Compulsory education in ancient times

Weng Yuanji treated these candidates equally, and took them directly to No. [-] College, arranged for them a temporary dormitory, and then took them to the library of No. [-] College.At this time, there are only textbooks for grades [-] to [-] and grade [-] in the library.Weng Yuanji asked them to read books here for a few days first, and then take the exam together when more people came.Only those who pass the exam can participate in the training class.

In the next few days, nearly twenty scholars came.Tao Jianran hurriedly sorted out a set of exam papers, and after confirming with Qi Bohan, sent them to the printing factory.

January 40th was a Saturday, and the school didn't have classes, so I randomly picked a classroom and used it as a test room for the [-] people.

Chen Wanyong is the oldest among the three poor students from Guangyi. He is 49 years old this year.After working hard for most of his life, he barely passed the entrance examination a few years ago as a scholar, just touching the threshold of Qi Bohan's enrollment.Originally, under the persuasion of his wife and children, Chen Wanyong had given up his plan to continue the imperial examination.But the notice issued by Yuezhou Mansion made him decide to fight one last time!At worst, if you fail the exam, you will go back.So he gritted his teeth, carried his family behind his back, and came to Yuezhou Mansion with two classmates.

But after coming to Yuezhou Mansion, Chen Wanyong's original courage was gradually exhausted.Because he found that among the people who came to Yuezhou Prefecture to take the training class exam, he was the oldest.Looking at those young students' witticism and eloquence, Chen Wanyong knew that he might not be able to catch up with their talents in his life.

After finally surviving the exam, he decided that after the exam, he would go back to his hometown obediently and never think about it again!

But when the test papers were handed out, Chen Wanyong's eyes widened!After rubbing my eyes several times, I was sure that I was not dazzled!On the header of the test paper, it was indeed the test paper of the Ning'an Civil Servant Training Course Entrance Qualification Examination!

But the above topic: 1. Please list at least five names of the staple foods of the people in Rui Dynasty. 2. Please write down the growth cycle of rice. 3. Please write down the month that is busy with farming every year. 4....

Chen Wanyong swallowed his saliva, looked up and looked around, and found that the three classmates, like himself, all had dreamy expressions, while the other scholars looked blank.Chen Wanyong wiped his face and immediately started to write!

His family is a farming and studying family. Although they basically don't do farm work at home, they often hear these questions from their family members, and they don't think about it when they write!Until the last question, it is a composition question that accounts for half of the total score.The requirement is: If you become a county magistrate, how do you plan to increase food production and the income of the people while maintaining local law and order?

After pondering for a long time, Chen Wanyong only made a draft in his stomach, and wrote it immediately!With so many questions before, he had more or less confidence, and he also wanted to understand what kind of official Prince Xian wanted.Whether you can make splendid articles is not the point, the most important thing is to be able to develop people's livelihood!

There is not much content on this test paper, but except for Chen Wanyong and the other three, the other students racked their brains for a whole day, and finally handed in the paper reluctantly under the urging of the invigilator.

Forty papers, multiple-choice questions, and true-and-true questions all had standard answers, and Tao Yanran finished grading them in just one day.For the last composition question, the examinees wrote a lot, all kinds of citations, Tao Yanran, the soul of modern people and a scumbag, couldn't understand what they were writing, so he directly threw it to Qi Bohan.

Qi Bohan glanced at it, threw away most of the test papers, only picked out a dozen test papers, and graded A, B, C, D, etc.

There are four people in the first class. Tao Yanran really likes the composition written by one of the candidates named Chen Wanyong.

Cheng Wanyong's full text only puts forward one core methodology: inviting farming and weaving experts to share their experiences.Then I wrote a whole page on how to carry out this policy, such as proposing that people who share their experience can be given certain tax benefits, and that they are eligible to share their own experience when the yield per mu reaches a certain amount, and so on.It is detailed, like a plan that can be implemented immediately.

This composition made Tao Jianran's eyes shine.Before the development of modern science, experience is a very important thing. If this plan can be implemented smoothly, it will be combined with fertilizers and water trucks, and the plow will be improved. go?

Tao Jianran also took a look at the other three articles that were rated as first-class, but nothing surprised Tao Jianran anymore.Two people proposed some incentive mechanisms for sharing cattle and per mu yield, which are very innovative, but they only quoted the classics and wrote about the benefits of doing so, but did not have a detailed methodology.

Another candidate named Yuan Shajing gave a long speech on how to maintain law and order in the first half of the composition topic, and put forward several very advanced laws.For example, the method of avoiding unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, such as never suspecting a crime, and whoever submits a case will provide evidence.Although the composition is very off topic, Qi Bohan still gave it an A grade. It can be seen that Qi Bohan is very interested in this person.

In the final comprehensive score, Chen Wanyong ranked first, followed by three candidates who won the first grade in composition.There are four other people who have passed, and the results of the rest of them can be said to be appalling.

While the forty examinees were anxiously waiting for their results, Patriarch Hai paced back and forth in the study very irritablely.Seeing Cui Yanming who was still drinking tea calmly, he felt anxious but didn't dare to offend others, so he twisted his face and forced a good look, and said, "Mr. Cui, it's all like this, why? Is someone still coming to take the exam? Are those people's brains trapped by the door!"

"Patriarch, don't worry, now that we have ruined Qi Bohan's reputation, we have completed the task entrusted by the fifth prince." Cui Yanming calmly said.

"But we didn't pull Qi Bohan off the horse! If the fifth prince blames him, only our Hai family will be left to bear the burden!" Speaking of this, the head of the Hai family was so anxious that his mouth was bitter. If we fight together, even if we fail, other people will share the blame if the fifth prince wants to blame, but now only the Xie family and the Hai family are left in Ning'an, and the Xie family has even taken refuge in Qi Bohan, "I heard that the fifth prince is violent, just in case... "

When Cui Yanming heard this, he put down his teacup and said in a leisurely manner: "If the Patriarch is not at ease, I have another plan."

"Say it!" Patriarch Hai couldn't wait to walk to Cui Yanming's side.

"A few days ago, I met a student from Xingzhi College..."

This time Patriarch Hai didn't dare to think about Cui Yanming's words, suppressed his impatience, and listened to Cui Yanming's speech.

On the third day after the exam, Tao Jianran brought the test papers and report cards to the courtyard where the candidates lived temporarily.At this time, the primary school students were all in class, and there were only 40 people in the huge yard, and everyone looked very dignified, gathering in groups of twos and threes, but no one spoke.

Seeing Tao Jianran come in, everyone was a little puzzled.They had never met Tao Jianran, and they didn't know what this young man did.But seeing Gongsun Mingzhi, the vice-principal of Xingzhi Elementary School following behind Tao Yanran, he immediately realized that Tao Jianran's status was unusual, so they saluted him one after another.

"You are welcome." Tao Yanran showed a trademark smile, and the candidates looked relaxed. "I am Tao Jianran, the principal of Xingzhi Primary School. I am here to announce the results of your previous exams." He said, shaking his hands Goose-yellow silk cloth rolled up with logs.

Hearing this, the examinees immediately stood up and stared at the silk cloth with fiery eyes, as if wishing that they had clairvoyant eyes and could see the results in advance.

Tao Jianran didn't give a shit about it, unfolded the silk cloth, raised his breath and read out: "Ning'an's first civil servant training class exam, a total of eight people passed the exam, and the candidates whose names were read came out and stood behind Principal Gongsun."

"Chen Wanyong, Cheng Yifang, Liu Yikuan, Yuan Shajing, Li Huaishi, Zhang Chenyuan, Li Yangong, Shi Yili."

Following Tao Jianran's movement of putting away the silk cloth, the examinees who hadn't read their names all showed a look of despair.In fact, when they left the examination room, they already knew that they had no hope of getting in the list, but they were still lucky, but now that the last glimmer of hope was shattered, they couldn't tell what it was like.

Tao Jianran first congratulated the eight people who passed the exam, and then said to the remaining thirty or so people: "You should not be discouraged if you fail the exam. There will be a second exam in a month, and everyone is welcome to take part."

"This is true!" A candidate who failed the exam blurted out excitedly, and the other candidates looked at Tao Yanran eagerly.Those with a more impulsive temper even ran directly in front of Tao Jianran, suppressing their desire/desire to grab Tao Jianran's shoulders and shake them.

Tao Yanran nodded calmly: "Of course it is true. Ning'an still has many official vacancies. How can there be enough for eight people? So please continue to work hard. I believe that after this exam, everyone knows what kind of officials Ning'an needs. I hope everyone can study hard this month, and I wish you all the best for passing the exam next time."

It's really another village!The candidates who failed the ranking seemed to be revived, and some excited ones couldn't help howling, even more excited than the eight candidates who won the ranking.

Tao Yanran didn't stop them, and brought the eight candidates who had passed the list to Gongsun Mingzhi's office, and kicked out the owner.

Gongsun Mingzhi, who was thrown away after being used up, was not angry, and he helped close the door with a very good temper.

Gongsun Mingzhi's office was much larger than Tao Yanran's, and there was a small living room, so it wouldn't look crowded with nine men standing in it.Because there were not enough chairs, Tao Yanran didn't ask them to sit down.

"Congratulations to the eight of you for passing the exam." Tao Yanran said with a smile, and then said very bluntly, "Everyone knows that Ning'an is currently in short supply of officials, so there is no time to train you. The prince means to let You start work immediately, if you do well, you can continue to work, if you don’t do well, you can only be replaced by someone else. It can be regarded as practical training, do you have any comments?"

"This, isn't it against the rules?" No.8's Shi Yili is a young man with a baby face. When he sees others, he doesn't make a sound, and he speaks a lot weaker. "So, what's the difference with the imperial examination..." ?