Chapter 22 The Imperial Examination in Daqi
Do you know that even the Thousand Towers City Mage School cannot pick up fifty elite apprentices with so many thousand apprentices in each batch.
In fact, it is already amazing that more than one-third of each batch of apprentices can eventually become a mage!
Many mages were upset, and only then did they realize how clever Dominic had when they came over.
And how did Yin Shengzhi find so many elite apprentices? Is the enrollment scale of the Nanming Island Master College, which was just founded in Daqi, is even larger than that of Thousand Towers City?
How is that possible?
The Thousand Towers City is the largest mage school in the world. The funds spent every year are astronomical, accounting for more than 20% of the entire mage college’s expenditure.
Can Daqi take out so much money? Just kidding...
A rash mage asked, saying, "Yin Jijiu, how did you choose so many elite apprentices? Do you have any special methods to choose apprentices?"
"It's not a lie, is it?" a Bashak's accomplice sneered.
Yin Shengzhi said as if he didn't hear this sentence, he just smiled and said, "Actually, I just took advantage of it."
Everyone was puzzled and looked over.
In fact, his question was very presumptuous.
But most of the mages present were wizard professors and academic wizards.
How to choose a mage apprentice has always been a global problem, and no one can solve it well.
And Yin Shengzhi has so many excellent apprentices, it makes people wonder if he has found a solution.
At this moment, even Dominic and Raymond sounded attentively.
Even those Basak's accomplices wanted to speak and refute at this time, but the Grand Master Dominic looked at him calmly and did not dare to speak anymore.
"Everyone knows that mental power has a great relationship with intelligence, concentration, imagination, etc.," Yin Shengzhi talked happily.
After all, today is an academic exchange for mages and an exchange for mage education.
Of course, Yin Shengzhi could not have produced a real reputation, but he had to have something to do.
Everyone nodded repeatedly when they heard this, so when choosing a mage apprentice, any mage academy will try to select smart people as much as possible...
Of course, if you have enough concentration and perseverance, you will also be favored.
Yin Shengzhi smiled and said, "In our Daqi, there is an exam similar to the civil servant exam, which we call the imperial examination.
Of course, our imperial examinations are much more important than the civil service exam. It is a great way to keep the upper and lower classes moving…”
"Nonsense, what does the imperial examination have to do with us mages? Yin Jijiu hopes you get to the point soon!" Someone said without any yin and yang, and it was still the group of Basak.
Yin Shengzhi smiled and said, "The reason I want to explain the imperial examination is because it has a lot to do with our selection of mage apprentices on Nanming Island! Therefore, I must explain the imperial examination matters clearly..."
"I know, you don't need to explain too much. Our civil service system was first learned from the Kingdom of Alfred. It is said that the civil service examination system in the Kingdom of Alfred was learned from the imperial examinations of your Daqi.
It is said that in Daqi, all elites have only one way to make a name for themselves, that is, study and get into the imperial examination.
Even if you were originally a beggar or a farmer, as long as you were able to pass the imperial examination, you would immediately be able to serve as an official position in the palace of the King of Daqi.
And there is also an incomparable glory, which is equivalent to a victory over the returned general, and even a king wants to toast you.
It is even said that sometimes the king would personally lead the horse to the people who passed the imperial examination, and then walk back and forth from the street in front of the palace to accept everyone's cheers and flowers..."
Master Dominic said vividly what he knew about the imperial examination.
Yin Shengzhi was a little amused, but he had to admit that his explanation would make it easier for the people of Alligas to understand.
"Yes, when you know the importance of the imperial examination, you should be able to think that all the smart people in our Daqi are taking the imperial examination.
They usually have to carry out basic learning and preparation for more than ten years, or even thirty or forty years.
Usually they start their most basic study at the age of seven or eight. If everything goes well, they can pass the Jinshi at the age of 34.
And when they didn't have the final exam, they had to continue their studies, and it could be said that they had devoted their entire lives to this matter.
And last year, our cough cough... Emperor, he stopped holding the imperial examinations. So many people who were originally studying in the imperial examinations could only come to my college to study the wizards!"
Yin Shengzhi explained with a smile.
Seeing that everyone still didn't understand, he said, "There are tens of millions of people in our Daqi, and millions of scholars."
The number of people taking the imperial examination every time is at least hundreds of thousands, and the imperial examination is roughly divided into three-level exams.
Those who pass the first-level exam are called scholars, and there are only thousands of positions among hundreds of thousands.
Then these scholars competed with each other, and the winners who passed the exam were called Juren, and there were less than a thousand people who could win the victory and become Juren.
When the juren competed for the final competition, the winners became Jinshi, and there were only one or two hundred in each class.
Moreover, note that the imperial examinations do not limit the age or the number of times. So if you don’t pass the exam, you can take the exam again next time...
This means that a person will not only compete with people of the same age, but also with people of lower age, and even with people of higher age.
Many people may not be able to pass the minimum scholar after 20 or 30 years of the exam, or even gray hair!”
Yin Shengzhi just briefly talked about it and simplified many links, such as Gongshi's mentions it even though he didn't mention it.
These mages couldn't help but change their color when they heard Yin Shengzhi's depiction, and had a deep understanding of the cruelty of this competition. They even felt that the cruelty of this competition was far beyond that of the mage...
Master apprenticeship is mainly difficult to enroll, and it is difficult to choose enough excellent apprentices.
Before he could enlighten him, no one could be sure whether a person could enlighten his mind.
So the restrictions are mainly here!
After becoming a mage apprentice, the competition is actually not much. Basically, those who can become formal mages were about two-and-a-half-thirds before.
Now with the large-scale expansion of the enrollment of the Mage Academy, it has been reduced to about half!
But no matter what, it is still far from the competition of a single-plank bridge that is crowded with troops.
"I understand what Yin Jijiu means. At least those who can pass the imperial examination, even the lowest-level scholars, have extremely high intelligence, far above ordinary people. No matter what they learn, they must be far superior to ordinary people!"
Chapter completed!