Chapter Forty-One: The Down and Out County School
The county school is in the west of the city.
It is located next to the Chenghuang Temple in the county.
It's not far from where Zhang Luo and his party stayed.
When Zhang Luo walked to a place not far from the county school.
I found several carriages parked at the side entrance of the Chenghuang Temple.
Zhang Luo recognized this as the carriage he saw outside the city yesterday.
I saw that the side door of the temple was wide open.
Several servants pulled out a curtain.
Blocked the carriage inside.
At the same time, it also blocks the way to the county school.
Zhang Luo quickly grabbed Zhang Changwei and said:
"Slow down, there's a carriage for the ladies of the government in front of you."
"We'll wait until they leave before going there."
Sure enough, Zhang Luo saw the shadow of a beautiful woman from a distance.
The shadow was reflected on the curtain.
A woman from an official's family is in front of the palace.
You can't meet people casually.
But in the Ming Dynasty.
While feudal ethics were serious.
Various things happen all the time when women pursue freedom.
The southeastern region has the most prosperous cultural atmosphere.
All kinds of ideas are also the most open.
Girls' schools have even appeared in some places.
A few scholar-officials also shouted slogans to emancipate their minds.
The mid-Ming Dynasty was such a self-contradictory era.
Feudal conservative, free thinking.
During this period they collided with each other.
It's a pity that all this will follow the decline of the dynasty.
It was eventually destroyed in the feudal war.
Zhang Luo came to his senses.
Just then a gust of wind blew.
Roll up the front curtain.
Revealing a pretty face.
Zhang Changwei on the side quickly covered his eyes and lowered his head.
But Zhang Luo doesn't have this habit.
Still looking forward.
The servants hurriedly closed the curtain.
The girl seemed to feel the distant gaze.
He turned around and looked at Zhang Luo for a moment.
Then the curtain was drawn again.
A word came to Zhang Luo's mind: "Beauty."
Within a few seconds, the convoy in front began to move slowly.
The beauty's figure gradually faded away.
I waited for half a stick of incense.
The prefect's motorcade has already left.
Only then did the two of them arrive at the county school.
The county school was a county-level teaching institution in the Ming Dynasty.
This is a very impressive building.
Zhang Luo saw the Sage Gate at the entrance of the county school.
This sect represents Confucius and other Confucian sages.
It represents that behind this gate is the place where literary stars shine.
This kind of sage gate.
Only ancient temples and official schools can have them.
The Sage Gate in Jinjiang County is made of stone and silver.
It looks very atmospheric.
Walk through the Sage Gate.
Behind is another ancient door.
There are some weapons stuck on it.
Since the Tang Dynasty, weapons have been placed in front of official offices.
The more weapons on the door, the higher the official rank.
The utensil doors of the Ming Dynasty completely resembled doors.
Used to warn other people not to enter.
The ceremonial hall in the middle is the main hall of the county school.
This is used for high-profile events.
There is also a tall statue of Confucius inside.
The house next to the main hall is used for lectures.
There is a silver plaque hanging on the room on the left.
There are three words "Mingwentang" written on it.
Some Confucian sages are enshrined in the middle.
Such as Zhu Xi, Cheng Yi and others.
The area on the right is the student dormitory in the school.
At the back are places like kitchens and warehouses.
Zhang Changwei pulled Zhang Luo towards the dormitory on the right.
Zhang Luo observed as he walked.
I feel that this large school in Jinjiang County is a bit desolate.
The sun has fully risen.
But Zhang Luo didn't hear a sound of reading.
I didn't even see a few students.
Although the overall reading is very clean.
The architecture also looks very novel.
But Zhang Luo always felt a little less angry.
There have been great poets like Ouyang Zhan in the history of Jinjiang County.
The cultural heritage is very abundant.
Every examination is a hall examination.
Among Fujian students, the number of Jinshi scholars is at the forefront.
In addition, Fujian is also a famous province for imperial examinations.
Logically speaking, Jinjiang County School should not be so miserable.
Scholars’ dormitories are all marked with license plates.
Zhang and Luo soon found the student Zhang Grandpa had mentioned.
Students can also be called scholars.
Zhang Luo met him for the first time.
I discovered that this scholar named Wu was already in his thirties.
As the saying goes.
He should be considered an old scholar.
He looks like he is in his thirties, and his hair is already half white.
There are also signs of baldness.
Wearing a Confucian scholar's dress with holes.
Slender and short appearance.
He looks like a penniless poor man.
Zhang Luo never expected this.
A scholar who passed the Children's Examination.
He actually looks like this.
"Wu Xiucai, this is the tribe my father mentioned to you."
"Brother Zhang Luo, this is Wu Xiucai."
Zhang Luo pretended to be respectful.
He gave a standard scholarly gift to Wu Xiucai.
Seeing Zhang Luo being so sincere.
Wu Xiucai nodded and said:
"Zhenhaiwei finally has a good seed after all these years."
"I'm also happy for Grandpa Zhang."
After saying that, he helped Zhang Luo sign the guarantee letter.
Then he took out a small seal, stamped it, and handed it to Zhang Luo.
Got what I expected.
Zhang Luo asked slowly:
"Wu Xiucai, why is this Jinjiang County School so deserted with so few people around?"
Wu Xiucai seemed to have been touched on a sensitive place.
He sighed loudly several times.
Said softly:
"It's all the fault of the new Kang Jiaoyu."
“There aren’t many people in Jinjiang County School.”
"He also took a test."
"Those who fail to pass must have their birth certificates assigned."
"After doing this, everyone in the county school will run away."
"We are the only poor scholars left."
"I just count on a few taels of silver to live."
"Otherwise, I would have run away long ago."
Seeing Wu Xiucai looking so decadent.
Zhang Changwei stood up and said:
"How could Kang Jiaoyu do this?"
“All the county schools are veritable talents!”
Zhang Changwei rebuked the teachings.
Wu Xiucai indeed said:
"Kang Jiaoyu also thinks about the county's education."
"Clean up the atmosphere in the county school."
"But Jinjiang County has been suffering from academic shortcomings for a long time."
"The problem cannot be solved by adding one or two additional exams."
Zhang Luo asked puzzledly:
"Wu Xiucai, what is the reason that made the county reach this point?"
Wu Xiucai sighed and said:
"All the talented scholars in Jinjiang County study in Quanzhou Academy."
"The people who come to the county schools are poor scholars who hope to earn a living."
"When the last edict was here."
"I also understand that Jinjiang County School is not as good as Quanzhou School."
"Let everyone learn by themselves."
"In the past ten years or so, only two people in the county school have passed the provincial examination and become candidates."
"And Quanzhou Academy has one almost every few years."
"So if you had to choose, you would definitely go to Quanzhou Academy."
Zhang Luo and Zhang Changwei looked at each other.
Shaked his head.
I really didn’t expect such a big county school.
He actually ended up in this situation.
But Zhang Luo was not surprised either.
Fujian has a strong scholarly atmosphere.
Rich people like to study and set up schools.
This Quanzhou University in Jinjiang County.
Founded in the Northern Song Dynasty.
It can be regarded as a dual heritage of culture and history.
Zhang Luo activates the knowledge in "Ancient History".
It was found that there was a book banning movement in the Ming Dynasty.
So he asked:
"The current imperial court has no decree."
“Aren’t private schools allowed to be run by the private sector?”
"Is this Quanzhou Academy so brave?"
This chapter has been completed!