Under the personal leadership of Kong Yingda, Li Zexuan walked through rows of neat and majestic buildings and came to a room to the south of the Imperial College that looked obviously more dilapidated and shorter. The sign hanging in the center of the room read "Arithmetic" Three words: pavilion.
"This is the Arithmetic School. Mr. Li County, please go in quickly. I will be here today to see the usefulness of the things you brought!"
Kong Yingda pointed to the house in front of him, stroked his beard and smiled.
Li Zexuan frowned slightly. He looked at the shabby and small house, and then remembered that on the way here, he saw those magnificent "Tai Xue Guan", "Guo Zi Xue Guan" and other schools, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. .
He himself is not the kind of person who can't bear hardships, but there is no harm if there is no comparison. Why is it that if they are both from the Imperial Academy, others' arithmetic school is taller, while his own arithmetic school is short and poor
Kong Yingda waited for a long time and didn't hear Li Zexuan speak. When he looked back strangely, he saw that Li Zexuan's face was a little ugly. After thinking about it for a moment, he understood.
"Haha, don't blame Mr. Li County. The Imperial Academy's teaching building is tight, and the Mathematical School has the fewest students. Therefore, in order to save resources, the Mathematical School is allocated here. Although the building is a bit crude, I believe Mr. Li County will not mind. How can scholars of our generation be affected by external conditions?"
Li Zexuan was speechless, what is this? Just because there are few students, do we deserve the poor conditions
He complained crazily in his mind, then thought about it and asked, "I wonder how many students there are in the academy?"
Kong Yingda remembered this very clearly, and he answered without thinking: "There are currently thirty-two students in the Mathematical School and one teaching assistant, which is far lower than other schools, so they were arranged here."
The Imperial College in the Tang Dynasty was a central government-run school. Its educational resources were not only rich in variety, but also of high quality. The Imperial College was divided into six schools: Guozixue, Taixue, Four Schools, Calligraphy, Legal Studies and Arithmetic.
Different schools are provided for students of different origins. Historical records record: "Guozixue has 300 students, including the descendants of civil and military officials of the third rank and above, the great-grandsons of the second rank and above, the second-rank honorary officials, the fourth-rank county magistrates, and the imperial officials with the third-rank honors;
Taixue, has 500 students, including descendants of the fifth rank and above, great-grandsons of ministerial officials of the fifth rank and close relatives of the third rank, and sons of honorary officials of the third rank and above who have titles;
The four schools have 1,300 students, 500 of whom are the sons of the third rank or above without titles, the fourth rank with titles, and the seventh rank or above of civil and military officials, and 800 of them are the handsome and outstanding commoners;
For the study of law, there will be fifty students, for the study of calligraphy, there will be thirty students, and for the study of arithmetic, there will be thirty students, and the scholars will be those who are under the eighth grade and common people. "
Students in local prefecture and county official schools in the Tang Dynasty also had the opportunity to advance to the central official school, which enabled the children of common people to enjoy more educational resources.
Children of common people in prefecture and county official schools were promoted to arithmetic, calligraphy, law, or four subjects in the central official school after passing the examination. After that, if they had excellent grades, they could be promoted to Taixue, and Taixue students could supplement the national students.
Such a hierarchical supplementary policy not only made it possible for the children of common people to obtain better quality official education resources through hard work, but also expanded the audience of official education in the Tang Dynasty and increased the number of people. This has never happened before in any dynasty.
At this time, a person walked out of the room. It was Xu Hongzhi, whom Li Zexuan had met at the clothing store two months ago. Xu Hongzhi stepped forward and cupped his hands with a smile: "Kong offers wine, Dr. Li!"
Kong Yingda nodded, and Li Zexuan said quickly: "Mr. Xu, you are my father's best friend. You can just call me Xiaoxuan."
Although he was jointly tricked by Xu Hongzhi and Li Er into teaching at the Imperial College, Xu Hongzhi was after all a figure of his father's generation, and he still had to have the respect he deserved.
Xu Hongzhi chuckled and said: "Dr. Li, your arithmetic ability is better than mine, and you are also a doctor of arithmetic personally conferred by His Majesty. As the saying goes, a master is a teacher, regardless of age, so what's wrong with me calling you Dr. Li?"
Kong Yingda also agreed: "Hongzhi is right, that's exactly what it should be. Mr. Li County, please go in and give a lecture!"
Li Zexuan had no choice but to look at Tiedan and Lan'er and said to Kong Yingda: "Mr. Kong, one of these two children is my apprentice and the other is my sister. Usually, I often teach them arithmetic at home. Now that I teach in the Imperial College, I brought them here to listen to the class together.”
Kong Yingda frowned and said hesitantly: "But there is no precedent in our country for women to enter school!"
Li Zexuan shook his head and said: "They are just observing, not enrolling."
It is estimated that Lan'er only has two or three days of enthusiasm, and Li Zexuan does not expect her to learn a lot and become a talented person in the world.
Kong Yingda nodded: "Well, that's fine."
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Li Zexuan directed several servants to carry the blackboard and chalk in and hang up the blackboard.
The students inside had already heard that a new teacher would be coming today. When they saw Li Zexuan, they were all stunned. They did not expect that this newly appointed doctor of mathematics would be so young. It is estimated that many of them are older than Li Zexuan. , is this new gentleman reliable
All the students had deep doubts about Li Zexuan's ability.
When Li Zexuan saw that the blackboard was hung up, he turned around and looked at these students. They were all teenagers, and of course there were many fourteen or fifteen-year-olds. At this moment, all the students stood up quickly and said hello in unison: "Hello, sir!"
Even though they have all kinds of doubts, their deep-rooted concept of respecting teachers and Tao forces them to have a superficially respectful attitude.
Xu Hongzhi, who was standing below Li Zexuan, also saw the deep distrust in the students' eyes. He frowned and was about to yell out, but Li Zexuan quickly waved his hand to stop him. He looked at the thirty or so students and smiled:
"Hello. Today is my first class for you. My name is Li Zexuan, and I am also a doctor of arithmetic appointed by His Majesty himself. I know that many of you think that I am young and think that I am not qualified to teach you arithmetic.
Haha, in the next two quarters of an hour, I will give you the opportunity to raise questions. If your arithmetic questions stump me, then I will immediately resign to Your Majesty. If you cannot stump me, then you will have to behave yourself from now on. Listen to the lecture. Okay, if you have any questions, just ask them! "
As soon as Li Zexuan finished speaking, the entire teaching building fell into silence. Everyone, including Kong Yingda, looked at him in disbelief. You must know that in this era, teachers are more important than teachers. What teachers teach is what students learn. How can there be a teacher who is willing to say these things to students
After a while, the students all reacted. A few couldn't help but whisper, and a dozen students in simpler clothes stood up together and bowed their hands to Li Zexuan respectfully:
"The student is scared. The student has absolutely no intention of questioning the teacher. Please take back your life!"
The voices of these dozen people suddenly drowned out the noise in the teaching building. Regardless of whether they had doubts about Li Zexuan or not, the other students all stood up and said:
"The students are scared, sir, please take back your orders."
Xu Hongzhi next to him also quickly winked at Li Zexuan, indicating that he didn't have to do this.
Li Zexuan smiled when he saw this and said:
"Haha, you all sit down! Regardless of whether you mean that or not, I will never take back what I said. Since I want to be your teacher, of course I must surpass you in ability. You can feel free to come up with the questions boldly. , if anyone can give me a hard time in mathematics today, I will not only resign as a doctor of mathematics, but I will also recommend him to your majesty as a new doctor of mathematics!"
"coax!"
Li Zexuan's last sentence stirred up a hornet's nest. Many of the students in the School of Mathematics were selected from other states and counties to enter the Imperial College. Didn't they study hard to have a good future? If they can stump Li Zexuan now, then they will most likely reach the sky in one step. How can they not be tempted by this
Xu Hongzhi was anxious and sweating on his forehead, while Kong Yingda was calmer and looked thoughtful. Tiedan and Laner were sitting behind and were not worried at all. They were full of confidence in Li Zexuan.
"Student Ke Shiqing from Bazhou, dare to ask the teacher for advice!"
The students were noisy below for a long time, and finally one person couldn't help but stood up and challenged Li Zexuan.
"It turns out to be Ke Shiqing, he has the best score in the arithmetic school!"
"Yes, Dr. Liu even praised him for his extraordinary talent before!"
"I'm afraid this new gentleman is going to get into trouble."
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Li Zexuan heard the discussion in the hall and nodded with satisfaction. Ke Shiqing came well. If he wanted to come, he would come with the strongest one. This would also save him a lot of time.
"Okay! Ke Shiqing, right? No matter whether you troubled me today or not, your courage is worthy of praise. You can come up with the question!"
Li Zexuan said with a smile.
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