Suspended? Imprisoned? What kind of joy is this? Bite the hand that feeds one? Unloading the mill and killing the donkey? Li You's expression turned pale instantly, countless thoughts flashed in his mind that he shouldn't have, his heart trembled violently a few times, and his voice stammered slightly: "What, how can this be?" Don't joke with the old gentleman, what's the sin? ”

Master Huang looked at it inexplicably, he originally came to appreciate Lord Li's tangled expression, but he never expected that Lord Li would actually have such a terrifying look, as if he was frightened and saw a ghost.

Suddenly I realized that the poetry of Master Li in front of me was amazing, but his fame was a blank slate, wouldn't it be a ridiculous misunderstanding? He amusedly explained, "You don't understand what it means? Sitting in prison is to go to Jingshi Guozi to study! Where did you think of it? ”

I turned out to go to school... The frightened Li Tuiguan sweated profusely and took a long breath, only to remember that in this era, entering the country to study is called imprisonment, not subconsciously thinking of imprisonment. When he reacted, he was shocked and said, "What book will I go to Guozijian to read!" At least the people who enter the country are Xiucai, how can there be any reason for me to go? ”

To put it simply, there are two ways out for the national dynasty Xiucai to be an official, one is the imperial examination, and if you don't get into the jinshi, you have to be admitted to the juren; The second is to enter prison, if you can get out of school for a few years in Guozi Prison, you will have the background of a prison student and have the qualifications to be an official. Although the two went hand in hand, the imperial examination was too prosperous in this year, which seriously squeezed the upward channel of prisoners.

In addition, it is rare for officials to enter the official position, such as Li You.

Master Huang looked at Li You's expression again and asked: "The quality of the prisoner is not as good as the fame of the imperial examinations such as Jinshi and Renren, but after all, it is better to be from a school, than not to have a background, you don't want to go when you encounter this opportunity?" ”

Li You said awe-inspiringly: "Taixue is the place where the country's scholars are cultivated, and the official is shallow and short, so he deserves it, so he should give this quota to more talented scholars!" Besides, I don't have a reputation for the imperial examination, and I have no chance to get into the school, don't destroy the national system for me, that would be a great crime! ”

Master Li's extraneous words are actually -- reading is boring, and the official is unwilling to endure this hardship.

Although it is said that the prisoner's background can raise the whiteboard fame of Master Li to a higher level and broaden the room for growth, he may still have some interest in struggling at the bottom a year ago, but now he really doesn't want to go all the way to Beijing to study.

I have been in school for nearly 20 years in my previous life, and I am already bored, and I don't want to continue in this life.

Others enter the country to go to school in order to mix their backgrounds, and they have the qualifications to be officials when they come out of school, and it is very straightforward to say that they enter the country to be an official and work hard with textbooks. Although he Li You has no serious background (there is no need to mention the officials), he was promoted to the seventh rank by chance, and he already has a good official position to sit on, why did he go to the Guozi Prison to suffer crimes?

Besides, most of the prisoners are not as good as him. Even if those people can successfully complete their studies and accumulate enough credits (this year, Guozijian really has a credit system), and they have been selected and appointed by the Ministry of Officials, they are generally in the ** product and school instructors for life.

If you are unlucky, you will become a pillar like the famous supporting actor Cui Jiansheng, and I heard that there are sometimes as many as tens of thousands of prisoners and people waiting to be selected in the Ministry of Officials... In Li You's thoughts, even if he can't be promoted to be a seven-grade person for a lifetime, it's good, there are hundreds of millions of people in the world, and the officials who are stronger than him (including military attachés and internal officials) are estimated to be no more than 10,000, and there is nothing to be satisfied with. However, Chen's thighs are obviously also well-intentioned, and he painstakingly helped him plan a development path, and it would be too faceless to refuse directly... So Li You planned to start from a technical point of view, "The country has its own system, and non-imperial examinations are not allowed to enter schools, let alone study too much." At the very least, only those who show off their talents and make a name for themselves are qualified to study in prison, isn't it nonsense for me to be like this, not afraid of causing criticism from the government and the opposition, and damaging Chen Xundao's reputation? ”

Master Huang smiled, "Even in the strictest time, there are high-ranking officials who recommend a shadow prison system for their own children." What's more, there has been a new policy in the imperial court recently, and it has not yet been written to the prefecture and county, so you are afraid that you don't know. ”

"What New Deal?"

"In recent years, the imperial examination has flourished, the talents of the national eunuch have withered, and the imperial court decree has ordered that those who have officials who have entered the official position, or those who do not enter the official position, can be recommended by officials above the fourth grade to enter the prison to study, so as not to have the regret of the country's virtuous people, which is called supplementary prison. Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials mentioned this matter in the letter to Chen Xundao, and Chen Xundao asked Xu Shangshu to recommend you. ”

Li You sighed in his heart, Lord Chen, you are really... Alas... Damn, this little matter actually implicates the official department who holds the future of 80 percent of the officials in the world, and the matter is even more complicated.

In recent years, the number of students in the north and south has always been struggling to maintain a scale of 1,000 or 000 students, which is much less than the normal 2,000 or 3,000 in other periods of the Guozi Prison, and is far from the heyday of 7,800 people.

The main reason is that the inmates are not as valuable as they were back then, the assignment of jobs is becoming more and more difficult, the work remuneration is getting lower and lower, and the chances of promotion are getting smaller and smaller. As a result, aspiring people would rather crowd thousands of troops and horses to fight for fame in the imperial examination than go to prison to study and survive a background that is not up to or off; As for those who don't have ambitions, many of them don't want to waste their time.

In the face of this situation, some people have gone up to the road to expand their recruitment, and recruit those officials who are from the background of officials and those who are not in the stream (there is also a kind of officials below the ninth grade who are called those who are not in the stream) who are aspiring and motivated, and recruit them to study in the country. Even if you don't have a reputation, you can still give a favor, lest the Guozi prison room (dormitory) is always half empty and haunted.

The bigwigs and smallsters of the court quarreled and actually passed this plan, in fact, it doesn't matter, the right should be a supplement to the shadow prison. In these years, even the children of the powerful don't like to come to the country's prison, and these people are more willing to go to Jinyiwei and other guards to pay for their jobs, and they can also inherit a military attache family business.

By the way, Jinghe Dynasty was a civil official in the country, and Jinyiwei had not set up a majestic and domineering north and south town and edict for many years, and the officials did not need to admire and yearn for it.

Master Huang was afraid that Li You would not appreciate it, "It's also your luck, Xu Shangshu's recommendation quota was originally intended to be reserved for Chen Xundao's scientific field to be used by the supervisor of the shadow when things were not going well, but Chen Xundao's imperial examination was really smooth, and he couldn't use it in the Jinshi examination, and now he just recommends you to make up for the prison." You can rest assured that the original crown and belt official notice are still retained, whether it is seven or seven products. ”

After listening to Mr. Huang's explanation, Li You suddenly realized that there was such a background, no wonder he could also go to Guozijian to study. Isn't the seemingly fresh supplementary prison just the Chengren education and on-the-job graduate students in the previous life?

To go or not to go? It was a question that puzzled him.

If you go, Jingshi is nearly 3,000 miles away from Suzhou, a month's journey, and it is unlikely that you will take your wife and concubine to go, and you will feel like you have abandoned your family and business and left your hometown. What's more, I don't know how long it will take, but I heard that the normal situation of Guozijian is four years of school... It is estimated that the supplementary prison will not be so long, but it will take at least a year and a half. After finishing studying, it is still unknown what kind of official he will be, and it won't be more enjoyable than now?

If you don't go, Chen Xundao is okay to say here, but what about the other side? Although the prisoner is recognized as worthless, the face of the world's first book is not worth much? The officials of the Ministry of Heaven rewarded you with a big face and recommended you to go to prison, but you still dare to shirk it?

Li You, who was undecided, once again felt that he was in officialdom, and he couldn't help himself... Sometimes it's a burden for others to treat you well.

(To be continued)