After looking at the yard, Gao Zhijun knew how to decorate it.
She and Huo Jinqian went to the Taizhou Academy across the street, which is the largest academy in Taizhou.
The dean is a retired tutor from the capital. He returned to his hometown to open an academy, teaching and educating people in accordance with his original intention.
In the capital, he taught the princes and children of important officials.
After returning to Taizhou, he opened an academy for three years, and the students he taught became successful all over the world: some became county magistrates, and some worked as civil servants in the capital.
If Huo Jinqian could get his guidance, he would surely shine in the future and become the top scorer in the imperial examination.
He had very high requirements for accepting students. They had to pass the exam to be admitted, and they had to pass the examination to become a Tongsheng to enter Taizhou College.
The requirements for being his student are even higher, and many students try their best but still cannot catch his eye.
There are two academies in Taizhou: one is Hanbo Academy and the other is Shuren Academy.
The dean of Hanbo Academy was a juren who had failed to pass the imperial examination for several years. The court offered him a ninth-rank civil service position, but he did not take it and chose to open an academy in Taizhou.
The threshold for admission to the academy he opened was very low. As long as you had money, you could enter the academy no matter if you were a playboy or had a low IQ.
No matter if there is a fight in the academy, as long as no one is killed and you can cover it, he will not interfere.
This academy is a true aristocratic academy, and its students are all wealthy and well-off young men with high status.
Because the tuition fee for the academy is twenty taels of silver every year, which poor family can afford it?
The dean of Shuren Academy was a scholar who failed to pass the imperial examination, so he gave up the imperial examination and opened an academy in Taizhou.
The academy only recruited children from poor families, and it cost two taels of silver every year, which was unaffordable for many people.
There are still many rules in the academy. If you find anyone fighting, you will be expelled! If you bully your classmates, you will be expelled! If you speak rudely or disrespect your teachers, you will be expelled!
These were the situations of Taizhou Academy that Master Qian had just told her.
She planned to send Huo Jinqian to Taizhou Academy, and Huo Jinchuan, Huo Jinfeng, Huo Wenzhuo and Huo Wenlong to Shuren Academy.
"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
The doorman of Taizhou Academy saw Huo Jinqian and Gao Zhijun and asked politely.
"Hello, we came here from Liangzhou to live. I passed the examination for the scholar degree in Liangzhou. I would like to ask when your academy will open its next enrollment period."
Huo Jin asked the doorman politely.
"Grandpa, it's like this. We came here to meet your dean. I wonder if it's convenient for us! My brother wants to study at the academy and would like to receive some guidance from the Grand Tutor. I wonder if it would be convenient for us to let him know."
Gao Zhijun did not speak as tactfully as Huo Jinqian. She stated her purpose directly, but her words did not make people uncomfortable.
"Wait a moment, I'll go in and pass the message."
After the doorman finished speaking, he went into the academy to find the dean.
I came to Dean Xie’s yard and knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
Dean Xie heard a knock on the door, stopped grading papers, and spoke.
The doorman pushed the door open and walked in. Standing in front of Dean Xie, he bowed respectfully and said, "Dean, there's a scholar named Huo Jinqian outside. He said he's coming from Liangzhou to settle down and wants to study at the academy. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to meet him."
From Liangzhou? Could he be the brother of the legendary doctor? They were inseparable, so they must be unmarried.
"Is there a little girl of about twelve or thirteen beside him? She's pretty and plainly dressed."
Dean Xie asked the doorman anxiously. He didn't ask about Mr. Huo's situation, but was concerned about whether there was any young woman by his side. It was really strange, and the doorman was confused.
When asked by his master, the doorman answered honestly, "Master, there is indeed a little girl about twelve or thirteen years old. She was the one who asked me to come in and ask the master."
What the doorman said exactly matched what he heard. Perhaps the little girl was the miracle doctor that the people were talking about, the miracle doctor who had a prescription to cure the plague, the miracle doctor who saved the people of Daliang.
"Please come, no, I will go and pick it up myself!"
Originally, Dean Xie wanted to invite Gao Zhijun and the others in, but after thinking about it, he felt that it would be more sincere if he invited them in person.
The doorman was even more confused and shocked when he saw the dean come to invite in person. His master could only invite ministers from the imperial palace in the capital, such as the princes, but he had never personally invited other ministers.
Whenever the ministers came to visit their master, he would have someone take them to the main hall for reception.
If his master's health had not deteriorated, he would not have resigned from his official position and returned to open a college.
For the sake of his master, the emperor told others that he was retiring, but in fact he came back to recuperate and train talents for the emperor.
Dean Xie hurried to the gate, opened it, and saw a man and a woman kicking dust out of boredom.
The man is handsome, elegant, and bookish. He is indeed a scholar, but I don’t know how knowledgeable he is.
The girl is so beautiful that she is almost as pretty as the moon. She will definitely be a great beauty in the future.
"Sorry to have kept you two waiting!"
Dean Xie took two steps forward and said apologetically.
This little girl must be a miracle doctor.
"Student Huo Jinqian pays his respects to the dean!"
When Huo Jinqian saw Dean Xie, he immediately took two steps forward and bowed to him as his disciple.
This ceremony of paying homage to a teacher is different from that of paying homage to a teacher. What you are paying homage to now is a courtesy of respect to the teacher, not the grand ceremony that you would perform when paying homage to a teacher.
"You are... like a friend of mine."
Only when he got closer did Dean Xie see Huo Jinqian's appearance clearly.
You won’t know until you see it. When you see it, you will be shocked. He actually looks like the eldest princess.
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