In the next fortnight, many people in Beijing invited people to have a drink. Their children were admitted to Jinshi, and the whole family celebrated together.
When people came to congratulate Cheng Wanwan, she naturally had to come with congratulatory gifts. The past half month passed while eating and drinking.
As soon as the half-month vacation is over, Zhao Sidan and Yu Zhan will officially take office. One is in the Hanlin Academy and the other is in Guanglu Temple. They are both newly promoted minor officials. They are not qualified to enter the palace and need to be outside the palace. Only by standing and listening to other people's speeches and listening to the government's affairs for two or three years can you be qualified to rank among the civil and military officials and participate in major affairs of the government.
After Yu Zhan's matter settled down, Lu Yingxue began to look for a house in the capital.
She had opened a liquor store in Dahe Town in the past few years, and she did make some money, but not that much. She had a few thousand taels on hand, and wanted to buy a big yard but couldn't afford it. After looking around, she finally found a place in the west of the capital city. I bought a small, clean courtyard with two entrances, which was enough for mother and son to live in. It would also be open for Yu Zhan and his daughter-in-law to live in later.
After Lu Yingxue, mother and son moved out, the big house became quieter without a chattering person.
At the same time, Xiao Qin University Hall was almost ready.
After such a long period of recruitment, the first batch of students in the University Hall has reached fifty-four, including twelve civilian scholars who voluntarily signed up, one who was forcefully invited, Peng Wang from Dahe Academy, and four others The eleven are all naughty sons and young masters who are not very successful in the family of the ministers of the court. And among the forty-one, most of them come from the families of first- and second-class nobles and first- and second-class officials. They are ordinary people. Someone you definitely don’t dare to mess with.
On the tenth day of May, Xiao Qin University Hall officially opened.
Cheng Wanwan was hired by the King of Qin with a lot of money to be the Assab Chinese language teacher, so naturally he had to make an appearance on the first day.
She was wearing more convenient clothes, plain clothes and a hairpin, and she was dressed very simply. She didn't even bring a maid. After asking Gu Bing to drive her to the place, she got out of the car and walked into the university hall alone.
This Xiao Qin University Hall is a kind of simulated women's school. Once you enter, it is also a large square. Because the school has started, the square has been specially decorated, with the elegance and elegance that literati love most.
"Mrs. Sui is here."
A group of gentlemen hurriedly came over to greet him. Among them were great scholars from the Imperial Academy, minor officials from Honglu Temple, and gentlemen invited by the private sector.
"Please allow me to introduce myself. I am a doctor of the Imperial College, and I am temporarily serving as the deputy director of the academy." Dr. Tao coughed and said, "Why do you say it is a temporary appointment? Because I don't know how long I can stay here."
The rest of the Confucian gentlemen all showed bitter faces.
They have all seen the list of students in this class. They are either the sons of generals, the sons of Bohou, and the young masters of the Grand Master's family... If these young brothers were successful, they would have passed the examination and become court officials long ago. I have participated in the imperial examinations again and again for so many years, but failed every time. One can imagine how stubborn he is.
If you teach such a group of students, not only will their hair fall out, but their lives will also be shortened!
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said, "Teacher, it's about teaching, teaching, and solving doubts. We just do what we should do."
Her profession in her previous life had nothing to do with being a teacher, but she had taught many people in this life, including her own children, officials from Honglu Temple, and even the girls from the Girls' School... In her opinion , there are no disobedient students, only teachers who can’t teach. You can’t give up before the students start just because of their special status.
Since she promised King Qin, she will definitely fulfill her duties.
"Mrs. Sui said well!" King Qin came over waving his fan, "I have invited you here to teach you. Just teach them your knowledge. If they don't listen, they are going against me. Let’s see how I deal with them.”
The civil servants breathed a sigh of relief. With King Qin as their backer, those students did not dare to make mistakes.
Only Dr. Tao lowered his eyes silently. He had given lessons to the princes in the Imperial College. They, the teachers, had the emperor and the queen as their backers. The princes had rebelled. I don’t know how many masters were so angry that they vomited blood and cried. Please ask the emperor to be transferred to the imperial study room to sort out the history books...
"There is still an hour until school officially starts. Let's go sit in the room for a while." King Qin coughed, "As the mountain chief, I am the first to speak. Dr. Tao is the deputy mountain chief and also has to speak. Mrs. Sui... "
Cheng Wanwan said hurriedly: "I'm just a master, just introduce yourself, okay?"
"That's not possible." King Qin shook his head, "The women's school founded by Mrs. Sui and the emperor's sister-in-law triggered a trend of women's elementary education in the capital. Many noble girls in the capital have made great progress. Another one, Mrs. Sui's son is a third-level student. The Number One Scholar, no matter what, you should tell everyone the way to become a talent."
Dr. Tao nodded: "That's right."
The other Confucian scholars also nodded quickly. They really wanted to know how Mrs. Sui raised her son and why her children were so outstanding.
Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Cheng Wanwan had no choice but to agree.
A group of ladies went into the study room to discuss what they would say at the upcoming opening ceremony...
At this time, the students also reported one by one.
The first to come were the dozen or so talents, none of whom were new talents. They were old talents who had taken the exams more than two or three times. Because they had no way to pass the imperial examinations, they came to the King of Qin to try their luck.
Immediately afterwards, there was Peng Wang, the only person to be elected. To be honest, he felt very unsure and was afraid that this year would be wasted.
Finally, there are those noble second-generation ancestors.
Luxurious carriages parked at the entrance of the university hall. The second-generation ancestors jumped off the horse on the back of the servants. They were dressed in exquisite clothes and shaking paper fans. They didn't look like they were here to study, but like they were going on a trip. coming.
"Brother Pang, I was planning to go horse racing with you yesterday." A young man in his early twenties walked towards Pang Jie, the third son of Bachelor Pang, "I went to your house and your mother said you were studying. When did Brother Pang become so Are you working hard?"
Pang Jie touched his buttocks that were still hurting and curled his lips. He was reading a stupid book. At that time, he was being beaten and screamed by his mother. Just because he refused to come to school, his mother immediately turned against him and asked the little boy to Hold him down and hit him twenty times... Early this morning, while he was still sleeping, his mother picked him up from the bed and told him to come to school on time, otherwise, he would be given thirty more hits.
He felt that his life was really miserable.
His eldest brother used the only quota in the Pang family that was recommended for officialdom. The second brother inherited his father's intelligence and easily passed the Jinshi examination. When he came here, he had neither intelligence nor quota, so his father My mother watched him study every day and asked him to become an official in the court on his own...
They were all born to the same father and mother, why should he be so unlucky? He refused to accept it!
But if you don't accept it, what can you do? You still have to come here and take classes.
"Brother Pang, we are brothers in need."
The young man in his early twenties was a descendant of the hero Huainan Marquis. Because of his ancestors' great achievements, he was exempted from taking the imperial examination for three generations. It happened that his generation, without the shadow of his ancestors, could only cry and start the examination, but he was not He had taken the exam three times and still failed to pass the exam. No, when his parents heard that the King of Qin's school had a quota for him to be recommended as an official, they immediately whipped him and let him come.
The other second-generation ancestors who came together all gathered here for similar reasons, and all of them had bitter faces.
"Why are you so dejected?" Pang Jie snorted, "Don't forget, this school was founded by His Highness King Qin. Who is King Qin? He is a well-known dandy prince in the capital. A dandy prince opened the school, maybe he is Teach us how to eat, how to drink, and how to have fun."
Li Jian, a descendant of the Marquis of Huainan, said: "Yesterday, King Qin was having fun in the Chu Pavilion. Today, when school starts, he should tell us whether there are any new things in the Chu Pavilion."
After saying this, the second-generation ancestors present became excited and immediately walked to the school.
Peng Wang frowned slightly. He had also heard of King Qin's reputation and thought that King Qin had changed for the better. Why was he still like this... Did he make a wrong choice?
More than a dozen other scholars looked at each other and saw timidity in each other's eyes.
If this place is really a place where people can eat, drink, and have fun, then wouldn't these poor families have to become the servants of these second-generation ancestors?
Is it too late to leave now?
