"Don't plan to take the exam?"
Song Shaoyuan was stunned for a moment, and the classmates sitting around him were also a little surprised.
Young students who can rank in the upper-middle level in the state school all harbor the dream of ranking among the top ten in the provincial examination and go to Chang'an to participate in the preliminary examination of the academy.
As long as you can stand out in the fiercely competitive entrance examination and enter the academy, it will mean that you will jump into the dragon gate from now on, and even benefit the family, so that the entire family can prosper in the next few decades.
Some wealthy families who are trying to become a thousand-year-old family, in order to continue their family fortune, spare no effort to invest in education. They not only educate the children of the family, but also spend money to find naturally smart children from other places, move their parents and their families here, and let them grow up. Received education in family school.
On the other hand, one or more houses will be specially allocated to the family and moved to the border state of Yu State, where the education level is relatively backward, in order to increase the chances of the family's children passing the provincial examination and entering the palace.
This behavior also caused some wealthy families to imitate and move their families ten years in advance. Furthermore, in some border states, regional hostility between northerners and southerners, and westerners and easterners was born.
For this illusory opportunity for promotion, countless students in the world have read through classics and parents have exhausted their efforts.
"Why don't you take the exam?"
Song Shaoyuan asked with concern: "Is it because I don't have confidence, or am I too busy recently? If it's to save the five-dollar notary fee for the exam, I have it here."
The person next to him smiled and said: "Brother Shaoyuan, who doesn't know that Baoan Tang has been all the rage in Zhenzhou City these days. I heard that there are wealthy businessmen from other places who want to come to Zhenzhou specifically to seek treatment from Risheng. He also Why can't I afford the notary fee of just five dollars?
I think it’s too profitable to be a doctor, so there’s no need to read the classics of Confucius and Mencius. "
"Yes, after all, no matter how much you study, it will ultimately be for Brother Kong Fang. It is better to take advantage of your reputation and get it right in one step. Just like that doctor."
All the classmates burst into laughter. It was the custom of scholars. Except for scholars, they looked down upon all walks of life.
Li Ang frowned slightly when he saw this, feeling a little unhappy with their frivolous tone and the comparison between himself and Yu Miaoshui.
Yu Miaoshui also deserves it?
"Don't talk nonsense."
Song Shaoyuan frowned and said unceremoniously to his friends who usually traveled together: "Doctors help the world and save people's lives. Isn't it much better than just studying and talking about things when they encounter problems?
Moreover, I have personally seen Risheng's bone-breaking skills, which are by no means comparable to those who deceive others like Yu Miaoshui. "
He turned his head and said to Li Ang seriously: "Risheng, don't make a hasty decision on this matter. Wait until my mother and I come to the security hall in the evening and we can discuss it together..."
"Everyone has his own ambitions, brother Shaoyuan, you are just too warm-hearted."
Not far away, another rising star of the state academy, Zhai Yiming, heard the commotion and came over. Ignoring Li Ang and others, he held his hands to Song Shaoyuan gracefully and said: "Brother Shaoyuan, I have an invitation to the acquaintance banquet in my hand. In six days. I have invited several other classmates and scholars from other places. I wonder if you are free?"
The atmosphere of Yu State was open, and all kinds of public and private banquets were popular. Banquets could be held for large and small events.
The so-called acquaintance banquet is an elegant banquet held by scholars to build relationships and spread their reputation in the future.
Zhai Yiming was born into the Zhai family, a local wealthy family in Zhenzhou. He had been to Chang'an last year, and those who caught his eye must be the talents he thought were most likely to pass the Zhenzhou provincial examination and be his classmates in the academy.
Song Shaoyuan cupped his hands, his expression still cold, but he heard Zhai Yiming say leisurely: "I am not the one holding the banquet, but the young master of the prefect's family."
As soon as Zhai Yiming said this, the courtyard instantly became quiet.
Yu inherited the Sui system, and the head of a state was the prefect. What Zhai Yiming said could only be the prefect Ji Chi of Zhenzhou.
The son of the governor of Zhenzhou is undoubtedly the biggest yamen.
"The acquaintance banquet for the princes of the prefect's family..."
A companion next to Song Shaoyuan stared, his hands hanging by his side, and murmured: "This, this..."
Another person was also shocked and said: "But, I remember that the eldest son of the prefect's family had already reached the imperial examination last year, and he did not go to the academy. Could it be the second son? That's not right. I heard that the second son is only eleven years old this year. ..."
Zhai Yiming glanced at him and said calmly: "The daughter of the prefect's family has received a letter of recommendation for the academy tour a few days ago, and she will also go to the academy this year."
The courtyard became inexplicably quiet again, and many thoughtful people immediately understood what was happening as soon as they rolled their eyes.
Compared with the former Sui Dynasty and the Zhou Kingdom to the south, the status of women in the Yu Kingdom was much higher. Women were not men's appendages. They could voluntarily terminate the relationship between husband and wife. They were not the wife's guide. They could also go to school and get education, and even serve as officials. .
On the one hand, this is an emerging phenomenon brought about by the Academy - the ratio of spiritual talent between men and women is basically the same. There are not many female monks, occupying high positions in the Academy, and some have even served as mountain chiefs, which has greatly promoted the equality between men and women. social atmosphere.
On the other hand, it was because a hundred years ago in the Yu Kingdom, a Holy Queen named Wu was born...
The governor's son held the banquet, undoubtedly to help the young girl who was about to go to Chang'an get to know more of the elites from her hometown.
As for these state scholars, if they can leave a good influence on the princes and daughters of the prefect's family at the acquaintance banquet, even if they fail to enter the academy, they can still find a job as a clerk in the prefect's mansion.
It's even possible to go further...
Zhai Yiming looked at the thoughtful classmates in front of him, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
I don’t even think about how delicate and upper-class the young master and daughter of the prefect’s family are. These mediocre people with no obvious literary talents and struggling to write poems are not even qualified to go to the banquet, and they still want to show their faces?
"The prefect put the invitation into my hand,
After much thought, I still feel that only Brother Shaoyuan is the most qualified. "
Zhai Yiming slowly took out a red invitation card from his arms and handed it to Song Shaoyuan. He was satisfied and saw the expressions of envy and jealousy on the other people's faces.
Ha, that's right.
Zhai Yiming smiled and wanted to say a few more words when he suddenly heard noise coming from outside Zhouxue.
"Please let me know that Mi Xing Zheng Jialiang wants to see you."
"Tai Yi Xing Lu Zi Shi..."
"Zhengping Qianzhuang Zou Wenbai..."
Um?
The sound outside Zhouxue made Zhai Yiming and others frown.
Zhai Yiming, who considers himself the leader of Zhouxue, walked to the door and was about to scold whoever made the loud noise outside Zhouxue, but stopped suddenly.
I saw twenty or thirty luxurious carriages parked at the gate of Zhouxue, and wealthy businessmen in luxurious clothes got out of the carriages one after another, each holding a greeting card in their hand.
The president of the rice guild, the president of the cloth guild, the big shopkeeper of the bank...
Any one of them is an important figure that the Zhai family needs to receive well on weekdays.
"How is this going?"
Zhai Yiming calmed down instantly, pulled a boy at the door, and asked in a low voice: "What's going on? Who are these people looking for?"
The boy scratched his head and said uncertainly: "They said they were looking for the eldest son of the Li family?"
