"Brother Yulin, why are you still hesitating? What is the most popular thing in Guangzhou now? Aren't they training courses for college entrance examinations and technical schools for technical studies? New China and Lanxiang are the best among them. If you don't do it, There are many people doing this business!”
The one who was persuading him was Wu Xinzhong, another great gentleman who had already accepted his fate.
This number one scholar in history can now be regarded as a representative of the newly rising "emerging bourgeoisie".
He made a fortune by running [Junzi Newspaper].
What the other person he worked with, Mr. Du, who had a less lively mind, didn't know was that.
The major shareholder of Lanxiang Technical College is Wu Xinzhong.
The Ming Dynasty implemented the policy of setting a thirty-year age limit for scholarly examinations, which resulted in a large number of scholars over the age of thirty losing their way out.
Not everyone has the determination to farm and manage fields like Li Zhongren.
Therefore, a large number of educated young people have no choice but to move to big cities.
Go to places like Zhongdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Beidu to look for opportunities.
The prosperity of "Jun Zi Bao" also attracted many people to go south to Guangzhou.
The educated youth should be the educated middle-aged people who come to the city, and soon there will be some new and prosperous industries.
Some intellectual middle-aged people have discovered that in Guangzhou and other places, a large number of companies need to recruit scholars, preferably those with special skills.
Arithmetic, mechanics, lawyers, etc.
Therefore, Lanxiang Technical College is not learning excavators, but these practical gadgets.
The other part is discovery
The imperial examination can no longer be taken.
But there is no age limit for college!
After graduating from university, he also gained the reputation of being a scholar.
This time.
New universities that had always had difficulty in enrolling students soon had many middle-aged and educated people apply.
These middle-aged intellectuals are gentry from various places, and their families have land, property, and business.
Thirty-nine years old, he quit his job and went to college, so there was no pressure at all.
Therefore, a large number of training institutions for university admissions examinations have recently appeared in Guangzhou.
Very prosperous.
Nowadays, these training institutions are looking for "Junzi Daily" to advertise.
But our great gentleman Du Ruchongdu does not want to advertise these new institutions.
Because "Jun Zi Bao" is a righteous newspaper that aims to explain Confucianism, the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, and speak to the world's scholars, and to criticize people in the field. How can it serve as a supporter of new learning?
"But..." Du Ruchong frowned when he heard Wu Xinzhong talking like this.
"But what, Brother Yulin, of course our "Gentleman's Newspaper" must speak for the scholars of the world. This is the purpose of our newspaper, and of course it cannot be changed."
"But there is no conflict at all with advertising New China and Lanxiang! Yes, they are calling on scholars to learn new things, but isn't this a good thing for scholars? Those scholars who are over thirty years old, if they can If you go to university and have the reputation of being a scholar, can you also go out to do things? Nowadays, it is not easy to have the reputation of being a scholar. Everyone is a scholar, and those scholars who are over thirty years old are still from our Confucian background. My disciples, how can Confucian students be expelled from the ranks of scholars just because they read a little more new things? Don’t you think so?"
Wu Xinzhong is so sincere.
His meaning is also obvious.
These scholars who are over thirty years old have already formed their world outlook, outlook on life and values.
So what if they read something new?
This is just a stepping stone.
A stepping stone to get a local official position in the future!
Be an official.
This is still the greatest desire of these scholars.
"Yulin, you have been a child prodigy since you were a child, a scholar at the age of 17, and a scholar at the age of 24. If the Qing Dynasty was still here, you would have been a Jinshi long ago, right? Of course you don't know that those who have studied hard for half a life can't even get a scholar. The pain in the heart of the poor scholars! Nowadays, the imperial examination does not require candidates over thirty years old. What do you ask them to do? Do you know how many people have jumped from buildings and rivers recently? Now there is a way for these poor scholars to learn something. Isn't it good to have the ability to settle down and make a living? We can be gentlemen, but we can't let those poor scholars over thirty years old die in the future, with no hope at all! In addition, do you know that these newly learned errands have How valuable is it? For example, do you know how much the maritime merchants in Guangzhou pay for a general officer who can speak French and British? "
Wu Xinzhong gestured with five fingers as he spoke, going back and forth.
"This number! One hundred yuan! One hundred yuan! Do you know what this number means? The county magistrate of Panyu County below Guangzhou, and the magistrate of Panyu cannot earn this amount! This Panyu is one of the best in the world Fu County!!”
"There are also lawyers, accountants, doctors, etc., who are all in urgent need of talents! And these things are not difficult to learn. With your brain, you can learn them in a year or two. Even scholars who can pass the exam can learn a If you work for two or three years, you can pretty much go out and do things, so why bother looking for short-term opportunities?"
"When we do this, we are doing a great good deed, a great good deed. I don't know how many lives we can save!"
Du Ruchong was stunned by what he said.
But think about it carefully.
Wu Xinzhong said.
It also makes sense.
During this period, there was a lot of knowledge among middle-aged people about suicide.
Old scholars wearing long gowns are often fished out of the Pearl River.
What a crime.
Emperor Zhu deprived scholars over the age of thirty from taking the imperial examination.
This is definitely not possible.
What happened to being thirty?
Didn’t Confucius stand up at thirty and not be confused at forty?
Why can't I take the exam at thirty years old?
Why does Emperor Zhu only have young people in his court now?
At that time, his left and right ministers Luo Fangbo and Gu Song, as well as Tao Biquan, Peng Jun, Ouyang Houjun and other important ministers, all came out to assist Emperor Zhu after they were thirty years old.
Why didn't you dislike Luo Fangbo and Gu Song for being old at that time?
Co-authorship now dominates the world.
You don’t like using old people anymore, right?
I know that you are the one who runs the imperial court.
Those who didn’t know better thought you were running a brothel.
but.
What Wu Xinzhong said makes sense.
Those scholars who are over thirty years old need something to do.
"Okay, if this ad is published, then it will be published."
Du Ruchong nodded.
This "Gentleman Newspaper" was co-organized by him and Wu Xinzhong. They both spoke equally, and both of them had to agree to anything.
"This court does not want scholars over thirty years old, and we are not afraid of a few figures like Huang Chao."
Du Ruchong muttered.
This imperial examination obviously has the function of imprisoning wise men.
Why did Emperor Zhu depose himself?
But Wu Xinzhong shook his head and said: "Because the whole world is now in a chaotic time like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, an era when countries are competing for hegemony. Imprisoning wise men is only tying themselves up and fighting for global hegemony with China, which is of no benefit at all."
(End of chapter)
