"Brother Zhao!" The student walked quickly towards Zhao Lin. In his weak crown, he was born with red lips and white teeth, holding a folding fan, and imitating the Wei-Jin romantic style. "Tomorrow will be over. Brother pointed one or two."
Zhao Lin smiled bitterly: "What do you suggest..."
He himself hasn't written a book in recent days, and he is all helping Zhou Rong to write characters. The family does not know how many times his servant has been sent to scold him. He will end without seeing tomorrow. Does he even dare not return home today?
Who is still hanging out on the street now?
I'm afraid that only such "successful" students are so free.
The student sighed and said: "Then let's find a teahouse to sit in? I finally found an excuse, Brother Zhao, have mercy on me."
Zhao Lin didn't dare to go home, the two could only find a teahouse.
There is also a pennant at the entrance of the teahouse, which says "Honesty Merchants".
They just walked to the door, Xiao Er hurriedly greeted them in.
The name Xiaoer came from the end of Yuan Dynasty, and he used to be called Dr. Cha.
Xiao Er smiled all over his face: "Where does the guest officer sit? There are also seats upstairs."
Zhao Lin: "Just go upstairs, what kind of tea do you have at home?"
"Longjing Huqiu Biluochun, there are others too." Xiao Er led them upstairs.
Zhao Lin: "Biluochun."
Xiao Er: "Hao Le! Two guest officials wait a minute."
The student stopped him and asked strangely: "Which pennant is at your door?"
Xiao Er said with some pride: "It was given by the court, because my family has a good attitude, and they are all good teas. I never use tea mozi to recharge. If the guest official leaves things in my house, my house will put it away and the guest official will come again. It will be returned."
"A guest official wrote to the district commercial management department to praise us, and the court gave this pennant."
Honest merchants! Certified by the court! This is the golden sign, which many merchants cannot envy.
In addition, the imperial court will organize meetings with honest business owners in each district every quarter.
Since the introduction of this pennant, the business of the teahouse is getting better day by day. In order not to take this pennant away, the boss even instructed them not to steal a few pounds, and kill one if they find one.
Who is stealing less than two pounds nowadays?
The teahouse has a lot of income every month, and they also have bonuses!
The more the boss earns, the more bonus they get! Can't wait to confess the guests.
But it seems that after their attitude has improved, the attitudes of the guests who had bad tempers in the past have also become better, not as embarrassing with them as before.
The student touched his chin after asking Xiao Er to leave and said, "Your Majesty values merchants too much."
Scholars, farmers, commerce, and industry, although the status of merchants has been improved a lot during the Yuan Dynasty, the status of merchants is now even higher.
Zhao Lin smiled bitterly and said: "In Your Majesty's eyes, there are no different people."
The student widened his eyes in surprise: "How can we not distinguish?"
Zhao Lin thought for a while, he helped Zhou Rong for so long, and he also had his own opinions, so he said, "How many servants do you have?"
The students didn’t understand what Zhao Lin asked for, so they said, “I haven’t counted them. Some of the previous ones have left, and some are hired. There should be more than one hundred more?”
Zhao Lin: "Will you divide the servants into three, six or nine grades? Maybe the servants will divide themselves, but will you?"
The student was shocked: "Your Majesty cannot treat us as servants!"
Zhao Lin smiled: "It's not a servant. Your Majesty just treats us as useful people. The common people are also useful people, so are merchants and soldiers. Everyone is useful."
The student was speechless for a while, bowed his head and pondered for a long time, then suddenly stood up and was thinking again: "Listening to the king is better than reading ten years."
Zhao Lin didn't expect the students to figure it out so quickly, he was startled in a cold sweat when he thought about it, and now he can regard it as normal: "I thought you would..."
The student said earnestly: "Don’t hide from Brother Zhao, when he was young, he thought that if the people of the world perform their duties and lead their own affairs, the emperor knows how to make good use of them, and should not be despised because of their humble origins, and they should not be distinguished by their noble origins. , People can work hard to become strong and make the country strong."
"It's just that my thoughts are vague. Now, when I think about it, isn't your Majesty's actions consistent with my childhood?"
Zhao Lin admired it even more, put away his contempt, and said: "I am arrogant."
The student smiled and said, "What a pity, how many people in the world can see through?"
Zhao Lin also said: "I will understand that this is the law of a rich and powerful country, but..."
The aristocratic families may not be able to see through the emperor's thoughts, nor may they not know that this is a good thing for the country and the people.
But this good thing means that their class will step down from the altar.
How can we not make them suffer?
What they can't see through is where their future lies.
The student said again: "I will end tomorrow, I know how I am going to answer."
Zhao Lin looked at him strangely, because he knew that the other party was just an ignorant family boy, and he was not very good at writing poems or articles, and even his writing was not excellent.
When the two parted, the student surnamed Li said to him: "When the title is on the gold list, I will say joy to Brother Zhao again!"
After all, it was the first imperial examination, and many students from all over the country went to the capital.
They have all conducted the hospital and township examinations in the local area. The children of the aristocratic family do not need to go through the hospital and township examinations, but there is only one such preferential treatment.
Therefore, the children of the aristocratic family felt that they shouldn't have been treated the same as ordinary students.
One side was riveting enough to trample the commoner students under their feet.
In terms of true talents and real learning, can those common people compare to these aristocrats who have been reading poetry since childhood and have a family history?
Song Shizhao looked at the problem.
The topic of the imperial examination was selected several times, and finally it was set on "people's livelihood".
He sat with Song Lian, and Song Shizhao laughed at Song Lian: "You are quite old."
Song Lian sighed: "Tired!"
Then another serious statement: "Be loyal to the country, and you can hold it no matter how tired!"
Song Shizhao smiled unpredictably: "I have a good thing to tell you."
Song Lian looked at Song Shizhao and didn't believe it, Song Shizhao had never given him any good news.
Song Shizhao: "Liu Bowen is here. He should be there in three days. I see your Majesty's intention. It is estimated that he will leave the Civil Code to him."
Song Lian knew that Liu Bowen was still screaming tired just now, but now it's not what it feels like.
It's like raising a tree. Seeing that the tree is about to grow, it is suddenly moved to someone else's land.
Although the compilation of dictionaries is also a good thing for the country and the people, the civil code...
Song Shizhao saw Song Lian's entanglement, and smiled: "Playing a joke with you, your majesty sees your hard work. He should ask Liu Bowen to compile it with you. Naturally, you will be responsible for it."
After being seen through, Song Lian was not annoyed: "That's fine, I can also relax a lot."
Song Shizhao: "I don't know if talents can be selected this year."
Even if there are no talents among the poor students this year, a few will be selected in order to give an example to the poor students in the world.
Song Shizhao sighed: "I think the imperial examinations will take a few more sessions to take shape."
The first session is always the most chaotic.
Song Lian: "What are you afraid of? I'm afraid you won't survive that time?"
Song Shizhao pretended to be very old and pressed his neck and said, "I'm old."
He was old enough, now he is older, but he still feels like a young man.
He felt that he could live another fifty years!
"By the way, have the inn arrangements been made?" Song Lian asked.
Song Shizhao nodded: "It's all arranged."
Because there were a lot of students coming to Beijing this time, many of them were poor, so the imperial court rented out a lot of inns. Of course, there were also inns that didn't need money, so the imperial court gave the money.
When the students come to stay in the store, naturally they still have to pay, but they can afford the money, and the inn will not drive up the price.
Han Ling is a member of the army of students who went to Beijing to rush for the exam. His family is a home for farming and studying. In fact, his family can only afford to study for one of them. He has three younger brothers. So far, I only recognize some characters, and only some enlightenment articles such as the Three-Character Classic can be memorized.
This time the family allowed him to enter Beijing, and almost all the money was given to him.
But before Han Ling came, he heard that everything is expensive in Beijing, and nothing is cheap.
He took the money and hope of his family, but when he entered the city, he kept thinking, if he fails the exam and the money given by the family has been spent, what face will he have to go back?
It's better to bump to death.
Most of the students from his hometown do the same.
The students from wealthy families will not be like them. Several people rent an ox cart to enter Beijing.
I only dare to eat cheap food on the road.
"I heard that renting a small courtyard in Beijing costs five taels a month, but now it should be ten taels, and only two people can live."
"To live in an inn, it costs eight taels a month, but no one rushed to take the exam before... now I am afraid it will be twenty taels."
For ordinary people, ten taels are enough for a year or two.
Now that there are more ways to make money, people are spending more, and two or two are enough for a year.
When they entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city gate looked at their things and saw that they were all dressed up as students, and asked, "Are you going to Beijing for the exam?"
Several people quickly said yes.
The soldier smiled and said, "You can find the inn with red flags when you enter the city. Those are all prepared by the court for the students."
"One or two silver a month, if you have relatives and friends in the capital, then treat it as if I didn't say this."
Several were shocked and speechless.
It was Han Ling who said first: "Thank you, sir! I'm just worried about this!"
The soldier said hurriedly: "You must not be an adult, come to the city, I wish you all the titles on the gold list, soaring!"
The students are also excited.
The coachman drove the bullock cart into the city. The roads in the city were smooth and the pedestrians and vehicles were separated, so there was no need to worry about trampling on passersby.
The students were very moved.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty Kindness!" There are still students in the car crying bitterly, "Now I know that even the court is worrying about such trivial matters, and I will break my bones in return in the future!"
"Yes! Before I came, I was worried that we might not be able to rent a yard if we pooled our money together."
Han Ling lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the street vendors and the men and women who were walking. His heart was filled with pride!
"Brother Zhao!" The student walked quickly towards Zhao Lin. In his weak crown, he was born with red lips and white teeth, holding a folding fan, and imitating the Wei-Jin romantic style. "Tomorrow will be over. Brother pointed one or two."
Zhao Lin smiled bitterly: "What do you suggest..."
He himself hasn't written a book in recent days, and he is all helping Zhou Rong to write characters. The family does not know how many times his servant has been sent to scold him. He will end without seeing tomorrow. Does he even dare not return home today?
Who is still hanging out on the street now?
I'm afraid that only such "successful" students are so free.
The student sighed and said: "Then let's find a teahouse to sit in? I finally found an excuse, Brother Zhao, have mercy on me."
Zhao Lin didn't dare to go home, the two could only find a teahouse.
There is also a pennant at the entrance of the teahouse, which says "Honesty Merchants".
They just walked to the door, Xiao Er hurriedly greeted them in.
The name Xiaoer came from the end of Yuan Dynasty, and he used to be called Dr. Cha.
Xiao Er smiled all over his face: "Where does the guest officer sit? There are also seats upstairs."
Zhao Lin: "Just go upstairs, what kind of tea do you have at home?"
"Longjing Huqiu Biluochun, there are others too." Xiao Er led them upstairs.
Zhao Lin: "Biluochun."
Xiao Er: "Hao Le! Two guest officials wait a minute."
The student stopped him and asked strangely: "Which pennant is at your door?"
Xiao Er said with some pride: "It was given by the court, because my family has a good attitude, and they are all good teas. I never use tea mozi to recharge. If the guest official leaves things in my house, my house will put it away and the guest official will come again. It will be returned."
"A guest official wrote to the district commercial management department to praise us, and the court gave this pennant."
Honest merchants! Certified by the court! This is the golden sign, which many merchants cannot envy.
In addition, the imperial court will organize meetings with honest business owners in each district every quarter.
Since the introduction of this pennant, the business of the teahouse is getting better day by day. In order not to take this pennant away, the boss even instructed them not to steal a few pounds, and kill one if they find one.
Who is stealing less than two pounds nowadays?
The teahouse has a lot of income every month, and they also have bonuses!
The more the boss earns, the more bonus they get! Can't wait to confess the guests.
But it seems that after their attitude has improved, the attitudes of the guests who had bad tempers in the past have also become better, not as embarrassing with them as before.
The student touched his chin after asking Xiao Er to leave and said, "Your Majesty values merchants too much."
Scholars, farmers, commerce, and industry, although the status of merchants has been improved a lot during the Yuan Dynasty, the status of merchants is now even higher.
Zhao Lin smiled bitterly and said: "In Your Majesty's eyes, there are no different people."
The student widened his eyes in surprise: "How can we not distinguish?"
Zhao Lin thought for a while, he helped Zhou Rong for so long, and he also had his own opinions, so he said, "How many servants do you have?"
The students didn’t understand what Zhao Lin asked for, so they said, “I haven’t counted them. Some of the previous ones have left, and some are hired. There should be more than one hundred more?”
Zhao Lin: "Will you divide the servants into three, six or nine grades? Maybe the servants will divide themselves, but will you?"
The student was shocked: "Your Majesty cannot treat us as servants!"
Zhao Lin smiled: "It's not a servant. Your Majesty just treats us as useful people. The common people are also useful people, so are merchants and soldiers. Everyone is useful."
The student was speechless for a while, bowed his head and pondered for a long time, then suddenly stood up and was thinking again: "Listening to the king is better than reading ten years."
Zhao Lin didn't expect the students to figure it out so quickly, he was startled in a cold sweat when he thought about it, and now he can regard it as normal: "I thought you would..."
The student said earnestly: "Don’t hide from Brother Zhao, when he was young, he thought that if the people of the world perform their duties and lead their own affairs, the emperor knows how to make good use of them, and should not be despised because of their humble origins, and they should not be distinguished by their noble origins. , People can work hard to become strong and make the country strong."
"It's just that my thoughts are vague. Now, when I think about it, isn't your Majesty's actions consistent with my childhood?"
Zhao Lin admired it even more, put away his contempt, and said: "I am arrogant."
The student smiled and said, "What a pity, how many people in the world can see through?"
Zhao Lin also said: "I will understand that this is the law of a rich and powerful country, but..."
The aristocratic families may not be able to see through the emperor's thoughts, nor may they not know that this is a good thing for the country and the people.
But this good thing means that their class will step down from the altar.
How can we not make them suffer?
What they can't see through is where their future lies.
The student said again: "I will end tomorrow, I know how I am going to answer."
Zhao Lin looked at him strangely, because he knew that the other party was just an ignorant family boy, and he was not very good at writing poems or articles, and even his writing was not excellent.
When the two parted, the student surnamed Li said to him: "When the title is on the gold list, I will say joy to Brother Zhao again!"
After all, it was the first imperial examination, and many students from all over the country went to the capital.
They have all conducted the hospital and township examinations in the local area. The children of the aristocratic family do not need to go through the hospital and township examinations, but there is only one such preferential treatment.
Therefore, the children of the aristocratic family felt that they shouldn't have been treated the same as ordinary students.
One side was riveting enough to trample the commoner students under their feet.
In terms of true talents and real learning, can those common people compare to these aristocrats who have been reading poetry since childhood and have a family history?
Song Shizhao looked at the problem.
The topic of the imperial examination was selected several times, and finally it was set on "people's livelihood".
He sat with Song Lian, and Song Shizhao laughed at Song Lian: "You are quite old."
Song Lian sighed: "Tired!"
Then another serious statement: "Be loyal to the country, and you can hold it no matter how tired!"
Song Shizhao smiled unpredictably: "I have a good thing to tell you."
Song Lian looked at Song Shizhao and didn't believe it, Song Shizhao had never given him any good news.
Song Shizhao: "Liu Bowen is here. He should be there in three days. I see your Majesty's intention. It is estimated that he will leave the Civil Code to him."
Song Lian knew that Liu Bowen was still screaming tired just now, but now it's not what it feels like.
It's like raising a tree. Seeing that the tree is about to grow, it is suddenly moved to someone else's land.
Although the compilation of dictionaries is also a good thing for the country and the people, the civil code...
Song Shizhao saw Song Lian's entanglement, and smiled: "Playing a joke with you, your majesty sees your hard work. He should ask Liu Bowen to compile it with you. Naturally, you will be responsible for it."
After being seen through, Song Lian was not annoyed: "That's fine, I can also relax a lot."
Song Shizhao: "I don't know if talents can be selected this year."
Even if there are no talents among the poor students this year, a few will be selected in order to give an example to the poor students in the world.
Song Shizhao sighed: "I think the imperial examinations will take a few more sessions to take shape."
The first session is always the most chaotic.
Song Lian: "What are you afraid of? I'm afraid you won't survive that time?"
Song Shizhao pretended to be very old and pressed his neck and said, "I'm old."
He was old enough, now he is older, but he still feels like a young man.
He felt that he could live another fifty years!
"By the way, have the inn arrangements been made?" Song Lian asked.
Song Shizhao nodded: "It's all arranged."
Because there were a lot of students coming to Beijing this time, many of them were poor, so the imperial court rented out a lot of inns. Of course, there were also inns that didn't need money, so the imperial court gave the money.
When the students come to stay in the store, naturally they still have to pay, but they can afford the money, and the inn will not drive up the price.
Han Ling is a member of the army of students who went to Beijing to rush for the exam. His family is a home for farming and studying. In fact, his family can only afford to study for one of them. He has three younger brothers. So far, I only recognize some characters, and only some enlightenment articles such as the Three-Character Classic can be memorized.
This time the family allowed him to enter Beijing, and almost all the money was given to him.
But before Han Ling came, he heard that everything is expensive in Beijing, and nothing is cheap.
He took the money and hope of his family, but when he entered the city, he kept thinking, if he fails the exam and the money given by the family has been spent, what face will he have to go back?
It's better to bump to death.
Most of the students from his hometown do the same.
The students from wealthy families will not be like them. Several people rent an ox cart to enter Beijing.
I only dare to eat cheap food on the road.
"I heard that renting a small courtyard in Beijing costs five taels a month, but now it should be ten taels, and only two people can live."
"To live in an inn, it costs eight taels a month, but no one rushed to take the exam before... now I am afraid it will be twenty taels."
For ordinary people, ten taels are enough for a year or two.
Now that there are more ways to make money, people are spending more, and two or two are enough for a year.
When they entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city gate looked at their things and saw that they were all dressed up as students, and asked, "Are you going to Beijing for the exam?"
Several people quickly said yes.
The soldier smiled and said, "You can find the inn with red flags when you enter the city. Those are all prepared by the court for the students."
"One or two silver a month, if you have relatives and friends in the capital, then treat it as if I didn't say this."
Several were shocked and speechless.
It was Han Ling who said first: "Thank you, sir! I'm just worried about this!"
The soldier said hurriedly: "You must not be an adult, come to the city, I wish you all the titles on the gold list, soaring!"
The students are also excited.
The coachman drove the bullock cart into the city. The roads in the city were smooth and the pedestrians and vehicles were separated, so there was no need to worry about trampling on passersby.
The students were very moved.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty Kindness!" There are still students in the car crying bitterly, "Now I know that even the court is worrying about such trivial matters, and I will break my bones in return in the future!"
"Yes! Before I came, I was worried that we might not be able to rent a yard if we pooled our money together."
Han Ling lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the street vendors and the men and women who were walking. His heart was filled with pride!
