The destiny of all heavens begins in the Red Chamber

The limited number of students means that although the proportion of talented individuals produced by the clan school is not low, the relative number is not large, and it does not attract much attention from outsiders.

The teachers at the school initially had some objections, but they gradually got used to it.

They only need to focus on students who are willing to learn, and adopt highly targeted small-class teaching and one-on-one tutoring, and the results are quite obvious.

In the past two years, there have been students who have passed the imperial examinations for the first and second degree!

Of course, due to the short time frame, no successful candidates or graduates have yet emerged from the school.

Jia Huan and the elders of the Jia family in Beijing were quite satisfied with these results.

After all, those who came to study at the Jia family academy were either children of the Jia family, children of relatives, or children of other noble families; they were not the best of the best.

On the contrary, the quality of the students was actually not very good, and it was even inferior to that of ordinary private schools.

It's not that those students weren't bright; on the contrary, they were quite bright and intelligent.

The problem is, it's asking too much of them to focus on studying, and there's nothing we can do about it.

The students are all well-off and have no worries about food and clothing. Unless they are very ambitious or really love reading, how much motivation do they have to study?

Fortunately, the clan school was no longer simply a school for the imperial examinations!

The other subjects were also prepared very well.

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They teach everything from martial arts and divination to veterinary medicine, medical skills, civil engineering, and so on—any practical knowledge that can lead to officialdom, as long as the students are willing to learn.

Among them, the most people chose to practice martial arts because of the example set by the brothers Jia Huan and Jia Cong.

The martial arts training in the clan school is naturally not just about simple martial arts training.

It includes martial arts, archery, horseback archery, and basic military knowledge.

That's right. The so-called martial arts instruction in the clan school was actually just training junior officers, only with a different name. Moreover, the learning was done in separate parts and didn't attract much attention.

With farms outside the city serving as training grounds, anyone who studies diligently for three to five years can easily become a qualified junior officer.

There were even royal guards who had retired to their estates to impart their military and battlefield experience!

The study of ethnic minorities is not superficial; the books on the subject could easily fill a small library!

As long as one studies diligently, regardless of what one learns, once one achieves something, the clan will recommend the student to a relevant position without hesitation, and the clan will even spare no resources to do so.

Don't be fooled by those officials who took the imperial examinations and looked down on this and that; some government departments were actually quite hungry for technical talent, and the demand was very high.

For example, the demand for veterinarians is extremely high in the Imperial Stud alone, not to mention other places.

There are also fields like civil engineering, which have extremely high technical requirements!

For example, the Ministry of Works Construction Department, which is led by Qin Zhong's father Qin Bangye, is no joke once it starts operating. It specializes in repairing and building palace buildings. What would happen if something went wrong?

Of course, technical personnel are not valued, and without a certain background, they can only become minor officials in relevant government departments at most.

With the support of clan schools, any student recommended could easily become a low-level official in the relevant government department if they were outstanding in their abilities. Although the chances of promotion were extremely small, an official was still an official, and they were already considered a member of the ruling class.

Jia Huan was undoubtedly secretly encouraging the ethnic school to have such a curriculum.

At first, the teachers of the clan school had strong objections.

Because it defies common sense, it naturally won't gain acceptance!

"They have a chance to become officials!"

With just that one simple explanation, all the doubts vanished.

In this era where officialdom is paramount, almost everyone is desperate to enter the officialdom.

Even a member of the imperial family like Prince Zhongshun got involved in officialdom, didn't he?

For ordinary people, if they have the opportunity to enter officialdom, it is worth paying any price.

The number of nobles in the capital was limited, and they valued high-ranking and powerful positions. They looked down on those official positions below the seventh rank, especially those with practical duties.

Ordinary people's children don't care about these things; they're lucky if they have the chance to enter officialdom.

Apart from the children of familiar families who were sent to the Jia clan school, the students from the other families could only be described as being at a middle-class level, not even considered wealthy.

In other words, they could only rely on the power of the Ning and Rong mansions to show off their power in front of ordinary people or minor officials; their foundation was very weak.

If given the opportunity to enter officialdom, even as a low-level official, they would be quite enthusiastic.

In the original novel of Dream of the Red Chamber, when the Rong Mansion was building the Grand View Garden, many of the Jia family members in the capital city used all sorts of tricks and methods to compete for even an insignificant position.

Even if you can make a quick buck, it's just a one-off deal!

But if one could become an official, one would never have to worry about food and clothing again; it was that simple.

Not to mention the students of the ethnic school, even the teachers were all captivated.

They wanted their sons, or close relatives, to study at the clan school. If they did well, they might even have the chance to become officials, an opportunity that was rare.

Jia Huan was naturally delighted with this outcome!

The Jia family school at present adheres to the principle of education for all.

In addition to essential cultural knowledge, we specifically cultivate students' interests and hobbies.

His idea was simple: he wasn't afraid of students having unusual or quirky interests; he was afraid they wouldn't have anything they were particularly interested in, because then he would be completely doomed.

In fact, the humane teaching methods of the ethnic schools have yielded surprisingly good results.

Some students are willing to spend endless energy and effort to study their hobbies in depth, and they can easily achieve results.

The clan school didn't deceive anyone. Anyone with excellent grades and special talents would genuinely be recommended to certain government departments that needed a large number of professionals through clan connections.

Currently, several students from ethnic minority schools have joined, such as those from the Ministry of Works and the Imperial Stud.

Although they are currently only clerks, their professional knowledge allows them to easily be promoted to official positions through internal examinations, and at least no one will deliberately make things difficult for them.

Similarly, although the number of students at the clan school is not large, the success rate is still quite good.

Despite receiving some criticism in private, the number of families willing to send their children to tribal schools for education is increasing.

Some parents even bluntly stated that they would accept it even if their children couldn't become officials, as long as they could learn a very practical skill.

You should know that learning a trade outside is quite a troublesome thing.

The ten-year apprenticeship alone is enough to make people daunted.

You should know that when you're an apprentice outside, it's completely free, and you can be beaten and scolded by your master at will. You're practically a free slave, and you're not even guaranteed to learn any real skills.

At least, one can learn basic cultural knowledge at the clan school, such as martial arts, and can also explore other professional skills. At least after graduation, making a living will not be a problem.

This is what makes clan schools so attractive to children from ordinary families!

Unfortunately, the clan school remained a clan school and had no intention of expanding into an academy, as that would be too conspicuous.

Jia Huan inspected the clan school and found that everything was normal, including discipline and other aspects, so he left without lingering.

The clan school is now on the right track. All he needs to do now is to supervise it. Other matters can be handled by the teachers in the clan school. There is no need for him to interfere too much.

None of those who passed the imperial examinations were not bright.

Jia Huan only needs to design the general management framework; the rest of the internal details can be left to the teachers in charge of the clan school. They will not allow Jia Huan to interfere at will.

For Jia Huan himself, the current clan school is of almost negligible help.

What he needs now are mainly military and management talents, as well as skilled individuals from the martial arts world.

However, the clan school itself is of great help; at least it is very effective in uniting people's hearts.

Previously, because the clan schools were not very good in any way, those clan members with considerable wealth were not very willing to let their children study in the clan schools, for fear that they would be influenced and harmed.

They would rather spend a great deal of money to send their children to prestigious private schools.

Such incidents have been almost completely eliminated in recent years.

It's not that those parents from wealthy families have changed their ways; it's just that the quality of teaching at the clan school has been unanimously recognized by the clan members. That's just how it is.

Under such circumstances, the cohesion of the clan members is naturally greatly strengthened by relying on clan learning.

The Rong family doesn't seem to realize this yet, but the Ning family certainly has a lot to say about it.

In recent years, it has become much easier and simpler for the Ning family to mobilize their clansmen to do things.

Qin Keqing took charge of the Ning Mansion, and with her abilities, it was quite simple for her to manage the entire Jia family in the capital in an orderly manner with ease.

But she is, after all, a woman, and there are many things that are not suitable for her to handle personally.

Previously, Jia Qiang had helped her, but as Jia Qiang entered the officialdom and struggled, he himself could not extricate himself from the situation.

Therefore, some matters must be entrusted to the clansmen to handle!

In the past, if the clansmen had the opportunity, they would not only outwardly comply but also seize the chance to gain benefits.

As for how well things are done, it's enough to just get by!

Otherwise, why would the original novel of Dream of the Red Chamber describe the entire Jia clan in the capital as utterly corrupt?

The situation is different now. With the clan school as a constraint, even if it's for their own children to have a better life at the clan school, they dare not be perfunctory in the tasks assigned by the Ning family.

As for those good-for-nothings, they were abandoned by the family long ago.

Do you really think Qin Keqing has a good temper?