Since the preaching of the imperial edict on the New Year and Night, Bai Gui and three classmates have also entered Bailu Academy as students.

Bailu Academy takes exams every ten days, including postscript questions, ink and meaning questions, and most importantly, art and literature, and the number of tests is almost the same as that of the imperial examinations.

This time, after the exam.

"It's the end of the list again, I'm sorry when will I get ahead?" Bai Xiaowen cried and looked at his results in the rankings. He ranked 43rd, at the end of the list.

Bailu Academy has nearly 70 students. Anyone who passes the exam for scholarship must study in the prefecture or county schools. However, generally speaking, only 40% or 50% will stay in the academy and continue to study hard.

Those old scholars who had long been hopeless for the imperial examinations have already made a living early, either to serve as a patron or to a private school. Although scholars are at the bottom of their fame, they have no chance of employment. Students who have studied well also have food from the county or the government. They have six dou of grain per month and four taels of silver per year. There are various subsidies for wealthy prefectures and counties. You should know that at this moment, only five or six dou of grain per a year will be only five or six dou of grain per a year.

Therefore, county schools are always dissatisfied with the staff. In addition to some old scholars with hopeless futures, and students with third-class or above do not need to go to school, those who can enter will be admitted. Therefore, there are 31 students in Bailu Academy.

In addition to the four of them, there are eight students who learn to learn practically.

There is a practical teacher at Yushan Academy in Zishui County. I heard that a dropout who came back from the Anhui Academy was invited to teach at Yushan Academy. However, in addition to studying practical learning, you also need to learn some classics.

For students who are practical, Bailu Academy is a bit like a middle school, while the Qin Provincial Normal School transformed by Guanzhong Academy is like a university, and requires an exam to enter. Bailu Academy students often have to go to Yushan Academy to ask for teaching and learning.

"The three wrong titles of the postscript are all Mencius, which shows that your Mencius has not learned it well."

Zhou Yuan squeezed in and said proudly.

Next to the red list of the rankings, there is another place that is specially posted on the test papers, which are posted in order according to the rankings for people to read. He had just read Bai Xiaowen's test papers, and he was confident at this moment, so he started to mock him.

The title of the postscript is a fill-in-the-blank question for later generations. It originated in the Tang Dynasty. During the examination of the Ming Jing subject in the Tang Dynasty, the examiner arbitrarily selected a certain paragraph of the scriptures, covered it with a note, and asked the candidates to write it down.

The questions of the postscript are the easiest to test the test paper, and are simpler than simple ink-like questions (descriptive).

"Hmph! You laugh at me, but your ranking is only higher than me, one...two...three...seven."

"And you have studied the Confucianism for so many years, but you are not as high as Brother Gui."

Bai Xiaowen curled his lips and said angrily.

Zhou Yuanneng did not fall into the bottom four on the college list because the other eight students had poor grades. They just took the Four Books and Five Classics according to the rules, but this can only be considered a subject they studied, and it is understandable that they fall behind.

Bai Gui's ranking was closely followed by 31 students, ranking 32nd.

"Brother Bai has a unique memory and is proficient in classics. He is not wrong with the title of the post and the Mo Yi topic. Moreover, after reading his test paper, my calligraphy is already quite well organized, but it is too rigid and has no spirituality..."

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but exclaim.

For a "child prodigy" like Bai Gui, even if the title of the postscript and the ink meaning is given, these two questions do not explain the meaning of the sages. You only need to answer according to your memory. The only point that can be deducted is whether the handwriting is sloppy.

Although Bai Gui's handwriting is not like a great man and has no spirituality, it is neat and tidy and cannot find any faults. Although this kind of handwriting will not be loved by the examiner, it will not lose the score on the paper.

"I'm almost there when you and I'm in this county test, but Brother Gui will definitely win."

Lu Zhaopeng came over and said firmly.

Although Bai Gui's 32nd place is a bit far from the test papers of the top 31 students, as Mr. Zhu taught the art of making, the gap narrowed to the naked eye.

"As long as the articles in the county examination are readable, they often will not be eliminated, but when they go to the government examination, the hospital examination will be difficult."

He added.

Zishui County has a poor literary style, and it is not difficult to pass the county examination. However, it is difficult to get a higher ranking. Simply put, the level of Confucian scholars in Zishui County is not high, but there are some Confucian scholars who have received high-level education since childhood and have a very high level...

It’s like a remote place may have several Tsinghua and Peking University every year, but a few students who have lost can’t even attend a 985 school, which is a big deal.

They are also taught by Xu Xiucai at a high level, naturally ahead of other Confucian scholars. Mr. Zhu, Professor Jie Yuan of Qin Province in his early years, was a relaxing task to surpass most Confucian scholars in a short time, but in the last few, it takes time to accumulate.

Bai Gui ignored the noise outside, he was burying his head to read.

He has long been past the age of comparing his studies with his peers. In the past, he would only look through the exams in each college after the college entrance examinations came out. Moreover, now he is too wasteful to see the crowds. It is a waste of time. After a while, he can get something.

But soon, his classmates helped him get the test paper back.

"I said to Yan Yuan, if you use it, you will do it; if you give it away, you will hide it. Only I and you have this husband!"

On the test papers full of red pens and criticisms, the first thing is to do is to prepare art questions.

This sentence means: Confucius said to Yan Hui: "If you are appointed, you can display your ambitions; if you are not appointed, you can hide yourself. Only you and I can do this."

"Brother Bai, you are so good at solving the problem. 'The sage should take care of it and wait for the capable to show it in detail.'"

Zhou Yuan held the test paper and said in a sigh.

"Sage" refers to Confucius, "can" refers to Yan Hui, and "the right way to practice and treasure" refers to the right way to practice and treasure. "Mind-show" refers to the relationship between Confucius and Yan Hui, and also highlights Yan Hui's understanding. He does not need to use heavy drums to sound drums.

On the test paper, Mr. Zhu also drew a circle with a red stroke, which means that the question is good. However, the following seven parts: the following questions, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, stocks, medium stocks, back stocks, and connecting stocks are no longer circled, but instead replaced them with a few symbols, points, and straight lines, but fortunately there are no wrong numbers.

In order to prevent fraud, in the imperial examination, the marking officers should not directly evaluate the quality of the paper in words. Instead, they should be represented by certain symbols. For example, the Qing Dynasty palace examination was represented by five symbols: "circle" (○), "point" (△), "point" (,), "straight" (I), and "fork" (×).
Chapter completed!