Be a master through ancient times

"Lord Chu, the first training course has been prepared, and people selected from other prefectures can come here."

Today, Chu Ci was reviewing official documents when Zhou Qing came in with a happy face and told him the news.

"Thank you for your hard work, the official immediately wrote a book and asked them to send people over. By the way, after they come, remember to help them arrange accommodation and meals, so that they will not be notified if there is something wrong." After looking at the plan in Zhou Qing's hand, he said.

"Yes, my lord. Then will this money be allocated by our Department of Education?" Zhou Qing asked a very crucial question.

Chu Ci shook his head: "No, if there are one or two, then that's fine, it may not be possible to show the generosity of the host, but this time there are too many people, and we may hold it again in the future, we must not set this precedent. "

Zhou Qing also nodded: "Yes, a few days ago, I heard Mr. Wang said that our yamen owed a sum of money to the bookstore. If we ask him for money again, I think he will be in a hurry to get a room."

"Oh!" It's hard for a man with money, but it's hard for a man without money!Chu Ci did not expect that one day, he would face the dilemma of lack of money again.In fact, he himself has money to spend, but this money cannot be posted in the yamen, and even if it is posted, it is a drop in the bucket. How can he shoulder the education expenses of the entire yamen and even the entire Zhangzhou government by himself?

The family business Kou Jingjing entrusted to him cannot be defeated by this!

It was rare for Zhou Qing to see their adults frowning, and such adults seemed to be in line with his age.Judging from his behavior after coming here, no one would think that their lord is just a young man in his early twenties.

Chu Ci thought for a while, and decided to refer to modern standards.

He pulled the pen and ink aside, immersed himself in writing a few lines on the letter paper, then picked up the seal on the side, and stamped it with a "slap".

"Master Zhou, take this piece of paper and find more people to copy it... about [-] copies. Bring it back and stamp it in the afternoon." Chu Ci handed the letter paper to Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing was a little puzzled, and when he took it over and took a look, he realized Chu Ci's intention for him to do this, and couldn't help but praise him in his heart. In this way, the money matter was settled.

"I'll do it right now!" After speaking, he took the paper and hurried out the door.After returning to his territory, he signaled all the people present to stop what they were doing first, and do what their lords told them to do first.

Everyone quickly spread paper and ink, and quickly copied according to the scriptures of Chu Ci, just like a group of "human body printers".There are many people and strength is great. With the efficient work of these people, they have already copied the number of copies required by Chu Ci before the afternoon.

Zhou Qing hurriedly moved these to Chu Ci's study, and Chu Ci was a little surprised when he saw it: "Copied it so quickly?"

Zhou Qing said with a smile: "The lower officials dare not delay the matter of your lord, and the content of this letter is not much, so a dozen people can copy it quickly."

"Then you can stamp these seals by the way, and then put them into envelopes, and send them to the various mansions by express boat." Chu Ci still has some official documents that have not been approved, so he is unceremoniously arresting the young men at this moment up.

Zhou Qing, who had no sense of being a "strong man", didn't have such thoughts, he only felt that their adults valued him.You know, the seal is the representative of the rights of the officials, let alone used, even if they are unwilling to be touched by others.

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"My lord! Someone outside asked to see me, saying that I was here to deliver a letter under the order of Mr. Tixue from the Zhangzhou Mansion."

Yanzhou Mansion is an old neighbor of Zhangzhou Mansion, so the message was delivered very quickly, within a day, it was delivered to the door.

Zhang Tixue was about to release the yamen at this time, and when he heard the report from the doorman, he immediately sat back and asked him to invite someone in.

After the person who sent the letter explained the whole story, he submitted the things and took his leave. He had to drive out of the city to take a boat to the next mansion.

After Zhang Tixue watched him go, he opened a large letter from Zhangzhou Mansion.Judging from this thickness, it should be more than just a letter.

Sure enough, the top one was Chu Ci's personal letter, which said that they could send the selected people to train, and then explained the current predicament of Zhangzhou Prefecture in a very helpless tone, so they couldn't afford it. Some fees and more.

Zhang Tixue was a little puzzled. After all, the Department of Education was only in charge of education. In addition to the government appropriation every year, there was also the school field and the maintenance of the students. There was no profit, but at least there would be no loss.

What he didn't know was that the Zhangzhou government's semi-monthly education newspaper was a money-burning thing. Don't see that the money in the first issue is not much, but when the settlement is made at the end of the year, you will find that it is also a big expense.

It was even more so when the new textbooks were published later. The Department of Education confiscated a penny of textbook fees from the students, and they were all subsidized by themselves.

These extra expenditures put the Department of Education's finances in jeopardy, and it was really difficult to be frugal.

Naturally, Zhang Tixue couldn't understand the reason for this, but he also understood that this new style of teaching still needed to rely on Chu Ci, so he had no objection to his saying that a certain fee would be charged.

After reading the letter, he took out the other papers in the envelope and saw that it was the "report form" that Chu Ci had mentioned in the letter.

The first column on the report sheet is the registration and training time, which reads: Report on the second day of May, and the training will end from the third day of May to the tenth day of May.

The second column says that the place of registration is the Tixue Division of Zhangzhou Prefecture, and the training place is in the School Scholars Hall next to the Tixue Division.

The third column states that the training fee is [-] yuan per person, including three meals a day for the past few days, and they have already arranged accommodation, but they have to pay for it themselves, and then they will be reimbursed when they return to the original government.

In addition, it also states that all participants in the training must report with a registration form.

Such a novel notice made Zhang Tixue look at it for a long time. He felt that Chu Tixue came up with so many ideas, which were always unexpected, but when he thought about it carefully, he found it inexplicably practical.

Not only him, but the adults who received the notice in the next two or three days also had the same idea as him.

As time approached, people from all the prefectures also started to leave for Zhangzhou Mansion.Because Yanzhou Mansion is the closest to Zhangzhou Mansion, they were the last to leave.The first ones to report to Zhangzhou Mansion were the masters of Changning Mansion.

After they disembarked at the pier, they boarded the carriage sent by Tixuesi. A group of more than fifty people took seven or eight carriages and rushed to Tixuesi in a mighty manner.

When they arrived at the Department of Education, they took out their registration forms and were about to ask how to register, when a porter came forward to lead them to a hall.

There are two tables in the hall, and a sign is erected on one side. The one on the left says the registration office, and the one on the right says the payment office.

When they came to the left, Mr. Chen, the leader of the government school, handed in the registration form first. The person in charge checked the form, then handed over a brush, and asked him to fill in the name of the house and name on a piece of cardboard with the words "Passport" written on it. .

After filling it out, he asked Master Chen to pay the training fee. After paying the fee, the man took out a seal and stamped it on the piece of paper, and then stuffed the piece of paper into a thin wooden board covered with red string. In the coming part, you can just see the information he just filled in.

"In the past few days, whether you are entering or leaving the inn or the Hongwen Museum, you must wear this item. Please keep it safe, Mrs. Chen."

Master Chen nodded quickly, and hung the object around his neck according to his instructions.After the masters of Changning Mansion finished their work, they stood together and looked at each other, feeling a little weird, but also had an inexplicable sense of excitement. They always felt that something had changed after wearing this thing.

The concierge who just led the way didn't give them much time to think, and when they saw everyone was there, he led them out and introduced the waiter at the inn who had arranged for them.

Xiao Er was very enthusiastic, and took them to a nearby inn, and introduced some characteristics of Zhangzhou Prefecture to them along the way.

The accommodation arranged for them can freely choose the room, among which the one-person room is the most expensive, and the four-person room is the cheapest.

Most of the wives choose a four-person room. First, they must do it. Although they can be reimbursed, if the money is too much and they don't report it, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?Secondly, they are new to Zhangzhou Mansion, and they are not familiar with the place, so it is best for them to take care of each other.

After everyone settled down, they heard some voices coming from below.Someone took a look and was amused. Those who came were also training participants, and they also had passes hanging around their necks.