Xinshun 1730

Chapter 139 Investigation
Some people may be able to afford good clothes, but they may not be able to afford a good horse.

Especially the horse that Liu Yu was leading had extremely tall shoulders, obviously a first-class horse, fat and strong.

The few people who followed were also full of arrogance. Although they were all wearing common people's clothes, it could be seen that speaking nonsense is a basic skill for adults.

Liu Yu sang a song, thinking of the names of the randomly selected students who failed the exam, and asked, "May I ask if Chen Qinghai is from here?"

This name is very characteristic of the times. It should be that the father just finished fighting in Qinghai, so he gave his son such a name.

Calculating the time, it is almost the same, it should be the battle to regain Qinghai when Liu Yu was born.

This Chen Qinghai is a failed student.

Geometry surveying and other knowledge is good, but others are not good enough, the competition is too fierce, there are only a few places, so there is no chance to enter Wude Palace.

There is no chance of "re-study" in the camp school. If you fail the exam, you will fail the exam. In order to prevent people from taking advantage of loopholes, there are rigid age regulations.

Being able to study in camp school is considered a talent.

Sure enough, this person is still very famous in the village. When Liu Yu asked, the person pointed to a house in the distance and said: "Go north and go to the fifth house. There is no couplet posted at the door, and there is a persimmon tree. That house. This is it, everyone?"

Listening to Liu Yu and others' capital accent with a Shaanxi flavor, this person dare not underestimate him.

"Oh, it's okay, just take a look. Thank you."

They clapped their hands, and the few people came to the pointed house regardless of the people in the village community pointing and talking.

There are red fruits hanging on the persimmon trees inside, like lanterns.At the intersection outside the street, there are still ashes of burnt paper money, and there are no couplets posted on the door.

The door was ajar, and there was a big dog in the yard.

Knocking on the door knocker, there was a burst of barking from inside immediately, barking wildly to report to the owner.

Soon, there was a shout from inside.

"Stop barking! Heizi, come into the nest, be honest."

Then a muscular young man came out, startled when he saw Liu Yu and the others, cupped his hands and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Liu Yu also cupped his hands.

"He's from the capital, but Chen Qinghai if you dare to ask?"

Hearing that it was from the capital, Chen Qinghai was ecstatic in his heart, and thought to himself: "Could it be that someone cheated, and it's my turn to enter the Martial Virtue Palace?"

It was not easy for him to ask directly, so he hurriedly said: "I am, everyone, please come in, please come in."

He opened the door, cursed at the loyal black dog twice, and entered the room to welcome Liu Yu and others.

The room was quite spacious, Chen Qinghai yelled, and a woman who was also seventeen or eighteen years old came out of it.

Without too much shyness, he wished Liu Yu and the others a blessing, hurriedly cleared a small table, took a pot, and went outside to boil water.

An old man who looked to be in his 50s came out from the next room, with a broken arm, and asked, "Qinghai, who's here?"

"Father, he's from the capital."

"Ouch..."

Hearing this, the old man moved into the back room, and there was a clang of bottles and cans. After a while, he took out a small paper bag and shouted: "Second brother, make this tea. It's a New Year's reward , I’m not willing to drink yet.”

After shouting twice, the woman responded outside, and the old man asked: "Everyone, what's the matter?"

"Oh, it's all right, good thing. Please sit down, old man."

After saying a few gossips, Liu Yu winked at Mantou, and Mantou took out a paper.

"Do you have a pen at home?"

Chen Qinghai saw a test paper, thought that his guess was even more correct, and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes."

Quickly took it out, Liu Yu handed the paper to him, and said with a smile: "It's a little bit of a trivial matter. Please answer this paper. It will only take half an hour. You answer yours, and we will drink tea with the old man for an hour time."

After speaking, he took out a pocket watch, checked the time, and remained silent.

Chen Qinghai has been in the camp for many years, and he is already familiar with the exams. Although he doesn't know the identity of the other party, he already has a guess in his heart. Now seeing the expensive pocket watch, he feels more at ease.

"Father, drink tea with these guys."

After finishing the order, he quickly picked up the pen and looked at the handwritten paper in front of him, feeling a little surprised.

The questions are all about geometry and arithmetic, as well as some general knowledge of astronomy, which are slightly more difficult than the Wude Palace entrance exam.

However, these studies are what he is good at, and when he had an idea in his mind, he hurriedly picked up the pen and wrote vigorously, with no external object in his mind.

In the main hall, Liu Yu asked the old man with a broken arm to be the main seat, and he was to accompany him, while the rest stood behind him.

The old man has also been in the military for more than ten years. Looking at the behavior of those people standing behind him, how could he not know that these people are all in the army?
Since he is from the capital, he only thinks about good things in his heart.

"Old man Gui Geng?"

"Hey, Guigeng can't talk about it. He's only 44. He broke his hand in the Northwest and blown sand for seven or eight years, making him look old."

"Oh, so it's an old hero. Qing Hai is the second child, so what about the eldest?"

"It's gone. Those in the fifth battalion, when they become males, they have to think about dying one day. They didn't live in the north last year. They kept their grandchildren, and they are all old enough to go to school. They are going to school in the camp. Everyone I teach those girl dolls how to read in the camp."

When the old man talked about his dead son, his tone seemed very calm, but he couldn't hide his sadness. When he mentioned his grandson, he felt a little relieved.

"The third and fourth children are still young, and they are not suitable for studying. They have been helping the family for a few years, and when they are old, they will be able to go out."

Liu Yu heard the old man say that there are still three and four children in the family, so he asked: "When the three and four grow up, this can't be the son of a good family of the five camps, right?"

"Yes, as long as my grandson passes the qualifications, this Yongyetian will still belong to the old family. Apart from Yongyetian, there are some properties outside. At that time, the second, third, and fourth brothers will share a share. The second child will enter In the camp school, I can go to the camp school to be a teacher in the future, and I also have military registration. The third child and the fourth child will not be successful. Even if they become soldiers, they will not be a good family, and there will be no permanent land. There is no official land."

This military status is very different from the military households of the previous dynasty. Although many people died in battle, every family is scrambling for this military status.

With military status, you don’t need to pay taxes or do hard labor, and your children and grandchildren can enjoy the benefits of enrolling in camps. If you are lucky, you will fly to the Forbidden City to be a dragon guard.

Even if you can't do it, it's much easier to get into the Wude Palace than to take the imperial examination. The population base is here.

Liu Yu was also curious, and asked, "Old man, are you busy with the work in this house?"

"Hey, why can't I be too busy? I broke my hand, and the boss is not in Nenjiang. When the farming is busy, the young people in the village will come to help. There are also big animals in the family, and they hire three or two long-term laborers on weekdays. How can I be too busy? I still have a Xun, and I still have five taels of silver a year, so I can get by, I can get by."

After thinking about it, if there are big animals, the work in the field is really busy.

As long as he can give birth to a son and hold the military status of a son of a good family, he can at least guarantee the life of a wealthy owner farmer and can hire long-term labor.

Chen Qinghai is the second child, his elder brother has already died in battle, this military status has no part for him anyway, unless his elder brother's child dies...

But as long as the old man is still there, this kind of thing should not happen. Forcing the sister-in-law to jump into the well to die and then kill the nephew, it is estimated that the old fifth battalion will not allow it... The woman’s family is also a good family of the old fifth battalion. You can go directly to Baoding Mansion to beat Dengwen Drum.

However, Chen Qinghai was admitted to the upper house of the camp school. Although he was not admitted to the Wude Palace, he can still retain his military status.

As a teacher in Yingxue, each village community has a special teaching field, and the next generation can get Yongye Field, and the imperial court should be able to use this land.

The third and fourth are a little bit miserable.

If he had been born 40 or [-] years earlier, when there were still many official fields, and his martial arts were qualified, he might be able to be a son of a good family with military registration.

However, there is no idle land in the world now, so they either immigrate to Liaodong, Hetao and other places;

Yongyetian belongs to the imperial court, and the father is not eligible to share it, so he can only share the rest of the family property.

If the old family's children are gone, or if they fail the assessment and cannot join the army, then the succession will be the third and fourth children.Once the second child starts to teach formally, it will be tantamount to separation.

Different from the equal inheritance law of ordinary people, these good sons of the old fifth battalion still inherit the title of nobles, mainly inheriting their military status. Although the title of this noble is too small to be smaller, it will soon catch up with the "common people" in the Han Dynasty Noble, but it is a special status after all.

For this military status, he can only learn and practice desperately, at least he must pass the examination before he can inherit the military status.As the basic set of the royal family, this control is still very strict.

Liu Yu secretly wrote down these details, and then asked: "Old man, you have military registration, and your son is eligible to enter the camp, right?"

"Yes. I have military registration. Even if my eldest son inherits military registration, my son is still my son, and he can go to camp school. But my grandson is not necessarily the case. My father is a son of a good family, so my son can go to camp school; If the father is not, then he cannot. Grandchildren are not included."

"Entrance school...well, there is something for a year, right?"

"Those things in the camp school are worthless. A few stacks of paper and a few feet of cotton cloth. The main thing is to learn to recognize characters, count numbers, and not to be blind in the future. If you are lucky, you will be admitted to the martial arts. De Gong, that is the right way."

"Girls can also go to school?"

"Girls have a school for girls, and they can't get in. They can only learn to read and count. When they give birth to a baby in the future, they can teach the baby to learn how to read from an early age. The female teacher teaches the girl to read, read, and count. Do the math, you can earn five or six qian ren a month, thirty catties of rice, and you can live on your own."

"Well. What if the family has no other property, nothing but Yongye Tian, ​​and there are many sons, and they can't pass the entrance examination?"

"What should I do? Be a soldier. You can be a soldier even if you are not a good family. You will have some money for a month, and you will not starve to death. If you are really starving to death, you can also immigrate to Liaodong, Mongolia, and Hetao. The court People are sent to ask questions every year, but few people go there. But it’s almost time to starve to death, so I have no choice but to go.”

After asking a few more questions, the so-called "good tea" in the pot lost its taste.

It may be due to the fact that the hand was broken and there was the lowest rank of honor, there will be some rewards every year during the Chinese New Year, but the quality of the tea is also a bit inferior, and it is likely that it was handed over by someone.

This time Liu Yu mainly asked about the details of the life of the Liang family of the old Wuying.

After thinking about it, I want someone to rush to apply for the exam...

The premise is that the salary should be high.

The main reason is that even the failed students of Wude Palace still have the guarantee of military status.In the village community, there is a teaching field, and when I go to Liugong Island, my wife and children have to follow... I can't get on the boat by myself, let my wife and children stay at home, and tie their necks like cormorants.

"Old man, this is like Qinghai, who has done camp teaching and has military registration, not to mention the teaching farms of various villages, how much money will he give in a month?"

"Well, I'm teaching, and I'm going to be with the boy army. Two taels of silver a month. There's also rice for the New Year's Day."

I roughly calculated the account in my heart, and calculated it, after this year, I would have to give at least 40 taels of silver.

If there is less, no one will go.

The main reason is that the navy is in its infancy and its future is uncertain. Who knows if this thing has a future?If there is no future and the rewards are too small, then it is better to be a teacher in a village communal school.

In addition, they have to ensure that their Yongye fields are temporarily handed over to the rest of the village for farming, but they will be returned in the future.

Moreover, it must be ensured that the children of these people go to school, and the level of schooling is not lower than that of the village community school.

According to the first batch of trainee officers plus trainee non-commissioned officers, 300 people will be accepted, so you have to prepare for at least 2 taels of silver a year.

If you become a full-time employee in the future, your salary will definitely have to be improved, otherwise, who will work hard?It's too nonsense to talk about feelings.If you become a full-time employee, your salary will be doubled, and if you become a captain, you will have to pay even more.

As for the sailors... Those who cannot be admitted in various camps must be high-quality, and at least know some words.

But high-quality ones are too expensive, and Dashun probably cannot afford to support such a high-quality navy, at least for the time being.

Liu Yu pondered for a while, the sailors should wait for the flood and drought and catch the victims.Give me a corn bun, plus a tael of silver a month, and you should be able to catch a lot.

(End of this chapter)