Money is a good thing. Money can make all the difference. Of course Jiang Wan likes it too.
The dividend was two silver notes worth one hundred taels. Jiang Wan was going to give it to Li Fuyao, and Xu Bai gave him a separate thank you. He took it out and looked at it. It was a silver note worth fifty taels. This move
That's quite generous.
The salary Li Fuyao set for him in the Ten Princes' Mansion was three taels of silver a month. This was because he was a deacon. For ordinary artists in Tingyunxuan, those with more seniority would earn more than one tael a month. If they were junior,
Yes, that's less than one or two.
You don't have to spend money on food, drink, and clothing in the palace, so this kind of salary is really not that small.
In today's capital city, if a family of four has an income of three taels of silver every month, it is considered to be a well-off family, the kind where they can eat meat and drink wine every now and then.
Therefore, these fifty taels of silver were considered a huge sum of money to Jiang Wan.
Zhu Youjian asked him to study more when he went back, so there was no doubt that he would buy some books. He had no intention of continuing to take the imperial examination, so he would just buy some books such as the Four Books and Five Classics to make up for the appearance. However, those messy books
You can buy more leisure books, even the more obscure the better. This will help him come up with some inexplicable ideas and insights in the future.
He just went ahead and found a bookstore on Wangfu Street, and then started to spend money in the bookstore. His attitude of taking money as money was simply making the bookstore owner smile from ear to ear.
This kind of patron who spends generously and is not picky is really rare. However, when he learned that this person in front of him was the deacon of the Tenth Prince's Palace, the bookstore owner immediately said, "Oh," and his fawning expression immediately came out.
Buying and selling can be much more profitable than a poor scholar. If you take good care of yourself, there may be more money next time.
Xiao Jiu became Jiang Wan's little follower. She seemed to have completely forgotten about her sister Fuyao, running back and forth with Jiang Wan, and was extremely happy.
When large bags of books were delivered to Jiang Wan's residence, the little girl wiped the beads of sweat that had never appeared on her forehead, as if she had carried these books back alone.
"You spend money like this before you even get the money. I finally understand why scholars are so poor!"
"Sister Fuyao, how can Mr. Jiang spend money indiscriminately? If you don't buy books, where can you read them? The more books you read, the more knowledgeable Mr. Jiang will be, and the more stories he can tell us in the future. Mr. Jiang is so
That’s what you said!”
"You know what a ghost you are, you little traitor. You don't know anyone all day long, so you just follow Jiang Wan and run around everywhere!"
Li Fuyao smiled and scolded Xiao Jiu: "Since you like to follow Jiang Wan so much, you might as well become Jiang Wan's book boy from now on!"
"Ah!" Xiao Jiu looked at Li Fuyao and then at Jiang Wan, with a somewhat tangled look on his face. When Jiang Wan and Li Fuyao saw her like this, they couldn't help but burst out laughing.
On weekdays, no matter how big or small things are in Tingyunxuan, basically if Li Fuyao doesn't report it, few people will care about what happens here. However, because of someone, some people are now paying attention to Tingyunxuan.
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The news that Jiang Wan was buying books from the bookstore also reached Zhu Youjian's ears. When he heard the news, Mr. Zhu Youjian was stunned, and then shook his head slightly.
"It seems that he may not have really listened to what I said!" Handing a note to Wang Chengen, Zhu Youjian said: "Big companion, this is a book list copied from the place where he bought books. Look.
Look at what he bought. He didn’t buy a few serious books, but bought a bunch of random books. I don’t know if he is fooling me or because he really can’t read the books of saints!”
"There are many people who read books by sages!" Wang Chengen said with a smile: "However, there are not many people who can read books by sages and like these miscellaneous books!"
"Yes, all scholars think about is the imperial examination and becoming an official. These miscellaneous books are of no use to the imperial examination!" Zhu Youjian nodded: "From this point of view, this guy is really a weirdo!"
"God does not create useless people. Even slaves are so stupid. Doesn't the prince think that slaves are useful?" Wang Chengen said: "We believe that the palace will have everyone in the future, no matter whether they are weird or not, as long as they can do things, they will be useful."
As long as you can be loyal to the prince, everything is good!"
"Do we believe the prince's palace?" Zhu Youjian hesitated slightly: "This is indeed true. Now there are not many people around me who can be trusted. In the future, I will join the vassal sooner or later. If I get to the fiefdom
, it’s so inconvenient that there aren’t even a few people who can use it in such a huge palace!”
He turned his head and said, "There's nothing wrong with Jiang Wan's background, right?"
"My servant has personally checked that within three generations, they are all natives of Shuntian Prefecture. They have a clean family background and have never committed any crimes. In the past, their family background was quite good, so they could concentrate on their studies. After the death of his father, there was no income for the family.
, and then I slowly started to find a way to make a living!”
Wang Chengen tried to figure out Zhu Youjian's meaning, and answered cautiously: "This man is a thirteen-year-old scholar, and his talent and talent should be excellent. Doesn't the prince want him to give up his studies and continue his studies?"
"It depends on what he means!" Zhu Youjian waved his hand: "If he is determined to have an official career, it is not a bad thing to continue studying. How can our Tenth Prince's Palace not afford to raise a scholar! However, since he has entered my Palace, no matter what
Whether he becomes an official or not in the future, I am afraid that in the eyes of others, he is all mine!"
"It is his blessing to be the prince's disciple!" Wang Chengen said with a smile: "Does the prince intend to cultivate him well?"
"It doesn't matter whether to cultivate or not!" Zhu Youjian shook his head: "It's just that what he said to me that day, I thought about it myself, and it seems that what he said is really like that. There are all kinds of people in the world, each performing their own duties, then,
There will be no troubles. If the emperor performs his duties, the country will have a wise king. If the ministers perform their duties, the court will be prosperous. If the military generals perform their duties, the army will be strong and the country will be safe. If that is the case, then our Ming Dynasty must have been the best since ancient times.
The greatest prosperity ever!"
"The book business is angry!" Wang Chengen sighed: "People are not saints, how can they not be selfish? As long as they have selfishness, most people in this world will not be able to perform their duties."
"You haven't read the book, you don't understand!" Zhu Youjian gave Wang Chengen a deep look: "Then Wei Zhongxian hasn't read the book either, he can't read Chinese characters. If he really has read the book and understands this principle, then,
There would be no such chaos in the government today!"
"If he really performs his duties, then he should be like a slave. All he thinks about is serving the master, not other messy things!" Wang Chengen's face changed slightly: "What the prince said, the slave also feels that
, it would really be a good thing if everyone in the world performed their duties!"
"It's always good to be a scholar who has this kind of idea!" Zhu Youjian nodded: "Let's just watch it first. Daban, please be more careful with him!"