Although he was impoverished and although he recommended himself, there was no trace of cowardice in Li Zhi's eyes.

Philosophers all have a heart that looks down on all living beings, let alone Li Zhi, a madman.

"What do you think?" After making his proposal, he waited quietly for Zhao Hao's answer.

"I think what you said makes sense, but I don't quite understand." Zhao Hao picked up the teacup, took a sip and said, "Since you are good at teaching exam essays, you should be making a lot of money. Why..."

"Because the officials regard my book as a heresy and a scourge." Li Zhi said depressedly: "Plus, I am only a juren, so the students don't believe it either."

"It's really hard to believe." Zhao Hao nodded.

Ma Xianglan, who was playing the piano softly as an accompaniment, thought to herself, this guy is just a juren, but he wants to teach others how to pass the jinshi exam. His arrogance... is really second only to that of a certain student who teaches others how to pass the jinshi exam.

But the young master already has five successful candidates in the imperial examination, he is truly amazing... Sister Ma's fan filter has seriously affected her objectivity.

"I failed the exam not because of the eight-legged essay." Li Zhi was sorely touched that he blushed and said in defense, "It was because my third round of classics, history, and current affairs were always considered to be unorthodox, so I was eliminated."

As he said this, he muttered quietly, "How can I be a heretic? I have obviously restrained myself."

"So, if I let you write freely, you might even lose your head?" Zhao Hao chuckled. "Tell me, how dare I let you teach my students?"

"That won't affect it!" Li Zhi finally got anxious, and stood up and said loudly to Zhao Hao: "I'm telling you, I have a set of 'Eight-part Essay Examination Guidelines' that can turn writing eight-part essays into a physical job. It doesn't matter if you are a little dumb or stupid. Just follow my instructions, work hard, and be a little lucky, and you will definitely pass the exam!"

After a pause, he added reluctantly, "If I'm really worried, I can learn the strategy for the third round from others..."

"Oh, there is such a treasure book?" Zhao Hao laughed like a pig in his heart, but there was an expression of disbelief on his face.

There is no way. First, Mr. Zhao is too pretentious. Second, Li Zhi is stubborn. If things are not smoothed over, there will be trouble in the future.

"I can only tell you the details if you hire me." Li Zhi said schemingly, "To put it simply, students don't need to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, nor do they need to remember the Cheng Zhu chapters and sentences. As long as they follow my set of treasures, they will definitely get high scores on the eight-part essay!"

"No wonder." Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh: "People will regard you as a scourge."

Because Li Zhi deconstructed the mystery of the imperial examination, people understood that the so-called eight-legged essay to select scholars was actually a routine - it can be summed up in eight words: 'memorize and follow the formula'!

As long as you memorize hundreds of model essays, you will find that all the essays are pretty much the same.

As long as you see through the routine of eight-part essay, you will find that just like you can splice questions, you can also splice in writing eight-part essay!

When you have both of the above points, you can skillfully piece together various essay topics.

Yes, the entire process does not require the participation of the Four Books and Five Classics, nor does it require understanding the annotations of Zhu Xi and Cheng Yi.

This was a devastating blow to the Ming Dynasty's current education system.

Because it exposes it nakedly. What kind of eight-part essay is expounding the profound meaning of the sage's words? It's all bullshit. One can write a high-scoring eight-part essay without understanding a single word of the sage's words!

This is equivalent to directly reducing the eight-part essay from the highest level of mental labor to physical labor that is no different from old farmers working the land...

How could those officials who had passed the imperial examination bear such humiliation? This was tantamount to negating their twenty years of hard work!

Naturally, his method was regarded as unorthodox and he was not allowed to preach it everywhere.

In fact, those scholarly families who have passed the imperial examinations for generations, such as the Wang family, also have similar test-taking skills. But they made their fortunes quietly and didn't advertise it to the public!

Li Zhi is shouting everywhere, "I have seen through the emperor's naked ass. If I don't punish you, who should I punish?"

~~

"Yes, they think I'm a monster." Hearing this, Li Zhi smiled strangely at Zhao Hao and said, "But compared to Dr. Zhao, I am nothing."

"That's right." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly and touched his nose. "Everyone in the Six Departments has a copy. The censors are calling for killing. I am the real monster."

"So I think we can go along with each other." At this point, Li Zhi suddenly realized, no wonder Dr. Zhao called himself "comrade", so this is what he meant.

"Is it right?" The Fujianese man spoke with a Henan accent in excitement.

"I think it's right!" Zhao Hao patted Zhang Jian's thigh heavily, and finally smiled and said, "Even if you don't come to find me, I will come to find you."

"Why?" Li Zhi was stunned.

"Because I plan to run a 'science academy'. In addition to teaching science, the academy will also have professors who specialize in teaching students how to write the eight-part essay for the imperial examination." Zhao Hao said, looking at Li Zhi with a sharp gaze:

"This position belongs to you!"

"Oh? How do you know I'm good at this?" Li Zhi couldn't help but be surprised.

"I just know it." Zhao Hao said slowly.

"Well, okay..." Li Zhi thought, here it comes again. But this time he felt that he had figured it out.

Mr. Zhao must have heard about my "Examination Guide" from somewhere, so he sent someone to investigate my background.

Yes, that's right, it must be like that.

After thinking about it himself, Li Zhi felt much more at ease.

He took a deep breath and asked Zhao Hao: "So you believe me?"

"Believe it!" Zhao Hao nodded heavily.

How can we not believe it? Not to mention Li Zhi's later lofty ideological achievements. Just his status as the first counselor of the Ming Dynasty has been verified by history!

Of course, that was a few years later, when he returned to Nanjing to serve as an official. In a much more relaxed academic atmosphere, someone was finally willing to learn from him about exam preparation, and this super tutoring king became an instant success.

Then, until Li Zhi committed suicide in prison at the age of 70, the college entrance examination tutoring classes he opened maintained an extremely high admission rate.

Even when Li Zhi was the prefect of Yunnan, he was still able to train a large number of juren and jinshi in the Yao'an Prefecture School, where the education level was extremely backward. As a result, a large number of candidates from all over the country traveled thousands of miles to Yunnan to attend the classes.

Because in addition to teaching you how to write essays, Teacher Li also has a skill that is essential for a super tutoring class - predicting the topic!

And nine out of ten hits!

Isn’t this simply the helper God prepared for Zhao Hao?

With him, grandpa no longer has to worry about his grandson being exposed.

Master Zhao finally dared to open the science college he had been planning for a long time!

~~

Seeing that Mr. Zhao really believed in him, Li Zhi finally put his mind at ease and asked tentatively, "How much will you offer me?"

"The annual salary is one thousand taels." Mr. Zhao spoke as if it was a trivial matter.

"How much?" Li Zhi opened his mouth wide.

"One thousand taels." Zhao Hao repeated, and added: "In addition, for every juren you teach, I will give you a bonus of 500 taels. If a juren passes the imperial examination and becomes a jinshi, I will give you another 500 taels."

"No, I..." Li Zhi stroked his beard and rubbed his nose, in disbelief. "Are you talking about silver?"

"It's silver, not gold." Zhao Hao nodded and snapped his fingers.

Zhao Shizhen immediately presented one thousand taels of silver.

Zhao Hao pushed the money in front of Li Zhi. "This is the first year's salary. Please accept it."

Li Zhi's eyes widened. The rice, silver, banknotes and cloth he received every year added up to only about thirty or forty taels of silver.

Moreover, the imperial court has no money. Now it no longer issues silver and uses treasure notes instead... That thing is good for wiping one's butt.

After a long silence, he put the ticket into his sleeve and said fiercely:

"Do you believe I can teach you to go bankrupt?"

"That's impossible." Zhao Hao laughed and said, "You know nothing about my ability to make money."

To train a thousand Jinshi would only cost one million taels of silver!

Do you know what it means to have a thousand Jinshi (imperial examination candidates) under your tutelage?

Is there any better deal in the world than this?

ps. The fifth update, thanks to the leader 'lingcu' for his support. It's the last two days, who has the monthly ticket? Please vote! Just consider it as a farewell to Mr. Zhao~~