The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 205 Please grant a plaque
The establishment of a private school is on the agenda.

The first thing Xie Shen has to deal with is Zheng Xundao.

The boy's relationship with Zheng Xundao is not bad now, and he can say some things directly.

However, after Xie Shen had a chat with Zheng Xundao, Zheng Xundao readily agreed, and proposed that Shu Xiu only charge 40 taels a year.

You must know that Zheng Xundao is not only a candidate, but also an instructor of government schools, which is not the same as Mr. Xixi in Ningfu, Hangzhou.

What's more, what Zheng Xunzhi wants to teach this time is the children of ordinary farmers, whose foundation is much worse than that of the Ning family.In other words, Zheng taught to spend more energy on these children.

It's because Xie Shen couldn't stand it anymore and insisted on adding Shu Xiu's money to one hundred per year, which can be regarded as a round.

After discussing the teacher, Xie Shen began to choose a house for a private school.

On this matter, Xie Shen fully sought advice from Zheng Xundao, and finally rented a cross-school adjacent to the county school.

The reason why I chose this place is not because the rent is cheap, but because this yard is next to the county school.

The learning atmosphere and environment are the most important to Xie Shen.

As the saying goes, those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black, especially for these immature children.

Otherwise, there would be no story about Meng's mother moving three times.

Xie Shen hopes that the successful experience of the county students can become a role model for these peasant children, and also hopes that they will also be able to obtain the title of scholar one day.

The annual rent for this house is 150 guan, plus the one hundred guan a year repairs for Zheng Xun, the cost is already [-] guan.

This does not include the desks and chairs to be purchased in the school, as well as the writing utensils such as pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

These are not children from aristocratic families, they are all children from poor families. Although Xie Shen has handed over Shu Xiu and prepared a school for them, if they don't have pens, inks, papers and inkstones, they still can't afford to go to this school.

Xie Shen was deeply touched by this point. At the beginning, his eldest brother Xie Fang did not hesitate to carry a lot of burdens and work hard in order to allow him to go to school. It can be seen that supporting a scholar is a huge expense.

Xie Shen will do his best to reduce the cost of going to school so that they can focus on studying.

It only took Xie Shen a few days to get all this done, which is considered very efficient.

Opening a school is a private act and can be considered a good deed, but there is one link that cannot be avoided no matter what, and that is County Magistrate Wu.

After all, County Magistrate Wu is Yuyao's parent officer. If Xie Shen bypasses him and directly opens a school, County Magistrate Wu will definitely feel uncomfortable.

Moreover, the teacher Xie Shen asked was still Zheng Xundao, which was staffed by the Ming government.

To be precise, Wu County Magistrate and Zheng Xundao are still superiors and subordinates. Although they are not directly subordinate, the superior is the superior.

If County Magistrate Wu is upset and wants to beat him up with an excuse, he can use Zheng Xundao as a knife. After all, Zheng Xundao can be regarded as blatantly soliciting private work.

Therefore, after renting the house, Xie Shen went straight to the county government office.

The yamen servant in front of the county yamen has long been familiar with Xie Shen, and immediately let Xie Shen in.

The young man followed the yamen servants all the way through the courtyard to the back yamen, and asked the county magistrate if he was busy with work recently? "

The yamen servant wondered: "How does Mr. Xie know?"

Xie Shen said indifferently: "It's not surprising, usually you go to report first, and then take me to see the county lord, but today you directly lead me into the back office, probably because you are afraid that the two reports will annoy the county lord."

"Xie Xiaoxiang is really Wenqu Xing, but this is only you who can advance to the county government without reporting. This is specially ordered by the county lord. If you change someone else, even if you have the heart of a bear, you will not dare put it in."

Xie Shen was noncommittal about the flattery of the yamen servant, one has to be self-aware, his status in the mind of County Magistrate Wu is definitely not to such an extent.

But he said that the yamen servant went into the house and reported to County Magistrate Wu, and Xie Shen followed behind.

I saw hill-like documents piled up on the ebony desk, and some certificates scattered in the corner.

Magistrate Wu was "buried" by so many documents, and his face was very haggard.

Xie Shen thought about his words, but he stepped forward and said, "Students pay respects to the magistrate!"

County Magistrate Wu waved his hand and said, "Xie Xiansheng is here, sit down!"

Xie Shen didn't refuse and sat on the Yumu South official hat chair.

With his understanding of County Magistrate Wu, this guy doesn't like to do everything by himself.

The county government office is actually a miniature version of the imperial court, with six rooms corresponding to six departments, and the specific matters can be handed over to the officials below.The county magistrate only needs to check well and make decisions on some major issues.

But the situation in Yuyao is a bit special. There are too many scholars here, so there will be many disputes.

If it's just a dispute between farmers, most of it involves money, and County Magistrate Wu doesn't bother to pay attention to it.

If there is a dispute among scholars, it usually involves reputation.

This is not easy to send the people below to do it, otherwise it will be perfunctory.

For a county magistrate, apart from maintaining a good relationship between superiors and subordinates, the most important thing is to be united with the local gentry.

This is related to whether the county magistrate can make political achievements during the three-year term, and what kind of political achievements he will make.

The gentry and celebrities are generally scholars, and most of them are lords and scholars with fame and fame.

Although County Magistrate Wu was born as a top-ranked Jinshi, he couldn't show off his official authority in the face of these scholars.Otherwise, if these squires jointly impeach County Magistrate Wu, it will be a question of whether County Magistrate Wu can survive his term safely.

Therefore, no matter how annoying these documents are, Magistrate Wu has to read them one by one.

Xie Shen naturally understood the truth, so he didn't ask rashly.

County Magistrate Wu didn't mean to complain about these things, he just said softly: "What is Xie Xiansheng asking to see the county?"

Xie Shen bowed his hands to County Magistrate Wu and said: "The student is here to ask for something, please allow the county magistrate."

Oh?
County Magistrate Wu immediately became interested.

In his impression, Xie Shen was an extremely talented young man.Such people have one thing in common, that is, they are arrogant.Although Xie Shen tried his best to restrain himself, he would show it more or less.

It's okay, after all, it's a young man.

Magistrate Wu was curious as to why Xie Shen suddenly lowered his figure to beg him.

"Students went to the coastal barren beach to supervise the tenant farmers' construction of dams. When they saw an old man crying and complaining about the hardships of life, they started to build private schools and promote education. Only in this way can they see hope."

After a short pause, Xie Shen suddenly changed the topic.

"Since he took office, the county lord has devoted himself to promoting culture and education. The students really admire him and want to do something for the elders in his hometown. I also ask the county lord to give me a handwritten plaque, so that the students can hang it in front of the private school gate, so that Yuyao scholars can feel it. Go to the county and respect it as the heart of the imperial court to educate talents."

A gleam of joy flashed in Wu County Magistrate's eyes.

This is the art of speaking!
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