The reason that makes Huang Qiong want to meddle in other people's business is simple. In terms of treatment of scholars, this dynasty is the most lenient in history. It's really incredible that a person can go so far as to sell his body and bury his father. It's not that a scholar can't sell himself, he's just a little curious.
Since Taizu established the throne of the world, this dynasty has been trying to appease the hearts of scholars all over the world, but in fact it is also trying to win people's hearts. In addition to formulating a series of regulations in the official system to ensure promotion channels for scholars, detailed regulations have also been made on the treatment of scholars who have failed to obtain merit.
After the scholars passed the government examination, they were given the status of scholar. The county where they live will provide them with a meter and a stone per month and a flat amount of money to ensure that these talents can study without worrying about supporting their families. If the scholar participates in the next provincial examination and joint examination, the county will pay for travel expenses and all food and lodging expenses during the examination.
Even if candidates fail to pass the provincial examination or the joint examination, they don’t have to worry about round-trip travel expenses. What's more, even if you don't pass the provincial examination, as long as your grades are good enough, you can continue studying in a private school with free tuition and a certain living allowance. After passing certain examinations after three years, you can directly enter the Imperial College to study.
After studying in the Imperial College for three years, as long as you pass the examination, you will be awarded the title of Juren, and you can directly take the examination in the capital. Of course, if you fail the three provincial examinations, you will not be able to take them again, and you will not be able to enter the Imperial College or Imperial College. No matter how unlucky it is, you can still go to that wealthy family and become a teacher, and you will get a lot of training every year.
As a teacher, the salary of a child who is a scholar is much higher than that of a child who is not a scholar. According to the general market price, it is definitely 30 guan of money plus 5 shi of grain every year. With this money and food, it is not a problem to support a family. Although it is not as good as the previous one, it is definitely more than the next one. If you enter the clan school of a wealthy family, the salary will be no less than being a seventh-grade county magistrate.
It is certainly impossible to say that there were no poor scholars in Da Qi Dynasty. After all, ordinary scholars, even if they are admitted as scholars, except for those whose families have land or are engaged in business, can barely maintain food and clothing for a family of five with their usual money and one stone of rice. If there are more people eating at home, it will basically not be enough.
Therefore, there are still some poor scholars, but there are basically no scholars who cannot even afford food. And as long as you pass the exam to be a scholar, you don't have to pay taxes, let alone do corvee. It can be said that as long as you pass the examination as a scholar, the court will basically support you. Although you won't be able to get rich, you will basically have no problem having enough food and clothing.
What's more, if you fail to pass the township examination several times and don't want to take it again, you can work as an official in a prefecture or county. Although officials have no rank, they have establishments and salaries in the court. Moreover, after serving as an official for three years, they can be selected as an official ninth-grade official after passing the examination. The average scholar can be said to be in poverty, but there are almost no such miserable ones.
Moreover, this guy who sold his body to bury his father was not only wearing the clothes of a scholar, but also the clothes of a scholar. In this dynasty, Juren already had the capital to be an official, although according to the official system, he could not serve as a Zhengyin official. Not to mention the Hanlin Academy and directly affiliated yamen such as Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province, and Yushitai.
But if you fail the exam three times, if you don’t want to take the exam again. Through the selection of the Ministry of Personnel, you can go down to serve as a county magistrate, chief secretary, or edict, or you can serve as an eighth- or ninth-grade official like Dianbo in various princes' palaces. If you do well, you can also be transferred to the position of palm seal official, go to that county to be a magistrate, or be transferred up to a government to be a professor or a scholar-like official.
The only difference between the officials selected by the juren is that the local chief seal officer can only reach the level of magistrate and magistrate at the most, and generally ends at the magistrate level. You can only work as a local official. The best thing is to join the various pacification departments and become a subordinate official who participates in politics. It is basically impossible to enter the central government offices.
Not to mention that it is impossible to enter top yamen such as Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province, or administrative agencies such as Liubu. The official of the capital selected by the people is a member of the Lengshui Yamen of Sinong Temple, Honglu Temple, Taipu Temple, Taichang Temple, and Guanglu Temple. The best thing is to go to Dali Temple and become a seventh-ranking official.
Moreover, those who have passed the examination will be considered as Jinshi even if they have not passed the examination. I don’t want to be one of those so-called miscellaneous information officers. All I want to do is continue studying in order to continue taking exams. As long as they are under thirty-five years old and pass the customized examination, they can directly enter the Imperial College to study. After entering the Imperial Academy, not only were tuition fees free, but the court also issued two taels of money every month.
It is precisely because this dynasty treats scholars so well. Huang Qiong was a little confused as to how the guy in front of him got to this point. Even if you try again and again and fail, you won't end up selling yourself to bury your father. It is precisely because of this that Huang Qiong's interest was attracted.
You must know that once a scholar or a scholar becomes a slave, all his achievements will be cancelled. In other words, no matter how many times you take the exam, the scholar or the title of civil servant you get, as long as you sell yourself, everything will be in vain, and you will not be able to take any exam in the future, and even the third generation will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination. .
Except for those old boys who failed the exams many times and didn't even pass the exam. The average scholar would rather starve his whole family than sell himself into slavery. Of course, people who usually buy slaves have to work when they buy them back. These scholars who are not diligent in their limbs and do not distinguish between grains and grains, even if they only sell themselves, generally no one will buy them.
Therefore, Huang Qiong was very interested to see a scholar actually selling himself. Of course, what attracts Huang Qiong even more is not just the reason why he sold his body to bury his father. There is also the arrogance on this guy's face, and the banner behind him that sells his body to bury his father, and the three no-sale principles written on the banner.
Huang Qiong ignored this self-proclaimed guy. Not only was he quite ugly, but he was also proud of his nostrils. Walking behind him, I looked at his three-no-sell principle with interest. However, when seeing this guy's calligraphy, even Huang Qiong couldn't help but secretly praise it: "What a bell-style calligraphy."
However, when looking at the specific content of these three things, Huang Qiong felt like she was laughing or laughing. Li Hai, who was accompanying him next to him, couldn't help but laugh a little when he saw Sanbu selling. Given this guy's three-no-sell principle, his rather intimidating appearance, and his arrogant attitude, it's no wonder this guy can sell himself.
Huang Qiong picked up the three-no-sale banner written by this guy, walked up to him and said, "Did you write this banner? But judging from the bell calligraphy, it is indeed quite good, and it can be regarded as a certain skill. . But as a scholar, to the point of betraying yourself, it shows that your reading skills are not very good."
This somewhat scary ugly guy rolled his eyes after hearing Huang Qiong's words and said: "What's wrong? Is it written by me? Who cares? How is my reading? It's still up to you." It’s up to you to judge. If you can afford the money and let me bury that old guy, I will be yours. If you can’t pay, put down your things and get out.”
After hearing the words of this guy who had no scholarly temperament, a mouth that was so stinking that it could kill someone, and a mouth full of Hu Chai, they were furious and wanted to teach the two guards a lesson to this arrogant guy. Huang Qiong smiled, glanced at him with a hint of contempt, and then said, "How do you know I can't afford you?"
"But I want to ask you, what can you do if I buy you back? Can you wash and cook, or can you plow fields and collect firewood? You are useless as a scholar, what else will you do besides studying? You are a scholar, and so am I. Scholar, I can do what you know. In addition to being able to write two strokes of Chinese characters, do you want to give me another reason to buy you?"
When the scholar heard that Huang Qiong was interested in buying him, he finally put his head straight and looked at Huang Qiong with a serious look before saying: "Who are you, kid? I can tell you, even if you are rich, you are It's your business. If you violate my no-sell rule, even if you accept my reasons, I will still disdain you."
"You don't have to worry about who I am. You can rest assured that I am not a son of an official, nor do I have a beautiful lady in my family, nor am I an illiterate rich man. It's just that my family has some assets, enough to support an idle person. ." Hearing this guy's question, Huang Qiong smiled and shook his three-no-sale banner.
It's no wonder that Huang Qiong had the urge to laugh after seeing this guy's three-no-selling banner. Even Li Hai, who always behaved well in front of Huang Qiong, didn't care whether he would be rude in front of his master, so he covered his mouth and had fun. It's really this guy's three-no-sale attitude that makes people laugh.
This guy's writing does not sell to people who are officials, secondly, does not sell unmarried girls among them, and thirdly does not sell to wealthy locals who cannot read. This guy's appearance is very disappointing to the audience. Coupled with his three harsh conditions, who can buy him? You can't just buy a villager who can't even use a hoe to support his ancestors when he's full and has nothing to do?
Moreover, Huang Qiong can understand why the first one is not sold and the third one is not sold. After all, officials of this dynasty, especially senior officials, all came from the imperial examination. He was very particular about his scholarly family background, but no one paid attention to him when he went there. Instead, he could only be humiliated. Moreover, these scholars look down on illiterate people even if they are poor themselves. As the saying goes, there are great scholars in talking and laughing, but there are no white people in communication.
But this second one is difficult for Huang Qiong to understand. Even if this person is talented, his eyes the size of mung beans, a garlic nose that is not in harmony with the whole face, an oversized mouth and a pair of provocative ears can scare children to tears. appearance. Whose daughter has to worry about getting married before she would like him to be her son-in-law?
Huang Qiong was sizing him up, and the man in front of him was also sizing up Huang Qiong. After looking at it for a long time, he said in an arrogant tone: "I don't dare to say that I am rich in knowledge, but I am proficient in Ming Jing, Ming Suan, and hundreds of schools of thought. I also know a little bit about other astronomy, geography, and military art. Although I don't dare I am on par with Zhuge Wuhou back then, but I think I am not too far behind him."
Regarding this guy's brazen answer, Huang Qiong just smiled faintly: "Whether it works or not is not just a matter of words. Anyone can brag, but how much real material is there in the belly? You have to taste it before you can taste it." Come out. Let me compare with you. If you pass my exam, I will not only buy you, but also bury your father in glory."
"But if you can't pass my examination, you can continue to sell yourself here. I can support everyone in my house, but I won't support useless people. Show me your real skills and let me see what you are like What's it worth?" After saying that, Huang Qiong pointed to a teahouse across the street and walked over first.
