"Entrance exams?"

There was a stirring in the crowd, and several hands were raised, all holding a piece of colorful paper in their hands, this thing was familiar to everyone, it was the admission brochure of the Ivy League. 【Reading.com】

"Doesn't it mean that there are no classes in the academy, and as long as you meet the conditions, you can enroll? Why did you suddenly say that you were going to take an exam again? Could it be a lie? Someone shouted.

"Yes, it can't really be a lie, I'll just say, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" Echo the chorus.

The more scholars who have experienced the imperial examination, the more suspicious they are about the academy, because the conditions are too good, not to mention the private schools and the semi-official academies opened by the great Confucians, even the official schools in various places do not have such good conditions.

"Don't be noisy, don't be noisy." The scribe shouted: "You take a closer look at the enrollment brochure in your hand, it is very clear that as long as the age meets the requirements of primary school, junior colleges and universities have to pass the entrance examination, and different colleges have different emphasis. ”

"But isn't it, how do you people do it, you can't even understand such a simple explanation, I think, you better go to primary school for two years, and then come to university."

Most of those who don't read the entries have only recently made up their minds; And those who signed up early had already made many trips to the Royal Park, and they already knew all the faculties of the Ivy League, and they didn't have time to answer just now, but they laughed loudly at this time.

"That'...... What questions are taken on the exam? No one retorted, no one was angry, and the anger in his expression was gone, replaced by nervousness.

Giving up the imperial examination and choosing a college is a major event related to life, and no one will take it as child's play. Just now I thought that the academy was deceiving people, so some people shouted and some echoed it, but after discovering that it was their own negligence, the scholars immediately put aside those emotions.

"After graduating from elementary school, you can go to university, so the difficulty of the entrance exam is not high." The scribe in charge of the reception always had a smile on his face, and in the face of the nervous questions of the scholars, he raised his hands to signal everyone's reassurance, and then explained aloud:

"There are two kinds of subjects taught in primary schools: compulsory courses and elective courses, compulsory are basic writing and arithmetic, elective subjects such as history, natural science, geography, etc., and the entrance examination of universities is mainly compulsory subjects, and some colleges will conduct additional examinations for elective subjects."

This group of students who came to recruit were mainly readers, and when they heard the word writing, they all sighed for a long time, and they were best at this for ten years, the examiners of the imperial examination had a heavy article routine, and the two handwriting was beautiful, and the literary style was something that was to be left behind, and they were also relieved to hear that the requirements of the primary school were so low.

"What do you have to take at the School of Political Science and Law?"

However, there are also people who think further, and this issue is also the concern of most people, after all, there are a few scholars who are interested in science, and even fewer who like art and decide to make it a career, and most people still come to the School of Political Science and Law.

"It's very simple, write an essay on a topic of current affairs, then an exam on basic arithmetic, and finally write a reflection on a historical event."

"Why do you have to rely on arithmetic in politics, what does governing the country and the world have to do with the Ming Classics?" Everyone is good at writing articles, and historical books are also a must-read for the imperial examination, but arithmetic is a headache, and as someone gets up, many people echo and complain loudly.

"Hehe, if you have the opportunity to go to Tianjin to have a look, you will know, the officials in the future will handle official affairs on their own, prohibit the hiring of external staff, and do all the practical, if you can't understand the number, or even can't read the account book, then how can you deal with businessmen?"

The receptionist waved his hand and comforted: "Actually, you don't have to worry, if you pass other subjects, only arithmetic is not enough, then, just go to the cram school to surprise and cram before enrolling, it's just basic arithmetic, it won't take long." If you don't have any other questions, please come into the exam room. ”

"Is there an age limit for going to university? Root...... I'm going to the Faculty of Mathematics. "Everything you should know knows, and the scholars are not dissatisfied, and when they were about to walk to the examination room, a crisp children's voice suddenly sounded in the crowd.

That's right, it's a child's voice, even if the person who speaks calls it a teenager, it's a little reluctant, and the childishness on that delicate little face has not disappeared, if you tie up the braids, it's no different from those naughty children playing on the street.

"Except for the School of Political Science and Law, there is no age requirement, however, the questions in the Mathematics College exam are not as simple as those in other colleges, and they are the most difficult, this little ...... Childe, are you confident? The kid was so young that even the receptionist, who had been answering fluently, had his tongue rolling.

"Don't be afraid, I've been auditing at the academy for more than two months, and it's definitely fine." The child crossed his hands on his hips and nodded earnestly, looking extremely cute with confidence.

"Okay, you're the only one who came to the math academy to sign up today, so you can follow everyone and take the exam together." The receptionist touched the young man's head, then waved his hand and said loudly: "It's almost time, please hurry up." ”

There are also a lot of people who come to the academy to apply, there are thousands of people, there are many more than those who go to the Ministry of Rites, so many people, ordinary places must not be able to put down, but the royal park has been expanded repeatedly, and the place is enough.

The theater has been closed for the past two days, for today's entrance exam, and the place is so big that even if there are twice as many people, it will not be crowded.

Today is the unified examination for admissions, and of course Yang Shen is here. He had been in Tianjin for almost a month, had been in contact with those officials many times, and had enough knowledge of the academy that he didn't feel that there was anything to ask, so he had been standing quietly on the periphery of the crowd.

However, the child caught his attention. As the son of Yang Tinghe, he knew a lot of things that outsiders didn't know, such as the entry of the vassal king into Beijing, and the new policy towards the clan that might follow, and even he knew the progress of this matter. And that kid just happened to correspond to a character he knew, that was Zheng Shizi Zhu Houhan!

Just look at the name, you can know that this son is the same generation as today's son Zhengde, but his age is much younger. According to the report of the magistrate of Huaiqing, although it is only limited to the palace of King Zheng, Zheng Shizi is also known as a prodigy, but his magic is not in the classics and history, but in the field of arithmetic and music.

Speaking of vassal kings, people of insight in the Ming Dynasty have no good impression, these days the bloodline is synonymous with trouble, whoever is on either side, and ends up in a place where there is a vassal king, then wait for bad luck; If you are unlucky enough to be restless, you will definitely be in a hurry.

There are many rules and regulations in the Ming vassal system, such as the two kings are not allowed to meet; shall not leave the fiefdom without permission; Even if you go out of the city and provincial tomb, you have to apply; It is even more taboo to go out of the city for no reason or something; In addition, it is an iron law not to pre-empt the business of the four people, the eunuchs will never be eternal, the farmers and merchants will not be connected, and the iron law will not be able to go to Beijing.

All in all, it is better for the feudal lords to stay at home and be otaku honestly. Of course, after all, it is the blood of the heavenly family, although there are no three treasures of otaku such as broken computers, but the vassal kings have the privilege of bullying men and women, as long as Ken An stays in the fiefdom to bully men and women, he is the king of wisdom.

Zheng Shizi is already beyond the scope of the virtuous king, because he has a hobby, if you don't count the noise, this hobby still won't interfere with anyone.

It is said that the law of the Ming Dynasty does not support the study of the vassal king, half of the treatise on governing the world, and the scriptures and history are all the knowledge of governing the country and leveling the world. However, Zheng Shizi's books are biased, such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and other arithmetic books, scholars and doctors have always disdained it, so in addition to the name of a prodigy, Shilinzhong also has a reputation as a virtuous king for Zheng Shizi.

Yang Shen also knew that at the time of Zhengde's holy decree, the first person to be summoned was King Zheng, and Zhu Youwei not only came by himself, but also brought his son with him.

Zhu Houhan is only in his early tens, and he doesn't know how to hide his appearance, how can he escape the observation of Yang Shen, a caring person? Especially his expression of seeing everything fresh and full of interest from beginning to end made the latter firm in his identity.

Let the vassal king enter Beijing, and let the clan relatives contact the future bureaucrats in the academy? What a transition from earth to heaven!

Compared with the clan system pursued by the Ming Dynasty in the past, today's policy is very subversive, even Yang Shen, who has accepted some of the new ideas, is full of doubts when he sees Zhu Houhan.

"Little Lord Wang......" walked behind Zhu Houhan, and Yang Shen called in a low voice.

"Huh, huh?" Xiao Shizi subconsciously responded, then covered his mouth and turned his head, his face full of surprise, "Who are you?" Do you know me? ”

"Sure enough, it's Zheng Shizi, ...... under Yang Shen"

"Ha, I know you, your father is Yang Tinghe, who is about to enter the cabinet, and then you quarreled with your father, and finally ran away from home and came to the academy, Brother Yang, you are really amazing, when I was scolded by my father before, why didn't I think of running away from home? If only I had known you sooner. ”

Zhu Houhan clapped his hands and laughed, what he said made Yang Shen a little dizzy, obviously he was just pursuing the truth of a rich country and a strong people, why did he have something to do with running away from home?

"Ahem, that's not the case......

"Isn't it?"

Zhu Houhan's eyes were round, his dark eyes were like shining stars, he turned around a few times, and suddenly smiled with a sudden understanding: "I know, you must have taken a fancy to that woman, but Lord Yang used the excuse of being a good person to obstruct it, so you plan to set up your own door for freedom and love, and wait until you become famous...... Haha, that's how it's played in the play. ”

"......" Yang Shen was speechless, why can't he explain this? Who wrote the script, how could it mislead the innocent boy?

It seems that after the heavenly family with thick words in the name, they are all characters with high IQ and low emotional intelligence, and the appearance of this little prince is very similar to the legendary emperor. He began to reflect on his actions of stepping forward to pick up the stubble.

"By the way, Brother Yang, which college are you here to take the exam, do you want to come and take the math college with me? Mathematics is very interesting, I originally thought it was very broad and profound when I read "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", but do you know that the things taught in the school of mathematics are even more powerful, especially the science called calculus......"

Not only is the field of talent different from Zhengde, Zhu Houhan is still a self-acquaintance, and after enthusiastically sending out the invitation, he doesn't care about expressing his love for mathematics, and he doesn't care whether Yang Shen understands it or not.

Of course Yang Shen didn't understand, he, a prodigy, wrote poems and articles, and had nothing to do with mathematics, let alone calculus, even if it was nine chapters of arithmetic, he made up for it in Tianjin after deciding to apply for the Ivy League Academy, where could he understand the large number of professional terms that popped out of Zhu Houhan's mouth?

However, he understood one thing, this little prince would definitely not come to the academy to pull the relationship, and it would be strange to let such a young master come to pull the relationship without exposing it.

"I'm here to apply for the ...... of the School of Political Science and Law" It's easy to get a vacancy, Yang Shen hurriedly rejected the other party's kindness, there is a specialization in the art industry, mathematics, learn some basics, just be able to handle government affairs and understand the account books, no matter how advanced it is, he is not interested in learning, and he may not be able to learn to understand.

"Alas, you adults are really, why do you only like to be officials, and Brother Zhou Wang is like this......" Zhu Houhan puffed out his cheeks, pouted, and chattered and complained.

Good guy, it turns out that this is the main master, the emperor actually doesn't restrict the vassal king from studying in the School of Political Science and Law, even if he doesn't consider the problem of the other party befriending bureaucrats, but after he graduates, what does the emperor plan to let him do? Do you want him to go into the yamen to do things? Yang Shen didn't have time to pay attention to Xiao Shizi's complaints, and hurriedly asked, "Lord Zhou also wants to enter the School of Political Science and Law?" ”

"Isn't it, Brother Zhou Wang said that he was going to study the Great Dao in the academy......"

"Avenue? What avenue? Yang Shen felt that his head was a little insufficient, didn't the School of Political Science and Law study the New Deal?

"Brother Yang, the two of us fell in love, so I will only tell you this, and I won't tell anyone else......" Zhu Houhan said mysteriously: "You should know Lord Wang who is the principal, right?" ”

"Yes." Yang Shen nodded with a smile.

"Brother Zhou Wang inquired with others, when Lord Wang was a teenager, he put forward a hypothesis, that is, there is a great road between heaven and earth, as long as you learn it, you can pass through ten thousand laws, and you know the champion Hou, right?"

Yang Shenmu nodded, he seemed to know what the other party was saying, but he didn't seem to understand.

"That's right, Champion Hou is the descendant of this kind of avenue, so, Brother Zhou Wang said, as long as you learn all the things in the academy, you can get a glimpse of the Heavenly Dao, and then you will be as powerful as Champion Hou." Zhu Houhan made an exaggerated gesture with his hand and said matter-of-factly.

Well, I finally understood that the family is not very normal after these days, and if you are serious with them, you will lose...... Yang Shen changed the direction again and asked, "Are all the princes here?" Is there anything you can't say? ”

"Well, it seems that Uncle Xing Wang didn't want to come, Uncle Ning Wang also said that he was unwell, and my father also received a letter from Uncle Ning in private, saying that the hawker ...... Something, eh, I can't read it anyway. ”

Xiao Shizi tilted his head and thought about it, and finally shook his head and sighed: "The capital is so fun, you can listen to operas, and you can play in the academy, why don't you come?" They're stupid. But it doesn't matter, I heard that the emperor has sent an envoy to persuade them, and when the time comes, they will definitely be summoned. ”

Peddler? It's a cutting domain, right? Yang Shen's heart was awe-inspiring, the motion of the court was indeed true, King Ning was indeed restless!

(To be continued)