Looking at the dumbfounded crowd, Prince Jin curled his lips and said: "What are you waiting for? Do ten frog-jumps around the playground, not one less. If you can't complete it, pack up your things and go back!"
"Your, your highness, what, what is frog jumping?" One of them finally reacted and asked with a trembling voice.
Li Han put his hands behind his back, squatted on the ground and jumped twice. He stood up and said: "Do you see? Just like this, jump ten laps. This is your punishment!"
He pointed at a few imperial guards and said: "You guys come here and supervise them!"
Failure was really terrible. Although it was very shameful to do such strange movements in public, they weren't the only ones who were shameful. Compared to being expelled from the academy, this was nothing.
Under the supervision of the imperial guards, the 21 children of the aristocratic families squatted down one by one and started frog-jumping around the playground with a sad face.
Li Han curled his lips. One lap around the playground was more than a hundred meters. After they jumped one lap, they couldn't even make this kind of expression on their faces.
And the most painful thing was not today, but tomorrow when they woke up.
Thinking about that feeling, his legs were still weak.
However, the feeling of punishing others to do frog jumps was really not bad …
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"Haha, what are they doing?"
"A few days ago, I urged Brother Su to read more books, but he refused in every possible way. Brother Su, if it weren't for me, you would be the one squatting there jumping around. How does Brother Su intend to thank me?"
"Tonight, I will invite Brother Zhang for a drink at the Jade Courtyard. Please do me the honor …"
The students who passed the exam naturally didn't have to be so shameful. They pointed at the people who were doing strange movements and chatted with a smile.
Prince Jin looked at Li Yi. Seeing him nod, he walked over with his hands behind his back. Everyone saluted him.
Not to mention that he was a prince, just his identity as a teacher of the academy made them automatically ignore his age.
"Don't be too complacent!"
Li Han glanced at Li Yi once more before turning back, summoning up his courage to say, "In order for you all to adapt in advance, the academy will arrange some missions for you all. When the time comes, you all might be scattered across the various departments of the Imperial Court, and those who complete the missions will receive corresponding points. There will be a test every half a year, and those who fail will still not be able to successfully graduate from the academy.
The students already understood what the word "graduation" meant.
Not being able to graduate from the School of Mathematics meant that the imperial court did not recognize one's status as a student of the School of Mathematics. Not only would one not be able to become an official, but they would also be wasting their time. No one wanted to end up like this.
Being able to successfully pass two examinations meant that they had some confidence in their own strength. If they could really enter the royal court and do some work, it would be a process of accumulating experience for them. There would be no harm in doing so.
Minister of Revenue Qin Huan stood beside Li Yi and asked: "Li Daren, what does His Highness Prince Jin mean?"
"What I mean is, if you encounter any mathematical problems that you can't solve in the future, you can come to the school to borrow people." Li Yi looked at him and said, "Just don't forget to pay them."
Emperor Jing glanced at him and said, "You are now an important minister of the imperial court. Don't always stink of money. The students of the Academy will still have to work for the imperial court in the future. This way, they can improve their resumes. There are many benefits. Why talk about rewards?"
"Thank you for your teachings, Your Majesty. The students of the Academy should take the initiative to help the imperial court. Money is just a worldly possession …"
Li Yi looked like he had learned something. He looked at Emperor Jing and said, "I want to ask Your Majesty for some worldly possessions. I want to dig an artificial lake in the Academy to build a more comfortable place for the students to study. I wonder …"
Emperor Jing's expression froze. He suddenly pointed to the field and said, "What happened to them?"
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw that the students who were jumping happily just now were now paralyzed on the ground. It was not until the imperial guards forced them to move forward a little bit.
Li Han came over and explained, "Father, you don't know this. This action looks simple, but it is very painful to persist for a long time."
Emperor Jing nodded and said, "In the end, they will have to enter the imperial court to become an official. For such lazy students, we should punish them and make them change their lazy nature."
There was a shortage of mathematics talents in the Jing Kingdom. The Academy could only train about a hundred people in the first batch. No one could be easily given up.
After admonishing the mathematicians, Jing Di turned around and asked, "Where were we just now?"
"Speaking of the artificial lake." Li Yi reminded him.
"This Academy of Mathematics, I will leave it to you. Don't let me down." Emperor Jing covered his chest and said, "I am a little tired today. I will return to the palace."
"Farewell, Your Majesty!"
The professors immediately bowed. Nearly a hundred students of the Academy of Mathematics lined the road to see them off. Today, they had actually seen the Emperor in the flesh. When they returned, they would brag to others …
Li Yi's face was full of pity. The stingy old Emperor. So many students had done their best for the future of the Jing Kingdom, but he could not even satisfy this small request. It was really disappointing …
The Academy of Mathematics was very close to the palace. After Emperor Jing walked out of the gate of the Academy of Mathematics, he put his hand down from his chest. His brows relaxed and he said, "The money of the people and nobles in the capital has been earned by them. Now, they have come to ask me for money. The national treasury does not have extra money for them to dig a lake."
The Minister of Revenue looked at Emperor Jing and with great difficulty closed his astonished mouth. He opened his mouth again and said, "Yes, the national treasury is tight. It can't withstand any more torment …"
"Return to the palace." Thinking of this, Emperor Jing felt a little annoyed. He waved his hand and stepped onto the dragon carriage.
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"How, how many laps has it been …"
Wang Dan turned his head with difficulty and looked around. Seeing that there were figures crawling with difficulty in front and behind him, he asked weakly.
It was only the beginning of February, and it was chilly in spring. His clothes were all soaked in sweat, and his legs were heavy as if they were tied to two mountains. Even taking a step forward was very difficult.
"There are still five laps," an imperial guard behind him said expressionlessly.
Thump!
Hearing that there were still five laps to climb, a sliver of despair rose to Wang Dan's face. The last bit of strength in his body also disappeared. His vision darkened and he fell to the ground.
A few steps behind him, the youth surnamed Zheng saw Wang Dan fall and also stopped crawling. His entire body lay on the ground and did not move anymore.
"Take them to the dormitory." Li Yi waved his hand. It was already difficult for them to run 10 laps around the 400 meter track, let alone frog jump. Even the palace guards did not have the ability to do this.
Rolling and crawling to last five laps was already beyond his expectations.
In the Academy, there were almost no problems for poor students. No one would not cherish this kind of opportunity to reach the sky in one step. Some of the sons of officials and aristocratic families still needed more training. This was a show of strength. He believed that after today, it would be much easier to lead the troops under him.
The bodies of the scholars were thin and weak. In the end, no one could last 10 laps before they were carried away by the imperial guards one by one.
"If I had known earlier, I would have read more books. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten such a low score."
"Yeah, fortunately. Fortunately, he was just scaring us."
The two young men looked at each other and could see the joy in each other's eyes.
Although they had passed the previous exam, they thought that it was safe to enter the Academy of Mathematics. After they returned, they did not even look at the so-called new mathematics textbook. Today's exam paper was like a book from heaven. They scored one or even two digits lower than the others. It could be said that they stood out from the crowd and earned everyone's attention.
A figure walked over from afar. The two of them looked at him and hurriedly got up. "Greetings, Your Highness, Prince Jin!"
Li Han looked at them and asked, "You are Qin Zhong and Chen Hao?"
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