Chapter 436 Start
"Can you say that again?"
Li Shimin didn't believe what was coming from Ji Song's mouth. You must know that Li Gang was his teacher! Ji Song said seriously: "If you are a monarch and a minister, the teacher should indeed be killed, but"
He glanced at the emperor and said carefully: "But he is not now!"
"Not anymore? Not what?" Li Shimin has not yet reacted.
Kong Yingda couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Your Majesty, Li Gang is no longer your minister. Have you forgotten about his resignation some time ago? This is what you agreed to in front of hundreds of ministers!"
Ji Song also made a look of pity and sighed: "The teacher is now an old man in his seventies, and the laws of the Tang Dynasty have no use for him!"
"you"
Li Shimin looked at Ji Song and Kong Yingda singing together, and wanted to scold his mother in anger, but he was right, he really couldn't cure Li Gang now.
But then he thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he said: "I am still the mountain chief of the academy, and he is still my minister!"
After saying that, he laughed triumphantly, as if he had thought of how to deal with Li Gang in the future.
Don't you like teaching?
Row! I will let you teach me enough. For twelve hours a day, you can do no other work except sleeping.
When Ji Song heard this, he took a few steps back and whispered: "Your Majesty, the teacher is not a gentleman of the academy yet. He is just here to help the boy. It seems that you still have no control over him!"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then his cheeks turned red, he pointed in the distance, and one word popped out of his mouth: "Get out!"
"Hey, get out!"
Ji Songma slipped away very quickly, and as soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared.
Kong Yingda also knew that the emperor was full of anger now. He was not in the habit of being vented on by others, so he apologized and left in a hurry.
"Do you think I really have nothing to do with that old man Li Gang?"
Everyone else has left. In fact, Chen Shou also wanted to leave at this time, but he was a slave of the royal family. If he dared to leave, he would be thrown into a mass grave tomorrow.
He said cautiously: "Actually, you don't need to get angry with him. We can't do it. Just ignore him from now on."
"Hey"
Li Shimin said 'hey' and said angrily: "Let's go!"
Before Chen Shou could figure out what was going on, he immediately walked in front of the emperor and prepared to lead the way.
"I mean to go back to the palace, why are you walking forward? Why do you think I haven't been scolded enough?"
He kicked Chen Shou directly, turned around and walked back, leaving Chen Shou, who was about to cry without tears, messy in the wind.
Ji Song ran so fast that he didn't want to know who became the emperor's punching bag. Anyway, it couldn't be Kong Yingda.
Arriving at the square, the students in the square were answering questions. Ji Song walked leisurely among the crowd, stopping from time to time to see how they were doing.
After watching more than ten people, there was no one who was particularly outstanding. They were all about the same. There was only one student who was sweating profusely and didn’t know how to write.
When Ji Song came to him and saw the empty papers on the case sheet, the student almost died of shame and anger.
But he didn't say anything, and just walked away without any surprise.
This is a student who is obsessed with studying. Ji Song doesn't mean to look down on him, he just feels pity for him!
Judging from the family name and name he wrote, the handwriting is indeed good, which shows that he has put in hard work.
However, his efforts were in the wrong direction, he had no knowledge of practical matters, and he was just a nerd who studied hard.
I hope he has not been completely brainwashed by Confucianism, otherwise he is really hopeless.
Students soon handed in their papers. Ji Song had no intention of reading them now. He just wanted to obscure all the names on them. This was a pioneering work of the imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing Dynasties - name obfuscation!It is to prevent the markers and students from colluding with each other. Although he trusts these gentlemen now, it is for the future.
The academy cannot always have just these gentlemen. Sooner or later it will grow to hundreds or even thousands. By then, there will be everyone among the gentlemen, and he cannot guarantee that all of them will be gentlemen.
Towards the evening, the last person handed in the paper, but looking at his trembling hands, you knew that his answer was not very good.
Ji Song still took the paper with an expressionless face and took a look at it. Unsurprisingly, it was a blank paper.
He saw no less than ten papers like this in the afternoon.
After collecting the paper, Ji repeated what he had said no less than ten times: "Remember to take part in the next assessment at the end of the day tomorrow!"
Finally, he warned: "Don't be late. If you are late, you will be dismissed immediately!"
The student was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "My student still has a chance?"
Ji Song glanced at him, packed up his papers and prepared to leave.
"Student thanks sir!"
Ji Song heard the voice behind him, and the sound of kneeling down was like a blow to his heart.
After a pause, he did not stop, but waved his hand backward.
When we came to a large classroom, it was already full of people.
In addition to the students from the academy, there were also people called from Ji's Academy to help.
Their task is to extract the error-free papers and hand them over to other gentlemen.
Everyone moved very quickly. There were hundreds of people, and on average, each person only had a dozen copies. The marking was completed in less than half an hour.
What took more effort was selecting good test papers, which took two hours.
After all the matters were dealt with, Ji Song quickly arranged for everyone to take a rest.
This has basically been the case for the past few days, until the enrollment is completely completed! Early the next morning, the anxious students who had been waiting for a long time came to the square again. This time they were not in a hurry to take the exam.
Ji Song stepped forward and said: "Today's exam method has changed. Don't be complacent if you did well in yesterday's exam. Maybe you will be eliminated in the next exam."
"Similarly, don't be discouraged if you don't do well in the exam. You still have a chance."
Looking at the people below with different expressions, Ji Song smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk nonsense anymore. This exam will test your specialties."
"Specialty? What is your specialty?"
"That's right, please make it clear!"
Ji Song pressed his hands and said: "To put it bluntly, it means that you have something outstanding, poetry, calligraphy, etiquette, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, martial arts, various crafts, arithmetic, farming, astronomy and geography, etc., as long as you have one skill , as long as you pass the next assessment, you may be admitted to the academy."
He ignored the discussions among the students below and said seriously: "I have some bad news for you. There are only 800 admissions this time. This is why someone interceded."
"If we go by the original amount, we will only recruit 300 people this time, so nearly half of the people here will be eliminated."
"Please cherish this opportunity. The academy does not care about your current grades, but your grades when you graduate from here. Okay, no more words."
Then he looked at the steward next to him and said, "Let's get started!"
The man also bowed his fist to Ji Song, and ordered dozens of desks to be laid out, with a gentleman sitting behind each one.
"Everyone line up, tell the teacher what your specialties are, and then wait for the assessment!"
Don’t talk nonsense after that, just start directly.
(End of this chapter)