The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 355

At this moment, Han Jiuxu was pointing at Hai Rui, wanting him to give up his seat.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chu went up to Han Jiuxu and slapped him on the head.

"This is an academy, not the imperial court. From now on, anyone who mentions their father's status or uses their status to intimidate others will be expelled from the academy and never be employed again."

Han Jiuxu was stunned by Zhou Chu's slap, but when he saw that it was Zhou Chu who hit him, he shrank back in fear and dared not say another word.

No kidding. Let alone him, even his father's current status is inseparable from the fact that he is the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in front of him.

Even Han Jie had to maintain a proper attitude in front of Zhou Chu, let alone Han Jiuxu, an unfavored son of the Han family.

Han Jiuxu came here to study at his mother's suggestion. His mother was not very favored in the Han family. The reason she sent him here was because Han Jie had mentioned before that the academy was backed by Zhou Chu and also had someone like Mr. Yangming.

Anyone who enters this academy and becomes a student of either of these two will have an extraordinary status. Not only will they be able to enter officialdom, but the status of both mother and son in the Han family will also be elevated.

Han Jie was very supportive of Han Jiuxu's decision to study here. He sent Han Jiuxu here firstly to show his support for Zhou Chu's academy, and secondly because Master Yangming was here.

Although he didn't value his son Han Jiuxu much, he figured he might as well kill two birds with one stone and maybe he could learn something useful.

Han Jie's eldest son is too old to study at the academy. Otherwise, Han Jie would definitely have sent his eldest son there. Firstly, it would allow his eldest son to study under a famous teacher, and secondly, choosing the right side is very important.

Han Jie knew very well that Zhou Chu represented the future trend in the entire Ming Dynasty court. Now that Zhou Chu had suddenly established this academy, although Han Jie couldn't understand it, he knew that Zhou Chu must be planning something.

The things Zhou Chu planned often represented major changes for the future of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Han Jie couldn't understand it, he could place bets in advance. In fact, there were quite a few people who shared the same idea as Han Jie.

Although not many people knew about the relationship between the academy and Zhou Chu, there were still some, and most of these people sent their sons to study there, including Yang Shen.

Yang Shen wasn't there for speculation; he simply wanted his youngest son, Yang Xun, to study at the academy. His main goal was for Yang Xun to learn the unity of knowledge and action from Wang Yangming. He had personally experienced the benefits of this unity and had even come to regard Wang Yangming as his teacher.

However, Yang Xun was not very interested in Confucianism. Instead, he was extremely interested in painting. When he learned that Tang Bohu was the one who taught painting at the academy, his eyes lit up and he was determined to enter the painting academy.

Zhou Chu's bluff was very successful. Not only did Han Jiuxu become obedient, but the other students who wanted to intimidate others with their status also immediately became obedient and found a seat to sit down.

Zhou Chu took out newly printed books on basic physics, basic geometry, and basic mathematics, which he had prepared in advance.

These books were written by Zhou Chu in his spare time during the previous few years when he was doing business. In order to write these books, Zhou Chu also consulted many books, including the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art.

Because Zhou Chu was a humanities student, he only knew some basic science knowledge. It would take him a long time to recall all the basic knowledge, and he might not even be able to recall everything. Therefore, when writing, Zhou Chu consulted a lot of books to try to write as comprehensively as possible.

Soon, everyone had received the three books.

Hai Rui opened the book on basic physics and was instantly captivated, becoming completely engrossed in reading it.