There is actually no essential difference between prefecture schools and county schools, and there is no saying that prefecture students have a higher social status than county students.
It's just that after the grand master examination, among the admitted students, those with better test scores were sent to the government school, while the others entered the county school, and then the treatment was almost the same.
County schools, government schools, and the Northern and Southern Imperial Colleges constitute today's Confucian education system, collectively referred to as schools, which are also another path for scholars to upgrade besides the imperial examination.
As the leader of this year's Taoist examination in Wu County, Lin Daguan was sent to Suzhou Fufu School as a matter of course.
After the Fu Xue disciples screamed in Panchi, they finally saw the Fu Xue professor coming out of Minglun Hall and walking over slowly.
The professor's surname was Cui. Although he heard his disciple yelling "thief", he didn't panic at all.
What kind of "thief breaks in", that's impossible! In a poor place like the school, which thief can be so heartless?
Seeing a majestic giant man standing on Pan Bridge from a distance, Professor Cui immediately understood who this person was.
He must be the only case leader among the new students this year who has not been reported so far.
It is really embarrassing to hear that the leader of this case also won the top prize in martial arts in the capital.
While Professor Cui was thinking about this, he walked up to Lin Tailai and asked calmly: "But Lin Sheng?"
Lin Tailai responded: "Lin Tailai, the commander of the Suzhou Guards, has met the professor."
Professor Cui: "."
What's the point of standing here in the government school and meeting a ninth-grade professor as a fourth-grade military attache? Do you want the dignified instructor to salute the students in turn?
Afterwards, Professor Cui glanced at the door in the pool and said politely: "It's not good to hit people."
Lin Tailai replied: "This person dares to stop me from entering school to study."
Professor Cui added: "It's already time to close the doors and lock them at dusk. This is the case for all government offices."
Lin Daguan reasoned and said: "Isn't it possible to study in the evening?"
Professor Cui had no choice but to follow the conversation and asked: "How do you want to study?"
Lin Daguan revealed his intention: "Although I have already entered school, I am busy with official duties, so I am afraid that I will not be able to attend lectures every day."
Professor Cui patiently explained: "Lin Sheng may have misunderstood. The atmosphere is impetuous now, and the school no longer holds lectures every day.
The current practice is to have a lecture every ten days and a text meeting once a month.”
Lin Tailai had already had an idea and said directly: "Having lectures once a month is okay, but attending lectures every ten days is really too much."
Professor Cui was speechless. It was too troublesome to attend lectures three times a month, so he just handed in an article. Then why would you go to school?
After thinking for a moment, Professor Cui replied tactfully: "Only a very small number of geniuses or those with family backgrounds can do this."
Lin Daguan asked very domineeringly: "Am I not a genius?"
Professor Cui: "."
If you chat like this, you won't be able to continue the conversation!
After all, he was a good teacher. Professor Cui turned around and left.
Facing Lin Tailai, who has beaten all over Suzhou, others may worry about being beaten, but Professor Cui has no such worries at all.
After all, he is also a teacher. As long as Lin Tailai dares to take action, he will lie down!
From now on, Lin Tailai will have the reputation of being a teacher-beater, and it will be Lin Tailai who suffers!
Lin Tailai quickly pointed to the Confucius Temple next to him and said: "I am responsible for the small sacrifices on the first and fifteenth day of every month, as well as the big sacrifices in spring and autumn!"
At this time, the school and the Confucius Temple were not separated; they were both together and under the management of instructors.
Professor Cui snorted coldly: "There are many people willing to provide sacrifices, so why bother Linsheng?"
Lin Daguan said without hesitation: "I will double the number of sacrifices!"
Hearing the doubling, Professor Cui hesitated and hesitated.
As the poorest government office, the school has limited extra money. Professors are called teachers, but they cannot control the students at all.
The fate and future of those scholars were all in the hands of the Grand Master, and the school instructors had no influence at all.
Therefore, local scholars do not take school instructors too seriously, and all kinds of filial piety are pitiful. It would be nice to have two packs of snacks during holidays.
The professor of Fu Xue himself was only a ninth-grade scholar, and his income was very poor.
Therefore, the sacrifices made to Saint Kong became one of the few sources of extra income for the instructors. Especially the meat, which was the instructor's profit.
Mr. Lin said that the sacrifices should be doubled, which Professor Cui heard meant that the legal extra income should be at least doubled.
"It's not impossible." Professor Cui said.
Lin Tailai pointed to the direction of Canglang Pavilion to the west and continued: "Recently, Canglang Pavilion has been taken over by me, and I am willing to open Canglang Pavilion to Professor Cui.
From now on, Professor Cui can go to Canglang Pavilion for gatherings with friends. There are not many people with such a reputation."
The instructor is also a literati, and as a literati he has the need to show off, and it will definitely give him face if he can take people to the Canglang Pavilion party.
So Professor Cui no longer hesitated and said, "After all, Lin Sheng is still serving the country, so he deserves special care.
If you go back and send the summary of each lecture to Lin Sheng, you will be considered as having attended the lecture.
If Lin Sheng is busy with official duties, it would be enough to show up at the school every two or three months, but it is not good to not show up even once."
"Professor Cui is very accommodating." Lin Daguan didn't even say a word of thanks. This is a symbol of status and strength.
After achieving his goal, Lin Daguanren said goodbye to Professor Cui and left the university.
I just returned to Suzhou City, and there were too many things to do. I settled the matter with the instructor from the government school.
It was starting to get dark at this time, and the city gate was probably locked.
In other words, Lin Daguan and his entourage are now unable to leave the city gate and cannot return to Nanhao Street outside Xumen to update their residence in the academy. They can only stay overnight in the city.
There are several choices, you can go to Teacher Zhang's house and meet the teacher at the same time; you can also go to Shen's house and meet your ally Mr. Shen again over wine and have a long talk by candlelight.
If you want to stay clean, you can stay one night at Taohua An, which has been cleaned and renovated and has beds, tables, and chairs.
Thinking of this, Lin Daguan sighed: "I don't want to delay it for a long time, and I can't leave the city anymore. I originally thought about going back tonight to see Huang Wumei who is about to give birth."
So Lin Daguan, who could not leave the city, decisively chose Sun Lianlian's house in the north of the city and wasted a whole night here.
The next day, Officer Lin sorted out his priorities in his mind and went to visit the Shen Mansion.
The main one is Zhao Zhigao, the governor of Yingtian in the south of the Yangtze River, who is the most important and has the highest priority. He is currently in Nanjing. According to usual practice, it is estimated that he will not return to Suzhou until the autumn harvest in early September.
When they entered the gate of Shen Mansion, they saw Mr. Shen sitting in the front hall with a straight face, not even making a move to stand up to greet him.
Lin Daguan asked in surprise: "Who made Master Jia Er angry? You might as well tell me and I will help you vent your anger!"
Shen Yongjia sarcastically said: "Isn't this Lin Zhuangyuan who has returned to his hometown with great honor? I heard that Lin Zhuangyuan entered the city yesterday. It's rare that he has time to come to my house as a guest in his busy schedule."
Previously, Lin Tailai had been showing off in Suzhou under the banner of being a disciple of the Shen Mansion, and even respected Mr. Shen as the leader of the alliance.
Now that Lin Tailai has returned to Suzhou and entered the city, according to etiquette, he should first come to the Shen Mansion to pay homage to show his respect.
As a result, I wandered around Canglang Pavilion for most of the day yesterday, and then went to Sun Meiren's house to spend the night.
Today I came to Shen Mansion unexpectedly. I didn’t even post a post in advance. It was more like an uninvited guest.
All kinds of factors add up, and it’s no wonder that Second Master Shen is so evil, and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty also wants to lose face!
Official Lin didn't fight back or defend himself. He just changed the subject and said, "I brought a letter from Prime Minister Shen's family and came to give it to Mr. Jia Er."
When he heard that there was a letter from his father, Mr. Shen had to accept it under the concept of filial piety.
While taking the letter from home, he continued to be weird, "I didn't send it until now. It would be too slow to wait for our Shen family! My friend Lin is really different from the past. After all, he is also an official."
Lin Daguan lowered his head to drink tea and pretended not to hear anything.
Second Master Shen opened the family letter, looked at it, and saw his father writing in the letter:
"Lin Tailai is ten times more talented than you, and he will surely be able to stabilize his hometown and establish good government and people.
If you can assist, then Lin Tailai can assist you; if you are not talented, Lin Tailai can be the leader of the Renewal Society."
Mr. Shen raised his head blankly. Today's sunshine is a bit dazzling, and today's breeze is a bit cold.
Even if you want to say these words, dear father, you should tell Lin Tai!
What does it mean to say these words to your own son?
Lin Daguan put down the tea cup and explained sincerely: "It's not that I'm being disrespectful to Mr. Shen, it's just that I really don't want to send this family letter, so I delayed it until now.
To be continued...