The emperor was a man of great affection and ruthlessness, and Zhang Shou did not want to get promoted or get rich, nor did he want to fight for power and profit. He just wanted to make a career in the field he was good at. Therefore, he was very tolerant of Zhang Shou. When the King of Jiangdu came back and reported Zhang Shou's new idea, he immediately agreed without hesitation.
He was not required to provide any personnel or money, and all he had to bear was the risk of posting the rankings... But for him, the king of a country, what did this risk matter
Since you want to become an attendant of the Eastern Palace, you have to be close to the water and get the moon first, so that the current prince and the future emperor can remember your name. Then, you have to pay the price of letting people know your true weight. Isn't this normal
Therefore, the emperor only made a tiny insignificant change to the suggestion brought by Zhang Shou from Prince Jiangdu - that is, to change the monthly examination for selecting attendants of the Eastern Palace into a quarterly examination.
Although Zhang Shou was obviously willing to bring his students to do this every month, and Lu Wan, a wealthy man, was not short of paper for the notice, he still had to consider whether it would scare people away if it happened once a month, so that they would not have any fun immediately. He was also hoping to use this incident to stir up the stagnant water in the court. Of course, he hoped that the students would learn from their shame and be brave, and would continue to rush forward and compete for the first place, and never give up. At least a few hundred people should participate, otherwise how could they play
When the news reached the East Palace, the Third Prince, who had just said goodbye to his lecturer today, could not help but stare blankly at his uncle's gaze. Fortunately, he came to his senses in a moment, after all, the pain in his left hand from being hit had not completely healed, and the lesson of being distracted was still firmly in his mind. Therefore, he quickly smiled apologetically at King Jiangdu.
"Uncle, thank you for your hard work on my behalf. Both my father and teacher's ideas are very good. I have no objection."
King Jiangdu saw that the Fourth Prince standing beside the Third Prince was twisting and turning, and seemed to have a lot to say. He didn't want to deal with this naughty child any more, so he laughed and said, "Since Your Highness the Crown Prince agrees, then I will do it. I have to say that these three questions today are really difficult. After hearing them, the officials of the Imperial College turned green in the face, hahahaha!"
The Fourth Prince was delighted and was about to speak, but unexpectedly the Third Prince coughed majestically, so he had to hold back his words.
But when the King of Jiangdu left, he could no longer bear it and wentssiped around the Third Prince, speculating on what the ranking would be like when he returned, and mocking the Imperial Academy officials for their efforts in vain. In the end...
The third prince had no choice but to drive his younger brother away, and only then did he finally have some peace and quiet.
There was no one else to discuss this with, so he looked at Chu Kuan, who had been quiet and cautious for the past few days. He hesitated for a moment before asking, "Eunuch Chu, what do you think, after the teacher made such a suggestion and the emperor agreed and changed it to a quarterly exam, how will the academic officials and students of the Imperial College react?"
Chu Kuan had already gotten used to the Third Prince's attitude of ignoring him. When he suddenly heard this question, he was silent for a moment before he said, "If I'm not mistaken... they won't have any reaction."