Hearing their conversation, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but turn his head to look. Among the five people, four of them were dressed in a short dress of physical laborers, and there was only a young man in his twenties who was wearing a blue shirt. The young man was neither humble nor arrogant, but just bowed his hands to say yes.

During the Emperor Zhenzong, the Jinshi was still dominated by northerners. As time went by, in recent imperial examinations, more and more southerners passed the imperial examinations, and fewer northerners were. There were many reasons for this situation. For example, when the founding of the country, there were various restrictions on the southerners, and even legends that the southerners were not allowed to be regarded as ministers. There were also economic factors, and years of fighting had a great impact on the north, but the south was not affected. There were also customs problems. The south mostly lived in clans and promoted education together. With little investment from the government, education was carried out relatively early. The north was influenced by the late Tang and Five Dynasties, and large clans were rare among the people. Some people in the previous few years passed the Jinshi, and moved with few tribesmen, but did not form traditions in the local area. Of course, the most important thing was that the founding of the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, and the Jinshi exam began to be gradually summarized, and the advantages of the southerners expanded.

In these two imperial examinations, various factors were superimposed, and the gap between the north and the south became wider and the northern Jinshi began to be dispensable. A Jinshi in a state was not unusual in Fujian, Jiangnan and other places in the south. But in Ye County, it became particularly important.

The five people sat down, and the oldest man said to the servant: "Put a few fresh fruits and vegetables, and then each of them has a bowl of mutton soup."

The man next to him said, "Brother, Silang will enter the capital tomorrow. You can't be so stingy today! Juvenile, cut another plate of cooked meat and bring a fish! We brothers have passed the trial and go to Beijing tomorrow. We will prepare for the provincial trial next year. We should eat better!"

The servant hurriedly saluted: "It turns out that he is a new Jinshi official, and he is a little polite. Since that's the case, there is a big carp in the store today. It's better to have one. After braised it, it will be enough for you to eat. This fish tastes very delicious and has a cheap price."

Several men praised each other and asked for the wine again, so the servant went to prepare.

Looking at the five people, Tao Shiqi said, "Look at their appearance, these five people are farming nearby. Since they opened the Iron Supervisor, the natives here have lived a good life and their families can afford to study. I think the Silang who was experiencing sacrifices was the one who was together."

Du Zhongxiao nodded. Tao Shiqi said it right. The Iron Supervisory Commission was opened for seven or eight years, and the people who benefited at that time began to bear fruit. There were few people on the west side of Beijing and a lot of land, and the yield per mu was not high. Unless the farmer passed down from ancestors, it would be difficult for a scholar to have a scholar to have. In the past, there were hardly a teacher in the countryside. Du Zhongxiao had a field in the west of Beijing, and local schools began to increase. The economy was better and there were more scholars, so there were enlightenment.

After a moment, the wine and food came up, Du Zhongxiao and Tao Shiqi were eating and talking, talking about the recent changes in Baitingjian.

Tao Shiqi said: "To be honest, I am from a poor family. If I don't follow the official, I can't even imagine reading and literacy. The things around me can only see changing, but I can't tell the reason. This time the official came, I understood many truths."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The truth is actually simple. Why did this place become rich? Is the money earned after becoming rich? How much money you become an official, how much family, and how many people who do things are? It is just reasonable."

Tao Shiqi said: "The government actually confiscates much money from the factory that is opened now. The government collects money, and it collects taxes. Many private transactions cannot be investigated at all. Where can I collect money? The current county government only collects taxes based on the goods transported according to the goods. Those factories, the government does not even know how many families there are, so where can I collect money?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Factory makes money much better than ordinary stores. It is inappropriate not to charge their money."

A factory with dozens of people, it is nothing to make a factory owner a year, and it is not uncommon to earn more than ten thousand yuan. How many such factories are there in the entire Baitingjian? If you can really collect taxes, money and grain are not comparable now. This is a new business, and the local government has no experience in managing it, so it can only let it go. The money and grain in Baitingjian is mainly the local government collects commodity tax, and the housing tax of some stores, but the biggest one is ignored.

In order to evade taxes, Ye County's factories can transport them without trains. It is difficult to evade taxes by trains, and water transportation is much easier. If you use a large truck to transport them for a period of time, and you don't board the ship at the dock, how can the government check clearly?

While Du Zhongxiao was talking to Tao Shiqi, the dishes were served on the table of the five people. The oldest person said: "We who work hard can't eat meat a few times a year. Today we see Silang off, and we have all the wine and meat, and you all have a lot of food."

Silang bowed: "Three brothers and younger brothers, I can get my help this time, all depends on your daily support. I just want to get a Jinshi. If you can't get a Jinshi in the capital, everything will be started over again, and it will be empty after all."

Dalang said: "How do you say such despicable words? A farmer like ours has not made money in the past few years, so how can there be scholars! It's nothing if you don't get a Jinshi. When you come back to the county, there are many things that you can do, so you don't have to work like us."

Several brothers said it was together. They were a family that moved from Hedong Road several generations ago. They have been farming for a living, and they have never even had a literate person at home. This time, Silang passed the trial, and several people thought it was a great honor.

The imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty did not ask about family backgrounds, and there were few restrictions. As long as you could learn poetry and books and have guarantors, you could participate. The conditions seemed to be relaxed, but in fact, what was the literacy rate in the entire society? Moreover, folk education was underdeveloped, and there were few enlightenment schools in the countryside. It was not because of family education or chance, that ordinary people did not have the opportunity to read and read.

The Iron Supervisory Bureau was built, and the income of the nearby people increased. With the encouragement of the government, the Enlightenment School was built in the countryside. Those with talent showed extraordinary features in the Enlightenment School and were sent to the county school, so that only the families who farmed had children who passed the Examination.

This is true for Wang Silang. He was in his early 10 years old and happened to go to the enlightenment school. He performed well and learned to read and read. He did not go to the school of the Iron Supervision like most people, but entered the county school. The teaching quality in small places was naturally not good. He relied on his own skills and wrote good articles. This time, the Baiting Supervision and Inspection Examination passed the Examination Examination as the first place, which made his brothers extremely excited.

Tomorrow we will set off to Beijing to prepare for study tours, increase our experiences, and prepare for the provincial trials for the coming year. The five brothers came out and drank wine to see him off. The four people who were offering Wang Silang's studies, Dada and Goro, farmed at home, and lived a good life over the years with fruits and vegetables. The other two were working in nearby factories. Because they were locals, they were easy to find a job, and they were all fine.

Even if you fail to pass the Jinshi exam, it doesn’t matter. Dalang said it well. Where is Ye County? If you look for a juren, you will have a lot of good jobs and you don’t have to work hard. The Wang family’s juren is really accumulating virtue from his ancestors.

Seeing the people around him looking over, Wang Silang said, "Brother, our Baiting Prison is not as good as before. There are many people studying now, and there is nothing to do in the Prison. Don't worry, after I arrive in the capital, I will definitely work hard and live up to your expectations."

Wang Dalang said: "You are already very good now. Even if you fail, it will be the honor of our Wang family. If you don't say which of the villagers around you, you will be the first in the interview this year, which shows that we poor people will have a way out in the future. Just study with confidence, and we will have the rest of the matter!"

Wang Silang bowed and said yes, drank a glass of wine with everyone, and thanked them repeatedly.

Du Zhongxiao saw it and said to Tao Shiqi: "In Ruzhou, there were several people who issued several laborers a year, but there were not as many people who did not provide any laborers today. It seems that in recent years, the Baiting Supervisory District has become rich, which is indeed different from before."

Tao Shiqi said: "That's natural. Look at the family over there, all of them have farmed for generations, and no one in the family has read poetry and books. If it weren't for the wealth in the place over the years, how could there have been people in his family who have tried their best?"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, the local life is relaxed, and you can take out money to make the people profit. By the way, what is the school in Baitingjian now? Ordinary people's children don't know whether it is easy to read and read?"

Tao Shiqi said: "If you are a local or a person from the Iron Supervisory School, it is not difficult to read and read. However, you know less poetry and books at first, and most of them still go to the Iron Supervisory School. After learning, you can get a job."

Du Zhongxiao nodded. The Iron Supervisor is a technical school. As long as you study hard, you can almost teach and learn. It is easier. Reading poetry and books requires talent, and not everyone can study it.

In the Jinshi exam, officials are selected and have their own ideology. Although they will also form routines, resulting in the concentration of families in certain regions, as long as the number of admissions is guaranteed, they will be roughly fair. In this case, there is no need for the imperial examination, so what methods are used to select officials?

The imperial examination has various shortcomings, but fair examinations are better than other methods. Of course, how the imperial court uses it after the official selection is another problem. In the past few decades, due to the excessive grace and overwhelming, there have been many redundant officials. As the demand for officials increased in recent years, it has been alleviated a lot. Judging from the situation in Ye County, officials can continue to increase, and the number of candidates for the imperial examination still seems too few.

With the development of the economy and the increase of officials in local areas, there must be enough officials to use them. Compared with Enyin, officials elected from the imperial examination are much more reliable. With the popularity of education, more people can be selected.

Most of the problems of officials in history were not because they passed the exam, but because of the problems caused by the use of the court.

During these days in Ye County, Du Zhongxiao could see that the current places are not just Baitingjian, but all places need to increase officials to keep up with the changes in the situation. The officials who need them are best to come from the imperial examination. Compared with the later Ming and Qing dynasties, the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty were selected more people, and because of their special titles, those who passed the Jinshi were generally not old and could be trained.
Chapter completed!