And there are regulations, who go to imperial academy to study, regardless of class, regardless of family, as long as you pay, you can go in! Moreover, the Ming dynasty stipulated that "Jinshi can get an official, but no Jinshi can get it." Many people want to do such a good thing that they can go to college and become officials if they have money. At that time, Zhu Qiyu was Zhu Zhanji's second son. Speaking of Zhu Qiyu, his throne is amazing. Zhu Qiyu's eldest brother Zhu Qizhen was captured by the Mongolian Walla tribe, so he began to live as an "acting monarch".
We should know that there were many wars on the border at that time, military expenditure was a huge expenditure, and the state treasury was seriously in deficit. Therefore, Zhu Qiyu is eager to make money. Some ministers suggested that Zhu Qiyu should pay more food to the state for anyone who wants to study in imperial academy, so the "new enrollment policy" of the Ming Dynasty appeared. It happened in the first year of Jingtai (A.D. 1450), and this method was used as soon as the national treasury showed a deficit.
According to Records of Foodstuffs II in Ming Dynasty, during Jingtai period, people who wanted to study in imperial academy had to pay 800 meters of grain, and the lowest was 300 meters. During Chenghua years, it was basically stable at 100 stone rice. And whoever has a price, there is a "student status." If you don't have a student status, you are an auditor, transfer student, dropout, etc. These will be relatively cheaper.