"That's a good idea!" The person recommended by Jing Tianchu wants to have some ability, Zhong Nan is in urgent need of talents at the moment, and he has a strong tendency to refuse.

Jing Tianchu immediately introduced the candidate he recommended: this person's name is Shi Qian, and the pronunciation is the same as the famous "flea on the drum", but the homonym is different. Shi Qian and Jing Tianchu are fellow villagers, and the two participated in the examination together, but Shi Qian's name fell to Sun Mountain, and then he lost confidence and interest in participating in the scientific examination, and turned to study and study.

According to Jing Tianchu, Shi Qian's knowledge and ability were chosen above him, but he was only proud of his talents, so he has always been a pearl in the dust. Zhong Nan doesn't mind this, most talented people have some personality, as long as there are no major problems in conduct, they are all available in his opinion.

Zhong Nan asked Jing Tianchu to contact this fellow villager of his right away and ask him to enter Beijing as soon as possible. After that, Zhong Nan has been thinking about where to dig up some talents, although the military department is currently his own work point, but it is not easy to dig the foot of the wall, not to mention whether there is a suitable candidate, even if there is him, he will not be able to exchange chips for the time being.

By the way, you can go to the university to tap potential stars! Zhong Nan is quite satisfied with his inspiration, because at any time, the university is the place where the country's reserve talents are most concentrated.

There were two types of schools in the Ming Dynasty: government and private. The private ones are private schools and academies in various places; The government-run ones include Guozijian (university), Fuzhou County School (middle school) and Social School (primary school).

Social studies requires students to be under the age of 15, do not need to pass an examination when entering the school, and there is no limit to the number of students enrolled, and anyone who wishes to study can be enrolled. Since social studies is not compulsory, students need to pay for all expenses after enrollment. The faculty of social studies is also very ordinary, and most of the teachers are hired by the government from the private sector, and most of them are unsatisfactory talents.

Fuzhou County School holds an enrollment examination once a year, and there are two main types of students: one is "folk handsome", including the best in social science; The second is the "children of officials", such as the children of meritorious nobles.

Emperor Taizu also stipulated that there should be 40 students in the prefecture, 30 in the prefecture, and 20 in the county. These students add up to about 30,000 or 40,000 students in the country every year, and the government exempts them from food expenses in addition to a monthly food subsidy of six buckets of rice per person. In addition, these students are exempt from military service, which exempts their families from the "two dings".

Guozijian was relatively good, it was the highest national university in the country at that time, and its students were distinguished by people's livelihood and government students. The main source of people's livelihood is the top students sent by the government, prefecture, and county schools, and the main sources of official students are the children of lords, military ministers, non-commissioned officers, and foreign students.

Although there is no limit to the enrollment quota of Guozijian, there are requirements for candidates: first, good conduct; Second, there is a successful study; 3. Must be over 20 years old. Moreover, Guozijian not only has requirements for students, but also teachers are not for everyone, most of them are drawn from the ministry, and they will also invite some great Confucian scholars and the like, or full-time or visiting professors.

The requirements of Guozijian are so high, and the welfare of the prisoners is naturally not bad. In addition to providing free meals, clothes, bedding and shoes are distributed according to the season; On holidays, the prisoners also have rewards; When the prisoners returned home, they were also given clothes, gold, and ....... Compared to today's universities, it's not very good.

If you can successfully graduate from Guozijian, then congratulations, at least you don't have to worry too much about not having a job, from the lowest from the ninth grade to the second grade, you can do it theoretically. But in fact, except for a few graduates who can become higher official positions above the fifth grade, most of them can only go to remote states and counties to become eight or nine rank sesame officials. There are also some people who can't be officials, so they can only go to various government departments to work as "temporary workers" without an establishment, but someone will pay you a salary at all, so you don't have to worry about losing your job.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the Guozijian also declined more and more, and the original four-grade Guozijian sacrificial wine, which was still able to speak in the court, can only affect the school's one-third of an acre of land. Moreover, due to the gradual reduction of government funding, and even sometimes not being paid, some of the teachers in it have lost their minds, which greatly affects the normal teaching work of Guozijian.

The next day, Zhong Nan went to Guozijian in the name of a business trip, and the then Guozijian priest Jiu Zhou Rutong received him. Zhou Rutong was a Jinshi in the seventeenth year of Wanli, and was initially awarded the review of the Jishi, and two years later he was promoted to the priest of the country.

Zhou Rutong is in his forties, and he doesn't smile with a poker face, so he doesn't seem to get along well. But when he saw Zhong Shilang, who is now the hottest, he finally gave the other party a smiling face - although his smile was more ugly than crying.

"Why does Lord Squire have time to come to the country today?"

"Passing by here today, I saw that the country prison was very lively, so I came in to have a look."

"Huh...... Today is the day of debate, and if you are interested, you can come with me to see it. ”

"I can't ask for it, haha...... Then there is the Lord of the Labor Sacrifice Wine! ”

The two talked all the way, talking about all kinds of debate days, mainly Zhong Nan asked questions and Zhou Rutong explained. When it comes to his school's debate day, Zhou Rutong is quite proud. The speech of the Ming Dynasty is still relatively free, as long as it is reasonable, it is no problem to criticize the emperor and the important ministers, and generally speaking, it will not be "convicted for words". And Guozijian's debate day is to draw up a debate topic in advance or temporarily, everyone expresses their opinions, if they are particularly insightful, they may also be recorded in the file, and they will be listened to by heaven!

Zhong Nan was very emotional, the university more than 400 years ago, there was such an enlightened atmosphere, to a certain extent, it is also an important symbol of social progress and civilization development.

Before he approached the debate arena, Zhong Nan heard a passionate and powerful voice, and he could roughly hear the words "Liaodong", "Mongolia", and "Jurchen".

"Lord Sacrificial, dare to ask what is the topic of today's debate?"

"Today's topic should be improvised, and I don't even know yet." Zhou Rutong told the truth.

Zhong Nan's interest became stronger, and the more he proposed the topic, the more it tested the students' knowledge and vision. In this way, he really came here today, maybe he can really dig up one or two treasure-like talents.

Outside the debate arena, Zhong Nan took a closer look at the venue - this is a pavilion with a large area of area, the back of the pavilion is a clear artificial lake, and the front is a large piece of flat land. It is estimated that this place is usually used as a place for students to rest and enjoy the scenery, and it is used as a debate venue on debate days.

After Zhong Nan looked at the venue, he saw a wooden board standing next to the pavilion, on which was written "Today's topic: On the relationship between the situation in Liaodong and the Ming Dynasty". The strategic vision and political foresight of the author of the topic made Zhong Nan appreciate it very much, and I believe that except for him, a traverser, not many people will pay too much attention to Liaodong.

The two of them stood at the outskirts of the crowd, and they could see a young man in his twenties standing in the center of the pavilion, who was telling his opinion. Zhong Nan listened for a while, and probably understood the central meaning of the other party: that is, the border factor that poses the greatest threat to the Ming Dynasty at present is Mongolia, although the Mongols have just returned from Jizhou and other places not long ago, but once the other party settles down, there will definitely be a larger-scale southern invasion.

Zhong Nan was still thinking about the other party's remarks, when he heard a shout: "Miao is also ...... Miao", and then saw a middle-aged man in his thirties jump on the wooden table in the center of the pavilion and start to deliver his speech. This man has a large beard, like a Fang Tian halberd, and his voice is also very majestic, not at all like the appearance of most scholars.

"Lord Sacrificial Wine, this person is also the prisoner of the country?"

"Don't hide it from Lord Shilang, this person is not only the prisoner of our country's prison, but also the best among them."

Zhou Rutong's words made Zhong Nan a little surprised, the middle-aged man on the stage was not young, but he was still studying in Guozijian. If nothing else, there are still fifty or sixty-year-old people!

Zhou Rutong briefly introduced the age requirements for Guozijian's enrollment, and finally introduced the middle-aged man.

"That person's name is Sun Chengzong, the word is childish, and he is a person from Beizhili. Although the appearance is rough, he is as careful as a hair on weekdays, and it is really 'people can't look good'! And I just inquired, and the topic of today's debate is what he has proposed! ”

"Sun Chengzong......" Zhong Nan silently recited the name several times in his heart, and it took a while before he realized: Isn't Sun Chengzong Yuan Chonghuan's teacher? This is a big cow!

No, I've got to get this guy in anyway! Zhong Nan made up his mind in his heart.

"Lord Sacrificial Wine, how long has this Sun Zhixian been in the Guozi Prison?" Zhong Nan plans to understand the relevant situation first, and then he can have a target.

"It's funny to talk about this, the young rope has been in the country for almost five years, but I didn't participate in the Spring Festival."

"Why?" Zhong Nan was puzzled.

Through Zhou Rutong's narration, Zhong Nan understood the inside story: after Sun Chengzong was promoted, he was sent to Guozijian as an honor student, but he missed two spring festivals. The first time was when I was sick, vomiting and diarrhea, and couldn't go to the exam; The second time was when I went out close to the exam and broke my leg.

"What a hapless man!" Zhong Nan felt a little funny in his heart. He remembered that in the original time and space, Sun Chengzong was around forty years old, and if it still hadn't changed now, he would probably miss a few more spring festivals.

Anyway, Sun Chengzong can't get into the Jinshi for the time being, so he can't enter the official career, so it's better to come to his own account to experience and experience first...... Zhong Nan had a wishful thinking in his heart. However, it is not clear what the other party wants, if he is like Jing Tianchu and does not like to work behind the scenes, it will also be a troublesome matter.

It's really not good, even if you cheat, you have to deceive the other party. Zhong Nam smiled like a fox.