Although the situation in Xingtai and Cangzhou was reported to the capital through various channels, the court was unable to take care of it.
Firstly, the Imperial College had been in turmoil. Yang Yiming, the doctor of the Imperial College who used to be in charge of Ruxing Hall, retired in disgrace. He did not even have the opportunity to be an official outside the school and retired directly "due to illness"; secondly, the emperor decided to expand the six halls of the Imperial College in an effort to accommodate more students. The funds would be allocated from the inner treasury, but such allocation also had a prerequisite.
The emperor tentatively agreed to the resignation of the Minister of War Lu Wan, and at the same time approved the request of the public school. He encouraged the students of the Imperial College to take education as their responsibility. During the period when the branches of the Imperial College were being rebuilt one by one, all the students in the branches under construction were assigned to Lu Wan, who would give lectures in various places around the capital, with the goal of teaching students to read and write at least 200 words.
Of course, the students of Jiuzhang Hall also had tasks, they needed to teach the basics of mathematics. But since there were not many students in Jiuzhang Hall, they were naturally regarded as extras that the emperor treated equally, just like the noble children of Banshan Hall who also received the same tasks.
As soon as this decree was issued, the Imperial College was in an uproar, and the court was also in an uproar. One of Jiang Ge Lao's students directly quoted the famous "People can be led by their own will, but they cannot be made to know it" to persuade him, and then... he was hit back by the Taizu Quotations brought out by Confucius. Taizu himself broke the sentence, and Confucius' original sentence was "People can be led by their own will; if they cannot be led by their own will, they can know it."
No one expected that what was originally just a dispute in the Imperial College would suddenly become a struggle between two ministers in the court. Even Zhang Shou himself did not expect that Grand Secretary Kong would suddenly jump out and confront Grand Secretary Jiang. However, thinking about the previous secret letter incident in the Linhai Camp involving the murder of Grand Secretary Kong, which had not yet been resolved, he probably understood the other party's resentment and just watched from the sidelines.
As for the students of Banshan Hall, in the past, when the court was in chaos, they would have been gloating and pointing fingers at the various restaurants and eateries, but now they have more important things to do. Ever since that day when Ji Jiu and others hurriedly brought back the news that the Banshan Hall branch exam was in fact Xu Heizi's test, but in fact it was the emperor's own will, who dared to neglect it
With less than three days left before the field examination, at noon one day, when Zhang Shou announced the end of class to the sound of the bell, a group of people immediately gathered around him, led by Ji Jiu, who was smiling widely.
"Teacher, we want to ask one thing. When the Imperial College holds the exam, will the final score be based on the scores or the number of people?"
Hearing this question, Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh: "How about dividing by grades? How about dividing by number of people?"
Although Zhang Shou directly pushed the question back lightly, Ji Jiu saw some signs and couldn't help but secretly excited. He quickly smiled and said, "If we divide them according to their grades, then all those who reach a certain score can enter the first class, or even the third class. The rest will enter the second class according to their specializations, and the last batch will go to the army for training. If we divide them according to the number of people..."
He paused, and then said as if hesitantly: "For example, the teacher has decided to only accept 30 or 40 people in the first class, so only the top 30 or 40 will be selected, and the rest will be eliminated even if their grades are good."