The gentleman looked up, took a closer look, and immediately recognized the person: "It's you!"
At that time, he only thought that the conspicuous bag was pretty. Now that he looked closer, he could see that it was a girl in a wide robe, but his face was still serious as he asked: "It's a girl, who are you from?"
Chang Suining had already walked in and replied, "Sir, I'm from the governor's mansion."
From the Governor's Mansion?
The gentleman looked thoughtful. In the governor's mansion, a girl of this age and with this much momentum...
It's bad! Could it be... It can't be? When he suddenly felt something startled, he saw that the gentlemen on both sides had already raised their hands to salute him, regardless of his life or death: "Greetings, Lord Governor."
——Really?! He quickly bowed and apologized: "Su, I am short-sighted... I didn't recognize that the person in front of me was the governor!"
Unlike the gentlemen who were forced by Chang Suining to accept their business cards by force, Su Yu, who came from the same Jiangnan family as Gu and Yu, was an old scholar over fifty years old who was frustrated and only later did he enter Wuer Academy as a teacher based on his own talent. Naturally, he had no chance to meet Chang Suining.
Mr. Su was extremely panicked at the moment.
It was an opportunity he had finally gotten to teach at Wu Er Academy. Because of this identity, he is now highly respected in the town. Whenever he returns home, there is always a group of people visiting him... This has allowed him to step directly into the glorious life of his dreams!
But this highlight... is it so short-lived?
The first time he saw the "boss", he glared and scolded... Didn't he turn the originally broad road into an acrobatic tightrope?
While Mr. Su was panicking, Manager Mao had already introduced Su Yu to him.
"It is true that I accidentally disturbed Mr. Su's class order today, and I deserve to be reprimanded." Chang Suining looked at Mr. Su and said, "On the way here just now, I have already discussed this matter with Manager Mao. In the future, when students are in class, we need to strengthen the control of people moving around outside the classroom."
Su Yu was slightly startled.
He had been frustrated and hit a wall everywhere in these years, and had seen many people who appeared decent and generous on the surface but turned around and made things difficult for him. However, the young girl in front of him exuded her usual calmness from the inside out, as if she really didn't care about his rudeness at all.
To Chang Suining, this was indeed a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning. She did not dwell on this topic, but turned to look at Zheng Chao beside her and said with a smile: "I came here today because I have an important matter to announce to you gentlemen--"
Everyone followed her gaze and their eyes fell on Zheng Chao.
I saw that the man was in his middle age, dressed simply, had a handsome appearance and a good temperament.
"This is Zheng Chao, Mr. Zheng Guancang." Chang Suining said formally: "From now on, Mr. Zheng will serve as the dean of Wuer Academy and manage the affairs of the five halls in the academy."
Each of these two short sentences caused a stir in everyone's heart.
"Mr. Zheng from Xingyang!" Su Yu had the biggest reaction, his eyes full of surprise and admiration: "I'm Su Yu, I've heard of Mr. Zheng's name for a long time!"
Others also saluted.
Zheng Chao took a step forward, raised his hand to return the greeting, and smiled sincerely: "I am just a commoner. I am fortunate to be appreciated by Governor Chang, so I have the opportunity to work with you. Zheng is new here and knows nothing about the affairs of the court. In the future, I will have to rely on your care and reminders."
"Mr. Zheng, thank you for your kindness." Su Yu sighed, "It is our honor to work with Mr. Zheng!"
As an old scholar from a poor family who had a rough life, had difficulty in realizing his ambitions, and had suffered countless unfair treatment and oppression, Su Yu admitted that he was somewhat cynical and looked down on the aristocracy.
However, Zheng Chao once gave up his position as the head of the Zheng family, and taught the knowledge that was not passed down by the gentry to the poor students under the name of Mr. Caotang. After that, he completely abandoned the gentry and was cursed among the gentry, but he still traveled around the world and used his knowledge to help the world.
Over the past year, Zheng Chao's reputation has become increasingly famous, especially among literati and the powerful.
It was this person who rejected the goodwill of various forces and came to Jiangdu to devote himself to academic affairs... How could Su Yu not be moved? While Mr. Su was moved, he also felt that Jiangdu had an infinitely bright future.
Doesn't it just show that Jiangdu is extraordinary now that such a saint is willing to come here? Su Yu looked at Chang Suining with more admiration and respect.
From this we can also see that this governor who led Jiangdu out of its predicament has now been recognized and followed by the world's top celebrities... In a sense, it can be seen that the power of his reputation and appeal is rapidly rising.
The news that Zheng Chao would serve as the dean of Wuer College quickly spread in the college. While it caused a sensation, many people shared the same views and feelings as Mr. Su.
Some young and older students were all excited at this moment.
"...I wonder if Mr. Guan Cang will also teach?"
"The principals of other academies also give a few lectures every month when they have free time!"
"I heard that last spring's top scholar Song Xian had received guidance from Mr. Guan Cang..."
"If we attend Mr. Zheng's class, can we also be called Mr. Zheng's students?"
I have read classic books that have not been passed down for thousands of years, and have famous scholars as my teachers... I have no regrets in this life!
An extremely excited student turned around and walked away quickly: "I will write a letter to inform Zhang Feng and the others about this!"
Several people followed him and asked as they walked: "They are no longer in the yard, what should we do to tell them?"
This person named Zhang Feng was the one who instigated dozens of students to drop out of Wu Er Academy when the Japanese army was attacking fiercely at sea last year.
The person who was going to write the letter said, "Of course, let them regret it even more!"
A classmate gave a thumbs up and praised: "What a good person..."
What a good man he is.
But Zhang Feng and his group really regretted their decision to the extreme. In December last year, they were said to have tried to find connections in private to return to study, but failed.
Soon after the news of the great victory at sea spread back, many more students flocked to Jiangdu, and the academy added another examination. Now, there were more than 400 students in the Literature Institute and the Mathematics Institute, and there was no room for even one.
Later, some people had to take a different approach and apply for the other three libraries in order to get into Wueryuan. It didn’t matter what they studied, what mattered was the opportunity to get in touch with the book collections!
As a result, the enrollment quotas of the Medical College, the Engineering College, and the Agricultural College were quickly filled up. Now, except for the capable people recommended by various places, these three colleges no longer accept apprentices with no basic knowledge.
In addition, each library has regular assessments, with a small test every ten days and a large test every month. Those who are rated below C in the large test for three consecutive months will be advised to leave the library based on their personal circumstances.
This move is to eliminate the existence of those who occupy teaching resources but take advantage of the situation.
Therefore, those literati who came for the books and became apprentices in the other three libraries, some of them could not bear it and left halfway, some of them worked in tears to make medicine, raise pigs, and forge iron, while some of them gradually developed an interest and passion for it.
In short, the number of students in the five halls of Wuer Academy is now sufficient, and the academy has made it clear that the next examination for enrollment will have to wait until this autumn. And the examination standards will inevitably be raised.
As to whether the museum will be expanded, there is no announcement yet.
Those who can receive education in the institute at this time all cherish this hard-won opportunity.
The appearance of Zheng Chao undoubtedly added a strong and meaningful touch to this academy.
Zheng Chao's special identity and reputation meant that his coming to Jiangdu was not only about academic matters, but also represented a certain political direction promoted by literati and celebrities.
In the eyes of the Jiangdu Gu family, this political direction is extremely worthy of consideration.
The head of the family, Gu Xiu, had just returned from outside and sat down with his clansmen to discuss matters.
After some discussion, Gu Xiu said, "Governor Chang was promoted to the governor of Huainan Road... For such a happy event, we should also prepare a generous gift to congratulate him."
When the tribesmen nodded in agreement, they heard Erlang asking for a meeting outside.
Gu Erlang entered the hall, bowed, and recommended himself, "Father, why don't you give me to Governor Chang as a gift?"
He just passed by the window and happened to hear his father's words about preparing gifts - is there anyone in the entire Gu family who can give a more beautiful gift than him? When
this was said, the expressions of the family members in the hall were indescribable.
"..." Gu Xiu raised his eyes to look at his second son, frowned and asked: "Isn't it time for you to complain about Governor Chang's tyranny?"
"It was my son who was superficial before!"
Just when Gu Xiucuo thought that his second son had made some progress, he heard him say with a look of longing: "Today, I saw Governor Chang with my own eyes, and I realized that the praises from the people were not false at all."
Seeing his second son demonstrating what "there is no most superficial, only more superficial" means, Gu Xiu closed his eyes and raised his hand to try to drive him away, but a clan member said, "Master, it may be okay to send Erlang to the governor's mansion..."
Gu Xiu naturally would not misunderstand these words as asking his second son to use his beauty to please the man, or because he had that thought in his mind, he reacted quickly.
A clan member pointedly said: "Brother, the seven halls in the governor's mansion are now full of talented people..."
But there is not a single child from the Gu family.
Their Gu family was forced to send more than ten clansmen to Chang Suining, and now they are all teaching and working in Wuer Academy.
Apart from initially asking them for the ten clansmen, Chang Suining never "forced" them to contribute manpower or effort again, and their Gu family never took the initiative to do anything either.
During this period, they were also hesitating and thinking.
What is undeniable is that all of Chang Suining's actions over the past year were beyond their expectations.
She is very different from Xu Zhengye.
Indeed, in the beginning, she had used violence to intimidate and suppress them, and forced them to hand over their collections of books and clansmen, which made them live in fear for a time... But the facts proved that she did save the Jiangnan families headed by their Gu family and the Yu family.
Watching Jiangdu come back to life day by day, they could even gradually understand Chang Suining's initial behavior. If she hadn't been strong enough to quickly control Jiangdu and trim off the rebellious branches and leaves, Jiangdu would never be in its current state.
Not to mention distant places, just taking the Huainan Road as an example, there were examples of several states falling into chaos because they were unable to suppress powerful and evil officials and rioters.
After Chang Suining stabilized the situation, he implemented policies that benefited the people, and despite his decisiveness in killing people, his benevolence gradually emerged.
To be fair, she treated them as a family and did not bully or humiliate them. Their clansmen were treated with courtesy and respect by everyone in Wueryuan.
But if they want to make a living for their clan, teaching alone is far from enough... This is also the biggest gain they have learned when facing the court's violent suppression of the aristocratic forces.
There was also Bian Chunliang, who killed countless aristocratic families and burned countless books along the way. Countless aristocrats were angry and frightened, but they were powerless to do anything.
Even though it is extremely difficult to change the cognition of hundreds of years, they must also face up to one fact - the days of living a noble life guarding a collection of books are coming to an end.
However, these third-rate families are not as big as the Cui family, and they do not have the capital to make multiple bets while waiting and watching. At present, they can only choose a good tree to roost.
To be exact, ever since they accepted Chang Suining's protection, they had no other choice. Now they finally decided to give up waiting and hesitation.
After the news of Chang Suining's promotion to Jiedushi spread, Gu Xiu went out today and had a long talk with Jiang Hai.
Jiang Hai said something straightforward but reasonable - if the Gu family continues to hesitate like this, then when something happens to Chang Suining in the future, the Gu family will not be able to hide, but when Chang Suining succeeds, when it comes to sharing the benefits, the Gu family can only be ranked last.
After another half an hour of long discussion, Gu Xiu finally made a decision: "Pick another thirty people from the clan and ask Governor Chang to select them."
The governor's office may not be short of staff, but she has taken over the entire Huainan Road, and the personnel responsible for the affairs under the name of the governor will inevitably begin to be selected and appointed soon.
It is probably timely for them to express their stance now.
Gu Xiu added: "Send a message to the Yu family and inform them of this matter."
The Yu family has always been interdependent and together with the Gu family.
"If you want to work under Governor Chang, then go back and study hard so that you can be selected by Governor Chang." Gu Xiu looked at his second son and said, "The Governor's Mansion probably has no interest in raising a peacock that doesn't work."
Gu Erlang hurriedly said: "Don't worry, father, I will definitely seize this opportunity!"
After saying this, he took his leave and went to read.
That night, due to Zheng Chao's arrival, the situation in Jiangdu City changed slightly, and such changes were silently taking place in Jiangdu City every day.
The news that Zheng Chao was appointed as the dean of Wueryuan had naturally been passed back to the governor's mansion.
Wang Yue came to Luo Guanlin's courtyard to eat in the evening. At this moment, he was thinking: "This Mr. Zheng is indeed a famous scholar... But he has just entered Wueryuan, and he must not be proficient in many matters. He must need someone to handle miscellaneous matters... I want to send Chuiyun to Mr. Zheng to serve, but I wonder if you will agree?"
The Chuiyun mentioned by Wang Yue is the second son in his family and is the same age as Luo Ze.
Luo Guanlin, who was sitting opposite him, took a sip of wine and said nothing.
Zheng Chaoren arrived in the afternoon and was given the title of head of the hospital at dusk, but Wang Wangshan had been thinking about this that evening... He really was always trying to seize the initiative and his quick reactions impressed him.
At this time, Granny Jin came in with a bowl of soup. After hearing what Wang Yue said, she immediately smiled and said, "I'm afraid it won't be enough for Chuiyun to go alone. Why not ask Ze'er to go with him? The two of them can keep each other company and supervise each other."
This Wang Wangshan is really ambitious. Among the first seven halls, six are members of his Wang family. Now he is trying to get into the academy!
Comparing yourself to others will make you feel nauseous. Why is her son so unmotivated?
Wang Yue drank a lot of wine. When he heard what Luo's mother said, he shook his head with regret and explained: "I am worried about the long-term roots of my family members, but the perspective is different..."
Luo Guanlin's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly had a bad feeling. He wanted to stop it, but it was too late -
"Guan Lin and the Master have already agreed that he will only serve the Master for three years, and will leave after three years..." Wang Yue said, and then he roughly calculated and sighed: "Now I calculate, there are only two years left at most."
The soup bowl that Granny Jin was holding suddenly dropped from her hands and broke into pieces with a loud bang.
Granny Jin didn't even look at it. She just wiped her hands with her apron, walked up to her son with a smile, bent down slightly and asked, "Son, tell me, what do you mean by three or two years?"
His words and demeanor could even be described as patient and loving.
Luo Guanlin's body suddenly became stiff and petrified.
Also frozen was Wang Yue. Only his eyeballs could move. His gaze slowly shifted between his good friend and his friend's old mother.
After Wang Yue realized what was happening, he forced a smile, put down his chopsticks in a very polite manner, and said, "I suddenly remembered that I still have some official business to deal with, so I'll go back first..."
As soon as Wang Yue got up to leave, Luo's mother's kind face disappeared. She snatched her son's wine glass and placed it heavily on the food table.
Seeing this unpromising thing's reaction, we can know that what Wang Wangshan said is true! Mother Luo said nothing more, turned her head and shouted outside: "Wife, grandson, come, come here!"
"Come here and open your eyes! The stinky stone in the toilet has become a spirit and has reincarnated in front of me!"
Liu and Luo Ze came over quickly, and without even asking "what's wrong", they turned their eyes directly to stinky stone... no, Luo Guanlin.
Luo Guanlin: “…”
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