Be a master through ancient times

Butler Xu didn't stay here any longer, he only rested for two days, and then left by boat from the neighboring mansion with his men and horses.He thought of his young master in his heart, and he hadn't seen him for about four or five months since he went to the border town to do business.

I don't know if the young master is doing well in Mr. Qin's house or if he has grown taller. He came back this time, and he won't have to go there again.When a person is old, he should stay at home with his grandchildren.

After sending off Butler Xu, it was the [-]th in a blink of an eye.Yesterday was the day when the department reported the name. Chu Ci remembered that he had asked someone to bring the information form of the name to him to see.It just so happened that he hadn't summoned the local patrols yet, so we happened to meet together today.

After Chu Ci arrived at the Tixue Hall in the morning, he took out his official duties to deal with.He told the little four and five at the door to notify them immediately when someone came, and then he devoted himself to his official duties.

This official business is related to the assessment of the education funds allocated by the Department of Education to various academies.The Great Wei Dynasty attached great importance to education and set up school fields for each state capital. The output of this school field was sent directly to the Department of Education, and then the Department of Education distributed it to various schools according to the grades evaluated.

Generally speaking, as long as it is a school registered in the Yamen, whether it is a government school or a private school, it is eligible to participate in the selection.If it is not registered, it will not be counted.

When Chu Ci took office, he already knew that there were more than 140 registered private schools, including 20 schools with less than 30 students, 57 schools with less than 5000 students, and [-] schools with less than [-] students. Outside of county schools, there are only a few schools with more than a hundred students.Calculated in this way, I am afraid that the total number of students in the entire Zhangzhou Prefecture does not exceed [-].

Thinking back to the modern age when compulsory education is popular, the high school he worked in alone had more than 5000 students, but here, it is the total number of students in a huge prefecture.Chu Ci didn't know how the situation in other places was, but he could see the gap by comparing the number of students in Ganzhou Prefecture with this place.

Chu Ci sighed slightly, and continued to look down.He felt that based on his recent mood swings, he might be at risk of premature aging.

The rating of Zhangzhou Prefecture is divided into four levels.Grade A colleges allocate [-] shi a year, B grade colleges allocate [-] shi a year, C grade colleges allocate [-] shi a year, and D grade colleges allocate [-] shi a year.

Among them, there are seven A-grade academies, twelve B-grade academies, eighteen C-grade academies, and 23 D-grade academies in one prefecture.

Chu Ci flipped his abacus and did some calculations. The sum of these academies would cost more than 600 shi of grain a year.According to the current market price, a stone of grain costs about 2000 yuan, which means that the annual expenditure is about [-] taels.

Too much is not too much. After all, the tuition and miscellaneous fees here are all managed by each academies themselves, and the government-run academies have allocated school land to them from the beginning, and the salaries of the teachers in the government schools are also paid by the county finances.The Department of Tixue also allocated extra money to them to repair their own academy, but this required first asking for instructions and then being checked by a special person, and it could only be distributed after being stamped by Tixue.

In addition to these, it is the bonus.As long as there are scholars or candidates in the academy, they can get a reward, and the higher the ranking, the more they get.

For example, when Chu Ci was admitted to the top prize last year, Yuanshan County School’s rewards exceeded the county school’s annual income. Le Deshan’s head gave all his masters rich red envelopes, and the students also got a month’s salary. The meal allowance is a joy for all.

The last page of this evaluation number is the evaluation result of last year.Chu Ci took a look at the evaluation form and found that except for Xi County, the other six counties and prefecture schools belonged to Grade A academies.

As for the B-level and C-level academies, most of the academies are privately run, and the D-level academies are divided between official and private.Judging from the proportions here, Chu Ci has reason to believe that when evaluating the first-class academies, the person who proposed the department must have opened the back door to protect the face of Zhangzhou government's official school.

After Chu Ci read it, he stamped it on the front.He didn't know the situation last year, so everything was still done according to the old system.But it will be assessed again next year, and a charter will be drawn up.

"My lord, the road inspectors from all counties are here." Xiao Si said.

"Please come in." Chu Ci put down the business at hand, got up and walked to the outer hall.

"My subordinates pay homage to Mr. Tixue!"

Seven or eight people squeezed into the originally empty hall, and it instantly seemed full.As soon as Chu Ci came out, they saluted Chu Ci at the same time.

"My lords, please take a seat." Chu Ci sat down first, and after those people also sat down, Chu Ci said, "Chu took office late, and I haven't found time to meet you all. Today I finally saw it. But, I still don’t know what the adults call you?”

"Lord Chu, this official is a sub-inspector of Chengjiang County, Fuguo Mansion. His name is Feng Mo. I had the honor to meet you when I came to the Department of Education a few days ago." A person sitting under Chuci stood up. , he doesn't look too old, with a gentle and handsome appearance. Compared with other Taoist priests, he is simply too young.

"It turned out to be Mr. Feng. I heard people mention it in the past, saying that there is a young and promising patrol officer in our mansion. It must be you. We are in the same city, so we can move around more in the future." Chu Ci said with a smile.

Feng Mo also agreed with a smile.

"Lord Chu, the next official is Yu Hai, the branch patrolman of Guo County."

"..."

"Lord Chu, the next official is Ma Jinbao, the branch inspector of Ping County."

"..."

"Lord Chu, my next official is Liu Yishan, the branch inspector of Wan County."

When the last person stood up, Chu Ci did not greet him immediately, but looked at him a few more times before saying, "Master Liu, please sit down. Chu also went to Wan County two days ago and heard a lot Things are really interesting."

Liu Yishan was startled, always feeling that there was something in Chu Ci's words.But before he could ask, Chu Ci led the topic elsewhere.

"Chu's ancestral home is Xijiang, and you were originally neighbors. It's just that the customs and rules are different here, and it's inevitable that you won't get used to it for a while. Take this county test as an example. I haven't heard of it when I was in Xijiang. There was a retake, and it is said that the number of people who failed the retake seems to be more than the county test, which made me really curious. I don’t know if all the Taoists went to the county government to get the roster? It’s good for me Solve the confusion."

Although Chu Ci said it with a smile, the faces of several adults were not very good-looking.They did bring the roster with them, but they knew the secrets in it once they checked it. They were afraid that Master Chu would be furious after reading it.After all, they have already learned about this adult's temperament from various channels before, and it is said that he does not rub the sand in his eyes.

"What's the matter? Didn't you bring them here?" Seeing that they hadn't moved, Chu Ci raised his voice and frowned when he asked.

When these Taoist priests saw it, they immediately became more disturbed.

"My lord, we brought..."

"Take it out if you bring it. Xiao Wu, go and collect the rosters from the hands of all the adults." Chu Ci said with a bit of force, even though they were reluctant, they still took it out.

Soon, a stack of rosters was moved to Chu Ci's desk.Chu Ci said: "I would like to trouble the adults to drink some tea first, Xiaosi, go and make a pot of tea, and bring some refreshments for the adults to taste."

After speaking, he picked up the roster and flipped through the pages.

The name of the candidate, date of birth and place of origin are recorded on the roster.Chu Ci looked at it for the first time, and found that there was nothing unusual, and he didn't know why they were so nervous.

But the more he turned back, the more abnormal his state became, his brows were tightly frowned, and his expression became more stern.

Wan County Taoist Liu Yishan was very nervous at this time, because Chu Ci was holding the roster of their county.He picked up the teacup with trembling hands, trying to relieve his tense mood, but accidentally broke the lid of the cup.

A crisp sound of "bang bang" drew everyone's attention.Seeing that Chu Ci was also looking at him, Liu Yishan's knees softened immediately, and he was about to kneel down.

"Lord Liu, don't worry, a cup is nothing." Chu Ci said lightly, then buried his head and continued to look at the roster.

In the past, he might have said a few words of comfort.But today, he is quite self-restrained if he can control himself not to swear.He really wanted to take out the golden ruler and teach them how to behave, but he couldn't.

According to the roster of this Wan County, there are more than 230 children who came to apply for the county examination, but here, there are 80 to 80 people who are over [-] years old, and what's more, they are already [-] to [-] years old.

The imperial court has expressly stipulated that those who are over 55 years old and have not passed the county examination will not be allowed to take the imperial examination.

No wonder they are going to retake. If they don't brush off this group of people, how dare they let them go to the county test?

Chu Ci fetched charcoal sticks, recorded the number of people who did not meet the regulations in the Wan County roster, and then opened the next roster.He reads very slowly, which is completely different from the speed he usually reads those strange novels.

The grown-ups felt like they were sitting on pins and needles, every time Chu Ci made a note, it was as if a line was drawn in their hearts, which made people really uncomfortable.It was just the right time when they came, but now the sun is high and noon is approaching, they have been sitting in this hall without making a sound for an hour or two.

The tea was refilled several times, and everyone's stomachs were swollen from drinking.Some people wanted to go to the latrine, but when they saw Chu Ci's face, they held back the words.Now is the time when it is clear that whoever speaks first will be unlucky, so they refuse to be the ones who stand out.

After Chuci finished reading the last book, he slapped the roster heavily on the table, pointed at the numbers he wrote down, and asked, "Who can tell me that there are more than 900 people who participated in the county examination in Zhangzhou Prefecture this time?" People, why are there seven or eight hundred people who are not in compliance with the rules?"

There was complete silence below, and everyone watched, but refused to meet Chu Ci.

"Say!" Chu Ci slapped the table with a "snap", causing all the cups on the table to jump up.The officials below all trembled, apparently startled by Chu Ci's anger.

"My lord, this...in fact, not only our Zhangzhou Prefecture, but also all the prefectures in Southern Fujian Province are doing this." Finally someone spoke, but when he opened his mouth, it was just to evade, which made Chu Ci even more angry.

"You mean that the law does not punish the public? As long as there are more people doing it, it doesn't matter even if it's a wrong thing?" Chu Ci sneered and looked at the person who spoke.

"My lord, that's not what I mean by being an official! But this is also a helpless move. The number of children in our mansion is very small. If we don't do this, I'm afraid we won't be able to fulfill the order from above."

"An order from above?" Chu Ci asked.He thought, it really is that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!I don't know if the person above is the one he thought of?