After the entrance examination, Xuezheng Zhu Ai asked Zhaifu to distribute new books to the freshmen, and took a complete set of student supervisor school uniforms consisting of square scarves, jade-colored t-shirts and soft soap sashes, and asked them to go back and change into them.
The freshmen all went to the outer dormitory to change their clothes. Although Cui Xie did not live on campus, he also sneaked into the numbered uniform and sat on someone else's bed to change clothes generously.
He is not yet grown, his shoulders are thin, and he is not old enough to support clothes. The same size t-shirt, everyone else wears it well, but when he puts it on, the hem is dragged to the ground, so he has to lift a piece and fold it around his waist, then wrap the robe tightly and wrap it around several times with a soft sash.
The other prisoners in the room couldn't help laughing at him: "It's a good fit and straight body. When I ask my friends to wear it, it looks like Wei Jin style."
Cui Xie took two steps next to the bedside. He first made sure that his clothes would not be unraveled and that he would not stumble when he walked. Then he smiled lightly at the person, and said in a loud voice, "Only a great hero can be true, and it is a true celebrity."
He didn't even remember who said it, it was a famous quote anyway, which shocked the new classmates. The middle-aged prison student who took the lead in laughing at him sighed, "Young talent, I shouldn't judge people by their appearance." So he asked him, "How dare you ask this friend? Is it an official student, an Ensheng, or a prisoner?"
Guansheng refers to the sons and daughters of the officials who entered Guozijian according to the rules; Ensheng refers to the sons of civil and military officials who died in the post; Ensheng refers to those who have been admitted to prison by the emperor’s special decree; The top three, but the leader on the second list. Those who can be assigned to the Chengxin Hall are already familiar with the scriptures. There are almost no regular prison students who have been admitted to prison, and the few who have received tribute should be in the 30s or above, or even in the 40s and 50s.
Just looking at Cui Xie's age, no one thinks that he will be paid tribute to any state or county school.
Cui Xie said in a low-key manner: "Cui Mou was born with kindness, but he was not under the shadow of his father and grandfather. He was given a special order by the emperor..." The family was still alive, and the classmates did not need to mourn.
All the prison students have just paid tribute to the capital, and the information is not well-informed. Naturally, they do not know that he is a prodigy who has the emperor's blue eyes. It is just a happy event in the court, or some auspicious blessing from his parents.
There are many honored children of Qi in the Imperial College, and there are those who were imprisoned for killing thieves. After being captured by the Tartars, they fled back with their horses. Those who offered horses and made merits were imprisoned... How come they are not new. The crowd didn't ask any further questions, they changed their clothes, exchanged names, and went back to receive the correct instruction.
Seeing that the new students were neatly dressed, not ugly, and in good spirits, all of whom looked like students from the Imperial College, he nodded slightly and taught a lesson: "This prison has strict rules and regulations, not like when you were in the county or prefectural school, you could go wherever you want. Take a break and take a break. In the morning and evening, when you pass the key points, you must sign the lectures and recitations of the day in the lecture book, so as to prepare for the examination. Usually, you are only allowed to drop out of school in the school, and you are not allowed to play outside at will."
A group of students below Wei Wei responded.
Zhu Xuezheng restrained a few more discipline issues, and asked Zhaifu to go out and call in four old students to introduce them to the new students: "These four are the head of the fasting today. If you choose four people to take turns, you will control you students. From now on, your writing and reading will be supervised by the head of the clerk. You must come in order, and do not overstep or make noise. Anyone who has a noisy school or has a bad font should recite it by heart. , If the explanation is incomplete, the head of the veterinarian will preside over the punishment."
The punishment in the Guozijian is not like that in the county and township schools. Only those who pass the fourth grade in the second test of the year subject will be punished, but they can be "punished ten times" for the slightest violation.
The freshmen were trembling with fear by the punishment and the black face of Lord Xuezheng. The four head priests were all used to this scene, smiled comfortingly at them from behind Xuezheng, and came over to lead the newcomers to the East and West Halls to identify the door.
There are three halls of straightforwardness, sincerity, and Chongzhi in the east, each with eleven study halls. Among the freshmen, none of them were able to directly enter the Xingtang Hall. Most of them were in Chengxin and Chongzhi. There were 11 people in total. , and then sent to the three classrooms in the west for re-tutoring.
Li Zhen, the head of the Chengxin Hall, led the six new students outside the school, pointed to the eleven classrooms of the church and said, "In the future, except for the days when I can speak, I will go to the classroom, and I will study in the studio after 19:00 in the morning. Everyday homework must be There are more than 200 words in the text of the law, 100 words each of the "Four Books" and this classic, and also study "Shuoyuan", "Law" and "Ling". There are exams every month, and each of the "Jing" and "Book" will be tested. , and then choose the two exams from the edict, the proclamation, the judgment, the table, the policy, and the theory."
The old students in Zhaili were reading, and when they saw a newcomer coming, they all stretched their heads and looked out. Li Zhen waved her hand towards the room, pointed to the empty study room, called the freshmen in, and took out the timetable for them to copy.
This day is April 13, the day of endorsement, tomorrow will be the 14th meeting, and the 15th day after tomorrow will be the day off. After returning, students will recite the book for two days. Students will recite the content for one day. After two days, the instructor will recite it. After two days, it will repeat the lecture... and so on.
Calculated, six days of lectures, eight days of recalculation, fourteen days of endorsement, and two days of rest each month. The pace of study is easier than that of modern college students.
Cui Xie copied down the timetable and breathed a sigh of relief: In the future, he could endorse at school, do his homework, and go home and concentrate on painting. The two sets of the old and new editions of "Three Kingdoms" are both in the eleventh volume, and there will be no new ones, so readers will have to call!
He thought that he was sitting back, and his movements were not obvious, and he walked boldly for a while. But his height is not obvious, but his appearance is conspicuous. In a row of village tributes in the 30s and 40s, there is a 16-year-old young and tender Ensheng.
Li Zhen is already in her early 40s, and her son and nephew are about the same size as Cui Xie. Seeing him sigh happily, just like seeing his son worried, he couldn't help but comfort a few words: "Although Guozijian has a lot of homework, he can complete it with a little effort. We are also your classmates, and we are not instructors, so there are some mistakes and omissions. , and won't blame you easily."
Cui Xie was stunned before he realized that he had misunderstood that he had too much homework. He didn't dare to tell the truth, he lowered his head and answered honestly: "The head of the faster is right, I will definitely study hard in the future to live up to the grace of the Holy Spirit."
Li Zhaichang nodded in relief, and went to another fasting room to bring the recitation book for the new students to sign.
The six freshmen said they signed the lecture book. Cui Xie swept his eyes and created a new PDF in his mind, engraving the names of nearly 100 students in Chengyi Hall.
He was the last to sign the lecture book, and handed it back to the head priest. Li Zhen said: "You are new to Guozijian, and you must have a lot of people to settle in. I won't check your lectures today. Go back to rest first. I will get up tomorrow at Mao Zheng, and I will go to the lecture hall according to the Five Classics at the beginning of the morning to listen to the doctor's lecture."
The six freshmen stood up to thank them, and lined up to go out. Li Zhen opened the recitation book to check their names, saw the word "Cui Xie" at the bottom, suddenly looked up at the group of people outside the door, and almost stood up from her seat—
Isn't that the head of the Yongping House's Xiaosanyuan, the prodigy who the emperor personally pointed out to come in to study? !
He thought that such young people who became famous would be somewhat arrogant, but he never thought that Cui Xie was such a weak and lovely scholar. But I don't know how he learned, can he compare with the sixteen-year-old Feihong Jie Yuan who was imprisoned last month
Li Zhen is also a native of Northern Zhili, and in her heart there is some hope that a talented fellow from the same town will be stronger than Fu Jie Yuan from Jiangxi. However, Beizhili and Jiangxi's style of study are very different. Although Cui Xie is the head of the small three yuan, he is only a student in the end. It may be difficult for him to compare with Fei Hong, who was born in Juren.
He sighed secretly and went back to continue reading.
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The new students walked out of the gate of the Guozijian together, and the five were given away by their nicknames. Only Cui Xie was waiting for someone to go out. He said goodbye to them outside the prison gate: "The next day is a day student, and I have to say goodbye to all my friends."
Those few people stared at him as he walked down the street, turned around and talked to each other: "Isn't he from the same room as us? Why did he just leave by himself?"
"I heard that someone with a family lives elsewhere. Maybe he took his wife to study?"
"Isn't he a benefactor? Naturally, he is different from our tribute prisoners. Maybe he is a son of some noble family, whose mansion is nearby, and he will go back to his residence on weekdays?"
These people in their 30s and 40s, with families, businesses, sons and nephews, are still crowded into the single house, and the teenagers actually have families and businesses and go home to live in!
Several people looked at Cui Xie enviously from behind, thinking that his return was "reading at night with red sleeves and fragrance". In fact, he didn't have half a red sleeve by his side, and all the people he saw at home were middle-aged and elderly: he changed his clothes at home, and after visiting his grandparents, the chief steward Cui Liangdong brought him the three stores of Cui's house in Beijing and the suburbs of Beijing. and Qian'an Zhuangzi's accounts, and also brought the shopkeeper in the store to wait for him to deal with it.
Lao Zhuangzi in Qian’an has four hectares of dry land, where he grows wheat and corn, and earns four or five hundred taels a year; on the outskirts of Beijing, there are two hectares of paddy fields where rice and one hectare of cotton are grown, with an annual income of seven or eight hundred taels. income. The three shops include a rouge shop, a cloth shop, and a southern goods shop. They were all purchased by the Cui family after they entered Beijing. They were not big stores in the first place, and they also served the Cui family's own people. Hundreds of silver.
The shopkeepers of the three stores were filled after the people used by Mrs. Xu were dismissed. They were all servants of the Cui family. The money has been taken away by the master, and the business cannot turn around. I am afraid that I will not be able to pay the money to the government by the end of this year.
In order to obtain the position of shopkeeper, the three of them did not miss much in the hands of Cui Liangdong and his family. Cui Liangdong specially defended them in front of Cui Xie: "In the past two years, the little prince has committed crimes, life in Beijing is uneasy, the adults above have fallen a lot, and our business is getting weaker day by day. These three The previous management of the store had some unfavorable turnover. The master took a lot of money two days ago. They have just taken office and have not fully taken over, so it will be even more difficult to operate. The son is considerate and considerate of the difficulties below, don't blame them for not taking over. will operate.”
He turned his head and said to the three shopkeepers, "It's hard for you, and life in the house is even more difficult. Now the house can't make any expenditures, since your business is light or whatever, the money spent in the house has to be handed over according to the day. Seeing that you are so diligent and sensible, you don’t care about your mistakes.”
The three shopkeepers all tried their best to claim that they were diligent and innocent, and that Cui Ju and Mrs. Xu took all the wrong things on the account, or their predecessors were not careful. It's just that this shop is really not working well. It's hard to see the money in a few months, and it still needs the government to support it. It's not that they want to defraud the money from the government.
If Cui Xie didn't believe them and didn't give them money, they would be killed in this house.
Cui Xie made them quarrel with a headache, waved his hand and said, "I don't bother with you about what happened when the master was in charge of the house, and I don't bother to look at it..."
He has been in charge of Qian'an Guanshufang for the past two years. In fact, he has already seen the triangular account and the four-pillar account. However, he didn't have the patience for serious reconciliation and management of the Cui family's several stores. If it doesn't make any profit... He can't change all of it, he will still spend a little bit of effort to leave a clear income channel for the Cui family.
He threw the account away, looked at the three stewards and said, "Just say how much you can earn this year and how much you can earn next year... Let's make a five-year plan."
The author has something to say: Only a great hero can be true to his true colors, and it is a true celebrity
From "Cai Root Tan" by Hong Yingming in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty