The eastern sky was slightly white, Zhou Xing and Hao Chujun were already dressed neatly, and then hurried out of the courtyard door to the direction of the library, there were already many food stalls on the road to start doing business, and the two of them also bought two Hu cakes by the way to eat while walking, when they came to the library, they found that there were already more than a dozen young people who looked like scholars waiting here.

"Brother Hao!" As soon as Hao Chujun appeared, those scholars also greeted him one after another, and Hao Chujun also returned the salute one by one, occasionally a few people who knew Zhou Xing also smiled slightly, Zhou Xing also smiled, these people are Hao Chujun's friends, most of them are his classmates in Guozijian, and a small number of them are some people who went to Beijing to take the exam.

After the arrival of Zhou Xing and Hao Chujun, some came one after another, and finally there were about twenty people, and at this time, I saw two big carts and horses galloping over, stopping in front of Hao Chujun and others, and then Hao Chujun beckoned everyone to get on the bus, because today is the day of the academy's enrollment, and they are all students who are preparing to apply for the academy.

Even if there are two carriages, but the twenty of them are still a little crowded to sit on, but Hao Chujun and others have no one to complain, in fact, Hao Chujun's friends have one thing in common, that is, life is not very rich, the cost of hiring a carriage is expensive, and they are generally reluctant to hire a carriage, but today's situation is special, after all, this is too far away from Nanshan, if you only rely on your legs, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk in the afternoon, maybe the enrollment will be over, so they have to have a luxury.

Hao Chujun and Zhou Xing and the other eight people were crowded in the carriage, although it was very crowded, but everyone was very excited, talking all the way, after all, they were all scholars, and they also had common topics with each other, not to mention that they all had to apply for the academy, so everyone was also very interested.

"Brother Hao, do you really want to apply for the Zhongnan Academy?" At this moment, I suddenly saw a tall and thin reader in the carriage asking Hao Chujun.

"Yes, Zhou Xing and I are both going to go to Zhongnan Academy to give it a try, Brother Wu, which academy are you going to apply for?" Hao Chujun nodded with a smile, and then asked the other people here about the academy they wanted to apply for.

"I'm going to go to Nanshan Academy, I heard that many erudite Confucians have rushed to Nanshan Academy to teach this time, if I can get in, I can ask these Erudite Confucians in person in the future!" I saw that the tall and thin scholar surnamed Wu was the first to speak, and when he talked about the situation when he entered Nanshan Academy in the future, his face also showed a look of yearning.

"I think Nanshan Academy is probably not so easy to enter, I heard that there are already many children of the family who have entered the academy to study, so that there are fewer places left for outsiders, and the family has always been arrogant, looking down on us scholars from the Shu clan, so I have no interest in Nanshan Academy, from the beginning of knowing Zhongnan Academy, I decided to go to Zhongnan Academy!" At this moment, I saw another scholar also speak, and when he mentioned the family, his face also showed a little indignation, it seemed that he really had a lot of resentment against the family.

As these two people spoke, others also expressed their opinions, some people chose Nanshan Academy, and some people chose Zhongnan Academy, Zhou Xing secretly counted it, and found that counting him and Hao Chujun, there were only six people who chose Zhongnan Academy, so it seems that Zhongnan Academy is more attractive among scholars, after all, it has the support of the imperial court behind it, but it is also very limited, after all, not everyone has so many news channels like Hao Chujun.

The carriage galloped all the way, and it was almost noon, and they finally arrived at Nanshan, because the enrollment time was in the afternoon, so they still had enough time to prepare, and the two academies were very close, in fact, Nanshan Academy and Zhongnan Academy were on the two adjacent hills, and the mountains of Nanshan were not high, even if they walked, there was only half an hour between the two mountains.

Among them, Nanshan Academy is a little closer to Chang'an, and because it is still early, Hao Chujun and they also got off the carriage from here, planning to go to Nanshan Academy to have a look first, even if they don't plan to report here, but it does not prevent them from being curious about Nanshan Academy.

When Hao Chujun, Zhou Xing and others got out of the carriage, they found that the front of Nanshan Academy was also crowded with people, especially at the foot of the mountain, there were vendors who heard the news and came to do business.

Hao Chujun and Zhou Xing ate a hu cake in the morning, but they were not hungry at this time, so the two of them walked up the mountain road and came to the door of Nanshan Academy, only to find that it was already crowded with people, originally they wanted to go in and have a look, but they found that the door of Nanshan Academy was closed, and they asked others to know that it turned out that before enrollment, the academy strictly forbade anyone to enter.

Seeing that Nanshan Academy was not allowed to enter, Hao Chujun and the others couldn't help but have a feeling of "coming while they were in a hurry and returning in a bad mood", and Nanshan Academy not only had a closed door, but also a high wall around it, except for a few tall corner towers, almost nothing could be seen, and many people around showed disappointed expressions like them.

"Brother Hao, look, there are so many people around there, let's squeeze over and have a look!" At this moment, Zhou Xing suddenly found that there were many people crowded next to the gate of Nanshan Academy, as if they were looking at something.

Hao Chujun was also a little curious when he saw this, so he squeezed over with Zhou Xing, and found that there was a list posted inside, which wrote some of the enrollment process of Nanshan Academy, Hao Chujun read it carefully, and found that the enrollment of Nanshan Academy is divided into two steps, the first step is the written test, which is asked by the Mr. of Nanshan Academy, and only students who have passed the written test can proceed to the next step, that is, they need to be interviewed by the Mr. of the Academy in person, and only through these two steps can they enter the academy.

"Brother Hao, you said that if you are admitted to Nanshan Academy, do you need to be restrained?" After reading the content of the admissions list, Zhou Xing suddenly asked Hao Chujun a very practical question.

The so-called bundle, that is, the gift brought by the apprentice, the teacher must have to be restrained when the teacher accepted the disciple, but the academy is different from the traditional master-apprentice teaching, so there is no precedent for what to pay for this bundle and how much to pay, of course, the most important thing is that Zhou Xing is too poor, if the academy collects too much money, I am afraid he can't afford it.

Although Zhou Xing's voice was not loud, there were too many people around, so some of them still heard his words, but a young scholar in brocade looked at him with some disdain and said: "Vulgar, that is, seeking knowledge, why should you care about these pickles, it is really vulgar!" ”

The young man in brocade flicked his sleeves and left after speaking, and some other people also showed disdainful expressions, and even took a step back, as if they disdained to be in the company of ordinary people like Zhou Xing, and Zhou Xing's face was also red with shame, after all, everyone is a scholar, and it does seem too tacky to talk about money.

However, there are still many people around who do not despise Zhou Xing, but also show a thoughtful expression, after all, not all of the people who come to study today are not worried about food and clothing, and there are still many people who are like Zhou Xing and Hao Chujun, and their lives are not very well-off, so they must also consider such a practical problem as shackling.

In the face of other people's contempt, Hao Chujun said without changing his face: "The bundle must be paid, after all, we not only have to study in the academy, but also heard that we will have to eat and live in the academy in the future, and these expenses need to be borne by us personally, in fact, just like Guozijian, but it is not written in the list, and we don't know how much this bundle will have to pay?" ”

As soon as Hao Chujun's words came out, many scholars around him who were not wealthy also showed worried looks, if the constraints of the academy were too high, I am afraid they would not be able to afford it, so even if they could be admitted, it would be useless.

In front of Nanshan Academy, there was no other useful thing except for the list, Hao Chujun and Zhou Xing stayed for a while and felt bored, so the two went down the mountain, and it was noon at this time, so the two of them ordered two bowls of vegetarian cakes at the food stall at the bottom of the mountain, and they were ready to go to Zhongnan Academy when they were full.

However, just as Hao Chujun and the two of them had eaten halfway, they suddenly heard someone shouting, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty's car is coming! ”

Li Shimin is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he has defeated foreign enemies one after another over the years, making the Tang Dynasty rich and strong, and his personal prestige has almost reached its peak, so when the people under the mountain heard that Li Shimin's car was coming, they all flocked to the side of the road, stretching their necks one by one and waiting to see Li Shimin's car. Hao Chujun and Zhou Xing couldn't sit still, so they took a few bites of rice into their mouths, and then paid the bill and squeezed together with others to watch.

However, the first to arrive was not Li Shimin's car, but the forbidden army that opened the road, after all, there were too many people around, and the road had been blocked, of course, this was also because the road in Nanshan was not wide, and finally under the push of the forbidden army, it was not easy to open a road for Li Shimin's car to pass.

Immediately afterwards, I saw a team of honor guards coming from a distance, and people on both sides of the road also knelt down to greet them, Hao Chujun and Zhou Xing secretly looked at Li Shimin's honor guard in the crowd, and found that in addition to Li Shimin's car, there were many ministers riding horses behind, and what made Zhou Xing excited was that he actually saw Li Xiu following Li Shimin's honor guard, but because there were too many people, Li Xiu did not see him.

After Li Shimin's car passed, people on both sides of the road got up one after another, and Zhou Xing said to Hao Chujun excitedly: "Brother Hao, Your Majesty is going to Zhongnan Academy, let's go too!" ”

Hao Chujun was also very excited, and immediately pulled Zhou Xing to run to Zhongnan Academy, and many people around him also had the same idea, but the crowd on the side of Nanshan Academy almost decreased by half at once, which is also the effect that Li Shimin wanted to achieve when he came to Zhongnan Academy in person.