diskusbooks Chapter 385 Refreshing the Imperial Examination Results
Chapter 385 Refreshing the Imperial Examination Results
The Men's Vocational College has also trained many outstanding talents for Da Chu, filling the gaps in cutting-edge talents in all walks of life and significantly improving Da Chu's development level in many aspects.
The industry that was most affected was the construction industry. Several years later, construction teams formed by students who graduated from the architecture department of a men's vocational college were scattered all over the country, making a significant contribution to the history of the construction of houses, bridges and other buildings in Da Chu.
Compared with vocational colleges, the achievements of imperial examination colleges are in no way inferior.
The textbooks compiled by Lin Chuyi were very targeted, and the examinations were frequent. The number of questions that the students of the Imperial Examination Academy had done far exceeded that of the students in other states.
Examinations were a common occurrence for students in the imperial examination academies.
The imperial examination of the Great Chu was held every three years. It was a grand event that attracted national attention. Only those talented men who had obtained the title of Juren were eligible to apply for the examination in Kyoto.
Every time, tens of thousands of candidates came to Beijing to sign up for the imperial examination. However, only the top 100 candidates were selected from these numerous candidates. It is no exaggeration to say that the imperial examination was like a huge army crossing a single-plank bridge.
The year when Lin Chuyi founded the Imperial Examination Academy happened to be the year of the imperial examination. At that time, the Imperial Examination Academy had just been established and the students had not yet received systematic education and training. None of them had achieved the title of Juren, so naturally they could not be arranged to go to the capital to take the exam.
Originally, the cultural atmosphere in the three states was relatively weak, and the number of juren produced each year was relatively limited. Moreover, the level of scholarship of the juren selected from these places was indeed slightly inferior to that of the juren from other states.
Therefore, about a year before the imperial examination, those candidates from the three states who were determined to advance to the next level would set out early and embark on the journey to Beijing to take the exam.
There are two main reasons for arriving so far in advance. First, you can book a good seat in advance and don't have to worry about arriving late and having no place to stay. Second, you can also participate in various poetry and book clubs in Kyoto, exchange and learn with other students who are coming to Beijing for the imperial examinations, and make progress together.
Of course, this situation only applies to a small number of juren from wealthy families. Juren from poor families cannot afford the high expenses of Kyoto.
Most of the financially strapped candidates would set out two or three months before the imperial examination. Once they arrived in Kyoto and adapted to the local climate, they would immediately plunge into the tense and serious examination.
But no matter whether they were poor or rich, the scholars from the three states had never achieved any outstanding results in the previous imperial examinations.
The same was true in that session. According to relevant statistics, 327 candidates from the three states went to Kyoto to take the examination. However, after the results were announced, only one person made it to the top of the list, but he was ranked at the bottom of the list and failed to achieve outstanding results in the palace examination.
When Lin Chuyi learned the results of that imperial examination, she did not show much surprise. She continued to advance the talent training program of the Imperial Examination Academy in an orderly manner according to the original plan.
After two years of teaching at the Imperial Examination Academy, many newly promoted students and scholars emerged in the three states. The Imperial Examination Academy became famous in the three states for its outstanding educational achievements.
As its reputation grew, more and more students chose to enter the Imperial Examination Academy to receive systematic learning, including many former candidates. The examination class founded by Lin Chuyi was finally officially put into use.
As long as they can successfully pass the joint examination and make it onto the list, it means that the status of these candidates will be transformed from Juren to Gongshi. After completing the palace examination, even if the results are poor, they can at least get the same honor as Jinshi.
If everything goes well, after they gain fame and honor, they will be transformed into local officials under the arrangement of the Ministry of Personnel.
By that time, they will be able to completely get rid of their civilian status and complete the magnificent transformation from civilians to officials, and their social status will rise accordingly.
Even if he is an insignificant official, he is still an official and needs to take on the responsibility of managing the people in his jurisdiction.
Lin Chuyi knew very well that if such people were allowed to grow up, there would inevitably be many more foolish people in the court in the future who only knew how to talk big and discuss military affairs on paper but had no understanding of the suffering of the people.
In order to avoid this situation, she resolutely decided to add a few extra social practice classes to the regular weekly study courses at the Imperial Examination Academy.
In this way, these scholars would be able to enter the homes of ordinary people and experience firsthand the difficulties of ordinary people's lives.
This will not only help enhance their inner sense of responsibility, but also greatly enrich their social experience, making the articles they write more realistic and convincing, thereby enhancing their competitiveness.
In order to reduce the financial burden on the candidates, Lin Chuyi allocated a large sum of silver from the government storehouse to hire a transportation team that could carry out transportation work.
The candidates only needed to pay a small amount of travel expenses to join the transport team hired by the government, which would escort them safely to Kyoto to take the imperial examination.
In this way, not only can the personal safety of the candidates be ensured, but they can also travel in comfortable carriages throughout the journey, thus saving a lot of money and precious time needed on the journey to the exam.
Her Royal Highness the Princess has put herself in the shoes of the candidates so much that the candidates are so grateful that they cannot express it in words and can only work harder to repay this kindness.
Since the establishment of the Imperial Examination Academy, the first joint examination achieved outstanding results. Among the sixteen students who took the exam, half of them successfully made it into the top 100 list of the joint examination.
In the following palace examination, the eight candidates who made the list performed even better. They stood out among the hundreds of candidates with their calm mentality. With their daily observations and solid learning foundation, they performed steadily and handed in answers that satisfied them.
After a long wait, the final palace examination results were finally announced. What was surprising was that each of their scores had significantly improved compared to the previous Gongshi exams, and the most outstanding one among them became a dark horse, soaring all the way from 36th place to 5th place!
Those who stand out in the palace examination will be divided into three categories. The top three will be classified as the first category, namely the top scholar, the second scholar and the third scholar. The fourth to the eighteenth will belong to the second category, and the remaining ones from the nineteenth to the hundredth will be classified as the third category.
In other words, this student successfully obtained the excellent result of second place in the second class. Even though the other fellow students were slightly inferior, the worst one achieved the excellent result of tenth place in the third class.
As a result, this imperial examination set the best record in the history of the three states. Once the news was spread back, the Imperial Examination Academy became more famous and reached a higher level.
This time, there was no need for Lin Chuyi to make any painstaking publicity. Many scholars from the three states took the initiative to bring gifts and money to the Imperial Examination Academy, hoping to be able to study there.
Lin Chuyi accepted everyone who came and asked the person in charge of the Imperial Examination Academy to follow the procedures. After the candidates passed the examination, the tuition fees would be collected and arrangements would be made for the candidates to formally enroll.
Due to the increase in the number of applicants, the examination class gradually expanded from one class to two classes, then three classes...
Three years later, three months before the new imperial examination, the imperial examination academies in the three states once again summoned the candidates who wanted to go to Beijing for the examination, intending to send them all to Beijing together. This time, the number of candidates who registered was as high as 183.
Not long after Lu Lutong's team safely sent these scholars to Kyoto and settled them there, the imperial examination arrived as scheduled.
The well-rested students from the three states entered the examination hall together with students from other states. After a few days of examinations, the students filed out of the examination hall and returned to their respective resting spots to wait for the announcement of the results.