Zhou Xing, Hao Chujun and others had just finished the exam and were discussing going back, but they didn't expect someone to shout that Li Shimin was coming out, which also attracted everyone's attention at once, speaking of which Zhou Xing and they had seen Li Shimin when the library first opened, but at this time they still couldn't help but want to look at His Majesty the Tang Emperor again.

But what everyone didn't expect was that they suddenly saw a few stewards suddenly come out of the gate of the academy, carrying a wooden sign with a list in their hands, and then gently placed it next to the gate, which seemed to be posted with an imperial list, the so-called imperial list, which was drawn up by the Ministry of Rites, and the emperor covered the jade seal.

Zhou Xing, Hao Chujun and others saw that the imperial list was posted in front of the academy, and they couldn't help but show a surprised look at the moment, and then everyone surrounded them.

The previous list is nothing, but when they saw the substantive content behind, some people couldn't help but read it out in a low voice: "All students who are admitted to Zhongnan Academy, if they cannot afford the constraints of the academy due to their poor families, can borrow money from the bank without any collateral, and after they graduate and have income, they can repay the loan to the bank month by month......

Seeing the above content, many readers below showed a look of joy, after all, there are not a few poor scholars like Zhou Xing and Hao Chujun, they were already worried about the problem of being admitted to the academy, but they didn't expect the imperial court to allow them to borrow from the bank, you must know that if other people want to borrow from the bank, they must have collateral, but they don't need any collateral, this news is simply too timely for them.

"Brother Hao! We ......" Zhou Xing in the crowd also grabbed Hao Chujun's shoulder excitedly at this time, his face was also red with excitement, compared to others, Zhou Xingcai is really a family of extreme poverty, if Hao Chujun can still take out the bundle if he squeezes it, but he can't squeeze out the money anyway, and now he finally dispelled the biggest worry in his heart.

"Excellent, Your Majesty...... Your Majesty is really ...... It's really ......" Hao Chujun said equally excitedly at this time, but halfway through, he didn't know how to express his excitement, and there were many people like him around, and only after a while did there be an excited discussion.

At this moment, I saw a group of guards rushing out of the gate of the academy, and then isolated a clearing in front of the door, and then saw Li Shimin and a group of courtiers walking out of the gate, and the students who were grateful to Li Shimin outside the door saw Li Shimin come out, and immediately knelt on the ground and shouted: "Long live my emperor!" ”

"No rudeness!" Li Shimin raised his hands slightly at this time, and he also had a warm smile on his face, as if he didn't have the slightest king's frame.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The people below said excitedly again, and then slowly got up, many people also looked at Li Shimin with a fanatical face at this time, after all, His Majesty the Emperor's martial arts are very good, making the world peaceful and rich, and what is even more rare is that they are so concerned about these scholars, and even the cost of studying in the academy is taken into account, how can they not be grateful?

Li Shimin saw the fanatical eyes of these scholars, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction at the moment, and Li Xiu, who was standing behind him, also smiled proudly, because this method was also suggested by him to Li Shimin, after all, student loans in later generations have been very common, and it is also applicable to Datang, anyway, every student needs to register as a student, and he is not afraid that they will not repay it in the future.

"I am also very happy to come to the academy today, because I know that each of you is the pillar of the country, so I have ordered someone to build this academy for you, for you, this academy is the step for you to enter the court, it depends on whether you have the courage and ability to step through this step into the court and become my humerus minister!" Li Shimin said loudly again at this time.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" When the people below heard Li Shimin's words, they also shouted again, and some people burst into tears with excitement, after all, His Majesty the Emperor has a lot of opportunities, and he can still remember them, which is enough to show that the imperial court attaches great importance to them, and many scheming people are greatly surprised, because the more the imperial court attaches importance to them, it means that they may have a greater advantage in the imperial examination in the future.

At that moment, Li Shimin encouraged these scholars in front of everyone, and then got into his own car, Li Xiu and the others also got on the horse in turn, and then slowly left Zhongnan Academy. Zhou Xing and the others in the crowd also looked at Li Xiu, the important ministers of the court, excitedly, and fantasized that one day they could become a member of the other party.

Li Xiu looked at the crowd around him after getting on the horse, and couldn't help but understand Li Shimin's emotion of "the world's talents, all in my place", as far as he knows, almost all the scholars in Chang'an and Luoyang and other places rushed to Chang'an, and now they are all concentrated in front of the two academies.

However, Li Xiu didn't see Zhou Xing and Hao Chujun in the crowd, after all, there were too many people around, and even Li Shimin's car was a little difficult to drive, and finally he finally went down the mountain, and then rushed to Chang'an along the road down the mountain.

Then when Li Xiu and the others came to the foot of the Nanshan Academy, Li Shimin specially ordered people to stop, and then opened the car window to look in the direction of Nanshan Academy, because the mountain is not high, so from the foot of the mountain, you can also see the situation in front of the academy on the top of the mountain, although there are many people in front of Nanshan Academy, but compared with the situation of Zhongnan Academy just now, there is still a bit of a gap.

"It seems that Nanshan Academy hasn't recruited many students!" Li Shimin looked at the Nanshan Academy on the top of the mountain in the distance, and said with some schadenfreude at the moment.

"Your Majesty, the minister has already sent someone to inquire before, Nanshan Academy only recruits students who will participate in the imperial examination next year, but only about a hundred people are enrolled today, but Zhongnan Academy has enrolled more than 150 people, if you count the students in the ordinary class, the number of students enrolled in Zhongnan Academy is about three times that of Nanshan Academy." At this moment, I saw the eldest grandson Wuji coming forward with a smile.

"Very good, I have already told Xiao Yu just now, let him keep an eye on teaching, and in the imperial examination next year, he must not lose to Nanshan Academy!" Li Shimin heard the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, and couldn't help but smile and nodded, although the number of students may not say anything, but at least it is a good sign, as long as next year's imperial examination can overwhelm Nanshan Academy, then in the future, Zhongnan Academy can justifiably claim to be the first academy in the world, and in the battle with the family, Li Shimin will once again have the upper hand.

Li Xiu next to him couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard Li Shimin's words, in fact, it doesn't matter whether Zhongnan Academy can overpower Nanshan Academy, the important thing is that the imperial court also has a academy in its hands, so that the world's scholars will have one more choice, so that the family cannot form a monopoly, otherwise, if all the world's scholars go out of Nanshan Academy, won't the imperial examination become the family's playground?

The enrollment of the academy is not only one day, but three consecutive days, which also gives those who are far away from studying a chance, but compared with the first day, there are not many students enrolled in the next two days, after all, most of them have registered on the first day, and the qualified students on the second day are also listed, and the result is naturally a lot of joy and sorrow.

Three days later, the imperial examination class of Zhongnan Academy enrolled nearly 300 students, but the ordinary class enrolled more than 600 students, and this number was also shocked by countless people, because the adjacent Nanshan Academy finally enrolled only 200 students who would participate in the imperial examination next year, and in addition, there were only dozens of children of the family who studied with the enrolled students.

It can be said that in terms of the number of students alone, Zhongnan Academy has already won a beat, of course, the reason why Zhongnan Academy can recruit so many students, one of the most critical factors is that the bank provides loans for students of Zhongnan Academy, as soon as the news comes out, many students from poor families have also flocked to Zhongnan Academy, after all, this opportunity is too rare, and with the spread of this news, it is estimated that more people will come to Chang'an to study in the future, and then Zhongnan Academy will be unmatched in terms of scale alone.

However, the bank's loan was only provided to the students of Zhongnan Academy, but Nanshan Academy did not have a share, which made the family also very dissatisfied, so before the enrollment ended, some people wrote books one after another, asking the imperial court to treat them equally, Li Shimin naturally would not agree, and Li Xiu also bit the bank for insufficient funds to support the students of the two colleges, and the matter ended up in the end.

With the end of enrollment, the affairs of the academy have also temporarily settled the dust, but this matter has just begun, the most critical thing is the imperial examination a year later, when it is the time for the imperial court and the family to compete, so the two academies are also holding back their strength, putting all their energy on teaching students, although there may be bias during the imperial examination, but that is the left way, and the strength of students is the king.

Time passed quickly, and Su Dingfang's side in Liaodong also began to prepare for the next round of offensive against Goguryeo, so Pei Xingjian also had to say goodbye to Wanniang, and then rushed to Liaodong to participate in the war, and Li Xiu has also been paying attention to the war in Liaodong, if everything goes well this year, maybe next year, at the latest, Li Shimin will definitely not be able to help but attack Goguryeo in an all-out way.

However, what Li Xiu didn't expect was that just when he was putting all his energy on Liaodong, he didn't expect a big change to happen in the southwest.