Han Du immediately pouted at Liu Laotou and said: "What do you know? Of course I have to give it to the boss, but the boss is already old. Drinking too much wine is not good for him. Drink a little every day. It’s okay.”
Han Du explained. He was anxious about the affairs of the academy and didn't bother to explain to him anymore. He said directly: "Anyway, just follow my instructions and give him two small cups every day."
"Yes, Lord Marquis, I have taken note of it."
After receiving Liu Laotou's assurance, Han Du left here with peace of mind.
Han Du, who left the Ministry of Justice, came directly to the academy without any delay.
Inside the academy, preparations are being made to put up lanterns and streamers, and it looks like there is going to be a grand celebration.
As soon as he entered the academy, Han Du bumped into Fang Xiaoru.
Before Han Du could say anything, Fang Xiaoru said with a smile: "I was just about to inform you, but I didn't expect you to come on your own initiative. It seems that you have heard about it. Our academy has truly become famous in one fell swoop this time." The world knows it. Of the three hundred Jinshi, my academy alone has one hundred and ninety-eight people, hahaha... I never thought there would be such a happy day. I really want to see the faces of the Imperial College now to see if they are still Why do you have the face to be so arrogant in front of us?"
Now Fang Xiaoru was completely convinced by Han Du. He had never thought that Han Du's rather joking behavior in his opinion could actually make the scholar pass the examination. If he had known this, why would he have only selected thirty people to participate in the examination? All members should have gone into battle.
Smiling, Fang Xiaoru slowly noticed that Han Du had a serious look on his face, and couldn't help but hold back his laughter and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Han Du thought for a moment and said, "Students from the north are making trouble, saying that this time they will try to get scholars unfairly. Have you heard about it?"
"Why haven't you heard about it? There has been a lot of commotion in the past few days, and the city is full of turmoil. It's hard not to know about it." Fang Xiaoru said lightly.
"Then what do you think?" Han Du continued to ask.
Fang Xiaoru spread his hands, doing the movements he learned from Han Du, shrugged his shoulders, and said as if the matter had nothing to do with him, "What else can you say? These northern scholars are just Their skills are not as good as others, and they feel that they are in trouble, so they think that with the strength of the people, they will make a fuss. No matter what the outcome of their fuss is, as long as they make a fuss, it will be a comfort to their own hearts. "
"Oh? What do you say?" Han Du couldn't help but asked curiously when he heard that Fang Xiaoru had a different opinion.
Fang Xiaoru said calmly: "Students have a good face. They may not know that their talents and learning are insufficient. If they just make a fuss, they can blame the reason for their dethronement on unfair recruitment, then these people will not let it go no matter what. of."
yes! If it were him, he might not be able to give up.
Han Du touched his chin and thought carefully, and suddenly came back to his senses and thought that he still wanted to be shameless and would not blame his fault on others, but these northern scholars were completely shameless now.
Seeing Han Du's thoughtful expression, Fang Xiaoru thought he was worried about this matter, so he asked with a smile: "But no matter how big the trouble is, it is still the trouble of the court, so why do you need to worry so much?"
Han Du let out a long sigh after hearing this, looked at Fang Xiaoru and said seriously: "I'm afraid this is really not the trouble of the court, but the trouble of our academy."
"How do you say that?" Fang Xiaoru frowned slightly. He really couldn't imagine that this northern scholar thought that the unfair selection of scholars had anything to do with the academy. This selection of scholars was not selected by the academy.
Han Du did not explain directly to Fang Xiaoru, but said: "Let's find Judge Xue first and discuss it together."
After leading Fang Xiaoru to find Xue Xiang, Han Jingyun, Mr. Jin and others, Han Du walked over and closed the door. He slowly returned to his chair and sat down. He saw several people looking at him.
Xue Xiang stroked his beard and saw that Han Du was ready, so he asked: "You are so eager to find everyone. What's the matter? Can you tell me now?"
Han Du nodded and told everyone his worries.
After several people listened, Fang Xiaoru, Han Jingyun and Mr. Jin all looked dumbfounded, wondering how this matter could finally fall on the academy.
However, Xue Xiang was extremely calm. After careful consideration, he solemnly emphasized: "Your worries are not unreasonable."
In fact, both Han Du and Xue Xiang knew in their hearts that this incident did not make sense, but was bound to happen.
As long as those northern scholars know that there are so many people in the Academy High School, they will definitely make a fuss, even bigger than the previous few days. Compared with the previous few days, the target of their troubles was the imperial court. No matter how courageous they were, the imperial court stood on a high ground towards them after all, and they would subconsciously restrain themselves even if they made trouble.
But facing the academy, it's completely different. As long as they are not planning to study in the academy, they will not have the slightest fear if they offend the academy to death.
"How can these people be so shameless? How can they falsely accuse others of cheating when they clearly failed because of their lack of knowledge? Didn't the emperor send someone to re-mark the test? We will know when the time comes whether it is cheating." Fang Xiaoru said bitterly. As a well-educated man, the most unsightly thing for him is a person who is obviously lacking in talent, but instead of studying hard, he thinks of taking advantage of evil ways to fish in troubled waters.
Han Du raised his head and glanced at Fang Xiaoru, and said: "The results of the re-grading have already been produced. Liu Sanwu selected the scholars fairly, and there is nothing wrong with the 300 people he selected. On the contrary, the examination papers of these northern scholars are not good in arts and science, and they are indeed not as good as the southern scholars." son."
Fang Xiaoru suddenly became happy when he heard this. He spread his hands and said, "The court has reached a conclusion, so what do we have to worry about? Since there is no fraud, just select the officials according to the current imperial list."
"If it is really that simple, that would be great." Han Du sighed slightly and said: "The northern scholars simply cannot accept such a result. Now this matter is getting bigger and bigger, so much so that the emperor is deeply troubled. "
Fang Xiaoru wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Xue Xiang with a slight wave of his hand.
Xue Xiang turned to look at Han Du and asked, "Then what do you think?"
Han Du pondered for a while and sighed secretly. To be honest, this matter is indeed difficult to solve. Northern scholars will definitely try their best to cause trouble for their own interests. The bigger things get, the easier it will be for them to fish in troubled waters. Therefore, let alone re-examination once, even if it is re-examination ten or hundreds of times, as long as the result is fair and without fraud, they will never be convinced.
In fact, Lao Zhu's method can be regarded as a clever trick. As long as Liu Sanwu gives in and allows Lao Zhu to depose some of the scholars on the grounds that it is unfair to recruit scholars and add more scholars from the north, then the matter will probably be settled.
Even if the northern scholars were still dissatisfied, Lao Zhu was able to forcibly suppress the noise.
But what Liu Sanwu did was not for himself at all, but to delay the bigger storm that was about to break out.
As luck would have it, the academy is the center of the coming storm. It can be said that there is no escape or avoidance. Unless we can confront the storm of northern scholars head-on, the academy will be dismantled into pieces.
"Let's stop the celebrations in the academy for now." Han Du thought for a moment and said. Now is not the time to irritate the scholars outside. If the academy celebrates grandly at this time, it will easily attract the attention of the scholars outside.
If people knew that there were 200 people in the academy all of a sudden, the storm would probably break out right now, and there would be no time to react.
"Another thing is, let's take advantage of this time to brainstorm and think about how to deal with this matter."
Han Du gave two opinions.
Xue Xiang nodded subconsciously. At this juncture, it was indeed impossible to cause unnecessary problems. What the academy lacks the most now is time. If a grand celebration triggers a siege by northern scholars, it will really be more gain than loss.
As for how to deal with this matter, Xue Xiang couldn't think of any way for a while, so he had to look up at Fang Xiaoru and others.
Fang Xiaoru frowned and pondered for a long time without saying a word.
Okay, Xue Xiang understood, obviously Fang Xiaoru didn't have any ideas for the time being.
Then, Xue Xiang looked at Han Jingyun and Mr. Jin again. Of these two people, Han Jingyun looked back at Xue Xiang with a blank look on his face. He looked like a curious child and obviously couldn't count on her. Although Han Jingyun is extremely talented in mathematics, he is completely ignorant about the world of people. It is really more difficult for her to come up with a solution to a problem than to ask her to solve a mathematical problem.
As for Mr. Jin, he lowered his head and didn't even look at Xue Xiang. He obviously had no idea.
Finally, Han Du and Xue Xiang looked at each other and sighed helplessly.
'The academy is still short of people, especially people who are truly proficient in secular affairs. '
Han Du had no choice but to decide to take it one step at a time. Maybe as time goes by, he would be able to think of a solution?
...
The northern scholars gathered in restaurants and tea shops every day, and every time they accused the imperial court of shielding Liu Sanwu and failing to give them a fair sentence.
Suddenly someone said: "Liu Sanwu must be colluding with the Imperial College. Only the Imperial College protects Liu Sanwu, and the imperial court will review such a result."
As soon as these words came out, it was like waking up someone from a dream.
Yes, every time there is a scientific examination, there are always many high schools for scholars in the Imperial College. Otherwise, how did the saying "stepping into the threshold of the Imperial College be half-stepped into the court" come from?
The imperial court has been unable to come up with any measures to convince them. These scholars cannot afford to offend the imperial court, so why can't they afford to offend the Imperial College?
"The scholars in the world have been suffering from the Imperial College for a long time. We should go to the Imperial College and ask for an explanation."
"Yes, let's go to the Imperial College..."
