Studying is not a strange thing for a modern person. From the day a person is born, he or she has to go to kindergarten to learn the most basic cultural knowledge when he or she is two years old. Then there is nine-year compulsory education. As an ordinary citizen, even if you don’t want to, you will be forced to study by the law. Without a college diploma, you will basically have no chance of a decent job.

But this is the Ming Dynasty, filled with a large number of illiterate ancient times. Even during the prosperous and powerful Zhengde period, China, with a population of 100 million, had a literacy rate of only one percent. Take the Zouping County where Sun Dan was for example. The entire Zouping had a population of 30,000, which was a famous county in Shandong. But based on the guidance and calculation, there were only three or four hundred people who could read books and read.

In a sense, these three or four hundred people are the entire elite class of Zouping.

Speaking of educational level, I was a college student after all, and I was definitely the top student in the Ming Dynasty, where I was illiterate.

Before, when Sun Dan saw that his family was so poor, he had never thought about what he would do. People always have to live. No matter what kind of difficulties they encounter, they must not blame others or be depressed or depressed.

Even if I have encountered such incredible things like traveling through time, what else can I defeat him?

He didn't think about what he would do in the future. Originally, doing business was a good choice. As the saying goes, business is not rich. As long as he has money, his life can be completely changed.

But there are two problems here. First, he has no experience in business. Speaking of which, his life trajectory is very simple. He has been studying in school since he was a child. After graduating from university, he did not join the job and went directly to the civil servant. Then, he went to the agency and became an ordinary clerk. Sun Dan had no idea about the intrigues in the shopping mall and had never seen it. If he wanted to learn business from scratch, he would have to pay as his pants. Second, he had no capital and his family was too poor to drink wild vegetables and porridge. Even if Sun Dan wanted to set up a street stall on the street, he was afraid that he would not even be able to get the money for purchases.

Moreover, the status of merchants in ancient times was not high. The so-called scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were ranked last among the four people. No matter how rich you are, a small county magistrate could find an excuse to confiscate your family and exterminate your clan.

In feudal society, doing business was not a good choice. Besides, if you finally traveled to the Ming Dynasty, if you were only satisfied with being a rich man, earning him a full house of silver, marrying him seventeen or eighteen wives, having a lot of children, and then getting fat and eating. This kind of life would be too boring and would not meet Sun Dan's life goals.

Then, there is only one way to enjoy Sun Dan’s appetite most - to be an official.

Sun Dan was originally a civil servant. Although he had been in a miserable position in the unit, he had also seen the majesty of his leaders. A real man should not be powerless for a day. Only by seeing the beauty of power can he know that the scenery there is so beautiful.

The government structure of the Ming Dynasty was very simple, and there were only more than one thousand counties in China. In other words, only more than one thousand people could reach the level of county magistrates. Take Zouping County as an example. Although a magistrate is just a seventh-rank official, in the eyes of 40,000 people, it represents the court and a noble master. If you say you are hit, you will be hit and kneel down, and you dare not stand. This kind of power that determines the life of an ordinary person is not something that a modern billionaire can enjoy.

Of course, Sun Dan's mind was so dark. He just suddenly realized that although he was doing very badly now, as long as he had fame and fussed into the system, he could not kneel down when he saw the official, and he could transform himself into a respected adult.

A life with dignity is a happy life.

I am also a college student and I can also read. In the Ming Dynasty, I was considered a scholar and a first-class intellectual.

Exams, have I taken fewer exams since I was a child?

Everything is inferior, but reading is high.

This sentence has more practical significance in the Ming Dynasty.

"Study, imperial examinations, and become an official!" Three golden goals were right ahead, seemingly far away, but they were within reach.

The strong impact made Sun Dan feel hot. Through the words of Magistrate Zhang, he seemed to have seen the future of luxury.

The future is so clear. Just find the right path and go on firmly.

When he walked out of the yamen, the citizens who had been watching the fun in front of the yamen had already dispersed, and Zhiniang stood there alone waiting. Perhaps after waiting for a long time, the little girl was anxious. When she saw Sun Dan coming out in full, her eyes turned red, she hurriedly walked up and down, looking at her fiancé up and down, and whispered: "Are you okay?"

Sun Dan was excited and didn't answer. He slowly walked forward with a smile on his lips.

"Sun Lang, are you really okay?" The little girl was so anxious that she was about to shed tears. She chased after her with a small step, and murmured, "It's bad now, you pretend to be a member of the Huichang Hou family... If the incident happened, what can it be? Sun Lang, no matter how hard it is, you won't have to get to this point! Who is Huichang Hou? How can you deceive them? It's over, it's over."

Seeing that she was so scared that she stood up helplessly, Sun Dan stood up and spread her hands: "I am really a child of the Sun family of Huichang Hou. I, Sun Dan, are not a person who recognizes my ancestors indiscriminately. Don't worry."

"You..." Zhiniang stomped her feet: "It's all like this, you're still talking nonsense. It's just two taels of silver. At most, we'll beg for daddy. You can't make this bad decision."

After all, he was a little girl. Although she looked very strong on the surface, she was very fragile in fact. Sun Dan couldn't bear it. Although Zhiniang was not the type he liked, and although he had a strong resistance to this feudal marriage in his heart, he had to be moved by Zhiniang's kindness to him. He sighed and comforted the little woman while walking, and let her calm down for a long time.

But even so, Zhiniang still felt very uneasy. After returning home, she said she wanted to cook for Sun Dan, but as soon as she sat in front of the stove, she stood up with her chin and looked at the fiery red stove fire.

Sun Dan didn't notice Zhiniang's abnormality. He was in an excited state now. As soon as he got home, he lay on the bed and thought about his worries. After a long time, he realized that the atmosphere in the room was not right.

The stove was burning very vigorously, and the water in the pot was also boiling, and the water vapor rose, and the smoke from the cooking stove made people feel a little uncomfortable.

The room where Sun Dan and Zhiniang live is very dilapidated and small, without a separate kitchen, and they cook and sleep in the same room. They are crowded and dirty, and are so blocked that they are suffocating.

"The water is boiling, it's time to put rice." Sun Dan finally couldn't help but cough and whispered to remind Zhiniang.

"Ah, I forgot!" Zhiniang suddenly woke up from her sleepwalking. She wiped her eyes and put her hand into the rice jar, but she didn't stretch it out for a long time.

"What's wrong?"

"No...no rice..." The tears finally fell in Zhiniang's eyes: "Sun Lang...I, I'm sorry for you, my family is so poor. I know that I have never eaten anything since you hit my head. Fortunately, I just spun a piece of cloth last night. I sold it now and bought some rice to cook. The owner of the cloth shop rented my father's shop. For the sake of my father's face, I begged him to see if he could give him more wages..."
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