In the early years of the Republic of China, school rules were extremely strict, which contrasted with the high-pressure and murderous political atmosphere. After being admitted to the high school, scholars had to study intensively in school. If they exceeded the standards, they would be punished in light cases, and in severe cases, they would be deprived of honors and even hard labor.
But now, the rules on paper are still the same, but the actual rules are different. At least the learning mode is more diverse and flexible. For example, you don’t have to report to school every day, for example, you can apply for study tours.
For students like Fang Yingwu who come from a poor background, the learning effect of staying in school is better. After all, the learning resources in the school, from teachers to books, are not comparable to those of poor families. But for children of wealthy families, then
It depends on the specific situation.
This time Fang Yingwu wanted to go to the county school, and Sister Lan made a rare decision. She must follow Fang Yingwu to the county town and refused to stay at home alone. Fang Yingwu had no choice but to agree and wait for him to go to the county town to find it first.
After arriving at the residence, take Sister Lan over.
Without mentioning other things, they said that Fang Yingwu rested at home for two more days and then officially went to the county school. As for survival issues, he definitely didn't have to worry about it.
As the highest-ranking, best, and most elite Linshan student among the three levels of Linshan, Zengguang, and Auxiliary School, he can receive Linshan food every month, and there is also a single dormitory to live in. Just want to
Living with Sister Lan is inconvenient, and I have to slowly find another place to live.
The Protestant Mr. Meng was also a "wonderful person". As soon as Fang Yingwu entered school, he immediately began to announce or spread two pieces of news with great fanfare.
One piece of news is that a model of outstanding scholar has passed the examination to become a cadre student directly from a child student, and "someone else's child" Fang Yingwu has entered school! The other piece of news is that the county school is preparing for the annual examination!
The two news were mixed together and attracted the attention of the county scholars. Needless to say, there is no need to mention the annual examination, especially in the context of the provincial examination next year, the importance of the annual examination is undoubted.
Because the number of rural examination places in the province is limited, the biggest role of the county school year examination is to determine the ranking, and then determine the candidates to participate in the township examination based on the ranking.
For every scholar who is still ambitious, the annual examination is the qualifying test for success. Whenever the annual examination comes, the school immediately becomes lively.
As for Fang Yingwu's return, although it is not a big deal, it still makes a lot of people care. More than a year ago, he was suddenly promoted directly from a child student to a diners, instead of starting from the bottom step by step, which has made many people look at him.
At that time, many senior academics were eyeing the quota of junior college students, but unexpectedly, they were all occupied by Fang Yingwu.
Then after entering school, this person first taught the old top student a lesson, then scolded all his friends, and then disappeared like a shooting star. It is said that he could go out for fun and leisurely - information is really underdeveloped these days. Even Wang Zhixian went there because of it.
It was only after a briefing in the capital that I heard about Fang Yingwu's deeds.
All in all, many people, especially the scholars who were circled by their families to study, had rather complicated feelings about the other classmate, and could not help but have the idea of meeting this person again.
Fang Yingwu heard Meng Jiaoyu's approach and laughed it off. Everyone has their own ambitions, how could he stop Meng Jiaoyu from recruiting students?
The most intuitive consequence of the spread of these two news is that many students will return to the county school one after another. The closer they are, the earlier.
For example, Wu Chuo, Mr. Wu, who entered the school with Fang Yingwu. Or Xu Huai, an old academic who is almost middle-aged. As for Fang Yingwu's friends Hong and Xiang, they probably came later. After all, they
My home is located at the eastern end of the county, quite far away.
When Mr. Wu saw Fang Yingwu, the accomplice in destroying his "little three yuan" glory, he still snorted proudly out of habit, but did not do anything extra.
For Mr. Wu, who has great ambitions and carries the expectations of the county's No. 1 imperial examination family, even if Fang Yingwu makes him unhappy, it is a thing of the past. There is no need to worry about it. Now he has to look ahead. The future provincial examination will be the general examination.
his stage.
But in the heart of Xu Huai, the old school bully, this resentment has not been resolved. When he tried to get a Linshan student, he went to bully the new student Fang Yingwu in anger, but unexpectedly he was punished by Fang Yingwu.
He was asked to tamper with the words of Shang Xianggong indiscriminately. Needless to say, he was disgraced at that time, and it also brought a lot of panic to the family. It was really embarrassing.
Now that he has returned to the county school after a year, Xu Huai always feels that his classmates do not treat him with the same awe as before, and he can hardly put on the airs of an old-timer - this is all Fang Yingwu's fault.
You have to get up from where you fell, so Xu Xueba has to find his place back from Fang Yingwu
School life is very monotonous, consisting of nothing more than lectures, review, composition, etc. At the beginning of every ten days, there is composition time, where the teacher sets the questions, the students write their answers, and then they comment and observe, which can be considered a time.
A mock exam.
Tomorrow is the day of writing, and at this moment, students in Minglun Hall are chatting in small groups. Xu Huai appeared in front of Fang Yingwu who lived alone under the window, and greeted him without a smile: "I haven't seen you in years, classmate Fang."
How is it?"
Fang Yingwu raised his head, glanced at the other party lightly, and replied: "Thank you, Senior Xu, for your concern."
Xu Huai then said very openly: "I believe that Mr. Fang has returned from his study tour and has improved his art. Can you compete with me tomorrow?"
Fang Yingwu sighed, "Senior Xu, you are so old, are you forty? Why are you still so childish? No wonder you haven't made any progress in these years, and you can only waste your time in the county school to become a top student.
I feel so sorry for you!"
Some people around him couldn't help but chuckle softly. Xu Huai raised his head and looked around fiercely, suppressing the laughter. He was an old man who had been with the county school for many years, and it was not the fault of others to offend him with a few jokes.
Xu Huai said excitedly: "I sincerely request to learn from each other. Does Mr. Fang look down on me? Or is it for some other reason? It's just a word game. What worries does Mr. Fang have?"
What a clumsy drama. Fang Yingwu frowned and said casually: "Whatever."
Others in the county school are generally dissatisfied with him as a newcomer, and Xu Huai is not the only one who is a top student. If he doesn't get rid of the tough guy in front of him, there might be others who will disturb his peace.
The next day, Meng Jiaoyu entered Minglun Hall. After the teachers and students had seen the ceremony, Meng Jiaoyu said: "If you don't do anything today, practice asking questions."
Of course, the eight-legged essay was the most important part of the imperial examination. Although there were policy and question subjects, they were only for reference at most and did not have decisive significance.
However, Cewen must be practiced symbolically. If you can write a few random strokes, you can't hand in a blank paper in the Cewen subject in the examination room. So it is not surprising that students are a little surprised.
Xu Huai glanced at Fang Yingwu confidently and began to study ink. Eight-legged art, Cewen, and poetry were among the three items. Cewen was the one he was most confident about, and it was also the advantage of a large family.
For example, in the Xu family in Shufu, there is an elder who has reached the third rank of officialdom and has become an official. He often explains his experience as an official in family studies. This kind of knowledge is not available to students from poor families. Therefore, students from poor families are often not as good as their descendants in official policy writing, so they can only
Copied mechanically from the Four Books and Five Classics.
And the most important thing is that Xu Huai already knows today's topic and is prepared. The reason is very simple. Meng Jiaoyu accepted his gift. It can be said to be foolproof in all aspects. Xu Huai really can't think of anything else he can do.
Reasons cannot win.
Of course, Xu Xueba is not so naive that he thinks he can overwhelm Fang Yingwu after winning a game. Winning or losing in a word game often means nothing.
But what if two games, three games, every game is like this? Today is just the beginning. The fun is yet to come.
In Xu Xueba's reverie, Meng Jiaoyu came up with the topic: "Today's topic is to deal with the border strategy of the Northern Captives."
Isn’t it a coincidence that border policy is a surprise? In fact, it is not a coincidence. Border policy has been a top priority since the founding of the country. Border policy is naturally popular and is a hot topic in various policy questions. It is not unusual.
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Now is the critical period when the grades for the annual examination are about to be determined. All the students in the county school did not dare to neglect. They started writing one after another. Dozens of pens in the hall began to dance together.
Over there, Xu Xueba was confident, and his writing was full of energy. I don’t know how long it took, but he wrote a eloquent three-thousand-word policy.
Putting down the pen in his hand, Xu Huai looked at Fang Yingwu not far away. He saw that Fang Yingwu was staring blankly at a piece of white paper. After a long while, he didn't write a word.
Is it because he can't write well? Or is he hiding his clumsiness because he is afraid that he can't write well? Xu Huai thought about it and found these two possibilities. He couldn't help but laughed and said: "Classmate Fang, why don't you put some ink on the paper? Otherwise, in today's competition,
I am too weak to win."
Meng Jiaoyu, who was sitting above, also noticed something strange about Fang Yingwu and deliberately didn't write a word. Could it be that he was contemptuous of him as an instructor? Thinking of this, Meng Jiaoyu's face gradually became stern, he stood up and picked up the ruler, preparing to reprimand Fang Yingwu.
corresponding thing.
Hong and Xiang hadn't arrived at school yet, so Fang Yingwu didn't have many friends in Minglun Hall, and no one came out to help him. Xu Huai looked down on Fang Yingwu because he became a Linshan student at a young age.
What is not pleasing to the eye is waiting for a good show.
Fang Yingwu was very calm, as if the matter had nothing to do with him. At this moment, a government servant wearing a long green cloth coat and a flat hat with wings suddenly appeared at the door of Minglun Hall, cupped his hands in front of Meng Jiaoyu and said: "
Old sir! The county magistrate has urgently summoned Fang Yingwu Fang Xiucai!"
Did the county honorable minister respond to the request? Meng Jiaoyu was stunned when he heard this, and put on the air of an instructor and said: "It is study time now, and the county honorable minister is not as big as the sage book."
The yamen servant smiled and said, "Young man, I didn't explain clearly. In fact, there was an urgent edict from the capital to the county yamen to ask for advice. The matter was related to a local matter, and Fang Xiucai was named in the edict to ask for his opinion. The old gentleman should not delay.
It’s good.”
There was an uproar in the hall immediately. If everyone heard correctly, even the imperial court high in the sky and as far away as the capital wanted to ask Fang Yingwu for advice? What is going on?
Fang Yingwu stood up, flicked the dust lightly, clasped his fists at Meng Jiaoyu and said, "It's not that the students don't respect you, it's that the border policies written by the students are military and state secrets, and it's not convenient for you and others to read them. Farewell!"
A group of classmates watched Fang Yingwu disappear outside the door, feeling that it was unfathomable and the mountains looked up. Even the imperial court had to send an edict to ask him for his opinion. What kind of treatment is this? At least he must be at the level of a minister.
All the original emotions quietly dissipated, leaving only a sense of shame. No wonder classmate Fang was not as keen on socializing and complimenting each other as others. I just felt that this person was a bit aloof and arrogant.
Now I know that although classmate Fang is a county student like them, he is far from the same level. His journey is across the stars and the sea. So Fang Yingwu and his classmates really have nothing to talk about at the moment. They still have to wait for them.
Only after you have climbed a few floors up can you be worthy of having a common language.
Someone else concluded: "Xu Huai is no longer useful, and he will be replaced as a top student by Fang."
