Chapter 603: Study for work
What Huang Shi and Gui Guzi heard from Hu Yi was not real, but a story. This was incredible.
Without slaves, the nobles' subordinates can leave the nobles at any time. The nobles dare not bully others at will. We will make it impossible for your descendants to participate in the imperial examination. This is simply unbelievable.
Hu Yi kept talking about a lot of changes in Xianyang City, and time passed by minute by second. After waiting for no one knows how long, it was finally the three of them's turn to enter the hotel.
"It's finally our turn. I'm almost starving to death because I want to explain to you about Xianyang City. Should you two treat me to dinner?" Hu Ban said jokingly.
His eyes were fixed on the two of them, trying to see some change in them, but unfortunately, there was no change in either of them.
"Okay, if you don't want to invite me, then I'm leaving."
Then, Hu Yi turned around and left.
"Wait." Guiguzi suddenly stopped Hu Yi.
When Hu Yi heard this, he smiled and said to himself: "Finally lunch is here."
"Old man, what else do you want?" Hu Yi asked.
"If you want us to invite you, just say it clearly. Why bother going round and round? We have said so many things that we don't even know whether they are true or false." Guiguzi said.
Hu Yi, who was originally happy, suddenly said unhappily: "You can say that I am poor, or you can say that I am shameless, but you can never say that what I say is false.
You go out and ask around, did you call me the Know-How in Xianyang City casually? "
Guiguzi smiled and said, "Are you in a hurry?"
"Humph." Hu Yi curled his lips and ignored him.
At this time, the waiter came to Gui Guzi and asked, "Two guests, are you two or three?"
"Three of you." Hu Yi answered first, "Bring over all your good wine and food, and the two of them will pay."
The waiter glanced at Hu suspiciously, then turned his attention to Gui Guzi and Huang Shi.
Guiguzi immediately took out a golden cake and said, "Is it enough?"
The waiter took the golden pancake and immediately said with a smile, "That's enough, that's enough. I will serve the hotel's signature dishes now."
"Go." Guiguzi said.
Huang Shi also took Hu Yi's hand, came to his seat, and said, "Since we are going to use the land to treat guests, you should talk more about the changes in Xianyang City."
"Don't you believe it?"
"No. It's not that we don't believe it, but we are too curious to believe it." Huang Shi explained.
Hu nodded and said, "Indeed, if I wasn't in Xianyang City, I might not believe it.
However, everything I said is true. Also, many people want to study now, and so do I. In the past, being a scholar was a privilege for nobles, but now anyone can study.
Especially for children, they must go to school. Of course, the real poor can't help it, but as long as you can get a job in the city, you will definitely be able to afford the tuition.
I have saved enough for tuition fees, and now I am just waiting for school to start. ".
"What do you mean? Can't you still study?" Huang Shi asked.
Hu Yi said: "The school has regulations that study time is from March to June and September to February every year.
Among them, September and March are called the beginning of school. September is the real start of school and is the time for new students to register. The main reason is that July and August are the hottest months and it is the time of summer harvest, so students can help their families. "
"It's a good rule, you can study and work at the same time." Huang Shi said.
Just when they were listening to Hu Yi's words with gusto, the waiter served the delicious wine and food.
"Objectively, this is vinegared live fish, this is hairy crab, this is..." the waiter explained to the Huangshi trio while bringing out the dishes.
Hu Yi waited until the waiter left, then immediately picked up his chopsticks and said, "Two old gentlemen, let's eat quickly. Otherwise, this jealous fish will taste bad."
"Is this a live fish?" Huang Shi said in shock.
"Yes, this fish is still alive now." Hu Yi said, "It is the most delicious when you eat it at this time. When it dies, the taste will be much worse. Eat it quickly."
Huang Shi looked at the fish that was still blinking and couldn't help but said: "It's amazing. It's simply amazing."
"This must be the work of the emperor's master?" Guiguzi said.
Hu Yiyi nodded and said, "Yes, this method of cooking, the idea of the restaurant, the seasonings for cooking, etc. were all invented by Mr., even this wine.
It's much better than the wine brewed before, but it's a pity that we can only buy this kind of cheap wine. If you want to drink good wine, you need people and luck. "
After Guiguzi took a sip of the wine, he suddenly made a hearty voice and said, "This wine is okay, I don't know how much better it is than what I drank before."
After Huang Shi took a sip, he said: "It has indeed improved again."
Hu Yi also took a sip of wine and made a sound of satisfaction, saying: "Good wine, this wine is much better than what I drank before. But it is not the top one. The top ones are all in the palace and big families or people with money." human hands.
The better the wine, the smaller the quantity. "
Huang Shi nodded and said, "If you have the opportunity, you can ask some nobles for those fine wines."
Hu Yi said: "Then you have to go to the Ministry of Education first. As for the imperial examination, you have no hope."
"Why? Are you afraid that we will fail the exam?" Huang Shi asked.
"No." Hu Yi explained, "Anyone over sixty is not allowed to participate in the imperial examination. Some people say that people over sixty are old and frail and cannot live too long. Why not give some opportunities to the younger generations? ?
Is this a rough statement? Indeed, you are already sixty, and you are still thinking about becoming an official. Isn’t it obvious that you want to compete with young people?
More importantly, studying is not that easy, it costs money, and if there are more people studying, there will be fewer people working, which is not a good thing for the court. "
Huang Shi smiled and said, "What you said is very contradictory. The purpose of the imperial court's building of academies is to let everyone in the world study, but you mean that having more scholars is not a good thing?"
"No, no, no, you always misunderstood. What I said is that it is not a good thing for everyone to think about the imperial examination.
In addition, as long as everyone in the world is studying, it is not uncommon for scholars to be able to pass the imperial examination. Everyone knows very well whether they can pass the imperial examination.
Do I have to take the exam even though I know I can't pass it? This is simply looking for something to do. In addition, the purpose of studying now is not the imperial examination, but a good job.
You have seen the changes in Xianyang City, but the biggest change is in commerce. Various workshops have appeared in Xianyang City. The wages of those new workshops are terrifyingly high, especially the wages of scholars. "
"Oh, I'm curious about this, how much salary can I get?" Guiguzi asked with a smile.
