Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

After the Jinshi scholars left the capital to take up their posts, they suddenly became bored, and they didn't usually get together with friends.

Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun stayed in the rental house all day. They study laws, official letters, decrees and other content around the clock, waiting for the next examination, just like preparing for the civil service examination.

Ju Ming went out on horseback and went to work for the first time.

Bai Sheng and Shi Biao wanted to follow, so Ju Ming ordered: "Go back and sleep for a while. After you get up, go to the charcoal field to get some charcoal ash."

Bai Sheng said doubtfully: "Tan Hui has it at home."

"It's not the charcoal ash left after burning," Ju Ming explained, "it's the charcoal ash scattered on the ground when the coal was piled. This thing is useless and needs to be cleaned and discarded regularly. You can each bring a bucket back. In addition, Then go to the suburbs to get all kinds of sand."

After finishing the explanation, Ju Ming led his horse to the street and rushed to Taixue under the faint morning light.

Taixue is affiliated to the Imperial College, and the school was originally located in the Imperial College.

There are many schools under the Imperial College. In addition to Taixue, there are also martial arts, law, Jingcheng Primary School, Piyong (Taixue preparatory class), etc.

Due to the expansion of enrollment, Taixue also had a branch campus near Yu Street, and many residential buildings were demolished.

Today, some Taipei students live in the old campus and some live in the north campus.

However, the dormitories are still not enough, and a third campus is being built in the southern suburbs. It has been under construction for several years, and when it is completed, all the students will have to move there. As for the north campus in the city, it will be freed up and converted into Taoism, specifically used to train Taoist priests.

When Ju Ming came to the old campus, he did not go to the Imperial College, but went straight to the principal's office of the Imperial College.

"Xue Zheng, please come in quickly, Da Sicheng has been waiting for a long time!" The principal's entourage warmly welcomed him in.

When the Imperial Academy offers wine, it is also called Da Sicheng.

At the beginning of the year, Cai Jing's confidant Liu Siming was still in charge.

Now, Liu Siming has been demoted to magistrate and replaced by Lu Yun, who often impeached Cai Jing.

"Oh, I finally waited for success!"

As soon as the two met, Lu Yun enthusiastically held Ju Ming's hand.

The Imperial College Jiajiu, whose subordinates are all members of the Cai Party, is unable to start work at all, and is eager to bring in more new people.

Zhu Ming was held by the hand and could not bow, so he could only bow and said: "Ming pays homage to Da Sicheng!"

Lu Yun smiled and led him in: "Hurry and sit inside."

"Thank you." Zhu Ming went in and sat down.

Lu Yun said without any scruples: "The Imperial College and the Imperial College have many treacherous parties. They are successful, upright and staunch. They are the people of my generation. When I take office, don't have any scruples, and don't be afraid of being hated by the treacherous parties. If anything happens to me, I will do it myself." I will bear it!"

This guy was too direct. Ju Ming handed over his hand and said, "I will follow the teachings of Da Sicheng."

Lu Yun is a big troll who is not afraid of anything. He became Taichang Shaoqing several years ago. Because of the impeachment of Cai Jing, he was demoted to the magistrate of Ruijin County. From the name of this county, you can tell that it is a remote place.

It was precisely because of such deeds that Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty made him in charge of the Imperial College and the Imperial Academy, thus shocking a large number of Cai Jing's followers here.

Lu Yun said bluntly: "Zhang Gang, a doctor of Taixue, used to be my student. You can communicate more."

"Yes!" Ju Ming said.

Zhang Gang was a graduate of Taixue last year. He was very popular with Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty and was awarded the number one scholar.

Historically, this person first criticized Cai Jing and then impeached Qin Hui. He was dismissed from office for twenty years. After his restoration, he successively served as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Counselor of Political Affairs, and Bachelor of Zizheng Palace. Because he offended Zhao Gou, he was demoted to the magistrate of the state and resigned in anger.

After talking for a while, Lu Yun personally took Zhu Ming to the Imperial Academy Prime Minister Gaoshu to go through the entry procedures.

"Are there any official documents?" Gao Shu didn't look down upon him.

Ju Ming took out the documents: "I have received the documents from the Ministry of Personnel."

Gao Shu threw it to his men: "I know, just wait."

Lu Yun patted the table twice: "Sign and print!"

Although Gao Shu and others wanted to oust Lu Yun, they did not dare to blatantly undermine the procedure, so they had no choice but to sign their names honestly and then have their subordinates stamp their seals.

Lu Yun led Zhu Ming out, and as soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he said, "Don't worry about the little ones, they are all clowns."

Gao Shu heard it clearly in the room, and he slammed the table and shouted: "Old thief!"

Lu Yun ignored him and instead smiled and said to Ju Ming: "I haven't reached the age of destiny yet. I'm afraid this old thief is scolding someone else. Maybe his surname is Cai, maybe his surname is Wang."

Ju Ming scratched his head. The fight here was fierce, and he was completely torn apart.

But, since it is the emperor's arrangement, and Cai Jing is the strong one, the bigger the trouble, the better. No matter what the trouble was, Song Huizong was behind it.

Lu Yun introduced as he walked: "On the Imperial College side, there are only the upper and inner residences of the Imperial College. The outer residence has been moved to the north. By this autumn at the latest, all three residences will be moved to the southern suburbs outside the city."

Ju Ming asked: "The southern suburbs are quite far away, right?"

Lu Yun said: "It's very far. It takes at least two to three quarters of an hour's walk from Nanxun Gate."

From the house where Ju Ming lives now, it takes two or three quarters to go to Nanxunmen, which means that he will have to walk for more than an hour to go to work.

Fortunately, he brought the cornucopia to Tokyo, otherwise the daily commuting fee would be a lot of money.

Lu Yun added: "The newly built Imperial College in the southern suburbs has more than a thousand houses. If you are not too shabby, you can live there if you succeed, and you will not be charged for room and board."

Zhu Ming was very happy after hearing this. When Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun were released, he could sublet his current house and move directly to the southern suburbs to live in the school dormitory.

As for Chen Yuan, he can also rent a house in the southern suburbs, and he happens to be giving lectures near Taixue, because lectures are no longer allowed in the city.

After giving some more instructions, Lu Yun returned to the Imperial College, and Ju Ming rode to the North Campus.

Taixue has a full capacity of 4,000 students, of which 3,000 are in the outer dormitory, 600 in the inner dormitory, and 400 in the upper dormitory.

The Siye of Taixue and the Chancellor of Taixue are concurrently held by the Siye of Guozi and the Supervisor of Guozi.

There are ten doctors of Taixue who are responsible for lecturing.

There are five people in Taixue who are responsible for studying the school's rules, style of study, and academic examinations.

There are five more people who have been recruited as Xuezheng's deputies.

Next are ordinary teachers.

There are also ministers, similar to the president of the student union, who is also the president of the student government.

There are classes (classes) and dormitories (levels) in Taixue, which adopt a credit system. Credits can be obtained in both quarterly and annual exams. Once the credits are accumulated to a certain level, you can be promoted to a higher class, and you can graduate after completing the credits.

As the new Xuezheng, Zhu Ming is only responsible for the lower level of the Imperial College, similar to the grade director of the first-year university.

After riding a horse to the North Campus, Ju Ming called a school worker to take him to the office.

"Meet Xuezheng!"

His deputy was named Xie Lun, who was promoted from Taixue graduates and became a minion under Cai Jing's gang.

Ju Ming returned the gift and said, "Bring me all kinds of books!"

A minion from the Cai Party, he could only act in disguise but dared not speak out openly. Xie Lun quickly brought the relevant documents.

Ju Ming manages a lot of students, 1,500 of them, including 200 self-funded students.

He spent most of the day looking through the student roster, which recorded detailed information on three generations of the family.

At least 70% of the students come from official families!

Another 20% come from prominent local families.

The remaining 10% are the truly poor children.

Looking at the promotion and examination status, no mistakes or omissions can be found. Party Tsai does not need to violate procedural rules, he can just leak the questions and cheat.

In the middle of the afternoon, Zhang Gang, a doctor of Taixue, came.

The two now belong to the same camp and must fight against the Cai Party forces in the school.

After a brief conversation, Zhang Gang said: "Xuelu needs to be appointed by the Ministry of Personnel. The Cai Party controls the Ministry of Personnel. Unless there are major reasons for impeachment, it is impossible to replace Xuelu. We must start with the officials and replace them with real people." A good student who is diligent and eager to learn.”

Zhang Gang is only responsible for teaching and has no personnel power. He now recommends that Ju Ming be changed to the student council president.

Ju Ming asked: "Apart from the two of us, are all the Ph.D., Xuezheng, and Xuelu all members of the Cai Party?"

Zhang Gang said: "There are also a few doctors from the Imperial Academy who don't care about secular affairs and just lecture on scriptures every day. They hate Cai Dang, but they don't dare to offend Cai Dang."

Ju Ming asked again: "Is exam fraud serious?"

Zhang Gang replied: "It's a bit serious, but really good students can also be promoted to a higher education. They just have to wait an extra year or two."

That means Cai’s party still leaves room to give serious students a path for advancement.

It's okay at Imperial College, but it's more serious at Imperial College.

The Imperial College is all the children of Beijing officials of grade seven or above, and the number is still small. Only one or two can obtain the status of Jinshi every year. The children of Cai’s party are given priority to enter higher education, and they also have to win over powerful officials in the DPRK and China, resulting in the children of middle- and lower-level officials being unable to graduate.

That's why it aroused public outrage. Countless officials in the capital were impeached. The emperor took the opportunity to punish the Cai party in the education system, and by the way, he changed all the imperial wine.

Ju Ming asked: "Who is the most outstanding among the lower class students in Waishe?"

Zhang Gang said: "Chen Dong is the most talented and knowledgeable. This student could have been promoted to the inner dormitory a long time ago. But because he publicly scolded Cai Jing many times, he still can't even get into the upper class of the outer dormitory. He has enough credits and cannot be promoted to the inner dormitory. The reason for abandonment is bad conduct.”

The two communicated and Ju Ming learned more about the situation.

On his first day at work, Ju Ming had no contact with the students and rode his horse home near evening.

Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun are still reading and preparing for the exam, and they don't know when they will be able to take the exam.

"My husband, everything has been moved back!" Bai Sheng no longer calls him brother. He thinks it is more honorable to call him brother.

Zhu Ming summoned Chen Yuan and others to accompany him, and together they hammered all kinds of sand and gravel into powder. The coal slag was burned at home, crushed and piled on the porch.

Ju Ming wrote a few more pieces of paper, indicating the types of these ingredients.

He needs to do experiments to find the best material ratio for briquettes.

Then he drew a few more sketches, all of which were molds for making briquettes, and gave them to Bai Sheng and said, "Tomorrow, ask a carpenter to make these things, and then get a bucket of sawdust to take home."

Bai Chongyan asked curiously: "What does it take to succeed?"

Ju Ming explained: "To develop a charcoal material that can be used for cooking fires, do you want to join forces and do business?"

Bai Chongyan shook his head: "I still don't know how I did in the examination, and I don't know where I can put it. I might as well forget about doing business together."

Min Zishun said: "Let's not talk about the joint venture. If Cheng is short of money, I can lend him a hundred guan."

Bai Chongyan also said: "I can borrow fifty guan, but I can't take out any more."

"Thank you two brothers for your generous donation!" Zhu Ming already had no worries about start-up funds. Counting Chen Yuan's promise, he could borrow 350 yuan. If you make up some more, it will be enough to rent a small shop outside the city.

That Ganoderma lucidum sold for 180 strings and was bought by a drug dealer who took advantage of him.

(Recommend a historical text: "The Number One Scholar from a Farmer's Family".)