Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 236 Reporting to the Imperial College

After six days of sailing, Fan Ning's boat finally arrived in the capital this morning, and entered the city through the Datong Gate on the Bian River.

This time Fan Ning went north, except for a bag of food prepared by his mother, the other was three large boxes of Tianhuang stone, about [-] pieces. This is the original stone he selected for Zhu Zhe. He specially selected thousands of pieces of Tianhuang stone. selected from.

As soon as the boat arrived at the city gate, a tax collector stood up and shouted, "Ship aside for inspection!"

The boss of the ship hurried forward and said: "We are a passenger ship, and there are new scholars on board, who just returned home to visit relatives and returned to Beijing."

The chief tax collector looked at him, and immediately recognized Fan Ning. Many people in the capital had seen Fan Ning when he was riding a horse, and this tax collector had also seen him.

"It turned out to be Fan Jinshi, sorry for being rude!"

Fan Ning did not think of using Jinshi status to evade taxes. Anyway, the tax paid now can be deducted from the store. Fan Ning said with a smile: "I brought three boxes of stones. If I need to pay taxes, I can pay them normally."

The head tax collector was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Fan Ning to admit that he had brought something. He didn't know whether he should check the tax, so he hesitated and said, "Can I have a look?"

Fan Ning asked the boatman to carry out the three large boxes, opened the lid, and there were yellow stones inside.

The tax collector didn't know this kind of stone, so he asked, "Is this stone for sale?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "It's for friends to practice carving."

The head tax collector waved his hand, "Let go!"

He said to Fan Ning again: "Since it is for personal use, there is no need to collect taxes. Please enter the city, Fan Jinshi!"

"Thank you!"

The ship staggered towards the city gate, and all the crew members were relieved. They were frightened by Fan Ning's actions just now. Fan Ning didn't have taxable goods, but they did!They're all hidden in the cabin.

But the boss of the ship secretly gave Fan Ning a thumbs up. The more you hide it, the more suspicious the tax collectors will be, and the more they will come to investigate you. Fan Ning voluntarily admitted that he had three boxes of stones, and opened them to the tax collectors. Instead, they would not come Yes, this is called playing hard to get, and it is even more clever.

Fan Ning just smiled apologetically, he didn't know that these boatmen were carrying private goods.

The boat turned into the Cao River again, and finally stopped outside the old Caomen. From here, it was only one mile into the inner city to Fan Ning's temporary residence, and it was the nearest boat mooring point.

Fanning paid the boat fare, bid farewell to the boatmen, and then hired a bullock cart to carry his three large boxes back to his residence.

Fan Ning's residence is still in the yard outside the old Caomen. He paid a year's rent last fall, and it will not be due until this fall.

The courtyard was uninhabited, and Fan Ning's luggage was still in the room. The coachman helped him move three boxes of Tian Huangshi into the house, and Fan Ning closed the courtyard door.

Returning to this familiar courtyard again, Fan Ning felt as though he had left this place yesterday.

Fan Ning shook his head, shook off the emotions in his heart, cleaned up briefly, and went out for lunch.

After lunch, Fan Ning came to Taixue located in the south of the outer city. Last time he came to see Zhao Zongshi, but today he did not come to Taixue, but to report to the Imperial College.

The Guozijian in the Song Dynasty was not only the highest institution of learning, but also the highest educational institution, as well as an official publishing institution. During the Qingli Reform, the scale of Taixue expanded rapidly, from more than [-] people at the beginning to more than [-] people.

To a certain extent, Guozijian is Taixue, and almost all the officials of Guozijian are professors of Taixue. They have dual identities, they are both officials of Guozijian and professors at the same time.

Of course, Fanning didn't come to be a professor, he didn't even know what he could do?
His official position is Secretary Shengzheng, but the characteristic of the Song Dynasty is that there are countless radishes in a pit. The official position of Secretary Shengzheng has already been filled by many people. name, to do something else.

This is how Fan Ning was assigned to the Imperial College. Other Jinshi in the Boys’ Department had to continue his studies, but Fan Ning was not. He had a salary and a formal official position, so he had to do something.

The Guozijian official office is on the left side of the gate of Taixue. It is a large courtyard. The gate has a gatehouse, but the gatehouse is relatively old. The red paint on the wooden pillars of the gate has been mottled and peeled off. There is a plaque in the middle of the gate with gold characters on a black background. The words "Guozijian" are written in dragons and phoenixes.

This is the Ministry of Education of the Great Song Dynasty. It is hard to imagine that the Ministry of Education of the Great Song Dynasty, which has always attached great importance to education and culture, is such an inconspicuous courtyard.

But things can’t just look at the surface. For example, the prefectural schools and county schools in the Song Dynasty are independent and rarely accept the jurisdiction of the Imperial College. For example, the large-scale imperial examinations are in charge of the Ministry of Rites and have nothing to do with the Imperial College.

Most of the responsibilities of Guozijian are only responsible for the education of the four highest institutions of the Song Dynasty and the review and revision of the textbooks of the Song Dynasty. In addition, they will also convey some of the latest regulations of the court to the local government schools.

Fan Ning walked into this slightly shabby government office, which was also the most inconspicuous government office he had ever seen, even Wu County's county office was a little bigger than it.

The Guozijian official office is a large courtyard, covering an area of ​​about six acres. Directly opposite the central axis is the Guozijian lobby, on the right is the official room of the Guozi offering wine, and on the left are the official rooms of the two Guozi officials.

On both sides of the big courtyard are two long rows of houses, which are the official houses of the officials of the Imperial College.

Of course, the officials of the Imperial Academy are also professors of Taixue, and they have another spacious and bright room in Taixue, so the conditions here are slightly worse, and they don't care.

Fan Ning didn't know who to turn to. When he was hesitating, a middle-aged official came over and asked, "Are you a Tai student?"

Seeing that Fanning was young, he regarded him as a student.

Fan Ning hurriedly said, "I'm a Jinshi from the Boys' Division of the Imperial Academy. I don't know who to look for?"

"Are you here to study?" the middle-aged official asked again.

Fan Ning shook his head, "I have an official certificate from the Ministry of Officials, and I am not here to study!"

"I see, you are Fanning!"

The middle-aged officials suddenly realized that during this period of time, officials in the DPRK and China were discussing that the Imperial Academy was going to have the youngest official, Fan Ning, No. 1 in the Children's Department, and the officials assigned him to the Imperial Academy.

Fanning smiled and nodded, "I am Fanning!"

"You come with me!"

The official smiled, and brought Fan Ning to the official room of the Imperial Academy, and said to Fan Ning, "At present, Song Qi, a scholar of Longtuge, is also in charge of offering sacrifices to the Imperial Academy. He is usually not in the Imperial Academy. You Siye Hu Yuan is in charge of Taixue Education, and Zuo Siye Liu Chen is in charge of the internal affairs of the Imperial Academy, so you should report to Liu Chen."

"Then is Liu Siye here today?"

The middle-aged official smiled slightly, "Aren't I just standing in front of you?"

Fan Ning immediately blushed. It turned out that this middle-aged official was Zuo Siye Liu Chen, the chief official in charge of the daily affairs of the Imperial College.

Fan Ning hurriedly bowed and saluted, "The student didn't know it was Liu Siye, so be rude!"

"You're welcome, Shaoguan Fan, please come in!"

Fan Ning followed him into the official room, and Liu Chen invited Fan Ning to sit down and asked the tea boy to serve tea.

Liu Chen asked with a smile, "When will you be back?"

"Students just came back this morning!"

"Actually, you can rest for another three days, don't be so anxious, settle yourself down, and it won't be too late to report again."

"The main thing is that there is nothing to do? There is also a student residence. I rented a private house when I took the imperial examination, and it will not expire until the end of the year."

Liu Chen nodded, sat down on his seat, took out a file bag from the drawer, and pulled out a thick stack of documents from the Ministry of Officials. He said with a wry smile: "This time, the Ministry of Officials gave us 27 Jinshi from the Imperial College. Except for you, everyone else is from the same Jinshi background, we need to arrange where to go."

Fan Ning understands that this is the arrangement for alternate officials, and they will be directly transferred to the four major universities or important state universities to serve as doctors and professors.

For example, the well-known Qin Hui, although he was a Jinshi and ranked first, but his background was not good, he was still sent to the Imperial College as an alternate official, and was sent to Mizhou as a professor.

Liu Chen found out Fan Ning's letter, and said with a slight smile, "You are a Beijing official, and you will directly serve in our Imperial Academy office. I asked Wen Xianggong, how to arrange your position specifically? Wen Xianggong said, the emperor still hopes that you will continue to work." Studying, so although it is a job, but I won't give you specific things to do, you can understand!"

Fan Ning nodded silently. Of course he knew that he was only 13 years old, so how could he give him a real job.

Liu Chen glanced at Fan Ning, and said again: "I'll think twice, you are the official eighth-rank teacher, so you should be the Imperial Supervisor!"

Supervising a school is just a position, not a position, just like a professor is also a position. All teachers in Taixue can be appointed as professors, but their actual official positions are fifth-rank doctor, sixth-rank direct lecturer, or eight-rank teaching assistant.

There are six supervisors in the Imperial College. They are not only responsible for maintaining the teaching order of Taixue, but also often go to various state capitals to supervise and understand the local teaching situation.

The biggest characteristic of the position of a school inspector is that there are no fixed tasks. When there is something to do, he is too busy to touch the ground. When there is nothing to do, he will sit in the official room and drink tea all day long.

As long as Liu Chen doesn't give Fan Ning specific things, he will be idle as a school inspector.

Liu Chen only determined Fan Ning's official position from a general perspective, but the specific report arrangements were in charge of the Guozijiancheng.

The Guozijian Cheng is also the eighth-rank official, and manages all kinds of miscellaneous things in the Guozijian. Of course, there is more than one Guozijian Cheng, at least a dozen people, but most of them have gone to the local government with the title of Beijing official.

There are three Guozijian Cheng who hold real positions, and one is in charge of the publication of teaching materials, which has nothing to do with Fan Ning.

The other person is in charge of education, that's why Liu Chen asked him just now if he was a jinshi in the boy's department who came to study. If Su Liang came to report for duty, he would go to the Guozi Jiancheng who was in charge of education.

Fan Ning found the third Guozijian Cheng, who was in charge of internal affairs, equivalent to the director of the Guozijian Office.

The name of this Guozi Jiancheng is Jiang Yan, who was a Jinshi in the previous term. After serving as an alternate official for four years, he became a Beijing official, which shows that he has someone in the court.

Everyone calls him Jiang Jiancheng. When you first come across this name, it may feel a bit unpleasant, and it may be misunderstood as Jiang's treacherous minister, but it doesn't matter if you get used to it.

Jiang Yannian is in his early 30s. He is tall and thin, with slightly dark skin. He looks very smart and capable. He has a gentle attitude and always has a smile on his face.

Jiang Yan filled out a form for him, and then asked with a smile: "Does Shaoguan Fan need to stay at Taixue?"

Although accommodation in Taixue is cheap, there are many rules. Fan Ning doesn't like it. He shook his head, "I have a place to live, so I don't need to think about it."

"Okay, let me tell you about the salary and benefits!"

Fan Ning immediately regained his energy. He really wanted to know how much his monthly salary was?

Seeing that he was in good spirits, Jiang Yan recalled when he first joined the job, and couldn't help laughing: "You are the minister of the eighth grade, and the monthly salary is 30 yuan per month. In addition, you will be given [-] bolts of silk and [-] taels of cotton every year. If you don’t live in Taixue, the Imperial College will give you a rent subsidy of [-] yuan per month, a food allowance of [-] yuan per month, and ice charcoal money in summer and winter.”

Fan Ning was secretly amazed. The monthly salary plus subsidy was almost 30 yuan, which was equivalent to [-] monthly salary for future generations. There was also a cooling fee in summer and a heating fee in winter. In addition, there were twelve bolts of cloth and [-] taels of wood cotton every year. I am still a grassroots official in Qingshui Yamen. It seems that the salary and benefits of civil servants in Song Dynasty are really good.

(End of this chapter)