Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 47 Interesting facts about registration
Shen Yan introduced the admission requirements of Wansong Academy to Jia Qiong. The first was the age limit.

The academies generally only admit students between the ages of fourteen and twenty-five, and those under the age of twenty are required to have a child-birth record.

Those over 20 years old must have the reputation of being a scholar. Unless there are particularly outstanding candidates, the conditions may be relaxed.

Students can register at the enrollment point set up by the academy in Wutong Town within five days before Qingming Festival and submit an essay of their own.

On Tomb Sweeping Day, the college will post information about eligible candidates.

Students who are on the list can take the subsequent entrance examination in accordance with the requirements of the college.

The exam is divided into two parts, namely written test and interview.

The rules of the written examination are similar to those of the imperial examination. Candidates need to complete an essay, a policy essay, and a test poem within the specified time.

As for what will be tested in the interview, Shen Yan did not say.

Jia Qiong lived in Fenghuang Town for half a month, and he quickly fell in love with this bustling town.

It not only has beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, but also has simple folk customs.

The residents here are very polite, even ordinary farmers. This should be due to the enlightenment of Wansong Academy.

Time soon entered March, and it was time to register for the academy.

Jia Qiong came alone to the pavilion at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, which was the temporary registration location for Wansong Academy.

From a distance, he saw an enrollment notice hanging outside the pavilion, which said "Enrollment Brochure".

There were five people sitting in the pavilion. Among them was a middle-aged man who was about 40 years old and had a kind face. He should be a professor at the academy.

There were four other people who were young, only about 20 years old, and looked like they were college students.

Wansong Academy is now one of the few large academies in Jiangnan.

Shen Yan said that the number of people who sign up every year exceeds 2000, so the academy must set aside five days for registration.

Today is the first day of registration. When Jia Qiong came, there was already a long queue.

Some of these people were gorgeously dressed, some were clothed in blue shirts, and some were carrying luggage.

Jia Qiong stood at the end of the line, and the person in front of him was a thin, dark young man carrying a backpack.

He was about sixteen or seventeen years old. Judging from his clothes, his family was not particularly wealthy.

When he saw Jia Qiong coming, he bowed his hands politely and said, "I'm Song Mian, Juye, and Song Shuheng, I have met my brother."

Jia Qiong returned the greeting and said: "Jia Yujing, Jiangning, nice to meet you."

"Brother Jia, is your age this year?"

"My little brother is thirteen this year."

Song Mian exclaimed: "Brother Jia came here from Yingtian to study at such a young age.

It can be seen that the desire to learn is very strong, which is really admirable. "

Jia Qiong waved her hand and said, "Brother Song came all the way from Shandong, but the distance is much farther than mine."

Song Mian smiled and said, "I'm ashamed to say that my family's background is average, so it would be too expensive to study in a big academy.

I came all this way to study at Wansong Academy because I heard that there is no need to pay for study here. "

Jia Qiong didn't expect Song Mian to be so honest, and couldn't help but look at this dark and thin young man with admiration.

To be able to say that one's family is poor so naturally is a sign of a very mature state of mind.

At this time, a voice suddenly came from behind Jia Qiong: "You are only 13 years old, have you grown so tall?"

Jia Qiong looked back and saw a fat man, only a little over 1.5 meters tall, looking up at him.

He was wearing a white silk gown, a white jade-encrusted forehead wiper on his head, a white hibiscus-patterned embroidered belt around his waist, with a piece of mutton-fat white jade hanging on it, and he was holding a folding fan in his hand.

Seeing Jia Qiong turn his head, he grinned and said, "My name is Lu Yu, nicknamed Nanting.

I am from Songjiang Prefecture, and I am two years older than you. "The little fat man's appearance is very coquettish, and his temperament has a sense of joy, which reminds Jia Qiong of Wang Yi, whom he has not seen for almost a year.

He couldn't help but joked: "Brother Lu, it's a pleasure to meet you.

Are you afraid of the heat? Bring a fan in this weather. "

Lu Yu smiled slightly, opened the folding fan with a swipe, and said ostentatiously: "I bought this fan for 50 taels of silver on Wulin Street in Hangzhou.

Did you see it? This is the picture of Qifeng Ten Thousand Trees painted by Zhao Qianli of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is worth at least 500 taels of silver. "

Jia Qiong felt that the little fat man was probably deceived, but he didn't understand ancient paintings, so he could only give a few perfunctory compliments.

Lu Yu asked at this time: "You said your name is Jia Yujing, doesn't the sum of Yujing and Jia Yujing mean Qiong?

You are also from Jiangning. What is your first name? "

Jia Qiong thought that this little fat guy was quite sharp, and said with a smile: "Haha, I'm young and haven't picked up my first name yet.

To put it bluntly, Jia Qiong and I are actually distant relatives. "

"Is this true? Do you know Xiao Shixian? Do you know when he will release a new book?"

Lu Yu patted Jia Qiong on the shoulder and asked, looking familiar.

"Yeah, since the last one of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was published last year, he hasn't written a new book for more than half a year."

Song Mian also joined the topic.

Jia Qiong said: "I don't know this, if I have the chance I will ask him.

But he didn’t travel to Jiubian last year, so he didn’t have time to write.

Moreover, he is also old and may be preparing to take the imperial examination, so he may not have much energy to write a book. "

Lu Yu said regretfully after hearing this: "Hey, that's such a pity.

Aren't you relatives? Can you write to him and tell him about it?

Occasionally taking the time to write a little is considered a balance between work and rest.

Even if one book is published every two months, it’s okay. It’s okay to write slowly. "

"I'll try my best..."

As the three of them talked, waiting in line no longer felt boring, and before they knew it, it was their turn to sign up.

The registration process is relatively simple, just fill out an application form and submit an article of your own.

The registration form contains several items such as name, age, place of origin, family situation, schooling experience, and the specialty.

Jia Qiong quickly finished filling it out, and Lu Yu offered to treat the two of them to dinner, so the three of them found a small restaurant and chatted for a long time before they dispersed.

On the afternoon of Qingming Festival, Jia Qiong came to the foot of the mountain again and posted a long notice in the pavilion.

It contains the place of origin and name of the students who passed the preliminary examination, as well as when they need to go to the academy to take the exam and some other regulations.

He counted briefly and found that there were less than 1000 people on the list.

This shows that during the registration stage, the academy has already eliminated more than half of the candidates, and the selection is still very strict.

Among those who passed, those originally from Zhejiang accounted for the vast majority, while students from other provinces were only a minority.

But these people from other provinces should be very capable.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have traveled all the way to study in a different place. If I didn’t get selected, it would have been all in vain.

Especially someone like Song Mian, whose family background is not particularly good, so he must be very confident to come.

He also saw the names of Song Mian and Lu Yu on the list.

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