What people didn't expect was that when Zheng Xia was anxious, he was not in Bianliang City, but he also gave Cai Dao a little trouble.

This little trouble is aimed at the Cai Academy.

The day after the opening of the Cai Academy.

At the beginning of Cai Dao's establishment of Cai's Academy, although Zeng Gong was in charge, after all, the teachers were too poor, and he made it clear in advance that he would not teach the children the content of the imperial examination, so he originally estimated in advance that it would take seven days to recruit the 2,000 full-time students initially set.

Who would have thought that it was Cai Dao's own reputation that was too great, but that Zeng Gong's reputation was too big, and as a result of the enrollment, it only took one morning to enroll 3,500 children.

Even, when many people in Xicheng and Nancheng got the news, it was already late, and they still rushed to the gate of the school with their children to try their luck. However, they could only be greeted by the cold door of the academy.

The door of Cai's Academy had already been tightly closed.

Early in the morning, Hua Xianqi hurriedly ran into the big dining hall, wiping the sweat on his head while shouting: "Childe, the big thing is not good, Childe, the big thing is not good!" ”

Seeing Hua Xianyi in such a hurry, Cai Dao thought that something was wrong, so he put down the chopsticks and the green onion flatbread in his hand, picked up a bowl of milk on the table and handed it over, and said, "Dahua, what's the hurry?" Take a sip of milk to moisten your mouth! ”

Hua Xianqi didn't take the bowl in Cai Dao's hand, he looked at the bowl of milk with disgust, not that he didn't like to drink, but that he felt that he was already in his thirties, and he couldn't continue to drink milk like the milk child in front of him.

He gasped, waved his hand, and unceremoniously snatched a bowl of soy milk from a child on the table next to him, regardless of whether the soup in it was hot or not, he directly brought it over and poured it into his mouth. Childe! There's really something big going on out there, and your school is not good. ”

"There is also a academy built in the southwest corner of the outer city, and the Sprinkle family heard that this academy was built with money from the government, and some people have been rumored that the plaque hanging on the gate of the academy is still written by the official family himself?"

"What is the relationship between someone else's academy and me? Moreover, it was built by the government, and our ** can't be involved with us? After hearing this, Cai Dao felt that it was not a big deal, picked up the milk bowl and took a big sip, and continued to compete with the green onion oil cake in front of him.

"Good my son!" Hua Xianqi was so angry by Cai Dao's attitude that she couldn't help but complain: "What if the name of that academy is 'Bianliang Primary School', and the mountain chief is Zheng Xia?" Moreover, the conditions for their enrollment are similar to ours. Isn't that a big problem, you say? ”

"Oh!" Cai Dao paused when he heard this, then continued to eat, shouting food in his mouth, and muttered in a low voice: "This is interesting!" ”

Seeing that Cai Dao still didn't react much, Hua Xianqi felt depressed, panting and sitting on the bench opposite Cai Dao.

"Dao'er, Zheng Xia opened this academy, obviously wanting to target you! Why aren't you in a hurry? Zeng Gong, who spoke, was like Cai Dao, in this big restaurant, eating breakfast with the children.

Cai Dao specially arranged a small stove for the teachers, but unfortunately, in the Cai Academy, in addition to Zeng Gong, only Cai Jing arranged an old Confucian surnamed Cai and four or five students who entered Beijing last year to participate in the imperial examination, but their names fell to Sun Shan. After falling off the list, these students were embarrassed to return to their hometowns, greedy for Cai Dao's high salary, so they joined Cai's school regardless of it.

The old Confucian and a few students saw that Zeng Gong did not enter the small stove to eat, and they were embarrassed to make special things, so they sat around Zeng Gong to eat together.

Hearing Zeng Gong's inquiry, Cai Dao had no choice but to stop, chew a few mouthfuls of food in his mouth, and then stood up and arched his hand to him, explaining: "Master Zeng, Dahua has already said that what kind of 'primary school' is officially built. Therefore, no matter who is the mountain chief, no matter what Poor Dao does, he can't hinder any action of the other party. The official is always more formal than our private schools. ”

"That's true." Zeng Gong nodded and said in response: "I don't know what the official family thinks?" Can such a big thing be used for vindictiveness? ”

This is why Zeng Gong dared to say that he was an old man, if it wasn't for Cai Dao who saved his old mother, and his old mother was unwilling to return to his hometown to support the elderly, how could he be willing to continue to stay in this circle of right and wrong at this moment?

"Childe, aren't you worried?" The old man of the Cai family still asked with some concern.

"Don't worry, first of all, you have to understand the situation of the other party. Since the enrollment conditions are the same, and it is still officially opened, it must be more formal than ours here. As he spoke, Cai Dao turned his head to Hua Xianqi and ordered: "Dahua, you immediately send someone to investigate, there are three main points,

First, how large is the area and building of this college, and how many students will it enroll?

Second, the specific content of the enrollment requirements. Even if they are basically the same as us, there will still be some details that are different. This will certainly affect the composition of the students they admit.

Third, ask who are the famous people who are in charge of it. This is the weakest link in the eyes of outsiders. After all, Zeng Shi is old, and it seems a little difficult to support alone!

Small board, after the record is completed, write a copy for the big flower. ”

Cai Banyi recorded a few key points of Cai Dao's words roughly, and then copied a copy and handed it to Hua Xuanyi.

After a period of hard work, Hua Qilai got rid of the hat of illiteracy, if it wasn't for Cai Dao to move their families this time, maybe he would have married and had children at this time.

"Dao'er, then where do you see the key point of the success or failure of the other party's academy?" After Cai Dao finished narrating his instructions, a student couldn't help but ask.

"Number of people!"

"Why?"

The reason is as complex as it is simple. The crux of the matter is that there is a problem. Cai Dao didn't wait for others to ask, and continued: "No matter who it is, for what purpose, whether it is an individual or the imperial court, any person or family who establishes a academy or a private school has their own goals and demands. In the Great Song Dynasty, almost all academies taught children Confucian scriptures. The purpose is also very simple, that is, to teach children, nephews or students to participate in the imperial examination, win the championship in one fell swoop, and become famous all over the world. ”

"I see." Cai Dao hadn't finished the answer yet, but Zeng Gong and Cai Rusheng both understood the meaning of Cai Dao's words.

Those students lacked the heat to deal with people and didn't understand what Cai Dao meant, so they asked the Confucian surnamed Cai and asked, "Master Zeng, Mr. Cai, why is this?" ”

"Hehehe! Childe, the old man tried to talk about it, if it is wrong, you can correct it. Cai Laoru replied with a smile: "The conditions are the same as ours, if you only recruit one or two hundred students, it is not difficult to recruit those students with a foundation in Bianliang City." But in that case, how is it different from the private schools of those big families? For example, the private schools of the Lu family and the Han family, I heard that at their peak, there were more than 500 students.

However, if, like us, we set no other restrictions and open the door widely, not to mention, as long as there are more than a thousand people, this academy can be destroyed. A child with a foundation, no one dares to guarantee that he will be able to pass the Jinshi examination? What's more, those children of ordinary people, you just put your heart and soul into teaching, even if you take the shit luck, you can teach a few children who can get into the jinshi, so what will happen to the other children in the future?

These children, at best, know some words, and delay their opportunities to learn basic life skills. ”

"Thorough! The old gentleman's analysis can be described as three points! After listening to the questioning student just now, he took the lead in shouting praise.

The remaining students carefully pondered Cai Laoru's words, and had to admit that Cai Laoru's words were extremely reasonable, so they said together: "That's true." This number of people really became the key to the success or failure of that academy. ”