Brother Rong of Red Mansion

Chapter 117: Rectifying Ethnology: Graded Examination System

Seeing Jia Xichun's change of attitude, Jia Rong smiled and nodded, feeling somewhat relieved.

Jia Xichun is young, so as long as he is given enough care, he can change his personality and become lively again.

"Since Auntie likes it, it's settled." Jia Rong laughed, "I will allocate 500 taels to you first. You can choose an auspicious day and have fun on your own. I usually have to be busy with business. It's really not much. I have time to accompany you. We gather together, hold a banquet in Huifang Garden, hold a poetry party, a flower party, etc. You are so lively, and I am happy to see it. Even if you are tired from discussing things in front, You can go and participate, have some fun, and change your mood.”

The more Jia Rong talked about it, the more excited she became. She thought this was a good idea.

Now Jia Yuanchun has not been named a virtuous concubine, and the provincial villa in Grand View Garden has not been built.

The garden of Rongguo Mansion had long been cut off and occupied by Jia She, turning it into his own independent courtyard.

Girls have nowhere to go if they want to be naughty.

Huifang Garden in his Ningguo Mansion is the most suitable place.

As long as he nods and releases the restrictions on Huifangyuan, he can invite his sisters, aunts and sisters-in-law in the West Mansion to come to the East Mansion to find him... Sigh, look for Youshi, Qin Keqing and Jia Xichunwan.

"Oh, I'm so stupid. Why didn't I think of this method before?" Jia Rong's eyes lit up and she couldn't help but secretly regret it.

How much does it cost for the female relatives to hold a poetry party or a flower party?

The system of Ning Rongjia's mansion is self-sufficient. There is no need to spend money on food and drink. If you want to eat something fresh occasionally, it doesn't cost much.

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With this incident as an introduction, Jia Xichun also jumped for joy and couldn't help but join in the conversation and discuss specific matters.

Occasionally, Ru Hua, Caiping, and Cai'er would add a few words and express their opinions.

The silent and awkward atmosphere in the hall was instantly wiped away.

Jia Rong was immersed in this happy atmosphere, discussing enthusiastically with Jia Xichun, Ru Hua, Caiping and Caier, but her eyes were clear and the corners of her lips were smiling.

"Young man, I still can't control you?"

In this way, Jia Rong and Jia Xichun merged into a few girls, and they quickly became familiar with each other. Their feelings for each other improved by leaps and bounds, and they could occasionally smile and say some witty words.

After a while, Jia Rong finalized the matter and said goodbye.

This time, Jia Xichun took the initiative to put on her shoes, led several girls into the painting, and reluctantly sent Jia Rong away.

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Coming out of Xichun Courtyard, Jia Rong turned around and walked into the second door, then went straight into the south hall of the main courtyard.

It’s time to get down to business!

The New Year is getting closer and closer, and the village bosses outside the pass are also driving a large number of convoys of supplies into the Shenjing City and come to Ningguo Mansion to pay the rent.

Jia Rong did not dare to look down upon these people.

Every time someone comes, Jia Rong will receive him personally, say a few words of comfort, ask for details outside the customs, then carefully review the accounts, count the rents and put them into the warehouse.

After a busy morning, Jia Rong left the Xiangnan Hall and returned to the back house to have dinner with Qin Keqing.

After eating, take a short nap.

Jia Rong then went to the Jia Clan Free School on the west side of the street to preside over the rectification of the clan school.

He has already sent people to invite gentlemen with outstanding professional skills.

Because the price offered was very high, most of the professional gentlemen could not resist the temptation and took the initiative to come to Ningguo Mansion to meet Jia Rong and decided to teach at the Jia Clan Free School.

Only a small number of people were unable to come due to one reason or another.

Therefore, when the gentlemen in Jingcheng Ethnology School had enough, Jia Rong presided over the "class placement test".

After discussing with many gentlemen, we agreed on a test paper that included various contents such as the Four Books and Five Classics, astronomy and geography, mathematics and economics, art of war, agriculture and farming.

"Wow, it's so difficult!" Because before the placement test, Jia Rong announced the general direction of the test content in advance, allowing the students to prepare during this time so as not to be caught off guard.

However, they never expected that there would be more than a hundred questions on the test paper, with various contents, which made the candidates widen their eyes and call them perverts.

And the way of answering the questions is also unheard of.

The 'multiple choice questions', 'fill in the blanks', 'short answer questions', 'essay questions' and 'experimental questions' made the candidates' heads go crazy.

They had only tried eight-legged essay writing and art questions before.

In what way?

There are only methods such as 'posting scriptures', 'moyi', 'poetry' and 'eight-legged essay'.

What? "The Law of the Great Zhou Dynasty"? Isn't this the content of Mingfa?

"Nine Chapters Count"? Isn't this a matter of calculation?

In the Jia Clan Yixue, it was originally divided into classes of Mongolian studies and Confucian classics.

Mengxue is to teach children the "Thousand-Character Classic", "Hundred Family Surnames", "Three-Character Classic", and then extend the "Four Books and Five Classics".

The various subjects of Confucian classics are based on the examination subjects of the imperial examination system, and are divided into Jinshi subjects, Five Classics subjects, Mingfa subjects, Mingshu subjects, etc., and they began to study professionally.

Now, Jia Rong has opened up many disciplines, such as business, agriculture, military, engineering, etc.

In addition, in the elementary school, the class system divided according to the learning progress of "Three Hundred Thousand and Four Books and Five Classics" based on "one-on-one" private lectures has been cancelled.

Instead, it is subdivided into a "six-year junior academic year system" and a "three-year intermediate academic year system."

It stipulates in detail the teaching system and curriculum classics that should be studied in each academic year, and finally completes the promotion examination.

If you pass the exam you will be promoted, if you fail the exam you will be repeated.

There is also an age limit for repeating a grade. Once the age is exceeded, students must withdraw from volunteer school.

The cruel elimination system makes all schoolchildren complain endlessly.

You know, in the past, schoolchildren could just mix and mingle. Before taking the child-birth examination, those who had read the Four Books and Five Classics thoroughly and those who were illiterate were basically "on the same level".

Even if you read the Four Books and Five Classics thoroughly, as long as you fail to pass the "Tongsheng Examination", your status in society will be the same as that of an illiterate.

At most I should respect you as a 'scholar'.

But that's all.

But now, as soon as Jia Rong's "hard rules" came out, the children in the Jia Clan Free School all scolded their mothers, except for Jia Rong who scolded her like a dog behind his back.

Those who have a good foundation in the family immediately want to transfer to another school to study.

But Jia Rong followed up with another rule.

The Jia Clan Volunteer School is to cultivate talents for the Jia Clan. Anyone of Jia Clan blood must be obliged to go to school and complete the graduation examination of the Jia Clan Volunteer School.

Without a certificate of graduation from the Jia Clan's voluntary education, the status and power in the Jia Clan will not be recognized. Every year, various benefits issued by the clan will be greatly reduced, and the management positions will be cut off and replaced by others.

Fuck, that’s too cruel, it’s just draining the bottom of the cauldron!

It can be said that as soon as Jia Rong's regulations came out, it not only caused a sensation in the Jia clan's righteous school, but also among the branch clan members, especially those clansmen who held positions and were preparing for "hereditary replacement". Jia Rong came here and asked the elders of the clan to intercede. He visited Jia Mu, Jia She, and Jia Zheng every day.

Some people even went to Xuanzhen Temple outside the city to cry to Jia Jing.

(End of this chapter)