Kuang Shengyuan's words intrigued Shen Hao. While watching the show, the two of them kept chatting about "blending" wine.
Shen Hao was very interested in cocktails when he was smashing another world. He had tasted them several times and had a particularly deep memory. He almost forgot about it when he arrived in this world. Now that Kuang Shengyuan mentioned it, he suddenly felt curious, wondering what the "cocktail" in this world would taste like.
Kuang Shengyuan obviously has research on this topic. He can give a general answer to most of the questions asked by Shen Hao. If he wants to ask about details or deeper questions, Kuang Shengyuan will smile and shake his head to express that he is not clear, but his Friends must know.
"Who is Lord Kuang's friend?"
"Jingbei Official School held a great wine ceremony, Yu Shu." Kuang Shengyuan's face seemed to light up when he mentioned this person, and he smiled brightly.
"The grand ceremony of the official school? Huh, I didn't expect Master Kuang to have such a wide range of friends, which makes people envious!" Shen Hao raised his glass and toasted, his words were exaggerated and true. It's not that I'm envious, but I didn't expect that Kuang Shengyuan actually had a good friend who was a priest in the official school.
Official schools, as the name suggests, are schools run by yamen. From bottom to top there are elementary schools, middle schools and universities. Of course, there are also some private schools set up by aristocratic families. For example, the Imperial Family's Huanglin Academy is such a private school, but its audience is far less than that of official schools.
The characteristics of government schools are that they cover a large number of people, and the tuition is so cheap that ordinary people can barely afford it. Private schools, on the one hand, require identity cards, and on the other hand, the tuition fees are high. Those who can study in private schools are not ordinary people. At least they must have sufficient financial resources.
In this way, the education system in the old Jing Dynasty was filled with official schools and private schools. In terms of coverage and the number of people covered, official schools undoubtedly far exceeded private schools. But when it comes to the level and effectiveness of teaching, private schools will naturally be higher than government schools.
Therefore, although students from government schools and private schools are in the same bureaucratic system, there are obvious gaps and even implicit antagonisms.
To put it more bluntly, looking at the entire officialdom of the Jingjiu Dynasty, except for the low-profile yamen like Xuanqingwei, most officials are divided into two groups, the bottom and the lower levels, almost all of whom were born in official schools; the middle-level official schools Half and half are from private schools; almost all senior leaders are from private schools, and very few are from government schools.
The so-called grand sacrificial wine of the official school is the ceremonial duty of presiding over the "Enrollment Ceremony" in the official academy. However, "advancing to a higher education" is a big matter. Mastering this actually holds the biggest authority in the official academy. Therefore, generally speaking, the grand sacrificial wine of the official academy is a place. The chief officer of the official school. Moreover, this position is very noble, and it is a position with a lot of authority and a reputation.
Just imagine, all the people who graduate from your hands are your students. How many students are there in one place per year? How many years is it? As long as one percent of them can survive in the official career, it will be enough to be called a world full of peaches and plums, right?
The most important point is that the judges of the royal Huanglin Court are usually selected from the high priests in various places, which in disguise adds a channel for promotion. Those who came down from the post of Imperial Court Judge were either appointed as chief ministers of the Six Ministries, or directly worshiped the left and right ministers. It can be seen that its potential is huge.
Shen Hao was surprised because Xuan Qingwei had always had a bad reputation. Just the fact that he was outside the law was enough to disgust the officials who studied the law all over the world. The military once called the inspectors of Xuanqingwei "black skin", and officials in various places also used similar derogatory names for Xuanqingwei.
It's hard to imagine that a local official's grand ceremony had a relationship with a Qianhu official from Xuanqingwei.
Kuang Shengyuan explained himself without waiting for Shen Hao to ask: "Yu Shu and I are from the same hometown. We have known each other since we were young, and we went to elementary school and middle school together. It's just that my family is poorer. I went to the army after one year of middle school. Who I think he was later favored by Xuan Qingwei, and he stumbled all the way to this day. Yu Shu had a smooth journey. After middle school, he entered university, and then stayed in the official school to work, and slowly reached his current position as a high priest.
Haha, in fact, if we really want to count, he has also benefited from you, Master Shen. "
"Oh? What do you mean by this?" Shen Hao put down his wine glass and looked at Kuang Shengyuan in surprise.
"Do you remember the "Operation Jingxi"?" Kuang Shengyuan said with a smile: "Yu Shu was just the chief instructor of Jingbei Official School before, and he was still two levels away from the position of the Grand Ceremony. Although he has already had enough experience in various aspects, But the lack of background is also a very specific problem in official education.
Under normal circumstances, Yu Shu would not be able to climb up to the position of Grand Priest Wine even if he worked until he retired. But Mr. Shen's "Operation Clean West" brought the dirty things of smuggling and corruption across the country to a bright light, and various places also began to strictly investigate, in order to explain to the higher ups. And official schools are not immune.
Many important positions such as the former chief minister of Jingbei Official School and the minister of wine were all severely punished. Some were beheaded and others were dismissed. For a time, officialdom everywhere was empty. And Yu Shu also got the opportunity to soar into the sky.
The last time I got together with him, he was always saying that everything in the world is unpredictable, chance is determined by fate, but I have invisibly received a favor from you, Mr. Shen! "
Shen Hao laughed but did not accept Kuang Shengyuan's words. If he still can't tell that Kuang Shengyuan is deliberately leading this topic, it would be very inappropriate. But at the same time, Shen Hao was also curious. As the commander of the Black Flag Battalion, he was completely incompatible with Jingbei Official School, right? Why would Kuang Shengyuan want to lead the conversation in this direction? It seems that he wants to introduce Yu Shu to him?
Kuang Shengyuan also understood very well. Seeing that Shen Hao stopped talking, he also understood that Shen Hao had thought about it. So he was not in a hurry to continue, but picked up the fruit wine in front of him and continued watching the show on the stage.
At this time, the host Wang Yiming came on stage again and said something that aroused the excitement of everyone below, because the so-called lottery was next.
"Lottery?" It's not like Kuang Shengyuan didn't understand the meaning of these two words. This kind of method has been used in the shops in Fengli City for a long time, but it was really unexpected to use it in this party at Black Flag Camp.
"Haha, why don't we just have fun during the festival? Some of the remaining money and elixirs are prizes. I also personally added dozens of jars of Wuliangye brewed for two years. These are all prizes. By the way, Mr. Kuang has many people. The sign inside will also be included in the lottery, let’s see how lucky Mr. Kuang is later?”
Shen Hao is very generous. Although there are few winners, they are all big prizes, and those who don't win don't get nothing. They can receive a small red envelope after the party, which contains about ten taels of broken silver, which is considered a consolation.
Kuang Shengyuan did not win, and the number plate in his hand was even far from the middle number plate. Tang Qingyuan, who was sitting in the back, was very lucky. He won five jars of Wuliangye brewed for two years and was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
After this draw, there was another draw before the end. Afterwards the party ended.
When leaving, Shen Hao smiled and said to Kuang Shengyuan: "Master Kuang, if I have the opportunity, I would like to try the craftsmanship of Yu Jijiu. Isn't it convenient?"
