Even if it was just a Great Confucian Scholar coming to give lectures, as soon as word got out, the master would either take students to listen or have them find connections to attend a lesson from the Great Confucian Scholar!
Not to mention when a Great Confucian Scholar came to run a school, even if the master was ignorant and isolated, it was impossible for him to be so out of touch that he wouldn't know about it for several months. More likely, he did not want his students to know about it.
Zhang Xiaoying felt that the problem with her teacher was too significant.
"Ancestor, what's wrong?" Wang Ren asked Zhang Xiaoying in a low voice, interrupting her train of thought, "Do you want your children and grandchildren to enter the academy? I'm afraid that won't be possible now, as the academy only enrolls new students after the New Year, and besides, they still need to pass an examination, so it has to wait until next year."
