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I had something in my heart, but I didn't feel the pain in my feet, and hurriedly walked out of the Summer Palace.

Lao Zhao and Liu San'er untied the horses and led them to the grass to graze, and several people squatted in the shade of the trees to chat, seeing Sun Yuanqi hurriedly coming out of the garden, and hurriedly ordered the horses to be laid. Lao Zhao greeted him, and saw that Sun Yuanqi's face was not good, and he was not good at asking anything, so he had to carefully call "master".

Although Sun Yuanqi was a little depressed, he was not angry with Lao Zhao and them. Besides, no one is to blame for this at the moment, who knows what the old witch thinks? But there are 2oo foreign students every year, but what can I do? In this matter, it seems that you have to ask your uncle, after all, the old man has been in the officialdom for forty or fifty years, and if he is a scholar, his experience and vision must be accurate. Besides, his old man is still the Minister of Studies, and he is in charge of his own part, so it is natural to ask him.

So he said to Lao Zhao: "Let's go to the city and go to my uncle's house." ”

After getting into the car, I sat in the car alone and began to think, and my mind was full of thoughts, and I couldn't calm down. At this time, I felt that my feet hurt badly, so I had to take off my official boots. I also thought that I couldn't go barefoot to see my uncle, and besides, maybe I would be able to use it one day in the future. He instructed Lao Zhao to go to the city to buy a pair of official boots first.

Along the way, the carriage swayed, and at dusk, it finally arrived at the gate of Sun's mansion in Lianzi Hutong. Lao Zhao got out of the car and stepped forward to report: "The nephew of Jingshi University has come to visit his uncle. ”

When Sun Yuanqi entered the city almost every month, he would visit the old man's house once, and the door was naturally familiar with it, and he also knew that the master of the family looked down on this nephew, and when he saw that he came again today, he was wearing court clothes for the first time, so he naturally knew that it was a big deal. Then someone stepped forward to ask An to lead the way, and someone inside had already rushed away to deliver the news to the boss.

The old man is nearly eighty years old, and his energy is not as good as before, although he is a scholar of the East Pavilion University and the Minister of Education, but he is just taking his reputation. In normal times, it is rare to be on duty at the military aircraft department, and the academic affairs are even more abandoned, and only when some major matters are undecided and need to be approved and signed, they are presented to him for review. This afternoon, he returned to the house from the military plane early, and in the twilight of spring, holding an ancient book, enjoying the rare tranquility of this life.

Hearing that Sun Yuan came to pay his respects, and he was still wearing an official uniform, the eyes that the old man had been squinting suddenly opened, and his old state was gone, and his energy instantly replied: "Please wait for him in the study." ”

After waiting for a cup of hot tea in the study, two servants walked in with an old man in official uniform. Sun Yuanqi had never seen the boss receive him so solemnly, so he quickly stood up, waited for the boss to sit down, and respectfully kowtowed to the boss a few times.

The old man did not immediately ask Sun Yuanqi to give him a seat as before, but waved away the two servants first, and then asked leisurely: "Did you go to the Summer Palace to see the Queen Mother today?" ”

Gao Gaojiazhuang's Gao Don't look at this uncle usually doesn't show the mountain dew, but this big wind and little thing in the capital can't escape his eyes. Sun Yuanqi knelt on the ground and replied, "Yes, Uncle Ancestor." ”

"You just kowtow to the Queen Mother and say goodbye?" The old man asked something that seemed to Sun Yuanqi to be inconsequential.

"Yes, Uncle." Sun Yuanqi thought to himself, in fact, kowtowing to Lafayette is not as respectful as kowtowing to you.

"Oh, get up, sit down." That's when the boss gets himself up. After sitting down, before he could say anything, the old man said to himself: "The Queen Mother summoned you, is it because of the foreign students?" Are you here today because the Queen Mother has too many students on the limited tour? ”

Sun Yuanqi was dumbfounded, can the boss pinch and calculate, or is he an unknown prophet? Could it be that the old man has a secret agent next to the Queen Mother? No, if you say that you admired the boss just now, now you are worshipping and admiring the five bodies. Pressed the urge to give the boss a thumbs up, and said convincingly: "My uncle has seen everything, and the younger generation admires it."

"How many students does the Queen Mother let your university hall admit every year?" The old man strokes his white beard.

Sun Yuanqi stretched out two fingers: "A whole 2oo people"

"It's only 2oo people?" The old man was a little surprised.

"Huh? Cai - 2oo people? In the Summer Palace, the old eunuch seemed to be called "only 4oo people", why did everyone use the word "cai". "According to my meaning, 4o people are the best every year, and 6o people are too much"

"Hahahaha." The old man smiled happily, "Baixi, you are outside the city, and you don't know the news in the palace yet, right?" A few days ago, the United States, England, France, Germany and other countries submitted notes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hoping to send students on tours. These people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the spirit of 'more things are better than less,' returned the note. After repeated times, the foreigners came up with a way, saying that every time the Qing Dynasty accepted a traveling student, they could exempt 5 taels of silver from the "Xin Chou Contract". ”

5 taels per person, 2oo people, isn't that a million taels? Sun Yuanqi opened his mouth wide: No wonder the old lady is so pleasant, no wonder the old lady and the dead eunuch both said "Cai" is so.

"In the Treaty of Xinchou signed in the 27th year of Guangxu, the Qing Dynasty wanted to pay 450 million taels of silver to Russia, Britain, the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain, which would be repaid in 39 years. In this way, it will be at least 10 or 20 million taels per year. The people's livelihood is hard, if you accept more students, you can make all the people a little relieved, which can be regarded as a great merit. The old man groaned, "You have collected 2 lives, that is, 1 million taels, you can go to the miscellaneous taxes of a province, I don't know how many people have been saved, it is very good."

When Sun Yuanqi heard the old man's explanation, he suddenly felt much calmer, after all, he was saving the countrymen. After thinking about it again, he asked suspiciously: "Uncle Ancestor, don't we still have the halls of Jingshi University, Beiyang University, and Shandong University?" Wouldn't it be better if each school accepted one or two hundred people, how could it also accept one or two thousand people? ”

"What do you think of those halls?" The old man chuckled.

Sun Yuanqi muttered for a long time: "Although they are only at the level of foreign middle schools in science and technology, they should be quite specialized in Chinese literature and history."

The old man sneered: "Do you think those foreigners will come to learn my Chinese code system and literary dictionaries?" Let's make it clear, the foreigners have designated you to go to your Jingshi University. Then he smiled again, "The old man's deeds are lonely, and after a few generations, I am afraid that he will inevitably return to dust." However, it is also a surprise to have a name for your school, or you can attach a tail to leave your name for a hundred generations. ”

"If, if ......" Sun Yuanqi thought to himself, he had known that the pace of school construction should be a little bigger, maybe more international students could be recruited, and more people could be rescued from fire and water. There is no regret medicine in the world, "Alas, for now, 2oo people are too many"

"Hehe, Baixi doesn't have to worry. The old man thought that foreigners could reduce the amount of silver taels if they asked to recruit one person, and there were a lot of tricks that could be used. The old man stroked his beard and squinted his eyes, "For example, after recruitment, there will be monthly exams, and those who fail will be withdrawn from school." After I tried it in the Qing Dynasty, there were still those who retreated from the palace test. If you fail the exam, you have nothing to say if you want to come to foreigners. Another example is that if the teaching is in Chinese, and foreigners do not know Chinese, they will go to other schools to study Chinese first, and those who pass will be admitted to the school......"

The boss said one by one, but I felt that there were loopholes everywhere in this regulation, and they could be used everywhere. Sun Yuanqi had a feeling of being sudden.

Said it again. The old man suddenly asked: "By the way, Baixi, you accept 2 foreign students every year, what reward does the Queen Mother have?" ”

"It seems to be" Sun Yuan nodded from the beginning, and in a daze, he heard that the old witch had sealed her official position, "It seems that she was born as a jinshi-"

The old man interrupted Sun Yuanqi and asked eagerly, "Is it Ci Jinshi's background?" Or is it given the same Jinshi background? ”

"It should be the one in front." Although there is no big difference between the two, the latter one sounds quite awkward, and if the old witch said this, she should have an impression.

"Good" The old man was very excited, and patted the table case lightly, "Since the Ming Dynasty, the palace test has been divided into three grades, and one class has stopped three people. A number of people in the second class were born as jinshi. A number of people in the top three are given the same Jinshi background. Although 'giving the jinshi and the first' is the best, after all, it is rare. Therefore, the birth of a scholar is always based on the right way to give the birth of a scholar; If it is 'given to the same Jinshi background', then it will feel inferior. Zeng Wenzhenggong's morality and meritorious deeds are unparalleled in the world in his life, and he has a unique heart disease, that is, 'giving the same Jinshi background', and he is ashamed for life. Now that Baixi has a background, there will be no difficulties in entering and leaving the six pavilions in the future. Well, what's the reward? ”

"Oh, there is also a bachelor from the Hanlin Academy, I didn't hear clearly" What the old witch said, Sun Yuanqi didn't listen too carefully.

"Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy?" The old man stood up, his face urgent.

Sun Yuanqi could only stand up with him: "Familiar, it seems to be this." ”

"Hahaha, good," the old man laughed. Sun Yuanqi has never seen the boss so happy. "The old man's efforts to vacate the vacant seat in the Hanlin Academy were finally not in vain, good, good"

Sun Yuanqi didn't know what was so good about this "Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy".

After laughing for a while, the boss sat back and slowly explained to Sun Yuanqi: "Hehe, I have two hurdles for being an official in the Qing Dynasty, one is the seventh grade, and after the seventh grade, he can be regarded as a real official; There is also a five-pin, but the five-pin, is always a county magistrate, and after the five-pin, it can be regarded as entering the house. The latter hurdle is particularly difficult to overcome. Bai Xi suddenly went from the Guozijian Siye to the Hanlin Academy to teach a bachelor's degree, which can be regarded as a leapfrog promotion, and he gently crossed this hurdle, and he is a bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy, which is the most rare

"It seems that Baixi, you still don't know what this 'Hanlin Academy Attendant Lecturer' is, right? Although in the 29th year of Guangxu, after the bachelor was promoted to the fourth grade, it was not as noble as before, it was also a first-class errand among Beijing officials, and it was the most suitable for raising hope. As long as you stay for a few years, after being released, you will either be a provincial student or a provincial department, and you can be regarded as a senior member of the department. If you don't release it, and then you will be promoted to a cabinet bachelor, and within ten years, Shangshu and Shilang will also be at your fingertips. ”。.。