"But Madam Qiao? Why is she here?"
He Jinzhuo shook his head: "I don't know either. I just heard that they happened to pass by here with the Anhua County Magistrate!"
He then said to the student who was beaten: "Your beating was not in vain. The woman you mentioned is the first president of our Qingyang Academy, a super-rank lady canonized by the court, and the mother of your Yuncheng prefect.
If those dirty words just now were to spread, the old lady might not care, but what about others?"
The student's face suddenly turned pale.
Xia Pengju felt heavy in his heart, wondering what Qiao Xin meant by taking away the two children from the Xia family?
"Does my dear nephew know where the old lady is?"
Xu Can pointed at Shunzi and said, "This is the Qiao family's foreign affairs manager. You can ask him!"
Shunzi did not hide anything and replied directly: "My old lady is staying in the inn in town for the time being. Mr. Xia will know once he asks."
After saying that, he and He Jinzhuo helped Xu Can and several students who were more seriously injured, got on the carriage left by Qiao Xin, and headed for the town!
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When Qiao Xin and others arrived at Xiayan Town, they placed the two teenagers in the front yard and had them under guard without ever looking at them again.
Xia Yiqun had always been the focus of the crowd wherever he went since he was a child, but this was the first time he was ignored so completely.
The other party only left two people to watch over them, neither talking to them nor letting them leave, completely ignoring them.
How could the young master, who was the center of attention, have ever been treated like this? So he got angry and naturally didn't know how to restrain himself.
Qiao Lingyin walked over and covered her mouth to hold back her laughter.
"Have they all been delivered?"
"Someone sent it over, Grandma. What a pity it was smashed in less than a breath!"
"It's okay. They are all things that need to be eliminated. They all have some defects. It's a pity to throw them away, but I can't bear to buy new ones. Now it's good that someone will pay for us. Anyway, the Xia family is powerful and they don't lack this little money."
Qiao Lingyin originally did not approve of such a deceptive act, but looking at the behavior of this young master, he probably wasted a lot of good things on a daily basis!
There is no need for her to feel sorry for the other party!
County Magistrate Wu watched the old man and the child discussing in front of him how to cheat the Xia family of their money, and he secretly rejoiced!
All the bullying from the Xia family over the years was finally vented at this moment!
Several people just sat in the pavilion, standing still despite the riotous activity in the front yard!
The guards and stewards who were sent to inquire about the news came back quickly to report.
"Our master asked Dean Liang to open a school in Yuncheng. Dean Liang took the opportunity to bring people here to inspect the school during his study tour. Xia Pengju, the eldest son of Anhua County Lord, was a classmate of Dean Liang. They took the imperial examination together in the previous dynasty, but neither of them entered the officialdom. Xia Pengju opened a Qingming Academy in his hometown. It specifically recruits students from wealthy families nearby."
"Why fight?"
When the manager explained the reason, everyone fell silent.
It was just a loss in the competition, but these young men dared to take people's lives and ruin their future. It shows how arrogant they are in their daily lives and how little they care about the lives of ordinary people.
To put it bluntly, those kids from wealthy families think that the hard work of three generations of my family should not be lost to your ten years of hard study.
The pride of the common people made them feel threatened deep down, so they tried every possible means to destroy it!
They held the monopoly of education, and thus controlled the source of talent for the imperial court, and thus controlled the power of the emperor.
Emperor Wu promoted many people who passed the imperial examinations, but they were not too panicked. They had been taught by famous teachers since childhood and had received countless high-quality resources. How could their children fail the imperial examinations worse than the poor people who had nothing?
In their view, this is just another way to allow younger generations to enter officialdom.
However, the sudden emergence of Qingyang Academy completely tore open a corner of the aristocratic education circle and won a place for the proud children of the common people!
It's not that they haven't thought of ways to destroy Qingyang Academy, but the Qiao family is very cunning. Not only did they rely on Emperor Wu as their backer, they even invited great scholars like Liang Shengming!
It doesn't matter if you don't sell books to them. They print them themselves, and they are cheaper, more affordable and easier to carry than the bamboo slips and brocade books collected by aristocratic families.
In particular, the library built by the Qiao family and the straw paper they developed have long been treasures of students all over the world.
Just based on these two things, the Qiao family has established an unbeatable position in the literary circle.
"It would be great if Dean Liang could build a school in Anhua County. We have been trying so hard to find a few literate people there."
"Don't you have a county school? This Qingming Academy doesn't accept students from outside the area. It seems to be under the jurisdiction of Anhua County!"
"We are poor! We haven't even solved the problem of food and clothing, so how can we have the energy to talk about education? Even the children of those people in the Tea Merchants Association are studying in Qingming Academy, and the tuition is ten taels of silver a month!"
Cough, cough, cough, Qiao Xin was choking and coughing!
"How much? Ten taels? And one month?"
"Why doesn't he go and rob it?"
Qiao Xin looked at President Meng with some sympathy!
This body shape really looks like a sucker!
"Then how many scholars and jinshi are there every year?"
"Xiayan Town is just a branch school under Qingming Academy. In a good year, there can be three or five students, most of whom are officials' disciples. Most of the time, there is nothing. For the children of ordinary people, if they can pass the exam and become a scholar, it would be a great honor for their ancestors. How can we dare to ask for more?
Qiao Xin could understand that most of the knowledge in the examination for the scholar degree was from books, but if you went higher, you would have to take exams on policy essays and national policies, which could not be taught in books. Now it was time to rely on family background. How could poor students compare to the well-informed children of those whose family members were officials in the court?
They have been immersed in that environment for many years, and are familiar with these things through what they have heard and seen.
Now they are defeated by people they look down upon in the field they are proud of. Anyone with a proud heart cannot tolerate this!
"The Xia family will be here soon, it's time to welcome the distinguished guests!"
As soon as Qiao Xin finished speaking, there was a noise in the front yard.
Xia Pengju followed the carriage and came over!
Shunzi took the wounded downstairs for treatment, but Qiao Xin brought people to watch Xia Yiqin complain to his uncle!
"Uncle, someone wants to kill me. That crazy woman was so cruel. It hurt me so much. You must stand up for your nephew!"
Xia Pengju already knew that the crazy woman his nephew was talking about was Qiao Xin, a person that even his mother had to give way to. How could she be someone he could blame casually?
Then he looked at his nephew, who was full of energy. When he just walked in, he saw the other party jumping up and down and swearing!
Compared with other students, the fact that he can stand here with all his arms and legs intact has already given enough face to the Xia family.
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