Ling Lingqi hurriedly strode up to Lu Zilong, saluted, and said loudly: "Schoolboy Ling Lingqi has seen the dean!"

Lu Zilong said in surprise: "Hurry up, please get up!" By the way, Mr. Ling, this is your son, I heard that he is only eight years old, how can he look like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy?"

Indeed, Lu Zilong was puzzled, anyone who saw an eight-year-old child more than 1.5 meters tall would naturally be extremely surprised.

Ling Lingfa smiled bitterly again: "Let Dean Lu see it." My child has been eating a lot since he was a child, and he eats three adults alone, so he is a little different from ordinary children. But Xiao Qi also studied very hard, and I brought him here this time in the hope that he could enter the academy to study. Of course, I know that Wenshan Academy has always recognized people but not money, and if the student's qualifications are not good, even if he or she pays more tuition, he will not be able to enter the school. Therefore, please ask Dean Lu to take the examination for my son according to the regulations, and if he can't pass, I will send him to the county school. ”

Lu Zilong picked up a book on the table, and then said, "Yes, although my Wenshan Academy has only been established for fifteen years, it is also famous in Shaoxing Mansion. My father once said that all students who enter my Wenshan Academy must go through three assessments, both literate and martial, if they can't achieve it, those with mediocre qualifications will not be entered. This has been the rule of my Wenshan Academy for more than ten years, and I can't make an exception!"

Ling Lingfa nodded and said, "Okay, let's ask Dean Lu to follow the rules!"

Wenshan Academy's reputation is indeed big enough, not only because he was founded by Lu Fangweng, but also Wenshan Academy is also a academy that cultivates both civil and military.

There are two levels of local government schools: state (government military supervision) school and county school. In the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Renzong (1044), he began to edict the establishment of schools in the prefectures and prefectures, and the number of scholars was more than 200, and the establishment of county schools was allowed. In the first year of Chongning (1102), all states and counties were required to open schools. In the third year of Chongning, it was determined that "there are 50 students in large counties, 40 in middle counties, and 30 in small counties." "The instructors of each school are called professors, two people in the state and one in the county.

In the Song Dynasty, the content of school teaching was mainly classics and poetry. There have also been improvements in school management, mainly through the establishment of a chief executive in charge of local education. This is the Department of Learning, in charge of a state and county school, once a year to the state and county inspection, to examine the quality of teachers and the industriousness of students, the country all schools to adopt the "three rounding method", by the county students to choose to enter the state school, the state students can pay tribute to the Taixue. This is actually similar to later generations, which is equivalent to going from primary school to middle school and middle school to university.

The Song Dynasty advocated Daxing local schools, mainly county schools, which were government-run schools, of course, there were many private academies, at that time, the government-run schools were originally cultivated for the country, and the children of poor families went to school as the best way out, so most of the poor children would choose county schools, because the tuition fees were very small. It's like compulsory education later.

The seowon is different, it is similar to the aristocratic schools of later generations, the tuition fees are frighteningly high, and ordinary children cannot afford to go to them. Of course, Wenshan Academy is different, it was founded by Lu Fangweng in order to cultivate more talents of the country's pillars, in addition to the Lu family's own money to maintain, there are also many official and commercial sponsorships, especially those students who go out from the academy, will sponsor their alma mater. Therefore, the tuition fee of Wenshan Academy is similar to that of the county school, but it is not easy to enter Wenshan Academy.

At this time, the school also had scholarships similar to those of later schools. In the academies and county schools in various places, the students have to contribute some money and rice to enroll, and some of them work while studying, although the academies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, but there is no tendency to decay. In government-run county schools, those who have excellent test scores will be paid by the imperial court for tuition, food and lodging, of course, this proportion is small, only about 10 percent. For the rest, you have to pay your own tuition, but you can be exempted from forced labor.

The college also has such a method, that is, those with excellent grades will be exempted from tuition fees and rewarded. Of course, in private academies, this proportion is even smaller.

In addition to the examination of poetry and scripture, Wenshan Academy also needs to test martial arts, but of the three questions in the entrance exam, two of them are poetry and scripture, and the other is martial arts.

Lu Zilong stroked his beard and smiled: "Okay, the old man sees that this child is handsome, and there is no problem in passing the three assessments." Now the old man has come up with the first question, which is to compose a poem on an object. That is, Yongwu poems, there are quite a lot of such poems, of course, for school children, they can pass the test if they can make a smooth poem. Okay, Ling Lingqi, the old man gave you a pillar of incense, if you haven't made a poem after a pillar of incense is burned, or the poem you made does not meet the requirements, then you don't need to take the exam for the next two questions, only if you pass all three questions, you can enter my Wenshan Academy. ”

Ling Lingqi nodded, and said calmly: "Yes, Dean!" In fact, he was extremely excited in his heart, this topic is really too simple! Of course, for Ling Lingqi, a person who traveled back to the Song Dynasty from the 21st century, it is very simple, just search for a Yongwu poem from his mind, but he needs Yongwu poems after the Song Dynasty, and he can't make them too quickly, otherwise it won't be shocking to the world? Ling Lingqi doesn't want to be too famous.

Ling Lingqi pretended to be thinking and meditating, walking back and forth in the hall, looking at the roof for a while, and then looking outside the door, as if he was thinking hard, in fact, he was simply looking around at the environment of the academy to kill time. Because he already has a poem, this poem is also very in line with Lu Fangweng's deeds and spirit, and it is also very in line with the spirit of chivalry.

This poem is a poem written by Yu Qian, a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty, when he was seventeen years old. Through the anthropomorphic depiction of the lime production process, the poem expresses the author's fearless spirit of not being afraid of hardships and dangers, and the noble ambition of being innocent and upright. Ling Ling Qixin said, Yu Qian, Yu Qian, I'm sorry, this poem is going to be published hundreds of years in advance.

About half a pillar of incense time passed, Ling Lingqi felt that it was almost over, so he stopped and made a note to Lu Zilong: "Dean, I already have it!"

Lu Zilong stroked his beard and smiled: "Okay! You can read it out and listen to it, you are already very good to be able to make a poem in such a short time, as long as this poem meets the basic requirements, you will pass the test!"

Ling Lingqi's eyes were incomparably clear, and he recited aloud: "Thousands of hammers are chiseled out of the deep mountains, and the fire burns as if you are idle; ”

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became different, not only Lu Zilong's eyes widened in surprise, but the hand that was still stroking his beard just now stopped there, and even Ling Lingqi's father, Ling Lingfa, was shocked, where is this a poem that an eight-year-old child can make, not to mention that this is still made in the time of half a pillar of incense! This is really incredible.