Chapter 240 Jinxia's First Lesson

The day of the school finally arrived.

The first day of classes was held in the open space in front of the lobby of the Privy Council.

About a hundred low tables were arranged in order, with straw mats under the tables. The children who came to class sat on the ground. Under the warm morning sun, they didn't feel cold.

Next to these low tables, there were an equal number of chairs, which were the seats left for auditors. There were both local people and scholars who came from other places after hearing the news, but the majority were the family members of the students.

Openly recruiting new students from all children of school age and exempting them from tuition was unheard of in the past hundreds of years. In addition, the news that the teachers from all over the country unanimously boycotted the Bureau of Affairs gradually spread, and everyone's curiosity about the school reached a peak. Compared with the children who registered, there were more people who applied to audit, and there was not even a single empty chair among the hundred or so chairs.

At the same time, Zhou Dacai also selected a teahouse closest to the Bureau of Affairs as his place of counterattack. In order to increase his momentum, he booked the entire third floor and invited many poor scholars who he would never take seriously to add a torch to this act of rectifying the world.

Of course, another aspect is also for personal safety considerations.

Scholars will not be convicted for their words. This is a law set at the beginning of the founding of Daqi. However, the chancellor of the Privy Council does not play by the rules. What if he gets angry and wants to find someone to vent his anger after being exposed? Obviously, it is the safest way to bring more people to share the risk. Zhou Sheng did not forget the essence of the Privy Council - the alchemists are executioners with special powers. Their abilities can be used to deal with evil spirits, and naturally they can also be used to kill people.

He did not want to be remembered by a high-level alchemist all the time.

"Brother Zhou, the school seems to have started teaching." Someone leaned on the railing and looked out.

The best thing about this teahouse is that it can use the height of the three floors to cross the wall of the Privy Council and peek into a corner of the palace. Although they were separated by half a street, with the help of the telescope in the Western Extreme Land, people's movements on the open ground could still be seen.

"I think everyone is ready, right?" Zhou Sheng looked at everyone and said.

"Don't worry, everyone can't wait." The invited people were eager to fight. In addition to fame, scholars also valued fame. If you can add an experience of defeating the chancellor of the Privy Council in your biography, it will be a great honor to tell others about it, and it may become a great achievement in the future.

After all, anyone who knows a little about current affairs knows that the conflict between the six ministries of the court and the Privy Council has been going on for a long time.

"Hey, look at the roof of the lobby..." Mr. Hu suddenly shouted, "There seems to be a woman standing there, she looks so pretty!"

"Where, where?" Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but get excited, and their interest was even greater than that of the literary duel.

Zhou Sheng also subconsciously pointed the telescope at the top of the lobby of the command department.

The other party was actually right.

In the blurred vision, a beautiful woman was seen standing on the roof, her snow-white robe fluttering in the wind, like a fairy who was not close to the world. Even if you can't see her full appearance, her temperament alone is enough to make people feel her outstanding.

Zhou Sheng actually felt jealous.

This person would stand on the top floor of the Privy Council, I'm afraid she is also a member of the alchemist. In other words, she is either Xia Fan's subordinate or the guardian of the Privy Council. Either way, she has a close relationship with Xia Fan.

And the petite Princess Guangping, whose facial features are not inferior at all...

What is Xia Fan's basis?

And Liu Ruyan...

He planned to spread the rumor that this woman had an affair with the Prime Minister, but in fact he already had similar speculations in his mind. No matter how absurd the Jinxia Affairs Bureau - or the Privy Council behind it, is an institution that can be put on the table, not a place where lowly brothel girls can sneak in. If Liu Ruyan didn't have a special relationship, how could the school raise her to such a high position?

When he thought of this, he became even more annoyed. "Okay, let's focus on the business."

"Liu Ruyan is out!" It was Master Hu who spotted the target again.

The students holding telescopes adjusted their vision immediately. "Is that the bitch who betrayed Brother Zhou?"

"Why are there several people following her?"

"Wait, what's in the cart?"

Everyone soon found something strange. The child sitting on the straw mat stood up and was led to the cart, and then took plates, bowls and chopsticks from it.

"Are they going to...eat?" Someone asked in surprise.

As it turned out, it was true. The children passed by the cart one by one, received their own food, and returned to their seats to eat.

What is this...

Everyone looked at each other, wanting to say something, but didn't know where to start.

It's natural to eat when you're hungry, but shouldn't this be done before coming to school?

Reading the books of sages is a solemn matter. Bathing and burning incense before class is an ancient practice. It is understandable that they cannot do it now. No one will blame them for not following the rules, but isn’t it too unconventional to eat breakfast directly in the school?

"Grandstanding!" Mr. Chen finally concluded.

Fortunately, this unexpected episode took only about two quarters of an hour, and they finally waited for what they wanted to see - Liu Ruyan stood in front of the children, opened the book, and began to teach the first enlightenment class in the school.

At this distance, it was impossible to see what she taught specifically. Everyone was waiting for the students in the audience to bring them first-hand information.

At about 15:00, there was a brief pause in the square.

The scholars in the teahouse also waited for the classroom records sent back from the front.

However, when Zhou Sheng spread out the messenger, the students watching were all dumbfounded - what did these strange symbols mean?

The letter was written in Zhuyin, but no one present had ever seen Zhuyin like this!

Could it be that Liu Ruyan's attainments were so high that she could invent a new set of Zhuyin rules alone? Looking at the entire history, only a very few great scholars could do this.

"Don't worry!" Zhou Sheng said in a deep voice, "Whether the Zhuyin method is useful or not, it has to go through the test of time. She can't just teach pronunciation without teaching poetry and chapters. We just need to continue waiting for the opportunity."

But the facts did not develop as he thought. A quarter of an hour later, it was no longer Liu Ruyan who returned to the podium, but another woman.

She called herself the chief engineering consultant of Her Royal Highness the Princess, the head of the New Machinery Bureau, Mo Yun.

Although I didn't understand the specific meaning of these titles, this person's status was obviously extraordinary, and what she was responsible for teaching was arithmetic.

The content of the letter sent to the teahouse this time seemed much shorter.

Perhaps the transcriber was also shocked by what Mo Yun said, and on the second page, he simply summarized it into one sentence: "This method seems to be quite different from the current counting technique, but the more I listen, the more reasonable and complete it seems. However, I still have many questions, so I won't continue to elaborate, so as not to make a fool of myself and mislead you."

Zhou Sheng suddenly had a bad feeling.

At noon, the second meal appeared in the school.

Although there were many snacks and cakes in the teahouse, the atmosphere in the air was obviously a bit depressing - everyone was originally full of ink, ready to rely on their talent and writing to defeat Liu Ruyan, who represented the Affairs Bureau, and become famous, but now the ink has been ground dry several times, and there is not a single word written on the white paper in front of them.

After a long time, the afternoon class started, and the third person on stage exceeded everyone's expectations.

The other party was Xia Fan, the chief minister of the Privy Council and the founder of the Affairs Bureau.

The course he taught was called Gewu.

After the gastroscopy, it was found that it was bacterial infection gastritis, but fortunately it was not the worst case T.T

Everyone must take care of their health