Red Mansion: Fuyao River and Mountain

Chapter 50 Qingshan Academy
But none of the noble family members like Liu Bi are fools. Jia Cong was injured so badly that he would not take it lightly as he said.

But after all, it was someone else's family affair, so he didn't say much. He was just angry in his heart that such talented children as the Cong brothers were mistakenly born in this crude family of military honors.

It is unreasonable that a mere family rule can humiliate a person to this extent. If it is more severe, it will take the person's life.

He waited until Jia Zheng came back after sending Wang Dong off, and then he said to Jia Zheng, "Master Jia, grandfather knows that Brother Cong has no school to go to now."

After hearing what Liu Bi said, Jia Zheng looked extremely embarrassed.

The so-called "no school to go to" meant that Jia She personally informed Dai Ru to expel Jia Cong from the clan school. It was rare to see a father setting a trap for his son in this way.

I didn't expect that this matter would reach the ears of Emperor Wenzong Liu Jing'an. It was so embarrassing.

Jia Zheng knew that the grandson of Mr. Jing'an in front of him had passed the imperial examination at the age of 20 and was somewhat famous in the capital city. He was exactly the type of scholar that he liked most.

Now that he has brought up such a weird thing at home, I feel completely embarrassed in front of this junior.

"Grandfather thinks Brother Cong is a promising talent and is afraid that he will delay his studies because of this, so he has recommended Brother Cong to Zhao Chongli, the head of Qingshan College, to study at the college."

Jia Zheng was shocked when he heard this: "What did you say? Jing'an Gong actually wants to recommend Cong to study at Qingshan Academy!"

The reason why Jia Zheng was so surprised when he heard about Qingshan Academy.

This is because Qingshan Academy is the most famous academy in Shenjing City, and perhaps the most prestigious academy in the entire Da Zhou.

In the eyes of scholars in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Qingshan Academy is even more important than the official Imperial Academy.

The Imperial Academy was the highest official academy in the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was based on the country's financial resources and had complete teaching facilities and a well-organized structure.

The regular teachers, chief academicians, deans, and supervisors in the prison were all officials with ranks.

The Imperial Academy's division of Confucianism into different disciplines and establishment of academies was a custom for the whole country and served as a model for the training and selection of scholars through the imperial examination system of the Zhou Dynasty.

Even in the past imperial examinations, many permanent officials in the Imperial College directly served as examiners and supervisors.

Therefore, if scholars wanted to gain a foothold in the imperial examination, studying in the Imperial Academy was a good choice.

But in terms of academic achievements alone, the Imperial College was not as good as the privately-run Qingshan Academy.

This is related to the different purposes of running schools.

The Imperial College was established to train talents for the country.

Since its establishment sixty years ago, Qingshan College has set the ambition of being a scholar who studies the work of saints and sages, rather than sticking to the imperial examination system.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, almost all the great scholars and celebrities who left their names in history books have gathered students and taught in Qingshan Academy.

The academic atmosphere is so prosperous that there is no other place in the world that can match it.

Qingshan Academy has another measure that is difficult to compare with the Imperial College.

The Qingshan Academy admits students regardless of their family background; only their talent and aptitude are valued, and they are admitted after assessment or recommendation.

The threshold for admission to the Imperial College was quite high for students from poor families, and the College also had a special system of students who were admitted through imperial supervision.

This was a system of preferential treatment set up by the imperial court to win over the noble families. Each generation of the nobles could benefit one person, who was called a Yinjiansheng.

After the Yinjian students have completed the enrollment period and passed the annual examination, they can skip the Tongshi and enter the Xiangshi directly.

This was an extremely unfair starting line for the imperial examinations for the children from poor families who were unable to enter the Imperial Academy.

In addition, the Imperial College later gave rise to various names such as the Tribute College, the Official College, and the Regular College, which further compressed the ways for children from poor families to advance.

In comparison, Qingshan Academy demonstrates its magnanimous spirit of teaching without distinction and unlimited learning, and is admired by scholars all over the world.

However, Qingshan Academy is the best academy in the world, but not everyone can get in. One must have outstanding talents and talents and rank first in the examination.

The second is to be recommended by the great scholars of the time.

The first way is the regular way to enter Qingshan Academy to study.

However, the second path rarely occurs, because all great scholars of the time have extremely high vision, and only those with extraordinary talent and gifts can be appreciated by them.

And how many such children are there in the world?

No wonder Jia Zheng was so shocked when Liu Jing'an recommended Jia Cong to study at Qingshan Academy. This old scholar actually thought so highly of Jia Cong.

Liu Bi smiled and said, "Grandfather really looks at Brother Cong differently. When I entered Qingshan Academy to study, grandfather did not recommend me.

I went to the academy to take the entrance examination, and from now on, Brother Cong will study with me in the academy, so I will have company."

As he spoke, he took out the admission certificate of Qingshan Academy, on which were signed the president of Qingshan Academy Zhao Chongli and the recommender Liu Yanxiu.

Jia Zheng looked at the admission letter from Qingshan Academy with a dazed look on his face.

The entrance examination to Qingshan Academy was waived, and students were directly recommended for admission by famous scholars.

For a scholar who has not yet entered school, it is a glory equivalent to winning the first prize in the imperial examination.

And such a beautiful girl from the Jia family will be raised in his own second house in the future. Jia Zheng's heart was filled with joy, and he stroked his beard and looked at Jia Cong with satisfaction.

At this time, Liu Bi said again: "I just didn't expect Brother Cong to be so seriously injured.

I will go back and tell Grandfather, and also inform Principal Zhao to postpone Brother Cong's admission to the hospital."

Zhao Chongli was a great scholar who was as famous as Master Jing'an. Jia Zheng always prided himself on being a scholar, so how could he not know that?

After hearing what Liu Bi said, his joy instantly turned into shame. Could it be that even Principal Zhao knew about such dirty things of the Jia family?
If Lord Jing'an and Principal Zhao knew about it, then that meant that the entire Shenjing scholar community knew about the Jia family's misdeeds.

The ancestors were so embarrassed that Jia Zheng felt as if he was blown to pieces by a violent storm. He was so... devastated.

Jia Cong looked at the simple and elegant admission certificate in Liu Bi's hand. Although he was surprised, he also felt uneasy and had some doubts.

He is not the young boy he appears to be, but a second-generation human being who has seen many deceptions, conflicts of interest, and selfish struggles among people.

Although he became famous for his poetry and calligraphy at the Nanxi Literary Conference, that was all he did. He and Liu Jing'an only met for the first time at the conference.

The other party thought so highly of him that he took the initiative to recommend him to study at Qingshan Academy.

Although there are reasons such as Jia Cong has no school to go to and he has rare talent, it would be a lie to say that there is nothing abrupt and it is all logical and logical. Even Jia Cong himself feels that he is deceiving himself.

He was not as pedantic as Jia Zheng, who thought that as long as he had some literary talent and fame, he would be able to be a free and easy scholar in the world, and all the famous scholars would praise him.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find the reason. He could only pay more attention to it in the future, hoping to figure out the mystery.

Fortunately, he could tell that Liu Jing'an meant well and would not harm him. As a bastard of the Jia family, he had no qualifications for such a position.

He was born in the Jia family in an obscure family, and suffered much humiliation and oppression, even those around him were not protected. His heart grew colder and colder, and he felt deep disgust for this immoral and evil mansion.

This Qingshan Academy might be an opportunity for him to leave the Jia family.

He suppressed his doubts and thoughts, and even though he was injured and unable to move, he gritted his teeth, stood up, and asked Liu Bi to take his gratitude to him.

After his injury heals, he will definitely go to Master Jing'an to express his gratitude.

(End of this chapter)