"What Xu Xiang said is that students have almost never left home, whether they are at home or in Chang'an City. They are just thinking about their own articles. After reading the articles of those people in high school, they were enlightened. However, it was too late for students!"

Su Hu sighed as he spoke. After so many years of hard study, he finally ended up with such a result. He was really unwilling to accept it. However, since he had already arrived here, he knew that there was no benefit in saying such words. He had to be a craftsman. The pride in his heart must have disappeared.

"Why is it too late?"

"Since the student has decided to work as a craftsman in Dongmu, as long as the salary given by His Majesty can support his parents, I will naturally do my best to go to the Dongmu Navy Army. I am afraid that I will not have the chance to be with the student in this life."

Speaking of this, Su Hu sighed again. Obviously, when it finally came to the decision, he was still in great pain in his heart.

Xu Yuan has lived at such an old age. He could see at a glance what happened to Su Hu. Isn’t this completely forced me by having no money?

However, Xu Yuan is not Feng Yi. He knows how many children there are because they don’t have money, so they don’t even have the opportunity to study. Su Hu at least has another chance to try it in Chang'an City. If he fails the exam, he is not able to stand it. In fact, under such circumstances, there are really not many regrets.

"How do you know you have no chance in this life?"

"Xu Xiang means..."

"There are three key figures in our Tang Dynasty naval army. One of them is the general Zhang Chong who was sent to Japan by His Majesty. The other ones are Hong Yuan and Muto Ichiro. Hong Yuan is the top scorer in the provincial examination in the first year after His Majesty ascended the throne. I think you know it too, but you are afraid you don't know about Muto Ichiro's story?"

Next, Xu Yuan and Su Hu told Su Hu about how Muto Ichiro joined the Tang Dynasty Navy and his contributions to the Tang Dynasty Navy in recent years. After saying that, Su Hu almost forgot about the annoying things he had just now, but grew up in shock.

"A Japanese craftsman turned out to be the most important figure in my Tang Dynasty naval army in the past five years. Why is that?"

"Please give me advice!"

"This is because my young talent in the Tang Dynasty was ashamed of being a craftsman, and he was determined to be a title on the gold list and to become an official like me."

After hearing this, Su Hu turned his head silently. Obviously, Xu Yuan's words were completely spoken to his heart.

"Aren't you worried that you could support your parents by being a craftsman? I can tell you now that your family will be properly placed outside the camp of the Dongmu River. Your salary will be thirty taels a year after passing the assessment, plus seventy stones of corn. In addition, you will also be equipped with a servant in your home. I wonder if you are satisfied with such treatment?"

The few numbers that were said from Xu Yuan's mouth made Su Hu's eyes widen at that time.

This is much better than the treatment of a ninth-rank official, which almost completely subverted his perception of this matter before.

In this era, the salaries of officials were basically very transparent.

The salaries of officials at this time of the Tang Dynasty generally consisted of rice, manpower, field, monthly payment, regular physical treatment and special physical treatment.

The annual salary of the third-rank officials in Chang'an City is as follows: each year, the annual salary is 400 stones of rice, nine hectares of land, and thirty-eight people who work with errands, nine plates of regular food every day (two liters of fine rice, eight liters of japonica rice, two liters of noodles, one and a half liters of wine, four liters of mutton, four liters of sauce, four liters of vinegar, three meters of cucumber, salt, soybean, onion, ginger, sunflower, and leeks, etc., each has its own differences; wood, two liters of spring, three liters of winter, three liters of charcoal, three pounds of spring, five pounds of winter),

It is about 8,000 yuan per month; you can enjoy free working lunch every day. Every year, the Yuan Dynasty's winter solstice each is given five pieces of silk, gold and silver utensils, and miscellaneous colors (including the wife), and at least five different occasions are distributed according to the grade country (including a full set of robes, shoes and lace accessories); I or my grandparents and parents die, I will serve 60 tomb marshals for ten days, and all the items required for funerals are given according to the grade, and 100 pieces of silk, cloth, cotton, etc., and millet and hundreds of stones.

In case of special circumstances, there are rewards. Generally, officials are assessed every three years. Those with outstanding performance can receive additional salary, otherwise they will be deducted.

Of course, officials in the Tang Dynasty also had other benefits, such as exemption from vocational service, housing, car rides, land acquisition, and descendants enjoy preferential admission and official career.

You can enjoy public leave every year. The Tang Dynasty is now a ten-day period. Parents at home die and enjoy "Ding worry" for one year. It also stipulates: "All officials and officials are in their 70s, their energy is exhausted, and they will retire on a routine basis."

In ancient times, the average life expectancy was not long. Retiring at the age of 70 was basically the same as lifelong system for most people. In addition, a farewell ceremony was held for retired officials, and a certificate of "glorious retirement" was given to them. Although the form was different, the meaning was the same.

After officials above the third rank retired, they still allowed to walk in the court and participate in national affairs. Those who retired from the fifth rank and above were given half of their salary, and the meritorious officials and heroes could retain their full salary after retirement. When Fang Xuanling, the famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and Prime Minister Song Jing, retired, the emperor specially approved all the full salary. When officials below the sixth rank retired, they were given a certain amount of land to support their elderly care.

It is these conditions that make candidates like Su Hu flock to the list of gold titles.

But even if they were really on the list of gold, they were probably just ninth-rank officials at the beginning. The ninth-rank officials of the Tang Dynasty were treated a little average, with only fifteen taels of salary, fifty stones of food each year, plus two or three errands, and a little bit of land.

So the treatment Xu Yuan told Su Hu just now was far superior to the ninth-rank officials of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, he could also take his parents and family to the Dongmu Shuijun and provide them with residence for free. This was actually a considerable amount of treatment.

Su Hu reacted for a long time before he opened his mouth and asked, "Xu Xiang, I wonder what are the standards for the assessment of this craftsman?"

Xu Yuan then smiled slightly. The situation was the same as Li Qing had predicted before. Needless to say, if this condition was thrown out, any candidate with an average family background would definitely not refuse, because this was higher in advance than becoming an official.

At the beginning, Xu Yuan was a little unbelievable, but now he believes it because the facts are already in front of him.
Chapter completed!