Chapter 501 The Highest Academy of Ming Dynasty
The next day.
Zhao Ce woke up early in the morning as usual.
Su Cai'er also reluctantly got up from the warm bed, and tidied Zhao Ce's clothes with some sleepiness.
Zhao Ce saw that her long hair was spread on both sides, her big eyes were slightly closed, and she was trying hard to fix her clothes. He couldn't help but said: "Go to bed and sleep. I'll just wake up by myself."
Su Cai'er hugged him and rubbed his chest gently.
"My husband is going to the Imperial Academy for school on the first day today. I will help him organize it."
As he spoke, he yawned a little and said vaguely: "Actually, I'm not sleepy anymore either."
Zhao Ce smoothed the hair on her back and gently pinched the delicate back of her neck.
Su Cai'er snored comfortably before standing up straight again and continuing to arrange Zhao Ce's clothes.
She had just woken up in a warm bed. Her lips were rosy and her complexion looked good.
After cleaning up, Su Cai'er raised her face happily: "Okay!"
The long hair that was spread on both sides slid back slightly, revealing the little face that had not been put on makeup.
Looking at this face, Zhao Ce himself felt a little dazed.
Although Su Cai'er has grown a lot over the past year, she has become taller and plumper.
However, no matter how you look at it, this little girl seems to have not grown up yet.
Is she really pregnant with her own child?
Zhao Ce shook his head and smiled.
As Su Caier said, some ladies of her age are mothers of two children.
If she still has no children, it doesn't matter to Zhao Ce himself, but it's just embarrassing for Su Cai'er to think about it.
In fact, Zhao Ce also had the first impression.
At first I treated her like a child, but now I still view her the same way.
Zhao Ce lowered his head and kissed her bright red mouth: "Thank you, madam."
Su Cai'er leaned against him lazily. After the two of them washed up, they had breakfast again.
Zhao Ce did not allow her to go out to see him off, so Su Caier could only see him off in the room.
It snowed a little bit yesterday, but it stopped soon.
As of today, it has not snowed again.
There are people sweeping the snow on the streets all the time, and even the icy roads have special people cleaning them.
Zhao Ce did not need Xu Fang to follow him. He carried the new schoolbag he bought on the road and walked towards the Imperial College.
On the way, I saw several groups of officers and soldiers pushing some cooking utensils towards the city gate, presumably for disaster relief.
Zhao Ce withdrew his gaze, remembering what the old man said yesterday, and wondered if it was the old man who urged the arrangement?
After asking for directions on the way, Zhao Ce finally arrived at the gate of the Imperial College after walking a long distance.
Taking his admission documents, Zhao Ce easily entered the gate of the Imperial College.
The Imperial College of the Ming Dynasty, as the highest institution of learning in the Ming Dynasty, was established in the early years of Hongwu and has developed to the present.
Although the grades of the students in the Imperial College may not be as good as those in Nanzhili, it is still a place where people fight hard to get into.
Those who have honorary relatives, officials from the capital, etc., usually have only one quota for their families to attend.
During the Hongwu period, as Zhao Ce knew, if the supervisor was an official, he could get into some good work units.
Just like the famous scholar in history, Tie Xuan, who led the people to defend the Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, was directly appointed as an official by the Imperial College.
As for the rest, Zhao Ce doesn't remember much.
Later, those who became officials basically regarded those who took the imperial examination as their most valuable.
If the supervisory students at this time want to be officials, they will basically not be assigned any good positions.
Therefore, those who study there basically use the Imperial College as a springboard to take part in the imperial examination in the future.
Supervisor Zhang Huai saw Zhao Ce coming to report and directly verified his identity.
After the verification was completed, he said: "Uncle, although you are a newly conferred lord by the imperial court, since you have entered our Imperial College, you should abide by the rules of the Imperial College."
"When new students enter the prison, they need to take a test first, and they will be divided into classes according to your test scores."
To put it simply, it is a placement test.
Just like the government schools have Class A and Class B, the Imperial College also has classes.
Even if Zhao Ce has a title, he still has to take the exam.
After all, the most indispensable thing in the Imperial College is the descendants of Xunqi.
Although those nobles who have received titles usually drop out of school and stop studying, if they want to continue studying, they must follow the rules of the Imperial College.
The supervisor, Zhang Huai, assumed the attitude of a lecturer, briefly explained, and wanted someone to take Zhao Ce to take the exam.
Zhao Ce directly held up his hands and said, "Sir, I have a favor to ask of you."
Supervisor Zhang Huai felt a little unhappy at first when he heard Zhao Ce's words.
This has just been reported and something happened.
But then I thought about it, this man got the title through his own efforts and insisted on studying in the Imperial College. He must be someone with great ambitions.
Moreover, he was polite and called himself a "student", which made Zhang Huai feel a little more satisfied with him.
Zhang Huai said: "What's the matter?"
Zhao Ce explained: "I want to go to school and stay at home every day, so I can trouble you to convey the letter to the Lord Jijiu on my behalf."
As he said that, he took out the letter he had written.
Zhang Huai frowned slightly and took the letter from his hand: "The Imperial College is no better than your previous county school or government school. You can't just come and go when you want."
Zhao Ce naturally knew this, but on his way here, he also saw many day students.
Although they are all children from wealthy families, it shows that the rules of the Imperial College are not rigid.
Zhao Ce paused and said apologetically: "Master Zhang, of course I know this."
"It's just that I don't have a high official in my family, and my wife is young. She just followed me to the capital and found out the happy pulse."
"If I live in prison, I'm afraid there will be no one to take care of my wife and unborn child at home."
After Zhang Huai heard this, he looked at Zhao Ce in surprise.
This man is a young man, but he has already received a title from the imperial court, married a wife and had children?
In their Imperial College, there were a lot of people of his age.
Everyone is still taking advantage of their ancestors and studying hard, thinking of getting ahead early, getting married and having children.
Thinking about Zhao Ce, a man from a peasant family, who reached such a high position today, actually married a wife and had children early, it seems a bit wasteful...
With this status, he still chose to attend the Imperial College, but he should actually concentrate on his studies.
Pregnancy and childbirth are matters in the woman's backyard. Even if there is no high court in the house, don't there still be servants running errands?
It doesn't matter if a wife can't take care of her husband, but she still needs a husband who works hard outside to take care of her?
But these are other people's affairs, and it's hard for him as an outsider to say anything.
Zhang Huai came back to his senses and said reluctantly: "In that case, I will tell you on your behalf."
Zhao Ce looked at Zhang Huai's face and smiled slightly.
Chapter completed!