The Red Mansion Big Liar

The first day of March.

Zhang Yun逸 handed Zhen Chengsi over to Zhen Shiyin and his wife, bid farewell to the two elders and Jin Chuan, and then brought Xiangling and others to the hot spring villa in a grand manner.

After sending the girls to the villa, he took the opportunity to unload the luggage to chat with Youshi, who was pregnant, and then had lunch with the girls.

After the luggage was unloaded, Fang took the two bags that Jinchuan had carried out alone and rushed to the Immortal School without stopping.

The current size of the Xianxue school is limited, with only about 500 students. He divided the school into ten classes based on the classes in his previous life.

There is one class for the children of ministers and nobles, and nine classes for the children of craftsmen.

The reason for this division.

Firstly, teaching should be tailored to the students' aptitude. The children of ministers and nobles are different from the children of craftsmen. They can all read and write, and do not need to supplement their education in cultural subjects.

Secondly, in ancient times, the social class system was strict, and people were worried that these dandy young men from prominent families would bully and oppress children from poor families.

Of course, this is only a temporary measure. According to his plan, he will have to re-divide the students according to their learning situation in the future.

The organizational structure of Taoism followed that of the Imperial Academy.

However, its rank is not as high as that of the Imperial College.

He also serves as the chief priest of the School of Immortality, holding a rank of fourth grade, and under him there is a fifth-grade secretary, which is currently vacant.

There are three sixth-rank supervisors, who are in charge of teaching affairs, administration, and discipline.

There are also a number of teaching staff at various levels including PhDs, teaching assistants and academicians.

However, apart from a group of instructors who he worked overtime and specially trained last year, who have been promoted according to the circumstances, most positions have not yet been filled.

There is only Lai Shangrong as the Supervisor, and he basically has to handle everything alone.

On the one hand, he really didn't have the right people; on the other hand, he planned to look for someone carefully and make this place his own.

However, although there are not many teachers and students at the moment, the scale of the land and buildings is indeed quite large.

The canteen, teaching area, dormitory area, and experimental area all have their own independent areas.

Zhang Yun逸 did not ask for any special treatment. He got off the car at the gate, carrying two bags, and walked in.

Just when he was halfway there, Lai Shangrong heard the news and rushed over, snatching the bag from his hand.

Zhang Yunyi asked, "How has Jia Huan performed since he entered school?"

"Not bad!" Lai Shangrong first gave a mediocre evaluation.

"Oh?" Zhang Yunyi was a little surprised.

Lai Shangrong quickly explained: "The courses taught by Xianxue are not much different from playing for them, especially the experiments arranged by adults, which are really novel."

That's true. Mathematics and other things might be a bit boring, but knowledge of physics and chemistry was quite fresh to these ancient children.

In addition, he strongly advocated combining theory with practice and combining learning with entertainment. Compared with the ten years of hard study for the imperial examination, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is half study and half play.

"Take me to see him!" Zhang Yunyi nodded and said, "He didn't go back last month, and Aunt Zhao asked me to bring some things to him."

Lai Shangrong bent down and said, "It's lunch break now, most of them are in the school!"

Although Zhang Yun逸 arranged two days of rest every month for the students, except for those playboys who would go home to relax, the children of craftsmen basically chose to stay in school.

After all, eating at home also costs money. Eating and drinking well here not only saves money, but also allows you to make good use of your time and study hard.

Zhang Yun逸 had said before that the best ones would be retained in the school to be appointed as teachers, and those without much talent would be sent to Tiangong Academy.

Although the treatment in Tiangong Academy is not low, for these children of craftsmen, once they are kept, no matter what their rank is, it is a class leap.

The environment can influence people. Although those playboys are used to being lazy, the children of craftsmen account for the majority.

Although they were not in the same class, I could see that most of them were making good use of every opportunity. Plus, most of these ministers and nobles' children were illegitimate children from their families, and they had been given many instructions by their elders before coming here, so they didn't want to be too free and undisciplined.

Over time, it became a trend to wait for class in the classroom after lunch.

"grown ups……"

Before reaching the teaching area, Lai Shangrong suddenly seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

"what happened?"

Lai Shangrong said with a stiff face: "Although Master Huan San performed well, he was ostracized in the school!"

After saying this, he looked at Zhang Yunyi cautiously.

As the Supervisor in charge of academic affairs, administration, and discipline, Jia Huan was arranged by Zhang Yunyi. Naturally, he was well aware of the situation.

It’s not that he deliberately concealed it.

However, Zhang Yun逸 has not paid any attention to Jia Huan since he arranged for him to attend school.

Although these playboys were illegitimate children, their family backgrounds were there. Lai Shangrong knew that he could not afford to offend them. He was also very clear about Zhang Yunyi's attitude, so he pretended not to know.

Now, seeing Zhang Yun逸 coming with something, he was worried that he would be caught, so he had to bite the bullet and tell the truth.

"Exclusion?" Zhang Yun逸 muttered to himself.

Then I understood the reason.

The superiors lead and the subordinates follow suit. Although the King of Qin was relatively secretive in his work, the ministers in the court were very clear about their principles.

The elders in the court have clear divisions, so these younger generations naturally follow suit in the study of immortals.

Unfortunately, the Rongguo Mansion failed to curry favor with Prince Ning and was instead despised by him. It was a lose-lose situation. No wonder Jia Huan was in such a worrying situation here.

However, these were not reasons for Lai Shangrong to conceal it. Zhang Yunyi looked at him meaningfully.

Lai Shangrong was so frightened that his neck shrank, and he quickly explained: "I didn't mean to deceive you, but the leaders were Wu Qi and Zhou Huaide, and I was worried that you would be embarrassed, so I just made some sarcastic remarks..."

Although Lai Shangrong was not clear about the inside story, he was very clear about the identities of Zhou Chengru and Wu Qi.

One of these two people's families clearly supports Prince Ning, and the other's sister is the concubine of Prince Qin. They are not something he can suppress.

If they were the elders of these children, Zhang Yun逸 might have given them some face, but there was no need to pamper a few illegitimate sons.

He knew very well that the reason these illegitimate sons of officials were sent to study Taoism was not necessarily because the elders in their families valued Taoism itself, but most of them were just to show their support.

In that case, I would not offend him because of such a small matter.

Zhang Yunyi wanted to give Lai Shangrong some confidence, so he said calmly, "They are just bastards. What's so difficult about them? Those who don't obey the discipline will be expelled. If anyone has any objections, let his father come to me!"

"Hey! Hey!" Lai Shangrong responded quickly.

Zhang Yunyi said again, "I promoted you to be the Supervisor, so you just need to do your job well. If the sky falls, I will support you. Don't think about those unnecessary things."

It’s not that he takes special care of Jia Huan, but Jia Huan is from Rongguo Mansion after all, and his status is comparable to theirs. If this kind of atmosphere is encouraged, I’m afraid they will have even less scruples in treating the children of craftsmen in the future.

"Yes! I understand!"

"Let's go! Go take a look!"

……

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 405 Fame

Although he wanted to go and see Jia Huan's condition, Zhang Yun逸 was not in a hurry to go over.

Instead, he first went to the school for the children of craftsmen and inspected them one by one.

Looking at the students who were studying hard, he nodded with satisfaction.

But when he arrived at the school where the group of playboys were, he couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Compared with the previous nine schools, this place seems quite noisy.

However, not everyone is idle, there are still a few people working hard at their desks.

He imitated his previous life's class teacher and stood outside the window looking inside, but was surprised to find that Jia Huan, who was sitting in the front seat, had a scale in front of him and was fiddling with the weights on it.

Just about to go in through the front door.

Suddenly, Zhou Huaide, who was sitting next to Jia Huan, poked Jia Huan with his arm and said with a smile: "Hey! Third Brother Huan, let me ask you something!"

Jia Huan was startled, turned his head and saw Zhou Huaide approaching him, Jia Huan happily asked, "What's the matter?"

After all, they were all kids in their teens. Even though they felt they were being excluded, they still wanted to move up.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Huaide suddenly stood up and yelled in the classroom. He turned around and said to everyone in the school with a smile, "Didn't your father stay in the government office all day last year? Wasn't your eldest sister going to be a concubine to His Royal Highness Prince Ning? Why is it that now there is a rumor that she is going to remarry the Lord Jijiu?"

"Hahaha!" When he said this, the whole classroom suddenly burst into laughter. Even the few students who were buried in their books raised their heads.

"The family of Huan Lao San is really good at calculating. Since they can't get close to the high branch of His Royal Highness Prince Ning, they just turn around and cling to the thigh of our Lord Jijiu!"

"However, how can a woman marry two husbands? In my opinion, this is probably just wishful thinking on the part of the Rongguo Mansion."

"We don't know what happened, so why not ask Huan Lao San to tell us what happened!"

Zhang Yun逸 didn't believe that these bastards dared to interfere in Prince Ning's affairs.

In addition, Zhou Huaide was the leader, and most of those who agreed were from Prince Ning's faction. I'm afraid it was intentional.

It is not difficult to understand. Prince Ning probably saw through the emperor's intention and deliberately added fuel to the fire in order to eliminate the suspicion of colluding with Wang Ziteng.

If it were something else, the Qin King's faction would most likely step forward to refute it.

But now, I am happy to watch the fun.

Faced with everyone's ridicule, Jia Huan didn't react much.

He said indifferently, "I was raised by my aunt, and my elder sister was born by my wife. How could you tell me this?"

Zhou Huaide and others were stunned. They thought that Jia Huan would be so angry that he would jump to his feet due to such sarcasm, but they didn't expect that their punch hit cotton and didn't cause any ripples.

Zhang Yun逸 couldn't help but laugh.

Jia Huan didn't know that Aunt Zhao and Madam Wang had already become friends and had fought together.

Although they are both from the second branch of the Rong Mansion, they have always been incompatible. How can Jia Huan empathize with Jia Baoyu and Yuanchun when he has been influenced by them?

However, Jia Huan's words angered everyone.

All the children in the school are illegitimate children, aren’t they raised by aunts?

Although he spoke his mind and what he meant, to everyone's ears it undoubtedly sounded like a mockery of killing one thousand enemies but losing eight hundred of his own.

Wu Qi was the first one who couldn't hold it in any longer. His sister was the highest-ranking concubine of the King of Qin, so he immediately stood up and said, "Speaking of this, I remember hearing an interesting story when I went home this time. I heard that our Lord Jijiu was also a guest of Prince Zhongshun..."

He paused and said in a pretentious tone, "Although the master does not like to exchange, he accepts all offers. Your family is next door to the master, so they are close to each other. I believe they have a deep friendship. Could it be that your father asked your mother to entertain the master? Is this why he made an exception and allowed your cheap son to enter the school?"

The enrollment had ended long before the New Year, so Jia Huan was considered a transfer student.

This is also one of the reasons why he was ostracized. When Zhou Huaide talked about Yuanchun, Jia Huan didn't react much.

But when it comes to Aunt Zhao, he can no longer remain calm.

However, he didn't dare to go up and tear it, but his little face turned red.

Zhang Yunyi couldn't help but touch his nose when he heard this.

He originally had the mentality of watching the show, planning to wait until things got out of hand so that he could make an example of someone he knew.

Unexpectedly, this fire would burn on my head.

Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels far and wide. Wu Qi actually hit the nail on the head.

Lai Shangrong, who was following behind him, was also stunned. He then rushed into the school and shouted, "Shut up!"

He rushed into the school with two bundles in his hands. He glared at the troublemakers and handed the bundles to Jia Huan, saying, "This is what your mother asked the chief priest to bring you!"

Wu Qi was just finding a random excuse to ridicule Jia Huan, and he didn't necessarily think it was true.

But Lai Shangrong knew it very well.

He didn't know that Zhang Yun逸 was worried that the children of craftsmen would be bullied. He just thought that he was hitting him because Jia Huan was being excluded, so he wanted to atone for his sin.

He was worried that he could not suppress these dandies from aristocratic families, and after hearing Wu Qi's serious remarks, he simply used the tiger's skin as a banner.

However, this undoubtedly confirmed what Wu Qi had just said, which made Zhang Yunyi laugh and cry.

Lai Shangrong's loud shout also exposed Zhang Yunyi's whereabouts.

The students in the school did not take Lai Shangrong seriously, but they were all frightened and looked at Zhang Yunyi outside the window.

The school was in complete silence. Seeing no escape, Zhang Yunyi had no choice but to walk in.

"Hmm!" He cleared his throat, flicked his sleeves, and shouted, "Did your family send you here just to make up stories, gossip, and exclude your classmates?"