As for Ying Ning's voluntary request, Chen Jianchen thought for a moment and then vetoed it. The current situation is unknown, and it is not appropriate for the little vixen to inquire about the information. He may also encounter danger. www.3yt.com
After an uneventful night, the group got up early the next day and started on their way after breakfast. Calculating the distance and speed, if everything went well, they would probably be able to enter Zhezhou City at dusk. Thinking that the long journey would finally come to an end, everyone's
The mood became cheerful, talking and laughing.
Gotta get it!
The sound of horse hooves was loud. Looking to the side, I saw another fork in the road. A large group of people and horses came from the north. There were at least twenty or thirty riders and eight cars. The lineup was very large. Each of those horse-drawn carriages was very large.
A standard two-horsepower pull cart, the carriage is long and wide, richly and beautifully decorated, and each has a flag on it.
The flag is all red with a black border, one side is embroidered with an evil-dispelling figure; the other side is embroidered with large apricot-yellow characters—three large characters: "Imperial Imperial College"!
This is the Imperial Guard's team. No wonder the lineup is so huge, it is no less than that of imperial officials on patrol.
The Imperial College was the largest and most prestigious college in the Tiantong Dynasty. The history of its establishment was almost as long as the history of the dynasty. In the past thousand years, it has produced countless great Confucians and high-ranking officials. It can be said that it played a decisive role and had extraordinary influence.
It seems to be the heart of the dynasty, dedicated to delivering fresh blood to the world.
The Imperial College was built in Kyoto, but not within the city. Instead, it was built on the eastern outskirts of Kyoto, surrounded by mountains and rivers. The original founder of the Imperial College was the famous Dong Shengren. The reason why he chose the location of the academy outside the city was because
It is not in the city, but it has a different meaning. In his words: "I don't hear what is going on outside the window, and I only read the books of sages." If the academy is built in the bustling capital, how can the students concentrate on studying? I'm afraid
I think about going out to play every day, and I will definitely be filled with the worldly pride and luxury.
The environment creates people, and it has always been the right thing to do.
After nearly a thousand years of development, the Imperial College has long become the most coveted dream place for scholars all over the world. However, the opportunity to study there is extremely rare. Except for the wealthy and powerful disciples with connections, ordinary disciples from poor families who want to enter the Imperial College can only go through special admissions.
Sui Gong Sheng and Jin Ju Sheng were realized.
Sui Gongsheng was established by the imperial court, but the targets were often those old scholars who had failed to pass the Jinshi exams all their lives. The key was not only to be old, but also to have a certain reputation and reputation in the local area. Only then could they be qualified to be selected as Sui Gongsheng.
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As for the students who have passed the provincial examination, they are considered successful. After that, they can register to study at the Imperial College. The admission rate is very high, and there are almost no students who will not be admitted. The problem is that when the students pass
To obtain the title of Jinshi in the provincial examination, most people will indirectly participate in the general examination. After the palace examination, how can they be willing to give up halfway and go to the Imperial College? Only a few Jinshi will temporarily give up the imperial examination and the palace examination for the sake of gold plating, and transfer to the Imperial College midway.
Putting aside the above two approaches, special enrollment is quite convenient, but the threshold is also extremely high.
The Imperial College will recruit students every spring and February. Regardless of high or low, regardless of age, as long as students have a reputation as a scholar, they can register for the exam. However, the content of the exam every year is very difficult and profound, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is bizarre.
, it is simply a bit more difficult than the imperial examination.
Under such circumstances, students who can pass the exam are almost rare.
——Therefore, as the largest academy in the world, the number of students in the Imperial College, even at its peak, did not exceed three hundred.
This time Kaitai Academy held the "World's Best Talent Competition" and sent invitations to basically all the famous academies in the world, and the Imperial College was certainly no exception. The group of carriages and horses in front of them must also be representatives who came to Zhezhou to participate in the event.
.However, the lineup is many times stronger than Jiangzhou’s.
"Clang!"
The people of the Imperial College were at the forefront, and there was even a special person blowing a gong to clear the way, to signal others to step back and let them go ahead when they encountered him. This was an extraordinary privilege, and it was like the siren used by Chen Jianchen in his previous life to clear the way.
As soon as the gong sounded, the three carriages on Chen Jianchen's side immediately stopped peacefully and parked on the roadside.
"Hey, isn't this Brother Gu?"
Suddenly, a very magnetic baritone sounded, and a carriage was seen in the Imperial College procession. The curtain of the carriage was opened, revealing a fair and clean face with Chinese characters.
The owner of this face is tall and tall, wearing a black gauze hat, thick eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, a high nose, and clear lips, as if they were carved by a knife.
He poked his head out and saw Gu Xuezheng opposite, who was also raising the curtain of the car. He called out. He called Gu Xuezheng his brother, but there was no respect in his tone. Instead, there was a faint sense of ridicule, showing a fake surprise.
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Sure enough, when Gu Xuezheng saw him, his expression suddenly became a little unnatural. However, due to etiquette, he had to hold his hands and said: "It turns out to be Brother Feng... I didn't expect that Brother Feng also led the team here in person."
Brother Feng ordered the carriage to stop first and laughed: "There is no other way. As a political scholar in the capital, since the Imperial College has sent a representative, of course I have to accompany him to hold the battle."
Gu Xuezheng said lightly and had no interest in continuing.
However, Nafeng Xuezheng was still not satisfied and asked: "Brother Gu, how many student representatives did Jiangzhou Minghua Academy send this time?"
Gu Xuezheng replied: "Only two!"
Feng Xuezheng pretended to be surprised: "Why are there so few? Could it be that Brother Gu has great confidence in these two students?"
When Gu Xuezheng heard this, he couldn't help but curse in his heart. He wanted to scold the other party for deliberately pretending to expose his own shortcomings. You must know that Jiangzhou has always been a place with backward education. If there are no famous talents, even ordinary Jinshi are very few.
I came to participate in the event this time just for the occasion. I didn’t have any expectations for the competition. How could I have any bullshit confidence?
This Feng Xuezheng, whose single name is "Yi" and whose courtesy name is "Niange", was appointed as the academic administrator of the capital last year. He was appointed as a new official in the same year as Gu Xuezheng. Speaking of which, Gu Xichao also wanted to compete for the position of academic administrator of the capital, but he had no choice.
Feng Niange couldn't do enough and failed in the election. In the end, he could only serve as an official in Jiangzhou.
Although both are academicians and have the same rank. But one is in the capital, at the feet of the emperor; the other is in remote Jiangzhou. Which one is better and which one is worse can be seen at a glance and the contrast is clear.
Back then, the two ran for office at the same time and became rivals, which inevitably led to some grudges. Now that the two have met halfway, Feng Xuezheng is unwilling to let go of showing off as a winner.
Gu Xuezheng held back his breath and said: "Brother Feng is joking. I, the student representative from Jiangzhou, have no intention of participating in the competition. I am just here to observe and learn." After saying that, he asked Chen Jianchen and Xiao Hanfeng to get off the carriage to see each other, and introduced them again.
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At this time, the students in the carriages in the Imperial College team came out to look around, but they basically just glanced at it and then sat back down. There was obviously some arrogance and condescension in those glances.
To the point of contempt.
——As a student representative of the Imperial College, it is very normal to despise the student representatives of Minghua College. It is normal, just like famous college students always habitually look down on students from third-rate universities.
In response to these scorns, Xiao Hanfeng's face turned a little red, but Chen Jianchen stood there like a tree in the wind, without any impulsive reaction.
Seeing them, especially looking at Chen Jianchen, who had not even grown a beard, Feng Xuezheng couldn't help but laugh: "To ask such two young and inexperienced students to come to Zhezhou for a short period of time, Gu Xichao made it clear that he was going to retire."
In order to advance, he is a smart person, self-aware and knows how to advance and retreat.
After looking at Chen Jianchen for a few more times, he smiled and stroked his beard and said to Gu Xuezheng: "This boy took the junior college entrance examination at the age of sixteen and ranked first in the three examinations. He is also a talented person. I have to congratulate Brother Gu. Your Majesty
With people like this, the future is limitless."
What he said was obviously irony; at least to Gu Xuezheng's ears, it was irony.
Gu Xuezheng glanced at Chen Jianchen angrily and said nothing. In fact, he had conducted an investigation on the students of Minghua Academy since he took office. There is no doubt that Chen Jianchen, who ranked first in the three examinations for boys, was the focus of his investigation.
The target. But unfortunately, the final result made him very dissatisfied.
In other words, Chen Jianchen's performance in the more than one year since he entered school can only be said to be mediocre at best, with nothing outstanding at all. Moreover, he was even unqualified in important social and cultural subjects. Such performance,
Undoubtedly, Gu Xuezheng cannot be satisfied.
However, there is nothing you can do if you are dissatisfied. As long as the living and learning conditions of the students do not violate the hospital rules, others cannot force themselves to do so. If a cow does not bow its head, it cannot be forced to drink water. In addition, Gu Xuezheng does not want to push too hard, otherwise
It will have the opposite effect. Since ancient times, I don’t know how many prodigy-level people have disappeared from the public when they grow up. There are many reasons, but strict discipline is undoubtedly a big reason.
Moreover, the Boy's Examination is only a Boy's Exam after all. In the eyes of people like Gu Xuezheng, the Boy's Examination cannot accurately test a person's true talent. And in the long history of the imperial examination, there have been many outstanding candidates in the Boy's Examination.
, and those who failed in the official imperial examination.
For example, Zhuge Wolong is a representative. Like Chen Jianchen, he ranked first in the three examinations in the boy examination, and he was still in Zhezhou. But later he kept failing to pass the examination until he was an old man, and he felt extremely angry and depressed. Then he became discouraged and began to
Wandering around the world, writing fascinating and romantic novels to express my feelings.
Therefore, Gu Xuezheng heard Feng Niange's words as irony.
"Okay, it's time to hurry up. After entering Zhezhou City, I'll talk to Brother Gu again."
After saying that, Feng Niange ordered the driver to start driving the horse and drive away.
"Why are you standing there stupidly? Get in the car."
Gu Xuezheng was in a bad mood after being ridiculed by his former competitor. He felt that Xiao Hanfeng and Chen Jianchen were more and more disliked, and his words immediately took on an angry tone.