Xiao Zi'an was depressed for several days before being coaxed back to cheerfulness by his great-grandmother and grandparents.
Yucai Academy has begun enrolling students. Shen Wan is the dean of the academy and Yun Luochuan is the deputy dean.
On the day of enrollment, the parents who came to register took their children and lined up from the auditorium of Yucai Academy to the outside of the academy.
Although the academy is divided into boys and girls, they are still together when registering.
So there are boys and girls in Changlong, and they vary in size, ranging from six to sixteen years old.
There are people who have never read books, and there are people who have read books.
When registering, the grade teacher will ask the child whether he has read any books and what books he has read.
Those who have not read before will be admitted to preschool, where they will be taught the most basic literacy skills.
Those who have studied have to wait three days after registering and take the exam prepared by the school. They will be divided into classes according to their test scores and will be taught according to their aptitude.
Some parents who sent their children to private schools felt relieved when they heard that they would also need to take exams to separate their children into different classes, so they would be taught according to their aptitude.
They wanted their children to study and become successful, so they sent their children to a private school. However, the private school was too expensive, and the family burden was really heavy. They discussed for a long time at home whether there were free schools. I decided to send my child to the academy.
But I am also worried that after the children are sent to the academy, the academy will make them study with children who have never studied before, and they will waste time by repeating the studies.
Now that I heard what the gentleman who signed up said about it, I felt completely relieved.
Although it is a free academy, it is no worse than those academies that charge ten taels of silver a year. Gentlemen can also conduct exams and teach gentlemen the six arts.
The gentleman who signed up also said that the academy will have a quiz every month. The top three in each class will be rewarded with two taels of silver, and the top ten will be rewarded with a bag of rice and five pounds of meat! It can be seen that the county sponsors this free academy. I want students to read well and become successful.
"Dad Chun Ya, have you brought your Chun Ya to sign up too?"
A thin, dark man in the long queue shouted loudly when he saw an acquaintance in front of him.
Chun Ya's father turned around and saw that it was Zhu Zhu's father from the same village. He smiled and said, "Yes."
Zhuzhu's father clicked his tongue, "I said your Chun Ya is already ten years old, why should she go to school? She will get married in two years, so why not let her do more work at home?
I don’t think my family’s Zhuzi will be able to bring glory to the family if he goes to school and takes the imperial examination or something like that.”
When Chun Ya's father heard this, he was not unhappy. Instead, he smiled honestly and said, "It would be good to let Chun Ya study for two years to learn a few words and learn how to calculate accounts, so that she can gain experience."
"That's true."
Behind Chun Ya's father in the queue was a man who also brought his daughter to sign up. He said, "I work in the county owner's shop to sell goods. There is a female worker in our shop. My father is educated and teaches her." After I learned some words and could do some simple accounting, I was assigned by the chief manager to be the shopkeeper in the new shop.
Do you know how much the shopkeeper charges per month?"
"I know, you can get ten taels of silver in less than a month."
People who know say.
"So, if my daughter is educated and can write and do math, if she is lucky enough to enter the county owner's shop, she will have the opportunity to become a steward or shopkeeper."
"That's right, the workers in the county's main tea factory are all learning to read. Only those who can read can be group leaders or group leaders, because they have to register and so on."
"The academy also teaches nühong. Even if you get out of school in the future and cannot enter the county owner's shop or the eldest son learns how to settle accounts with nühong, it is still good."
"That's right, that's right..." Many parents nodded.
Another person who brought his son to register said: "Actually, my son is not a good student, but I brought him to register because I wanted him to know a few words so that he could find a job and travel around the country more easily in the future."
"I am the same. The county boss is willing to send his sons and daughters to learn a few words because they don't need money."
Most parents come here with the mentality of letting their sons know a few words and learn a lot, but they never expected that after a few years, Yucai Academy would become the academy with the most students who have been admitted to the imperial examination.
Countless children from poor families, under the education of Yucai Academy, jumped over the dragon gate and became the pillars of the country.
The emperor even personally gave a plaque to make all the students of Yucai Academy become disciples of the emperor.