"Prefect, Xiaqiu Village has sent something, rock candy, sausages, salted duck eggs, salted goose eggs..."
At the Ningguo Mansion's government office, Magistrate Li came over to talk to Magistrate Song about something, and something was sent from the village.
"We are all gone now, do you still remember us? We always give you something during the holidays." Magistrate Song's eyes were red.
Ever since Xiaqiu Village arrived in Nanjing, he thought he was of no use.
As a result, the imperial court praised him again and again, and Xiaqiu Village never missed a festival.
A few days ago, at the beginning of summer, a bunch of eggs and dried fish were delivered to Xiaqiu Village. It’s only been a few days! Another bunch of stuff was delivered.
The salary of being an official is indeed much higher than that of ordinary people working normally, but officials have to socialize.
Including the squire inviting you to drink, if you don't go, you are not uniting the place. If you go and just eat from others, you will owe them money.
What should I do if the squire breaks the law? To punish or not to punish? Life is not simply black and white.
Since the rise of Xiaqiu Village, everything has changed. Xiaqiu Village has given a lot, and the key to it is the acquiescence of the palace.
So when I was drinking with the local squire, I would bring something with me. Anyway, the things I ate and drank were definitely not as valuable as the things I brought.
Xiaqiu Village gave soap, and I participated in the party. I put out ten pieces of soap and asked people to buy them. The money I got in the end was used for the expenses of the party.
Basically, there will be some extra money, and this money will be given directly to young talents on site to encourage them.
This feeling is so good. I don’t owe you local squires anything. I pay more every time I come here.
I only owe Xiaqiu Village, but Xiaqiu Village is one with the Prince. How worried am I?
"Governor, how to arrange it?" Li Zhixian didn't know that Magistrate Song had so many worries on his mind. Anyway, he knew that he couldn't leave this post in a short time.
I used to think I could get promoted during the three-year exam! As a result, this became a pilot project.
If this damn person lifts him up, he will be his enemy, the kind who has hated his ancestors for eight lifetimes.
Isn’t this the underlying support for the reform? The key to the current reform is that no one dares to stop or sabotage it. His Majesty's sword... is shining brightly.
The current emperor is not Song Shenzong, who dares to stop His Majesty's decision?
Then my task is to do a good job in the pilot work in Xuancheng County. Of course, Magistrate Song is responsible for the entire Ningguo Mansion.
"Send some to the official schools in each county. Since the imperial examination was stopped, every student has become desperate. Studies must not be neglected.
well! If they can't even see through this, how can they come up with good current policies? Major national affairs cannot be abandoned at will.
They should take this opportunity to learn more, see more and think more. Only when the imperial examination is resumed can one go up immediately. "
The prefect of the Song Dynasty decided to give something to the students of the official school to strengthen their faith.
"Very good!" Li Zhixian agreed.
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Students elsewhere felt that the sky was falling after the imperial examinations were suspended.
The 525 students in the library have a fulfilling life every day. They have all passed the examination and now help take care of their children.
There are a very few children who are too young to be taken care of by them, and they are taken back to the village to be taken care of by Xiaqiu Village.
Their mission is to tell stories to the children, take them to play, and read books and internal publications by themselves.
The publication wrote about some of the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, including the operations of local officials and how the war against the Xia Kingdom in Sichuan was fought.
The trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Yi people, the situation in some overseas places of the Ming Dynasty...
They were all things they couldn't learn when they originally studied, and they were fascinated by the first issue.
As for the stories they told, they were written by children in Xiaqiu Village. The children wrote down the stories taught by Brother Hanhan and helped each other improve them.
Then they are typeset in the printing workshop and printed into small storybooks. These storybooks are the allusions in the Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Classic.
When the students got some story books yesterday, they found that they had only scratched the surface of the Three-Character Classic and Thousand-Character Classic that they had learned before.
The short story of the two enlightenment books actually involves the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics.
"I was given ten volumes yesterday. When I was studying the Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Classic, if someone taught me this way, how could I be so tired from studying?"
When a student was taking his children to eat, he told his classmates that these little stories were so interesting.
"I want to know who wrote it, which great scholar? Stand over here and don't squeeze into other people's lines."
As the student next to him said this, he called out to the child who was far away in front of him. The child looked back and immediately adjusted himself.
When making meals, the children carried their plates one by one and served one dish after another. Meat dishes were their favorite, especially the sweet and sour ones.
I don’t refuse other dishes, they are all delicious anyway, and the vegetarian dishes also contain oil.
Even though it's a big pot rice, it's no worse than the stir-fried ones at Fook Wah House. Some stews are even better than those in a small pot.
After the children finished preparing their meals, they were led by the students to a place where they could sit down and eat quietly.
"The assessment is over. We should go to the store to be the shopkeepers. What will happen to the children then?"
Some people took two mouthfuls of food and looked at the children they were responsible for, feeling worried.
During the contact process, he has learned about the conditions of several children under his care, and the children are willing to play with him.
"We have to take him home. It's hot now, and it won't work if he doesn't leave home until it rains heavily."
The students next to me felt that it was impossible for the children to stay in the library all the time, as this was not home.
"It is estimated that some people will be able to stay, as the shops outside are not enough."
"There are more than 3,000 children, and there are 100 left. One person has to take care of 30."
"We don't have to worry, Xiaqiu Village will naturally find a solution."
"I believe there is a solution in Xiaqiu Village. I'm worried because I can't think of it. If I can't even solve a small problem, why should I take the imperial examination?"
"We should hire someone to take care of it. Xiaqiu Village has money and hires 200 people. If there are still 100 classmates left, one person will be responsible for ten. When the story is told, thirty children can listen together."
"There is another part of the storybook, just part of it. Can you send it to me after we go out?"
"You still like to read books like this?"
"I haven't learned it yet, so I can't understand it. When I get to the local shop, I might have to teach it to the children in the village."
"I want it too. If I teach other people's children, will they stop bullying my store? I'm worried about bad people."
"You have to be able to read pictures and read. If we teach some people, does that count as educating the people for the Ming Dynasty?"
"Forget it? It's too difficult to teach, but it's okay to learn something simple. It's not like we've been studying for so many years in vain."
"Yes, yes, yes, we will discuss with them later and give us the books, even if we use wooden sticks to teach children or adults to write."
The students chatted about supporting education. They discovered their own advantages and roles, and taught others knowledge while visiting the store.
Treat this as your future political achievements and wait for His Majesty to assign official positions at any time.
(End of chapter)
