Chapter six hundred and ninety second I come to compare with them
"Reputable?" Lin Xuan said in confusion: "Our academy has just been established not long ago, what kind of reputation does it have?"
Xu Geng:……
Meeting a dean who didn't care about the academy so much, Xu Geng had no choice but to explain to Lin Xuan.
Things still have to start with the last time Goudan settled accounts for that cloth shop.
In ancient times, news spread very slowly, and Goudan's settlement did not spread widely at first.
The owner of that cloth shop has a friend who is also a businessman.
Because of what happened to the boss of Buzhuang, he was also a little worried that his accountant would do something fishy.
These businessmen have never read any books and have been doing business for so many years. They can understand the accounting books, but if the accounting books have been tampered with, they will be a little blind.
So he went to the owner of Buzhuang and asked him to introduce Goudan to him.
Where can the owner of Buzhuang go to find Goudan? He only knows that Goudan is a student of Boyuan Academy.
By the time they found Boyuan Academy, Boyuan Academy was already on holiday.
At first they had given up, but they accidentally heard that a family's children were also studying at Boyuan Academy. With the mentality of giving it a try, they went to invite the student over.
In the end, the student did not disappoint them. There was nothing wrong with the accountant, but the student found some mistakes made by the accountant in the account books.
The accountant didn't have much ability, otherwise he wouldn't be able to work as an accountant in a store. He relied on his previous experience in keeping accounts.
But a child of seven or eight years old discovered so many problems, which immediately shocked him. If it weren't for his embarrassment, he would have worshiped that student as his teacher.
One can be said to be a genius, but what about two?
As time went by, people discovered that most of the students at Boyuan Academy were very good at arithmetic.
This matter is becoming more and more mysterious as it spreads. Not long ago, it was rumored that Boyuan Academy was the number one academy in the Tang Dynasty.
Many people find it strange, isn’t it just an account? Is it so mysterious?
The imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were very open, and were not as rigid as the Ming Dynasty and required writing eight-legged essays.
There are more than 50 permanent subjects including Xiucai, Mingjing, Jinshi, Junshi, Mingfa, Mingzi, Mingshu, etc.
In other words, the arithmetic examination is required, and Boyuan Academy has only been open for half a year, and those students were ordinary, illiterate children before.
In just half a year, he has surpassed those accountants who have been working for decades in arithmetic.
It's not right to say it's more than that. After all, those accountants haven't studied systematically, they just rely on experience.
But ordinary people don’t know.
And this also made other academies resentful.
After all, some of their academies have been open for hundreds of years, and some have been open for more than ten years. Now, an academy that has been open for half a year has a reputation that exceeds theirs. How can they tolerate it?
So there is a challenge.
"What are they competing for? Does it count as learning?" Lin Xuan asked.
Xu Geng smiled bitterly and said: "If it is better than arithmetic, but they all know that Li Jianzheng is also in Boyuan Academy, how dare they come to us to compete in arithmetic."
Li Chunfeng's attainments in arithmetic are now considered top-notch. Those people are not stupid, so they naturally don't know how to compete in arithmetic.
"Not a student competition?"
Lin Xuan thought it was a competition between students.
"Of course not. Even if the students in our academy are better at academics, they have just learned to read now. Even if they are better than the students, they can't compare," Xu Geng said.
"That's true, since they want to compare with you and them." Lin Xuan said nonchalantly.
Xu Geng smiled bitterly and said: "There are many great Confucian scholars in those colleges. Although the gentlemen in the college and I are from the Imperial College, we are still not very old after all, so we are still a little behind those great Confucian scholars."
Lin Xuan:......
Lin Xuan has seen all those gentlemen. The younger one is in his thirties and the older one is in his forties. Do you think they are old?
But compared to the great Confucianism mentioned by Xu Geng, maybe it can be said that it is not big.
Lin Xuan finally understood that Xu Geng came to him because he couldn't compete.
"It's okay if you lose, just try your best."
Lin Xuan thought that Xu Geng was afraid that he would be embarrassed if he lost, so he came to vaccinate him in advance.
"Master Hou, if it were me personally, it would be fine if I lost, but now it is in the name of the college. Once I lose, it will have a great impact on the college. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the college to recruit students in the future." Xu Geng said.
Lin Xuan frowned slightly, but he had forgotten about this incident.
The reputation of the college is very important, just like those famous schools in later generations.
The greater the reputation, the more people want to go, and then the stronger the school's teaching staff, the greater the reputation. It's like a cycle.
Those common people can't tell the difference between good and bad. When the time comes, the teacher will not be able to compare with other academies, so how can he let his children come to Boyuan Academy to study.
Yes, Boyuan Academy does have low tuition fees and provides food.
But for those common people, since they can't become famous in school, they might as well farm at home. Half-grown children were also an important labor force in ancient times.
Except for the people in Zhouzhuang who would send their children here in order to reduce the rent, I'm afraid I won't be able to recruit anyone.
Although the academy is just for fun to Lin Xuan, if someone closes it down like this, will he lose his face?
"Can we invite foreign aid?" Lin Xuan asked.
Xu Geng shook his head and said: "Of course it's not possible. You must be a teacher of the college. People like Li Jianzheng, although they are not teachers of the college, still teach in the college, they can also participate."
Lin Xuan's eyes lit up and he said, "That's easy. I'll go find Dr. Kong to borrow some people and put their names on them."
"Master Marquis, this is feasible, but this is a lie. Those gentlemen from the Imperial College will not agree." Xu Geng said.
A literati has the spirit of a literati, and even if he doesn't have it, he will pretend to have it.
They would never do something like this that is obviously a lie.
This won't work, and that won't work either. Do you want me to do it?
Well, it's not like I can't do it myself. If it's a poetry competition or something, he can do it.
If he was asked to write an article or something, he would be confused. After all, he didn't learn much classical Chinese. If someone else asked a question that he hadn't studied, there was nothing he could do.
"Has the topic of the competition been determined?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Not yet. They have issued a challenge. They must have come up with the topic. They should have been prepared. However, writing an article, especially a good article, takes too long. It should not be compared. It is very likely to be compared with some
Questions and answers or poetry comparisons." Xu Geng guessed.
Lin Xuan nodded. He was given a few days just like the imperial examination, because writing an article requires a lot of time to think about the idea.
Although those colleges are well prepared, if they propose to write an article and it doesn't take long to write a good article, even a fool will know that there is something wrong.
Those colleges will naturally not make such mistakes.
"How many days are left until the time they said?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Three days."
"Okay, I understand. You go back and prepare well. I will compete with them when the time comes." Lin Xuan said.
Since it was a poetry competition, he had nothing to be afraid of.
When it comes to poetry, who can compare with Lao Li (Li Bai) and Lao Du (Du Fu).