Chapter 220 Zhenyuan Meeting (4)
The admission test of Chunshan Academy is equivalent to the county examination level, and is not a joke.
On September 16th, Shen Rui came to Chunshan Academy to take the entrance examination under the leadership of Master San.
Although I was a little curious about this test model, after experiencing the exam-oriented education in my previous life, Shen Rui entered the response mode after getting the test paper.
The mountain chief who was watching the invigilator and the teachers secretly praised him, "You must know that not all of them can be as calm as Shen Rui when answering questions under the attention of several teachers."
Chunshan Academy used this method to shock many students and turned down many parents of students who walked through the back door.
Otherwise, as long as the children of officials are careful in their studies, their qualifications are not wood. They should be able to pass the test papers for five or six years of studying. If they are really stupid, parents will not give up their ugly words and send them here.
Shen Rui comes from the Shen family, is Chenzhou's nephew, Chen Li's clan brother, and has a passion for the Hanlin Academy.
Although people have always been in the officialdom, Chenzhou has only been walking for half a month, and Chunshan Academy does not deliberately make things difficult for his nephew. It is just a routine thing, and no one deliberately makes things difficult for Shen Rui or lets go.
Why can Chunshan Academy have a place in Beijing? It is to "strict entry and exit" to ensure the level of students.
The mountain captain of Chunshan Academy is different from the skinny old Hanlin that Shen Rui remembers. He is a slightly rich 70-year-old man. He looked at Shen Rui and looked at him, but when he looked at Shen Rui's test paper, the old man's eyes were scrutinized. Appreciate.
For scholars, writing with one hand is the second face, and Shen Rui's "second face" is not ugly.
Even though he had only been certified in the Four Books and Five Classics for three or four years, this handwriting was not at the level of three or four years. In addition, his age is here, and others don't know it, so they inevitably think that he has studied hard since he was a child. Yes, he only takes a higher eye for his learning level.
With his good handwriting and a complete answer sheet, Shen Rui passed the Chunshan Academy exam.
He didn't know that the old Hanlins, who had their beards in front of him, also loved gossip.
In addition, the Shen family's only son died of an accident last year, so it was not a secret in Hanlin. After Shen Rui left the academy, several masters began to gossip.
"If you don't know the family affairs of Shangshu Chen, you can't tell that you look like a descendant. It looks like you are no worse than Chen Luo..." said a master.
Another old Hanlin touched his beard and said, "Although the family of Shangshu Chen has a large family, the Shen family in Songjiang is naturally not a mediocre person..."
In general, the teachers have a good impression of Shen Rui.
Liu Cheng had already left Beijing and was old enough to live long. Xu asked Zhou's mother to choose a few teenagers from the family to give birth to a child, and asked Shen Rui to choose a book boy servant.
Shen Rui did not directly select people, but asked Zhou's mother about the temperament and character of the elders of each family.
After spending half a year in Shen's house, Shen Rui also knew all the managers and internal affairs of the Shen family.
Now the people who are qualified to send their children to him are all the most important figures among the servants. As the little master, Shen Rui did not use the quota of the book boy to win over the servants, but just thought about "the dragon gives birth to the dragon and the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix". Parents and family are in charge of their own hands.
After all, the book boy around him will be his trusted confidant in the future. If he chooses something he doesn't like, it will be troublesome to change it in the future. In the end, he chose two people, one is honest and the other is smart and flexible. Both of them are Amao, two Nicknames such as dogs that are not allowed to be used on the table are really not elegant, so Shen Rui changed them to Baiyan and Ink Book.
As for Changsui around him, in addition to Changshou, Xu had already given him another one, the eldest grandson of the housekeeper. In response to Changshou's name, Xu's name was changed to Changfu.
When Shen Rui was in the south, he rode a carriage to school because he was still young and it was the twelfth month of winter. When traveling in Beijing, most of the carriages and horses were far away or women and children were riding. Shen Rui was at this age and should ride a horse.
For Shen Rui, this is not difficult.
He could ride a horse in his previous life, and he learned it half a year ago in this life.
The schoolbag is ready, and the four treasures of the study are all ready-made, so I'm just waiting to go to school the next day.
After dinner that day, Chen Quan and He Taizhi came here.
Because they have been paying attention to Shen Rui's schooling, they know that he will take the entrance exam today.
They were not worried about Shen Rui's achievements, so they turned them over, in order to introduce Chunshan Academy carefully again with Shen Rui.
The classes in Chunshan Academy are imitated as Imperial College, with a hierarchy system, not divided by age, but by fame, but similar to the Shen family. However, they are not divided into three classes, but into five, A, B, C, D and Wu. Those who are fame and fortune will be admitted to Class E, and then pass the county examination to Class D, pass the government examination to Class C, pass the hospital examination to Class B, and pass the provincial examination to Class A.
Chen Quan and He Taizhi have both passed the college entrance examination and have become classmates in Class C. Shen Rui was a waste of himself and could only enter Class E. He was not a classmate with them. Only these two people were worried about him.
Shen Rui finally knew why Mao Chi was depressed. Because he had not returned to his hometown to participate in the boy test, Mao Chi was white and had been stuck in Class 5. Chen Quan was unwilling to mention the matter of Chunshan Academy before, but I think it was because he was stuck in Class C. reason.
Because Chunshan Academy encourages students to take the boy exam early, most students who enter school will take the county exam that year or the following year. In this way, Class E is a repetitive camp, most of whom are eleven-year-olds who have just entered school or are from other places. Student. Mao Chi is sitting among a bunch of children. Not only does he feel uncomfortable, but the Master will also feel annoying.
"In this way, Brother Kobayashi is now in Ding's class?" Shen Rui asked.
He Taizhi said embarrassedly: "That's true. Before the April palace examination, we were classmates for two months..."
Although He Taizhi was proud of his family last year, after returning to Chunshan Academy, he closed his tail and was really unsatisfied.
In Chunshan Academy, children in their early 10s, students in their 14th and 5th years old, and scholars in their twenties are all ordinary. They are all excellent students. Unless they pass the exam, no one can say that they are. Better than others.
Listening to the introduction of Chen Quan and He Taizhi, Shen Rui became more curious about Chunshan Academy.
The next day was Shen Rui's first day of enrollment, so there was no need for elders to come forward.
The master warned Shen Rui, just to study diligently, not to be arrogant or impatient; Xu here advised him to communicate more with classmates and not to be a nerd with books.
Last year, Shen Rui had experience in joining the clan. Today, when he entered the academy, he waited directly outside Mr. Qin's door.
Mr. Qin was one of the "invigilator" teachers for the entrance examination yesterday and the master of Class 5. Before Shen Rui left yesterday, the third master took Shen Rui to meet Mr. Qin.
Mr. Qin is in his fifties and is much younger than the other gentlemen who have appeared.
At this age, it doesn't seem to be at the age of retirement. After hearing from the third master privately, Shen Rui knew that he was indeed a Hanlin native or a Hanlin during the Chenghua period. He was dismissed from office for offending the eunuchs in his early years. He was dismissed from office and removed from office during the Hongzhi period. During the Hongzhi period, he was sentenced to the court. After rehabilitation, Mr. Qin did not rejoin the officialdom, but chose to become a teacher at Chunshan Academy.
Although Chunshan Academy is a Hanlin Academy’s school, the tuition fee is not low. On the contrary, due to the high laziness given to the gentlemen, the tuition here is two or three times that of other academies. Shen Rui’s tuition fee is the lowest, with just entering the school monthly It also costs five taels of silver. Ordinary families cannot afford such high tuition fees.
Unlike the sound of books in ordinary academies, Chunshan Academy gives people the impression of quietness.
After entering the alley where Chunshan Academy is located, there is no smell of fireworks, which makes people hold their breath and concentrate.
The third master introduced yesterday that this is because, in addition to Chunshan Academy, several other houses in this alley also belong to the Hanlin Academy, which is a place for a book editing in the Hanlin Academy. Because of this, there are no residents in the alley, and it is often found in the alley. There are people stationed, so it is very quiet.
As for Chunshan Academy, because they did not accept children, they were exempted from reciting and memorizing. Even the students in Class 5 started with the collection of notes and problem-solving of the Four Books.
As Chen Quan and He Taizhi said, there are very few students in Class 1, only about ten, and they all look like they are in their teens. Shen Rui is tall, unlike Thirteen or Four, but like fifteen. The boy of sixth followed Mr. Qin into the classroom, which attracted everyone's attention.
Fortunately, there is an acquaintance Mao Chi, so Shen Rui is not too embarrassed.
Mao Chi sat in the last row and saw Shen Rui, he was stunned at first, and then he was surprised.
Mr. Qin looked at Shen Rui's stature and pointed to the seat beside Mao Chi.
When Mr. Qin left, Mao Chi came over sideways, took a little puzzled, and whispered: "Don't it meant that the academy has been here in the year? Why did he get in at this time?"
It is already late September, and there are only three months left before the end of the year. Although there are transfer students in the academy every year, most of them are in the first half of the year.
Shen Rui whispered that Chen Jue and others went south with the second master. Mao Chi sighed: "I don't know about this, otherwise I would have been to see you off."
Shen Rui said: "Even Brother Quan San and Cousin He didn't send him off. Who doesn't know that except for taking exams, it's not easy for your academy to take leave. How could Brother Jue care about this with you?"
After the joy, Mao Chi looked at the row of small radish heads in front and sighed: "Since there is someone to accompany me, I was the only one here before. I am not sure who knows that I am far from my hometown, but I still don't know. Just think I'm a fool..."
Shen Rui whispered: "Why didn't Ling Zun think about sending a copy?"
The Hanlin Academy in Hanlin Academy has its hometowns from all over the country, and these students' origins must not be all in Beijing.
Mao Chi looked at Shen Rui and said in an old-fashioned way: "My little brother Chen is still young and doesn't know the world.' It's not easy to live in the capital, so where is it so easy to send a book? Hanlin Academy is also the Qingshui Yamen, unless you get to attend the lecturer and lecturer. Bachelor’s degree, otherwise how many people can afford a house in Beijing? Most of them live in rented houses.”
The prerequisite for "remitting a book" is to buy a house and make land.
Chapter completed!