The social hierarchy in the early Tang Dynasty was very strict. Of course, it was not only the early Tang Dynasty. Any feudal dynasty was a society with very strict hierarchy. Under this social system, the identities of teachers and students were not fixed. There was no rule that students had to salute their teachers!

If a student has a high status and is the son of a prince and a nobleman, then unless the teacher is of the same status as him, the student does not have to salute the teacher. If he takes a step back, even if he salutes, he will only do it once on the day of his apprenticeship. Then during the holidays, he will treat the teacher with courtesy. However, the teacher will treat the students with regards to him before class. If the students are a little polite, they can ask each other for peace!

In modern times, before class, students will first ask the teacher and the teacher will answer the teacher. In the early Tang Dynasty, when teachers meet students with great backgrounds, they should go over and ask the students first, and the students will answer the teacher! The order is different, and the etiquette represents very different!

The old man was of course surprised when he saw the style of this young master. No matter how rich other students were, they would at most bring a book boy, but they never brought a maid to class. There were two maids dressed in such a gorgeous dress. Furthermore, although this old man was a teacher, he was not a "teacher". In other words, the students in the entire Xiantong Academy had only one mentor, that is Qiu Wenpu. In this way, even the procedure of "saying each other" was saved. The old man had to take the initiative to go over and salute the young master!

The old man tidied up his clothes and quickly walked to the young master's table, raised his hands high above his head, saluted him, and said, "I, Cheng Zhoutong, please see the young master and ask the young master's safety!"

The students in the Book Hall whistled in unison and thought to themselves: "It's true that this little guy really came from Chang'an. He came to our academy to borrow it. That's true! We have neither the Imperial College nor the Four-Gate Pavilion in Xuzhou. If he doesn't come to our Xiantong academy to borrow it, other academys are not qualified to borrow it!"

When they thought of becoming classmates with big shots, all the students present had their eyes shining and thought about how to get close to this young master and get in love with him after class later!

The young man hissed, raised his hand and pressed his forehead, with a confused look on his face, as if he was confused. He first turned his head and looked at the students around him. Seeing that the students looked flattering, the confused look on his face was even more confusing, he had to look back at the maid behind him!

Who is this young man? Of course, it is Wang Ping'an. Yesterday, Yang was busy at home for almost a whole day, looking for clothes for him and finding various tools for enjoyment, just because he was afraid that the children in the countryside would go to the city to study and be looked down upon by others. Although Wang Ping'an felt that there was no need for this, his mother insisted on doing so, so he would certainly not object!

But unexpectedly, I just entered the academy today and before class was started, the teacher came to the school and gave him a bow! Could it be that Xiantong Academy is the rule? Students don’t have to flatter the teacher, but instead the teacher wants to pat the student? This rule is really strange!

Wang Ping'an was confused for a moment. How could he know that Cheng Zhoutong regarded him as the son of a prince and noble family? His father was a rich man in the countryside! Seeing that he was silent, Ke Lianwu hurriedly said, "My young master also asked the old man for his safety!"

Cheng Zhoutong stood up and smiled and said, "Thank you, young master. I don't know what you call me?"

Wang Ping'an stood up and returned the same greeting from Cheng Zhou, saying, "I...student Wang Ping'an lives in Wuli Village and plans to go to Beijing to take the exam next year. It was just because I had been studying at home before and I didn't understand many of the rules of the scientific examination. Master Qiu Shan sympathized with me and allowed me to go to the academy to study and listen. In the future, students will have to bother Mr. Lao Cheng to take care of him!"

Cheng Zhoutong nodded and thought to himself: "It turns out that he is the son of a wealthy family. He has a graceful attitude and a decent manner. His family's mansion is called Wuli Village. Could it be that it is surrounded by a village? Oh, it's amazing! But... it seems that there is also a Wuli Village outside the city, a small countryside place, which can be named the same as the wealthy family's mansion... Hey, this matter seems to be wrong!"

Cheng Zhoutong asked, "Your Majesty Wang, do you want to stay in the academy in the future or travel back and forth every day? Do you want me to arrange a room for you?"

Wang Ping'an said: "The students do not stay in the academy. They are not far away from home. They will arrive five miles away from the city!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Manshu Hall was filled with breathing sounds, among which Mr. Cheng had the biggest sound of breathing! He arrived five miles away from the city, and that was Wuli Village!

The students were disappointed, but they did not curry favor with Wang Ping'an because they had not had time to curry favor with him. But Cheng Zhoutong was different. He came up and bowed to him and greeted him with a grudge. This was too shameful!

After a long time, it turned out to be the son of a rich man in the countryside. He wore new clothes for the New Year and took two so-called girls and movies to the city to show off! He even deceived me... No, it was my negligence that made his trick happen!

Cheng Zhoutong almost fainted from anger and wanted to denounce Wang Ping'an for a few words, but he had no way to scold him. He didn't do anything from beginning to end, and he had no mistakes. From beginning to end, he was thinking randomly!

With a swagger, the old man walked to his table angrily, sat down suddenly, slapped the table, and shouted, "You can't study hard, and think about the romance all day long. How can you get to the exam?" He pointed to Ding Danruo and Ke Lianwu and said, "Where can a woman stand in it, go out, go out!"

The two girls felt very aggrieved and looked at each other, thinking to each other: "This old man, we didn't mess with him. He came over to salute the young master himself. We didn't force him. Now we are going to use us to vent our anger!" Seeing Wang Ping'an rushing to the window outside, they had to leave the gate of the book hall and not be angry here!

Cheng Zhoutong became more and more angry as he thought about it, and said, "Among the Nine Classics, "The Book of Rites" is the first. You can recite the Book of Rites quickly. I will ask a question later. If you can't answer it, please serve me!"

The students quickly flipped through the books, all bowed their heads and stuck out their tongues and made faces. Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi secretly gave Wang Ping'an a thumbs up. Brother, you really have you. You can do nothing on the first day of school and do nothing, and you will be so angry that you will be the first person since the academy opened!

When the playboys study, there are always naughty people who make trouble and tease the teachers, but no matter how hard they racked their brains to find a way, they could not make any teacher so embarrassed. Wang Ping'an did nothing and just went behind the table. Cheng Zhoutong, the old peddler, took the initiative to lose face, which was not really a big joke!

Wang Ping'an sighed in his heart, you were going to come to salute me, and I also returned the gift. Even if you want to blame me, you can only blame yourself for being snob and using your clothes to win others. No matter what, you can't blame me!

The old Master Wang left him a lot of books, but it might not work if he changed to other books, but the Book of Rites was so familiar that he could not be more familiar. He was not afraid to memorize this book! He silently recited it in his heart, feeling that there was nothing too difficult, and the tea was just brewed. He picked up the tea cup and tried it. It felt good, so he started to drink tea!

Cheng Zhoutong looked at Wang Ping'an, feeling very annoyed, and was in a mood to drink tea. It seems that this book will not hurt you! Humph, look at your deer-headed and mouse-eyed behavior, and you can't get rid of the fishy smell of the country people. I have to make things difficult for you!

Just now, when he thought Wang Ping'an was the son of a nobleman, he praised the family for being graceful and decent. When he realized that Wang Ping'an was a country man, he turned into a deer-headed and his behavior was obscene!

After coughing, Cheng Zhou said, "Wang Sheng, I have something to ask you, raise my head!"

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "I knew that the person you were asking was me. Fortunately, you called me Wang Sheng, not Wang Lang. If you say Wang Lang, I will have goose bumps and a table!" He put down the teacup and said, "Students follow Mr. Cheng's instructions!"

Cheng Zhoutong thought to himself: "I only said that I would take the exam for you in the Book of Rites, but I didn't ask you to memorize a paragraph. This is a Jinshi school, but it is not a Mingjing subject. If you take the exam for you to memorize, I would look down on you!"

He said: "Those who respond to the statutory principles are to be ministers, assist wise kings, and govern the country and tolerate the world! In the Spring and Autumn Period, countless great wise men and ministers emerged, all of whom were role models for us! Wang Sheng, I asked you with six words, Qi Jun, Yan Zi, and beasts, and you told the allusions of it. If you can answer, I will congratulate you with a ruler!"

When the students heard this, many playboys thought, "This topic is too simple, it's just an allusion to Yan Zi's use of Chu. This is Yan Zi's famous deeds, and everyone knows it!"

But the students who really read well had their eyes twitched and looked at Wang Ping'an, thinking in their hearts: "This pit is not shallow!"

Cheng Zhoutong sneered in his heart: "If you answered that it was Yan Zi who sent Chu, you would have to eat this ruler. I am talking about Qi Jun, but not Chu Jun!"

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