I am Chen Zhou, a star teacher. I died suddenly while grading exams and woke up as an unlucky schoolmaster in a poor village in ancient times.
My students are all cowherds, and their only textbook is a battered copy of The Analects.
I slap the desk and shout, "Starting today, we're adding math, PE, and art to the curriculum! Anyone who keeps rote-memorizing will have to copy Five Years of Gaokao Questions, Three Years of Practice Tests!"
The whole village is stunned, and the local gentry sneer at me. Then the county magistrate brings over his prodigy son. "Sir, I'm entrusting this child to you."
Later, when I'm dressed in the robes of the Crown Prince's tutor, the emperor clasps my hands with tears in his eyes. "Minister Chen, how exactly does this 'quality education' of yours work?"
