Why do many people send money to send meals to their homes after Jin Fan's promotion?

In ancient times, the status of juren was already quite high. Being admitted to juren is equivalent to getting a pass to be an official. Because there were not many scholars in ancient times, after all, knowing a few hundred words was already quite literate, not to mention being admitted to the scholar, which had quite a lot of privileges compared with the bottom people, such as not kneeling down to see the official, not being punished for trial, and not taking the corvee, because being admitted to the scholar means that you have the qualification to enter the ruling class, which is essentially different from ordinary people.

But Fan Jin was admitted to Juren, higher than a scholar. In ancient times, when the education level was low, if a county produced a juren, then the county grandfather was well educated, which was a great achievement. Moreover, juren already has the qualification to be an official. Although he is not a big official, he also has an office equivalent to that of a deputy county magistrate. For ordinary people, this is already a figure in the ranks of men.

In ancient society, the gap between officials and people was very large. For many people, officials at the level of county grandfather are absolute authorities, but they can easily perform the duties of county cheng, which is already a high position for ordinary people and squires. This is also the reason why Jin Fan was bullied by everyone before winning the grand prize. After winning the lottery, the biggest squire in the county congratulated himself and gave money. He was a brother.

Therefore, the imperial examination system is one of China's greatest contributions to world civilization, which is absolutely based on reality. Such generous feedback can be obtained through study, which is why the ancients said that everything is not as high as reading. Today, even if Tsinghua graduated from Peking University, his bottom line is at most the level of raising people, and there is still a big gap.