Chapter 157: Ancient Farmer's Son (14)
Scholar Lin from the Lin family passed the examination.
This news excited the entire village.
Xiucai and Juren are completely different. Firstly, Juren has the qualifications to hold an official position, even though it may be a low-ranking one, it’s still an official position.
(TNote: In the county examination, those who have passed the test are enrolled into school are called Shengyuan or Xiucai. Only those who were qualified for the Xiucai could attend the formal Imperial Examination. Those whod passed the first level provincial examination were called Juren. The second level is called an academy examination, and the third level is called the palace examination, where those who are the top 3 would be given high positions by the Emperor.)
Secondly, the fields under the name of a Juren were exempt from taxes. Therefore, whenever someone in the clan became a Juren, all the clan members’ fields were registered under their name to avoid taxes legally.
There’s a saying that goes like this, ‘It’s better to offend ten scholars than to offend one Juren.’
Because scholars only had a good reputation, while Juren could accomplish many things.
According to the regulations of Ye Country, a Juren could receive their own grain ration from the local government every year. This was a tangible benefit. It could be said that from a scholar to a Juren, it’s a direct ascent from a small dilapidated house to a brick house.
Ever since the news of Scholar Lin passing the Juren examination came out, the door of the third family of the Lin house was nearly trampled down. People came to build relationships, inquire about what books the Juren read, and even brought their own children to ask if they could become disciples.