"Brother Yulin, what are you hesitating about, what is the most prosperous thing in Guangzhou now? Isn't it a training course for university entrance exams and a technical school for technical studies? This New China and Lan Xiang are the best among them, you don't do this business, some people do! ”

The one who was persuading him was Wu Xinzhong, another great gentleman who had already accepted his fate.

This historical champion can now be regarded as a representative of the newly rising "emerging bourgeoisie".

He ran a [Gentleman's Daily] and made a fortune.

And the other gentleman Du who cooperated with him who was not so lively didn't know what he was.

This Lanxiang Technical College. The major shareholder is Wu Xinzhong in front of him.

The Ming Dynasty implemented the policy of capping the age of 30 for the imperial examination, resulting in a large number of scholars who had passed the age of 30 and had no way out.

And not everyone has the determination to farm and manage the fields like Li Zhongren.

Therefore, a large number of young intellectuals had no choice but to go to the big cities.

I went to Zhongdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Beidu to look for opportunities.

The popularity of "Junzi Daily" also attracted many people to Guangzhou in the south.

The intellectual youth should be the middle-aged knowledge into the city, and soon there will be some new booming industries.

Some knowledgeable middle-aged people found that in Guangzhou and other places, a large number of companies need to recruit readers, preferably those with skills.

Arithmetic, mechanical, lawyer, etc.

Therefore, Lanxiang Technical College is not learning excavators, but these practical things.

The other part is discovery

You can't take the imperial examination.

But there is no age limit for college!

After graduating from college, he also has a reputation for showing talent.

This time.

There has always been a difficulty in recruiting students to a new type of university, and soon many knowledgeable middle-aged people applied for the examination.

These middle-aged scholars are all gentry from all over the world, and their families have fields, land, property and industry.

Thirty Lang was out of work at the age of 30 and went to college, so there was no pressure at all.

As a result, a large number of training institutions for university entrance exams have recently emerged in Guangzhou.

It's very popular.

Now these training institutions are looking for "Junzi Daily" to advertise.

But our Du Ruchong Du gentleman doesn't want to advertise these new academic institutions.

Because "Junzi Bao" is a righteous newspaper that wants to learn from Confucianism, for the way of Confucius and Mencius, for the world's scholars, and to make slanders in the opposition, how can it be a righteous newspaper for new learning?

"But." When Du Ruchong heard Wu Xinzhong speak like this, his brows immediately furrowed.

"But what is it, Brother Yulin, of course our "Gentleman's Daily" wants to speak for the world's scholars, this is the purpose of our newspaper, of course, it cannot be changed."

"But this has no conflict with advertising New China and Lan Xiang! Yes, they want to call on readers to learn new things, but isn't that a good thing for readers? Those who have passed the age of 30 can go to a university and have a reputation for showing talent, can't they also come out to do things? It's not easy to have a talent to make a name for yourself now, everyone is a scholar, and those who have passed the age of 30 are still the children of our Confucian sect, the students of Confucianism, how can they be expelled from the ranks of scholars because they have read a little more new things? You say, don't you? ”

Wu Xinzhong said bitterly.

His meaning is also obvious.

These scholars who have passed the age of 30 have already formed their worldview, outlook on life, and values.

What if they read something new?

It's just a stepping stone.

A stepping stone that can get a local official and a half-job in the future!

Official.

Or the greatest desire of these scholars.

"Yulin, you have been a prodigy since you were a child, a 17-year-old Zhongxiucai, a 24-year-old Zhongjuren, if the Qing Dynasty was still there, you would have been a Jinshi a long time ago, right? Of course, you don't know the bitterness in the hearts of those poor scholars who have studied hard for half their lives, and as a result, they can't even get into the show! Now that the imperial court doesn't want people over the age of thirty in the imperial examination, what do you let them do? How many people have jumped off the building recently, do you know who jumped into the river? Wouldn't it be nice to have a way now for these poor scholars to learn some skills to make a living? We can be gentlemen, but we can't say that those poor scholars over the age of 30 will die in the future, and there is no hope at all! And do you know how much these newfound errands are worth? For example, do you know how much money a maritime merchant in Guangzhou pays for a general who can speak French and Britannica? ”

Wu Xinzhong said and drew five fingers, back and forth.

"That's the number! One hundred! One hundred yuan! Do you know what this number means? The county lord of Panyu County below Guangzhou, and the magistrate of Panyu County, can't earn this number! This Panyu is one of the richest counties in the world!! ”

"There are also lawyers, accountants, doctors, etc., all of whom are in urgent need! And these things are not difficult to learn, with your brain, you will learn it in a year or two, and you can rest the scholars who can be admitted to the show, and those who study for two or three years can almost go out to do things, so why bother looking for short-sightedness? ”

"Let's do this, that's doing great good, great good, I don't know how many lives will be saved!"

Du Ruchong was stunned by what he said.

But think about it.

Wu Xinzhong said.

It also makes sense.

There is a lot of knowledge about suicide during this time.

Old scholars wearing long robes are often fished out on the Pearl River.

What a sin.

Emperor Zhu deprived scholars over the age of 30 of the right to take the imperial examination.

It's definitely not going to work.

What's wrong with thirty?

Isn't Confucius also standing at thirty, and forty not confused?

Why can't you take the exam at the age of thirty?

Emperor Zhu, why is his court only young now?

At the beginning, his left and right ministers Luo Fangbo and Gu Song, as well as Tao Biquan, Peng Jun, Ouyang Houjun and other important ministers, one or two came out to assist Emperor Zhu after thirty.

At that time, why didn't you dislike Luo Fangbo and Gu Song when they were old.

Co-authorship has now won the world.

I don't like to use old people, do I?

Know when you're opening the court.

I don't know, I think you run a brothel.

But.

What Wu said in the letter also makes sense.

Those who are over 30 years old have to have something to do.

"Okay, this advertisement, just post it."

Du Ruchong nodded.

This "Junzi Daily" was co-founded by him and Wu Xinzhong, and both of them spoke the same way, and they had to agree to do anything.

"This court doesn't want scholars over the age of thirty, and it's not afraid of a few characters like Huang Chao."

Du Ruchong muttered.

This imperial examination obviously has the function of imprisoning the wise man.

Why did Emperor Zhu depose himself?

Wu Xinzhong shook his head and said: "Because now the whole world is a chaotic era like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it is an era of countries competing for hegemony. The cage wise man is self-tied, and he competes for hegemony in the world in Huaxia, and there is no benefit at all."

(End of chapter)