Yan Sui got three recruitment places, and then worried about where to recruit people.

If you go to the capital to recruit people, I am afraid that you will only gain a basket of white eyes.

The people in the capital are arrogant, and they don't look down on the work in the poor countryside at all.

As long as he can live a decent life, he would rather get a salary of one month's salary in the capital than go to a poor country to get a salary of two yuan.

If the capital can't count on it, it can only count on remote counties and townships.

Life is not easy, making money is difficult, Yan Sui thought to himself, as long as the salary is a little higher than the market price, there must be an account office willing to come.

He was too busy to leave.

Dragged a broker to help find someone.

The broker looked for someone according to Yan Sui's request, but returned with a feather.

When people heard it, they went to Shuize Township on an errand, and their heads shook like rattles.

Poor and remote, two times a month to ask for money, I'm afraid it's not a coax.

Even if it is not coaxing people, Shuize Township is poor and sparsely populated, and you can't see one or two people a day, who goes and who is stupid.

What the?

Someone is opening up wasteland in Shuize Township, thousands of people, and they already have popularity.

How?

Thousands of people clearing the wasteland cannot change the nature of the poor countryside.

A round trip, to say the least, will take two or three days.

In the county seat, Fucheng, you can find a job in the account office casually, and the environment is good and not tired, so why bother to run to Shuize Township on an errand.

Two pieces of money, not too much, no less, the attraction is really limited.

The broker had no choice but to find Yan Sui and explain the situation truthfully.

Yan Sui listened to it, and his toothache hurt.

Even the account offices in remote counties and townships are not willing to come to Shuize Township on errands, where else can he go to recruit people.

The broker worked hard for several days, and he didn't want to work in vain, so he gave Yan Sui an idea, "If Steward Yan can trust me, I will recommend someone to you." It's just that this person's situation is a bit special. ”

Yan Sui didn't mind, "You tell me about the situation first, and which person to recommend to me." ”

"That's the case, there is a student in Qixian County, the articles and poems are ordinary, but he is good at calculation, and he is the first in the county school every year in arithmetic. If the shopkeeper is willing, the small one can be hired on his behalf. ”

Yan Sui smiled, "A county school student is willing to come to my poor country on an errand, what kind of ghost is there." You'd better tell the truth, or I'll let me know you're hiding a little bit, and watch out for your dog's life. ”

"How dare I deceive Steward Yan. The experience of this student of Qixian County School is a long story......"

……

Qixian County School.

Han Qizong drooped his head and walked out of the county school.

The scholarly robe on his body had already been washed white, and there were two more patches. Worn on the body empty, hair fluttering.

Not only are the clothes fluttering, but the people are also fluttering.

His face was sallow, and he looked like he had not eaten enough for a long time and was malnourished.

With messy hair, his image is really not good.

He had no books to read.

He couldn't afford to pay the shackles, couldn't afford to buy pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and his articles and poems were mediocre, and no big family was willing to sponsor him to continue studying.

In fact, two years ago, a year and a half years ago to be exact, Han Qizong was still a high-spirited county school student.

He was born in an ordinary farming family below Qi County, and he was smart since he was a child, and people in the village said that he was a material for reading.

Han Qizong's father listened to this.

The old father made a lot of effort and saved a sum of money, planning to send him to study in Mengxue.

As a result, when they arrived at Mengxue, they found that their family could not afford to read a scholar at all.

These days, reading is a luxury.

Words, culture, poetry and articles, books, and even pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, all things related to reading, becoming an official, are all monopolized by the family.

A knife for the cheapest paper, consistently for money.

A brush with rough workmanship costs 200 wen.

Not to mention inkstones, ink strips, the price is only high, not low.

As for books, they are a rare resource, and their price is definitely not something that an ordinary farmer can afford.

In order to let his son study, Han Qizong's old father made a decision to let the smart Han Qizong take refuge in the local wealthy clan and become a vassal of the wealthy clan.

With the support of the wealthy family, Han Qizong was able to have the opportunity to read and write, and he showed his talent in arithmetic.

However, a year and a half ago, the Hao family was involved in a lawsuit, and even Jin Wuwei was dispatched.

In the end, the wealthy family was destroyed, and the trees fell and scattered.

Han Qizong also lost support.

Luckily, he wasn't implicated in the lawsuit.

He had been reading for many years and was good at arithmetic, so he finally got a job in the bookkeeper.

Unexpectedly, after half a year, the owner went bankrupt at a loss.

He changed owners again, and went bankrupt for half a year.

As a result, he took on the reputation of a "Ke Master".

It's broken!

No one dared to ask him to be an errand boy again.

During this period, Han Qizong also thought about finding another wealthy family to take refuge.

Qi County is poor, and the wealthy families are limited.

He went to the capital, and there were many wealthy families in the capital.

However, he was mediocre in learning, and only excelled in arithmetic, and it was difficult for him to get ahead in this year.

Another one, the wealthy family recruits, and will definitely investigate the background.

As soon as he investigated, he found out that Han Qizong's reputation as a "Ke Master" was found, and who would dare to ask for him.

The money is spent, but the future is uncertain.

I can continue to read the book.

It's useless to read on.

Without the recommendation of the wealthy Confucian, no matter how much you study, you can't be an official.

In the Great Wei Dynasty, there were only two ways to be an official, recommended by officials, or requisitioned by the government.

Just like Ling Changzhi, he stepped on the shoulders of many students in the capital to become famous, was appreciated by Confucianism, and was recommended to enter the court as an official.

The weight of Confucianism's words is heavy, and Ling Changzhi can start from a five-rank official when he enters the court.

Ordinary students, if they have the support of wealthy officials, it is not difficult to find a half-official position in the local government.

However, Han Qizong did not have the recommendation of Hao officials, so he could not be an official.

Even if you go to the government to be a small official, no one recommends you, and you can't go.

……

In fact, as early as twenty or thirty years ago, when Emperor Zhongzong was in power, the court had opened a scientific examination.

As soon as the imperial examination came out, this time it was a hornet's nest.

The world's wealthy families attacked it in groups.

The court officials were heartbroken, and they opposed it every day.

Why?

The imperial examination is the gospel of poor students.

If you pass the exam and become an official, students from poor families naturally don't have to rely on the wealthy family, and they don't have to be the lackeys and thugs of the wealthy family.

There is no need to rely on the children of the wealthy family to enter the court, it is a natural imperial party, and it is resolutely on the emperor's side.

In this way, the court was divided into wealthy officials and poor officials.

Because of their origins, the two sides are naturally opposed.

In this situation, any emperor, as long as he is not a fool, is happy to see it.

It is the dream of the emperor to use the officials of the poor family to pry the interests of the wealthy family, seize the right to speak in the DPRK and China, consolidate the imperial power, and truly achieve the dictatorship of the cadres.

Emperor Zhongzong opened the imperial examination and used the examination method to select students from poor families to enter the court and change the pattern of officials, which can be described as far-sighted.

But it was met with opposition from all sides.

The imperial examination is clearly breaking the root of the Hao clan and digging the corners of the Hao clan.

When the wealthy no longer monopolize knowledge and the right to speak, their interests will inevitably be harmed.

With the support of the poor officials, the emperor also has the confidence to raise the butcher's knife against the wealthy family.

This situation, for the wealthy family, how terrible!

Can you watch Emperor Zhongzong carry out the imperial examination?

Of course not!

It is said that in those years, for the imperial examination, there was no peace inside and outside the court, and the whole world.

Emperor Zhongzong withstood the pressure and held three consecutive imperial examinations, taking more than 300 students from poor families.

Unfortunately, in the end, it was lost to time.

Zhongzong passed away, and when the first emperor, that is, Emperor Xuanzong Yuanping succeeded to the throne, he was forced to cancel the imperial examination in the first year of Yuanping.

Calculating the time, more than 20 years have passed since the last imperial examination.

The world's poor students no longer expect the imperial court to reopen the imperial examination.

The days returned to the old road of taking refuge in the wealthy family and relying on the recommendation of the wealthy officials to become officials.

……

Han Qizong broke off his hope of being an official, and he couldn't find a suitable errand, even if he went to Mengxue to teach, no one wanted him.

I think he's unlucky.

He was cornered.

Could it be that after studying for many years, I can only go home and continue to live a life facing the loess with my back to the sky?

It's miserable!

He walked on the only street in the county in despair, confused.

"Mr. Han, Mr. Han......"

Han Qizong turned a deaf ear, he must not have called him.

"Mr. Han, wait, don't go so fast!"

Someone tapped him on the shoulder, and Han Qizong, who was distracted, came back to his senses in an instant, and looked back, he was a well-known broker in the county, and he had dealt with him before.

The broker's surname is Wang, and he is known as Wang Xiaoer.

Wang Xiaoer was happy, "If Mr. Han is not busy, come with me to the teahouse to sit for a meeting, I have an errand here to your satisfaction." ”

Han Qizong was still a little confused, his words didn't come out of his mind, and blurted out, "I don't have any money!" ”

The corners of Wang Xiaoer's mouth twitched, "I don't want you to pay, I'll invite you to tea." ”

Is there such a good thing?

Han Qizong was skeptical.

Wang Xiaoer didn't talk to him and dragged him to the teahouse.

……

Three days later, Han Qizong appeared in Fugui Villa in Shuize Township.

The body is still the white-washed scholarly robe. The difference is that the robe is clean and the hair is neatly combed.

Compared to last time, at least it looks pleasing to the eye, and he is a serious reader.

When the man saw him, he threw him an account book and said, "Settle the account!" ”

Han Qizong was stunned.

The guy said one more thing, "Half an hour is over, you pass the test." ”

As soon as he heard this, Han Qizong no longer hesitated, picked up the abacus, and counted it.

It's a very simple ledger, and it takes almost no brains.

In less than half an hour, he counted the time of a stick of incense.

With such a fast speed, it's over?

The man looked at him a few more times, looked up and down, and didn't see anything special, but he saw that he was poor. I guess I didn't eat breakfast and ran over, and I saw that his mouth was dry.

The man's heart softened, and he said, "There is tea on the table, pour yourself a cup and drink it." ”

Han Qizong urgently needed a cup of water to quench his thirst, but he was not polite, and after drinking three cups of tea in a row, his stomach was finally more comfortable.

Unexpectedly, the tea drunk by the guys in Fugui Villa was not tea foam, but tea bought in a serious tea shop.

It seems that this rich mountain villa should not be short of money.

The guy flipped through the ledger and was secretly surprised.

Han Qizong's accounting is not only fast, but also all right, and he can't find any mistakes.

The man closed the ledger and said to him, "Come with me!" ”

Han Qizong followed the guys, walked through the corridor, and came to the signing room.

He looked around, thinking to himself, he didn't expect such a magnificent brick house to be built in such a remote place.

It seems that the owner behind it is sincere in opening up the wasteland and will operate this place for a long time.

Han Qizong breathed a sigh of relief.

If you can operate this place for a long time, you must be strong.

Maybe, perhaps, it shouldn't be bankrupt in half a year!