So far, the two pilot units have been trying for 20 years; And Cai Gelao, who was the initiator, came back to the stage because of Wang Fang's strategic mistakes, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to such a trivial matter at all!

However, with this twenty-year vacuum, the Confucian school, which had been secretly under the strict control and containment of the imperial court, only relied on a temporary decree that was not well considered, and blossomed into a flower of sin watered by blood.

Once the right is unfettered, it will soon become a ferocious beast that hurts people indiscriminately!

In this kind of chaotic year, those who can still think of sending their children to study for the imperial examination must be rich and noble families who are not short of money! But there are only so many qualifications to be able to enter Beijing to take the exam every three years, so do you want to fight for the tens of thousands of disciples of the Confucian Academy to get 300? Or did you squeeze your head and try the three thousand disciples of the Confucian Academy to get seven hundred? I believe that everyone can make more realistic choices; After all, the talent of their own children is still well known to these wealthy businessmen in Beiyan, who started with the collusion between officials and businessmen.

The students who can come to Xilin City to study are far more than just Ludong Road; So who is qualified to occupy his place among the 3,000 fixed disciple seats?

Although there is no first text, there is no class in teaching; But the light of silver never lies.

Twenty years ago, in the Confucian Academy, what was the proportion of students at all levels, let's not talk about it; However, in today's Confucian Academy, there are 3,000 disciples, all of whom are from the top wealthy families of the Northern Yan Dynasty, and there is no exception!

When it comes to the quota of 3,000 disciples, it is used to describe the large number of disciples under the Confucian sages and masters, which is just an imaginary word, and in fact, there are only a few dozen people who can really leave their names. However, this imaginary word was regarded as a model by his descendants and regarded as an important embodiment of the only orthodox inheritance of Confucianism.

Since it is the number of students set by the master, not a word can be changed.

Since the 3,000 enrollment quota is an iron law that cannot be changed by the ancestors; But the young masters of rich families, relatives and friends who are close to each other, are far more than 3,000. Considering that it is the first scholarly family in ancient times, it is really inconvenient to open bidding and bidding, and it is not easy to implement it.

After many internal meetings and discussions of the Confucian Academy, a basic charter was finally settled: the upper limit of the price of the apprenticeship ceremony was strictly stipulated, so as to maintain the reputation of the ancestors and the character of the Confucian disciples. As for the extra pen and ink offerings, it depends on each one's heart.

Blocking people's financial path is like killing their parents, these main and deputy courtyards are full of food and drink, and their subordinates always have to be wet with rain and dew, so as to show the word fairness.

In fact, the etiquette of Confucian disciples is really a rule that can be followed by the ancestors. The traditional Confucian apprenticeship ritual can be roughly divided into three steps: the first step is to worship the portrait of the patriarch, bow your head to the vision of the disciple's study, pray for the enlightenment of the disciples of the ancestors, and protect the disciples to achieve success; The second step is to bow three times to the master and wife who is seated at the top of the head, and after the tea ceremony, kneel with both hands to hold the apprenticeship post written in red paper and black letters; The third step is for the master to announce the door rules and etiquette and homework arrangement; If the disciple is old and weak, he can be given a table on the spot. After the three steps, it is regarded as the completion of the apprenticeship, and then the disciples will present the six rites, which is the so-called tuition and miscellaneous fees. After receiving the bundle for the teacher, he also needs to give back a number of classics of the teacher's scriptures as a return gift from the teacher.

As for the tuition and miscellaneous fees that are called, they are actually very simple: celery symbolizing the diligence and studious of the disciples, lotus seeds symbolizing the painstaking cultivation of the teacher, red beans with good luck, red dates and longan with three yuan in the morning and middle school, and ten strips of dried meat, that is, bacon.

The specifications of these six kinds of apprenticeship are the rules set by the holy sages themselves, but they have long been forgotten by the descendants of these generations of scholars.

Today, if you want to occupy a place in the Confucian school in Xilin City, the big wooden box with ten gold and ten silver is just a stepping stone to allow the delivery of the apprenticeship. Carrying twenty large chests full of gold and silver, you can get a number plate at the gatehouse; As for the quota of 3,000 disciples, when will it be their turn, it is all subject to the statement of the Confucian school.

In the Northern Yan Dynasty, any rich man who can come up with so much silver is definitely not the kind of person who is honest and waiting. So this small Xilin Mansion drank the leftovers of the Confucian Academy: all the masters who could wear official clothes became the targets of bribery from these rich people. are all villagers who look up and don't look down, who doesn't have a friend who has a family with a family? The east side is not bright, and the west side is bright, and it is only a matter of spending a little more money to cast a wide net.

In order to get their families out of the humble status of merchants, these wealthy families would rather go bankrupt and sharpen their heads, and also want their heirs to be on the gold list and among the orthodox civil officials of the imperial court, so as to change from a merchant family full of copper smell to a scholarly family at the peak of the social hierarchy. Of course, a businessman will never make a loss-making business, if his son can really leap into the dragon gate one day; Then your large amount of upfront investment will definitely be a sure win. is the so-called three-year Qing Governor's Mansion and 100,000 snowflakes of silver, as for how to return to the original cost if there is a real shortage of officials, it is a matter of eight immortals crossing the sea and showing their magical powers.

Xilin City is actually not a big city, but it has gradually developed into a small city because the Confucian ancestors founded the Confucian Academy here and the population slowly gathered here. It is also thanks to the blessing of the Confucian Academy, as long as the local merchants and people are obedient, they live a relatively prosperous life; Although books are not readable by anyone, these Bai Ding always know the truth that they should talk to whoever they eat. Over time, the sphere of influence of this Confucian Academy gradually radiated to the surrounding villages and counties, and became the undisputed power of the local scholars.

I won't mention it anymore, just say that the eight girls hidden in Mr. Bookkeeper's house today, their mother's family is all famous ladies from all over the Northern Yan Dynasty. The reason why they are committed to such a bad old man is that they either dedicate themselves to their brother's schoolwork, or seek a great future for their younger brother in the family, and they are forced to be sent to Xilin City by their parents in the form of dedication, so that the powerful people in Xilin City can enjoy the "some ways"; To this day, all the people of Xilin Mansion who can get a little bit of contact with the Confucian Academy have a share in it; Qi Yan had already checked several of the surrounding deep mansion compounds, and everywhere he looked, without exception, they were all in a miserable state of purgatory on earth.

Regardless of the question, under such a perverted and distorted environment, what will be the scene of the three thousand Confucian disciples who have been trained once he really sets foot in the officialdom of Beiyan and becomes the parent official of a place and a county? Whether it is to exploit the local people with the idea of recovering the principal, or to bully men and women out of revenge, it is also a natural thing.

In other words, if it is a traditional literati who is kind and kind in heart, and has a strong iron backbone inside, he will not be able to enter the door of this Confucian Academy at all!

So far, the Northern Yan Dynasty has just been established for a hundred years, and it has completely inherited the family background and treasury of the previous dynasty Dayan, but the momentum of erosion will be so rapid! Needless to say, the biggest cancer in today's situation is this Confucian Academy that has cultivated and built nearly seventy percent of the civil and official echelons!

Under the nest, how many eggs are left? The Xilin Mansion, which represents the strict authority of the emperor, has long become a fierce dog under the door of the Confucian Academy! Don't look at this bookkeeper is just a mere showman, but after all, he holds the money bags of the previous prefects, and he is a hardcore henchman who cannot be excluded by the prefects! How could such a powerful man not make rich people everywhere flock to him?

After a long time, the water drops wear through the stones, even if it is an iron-clad man, he can't withstand this pervasive corrosion! But the work of the accounting office is also a delicate job after all! He knew that he was guilty of a lot of sins, and he was afraid that the incident would happen one day, so he developed a good habit of keeping accounts secretly. With this account in hand, you can not only prevent the other party from unloading and killing the donkey, but also fight back at the moment of life and death. As for the half of the accounts that fell into the hands of Team Yuan, it was only because when he sneaked into the study late at night to copy the accounts, he was bumped into by Yuan Xiaosan, who came to find his brother-in-law to borrow money.

After Shen Gui learned the details, he casually threw these two important account books out of the courtyard wall; was impartial, and it happened to fall into the hands of Lu Fang, the golden knife catcher who was in charge of looking at the wind. He thinks that these two pieces of physical evidence are best presented by Lu Fang to Emperor Tianyou for approval, after all, he is an outsider, and it is really inconvenient to meddle in Beiyan's own private affairs.

Now that the accounts are extremely clear, the bookkeeper is completely useless. Shen Gui wanted to kill him casually, but he didn't expect to learn an unexpected gain from his mouth!

People are old, horses are slippery, rabbits are old, and eagles are hard to take! Although this bookkeeper has lacked eight generations of great virtue, he is also a mature old official who has been walking on the tip of the knife for many years! He is proficient in the world, but he is very familiar with the killing intent that flashed in Shen Gui's eyes in an instant.

Just as Shen Gui was thinking, he immediately spoke first:

"Young man! Ancestors! Don't you wonder why these girls are so sluggish? If I tell you all my secrets, will you spare my life? You see I'm so old, if you spare me this time, I won't live for many years! ”

Shen Gui was a little surprised and withdrew the Thunder Sword, took a few steps forward and squatted down, gently pinched the toothless mouth of the old account room, and said with great interest:

"You're such a talent! Let's talk about it, if this news is worth a life, the master doesn't mind letting you go, the old coffin! ”

If this old accountant had heard of Shen Gui's heroic deeds before, he would definitely not make such a meaningless bargain. Don't look at the people in the rivers and lakes, they are all promises to each other; But once you face these "empty people (laymen)", they have always been able to cheat a catty, and they will never just cheat eight taels!

Even the ordinary people in Yanjing City have such a comment on Nan'an Bridge, where people gather in the rivers and lakes: If you take a walk on Nan'an Bridge, in addition to suffering, you will be fooled!