"The study of a society of social scholars, a hundred and ten households for the inside, there must be a society in it, so the name of the person who learns in the society is cloud...... Anyone who is in the four corners of the city and Tai Kwun is taught by the village school, and the children are eight years old to ten out of ten are enrolled, and the main and deputy books are the same book, and the father and brother connived and refused to send the scholars, and there is a penalty and a ......."

"Emperor Ming Jing Shiwen Edition"

Before Chongzhen, because of the first month of the eighth year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao personally issued an edict to "order the world to establish social studies", especially the Ming Dynasty began more than 200 years of great social studies, in order to restore the culture that suffered heavy losses during the enslavement of the Mongolian Tartars, and because of this, the education system of the Ming Dynasty may have reached the world level. In places where culture and education flourished in Jiangnan, the extent of education was even greater than that of European and American countries in the early 20th century. Under normal circumstances, children can go to school at the age of eight, and most of the boys in the village will go to school, even girls will be able to read and write because of the education of the elders in the family, which is also the reason for the popularity of the Ming Dynasty.

However, all of this changed in the Jiashen year with the entry and massacre of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and in less than 20 years, the social science of the world almost ceased to exist. Even later, social studies were resumed in some places, but it was no longer accessible to everyone, and only 50 yuan was needed for social studies. But even so, many people will still study under the premise that their family conditions permit, and Li Long entered the social school at the age of eight.

The children who study here are not taught how to write essays, but the basic education of literacy, reading, writing, arithmetic, government decrees, and of course, etiquette.

It is precisely because of this that many times, social studies cannot cultivate talents and lift people. After many people finish social studies, they are still living the same life as before, they are not "readers".

After the defeat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was revived, and the era name became Xingqian, social studies were once again valued, and the difference in the Ming Dynasty was that in addition to the teachers and students of social studies were exempted from forced labor, the imperial court also issued Lu rice to the teachers of social studies - 2 stone rice in January. There is not much rice, but it is enough for teachers and families to support themselves, and the shackles of social studies are also limited to 50-100 liters, depending on the region, determined by the local government. The government's support came at a cost – the old system was restored. There have even been some changes.

"Four out of ten children are enrolled in school, and the main and deputy books are the same book, and the father and brother connived and refused to send them to school, and there are penalties and punishments."

According to the law, all children, both boys and girls, must be enrolled, and the teacher's rice is paid by Caoliang, in order to win the support of the people for moving the capital, the imperial court changed Caoliang to the rice grain of the social science teacher!

However, this change does not mean anything to Li Long. Because he was over 20 years old, not only was he over the age of school, but he had already finished social studies.

"That's why I missed my chance."

He sometimes sighs like this. The reason why he failed to enter the school was because of his age on the one hand, and on the other hand, because of his poor family background, after all, if his family background was good, he could have read privately.

After that, Lu'an opened another school, which, like Qinghe Academy, is a place to teach practical learning. Similarly, Li Long was not able to enter, because the school was charged. Not only that, Li Long's is a buddy in the store every day.

"It's just working in the cloth farm."

This is Li Long's job, and it is also a very ordinary job, to be a buddy always has to start from the lowest place, he has been a buddy in this shop for three years.

But even if it's such a simple job, there is a guarantor as a guarantor.

And just this year, the shopkeeper opened a new bathhouse, because the owner saw that the bathhouse business was good. I decided to build this new bathhouse opposite my house.

Bathhouses are nothing new, they have always existed in Lu'an, they are large bathhouses made of large stone bricks, and the heating area is completely separated from the bathing area. The stove room and the bathhouse are separated by a wall, and there is a large kettle and a stove, and together with the partition wall above the kettle, there is a pipe leading to the bathhouse. The water in the cauldron is constantly heated and poured into the bathhouse through the pipes in the partition wall, so the bathhouse is full of heat all day long.

And Li Long works here, and it was Li Long himself who proposed to work here.

The reason why he offered to work here was because he thought he could study while burning the fire. But when I took over, I realized that this is also a physical job.

First of all, he had to burn firewood, but he also had to use buckets to draw water from the well to ensure that there was water in the bath, and it took him almost half of his day to light a fire to boil water.

But even so, Li Long still uses other time to read books.

It was not an easy job, but for Li Long, the salary of one and a half silver a month and the leisure time to read still made him very satisfied.

One of the most fundamental reasons why he was so satisfied with this seemingly hard job, but having time for him to read, was because he still remembered what his mother said.

"There is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book. If you don't want to be poor for the rest of your life, go to school. ”

Study!

For many children of the poor family, this may be the only choice to change their fate, in fact, the Li family is not really a poor family, at least not always a poor family, Li Long remembered that he also lived in a big house when he was a child, at that time, although his grandfather said that he had never been a scholar, but he was also a local gentry with merit and fame, and later, when the Qing Yu came, everything changed.

Grandpa in order to fund friends to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty, pawn several generations of family business, and send father and uncle to join the army to help, after the defeat of friends, unwilling to be a slave for the Qing slave grandfather chose to martyr the country, since then, the Li family's family business has been defeated. And his mother relied on a few acres of thin fields at home to rely on needlework to raise him to grow up, and naturally there was no money left for him to go to private cooking.

Change your fate by reading.

At most, it is a shopkeeper who can write and calculate, and this is the only role of social studies - the students taught can read and write, understand the law, and know etiquette. If you want to get kung fu, you must become familiar with it and become a famous teacher. However, there are a few children from poor families who can afford to get acquainted with each other.

I heard that Qinghe has a academy that doesn't cost money!

I don't know when the news reached Li Long's ears through the newspaper, and from that time, his mind was on the academy that didn't need money.

It's just that he doesn't know if he can be admitted to the academy, after all, he has only studied social studies for six years, although he has also read scriptures, but in terms of making articles, I am afraid that he is far inferior to the children in the private school.

Although he knows that his chances are slim, Li Long will still use all his time to read books, of course, in addition to reading books, he will also read newspapers, when he reads the newspapers, occasionally when he sees some names, he always can't help but think, if he had joined the army back then, would he also be able to find a background?

Although he is from Lu'an, although Lu'an is also conscripted, he does not serve in the military because his only son is exempt from military service, but for many children from poor families, military service is a way to change their fate.

After retirement, not only do they have dozens or even hundreds of acres of Xuntian, but Xuntian does not need to pay field taxes and is exempt from military service for life. Of course, this does not mean that they do not have responsibilities, one day in the army, one life for service, even in the township, it is also the army, if there are bandits in the countryside, the soldiers in the township must clear the bandits and guard the township. But even so, for poor children, military service is still a good thing that people are eager to do, but not everyone can become a soldier, and being a soldier also needs to be recruited.

When his peers were running, zaaring, and practicing their strength in the township for the annual test, Li Long could only look at all this with an envious eye, because he was the only son in the family, and the first level would be brushed down.

Could it be that you can only be so obscure for the rest of your life?

Could it be that he is the shopkeeper of the bathhouse for the rest of his life?

This was a promise made to him by the proprietor that in two years, the bathhouse would be handed over to him. Although the promise of the owner, for ordinary people, they will naturally be grateful to Dade, but Li Long is unwilling to do so, for the future, he has higher requirements, he is eager to revive the Li family's reputation, eager to be able to surrender.

But, all this seems too far away from him!

Is this the case for a lifetime?

Again, looking at the fire in the fire hall, Li Long's brows were tightly locked, and the heat emitted by the fuel fire burned his heart, but his heart was getting colder and colder, as if his fate was already doomed!

Destiny?

No way!

At this moment, his eyes fell on the half of the newspaper on the ground, and there was an advertisement in that newspaper, which was the enrollment revelation of Zhongdu Honglu Academy, looking at that revelation, Li Long's heart beat violently.

Honglu!

Honglu Temple, signed by the official. Qin said that the pawn, the Han changed to the Great Order, and the Emperor Wu changed his name to Dahonglu. Honglu was originally to praise loudly and guide the meaning of the ceremony. According to the newspaper, the students of the professors of Honglu Academy will all serve as officials in Honglu Temple in the future, but they will be sent to Fanbang as envoys.

Fanbang!

Although the newspaper description of the colony is almost equal to the "land of fish and rice" like Jiangnan, but the evil plague and miasma are inevitable, what is the difference between being resident in Fanbang and exile in the South Seas and the Northeast?

Of course there is a difference!

Li Long muttered to himself silently.

"Resident in Fanbang as an envoy, that is also an angel of the kingdom!"

That's right!

Angels of the kingdom, even kings must be courteous!

Going to a foreign land is a life of nine deaths, but joining the army is also a life of nine deaths, they can seek wealth from the army, why can't I go here!

"Parents are here, don't travel far ......"

Holding the half of the newspaper that was about to be stuffed into the furnace tightly in his right hand, Li Long muttered to himself again.

"There must be a way to swim!"