The preliminary preparation of the college is a lot of investment, although the original intention of running this college is not to make much money, but no matter what, the capital should be recovered, Wen Mianmian does not feel that there is any problem with charging this fee.

Wen Changling interjected, "The book "Twenty-four Historical Records" is indeed a conscience, and the selling price of the bookstore was one hundred taels when it first came out, but now it has dropped to sixty taels. ”

Wen Mianmian showed an appreciative look at him, he still understood it very well, and then continued: "Rich students buy books, students who don't have money copy books, copying books costs paper and pen and ink, which is also an extremely large expense. ”

"It is not unreasonable for students to say after high school, 'The past was filthy and not enough to boast, and now there is no end to debauchery'."

"Of course, we haven't said how much it costs to enter the Beijing scientific examination, how much it costs to prepare candles, water charcoal, meals and utensils, clothing and mats, etc., and even the test papers used by the Ministry of Rites for the scientific examination are also paid by the students themselves."

Gu Qili also sighed, he also felt bad about the papers about the scientific examination that the students had to pay for themselves, but this was the rule, and he couldn't help it.

Wen Mianmian continued: "Last year, I asked a student from the southwest, he said that he walked on the road for more than a month, ate porridge and side dishes, lived in the cheapest inn, almost all lived in Tongpu, and spent more than 40 taels on the way to this way. ”

"After entering the gate of Kyoto, there are still two taels of silver on my body, so I have no choice but to raise money everywhere, borrow fifty taels, and if I fail the exam, I will either return to my hometown immediately, or I will find a place to earn the money in advance."

"Think about high school in this situation, you have to have all kinds of banquets, all kinds of expenses, how much does it cost."

What she didn't say was that in this case, in high school, a corrupt official is indispensable, no way, he is too poor.

"In this year's situation, if it weren't for Master Gu and the people from the Ministry of Rites to make various arrangements, so that the students would live in a cheap inn, I am afraid that many of them would not be able to last until the end of the day."

Gu Qili hurriedly gave up his hand, with a touch of regret on his face, and looked worried about the students, "It's all within the responsibility of the ministers." ”

Having said so much, Wen Mianmian concluded, "Studying is hard, and the cost is unknown, so there is no need to blindly pursue the best." ”

"There are still two of those students who can line up here, and if you can't read it, you can go to other places to study, not to mention that we have an exam on the 12th, and we can come to the test if we feel that we have a good foundation, and if you do well in the exam, you will have free treatment."

The emperor's eyes were complicated, pondering what he should do for the students, and he was silent for a moment and suddenly spoke, "Gu Qili." ”

"The minister is here."

Another crying child was pulled away in the team, and the emperor swept it lightly, "I ordered you to draw up a charter to help students and send it over." ”

Gu Qili replied, but he pondered in his heart, helping students?

How can I help?

Wen Mianmian smiled and said more, "You can think about whether you can prepare official schools in various places, whether you can be exempted from fees when you enter official schools, as for the cost of official schools, you can consider half of the cost of official schools, and the rest of the squires in various places can raise their own funds, etc." ”

That's all she can say, and she can't say too much.

Gu Qili arched his hand, "Thank you princess for mentioning it." ”

The emperor's mood is a little heavy, as the emperor, he naturally doesn't want the future materials of the imperial court to fall into the dilemma of having no money to take the exam, but if you want to improve this situation, you have to spend money, and the court is short of money.

His eyes stayed on Hua Jingyun for a moment, and the meaning was self-evident, get him money as soon as possible.

Everyone stayed for a while, seeing that it was going to be noon, Wen Mianmian proposed to go back to the palace to eat, the emperor naturally agreed, and the queen mother was even more happy, and was ready to stay for a few days after eating in the palace.

Some of the people who signed up had been paying attention to the emperor for a long time, and they always felt very familiar, and when he slowly approached, the person's face was surprised, and soon a touch of blush appeared, and he knelt down directly with two tremors, "Grass... The grass people have seen the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor. ”

Emperor?

The people in front and behind were startled, and when they looked in the direction of the man kneeling, some of the natives of Kyoto knelt down and shouted Banzai.

At this moment, all the people were inexplicably excited, and they knelt down one by one, shouting long live our emperor one after another, and their faces were flushed with excitement.

The sound was too loud, and the people in the academy heard the movement, Mr. Gu came with a few gentlemen, and those children who looked at the dormitory of the academy also ran quickly to take a peek at the sky.

The emperor straightened his back, and Wen Mianmian whispered, "Father, say a few words." ”

What a great opportunity, free publicity, no need to use in vain.

The emperor took two steps forward, "Flat." ”

"Your Majesty."

These people got up excitedly, I don't know why, they were all hot, the emperor came to the academy, their children were studying here, and they all felt that they had something to do with the emperor.

This is the emperor, and this is enough for them to brag about it for a lifetime.

The emperor looked at those students with eagerness and fear in his eyes, and stood with his hands in his hands, "Young people work hard all their lives, don't be lazy and lazy, you need to know little and don't learn, and old people don't know." There is no end to learning, and you must be diligent and hard-working when you come here to study today, love your classmates, know the righteousness of things, have a family and country in your heart, and live up to the upbringing of your parents and the expectations of the court. ”

The older children knelt down and kowtowed, and said loudly: "The students will live up to the emperor's expectations." ”

The other students also knelt down and said "Thank you, Your Majesty", "Yes, Your Majesty", "I know, Your Majesty." ’

The emperor asked them to get up, and his eyes fell on those parents, and the parents were nervous either rubbing their hands or pinching the corners of their clothes, and the emperor did not disappoint them, "You work hard all day long, and it is not easy to send your son to Beijing to study, you are the people of my Dongshu, and you are also the son of my father, the father of my son, do not dare to relax on the heavy responsibility, and I hope that I cherish myself and wait for the coming day." ”

As soon as these words came out, many people wiped their tears, knelt down and kowtowed one by one, that is called a sincere heart, and the emperor asked them to cherish themselves.

Oh, I suddenly felt how glorious I was to be the people of Dongshu.

In this way, the emperor gained another wave of popular support, and the reputation of the academy became even greater.

The emperor said a few words to Mr. Gu again, and after leaving the academy, he took the queen mother back to the palace directly, and now it is not suitable to go to the palace of Annan, and his identity is exposed, which invisibly increases a lot of danger.

The queen mother was full of loss, Wen Mianmian stepped forward and said that she would personally pick her up in two days to live, and then she was happy again.