Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 263 Deer Gate Academy's Exemption Examination
In the past, it was just a mountain outside Zhongqing City that had no official name, only a mountain with a slang name given by the local people.Today, because of the location of Lumen Academy, it has the elegant name of Lumen Mountain.

Earlier, there were rumors from all over the country that this academy was built by His Majesty today.

Not to mention the plaque above the mountain gate of Lumen Academy was written by Feng Bao, the most trusted eunuch around His Majesty today.It is said that the craftsmen who built the academy before were all transferred from the workers, which made many people believe in this rumor.

And a few days ago, the imperial decree just promulgated allowed the disciples promoted by Lumen Academy to directly enter the second imperial examination without passing the first examination, which made people who didn't believe the rumors change their minds.

The Lumen Academy here has also officially become a holy place in the country second only to Jixia Academy.Countless scholars who were unable to study in Baijia for various reasons chose to study here.

The not-so-wide mountain path built before has been widened spontaneously by the college disciples.On the mountain road, the students dressed in the costumes of the college's disciples were full of energy, and their eyebrows were flying when they talked, showing the willful spirit of youthful ambition.

With a large number of college students, there is gradually a simple but still lively market at the foot of Lumen Mountain.The nearby people gathered at the foot of the mountain, carrying local products and goods.

There are also smart ones, who brought all kinds of snacks to eat, and placed them in the open air, constantly soliciting and shouting.The college students are also very face-saving, and the business is quite good.

Sure enough, everyone knows that college students earn the most money...

Yang Yuhuan had a light veil on her face, her exposed eyes were shining, she kept looking around, her nose under the veil sniffed lightly, looking curious and greedy.

This place full of fireworks in folk markets is obviously rare for people like her.

Xiao Cheng noticed her appearance, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he said with a light smile:
"Go around by yourself!"

Yang Yuhuan's eyes lit up, and she said happily:

"is it okay?"

Having said that, before Xiao Cheng nodded again, she leaped forward, grabbed Nan Rongshu's hand, and said:

"Sister Nanrong, let's go together!"

When Nan Rongshu heard the words, a look of excitement appeared on her face.But she noticed Bian Liuyun standing beside Xiao Cheng, smiling gently.

That gentle and gentle look at the two, with a tolerant look, gave people the impression that they were leaning on their husband, looking at a mischievous child with a smile on their face.

This feeling made Nan Rongshu feel uncomfortable, she frowned suddenly, turned around and hugged Xiao Cheng's arm affectionately, saying:

"No, it's boring!"

The words were addressed to Yang Yuhuan, but the eyes were looking at Bian Liuyun, with a hint of a demonstration.

But Nan Rongshu never realized that her extremely childish behavior made her even more childish.

Xiao Cheng moved his arm, only to find that it was stuck in a soft and greasy, and he couldn't pull it out at all.

He sighed with some headache, turned his head to look at Bian Liuyun, and said:

"You should go around together, too."

Xiao Cheng went out of the palace today, although he had business to do, but seeing the three daughters bored in the palace for a long time, he took the opportunity to take them out of the palace to relax.

Although Nan Rongshu and Bian Liuyun were naturally at odds with each other, they were just secretly jealous after all, and never did anything in front of Xiao Cheng, which made him forget about it.

Now that three are brought out at once, there is indeed a problem.

Jealousy, I have to say, really feel a little dark in my heart.But after a long time, he really couldn't stand it anymore, Xiao Cheng simply let them go out and hang out, so that they can argue about everything if they are idle.

Hearing Xiao Cheng's words, Bian Liuyun nodded slightly, took Yang Yuhuan's hand, and said with a smile:
"Let's go!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Nan Rongshu with a half-smile, and made a gesture to pull her away together.

Bian Liuyun had already seen Nan Rongshu's intention at this time, but still just pulled Yang Yuhuan as if to leave, but did not say hello to Nan Rongshu.

Apparently, this meant deliberately teasing Nan Rongshu.

Xiao Cheng looked at Nan Rongshu beside him, and said:

"go together!"

Upon hearing this, Nan Rongshu leaned her head on Xiao Cheng's shoulder, and said in a sweet voice:
"No, I want to stay by your side, Mr. Sir..."

Goosebumps stood up all over Xiao Cheng's body, he almost shivered, and hurriedly said:
"No, how many times have I told you, talk normally!"

He paused, noticing that Nan Rongshu was still looking at the two who had left, he immediately laughed and said:
"Really not going? It just so happens that today, I will take you out next time, but I don't know when it will be!"

Hearing this, Nan Rongshu raised her eyebrows, and slightly loosened her hands holding Xiao Cheng, obviously a little emotional.

But at this time, she still had a stubborn look, turned her head and said:

"I don't want it! I just like to stay by Lang Jun's side!"

The corner of Xiao Cheng's mouth twitched, and the conversation changed, just like coaxing a child, he said:
"You let her take Yuhuan to leave, don't leave you aside as the relationship between the two gets better in the future..."

As soon as these words came out, Nan Rongshu felt a sense of vigilance.

Win over the concubine in the harem, isolate yourself...

All of a sudden, all kinds of palace fighting methods seen in the storybook came to her mind one by one, making her immediately vigilant.

No!

Thinking of this, Nan Rongshu suddenly let go of Xiao Cheng's arm, and said with burning eyes:
"Now they are called sisters after all. The two of them have never come out very rarely. I'd better take care of them as much as I can..."

After finishing speaking, she smiled brightly at Xiao Cheng, waved her hands, and then briskly caught up with the two who hadn't walked very far.

The three women are all graceful and beautiful women, but at this time they are all covered with light veils, so they can't see their faces clearly.Leaving aside the fact that Nan Rongshu and Bian Liuyun possess superb martial arts, they can be called masters.

Let's just say that at this moment, there are overt and covert Forbidden Army masters, guards at the sticky pole, and Dongchang fanzi guarding them, Xiao Cheng is not worried about any accidents.

After seeing the three of them off, Xiao Cheng looked up at Lu Musheng Mountain, and said in a deep voice:

"Let's go!"

Come today, Xiao Cheng has not forgotten that there are serious things to do.

Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Xiao Yu, Yang Yanhe, Wen Tiren and other officials who had been very knowledgeable before, who fell far behind, saw the three empresses go away, so they walked quickly to Xiao Cheng's side, together Go to Lumen Academy on the mountain.

Because of the regulations promulgated by the DPRK and China, students recommended by Lumen Academy can be exempted from the preliminary examination of the imperial examination.

Last year's imperial examination was actually not too difficult.But any scholar who is willing to learn will not be stumped.

But now in middle school, apart from Jixia Academy and Lumen Academy, there is no other academy that has this privilege.This can be regarded as acknowledging the status of the Lumen Academy, which has attracted many students to study.

At this time, the academy on the mountain is undergoing major construction work in order to accommodate more students to study here.It is said that now, Sima Hui has also raised the admission threshold of the academy.

Judging from these two places alone, this Lumen Academy is no longer just built, with Sima Hui and Mr. Pang De leading seven or eight disciples.

As soon as everyone walked to the academy on the mountain, they were stopped by several young students in front of the door, and politely said to the group:
"I would like to ask for your forgiveness. Today, the academy held a promotion and exemption test, and no one who is irrelevant will be accepted. If you want to enroll, please come back another day!"

Xiao Cheng and his party, except for Wen Tiren, who was not young at all, and Zhang Zhao, who was tired because he was about to start preparing for the imperial examination in early September, the rest of them looked like young scholars.

Although Xiao Cheng, who is the leader, is dressed in ordinary clothes, his graceful demeanor has not changed, and he looks like a son of a noble family.Therefore, it is reasonable to misunderstand that they are scholars who came to enroll after hearing the reputation of the academy.

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao and the others all looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

A few people came here, but it was just for the promotion of Lumen Academy!
Last year's imperial examination, the most energy-consuming thing was not the most important re-examination and imperial examination.Instead, it is the screening of scholars, which seems to be the simplest imperial examination.

The original imperial examination relied on local governments to screen out the scholars who participated in the imperial examination.

But in today's cloud country, hundreds of schools are prevalent, such an approach is obviously not feasible.

After all, the disciples of hundreds of schools may have different ideas. The rule of law of Legalism meets the rule of ritual of Confucianism, which is an irreconcilable contradiction, and it is inevitable to be biased.

Because of this, after discussing with Zhang Zhao, Xiao Cheng proposed to waive it between the government and the opposition, various official and private academies, so as to reduce the pressure on the imperial court to face a large number of scholars to participate in the imperial examination.

This method has never been used before.And this Lumen Academy is an experiment!
Feng Bao, who was waiting on the side, looked at Xiao Cheng, and after receiving Xiao Cheng's nod, he said:
"I will come to visit today, and the two academies of your family will definitely not refuse."

The student who stopped everyone was taken aback for a moment, recalling the previous explanation from the teacher of the academy, he just frowned and shook his head and said:

"Please forgive me, I have never been notified by the teacher that there is a distinguished guest visiting, so I don't know whether what you said is true or not, so I will not let you in..."

The student looked at the extraordinary appearances of the group of people in front of him, especially the young scholar in the lead, who had a dignified and dignified temperament, which was really eye-catching among the people.

The student hesitated for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and then bit the bullet and said:
"You might as well ask everyone to wait a moment, let me wait in and report!"

Hearing this, Feng Bao subconsciously looked at Xiao Cheng.

The student in front of him, after all, has fulfilled his duties, and he has never lost his courtesy and attitude, so Xiao Cheng naturally has no objection.

Xiao Cheng nodded and said with a smile:
"Alright..."

The student nodded immediately when he heard the words, turned around and was about to go in to report.

"Wait a minute!" Feng Bao called to stop them.

Looking at the scholars who went in to report, Feng Bao took out a small seal from his bosom, and ordered:
"Leave it to your dean, and say that my master has arrived!"

The student touched the extremely warm and expensive jade seal in his hand, turned it over casually, and noticed the word "Shuanglin" engraved on it, and suddenly felt very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before. But I can't remember anything.

He didn't dare to be careless in his heart, and hurriedly saluted and left.

Noticing Xiao Cheng's inquiring gaze, Feng Bao hastily said:

"That's the slave's private seal. With this, Mr. Sima must recognize it, so you won't have to wait too long!"

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng raised his brows immediately, and noticed the "Lumen Academy" plaque on his head which was inscribed by Feng Bao himself.The signature in the lower left corner is "Mr. Shuanglin".

With Feng Bao's private seal, it didn't take long before I heard several hurried footsteps.

Sima Hui and Lord Pang De led several elderly men in robes with their own unique temperaments, all of whom looked like well-educated scholars, walking towards here quickly.

At this time, the Lumen Academy is no longer the previous two or three big cats and kittens.There are so many students that Sima Hui and Pang Degong alone are not enough to teach in person.

Needless to say, the well-educated people following behind must be the gentlemen of the academy today.

Sima Hui led the crowd to the entrance of the academy, just in time to see His Majesty leading a group of important officials from the court, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately wanted to pay respects.

But before he saluted, Xiao Cheng took a few steps forward, held his arm, smiled gently, and said:

"Mr. Sima, you are safe and sound!"

Seeing this, Sima Hui immediately understood.

Your Majesty, this is because you don't want to reveal your identity!
Thinking of this, Sima Hui immediately practiced kindness, changed the salute to bow, and said respectfully:

"Everyone, come here, if you are far away, please don't be offended!"

Facing Sima Hui's salute, Zhang Zhao and his other important officials also returned the salute, saying that they dared not dare.

Pang De Company and Sima Hui have been together for many years, and they are old and close friends. They immediately cooperated with the students from the academy and introduced:
"This is Young Master Xiao, worthy of your respect!"

The gentlemen of the academy know the character of the two headmasters, and they will never be so respectful just because of someone's identity.

This noble young man in front of him is certainly not simple.

Out of trust and admiration for the two of them, all the gentlemen of the academy did not hesitate at all, and immediately saluted Xiao Cheng, a young man, and said:
"I've seen Young Master Xiao!"

Xiao Cheng smiled lightly, accepted the salute from everyone, and nodded slightly.

Pang Degong continued to introduce to Xiao Cheng respectfully:
"This is Mr. Feng Yufeng, Mr. Ji Ruiji, Mr. Teng Suteng...Mr. Zhu Shengzhu..."

"These are all teachers of my Lumen Academy who are highly virtuous and talented."

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng took another look at the middle-aged Confucian scholar Zhu Sheng.

Zhu Sheng, the founding advisor of the Ming Dynasty, was an official to Hanlin scholar.

Zhu Yuanzhang's nine-character policy of "building walls high, accumulating grain widely, and becoming king slowly" implemented at the beginning was his suggestion.In addition, he also formulated the system of rites and music for the Ming Dynasty, which was initially established in the world, and collected stories about concubines, and edited the book "The Commandments for Women".

A typical Confucian scholar-bureaucrat, compared with being an official in the court, Xiao Cheng felt that he was not bad teaching in Lumen Academy.

After all, in history, before he served Ming Taizu, he was also a teacher who taught well.

Xiao Cheng looked away, smiled lightly at Sima Hui and said:

"I came here today to see the deer gate academy's recommendation to waive the test!"

When Sima Hui heard the words, he immediately understood, saluted Xiao Cheng and said:
"If that's the case, then I invite Young Master Xiao to come with me!"

(End of this chapter)