Zhang Yue was not too surprised that he did not enter the Zhoujin Hall.
Over the years, he felt that many things seemed to go well but in the end, they didn't go so well.
But if you don’t make progress, you won’t make progress. Anyway, it’s good to make friends with professors, ministers, Zhang Cai, etc.
As long as the Three-Character Sutra is presented, it will be appreciated by the nobles, so I hope it can be put into the future child prodigy test.
This is a road to the blue sky! Isn’t that what time travel novels say? There are also people who can’t wait to invent this and that as soon as they travel through time, and the money starts rolling in.
In the Nanfeng Academy, Zhang Youzhi said very apologetically to Zhang Yue: "Sanlang, I wanted to let you enter the academy, but it turns out... there are too many people in the clan academy this year, and everyone has asked for help. I thought that you are still young, even this year If you don’t take it, it’s normal to take it next year.”
"After summer, I will try again, but one day earlier and one day later is not much different."
Zhang Youzhi still spoke very tactfully, and did not tell Zhang Yue the real inside story, so as not to upset his concern for Xiang Xue. He has seen many talented scholars who could not withstand various setbacks in their studies and finally gave up halfway. He didn't want Zhang Yue to follow their path.
Zhang Yue said: "Thank you sir, the student has planned to apply for the county school's admission examination this year."
Zhang Youzhi nodded and said, "The county school admission test was pretty good."
Zhang Yue said: "The examination is conducted by your Majesty personally. I have a few years to go until the year of Ding, and I have to serve as a corvee. In this dynasty, the number of people in the year of Ding is said to be twenty, but there are not enough people in our county. Light service, heavy service after the age of twenty, no matter whether it is light service or heavy service, there is no harm in studying."
Zhang Youzhi said: "This dynasty's military service laws have always harmed the people."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Fortunately, this time the household registration has been reduced to the third level, otherwise the battle in Yaqian would have been a headache."
Zhang Youzhi said: "You can just take the exam, don't worry about anything else. That's right, what subject are you applying for?"
"Jingyi."
Zhang You asked directly: "Are you proficient in all nine classics?"
Zhang Yue said: "I heard that only the Five Classics will be tested, and candidates can choose by themselves. The students have already read Yi, Shu, and poems familiarly, and then read the Rites. The two Zhou Rites can barely give it a try."
"Nonsense," Zhang You slapped the table and said, "Etiquette, Zhou Li's Second Classic has only three to five months of practice. How can I master it so well that I dare to give it a try?"
Zhang Yue lowered his head and said, "Students just do their best."
"You, you," Zhang Youzhi shook his head and said, "That's all, I have some old friendship with you, so let me tell you something."
"Sir..." Zhang Yue was overjoyed. He came today just to talk about this.
Zhang Youzhi said solemnly: "I can give you a message, but if you can't understand the Five Classics and don't do well in the exam, I won't lose face just to protect you."
Zhang Yue immediately said: "Sir, don't worry, the students will do their best."
Zhang Youzhi said: "Just take the tenth path as the guide to seven. As long as you can do this, I will speak for you with your Majesty."
Zhang Youzhi set a high standard by saying this. He expected that as long as Zhang Yue could answer more than 60%, he could ask the county magistrate to recruit Zhang Yue into the county school.
Zhang Yue was about to thank him.
Zhang Youzhi said: "Don't say these words. Come to Nanfeng Academy five days after the county examination, and I will teach you seal script myself."
Zhang Yue thought that even with everything arranged to this point, what else could he be dissatisfied with.
Guo Xuexue needs to get all ten questions correct before he can enter the county school. He can only get seven by himself. For students from poor families, having such a teacher can save them years of studying.
"Student, thank you sir. I cannot say thank you enough for your kindness. I have a grudge to ask you before I leave."
Zhang You asked directly: "Oh?"
Zhang Yue said: "The student wants to ask the teacher to give the student two words to teach him at all times. Once the student does not study hard, he will think of the teacher to give him a reminder."
Zhang You laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this?"
Having said this, Zhang You walked straight to the desk and immediately wrote two words with a brush.
Zhang Youzhi gave the two words to Zhang Yue and said: "After you go back, you can also carefully figure out the method of seal script. You are the most talented person I have ever seen in the art of seal script. Don't let me down in the future."
Zhang Yue burst into tears of gratitude when he saw these two words. When he returned, he kept one for himself and the other for Peng Jingyi to complete his explanation.
As for when I learn seal script from Zhang Youzhi in the future, I often ask for a few more words in the name of learning. If I find out in the future, I will have an excuse. But this is too unlikely.
Zhang Yue said goodbye and went to the library to find a job. As for the ministry, he didn't say much. He just asked Zhang Yue to come to the library to borrow books when he wanted to. Zhang Yue was very moved after hearing this. Before leaving, he borrowed "Zhou Rites", "Rituals" and Zheng Xuan's "Three Rites Notes".
The minister watched Zhang Yue leave the library with a messy expression. But when his little granddaughter learned that Zhang Yue could no longer play backgammon with him, she burst into tears.
Return to Wuxi from Nanfengyuan.
Guo Lin already knew about Zhang Yue's rejection from the clan school.
Guo Lin was not good at words and didn't know how to comfort Zhang Yue. He could only sit aside and hold it in for a long time and only said, "Junior brother is back!" '
Then Guo Lin held it back for a long time, organized some words and finally said.
"Junior brother, are you hungry? Let's eat noodles tonight!"
Zhang Yue answered a few words obviously absent-mindedly, but he did not refuse anyone who came to eat. However, Guo Lin was fortunate that Zhang Yue had a good appetite. Not only did he finish a large bowl of noodles, he also secretly took a chopstick from his bowl.
Guo Lin held the bowl and thought to himself, Junior Brother's behavior must be nothing.
What made Guo Lin even more gratified was that Zhang Yue did not give up on himself and sat down at the table to read after dinner.
Being able to study hard means that the junior brother has put aside his sorrow and gone all out to prepare for the county examination.
Guo Lin secretly felt happy when he thought of this, but he was also a little sad. From July last year to the present, his junior brother had only been studying the Bible for only half a year. No matter how talented he was and had a photographic memory, it was still too long for him to take the county examination in March this year. It was rushed.
How can we compare with those scholars who have lived in poverty for ten years?
Even Guo Lin spent six or seven years studying the Bible himself. Even so, there was no guarantee that he could only make one or two mistakes in the county school entrance examination.
Junior brother is destined to fail this exam.
But Guo Lin had no way to tell Zhang Yue the truth. He could only hope that he would take the exam as an opportunity to study hard in the past few months and not give up on himself because he couldn't get into the clan school.
But when it came to this, Guo Lin suddenly thought that he had wasted several months of time last year on writing letters, so he had no time to think about it.
After Guo Lin calmed down, he thought about how sad he would be if he passed the exam and his junior brother didn't.
Guo Lin couldn't help but glance at Zhang Yue and was startled.
It would be expected if Zhang Yue hugged his head and cried or anything at this moment, and it would not make Guo Lin so frightened at this moment. But Zhang Yue was clearly slapping his legs and laughing, and he couldn't laugh out loud. How terrifying is this?
Junior brother, are you crazy?
Zhang Yue was not crazy. At this moment, he remembered that although he went to Nanfeng Academy today to confirm the news that he had not entered the clan school, he got two other pieces of good news.
First, with the recommendation of a professor, my chances of being admitted in the county examination will be greatly increased. At least I will be on a fair starting line with others.
The second is to get Peng Jingyi’s request.
This is simply a double happiness! To put it this way, it is really a blessing in disguise. If you enter the county school, you will be happier than entering the clan school.
When Zhang Yue thought of this, he couldn't help but feel elated and excited?
Therefore, we are overjoyed, but there is nothing we can do about it. We just have such a small capacity, and it is easy for us to overfill our capacity. We started to have problems even before we were admitted to the county school.
At this moment, Zhang Yue saw the horrified expression on Guo Lin's face opposite him.
"Senior brother?"
Zhang Yue couldn't help but walked closer in confusion.
Guo Lin stood up in shock: "Junior brother, don't scare me..."
"Huh?" Zhang Yue didn't know what was going on and looked confused.
Guo Lin said sadly: "Junior brother, you must have lost your mind for a moment. Our village has a local method. Please bear with it..."
After saying that, Guo Lin picked up Zhang Yue's wrist. Zhang Yue was caught off guard, but saw that Guo Lin had already opened his mouth and bit it...
In the quiet night of the mountain village, a shrill scream suddenly came: "Brother, are you a dog?"
The native dog under the fence suddenly opened his eyes, looked around, and then lay down again.
The lame slave just turned over when he heard the cry.
Xuexiu Guo and his wife glanced towards the hut. Xuexiu Guo said to his wife who was full of doubts: "The two brothers and sisters are making trouble. Go to sleep."
In the hut, Guo Lin was already dressing Zhang Yue's wrists with an apologetic look on his face.
At this moment, Zhang Yue thought of Fan Jin's passing the exam. Senior brother, are you doing this to pay tribute to Butcher Hu? Then wait until I get admitted to the county school.
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