In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 355 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 26

It has to be said that this trick was quite effective. Jia Lang had never attended a boys' school in ancient times and had no experience in anything. In addition, the people he met several times were either the elders in the Jia family whom he did not trust, or elders like Lin Ruhai who would not show their satisfaction even if they were satisfied. As a result, Jia Lang did not feel how talented he was from the beginning.

After all, everyone who has studied history knows that the ancient imperial examination system was really strict. It is normal for Jia Lang to have no confidence in himself.

Jia Lang was now a student, and was eligible to take the examinations hosted by provincial education officials or scholars. However, he had to be recommended by six villagers and two scholars to be eligible.

It has to be said that it was fortunate that Jia Lang helped to resolve the issue of the registered land. Otherwise, if the Rongguo Mansion really sold the Jia family's registered land and touched the Jia family's family property, even if it had nothing to do with Jia Lang, if they were angry with Jia Lang and unwilling to recommend him, Jia Lang would probably be in real trouble.

The imperial examination was held twice every three years, with the emperor-appointed academic officials presiding over the examinations in various places. The examinations held in the years of Chou, Chen, Wei, and Xu were called annual examinations, while the examinations held in the years of Yin, Si, Shen, and Hai were called imperial examinations.

The students who passed the college entrance examination were called "shengyuan", commonly known as "xiucai". They were considered to have achieved fame and entered the scholar-official class. They had privileges such as exemption from corvée, no need to kneel when meeting the county magistrate, and no arbitrary torture. Xiucai was divided into three categories. The best students were called "linsheng", who were given food by the government on a monthly basis. The next best students were called "zengsheng", who were not given food. There were a certain number of "linsheng" and "zengsheng". The third was "fusheng", which were newly enrolled students.

After obtaining the qualification of admission, students can go to the government-run prefecture, state, and county schools to study. After admission, they can be selected by the education officials and then participate in the next level of provincial examinations. After passing the provincial examinations, they become Juren, which means they have officially entered the path of the imperial examinations.

In addition, some students with outstanding academic performance have the opportunity to be selected as tribute students and become students of the Imperial College. Unlike other students of the Imperial College, tribute students are selected through formal channels and are a kind of honor. However, in addition to this way of obtaining a place in the Imperial College, there is another way to obtain a place in the Imperial College, which is to be assigned by the superiors. For example, Jia Zhu once took the place of Rongguo Mansion in the Imperial College without passing the first few rounds of examinations.

Logically speaking, this place should belong to Jia Lian, but Jia She was defeated by Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhu did show that he was much more knowledgeable than Jia Lian. I wonder if Jia Lian regrets it now.

The reason why Jia Zhu studied so hard was because he was not from a decent family and was excluded in the Imperial College. In order to prove himself, he had to pass the imperial examination. In order to achieve his goal, he even begged Jia Zheng to help him marry Li Wan, the daughter of the Imperial College's chief priest.

Maybe this is fate. In the end, Jia Zhu successfully achieved his goal, but he also lost his life.

The date of Jinling's college examination was scheduled by the provincial education commissioner for September, which was about the same time as the autumn provincial examination. Jia Lang had five more months to review, and he felt a little more relaxed.

Now he had some understanding of his true level. After all, Jinling was in the Jiangnan region. Since ancient times, the literary style was prevalent in the Jiangnan region and there were many talented people. He was already a genius to be able to pass the Jiangnan Tongsheng exam in one go.

Coincidentally, Jia Lang was not the only one who thought so. When people in the capital learned that Jia Lang had passed the examination and became a student at such a young age, and was the top student in this class, the Jia family was instantly filled with joy.

Grandmother Jia really wanted to call Jia Lang back immediately and hold a banquet to liven up the old relatives. If it weren't for the fact that Jia Lang still had to take part in the next college entrance examination and should not be distracted, Grandmother Jia might have already sent the letter asking Jia Lang to come back.

Even the increasingly dissolute and foolish eldest master Jia She had to put down his beloved antiques and instead show off everywhere that he had a son who was a literary genius.

Jia Lian was also very happy. Although he himself could not read, he was still in awe of scholars. After all, from childhood to adulthood, he had seen with his own eyes that Jia Zhu was highly regarded by his elders just because he could read, and that his second uncle Jia Zheng was looked up to by outsiders just because he had the identity of a scholar compared to the eldest master Jia She.

When I was young and ignorant, I didn't think there was anything wrong with it. But now that I have grown up, I realize that the second wife has taken countless advantages of the first wife because of her ability to read. Now, their first wife also has a scholar, and a real young genius at that. He is much more capable than Jia Zhu, who studied in the Imperial College for more than ten years and finally passed the imperial examination but died.

The first wife was in high spirits because of Jia Lang's matter, and even Lin Daiyu, the only one who had spent quite a while with Jia Lang, couldn't help but praise him a few words when she was interacting with Jia Baoyu, Jia Tanchun and others.

This completely aroused Jia Baoyu's dissatisfaction. He still remembered Jia Lang and liked the handsome Jia Lang very much, but when he saw Lin Daiyu, whom he liked, praising Jia Lang like this, he couldn't help being jealous. However, he himself didn't like reading and couldn't say that he was better than Jia Lang. He could only say that all scholars were mediocre. However, this offended Lin Daiyu again. Who told Jia Baoyu to forget to mention Lin Daiyu's father Lin Ruhai when he scolded the scholars?

In the second room, Jia Zheng was hiding in the study, feeling envious. He couldn't help but think, since his eldest brother's son could do it, why couldn't his son? So he decided to start pushing his son to study. He went out to catch Jia Baoyu to study, but he happened to hear what Jia Baoyu said. Jia Zheng, who claimed to be a scholar, was completely furious.

"Old lady! Old lady, please go and save Master Bao! Master Bao is about to be beaten to death by the Second Master! Old lady!"

At this time, Xiren had been sold to the Jia Mansion and was officially sent by Grandmother Jia to serve Jia Baoyu. When Jia Baoyu was being taught a lesson by Jia Zheng, Xiren did not dare to stop him. She could only watch Jia Baoyu being beaten so badly by Jia Zheng that Xiren had no choice but to come to Grandmother Jia for help.

The subsequent process was the same as the plot. Jia's grandmother came to put out the fire and Jia Baoyu escaped. The second wife stood in front of Jia Baoyu's bed wiping her tears, but she hated Jia Lang in her heart. Jia Baoyu could only lie down to recuperate and didn't have to go to school for several days.

The second master became more and more indignant after being scolded by Lady Jia. As a father, he was scolded by his old mother for educating his son. It was really the case of "a loving mother often spoils her son". But he really couldn't persuade Lady Jia, and Jia Baoyu was really miserable. When he heard the second wife mention her eldest son Jia Zhu, Jia Zheng could only let go of his anger.

I can't really force Jia Baoyu to become the next Jia Zhu. I really can't bear to see a loved one die before me again.

But Jia Baoyu couldn't do that, because there was still Jia Huan. So Jia Zheng turned around and went to Aunt Zhao's place, where Jia Huan was kept.

I don't know if this can be considered a lucky break for Jia Huan. After all, because of the Second Wife, Jia Huan, who was already of school age, could only stay with Aunt Zhao all day long, copying Buddhist scriptures at most. Jia Zheng didn't pay much attention to him, and Aunt Zhao was incompetent, so Jia Huan had no chance of making a breakthrough in the future.

Now, because of Jia Lang, Jia Zheng suddenly began to pay attention to Jia Huan, the illegitimate son. To be honest, if Jia Huan was smart, he might really seize the opportunity to succeed. But if Jia Huan was not smart enough, once Jia Zheng's enthusiasm for raising a child was over, Jia Huan's life would probably return to what it was before. It was even possible that the Second Wife would bear a grudge against him because of Jia Zheng's attention to him this time and become even more excessive.

But these things have nothing to do with Jia Lang in essence. In the entire Jia family, no one cares except Jia Tanchun and Aunt Zhao, two of Jia Huan's relatives.