Chapter 652 Academy Competition
Shen Xia was confused. Are there no minor officials in the capital?
Why are there high-ranking officials everywhere?
No wonder in the previous life, everyone said not to go to Kyoto, because that was where all the officials gathered.
Any piece of door plaque that falls down can hit three officials, which shows how many officials there are in Kyoto.
Shen Xia finally understood what this statement meant.
Seeing how amiable Su's father and mother looked, I couldn't realize that Su Bingxing was actually the Minister of Justice!
The Minister of Justice is equivalent to the comprehensive functions of the Supreme Court, the Supreme Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Justice in the previous life.
His temperament is indeed different, but with a family background of the third rank and the status of a juren, Su Yan will definitely have no problem entering the Imperial College!
Then why is he in Expo Academy?
Are there many royal relatives in the Imperial College? Instead of dealing with complicated relationships, it is better to come to the Expo Academy.
But can they have such advanced ideas?
Su Bingxing looked at Song Jin and Song Ming and said, "The country is full of talented people," and then looked at his two sons and said, "You see, the two brothers of the Song family are not much older than you, and they both hold important positions in the court."
Su Yan looked at Song Ming and Song Yun and nodded politely: "Su Yan will definitely learn from you two adults."
Su Yan pouted and said, "I'm afraid I'm much younger! I'm only fourteen years old!"
Su Bingxing raised his hand and wanted to hit his youngest son, but he was afraid that others would laugh at him, so he said, "Song Zhuangyuan is only six years older than you." Then he looked at Su Yan and said, "Only one year older than you."
Su Yan was embarrassed: "Song Zhuangyuan is indeed excellent."
Seeing the embarrassment on Su Yan and Su Jin's faces, Song Yun said, "Master Su is too modest. We in the countryside only learn knowledge from books, unlike the capital where we have to learn the six arts. If they only learned one or two, I'm afraid they would have been on the list long ago."
Su Bingxing laughed when he heard this.
Su Yan said at this time: "I don't have enough knowledge, I'm still young, I have plenty of time."
After that, he looked at Xiaotian and said, "Xiaotian, you are so good at arithmetic. Will you sign up for the college competition next month?"
Xiaotian listened to Su Yan's question and looked at him in confusion: "What?"
To be honest, doesn’t Shen Xia know that there are competitions in the academy?
Su Yan looked at Xiao Tian's puzzled expression and explained, "Every year on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, all the colleges in the capital will participate in a six-arts competition, including Cuju. And at the final, His Majesty will personally present the awards. Xiao Tian, with your arithmetic, you can definitely win a place."
Su Lun became excited when talking about the competition.
Because they have competitions every year, he has participated every year, but he always ranks second in arithmetic and is almost the runner-up for a thousand years. This afternoon, he consulted Chen Xiaotian and found that his arithmetic is completely different from the way he learned it.
But the solution is simpler and easier to understand.
Shen Xia was puzzled: "Are you dividing the competition into age groups, or are you just selecting the best ones to compete together?"
Su Yan listened to Shen Xia's words and replied with a smile: "Let's compete together. The college will send various students with outstanding academic performance to participate in the competition."
Shen Xia understood now. This competition is actually not very fair if it does not distinguish between age groups. Those who are younger, such as those in the scholar class, have no chance to participate in the competition unless their results are extremely outstanding.
Because for the sake of their own reputation, each college will only send students with excellent academic performance to compete.
Su Yan continued to look at Xiaotian: "Xiaotian, do you want to go?"
Xiaotian glanced at Shen Xia and said, "Shake my head. Forget it. I just came to the academy and I'm not familiar with many things. You guys should go!"
Su Yan's originally bright eyes suddenly dimmed.
"Go! We have a companion too." Su Lun pleaded.
Every year in the comparison of the Six Arts, the Imperial College always occupies three first places, their academy occupies two first places, and Wenxuan occupies one first place.
If Xiaotian is there, then there will be no problem with arithmetic.
Their academy can surpass the Imperial College, hahahaha…
Su Lun felt happy just thinking about it in his heart.
But Xiaotian didn't want to go.
But Xiaotian felt that there were only a few people participating in a competition, and if he went, others would not be able to go. Besides, he did not like to stand out and just wanted to study quietly and get into high school as soon as possible.
Seeing that Xiaotian didn't want to go, Shen Xia didn't force him because Xiaotian was already fourteen years old.
At this age, many families in the capital city already have maids, so he is already half an adult.
Seeing that Xiaotian was unwilling, Su Yan pulled his brother and said, "A gentleman does not force others."
Su Yan lowered his head: "Okay!"
Everyone said a few more words, and Su Bingxing suggested leaving.
Shen Xia glanced at Song Yun.
Song Yun smiled and said, "It's already dinner time, how can I let you leave! Besides, the princess has prepared dinner, so it's okay for us to have dinner together as colleagues."
Su Bingxing asked Song Yun to sincerely keep the guest, and then said, "Then we will bother you."
Song Yun smiled and said, "No."
Originally Shen Xia was going to accompany Su Yao for dinner, but because there were guests, she did not go. Shen Xia asked Jixiang to tell A Yao.
Stop by the room and bring a can of wine.
Let her take the thirty-eight degree one.
Because Shen Xia didn't know how much Song Yun and the others could drink, because Shen Xia rarely saw what kind of wine they drank.
In fact, you can brew this wine yourself here.
why!
Because any bottled wine on the market that costs less than 500 yuan is not drinkable at all, it is all blended with alcohol.
It’s better to buy the liquor in bulk by weight.
The quality is a little better, but that kind of wine is not suitable as a gift.
After a while, Ming Ye had the servants serve the meal.
Very rich preparation.
It’s even richer than what’s in a restaurant, with all five flavors included, because no one knows what the guests like to eat.
So Ming Ye asked the kitchen to prepare all kinds of flavors, but the spicy dishes were not made very spicy, because the taste here in Beijing is not spicy, it’s just that Shen Xia and the others like spicy food.
There are four people from the Su family and seven people from the Song family, a total of eleven people.
At the beginning, we thought that there were many people in the Song family, so we deliberately made the tables bigger.
So it wasn't crowded at all for eleven people to sit down.
At this time, Jixiang also brought the wine.
There is a round plate in the middle of the table, and you can turn it to get whatever you want.
At this time, wine glasses and wine dispensers were all made of ceramic.
Song Yun took the bottle and poured wine for everyone, then passed the wine glasses to each person.
Mother Su looked at the table and said, "Mrs. Song, where did you buy this table? It's very interesting."
Mother Song smiled and said, "This was designed by Xia Xia herself. It's very practical."
When Su's mother heard the word Xia Xia, she immediately understood that this must be the princess's nickname.
After all, outsiders all respectfully call her Princess.
Shen Xia smiled and said, "If Madam Su likes it, I will give you the drawing later and you can just ask someone to make one."
Madam Su nodded: "Okay."