Wear ancient times with a house

Chapter 258 Lecture
When a room full of people can be so quiet that even footsteps can be clearly heard, something unusual must have happened, or some important person has appeared.

But Song Nian and Wang Qi, who were eating hard, chatted while eating, but they didn't find anything.

Then, while they were still stuffing their mouths with meat, they caught off guard and saw two elderly scribes opening the curtain to look at them.

The two were in their early fifties, with thin bodies, wearing indigo robes, and each held a book in their hands.

One of them looked at Song Nian and Wang Qi with a kind face and a smile on his face; the other had a long beard and frowned slightly, as if he couldn't understand why someone was eating in such a big way in the dormitory.

Song Nian and Wang Qi put the bowls and chopsticks into the food box, whether they swallowed or spit out the food in their mouths, they froze on the spot, and had to quickly mobilize their brain cells to find information about these two people.

Although the scholars are strangers to each other, they can more or less tell the level of the other party.

Literati in their fifties like this appear in the dormitory, look a little sad, or have a kind of desperate resignation, they are generally old Juren who have tried and failed.

After taking the exam this time, I don't know if I can pass the exam, and I don't know if I will be able to come next time. Even if the family is rich, my face is tense.

And like these two, although there is nothing to be seen from the clothes, but the gestures and gestures reveal that they are in the top position calmly, and there is no look of panic at all. There is a high probability that they are officials.

Just, what are their identities?And why are you here?

When Song Nian bowed his head and bowed his hands to salute, he quickly chewed and swallowed the food in his mouth. He felt his throat choked, but he didn't have time to drink water, so he could only clear his throat and ask:
"I don't know who you two are?"

The old man with serious face asked:
"Since you come to the school to study, don't you know that there will be people coming to teach every ten days?"

Song Nian and Wang Qi looked at each other and shook their heads.

Thinking about it, although those who study here are not likely to stumble and step on others, it is also a clear competitive relationship.

And because most of the students who study here are unable to provide them with good enough study rooms and teaching at home, the competition between them is even more intense. No one wants to work hard at home for them to take the exam, but regret to return home in the end.

So, Song Nian and Wang Qi stayed here for more than half a month, and they also made friends with some people, and occasionally helped each other read articles, but they didn't get any information about anyone giving lectures.

Fortunately, the two didn't get angry because of it. Seeing Song Nian and Wang Qi's blank faces, the kind-hearted one explained:

"Now you know, at the end of each month, there will be two days, professors from government schools and elders from the imperial court will give lectures in turn. If you have any doubts, you can sort them out and ask them when you are resting."

This arrangement can be said to be inconsiderate of poor students. Song Nian and Wang Qi were happy when they heard it, thanked the two adults who came to tell them, put out the fire, and followed them without even having time to clean up the dishes Went to the classroom for lectures.

The inside is already full of people, so it can be seen that the rest of the people came to occupy their seats after eating in a hurry, and some of them may still occupy their seats before eating.

Song Nian and the others didn't even find a seat, they could only hold a book with a few pages of paper inside and two charcoal pens, and obediently stood in the classroom at the end to listen to the class.

The two people who came here today are both professors of government studies, and they usually teach the children of officials above the fourth rank, or children of powerful families.

Such teaching resources belonged to the students present who couldn't even touch them. It is true that the special-grade teachers from the key middle schools in the capital came to educate and alleviate the poverty of students in mountainous areas.

So everyone present, whether they were standing or sitting, listened very carefully. Song Nian's notes were flying fast. At this moment, he couldn't help but thankful that he used a charcoal pen, which was convenient for shorthand.

actually.When he used charcoal to make annotations on the article, after being seen by others, some people said that his behavior was disrespectful to learning.

Nowadays, the use of charcoal pencil is very limited. It is basically used by craftsmen to draw straight lines to draw design drawings, or when the front desk in the shop records the list.

The most elegant use is to use it as a base when drawing Gongbi paintings, but it is not that no one says that the artistry of such paintings is too strong, the beauty is beautiful, and there is no aura.

But Song Nian saw Song Jun often write and draw with it before, and he realized the beauty of it, so he also learned to use it.

As for the laughter, according to Song Yun, when you fail, everything you do is wrong; and after you succeed, taking notes with a charcoal pen is a unique learning method.

This kind of cheeky self-exculpation, Song Nian simply took it seriously:
Just like when his mother insisted on supporting him to study, how many people said they were wasting money before he was admitted as a scholar, but now they all praise Mrs. Song for "far-reaching plans for children".

The two professors each gave a one-hour class. By the end of the day, it was already dark, and they had to light candles to read the words in the book clearly.

Under such a premise, the so-called time for answering questions is naturally gone. After class, the two old people were picked up by the carriage.

After the people in the house sent the two of them off respectfully, someone wailed:

"Originally there were only two days, and today is still one morning late. Alas, I have been accumulating questions since the beginning of the month. Now it seems that I can't ask questions."

Another person chimed in:

"That's not true, but there's no other way. It's the emperor's kindness that you adults are willing to take the time to give us lectures. Can we still expect the same treatment as the students of government schools?"

Song Nian listened to the chatter of other people with his ears pricked up, and finally understood what was going on:

This is also a problem that has been gradually exposed since the dynasty has been established for a long time.

Just like modern times, the 50 years before the founding of the People's Republic of China was the most open period of class circulation.

At this time, the people below will climb up if they work hard, or if they are lucky, or if there are talented people.

But the people above stood in the wrong line; wanted to take Joe but didn't pay attention to proportion; or thought they had a good family background, even in troubled times, they felt that soldiers and barbarians would not dare to deal with them, so they didn't even arrange a guard, and they were finally caught in a pot all kinds of things, and they all fell down.

And once the situation is stable, the solidification of the class will be obvious.

For the ruling class, solidification is of course beneficial, and the children and grandchildren are all masters.But standing at a certain height, such as the emperor, is unpleasant.

At the very least, any emperor who wants to make his own voice heard in the imperial court cannot just rely on exchanging benefits with the big families who colluded with each other. Group of people.

Foreign relatives are fine, eunuchs are fine, but scholars from wealthy families are even more fine.

Therefore, when the gap in teaching resources was getting bigger and bigger, so that the probability of being admitted was gradually positively correlated with family background, the emperor decided to open a small window for the children of poor families, that is, to open a small stove and give some subsidies appropriately.

Such is the existence of cheap housing in Beijing, free dormitories, and regular lectures by special professors.

(End of this chapter)