Northwest and southwest, the territory is vast.

But it has been a bitter cold place for hundreds of years.

In this kind of place, few emperors would settle their fiefdoms here.

Unless it's the kind that is extremely unfavored or there are too many princes and there is nowhere to settle down.

Zhu Jinrui, as a favored prince with military exploits, Emperor Jing originally gave him Yuzhou as a fief, which can also be seen from his title of prince.

Only out of selfishness, he took the initiative to ask for the fief to be changed to the northwest, and in addition to Zhang Qianyuan, the secretary of the ministry, was happy, and the courtiers next to him were a little more jealous of his move.

This jealousy was not unexpressed, Emperor Jing would receive several notes every month, suggesting that Emperor Jing move Zhu Jinrui's fiefdom back to Yuzhou.

The jealousy in the hearts of the courtiers and even the prince Zhu Jinrui is not ignorant, but he has always done his own thing, and he doesn't look down on the folk customs in the northwest, so he directly manages Emperor Jing to ask for a way.

Abducted people to the northwest, and even Chang'an City couldn't wait to go back first, so he took people to nearby counties and towns halfway.

Qu Qingyan looked at his natural style, and he really didn't know what else to say.

"Lord Wang, how many schools are there in the state capitals in Shaanxi? How many students are there? ”

Zhu Jinrui's fingers tapped on the carriage, and the driver who had already been replaced obediently stopped the car.

He lifted the curtain of the car and said faintly outside the car: "Fuxue list." ”

Father-in-law Zhang answered outside the car, and after a while, he heard the sound of footsteps, and when the car door opened, Father-in-law Zhang's smiling face had already come up: "Your Highness, booklet." ”

Zhu Jinrui's eyes swept over Qu Qingyan, and Qu Qingyan resigned himself to getting up and picking it up.

This booklet was handed in and the intention she didn't need to ask, she just flipped through it.

In this state and county, there will be relevant officials to make a roster, where the school is located, how many lecturers there are, how many students are in the school, and the annual and monthly expenses, all of which will be written in detail.

This kind of data is mixed in a pile of useless records, and it is not easy to scrape it quickly.

And Qu Qingyan was still a little unsuitable for this kind of marking, and he couldn't read it anymore after a few pages.

"Got it?"

"I don't know," she shook her head expressionlessly, and threw the booklet in front of her: "Although the records are detailed, the few answers that Weichen wants to know need to be searched line by line, which is too laborious. ”

It's also too time-consuming.

"You want Lone to find you?"

Zhu Jinrui raised his eyebrows and asked, his cold and hard face didn't seem to be good.

"Why did the prince say this, when Weichen arrived in Chang'an or the errand next to him, he always had to rummage through the past one by one."

She just doesn't want to see it right now.

The carriage swayed, and within an hour of leaving the inn, the speed began to slow down.

Gonggong Zhang leaned to the side of the car and only raised his voice and said, "Your Highness, I will enter Anhe County in half an hour." ”

Anhe County is not far from Shanxi, because it is not close to the border cities, the county is prosperous, private schools, academies are not few, and the county school opened by the county government of Anhe County has a lot of students.

When Taizu founded the country, he revised the purpose of the school several times, and finally abandoned the academy system that had been followed for thousands of years, and began to implement the official school system in all provinces and states.

When I was a child, most of them would study in private schools or academies, but once I was selected for Xiucai, I could enter the county school with fame, and I could also enter the state school if I had outstanding grades in the county school, and when my grades were outstanding, I could enter the Guozijian.

Daming has two national prisons, one in the south and one in the north, and no matter which one can be entered, it can be regarded as a supreme glory.

In Guozijian, you can save credits to get a graduation certificate, or you can directly participate in the township examination.

Therefore, such a path to study and enter the profession directly replaces the academies in various places.

Several prestigious seowon in the former dynasty were depressed and even almost died out because of such a national policy system.

The county schools located in each county are considered to be the most basic teaching institutions.

The carriage stopped next to the county government of Anhe County, Zhu Jinrui did not have the slightest idea of walking at night in brocade clothes, low-key and gorgeous, although he went back to Chang'an with a bang, he still asked Gonggong Zhang to hold his hand and directly found the magistrate of Anhe County.

Mao Haifeng, the magistrate of Anhe County, was born in the same jinshi, and he was not admitted to the Hanlin Academy, so he made up for an errand in the Ministry of Officials, and only after four or five years of miscellaneous work did he find an opportunity, and he stuffed all his net worth to make up for the lack of the magistrate of Anhe County.

Before noon, Mao Haifeng happened to be investigating the situation in the county school.

The news of Zhu Jinrui's request to ask for Hanlin to come to the northwest for enlightenment has never been concealed, and it seems that the prefectures and counties of several provinces in Shanxi like Anhe County are happy to see Zhu Jinrui's move.

No matter who comes to the northwest of Hanlin at that time, as long as they are not here to meet the situation, but really want to do something, then they can always enjoy one or two benefits by following them.

The triennial evaluation, as long as you can add the article of culture and education, it should not be difficult to find a suitable position at that time.

Mao Haifeng came from Beijing, and his vision was naturally two points higher, and he has been paying special attention to the county school these days, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as Zhu Jinrui returned to Shaanxi, he didn't even go back to the palace and ran here directly.

"Wechen has seen the prince."

Mao Haifeng can be said to have trotted out all the way to greet him after receiving the news, Zhu Jinrui stood in one place casually, and the momentum on his body was not hidden, so that Mao Haifeng didn't even dare to look at it, and his eyes fell on Qu Qingyan's body as soon as he turned his gaze.

Because she has been in a hurry, Qu Qingyan wears a wide robe on the road, since she passed the township test, her status in Qu Mansion has been pulled out, and when she won the champion, the housekeeper in the house only hates to stand in front of her every day to please, and the clothes are naturally picked up with good materials and good styles, and they will be sent to Juyuan when they are done.

I had only been sitting in the carriage for an hour, and my new robe had a little crease, which looked a little inappropriate.

Mao Haifeng couldn't find any clues in her good clothes, so he directly fell on her face.

As a result, it's better not to look at ...... The middle-aged magistrate, who had passed his forties, was directly stunned.

This is the little boy next to King Yu?

No, although the little guy who came out of the restaurant looked good, his bearing was still a lot worse.

Mao Haifeng's heart was chaotic with all kinds of speculations, and his eyes fell on Qu Qingyan uncontrollably, only to see that her brows couldn't help frowning.

Zhu Jinrui stepped forward and directly blocked Qu Qingyan behind him, his face sank, and his eyes were cold, and he said loudly: "Go to the county school." ”

Mao Haifeng was directly swept out of the fine sweat on his back by Zhu Jinrui's gaze, he hurriedly retracted his thoughts and gaze, and did not dare to go beyond the slightest, and bowed slightly to lead Zhu Jinrui to the county school.

The county schools in various places are very similar to the academies of the previous dynasty, the entrance is the stone statue of Confucius Sage, and the entrance through the three gates is the middle of the school, and the students concentrate on listening to the lecturer's class.

Mao Haifeng couldn't figure out the meaning of Zhu Jinrui's trip, so he took the two of them to pick up a few bright places in the county school.

In the hall of the backyard, the midday sun shines through the window, and the ground is full of gold.

Mao Haifeng let Zhu Jinrui take the upper seat, and before he could continue to pat himself on the back and beg for performance, he saw that the little white-faced man sat down very unceremoniously at Zhu Jinrui's lower hand.

He looked sideways slightly, is it that the little ones in the capital have seen the world and don't look at him as a magistrate, or is he too favored by King Yu to make him a little unbelievable?

Mao Haifeng knew that it was not appropriate to think like this, but Qu Qingyan's face was too easy to make people think about it, and it seemed difficult for him not to think like this.

Qu Qingyan didn't need to ask, just from that hesitant and contemptuous gaze, he could guess what this Lord Mao was thinking in his heart.

She was slightly annoyed, but this appearance was like this, and she couldn't use a knife to cut her face a few times.

Moreover, if she really can't figure out what to do to self-destruct her appearance, she is afraid that she will have no future in the future, and if she has a scar on her face, her facial features are not good, how can she enter the Fengtian Temple to face the saint.

It will surprise the holy driver......

"Master Mao, dare to ask how many students are there in the county school?"

Too lazy to be annoyed with Mao Haifeng about this useless thing, Zhu Jinrui will bring her to this county school, one is to touch the situation of the local county school, and then I am afraid that I also want to touch the foundation of her champion.

If her performance does not match her reputation, this person is afraid that he will directly find an excuse to send her back to the capital with a cold face.

Mao Haifeng hesitated a little, only raised his eyes and saw Zhu Jinrui with his eyes closed, looking like he was letting Qu Qingyan explore, and he replied obediently: "There are three hundred and twelve students in the county school. ”

Anhe County is already a large county according to its scale, there are towns and villages under the county, and there are only more than 300 people in the county school in a large county with a population of at least 100,000?

"When was the last annual exam?"

"Two years ago."

"How many talents did Anhe County participate in the annual examination during the annual examination?"

"This ......" Mao Haifeng's forehead couldn't help but sweat, how many people participated in the last annual exam...... I don't know......

"Lord Mao is busy with official business, so he can't care about such a trivial matter, can he summon the county magistrate to reply here?"

"Wait a minute."

At this time, Mao Haifeng still didn't understand anything, this handsome man was afraid that he also had an official position.

can replace Zhu Jinrui to ask about the situation in the county school, and he is dressed in such a hurry, I am afraid that it is the Hanlin that Zhu Jinrui brought from the capital......

The Hanlin in this capital is now such a clear and peerless appearance?

The crankiness in his mind couldn't be broken, so he ordered someone to pass on the book, and he didn't dare to go in again when he stayed outside the door.

What if he is asked questions that he can't answer again?

Qu Qingyan always felt that the number of more than 300 people just now was a little strange, although Anhe County was in the northwest, but its location was close to Shanxi and far away from the border city, and the people's lives were already very stable.

has a stable life to live, what do you have to think about when you are warm, why don't people here want to study and become officials?

The book came quickly, and Mao Haifeng deliberately explained, and the book directly brought the manual.

"The little one has seen the prince, and he has seen this adult."

The beard of this book has begun to turn gray, and he seems to be sixty years old, standing tremblingly in the middle of the hall, not as frivolous as Mao Haifeng just now.

Zhu Jinrui still threw the person to Qu Qingyan with a hum, and Qu Qingyan asked the question just now again when he had doubts in his heart.

"Back to my lord, during the last annual examination, a total of 752 people in Anhe County participated in the annual examination, including three first-class students, forty-five second-class students, and third-class ......."

The book was dizzy with old eyes, reading the booklet sentence by sentence, Qu Qingyan already felt that something was wrong in his heart, and asked the previous question on the carriage again.

"How many lecturers and miscellaneous servants are there in the county school?"

The old book flipped through the manual and looked for it for a long time, and then read it again slowly: "There are eleven lecturers in the county school and seventy-six miscellaneous servants. ”

"What is the annual cost of the county school?"

"This ......" the old book didn't know how to answer, and only looked at Mao Haifeng who was standing on the side for help.

During this momentary pause, Zhu Jinrui's narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and a cold glance swept over him, Mao Haifeng felt a shiver all over his body, and hurriedly replied in a panic: "Back to the prince, the county school has a fixed annual expenditure of four to five thousand taels of silver. ”

Four to five thousand taels!

That's a lot!

Qu Qingyan lowered her head to hide the surprise on her face, she didn't know if the two of them were lucky enough to meet a 'problematic' county school, or if the northwest and Shaanxi were like this.

As if knowing the question in her heart, Zhu Jinrui suddenly asked, "How much does Linxian County School spend every year?" ”

"Go back, go back to the prince, I don't know."

Whether he doesn't know or doesn't dare to answer, no one knows, but there are account books lying in the palace of King Yu, if he wants to know, he can go back to the mansion and order someone to check.

Anhe County's encounter was a temporary intention, but now when he encountered an emergency, Zhu Jinrui was too lazy to stay outside, dragged people into the carriage, and ran all the way to Chang'an.

"What's wrong?"

"When Weichen never returned to Kaifeng, he studied in a county in Shandong, and the scale of Ping County is similar to that of Anhe County, but there are nearly 500 people in the county school, and the lecturer starts on the fifteenth day of each month, and there is almost no place to stand in the school."

Even if this is the northwest, with a difference of nearly 200 people, this ratio is already a bit exaggerated.

"When my father was alive, he often lamented that teaching and educating people was the foundation of the country, and every year the county government would allocate 3,000 to 4,000 taels of funds for the county school."

Ping County is not a big county in Shandong, nor is it a fertile land, and the annual tax revenue in the county is only nearly 10,000 taels, and one-third of the nearly 10,000 taels will be allocated to the county school.

What he lamented was nothing more than wanting to really do something practical, but he had no money in his hands.

wants to peel off the people's fat and people's ointment, but because he has been killed by the Tian family since he was a child, he has grown up and is used to being big, and he really can't do it.

So at that time, what Qu Qingyan heard the most was how much money was needed for county school.

The disparity in expenditure with the number of people is naturally problematic no matter how you look at it.

Zhu Jinrui's fingers began to flick on his knees again, Qu Qingyan knew that this was his way of thinking, so he closed his eyes and began to think of countermeasures.

This northwest, the first day she arrived, even if she gave her a 'dismount'.

It's really not friendly!

If this is just a problem of a few counties, it would be fine, but if the entire northwest is like this, Zhu Jinrui will probably be very difficult to civilize.