Of course, one or two of these people are already fifty or sixty years old, but in today's world, the imperial power is in power, and status is used to determine superiority and inferiority. Although Princess Su Wan is not a real royal princess, she is still a royal one. Princess, as long as you show your identity when walking outside, few people will disrespect you.
And she can still bear this gift.
Besides, in addition to being the imperial concubine, she is also the noble daughter of the Duke Ning of Jinning. Her maternal grandfather's family is the famous Duke of Zhenguo, and even the royal family has to give them a lot of respect.
As long as others have some friendship with her, even if they don't know her well and only have the friendship of having a drink together, that's still good.
At a certain time of a certain year, a certain month, I had a drink with the princess, and we talked about something. It was bragging rights, just like dealing with a big shot. Although no one may give you a future, the person who stumbles you will. You have to weigh it carefully, lest you really hit the hard bench.
"You are very polite, please take a seat quickly."
"Princess, please take a seat."
Su Wan smiled and sat down next to Li Lin, then took a cup of tea from him and said with a smile: "You guys talk about your business, I'll just sit here."
Someone said: "How can we wrong the princess? We came here this time just to visit the princess. It was a bit surprising to learn that the princess lived here."
Su Wan smiled and said: "There are beautiful mountains and rivers here. It is a good place to live."
"No, it is indeed a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers. If Shiqiao Academy is willing to recruit more students, I would also like to stay here in the future. I can be a teacher wherever I am, so it is better to be here, where I can work with you." There are good mountains and rivers to keep you company.”
"If you want to be a teacher, of course we welcome you, but we don't need to wave around too many students."
The person who spoke was the dean of Shiqiao Academy, who was also a member of the Shi family. If anything, he was Shi Chongshan's cousin.
Dean Shi is now sixty years old. He has taught all his life and has also been guarding Shiqiao Academy for his whole life.
He, Shi Chongshan and others are not willing to expand the academy. In their view, Shiqiao Academy is the academy of Shiqiao Village, but more importantly, it belongs to the Shi family. As long as this academy continues to exist, the sons of the Shi family will Take advantage of it and get good teaching.
But if it is expanded, there will be more students studying in the future, and the advantage for the Shi family and students from surrounding villages will be gone.
They also teach and educate people, but they are more selfish and want to spend more time cultivating some sons and daughters of their own family.
"Dean Shi, you can't say that. Now that Shiqiao Academy is famous, it's a good time to expand. Maybe in a few years, it will be one of the top academies in Lanzhou City."
The person who spoke was Lanzhou Prefecture Yin. He was only forty years old and had a dignified and majestic appearance. His wife was sitting next to her in a simple dark blue dress and smiled softly.
"This is a good thing that benefits students all over the world! When students choose an academy in the future, they will have one more choice."
"No, if there is a shortage of money, I can apply for some. Now that Mr. Fuyin is here, it will definitely be possible." Qian Wuxi said with a smile, "Isn't that right, Mr. Fuyin? "
Zhang Fuyin was stunned for a moment, turned his head and glared at him fiercely. The boy opened his mouth and started to extort money. He meant to ask the court to pay for the expansion of the academy. It was really a beautiful idea!
There are so many academies in the world. If everyone reaches out, how can the court have so much money? It will definitely not be accurate.
When Dean Shi heard this, he thought it was a good opportunity and said hurriedly: "In the past few years, the academy has been operating by collecting some money. Some families who could not afford the money only collected some grain. They really couldn't afford it. Come and expand with money."
"Besides, I'm old now. There are only a few gentlemen in the academy, and I'm getting older. It's not easy to arrange for gentlemen. We can't handle all these things."
"What's so difficult about this?" one of them said, "I used to be a teacher in other academies. Their academies were built by wealthy local gentry people. After they were built, the academies had a certain amount of income every year. When the time comes, just distribute the money to them according to the share.”
"This won't work." Dean Shi shook his head vigorously: "This academy is a place for teaching. Where can we get any money to share with them? No, no, no."
Shiqiao Academy does not receive much money from repairmen. The money is usually used to distribute money to a few gentlemen, support a few people who sweep the floor, boil water and cook, repair the academy from time to time, or buy some books. , and then there was not much left.
If such a method is really to be used, it will definitely be necessary to improve the amount of education. Then the son of the Shi family will have to pay more education in order to go to school properly.
When it comes to the interests of the future descendants of the Shi family, Dean Shi almost jumped up: "This won't work, it won't work, absolutely not!"
"Dean, don't be anxious. If you don't want to, we have other ways. If that doesn't work, just borrow the money from the squire, then write a deed and pay it back according to the year."
"But this academy doesn't make money. How long will it take before we have the money to pay it back? It's still not possible."
"No, no."
Everyone tried to argue, but Dean Shi and Shi Chongshan just disagreed. Su Wan felt that it was a bit noisy to be alone with so many people, so he invited Zhang Fuyin's wife to sit in the courtyard for a while.
"Let them leave the noise. Let's just sit down and talk."
Mrs. Zhang is about the same age as Mr. Li, and her appearance was dignified and beautiful when she was young. As she gets older, her face becomes gentler and more elegant, and she thinks she will live a good life in the future.
Mrs. Zhang also said: "No, let them worry themselves."
Su Wan asked someone to serve tea, and then asked her: "Why did Mrs. Zhang come here?"
Mrs. Zhang said: "I heard that the princess is here, and you want to come over. I had nothing to do at home, so I followed over. I just happened to pay a visit to the princess. Speaking of which, I didn't even visit the princess when she came to Lanzhou. Pass."
Su Wan was stunned for a moment when she heard her say "sir", and then realized that she was talking about Zhang Fuyin. There are indeed people who call their husbands this way.
"Mrs. Zhang is polite, but it's just a trivial matter. Besides, Lanzhou City and Guiyan City are far apart. It takes two or three days to travel by carriage. I don't dare to bother, but if Mrs. Zhang has time to come, Guiyan City or if I go to Lanzhou City, we can sit down and have tea and chat together."
Mrs. Zhang smiled softly: "It's just a pity that such opportunities are rare. If we were close, we could get together from time to time."
While the two were talking, there was suddenly a sound of footsteps outside the yard, and soon there was movement at the door.
"I heard that Mr. Fu Yin and several gentlemen are here. We came here specially to visit. We are from the Sun family."
Sun family?
The Sun family of Hongyan Academy?
