Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 191 You ask me, who should I ask?
Basically 90% of the people who went to the Scholars, Farmers, Merchants and Artisans Hall were scholars.

The remaining 10% are industrial and commercial, while there is none in agriculture.

From this we can see why the lower class people have always been at the bottom of society.

Because even if you give him a chance, he doesn't know how to seize it.

But it’s not their fault, after all, they don’t have much knowledge.

Normally they only know how to farm. What value can they provide to His Royal Highness the Prince of Yu?

But you have to admit, these people can really provide some value to Zhao Xin.

For example, go to Beijing to file a complaint!

Report corrupt officials in your area.

Isn't this a great opportunity?
……

Lecture Hall.

Zhao Xin looked at the "Self-introduction" collected by Yu Jing.

At this moment, the Scholars, Farmers, Merchants and Artisans Hall has some of the meaning of the circulation of scrolls in the old Tang Dynasty.

The so-called "circulating papers" means that candidates hand over their past works to some respected people, or even imperial examination examiners, to have a look.

By then, your work will be really good, and people will give you extra points during the exam.

Or even if you fail the imperial examination, you can be directly recommended to the emperor through recommendation.

only……

This is often a privilege only enjoyed by aristocratic families.

Now, what puzzles Yu Jing is that since we already have a very complete imperial examination system, why do we still have to use this backward method of selecting talents.

then……

Yu Jing asked Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin also replied: "Isn't this because we are afraid that some talents have not yet been discovered? And...it should be said that this is done to find some talents with special skills."

Yu Jing asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Xin: "For example, talents who can manage the Yellow River."

"If you ask a person who only wants to be a prime minister to manage the Yellow River, can he manage it well?"

"So, I want to use this method to find a talent who likes to fight to the death with the Yellow River."

"That's right! Go put up a notice now, saying that priority will be given to those who can remedy the river."

Yu Jing: "..."

Yu Jing was helpless, but since His Royal Highness Prince Yu had already given the order, he had no choice but to do it.

Zhao Xin added, "Tell the people outside not to worry. The Scholars, Farmers, Merchants and Industrialists Association will be open all year round. There is no need for everyone to come in all at once. As long as they are truly talented and can be of great use to the country, I will not turn a blind eye."

Yu Jing then understood Zhao Xin's words and went back to work.

then……

Zhao Xin responded to each person who had sent the "travel scroll".

For example:
"The writing is very good, but it's useless. Keep up the good work."

"The words used are very awkward. I'm only eleven years old and I can't understand it."

"The handwriting is very good, and you can tell that he is very serious about his work. It's just that the content lacks a little practicality."

Zhao Xin had to reply to hundreds or thousands of documents one by one.

a few days later.

The scholars in Tokyo City took back their "travel documents".

The good news is!

His Royal Highness Prince Yu actually responded to them carefully one by one.

The bad news is!

None of them are acceptable.

"Has His Royal Highness Prince Yu taken a fancy to any of you?"

Alum building.

Someone asked the guests present.

Then no one responded, everyone just sighed.

"I thought I might be able to become an official."

"It turns out this is even harder than the imperial examination."

"If you can pass so easily, that would be abnormal!"

"What did you say!"

"Looking at your article, don't you know your own level?"

It almost led to a fight between the two sides.

This is the case with the scholars...

Basically it's hard to be noticed.

On the business side...

Often they can get a direct meeting with Zhao Xin in person.

The carving skills of some craftsmen are simply amazing.

You can use wood and carve several layers of hollow balls with dragons and phoenixes in them. But this doesn't seem to be of much use.

It takes a lot of time and energy, and you can sell the product, but you may not be able to sell it.

Zhao Xin also asked him to try and see if he could do some furniture design.

after all……

Next, Zhao Xin will have a large amount of rosewood brought into Tokyo City.

We have to find someone to be responsible for the design.

it's over...

Get him a smaller steam engine machine to try.

See if the processing efficiency can be doubled.

……

Time passed day by day.

September, late autumn.

The barbarian Nong Zhigao from Guangyuan Prefecture attacked Yongzhou.

In fact, Zhao Xin also wanted to go, but she thought that going to Guangxi was too far away, and she was getting married in a few days.

The only option is to let the local imperial guards solve the problem temporarily.

Zhao Xin also had a premonition that these imperial guards would definitely not be able to win when they arrived.

In a few days...

The wedding takes place.

It can only be said that as the only son of an official, Zhao Xin is too low-key.

As for the court officials, he must invite his teacher Yan Shu.

And then the others, I won’t invite you.

Ouyang Xiu and others were invited.

After all, he was a member of the Prince of Yu's Mansion, and things like the poems he had to write when he entered the palace, the poems urging him to get dressed, and the poems urging him to leave the house had all been written for him by Ouyang Xiu and others.

Zhao Xun and others must be here too.

Even the food that Li Yuanjun ate that day was like a wedding banquet.

The country is dealing with many issues, so we can only deal with it in a hasty manner like this.

This is in stark contrast to his arrogance and domineering behavior in other places.

The scale of this wedding was only slightly better than that of an average wealthy family.

of course!

In terms of betrothal gifts and dowries, they are definitely much better than those of ordinary wealthy families.

But that's about it.

This made Fan Zhongyan look at him with new eyes.

As the only son of an official, he did not spend hundreds of thousands of strings of cash on a lavish wedding. This is truly commendable.

to be frank!
Fan Zhongyan thought it was reasonable even if the wedding cost 200,000 or 300,000 strings of cash.

Two or three hundred thousand strings of cash would be enough to build a river embankment for the Yellow River, at least ten to twenty miles long.

"Could it be... that I really misunderstood him as Uncle Ouyang Yong said?"

It’s just that this age for marriage is a bit too much.

This also caused countless people to gossip, what exactly is going on?

Well……

Could it be a pregnancy before marriage?

Or something else.

But they had never heard much about the Chen family before.

Although the head of the Chen family has a timber business in Tokyo City, you are just a businessman and you are not an official in the court, so you are nothing.

But since then, everyone knows what the Chen family does.

The only possible explanation is that his daughter is just too beautiful!
At the beginning, the emperor also wanted to make Wang, the daughter of Sichuan wealthy businessman Wang Mengzheng, the queen. It was said that Wang was "the most beautiful woman in the world". Unfortunately, Empress Dowager Liu said, "She is too charming and may be detrimental to the young master."

Later, the emperor found another granddaughter of a general, Zhang. However, Empress Dowager Liu said that Zhang was from a general's family and if she was chosen as queen, she might interfere in state affairs in the future, which would be difficult to resolve.

Finally, Empress Dowager Liu decided to find a queen from a declining family.

The reason is that this will not interfere with state affairs.

As the name suggests, "Shuimen" refers to a family that may have been prominent in the past but has now declined.

Only in this way can those who have no power and influence be controlled.

Of course, this is just Empress Dowager Liu’s personal opinion. Who knows what the emperor’s standards are?

The official standard is probably not to interfere with children's choice of wives.

He himself suffered greatly from it, so how could he learn from Empress Dowager Liu?

Madam Yu also teased Madam Miao, "Why don't your children need anyone to take care of them?"

Madam Miao rubbed her brows and said, "You ask me, who should I ask?"

(End of this chapter)