Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 348 Big households care most about interests!
"How do we solve the money problem? When we were in Bian Jing, Brother Sheng Zhang sponsored us most of the time. Should we write to Brother Sheng Zhang (Bi Taihua)? It seems that we are running out of time."

Duan Hanzhang said.

Dai Luoshu smiled and said, "Of course we have to find a way ourselves. This is a public matter, so why should we ask Brother Sheng Zhang to pay for it?

Moreover, there will be tens of millions of Su Societies in the future. Even if Brother Sheng Zhang has mountains of gold and silver, he cannot support the consumption of Su Societies across the country.

So we have to figure it out on our own.”

Duan Hanzhang nodded and said, "I think so too, but the cost is not small. If it is somewhere else, we can first find some like-minded people with certain financial resources in the local area and strive for their support and funding.

But this is Luoyang, and most of those wealthy people have close ties with Cheng Xue, so they may not be willing to support us."

Dai Luoshu's eyes flashed with determination, and he said: "Then we will start with those small and medium-sized merchants. Although they have limited financial resources, they have the advantage of being numerous. If they can unite, they will also be a considerable force.

And they may also be eager for new academic ideas to bring new opportunities to their business.”

Duan Hanzhang nodded and said, "But even so, the money raised is probably just a drop in the bucket."

Dai Luoshu thought for a while and said, "We can also hold some academic lectures or exchange activities and charge a certain fee, which can not only spread Su's thoughts, but also increase some income."

Duan Hanzhang nodded first, then shook his head and said, "This is a great plan, but it also requires a lot of effort in the early stages of preparation and promotion. What we lack now is the foundation."

The two fell into a brief silence, both thinking about what other solutions there were.

Suddenly, both of them looked at Zhou Xingji. Zhou Xingji was the person in charge of this trip, but they didn't know what ideas he had.

Zhou Xingji smiled and said, "What should we do? Promote education. Promoting education is something that the whole society will support. No one will oppose it."

Dai Luoshu frowned upon hearing this and said, “Uncle Gong, you may not know the influence of Master Cheng in Luoyang.

Now almost all the important people in Luoyang know that our Su Xuehui is in conflict with him, and they will not easily stand up to support us at this time.

Because supporting us means opposing Master Cheng!"

Zhou Xingji smiled and said, "What's so great about Cheng Lao thief? Cheng Xue is indeed well-known in Luoyang, but so what?"

Zhou Xingji looked somewhat contemptuous and said, “Let me put it this way, the people of Luoyang respect Cheng Yi, but they may not think highly of him.

If Cheng Yi was still the emperor's teacher at this time, the people of Luoyang would naturally respect and be close to him, but now he is just a demoted official.

And Chengxue is not an official school. It is only somewhat famous in Luoyang. Can this fame be of any help in the imperial examination?

no?
No matter if they are from aristocratic families or wealthy families, what they really care about is profit. The children of wealthy families studied Cheng Yi's school of thought because Cheng Yi's school of thought was indeed somewhat innovative, and those wealthy families believed that it would become a prominent school of thought in the future, so they invested in it first.

But now our Su School has emerged, and Cheng School pales in comparison. Many people seem to have realized that Su School is the future.

Of course, they value the present more. What is the present? The imperial examination! The six most famous Su scholars all passed the imperial examination in the spring. Do you know how shocking it would be if the news got out? "

Dai Luoshu and Duan Hanzhang's eyes lit up, and they said in unison: "Let's vigorously publicize the fact that the six disciples of Su Shi all passed the imperial examinations, and then use the opportunity to establish an academy, and spread the word that outstanding students in the academy can become your disciples!"

Zhou Xingji squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then he chuckled and said, "Also, find someone to quietly spread the word that the next chief examiner should be your uncle, Su Shi, Su Zizhan."

Dai Luoshu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where did you get this news?"

Zhou Xingji chuckled and said, "I was just talking nonsense."

Duan Hanzhang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Your method is too mean, isn't this cheating?"

Zhou Xingji smiled and said, "This is not a lie. As we all know, the chief examiner of the Spring Examination is only nominated at that time. Now this Spring Examination has just ended, and the next one will be in three years. By then, who will be the host will be determined.

But the interesting point of this matter is that the gentleman's uncle is now a Hanlin scholar, and is highly regarded by Empress Dowager Gao. Originally, someone suggested that he preside over the spring examination this year, but for some reason, he did not take part in the examination in the end. However, he has a great chance in the next examination.

Most of the wealthy people in Luoyang are well-informed. They would not think too much about it at first, but if they heard the rumor, they would inevitably think more. Well, maybe it’s not a question of thinking more or less. They just make a bet casually. What if there is nothing?

And the key point is that our gentleman also has the opportunity to be the examiner!

Our teacher is the Deputy Privy Councilor and a Hanlin Academician. Logically speaking, it would be the most suitable person for him to be in charge of the imperial examinations.

It's just because he is too young that some people are afraid of him.

Hehe, don't judge by the monk, judge by the Buddha. Compared with our master, what is there for Cheng Laothie to stand for? Just wait and see."

Dai Luoshu and Duan Hanzhang looked at each other and saw admiration in each other's eyes.

The reason why they were willing to follow Zhou Xingji to Luoyang was not because they were from Luoyang, but because they valued Zhou Xingji and wanted to follow him.

Of course, everyone joined the Soviet Society because they wanted to save the country and the people, but they also wanted to get promoted and make money.

In the Su Xuehui, everyone is a comrade, but they also know in their hearts that as the Su Xuehui grows and develops, there will be factions within the society in the future.

The two of them were the first members to join the club, and naturally they were people of outstanding talent, but they knew in their hearts that Zhou Xingji was the most outstanding one among them, and they could clearly see that Mr. Su Yun also valued Zhou Xingji very much.

In other words, Zhou Xingji's status in the association will catch up with the six disciples of Su's school in the future. In this case, making friends with Zhou Xingji would be a very important thing. So when Zhou Xingji asked them for advice, they took the opportunity to say that they wanted to come together.

At this moment, Zhou Xingji's judgment of the matter made them admire him deeply. As expected, although Zhou Xingji was young, he was much more intelligent than them!
Follow Zhou Xingji, that’s right!

At this point, the plan was finalized, and Zhou Xingji took the two of them directly to the wealthy families in Luoyang to ask for sponsorship.

The first wealthy family they chose was the Mei family from Luoyang!
That’s right, it is the family behind Mei Yunchuan of Yigao Academy.

(End of this chapter)