Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 529: Easy to understand
Don't show off your ability to remember everything you hear. Zhou Banxia was too lazy to talk to him, and she was still interested in the idiot who wanted to reply to her.

While the boiled water in the cup was no longer very hot, she quickly picked it up and held it over to cover Gu Wenxuan's mouth, changing the subject before he could take a sip.

As far as she knew, even though Qingyang County was a large county, after the annual examination at the end of each year, the county school would only reserve a maximum of 20 places for government stipend students.

Other students who were originally on government stipend would be downgraded to additional students until the end of the second year when their annual examination scores were ranked and they would be selected as additional students on government stipend.

That is to say, after each annual examination, only twenty people from the county school can be included in the imperial establishment and enjoy the highest treatment and subsidies.

The type of treatment you enjoy depends on your results in the annual examination.

Actually, this is easy to understand.

It is impossible to just eat and wait for death. The imperial court cannot support useless people.

The stipends that only students on government stipends can receive can show people that those with excellent academic performance will get more. It also serves as a constant reminder that if one does not make progress in academic performance, one will regress, and it can also motivate students to compete with each other.

The problem is that this year there are only three new students in the county school who have not yet passed the annual examination, including Gu Wenxuan and Dajiang.

It’s not that the new students who were originally from Qingyang County chose to go to the provincial school or college. In this year’s academy examination, only three people who ranked in the top 20 were admitted as students on government scholarship.

However, considering that the county school has been ranked in the top ten after the annual examinations in recent years, as well as the old students who have been rising and falling in the current top twenty.

Putting aside those who passed the imperial examination but ran away, those who are studying abroad and not sure whether they can come back to take the annual examination, and those who cannot take the annual examination for various reasons such as mourning, old age, etc., there are roughly at least thirty people vying for the 20 places for government scholarship students this year.

Zhou Banxia was not worried that Gu Wenxuan would not pass the annual exam and be demoted to an additional student. Xiong Ba had been at the top of the exams for several months, so even if he did not get the top spot in the annual exam, he would not be ranked behind the top 20.

But it's Dajiang. Dajiang has done well in the exams in the past few months. He is either fourth or fifth, and has never fallen out of the top five.

But this ranking was based on the top three places in the monthly exams where there were rewards, and they were all taken by Gu Wenxuan and the three talented students of the original county school. As a result, not to mention the outstanding additional students, even the local students on government stipends would more or less take leave and not attend the monthly exams every month.

"I heard Dajiang mention before that some of his classmates didn't take the monthly exam. If they take the annual exam, will they be squeezed out of the top 20?"

"No. This situation is still rare. Unless there are special circumstances, if you do not participate in the three monthly exams and make mistakes in the ten-day exam, you will be transferred to Class B. Who doesn't want to be in the elite class?

I later heard that of the two classmates who were absent from the monthly exam last month, one was because his wife's brother was getting married, and the other had a broken leg and hadn't recovered yet."

"A broken leg is not a broken arm. You just don't want to not participate. Anyway, I can't beat you guys. Stop making trouble. Help me analyze whether the risk of Dajiang's annual exam is big or not."

Gu Wenxuan, who was glared at, withdrew his hand and immediately shook his head, "Not big, even if all the registered scholars in this county are brought in, the risk is not big.

Others are making progress, Dajiang is also making progress. Others may make mistakes on the spot, but Dajiang won't. In the county school, it should not be a problem for him to be in the top ten.

Even if we look at the results of the previous provincial examination, his score should be ranked in the top 100. If he is lucky, it is not impossible for him to pass the imperial examination at the age of 15."

The reason why Gu Wenxuan mentioned the top 100 in the provincial examination was that the provincial examination in Zhengding Prefecture had an iron rule that there were only 100 places for successful candidates in each provincial examination.

As someone in her family who had been taking the imperial examination, Zhou Banxia naturally knew this, but she also understood that Dajiang's talent was not yet at the level where he could possibly pass the provincial examination in August next year.

It seems that there is still more than half a year to prepare for the provincial examination, but after all, one is young and has limited experience. The most important part of the provincial examination, such as the policy essay, cannot be compensated by hard work alone.

Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. What you learn from books is always shallow. At this time, it is necessary to travel and study, or to study hard with your uncle and settle down.

If I wait three years before taking the provincial examination, I will have a better chance of passing. Next year, there will be so many old scholars that it is not very likely that I will fail, but it is very likely that I will fail.

Even if he didn't fail the exam and got a place on the second list, this kid would be sick to death. It's better for him to calm down first. He is still young anyway, and it is rare for him to pass the exam even at the age of 20.

Of course, as the third sister, she could only give suggestions, and ultimately it was up to Dajiang to make the decision himself. Zhou Banxia decided to find a suitable opportunity to listen to Dajiang's ideas.

As soon as Gu Wenxuan saw Zhou Banxia's expression, he knew that she was thinking about Dajiang again. "You are only thinking about Dajiang and not worrying about me."

"Why not? I just think I've delayed you. If you weren't pregnant, you should have gone to your uncle's class last month—"

"Nonsense, you have no idea what you are thinking. You also said that pregnancy makes people stupid for three years. You don't know the priorities. It's just a provincial examination. How can it be more important than you and your child?"

hiss.

I stepped on a landmine.

"Besides, there is still more than half a year before the provincial examination. Don't worry. I am not in a hurry either. The master knows our situation and has been writing to us from time to time.

If the reply letter did not provide me with good guidance on my academic issues, even if I were stupid enough to attend the lectures face to face, I would not even bother planning to take part in the provincial examination next year.

Stop overthinking, take care of your pregnancy, and give birth to the baby. Your man is not bragging. He may not make as much money as you, but what about exams? "

At this point, Gu Wenxuan raised his chin and said, "If I wasn't afraid that you would run away, I would have received a full scholarship to study abroad in the college entrance examination."

"..."

Putting this matter aside, it was completely dark and time for dinner, so Zhou Banxia stood up and pulled Gu Wenxuan out to the main courtyard.

Gu Wenxuan was considering whether to spoil the fun by mentioning that in the month or so before the annual exam, a heavyweight teacher was teaching "ritual", one of the six arts of a gentleman.

There are many etiquettes to learn in this course, especially the sacrifices to heaven and earth, which are required to be measured with a ruler and no mistakes can be made.

After everything at home was arranged, he felt it necessary to go to class, but his wife acted decisively and immediately wanted to go to the main courtyard for dinner.

"Didn't our parents tell us before that you were small and Xiao Suocheng was small, so they asked us to eat in our own yard at night? Why are you going out in such a cold day?"

"Is it cold? It's not the coldest time of the year, so why shouldn't I feel cold? Tonight is our first meal after moving here, and I'm not going to listen to you."

Zhou Banxia seemed to be afraid that he would not agree, so she gave two reasons at once and looked at him eagerly, which made Gu Wenxuan happy.

"Okay, put on more clothes."

"It will be very hot. You will be sweating by the time you get to the main courtyard—"

"I'm not leaving."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. You just want to wrap me up like a bear. I have an appointment with my eldest sister-in-law. No matter if you and Dad are busy today, we have to have dinner with Mom."