Xiaobao and Qiu Sheng rolled their eyes for a long time before they recovered from their pity for the second-class Jinshi: This is to let them rest early!

The two little guys finally went to sleep, and Chu Qing's words were not in vain.

The next day Xiaobao came back from school and brought a letter to Chu Qing.

A letter from Mr. Shen tucked into Xiaobao’s homework.

This letter is relatively long, covering five pages.

The general idea is that Xiaobao is ahead of schedule in his studies, and the Neishe Ding class is not enough to satisfy Xiaobao. Xiaobao is at least qualified to enter the Neishe D class.

In terms of study, Xiaobao has learned to hide his clumsiness. At Xiaobao's request, Mr. Shen no longer discusses Xiaobao's homework as a model essay.

In campus life, Xiaobao was virtually isolated due to previous conflicts with classmates. It was not ostracism, but isolation caused by fear of Xiaobao's parents.

In addition, since there is no war in Daxuan and life has returned to peace, it is expected that more children will enter school this year. Mr. Shen may be assigned to take care of new students and will no longer be able to take care of Xiaobao.

"This is a responsible teacher!" Chu Qing sighed after reading the letter.

"I heard that Mr. Shen is going to be transferred to another class. Did he tell you about this?" Xiaobao hasn't read the letter yet.

Chu Qing handed him the letter, waited for Xiaobao to read it, and asked him what he thought.

"Mom, I want to take part in the children's examination." Xiaobao said with firm eyes.

"You will only be six years old in May. Is it too early?" Chu Qing asked.

"Mom, I am an auditor now. I have a somewhat unfair reputation, and I can't choose a class. If I pass the exam and be placed into classes based on my results, then that will be my real skill."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes! Pei Qing and the others gave me all the questions they used for reference, and I answered them all correctly!"

After Chu Qing reacted for a while, he realized that Pei Qing was the gentle and gentle boy beside Xiaobao. He felt that he should not be called "Pei Qing" but "accompanying student" instead.

Even more dedicated than a mother like myself!

"Why did you just say that Mr. Shen wanted to change classes?" Chu Qing asked.

"Mr. Shen has no way out. This year's children's examination has started to register, and the number of people is much larger than in previous years. There will definitely be more new students in the government school by then. I heard that many children from major families in Jizhou have signed up.

Mr. Shen has no connections in the officialdom, and he may be transferred to a dormitory, where there will be less training." When Xiaobao said this, he felt a little sorry for Mr. Shen.

"What do you think of Mr. Shen's teaching?" Chu Qing asked Xiaobao.

"Mr. Shen is very knowledgeable, and I benefit a lot from his comments on my homework every time." Xiaobao has indeed made great progress in his homework.

"Okay, you can take the exam if you want, but make sure you get more rest recently. I heard that the exam is very hard." Chu Qing instructed.

Daxuan's examination system is divided into five levels: children's examination, college examination, provincial examination, general examination and palace examination.

The Children's Examination, also called the County Examination, is an examination organized by the local government. Those admitted become children, indicating that they have basic cultural knowledge and writing skills.

After the children's examination is the academy examination, which is held in the "academy" of the prefecture and prefecture. Children are selected from the previous round and become scholars after admission.

The rural examination is held once every three years and is also held locally, but the number of admissions is determined by the central government. The population of each state ranges from dozens to hundreds. Those who are admitted become candidates, and the first one is named Jieyuan.

The examination is held at the Ministry of Rites of the Capital. About two to three hundred people are admitted to Jinshi in each subject. They are divided into main and deputy lists. Those admitted to the main list become Jinshi. Although the candidates admitted to the deputy list are not considered Jinshi, they can be awarded lower-level official positions, or He was admitted to the Imperial College as a supervisor and received a certain salary.

Finally, there is the palace examination. The cabinet ministers set the questions and the emperor selects them. The top three candidates, such as number one, number two, and top three, are ranked as first-class candidates, which are regarded as Jinshi. They are awarded official positions, and the best ones also enter the Hanlin Academy.

If Xiaobao takes the exam, he has to go back to Xingtang County to take it. The examiner is the county magistrate Xu Guangze.

Because of the franchise, Xiaobao can take part in the child examination even if he is under ten years old. So Chu Qing saw that he insisted and did not stop him.

Chu Qing went to register Xiaobao and Qiu Sheng the next day. After registering, he went back to Song Tingshan and roughly told Mr. Shen's situation.

Chu Qing was a little selfish. She hoped that Mr. Shen could continue to teach Xiaobao. Even if he couldn't, he would still stay in the inner house. If Xiaobao had any academic problems, he could come to him for help.

Because Chu Qing's education method is not suitable for the exams of this era, it is not very helpful to Xiaobao. If there are people like Mr. Shen who can ask for advice at any time, it will be a big help to Xiaobao.

But I couldn't say these things directly to Song Tingshan. I just asked Xiazhou School for its rules on teacher arrangement.

How could Song Tingshan fail to hear the hidden meaning of Chu Qing's words? This person came here for no other reason than to ask about the teacher's arrangements?

"The admission of new students to state schools will be done after the children's examination, and will be rearranged according to the number of people. In addition, the state and county school courses in this state have also changed this year, and I will personally participate when the time comes. You can rest assured." Song Tingshan said. .

Chu Qing left with satisfaction.

There was still more than half a month before the exam. Chu Qing was busy and could not accompany Xiaobao to take the exam, so Zhuo Yao left Zhuo Yao to take care of Xiaobao and left.

Xiaobao has twelve friends of his own, so he will never be alone.

Qiu Sheng is seventeen years old this year. According to the custom in the countryside, he should get married and have children. His mother, Zhang Erni, has been influenced by Chu Qing in the past two years and has not proposed marriage to him. Instead, she supports him to study hard and test for merit.

With Chu Qing helping to take care of you, this is a rare opportunity that you should seize.

Besides, Zhang Mingyu is already twenty-nine this year, and he is still single. With such an older single young man standing in front of him, I really don’t worry about Qiu Sheng.

In the days after Chu Qing left, Qiu Sheng and Xiao Bao entered a "countdown" state.

They picked out passages from articles that they thought they were unfamiliar with, or questions that their friends helped answer, and posted them on the fitness machines in the yard with hints of words or phrases.

When exercising every day, just follow the tips above and keep doing the exercise while memorizing it.

Mother said: Sleeping late will not make you grow well, and you will have to be unemployed if you pass the second-level exam. But Xiaobao doesn't want to reduce his study time, so he came up with this method.

There are more iron blocks on Xiaobao's legs. There are still four grids on each leg, but each grid becomes two thin iron plates.

This kind of self-discipline also makes my friends admire me.

Who says that children from rich families are ignorant? Look at Xiaobao!

More than twenty days passed in the blink of an eye, and Xiaobao and Qiu Sheng were queuing up outside the gate of the examination center, waiting to enter.

The examination courtyard faces south from the north and has a symmetrical layout along the central axis: from south to north on the central axis, there are the main gate, the ceremonial gate, the lobby, the second hall, and the examination room; on the left and right axes, there are literary fields, public ancestral halls, etc. symmetrically built.

On the plaque above the gate are the characters "Xingtang County Examination Court", and on the left is the Tu Tu Temple. All candidates come here to pay their respects and hope that they will go well in the examination.

There is a "Ming Jing Scholars Recruitment" hanging high on the Yimen. The second entrance to the right of the Yimen is the left and right corridors, and the entrance is commonly known as the "Dragon Gate".

There are four examination rooms in "Longmen", namely "Tian", "Earth", "Xuan" and "Huang", and 69 examination rooms. Each room has four examination tables, four stools and title rooms.

The plaque above the lobby reads "Seeking talents for the country", indicating that this examination hall is a place to select talents for the country.

The second hall is also called Hengjian Hall. "Hengjian" means distinguishing right from wrong and being impartial and selfless.

The examination papers are transported by special personnel and put into a red box, where a seal is affixed and locked.

After the exam, the examiner will review the test papers, interview the candidates, announce the results and receive superior officials here.

Next is the examination room, which is the examiner's studio.

After the examination paper is collected, the name and place of birth of the examinee must be blurred; in order to prevent the marking officer from identifying the examinee from the handwriting, a special person must copy the examination paper with a red pen, which is called a "red paper". The original examination paper is called an "ink paper".

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Chapter completed!