"The young master called, it's high school, it's high school!"
"Old madam, the young master has entered high school!"
"High school!"
Along with the telephone communication in all directions of the Ming Dynasty, the scientific research situation in the capital was also spread to all directions at the fastest speed. Everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, when the good news was received, firecrackers were blasting and gongs and drums were noisy.
Some families who are well-to-do and have money will even start to set up running banquets and invite theater troupes to sing big plays. If they can pass the high school exam, they will be a guaranteed official from then on, and they will still have the opportunity to become the pillar of the country and an important minister in the court.
, of the Emperor’s humerus.
This status is completely different. It is not completely unreasonable for the carp to jump over the dragon gate.
Here in the Gongyuan, those who saw their names on the gold list were happily throwing money away, while those who came to join in the fun and grab the wedding money were happily grabbing the wedding money.
Only those students who have lost their names have no smiles on their faces at this moment, only endless disappointment, and look at their fellow high school classmates, classmates, and friends with envy and jealousy.
More than 50,000 people came to participate in the entrance examination, and only a little over 700 people made it to high school. This means that the vast majority of people will fail. After all, those who can go to high school are only a minority, and most people can only envy others.
The servants of Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi carefully checked the names on the gold list, but could not find their names, so they slowly came back.
Without the two of them saying anything, Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi already knew the outcome, because when the officials read the list just now, they were listening attentively and never heard their own names.
The two of them looked at each other and saw endless loneliness in each other's eyes. They came to the capital several times to take the imperial examination. Each time they came with full confidence and high spirits, but in the end they came back disappointed.
Three years and three years passed, and in the blink of an eye, both of them were in their forties, and were about to enter fifth grade. However, they still did not have high school. On the contrary, Hu Xiwen, who was young, passed the provincial examination last year, and will take the high school examination this year.
Still ranked second, he is destined to have a bright future from now on.
There is really no way to compare people, and we cannot compare them.
Some people have never been admitted to the Juren Examination all their lives, and even if they have been admitted, they have not been admitted to the Jinshi Examination for a lifetime. However, some people have passed the Provincial Examination and the National Examination once, and they have already had it at a young age.
Things that others cannot get after a lifetime of hard work.
"well!"
Chen Maoyi breathed softly.
"Brother Chen, don't be discouraged, we will fight again in three years!"
Sun Yun quickly comforted him.
"No, I will not take the imperial examination again."
Chen Maoyi thought for a while and said.
"Brother Chen, why do you have to say such angry words? You and I have only participated a few times. It is normal to fail. Many people participated five or six times and seven or eight times before they were in high school."
When Sun Yun heard this, he felt that Chen Maoyi was talking angrily.
"I'm not saying any more angry words."
"You and I are already over 40 years old. We started taking the imperial examination when we were teenagers, and we didn't pass the imperial examination until we were in our thirties. It took us more than ten years to take the national examination, but we still failed repeatedly.
No."
"Are we going to spend all our lives on this?"
"What's the point of that?"
"Even if we can go to high school and become officials again, we are already in our fifties and sixties. How many years can we live?"
"We are already in our forties, how much time do we have left?"
"I think I should do something I like."
Chen Maoyi shook his head and said: "You must be like Brother Hu to be admitted to the Jinshi. It makes sense to go to high school at a young age. Because you are young, you can make a lot of achievements."
"I'm too old, so I still won't stick to it."
"But, Brother Chen, if we scholars don't take the imperial examination, we can only become petty officials. Are you willing to be a seventh-grade county magistrate for the rest of your life?"
Sun Yun still didn't understand what Chen Maoyi meant, thinking that Chen Maoyi was going to register as a minor official with the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
It is also possible to become an official through the promotion of people. Generally, one starts from the eighth-grade or seventh-grade minor official. Basically, one stays at this level for the rest of his life, and it is difficult to improve.
In the Ming Dynasty, if you really wanted to be a high official, you had to take the imperial examination and enter the Imperial Academy. Only then could you have a chance to become a high official. As long as your ranking in the imperial examination was close, you could basically achieve success in the future.
"Brother Sun, what I mean is that I am planning to take the imperial examination, and I am not planning to become an official."
"I'm going to do something I really like to do."
Chen Maoyi smiled and said.
“What do you really like to do?”
Sun Yun said doubtfully.
"Yes!"
"In the past, like many people, I felt that the new studies were heretical, miscellaneous, and not mainstream, so I never learned the knowledge and content of the new studies."
"It wasn't until the past two months that I started to learn new knowledge, which is actually broad, profound, and very interesting. I found that I immediately fell in love with the new knowledge and content."
"When I read the Four Books and Five Classics, I felt very tired. That's not what I like to study."
"I find it very relaxing to study new subjects. I can always make new discoveries. The feeling of exploring the laws of nature and discovering new things makes me feel very interesting and interesting."
"So I decided to learn something new in the future."
Chen Maoyi smiled and said.
After thinking about this clearly and making up his mind about the path he wanted to take in the future, he suddenly realized that high school had no impact on him.
I was not sad because I failed the exam, but felt relieved.
Freed from the prison of the imperial examination, freed from that shackles, and able to wholeheartedly do the things you like and study the things you like.
Although I only studied the new subject for a short period of 2 months, Chen Maoyi was deeply attracted by the variety of the new subject, especially mathematics, physics and chemistry. Many of the questions mentioned above were very interesting.
Experiments and exploration of natural laws and phenomena made Chen Maoyi feel that his life had ushered in a new beginning.
"Transfer to a new school?"
Everyone in Sun Yun was dumbfounded.
Since ancient times, only those who read the books of sages are the noblest.
People who are studying in Xinxue are not in the upper class, and they can't even take the merit test to become an official or something like that.
In terms of status and status, how can it be compared with those of them who read the books of sages?
Chen Maoyi, who was good at promoting people and did not take the Jinshi exam seriously, actually said that he wanted to transfer to a new school. This was really shocking.
You must know that there are countless scholars in the Ming Dynasty who dream of passing the Juren Examination and being able to take the examination. It's better for you. You just failed the exam a few times, and you didn't even take the exam, and you had to transfer to a new school.
"Brother Chen, maybe this time is a bit of a blow to you. After all, Brother Hu passed the exam at a young age, and I am already over 40 years old."
"To be honest, I feel very unbalanced and unfair in my heart, but after all, people like Brother Hu are still a minority. Most people are just like you and me, still struggling here in their thirties and forties."
"After I go back this time, I will take a good rest first, and then study hard again. In three years, we may not be as happy as Brother Hu is here today."
Sun Yun comforted Chen Maoyi, feeling that he must have suffered a huge blow this time.
To be honest, it must be very uncomfortable in my heart.
The two of us have worked hard together, starting from our teens to our forties now, which is almost thirty years. However, this Hu Xiwen is only eighteen years old now, and he has already walked the journey that everyone has only dreamed of.
A journey that everyone wants to complete.
It still happened around me.
Along the way, although everyone is far apart in age, they all treat each other as brothers, chatting with each other, talking about life ideals, giving advice and scolding Fang Qiu.
But now, looking at Hu Xiwen's name on the gold medal list, I feel so proud. I have a bright future from now on, but I have failed again.
The hurt and blow I suffered in my heart was extremely huge.
From now on, I still have to hold those shabby books and get stuck in them, unable to extricate myself. As for Hu Xiwen, he will be different from now on. In the next palace examination, according to this trend, Hu Xiwen will most likely be ranked very high.
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At that time, he will directly enter the Hanlin Academy. After studying in the Hanlin Academy for a few years, he can be sent to other places and start directly as a state official. In the future, he will be promoted very quickly.
Perhaps by the time he reaches the age of thirty or forty, he will already be a high-ranking minister. After that, it is also possible that he will become the emperor's emperor, a cabinet minister, and a minister of the six departments.
Such a huge contrast happened between myself and the people around me, which was a very heavy blow.
"Brother Sun, I'm not kidding."
"But I made a very serious decision on the path I will take in the future."
"Actually, I have been thinking about the meaning of life. I wonder if I can spend my whole life like this?"
"Now I finally figured it out. The meaning of life is to do things that I like to do and that I find meaningful."
"In the past, I was always confused. In fact, I didn't like reading the Four Books and Five Classics. I didn't think it was interesting at all. But that was a requirement from my family, so I kept reading."
"When I came into contact with the new content, I suddenly felt like I had discovered a new world. I found it very exciting and interesting."
"I am now over 40 years old, and I have come a long way in life. I am ready to do some things I like in the remaining time."
"Brother Sun, I'm leaving first. I'm going to study Xinxue, and then I'll take the entrance examination for Xinxue's university."
Chen Maoyi finished speaking with a smile on his face, and then left directly.
At this moment, outside the entire gate of Gongyuan, countless people who have failed like Chen Maoyi and Sun Yun are thinking about the meaning of life.
