zhang Xiu, who is against the will of heaven, is also in peace. It seems boring. . ”
The Nanjing Imperial College is basically a group of unpromising nobles, or they spend a lot of money to buy a noble gentry businessman.
The person who happened to be speaking was a descendant of the Xu family who was of unknown generation in Xu Guogong’s family. Although they may be thousands of miles apart, his father also used all his strength to spend money to exclude a member of Xu Guogong's family from being a disciple, and changed his identity to a supervisor.
Correspondingly, the person surnamed Tang claimed to be a relative of Tang Yin and Tang Bohu. No one can clarify the specific appearance of the five servers. Just because my family was in the cattle and horse business after I started learning, I suddenly had money. At the beginning of the year, I directly donated three thousand taels of silver to the court in exchange for such a quota.
Times are very different. If it were a hundred years ago, the Imperial College would have been a hot spot. After graduation, you would get an eighth- or ninth-grade Sesame Mung Bean official. Nowadays, many candidates who have taken the imperial examinations have not been given placements. Those who come out of the Imperial College basically depend on their parents.
This is why the Tang family can get a legitimate prison student by donating three thousand taels. Of course, the Tang family is not a fool, and official position is not too important. The key is that the Imperial College graduates will be assigned to interns in the imperial yamen after three years. When the time comes, they should prepare something in advance and become familiar with each other. Even if they do not become officials in the future, having such a friendly relationship will be of great help to the business.
It’s just that the parents of the Tang family think so, but Tang Ren himself doesn’t think so. I have always had the fantasy of becoming an official. After recently coming into contact with this group of distinguished disciples, I even want to become an official in the imperial examination. Because people like me are not officials, and the court is occupied by these people who are full of food and have no intention of doing anything, how can we still have a good life?
"I'm not afraid of your ridicule. I went home and asked for some money to prepare for the end of the year. Let's go to catch this year's Enke." Tang Ren replied directly without being shy.
"No, you have only been enrolled for one year, and there are still three years left to complete. How can you qualify to participate in Enke next spring?" Chen Xin suddenly felt that something was wrong and asked in a low voice.
"If you don't have enough time to study, it's natural to have the ability to make money. By the way, you have been five years old, do you want to graduate?" Tang Ren also started to hint based on the wealth of money in his family.
"What do you mean, how much did you spend? I heard that this graduation exam is very difficult, and I thought it would cost at least five hundred taels of silver." Although Chen Xin knew that Tang Ren had good intentions, he was not a small person after all. number. Being able to go to school has already drained my family's finances, but I can't come up with extra money to pay off my debts.
"Five hundred, it should be about the same. Dear brother, I will give it to you. WeLet's go take the Enke exam next year."
Tang Ren didn't hesitate, he just took out the banknote and took Chen Xin to find the director of the Imperial College. Most of the sacrificial wines have clear names, so it's basically a good idea to find him. You can't spend the money. But Si Ye is different. After Si Ye receives it, he can basically pay tribute to the priest and do some favors. This is much more normal.
Si Ye's carriage. It was a gift from the Tang family, so I went to pay it in person without being polite. Please remember to bookmark it. The website is the latest, fastest and free to read without anti-theft