The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Going to the academy to study will give you a better chance of finding a good family in the future.

Moreover, if you go to school, when you grow up, you may be able to find a good job here like your daughter-in-law.

If you have a good job, why worry about not finding a good in-law?

So Zhang Wangshi proposed to let her daughter go to school in the future, and the old couple did not say anything against it.

Zhang Zhong, on the other hand, agreed with his wife's point of view.

"I think you are right." Zhang Zhong smiled and said, "Our family's life is really going to get better. Although we don't have much money left because of the new house, now we both make money at home, and we will be able to save money soon. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is the first festival spent in the new house. I think our family should make good arrangements! When the Chinese New Year comes, we will buy some things for the house."

"Okay." Zhang Wangshi smiled and responded.

The son and his wife have discussed it, and the old couple have no objection.

The children are also happy.

This means that there are delicious food, fun things, and new clothes. How can you not be happy?

The busy time passed quickly for Li Fu. In the blink of an eye, Empress Changsun also came out of confinement. Her body recovered very well. Under the conditioning of the imperial physician, she was much better than before.

Although the weather was still hot, it was no longer as hot as the summer heat, and it was much cooler in the morning and evening.

In Cuiwei Palace, Li Shimin had already taken people back to Chang'an City.

The palace had to start preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival in advance.

However, Li Shimin did not intend to let the queen work this time. There were so many concubines in the palace, couldn't he find someone to do something?

When he heard Sun Simiao say that the queen's body should not be overworked in Cuiwei Palace, Li Shimin took it to heart.

Empress Changsun originally wanted to work in the palace to share Li Shimin's worries. After much persuasion, Li Shimin persuaded her.

Li Fu looked at the letter in his hand that had been written for several pages.

A letter from Li Erfeng.

Oh, last time I only gave you a small note, but this time you wrote so much, didn't you?

Oh, you talk a lot when you mention your wife and children, right?

You are the only one who has a wife and children, right?

I...will have one soon!!!

Thinking of this, Li Fu folded the letter unhappily and stuffed it back into the envelope.

The letter also mentioned that Li Fu should watch the time and return to Chang'an City.

The things discussed last time are not finished yet.

Isn't the house the only one left unfinished in Zhuangzi?

Although Li Erfeng is not in Zhuangzi, he is still familiar with the situation in Zhuangzi.

The second phase of the academy has been completed, and the workers have evacuated, leaving behind a clean academy.

At present, only Li Fu's house is still under construction in the entire Zhuangzi.

Yan Liben and his team have also returned to Chang'an City.

Only Yan Lide, the official in charge of the craftsmanship, was left in the manor.

He supervised the construction of Li Fu's new house from beginning to end.

Most of the workers in the new house were young and strong men in the manor.

Those who left the construction site and wanted to return were turned away by the manager of the construction site, saying that they had found a replacement after the person left. There was only one position for each person, and it was impossible to come and go as you wish.

Several people who had left knelt down to the manager, but he still refused mercilessly.

It can only be said that no one is to blame for this.

Other people in the manor are working hard to make money and improve their lives.

Only a few of them seem a little out of place in the whole manor.

Now no one is free, except them.

Even the women in the manor are busy taking care of the family affairs all day long, and looking for any odd jobs to take on.

As long as you can make money, no matter how hard it is, it is worth it.

There is no work to do outside, and you are complaining at home.

You can only go to the fields every day and start to take care of the crops.

But now, what kind of work can you do in the fields?

The academy has been promoting for a long time and is finally going to start recruiting students.

Some people whose homes are far away from the village arrived at the village one or two days in advance.

When looking for a place to stay, they saw the inn in the trading area.

But the inn was built too well, and the money in their pockets was all used to send their children to school, so they had to find another way to live there.

The shacks that were originally left by the workers who built the academy in the village became a good place to go.

Some shacks that were not in the way were not demolished, because they might be used in the future. Who knows when the third phase of the academy project will start.

At present, the library of the academy is just a small library.The place is not big, but it has collected many common books on the market.

The library, the grandest building in the academy that Li Fu envisioned, has not yet been realized. That is the most important thing in the third phase of the project.

Those who came to the academy with their children for an interview stayed in the shack for one or two nights.

Finally, the day came when the academy officially began to recruit students.

The entrance of the academy was decorated very lively, and bright red silk was hung on the archway at the main entrance of the academy.

However, the archway now only has the four words "Jingyang Academy" inscribed on it.

There is no plaque hanging on the gate of the academy.

Li Fu had to keep this plaque first, and when he went to Chang'an, he would discuss with Li Erfeng to see who would write this plaque.

Is it Li Erfeng, or the retired emperor Li Yuan.

When they make a move, will they still have the nerve to write the four words "Jingyang Academy"?

At least they have to add the two words "Royal" right?

Otherwise, how can you be the president of the academy?

At present, the academy has not made any name for itself. Even if it recruits students, the quality of enrollment is far inferior to that of the Imperial College.

It is not only inferior, but also far behind.

However, everything has just begun, and Li Fu is confident about the future of the academy.

In terms of hardware, money can be spent, but in terms of software, more effort and time are needed.

Let's catch up slowly.

If it doesn't work, set two five-year plans.

One day, Li Fu will let Li Erfeng willingly and happily write the six-character plaque "Jingyang Royal Academy", stamp it, and hang it on the main gate of the academy.

The most important thing is to stamp it!

The entrance of the academy is bustling, and many people bring their children to study.

Outside the main gate, the teachers of the academy set up a row of tables, each with a special red sign on the table. Behind them was an open-air examination room with cushioned tables.

On-site enrollment is also divided into enlightenment and unenlightened children.

For children who have never been enlightened, the teacher only needs to ask some questions. If they are qualified, they will be issued a red sign and prepare for admission. After getting the red sign, they have to go to the notice board next to them to see the precautions for the start of school.

What to prepare, whether to stay at home, school canteen expenses, etc.

As for the enlightened children, they have to go to the back to take a written test.

Dictation, recitation.

In short, the teachers need to know what level the future students have learned, so that they can be assigned to schools at that time.

This year, there are only 200 enrollment quotas.

Because these 200 people may have to study in the academy for a few years, and they will continue to enroll next year. The number of students that the academy can currently accommodate is about 1,000.

After five years, a group of students will graduate from the academy.

This cycle continues.

If the scale of the academy is further expanded in the future, the number of students admitted will be relaxed accordingly.

At the door, after the teacher of the academy finished asking questions, he nodded to the child in front of him with satisfaction.

Then he drew a red stick and handed it to the child.

"Good child, take it, you can come to the academy to go to school." The teacher said to the child kindly.

The child excitedly took the red stick from the teacher's hands and bowed to the teacher.

"Thank you, sir."

The teacher smiled and nodded.

He is a polite and good child.

There are more and more people at the door of the academy. Some of them bring their children to go to school.

Some of them are underage and bring them here to see the world first.

There are also people who come here specifically to watch the fun.

Although they are watching the fun, they also seem to be very busy. They ask about this and that for a while, and they don't miss anything.

On the notice board, the servants of the academy kept telling the precautions of the academy.

"If you stay in the academy, you need to prepare your own bedding. There is a canteen in the academy. The food in the canteen is not expensive because the academy subsidizes it."

"Those who have received the red ticket and are eligible for admission can be accompanied by a parent to enter the academy and take the children to see the dormitory of the academy. They can also prepare bedding according to the requirements of the dormitory. At noon, the academy has a canteen and you can eat in the canteen."

After the academy was completed, there was a gatekeeper, and outsiders could not enter at will.

It was already noon when the two hundred students were enrolled.

The red tickets in the hands of the gentlemen of the academy were also distributed, so they got up and returned to the academy.

The servants of the academy hurried forward and moved all the tables and cases back.

The children and parents holding the red tickets were queuing up to check the tickets and enter the academy.

There are signs on the roads around the academy, wooden signs in the shape of arrows, with different directions and different places written on them, such asDormitories, canteens, and what kind of school.

At this time, irrelevant people outside, even if they are curious, cannot enter the academy.

Li Fu also specially asked the guards in the house to come to the academy to help maintain order.

In the canteen, Liu Niang brought her apprentices, and the spatulas were about to smoke. Pots and pots of food were brought to the window.

Although it was past meal time, because of enrollment, people came to eat after they were busy, so the so-called meal time was postponed.

People began to come into the canteen continuously, and the people in the kitchen who had vacated began to guide the people who came in and tell them how to get food.

First, you have to get a wooden tray, and then go to the window and tell the person who serves you what you want to eat. They know how much each portion is.

Then follow the passage and go to the checkout place.

A meal, one meat, two vegetables and two cakes, costs two cents.

If you don’t eat meat, two vegetables and two cakes cost one cent.

For those whose families are really in financial difficulty, students can work in the academy after class to earn some money to supplement their school expenses.

Considering this point, the academy does not recruit so many servants, just to leave some opportunities for students.

However, the money students earn from odd jobs cannot be compared with the regular jobs in the academy.

Li Fu was also curious about the academy's enrollment scene, but he didn't want to be too high-profile.

Everyone in the academy knew him. If he showed up, wouldn't he be surrounded by students' parents?

So Li Fu simply changed into a low-key outfit and took Wu Liangye with him to take a look from a distance.

As for what the academy looks like, doesn't he know it better than everyone else?

So he didn't have the curiosity to join in the fun.

"It seems that the academy is running well. There was nothing wrong on the first day." Li Fu said.

"Everything is fully prepared by Langjun in advance. Even if there is anything, it can be dealt with as soon as possible and will not affect it." Wu Liangye responded.

"Let's go, there's nothing to see here, Li Fu said, let's go visit old man Lu." Li Fu said, "Old man Lu may show up in the academy this afternoon. Many students come here for his name."

Lu Deming, a famous scholar in the Tang Dynasty, is also a doctor of the Imperial College.

Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, how many academies have this reputation?

Lu Deming has now moved to the residence prepared by the academy for the gentlemen, living in the middle of the street.

He is also paying attention to the enrollment of the academy all the time, but like Li Fu, he did not go to the scene in person.

"Sir, King Jingyang is visiting."

"Yes." Lu Deming nodded and responded, got up and walked downstairs.

The servant invited Li Fu into the living room.

"Old Lu, I just saw outside, the academy is very lively."

Lu Deming smiled when he heard it.

"You weren't recognized?"

Lu Deming could see that Li Fu's clothes today were really low-key.

Whose prince would wear a coarse cloth shirt?

This is the kind of clothes that ordinary people outside would wear when they work.

It's just that the shoes on his feet look a bit out of place.

In this weather, people outside are all wearing straw sandals.

Li Fu wore a pair of cloth shoes.

Well, it's okay.

"How dare I go into the crowd." Li Fu smiled: "Today's enrollment ends, and school will start in three days. I'm thinking, isn't it a bit tight?"

"It can't be tight, the notice has been issued, and it can't be changed." Lu Deming said: "Besides, when students come to the academy, even if they stay, there is not much to prepare. It's nothing more than taking bedding and toiletries from home. If there is nothing ready at home, there are some for sale here in the village."

People in the village started preparing when they knew that the academy was going to start enrolling students.

After all, many people participated in the construction of the academy and knew the academy very well.

When the academy was about to recruit students, the women in the family began to prepare some things that students could use for accommodation, and then they would set up stalls outside the academy to sell them.