Lin Yuanqiu also tried to bend a few toes. Well, it was not tight or loose, and it was quite comfortable to wear.
"Thank you, sis!"
Lin Yuanqiu feels that she is the happiest child in the family.
No, since he went to town to study, his family has made him several new clothes and pants. There are also new shoes and socks, a lot of which have been made.
In fact, Lin Yuanqiu knew what his family meant. They were worried that if he didn't dress well, he would be looked down upon by his classmates.
Lin Yuanqiu was not the kind of person to care about this. He just told his family many times to no avail, so in the end he had to leave it to everyone.
"Thank you." Chunmei said with a smile: "Speaking of which, eldest sister would like to thank you, fifth brother."
This was Chunmei's innermost thoughts. In her opinion, if her fifth brother hadn't studied for merit and fame, she, an ordinary peasant girl, would not have had the affairs of having so many matchmakers rushing to come to her house to propose marriage.
Not to mention that right now, the fifth brother is preparing to take the college entrance examination for her.
How could Chunmei not be grateful for this.
After thinking about it, Lin Yuanqiu said, "Sister, actually, I'm not very sure about this college examination."
Lin Yuanqiu felt that it was necessary to speak clearly in advance, so as not to have too high expectations when the time comes, which would lead to greater disappointment.
"It's okay." Chunmei's smile deepened, "Sister, I don't have to worry about getting married!"
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Compared with county examinations and prefecture examinations, registration for college examinations must be much earlier.
Although he had no previous plans to participate in the college examination, Lin Yuanqiu also knew about the college examination. According to the past, I would have to go to Fucheng to register in about ten days at most.
Before that, he had to find a junior student who would vouch for him, as well as four students who were friends with each other.
Therefore, as soon as he returned to the private school, Lin Yuanqiu told his master that he was going to take the college examination.
Zhou Xiucai opened his mouth, but didn't say a word for a long time. Today is the third day of June, and there are still more than two months left before the exams start. Time is so tight, can I prepare for the exams in time?
In fact, what Zhou Xiucai wanted to say was, how could he pass the college examination well in such a short time frame?
Also, although the academic examination, like the government examination, also tests essays and policy essays, the policy essay topics in the academic examination are basically related to the imperial decrees. As a student, I am only nine years old. I am not familiar with some of the government decrees, I am afraid I have never heard of them.
So, can you pass the test?
But when he saw Lin Yuanqiu's childish face, Zhou Xiucai felt that it would be beneficial for his children to experience the atmosphere of the hospital examination early.
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On the second day, after lunch, Lin Yuanqiu went to a calligraphy and painting shop during his lunch break.
In addition to the four agreed-upon portraits of Bodhisattva, Lin Yuanqiu also painted several sketches.
After checking them one by one, shopkeeper Hu settled the wages with great satisfaction.
The four Bodhisattva portraits cost twenty taels of silver, and then the three sketches of landscape paintings. Shopkeeper Hu counted the four hundred copper coins on each of them, and counted a total of one or two taels of silver.
Shopkeeper Hu first returned the deposit of twenty taels of silver to Lin Yuanqiu, and then took a twenty-tael silver note and more than one tael of broken silver.
After saying goodbye to Shopkeeper Hu, Lin Yuanqiu went to the seal shop and took back the two seals he had customized.
With the seal, the next time he paints, he can put it on the painting as a finishing touch and to prevent counterfeiting.
When Lin Yuanqiu returned to the dormitory, he saw that Zhou Zixu had already begun copying the Torah. It can be seen that after the two-day holiday, Zhou Zixu has almost digested the contents of the law book.
And he still hasn't figured out the punishment for disasters and the punishment of his parents, so he can't envy some people's talents.
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On June 12, the county government posted a notice for registration for the discharge examination, setting the registration period from June 14 to June 16.
As for the specific time of the college entrance examination, it will be the same as in previous years, on August 16th.
Master Zhou has already helped to contact the guarantor and the four students who are friends with each other.
Early the next morning, Lin Yuanqiu and Lin Sanzhu got on the carriage to Fucheng.
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Chapter 67 College Examination
It is said that it was not easy for people in ancient times to take the imperial examination. Lin Yuanqiu felt that the most difficult part was probably the frequent traveling on the road.
For example, for the previous county and government examinations, as well as this college examination, you had to go to the Yamen to register in advance before the exam started. In this way, you have to make two trips once to go, then go to the exam again, and then have to make two trips back and forth.
You know, ancient society is no different than modern times. A place that is more than a hundred miles away can be reached in more than an hour by car. Here, even if you go by carriage, you still have to ride around for several hours.
The above mentioned is just the energy spent on the way to take the exam. If you include the monetary expenses, you can understand the reason why many scholars give up taking the exam completely after taking the exam a few times.
Not to mention the food, food, housing and transportation, it would cost a lot just to hire a banker as a surety.
For example, this time, because the sponsored junior students have to stay in Fucheng until the end of the exam before they can leave, the amount of money required to be sponsored this time is several times higher than that of the county examination and the prefectural examination, and it will cost six taels of silver. .
Six taels of silver, add one or two taels to it, and you can get an acre of good paddy field.
From this point, it can also explain why so many children signed up to take the college examination.
Because if you pass the scholar examination and are within a certain ranking, then you will be qualified to be a guarantor for others.
The college examination is held twice every three years, while the county examination and government examination are held every year. If you calculate this, you can earn a lot just by being a banker.
When they arrived at Jiangzhou Prefecture, the father and son stayed at the same inn where they stayed last time. It was close to the government office and it would be more convenient to register there tomorrow.
Lin Sanzhu, just like last time, put down his luggage and went out to book an inn closer to the examination room.
Lin Sanzhu specially booked the check-in time earlier this time. The hospital examination was not the county examination and prefecture examination which were same-day check-in and same-day check-out in the previous two times. Lin Sanzhu heard from his son that candidates must stay in the examination booth during the four days of the college examination.
Therefore, Lin Sanzhu planned to come to Fucheng a few days in the morning, so that his son could have more time to adapt and he would have enough time to buy exam equipment.
No wonder Lin Sanzhu was so cautious, August was the hottest weather.
As long as Lin Sanzhu thinks about it, he will feel terrible when he thinks that his dog will have to stay in a small house for four days.
Especially now, when he saw that his dog was the youngest among the students queuing up at the entrance of the government office, he became more and more worried.
But other students nearby, after seeing Lin Yuanqiu's young face, couldn't help but sigh that the younger generation is terrible. It's really a new generation replacing the old!
After getting the ticket that still said "round face, white face and no beard", the father and son's trip to Fucheng came to a successful end.
After returning to the private school, Lin Yuanqiu began to copy the Torah.
During the two days in Fucheng, Lin Yuanqiu did not delay studying the regulations. Now I have a complete understanding of the laws of Da Jing, and the regulations in the book are even more clear.
Therefore, when I start copying books now, I am much more fluent than before.
Zhou Zixu's copy was copied yesterday. However, he didn't send it to the bookstore. He planned to wait for Lin Yuanqiu to finish copying the book and then the two of them could go there together.
"Brother Lin, after you finish the college examination, are you going to go to the county school to study?"
Zhou Zixu felt a little sad when he thought that Brother Lin would leave private school and go to the county school in a while. I have finally been looking forward to finding a good friend that I can talk to, and I have only been with him for a year, and now I am leaving.
Lin Yuanqiu shook his head and expressed that he had no plans to go to the county school for the time being.
"Why?"
Zhou Zixu was surprised that none of the students in his town were looking forward to going to the county school. Now that Brother Lin is qualified to go to the county school as a child student, why not go? You know, there are candidates in the county school.
"Because I'm still young!"
Lin Yuanqiu was telling the truth. Why did he, a child who was still half a year shy of ten years old, go so far away to do this?
The reason why I wanted to go before was because my family was in a tight situation, and I thought it would be good to save some money for my family.
Now that I no longer have this concern, I naturally follow my own ideas.
As for the exams, Lin Yuanqiu believed that for him at present, what Master Zhou taught was enough for him to study hard for a while.
Furthermore, in Lin Yuanqiu's view, it does not matter whether you are a scholar or a scholar. What is important is whether this master is suitable for you.
He has never had contact with the teachers in the county school, so he cannot comment on whether they are good or bad.
But Lin Yuanqiu knows himself, and he can be sure that the most suitable person for him at the moment is Master Zhou, who is good at catching up students' mistakes.
For example, these days, Master Zhou specially took some time to talk to him about current affairs and what he should pay attention to when writing the college's trial policy. He also analyzed and explained to him one by one the test questions in the college examinations in recent years.
Lin Yuanqiu can be sure that such a practice of setting up a "small stove" for the master is simply impossible in a county school with many students.
So Lin Yuanqiu had already made up his mind. Regardless of whether he could pass the college examination this time, he still chose to stay in Ziqing Hall to study.
Zhou Zixu must be happy to hear that Lin Yuanqiu is not going to study in the county for the time being.
"Brother Lin, I think it's better like this. I'll pay more attention to next year's government examination. After I pass the exam, how about we go to the county school together?"
"Okay!" Lin Yuanqiu nodded, it would be great if the two of them could be together.
After copying the Torah, Lin Yuanqiu began to devote himself to preparing for the exam.
Shopkeeper Gao even brought him past papers from the county bookstore.
Lin Sanzhu did not hide the fact that his son was going to take the college examination. Therefore, during these days, Shopkeeper Gao also tried his best to help. In addition to providing previous test questions, Shopkeeper Gao also inquired about the number of people who signed up for the college examination at the county school.
However, after asking around clearly, shopkeeper Gao silently concluded in his mind that this time the college examination, my brother-in-law wanted to pass the exam, it was difficult!
After getting the real question paper, Lin Yuanqiu looked through it carefully and found that compared with the county examination and the prefectural examination, the number of questions in the college examination was at least a quarter more. Regardless of whether it is a copy of the scriptures, a commentary on the scriptures, or an essay on policy, there are poems and verses in it. In other words, after the entire college examination, in terms of poems and poems alone, three more poems were written than in the previous county examination and government examination.
Lin Yuanqiu reminded himself that during the exam, he must control the speed of answering questions, otherwise the examiner would have to collect the papers and he had not finished answering the questions.
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Lin Sanzhu and Lin Yuanqiu set out more than ten days early. They originally thought they had arrived early. But when I arrived in Fucheng, I found that many students were already living in the inn.
In the next few days, apart from going downstairs to eat, Lin Yuanqiu basically spent the rest of the time reading in the guest room.
Lin Sanzhu, on the other hand, went to a shop on the street to buy a lot of things to bring for the exam, including candles, mint pills to prevent heatstroke, mugwort sachets to prevent mosquito bites, etc.
Every time I go downstairs to eat, I can often hear the students who live in the inn talking about the college exams. If so-and-so can win the first place, so-and-so must be Xiao Sanyuan.
The chief examiner of this college examination is Qin Yu, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites. Lin Yuanqiu was definitely not familiar with this Lord Qin. However, Lin Yuanqiu discovered that there seemed to be a lot of students who knew Master Qin, because Lin Yuanqiu had heard someone talk about Master Qin's favorite writing style more than once. Some say they like elegance and refinement, others say they like gorgeous words. In short, you will definitely not be wrong if you listen to me.
Seeing everyone wishing to swear to God, Lin Yuanqiu felt that there was a high possibility of setting off smoke bombs. The people sitting here are all competitors in the college examination, so I am afraid that only a fool would tell others these things that are beneficial to the examination without reservation.
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August 16th, the day of the college examination.
