After having a family dinner from Li Zhijie, Xu He hurried to Fu Xue.
When he entered the door, the doorman saw Xu He and almost didn't recognize him.
It wasn't until Wu Decao, an old acquaintance, came forward that Xu He was let in.
Yes, brother Dev's five taels of silver were wasted, but I can't blame him. Who has ever seen a student who took more than half a year off after only two days of schooling?
After entering the mansion and settling down, Gao Guoguang, Ma Luo and other students were still studying in Yuyingzhai and had not returned.
Xu He called Wu Decao and planned to go to the professor's house with Gaobi to sell off his leave.
Unexpectedly, Wu Decao couldn't get up as soon as he lay down on the bamboo bed: "It's better to go alone, I didn't report it to Professor Gao! If I go, won't I be scolded?"
Xu He thought so, so he went to the public house.
After the announcement, Gao Bi entered the door and was still immersed in his desk, reviewing the articles of the students.
After a while, he stood up and wandered around twice and said: "You still know about coming back? Why don't you just take off your vacation next year? Celebrate the New Year at home, so you don't have to travel back and forth!"
Xu He said with shame: "The professor is joking, the annual exam is coming soon, how dare the students be absent!"
Gao Bi snorted coldly and said, "If Master Li and Master Hailing Chen hadn't asked for leave for you, you wouldn't have to take the annual exam this time!"
What Xu He could say was that he could only bow and dare not speak.
Gao Bi asked: "Have you ever studied at home?"
Xu He quickly showed the paper he just showed to Li Zhijie to Gao Bi.
Gao Bi briefly read two articles, then nodded slowly and said: "It seems that the effort has not been lost yet. You go ahead and prepare carefully. The grand master will be here in a few days. If you don't do well in the exam, I will You have something to say first!”
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When Xu He returned to his residence, he found that Wu Decao had a big heart. He had already fallen asleep, thinking about some good things in his dream, and was smiling.
As soon as he put away his bedding, Xie Liangcai received the news that he was back.
When the two met, Xie Liangcai put his arms around Xu He's shoulders and said, "Hello, Xu Liangsheng, do you know, brother, what kind of life have I spent these past six months? This Professor Gao is simply not a human being. He doesn't even have a day off to rest." If you don't give it, they will lock us in the mansion all day long, guarding us like thieves."
Xu He smiled and took out a few oil paper bags from the baggage and put them in his hands.
Xie Liangcai untied it and saw that they were all chicken, duck, pig, beef and mutton. Good guy, how long have you been hungry? Xie Liangcai's eyes turned green when he saw these things. He picked up a roast chicken and gnawed on it. He said aggrievedly as he gnawed. : "The high wall bullies people so much. They don't even give me anything from my family. They say it's hard on their minds, their muscles and bones, and starving their bodies. Look, look, how thin I have become, brother!"
Xu He said with a smile: "Brother Defu, don't worry, the annual exam is coming soon. After the annual exam, the government school will be dismissed, won't you be relieved by then?"
While Xie Liangcai was swallowing the chicken, he muttered: "Yang Yinqiu was transferred to Huguang as Deputy Inspector, and the new Ti Xuedao is Wang Liangchen from the Shen family. Do you know this?"
Xu He smiled bitterly and said: "Not only do I know, but I have also dealt with him before!"
When Xie Liangcai heard this, his eyes lit up and he asked, "How is this person?"
Xu He told this dear friend about Wang Liangchen and Shen Wan's visit.
After hearing this, Xie Defu put down the roast chicken in his hand and frowned: "What should we do? If Wang Liangchen deliberately makes things difficult, then you will not be able to take the annual exam this time. Next year is the provincial examination year, so you will not be able to participate in the provincial examination. And he will at least do After serving one term, that is to say, you will have no chance until the year after next, unless you wait for him to be transferred and the next Grand Master comes, then you will have to leave!"
Xu He lay down on the bamboo bed, put his hands on the pillow, looked at the roof and said: "What else can I do? Wait!"
Xie Liangcai also wanted to persuade Xu He to go to Beijing and join Xu Song.
But it's too late. Even if Xu Song does it, he won't be able to do it this year.
If it doesn't work this year, we have to wait three years. Why bother to work on the relationship between Dabo and Tuo?
The two of them were thinking about this with sad faces, when their fellow students came back from class.
When they saw Xu He, Gao Guoguang said in surprise: "Brother Liangsheng, are you back?"
Xu He smiled and took out the food and placed it on the table, inviting everyone to sit down.
Because Xie Liangcai, a local student, was present, everyone who was a little restrained just now suddenly became like Xie Liangcai when they saw the meat. Their eyes glowed green and they couldn't care about it anymore. A group of people all sat down and munched at their desks. How could they be a scholar? shadow.
After everyone had eaten and drank, the topic naturally returned to the upcoming annual exams.
Gao Guoguang asked Xie Liangcai, "Brother Xie, what exactly is the test this year? What's the point? We asked Director Jiao, but Director Jiao only told us to study carefully but refused to elaborate!"
Xie Liangcai smiled and said: "Master Jiao Xun is probably afraid that you will be too nervous, so he refuses to say more. In fact, there is nothing to be afraid of. Real gold is not afraid of fire. As long as you have solid knowledge, it doesn't matter if you say it!"
Marlow held up his hands and said, "Then please tell me something, Senior Brother!"
Xie Liangcai nodded and began to introduce the exams for birth attendants after admission.
Local Confucianism in the Wei Dynasty had monthly and quarterly examinations. These examinations were mostly for the purpose of supervising and inspecting the academic performance of students. These examinations were presided over by academic officials.
At the end of each month, the academic officers gather together the students and take an exam in class.
Those with relatively good academic performance will usually take one article each of the Four Books, Classics, Strategies, and Treatises;
Those who usually get average grades will take the test on one piece each of the "Four Books" and the Classical Meanings, and three pieces each of breakup, succession, and couplets.
At the end of each quarter, the promotion officer gathers the students and takes an exam in class. The questions are the same as the monthly exams.
After the exam, the rankings were determined and a small list was written and posted in front of Minglun Hall.
Those who perform well in the monthly and quarterly exams will be rewarded. Each person in the first place will receive one or two taels of silver, and those in the first place will receive double the amount.
The second class will receive eight coins of silver, and the third class will receive paper, pen and stationery.
Poor students are not allowed to ask for leave. In serious cases, the academic officer will submit an application to Xuedao. After inspection and verification, the Ti Xuedao Yamen will issue a seal and strip the student of his green shirt. From then on, the student will be restored to civilian status, because in the future, the student can only wear civilian clothes. Clothing, so this act of dismissal has a technical term... "giving clothes and scarves."
Xie Liangcai was talking about the monthly exams and the quarterly exams. Almost everyone present has experienced these, so he mainly told Xu He.
To be honest, Xu He really didn't expect that there would be so many rules after enrolling.
Movies and TV kill people.
In the past, when Xu He was watching TV, there would be a scholar in three steps, a promotion in two steps, and even Jinshi people would grab a lot of them. It seemed that these people had nothing to do every day, either in restaurants or Qinlou and Chuguan. , the days are about letting yourself go.
Now it seems like nonsense, the rules here are much stricter than those in sociology.
Xie Liangcai said: "Let me tell you about the annual exam in detail!"
