This year, Xiangzhou became a big winner in the imperial examination. A total of four scholars passed the imperial examination and ranked first in the entire north of the Yellow River. Not only were four people on the list, but two were also on the first place. Even the third place Tanhua was captured by Xiangzhou scholars. Xiangzhou was all excited. Thousands of scholars from the prefecture also held a grand celebration parade.

Compared to the joy of Xiangzhou, Tangyin County was full of excitement. The news that Li Yanqing passed the third place in Tanhua in the exam had spread throughout Tangyin. Every household was decorated with lights and firecrackers were sounded all night. The county government also took out the Lantern Festival lanterns and hung them on the main street to celebrate the great joy.

Last year, Tangyin County issued an examination and the entire army was destroyed. Just when everyone was depressed, the news that Li Yanqing passed the third place in Tanhua arrived in time, washing away the haze in everyone's hearts. In particular, the magistrate Jiang Dadao regarded it as his capital for promotion and personally led a group of officials to Liwen Village, Xiaohe Township to report the good news.

But the real celebration center is still in Xiaohe Township. Although the Spring Festival just ended, Li Daqi took out 500 jin of money and once again set up a greenhouse on the open space of Lushan Spring Festival. He set up a three-day and three-night water feast. The villagers of Xiaohe Township rushed from all directions, opened their stomachs and ate to celebrate the celebration of the celebrating the entrance examination.

Early in the morning, Li Daqi and Yao Wannian brought more than 200 students from Lushan Academy to worship Yao Ding's tomb. Currently, the teaching of Lushan Academy is Yao Wannian, the eldest son of Yao Ding. This is a rather ridiculous replacement. The previous teaching of Lushan Academy Li Daguang was appointed as the chief of Tang Yin Xuezheng, while Tang Yin Xuezheng Yao Wannian inherited his father's will and served as the teacher of Lushan Academy.

After paying homage to Yao Ding, Yao Wannian invited Li Daqi to the school. Yao Wannian's room was still the room left by his father. On the wall was a couplet written by Li Yanqing for his father. Li Daqi read his son's couplet with his hands behind his back and sighed: "No wonder Yanqing passed the exam for Tanhua. He has been a genius since he was a child!"

"My father often says this!"

Yao Wannian put two cups of tea on the table and smiled and said, "I still remember the child prodigy back then! Didn't Li Zhizhou say that as long as Yanqing was trained carefully, he would be able to win the Jinshi when he grew up?"

Speaking of careful training, Li Daqi was even more touched. If it weren't for the hard-working years of training by his master Yao Ding, how could there be Yanqing today and how could he have had the opportunity to turn over completely? He has always been full of gratitude to Yao Ding.

"What difficulties do the school need to contribute now?" Li Daqi spoke frankly and sincerely. He sincerely hoped to help the school develop.

Yao Wannian pondered and said, "The biggest problem in the school is that there are too many students and the place is too small. When my father was alive, he extended the school system for two years. Students from the school can directly take the state school exam."

"Does Jiang Dadao allow it?" Li Daqi couldn't help but interrupt Yao Wannian. He quickly smiled apologetically and signaled Yao Wannian to continue speaking.

"At the beginning, Jiang Dadao certainly refused, but later the state continued to put pressure on him, Jiang Dadao still compromised. He proposed a condition of concession. The school students must take the county examination for the release examination. Only after passing the examination were completed could they take the state examination. My father thought this condition was fair, so he agreed. As a result, last year, only 20% of the county students passed the county examination, and only a few scholars in the prefecture were asked to go to the prefecture. All 50 students in the Lushan School passed the county examination, and forty-five people passed the prefecture, ranking first in the entire Xiangzhou. Now Lushan School is not only famous in Tangyin, but also famous in the entire Xiangzhou. There are more than a thousand students who strongly demand that we study in our Lushan School have studied.

Seeing that Brother Qing passed the exam, I guess the market for Lushan School will be detonated. The biggest problem now is that there is no place to give students classes. We can only accommodate more than 200 people at most, which is full. Or we can only expand the university, but Jiang Dadao has already spoken and will not give us a penny."

"Money is not a problem. The key is whether there is any place to expand and where to hire a professor?"

"The place is the cemetery behind the school. I have searched it one by one. As long as each household compensates ten cents of treasurys for relocation, they are willing to support the expansion of the school. In addition, there is a piece of land at the foot of the mountain. The two places have about 120 acres in total. Our school now has only 20 acres, which is six times larger and can accommodate more than a thousand students to study and stay. In addition, I found my mentor Zhou Daru."

"Is it Zhou Wenbo, a great scholar from Linzhang County?"

"It was him. His grandson who heard that he had passed the Jinshi exam this year. He was willing to come to our school to serve as the chief professor. I plan to hire some young scholars with real talents and knowledge to teach from the four major academies at high salaries. However, these are just plans. Because I don't have money to implement, the village can't raise so much money. The only thing I have implemented is that the state has agreed that as long as our students exceeds 500, we will approve us to be promoted to academy and Lushan Academy. This is my father's lifelong dream."

"Have you calculated how much it costs in total?"

"I have calculated carefully. In the future, we can rely on the tuition balance. The key is that starting up requires a lot of money, including moving graves and buying land. This is the big end. This piece alone costs 2,500 guan, and leveling the land to build houses, buying tables, chairs, beds, and teacher recruitment, etc. It costs at least 4,000 guan. Now everyone in the village has raised 1,000 guan, but there is still 3,000 guan left to settle."

Li Daqi nodded, "I was about to spend 10,000 guan to support scholars in Xiangzhou. Later, I thought about it and supported scholars in Xiangzhou. It was a bit unrealistic to support scholars in Xiangzhou. Moreover, Yanqing also clearly asked me to support Lushan School. Then I will use this 10,000 guan to support Lushan School!"

Yao Wannian was a little shocked, ten thousand guan!

He suddenly reacted and waved his hand quickly, "Great skills, you really don't need so much!"

Li Daqi smiled and said, "The person I am most grateful to in my life is your father. Without him, there would be no Yanqing today. This 10,000 yuan was the lottery I won when Yanqing participated in the bow and horse competition. Wouldn't it be good to use it to support Lushan School? Lushan School has become Lushan Academy, and the remaining money is subsidized for outstanding poor students. If the money is not enough in the future, even if you talk to me, Yanqing and I hope that Lushan Academy can get better and better, and become the best academy in Xiangzhou and even Hebei West Road."

Yao Wannian was extremely moved and bowed to Li Daqian, "My father is very grateful to Daqian for his generous help in the school."

In the afternoon, Li Daqi was chatting with a group of neighbors in the greenhouse. At this time, Li Zhen walked over quickly and whispered: "Miss Jiang is here!"

Li Daqi was stunned. This was the second time Jiang Dadao came. He hurriedly saluted the villagers and said, "Everyone drink slowly, I'll come when I go."

Everyone laughed and said, "The magistrate is important, but it's okay to go there!"

Li Daqi then quickly walked out of the greenhouse and happened to meet a group of magistrate Jiang Dadao surrounded by people. Li Daqi quickly clasped his fists and smiled: "Jiang Magistrate Jiang is running around for the people, and he is worthy of being a role model for officials!"

Li Daqi was just a businessman, but he had the title of the seventh-rank Wu Delang, and was personally granted by the emperor. He was higher than the eighth-rank magistrate of Tangyin. Jiang Dadao was extremely polite to him and did not dare to act as an official in front of him. Moreover, Li Daqi was also the boss of Baoyanzhai, and his strong financial resources were not to be despised by Jiang Dadao.

Jiang Dadao quickly returned the ceremony and said, "Mr. Li has won the award!"

Seeing that the magistrate brought more than a dozen followers, Li Daqi said to Li Yanbiao behind him: "Take these brothers to the greenhouse to drink, and each person will give him another five taels of silver in tea."

This is how Li Daqi is good at being a human being. These yamen run around with the magistrate, and there are not many who don’t complain. But they get the benefits, not only are they all happy, but the magistrate also has face and is extremely worry-free.

Jiang Dadao secretly praised in his heart, and laughed and said, "I have made Mr. Li spend money."

He turned around and said to his followers: "I'm not grateful to Mr. Li!"

More than a dozen followers were very happy and all clasped their fists to thank Li Daqi, and went into the greenhouse to drink.

At this time, Li Daqi waved his hand and said, "Master Jiang, please sit here!"

Li Daqi asked Jiang Zhixian to sit in a slightly better greenhouse, and then asked someone to put a drink on it. Jiang Dadao smiled and said, "I came here two days ago to report the good news to Mr. Li. Time was in a hurry at that time and I didn't think about many things clearly. I have thought about it carefully these days, and I thought of several plans to see if Mr. Li is interested."

"Please tell me, magistrate Jiang!"

"First of all, there is a reward issue. Tangyin County has not been admitted to the imperial examination for decades, not to mention that it is the third place in Tanhua. The last time I passed the imperial examination was during the reign of Emperor Shenzong, the county rewarded 500 stagnant of money. I think Li Yuanwai looked down on the reward for a few taels of silver, so I plan to change the reward this time. I have changed the name of the county Xueqinmian Building to Tanhua Building, and encouraged county scholars to take the sons as role models and study hard. This is one of them. Secondly, I want to know whether Li Yuanwai has a house in the county town?"

Li Daqi shook his head, "I'm sorry, there is no house in the county."

"I guessed it, that's right. Li Wengui had a house in the county. After Li Wengui committed the crime, the house was confiscated as an official house. I plan to give this to Mr. Li as a Tanhua Mansion in Tangyin County. I wonder if Mr. Li accepted it?"

How could Li Daqi want Li Wengui's house? If he accepts it, it would be strange if the tribe members of Lushanfang don't scold him to death. Li Daqi immediately shook his head and said, "I appreciate the kindness of the magistrate. If I have to build Tanhua Mansion, it would be more meaningful to use the old house in Li Wencun. After all, Yanqing was born there and grew up there. There are many traces of his life and study there. I will expand the house. At that time, I will ask Jiang Zhi County to write the plaque."

"Isn't that mansion in the county better?"

"I report to the magistrate, there will be conflicts among clansmen in the county."

Jiang Dadao suddenly realized it and laughed: "Okay! Just use the old house to make the Tanhua Mansion, and you don't have to pay for Mr. Li to go out. All the costs of this house are borne by the county."

Li Daqi thought about it, then turned around and took 100 taels of gold and gently pushed it to Jiang Dadao, "The house will be repaired by the county, but I will still bear the cost!"

Jiang Dadao's eyes narrowed, "The son of a tiger has no dog, why is Li Yanqing's father so smart!" One hundred taels of gold fell into his pocket so legitimately.
Chapter completed!