Song Jiu went to the Third Division to continue watching, but occasionally saw Judge Wang and Chu Zhaofu having time to eat tea and chat, and ask what they didn't understand. Chu Zhaofu answered them one by one, this speed is relatively slow, Song Jiuwu only came once, it is estimated that he will look at it slowly like this, think slowly, and then ask slowly, if you want to be a real director, it will take a while.

On the other side, it is Song Jiu's strength.

At the beginning of enrollment, there were crowds of people every day, and this year there were fewer students who were released, and they were more nervous, and some people paid close to 60 yuan a month to pull people. Not to mention that when he arrived at the government, he immediately became the main official of the government, and there was also a Yizhou Sihu who joined the military.

However, there were not many students admitted in the second year, and many were recruited, more than 200 came, and sent the test papers to them for examination, but only 16 barely passed. But two classes can be formed, plus the original fifty-seven people, a total of seventy-three. In fact, this number has made Song Jiu feel a little surprised, and there are really sixteen people who are qualified, which means that the books he printed are not white-printed.

Dr. Yan smiled bitterly: "Song Jiu, do you know how many states and counties these sixteen students come from?" It is not the capital, including more than 20 surrounding state capitals, involving more than 60 counties and more than 4,000 students, who are eliminated layer by layer to get qualified students. To put it mildly, they are even more difficult than the one you did. ”

"It's not easy," Song Jiu said lightly.

Of course, they used to have some foundation, and some of the students got their own lecture notes last year, but there was no one to guide them to be purely self-taught, which shows their talent. Exactly what, Song Jiu will never make any comments. Keep the good and the bad in your heart, and give the poor students some self-confidence. Otherwise, it will get worse and worse.

Then the enrollment of first-year students began.

When the imperial court heard about the expansion of the class, two more gentlemen were sent. One surnamed Lu. One has the surname Qin. This problem is not big, and there are many gentlemen who can teach the scriptures and the law. The main reason is that the faculty of physical character and arithmetic is not strong. Let Li Zhu and them teach on their behalf, Hezhou also needs them to assist in testing and developing, plus their own studies, Song Jiu doesn't dare to distract them too much. There were ten classrooms, one reserved for the teacher's office, and nine classrooms, but Song Jiu only expanded one class on the original plan.

There were still eighty people in the river. There are 50 people in Hebei, 50 poor disciples in the outer squares of the capital, and 20 poor disciples in other places. As early as a few months ago, when the Song 92nd edition was being printed, preparations were made, and 4,000 sets of books were taken out and given to the two prefects of the capital at a price of 500 wen, and the two magistrates were specially licensed and sold to households below the fourth and fifth grades. The two counties are the icing on the cake. Those who come to buy will be subsidized with another 200 yuan. In the blink of an eye, it was snatched up, but a very bad thing happened, and some people did not let their children learn, but resold them to others. At that time, the prices of the books were still high on the black market. The highest in the capital is six or seven yuan a set. After hearing this, many people sighed.

Song Jiu's righteous act, two county righteous acts. It would have been a good thing to give the children of poor people a cheap learning opportunity. As a result, these people are smeared with large swaths of black ink. Therefore, Song Jiu printed it again after the most reluctance. It was all handed over to the bookstore.

There are also some people who have a long-term vision, leave their books behind, and even bring their children to the river to listen and learn to make small blackboard chalk. Including some poor children from other places, they hope that their son will become a dragon, and they also gritted their teeth and bought a set for their children. But these children originally had some foundations, not only Song Jiu, but also some good families in various places, funding education, opening private schools, and recruiting some poor children, it is this kind of atmosphere that Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu can finally become talents.

There are still fifty places left, all of which are released, which is actually equivalent to giving them to the children of various wealthy businessmen. This distinction is based on the different enrollment situations of the five categories. The 20 poor students in Waizhou County have the weakest foundation, followed by the 50 poor children in the capital, and the foundation is also not very optimistic. Hebei is also a little worse. After several years of open-air education in the river, as well as the guidance of various students returning from school, they gradually followed, and they were faintly no less than rich children. It is still the strongest of each rich family, this is a helpless thing, the foundation is different, and the results will inevitably be different. But this time is not long, less than half a year, once these poor children are given the opportunity, they will study like crazy. Especially this year, the students recruited from other places, unlike Hezhong, began to have some educational foundation, and under that difficult condition, they can also learn some knowledge, but considering their talents, maybe they have the possibility of catching up. This is Song Jiu's selection technique.

The time for choosing a child is not fast, and they come in batches, first in Hezhong, then in Hebei, then in other poor children in the capital, then in various states and counties, and then in the assessment of unlimited household registration.

Song Jiu recruited a lot of students this time, if you include those sixteen people, it is also a very funny sixteen people, more than 4,000 people hired sixteen people, the ratio is almost 300 to 1, a total of 266 students.

The imperial court hoped that Song Jiu would make more moves, and various merchants also hoped that Song Jiu would make more moves. But with so many students coming, there are many problems.

Song Jiu first came to the Kaifeng County Ya, found Lu Duan, and said, "Lu Zhixian, I have something to ask you for help." ”

"Jiuro, what's the matter?"

"This time, the school recruited a total of 70 poor students from other places and other places."

"I've heard about it, and it's a good thing."

"But there's a problem, Qian Bao, you also know the way of my dinner, and you said that you would charge 20 wen or 25 wen, but you actually lost a lot."

"Don't complain, I went to Shundian for a meal last time, it cost me more than 200 times, and you haven't invited me yet."

"Public to public, private to private, I will talk about the cost of breakfast, and it will cost a few pennies, a little harder, two people rent a private house, but also have to pay some money, plus other expenses, a month, at least it will cost about 1,500 yuan. It is said that it is a year, but in fact it is more than a year. It's too difficult for their families to bear the burden. ”

"It's seventy students, what's so difficult for you?"

"It's not difficult, I printed more than 4,000 yuan, can't I afford to raise 70 students? The key is that I can afford it, but do I dare to raise it? ”

"That's right, why don't you play? Besides, you were originally an official of the Third Division. ”

"It's because I'm in charge of the school now. I'm also an official of the Third Division, so I can't say it. That's why please Lu Zhi County. ”

"This ......"

"Lu Zhi County. Actually, I continued to be soft and so many students had to take care of dinner. Mother Li is helping in Shundian, you can't rely on her, there are still some women in the family, Cui'er, the eldest lady of the Zhu family and the Yang family, Tsing Yi's mother, can barely be busy, I don't talk about the soft food, these women are busy, don't I pay salaries. These are posted in dark places. There is no money for any posting. But it should not be posted in the open. I don't care about the rich family, let's stick it softly, food, housing and clothing have nothing to do with me, but most of these poor students will be used by the imperial court. It's not my people, it's the people of the court. ”

"Jiurou, don't talk about the big truth, do you need to worry so much?"

Song Jiu stared at Lu Duan, because he was influenced by a certain great man, he admired Lu Duan infinitely. He can't see it in the game? simply said directly: "Lu Zhi County, you can't have both fish and bear's paws." You can't have both wealth and nobility, and besides, you can't get rich, to be honest. I also want to be rich, at least it will take a lot of money to try it. But if you have too much money in your hands, some people will be red-eyed. That's a lot of money. Officials cannot rise quickly. But the official rose quickly, Lu Zhi County. You said you don't need to worry. It's cold in the heights. ”

"Jiulang, there is Zhao Xianggong in front."

"Lu Zhi County. Who can compare to Cho Sang-gong? "Song Jiudao, when he came to the third division, he knew the contradiction between Zhao Wei and Zhao Pu, Zhao Wei couldn't get used to Zhao Pu's dictatorship, so he resisted Zhao Pu everywhere, and then said directly to Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu is in the timber business, Zhao Kuangyin even knows that Wang Renzhen robbed someone's little wife in Yizhou, and Zhao Pu's timber business is so big, don't you know Lu Dao? Zhao Wei also said that he not only did the timber business, but also did not pay taxes in the first place, which was Song Jiu's intention, and the officials wanted to do business, which was originally a very unfair business, for example, is Song Jiuhezhou's business fair? It's also unfair, what kind of people do you want, whether it is a senior person such as a manager or a trickster, or a master craftsman from all walks of life, a chef, a supervisor, a doctor, a bell, a buy, a child, a master, an uncle, before and after, on duty, An Tong, etc., most of them are recruited from Hezhou Hebei, but the top personnel are all dug up, including the big uncle and the master of the bell, and some top ones have also been dug up, and it is with their leadership and assistance in training that the quality of the entire service has followed. How did these people get there? The process is unfair. And then there are all kinds of building materials, and the purchase of other supplies, how much fairness can be said in the process?

It seems that in the history of the Song Dynasty, officials were once forbidden to do business and wealth, but in this environment, it was not forbidden at all. Later, you simply let it go and do business, but you pay taxes. Which one actually pays the tax? The Northern Song Dynasty perished early, otherwise sooner or later it would be like the Tang Dynasty, or like the Ming Dynasty, collecting money from the people, small and medium-sized businessmen, no matter how the internal governance was carried out, and the whole country would have to be finished, without the population increasing to 60 million households, 30 or 40 million households would end, with the trend of population growth in the Northern Song Dynasty, it would not be invaded by the Jin people, at most 50 years!

Song Jiu brought this head.

Officials can do business, but they have to pay taxes, and they still have to pay heavy taxes.

Zhao Wei is not stupid, if he is stupid, can he go from a general to such a height as a third envoy? The first thing to talk about is taxes.

The second is the sergeant, Zhao Pu is not only in the timber business, but also uses the sergeant to cut wood for him, trafficking, not to mention other unfair behaviors.

Zhao Kuangyin smiled.

After learning of this, Song Jiucai gradually touched Zhao Kuangyin's mentality, officials have nothing to do if they get rich, as long as they don't know the importance of their fortune like Wang Quanbin, on the contrary, if they have property in their hands, they will have concerns, and they can be more loyal to the Song Dynasty.

What the future holds, you can take your time, but don't be like the Five Dynasties, which became a short-lived dynasty of ten or twenty years, and the Song Dynasty was only a few years old. But it was Zhao Pu, who could suppress Zhao Kuangyi so badly, and after Zhao Kuangyi took the throne, he also made him the prime minister. What kind of skill is this? Lu Duan is not confused, and he can't do it.

Song Jiu also moved a little bit of his hands and feet, moving extremely carefully and extremely obscurely, this person is too powerful.

Lu Duan thought for a long time and said, "I'll talk about it for you." ”

Song Jiu suddenly came to his senses, bowed down and said, "Thank you Lu Zhixian." ”

"No, I don't have your courage in the end."

The conversation between the two was extremely strange, Song Jiu was so careful, but Lu Duan praised Song Jiu's courage, it was just a trivial matter, but Song Jiu thanked him a lot. But the two of them had a good understanding, looked at each other, and suddenly smiled. Lu Duan wanted to grow and didn't have a chance to grow up, and Song Jiu didn't even want to grow, but the two of them were in the same situation, and they didn't grow up. This smile has a lot of meanings. Lu Duan can't do Zhao Pu, but he is also a smart person. Song Jiu said, "Let's go, I'll invite you." ”

"Please."

Song Jiuzhen invited Lu Duan to Shundian as a guest, and the two ate luxuriously, eating more than 600 yuan for one meal. There is a washing room next to the box, and there are service items after meals, brushing teeth, and then there are drinks to help you with digestion, and you can watch songs and dances while drinking drinks.

Lu Duan sighed with emotion: "It's the first time I've eaten such extravagant wine and food when I'm so old. ”

"Me too."

"Your Majesty ...... that day"

"That's six people eating, and the two of us ate more than 600 pounds, which is even more extravagant than that day."

"You dare to make this black money, and there are still a lot of people who come to eat."

"It's not about how much you eat, it's about how expensive you eat, a grade of food, a culture, and an atmosphere. Not to mention that it is black-hearted money, my money has a purpose, one is to re-flow to the country through taxes, and the other is to carry forward the physiology through testing, and then feedback to the country, now it is a process of quantitative change, a little slow, and when it comes to qualitative change, Lu Zhixian, at that time my dynasty will become extremely powerful. "Song Jiudao, but this, the two of them must not be able to see it. There is also a sentence that Song Jiuwei said, this is a process of rushing for time, before the fall of the Song Dynasty, the development of the study of physical character will delay the demise of the country, and even feed more people. Before the qualitative change was made, the country perished, and some people may blame this kind of learning, but if this knowledge begins to spread, then it will harm the country. But it was too far away, and Song Jiu wouldn't even think about it.

"I enjoyed it too," Lu Duanle said.

The two watched singing and dancing for a while, and went back separately, Song Jiu just arrived home and saw that the three brothers of the Pan family were there, Pan Weizheng said, "I want to eat the fruit." ”

The junior wants to eat the fruit, it must be given, and the junior grows up immediately, the junior comes up again, the junior grows up, and the junior grows up, maybe there will be the fifth child behind, and there are other children, a few children in my sister's family, and Zhang Yuanyuan's two children, and the monthly cost of the fruit in the family is dozens of yuan.

Pan Weide said: "You spoil the third brother too much. ”

"Small, let me go."

"My mother is coming home."

"Oh," Song Jiu pretended to be stupid and crazy, he had already heard what Pan Li'er said, but he couldn't say it.

"She's going to scold me again."

"If your mother agrees, I will go to your house for New Year's greetings this year, and I will not scold you when the time comes."

"I'm here to talk about this matter, the second brother will get married next spring, I think about it, you have prepared countless money and silk anyway......" Pan Weide rubbed his head, this matter can't be mentioned, and said: "I don't care about this money, as long as my mother comes back, you send a generous gift to the door to express your heart, otherwise I and my second brother will have a bad life this year." ”

"Okay."

"Don't worry, I won't ask for your gift in vain, and I will say good things for you when the time comes." Pan Weigu said.

"If it is successful, it is a family, don't talk about two families."

After a conversation, Pan Weide said, "Jiulang, do you know what happened to Uncle Daoguo?" ”

"What's the matter?"

"Evil," Pan Weide shook his head.

"He eats human flesh?" (To be continued......)