Lin Ke had no idea what impact his reluctance to waste time had caused among the Breathing Soil Pavilion's upper ranks.
Still, on the whole, this house-buying trip had been quite pleasant.
No bank loans, no developers deceiving him with excessive marketing, no notarizing his assets for fear they would be divided up after marriage...
And the Breathing Soil Pavilion's attitude was far better than that of the agents and property companies in his previous life!
After he went outside, the maid led him to Ning Caichen. He climbed into the carriage, ready to leave.
Just then, however, a sudden commotion broke out ahead.
"Heavens, just how high-ranking an official is he?"
"An upper fifth-rank Imperial Academy Doctor of the current court! How impressive!"
"I hear he's also a Fourth Realm bookman. His painting skills have reached divine perfection, and he even studied under someone in the Sage Realm."
"They say bookmen have proud bones that would sooner break than bend. Come on, let's take a look."
Naturally, Lin Ke heard all of this from inside the carriage.
Simply put, an upper fifth-rank Imperial Academy Doctor was the equivalent of a university faculty's dean.
At present, the Imperial Academy administered six schools, including the National School, the Grand Academy, the Four Gates, Law and Mathematics, and Calligraphy, as well as six disciplines comprising the noble gentleman's six arts: rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics.
Those were the only subjects offered, however, reflecting certain limitations of the era.
In the present Sacred Dynasty, the Three Dukes had to possess cultivation at least at the middle stage of the Sixth Realm, the Gentleman Realm. All three current dukes were at its late stage.
A first-rank Minister of Rites required cultivation at least at the late stage of the Fifth Realm, that