Xie Rongzhao had heard of study tours before, but most of them were done by children from rich families.
Nowadays, I heard that the provincial examination is not just about testing some textbooks, but also testing some practical talents and learning, and the general examination pays more attention to this point.
To put it more bluntly, just studying hard may not lead to good results, because starting from the provincial examination, there will be policy discussions and opinions on government affairs.
And if you just blindly seek answers from books, I'm afraid it won't work.
This involves some practical issues.
There are a lot of difficulties and details here.
An ordinary farmer may not know who is working in the county government, or even which way the county government door opens.
A scholar naturally knows something about some government affairs and manpower of the county government. At the very least, they know that there are six people in the county government who do specific work. There is also a big difference between the subordinate officials and the subordinate officials.
According to the rules of the great government, once you win the imperial examination, you are expected to become an official.
For example, after Cheng Jingzhou's father won the imperial examination, he could serve as county magistrate, teach in the county school, etc. If the family was powerful, he could also seek a county magistrate.
Since the Juren Master has such preferential treatment, some specific government affairs will inevitably be involved in the examination.
No matter how knowledgeable you are, if you don't even know how a yamen works, how can you be a good parent official?
And where does this knowledge come from?
Is it in the book?
There must be some, but it won't be too detailed, and it won't let you see some specific operational details.
Therefore, you have to find your own way to experience it.
This involves study tours.
Some students go on study tours simply to broaden their knowledge, broaden their horizons, and visit famous mountains and rivers.
Some students go on study tours to learn more about people's livelihood and to more truly feel the various relationships between the government and the people.
Of course, if you have some family background, you will directly arrange for the children of the clan to study with some officials.
It can be said to be students, relatives, etc. to the outside world. It is nothing more than allowing them to learn more about the way of survival in the officialdom through personal contact.
To put it bluntly, while you are still at your desk studying the false, empty, and empty words in these books, others, if they have the conditions, have already begun to practice in person and understand some specific rules and details.
This is the gap!
If Xie Xiuwen had the opportunity, he would naturally want to study abroad. Even if it was just to visit famous teachers, it would be good to simply do some learning. At least it would broaden his horizons and broaden his mind.
But this requires a lot of money.
In addition to the book boy who travels with them, most people will always bring two or three capable men with them for safety reasons. Does this cost money?
In addition, money is needed for accommodation, food and drink when going out.
If you ask for help again, you don't know how much you will have to give.
Of course, there are also some students from poor families who choose to travel on a "poor basis", that is, traveling alone, just to increase their knowledge. Such study tours will not cost too much money, but similarly, the risks will be higher.
If conditions permit, Xie Rongzhao naturally hopes that his beautiful father can take three or four people to look outside. This will also help the beautiful father to work as an official in the future.
Xie Rongzhao calculated it like this. If the beauty's father goes out for a month, it means that he has to prepare expenses for five people. This day will cost at least two taels of silver, because in some places, you have to pay when you go into the city, and when you go out, The food and shelter should not be too bad, and getting sick would be more troublesome.
Calculated in this way, it is sixty taels of silver per month, plus hiring carriages and horses. If you buy it yourself, it will be another expense.
A few grown men were running around outside, and it might involve repairing some clothes...
Xie Rongzhao sighed: "I can't calculate it. It seems that I have to spend money just to go out."
Xie Rongzhao asked Cheng's father about it and found out that any study tour lasted for as little as three months and as long as several years.
Based on her understanding of the beautiful father, he will definitely participate in the autumn of next year. Even if he goes on a study tour in the spring of next year, it will be calculated as half a year. Tsk... One hundred taels!
It's so scary.
Reading is too expensive.
Although Xie Rongzhao thought it was a bit expensive, he still felt that he should think of a way.
In the past, the beautiful dad did not have the conditions to study abroad, but now that they can make money themselves, they can still think of ways to do it.
Even if I can't go out for half a year, I can go to the head office for three months, right?
Xie Rongzhao thought of Cheng's father. If he could get his recommendation, maybe the beauty's father would be able to work in the Yamen for a few days.
And even though the braised vegetable restaurant is making money now, it can't spend all the money. It has to keep some for emergencies.
Xie Xiuwen, who was far away in Mingshan Academy, didn't know that his sweet baby was already frowning at this moment.
Xie Xiuwen has indeed been preparing for next year's study tour recently.
What Xu Yuanqing meant was to arrange for a few of them to go for a walk together, so that they could experience first-hand the hardships of people's livelihood, and also let them truly feel some of the difficulties and temptations faced by officials in their actual work.
The reason why Xu Yuanqing became the Imperial Master was not just because of his good knowledge.
If we talk purely about knowledge, there are not many great scholars in the world who are better than him.
Xu Yuanqing alone can be valued by two generations of emperors, so he naturally has something special about him.
Perhaps the biggest difference between Xu Yuanqing and those famous scholars is that he advocates the comprehensiveness of students' abilities and knowledge.
Not just because you can write well, you must be a good official.
Director Xu from the library brought the book over and smelled the aroma of tea as soon as he entered the door.
"What good thing did my cousin get again?"
When Xu Yuanqing saw him coming, he smiled and waved for him to sit down, and then poured him a cup of tea with his own hands.
"What did you get?"
Director Xu smiled: "I have been paying attention to a few students recently, and this is the book list I specially copied."
Xu Yuanqing unfolded it and discovered the clue.
This records which books several students have studied in the library in the past ten days, and whether they have specially copied them.
"Why do you pay attention to Wang Jin?"
Manager Xu said slowly: "Wang Jin is a man with average talent, and he seems to be inferior to Xie Xiuwen in terms of diligence, but I think this man has good character, and his relationship with Xie Xiuwen and others is also good. By the way, this is him Articles written several times.”
Director Xu said as he handed over a few pages of paper.
"Since you are selecting talents for the emperor, you must follow some rules in the court. Wang Jin is a good boy. If you can give him some advice, you can give it a try next autumn."
(End of chapter)
