Chapter 470 The Common People Ask Questions to Test Their Knowledge
Chapter 470: Common people pose questions to test their knowledge
Author: fire pine cone
Chapter 470: Common people pose questions to test their knowledge
Zhu Su said this mercilessly, and the student's face suddenly turned blue and red.
The Imperial College is located in the center of Yingtian City, adjacent to the most prosperous Qinhuai River in the city. On weekdays, there are many traffickers and foot soldiers. The Chinese people love to watch the excitement. Just now when these scholars were making trouble, a lot of people gathered. Now there are two sides.
There was a conflict, and the crowd of onlookers gathered even more. The literary students couldn't help it, and someone shouted in the crowd: "We have read poetry and books, and know everything, how can we be inferior to subordinates! Your Highness is saying
Insult me as a scholar!"
Zhu Su stood on the steps and keenly saw the Wen Sheng who was leading the noise. Then he called him: "Since you think you know everything, why not come out and give it a try."
"Although I am young, I will not bully you. How about you go out on your own while I look for an apprentice clerk in my house?"
Seeing that Zhu Su saw him, the man wanted to hide, but when he heard that it was a competition, many friends and classmates around him took him out. Most of these literati were young and energetic. When Zhu Su said this, he felt in his heart
They are also unconvinced. Which one of them who studies literature has not experienced debating with others on stage? There is nothing to be afraid of.
What's more, it would be fine if the rumored fifth prince, who was very knowledgeable, took action in person. Now he is just looking for a military clerk, so what is there to be afraid of?
To put it bluntly, the clerks in the palace are just domestic slaves. Usually, as long as they are literate, they can get the title of clerk. If they are talented and virtuous people, who would be willing to be a slave in the house of the Fifth Highness?
As a maid? How can she be the opponent of a scholar like me who has been living in poverty for several years?
"Your Highness has invited you, and the students dare not refuse." The man then walked out of the queue. He turned around and faced many of his companions, raised his arms and shouted: "Where the Tao lies, it is our duty to do so."
"Yi Zimei, a young student, must let the world know that we, the scholars who read the books of sages and sages, are the pillars of the country's governance!"
"Brother Yi is so righteous!" "Brother Yi is a role model for our generation!"
Seeing his righteous and stern appearance, many scholars shouted excitedly. This Yi Zimei has suddenly become the leader of this group after Qi De.
Zhu Su just watched his performance quietly, then turned around and asked Fang Xiaoru to go to the house to find a clerk. After a while, a young man wearing dirty old cloth hurriedly arrived. After seeing Zhu Su, he
He quickly knelt down and said, "Little man Tiezhong, I have met the prince!"
"Your name is Tie Zhong?" Zhu Su felt a little worried when he saw his appearance. He looked honest and careless. "You work as a clerk in the house, which part of the work are you responsible for?"
"Speaking of a thousand words, tax collectors still need to be proficient in calculations to be competent. Whether they are qualified or not should also be measured by whether they can calculate accurate tax amounts for the court."
"Otherwise, even if you are given a salary of ten thousand yuan a day, it cannot be calculated as a tax, so what is the use? Can you raise him to become a Hanlin official?" Zhu Su said.
"Go back to your lord." Zhu Su didn't say anything, but Tie Zhong still knelt on the ground, his forehead still pressed against the bluestone on the ground in full view of everyone, trying his best to be respectful: "Three generations of blacksmiths from the villain's ancestors, to the villain's generation
, I was lucky enough to hire a gentleman, and I knew a few words, so besides making iron, I also did some work at home such as purchasing ore and calculating iron-making losses."
Unexpectedly, Fang Xiaoru had full confidence in Tie Zhong: "Master, don't worry, although brother Tie looks weak, he is the most diligent in his studies."
Especially after His Highness the Fifth Prince told him to stand down, many people clearly saw that this man's eyes were somewhat blue. He was clearly a descendant of the Semu people, a queen of barbarians!
What knowledge can you understand?
When Tie Zhong learned that Zhu Su wanted him to compete with the literati, Tie Zhong was even more frightened and almost knelt down to Zhu Su. Under Zhu Su's forced order, he reluctantly stood still. But his legs
It has long been shaken like chaff through a sieve and is humiliating.
"This time Enke is recruiting tax collectors. You think that the students you recruit this time are all talentless people, and you should study the articles of saints and sages in order to select qualified tax collectors."
In the crowd of literati, noise gradually arose, seeming to have objections to what Zhu Su said, but Zhu Su ignored it. He wanted to use this competition to draw the onlookers into criticizing this group of old literati.
In order to enhance the sense of participation of the people around him, he did not set the questions himself, but shouted to the people watching around him: "Anyone among you is doing business and wants to calculate the account books at home?
You can bring it."
"Then this competition naturally involves a competition of calculation techniques."
Before he finished speaking, someone among the group of scholars could not help laughing. This man looked like he was not very smart and had no integrity. His ancestors had been blacksmiths for three generations. What kind of origin could he have?
Homeschooling?
At this point, Zhu Su also pointed out that he believed in Fang Xiaoru's judgment.
"Master's elementary arithmetic book, he is the most proficient among all the Chinese books in the mansion. It won't be a problem to subdue these corrupt scholars!"
"I wonder what your highness is going to fight for? I would like to ask your highness to come up with a question." Yi Zimei was already confident of winning at this time and was very proud. He never expected that this time, this group of people could actually make him a big bargain. That lustful look
He obviously has never read a book, and he even struggles to speak. How can he be his opponent?
What kind of competition is just a formality. As long as he completes this formality, he will step on the Imperial Academy and ascend to the throne. From then on, he will become famous in Shilin and his official career will be smooth.
Hearing that even the people behind him started to make noises, Zhu Su couldn't help but feel guilty. He quietly asked Fang Xiaoru: "Why did you find him? All the clerks in the house should have passed the elementary arithmetic exam. Just look for someone to come here."
Come on, isn’t it okay? If this person loses because of nervousness and stage fright, wouldn’t it embarrass me?”
"Officials are supposed to make decisions for the people. Now it's up to you and the common people to come up with questions and try to see who is suitable for being an official. This can be regarded as an elegant thing in the Ming Dynasty."
"This can be regarded as a way of cooperating with my will. If any villagers are willing to propose questions, I will also reward you."
Let the common people test the literati? This is quite new. This method immediately attracted the attention of the people watching. Soon a chubby man loudly said: "Your Highness, we are butchering pigs in this market. This time
Over the years, I always feel that the more I sell, the more I lose. I keep a rough account, but it’s a mess, and I don’t understand it myself. I want the two senior scholars above to help me figure out whether it’s worthwhile for us to do this, and whether it’s a success.
?”
"Sure! Why not." Zhu Su said with a smile. "If you can calculate it clearly, it seems unnecessary. It can not only give you questions to test, but also benefit you, brother. I'm doing you a small favor, why not?
Not for?"
Seeing Zhu Su's friendly words, the man chuckled, and then Sayazi went back to his butcher shop to get the ledger. Perhaps he was preaching while walking, but when he came back, he actually brought a lot of onlookers. People came from all directions,