Chapter 57: Luming Academy.

Today's state affairs have ended. In the solemn and silent imperial palace, Emperor Qing listened to Eunuch Hou's report.

The atmosphere in the imperial study was even colder than usual. The incense in the incense burner beside continued to burn, with a wisp of green smoke coming out intermittently, and a lot of incense ash was burned out. It was evening now, and the door of the imperial study was open, reflecting the setting sun, making everything in the room look golden.

Emperor Qing was wearing a white cotton silk casual suit, with a jade-gold ribbon wrapped around his waist, and a few strands of black hair hanging on both sides of his head. He was lying casually on the warming rack, holding in his hands the poems of Fan Xian and Li Ang that the eunuch had bought from Danbo Bookstore today.

"Did he say that?" Emperor Qing asked softly. Only his voice could be heard in the room, and no other noise could be heard: "The poems in this collection are all excellent works! Are these really written by them?"

"To reply to your majesty, that is what Scholar Li said." Eunuch Hou bowed and answered quickly.

Emperor Qing seemed to be fascinated, his expression was focused, "That's good. By the way, tell me in detail about his movements and expressions when he answered."

After listening carefully and recalling for a moment, Eunuch Hou said intermittently: "When Li Xueshi heard the news, he was surprised for a moment, and then he answered the slave. He might be surprised that the academy was built so quickly."

"I'm not surprised by this!" Emperor Qing said coldly: "This ninth rank is not comparable to the Grandmaster, it's just a pity for these poems."

After Emperor Qing finished speaking, he fell silent and continued reading the poetry collection.

"Yes." Eunuch Hou responded, then lowered his head, appearing even more respectful.

The hall suddenly fell into silence, with only the lights on.

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On the morning of the next day, Li An took his disciples, packed up the teaching materials, and went to Luming Academy to work.

The 100,000 taels of silver from Prince Jing were delivered to Wanshizhai last night, which was another big deal that Li An had made in recent days.

As for the disciples, they would naturally go with him to the academy. It didn't matter who he taught, and adding these eighteen students wouldn't have any impact, and it wouldn't slow down his progress.

As the principal and teacher, I won't take things easy, but I won't work too hard either. The academy naturally has many teachers to teach, so I'm not the only one working.

If Li An really has other things to do or wants to slack off, he can ask Kaijia, Xu Sheng and other disciples to help teach the students in the academy. Don't underestimate these disciples who have just turned 13. After this period of cramming education and feeding with elixirs, judging from their academic progress, they are more than qualified to be a college teacher. Moreover, their martial arts have reached the sixth level. If they work harder, they can catch up with Fan Xian's progress when he was 16 years old with elixirs.

After arriving at the academy, Li An learned that there were no classes on the first day. It was just that the students and teachers were getting to know each other, and Li An, as the academy's chief priest, naturally had to come out and say a few words to establish the academy's rules.

In his previous life, Li An hated leaders giving speeches at meetings, so he casually said a few words about being friendly to classmates and respecting teachers. Then he said that he would also teach classes and would have a class every day.

The students were very happy to hear this. They were all descendants of high-ranking officials. At the very least, they had certain connections, otherwise they would not be able to get into the academy established by Emperor Qing. The students were both male and female. When they came, the elders in their families told them that the chief priest of the academy was very capable and his martial arts might be that of a great master. They were told to keep a low profile after going to the academy. The biggest taboo was to offend the chief priest, which would bring disaster to the family.

Now, hearing Li Ang say that he would teach the class himself, all the students became excited, thinking to themselves, is the Grand Master going to teach them martial arts?
"I think you are dreaming." Li An saw through their thoughts at a glance. As for martial arts, he could barely teach his eighteen disciples, so how could he care about you? He turned to Hong Kaijia and ordered, "Go find some poor disciples to come to the academy to study tomorrow. Those who can read will do."

The eldest disciple Hong Kaijia nodded in agreement, then left the academy to complete what Li Ang had asked him to do.

After informing the students of the academy that he only taught academics, he ignored their disappointed expressions and let them all go. Li An didn't want to build a good relationship with other teachers. Thinking that the academy would not hold classes today, he borrowed the venue to teach his students.

On the second day, Hong Kaijia found a dozen poor students and entered the academy. They mixed with the previous students and began their academy life. Li An's class was held every afternoon, and the knowledge he taught was naturally the ancient Chinese Hundred Schools of Thought.

The most surprising thing was that Miss Fan Ruoruo from the Fan family, Ye Linger from the Ye family, and Lin Waner, the daughter of Prime Minister Lin, all came to the academy and became ordinary students.

"Hey guys, what are you guys up to?" Li An frowned, thinking to himself that it was troublesome. Although he knew from the beginning that the position of chief priest was not easy, he didn't expect it to be so difficult.

"Hello, sir." The three women also bowed politely. Among them, Lin Wan'er had been nursed back to health by Fan Xian these days, and now she was much better and could see the wind. The fact that she could come to the academy to study was the best proof.

Ye Ling'er said, "I heard that you are a master. I wonder if Ling'er can ask you for advice."

Seeing Li An shaking his head, she thought that Li An looked down on her because of his status or cultivation, so she hurriedly said, "Ling'er has already learned the family tradition of the Great Coffin-Splitting Palm. I hope you can help me!"

"Let's talk about it later. This is an academy, and the main focus is on academic studies. If you are here to play, you'd better go back as soon as possible." Li An did not hide his thoughts, everything was written on his face.

Ye Ling'er wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Lin Wan'er beside her. She muttered a few words and stopped talking.

Fan Ruoruo smiled and stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Brother Li, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are more charming than before."

Li An was also slightly happy to see this ancient "new age woman". Fan Xian taught his sister the template of a strong woman in the future, which awakened her mind and made her believe that women can also achieve something. At the same time, it also caused trouble for a group of pursuers headed by Li Hong.

He nodded slightly at her and said, "Miss Ruoruo, be well. You must study hard in the future. By the way, I just remembered that you are the most talented woman in Kyoto. I believe your study progress should be very fast in the future."

Lin Wan'er and Ye Ling'er on the side couldn't help laughing out loud and looked at Fan Ruoruo with teasing eyes.

Fan Ruoruo had never experienced such scenes in front of her friends, and her face turned red with embarrassment: "Brother Li, don't listen to my brother's nonsense. Didn't I tell you last time that I was just circulating the book Dream of the Red Chamber on his behalf?" After saying that, she stomped her feet, her face full of shame and anger.

"Although the title of the most talented woman was just a joke, I also know that you and Miss Wan'er are talented. You must study hard in the future." Seeing that the other male students were about to gather around, Li An waved his hand to send them away. Looking at the three girls in front of him, he said, "In that case, come to class on time from now on. Miss Ye, you must protect the safety of your two friends."

"Yes, sir." Lin Wan'er and Fan Ruoruo said seriously.

Only Ye Ling'er clenched her fist and said, "If anyone is blind, I can still loosen up my muscles!"

This is how life in the academy goes on.

After that, while teaching, Li An also gained new insights into the content of the textbook. The peaceful days lasted for two days before being interrupted by an accident.

Lin Gong is dead!

(End of this chapter)