"Don't get separated, please follow me!" A teaching assistant shouted to dozens of new students.

As soon as Fan Ning walked into the county school, he met this group of freshmen who visited the county school, and he saw that it was still early, so he simply joined in.

The county school is indeed very large, just like a university in later generations, covering an area of about 1,000 acres, divided into a dormitory area, a teaching area and a north area.

Fanning followed the group of freshmen to the North District, which was undeveloped, but not desolate at all, but much like a park, with a large forest and a small hill made of dirt, and a garden at the foot of the mountain.

"This garden is called the Lotus Garden, it covers a large area, there are pavilions and large lotus ponds, before the exam, everyone likes to come here to endorse, there is no time today, you can come and go around another day."

Walking through the lotus garden, a wide stone avenue appeared in front of everyone, and the avenue passed through the woods and led to the east gate.

"Sir, where is it outside the gate?" One student asked.

Fanning saw that the building of the gate was built in a grand manner, and he was also a little curious.

"Outside the gate is Jiashan Fang."

Many scholars exclaimed, and some people whispered to both sides: "You don't know Jiashanfang, which is the concentration of wealthy families in Wu County, and dozens of wealthy families live. ”

"Are you blind? Already stepped on me twice! ”

A discordant voice suddenly came from the side, and everyone looked back.

I saw a teenager nodding his head and apologizing, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I really didn't see it." ”

When Fan Ning saw this young man, he couldn't help but be stunned, this young man turned out to be Lu Youwei.

Lu Youwei is the third of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, and he also participated in the county trial trial, but was eliminated in the first round.

Fanning thought about it, his name was not in the list of county magistrates!

Then how could he appear in the county school, and he was still wearing the unique green clothes of the county school students.

Lu Youwei's apology didn't seem to have any effect, and a thin freshman pushed him hard, "Get out of here, stay away from me!" ”

Lu Youwei stumbled and was almost pushed to the ground.

"Don't make any more trouble, keep coming with me!" The assistant teacher didn't bother to care, and led the crowd to the east.

Only then did Fanning see the new man with a strong attitude, he was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a long face, pointed chin, fair skin, and a pair of eyes full of disdain and arrogance.

He wore a distinctive green coat, everyone's deep coat was made of fine linen fabric, and the county school uniformly made it, but this freshman's deep coat was made of fine satin.

In addition, he also wore a white cloak with gold trim, the cloak was a little long, and Lu Youwei stepped on the edge of the cloak just now.

The freshman patted his cloak in annoyance, glared at Lu Youwei fiercely, and then followed the crowd.

Fan Ning didn't have a good impression of Lu Youwei, but maybe he could learn about Xu Ji's movements from him.

Fanning stepped forward and asked, "How did you study in the county?" ”

Lu Youwei looked up and saw Fan Ning, his face turned pale, his lips trembled twice, and he respectfully saluted Fan Ning, "I apologize to you!" ”

This was a bit unexpected by Fan Ning, and he smiled and said, "Forget it, I'm too lazy to bother with you, but how can you study in the county?" ”

Lu Youwei scratched his head, a little ashamed and said: "In January, I specially asked for leave to take the county school exam, and I almost failed to pass the exam. ”

Only then did Fan Ning understand that this Lu Youwei was the same as his fourth uncle, and he was also an auditor, and it seemed that he had a good family background.

"What did your father do?" Fanning asked curiously again.

"My father is a professor of Pingjiang Studies."

Fan Ning suddenly realized, no wonder he had a good relationship with Xu Ji, it turned out that his father was also a professor of Fuxue.

Lu Youwei looked at Fan Ning, "You haven't reported yet!" ”

"How do you know?" Fanning was a little strange how he could see it.

"I didn't see your badge!"

Fan Ning found that Lu Youwei had a vermilion lacquered wooden plaque hanging around his waist, so Fan Ning asked with a smile: "I just arrived, I saw that it was still early, and I wanted to visit the county school." ”

"It's not early, you still have to report, recognize professors, choose a dormitory, and a lot of things to do."

Lu Youwei hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Why don't I take you there!" ”

Fanning said happily, "Then I'll trouble you!" ”

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"Xu Ji is going to participate in Xuanzhou's children's examination and examination, the requirements for nationality are not strict, and there are more places to participate in the examination, unlike Pingjiang Prefecture, which limits the number of places, Wu Jian also followed, and his family moved to Xuancheng County to obtain household registration over there."

"Then why don't you go?"

Fanning smiled and asked, "Do you have to wait another six years to participate in the imperial examination?" ”

The imperial examination in the Song Dynasty required students to be over sixteen years old, and if a student was just fifteen years old in the year, it would be a disadvantage, or they would take the imperial examination as a boy.

But if you don't get a recommendation for the boys' examination, you have to wait another three years, until you are eighteen years old, before you can participate in the imperial examination.

Of course, there is also a way to deal with it, that is, to change the age, it is easier to change the age, the reason can be said to be late, the household registration is only registered when the age of one year, and then find a few squires to prove it, and the government will not dig too deep.

It's okay to be one or two years older, but it's not okay to change to a smaller one, otherwise you have to be beaten out with a big beard to sign up for the children's exam.

Lu Youwei's face flushed, and he said in a low voice: "My father changed my age by one year, just in time for the imperial examination in three years." ”

Fan Ning smiled, this Lu Youwei is very interesting, he told himself such a secret thing.

Lu Youwei suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "You have to think about it in advance and decide which professor to follow!" ”

Fanning was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"Don't you know that you have to follow a professor to study in a county school?"

Fanning shook his head, "No one told me. ”

Lu Youwei patted his forehead and laughed, "I know, you haven't experienced the upper class of the academy, so you don't know."

All the students know that there are four chief professors in the county school, and after being admitted to the county school, they must try to learn a professor as a teacher, so that they can learn the real skills and have the opportunity to solve the exam. ”

Fan Ning thought that the fourth uncle always used gifts to the master as an excuse to ask for money, so he asked, "Is there one of these four chief professors named Zhang Yi?" ”

"You mean Zhang Heidao, he is the deputy teacher of the county school, but I advise you not to choose him."

"Why?"

Lu Youwei said with a contemptuous face: "This person is a bit capable, I heard that he can bet on one or two test solving questions every time, and his students have taken a lot of test solving questions, but his character is not good. ”

Fan Ning has a deep understanding that this Zhang Yi is a native of the book collection town, and his grandfather asked him for help back then, so that the fourth uncle could go to the county to learn to study, but he got a place, but his heart was too dark, and he asked for the benefit of one hundred taels of silver for various reasons.

It was this incident that caused the third uncle to become the son-in-law of the Lu family.

"So how do you choose the chief professor? For example, I don't want to choose this Zhang Yi. Fanning asked again.

"That's not the case, you listen to me slowly."

Lu Youwei found a big stone to sit down, and said patiently to Fan Ning: "The county school is completely different from the academy, the county school implements the academy system, which is divided into four academies: Luming, Jiayu, Hongyan, and Gufeng, and each chief professor is responsible for one of the academies.

When we are admitted to the county school, the first thing is to worship the mountain, choose the college, in fact, it is to choose a professor, and each student must become a protégé of a certain chief professor.

But the chief professor wants to get good students, especially like your county magistrate, so they will take the initiative and let you study with him.

If the professor has taken a fancy to you, congratulations, you are likely to become his disciple. ”

"What's the difference between a disciple and a protégé?" Fanning was still a little puzzled.

"The big difference is that the disciples have to hold a ceremony to worship the master, and the master will gather the disciples to teach alone, and the master will only tell the disciples about the questions.

Let's put it this way! The disciple is the essence of every academy, and it is more likely that he has passed the exam, and the protégé is a second-class student, so he can just listen to the professor's big lectures. ”

"Then are you a protégé or a disciple?" Fanning asked with a smile.

Lu Youwei smiled bitterly, "How can an auditor like us become a disciple, of course I am a protégé, and I chose Zhao Xuezheng's Luming Academy." ”

Fan Ning was overjoyed, "Zhao Xuezheng is also the chief professor?" ”

"How could he not? It's just that Zhao Xuezheng has a lot of things, he generally doesn't care much about students, and he has to rely on his own efforts to study with him. ”

Only then did Fan Ning understand why Zhao Xuezheng wanted to go to Mudu Town to find him, and why he still left a message, so that he should not be in a hurry to report for duty, but should go to him first.

"Look at the sign of our Luming Academy."

Lu Youwei took off his student badge and handed it to Fan Ning, with two white characters engraved on the front of the company, 'Lu Ming', and No. 76 on the back.

Fanning nodded, "Yes, it's a wise choice!" ”

At this moment, Lu Youwei's face changed, and he looked behind Fan Ning with a little fear.