Chapter 2023

"It's not that I said, it's really strange. If Miss Chen wanted to be famous, why didn't she prepare those things at first, but wait for those scholars to be angry with her before she prepared some things for those poor scholars. If I were those poor scholars, she would be angry on the spot, and then she could do nothing to make up for it."

"It's not necessarily Miss Chen who sent it. It may be from some kind person in Beijing."

"I don't think it's Miss Chen. She's so mean that she can suddenly become generous. No matter what, I don't believe it. If there are other candidates, I think it might be from the palace. Perhaps it is the emperor who looks at the efforts of those scholars and thinks that if they fail to continue to gain fame, it is a waste of these talents to do this? "

"No way." Another person immediately refuted the previous person's point of view, "if the emperor wants to help those scholars, he will order the construction of Guozijian. Now Guozijian has not written a word, it must not be the emperor's mind."

"Yes, the Emperor didn't have to be so secretive when he wanted to do it. I heard a scholar say that someone in Beijing gave it to them, or did he choose the time in the middle of the night and didn't even let them see it. In a word, that person did this to protect the scholar's face and help them. He really meant it. "

They said these things one by one, as if they had seen them with their own eyes.

Fuduo is also satisfied with the result of this incident.

She took a chopstick of fish belly meat and put it in Shen Xu's bowl. Then she said with a smile, "ancient wine is still satisfactory."

"Well, it's a big reward." Shen Xu nodded.

He was also very satisfied with what gujiu had done this time, and praised gujiu a little more in his heart.

The discussion continued, still about what happened last night.

"In fact, it's not easy for those scholars. Many of them sell their own houses and come to Beijing. But the land price in Beijing is too expensive. They can't afford to buy a house for a while. They can only live in thatched cottages in the suburbs. Not only that, they can't even afford to eat. They study hungry one by two. What do you think they want?"

The restaurant is not big, and the food in it is not expensive. There are all kinds of people who come here to eat. One or two of them talk about those scholars, and their mood is a bit complicated.

"I want to know, too." Another man nearby said, "if they can find a way to make a living, I'm afraid they've saved a lot of money now. Even if you can't get a daughter-in-law, at least you can live a good life. Where do you have to suffer in Beijing like now? "

When it comes to this, they are always very sad.

"It's probably the hope that they can make a smooth progress. In addition to the way of scientific examination, they have no identity background, and they probably have no other way to go."

Nowadays, there are two ways to be an official. One is cronyism. An official's father used to be an official. In the future, he can at least earn one or two small officials.

Either way, it is to appoint people on their merits.

However, this kind of example is still too rare.

The conditions for appointing people on the basis of merit are too harsh. If they are not the famous filial sons, or those who are really talented, they will not be able to be officials.