"Brother Weiguo, there will be a hospital exam in the near future, are you ready?"

"Brother Shao Jun is polite!" Zhao Gou bowed and replied, "Always be prepared, you can't miss this opportunity to take the exam." If you pass the hospital examination, you can enter the township examination, until you finally enter the palace examination, this is a wish, presumably Brother Shao Jun is also ready! ”

Shao Jun smiled confidently: "I have been studying hard in the cold window for more than ten years, and I am waiting for this day." Now, the emperor has issued a holy decree, the imperial examination has officially begun, and there is still a long way to go, and the academy examination is the first level. ”

"Alas! ……”

"Brother Shao Jun, why are you sighing, do you say that the hospital exam is not sure?" Zhao Gou saw Shao Jun's confident face and instantly frowned, and couldn't help asking.

"Definitely!" Shao Jun shook his head and sighed: "If I had participated in the township test earlier, I was afraid that I would have already obtained the show, but now I have also won the title of a person, but I was seriously ill a few years ago and could not go to the test, and it was a pity to miss an opportunity!" ”

Zhao Gou suddenly realized and smiled: "Brother Shao Jun doesn't have to regret not being at the beginning, even if he missed it, so what." As long as you have this determination, you can make a comeback, even if it is just a college exam, you need to take it seriously, otherwise you won't be able to get the fame of showing talent, and how can you get the title of the gold list? ”

Shao Jun agreed with Zhao Gou's statement thoughtfully, he had already figured out this matter. The Great Song Imperial Examination is not held every year, and anyone who reads and learns characters needs to pass the academy examination, the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination in order to truly be named on the gold list.

The college examination is only held twice in three years, that is, once a year or two years, this is the selection of talents from the major colleges, the main examination is the academic administration of each province, equivalent to the college entrance examination in later generations, by the teachers of the major schools assigned to supervise in different examination rooms, and the location of the college examination is the prefecture and county.

Only those who pass the college examination are eligible to take the township examination, which is usually held in the autumn, usually two or three years, not every year. As for the township examination and the palace examination, it is in the following year, not the same year, so there are many students who have studied for more than ten years and do not necessarily have the opportunity to enter the palace examination.

If it is according to the current school system, it is free from elementary school to junior high school, and you can enroll in school when you are old, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, if you want to rise step by step, you need to study hard, or you can bribe, but Zhao Gou's previous actions made those officials dare not do it if they have the heart, and they dare not commit crimes against the wind, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Everyone sat in their places together, today is a particularly important day, taught by the dean of the college personally, just because the college examination is imminent, the dean needs to remind all students of the precautions for the college examination, as well as some affairs arrangements.

The dean is a member of the Han family, named Han Ming, not a direct line but a side branch, only because of his outstanding literary talent and love of education, so the college has been managed by him. In the anxious waiting of everyone, Han Ming came late, glanced at it with a smile on his face, and everyone greeted him respectfully.

Han Ming said with a smile: "The time for the college examination is not far away, and the dean is very happy to see that the students are in good spirits and engrossed in preparing for the exam. If it's longer, I'll know why I'm here, but if it's shorter, I don't know why. ”

"I believe everyone knows that Hanjia College is different from other colleges, as long as students study in other colleges, they can become tribute students without taking the college examination. The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs have not issued relevant orders, as long as they learn the characters, they can participate in the township examination and obtain the fame of showing talents. ”

"Although there is no provision in the Great Song Dynasty regulations, each college also has its own method of screening, and it is not possible to send all of them to the prefecture and county colleges to study, or participate in the township examination. This is the first screening, but we also have our own way, that is, we don't have to go to the prefecture and county yamen, but stay in the academy to participate in two exams, and the time is set for the day after tomorrow. ”

"If you pass the college examination, then you will be sent to the prefecture and county to directly participate in the township examination, and the number of places in the academy this time is only ten, which means that the top ten can be qualified. If you don't achieve it, you won't be able to achieve fame, so you have to work harder. ”

Zhao Gou was stupid, this was not the same version as he knew at all. If he knew that he didn't need to participate in the college examination, why would he enter the academy, just go directly to the township examination. didn't expect this to be too much, which made him a little crying and laughing, and finally went on an extra trip.

"Dean, do you have something to ask the students about?"

"What do you mean by this student?"

"Since Da Song only needs to read and practice calligraphy to participate in the township examination, why do you still let us participate in the college examination? Wouldn't this be a delay in time, students have been studying hard for more than ten years, and wouldn't it be faster to skip the college examination and directly participate in the township examination? ”

Han Ming said gently: "Although there is no such thing as a college test in the Great Song Dynasty, this matter is tacitly agreed by the major academies. If everyone participates in the township examination, I am afraid that it will be difficult to distinguish between good and bad, and the college is the first hurdle and the first screening. ”

"If you want to qualify for the township exam, it's not that simple. If you are the son of an official eunuch, or the birth of a national eunuch, then you will be exempted from everything and directly participate in the township test. If you are an ordinary person, you need to be outstanding, and if you want to be an official, you need to be not only knowledgeable, but also look at character. ”

"Character is your daily performance in the college on weekdays, and the grades are the exams arranged by the college, if you combine the two, you can get a letter of recommendation written by the dean himself, that is to say, the qualification to participate in the township examination, which is also the only way."

"If you can't pass the college exam, how can you pass the township exam, the township exam needs to be tested three times, each of which is a day, and the exam is held at different times, and even the content is different. The college examination is to adapt in advance, and the other is to select different candidates' results, and to obtain the fame of talent is the real qualification to participate in the township examination. ”

After the dean's allocation, everyone understands the importance of the hospital examination, and its necessity, even if the emperor did not promulgate the holy decree to participate in it, but everyone still tacitly and silently screened, which is also one of the ways that has been passed down since ancient times, otherwise tens of thousands of people will participate in the township examination in a unified manner, that is a big thing, people come and go is difficult to control, not to mention, there are also bribery, cheating and other phenomena.

Zhao Gou couldn't cry or laugh, he knew that this was the case, he directly said his other identity, saying that he was the son of an official eunuch, and it would be good to directly participate in the township examination, he was stunned to study seriously in the academy, or to obtain the qualification of the Guozi Jian Gongsheng, which was even more readily available, which made Zhao Gou very depressed: "I knew this was the case, why should I be affected again!" It's really smart but clever to be mistaken, take off your pants and fart, it's a big move! ”