Be a master through ancient times

Five days later.

In the Hongwen Hall, all the students of the Guozijian were disrupted and sat down one by one according to the order on the list.

When Zhu Feng was called by name, he looked back at Zhao Qing with disbelief in his eyes.Why do you sit like this?He, Shi Lang, Wu Guang, and Lao Zhu had discussed it long ago. When the exam will be held, the four of them will surround Zhao Qing in the shape of "stars supporting the moon", so that they can "communicate" at that time.But now that the queue is in such a mess, what should they do?

Zhao Qing was relieved in his heart. He felt that it was inappropriate when they discussed before. With Chu Siye's sharp eyesight, he would definitely not fail to see what they were thinking, and it would be over if they were caught.It's good to be like this now, and it will kill their thoughts directly.

After sitting down, Chu Ci waved his hand, and the servants brought out two baskets of examination papers, which were stacked thickly and lined up like tofu cubes.

Chu Ci stood up in a timely manner and took a sample paper to answer students' questions. It turned out that the test paper was divided into A and B papers, and the two sets of test papers were of equal difficulty.The test paper is calculated according to the [-]-point system, and there is a corresponding score behind each question. The questions are divided into four parts: filling in the blanks, multiple choices, short answers and discussion.The things tested ranged from the Three Character Classics to the Four Books and Five Classics to the Nine Chapters, covering all the things they should master at this stage.

After hearing Chu Ci's words, the students immediately had different expressions on their faces. Some were eager to try, some were bored, some were anxious, and some were simply ashamed.

The ink-scented examination papers were handed out to everyone's desk one by one, and the sharp-eyed person discovered that, as Chu Siye said, he was indeed different from the examination papers in the front and rear seats.The last glimmer of hope was shattered, the sharp-eyed Zhu Feng simply gave up the idea of ​​cheating, and looked at the topic seriously.I hope that the flowing red flag on his body can bless him with good grades in the exam.

This set of test papers was produced by Chu Ci since he learned that he was going to be divided into different schools. He discussed with Kou Jing for a long time, and asked Xu Qiaonan to study the questions for a long time before deciding on the difficulty.Poor Xu Qiaonan, because he completed hundreds of difficult questions in just three days, he has already successfully suffered from "examination syndrome". When he smells ink, he almost feels sick.

In order to share it with someone next time, Xu Qiaonan decided that he must teach Qin Zhao, who is illiterate, to be full of knowledge. He cannot bear this kind of suffering alone!

Chu Ci invigilated the exam with the four masters. He was a person who couldn't sit still. When invigilating the exam, he was the kind of teacher that students hated the most. He liked to stand behind the students without anyone noticing, quietly staring at other people's test papers. .Unlike other male teachers, who can always finish an exam with one posture and one newspaper spread out.

The other four masters also followed suit, all frowning solemnly, walking around the venue, not like masters, but more like cell bosses.The students sitting below felt like they were sitting on pins and needles, and they had to look at the top when they were taking the test.

When the stick of incense in front of the Hongwen Museum was burned out, the sound of scrolling was heard, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.One is tense and the other is hot.

Because of the special status of Guozijian, after the beginning of July, the imperial court would send several truckloads of ice every day according to the order.But the exam time was too long, and all the ice in the Hongwen Hall melted. More than 300 people gathered in this not-so-ventilated place, and it was as hot as if it was fished out of the water.

Chu Ci is naturally hot, but because of his face, he can't wave his sleeves like everyone else, so he can only bear it.

After collecting the papers and returning to his residence, he saw that there was no one around, and immediately unbuttoned and took off his clothes, put on a middle coat, and fanned himself with a big cattail fan.Sometimes he really admires those modern girls. Isn't it hot to let their hair hang down in such hot weather?If it hadn't been necessary in ancient times, Chu Ci really wanted to shave himself a haircut.He brushed away the strands of hair sticking to the nape of his neck, and fanned back a few times with the fan in his hand.

"Huaijin?" Kou Jing heard that Chu Ci had come back, but couldn't see him, so she knocked on the door.

When Chu Ci heard his voice, he didn't think too much, and went directly to pull the door open. After seeing Kou Jing's unconcealed surprise, he realized that he blushed and slammed the door shut.

Kou Jing laughed, and while waiting for Chu Ci to take care of herself, she recalled in her heart how Chu Ci was when she just opened the door.He was only wearing a snow-white jacket, his face was flushed, his temples and neck were covered with fine sweat, and his hair was messily stuck to his cheeks and back of his neck. He looked a little...indescribable.

Thinking about it, Kou Jing also felt that her face was a little hot.

"Brother, younger brother is just Meng Lang, please don't be offended." Chu Ci was a little helpless. Although he was wearing a middle coat that covered his whole body tightly, in the eyes of conservative ancients, he was just like modern people. Like people who go out in underwear, it's really degrading.

"How could I? But, why did you just..." Kou Jing hesitated to speak, if there were no other people in his room, he would feel that Chu Ci's good business had just been interrupted.

"It's really too hot today." Chu Ci said with a bitter face.He thought that June would be hot enough, but when he stepped into July, he realized what a hot season is.The weather in this capital city is really weird, there is still a bit of coolness in the morning and night, but as soon as the sun comes out, it becomes unbearably hot.

It stands to reason that the modern heat island effect is more serious, but people like Chu Ci who stay in air-conditioned rooms all day long don't have a deep understanding of it.Even during social practice activities, they all went to major shopping malls and supermarkets to conduct research.

"Isn't the imperial court distributing ice cubes every day? Could it be that your share has been taken away?" This is not unheard of.

"That's not true. Although there is ice every day, it will melt before noon." Chu Ci is now in the limelight, how can anyone dare to cut his ice?

"In that case, I will instruct Shopkeeper He to send a truckload of ice here every afternoon, which should make you more comfortable." Kou Jing said, and was about to go out.

Chu Ci grabbed him: "Hey, don't! It's just too hot for the invigilator today. The windows in the office are usually open on all sides, so it's not that hot."

Kou Jing paid for his last treat.He wanted to return the money to Kou Jing several times, but he changed the subject.How good is it now that there is a truckload of ice every day?In ancient times, the means of storing ice were to store ice in the ice cellar in winter and take it out in summer.Even if the Kou family has an ice cellar, how many days can it be used?

"Have you forgotten? I am also sitting in the Siye Hall. You just treat the ice they brought over for me." There are houses on both sides of the Siye Hall, and even with the windows open, there is no wind coming in.

"This..." Chu Ci wanted to refuse, but he was afraid that it would hurt Kou Jing too directly. After thinking about it, he suddenly recalled the method of using saltpeter to make ice in a novel, so he brought it up.

Kou Jing said: "Huaijin is really knowledgeable and talented, you also know how to make ice with saltpeter."

"You know? Could it be that all the ice in your house is made with saltpeter?" Chu Ci was shocked.

Kou Jing shook her head: "Nitre is something controlled by the imperial court, how can other people buy and sell it at will, let alone use it to make ice."

Well, Chu Ci resigned to his fate. It seems that this method of huge profits will not work. Saltpeter is one of the raw materials for making gunpowder. The Wei Dynasty already had firearms, so it is reasonable to control saltpeter.

"Well, if you insist on asking the shopkeeper to deliver ice, can I just buy it at the market price?"

"Huaijin!" Kou Jing looked at him with condemning eyes, and Chu Ci couldn't help feeling that it was a very shameful thing for him to want to spend money.

"Okay, how about I go to your store and give some advice on another day off for a holiday?" Although he has not studied business administration systematically, as a modern person, he has seen a lot of marketing methods of.

"I can't ask for it." Kou Jing then laughed.

Kou Jing's ability to move is very fast, that afternoon, Chu Ci used ice.In the name of Kou Jing, he sent some to the Guozijian doctoral college, and sent a pot to each teaching dormitory, and then put the rest in the Siye hall.The cold air kept coming out of the vases at the four corners, and soon the temperature dropped.

Chu Ci called a few students with faster mental arithmetic skills to come over and correct the papers together. There were more than 360 test papers, and they were corrected before the lights were turned on.Because the previous questions all have standard answers, and the latter essay questions also have scoring standards, as long as you correct them according to the above, you are not afraid that you will be awarded a questionable test paper, which will cause a lot of scruples and waste time.

"Please also transcribe your scores at the top of this volume." Chu Ci took out a name list and asked them to register their scores.

This registration is divided into one reading and one registration, which means that it takes a little longer to find the name, and the score is registered quickly.Chu Ci sent three notes to each of them, telling them to go to eat quickly, while he sat in his seat and thought about how to divide the classes.

There are a total of 360 students in the Guozijian. If there are [-] students in a class, they can be divided into twelve classes.Among the twelve classes, classes one to four are for work, and the top [-] students who go to work will be able to participate in the court examination for talent selection within the imperial court in August this year.

This imperial examination was written and graded by the Hanlin Academy. After the results were handed over to the emperor, the emperor circled some people, and the winners could be directly appointed officials.

The top [-] candidates will also be able to participate in the official examination organized by the Ministry of Officials in March next year. This examination will be jointly prepared and graded by the six departments. After the expiry of the period, the official position can only be conferred.

After Chuci learned about the welfare of the Guozijian, he once again sighed that family background is still very important.Like ordinary people, if they want to get ahead, the only way to get ahead is the imperial examination, but they, the children of officials, clearly have all roads leading to Rome!

Both the court examination and the bureaucracy examination are selected by Siye, who selects and recommends students to participate. In previous years, Gu Siye had an advantage, and those who participated in these two examinations were all from the inner court.Now that Chu Ci put this matter that can be manipulated in the dark on the bright side and let them fight for it, it can be said that it is very fair.

Just now I said that Classes [-] to [-] are all talented and academically outstanding, and they are also a little older.Then those who are younger or less talented are divided into classes five to eight, which is the middle class.If the students in the middle class do not fall below the top three in the monthly examination, they can be promoted to work after three consecutive months.

Classes [-] to [-] are off-duty. The students here are either young or their academic level is not high enough, so they need to be evaluated for six consecutive months before they can be promoted to the middle class.

However, if the off-duty and middle-class students have stayed for two years, they can be promoted directly. If they have not passed the imperial examination and official examination within three years, they will be sent back home.Of course, if some students have bad conduct and make mistakes during their studies, they will be demoted or punished by increasing their years of study.

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"The class placement table is posted. It's on the bulletin board. There will be no classes this morning. Everyone will move their things to the new dormitory. In the afternoon, the head teacher will go to the class to arrange various matters."

After the teachers of each class announced the news, they dismissed the get out of class and left.The students rushed to the bulletin board like a swarm, squeezed underneath to look at the few red papers pasted above.

"Quick, let's go in! Look for me first, and see where I'm assigned!" Zhu Mingyue used his stature to squeeze out a bloody path, opening up territory for the few people who followed him.

Everyone looked at the first one first, except for two familiar names, Feng Mo and Wen Ran, everyone else was from the inner courtyard.

Zhu Feng and the others tacitly moved their eyes to the last one, and began to look for their names.

"Hey, old Zhu, you are ranked tenth, not bad!" Wu Guang patted Zhu Mingyue on the shoulder and smiled.

"Really? Then how long are you in?" Zhu Mingyue asked while looking for his name.

"It's only the first place." Wu Guang's tone was aggressive, and three hands were slapped on him in an instant.

"Where's Zhu Feng? How many people are in line?"

"Let me see, Zhu Feng... Hey, here, row No. 15, haha." Zhu Mingyue laughed gloatingly.

"What are you laughing at, what happened to fifteen? There are seventeen more behind!" Zhu Feng patted Zhu Mingyue on the head, and the two extra people were assigned to class [-].

"Silang, how many do you have in line?" He turned his head and asked Jiang Xian again.

Jiang Xian glanced at Zhu Feng and said indifferently, "27."

A few people around laughed out loud, as long as you do worse than me in the exam, we will still be good brothers!

Zhu Mingyue smiled and asked, "Haha, Shiro, how could you be so bad in the exam?"

"There are too many topics, and I feel dizzy." Jiang Xian's face darkened, and he would have written more if he had known.

"It seems that we are still in the same class, so don't be afraid, the five tigers will never be separated." Zhu Feng said with relief.

"Five... No, I, Wu Guang, you, Shiro, have seen four people so far. Zhao Qing, where is your name?" Zhu Mingyue asked strangely.

They looked at Zhao Qing together, only to see Zhao Qing was looking straight at the middle of the bulletin board, which read: No. 12, Zhao Qing.Looking at the two large characters on the left side of the red paper, it clearly says Class Six.

A feeling of being betrayed instantly flooded the young hearts of the other four people. They agreed to be school scumbags together, but you secretly reviewed them!This brother can't be done!

After Zhao Qing recovered from the class schedule, he saw the unfriendly eyes of the four people, and hurriedly explained: "I, I, I didn't do it on purpose, and I didn't know that I could do so well in the exam!"

"Is this guy showing off? Laughing at us for not passing the exam?" Zhu Mingyue said in a strange manner.

"No! I didn't think so! I'm going to tell Chu Siye to put me in Class [-]!" Zhao Qing was anxious, and after speaking, he squeezed out of the crowd and ran to the Siye Hall .Seeing this, the other four immediately followed. Since Zhao Qing wanted to, then Chu Siye had no reason not to agree. If he didn't agree, the five tiger generals would definitely fight him to the end!

In the department hall, Chu Ci was explaining to a student why he was not assigned to a class.The student looked at the score and refused to believe it. He didn't leave dejectedly until he saw the test paper.

Zhao Qing rushed into the yard, but He Ping stopped him with his hand.He stopped and said, "Brother, I have something important to tell Chu Siye!"

"Then you have to wait for me to notify Chu Siye first." Chu Ci is now almost No. 1 in the Imperial Academy, and He Ping's status has also risen with the tide.He believed that his status was different, and he was more cautious before doing things, for fear that he would be compared by others if he was not careful.You know, the competition among servants is also very fierce.

"Let him come in." Chu Ci heard it from inside, and ordered outside.

"Yes." He Ping replied, and then put his hand down.

Zhao Qing walked into the Siye Hall, and when he saw Chu Ci, he bowed his hands and saluted: "The student has met Chu Siye, and I came here for class assignment."

"Zhao Qing? Get up. Let me see, what class are you in?" Chu Ci made no arrangements for this morning, just to solve the students' questions.

"Don't worry about it, the students are divided into Class [-], but I don't want to stay in Class [-]." Zhao Qing couldn't get up, still bent over.

"The classification is based on the grades. If you scored eighty points in the exam, you will indeed be assigned to the sixth class. Why don't you take a look at other people's scores, or check the exam papers." Chu Ciwen He explained in a loud voice that he naturally knew that everyone wanted to go to a good class, but when the time came, the learning progress would be different, which would be harmful rather than beneficial to them.

He also thought about dividing everyone into classes according to the level of good and bad, but this time is different from modern times. It is so mixed that the good ones can't eat enough, and the bad ones can't eat enough. It's better to respect the individual differences of students and teach students according to their aptitude.

"I don't want to go to the upper class, I want to go to the [-]th class!" Zhao Qing said.

"What did you say?" Chu Ci looked puzzled, he really wanted to pick out his ears to see if he had heard correctly, this Zhao Qing didn't seem to be such a rebellious student.

"He said he was going to Class [-], Chu Siye, you can't separate us five generals!" Zhu Mingyue and others rushed in.Zhao Qing straightened up and looked at several people.

Chu Ci frowned and looked at them, then waved to the anxious He Ping, signaling that it was okay to let him back down.

"Tell me what's going on."

"Chu Siye, the five of us are good brothers! The kind who want to live together and die together! You divide us into two classes now, so that we can't be brothers! So we beg you, let Zhao Qing come Class [-] is here." Zhu Feng thought that what he said was very touching, and the faces of the others were also extremely moved, but this did not move Chu Siye.

Chu Ci chuckled lightly, tapped the table two or three times with his knuckles, then looked at them with interest, and asked, "Why don't you ask me to put you all in Class Six? "

"Are our grades going to improve?" Zhu Mingyue looked like you were asking the question knowingly.

"Indeed, let me see. Wu Guang scored 49 points, Zhu Mingyue scored 43 points, Zhu Feng scored 38 points, and Jiang Xian scored 26 points. With such scores, you can only stay in Class [-]." Chu Ci said.

The scores were read out on the spot, and they all felt a little uncomfortable.Even though there were no marks on the class schedule, they could guess about it, but they didn't expect it to be so few.

"Do you know how much Zhao Qing took the exam?"

The four shook their heads. After Chu Ci said eighty points, they were all a little surprised. Is there such a big difference?

"Do you know what [-]% means? [-]% means that Zhao Qing has thoroughly understood all the four books, and at least three of the five classics. I just read his test paper, and at his level, If you go to take the county exam, if you are lucky, you can pass all three exams, you can get the title of scholar, and be called a gentleman."

"We don't need to take the county test..." Wu Guang muttered softly.

"Yes, you should be thankful that you don't have to take the county exam. If you want to take the exam, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass it. Before the county exam, there is a boy's exam. With your current studies, you can't even pass the boy's exam."

Seeing how unconvinced the few people looked, Chu Ci sneered and said, "If you don't believe me, let me take the test. I dare say that you haven't even read "Thousand Characters" through."

"Chu Siye, don't underestimate us, among other things, our three hundred thousand are still learning very well!"

"Okay, then let me ask you, what is the first sentence of the Thousand Characters?"

"Needless to say, of course the world is mysterious, the universe is prehistoric!" Zhu Mingyue scoffed at this question.

"Okay, how do you explain these two sentences?"

As soon as Zhu Mingyue heard it, he said it again effortlessly.

"Then tell me, where do these two sentences come from?"

"What?" Zhu Mingyue and the other three were dumbfounded, "Isn't it from "Thousand Characters"?"

"Hehe, Zhao Qing, tell me."

"..." Zhao Qing bowed his head and remained silent.

"Zhao Qing, I heard that your grandfather was a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and you were enlightened by him. He must have explained the three hundred thousand to you, right?" Chu Ci said with a smile.

Zhao Qing heard that he brought out his grandfather, in order not to fall into his grandfather's Qingming, he whispered: "The Xuanhuang of Heaven and Earth comes from "Book of Changes". According to the "Sutra", the upper and lower directions are the universe, and the past and present are the universe, and the "Taixuan Jing" also talks about the prehistoric world, so it is called the universe prehistoric."

"It's very good, listen to it, this is the gap between you and him." Chu Ci looked at the four of them, "Zhao Qing knows everything, but for you, he is willing to go to Class [-] and learn from those other people." What you have already learned. How about you? You said it was for the so-called brotherhood, but you dragged them together without thinking about making progress, wasting a good time, and you said that you should live together and die together. It's a shameful act. I advise you not to insult the word brother!"

Chu Ci had never said such serious words to them, and the eyes of the four young men were all red.

Zhao Qing yelled at Chu Ci: "Chu Siye, don't talk about it, it's my own wish!"

"What are you in a hurry for? I'm about to teach you a lesson! Do you think that you are a good brother if you eat, drink and have fun with them? A real good brother should support each other, make progress together, and make each other better. Don't you You said that you should lead them to study hard, but instead live with them, don’t you think it’s great for you to make sacrifices?”

Seeing these people bow their heads and say nothing, Chu Ci calmed down a little. After all, teaching and educating people still has a long way to go!