Nie Qianqian and Gu Xiao ignored the curious glances from others along the way and followed the book boy to Vice President Li's study. What they saw was a copybook hanging on the wall with the four characters "diligence and self-denial" written in it.
There are bookshelves on both sides of the walls in the study room, with various books neatly placed. There are several paintings or calligraphy works hanging on the walls.
Nie Qianqian looked at it and saw that the inscriptions on the work were all words praising Vice President Li for his ability and political integrity and his tireless teaching.
Nie Qianqian snickered. This is equivalent to Nie Qianqian hanging banners all over his clinic about his wonderful rejuvenation and cure of diseases with medicine. Isn't this a compliment to himself? Haha.
Vice President Li is slightly older than Tang Jin, with a thin face and hair wearing the teacher's uniform of Tiande Academy. He usually teaches seriously and does not smile, so he is called Li Lengmian behind his back by the students of the academy.
Seeing the two people entering the door, he raised his eyelids and saw Nie Qianqian's flashing smile. He immediately became unhappy and his face became even colder. He asked lightly: "Are you Gu Xiao?"
Gu Xiao gave a student salute, "The student is Gu Xiao."
Vice President Li looked at him and said coldly: "You are still aware of etiquette."
Nie Qianqian frowned slightly, why did she feel that Vice President Li's attitude was not very friendly.
Vice President Li's voice was cold, "Master Tang told me about you earlier. Since Master Tang recommended you, you can enroll in our Tiande Academy. But I want to explain to you in advance that the academy is a place of purity and elegance. Students who study in our college must be diligent and self-denial, and all their actions should be centered around learning, understand the principles and etiquette deeply, and be in the ear, in the heart, and in the body. They should not use the books of sages to decorate the facade, flatter others, and make reading and learning lose their originality. As it should be.”
Nie Qianqian heard the hidden meaning behind these words. It turned out that the vice president thought that Gu Xiao was a person with connections through the back door. He thought he was a person with no talent and knowledge who was just trying to gain fame?
This Vice President Li is a bit subjective.
"I have asked Mr. Tang about your situation. You have never studied in an academy and have not obtained any academic honors, so you should go to the basic Lezhi Class to study first."
Tiande Academy divides students into different classes based on age and knowledge. Different classes have different teachers and different levels of knowledge. They are divided into happy knowledge classes, sensitive learning classes, and erudite classes, just like in modern society. The parallel classes and top classes are the same.
The Lezhi Class is generally for freshmen who have not yet passed the Tongsheng Examination, the Minxue Class is for students who have already passed the Tongsheng Examination and are going to be Scholars, while the Erudite Class is composed of students who are talented enough to be a scholar.
For example, Nie Wenye is already a scholar, and he is preparing to be in the Erudite class next autumn, and Vice President Li is the teacher of the Erudite class.
Gu Xiao didn't care much about which class he went to.
The scientific examination system of the Daewoo Dynasty was mature. There were more than 3,000 academies across the country, spread across urban and rural areas. Naturally, academies in the capital and provincial capitals had higher teaching quality, followed by academies at the county level.
The governor and magistrate of the province, together with other politicians, must jointly hire the most famous local or national scholars to serve as deans of academies in provincial capitals. They are usually Jinshi scholars. The number of teachers in state and county schools is not very high, and there are only a few who have Jinshi background, and most of them are scholars and scholars.
Gu Xiao has been taught by the Imperial Academy's Jijiu since he was a child, and the Imperial Confucians took turns giving him lessons. Without being arrogant, he didn't like the teaching level of Tiande Academy at all. It didn't make much difference which class he attended.
He decided to study at Tiande Academy just to pursue a straight career path.
Nie Qianqian felt displeased after hearing these words that were obviously contemptuous. She followed Gu Xiao's example and bowed to Vice President Li, "Vice President Li, how can you use this to judge whether my husband is going to marry me?" How about going to the basic class?”
Vice President Li frowned, thinking about how he could allow a woman to speak when he was talking to Gu Xiao. Don't you know that women don't take charge of foreign affairs?
He looked at Gu Xiao dissatisfied, but found that Gu Xiao didn't have any expression of feeling inappropriate, nor did he say anything to stop him. He felt dissatisfied with Gu Xiao in his heart.
He had previously thought that this son was polite, but it seemed that his knowledge of etiquette was indeed very limited.
Gu Xiao caught a glimpse of Vice Dean Li's eyes. It was not that he didn't know what Vice Dean Li was thinking. He had seen many such people in the Imperial College. The older they were and the higher their academic status, the more rigid and dogmatic they were.
He originally scorned this. His mother was a woman but was extremely talented. She discussed ancient and modern times and government affairs with his father. His father had never said that women should not be involved in politics.
In his opinion, as long as Nie Qianqian wants to speak, she can do so at any time.
Seeing that Gu Xiao had not spoken, Vice President Li frowned and had no choice but to reply: "Then what do you think?"
Nie Qianqian stared at Vice President Li and said, "I think there should be a preliminary assessment for admission, and the class placement will be determined based on the test results."
Tiande Academy will set up a preliminary examination after the autumn admissions every year. As Nie Qianqian said, classes are divided according to performance rankings. However, Vice President Li thinks that Gu Xiao is a related person who came in through the back door and has never studied in the academy before, so there is no need to do so. It's unnecessary.
Now that Nie Qianqian brought it up, it seemed that he did not act in accordance with the college rules.
Vice President Li's face turned a little dark, "In that case, let Gu Xiao take the test. He will take the test in my study room. I will invigilate the test myself. This young lady will leave the study room later and is not allowed to interfere with the test."
Nie Qianqian smiled brightly, "No problem, thank you, Vice President Li."
Seeing this, Gu Xiao bowed and said calmly: "But it depends on Master's arrangement."
Nie Qianqian turned her head and saw that Gu Xiao was still calm and relaxed. He was not nervous because he heard about the exam, and felt relieved.
In fact, she didn't know what the level of the cheap husband was, and she just wanted a fair way to divide the classes by trying to take the exam. If he still goes to the basic class after taking the exam, there is nothing wrong with that.
She stretched out her right hand and made a fist, made a cheering gesture towards Gu Xiao, and cheered him up: "Come on!"
Gu Xiao had heard Nie Qianqian say the word "come on" before and knew that it meant "encourage". Now that he saw this gesture, he guessed that it had the same meaning.
He followed Nie Qianqian's example, made a slightly stiff gesture to Nie Qianqian, and replied: "Come on."
When Vice President Li saw this scene, he felt that the two men's behavior was too out of line and their behavior was not polite enough.
He has always believed that students must listen carefully and not be disobedient.
Since he has never read a book, he should follow the teacher's instructions. He starts from the basic class and has to take the entrance exam. It is a waste of his time. He thinks he is talented, but in fact he thinks very highly of himself and is mediocre. , he has seen many such students.
He went to the bookshelf to look for past class placement questions, and happened to see a test paper that Dean Hu had personally issued in the past.
This test paper was developed by Dean Hu based on the study of the scope of the Qiu Wei exams in previous years. It is designed to test the knowledge reserves of the students in the Erudite Class for the Qiu Wei.
The questions in the examination paper are modeled after the Qiu Wei Examination. Although students are not required to write long essays to answer the questions, they are mostly short and concise questions that can cover a wide range of topics. Students need to read many books, be knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and truly understand the secrets of the book. The purpose of answering is to allow students to self-examine their shortcomings.
The test paper has been used for internal examinations in the academy for the past five years, and the highest score is only 80 points. Those who can score around 50 points are considered to be at an intermediate level. If they are just children, they may only be able to answer one-tenth of the tenths.
Vice President Li's eyes stayed on the examination paper for a moment, then he reached out and took out the examination paper.
Since Gu Xiao and Nie Qianqian took the initiative to take the exam, let's take this paper. Gu Xiao's knowledge is not very deep, but he has a lot of arrogance. This paper is the perfect way to kill his arrogance.
