But when they discovered that this man who entered the Imperial Academy really came here to study... several of the disciples who were also emperor merchants looked at him like they were looking at a monkey.
Do you really think that after passing the exam, a scholar can get some ranking here?
You must know that this Imperial Academy is where the best talents from all over the country gather.
If you want to hang out with those knowledgeable people here, you must first get excellent results in the exams every ten days.
Those who can't get up or down, or even those at the end of the crane, will be despised from the bottom of their hearts by those aloof poor people.
These businessmen couldn't figure it out and could only attribute Mai Fan's behavior to being arrogant. They were waiting for the other party to bow to reality after passing a ten-day exam. Just like them, they came here mainly to climb the ladder.
It’s related.
The days were inexplicably calm until Mai Fan took the first ten-day exam after entering school.
Speaking of this exam, among the new students who entered the Imperial Academy, Mai Fan was the one who attracted the most attention.
It's not that he is any better than those disciples from high-ranking families, it's just that he is too young and has always behaved independently.
You could say that he was born into a poor family, but his food and food were more exquisite than those of ordinary officials.
You said he only wanted wealth, right? But when those rich kids went out to have a party, he didn't attend even one of them.
He was studying when others were having fun, and he was still studying when others were studying.
Never before has a person behaved as boringly as a decades-old nerd at his age.
It is this difference that makes many people focus on his achievements.
The examination was just like the formal provincial examination, which lasted for three days.
Of course, it is impossible for students to live in the superintendent. They are still allowed to go home after the exam and come back the next day to answer new questions.
The results will be released ten days after the exam is over.
According to the time and grades of Xiucai Superintendent's admission, Mai Fan was placed in the class of the first-time Superintendent.
The doctor who is responsible for teaching this class will give the questions according to the progress of the teaching course.
This year's scholar class will also be divided into three classes with different progress, A, B and C, based on the test scores.
The top fifty students who have the most thorough knowledge are naturally placed in Class A. The remaining two classes are ranked in order according to the rules, with the remaining 50-100 and 100-150 rankings.
Although this is not the final ownership of the three-year supervision students, it has great reference value for the gentlemen to understand the students' learning situation and provide targeted training.
This list is posted on the outer wall of the new class by the superintendent.
As long as you pass by here and enter the classroom, you will inevitably see your grades.
This is the only way the gentleman here can deal with those kids who are messing around.
If those people still want to show off, they won't look at the bottom results and not work hard.
Mai Fan calculated based on the difficulty level of the test questions this time. Even if these students are the top students in each place, his scores will not be very low.
Because it has reached the stage of the rural examination, it has already involved conception and problem-solving, and some aspects are even linked to the actual people's livelihood.
First, he was born as a merchant, and he cared more about logistics and people's livelihood than those children who were industrious and couldn't distinguish between grains.
The second one is the overall view he developed by standing on the shoulders of his predecessors, which makes him always two or three standards higher in solving problems than those who have never seen anything before.
And when Mai Fan saw his results, the result was just as he expected.
Even though he is the youngest among this group of people, his achievements...
"Mai Fan, eighth! Hiss..."
"Twelve-year-old Mai Fan? The son of that merchant family?"
"What is the name of the merchant? The Xue family is an imperial merchant and is related by marriage to the Wang family."
"Then the Royal Merchant is also a businessman! No matter how rich he is... Besides, isn't the Wang family a martial artist? How can any of these four families produce anyone who is well-educated..."
When Mai Fan heard this, he didn't take it seriously because he didn't take the words of those nobles to heart at all.
What he really cares about is the thoughts of the disciples from civil service families who are proud of their academic performance.
No, those people whose grades were lowered by Mai Fan were much more frightened than those playboys.
"How is it possible! Mr. Li Ge's grandson never passed Xue Pan's exam?"
"What is this? I remember that Lu Xueyi was the winner of the Little Three Yuan in Nanning Prefecture, right? He was also suppressed by Xue Pan? Doesn't this mean that if this Xue Pan went to Nanning Prefecture to take the exam, the title of the Little Three Yuan would not be at all
It can’t be under Lu Xueyi’s name, right?”
We must know that literati look down on each other. Who has ever admired someone who is truly academically sound and wants to take the imperial examination?
Everyone thinks that their knowledge is unparalleled, but when they take the exam... it's strange that they feel comfortable.
If they interact with each other on a daily basis and have similar family backgrounds, even if they are students from poor families, they will feel more comfortable.
However, their results this time were suppressed by Xue Pan, who was five or six years younger than them, and was very particular about food and clothing. Although he had checked in for accommodation, he always returned home to live...
Then they feel uncomfortable.
Then, after receiving his own results, Mai Fan sat in front of the desk and carefully studied the copied papers of the first few, when a shadow appeared in front of his eyes.
The first people to come to find trouble must be the noble disciples with relatively simple minds.
"Hey, you kid, you can do it. No wonder you don't join those stinky guys and come right in front of us."
"I wonder why, it turns out he is a talented man."
"It's extraordinary to be good at studying. You must look down on dandies like us, right?"
"Come on, you kid, tell me straight away. Do you look down on your brothers?"
Mai Fan, who was sitting at the table, blinked a few times, but his mind was racing with countermeasures.
These people were definitely instigated by those merchants and came here to cause trouble for him.
If I had complied with the wishes of these individuals and had been subdued, not to mention what would happen in the future, it would be equivalent to losing my character among literati.
No matter how good his grades are in the future, when others think of him, Xue Pan, he is just a master who flatters the powerful.
And his future plan is to be an official in the imperial court. If he shows the slightest bit of misbehavior today...he may not even be able to be a teacher in the future.
But he couldn't go head-to-head with his opponent and fight directly.
Mai Fan was confident that he could beat the opponent to death, but his current status did not allow him to attack the children of wealthy families just for the sake of temporary pleasure.
Neither soft nor hard will work. It seems that the only way he can go is to convince others with virtue.