What Li Zhaoji said was half-true and half-false, and the two beauties were also used to him speaking boldly and presumptuously, so they didn't care at all, but asked curiously: "Kotan Society, what society, poetry society?" ”

Jiangnan literati like to form associations, in the name of the poetry society, the practice of forming a party, the second daughter has been in Jiangnan for a long time, and it is not surprising that they see this. But Li Zhaoji has a special identity, he is not a Ming person, and he is feared by the Ming court, if he founded a poetry club, how can he tolerate it?

"No, it's a school." Li Zhaoji said with a smile, he lowered his voice, deliberately sat between the two daughters, and said while taking advantage: "A few days ago, I didn't contact a group of businessmen and local snakes in the south building and build a shipping company.

That Uncle Wang is a direct shareholder, and he is not afraid of others saying, our Lord Chen Shangchuan Chen is thin-skinned, and he can't get involved with a group of businessmen in a grand manner.

In the early years, he was sponsored by me, and he received a lot of money from me, and he held it in his hand and felt uneasy.

Therefore, I suggested that he donate the money to build a school, and Uncle Wang and I would also donate some money to prepare for the establishment of Kodansha. ”

This is also a half-truth, Chen Shangchuan is now famous, and has entered the official career, and Li Zhaoji and the Oriental Trading Company are inseparable, if it weren't for Li Sizhi and Tang Mu to help him go to Qiuqiu, he would not be able to take the exam, and if he couldn't pass the exam, he couldn't participate in the examination at the beginning of the year, and he couldn't become a jinshi with the help of Emperor Hongguang, and naturally he couldn't be the prefect of Songjiang.

Therefore, Chen Shangchuan was very concerned about subsidizing poor students to study for the imperial examination, and as soon as Li Zhaoji proposed this, he immediately agreed.

Li Xiangjun's beautiful eyes stared at Li Zhaoji's eyes, and saw some cunning and pride in his eyes, she said: "Mr. Li, you are promoting the establishment of Kodansha, not just to help poor students in Jiangnan study. ”

Lee Siu-gi smiled and said, "Of course, although Kodansha is built in Songjiang, students from all over the country can enroll in the school. ”

Bian Yujing saw Li Zhaoji talking about him left and right, put his hand into his sleeve and pinched it, and said, "To be honest, is there any other purpose?" ”

And Li Zhaoji held Bian Yujing's little hand in the palm of his hand with his backhand, and gently rubbed his fingers, making Bian Yujing's face red, but he couldn't break free. Li Zhaoji's expression was as usual, and he didn't let Li Xiangjun see any flaws, and talked about his 'conspiracy' proudly.

Lee Siu Kee is not a great benevolent person, selflessly for others, and established Kodansha, of course, for his own sake.

In the era of feudal dynasties, reading was definitely a costly thing, and it required complete production, and it was necessary to spend money to buy books and study with teachers, which could be regarded as a basic entry.

When you become a showman, you will have certain privileges, but this does not mean that you can sit back and enjoy it, in fact, this is the beginning of spending money. Acquisition of knowledge is one of the cheapest processes in the imperial examination, followed by the bulk of the money.

If you want to become a lifter, you have to write a good eight-strand essay, but how can it be written behind closed doors, you need to go out, make friends with poems, and learn from each other. At this time, you must have your own works as a stepping stone, whether it is poetry or books, they all need to be printed and published, and the price is not comparable to buying books.

And as long as you go out, you will make friends, and you will be sent to, and if you want to make friends with celebrities and accumulate fame, you have to go to rich places such as Jiangnan.

Therefore, the cost of scholars who want to get ahead is extremely high, and those poor students fall on the first step.

The Kodansha, which Li Zhaoji promoted, directly brought the examination-oriented education of later generations to the end of the Ming Dynasty, and directly allowed all students to enjoy the life of the first 100 days before the college entrance examination.

First of all, Lee Siu-ji divided the Kodansha into three parts: those who tested for talents, those who examined people, and those who were admitted to Jinshi. The most people who are included in the school are scholars who have no fame, and there are a small number of talents.

When it comes to the education of famous teachers who are good at Shiwen Bagu in the society, the education method is completely cramming, and it will be tested every month, close to the autumn season, and it will be tested every ten years.

However, all the costs of joining the company will be borne by Kodansha, and if the donations from all parties are not enough, then Lee Siu-ki will bear all the costs of Kodansha.

It's just that Kodansha implements a last-place elimination system, and it will only bear the cost of studying for one year, and if there is a lot of autumn exams this time, then it will no longer bear the cost.

However, this does not mean that these poor students should be pushed out of the Kodansha, because the Kodansha not only has one subject of eight strands of art, but also teaches subjects such as arithmetic, drawing, translation, and accounting, which are all practical studies. In fact, in this era of lack of knowledge and monopolization by the gentry and aristocracy, even those who are eliminated are rare talents.

Once Kodansha students are eliminated, they need to learn and master this practical knowledge before they are allowed to stay at Kodansha. However, if they pass the practical examination, they can only be qualified to study abroad, and Kodansha will no longer bear all the costs of their studies, but can introduce them to jobs and let them work and study part-time.

After this autumn, the next imperial examination will be three years later, and if it is still unsuccessful, then you can only graduate.

However, Kodansha can arrange jobs for students who have graduated, and although they cannot become officials of the Ming Dynasty, they can go to the territory of a trading company to become officials.

In other words, Li Zhaoji supported the students to study, and if they succeeded in science, they could enter the court as an official and become an official of the Oriental Trading Company in the Ming Dynasty to influence the policies of the court. And if the science fails, it is also the talent of the Oriental trading company to go to various places to manage the place for the trading company, or fill the trading business.

With the establishment of the Navy and the Army Academy in Tamsui, Kodansha became the third largest institution for human resource training in trading companies.

The first batch of Kodansha students were also on their way, and most of them were the children of Li Zhaoji's old friends, such as Zhao Wenji, who was not interested in the money given by Li Zhaoji, but when he heard that Li Zhaoji had set up a Kodansha and provided learning opportunities and a learning environment full of competition and exchange, he immediately became interested and wrote a letter to the four children of his hometown in Zhejiang to go to Kodansha to study.

Jiangnan businessmen such as Cheng Bi, Gao Cheng, and Huo Mingjia are also arranging for their children to enroll, if they pass the imperial examination, even if they have an official background, even if they fail the examination, they can study in it for a few years, and they can take over the family business after they come out.

Li Zhaoji shook Li Xiangjun's hand and asked, "Two beauties, do you have relatives and friends, do you recommend admission?" I'm going to give each of you ten places to enroll, regardless of your origin. ”

"What you said is true?" Li Xiangjun grabbed Li Zhaoji with both hands and asked.

Li Zhaoji nodded seriously: "Of course it's true." ”

Although Qin Huai Bayan was born on the banks of the Qinhuai River, they have a wide range of contacts, although these women have a lot of contacts with the children of celebrities from the gentry in Jiangnan, but they inevitably have some poor friends, especially Li Xiangjun and Bian Yujing, who are worried about state affairs and kind-hearted.

Just like Gu Mei, there is no such friend, although she is both beautiful and artistic, talking on paper, and talking about state affairs is also the Tao, but that is just a means for her to communicate, she can never contact poor students.

"It's just that the two girls have to think about it. I'm digging into the corners of the Ming Dynasty and forming a party to disrupt the government. Li Zhaoji said with a grin.

Running a school, revitalizing culture and education is a good thing for political correctness in the era of the Ming Dynasty, but the second daughter also knows that Li Zhaoji's purpose is not pure. But the problem is that these things that Li Zhaoji did were only unfavorable to the Ming court, and they were also beneficial to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

There are so many poor students in the Ming Dynasty, who doesn't want to get ahead, the imperial court doesn't pay for culture and education, and the gentry don't pay for running schools, is it difficult that others are not allowed to do it? Do these people deserve to be poor, with ten years of cold windows and nothing to gain?

"Think about it, think about it." Li Zhaoji patted the second daughter's hand, and he didn't have that domineering appearance in other things.

Nanjing City, Chen Mansion.

Chen Zizhuang's wife Yuan's sedan chair stopped in front of the door, and she walked down slowly.

She is over half a hundred years old, and she can't see any charm, but under the influence of poetry, calligraphy and etiquette since childhood, she still has the grace of everyone's ladies and the style of being a housewife.

Yuan Shi went to the temple outside the city to offer incense, just came back, got off the sedan chair, saw the official family hurrying over, and said: "Madam, madam, you go and see the master." ”

"Has the master come back from Huguang?" Yuan's face was happy and said.

After Chen Zizhuang came to Beijing, he immediately entered the Ministry of Rites, he was Shen Youlong's confidant, and then took responsibility, regardless of the fatigue of the journey and the old age, he immediately went to Jiangbei and Huguang, the governor of the five towns and nobles, and walked in Jianghuai once within a month, and just came back.

"My lord is sick, and he still doesn't take medicine." The butler said.

Yuan's pace sped up a lot, and he said anxiously as he walked: "I told him a long time ago, don't be so desperate at a young age, just came from Guangzhou, and I was running around, I was sick, but how can I be good." ”

When I walked into the bedroom, I saw that Chen Zizhuang was much haggard than when he first arrived in Nanjing, his cheeks were sunken, his hair and beard were white, and his eldest son Chen Huairen was holding the medicine bowl, at a loss.

Yuan Shi took the bowl, sat on the edge of the bed and persuaded: "Master, drink it, drink the medicine, and the disease will be cured." ”

"Don't drink or drink, the old man is not sick, the old man is very good!" Chen Zizhuang scolded, his voice also raised a lot, but he immediately coughed violently, but he still kept scolding: "That rebel, do nonsense, as a mother, not only do you care, but also let Hu come, my Chen family's style has ruined him!" ”

When the Yuan clan heard these words, he was stunned for a moment, then looked at the eldest son and the housekeeper, and asked, "The master is angry because of Huaiyu's matter?" ”

"Not because of this rebel, because of whom?

The old man was not at home for a month, you see what he did, mixed with a group of fox friends and dog friends all day long, and went in and out of either the Qinglou or the tavern, and dared to go to the Meixiang Building, and was beaten by Yan Pingbo...... Where is the rebel, where have you hidden him? Chen Zizhuang asked scoldingly.

It turned out that Chen Zizhuang entered Beijing as an official this time and brought the whole family to Nanjing, and Chen Huaiyu, who was rescued from Japan a year ago, was no exception. By Chen Zizhuang's side, the fourth son of Chen, who spends his days drinking and drinking, could only be detained to study, and as soon as Chen Zizhuang left, he immediately burst into joy.

He was held in Japan for nearly two years, returned to Daming and was restrained by his father, and finally had a chance, and came to Nanjing, naturally went to the old courtyard to be romantic, I heard that Meixianglou lived Liu Ruis, Qian Qianyi's wife, and was almost elected to the palace, he had to go to see it, but he happened to meet Zheng Sen who visited, and was beaten violently.

And Chen Zizhuang has not yet returned to Beijing, he heard about it, to the door of the capital, he saw a group of fox friends and dog friends clamoring to see the fourth son of the Chen family, and was immediately beaten out by Chen Zizhuang's stick, he had the heart to clean up Chen Huaiyu, but after hearing that Chen Huaiyu was beaten, he ran out of Nanjing City, went to Songjiang, came back ten days ago, stayed for a while, went out of the house, disappeared, only Mrs. Yuan contacted him.

Chen Zizhuang was annoyed, and he ran around for months, so he was bedridden.

"Master, are you really sick because of Huaiyu?" Yuan asked.

Chen Zizhuang didn't pay attention to it at all, but no one gave other answers. The worry on Yuan's face suddenly disappeared, and he poured the medicine in his hand into the spittoon, and said, "That's easy to do, you don't need to drink medicine for this disease."

The housekeeper prepared a sedan chair and asked the master to go to see Huaiyu, and he would be fine. ”

"Mother, my father is sick, don't toss it, I'm afraid I'm going to be sad when I see my fourth brother." Chen Huairen immediately stopped.

Yuan said, "If you don't want to obstruct it, you should also follow." I saw that you came to Nanjing, and you didn't even read books anymore, so you also saw what Huaiyu was doing, and reflected on it. ”

"When I see the rebel, the old man will break his dog's leg." Chen Zizhuang was helped up and said viciously.

Yuan Shi was not annoyed, and said to the butler: "Butler, take the deadbolt, when the master of the province wants to fight, there is nothing to take advantage of." ”

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