Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

The county magistrate Qi hurriedly hurryed, and finally whitewashed the exterior of the Qian'an County Library before the twelfth lunar month. The stone tablet commending the donation was carved out and officially opened on November 27.

The work in their county is to be closed every month and delivered to the mansion. In November, the library opens, and in the twelfth lunar month, the mansion can send someone to confirm his eunuch. With the library and the four rulers under the rule, when the first month of the pilgrimage and the officials are over, the Shangguans will always say something nice for him for the sake of this library and the four rulers in the county, right?

In this job, he is diligent and conscientious, caress the people favorably, and does not make a comment of "greed and cool"; he is not too old, and he is considered to be strong, and he is not afraid of being called "old and sick". As long as you don't fall into the remaining four eyes of the "suppression, impetuousness, impetuousness, and incompetence" left by the inspector's law, you will be able to become a magistrate smoothly and successfully. At that time, without the influence of the flood the year before, he didn't believe it and couldn't come up with a better official performance!

Qi Sheng was ambitious. He went to Yali early in the morning, glanced at the official documents, and took the officials to the county library to host the opening ceremony.

The firecrackers, silks, and musicians have been prepared in the library, and the courtyard is covered with red and colorful colors, just waiting for him to host. Mr. Lin had already known this grand event, and he had a day off in school, and he would come to join in the fun with the students.

Cui Xie ran over after practicing martial arts in the morning. Before the sweat on his forehead was dry, he wore a hood to block the cold wind, and his eyebrows were covered behind the fluffy wind. However, his complexion is extremely white, and his figure is slender and tall as he was trained in the army. He is lined with a large cloak of fox fur with a green satin surface. Even if wrapped up like a zongzi, it is the most dazzling one in the crowd.

Qi Xianzun came down from the sedan chair and saw him squeezed in front of the library. He beckoned him to come over and asked gently, "How come you came so early? You will follow me today, and you will put the plaque later." A monument will be erected later."

The library is set up, and Cui Xie will be asked to publish the "Jianqian'an County Library" engraved on the tablet together with his old articles into a book, which will not disappoint his learning and aspirations.

The county magistrate Qi twisted and cleared his beard, and seeing that all the people in the county had arrived, he said a few words in the cold wind. Then there were plaques and cannons, and the musicians played fine music.

On this day, the weather should be fine, and the fire wall in the house was deliberately heated, and people even felt a bit of heat when they walked in. Cui Xie tore off the cloak and hugged it in his arms, followed the magistrate Qi and walked around the reading room to help introduce the book collection inside.

He also helped design the pads and the printed symbols on the back of the collection, which are simple and easy to remember. The bookshelf grid is pasted with paper with corresponding colors and emblems, and a comparison chart is also pasted on the wall. Readers can find what they want to see by checking it.

Everyone took out books and read them on the spot, watching Bian Zan County respect the worries of the scholars and love the people's love, adding a place for enlightenment and customs to encourage and help students in the county. These are the idioms they often say, but this time they are very sincere. Books are precious and rare things, and ordinary people have a collection of books and they must be put on the shelf, and no one is allowed to borrow them. Except for the children of the aristocratic family and the wealthy merchants, who has ever seen so many books?

The county master can get so many books here, and Xu Renbai can read it. It is an excellent good governance for students and those who have children at home.

County magistrate Qi is a person who is accustomed to listening to stereotypes. The words are true and false, and the smile on his face becomes deeper and deeper. He coughed lightly and drew everyone's attention to him, and said with a smile: "There is another one. I haven't done anything before. When it's done, there will be a book office to register your identities and issue reading certificates for you. In the future, you can come in with the card to read it at will, or you can apply for a library card and borrow the books home."

Oh, this is for money. Everyone had a bottom in their hearts, touching the purse on their waist and the purse in their sleeves, or followed him to the courtyard calmly or nervously.

The original flowers and trees in the yard have been removed, and most of the ground of the yard is covered with blue bricks. Two old pine trees of Quguzhen have been transplanted on the west side, which means “the pine and cypress will wither after the year is cold”; There is also a laurel tree with an extremely dense crown in the north. In this weather, only bare branches and leaves are left, which is also a good intention to take a toad palace.

There was a large piece of land between these trees, a stone monument was erected in the middle, and many craftsmen surrounded by them. When they entered the hospital, the monument was already covered with a red cloth and stood there alone, but they were anxious to watch the reading room at that time. The county magistrate Qi did not introduce it, and no one asked about it.

Now that I have finished reading the book, the county order Qi clearly wanted to introduce the meaning of the monument. Everyone naturally asked the site: "This is the inscription that describes how the library was built? The county respects the building of this library, which is not a good governance in Ming Dynasty. Described!"

The county magistrate Qi smiled faintly: “It’s not the county’s effort to run this library in our county. It’s even more of a loss to the county’s charitable families for donating books and donations to the courtyard. ."

He glanced at Cui Xie with a smile: "Cui Yishi, come."

When Cui Xie went up, he took his hand and said, "It was this Cui Yishi who generously donated money to donate the house, and this library was built smoothly."

Cui...The combination of this surname and Zhirong Bookstore is particularly imaginative.

The more I didn't know that he was Cui Meiren'er, the happier I thought, but those who really knew turned aside their faces. How many gazes fell on Cui Xie’s face, he just accepted it so calmly, not even moving his eyebrows, looking at the magistrate Qi admiringly, and said: "This yard was originally the mother's legacy, so I will leave it in my hands. However, collecting some rent every year will be of any benefit to the people of the country! Only when it is dedicated to the lords of the county, building a library that can be read by readers at will, will this courtyard become less useful. "

"Master County loves the heart of scholars of my generation, and Cui Xie has long been convinced." He looked back at the group of people who were looking at him with weird eyes, and shook his head falsely and sighed: "If this courtyard was not rented to outsiders in the early years. It’s not convenient to deal with late births. Last year, I heard adults lament that it is difficult for scholars to borrow books. When they want to set up a study room for students to read together, they should offer this yard."

Cui Xie gently and skillfully separated himself from the people who rented the yard and opened the bookstore. The county magistrate Qi nodded lovingly and uncovered the red silk carved on the stone tablet.

The inscription above is an inscription describing the process of building the library. When writing about the difficulty of building and collecting books, it also specifically stated that this place was originally the dowry of Cui Liu family, and in the previous years, the book was rented by people. Later, his son, Cui Xie, a citizen of Chiayi County, received a lot of attention. Seeing that the prices of books in Qian'an were extremely high, poor children often borrowed books and read them, so they wanted to help them. In Qi County, when he wanted to build the county library, he donated the property he just recovered and his own collection when he went around looking for a place to build the library, without taking any cents.

Of course, Qi County magistrate is also covered by rain and dew. Although it was raining like a waterfall when Cui Xie was praised, and the rain was as expensive as the spring rain for others, all those who donated money, donated books, or even volunteered to help repair and paint the yard, he brought a sum in the article, and a list of donations was listed at the end of the inscription.

This group of people who came to the opening ceremony under the cold wind early in the morning have donated books, donated money, or helped organize the books inside. Looking at the names on the stone tablets, they felt that their lungs had been frozen all morning. Warm and contented.

Cui Xie is also satisfied-from now on the bookstore is the outsider who rents his yard, and he is a kind and innocent rich man who donates to the hospital, who is Cui Meiren? Forgive him for not knowing!

The county magistrate of Qi County still has official duties, and after presiding over the ceremony, he took people back. The self-owned book office issued a reading card for everyone in turn, and the wealthy took the money to obtain a library card. Cui Xie himself confirmed it. He listed his name as early as when the register was completed. At this time, he was also mixed with a group of newly registered readers, and observed on the spot what the library he had created had any shortcomings.

The library is still considered as a trial camp in the past two months. The initial opening targets are students from the county, Confucian scholars who have not yet entered school, all inflow and non-inflow officials of the county, the chief of grain, the chief of the district, and the taxpayer who are in the county. There are people with credit.

Each person who comes to the office will give a free reading card with the card holder’s name, birth, appearance and other information written on the back of the card, and the card will be used for admission. If you want to borrow, you can apply for a library card for four taels of silver. One card can borrow two books. The loan period is one month. If it is not repaid, an extension fee of six cents a day will be charged. .

Hanging on the wall of the lobby is a pair of couplets with Cui Xie's wicked theme, "Books must not be borrowed or read, but also need to be debated." The ink stains are dripping and strong. Below are two desks for registering borrowing and returning books, and the book office in the county courtroom is responsible for recording the transactions. The books returned by the readers are sent to the backyard by Zaoli after a period of time. They are separated according to the color of the paper on the back of the book and the monogram recognition mark, and then placed back on the racks.

After the library was opened, the county magistrate Qi wrote a detailed summary of the official document and submitted it to his boss. The Yongping Mansion found someone to verify the matter according to the law, and it was verified that it was true. The prefect of Xide Wang could not help but praise him for a few days, and the comments he issued were full of praise——

Nengli County Library is better than being good at supervising money and food. When I went to the staff hall during the Great Hajj next year, I said that it was their government that had such a cultural event!

The county magistrate Qi was busy preparing for next year's plan, and it took a few days for the "Xiuqian'an County Library Journal" to be revised and handed over to Cui Xie. The picture of "Antian Conference" just for the emperor was finished, and Cui Xie took over and worked on the typesetting of travel notes non-stop.

In the past, the sales of books were driven by characters and scenes, but Qi county magistrate was a small fresh amateur traveler, writing essays on travels and mourning for the dead. He himself is not good at landscapes, so he called a handyman who was good at painting to play around in Qian'an city early on to play and sketch, tracing down the temples and landscapes that fit the artistic conception in the text, and carve them into large cross-page pictures, and faintly printed a layer on the paper. Make the background of the scene, and then print the text.

The entire book is almost full of landscape pictures, large and small, surrounded by text divided into blocks, scattered in random. Cui Xie didn't draw many pictures, only selected a few suitable places to add a slender figure, and occasionally drew a large picture of him looking into the distance with worry.

The county magistrate Qi himself looks good, he is exactly the kind of traditional handsome man with a thin, elegant beard and a beautiful beard, just a little older. When painting, wrinkles and bags under the eyes are saved, and people immediately become younger and more handsome. Whether it's wearing wusha, wearing a rigorous cyan dress, or the Wei-Jin style large-sleeved robe, they all appear to be refreshing and gentle, which makes people feel good at first sight.

His copy of "Xiuqian'an County Library" is the top priority and is listed in the first chapter. Cui Xie matched this article with a picture of him standing in front of a row of bookshelves in the library, stroking the books on the shelf, with a happy smile in his eyes, and printing this picture on the cover.

The cover of the finished book is also special, and it has a protective cover like modern books. The fold-in part on both sides of the protective seal is printed with the hall number and card of Ju'anzhai. On the left side of the cover is a pale yellow bookmark titled "The Collected Works of Qi Zhiyuan". The cover just fits the profile of the county magistrate Qi; his back A hand behind him, robe sleeves, and hem are dragged across the spine of the book to the back cover, with a connected book shelf in the background.

The sample book was printed quickly, and Cui Xie personally took it to the county office and gave it to the magistrate Qi. He didn’t have the time to look closely. After turning a few pages, he couldn’t help but sigh: “My article is printed in such a book. My article is printed in such a book. There are some people’s works that are not like I wrote. That's it."

Cui Xie smiled and said, "My adults' articles are simple and natural, with the Tang and Song dynasties, so why bother to be humble."

County magistrate Qi held the book and couldn’t bear to let go, but he lifted his eyes from the book and looked at Cui Xie and said, “You’ve been working hard these days. I know in my heart. I’m going to Beijing in two days to prepare for the hajj. If I can After passing this level, I will succeed the county magistrate next year..."

He thought about it for a while. At his age and article, Yi Cui Xie didn't point to much help from the county magistrate, but he himself received a lot of help. So he sighed in a low voice: "Finally, you study hard, memorize the imperial master and the official representative, and prepare for the three children's exams next year."