Except for the gentlemen in Wenchang Academy who knew the inside story, everyone present was stunned.
After Su Xun came to his senses, he just wanted to shout that Kou Ji was a liar.
Two big-bodied men with round waists appeared in front of everyone, carrying killing sticks.
There was another person following behind them, holding a bench.
The stool was placed firmly in the middle of the examination room.
Two tall, round-waisted men bowed their hands towards Su Xun, making a gesture of invitation.
Su Xun's legs were almost weak for a moment, and he looked at Kou Ji who was hiding aside and snickering.
Kou, are you cheating on me?
Growing up, I have never heard of a school that accepts students and gives them a beating first.
In front of the officials, in front of the queen, in front of many important people, if you ask someone to spank me, how will I live in the future?
Seeing Su Xun's legs and feet trembling, Kou Zhun snorted coldly, "Are you afraid? If you are afraid, just retreat. We, Wenchang Academy, do not accept cowardly people."
A smile uglier than crying appeared on Su Xun's face.
He was really scared, but he didn't dare to retreat.
He's arrogant, but that doesn't mean he's stupid.
Today, famous scholars, civil and military officials from all dynasties gathered in Wenchang Academy.
And Zhao Zhen, the first person in the Song Dynasty, came here.
If he retires and becomes known as a cowardly person, he will have no chance of being associated with officialdom or literati in the future.
He actually doesn't care whether he becomes an official or not.
He actually doesn't care whether he becomes a famous scholar or not.
But he cares about his reputation.
He is a proud and arrogant person, so how can he be willing to live his whole life with the reputation of a cowardly person?
Su Xun gritted his teeth and said with a bright red face: "I'm not afraid..."
Seeing this, the two tall and round-waisted men made a gesture of invitation again.
Su Xun gritted his teeth, walked to the bench, and climbed up.
Seeing that Su Xun had leveled off, the two big, round-waisted men raised their buttocks, looked at each other, and smiled knowingly.
One of the men picked up the water and fire stick, spit into the palm of his hand, held the water and fire stick tightly with both hands, and swung it up.
"Crack!"
"ah!"
"..."
Su Xun screamed in pain.
It shocked everyone present.
The water and fire sticks fell crosswise.
Su Xun was trembling with pain, but she didn't scream anymore. She just gritted her teeth and cried silently.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen couldn't bear it, but he didn't speak and glanced at Queen Cao beside him.
Empress Cao understood and said, "Grand Master, isn't this a bit cruel?"
Kou Zhun clasped his fists at Empress Cao and said calmly: "Your Majesty, do you think it's cruel? I don't think so. As we all know, among the torture tools of the Song Dynasty, the water and fire sticks were the most commonly used.
Today, an old minister beat a student with a stick in public, and the empress felt aggrieved for him.
Those common people who went to the yamen to complain were treated with fire and water, who would feel aggrieved for them?
Most of the students who come out of Wenchang Academy will enter the official career in the future.
The old minister just wants to slap them and let them know how painful it is to be hit with a slap on the body.
When they become officials in the future and want to slap those innocent people, they will think of today.
You should be careful when using torture tools."
Kou Zhun spoke so loudly that almost everyone present heard what he said.
Some people who were dissatisfied with Kou Zhun's move immediately dissipated their dissatisfaction, and some only had deep respect.
Just as Kou Zhun was speaking.
Two men with big muscles and round waists have already finished swinging the fire and water sticks.
Su Xun received thirty strokes, and a blood plum blossom bloomed on her buttocks.
He gritted his teeth, washed his face with tears, and refused to move.
Kou Zhun said to Su Xun who was lying on the stool: "You are the first to be punished and you are young. I can grant you an exemption from other assessments and return to the school building to recuperate. After you recover, you can write a thousand words of reflections."
, give it to me.
If I think your sentiments are well written, I will accept you as a student."
Su Xun held back her tears and agreed.
Kou Zhun had someone carry Su Xun away from here.
After Su Xun left.
Kou Zhun faced everyone and said: "I just wanted you to see how strict the assessment for recruiting students to our Wenchang Academy is. Now that you have seen it, the subsequent assessment will become a round of four people."
Kou Zhun looked at all the young people who were interested in entering Wenchang Academy and said in a deep voice: "Then...who is next?"
When the teenagers heard the sound, they took a step back in fright.
Seeing this, Kou Zhun nodded with satisfaction, "It's good to know how to assess the situation. Most of you who dare to come to our Wenchang Academy to study are people with great ambitions. There is no need to suffer a slap in the face just to enter Wenchang Academy.
The reason why so many of you are gathered here is simply because you want to become my students.
But I am old and have few students to teach.
Even if you enter Wenchang Academy, you may not become my students.
So there is no need for you to suffer here.
In Bianjing City, in addition to our Wenchang Academy, there are also Imperial College and Imperial College.
Depending on your talents, it will not be difficult for you to be admitted to the Imperial Academy or the Imperial College."
Kou Zhun pointed to the Taixue Sacrifice Wine and the Imperial College Sacrifice Wine not far away, and said with a smile: "The Taixue Sacrifice Wine and the Imperial College Sacrifice Wine are both here. If you withdraw voluntarily, I can recommend you to them both.
Let you enter the Imperial College and the Imperial College to study."
When those young people heard this, they were very moved.
But the elders in the family who followed the teenagers and young people did not waver.
Seeing this, Kou Zhun continued: "Students in our Wenchang Academy are not allowed to be recommended to serve as officials. However, the imperial court will not accept recommendation documents from students who enter our Wenchang Academy."
As soon as these words came out.
The elders of the family who followed the teenagers and young people were all moved.
The reason why a large number of them sent their nephews to study at Wenchang Academy was because their children could not pass the imperial examination and wanted to become officials through the recommendation of the gentlemen in Wenchang Academy.
Now that Kou Zhun has spoken out and stopped their thoughts, there is no need for them to let their nephews enter the Wenchang Academy.
When Kou Zhun saw someone's intention, he immediately hit the mark while the iron was hot: "If students from the Imperial College and Imperial College fail the scientific examination, they can also be recommended to serve as officials."
As soon as these words came out, some people immediately left the examination room of Wenchang Academy with their nephews and nephews.
If someone takes the lead, others will naturally follow.
Some young people begged bitterly when they saw that their elders were unmoved.
The elders in the family did not dare to make any jokes in front of Zhao Zhen, so they could only leave with their nephews.
A moment.
Nearly a thousand people left the surrounding area of the examination room.
Zhao Zhen, who was sitting on the high seat, and the famous scholars beside him, looked at the young people leaving. There was a hint of coldness in the young people's eyes.
Seeing that there were still many people in the examination room, Kou Zhun continued: "Everyone who enters our Wenchang Academy needs to study for nine years. After nine years, they can graduate. After graduation, they can take the scientific examination.
After enrollment, those who take the scientific examination will have their academic status cancelled."
As soon as these words came out, some older young people left the vicinity of the examination room sadly.
Some well-connected families, who were unwilling to let their children wait nine more years, also took their children out of the examination room.
For a while.
Most of the people around the examination room had left.
Seeing this, Kou Zhun nodded slightly, "The assessment continues..."
The sound of the board rang again.
A group of four people.
Countless people cried for father and mother after being beaten.
Some young people who thought they were strong-willed and able to endure pain ran away crying after being hit twice.
The elders in their family could only take them away sadly.
The sound of the board rang from noon to evening.
More than a thousand people were beaten.
But those who carried it over were less than 600.
The students who have carried the board cannot be considered as students of Wenchang Academy.
They are not as lucky as Su Xun, and Kou Ji can help them get through the back door.
They will then need to go through two assessments.
It's just three days later.
Because they need three days to recover from their injuries.
Kou Zhun arranged for those students who passed the first round of assessment to live in the school building in Wenchang Academy.
He and the famous scholars in Wenchang Academy accompanied Zhao Zhen to eat and drink together.
Some famous scholars were interested in showing off their knowledge in front of Zhao Zhen.
So a meal and drink turned into a literary gathering.
It lasted until midnight.
Zhao Zhencai left Wenchang Academy under the respectful send-off of Kou Zhun and his grandson.
After Zhao Zhen left.
Kou Zhun, Kou Ji's grandparents and their grandchildren went to the school building to rest together.
While walking along the stone path of the school building, I heard a cry.
"Kou Ji! You liar! I hate you!"
Grandfather and grandson stood at their feet.
Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Ji and said, "There is someone who still misses you so late at night. Go and see."
Kou Ji smiled bitterly, "I'll take my grandfather back to his room first."
Kou Zhun shook his head and said, "It's okay. The lights are brightly lit here and there are servants patrolling around. I'll be fine."
Kou Ji hesitated and nodded.
Kou Zhun put his hands behind his back and went to rest in his school building.
Kou Ji followed the sound and soon arrived in front of a school building with lights on.
"Why are you shouting? You are not allowed to sleep in the middle of the night."
Kou Ji opened the door of the school building, entered the school building, and saw Su Xun lying on the bed wailing with red eyes.
His roommate Wen Yanbo covered his head with the quilt and refused to talk to Su Xun.
When Su Xun saw Kou Ji, it was as if he was seeing an enemy, and he yelled hurriedly: "Kou Ji, you lied to me! You harmed me!"
Kou Ji stared, "What have I done to you?"
Su Xun shouted: "You made me get beaten! You made me get beaten in public!"
Kou Jileng snorted: "Otherwise, how could you enter Wenchang Academy?"
Su Xun shouted angrily: "I can come in based on my ability."
Kou Ji laughed and said: "Being beaten is the first test of Wenchang Academy. It cannot be avoided by anyone who is capable."
Su Xun gritted his teeth and said, "Then I shouldn't be the first one."
Kou Ji said disdainfully: "If you are not the first to be beaten, what qualifications do you have to enter Wenchang Academy?"
Su Xun shouted in humiliation: "I am knowledgeable!"
"knowledge?"
The disdain in Kou Ji's smile became even stronger, "Are you knowledgeable? The little knowledge you have in your belly is probably not even one-tenth of the roommate next to you. I passed the first test of Wenchang Academy today.
Any student you pull out will be more knowledgeable than you."
Su Xun was speechless by Kou Ji, and his face turned red with anger.
After a while, he choked out a sentence.
"I'm smart enough!"
Kou Ji was happy when he heard this, "How dare you say that you are smart in front of an important court official who is only a few years older than you?"
Su Xun suddenly couldn't say a word anymore.
Kou Ji snorted coldly and said: "In three days, the roommate next to you will take part in the remaining two assessments. You can ask him the test questions and take a look at them.
If you get the test questions, you still have the nerve to say that you are knowledgeable, and you still have the nerve to say that you are smart.
I will admit that you, Su Xun, are really smart."
I left these words behind.
Kou Ji ignored Su Xun and left the school building.
Fortunately, Su Xun is still young.
If a person of similar age to Kou Ji said this to Kou Ji, Kou Ji would have him hung up and beaten.
After Kou Ji left.
Su Xun was silent in the school building for a long time, and then looked at Wen Yanbo who was hiding under the quilt and remained silent from beginning to end.
"He said you are more knowledgeable than me..."
From the bottom of his heart, Wen Yanbo didn't want to talk to Su Xun.
But after hearing Su Xun's question, he blurted out.
"Aren't you talking nonsense?"
Su Xun stared blankly, "Are you really more knowledgeable than me?"
Wen Yanbo stretched out his head from the quilt, glanced at Su Xun, and said dissatisfied: "You, Su Xun, are indeed talented in poetry. But when it comes to scriptures, you know nothing about it.
After all, poetry is a small way, and scriptures are the way to heaven.
Do you, Su Xun, think you are smart?
Are the others just idiots?
Who is the fool who can enter Wenchang Academy?
The person just now joined the officialdom at the age of sixteen, and in less than five years, he was promoted from a seventh-grade official to a third-grade official.
Ding said that Yan Shu had all fallen into his hands.
Ding said that few people have long-term wisdom and have the ability to remember things.
At the age of fourteen, Yan Shu became famous all over the world.
Of the two people above, that one is not a hundred times smarter than you, Su Xun.
Even they were defeated by that man.
This shows how smart and powerful that person is.
You actually have the nerve to pretend to be smart in front of him.
If you are not ashamed, I will be ashamed for you.
After a few days, after passing the last two exams, I will definitely ask the school to change the school building.
I don't want to live with a moron."
After listening to Wen Yanbo's words, Su Xun's face turned red and he whispered: "I was also quick to speak..."
"Haha... I was so quick to speak for a moment..."
"..."
Wen Yanbo was too lazy to talk to Su Xun and continued to cover his head with the quilt.
Su Xun said angrily: "Don't you think it's too much for Wenchang Academy to treat the rod punishment as one of the assessment items for students?"
"You're a fool who doesn't know how to be blessed when you're in the midst of blessings. I'm too lazy to talk to you."
"What do you mean by this? Please tell me clearly."
"Huh huh... If it had been a thirty-killing stick, you would have been beaten to death long ago. How can you still be so angry and shouting here?"
"What else is there about the Killing Stick?"
"Read more..."
"What does this have to do with reading?"
"If you read more books, you won't have to look so ignorant."
"Whoever is ignorant, please explain clearly to me."