Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 342

"Brother Yulin, why are you still hesitating? What is the most popular thing in Guangzhou now? Isn't it the training class for college entrance examinations and the technical school for learning technology? This New China and Lanxiang are the best among them. Don't you do it? There are plenty of people doing this business!"

The one who is persuading him is Wu Xinzhong, another great gentleman who has accepted his fate.

The champion in history can now be regarded as a representative of the newly rising "emerging bourgeoisie".

He ran [Jun Zi Bao] and made his fortune.

But what Du Dajunzi, who was not so active in his cooperation, didn't know.

The major shareholder of Lanxiang Institute of Technology is Wu Xinzhong in front of him.

The policy of the Ming court to implement a 30-year-old upper limit for scholarly examinations led to the loss of a large number of scholars who were over 30 years old.

Not everyone has the determination to farm and manage the fields like Li Zhongren.

Therefore, a large number of educated young people had to go to big cities.

I went to Zhongdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Beidu to look for opportunities.

The popularity of "Esquire" also attracted many people to go south to Guangzhou.

The educated youth should enter the city in their middle age, and soon there will be some new booming industries.

Some intellectual middle-aged people found that in Guangzhou and other places, a large number of companies need to recruit scholars, preferably scholars with special skills.

Arithmetic, machinery, lawyers, etc.

Therefore, what Lanxiang Institute of Technology learns is not excavators, but these practical things.

The other part is to discover
The imperial examination is no longer available.

But there is no age limit for college!
After graduating from university, he also has a reputation as a scholar.

This time.

The new-style university, which had always been difficult to enroll, soon had many educated middle-aged students apply for the exam.

These middle-aged intellectuals are gentry from all over the world, and their families have land, land, property and business.

Thirty Lang was a full-time college student at the age of [-], so he didn't feel any pressure at all.

Therefore, a large number of training institutions for college entrance examinations have recently appeared in Guangzhou.

Very prosperous.

Now these training institutions are looking for "Esquire Daily" to advertise.

But our gentleman Du Ruchong doesn't want to advertise these new learning institutions.

Because "Junzi Bao" is a righteous newspaper that wants to teach Confucianism, the way of Confucius and Mencius, and speak for the scholars of the world, and speak out in public. How can it be a new learning?

"But." Du Ruchong frowned when he heard Wu Xinzhong speak like this.

"But what, Brother Yulin, of course our Gentlemen Newspaper speaks for the sake of the world's scholars. This is the purpose of our newspaper, and of course it cannot be changed."

"But this has no conflict with advertising for New China and Lanxiang! Yes, they want to call on scholars to learn new learning, but isn't this a good thing for scholars? Those who are over 30 years old, if they can go to the A university with a reputation as a scholar, can you come out and do things? Now it is not easy to have a reputation as a scholar. Everyone is a scholar, and those scholars who are over 30 years old, their background is still the children of our Confucianism, Confucian students, how can they be expelled from the ranks of scholars just because they have read a little more new things? Don’t you think so?”

Wu Xinzhong is earnest.

It's also obvious what he means.

These scholars who are over 30 years old have already formed their world outlook, outlook on life, and values.

So what if they read something new?
This is just a stepping stone.

A stepping stone to get a local official position in the future!
be an official.

It is still the greatest desire of these scholars.

"Yulin, you have been a child prodigy since you were a child. You were a scholar at the age of 17, and you were a scholar at the age of 24. If the Qing Dynasty was still there, you should have been a Jinshi long ago, right? Of course you don't know that those who have studied hard for half a lifetime, in the end, they can't even be a scholar. The pain in the hearts of poor scholars! Now the imperial court does not require those over 30 years old. What do you let them do? How many people have jumped off buildings and rivers recently? Now there is a way for these poor scholars to learn to settle down We can be gentlemen, but we can’t say that those poor scholars over the age of 30 will die in the future and have no hope at all! In addition, do you know how valuable these new errands are? For example, do you know how much the maritime merchants in Guangzhou pay for a general who can speak French and British?"

As Wu Xinzhong spoke, he gestured with five fingers and repeated them back and forth.

"This number! 100 yuan! 100 yuan Mingyuan! Do you know what this number means? The county magistrate of Panyu County below Guangzhou, the county magistrate of Panyu, can't earn this amount! This Panyu is one of the richest people in the world. county!!"

"There are also lawyers, accountants, doctors, etc., all of whom are in urgent need of talents! And these things are not difficult to learn. With your brain, you can learn it in a year or two. An Xie can be a scholar who can pass the exam. After two or three years, you can almost go out and do things, so why bother to commit suicide?"

"If we do this, we are doing a great deed, a great deed, and I don't know how many lives have been saved!"

Du Ruchong was taken aback by what he said.

But think carefully.

Wu Xinzhong said.

Makes sense too.

The knowledge of suicide during this period is much middle-aged.

Old scholars in long gowns are often fished out from the Pearl River.

What a sin.

Emperor Zhu deprived scholars over the age of 30 of the right to take the imperial examination.

This is definitely not possible.

What happened to 30 years old?
Didn't Confucius stand at thirty, and don't be confused at forty?

Why can't I take the exam at the age of 30?

Why does Emperor Zhu only want young people in his court now?
At the beginning, Luo Fangbo and Gu Song, his left and right ministers, as well as Tao Biquan, Peng Jun, Ouyang Houjun and other important officials, all came out to assist Emperor Zhu after they were thirty.

At that time, why didn't you dislike Luo Fangbo and Gu Song when they were old?

Co-authoring now wins the world.

You don't like using old people anymore, do you?
When you know it, you are in charge of the imperial court.

Those who didn't know thought you were running a brothel.

but.

What Wu Xinzhong said also makes sense.

Those scholars who are over [-] years old need something to do.

"Okay, this ad, just post it."

Du Ruchong nodded.

This "Jun Zi Bao" was co-run by him and Wu Xinzhong, both of them spoke at the same level, and both of them had to agree to do anything.

"The imperial court does not want scholars over the age of 30, and is not afraid of a few people like Huang Chao."

Du Ruchong muttered.

This imperial examination obviously has the function of cage wise men.

Why did Emperor Zhu abolish himself?

But Wu Xinzhong shook his head and said: "Because the whole world is now in a chaotic world like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is an era when various countries are vying for hegemony. Caging wise men is binding hands and feet. It is of no benefit to China to compete for global hegemony."

(End of this chapter)