Ji Ning and Song Shanqian both belong to the middle and lower classes in the Temple of Literature, after all, they are both apprentices, and the middle and upper classes have little to do with politics.

But now that Ji Ning is working for Zhao Yuanrong, Ji Ning can do many things more mature than Song Shanqian, especially in the face of political issues, Song Shanqian just wants to take care of his small life circle, while Ji Ning wants to build a big life network.

"Brother Ji, there are not many people who come to the Confucian Temple today, there are originally a few cultural clubs in the city, and I want to invite you to participate in it, are you interested?" Song Shanqian said suddenly.

Ji Ning was curious: "What kind of literary meeting?" ”

Song Shanqian said: "This kind of literary meeting is organized by some schools, and generally some scholars will be invited to participate, if there is a Hanlin or a bachelor in the Temple of Literature to participate, this kind of literary meeting is more popular, every time a large number of students come, the organizer can also come with the students to collect the bundle of cultivation, you and I go to a trip, you can basically get a few taels of silver to a dozen taels of silver tea money, and you can also have a banquet together, isn't it beautiful?" ”

What he said, in Ji Ning's view, is a cram school or symposium, his current status is probably similar to that of a university professor, participating in this kind of literary meeting can bring him some benefits, and by the way, he can also eat and drink, which is a beneficial and harmless thing.

In the academic world, it is often the same, students want to contact people of higher classes, see their ideas, and accept the mainstream knowledge of upper-class intellectuals, but the society itself does not give them the opportunity to contact upper-class intellectuals, and some people will create such opportunities, but they must spend money, which can be said to be what they need, because many apprentices and Hanlin themselves do not live very well-off, and they can basically live a very comfortable life by attending a few literary meetings a month.

Ji Ning smiled: "Brother Song used to go to participate often? ”

Brother Ji smiled, there were a lot of participants before the next, mainly to earn a little more silver to go back, in the next is not a wealthy family, there are wives and children to support at home, and there are old people above, with the income in the Temple of Literature, it is really a little meager, and later, in the next to find this way, it took more than a year to contact some trainee bachelors, and invited them to come over, from which to ...... And get a little benefit! ”

Song Shanqian didn't hide anything, which made Ji Ning feel good in his heart.

Although talking about money in the Temple of Literature will be regarded as a detrimental thing in many cases, Ji Ning himself knows that even a scholar has a family to support, not everyone can live comfortably every day, and there are hundreds of acres of fertile land that can feed the people around him very well.

You have to work hard this year, and Song Shanqian not only went to participate in this kind of literary meeting to make money, but also earned some benefit fees and intermediary fees, which is also acceptable in Ji Ning's opinion, because Song Shanqian has communicated with him after all.

Ji Ning thought to himself: "No wonder he has tried to win me over from the beginning, in the Temple of Literature for so many years, except for me, there is no one who directly entered the Temple of Literature as the champion, if you use me as the propaganda selling point of the Cultural Society, it is obvious that more students are willing to pay money to participate, and he can earn more money from it." It is said that Song Shanqian is also investing in this issue, and he has always been close to me, and now he has finally said his true purpose! ”

Ji Ning didn't have much of a feeling that Song Shanqian had a friendship with each other, but he didn't have any opinions about Song Shanqian.

It's just that he will feel that the two of them will never be able to become close friends like him and Tang Xie and Han Yu, because those two people don't mind their identity and status when they interact with him, and they don't have fame and fortune involved, and even Tang Xie and Han Yu's worth has reached a very terrifying point, and the two of them spent tens of thousands of taels of silver just to feast him before, and it is basically impossible for others to do this.

"Brother Song, when will there be such a literary meeting?" Ji Ning said, "After going down to the capital, I also need to support my family now, go to participate in a few, and by the way, I can also see the atmosphere of the scholars in the capital, it is also very good to think about it, and I ask you to mention more!" ”

Song Shanqian said with a smile: "It's easy to say, there will be a cultural meeting in the next few days, I'll go and communicate with these people first, as if I can, I can inform you in the Temple of Literature at any time, come, I'll invite you to tea today, as for other things, don't think too much, political things have nothing to do with us......"

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Song Shanqian said that he would go back and contact, but Ji Ning didn't ask much.

Although the two of them are not people from the same study hall in the Temple of Literature, they will not look up and look down in the future, and they can take care of anything in the future, if Song Shanqian has news, he will definitely come to invite him in person.

After Song Shanqian and Ji Ning drank tea, Song Shanqian meant to go back to the house, because there was really nothing to do in the Temple of Literature, and the two did not need to stay in the Temple of Literature on an errand.

But Ji Ning still went back to the Temple of Literature first, in Ji Ning's opinion, his errand has not been completed, he has only been here for a few days, and he has a few books on hand that need to be sorted out, it is always not good to be lazy and lazy before, plus he doesn't have a lot of errands after that, he just needs to meet Zhao Yuanrong, Qin Yuanyuan and others, as for how Qi Niang is going to deal with it, he is still thinking about it.

He even felt that Qi Niang could be classified as a hostile party first, because this woman was really more dangerous than he imagined.

Just when Ji Ning returned to the gate of the Confucian Temple, Ji Ning saw a carriage coming, this carriage made Ji Ning feel a little familiar, the carriage stopped ten zhang away from the Confucian Temple, because the Temple of Literature is surrounded by a forbidden area, and outsiders are not allowed to approach.

"Master Ji, leave these people alone, let the little ones solve it!" Usually, the guards of the Temple of Literature seem to be eating dry food, but when someone approaches the Temple of Literature, these people are very alert and pour out directly from inside, ready to deal with it.

In the Dayong Dynasty, the Temple of Literature is a sacred place, there are not only officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court to maintain order, but also the thugs raised by the Temple of Literature itself, not to say that anyone can come to the Temple of Literature to meet guests, unless it is a noble class, even then it depends on whether the garrison of the Temple of Literature is allowed to enter.

A person got down from the carriage, and it was Qi Niang in women's clothing.

And Qi Niang didn't bring many entourages around, just brought a maidservant, but it was not Yun Wu.

Seeing that it was a female streamer coming over, the guards of the Temple of Literature became even more arrogant, and one of them went up and shouted: "Who dares to come to the Temple of Literature to spread wildness?" Get out of here, get out of here! ”

Qi Niang Tingting saluted and said: "This official, the concubine is here to see Ji Ning Ji, and she will report it!" Much appreciated! ”

After speaking, Qi Niang took out ten taels of silver and handed it to the official in front of her.

"Bachelor Ji's name is also what you can call directly? Wait! "It's easy to do things with money, and even if the official has a tough attitude, he still went to report it.