After being married off, she was favored by the powerful official

Chapter 191: Funding the School

Gu Jin was very happy and took the children from the school to have dinner in the restaurant that day.

Ten young men stood side by side, with big red silk flowers prepared by Gu Jin hanging on their shoulders. Each of them looked a little shy, but most of them were full of youthful vigor and vitality.

Shen Wuji secretly questioned Gu Jin's aesthetic taste in private. This big red flower seemed a bit vulgar.

Gu Jin only thought that children should be cultivated from childhood, and work hard to win the little red flower when they are young, so that they can fight for the matching flower on the top scholar when they grow up.

Gu Jin looked at the teenagers with a smile. Children need encouragement, and there is no one who doesn't like glory.

Gu Jin clapped his hands, and the noisy children instantly quieted down.

"You are great. You can compete with adults at such a young age and even rank among the best. I am proud of you and you should also be proud of yourselves."

Several young boys had tears in their eyes. Their families had never allowed them to go to school before. They just wanted them to work in the fields or do hard labor to share the family expenses early.

If this school had not provided them with free food and accommodation, they would never have had this opportunity.

Therefore, they will never let down the expectations of their benefactors. They will study hard and take the imperial examinations to change the fate of more children and change the difficulties of people's lives.

"But you can't slack off. I still hope to see you on the imperial list in three years' time. Is that ok?"

"Sure!" The ten young men said in unison, with blood boiling in their hearts.

Gu Jin curled his lips, seeing hope and strength in these young people.

These young people are not influenced by power and greed, and they have the purest beliefs in their hearts.

Although she could not guarantee that they would all be gentlemen in the future, at least at this moment they were young men with dreams.

Everyone was having a great time in the restaurant, but little did they know that the outside world was already in an uproar.

I was surprised to hear that only ten people from Gu Jin's school passed the entrance examination. However, this school has been established for less than a year, and there were only ten people participating this time. A 100% pass rate is simply outrageous, and even those famous academies cannot achieve it.

Some people suspect that Gu Jin has good students, and perhaps he deliberately paid people to take the exam for the sake of publicity.

But after some investigation, we found that those people were children of ordinary people in the capital, and one of them had even been in school for only two months.

Some people were unwilling to accept the fact and thought that Gu Jin must have cheated by buying the test questions, but they did not expect that because of the previous experience, the test questions were not finalized by Emperor Hui'an until the day before the exam.

The powerful people in Beijing finally ran out of excuses and began to vent their anger on their untalented children at home.

They were provided with delicious food and drinks and had the best teachers employed, but they could not even write a decent article. For a while, the voices of those second-generation rich kids crying for their parents could be heard from many mansions.

But they couldn't just ignore it after the fight, after all, it was their own blood family that depended on them for inheritance, so they set their sights on the school.

In the private room of the restaurant, Xie Ran raised his hand to pour a cup of tea for Gu Jin, who took it with a smile, "The tea you brew is still the best."

Xie Ran's eyebrows were gentle, and he smiled and said, "If you like, I will cook for you every day."

"Cough cough." A light cough interrupted the "love" between the two.

The two then turned their eyes to look at the people in the room.

These were all prominent figures in the capital, some of them even dukes and marquises.

Everyone's eyes fell on a middle-aged man, who was the Duke of Qing who had just inherited the title.

The first Duke of Qing followed the founding emperor in his conquests and was able to use the title of Duke to benefit his descendants. However, because there were no outstanding younger generations, the Duke of Qing’s Mansion gradually declined.

A mansion with only a title but no real power will eventually become a transparent person in the capital.

Duke Qing cleared his throat and said with a dignified and solemn face, "We heard that the wife of Marquis Qingyun opened a school, and we admired her very much.

A young girl like you has such a broad mind, and we cannot be left behind, so we decided to provide financial support for your school."

Gu Jin smiled and said calmly, "Thank you all for that."

"But we have one more condition." Duke Qing narrowed his eyes and acted superior. "We want our children to study here, but the mix of good and bad people will inevitably affect their studies, so the school must dismiss those students whose backgrounds we don't know!"

Gu Jin raised his eyebrows, his eyes slightly cold, "I wonder what Duke Qing meant by unknown origins?"

Duke Qing snorted coldly and said unceremoniously: "Of course they are the children of the peddlers and hawkers in your school. Who are they to be worthy of studying with the children of other families?"