"That's why I want to ask His Highness to help plead for mercy." Now Han Du could only hope that Lao Zhu would expose the matter for the sake of Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao shook his head lightly after hearing this and sighed: "Nearly two hundred people have resigned. The impact is indeed too bad. I am afraid that even if I go to my father to plead for mercy, my father will not be lenient."
"There is no need for two hundred people. It is enough that the emperor can allow sixty people to resign. I have already persuaded the other more than a hundred people and they will not resign." Han Du quickly agreed with a smile.
Zhu Biao was stunned when he heard this, then he weighed himself and said: "If there are sixty people, there is still hope..."
Then he looked at Han Du in confusion and asked: "But I don't understand. Since you have persuaded them, why don't you persuade them all to come back? Why do you want to leave sixty people?"
Han Du originally didn't want to explain to Zhu Biao. After all, this behavior of pinching the top among Jinshi is not very good-looking. However, under Zhu Biao's repeated questioning, Han Du had no choice but to tell him the whole story.
After listening, Zhu Biao stretched out his finger, pointed at Han Du, and scolded with a smile: "Okay, give it to Han Du. You are so courageous. You dare to let the court take over and choose the rest."
Zhu Biao shook his head as he spoke, and said loudly: "If my father knew about this, I'm afraid he would be even more angry. You are so busy, Shu Gu can't do anything."
"Don't, don't, don't!" Han Du was about to give up when he saw Zhu Biao, so he quickly stopped him.
Said: "I am not the first to choose, this is the choice of the scholars themselves. Besides, as the academy grows, it will be able to better train more talents for the court in the future, right? This is very important to the court. , and you won’t suffer any loss.”
Zhu Biao felt that it made sense, but he didn't want to let Han Du go too easily. He glanced at Han Du and said nothing.
Han Du saw Zhu Biao holding it up and continued to explain: "Besides, these scholars are not only my students, Han Jingyun is also their husband..."
Han Du looked at Zhu Biao and sneered in his heart: Are you holding it up in front of me? If you can, continue holding it in front of Han Jingyun. If you, Zhu Biao, don't agree today, I will go find Han Jingyun when I get back and tell her that it is your incompetence that has caused the academicians to be humiliated. When the time comes, it depends on how you explain it to her.
When Zhu Biao saw Han Du using such a shameless trick, he felt very angry. But there was no other way, he really had to take Han Du's hand.
"Ahem..." After pretending to cough twice, Zhu Biao straightened his face, glared at Han Du with dissatisfaction, and said seriously: "Of course, academy students understand the righteousness and can take the initiative to give up some places. It is also noble and upright to be given to northern scholars. I will report to my father now, thinking that the sixty places will be enough to recruit more northern scholars."
Han Du received a satisfactory guarantee before Shi Shiran left the East Palace.
Two days later, the emperor issued an order. Since there were sixty scholars in the academy who had given up the title of Jinshi, the number should be filled among the northern scholars.
When the news came out, some northern scholars were delighted, while others were still aggrieved.
Because before this, there were rumors secretly that the imperial court would open a new subject specifically to recruit northern scholars. This news made the northern scholars extremely excited. In their view, this was the concession made by the court after they argued hard, and this was entirely their credit.
But now they are told that they will not open another subject, but will only enroll 60 people from the northern scholars according to the Dingmao Examination Papers. This disappoints some northern scholars.
If a subject is re-opened, 300 people will naturally be admitted. But now there are only 60 people to be recruited, and the number of places has been reduced by 80% in an instant. What's more, they have to use their Dingmao subjects' test papers to make up the admissions. Now that all the test papers have been published, the ranking of the northern scholars is no secret at all. Those who knew that they were ranked after sixty were naturally very reluctant as if they were mourning their concubines.
What to do if you are unwilling to do so? Without thinking, these people prepared to cause trouble again, hoping to be as good as the last time and force the court to retreat.
But these people forgot one thing, that is, it was true that no northern scholar was selected last time. This is a fact. They made trouble and the court could not argue with it.
But things are different now. Sixty northern scholars have been recruited. They are causing trouble again, and the reason alone is untenable. You can't say that you want the court to admit them all, right?
And this time Lao Zhu was not going to spoil them anymore. The leading ones among these northern scholars just said a few words, and before they could encourage everyone to block the palace gate, they were tied up by the troops Lao Zhu had prepared long ago. stand up.
With this hand, all the soldiers were instantly restrained.
After a few days, the emperor issued an order to strip these people of their honors completely and never use them again. This greatly shocked all the northern scholars. As if they had been splashed with a basin of ice water, they immediately woke up and no longer dared to make any mistakes.
In the academy.
Sixty people gathered together and talked happily with each other.
"Brother Dai, I heard that your family is having a hard time. Why didn't you choose to become an official and stay in the academy?" A slightly fat man asked the person next to him.
The person being questioned is the same as the person asking the question. He is also wearing a blue shirt from the academy. Although it has been washed a little white, it is still clean and tidy. It can be seen that he is a diligent and clean person. However, it can be seen from the clothes that the person asked was right. This person's family background is indeed worse.
"Brother Xie Ding is concerned. My family is indeed not very well-off, but my parents only have one son like me. When they sent me to study, they didn't think about honoring our ancestors. Instead, I was weak and sick. I couldn't jump with my shoulders or lift with my hands. , and only by studying can I earn a living. Being able to stay in the academy now is considered as fulfilling my parents’ wishes, so why not?”
We are all classmates, and we don’t think anything of it when talking. We just say what we want.
Because these students in the academy need to participate in various activities, they have much more emotional interactions with each other than the students in the Imperial College, and naturally their relationship with each other is much better.
"What about Brother Ding? Although Brother Ding's family is rich, if Brother Ding can become an official, it will help the family much more than staying in the academy. Why does Brother Ding stay in the academy?"
"Hi~ You also know my situation. I can work as an official or stay in the academy. But then I thought about it and realized that I really can't give up my waist for five buckets of rice. Rather than doing this, I might as well stay in the academy. Okay, what do you think?"
The two looked at each other and laughed immediately.
While everyone was chatting, Han Du walked in the door and came to the middle.
When the students discovered Han Du's arrival, their voices quickly decreased and soon became silent.
At this time, Han Du slowly spoke: "To be honest, I am quite surprised that you can choose to stay in the academy. After all, with your ability, after becoming an official, some of you may become... As an official, your future is limitless. Staying in the academy is equivalent to cutting off your future."
"Master Han, you are overthinking. Everyone who can be here today has been carefully considered. Besides, this is the students' own choice. Sir, there is no need to blame yourself." The one who stood up to speak was Lu Bowen, who was the leader of everyone present. Among them, it is the one with the highest ranking in the examination.
Although Wang Yuanji was Huiyuan, he did not stay in the academy but became an official. This is not to say that Wang Yuanji himself does not want to stay in the academy, but the conditions proposed by Lao Zhu. If he wants to allow academicians to resign, then Wang Yuanji must choose to become an official.
Otherwise, Lao Zhu will punish the academicians.
For the sake of everyone, Wang Yuanji and others had no choice but to become officials.
In fact, in Han Du's opinion, Wang Yuanji's becoming an official was an excellent choice. It was much better than staying in the academy and wasting what he had learned all his life. Moreover, his family situation is indeed difficult, and becoming an official is also a benefit to his family.
Looking at the sixty people in front of him, Han Du suddenly felt a surge of ambition and pride in his heart. With so many students who are accustomed to studying mathematics, physics and chemistry, the academy will one day be able to truly grow to the point where people can look up to it. At that time, it is hard to say whether it is better for those who become officials or those who stay in the academy to achieve greater success.
Thinking of this, Han Du calmed down and said to everyone: "You choose to trust the academy, and the academy cannot live up to your trust. You just start from teaching, and you will receive a monthly salary of ten guan."
"Ten strings?"
Hearing this, everyone started talking.
It's not that the salary is too low, but that it's too high. Originally, according to everyone's thinking, it would be good if they could get two or three monthly salary for their training.
You know, the salary of a ninth-grade official in the capital is equivalent to five guans per month, and ten guan is equivalent to the salary of a seventh-grade official.
Of course, with their performance in the examination, they can quickly become seventh-grade or seventh-grade officials after becoming officials.
"Sir, is this monthly salary too high?" Lu Bowen stood up and asked. Although the more monthly salary, the happier he is, but at the same time, he also knows the situation of the academy. There is no source of income at all. In the past, it was all supported by Han Du's money.
Now that such a large amount of expenditure has suddenly appeared, anyone who knows anything about it is worried that the academy will be unsustainable.
Han Du waved his hand, asked him to sit down, and spoke to reassure everyone, "The academy can't give you a future, all it can give you is a little money. Of course, I know that even this little money can only be compared with what you have just started working as officials. The time is right. In a few years, those of you classmates who are working as officials may already be getting more than ten or twenty guan of monthly salary, and you can still only live on ten guan of monthly salary. But there is nothing you can do about it. At present, the college's financial resources That’s all it can do.”
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