The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 95

Go back to the dormitory of the guild hall.

Bai Gui looked at the ink treasures presented to him by Liu Xueyu, picked out a few precious ones, and kept them. The others were sent to the Kunlun Mirror, and he immediately chose to exchange them. After a short while, tens of millions of funds were added.

The price was a bit low, but after thinking about it, he understood.

Some handwritings that can be verified by later generations are naturally expensive, but some doubtful ones are not so expensive.Reduce accordingly.After all, the value of calligraphy and painting is mostly added by celebrities.

As for whether this will make Liu Xueyu unhappy, there is nothing to worry about. The calligraphy given to him is also for him to practice calligraphy, which has a different meaning from Mr. Zhu’s gift. Besides, what he sells are also those that are not precious. big.

After a few days.

There was news of the five special school exams for studying in Japan.

"Brother Meihe, if you don't succeed in the assessment, don't worry, the big deal is to stay in Japan at your own expense, and as long as you perform well in school, you can also become an official student..."

Wu Huai comforted him first, and secretly stated that if he did not pass the exam, the Wu family would be responsible for his tuition fees after he went to stay in the future, and the Wu family was not short of this amount.

He mentioned that self-funded students can be transformed into government-derived students.

It's just that the self-funded transfer to the official school is only applicable to students who study in Japan through serious channels. This requires the officials of the Qing government to lead the students studying in Japan to contact the Japanese Supervision Office.If he went to study in Japan by himself, Dongying School would not allow him to study.Another point is that no matter if you are studying liberal arts or science, you can pay for it at your own expense, but military students can only be officials.

In addition, from the Qing court to Beiyang, it is roughly similar to the relationship between the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, and has a certain inheritance.So even if the Qing court is destroyed, the quota of officials derived from it will be extremely popular during the Beiyang period.

"Brother Huaixian, don't worry, I've prepared well these few days, I'm familiar with Japanese, and I've dabbled in Western arts, so the mere examination won't stump me..."

Bai Gui didn't take it seriously.

Wu Huaixian and Liu Mingda also nodded after hearing this.If even Bai Gui, a three-yuan scholar, can't pass the assessment, then how difficult is the assessment.What they said was also to reassure Bai Gui, and they still believed in Bai Gui's strength.

The exam is completed in the Shanghai Yamen, with a total of three rounds.The middle school foundation, Western arts, and Japanese were tested respectively.The exam questions are quite difficult, but this is for ordinary students. For a carefully selected contestant like Bai Gui, the exam is easy.

The special five-school plan agreed by Minister Yang Shu and the Ministry of Education of Japan two years ago is to select 160 five students to study in Japan every year.Of these 160 five, 65 were allocated to Daiichi High School, 25 to Tokyo Higher Normal School, 40 to Tokyo Higher Technical School, 25 to Yamaguchi Higher Commercial School, and [-] to Chiba Medical College .

These five institutions of higher learning are all college preparatory schools, among which No. [-] Higher Education Institution (abbreviated as No. [-] High School) is the best.

According to the educational system of Japan, only the graduates of the No. [-] institution of higher learning can directly enter Dongying University, the highest institution in Japan.

To Bai Gui's slight surprise, he only passed No. 7 in the exam when he was well prepared, and some liberal arts questions were more subjective.However, this is different from the imperial examination. It doesn't matter before or after the exam. As long as you are in the top 65, you can enter the first high school.

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After waiting for about half a month, Japanese students from other provinces came one after another.

These students studying in Japan, about [-] in number, were led by the envoy stationed in Japan of the Supervision Office in Japan, boarded a ship from the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and traveled to the East.

Shanghai Stock Exchange and Dongying are only [-] kilometers away from the nearest Changqi County.

beep...

The whistle of a steamship came, Bai Gui and a group of foreign students studying in Japan looked at the bank of the Huangpu River that was getting farther and farther away from them, with complex expressions. After a while, they could no longer see the other bank, only the sea was left Bilan, they also returned to the cabin.

This is a Qing Dynasty merchant ship, so their treatment is still okay.

Although official students do not need to pay for daily food, they only eat some relatively simple vegetables.

Bai Gui still gave a few extra silver dollars to ensure that the food in the past few days is good.

After about four days, I arrived in Changqi County.

The merchant steamer entered the ferry, and they waited for about an hour or two before they disembarked.At the ferry of Changqi, there is a post station specially responsible for entertaining these students studying in Japan.

The envoy to Japan was very open-minded, and let them, the students studying in Japan, spend half a day wandering around Changqi, and then just come back after sunset.

"This is the three words of life without Ya when Monk Kukai left."

As soon as they left the modern ferry, they arrived at a historic site in Japan. A monk was carved on the white stone, and the monk squatted on the ground, using a carving knife to carve three characters on a piece of bluestone. The words were soaked in dried red paint. .

It should be carved in modern times.

When some Dongying people saw the three of them coming together, they enthusiastically talked about the origin of this historic site.

"Life is boundless..."

"It should be from "Zhuangzi" in the "Health Preservation Master" "My life has a limit, but knowledge has no limit."

Bai Gui has also read Taoist scriptures, and most scholars will read Lao Zhuang's books.

After he finished speaking, several people looked complicated.

Monk Kukai was an envoy to the Tang Dynasty. The envoys sent by Dongying to Chang'an traveled across the ocean. The sea was rough and the waves were rough, so it was not as safe as it is now. Therefore, the chance of surviving once there was only about 40.00%.

And Monk Kukai left this sentence "life is boundless", which means that my life is limited, but knowledge is unlimited, so I am willing to sacrifice my life to seek knowledge in Chang'an.

"There are endless generations in life, and Jiang Yue looks similar every year..."

Wu Huaixian sighed quietly.

A few people ate some Japanese snacks in a nearby restaurant, which were fish balls, which were quite cheap. They also exchanged some Japanese yen at a bank in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which cost about one copper coin.

There are three types of coins in Dongying at the moment: gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins. They are of different values. Among them, copper coins are the cheapest.

According to the "New Currency Regulations", the currency is named "Yuan" and is the basic currency unit. Qian and cents are only auxiliary currency units. One yuan = 100 cents = 1000 cents.

Various vassals of the shogunate period have long been abolished.

The yen at this time is different from that of later generations. At this time, the yen is against the dollar, and about two yen is equal to one dollar.

"Thank you very much for the hospitality."

Do as the Romans do, seeing some customers leaving the fishball shop say this, Bai Gui and others imitated it, these little common senses... In fact, they have seen it in the customs of Dongying on weekdays, but it is different to actually do it. one thing.

From this point of view, it seems that Japan is a great country of etiquette.In fact, it is not the case. The more secular society is, the less unnecessary etiquette will be reduced, so there is no need to underestimate yourself.

The person in charge of the fish ball shop is an old lady, about 70 to [-] years old, with a short stature, only more than half their height.

The old woman returned the salute, and they nodded, passed through the paper partition, and walked out of the fish ball shop.

　Finally wrote Dongying...

　　Thank you for coming here from seven o’clock to find 100 starting coins for ginseng rewards, 2000 starting coins for making bullets fly (can’t get up), 100 starting coins for star Yingying rewards, and 100 starting coins for those forever

　　
　
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