So Muchuan was reassured that these people could successfully try it out.
It wasn't until the last person was registered that everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
It’s not that they’re afraid of a riot. After all, Master Mu’s proposed method of arranging three lines with a distance of one meter between each line can allow the defenders to stop the crowding immediately in its early stages.
It's just that so many people came with hope, and everyone felt uncomfortable when they thought that only 60 people could be left in the end.
Muchuan's mood was not much better. When he was traveling, he also saw many poor people, maybe from different races, but he didn't feel much compassion.
But now I see that in such a powerful Tang Dynasty, there are still so many people fighting for 10 taels of silver every month, and I feel very uncomfortable.
It seems that it is urgent to vigorously promote the cultivation of potatoes, cotton, etc.
It's a pity that he can't improve wheat and rice. Otherwise, he can improve the varieties and increase the yield.
After the registration was over, Muchuan quickly wrote a folding document, described the registration process today and what he was going to do next, and then sent the folding document to the palace.
Li Shimin did not give an approval. Generally, this situation means that Li Shimin agrees or is even satisfied, so he is too lazy to reply.
Li Shimin will only approve the statement if he really disagrees or if there are major loopholes.
Therefore, all the officials in Chang'an City, big and small, would ask people to leave immediately every time they were handed a certificate, in order to avoid Li Shimin's approval of the certificate.
Classes were available the next day after registration. After seeing the situation today, Muchuan decided to provide free dinners for the students for six days, including the test day, out of his own pocket.
This move made hundreds of students who signed up, especially poor students, very excited.
Because many people are from outside Chang'an, it is not practical to travel back and forth. They earn a few pennies doing odd jobs during the day, and spend a penny to live in a shabby house with a group of people at night.
When they saw Master Mu building temporary stoves in various temporary primary schools, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Their dinner was settled.
The lectures began. People who had worked odd jobs during the day were all sitting at the table and listening to the Master's lectures. Some people became more energetic as they listened, while others felt sleepy as they listened, especially those with little literacy.
Those who do not have a solid foundation in writing are like listening to heavenly books or reading astronomy.
When they thought about the purpose of their trip and the expectations of their families, they couldn't help but squeeze their thighs.
The opportunity to study for free is rare. You can listen as much as you want. If you don’t pass this time, you will have another chance next time. If you have more knowledge than others, wouldn’t you have a better chance?
There are many people who think this way, so even though it is a five-day temporary class, the teachers are very energetic in teaching.
There is nothing more satisfying than having someone listen carefully when you teach.
Every evening after classes are over, everyone goes to the courtyard of the school, where meals are already prepared and waiting for them.
Although it was just ordinary white flour steamed buns and stir-fried vegetables, because there was meat in it, everyone ate it very quickly. No one spoke in the whole yard, only the sound of eating was heard, and some people secretly wiped their tears.
How can he not cry when he thinks that his family has not eaten meat twice for many years, but now he can eat it every day, and he also eats white flour steamed buns?
On the evening of the sixth day, the Master did not teach any more, but issued a unified test paper for them to answer the questions.
By this time, the master could no longer laugh, because he found that those good students with bright eyes were exposing their knowledge bit by bit at this moment.
There are very few outstanding people, and most of the others can answer half of the questions, but there is no guarantee that they will be correct.
For the remaining few, I could only write my name, and could barely recognize some of the questions. After answering two or three questions, my face turned red and my neck became thick, and I was too embarrassed to answer any more questions.
The answer time is still one hour, which is the result set by the masters.
Although the actual time required to answer the questions only takes about a quarter of an hour, the masters believe that more time will give some people who write slowly a better chance of success.
It’s a translation anyway, and no writing is needed.
However, because Muchuan added the rule of allowing papers to be submitted in advance, within an hour or so, the students were almost done.
People outside Chang'an will stay one night tonight and leave after seeing the test results tomorrow.
Muchuan also knew this, so he worked with the masters to approve it overnight. Of course, the masters mainly approved and Muchuan supervised.
After all, some of the students are wealthy businessmen, and Muchuan must always be wary of these people bribing his wife.
At midnight, Li Shimin specially gave them supper and encouraged the masters to make corrections.
After a night of hard work, the list of winners was finally posted at midnight on the second day.
Some people cried, some laughed, and some sighed and left.
Those whose names are in the top 60 should go to the college immediately to get their name tags. It will be registration time in two days, and they need to check their name tags before they can enroll.
Among these sixty people, ten are children of wealthy families, and the remaining forty-odd people have attended private school for at least one year. Only one person has never attended private school. He comes from a poor family, but he knows a lot of words.
Muchuan also noticed that several trading issues were mentioned in the test paper. Although this person gave the answers in foreign languages, he also provided some insights from other perspectives in Chinese.
Muchuan deliberately memorized this person's name and would take a closer look at it later. Maybe he could make an exception and get him into the household department.
Or do financial work for yourself, help yourself with some shops, etc.
This way he can free himself to open shops and restaurants.
After Datang opened up to foreign trade, he also wanted to open more restaurants and shops abroad. It would be better to open a few thousand-year-old restaurants, which sounded much better than some century-old restaurants.
In later generations, what China lacks the most is century-old shops. Unlike Western Europe, the cafe on the street corner may be a century-old shop.
Muchuan organized all the test papers. These papers had to be shown to Li Shimin before they could be sealed and put into the document warehouse.
Those poor people may never have imagined that their handwriting would be left in the royal copy library.
After seven days of busy work, it was finally over. Muchuan finally felt at ease, and the subsequent registration and formal teaching had little to do with him.
But he didn't expect that on the first day of class, the college came to see him and something happened.
The cause of the accident was that someone pretended to be someone else.
Muchuan has seen too many imposters in later generations, but most of them were unable to obtain evidence due to the age, or there was obviously evidence but no way to hold them accountable.
So now when he meets an imposter, he doesn't panic at all.
First, he asked someone to take the sealed test paper bag, and then he followed the carriage to the college.
When we arrived at the college, we saw two people kneeling in the courtyard. They looked very similar, like two brothers.
When Muchuan came, they both shouted that they were wronged, and one cried more truthfully than the other.
