When money and rice can be distributed to students in the autumn, Liu Baiyu will know that there are quite a lot of scholars and he cannot afford to support them alone. Thinking of this, Li Tiancai breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Liu Baiyu's knowledge is real practical knowledge.

, what I like most is mathematical management, I can’t help but see the truth behind it.

Liu Baiyu's face turned blue and red while looking at this edict. Little did he know that he was thinking that he was out of touch. He didn't know the number of scholars in a county, so he thought he was saving money for himself.

"Anyway, you're welcome." Seeing his softened attitude, Liu Baiyu thought that the plan was about 70% certain. After all, with his participation, it would be a matter of course to get things done. It was a matter of winning over the intellectuals in the county.

It would be better to have the help of him as the county's magistrate. Otherwise, contacting the scholars in the county one by one would be exhausting and would also greatly affect the relationship between the two.

Liu Baiyu originally did not value the intellectuals of this era - their own knowledge structure and system will not even be as good as the domestic servants he trained in the future era, and even the most important loyalty will be far inferior. After all, this era

The moral integrity of scholars is generally very low, except for a few people such as Yang Angqing who just follow the wind, let alone the eunuchs.

However, under Kong Lingwen's analysis and feedback from the information continuously collected in this era, Liu Baiyu's views on these intellectuals have changed to a certain extent. After all, no matter how poor the intellectuals are, they are theoretically those who possess knowledge.

Moreover, they are the reserve army of the bureaucracy. Therefore, they still enjoy considerable status and prestige in society. The reason why they do not seem to have much appeal is because they lack financial resources.

And if Liu Baiyu wanted to establish a new dynasty, the scholars who had the status of masters and apprentices with him could not act according to the circumstances like the struggle between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party. After all, as disciples of rebels, no matter how loyal they were to the Ming Dynasty, the emperor

No matter how much you trust, you will be attacked by political opponents and become incapable of being a human being—

-This and party struggle are completely different concepts. Historically, Hong Chengchou relied on his teachers and students, the same year and other relationships to help the Manchu Qing Dynasty quickly conquer Jiangnan - so that Nanming's subsequent counterattack could only turn into a desperate struggle. It can be seen that once the imperial examination relationship is related to the change of dynasties,

That power is quite huge.

In this way, the old intellectuals have become the class that Liu Baiyu needs to win over. Although Liu Baiyu is too young now, according to the rules of Shilin, he will not have many disciples and disciples in more than ten years, but Liu Baiyu

You can use scientific and technological knowledge to cheat and cultivate a large number of engineering and technical talents called Confucian scholars. In this era when scholars like Ziyun Shiyun are everywhere and practical technical talents are extremely scarce, they will inevitably be regarded as treasures and control the actual power in various places.

The secret of one’s own future

Moreover, in ancient societies where knowledge was scarce and the illiteracy rate was extremely high, literate people not only had the right to speak, but also the power to judge right and wrong. The attitudes and background of these people can affect many ordinary people. As for the Donglin Party,

The issue of monopoly of discourse power is actually also

Don't worry too much. The Donglin Party has always focused on internal fighting, catching traitors and so on. They really have no vigilance against local forces. Even Zuo Liangyu, who is notorious for causing harm wherever he goes and is more vicious than the Manchus, is fighting for the imperial court.

There is really no lower limit to internal fighting and co-optation.

Through all kinds of information and a period of investigation and research, Liu Baiyu has roughly grasped the cultural situation of the entire county.

Overall, the level is extremely low.

Of course, this extremely low level is said in the general environment of academic commercialization in the late Ming Dynasty. If we look at the entire Ming Dynasty, the foundation of cultural construction in this county is pretty good. After all, this county is also located in the populous province of Shandong.

, even now, the college entrance examination score line is in the sky. Even if you don’t have much money, you will always have some accumulation of culture.

However, due to the overall population, the number of scholars in the county is also quite large. There are about 30 students in the county who have registered in the county school, and about 140 or 50 students have taken the county examination.

, except for the old ones who have no intention of learning, and the nominal squires, businessmen and the like, in fact what can be found is only half of what is on paper.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a certain quota for students in a county. The most valuable ones were naturally the Lin students, who could receive six pecks of rice every month. In theory, if they did not work, they would be white-collar aristocrats. The quota was also quite strict. Generally,

Thirty for large counties and twenty for small counties. As a densely populated county in Shandong, this county has a quota of thirty junior students.

Of course, there are additional quotas for hyperplasia, epiphysis, etc., but there is no nationally recognized subsidy. Basically, it is the kind of self-financed graduate students who get paid now. It is one of the high-incidence areas of ** and the private pocket of the teaching.

There are many such people in the Jiangnan area where literary style flourishes, but in this county there are only a few dozen of them, and we have to get rid of a few old guys who can't walk.

The county is in financial difficulty, and the income from the school fields is almost non-existent. It is difficult to maintain the existence of Li Cai Cai and the county school itself. Even the junior students have been unable to get rice for many years, let alone others. Of course, many scholars have well-off families.

, in fact, they are gentry and wealthy people in name only, but the image is of the identity and discourse of scholars.

Quan, it is not rare that this little money is better than nothing, but for the relatively poor real scholars, life is quite difficult. The main source of income for these people is to run private schools for middle-class families and above, but in the shrinking business

, now that the middle class is going bankrupt, private schools are also very unreliable.

After having a general grasp of the situation, Liu Baiyu felt that it actually didn't cost much to treat scholars politely, and even thought that this was an excellent opportunity to use the county's education industry to gain a lot of fame.

After Liu Baiyu thought about the budget, he stood up, walked around the hall, and looked at the situation in the courtyard from the corridor. He shook his head and said: "The Confucian Temple in this county is not old! Brother Li doesn't ask for more money."

, I’ll just pay this little money anyway!”

Li Tiancai's face was neither red nor white: "That's good, at least it's pretty neat. You haven't seen the nearby county town, which is like a ruined temple and has collapsed several times..."

"We can't continue like this. Anyway, there are still a lot of materials and bricks left to repair Dongmeixuan, so let's build it together with the county school!" Liu Baiyu said.

"Don't spend money indiscriminately, save money when you can!" Li Tiancai disliked Liu Baiyu's lavish style the most, and hurriedly objected! However, Liu Baiyu naturally said yes to him, but in fact, what should he do?

Done.

While Liu Baiyu went to Linqing for business talks, the temporary construction team of Liu Baiyu's family entered Dongmeixuan. This famous Song Dynasty building was actually intended to be a watershed. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was just a small thatched hut. Until

After the Jingnan period, except for one meritorious official who followed King Yan, the county renovated it into a large tiled house with brick and wood structure and became a real academy.

The entire Dongmeixuan is not large in scale, but it is small and exquisite. Stone pillars, glazed tiles, carved beams and painted buildings are vaguely visible inside. It can be seen that it was quite dignified when it was built.

Although it has been repaired many times in the past two hundred years, it is still old. The wooden structure is in serious decay. The walls and roof are also damaged and leaking in many places. According to modern standards, it is basically a dilapidated house. Of course, according to Ming Dynasty,

final standard

, even if it can be done, Liu Baiyu is extremely troubled by the cumbersomeness of ancient buildings, so he just builds a new brick house - according to the current cultural relics protection law, he is not repairing cultural relics, but destroying cultural relics, and will go directly to prison.

Enough is enough...

The wood, bricks, lime, etc. needed to repair Dongmeixuan are a piece of cake for Liu Baiyu, who has a lot of money and modern technology. There are sufficient materials, workers are in place, and the site is instilled with modern engineering concepts by Liu Baiyu

Management, it took less than seven days to complete the construction of the new Dongmeixuan.

There were originally many winter plums in the yard of Dongmeixuan, but there have been problems with the main building over the years, and naturally many of them died. Liu Baiyu naturally replanted them this time. Liu Baiyu also copied the design of the antique garden landscape.

, built walls and leaky windows like Jiangnan gardens, and built a rockery pool. In short, the newly restored Dongmeixuan has become peaceful.

1. Many fake ancient buildings in time and space look the same—nondescript. Experts of real Suzhou gardens will basically laugh their socks off!

Li Tiancai has seen the real appearance of Suzhou gardens, and he praised them repeatedly. There has never been a concept of private gardens in this county. Dongmeixuan is the best artificial landscape in the county. It is often regarded as an elegant place among local officials and literati.

A place for feasting and drinking.

As for the short construction period, Li Tiancai found it unimaginable - Liu Baiyu did not use any special mechanical assistance, and there were not many workers - according to Li Tiancai's estimation, if he organized the people himself

If you come to repair it, you won't have to think about it for more than half a month. Not to mention that Liu Baiyu also expanded many new buildings on the old site of Dongmeixuan, including a two-story water pavilion for parties and banquets, built in a modern style

Classrooms and dormitories, toilets and bathhouses were built.

When Li Tiancai saw that many new houses had been added, he couldn't help but find Liu Baiyu who was inspecting the quality of the work on the construction site to inquire about the use of these houses.

"Of course it works," Liu Baiyu smiled, "Dongmeixuan used to be an academy."

Dongmeixuan was an academy in the Song Dynasty, and it went through many ups and downs. It also served as an academy for a long time in the Ming Dynasty, but when Li Cai Cai arrived in the county, the academy had already existed in name only. The reason was simple - there was no money.

The county school still lacks funds, let alone a volunteer school like Dongmeixuan that relies on private funds. Originally, there were hundreds of acres of land under its name as a source of funds for the volunteer school. However, as time went by, it was gradually stolen and sold by officials and powerful landlords.
Chapter completed!