In late autumn, the cold wind blew, the scholar was on the road, and the long sword was in my arms.

Fan Zhiwen, the thirteenth scholar of the Fan family of Yanggu, also embarked on the road to taking the exam. This was not the first time he had a test. However, unlike the previous two tests, he is no longer the young patriarch of the Yimen Fan of Yanggu.

Because the Yanggu Yimen style no longer exists!

If the family is divided, they will lose.

Yimen, which originally lived in tribes, has now divided hundreds of households, and the Dingkou and land that could have been covered up are now exposed. Besides, except for three of them, the rest of the Fan family have all changed from official households to ordinary households.

Not only can you pay less land tax and tax, but you can’t even pay less taxes and exemptions from service. There are also various miscellaneous taxes and levies that you must pay.

Under such circumstances, most of the hundreds of Fan family members will gradually decline, and they will become tenants from self-cultivated farmers. Moreover, the Fan family is no longer able to support all young children to study and make progress.

The fact that the Jinshi exam is a matter of hard work and genius for individuals. However, for a clan, it is actually a matter of probability... As long as the clan has enough financial resources to cultivate enough children, the base is large enough, no matter how low the probability is, it can produce results.

This is why the model of the Imperial Examination Yimen was popular in the Song Dynasty. There were not many Yimen that were truly enthroned by the Imperial Examination, but similar organizational management models are very popular. This model not only allows the clans to join forces to achieve the purpose of occupying more social resources, but also because the implementation of egalitarianism within the clan can allow more children to receive good examination-oriented education.

Well, of course it is an exam-oriented education! No matter how "elite" the questions of the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty seemed, they actually used Confucian ethics and morals with a narrow knowledge to select talents.

Therefore, the selected people are not all truly high-quality elites. Of course, it is not ruled out that real elites should enter the officialdom through the ranks, because those who receive elite education can also pass the imperial examination and pass the imperial examination.

For example, Zhang Dun's nephew Zhang Heng was the top scholar who won every archery. That was because their Zhang family has been officials for generations since the Tang Dynasty, and their children can certainly receive high-cost elite education.

The cost of educating all children is not something that ordinary Yimen family can afford. The elite education in the feudal society of the Song Dynasty must be proficient in the Six Arts, right? Such things have always been played by nobles and clans. How can the old farmers of Yimen play? Even if they want to play, the financial resources of the Yimen can only provide a few children with the Six Arts elite education. In this way, the Yimen will inevitably transform into a family with relatively strict hierarchy.

As for the educational model of Liuyi Academy plus universities or military academy that Wu Haogu is preparing to promote, it is simply an upgraded version of elite education. In the Song Dynasty, it was almost a higher elite education!

Six Arts are just the foundation! After learning Six Arts well, military elite education in universities and higher education or military academy is really expensive to the point of being crazy!

Only the rich and nobles can afford these two types of education by themselves. If they have to rely on public offices (commercial offices), they can only allow a few people to receive this level of higher education.

With the current productivity level of the Song Dynasty, if we want to implement the higher education model of Six Arts Academy plus universities or military academy, it will inevitably cause great unfairness, and most of the opportunities to enter universities or military academy will fall into the hands of the children of nobles and wealthy people.

The nobles and wealthy children who graduated from universities and military academies will be able to theoretically firmly control the top level of the Song Dynasty society because of their high quality.

The vast majority of civilian intellectuals, because they cannot break this monopoly of education, can only act as middle and low-level officials at most.

Therefore, the "higher elite education" that Wu Haogu wanted to implement is a very unfair education model compared with the "civilian education" implemented in the Song Dynasty! At least before higher education is no longer in higher education due to the development of productivity, it will block the path of poor families!

However, Fan Zhiwen, who participated in the third trial, now deeply realized that Yun Wen and Yunwu’s elite education is also beneficial... It is a little expensive, but it is useful at critical moments!

Therefore, although Fan Zhiwen could not dance swords, he still embarked on the road of responding with the black cloud sword left by his ancestors.

This is to remind yourself that no matter when, you must not forget the disasters encountered by the Fan family because they did not have force.

In the future, no matter whether you pass the Jinshi or not, you will have to pick up the martial arts of the Fan family’s ancestors!

...

The sky was gray and it was a cold drizzle.

Yanggu County Magistrate Zhang Kegong had just come out of the Ximen Mansion. He was carrying an umbrella and heading to the Jingong Tower. Now Yanggu County is the dominant Ximen Family, so he has to go to the Ximen Family to discuss recruiting archers. However, Ximen He of the Ximen Family was unwilling to provide archers, and also told Zhang Kegong that the Ximen Family would move out of Yanggu County soon.

The Ximen family's departure from Yanggu County is quite good news for Zhang Kegong. No matter where they go, just don't get stuck under their noses.

So Zhang Kegong was in a good mood and was about to go to Jingong Tower for a good meal. As soon as he walked to the entrance of Jingong Tower, he heard a familiar voice calling his son.

"Jie Zhong, Brother Jie Zhong."

Who is this?

Zhang Kegong was stunned, turned his head and searched around, and saw two small vendors wearing short clothes pressing the umbrella very low, walking quickly. When they arrived in front of him, Zhang Kegong suddenly saw a familiar face.

It was Fan Zhijin! Fan Zhijin, who went to Liangshan to follow the thief, had lost weight, but it was definitely him!

"Brother Fan Jiu, you..."

"Brother Jie Zhong, this is not a place to speak!" Fan Zhijin said quickly, "Why don't we sit in Jingong Building?"

"Okay." Zhang Kegong was really not afraid of being implicated. Without thinking too much, he led Fan Zhijin and another person (Zhao Tieniu) into the Jingong Building, and then got into a secluded private room. He did not ask for food or food, and even told the waiter not to disturb him.

"You guys talk first, I'll go outside and guard."

Zhao Tieniu actually had a little understanding of Zhang Kegong, but at this time he didn't want to say anything, so he retreated and left Zhang Kegong and Fan Zhijin in the private room together.

"Brother Jie Zhong, I, I..."

Zhang Kegong looked at this friend who was quite close to him and frowned and asked, "Are you here to surrender?"

Surrender?

Fan Zhijin was a little moved again and asked hurriedly: "Can you explain it clearly?"

"That's a big deal," Zhang Kegong shook his head, "After entering the prison, his life is in the hands of the Ximen family! Moreover, Magistrate Shi is also a confused official, so he will not care whether you are wronged or wronged!"

County Magistrate Shi is waiting for promotion now, and Fan Zhijin died unjustly, and he is not interested in asking about it.

Fan Zhijin sighed, "Jie Zhong, I want to take the exam."

"Examination for the exam?" Zhang Kegong was stunned and stunned, "How did you take the exam?"

"I want to go to Daming Mansion to take the exam..."

"Pseudonym and fake?" Zhang Kegong took a breath. This matter was not easy to deal with.

"The household registration is already available," Fan Zhijin said, "It was found by friends from the world who helped me... the Kufang household in Guanshi County, Daming Prefecture, and also the surname is Fan."

During the floods this summer and early autumn, Guanshi County was also flooded. Many Kuofang households left their hometowns and fled to Yunzhou. Zhao Tieniu asked someone to find a family named Fan in Xucheng, and spent money to buy their household registration and let Fan Zhi go in and impersonate him.

However, buying a household registration is one thing, and getting a copy of the original text is another. Fan Zhijin did not dare to go directly to Guanshi County, so he had to ask Zhang Kegong for help.

"Well," Zhang Kegong sighed, "I'll go to Daming Mansion with you, and I can always help you get the manuscript... There is no need to go to Guanshi County, just get it in Daming Mansion City. Although the water in Guanshi County has receded, the city has almost been destroyed, and many people will move to Daming Mansion. My family has some acquaintances there, and I can always help you get a household registration."

Daming Mansion is also a place where the children of generals are concentrated. There are also people in Zhang Kegong's family who are officials in the imperial guards of Daming Mansion, so they have some tricks and can always help Fan Zhijin get the explanation of this article.

...

Wu Haogu was also preparing to leave Qingzhou City and return to Kaifeng Prefecture. The Qingzhou talks have now ended. The draft of the "Qingzhou Agreement" has been drafted. As long as the emperors on both sides approve it, Jiehe Commercial City will officially start construction.

This market is actually a big test for Wu Haogu, for the Kaifeng generals and wealthy merchants, some Yanyun family, and their agents involved. This is a test of their "government ability" with practice. Because before the emergence of Jiehe Commercial City, the Chinese industrial and commercial class had never managed the regime of even a county. In history, of course, there were merchant prime ministers, such as Qin prime minister Lu Buwei, and many nobles involved in industry and commerce also came to generals and prime ministers, but they all relied on "scholars" to rule. They did not rely on industry and commerce to rule.

The practice of letting the business and commerce, which are at the end of the Simin period, manage a city as the main body, starts from Jiehe Commercial City. Although most of the shareholders of Jiehe Commercial City Chamber of Commerce are nobles, most of the noble men will not leave the prosperous and prosperous Kaifeng Prefecture and run to the distant Jiehe Commercial City. The one who actually goes there is their contractors.

This is similar to the Japanese samurai who initially managed the manor for those who were unwilling to leave Heian Kyo. Later, they became daimyo names that dominated the country, allowing the otakus in Kyoto to go to grazing.

By the way, let me mention that the operating model of "contractors" was very popular in the Song Dynasty. Even taxation and wine business could be contracted, let alone the business of the Jiangmen Xungui family?

Just as Wu Haogu carefully collected a draft copy of the "Qingzhou Agreement" which can be called the "Jiehe Shang City Constitution", the voice of his good disciple Du Wenyu came from outside the door: "Teacher, Qiao Jinniang is here, waiting in the lobby of the inn."
Chapter completed!