"Brother Zhao!" The student walked over quickly and bowed to Zhao Lin. When he was weak, he was born with red lips and white teeth. Holding a folding fan, he imitated the style of Wei and Jin. Brother give some pointers."
Zhao Lin smiled bitterly: "What are you pointing out..."
He didn't have a warm book recently, and he was all helping Zhou Rong to make up his characters. He didn't know how many times his family sent servants to scold him. He didn't see the end tomorrow. Wouldn't he even dare to go home today
Who is still hanging out in the streets now
I'm afraid that only such a "sweet and suave" student has such a carefree life.
The student sighed and said, "Then let's find a restaurant? I finally found an excuse. Brother Zhao, have pity on me."
Zhao Lin didn't dare to go home, so the two could only find a teahouse.
There is also a pennant at the entrance of the teahouse, which reads "Integrity Merchant".
They just walked to the door, and Xiao Er hurriedly welcomed them in.
The title of Xiao Er was only at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and used to be called Dr. Cha.
Xiao Er smiled all over his face: "Where does the guest officer sit? There are also seats upstairs."
Zhao Lin: "Just go upstairs. What kind of tea do you have in your house?"
"Longjing Huqiu Biluochun, there are others." Xiao Er led them upstairs.
Zhao Lin: "Biluochun."
Little Er: "Good! The two guest officers wait a moment."
The student stopped him and asked strangely, "That pennant at your door?"
Xiao Er said proudly: "It was given by the imperial court, because my family has a good attitude, and they are all good tea, and I never use tea foam to refill. will be repaid.”
"A guest official wrote to the district business administration department to praise us, and the imperial court gave this banner."
Honest merchants! Court certified! This is the golden signboard, which many merchants cannot envy.
Moreover, the imperial court also organizes meetings of honest business owners in each district every quarter.
Since having this pennant, the business of the teahouse has been getting better day by day. In order not to take away this pennant, the boss even told them not to steal a few ounces of money, and if they found one, they would take away the other.
Who would steal a few pounds these days
The teahouse has a lot of income every month, and they also have bonuses!
The more bosses earn, the more bonuses they get! I can't wait to serve all the guests.
But it seems that after their attitude is better, the attitude of the guests who used to be bad-tempered has also changed, and they are not as embarrassing as before.
After the student told Xiao Er to leave, he touched his chin and said, "Your Majesty values businessmen too much."
Although the status of merchants in the Yuan Dynasty has improved a lot, the status of merchants is even higher now.
Zhao Lin smiled bitterly and said, "In your eyes, people are not divided into three, six or nine."
The student opened his eyes in surprise: "How can we not tell the difference?"
Zhao Lin thought for a while, he had helped Zhou Rong for so long, and he had his own opinions, so he said, "How many servants do you have in your family?"
The student didn't understand what Zhao Lin was asking about, so he said, "I haven't counted. Some of the former ones have left, and some have been hired. There should be more than 100?"
Zhao Lin: "Will you divide the servants into three, six, nine? Maybe the servants will divide themselves, but will you?"
The student was shocked: "Your Majesty can't treat us as servants!"
Zhao Lin smiled: "It's not a servant. Your Majesty just treats us as useful people. The common people are also useful people, so are the merchants, and so are the soldiers. Everyone is useful."
The student was speechless for a moment, lowered his head to think for a long time, suddenly stood up and bowed again: "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books."
Zhao Lin didn't expect the student to figure it out so quickly. He broke into a cold sweat when he thought about it, but now he can only consider it normal: "I thought you would..."
The student said seriously: "Don't hide it from Brother Zhao, I also thought about it when I was young, if people in the world perform their duties and lead their own affairs, the emperor knows how to make good use of them, and will not despise them because of their humble origins, nor disregard them because of their noble origins. Only then can people work hard and become stronger and stronger.”
"It's just that what I think is vague. When I think about it now, isn't what Your Majesty did in line with what I thought when I was young?"
Zhao Lin admired him even more, put away his contempt, and said, "I'm arrogant."
The student smiled and said, "It's a pity, how many people in the world can see through it?"
Zhao Lin also said: "I understand that this is the way to enrich the country and strengthen the country, but..."
The aristocratic families may not be able to see through the thoughts of the emperor, nor may they not know that this is a good thing for the country and the people.
But this good thing means that their class is going to step down from the altar.
Why not make them suffer
What they can't see is where their future lies.
The student said again: "Tomorrow, I know how I'm going to answer."
Zhao Lin looked at him strangely, because he knew that the other party was just an ignorant and incompetent son of an aristocratic family.
When the two parted, the student surnamed Li also said to him, "When the title is on the gold list, I will talk to Brother Zhao again!"
After all, it was the first imperial examination, and many students from all over the country went to the capital.
They all took the local college and township exams, and the children of the aristocratic family did not need to pass the college and township exams, but this kind of preferential treatment was only given once.
Therefore, the children of the aristocratic family felt that they should not have been treated the same as the students of the common people.
On the other hand, he tried his best to trample the common people under his feet.
In terms of real talent and real learning, can those commoners be better than those from a family who have read poetry and books since childhood and have a family background
Song Shizhao looked at the title.
The subject of the imperial examination was chosen several times, and finally it was set on "people's livelihood".
He sat with Song Lian, and Song Shizhao also laughed at Song Lian: "You are a lot older."
Song Lian sighed, "Tired!"
Then again seriously: "Be loyal to the country, no matter how tired you are, you can endure it!"
Song Shizhao smiled inexplicably: "I have something good to tell you."
Song Lian looked at Song Shizhao and didn't believe it, Song Shizhao never gave him any good news.
Song Shizhao: "Liu Bowen is here as he was called, and he should be there within three days. I see His Majesty's intention, and I guess he will hand over the Civil Code to him."
Song Lian knew that Liu Bowen was tired just now, but now it's not the taste anymore.
It's like raising a tree, and when the tree is about to grow, it is suddenly moved to someone else's land.
Although compiling a dictionary is also a good thing for the country and the people, the Civil Code…
Song Shizhao saw Song Lian's entanglement and said with a smile, "I'm joking with you. Your Majesty sees your hard work, and should ask Liu Bowen to write it together with you. The great credit is naturally yours."
Song Lian was not annoyed by being seen through his mind: "That's great, I can also relax a lot."
Song Shizhao: "I don't know if talents can be selected this year."
Even if there are no talents among the poor students this year, in order to set an example for the poor students all over the world, a few will be selected.
Song Shizhao sighed and said, "I think it will take several years for the imperial examination to take shape."
The first session is always the most confusing.
Song Lian: "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid you won't live by that time?"
Song Shizhao pretended to be very old, pressed his neck and said, "Old."
He was old enough before, and now he is even older, but he feels that he is still young at heart.
He thought he could live another fifty years!
"By the way, has the inn been arranged?" Song Lian asked.
Song Shizhao nodded: "It's all arranged."
Because many students came to Beijing this time, and many of them were poor, the imperial court rented out a lot of inns. Of course, some inns didn't want money, but the imperial court still gave the money.
When the students come to live in the hotel, they naturally still have to give money, but if they can afford the money, the hotel will not drive up the price.
Han Ling is a member of the army of students who went to Beijing to take the exam. His family is a family of farming and reading. It is said that it is farming. In fact, the family can only afford him one study. He has three younger brothers. , So far, I can only recognize some characters, and I can only recite some enlightenment articles such as the Three Character Classic.
This time, the family gave him almost all the money for him to go to Beijing.
But before Han Ling came, he had heard that everything in the capital was expensive, and nothing was cheap.
He brought the whole family's money and hope, but when he entered the city, he kept thinking, if he didn't pass the exam and the money given by the family ran out again, what face would he have to go back
It's better to hit it to death.
The same is true of most of his fellow students.
Students from wealthy families will not be like them. Several people rent an ox cart to go to Beijing.
I only dare to eat cheap food on the road.
"I heard that renting a small courtyard in the capital costs 5 taels a month. Now it should be 10 taels, and only two people can live there."
"Staying in an inn, it costs eight taels a month, and that's because no one took the test before... Now that I go, I'm afraid it will cost twenty taels."
Ordinary people's homes, twelve taels are enough to chew for a year or two.
Now there are more ways to make money, and people's expenses are rising. In the past, two taels were enough for a year.
When they entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city gate checked their belongings. Seeing that they were all dressed as students, they asked, "Are you all coming to Beijing to take the exam?"
Several people quickly said yes.
The soldier smiled and said, "When you enter the city, you can find the inn with the red flags hanging. It was prepared by the imperial court for the students."
"One tael of silver a month, if you have relatives and friends in the capital, then treat me as not saying that."
Several were speechless in shock.
It was Han Ling who said first, "Thank you, my lord! I am worried about this!"
The soldier hurriedly said: "You can't be an adult, everyone, come to the city, I wish you all the titles on the golden list, soaring!"
The students were also excited.
The driver drove the bullock cart into the city. The roads in the city were smooth, and the pedestrians and vehicles were separated, so there was no need to worry about stepping on passers-by.
The students were very impressed.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty's benevolence!" There were students in the car crying bitterly, "Now I know that even such trivial matters the court is worried about me, and I will break my bones in return in the future!"
"Yeah! Before I came, I was worried that if we put together the money, we might not be able to rent a yard."
Han Ling lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the street vendors and the men and women walking on the road, and his heart was filled with pride!