Chapter 709 Like us scholars, what else can we do without being an official?
Because of the train, people in Beijing had the option of living a civilian nightlife. At this time, the nightlife of people in Nanjing was still very traditional.
The participants are more traditional, and the topics they discuss in the nightclub are more cliched and uninteresting.
During the recent period, the most talked about topic among the scholars in Nanjing City is the college entrance examination. This year is the first full year after the liberation. In May, Jiangnan Province held the college entrance examination.
Those who have a scholarly reputation or have passed the academic qualification examination held in advance are eligible to take part in the university recruitment examination.
Jiangnan is a place where literary style flourishes. The final count of qualified students in the province is more than 30,000, but the total number of places for various universities is less than 3,000. It's not even ten to one.
The admission rate reached can be said to have set a record since the Ming Dynasty began to have university recruitment examinations. In the entire Ming Dynasty, there is really no university recruitment examination in that province that is so miserable.
"This year, the guys from Huizhou and Tongcheng have taken advantage. They are not in the same province as us, and the admission quota given to them by the imperial court is not much less than ours. I heard that many of our contacts have been admitted."
Suddenly floating in the boat on the Qinhuai River, accompanied by the clear and ear-piercing sound of silk and bamboo, a group of failed scholars who had not been admitted to college were really complaining while hugging the brothel girl.
Nanzhi was divided into two, and scholars from Huizhou, Anqing, Tongcheng and other places did get a lot of glory. The education levels of the new provinces where they were located varied greatly. In some places, the literary style was flourishing, while in other places it was not.
It's very common. If you recruit by province, you can naturally get an advantage. It's not like the current involution in Guangsu, Xichangtong, Jiangnan Province, which can make people despair.
"So what if I get an advantage? Isn't it just to go to a university? When I come out, I'm just a lowly official. What's so strange? The government is in chaos. It really doesn't take us serious scholars seriously. Just look at getting admitted to a university.
Who are these people? Is there anyone who has seen them?" A scholar drank a glass of rice wine handed over by a female prostitute, and sarcastically arranged the college entrance examination.
"That's right! If you don't choose the right talents, you will choose the wrong ones! I heard that several accountants have been admitted to university. If we use people like this to govern the country, can the country be well managed? Can the country's fortunes last long?"
"What's the point of using a counting house? The current chaos in the employment of the country does not stop there. Let's talk about the criminal director of our Nancheng District. He is still a cripple. I heard that he became an official from a large soldier. He is just a thief and a soldier.
, can you be a good official?"
"Don't just gossip. The world is like this right now. You can't stand the thieves and old accountants, but they can get into the officialdom. Now we are all losers. You must understand that things are no better than before.
, there are only two opportunities to take the scientific examination. If we fail to pass the exam next year, we will never have the chance to enter the officialdom in our lives." Seeing that everyone was getting further and further away from home, and the talk became more and more unreliable, a scholar present said,
Bringing everyone back to reality. Let’s talk about practical issues now. The situation is very critical. If someone is not good, he will never be an official in this life. How can he still be in the mood to mess with the imperial court’s employment plan?
"Brother Lu reminds me! The situation is very critical. What choice we make next is very important. Originally, I heard from old friends in other provinces that it is really not suitable to go to normal school. But in our province, it is a good thing to be admitted to normal school. According to this
The situation, our situation will only get worse next year. Is it possible that we are going to go to some kind of college and become a palace servant?" Someone reacted and quickly echoed.
"Besides being an adult, there is another option, which is to participate in the primary and secondary school teacher training organized by various prefectural yamen, and then work as a teacher in primary and secondary schools." Now is the transition period from traditional education to standardized education.
The few teachers trained by the normal universities are simply not enough, so a large number of traditional scholars and graduated middle school students have become the main source of teachers. Prefectural-level administrative units are qualified to run training courses and recruit teachers.
"Brother Luo, are you kidding me? Become a teacher? We are engaged in the study of governing the world, and you want to be a teacher for village urchins? Earn three melons and two dates a month? It's simply a joke."
"Brother Lu, didn't I come up with an idea? In fact, besides being a teacher, there is another way out! There is a government-run and private university in Central Plains and Shanxi. I know a little about the situation of those two universities. They
It is an independent enrollment. It seems that you can get into the school if you find some connections. However, this connection requires a lot of money." When the scholar surnamed Luo saw someone insulting him, he hurried
I came up with another idea. It is indeed a bit of a joke to ask all of you here today to become teachers with two or three taels of silver dollars a month. I am afraid that you will not be able to earn the money of a painting boat for several years as a teacher, right?
"Is this such a good thing? Brother Luo, please tell us how many silver dollars you can spend to enter the university." Scholars from Nanzhi are all too familiar with paying for admission, so someone quickly asked for the detailed operation process.
"I heard that last year it only took a few hundred taels of silver dollars to do it. But this year, the situation is a little different. Things are rare and expensive. It seems that it would take more than a thousand taels of silver dollars to do it."
"A thousand taels of silver? It's not worth it just to be a seventh- or eighth-grade official. But if your official career goes smoothly in the future, you might as well give it a try!" There are only two private universities, and the number of students in the New Guangfu area is too large.
, so the price of the degree suddenly started to be quarreled, and it was directly as high as a thousand taels of silver dollars. How can you go to such a university for a thousand taels of silver dollars? Not to mention that there are really no two people who are not short of money to do this. The guy on the boat today
Many of us were moved.
"Brother, don't rush to judge. There is another problem with this private university. It is not like a national university where you can enter the officialdom as long as you graduate. The government only allows 40% of the graduates of private universities to enter the officialdom. In other words,
Even if you spend a thousand taels of silver, you may not be able to become an eighth-grade official." The scholar surnamed Luo had a more comprehensive understanding and also pointed out the biggest hidden dangers of private universities.
"Such a trap? I can't even get into the rank of eighth- or ninth-rank official who spends a thousand taels of silver. Am I panicking because I have so much money?" After hearing the actual situation, the tempted person immediately regretted it. The price-performance ratio was really too low.
"If you don't spend money to go to a private school or university, you won't be able to enter the officialdom. But the problem is, what else can scholars like us do besides being officials? We can't be like peddlers and pawns.
A thousand taels of silver is a lot, and you may not be able to get an official position after entering. But the good thing is that we have a chance to get a stepping stone to get into the officialdom. Since admission can be paid for with money, taking the official examination in the future may not be able to earn silver dollars."