The fame of the academy, of course, is the archway and inscription of Lao Zhu, how famous the Royal Academy is, whether it is a meritorious nobleman or a common man, who does not want to have something to do with the royal family.

Another reason is that the students of the academy burned down the Yongjiahou Mansion for the sake of the widow Tian, which was widely spread among scholars. Confucianism has the idea of not being afraid of the powerful and asking for the lives of the people, but there are really not many scholars who have really picked up their beards for thousands of years.

The students of the academy not only did it, but also did it earth-shatteringly, this kind of somewhat rebellious thing is simply too exciting for ordinary readers, and even yearning.

As a result, before the academy opened, many students came to sign up one after another, and by the time the academy opened, there were already 2,000 students. These 2,000 people are not all from Gyeonggi counties, but also from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, and Ma Du did not post enrollment brochures in these places, so he did not expect that the reputation of the academy had spread so far.

Two thousand people does not sound like a lot, compared with the millions of graduates every year in later generations, it is simply a drizzle, but in the war-torn early Ming Dynasty, it is definitely rare, two thousand people is a lot of money, but the academy can't eat it.

After Lao Zhu took the academy for himself by extremely despicable and shameless means, Ma Du knew that the academy would usher in a large number of students in the new semester, and he had already built the school building in advance, but it could not accommodate 2,000 people, so he had to continue to take the method of examination and select the best for admission.

The gentleman of the college was extremely dissatisfied with Ma Du's restriction on the age of eighteen. Zhu Sheng stroked his beard and said, "Learning is endless, the most important thing is perseverance, how can you cut off a scholar's desire to learn with age." The old man's family was poor, his studies were intermittent, and he didn't achieve anything until he was forty years old. ”

Zhu Sheng took the lead in firing the cannon, and the other old men attacked in groups, Ma Du couldn't resist retreating and retreating, and gave in until he was twenty-four years old, which was his last bottom line. The talents they want are different from those that Ma Du wants, and Ma Du can't imagine teaching physics and chemistry with a group of old men who are poor.

The old guy was still not satisfied with Ma Du's concessions, and Lao Zhu's holy decree relieved Ma Du, and all those who excelled in the examination over the age of twenty-five were sent to Guozijian. Lao Zhu is obviously making a talent reserve, and those hairy boys who have not yet grown up are useless no matter how good they are, and he seems to have the intention of not letting the academy family dominate.

In this regard, Zhu Sheng and others blamed Ma Du, and said that all the good talents were let Lao Zhu snatch them, but soon a person helped Ma Du slap the old guys in the face.

The results of the entrance exam came out quickly, and the one who stood out among the two thousand people turned out to be a little kid, really young and less than fourteen years old, his name was Fang Xiaoru.

Zhu Sheng and the others almost couldn't believe it, knowing that there were still many people in their thirties and forties who came to the academy to take the exam, who would have thought that a young boy would take the lead, and even suspected Fang Xiaoru of cheating. Only Ma Du affirmed that Fang Xiaoru did not cheat, and the name of "Reading Seed" is not something that anyone can call.

The gentlemen called Xiao Fang to the office, and after the school examination, they were amazed and called the prodigy, and several old fellows fought to be accepted as a beginner disciple, and sternly warned Ma Du not to rob them.

Of course Ma Du will not rob them, what will happen to Da Ming's future, he has no score in his heart, and he doesn't want to be Fang Xiaoru's tenth clan. When I walked out of the office, I saw Yuan Jiuli standing outside the door and spying on a few arguing old guys, rubbing his hands and looking eager to try.

Ma Du asked, "Mr. Yuan also wants to accept that child as a beginner disciple." ”

Yuan Jiuli's face turned red and sighed: "That kid is indeed a good seedling, which really makes people itch, but I still have some self-knowledge, with my knowledge, I am not qualified to be his teacher." ”

"No!" Ma Du looked at Yuan Jiuli and shook his head helplessly, "You are not qualified to be his student!" ”

He turned to leave, and faintly heard a sad and indignant voice behind him, "Sooner or later, I will leave this rotten place without a sense of right and wrong, fairness and justice!" ”

Ma Du didn't want to get too close to Fang Xiaoru, but this kid took the initiative to find him. He was in the office with the ring ruler enchanted by Lao Zhu and Ma Dajiao to teach Zhu Xiaosi, how could a prince do such a thing as copying homework, copying would be copied, but why should he copy Li Jinglong's homework, he is not as good as Zhu Xiaosi.

After receiving two rings, Zhu Xiaosi pretended to be pitiful with tears in his eyes, "Uncle, I really didn't copy Li Jinglong's homework, it was Li Jinglong who copied my homework." ”

Ma Du grabbed his hand and said a ruler, "Dare to deny it!" ”

He took a piece of white paper full of ugly characters, pointed to a cloud of ink in front of Zhu Xiaosi's name, and could faintly see the word "wood" in the sunlight.

was caught with real evidence, Zhu Xiaosi didn't pretend to be pitiful, and said with a smile: "My nephew is also in a hurry to copy, and I didn't react until I wrote half of it, my uncle just hit me twice, don't tell my father and queen mother when I turn around." ”

"Even if you're not stupid, if you paint more heavily, I won't be able to catch the evidence."

"It's all Chang Mao's fault, he urged me to go to Keju."

"You are a prince, don't make a mistake and put the responsibility on others, you always have to be a little responsible as a man." As soon as Ma Du's words fell, he saw a young man enter the office and bowed to him, "Student Fang Xiaoru has seen Mr. Ma!" ”

Fang Xiaoru is only thirteen or fourteen years old, born with red faces and white teeth, obviously a handsome guy, but he looks like a little adult all day long, the rules are not good, but several old men still praise him for being young and old. Ma Du doesn't think that being a young man is a boast, and he should do what he should do at this age at any age, for example, Zhu Xiaosi has the playfulness that a ten-year-old naughty boy should have.

Hey? These two people are destined enemies, and they got together in advance, and Ma Du couldn't help but sigh at the miracle of fate. He couldn't help but have a hint of bad taste, and stretched out his hand to point at Zhu Xiaosi, "Fang Xiaoru, this is King Yan." ”

Fang Xiaoru turned around and bowed to Zhu Xiaosi, "Grass people Fang Xiaoru has seen His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

Zhu Xiaosi nodded, and replied with a smile: "This is not to be so polite in the academy, you are the Fang Xiaoru who took the first place in the exam among more than 2,000 people, remember to copy my homework for me in the future." This tone is very similar to the bullies and scum of later generations.

Rao is Fang Xiaoru is extremely smart, and he was dumbfounded when he heard such words, his head would not turn, could it be that he had studied thousands of miles and came to the wrong place.

Ma Du glared at Zhu Xiaosi, and the other party said with filial piety: "Don't pay attention to him, what are you looking for me?" ”

Fang Xiaoru bowed again, "The student is here to thank Mr." ”