Chapter 57: Farewell

(Sorry for being late, write the next chapter right away...... )

In the Song Dynasty, there were three types of academies, one was an academic type that focused on lectures on scriptures, the other was a teaching type that focused on examinations, and there were also specialized academies that taught medical skills, painting arts, arithmetic and other subjects.

Zhongyan Academy clearly belongs to the second type. Compared with the loose and liberal academic academies, the low-level specialized academies, such academies are under much greater pressure – the annual imperial examinations are the only criterion for testing the quality of their teaching. If there are more Chinese students, the college will gain fame and fortune, and obtain resources that are unimaginable to other colleges. On the contrary, there is the pressure of being abandoned by the government and parents.

Naturally, the requirements of this kind of college for students far exceed those of other colleges. Strict selection is only the first step, and students must accept the strict academic rules and complete a heavy workload to enter the college. In order to urge the students to improve day by day, the college distributed diries, schedules, daily classes, homework and other books on the first day of Chen Ke's enrollment.

The so-called 'daily homework book' is the daily homework assigned by the college, which requires students to study according to the curriculum and fill in the daily homework on a daily basis, while the 'schedule book' requires students to be assigned daily homework according to the four periods of morning, afternoon, afternoon, and lamplight...... The former is for the division commander to review; The latter is for student self-management.

There is also a 'diary' that requires students to memorize their reading experiences and doubts, and requires them to be supervised and guided by their teachers every five days before they are submitted to their teachers, and a 'point book' that records students' daily grades...... Any such college requires students to take these books seriously and to strictly review and supervise them, because this is the lifeblood of managing students.

Moreover, the mountain chief can also adjust the progress of the student's homework, and even the direction of the work, so as to teach students according to their aptitude and differentiated teaching.

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Although Chen Ke and the others are day students, they must arrive at school at mid-hour every day and start their morning reading for half an hour. During this time, the Master would order the students to go up to the stage one by one to check the daily textbooks.

After the homework is checked, the day's lessons will begin. The college takes five days as a school week, and every morning four teachers of classics, history, science, and literature, respectively teach subsets of classics and history, teaching ancient and modern literature, teaching poetry, and discussing tables.

After the lunch break, according to the topics assigned in the morning, they will either write essays, poems, or make tabulations. In the afternoon, the teacher commented on the homework in class, and ordered the students to question the shortcomings, and finally gave a score between 'one and five points', and entered it into the 'score book' with red notes.

After that, homework is assigned and school is dismissed.

In addition to supervising the progress of the study on a daily basis, the academy will also have monthly questions from the mountain chief, such as poems, scriptures, or historical theories. All students are required to take the exam. The first name is worth 100 points, the second name is 90 points, the second name is 80 points, the temple name is 70 points, the pass is 60 points, the slight deficiency is 50 points, and the great lack is 40 points...... All the way to zero points for those who are good for nothing.

The college then adds the daily grades to obtain the students' monthly grades, and evaluates the students' merits and disadvantages, and rewards and punishments are given to the outstanding. Rewards come in a variety of forms, ranging from spiritual encouragement to material incentives...... The most effective way is to circulate the excellent works to the students in the academy and publish them in a book. This is a great stimulus for young students who love honor.

If it is repeated for half a year, the critical moment has come, and the college will rank and classify students according to their total scores in the past six months. The economic treatment enjoyed by students of different levels varies greatly - there are five classes, the first class is not only free of charge, but also receives four yuan per month for official meals; The second class is tuition-free, but there is no scholarship; Half of the tuition fee is waived for the third class; The fourth class is required to pay the full tuition fee, and the fifth class is required to pay half more.

In addition, the College will also allow particularly outstanding students to skip grades, and will also remove particularly backward students.

For the majority of students from ordinary families, they will definitely use 12 points of strength to strive for a reduction or exemption of tuition fees and even a scholarship. Even those students from wealthy families do not want to be left behind, let alone swept away by the academy. As a result, the college has succeeded in creating a fierce competitive atmosphere among the students, so that they dare not relax for a moment.

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Chen Ke and the others don't know how many times they scolded Wang Fang in private...... said that this old guy looks like a big Confucian like a dog, but in fact, he has a belly of magic thoughts, if he is an official, he must be a cool official.

But complaining won't solve anything, and you have to continue to work hard after complaining. The Su Shi brothers, including Song Duanping, are not very well-off, so they all work towards the first class. Although Shiro didn't say anything, he was also a silent master, reading until midnight every night.

Chen Ke didn't lack those two money, but he couldn't be like Wulang, and he was satisfied if he didn't go up or down...... Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Chen Xiliang had already seen him through, knowing that this kid didn't care about it, but he didn't want to lose to anyone in his heart.

In Chen Ke's heart, what about Su Xian? What about the eighth? I'm a human being in two lives, with a thousand years of more knowledge, and a brilliant brain, if I can't pass them, I'll really live in the belly of a dog.

In this kind of catch-up atmosphere, students unconsciously devote all their attention to their studies. There are no distractions in my heart, time flies by to avoid the cold, and it is September in a blink of an eye......

Although Shuzhong at this time is still lush everywhere, the weather is cooler, the autumn is high and cool, and the summer heat is swept away, which makes people feel comfortable.

At the end of the month, it was the first half-year exam after admission, and the air in the academy was about to freeze. The school did not have so many dormitories, so they slept in the main hall of the temple...... At first, the monks were not happy, thinking that they would affect the morning and evening classes in the temple, but later they found out that they would not at all, because the students slept much later than them, and got up much earlier than them, and neither side looked at each other at all.

But at such a tense moment, Chen Ke and the others took a day off. Because their parents have successfully passed the autumn festival, they are about to leave for Bianjing to catch the exam.

Although it is not a big event for weddings and funerals, the college believes that it is an excellent incentive and supports the students to say goodbye.

On the East Gate Wharf, it was crowded on this day, and they basically came to see them off. Among them, the most powerful is Chen Xiliang's family and friend group, in addition to Chen Yu, Chen Chen, Chen Ke, Chen Yu, Chen Xun, Chen Yu, Chen Yu's six brothers, Cai Chuanfu, Pan Carpenter, Li Jian, Tu Sauce Merchant and other neighbors, relatives and friends. There were more than 100 Boss Bi on the dock alone, as well as those porters.

Chen Xiliang never hides his experience of working on the dock, but is proud of it. The people on the dock are naturally proud of him. Boss Bi set up a table of banquets for him, those old guys who used to work together, and toasted bowls and bowls.

Chen Ke was worried that his father would hurt his body by drinking, so he made a look, and Chuanfu and Pan Carpenter and others blocked a lot of wine for Chen Xiliang...... In fact, a few days ago, they planned to put on a feast to see off Chen Xiliang, but Brother Xiaoliang resolutely refused to agree in order to avoid being seen as a joke in the future.

They had to say that they would make up for it when they returned to their hometowns in high school in the future, but now they were preempted by Bi Mingjun and an outsider, so they were naturally not angry, so they had to take the opportunity to retaliate. The two sides went back and forth, fought fiercely together, and they couldn't get along, and they forgot the main master.

This is good, it can let the Chen family father and son say a few words quietly.

Chen Xiliang had some wine, his face was slightly red, and he looked at his six nephews and said, "You must be unanimous, so that you can't insult outsiders!" ”

"Look at it," Carpenter Pan came over with a glass of wine, and said with a big tongue: "Look at this situation, what else do the big officials have to worry about." In Qingshen County, only your son bullies others......" Before he finished speaking, he was dragged away and continued to drink.

"Okay, let's talk about academics." Chen Xiliang said: "Dalang Erlang will take the exam next year, I think Dalang is fine, Erlang, you ...... I heard that you are listless all day, how can this work? ”

"Dad, don't worry about me." Erlang smiled bitterly: "When you were as old as me, you were all a father." ”

"Yes, you're an adult." Chen Xiliang turned to San Lang and Shiro with a spurt of wine, and spat at the mouth for a long time: "You two have nothing to say...... and then look at Goro: "Smile and laugh, how beautiful the days are......"

"Dad, what about me?" Seeing that Chen Xiliang didn't mention what he meant, Xiao Liulang had no choice but to ask himself.

"You, just two words, obedient." Chen Xiliang smiled and touched his son's head and said, "Listen to the words of the aunt of the Su family, listen to the words of the sister of the Su family, listen to the words of the brothers, and listen to the words of Aunt Zhang......"

"Oh......" Korokuro pouted, obviously under a lot of pressure from so many leaders.

"What else is going on with you?" Looking at the five and a half sturdy teenagers, Chen Xiliang smiled proudly: "This farewell is half a year, if you have something to say, hurry up." ”

"There really is," Chen Ke said: "Daddy, I heard that the officials and nobles in Beijing have a habit of catching sons-in-law under the list." ”

"yes, yes." Chen Xiliang's brain was wooden, and he didn't react for a while: "What's wrong?" ”

"Is there an age limit?" Erlang asked, "For example, if you are old, people don't want it." ”

"Hey, the last time I went to the capital to catch the exam, there was an old man named Han Nan after the list was released, and he couldn't help but be told to catch his family. When people asked him how old he was, he made a limerick poem: 'After reading a hundred loads of paperwork, you will get a green shirt when you are old; But the matchmaker asked Yu how old he was, forty years ago, thirty-three ......'"

"Is this all right? That daddy is definitely very sought-after in the Chinese New Year's Eve today. The children coaxed.

"Uh, what the hell do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything else, I just tell you old man, don't be subtle when the time comes, and you'll be from it half-pushed......" The children said very seriously.

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I don't know if I don't know if I don't know that these teaching assessment methods of the Song Dynasty Academy are really quite staba. It seems that the cultural boom that followed was indeed not accidental.