It is said that money is not everything, but money is absolutely impossible. It can be said that money was very important in those days. Even a person who can't read can enter a good university through money, which has existed since ancient times. In the Ming dynasty, as long as you can get into a university, you will definitely be an official, so buying a university with money in the Ming dynasty has become the goal of many people.

The Ming dynasty used money to buy universities, and the people who collected money were the imperial court, because in order to make the national treasury strong. As for how much money can buy a university, its value is different in different periods of Ming dynasty. At the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, because the treasury was extremely empty and there was war, the army and horses at that time were very short of food. So at that time, if you want to enter the university, you can use a certain amount of food or horses to enter the university.

Later, with the gradual stability of the country and the development of the economy, the cost of buying a university with money increased. Starting from the unified target price income, the cost of buying a university is also charged by grades, such as ordinary classes and attendance. The highest price is 800 stone meters and the lowest is 300 stone meters. If the price is calculated by modern RMB, it can be seen that the toll station is very expensive, and the rice production at that time was still relatively low.

For the poor, there is no way to spend money to buy this degree, but for the rich, it is actually a big expense. But being able to go to college at that time meant being an official in the imperial court, and then the career would be bright. So although the price is high, many families spend a lot of money for their children to go to college.