Chapter 598 Reason
Bai Shan reluctantly bowed to Mr. Zhai.
When Mr. Zhai saw this, he stroked his gray beard and asked with a smile, "Why, are you mad that I asked you to stand up and answer the question?"
“Students don’t dare.”
Mr. Zhai looked at the expression on his face and felt amused. He was indeed quite arrogant.
He waved his hand, indicating that Bai Shan should go with him.
"Lan Zhongcheng has been sent to Zizhou on a mission, and I'm afraid he won't be back until after the Dragon Boat Festival."
Bai Shan was slightly surprised. He didn't expect Mr. Zhai to tell him this.
Mr. Zhai looked at him and smiled. "Do you know why we like to ask you to answer questions?"
Bai Shan said depressedly: "Because you don't like me?"
Mr. Zhai burst into laughter upon hearing this. He put his hands behind his back and walked slowly, saying, "I can't control why He Qingping is here, but I called you because of your paper."
He Qingping is the academic officer of their Class C1.
Mr. Zhai said without hesitation, "I was one of the examiners who reviewed your paper. I thought that although you were young and arrogant, you felt a little wronged to be ranked last."
Then you are still targeting me?
The thought flashed through his mind, but Bai Shan reacted and couldn't help but stop.
It's not necessarily directed at him, but because I admire him?
Bai Shan stared at him with wide eyes.
Mr. Zhai also stopped and looked back at him. Seeing his round eyes staring at him, he couldn't help but smile and said, "I'm the academic officer of Class A3. So, if you can get into the top 100 in the end-of-year exam, I will assign you to Class A3. How about that?"
There are twenty people in a class, and only the top sixty can enter Class A3, so Mr. Zhai feels that this condition is already very promising.
But Bai Shan doesn't think so.
He frowned and asked, "Can it be changed to the high school entrance examination?"
Mr. Zhai raised an eyebrow. "That's difficult. Usually, we can only be divided into classes after the end-of-year exams."
"What if I can get into the top 60 in the mid-year exam?"
"You are quite confident," Mr. Zhai said with a smile, shaking his head. "Although you are good, there are always people better than you. The top 100 students in this provincial school exam are all quite good."
Bai Shan said seriously: "I know, so I will work hard."
Mr. Zhai thought about it and nodded, "That's fine. As long as you can get into the top 60, even if it's 60th, you can still come in openly."
Bai Shan's ambition was aroused, and he couldn't help but smile brightly. He jumped up with his school basket and ran back to tell his teacher the good news.
But just as he started, he remembered something and couldn't help but stop and turned around to ask, "Mr. Zhai, do you really not know why the school official is targeting me?"
Mr. Zhai just smiled and said nothing.
Bai Shan knew at a glance that he couldn't get anything out of him, so he stopped asking and happily left after bowing.
Even if he doesn't tell him, he will find out one day.
After Mr. Zhuang learned of Mr. Zhai's promise, he also felt that Bai Shan might be better off studying in a different environment, so he stepped up his teaching.
Bai Shan's studies at the provincial school were gradually getting on the right track.
Just as Mr. Zhuang said, these gentlemen in the provincial school are no less knowledgeable than him, and especially compared with Mr. Zhuang, they are more specialized.
For example, Mr. Zhai mainly teaches historical books such as "Spring and Autumn Annals" and "Book of Han". He is particularly proficient in history. Even if Bai Shan has already studied "Spring and Autumn Annals", he will benefit a lot from studying it again.
The lectures he taught were slightly different from those taught by Mr. Zhuang, and the same was true for the other gentlemen.
He is the academic official whom Bai Shan hates very much. His research on "Shang Shu" is also more thorough, although his teaching method is very annoying to Bai Shan and makes the students in Class C1 complain.
But it is undeniable that after listening to his class, Bai Shanbao took his own questions back to Mr. Zhuang for answers, and he was able to get much more than his classmates.
Similarly, Manbao also learned a lot from Bai Shan's notes.
The two of them learned from each other, and with Mr. Zhuang's guidance, their progress was rapid, especially Bai Shan's.
From the first day of formal classes, he was far ahead of his classmates.
Outside of class, everyone isolated him, secretly talked about him and ridiculed him, but in class, he could crush everyone.
Whether in the classes of Mr. Zhai and others, or in the classes of Mr. He, the academic officer who always deliberately targeted him, he was always so dazzling that it made people want to bite him.
Then, someone unexpectedly left the team that was isolating him and got in touch with Bai Shan through Kang Xiaodong and Wei Chen.
But Bai Shan was still too arrogant to bother with them, mainly because he held a grudge.
Although there was no conflict between the two sides, he remembered that these people pointed at him and whispered to each other when he was isolated.
Although he looked down on them in his heart, Bai Shan did not openly make enemies, but just nodded to them perfunctorily.
As a result, these people actually took it for granted and thought Bai Shan was just like that.
Of course, since the enemy has surrendered, they will naturally express their feelings.
Their expression was gossip about why the academic officials were targeting him.
Bai Shan was about to pack up his school basket and leave, but when he heard their discussion, he stopped and couldn't help but prick up his ears to listen.
"Speaking of which, Bai Shan, you've truly suffered an unforeseen misfortune. I heard that your original ranking was higher than 150th, but it was the King of Yizhou who set the ranking, saying you were arrogant and wanted to dampen your spirit, so he set it at 150th."
Bai Shan: "...How am I arrogant? I just asked a few questions on the last question. Since we were young, our teachers have taught us to 'know what we know and to know what we don't know'. If we don't know, we should ask."
From the time he entered school until now, he has suffered so much injustice because of those questions. Has he said anything?
Why are you so arrogant?
Several classmates smiled awkwardly, completely unconvinced, but said, "But the prince and the academic officials don't believe it. I heard that your paper wasn't even nominated at first, and you were rejected during the first round of submission. It was only Mr. Pianlan who interceded for you, so you had a chance to enter the final round of selection."
Bai Shan asked: "Then, what does this have to do with the academic officer?"
"Of course it's related. You might not know this, but the academic official's nephew also took the provincial college entrance examination this year. He made it to the final selection, but he failed. Later, the academic officials privately ranked him, and he was ranked 151st."
"If Mr. Lan hadn't picked up your paper and recommended you, the one enrolled now would be the academic officer's nephew."
"That's right. I heard that He Xueguan and Mr. Lan have always been at odds. Since you've received favors from Mr. Lan, you're on his side. Of course, He Xueguan doesn't like you."
"This time, the academic officer even went out of his way to avoid participating in the examination because of his nephew. I don't know how much he missed out on. In the end, something that seemed like a sure thing turned out to be a waste of time. I'd be surprised if he wasn't angry."
Bai Shan had a blank expression on his face, but he thought to himself: That's because his nephew is not capable enough, and now he blames me. Who is wronged?
However, Bai Shan finally knew the reason why he was being targeted, and he felt completely relieved.
good evening
(End of this chapter)
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