All kinds of welfare benefits, coupled with Sima Shao's reputation, when it came to the day of registration, students from all over the province almost crowded the academy.

According to rough statistics, not to mention Mengtong, there are tens of thousands of students enrolled in external and internal courses.

Even for the highest examination in the country, there are only a few thousand people who take the examination in a year, but the number of students enrolled in Chengcai Academy has reached tens of thousands, which is such a terrifying data.

Almost all the best scholars in the country came to apply for Chengcai Academy, and of course everyone knew that they were rushing for Chengcai Academy.

Welfare is of course one thing, but more of it is out of admiration for Sima Shao.

Seeing this crowded registration scene, everyone couldn't help but sigh that from now on, I don't know how many scholars on the list of the imperial examination of this government are from Chengcai Academy.

On the day of the academy's enrollment registration, Li Erniu, a teenager from a rural mountain village, came to the capital with simple luggage.

At this moment, he stood in front of the gate of the academy and saw the students lined up here from the gate of the academy.

In Li Erniu's eyes, these students were all full of energy and ambition.

What they casually utter is good words, and what they talk about with each other is military and political affairs, they have seen the world and have a broad vision, and they are either the children of officials and eunuchs who have been passed down from generation to generation, or the children of wealthy businessmen in their families.

And Li Erniu looked at himself, with a pair of worn straw sandals under his feet, wearing a sewn shirt, and the whole person was shivering in the cold autumn wind.

It was his first time in the capital, and he was as cautious as a countryman when he first entered the city.

He was careful to hide his fear, but the more he did, the more overwhelmed he became.

The prosperity of this city does not belong to him, a country boy, in the slightest.

Will he be able to compete with these students? Does he have this blessing to enter Chengcai Academy?

Thinking of this, he patted the bookcase behind him, only these books have not left him for many years, accompanying him like an old friend, and also giving him the courage to stand here.

Years of hard study gave him the confidence to take the test.

Although I came from a poor background, I was full of poetry and books.

I have nothing to compare with others, thinking of this, Li Erniu straightened his back and walked towards the long queue of registrations.

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Most of the library buildings are the gentry of the capital, and the scholars donate the books in their homes, of course, the most donated is in the palace, and Sima Shao has given more than hundreds of thousands of volumes, which is quite a small scale.

Sima Shao said with a smile: "The completion of the academy not only depends on the people of my hometown, but also thanks to the support of everyone here and the local government!"

In the future, there will be a lot of trouble for you to run the academy, so please help this king when the time comes! ”

Everyone here thought to themselves, who else in the local area dares not to give you Sima Shao's face.

Everyone present smiled and said, "Don't dare to do it, if there is anything, your Highness will tell us to do it." ”

Everyone patted each other for a while, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

So Sima Shao walked into the study building surrounded by everyone.

Speaking of this, everyone walked to the window of the study building, and from here, they saw a sea of people in front of the gate of Chengcai Academy, and countless readers were vying to line up, one by one standing on tiptoe and looking forward to it.

At this moment, for many people, it seems that if they are admitted to Chengcai Academy, they can be admitted to the lifting of people, and even Jinshi and champions. It's a shortcut avenue.

Sima Shao was a little unbearable, the number of people who signed up was tens of thousands, but the academy only accepted three hundred people, which also had to remove more than a dozen internal related households, after all, to Sima Shao's status, there are many places where the situation cannot be erased, he can only be as fair as possible, so in the end, there are only more than 200 places in Chengcai Academy for the following students to compete.

One person is one up, one person is down, the imperial examination is so cruel, but this is the only opportunity for the children of the Han family to cross the class in this era, this is natural selection, survival of the fittest.

"I don't know if Your Highness is recruiting for the academy this time, can you ask for a scholar?" Lin Feng asked suddenly.

Sima Shao nodded and said: "Yes, I plan to draft two questions in the four books, two questions in the Five Classics, and three policy questions based on history." ”

Lin Feng immediately said: "Your Highness's move is inappropriate, for those students from poor families, buying a copy of the Analects is enough for their family to save food and clothing for half a month, not to mention dozens of historical books, so what do you let them do?" ”

Sima Shao was silent for a while when he heard this, and then said: "This is also a helpless move, but overkill needs to be corrected." I only plan to make the question an elective one, and if the candidate has free time to answer it, he will only decide to go up and down and not stay, what do you think of this move? ”

Many poor scholars used Sima Shao's example to motivate themselves, and took Sima Shao as an example in the midst of hardship, feeling that they would be able to get ahead sooner or later.

However, Sima Shao's own proposal to pay equal attention to the classics and history undoubtedly cut off the learning channels for many scholars from poor backgrounds.

In ancient times, it was difficult for readers to become successful because of the low literacy rate, and the low literacy rate was also due to the constraints of printing, which led to the high price of books.

Gu Chang said: "Your Highness, something is wrong, I heard a news from outside, some people heard that the academy recruits students so generously, and many people invite talented people outside to impersonate the exam to pass the test in an attempt to get by." ”

Sima Shao sneered when he heard this, someone dared to take advantage of his own loopholes.

But then again, in the imperial examination, in order to prevent someone from impersonating the exam, the imperial court adopted the joint guarantee of several candidates, and if one person impersonated, the qualifications of the remaining few people were removed, or officials were asked to come forward to guarantee the candidates.

However, as the recruitment of the college, it is impossible to have so many people to supervise and inspect, so how to identify the substitute candidates?

Sima Shao said: "Since this is the case, add an interview before admission, and then I should screen it myself, I want to see who dares to make trouble in front of me!" ”

The candidates outside the academy were still lined up in a long line, and Li Erniu was also slowly moving among them, and at this time, he saw that another list was posted at the entrance of the academy.

One of them said in a loud voice, "Everyone, please be quiet. ”

After saying it several times, it was quiet outside the academy.

But when he saw the other party, he said: "The academy recruitment here is the selection of talents by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his hometown, so the students are not only given food, lodging and clothing, but also subsidized by Yulu."

However, there are people who don't know what to do, and try to impersonate them, for such a vain attempt to fill up the number, the fish eyes are confused, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a word in advance, once it is found that he will be severely punished, so His Royal Highness decided to conduct an interview before admission, once it is found that the text is not right, it will be taken to the government for strict trial!

Make it clear today, don't be unpredictable! ”

Hearing this, all the candidates immediately talked about it, most of them were extremely angry about such a vain attempt to cheat, but some people lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking.

Suddenly, someone said: "It's difficult to determine if the text is not right, is it just based on the words of the academy?" ”

He replied: "Of course, it is not decided by the academy alone, the academy will invite Jinyiwei to supervise the examination during the recruitment re-examination, and if you want to take someone, you will also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to decide, do you have any objections?" ”

The other party immediately said: "Don't dare." ”

Many scholars nodded, and the academy actually invited Jinyiwei to supervise the recruitment examination, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also personally assessed it.

Then if the article is well written, maybe it can be appreciated by the other party, but if there is fraud, it will be ruined and the reputation will be permanently removed, and the risk is too great.

And Li Erniu thought of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Jinyi Guard, and his heart was also hot, and his hands were clenched tightly.

The man outside the gate of the academy said: "There are two questions in the four books of the entrance examination, two questions in the Five Classics, and three policy questions, two for current affairs and one for history. The policy problem is the selection, only in the participation of the high, not the decision to stay!

Seven days later, please apply for the entrance examination at the college! ”

As soon as these words were outstanding, the candidates were in an uproar.