marquis of jingan

Chapter 139 A Different Kind of Library
There is nothing unusual about this Liquan building. There are more than a dozen tables on the first floor, and there are a few middle-aged people in their thirties who sit and drink tea on both sides of the table, and sometimes take out a chess board to play chess. Bureau.

On the second floor, in addition to the tables, there are seven or eight bookshelves, and the bookshelves are densely packed with books.

Zhang Jian greeted several middle-aged people on the first floor, then took Shen Yi all the way up to the second floor, and sat down at a table on the second floor. The magistrate of Jiangdu looked at Shen Yi.

"You can come here often in the future. Many of the books on the second floor are rare and rare copies. Some books that cannot be found outside can also be found here."

Shen Yi glanced at these bookshelves, seven or eight bookshelves, each with hundreds of books, that is to say, there are at least [-] books here.

Three thousand books may not be a big deal in future generations, but in this era, it may already be the limit of a family's collection of books.

While Shen Yi was watching, a middle-aged man who looked about 30 years old stepped up to the second floor. The middle-aged man glanced at Zhang Jian, then greeted Zhang Jian, and then walked towards the bookshelf .

He took out a book from his sleeve, put it on the shelf, rummaged through the shelf for a while, took a book and left.

Seeing Shen Yi's gaze on the bookshelf, Zhang Jian smiled and said: "Junior brother should know that many scholars who were born in Ganquan Academy decades ago are not from very good families. Well, if you stay in Jiankang City, you won’t have any money in a short time, you have to rent a house to live in, and you don’t have any spare money to buy books.”

In this era, books mean valuable knowledge resources.

Now that printing is not developed, knowledge resources are very valuable.

In human terms, books are very expensive.

It is so expensive that ordinary people can't afford to support a scholar. Children from poor families, even if they are talented in reading, will never have spare money to buy books. Some children from poor families will even go to bookstores to record books for bookstores in order to read. Once a book is transcribed, almost everything is remembered in my heart.

Zhang Jian paused, and said: "So more than 50 years ago, Mr. Wen Bai, the predecessor of our academy, built this Liquan building in Jiankang, and put more than a thousand books of his collection here for the library of the academy. Mr. Wen Bai made a rule at that time that if you take a book out of Liquan Building, you must bring a book in first."

Speaking of this, Zhang Jian smiled: "Under the leadership of Mr. Wen Bai, the young talents of Ganquan Academy have emerged in large numbers, and the Liquan Building has also grown day by day. Today, there are more than [-] books in this Liquan Building. The seniors and classmates of the Nian Academy saved up little by little."

Hearing this, Shen Yi already understood.

This Liquan building is essentially an internal library that is only open to the students of Ganquan Academy.

The reason why it is only open to the inside is also easy to understand.

Because the quality of the people in this era is not high, and books are very expensive.

Sometimes a bestseller can be sold for five taels or even ten taels of silver!
Just imagine, if in a library in the future, a single book priced at about 1 yuan can be lent out, and there is no ID card to register, then this library will not be open to the public anyway.

And this Liquan building is like this.

If it is some orphan copies, the price will even reach the level of a thousand taels!
It is very wise to only open to some academy students.

Shen Yi nodded slightly, and sighed softly: "The seniors in the academy are really amazing, so many books are already a huge fortune."

"Liquan Tower was originally only a place to borrow books and read books. Later, after the seven sons of Ganquan, it gradually became used for other purposes."

Zhang Jian smiled and said: "There are more and more officials, Jinshi, and Juren who are from academies in the capital. When we meet each other on weekdays, we usually make an appointment here to drink tea together, play chess, or to connect with classmates. .”

Sure enough, it has become the Oasis Club.

This result is not unexpected. After all, as a group of people from the same background get along better and better, what they pursue in their hearts will gradually change, and Liquan Tower will naturally change accordingly.

Shen Yi didn't say much, and now he is not qualified to say anything to this Liquan building, he just looked at Zhang Jian silently, and asked: "Didn't Senior Brother Zhang say that I would take my younger brother to a cultural meeting today?"

"There is no literature club."

Zhang Jian smiled dumbly: "I came here today to take you to the Liquan Tower to have a look. As for the Wenhui, I lied to the prince of Jin."

He pointed to the books on the second floor, and said with a smile: "There are many good books here, I have already said hello, you can borrow them at will, and there are many books that will be of great benefit to your road to the examination room .”

County magistrate Zhang paused, and continued: "You shouldn't have to worry about the hospital exam this year, as for the township exam..."

"There are two candidates for the chief examiner of this year's rural examination."

Zhang Jian said slowly: "The first one is Yu Zheng, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, and the second candidate is Cao Qian, a former number one scholar."

"But it hasn't been decided yet."

Zhang Jian smiled, and continued: "The township examination will only be held in autumn, and there is still more than half a year to go. Anyway, you have nothing to do. You can find out all the things written by these two people and have a look."

It is not surprising that Zhang Jian knows the candidate for the chief examiner of the Jiankang Township Examination.

Because his grandfather was prime minister.

And he also has the motivation to ask this matter, after all, he is now a member of the Academy School, so naturally he also wants to strengthen the Ganquan Academy.

Being able to know the candidate for the examiner in advance is of course a great help to the academy.

Shen Yi first bowed his head to thank him, then looked up at Zhang Jian, feeling suspicious.

Because Senior Brother Zhang treated him too well.

Although the two of them are brothers in name, they are not "pro" brothers in reality. Besides, the identities of the two are very different. It is already very good to be able to meet and talk, and Zhang Jian looks like this now , It is clearly a "support" that spares no effort.

Seeing Shen Yi's expression, Zhang Jian seemed to see clearly what Shen Yi was thinking, and he smiled slightly at Shen Yi.

"Junior Brother Shen, that poem of yours is very well written. It has already caught the eyes of the emperor, and it has greatly promoted the court situation. If you can pass the scientific examination smoothly, you can enter the officialdom smoothly in the future, and your official career will definitely be smooth."

"This is also a good thing for the academy."

He reached out and patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and said slowly: "My teacher said, if you win the provincial examination this year, I will take you to meet him."

Zhang Jian's teacher... Zhao Changping, the servant of the household department!

A proper court boss, very hopeful to become the next prime minister!

Hearing this, Shen Yi also heard the meaning of Zhang Jian's words.

It seems to be because my poem is so suitable for the occasion...

It not only attracted the attention of the emperor, but also attracted the attention of these Ganquan factions in Jiankang City.

Shen Qilang lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head to look at Zhang Jian, lowered his eyebrows and said: "If you are lucky enough to win the exam this year, you will definitely go with your senior brother to meet Uncle Zhao."

There is a ladder in front of him, Shen Yi has no reason not to climb it.

He needs this ladder more than anyone else, because he wants to climb fast and high.

If you climb fast, you will have a chance to be on par with Fan Shilang sooner, and then...

Kill Fan Dongcheng as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)