After the jinshi went out of Beijing to take up their posts, they were instantly bored, and they didn't usually have any friends to gather.

Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun lived in a rental house all day. They study laws, official letters, decrees, and other contents around the clock, and wait for the next exam, just like preparing for the civil service exam.

Zhu Ming rode out on horseback and went to work for the first time.

Bai Sheng and Shi Biao wanted to follow, and Zhu Ming instructed: "You go back to sleep for a while, and after you get up, go to the charcoal field to get some charcoal ash and come back." ”

Bai Sheng was puzzled: "Carbon ash is available at home." ”

"It's not the soot that's left over from the burning," Zhu Ming explains, "it's the soot that is scattered on the ground when the charcoal is piled up." This thing is useless, and you have to clean it up and discard it regularly, and you can each bring a bucket back. In addition, go to the suburbs to get all kinds of sand. ”

After explaining, Zhu Ming led the horse to the street and rushed to Taixue by the faint morning light.

Taixue is subordinate to Guozijian, and the school site was originally in Guozijian.

There are many schools under the jurisdiction of Guozijian, in addition to Taixue, there are also martial arts, law, Jingcheng Primary School, Biyong (Taixue preparatory class) and so on.

Due to the expansion of the enrollment scale, Taixue still has a branch campus, which is near Yujie, and many houses have been demolished to build.

Today's students, some live in the old campus, and some live in the north campus.

However, the dormitories are still not enough, and a third campus is being built in the southern suburbs. It has been repaired for several years, and when it is finished, all the students will have to move in. As for the north campus in the city, it will be vacated and converted to Taoism, which will be used exclusively to train Taoist priests.

When Zhu Ming came to the old campus, he did not go to Taixue, but went straight to the principal's office of Guozijian.

"Xuezheng, please come in, Da Sicheng has been waiting for a long time!" The headmaster's entourage greeted him warmly.

The son of the country is a priest of wine, also called Da Sicheng.

At the beginning of the year, it was Cai Jing's henchman Liu Siming who served as it.

Now, Liu Siming has been demoted to Zhizhou and replaced by Lu Yun, who often impeached Cai Jing.

"Oops, I've finally waited for success!"

As soon as the two met, Lu Yun warmly held Zhu Ming's hand.

This Guozi is a priest of wine, and his subordinates are all Cai Dang, so he can't carry out his work at all, and he desperately wants more newcomers.

Zhu Ming was held by his hand and couldn't do anything, so he could only bow and say, "Ming greets Da Sicheng!" ”

Lu Yun smiled and led him in: "Hurry up and sit inside." ”

"Thank you." Zhu Ming went in and sat down.

Lu Yun said without scruples: "Guozijian and Taixue are traitorous to the party, and they are successful and upright, and they are the people of my generation." When you come to office, don't be scrupulous, and don't be afraid of being jealous and hated by the traitorous party, I will take care of what happens! ”

This old man is too direct, Zhu Ming arched his hand and said, "Follow the teachings of Da Sicheng." ”

Lu Yun belongs to a big troll who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he has already been too often Shaoqing a few years ago. Because of the impeachment of Cai Jing, he was demoted to Ruijin Zhi County, and he knew that it was a poor and remote country when he heard the name of this county.

It is precisely because of such deeds that Song Huizong made him in charge of Guozijian and Taixue to deter a large number of Cai Jing's henchmen here.

Lu Yun said bluntly: "Dr. Taixue Zhang Gang, I used to be my student, you can communicate more." ”

"Yes!" Zhu Ming said.

Zhang Gang was a graduate of Taixue last year, and was quite popular with Song Huizong, and was given the first and first birth.

Historically, this person first sprayed Cai Jing, and then impeached Qin Hui, was dismissed for 20 years, and after being reinstated, he successively served as the secretary of the ministry, the governor of the government, and the bachelor of the senior palace. Because he angered Zhao Gou, he was demoted to Zhizhou and resigned in anger.

After talking for a while, Lu Yun personally led Zhu Ming to go to Guozijian Cheng Gaoshu to go through the entry procedures.

"Is there a clerk?" Gao Shu didn't give a good face.

Zhu Ming took out the document: "I have received the documents of the ministry." ”

Gao Shu threw it to his subordinates: "Got it, just wait." ”

Lu Yun tapped the table twice: "Signature seal!" ”

Although Gao Shu and the others wanted to override Lu Yun, they did not dare to openly sabotage the procedure, so they had to sign their names honestly, and then let their subordinates stamp the big seal.

Lu Yun led Zhu Ming out, and as soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he said: "It's a little small, don't care, it's all jumping clowns." ”

Gao Shu heard it clearly in the room, and he also slammed the table and shouted: "Old thief! ”

Lu Yun ignored him, but said to Zhu Ming with a smile: "I haven't reached the age of the Mandate of Heaven yet, I'm afraid this old thief will scold someone else." Maybe the surname is Cai, maybe the surname is Wang. ”

Zhu Ming scratched his head, the struggle here is very fierce, and his face has been completely torn.

However, since it is the emperor's arrangement, and Cai Jing is the strong party, the bigger the trouble, the better. No matter what the trouble is, there is Song Huizong behind him.

Lu Yun introduced as he walked: "On the side of Guozijian, only Taixue's upper and inner houses are left, and the outer houses have been moved to the north. By this autumn at the latest, all the three houses will be moved to the southern suburbs outside the city. ”

Zhu Ming asked, "The southern suburbs are quite far away." ”

Lu Yun said: "It's very far, go out from Nanxun Gate, walk for at least two or three quarters of an hour. ”

The house where Zhu Ming lives now will take two or three minutes to go to Nanxunmen, that is to say, he will have to walk for more than an hour to go to work in the future.

Thankfully, he brought the cornucopia to Tokyo, otherwise the daily commute would have been a hefty one.

Lu Yun also said: "The newly built Taixue in the southern suburbs has more than 1,000 houses. If you don't feel shabby, you can live there if you succeed, and you don't charge for room and board. ”

Zhu Ming was quite happy to hear this, and when Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun were released, he could sublease his current house and move directly to the southern suburbs to live in the school dormitory.

As for Chen Yuan, he can also rent a house in the southern suburbs, and he happens to lecture near Taixue, because he is no longer allowed to lecture in the city.

After another instruction, Lu Yun returned to Guozijian, and Zhu Ming rode to the North Campus.

There are 4,000 students in Taixue, 3,000 in the outer dormitory, 600 in the inner dormitory, and 400 in the upper dormitory.

Taixue Siye and Taixue Cheng are concurrently served by Guozi Siye and Guozi Jiancheng.

There are 10 doctors of Taixue, who are responsible for lecturing the scriptures.

Taixue is a five-person student, focusing on school rules and academic examinations.

There are also five Xuelu, as Xuezheng's deputies.

And then there's the average teacher.

There are also ministers, similar to the president of the student council, and the president of the student government.

Among the Taixue, there are fasting (class) houses (levels), which adopt a credit system, and credits can be obtained for quarterly and annual examinations. If you accumulate credits to a certain level, you can be promoted to a higher class, and you can graduate after completing the credits.

As the new Xuezheng, Zhu Ming is only responsible for the lower level of Taixue, similar to the head of the first year of college.

Riding a horse to the North Campus, Zhu Ming called out to a school worker and took him to the office.

"Meet Xuezheng!"

His deputy's name is Xie Lun, who was promoted by Taixue graduates, and is composed of minions under Cai Jing's henchmen.

Zhu Ming returned the salute and said, "Bring all kinds of books!" ”

A little minion of the Cai Party, at most, he disobeyed the yang and the yin, and he didn't dare to openly contradict it, Xie Lun quickly brought someone to bring the relevant documents.

Zhu Ming manages a large number of students, a total of 1,500 students, including 200 self-financed students.

He spent most of the day looking through the student roster, which contained detailed information about the three generations of the family.

At least more than seventy percent of the students are from official families!

There are also two percent, from local noble families.

The remaining one percent is the real poor children.

Looking at the promotion and exam situation, I can't find any mistakes or omissions. Cai Dang doesn't need to violate the procedural rules, just leak the question and cheat.

In the middle of the afternoon, Dr. Zhang Gang of Taixue came.

The two now belong to the same camp, and they both have to fight against the Cai Party forces in the school.

After a brief conversation, Zhang Gang said: "Xuelu needs to be appointed by the Ministry of Officials, and the Cai Party controls the Ministry of Officials, and it is impossible to replace Xuelu unless he is impeached with a major handle." It is necessary to start with the ministry and replace them with good students who are truly diligent and eager to learn. ”

Zhang Gang is only responsible for teaching and has no personnel power, and now suggests that Zhu Ming be replaced by the student president.

Zhu Ming asked: "Except for the two of us, Doctor, Xuezheng, and Xuelu are all Cai Dang?" ”

Zhang Gang said: "There are also a few doctors of Taixue, who don't just ask about mundane things, and just lecture on the scriptures every day. They hated the Cai Party, but they did not dare to offend the Cai Party. ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "Is exam fraud serious?" ”

Zhang Gang replied: "It's a bit serious, but a really good student can also go to fasting and ascending, just wait for a year or two." ”

That is, the Cai Party still has room to give serious students an upward channel.

Taixue is okay, but Guozijian is more serious.

Guozijian is all the children of Beijing Dynasty officials above the seventh grade, and the number is still small, and there are only one or two who can obtain the status of Jinshi every year. The children of the Cai Party were given priority in going to school, and they also had to win over the powerful in the DPRK and China, resulting in the children of middle- and lower-level officials being unable to graduate.

That's why it aroused public anger, countless Beijing Dynasty officials were impeached, and the emperor took the opportunity to punish the Cai Party in the education system, and by the way, he changed the wine of the country's eunuchs.

Zhu Ming asked, "Who is the most outstanding among the inferior students in the outer house?" ”

Zhang Gang said: "Chen Dong is the most talented. This student could have been promoted to the inner house a long time ago. But because he openly scolded Cai Jing many times, he can't even enter the upper class of the outer house. He had enough credits, and the reason why he couldn't be promoted was because of his bad character. ”

The two communicated, and Zhu Ming grasped more information.

On the first day of work, Zhu Ming did not have contact with the students, and rode home in the evening.

Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun are still reading books and preparing for the exam, and they don't know when they will be able to take the public examination.

"Xianggong, everything has been moved back!" Bai Sheng no longer calls his brother, he feels that it is more face-saving to call Xianggong.

Zhu Ming summoned Chen Yuan and others to hammer all kinds of sand and gravel into powder together. The family burned all the coal slag, and also smashed it and piled it up under the porch.

Zhu Ming wrote a few more pieces of paper, indicating the types of these raw materials.

He needed to experiment to find out the optimal ratio of honeycomb coal.

Then he drew a few more sketches, all of which were molds for making honeycomb coal, and handed them to Bai Sheng and said, "Tomorrow I will ask a carpenter to make these things, and then get a bucket of sawdust to go home." ”

Bai Chongyan asked curiously: "What does it mean to succeed?" ”

Zhu Ming explained: "To develop a charcoal material that can cook rice on fire, do you want to do business together?" ”

Bai Chongyan shook his head: "I don't know how well I did in the entrance examination, and I don't know where I can put it out, so it's better to do business together." ”

Min Zishun said: "Let's not talk about the matter of the book, if I am short of money for success, I can lend 100 yuan." ”

Bai Chongyan also said: "I can borrow fifty yuan, but I can't take out more." ”

"Thank you two brothers for your generosity!" Zhu Ming is already worried about the start-up capital, counting Chen Yuan's promise, he can borrow 350 yuan. Make up some by yourself, enough to rent a small shop outside the city.

That Ganoderma lucidum was sold for 180 guan and was bought by a wronged pharmacist.

(I recommend a historical text: "Farmer's Champion".) ）

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