Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 204 Raising a younger brother in ancient times 5

The president of Zhengyi Academy was Kong Youjun, a retired Hanlin who founded the academy.

The teachers in the academy are all talented people.

Other academies are also very good, but some students in the academies have a strong sense of class. Some of them are disciples of officials and look down on students from poor families.

There are also children of officials in Zhengyi Academy, but the academy atmosphere is much better.

Yun Chu took Fang Yan to Zhengyi Academy.

Mr. Luo looked at Yun Chu and Fang Yan and asked, "Where are you from?"

"We are from Pingzhou. My name is Fang Yunchu, and this is my younger brother Fang Yan, who is seven years old this year."

"My parents have passed away, and we are the only ones who depend on each other. I heard that Quzhou has many talented people and is a famous place for scholars, so I brought my younger brother here to study."

"I don't ask for A-di to have great talents, but I hope he can learn some principles of life and support the Fang family in the future."

When Master Luo heard Yun Chu say that his parents had passed away, he understood why Yun Chu brought Fang Yan here.

However, Mr. Luo admired Yun Chu very much, as he had the courage to leave his hometown and bring his younger brother to study.

Mr. Luo looked at Fang Yan and asked, "What books have you read?

Fang Yan bowed and replied: "I have already studied "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" among the Four Books, and "The Book of Songs" and "The Book of Rites" among the Five Classics." In fact, Fang Yan had already studied all the Four Books and Five Classics.

But Yun Chu asked Fang Yan to keep a low profile, so he kept half of it.

Mr. Luo was a little surprised that he had learned so much at such a young age. "Then let me test you."

"Sir, please give us the questions." Fang Yan was not at all nervous.

Because he takes Yun Chu's tests every day.

Yun Chu also likes to make the test papers himself and let Fang Yan do them.

"Recite the Eight Yi Pian."

"Confucius said to Ji Shi: 'Eight rows of dancers dancing in the courtyard, this can be tolerated, what cannot be tolerated? '..." Fang Yan began to recite.

After reciting, Master Luo asked, "I don't want to watch the sacrifices from the beginning to the end. Why?"

"After the first offering of wine during the sacrifice ceremony, I no longer wanted to watch it."

Mr. Luo stroked his beard and said with satisfaction, "Not bad."

"In the "Book of Rites" - "Learning Record", if jade is not polished, it will not become a tool; if people do not learn, they will not know. Therefore, the ancient kings who established the country and ruled the people put teaching first. "The Book of Changes" says: "Remember the beginning and the end and learn the classics." Is this what it means? What does it mean? "

Fang Yan said: "If jade is not carved, it cannot become a good tool; if people do not learn, they will not understand the truth. Therefore, the ancient kings, in order to establish a country and rule the people, must first establish schools and teach. The "Book of Documents" says: "Always give priority to establishing schools and teaching", which is talking about this principle!"

After asking a few questions, Mr. Luo was sure that Fang Yan was not lying, but had really studied hard and had done very well.

"Who was your former teacher?"

"My elder sister taught me all these at home."

Master Luo looked at Yun Chu and asked, "Did you teach them all?"

"My father is a scholar, and he is also the teacher in the village. I have been influenced by him since I was a child, and I have learned from him, so I can teach my younger brother."

"I see."

After Luo Fuzi passed the test, he went to invite the headmaster. After the headmaster gave the test questions, he said, "With this knowledge, you can go to the upper house."

The academy is divided into "outer school", "inner school" and "upper school" classes.

After entering school, new students will first study in the same class, which is called the "outside dormitory" and can be understood as a basic class;

After studying for a while, the school will hold a "class placement test" and those with excellent grades can be assigned to the "inner house", which is an advanced class;

If you have excellent grades in the "Neishe", you can directly enter the "Shangshe Xuanban".

Shangshe is divided into three classes: Tiandi and Xuan. The Tian class consists of students who have passed the examination for the title of Xiucai. They study in the academy in order to pass the examination for Juren.

The students in the local class are already students who have become tongsheng (traditional students), and they are working hard to pass the examination to become a scholar.

The Xuan class is a class where students work hard to become a Tongsheng.

The students in Shangshexuan class are between twelve and fifteen years old. Fang Yan is only seven years old, so he is very young.

Master Luo said, "Headmaster, why don't you let him take the previous inner-house exam papers? If he can get an excellent score, he can go to the upper-house Xuan class."

"can."

Mr. Luo brought two test papers, which were the test papers from the previous inner-house examination.

"Yun Chu, why don't you accompany Fang Yan and do it together."

Yun Chu: “…”

She just came to see someone off, why did she take the exam?

But Master Luo brought it all, and Yun Chu also accompanied Fang Yan to make it.

Yun Chu looked at the questions and answered them quickly.

After Yun Chu finished, he put down his pen and waited for the test paper to dry.

Master Luo looked at Xiang and thought that Yun Chu’s answer was too quick.

After the test paper was dry, Luo Fu couldn't wait to pick up Yun Chu's test paper. After reading it, Luo Fu handed it to the headmaster.

What a pity! If Yun Chu were a man, he would definitely be the top scholar.

After a stick of incense, Fang Yan finished answering.

Both the headmaster and Mr. Luo gave Fang Yan an excellent grade.

Later, other teachers in the academy also looked at Fang Yan's test paper and unanimously decided that Fang Yan could go to the Shangshe Xuan class.

Yun Chu paid fifteen taels of fees, which included tuition, food, accommodation, etc.

Please bring your own pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Because they already had the Four Books and Five Classics, they did not need to spend money to buy them.

Every month, I have four days off and can go back home. The rest of the time, I stay in the academy.

Yun Chu helped move Fang Yan's things to the dormitory, where four people lived in one room.

Bedding and other items are all provided by the academy.

"Ayan, you won't cry, will you?"

"Sister, I'm seven years old. I won't cry." Fang Yan said.

"That's good."

"Then you should get along well with your classmates. Oh, and share the snacks and dried meat you were given with your classmates to build good relationships with them."

"I understand." Fang Yan nodded.

"Okay, then I'm leaving. I'll pick you up during my day off."

"Sister, be careful on the road."

"it is good."

While Class A was taking a break, Mr. Luo took Fang Yan to Class A.

"This is the new student, Fang Yan, seven years old."

Fang Yan's desk was placed in the first row. He was the youngest student in Class A. Students in Class A were all between twelve and fifteen years old.

The other students looked at Fang Yan curiously. It seemed that he had some abilities to be able to enter the Shangshexuan class at such a young age.

Mr. Luo also posted Fang Yan's test paper in the classroom so that others could see it.

"Although Fang Yan is young, he has already finished learning the Analects and Mencius among the Four Books, and the Book of Songs and the Book of Rites among the Five Classics." The current course progress of the Shangshe Xuan class has only taught the Great Learning among the Four Books, and the Book of Songs among the Five Classics.

Fang Yan touched his head and said, "I am just a beginner. I will need your guidance in the future."

"These are the pastries and dried meat made by my elder sister. If you don't mind, you can try them." The pastries and dried meat were wrapped in oil paper.

Fang Yan gave one to each person.

Mr. Luo also got a copy.

These students were older than Fang Yan, and they received Fang Yan's cakes and dried meat, so their relationship became closer.

After eating the jerky, it received rave reviews.

They had never tasted such delicious jerky.

Even those who were not greedy were a little concerned about the dried meat and asked Fang Yan if he had any for sale.

Fang Yan said that there was not much of the dried meat and it was not sold because it was difficult to make.

All the students expressed their regret.

Fang Yan started his college life.