Chapter 143
Chapter 143
The truth is revealed.
When Ji Yuan gave the paintings to the Dong family, he had thought that they might be exposed.
But I didn't expect it to take so long.
Seems okay?
Ji Yuan looked around and said, "I auctioned the paintings to complete my teacher's assignment, but also because I was short of money and wanted to make some money so that I wouldn't be so tight on money when I took the imperial examination."
Ji Yuan rarely mentioned these things.
After all, when I think about it now, it seems like many years have passed.
Ji Yuan's words made Prefect Chen and Wang Xuezheng sigh.
They all got promoted through imperial examinations, and they could actually relate to what Ji Yuan said.
Even if you are a child from a wealthy family, you will encounter many setbacks in your career.
But is Ji Yuan selling his paintings in order to go to the capital to take the imperial examination?
To be honest, it’s not that exaggerated.
Ji Yuan passed the provincial examination and won the first place. The government gave him a sum of money, and the provincial school gave him even more money.
But at that time, Ji Yuan wanted to leave some money for his teacher Master Zhao, and he also had to pass the exam of Master Fang and so on.
But when Ji Yuan said this, it was obvious that he wanted to highlight one thing.
It is difficult to get a job.
"It is so difficult to pass the imperial examination. From the county school to the prefectural school, and then to the capital, it is not easy for students to go all the way."
Everyone present couldn't help but nod.
yes.
Even a genius like Ji Zhuangyuan said so, and they are even worse!
Mr. Dong, the only one who had not taken the exam, felt the same way. Although he had not passed the exam, his son had.
Who doesn’t know the sadness of studying?
Ji Yuan changed the subject and said, "But the situation back then seems to be nothing compared to the students in Dianzhou Prefecture."
"Teachers are scarce, studying is difficult, and the roads are blocked. If you want to take the exam, you have to set out a year in advance."
"Compared to the local students, my experience is really not worth mentioning."
That's what I said.
But you passed the exam and became the top scorer.
Not worth mentioning?
But Ji Yuan's words did bring everyone closer together.
Wang Xuezheng nodded: "It is indeed not easy for local students to take the exam."
"Every time they participated in the imperial examination in Beijing, they could not go that year. After all, the provincial examination results were released in October. If they left for Beijing in October, they would definitely not be able to arrive in March or April of the following year."
They had talked about these things before.
Ji Yuan always brought it up when chatting with Dong Kang from Dianzhou Prefecture.
That's all.
But the Dianzhou Prefecture was almost as big as two Jianmeng Prefectures.
What about the places for the provincial examination?
Only forty at most!
This is the biggest cause!
Students are not afraid of hardship, but they are afraid of not having the opportunity to succeed!
At this time, anyone who wants to join will be regarded as an opponent by them!
When Prefect Chen and Academician Wang nodded, they added, "Yes, it is difficult enough for local students to pass the exam. You in Ning'an Prefecture have just started, so there is actually no need to take the exam yet."
Being able to take part in the Tongshi exam means being able to take part in the subsequent Xiangshi exam.
Even the number of places for the children's examination is limited, and the people on Jiyuan's side are definitely strong competitors.
Back then, Ji Yuan used the inconvenient transportation as an excuse to delay the payment of land tax in Ning'an Prefecture.
Now the opponent is also performing the same Tai Chi.
If it was really about delivering documents, Wu Xincheng might have actually done it.
Unfortunately, the era is here now.
The other party has no time to make excuses.
Ji Yuan just mentioned two things.
1. Pay land taxes on time.
2. The rubber workshop opened a branch factory.
So, as soon as Wang Xuezheng opened his mouth, Chen Zhifu coughed lightly and interrupted him.
"Ning'an Prefecture is already part of Dianzhou Prefecture and Wuxin Prefecture. How can we favor one over the other?"
After Prefect Chen finished speaking, Wang Xuezheng realized how he had overlooked this matter.
You can't blame him, because before today, all Wang Xuezheng was thinking about was how to politely reject Ning Anzhou's request for the Tongshi exam.
But Prefect Chen was quick-witted and knew the two things Ji Yuan had raised, so he had already secured a place for the Tongshi exam for Ning'an Prefecture.
The key is to have several.
Wang Xuezheng understood what he meant and wanted to talk more.
Ji Yuan said directly: "This year is the first county exam in Ning'an Prefecture. We have more than a thousand students in Ning'an Prefecture School."
"There are about a hundred people who have registered for the county exam."
“So, we only need five spots.”
Five?!
The two bosses were shocked.
What's there to talk about with five people?
There are only five places for the county examination. Those who have passed the county examination have to take the prefectural examination again, and it is easy to be eliminated.
With Ning'an Prefecture's current level, it is equivalent to adding five candidates for the provincial examination.
It will not have much impact on the final results of the children's test.
Wang Xuezheng learned his lesson and waited for Ji Yuan to continue.
"According to the ratio, five people will be selected out of a hundred."
"Can all the county exam quotas in Ning'an Prefecture be based on this in the future?"
In other words, if there are a thousand candidates for the Tongshi exam, then you will be given fifty places?
Fixed quotas are good because they are fixed and suitable for general development.
This method of allocating quotas in proportion is suitable for rapidly developing areas.
Otherwise it will be like Dianzhou Prefecture.
Over the past twenty years, the number of candidates has doubled, but the number of admissions remains fixed.
So Epoch One was proposed.
Prefect Chen and Academician Wang immediately disagreed.
Everyone knows that Ning'an Prefecture will develop, and they are already wary of you.
Do you still want so many places?
What are you dreaming about?
The original painting appreciation meeting directly started to talk about official business.
Mr. Dong was also asked to leave. After he left, he wiped the sweat off his head during the first month of the year.
It turns out this is how officials “argue”.
He thought that officials did nothing every day.
As the boss of a large chamber of commerce, Mr. Dong figured out the root cause of the problem after calming down.
After all, it was because there were too few quotas for the provincial examination in Dianzhou Prefecture.
There are fewer opportunities to move up, and the space for upward movement will also be squeezed.
This matter is one thing after another.
After Mr. Dong calmed down, he was able to figure it out. How could Ji Yuan and the others not know about it?
Ji Yuan said directly: "Speaking of which, the court only gives 30 to 40 places for the provincial examination every year, which is really too few."
"Given the situation in our Dianzhou Prefecture, this shouldn't be the case."
Do I even need to say this?
However, the court also has a quota for the number of admissions each year.
Give a little to this province and a little to that prefecture.
There are not many left in their Dianzhou Prefecture.
It’s because there are not many officials in Dianzhou Prefecture, so they can’t compete with other folks at all.
Wait a minute.
What does Ji Yuan think?
He certainly didn't bring it up for no reason.
Ji Yuan said directly: "What if Dianzhou Prefecture makes a huge contribution?"
What great contribution can shake this up?
"rubber."
Ji Yuan said: "I am going to present the method of making rubber."
"If we work on it a little, maybe we can use it to get a place in the Yunnan Prefecture provincial examination."
This was thought of before the era.
Based on what Prime Minister Li said in the letter, he predicted that Tianqi's rubber industry would usher in a big boom.
This is both an opportunity and a crisis.
Just like a small factory, it is already struggling to supply local products on a normal basis.
Even if we add another factory, it will still be barely enough to supply.
Now people from other places have also come here, and people from all over the country have come here.
So what will be the pressure on these two factories next?
This needs no further explanation, right?
The Tianqi Kingdom is too big.
The place farthest from Dianzhou Prefecture also needs rubber, and it takes them a year to transport it.
Is this appropriate?
Inappropriate.
Although Prime Minister Li did not explain it clearly, he mentioned a major outbreak in his letter.
That is, Zhennan and Ning'an simply cannot take on so many orders.
It is difficult for them to do business in western Yunnan, let alone the whole country.
Therefore, instead of waiting for the imperial court to ask for the production method and provide it to the whole country, it would be better for him to send it to the whole country on his own initiative.
But if you give a gift, it must be valuable.
For example, the quota for the provincial examination that Dianzhou Prefecture urgently needs.
To put it bluntly, he wanted to help expand the enrollment of students in Dianzhou Prefecture.
This matter will not involve the interests of any party, so everyone will just be happy and won't think too much about it.
Besides, for the imperial court, it was just a few dozen more juren every three years, which was not a big deal.
Prefect Chen and Academician Wang could hardly believe their ears.
But after Lord Ji slowly analyzed it, they couldn't help but nod.
But think about it.
The chips in Ji Yuan's hand can not only "control" them, but even the imperial court.
But everyone wants to see this win-win situation.
While Prefect Chen was still thinking about who in the court should come to discuss this matter, Ji Yuan said directly: "I have already asked the Prime Minister for help, so this matter will definitely be accomplished."
Prime Minister Li?
Help them speak?
"Oh, the students of our Dianzhou Prefecture are blessed."
If Prime Minister Li takes action, it will definitely work!
If someone could look outside the box, they would realize that a rubber manufacturing method that must be introduced would benefit so many people.
Prime Minister Li holds the production method, which is not only to help the Dianzhou Prefecture negotiate the quota for the provincial examination, but also to consolidate his own power.
In this chain, Jiyuan has only benefits and no harm.
Of course, if it were someone else, they might not make a decision so quickly.
Some people can speak it.
Send out the recipe.
Will the income of Ning'an and Zhennan drop sharply in the future?
That definitely won’t happen.
Not to mention, the three roads leading to Ning'an Prefecture will be repaired this year.
Furthermore, the Champa rice in their Ning'an Prefecture will soon be cultivated.
Ning'an Prefecture will still be the rapidly developing Ning'an Prefecture.
Their eggs are never in one basket.
A day passed.
The number of places for the county examination in Ning'an Prefecture was finally set between five and fifty.
The number of places allocated to them will be determined based on the number of students accumulated year by year.
Fifty places available.
There is a lot of room for maneuver.
As for how to increase it in the future? It will take at least ten, twenty, or even thirty years.
Ji Yuan naturally knew that it was wrong to increase the number of places proportionally.
If local officials let a group of illiterate people take the exam and serve as the denominator, it would be too unfair to people in other places.
To put it bluntly, they ask for a sky-high price and then pay a low price.
Now this result is also within Jiyuan’s expectations.
After everything was discussed, the look in Prefect Chen's eyes when he looked at Ji Yuan was simply a bit corny.
Prefect Chen also expressed the same sentiment as the prefect of Dianzhou City.
Oh, how great it would be if Ji Yuan was their subordinate.
Thinking of Ji Yuan's term of office, Prefect Chen couldn't help but say, "By the end of this year or the beginning of next year, your term of office will also be over. Have you thought about the future?"
Prefect Chen has been here for more than two years.
Actually, he died one year later than Ji Yuan.
So Prefect Chen wanted to keep Ji Yuan here, but he felt that there was nothing interesting about staying in Dianzhou Prefecture.
With Ji Yuan's ability, people all over the world are vying for him.
Ji Yuan also thought about this.
But where to go is hard to say.
After experiencing the last temporary change of leadership, Ji Yuan naturally had to be on guard.
Besides, no matter where he goes, he has to go back to the capital.
So let’s talk about it after we return to Beijing.
Prefect Chen said, "Okay."
"I just didn't expect that you also have a connection with Prime Minister Li?"
This caught everyone by surprise.
And it was never said before the era.
Tell me the truth.
If Ji Yuan had mentioned the relationship between him and Prime Minister Li before, I think all parties would have extended a helping hand.
He would not be treated coldly when he came to Dianzhou Prefecture.
Ji Yuan smiled and said, "When the Prime Minister went to study with the Pope's eldest grandson, I had the opportunity to be his companion and help Prime Minister Li."
ah?
Is there such a connection?
Prefect Chen and Wang Xuezheng knew what was going on.
This relationship will definitely bring good news to Dianzhou Prefecture.
Finally, during the casual chat, we talked about road construction in Ning'an Prefecture.
Ji Yuan said: "Mr. Cheng, the criminal official in charge of the road repair, is a relative of my mentor, Teacher Cheng."
"That's not right. You can't call him Cheng Jiaoyu anymore. Now he is Cheng Zhangyin."
Ji Yuan recounted the story of Mr. Cheng, the seal holder, and only mentioned Mr. Cheng who was still an official, and not Mr. Cheng who had committed a crime.
Wang Xuezheng thought for a moment and said, "Your mentor, Lord Cheng, has his term of office also expired? From what you said, he was an extremely capable official."
Of course, is there any need to explain Master Cheng’s abilities?
Wang Xuezheng smiled and said, "We are still short of a right instructor in Wuxin Prefecture. I wonder if you, the teacher, are interested."
Ji Yuan cupped his hands and said, "Let me go ask."
Definitely.
Teacher Cheng was not doing well in his position.
Furthermore, Ji Yuan knew that Teacher Cheng had mentioned many times in his letters that he wanted to get through to Dianzhou Prefecture.
The Cheng family encountered two disasters, and it was the two cousins who helped each other through it.
So he was not surprised that Teacher Cheng wanted to come.
The reason for bringing this up is naturally because of this matter.
The Cheng family has always been like this.
Their whole family will sacrifice a lot for each other.
Besides, although Wuxin City is a good place in Dianzhou Prefecture, it is not a good place in Tianqi Kingdom.
It's a miracle that he can come here on his own initiative.
At the end of the day, Ji Yuan felt more tired than he had done several days of official duties.
He even promised Prefect Chen and his colleagues that he would draw pictures for everyone later.
Prefect Chen and Academician Wang really liked Qingtang's paintings.
Knowing that Qingtang is Jiyuan, he is not polite at all and even asks him to come over tomorrow to paint in person, which is both funny and helpless.
Fortunately, everything was finally resolved.
If we use written documents to convey this information, it will probably take half a year.
Tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
It was just the right time to take a day off, and we set out back to Ning'an Prefecture on the 16th day of the first lunar month.
His Champa rice should have finished blooming.
Not sure how well the pollination is done.
Only with high-yield rice can Ning'an Prefecture become better.
On the fourth day of Ji Yuan's arrival in Wuxin City, the reputation of Ning'an Prefecture suddenly changed.
In the past, officials felt that they were not close to Wu Xincheng.
Now, people have said that they want to open a rubber workshop near Wu Xincheng.
What else is there to say?
Isn't this close enough?
The scholars felt that Ning'an Prefecture was trying to snatch their places.
Now?
Now people are directly competing for more places in the provincial examinations.
What else is there to say?
From now on, the students of Ning'anzhou are their brothers and their good classmates!
The merchants were extremely excited and kept asking where the rubber workshop would be opened and whether it could be revealed in advance.
Chai Feng spread the message directly.
“There must be a suitable road near the workshop.”
“It needs to be closer to the foot of the mountain for easier transportation.”
“The staff inside need to be careful and patient.”
In short, according to the rules, only those who meet the requirements can open a rubber workshop.
Want us to build a workshop here?
Bring out your own advantages.
The only people who had mixed feelings were the lumberjacks who could be seen everywhere in Wuxin Prefecture.
Before leaving, Ji Yuan also said: "You can also form a logging club."
"If there is anything you don't know, you can go to Ning'an Prefecture to find someone from the logging association. They are willing to help and will help you step by step."
In the past, they had formed organizations similar to lumberjack associations.
But it is always in vain due to disunity.
What if I go to Ning'an Prefecture to learn from them?
Seems promising?
yes.
It seems like this is really possible.
If there really is such a logging meeting.
They won’t be bullied by wood merchants anymore.
If we were to say who is the angriest, it would definitely be the wood collector.
But what else can they do?
Ji Yuan was an official and they were businessmen.
Kill him secretly so that people won't dare to form a logging club?
What a joke.
What is Ji Yuan's identity?
Touch him?
They just want to make money, they don't want to be reincarnated!
Besides, Ji Yuan is tall and I heard that he can use both gun and sword.
Is Wu Renhao who is beside him easy to mess with?
One punch could kill them.
Wait until the 16th day of the first lunar month to leave.
Wu Xinfu became different because of him.
What kind of person can change a place in a short period of time?
Only the era.
Ji Yuan and his group had to go back quickly.
The work has been done. If we don’t leave now, when will we leave?
His Champa rice is really important!
Also, tell everyone in the provincial school about the county exam quota.
At the same time, Cheng Yisan was on her way to another official school.
Starting from the third day of the first lunar month, she brought Madam Chai, several strong women, several clever clerks, and two teachers from the official school.
Their group set out from Ning'an Prefecture School and headed to other places.
Due to time constraints this year, local county exams have been postponed to February.
But even if the time is postponed, they still have to go to local official schools to check out the situation first.
Not to mention that sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood, secondly, they still have to wait for the number of places for the county examination to be determined by their superiors.
Because of this, Cheng Yisan had the opportunity to experience preparations for county examinations in several places.
Following the route, Cheng Yisan and his friends traveled for six or seven days and first went to Yonglin County in the west.
When we got there, several official schools in Yonglin County were preparing for the upcoming county exam, and Cheng Yisan and her classmates were studying and taking notes.
Although the people in the county school were dissatisfied that the person in charge of the Ning'an Prefecture School was a woman.
But the relationship between the two places is different now.
The roads between the two places were still under construction. If there was a falling out, it would be bad for everyone, so I had no choice but to agree.
But who is Cheng Yisan?
She is smart and strong-willed, and will not be affected by such things at all.
After a few days, not to mention the situation of the county examination, he even pointed out many problems.
Examinations like county examinations rely on the governance level of local officials.
With Cheng Yisan's vision, she could even take the initiative and give them some guidance.
Cheng Yisan only said a few euphemistic words, and it was up to the other party whether to listen or not.
Then we went to Zhennan Pass. There is no need to talk about the relationship between Zhennan Pass and Ning'an Prefecture. Several official schools support it and give it whatever you want.
Cheng Yisan looked at it and felt that there was another reason.
In the past, students from Ning'an Prefecture had to go to Zhennanguan to study, which was considered to have taken up their places.
Now that they have become independent, students at Zhennanguan have more space.
Until today, the 16th day of the first lunar month, they went to their last place, Changyan County.
Changyan County is a salt-producing place after all, so the conditions are good and the roads are built quickly.
Cheng Yisan also met her father and mother on the road. Seeing that they were both in good spirits and physical condition, Cheng Yisan breathed a sigh of relief.
Lord Cheng could even give some advice on running the school. When I took a look at it occasionally, I found that it was no different from before.
This made Cheng Yisan and Mrs. Cheng very relieved.
The roads in Changyan County were built quickly, and the local official schools were even better, with various examinations and regulations that were very organized.
It is an indisputable fact that the teaching level and teaching resources will be better in wealthy places.
Cheng Yisan and his group stayed there for another ten days, until the end of last month, when they set off for home.
Carrying thick materials, they regained their understanding of Ning'an Prefecture's standardized school management.
It’s a pity that the time is too short, otherwise I could go out and take another look.
Cheng Yisan is still very thin now.
But it is different from the kind of thinness that comes from torture. It has a feeling of vitality.
Everyone in Ning'an Prefecture respects her because she is different.
They are still on the way.
Ji Yuan and the others have returned.
We talked about a lot of things this time.
Although the time spent on the road is longer than the time spent on the talks, overall it is still more efficient to make a single trip.
Alas, there is no road, it is so difficult.
Speaking of this, can cement also be put on the agenda?
I used to think that the locals didn’t have enough to eat, so it was too early to do these things.
If Champa rice succeeds, more people will be freed from the fields.
Then you have the energy to do more.
I just don’t know if he was still in Ning’an Prefecture at that time.
Ji Yuan shook his head and said it was too early to say anything else.
Let’s go and see his precious Champa rice!
Ji Yuan went over immediately, but seeing the embarrassed faces of Tian Laonong and the others, he said directly: "It's really impossible to pollinate rice."
"Is it not possible to use the method I mentioned?" Ji Yuan said.
Rice flowers are different from those of other crops.
Although it is possible to castrate the female plant, it requires special techniques.
For example, half an hour before flowering, the selected female ear should be placed in warm water to kill the male seeds.
After this is done, the ears of the mother plant can be removed, and only the small flowers with opened lemmas can be kept for pollination.
Next, shake the ears of the male plant, collect the mature parts, and stuff them into the crevices of the female plant.
The problem is that it's too difficult.
After collecting pollen, you must do it immediately.
Emasculation is too difficult, and pollination is too difficult.
It can be done on a small area, but it is impossible to do it on a large area.
No matter how hard Mr. Tian and his colleagues tried, they could not finish working on 500 acres of land.
Hire more people?
Even if we don't consider the cost issue, pre-job training is still a big problem.
In short, this season's Champa rice is not as expected.
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