Plug-In to Enter the Ming Dynasty

I'm afraid the author doesn't know what "juren" was in ancient times. Juren means having an official status. Nowadays, it's equivalent to being a civil servant and joining the national defense program. Not only does the state pay you a salary, but you don't have to pay taxes. You don't bow to officials when you see them, and you have the qualifications to participate in the joint examination. If you don't participate in the joint examination, you can directly take the imperial examination. People who serve as officials can generally be county magistrates and the like. Also, for a family, it is even more important to raise people, because it means that as long as the assets are in his name, there is no need to pay taxes. The taxes of the ancients were very heavy. If you start with a person who is so poor that he is begging, it is impossible to raise people. In that era, even novel writers would not dare to write like this. People in ancient times called poor scholars poor scholars. It was all relative. In ancient times, knowledge was very expensive, paper was also very expensive, and books were even more expensive. Those who can read are at least above the poverty line. The so-called poor scholars are just compared with the rich, because that circle is originally the circle of the rich. Otherwise, a scholar who has no strength and is not able to produce would starve to death, and there would be no books to read...