While Zhu Youxiao stayed in Tianjin, watching the aircraft carrier test with great interest, planning the future main naval base, and paying attention to the rectification of naval soldiers, the matter he had discussed with Xu Guangqi about the imperial examination was finally approved by the Imperial Daily

, the official residence newspaper, the announcement, spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, spread out.

At the city gate of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, a dimly dressed official was posting notices. The people of the Ming Dynasty also had the habit of watching the excitement, and soon some people gathered here to watch. Now that the government of the Ming Dynasty has been restructured, all officials have official establishments.

In order to control the officials, it is not allowed to hire helpers, assistants and the like.

"Brother, what are you posting an announcement about?" a scholar among the onlookers boldly asked.

"It's an announcement about liberal arts. It's about the imperial examination. Don't worry. Wait until I finish posting it and read it yourself. This is the last task of the year. I will go back for vacation after I finish posting it." For some reason, the economic official said.

On vacation, I looked a little sad.

"Holiday? It's only late November and it's not yet the New Year. How can the government take a holiday?" the scholar asked in surprise.

Hearing this, the manager became even more distressed, "Yes, it's not holiday yet, but I'm taking leave in advance. All the government officials will go home during the Chinese New Year holiday, but it's impossible not to leave anyone behind, right?

Some people are on duty, and I am the one who stayed on duty this year."

"Oh, that's it." The scholar suddenly realized that he was an unlucky guy. He was left on duty by the superior officer and was not allowed to go home for reunion on New Year's Eve.

Satisfying the curiosity in his heart, the scholar clicked his mouth in contentment, but he suddenly remembered something and asked again anxiously, "Wait a minute, big brother, which department did you say this is a notice for?"

"It's an announcement from the Liberal Arts. Regarding next year's imperial examination, I heard that it seems to be a notice from the Ministry of Education." The agencies directly under the Ming Dynasty Ministry are divided into three levels: departments, departments, departments, and departments. The counterpart of the Liberal Arts is the Ministry of Education, which specializes in the management of imperial examination matters.

In a province, schools used to be under the supervision, but now they are scattered and the authority is distributed to the localities. In a county, the academic titles in the county are all managed by the section chief of liberal arts.

This scholar is a scholar, and he just passed the examination this year. He will be able to take the provincial examination next year. Hearing this, he became excited.

"Blessed by the Bodhisattva, I hope nothing will happen in next year's provincial examination!" Looking at the notices that were gradually unfolded and posted, the scholar secretly prayed in his heart.

The scholar examination is held every year, mostly in early April, and this year it is also held in Shaoxing Prefecture. Although the content of the examination is still the same as before, the format is very different. First of all, in the past, the county examination, the prefectural examination,

There is no more Level 3 examination for the college examination.

After all, the position of Tixue has been abolished and he has become the director of the Department of Literature. Naturally, he cannot preside over the college examination. Therefore, the college examination was cancelled, leaving only the county examination and the government examination.

Moreover, in the past, the imperial examinations were presided over by county magistrates and prefects, but they were all handed over to liberal arts and liberal arts departments. The local officials no longer came forward. This left the scholars who had the tradition of paying homage to their masters in the past at a loss as to what to do and where to pay homage.

Which one? The county magistrate or the liberal arts chief?

Although the content of the exam is still the same as before, many people are still worried about what will happen next year. This is why the scholar prays in his heart. Changes and other things are the most annoying to those with vested interests.

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Shaoxing is indeed a place where literary style flourishes. In just a short while, seven or eight more scholars came over to watch. Of course, they would never admit that they saw many people here and wanted to come over and explain.

Government decrees are the result of showing one's talents and learning.

The clerk moved very quickly, perhaps because he was rushing back to rest, and his movements were a bit rough, which made the notice a little wrinkled. However, these scholars did not care about this and stretched their necks to look at it.

"Hundred-point system exam?" The scholar who asked first asked because he was in the best position, so he immediately saw the reform of the provincial examination. However, the content on the notice made him very confused. The hundred-point system is an unfamiliar word, but it will be next autumn.

The examination method of Wei.

"Damn it, it's really changed." The scholar's heart was full of grief and anger, and his emotional prayer just now was in vain, "Budhisattva, that's useless."

"With a hundred-point system, all questions have scores. The examiner gives scores based on the candidates' answers. Finally, the total scores are used to rank the nouns and draw the admission line. All those who exceed the admission line will be admitted, and the full score is one hundred points."

Another scholar murmured, repeating the contents of an advertisement.

"The format of this provincial examination is so weird!"

"Yes, yes, all the questions are on one paper, and you answer them all in the same paper, and then hand it in. This is so weird."

"Yes, and the host of the provincial examination is not someone sent by the central government, but the director of the Department of Literature."

Having just browsed the first half of the content, these scholars couldn't help but start discussing and expressing their own opinions, but all of them had doubts about the official document. The host, the paper format, the examination method, etc. were all among their complaints.

"Look, there is something about the scholar examination below." Suddenly, a person shouted, attracting the attention of all the scholars. Only then did they realize that they had not read all the contents of the notice, but only read the first half of the notice about the examination.

Let's discuss it.

After calming down their emotions a little, these scholars continued to look down. Although the scholar examination had nothing to do with them, it did have something to do with their relatives and friends. Even if it didn't matter, it would be good to have more knowledge so that they could brag to others.

Woolen cloth.

Seven or eight scholars gathered in front of the notice, occupying all the space, and squinted their eyes to watch carefully. However, when the other common people saw that it was related to the scholars, some left one after another, and some smiled and got out of the way.

The place was occupied and these scholars were allowed to squeeze in. If not, how could these weak scholars be able to squeeze through these common people who had to eat hard every day.

"The distinction between county and government examinations will be cancelled, and will be unified into the college entrance examination. Five-person joint guarantees will be cancelled, and all students will be guaranteed. Only those with high school diplomas can participate."

This first article alone shocked the hearts of these scholars.

"The College Entrance Examination, what a strange name, why not call it the College Entrance Examination?" A scholar said strangely. The College Entrance Examination suddenly popped up during the provincial examination. It was really confusing, and for some reason, he always felt that this name contained a lot of meaning.

of malice.

"Why are you paying attention to this? You should pay attention to this high school. What is a high school? Why do you need his diploma to take the scholar college entrance examination." A scholar interrupted.

"Yes, what is this high school?" Others also asked. However, after asking around, they found that this high school is a mysterious thing, and no one present seemed to know about it.

For a moment, these scholars looked at each other, wondering why they were like this.

"Well, I heard that when we, the prefect of Shaoxing Prefecture, were carrying out land reform, they seemed to have confiscated some family schools and built some schools, and one of them seemed to be named a high school." A scholar suddenly spoke up, with a hesitant tone.

said.

"Wait a minute, I seem to remember where I saw it." Another scholar slapped his thigh and quickly turned over the thing in his hand. It was a copy of the Empire Daily News. Judging from its newness, it was just published today.

With a few clicks, he flipped to the Central Government Orders page, where a government order memorial was published. In the column of publishers, the famous one was the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, and the Cabinet.

"This is it." The scholar was overjoyed, and then read quickly, "Outside the county, each village has a different number of primary school teachers according to the number of people to enlighten the children in the village. The schooling system lasts five years.

A district is a unit, and a primary school is also set up to enlighten the children in the district. Above the primary school, a middle school is set up. The middle school is divided into two, namely the junior high school and the high school. The junior high school is three years and the high school is two years. Those who pass the examination are required to hold a graduation certificate.

Only those with a high school diploma can take the college entrance examination."

"This..." After reading the decree, all the scholars present looked at each other. What a strict school hierarchy. They were promoted step by step, and the ten-year cold window was implemented in every place.

"Every village must have a primary school and primary school teachers." A scholar seemed to have discovered something, and said a little lostly, "The entire Shaoxing Prefecture, more than a dozen counties, and no less than a thousand villages, how many primary school teachers are needed.

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"Yes, how can the teacher not have enough?" A scholar said, but he was stunned for a moment, seemed to come to his senses, and exclaimed, "No, I'm waiting for the danger!"

"Brother..." A scholar wanted to ask, but before he could finish the question, the scholar who exclaimed blurted out, "There are not many scholars in the mansion, and there are even less scholars. There are definitely not enough teachers. If there is no one available, Mr.

, the little master will definitely arrest us as errands, but no, I have to go back and study hard, and I will definitely pass the exam."

"Goodbye, everyone, I'm leaving first." After saying that, he ran away.

The Little Grandmaster is the liberal arts officer in the county, the Grandmaster in the government is the Grandmaster, and the provincial Grandmaster is the Grandmaster. These strange titles are inherited from the former Prefectural School, which was called the Grandmaster.

Looking at the scholar who had already left, the others quickly reacted, cupped their hands with each other, and left one after another. The rumor that the young master had arrested someone was not groundless, it was indeed true, but the person arrested was not the scholar.

, but the children who had never passed the college entrance examination before.

However, one cannot be called a scholar after the academy examination. Although the young master did not extend his demonic grasp to the scholars, this is because they want to see Qiu Wei. If Qiu Wei fails...

If you can't survive the autumn period, your official career will definitely be hopeless. Either you start working early, or you become a teacher, or you become a civil servant in the township, oh no, you are an economic official.

This is not impossible, but will definitely happen. Thinking about this tragic situation in the future, these scholars wish they had four pairs of eyes and could imprint all the contents of the book into their minds.

Situations like this became commonplace throughout the Ming Dynasty as the notices spread. No scholar was left wandering around outside, and they all began to study diligently.

There are tens of millions of scholars in the Ming Dynasty, including all kinds of people and county magistrates. Especially in some remote places, scholars have long been arrested and sent to work as errands. After all, there are only so many scholars in a county, and now there is a sudden increase.

With so many official positions, there are simply not enough manpower. Who can be arrested if not the talented people?

Moreover, these talented people are very useful, and no one dares not to come. After all, if you don't abide by the decrees of the Ministry of Education, you may be deprived of your honors and will be banned from official career for life.

This was the most vicious punishment for scholars in the Ming Dynasty, second only to being unable to take the imperial examination for three generations.
Chapter completed!