Can it still be calculated this way
When Zhang Shou made such a convincing calculation, not only the emperor was stunned, but even the nobles who had just been watching from the sidelines were stunned. After they were stunned, they all laughed. There were a total of five nobles present. The one who was most familiar with Zhang Shou was Weinan Bo Zhang Kang, followed by Xiangyang Bo Zhang Qiong, and then Huaiqing Hou Zhang Jingzhou.
Zhang Kang, the Earl of Weinan, met Zhang Shou at Tingyu Cottage. Later, he not only showed Zhang Shou the globe left by Emperor Taizu, but also gave Zhang Shou a very difficult problem to unlock the text lock of Emperor Taizu's secret box. Zhang Qiong got to know Zhang Shou because of his son Zhang Dakui, also known as Zhang Wuji, who cheated, and was relatively familiar with his personality.
As for Zhang Jingzhou, Marquis of Huaiqing, although his son Zhang Lu was Zhang Shou's student, he only sent people to give gifts during festivals. His familiarity with Zhang Shou was limited to the few times he met Zhang Shou during court sessions, and they never spoke to each other more than five fingers apart. The most profound impression he had... well, that was that Zhang Shou was the future son-in-law of his old boss, Duke of Zhao Zhu Jing, and that was all.
As for Dingtao Earl Zhang Qian and Linfen Earl Zhang Wuxi, their understanding of Zhang Shou was not much more than that of ordinary people in the capital. Apart from the few things that Zhang Shou did that made a sensation in the capital, they knew nothing about him.
So, after they laughed at Zhang Shou's five-on-five description, Huaiqing Marquis Zhang Jingzhou couldn't help but joked: "It seems that Yue Shanzhang is not considered a civil servant, right? The same goes for Tang Jieyuan. Although he was the Jieyuan in the Shuntian Prefecture's provincial examination, he was only a juren after all."
"Emperor Taizu once said that if a local government official sets up a school to teach regular subjects, and has more than a hundred students and five teachers, then the headmaster is considered to be of the seventh rank." This time, the person who spoke was the emperor. Seeing that Zhang Jingzhou was stunned by what he said, he sighed and continued, "During the reign of Emperor Taizu, there were few Jinshi in the world. Those who passed the examination went to Beijing to join the Imperial Academy, or to the ministries and courts for internship, and were often directly appointed as officials. So from this point of view, it is not an exaggeration to say that Yue Qing and Tang Jieyuan were civil servants."
It can be solved this way
This time, Zhang Shou was the one who was surprised. He was just forcing a sophistry to even out the ratio of civil officials to military officials. In fact, he knew that Yue Shanzhang and Tang Ming were not civil officials—and strictly speaking, Lu Wan, the current chief priest of Daming Public School who had already handed over the post of Minister of War, was also not an official.
Even the title of Jijiu was given to Lu Wan as an exception by the emperor in order to commend his courage, and he even retained his previous rank and treatment.
The emperor explained it himself, and Xie Wanquan saw his senior brother Tang Ming's face flushed red, which was really wonderful. It seems that anyone would be excited to have the opportunity to let the emperor speak for him once in his life. But in comparison, Xie Wanquan felt that he was really out of place sitting among the big shots in this building, and he couldn't help but want to slip downstairs.
But at this moment, he heard Lu Sanlang's voice from below: "Mr. Liu, please slow down."
Following the voice, Lu Sanlang supported an old man up the stairs and appeared in front of everyone. However, just looking at the old man's vigorous steps and upright posture, anyone could tell that Lu Sanlang's support was not only unnecessary, but also just for show. Sure enough, after the man climbed up the stairs and stood firmly, his face was not red, his heart was not beating, and he was not out of breath. He went straight forward and bowed.