After the Jinshi scholars left the capital to take up their posts, they suddenly became very bored and did not usually get together with friends.
Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun stayed in a rented house all day. They studied laws, official letters, decrees, etc. around the clock, waiting for the next customs examination, just like preparing for the civil service examination.
Ju Ming went out on horseback and went to work for the first time.
Bai Sheng and Shi Biao wanted to follow, so Ju Ming ordered: "You go back and sleep for a while. After you get up, go to the charcoal field to get some charcoal ash."
Bai Sheng said doubtfully: "Tanhui is available at home."
"It's not the charcoal ash left after burning," Ju Ming explained, "it's the charcoal ash scattered on the ground when the coal was piled. This thing is useless and needs to be cleaned and discarded regularly. You can each bring a bucket back. In addition,
Then go to the countryside to get all kinds of sand and soil."
After finishing the explanation, Ju Ming led his horse to the street and rushed to Taixue under the faint morning light.
Taixue is affiliated to the Imperial College, and the school was originally located within the Imperial College.
There are many schools under the Imperial College. In addition to Taixue, there are also martial arts, law, Jingcheng Primary School, Piyong (Taixue preparatory class), etc.
Due to the expansion of enrollment, Taixue also had a branch campus near Yu Street, and many residential buildings were demolished.
Today, some Taipei students live in the old campus and some live in the north campus.
However, the dormitories are still not enough, and a third campus is being built in the southern suburbs. It has been under construction for several years, and after completion, all students will have to move there. As for the north campus in the city, it will be freed up and converted into Taoism, specifically for training Taoist priests.
When Ju Ming came to the old campus, he did not go to the Imperial College, but went straight to the principal's office of the Imperial College.
"Xue Zheng, please come in quickly, Da Sicheng has been waiting for a long time!" The principal's entourage warmly welcomed him in.
The Imperial Academy offers wine, also called Da Sicheng.
At the beginning of the year, Cai Jing's confidant Liu Siming was still in charge.
Now, Liu Siming was demoted to the magistrate and replaced by Lu Yun, who often impeached Cai Jing.
"Oh, I finally waited for success!"
As soon as the two met, Lu Yun enthusiastically held Ju Ming's hand.
This Imperial Academy official had all Cai's men under him, so he could not start his work at all, and he was eager to bring in more new people.
Zhu Ming was held by the hand and could not bow, so he could only bow and said: "Ming pays homage to Da Sicheng!"
Lu Yun smiled and led him inside: "Hurry and sit inside."
"Thank you." Zhu Ming went in and sat down.
Lu Yun said without any scruples: "The Imperial College and the Imperial College have many treacherous parties. They are successful, upright and staunch. They are the people of my generation. When I take office, don't have any scruples, and don't be afraid of being hated by the treacherous party. If anything happens to me, I will do it myself."
I will bear it!"
This guy was too direct. Zhu Ming handed over his hand and said, "I will follow the teachings of Da Sicheng."
Lu Yun is a big troll who is not afraid of heaven and earth. He became Taichang Shaoqing several years ago. Because of the impeachment of Cai Jing, he was demoted to the magistrate of Ruijin County. From the name of this county, you can tell that it is a poor and remote place.
It was precisely because of such deeds that Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty placed him in charge of the Imperial College and the Imperial Academy, thus intimidating a large number of Cai Jing's followers here.
Lu Yun said bluntly: "Zhang Gang, a doctor of Taixue, used to be my student. You can communicate more."
"Yes!" Zhu Ming said.
Zhang Gang was a graduate of Taixue last year. He was very popular with Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty and was awarded the title of Number One Scholar.
Historically, this person first criticized Cai Jing and then impeached Qin Hui. He was dismissed from office for twenty years. After his restoration, he successively served as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, participated in political affairs, and was a bachelor of Zizheng Palace. He was demoted to the magistrate of the state because of angering Zhao Gou, and was angry.
And resign.
After talking for a while, Lu Yun personally took Zhu Ming to the Imperial Academy Prime Minister Gaoshu to go through the entry procedures.
"Are there any official documents?" Gao Shu didn't look down upon him.
Zhu Ming took out the documents: "I have received the documents from the Ministry of Personnel."
Gao Shu threw it to his men: "I know, just wait."
Lu Yun patted the table twice: "Sign and seal!"
Although Gao Shu and others wanted to oust Lu Yun, they did not dare to blatantly undermine the procedure, so they had no choice but to sign their names honestly and then have their subordinates stamp their seals.
Lu Yun led Zhu Ming out, and as soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he said: "Don't worry about the little ones, they are just like clowns."
Gao Shu heard it clearly in the room, and he slammed the table and shouted: "Old thief!"
Lu Yun ignored him, but smiled and said to Ju Ming: "I haven't reached the age of destiny yet. I'm afraid this old thief is scolding someone else. Maybe his surname is Cai, maybe his surname is Wang."
Ju Ming scratched his head, the fight here was very fierce, and he was completely torn apart.
However, since it is the emperor's arrangement, and Cai Jing is the stronger party, the bigger the trouble he makes, the better. No matter what the trouble becomes, Song Huizong will be behind it.
Lu Yun introduced as he walked: "On the Imperial College side, only the upper residence, inner residence, and outer residence of the Imperial College have been moved to the north. All three residences will be moved to the southern suburbs outside the city at the latest this autumn."
Ju Ming asked: "The southern suburbs are quite far away, right?"
Lu Yun said: "It's very far. It takes at least two or three quarters of an hour to walk from Nanxun Gate."
From the house where Ju Ming lives now, it takes two or three quarters to go to Nanxunmen. In other words, it will take more than an hour to walk to work.
Fortunately, he brought the cornucopia to Tokyo, otherwise the daily commuting fee would have been a lot of money.
Lu Yun added: "The newly built Imperial College in the southern suburbs has more than a thousand houses. If you are not too shabby, you can live there if you succeed, and you will not be charged for room and board."
Zhu Ming was quite happy after hearing this. When Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun were released, he could sublet his current house and move directly to the southern suburbs to live in the school dormitory.
As for Chen Yuan, he can also rent a house in the southern suburbs and happen to be giving lectures near Taixue, because lectures are no longer allowed in the city.
After giving further instructions, Lu Yun returned to the Imperial College, and Ju Ming rode to the North Campus.
Taixue has a full capacity of 4,000 students, of which 3,000 are in the outer dormitory, 600 in the inner dormitory, and 400 in the upper dormitory.
The Siye of Taixue and the Chancellor of Taixue were concurrently held by the Siye of Guozi and the Supervisor of Guozi.
There are ten doctors of Taixue who are responsible for giving lectures.
There are five people in Taixue Xuezheng, who focus on school rules, style of study, and academic examinations.
There are also five people who have been recruited as Xuezheng's deputies.
Next there are ordinary teachers.
There are also ministers, similar to the president of the student union, who is also the president of the student government.
There are classes (classes) and dormitories (levels) in Taixue, which adopt a credit system, and you can get credits through quarterly and annual exams. When you accumulate credits to a certain level, you can be promoted to a higher class, and you can graduate after completing the credits.
As the new Xuezheng, Zhu Ming is only responsible for the lower classes of the Imperial College, similar to the grade director of the first-year university.
After riding a horse to the North Campus, Zhu Ming called a school worker to take him to the office.
"Meet Xuezheng!"
His deputy was named Xie Lun, who was promoted from Taixue graduates and became a minion under Cai Jing's party.
Ju Ming returned the gift and said: "Bring me all kinds of books!"
A minion from the Cai Party, he could only act in disguise but dared not speak out openly. Xie Lun quickly brought the relevant documents.
Ju Ming manages a lot of students, 1,500 of them, including 200 self-funded students.
He spent most of the day looking through the student roster, which recorded detailed information on three generations of the family.
At least 70% of the students come from official families!
Another 20% come from prominent local families.
The remaining 10% are the truly poor children.
Looking at the promotion and examination situation, no mistakes or omissions can be found. Cai Dang does not need to violate procedural rules, he can just leak the questions and cheat.
In the middle of the afternoon, Zhang Gang, a doctor of Taixue, came.
The two now belong to the same camp and are both fighting against the Cai Party forces in the school.
After a brief conversation, Zhang Gang said: "Xuelu needs to be appointed by the Ministry of Personnel. The Cai Party controls the Ministry of Personnel. Unless there are major reasons for impeachment, it is impossible to replace Xuelu. We must start with the officials and replace them with real people."
A good student who is diligent and eager to learn.”
Zhang Gang is only responsible for teaching and has no personnel power. He now recommends that Zhu Ming be replaced as student council president.
Zhu Ming asked: "Except for the two of us, all the Ph.D.s, Xuezhengs, and academics are all from the Cai Party?"
Zhang Gang said: "There are also a few doctors from the Imperial Academy who don't care about secular affairs and just lecture on scriptures every day. They hate Cai Dang, but they don't dare to offend Cai Dang."
Ju Ming asked again: "Is exam fraud serious?"
Zhang Gang replied: "It's a bit serious, but really good students can also be promoted to a higher education or a higher education. They just have to wait an extra year or two."
That means the Cai Party still leaves room to give serious students a way to advance.
It's okay at Imperial College, but it's more serious at Imperial College.
The Imperial College is all the children of Beijing officials of seventh grade or above, and the number is still small. Only one or two can obtain the status of Jinshi every year. The children of the Cai Party are given priority to go to school, and they also have to win over the powerful officials in the court, resulting in the children of middle and lower-level officials unable to
graduate.
That's why it aroused public outrage. Countless officials in the capital were impeached. The emperor took the opportunity to punish the Cai party in the education system, and by the way, he changed all the imperial wine.
Ju Ming asked: "Who is the most outstanding among the lower class students in Waishe?"
Zhang Gang said: "Chen Dong is the most talented student. This student could have been promoted to the inner dormitory a long time ago. But because he has publicly scolded Cai Jing many times, he can't even get into the upper class of the outer dormitory. He has enough credits and cannot be promoted to the inner dormitory.
The reason for abandonment is bad conduct."
After some exchanges between the two, Zhu Ming learned more about the situation.
On his first day at work, Ju Ming had no contact with students and rode his horse home near evening.
Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun are still reading and preparing for the exam, and they don't know when they will be able to take the exam.
"My husband, everything has been moved back!" Bai Sheng no longer calls him brother. He thinks it is more honorable to call him brother.
Zhu Ming summoned Chen Yuan and others to accompany him, and together they hammered all kinds of sand and gravel into powder. All the coal residue was burned at home, crushed and piled on the porch.
Ju Ming wrote a few more pieces of paper, indicating the types of these raw materials.
He needs to do experiments to find the best material ratio for briquettes.
Then he drew a few more sketches, all of which were molds for making briquettes, and gave them to Bai Sheng and said: "Tomorrow I'll hire a carpenter to make these things, and then get a bucket of sawdust to take home."
Bai Chongyan asked curiously: "What does it take to succeed?"
Ju Ming explained: "To develop a charcoal material that can be used for cooking fires, do you two want to join forces and do business?"
Bai Chongyan shook his head: "I still don't know how I did in the examination, and I don't know where I can put it. I might as well forget about doing business together."
Min Zishun said: "Let's not talk about the joint venture. If Cheng is short of money, I can lend him a hundred guan."
Bai Chongyan also said: "I can borrow fifty guan, but I won't be able to borrow more."
"Thank you two brothers for your generous donation!" Zhu Ming already had no worries about start-up funds. Counting Chen Yuan's promise, he could borrow 350 yuan. If he added some more, it would be enough to rent a small shop outside the city.
That Ganoderma lucidum sold for 180 sticks and was bought by a drug dealer who took advantage of him.
(Recommended historical text: "The Number One Scholar from a Farmer's Family".)