Chapter 22: The Struggle Between the Old and the New

Huanhua Academy has been inherited for more than 1,000 years and has produced more than 30 imperial prime ministers, but after the disappearance of the Han Empire, Huanhua Academy has not cultivated politicians who can take the stage.

Of course, this is not the responsibility of Huanhua Academy, since the outbreak of the bourgeois revolution to overthrow the empire and establish a republic, the military government has been in power for a hundred years, the provincial governors are all military heads, the head of state is the commander of several provinces, the prime minister and the chairman of the parliament in the capital are also served by powerful warlords, and the local governors and speakers can only be at the next level below the top position in the power pyramid.

Xie Niancheng is studying in the main class of Huanhua Academy, the so-called "main class" is the class of students who are eligible to take the national examination, there are more than 100 people in the main class of this class, and they attend classes in a small hall every day.

After completing the admission procedures and receiving the key to the dormitory, the dormitory that Ye Xiaoqiu arranged for him was naturally not the kind of house for several people, but a suite in the teacher's building.

After putting away the luggage and wearing out the skin of the mouth, Kagura and Sister Cannon left in a huff.

However, when Xie Niancheng saw the figures of the two girls from the window, they were already jumping up, and it seemed that separating from Xie Niancheng was not a big deal for them.

Xie Niancheng shook his head for his position in the hearts of the two girls, took the schoolbag that had been prepared for him and went to class, walking with a group of young and energetic teenagers in school uniforms on the picturesque campus, thinking of the high school years in that time and space more than 20 years ago, which made Xie Niancheng somewhat emotional.

To Xie Niancheng's surprise, at the door of the small hall, he saw Zhou Xingxing, a colorless and fearless gentleman.

Xie Niancheng thought that Zhou Xingxing was just messing around in the ordinary class, but who knew that he was also studying in this class, but he looked down on him.

Seeing Xie Niancheng from afar, Zhou Xingxing greeted him warmly and led Xie Niancheng to the last row of the auditorium.

"Brother Xie, you are here, please take a seat."

Xie Niancheng is two years younger than Zhou Xingxing, but Zhou Xingxing has been used to seeing businessmen since he was a child, and knows that in this world, people's generations are not based on age, and there are many eighteen-year-old men called eighteen-year-old young men.

In Zhou Xingxing's heart, Xie Niancheng is not as handsome as himself, and if he can bring such a beautiful woman, he must be richer than himself, for such a legendary existence in the pickle girl world, call Brother Sheng, if Xie Niancheng agrees, it will still take advantage of himself.

Xie Niancheng was used to being called brother, nodded and sat down next to Zhou Xingxing.

The main class starts at 9 o'clock in the morning, with one and a half hour lessons, and after an hour break at noon, there is another class in the afternoon. Today's class is a lesson in arithmetic and a lesson in Chinese in the morning, and a science lesson in the afternoon, all of which are based on the questions from the previous week's mock exams.

When it comes to his future, Xie Niancheng still humbly took a few blank papers from the teacher and commented on them.

According to Zhou Xingxing, the difficulty of this mock exam is about the same as that of the national exam.

Judging from these papers, arithmetic is fine, Xie Niancheng estimates that he is more careful, and there is no suspense in getting a total score of more than 95 out of 100 points.

Science is okay, how can you get 90 out of 100 points, Chinese is a little more difficult, he doesn't know much about the literary works of this era, and his own literary skills are not good, and it is estimated that he can get 50 or 60 points out of 100 points.

Judging from the admission line over the years, to be admitted to those four universities, the total score must be about 270 points, and each subject is required to have at least 60 points.

Xie Niancheng is a little blind, even if he is a surprise attack in this Chinese for two months, it has no effect.

Looking at Zhou Xingxing's score, the three subjects are quite average, and the three simulations add up to two hundred and forty points, and he is very happy from his expression.

"Star, what are you happy about? Two hundred and forty points can't pass the national exam. ”

Zhou Xingxing looked at Xie Niancheng's eyes, a little like he was looking at a wild man who had just come out of the mountain: "How is two hundred and forty points not enough?" Isn't there still a 'Chinese language additional' assessment? Although it is not easy to get a high score in the 'addition' category, I should have scored 30 points. ”

Xie Niancheng reacted at this time.

This national examination was born out of the imperial examination in the era of the Han Empire, although the content has changed greatly, but under the influence of the millennium of Confucian thinking, in addition to the three main subjects of Chinese, arithmetic, and science, a "Chinese language additional" examination is also retained, this course is simple, that is, a question, the number of words in the style is not limited, and the total score is also 100 points.

The examiners of this examination are all provincial school leaders, that is, directors of the provincial education departments, and all those who score more than 50 points must be published in the newspaper for the whole society to see and prevent fraud.

If the provincial score is 60, it will be sent to the capital for review, and if it can be 90, even if the remaining three subjects are scored zero, it will be regarded as passing the examination and obtaining the qualification to enter four national universities, which is called "Caisheng", which is considered to be a respect for the cultural tradition of the Han Kingdom for more than 2,000 years.

Candidates who take the national examination generally get a score of 10 to 30 points in this additional examination, and there are less than 1,000 people in the country who can score 50 points every year, and as for more than 90 points, there have been only six in total since the national examination, and each of these six people has later become a generation of masters in the literary world.

Thinking of this, Xie Niancheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he was a science student in that time and space, he was reluctant to write "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" silently, but he can still memorize dozens of the most famous poems, as long as the questions made during the exam can be linked to the poems that can be remembered, there should be no suspense in getting a high score, right?

Zhou Xingxing saw that Xie Niancheng didn't answer, and thought that his boasting had been seen through again.

"Hey, Boss Xie, even if I can't get thirty points, I should always get twenty points, right? I've memorized dozens of sample essays, and when the time comes, I'll change them a little, hehe, twenty points should be fine. ”

"Twenty points, it's not a shame."

Zhou Xingxing was furious, and when he looked back, the fire couldn't start.

The person who said this was a well-known talent in the academy, Xu Wenchang, this person let out a big word, the first three subjects were all handed in blank papers, and only one additional subject was examined, and he had to go to the Beijing Normal University Hall with this subject.

He does have this capital, according to the provincial Xuezheng and several literary seniors, he is extremely talented in poetry and poetry and political economy, and it is more than enough to take 90 points for a single paper, but his thinking is a little wild, if he is too far from the topic, whether he can get 90 points depends on the mood of the examiner.

"This classmate is very raw, new here, right?"

Xu Wenchang was born in a family of eunuchs, and he has always been on the wrong path with the children of nouveau riche like Zhou Xingxing, and when he heard Zhou Xingxing call Xie Niancheng Xie Boss, he naturally wanted to come to find something.

Xie Niancheng has no idea of fighting back at this kind of provocation, he has lived for almost forty years, what is the strength of a middle school student?

Xie Niancheng, inspired by Zhou Xingxing, remembered that there was such a thing as an additional exam, so he planned not to waste time in the academy.

Think about it, the construction of the R&D base in Greater Montenegro, the preparation of the Shuangyang Study Abroad Preparatory School, the Shuangyang Technical School, and the development of new products of the Xie Group, these things are all proposed by Xie Niancheng, and Xie Niancheng's participation is also needed. With less than half a year to go before entering university, it would be great if I could save a month of tuition at the college.

At this time, Xu Wenchang came to stir up trouble, but it gave Xie Niancheng an inspiration:

Originally, Xie Niancheng planned to set up a Shuangyang Preparatory School for studying abroad, recruiting children under the age of ten, and after learning basic arithmetic for six years, the Xie family sent them to Europe and the United States to learn the latest technology, but to receive a return, it will take ten years at the earliest, and in these ten years, Xie Niancheng's plan needs a lot of scientific and technological talents.

Xie Niancheng had an idea in his heart, and his voice was amplified: "Hey, that's it, I can't even get fifty points in Chinese now, let alone attaching it, why don't you come to Huanhua Academy for tutoring?" However, I don't think this exam is very reasonable, do you say that writing essays well can be used as food? In my opinion, arithmetic and science should also be specially recruited, not to mention 90 points, if you can get 100 points, you can make special recruits. ”

These words resonated immediately in the ears of the students who were packing their school bags and preparing to leave the classroom.

Just as some eventful people in later generations liked to participate in the discussion of which is higher or lower in arts and sciences, this topic was immediately echoed: "That is, what does development depend on?" Isn't it just science? ”

"What's the use of being able to write, rhetoric, useless is a scholar."

"Those things have long been outdated, look, now Han Confucianism is the first in the world, is it useful? The country is not backward, and out of this country, Confucian professors can't find food! ”

"This additional test is too bad, it's outdated."

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Those who have been deeply influenced by Confucianism since childhood are not happy.

"Shit! Your arithmetic and science textbooks aren't written in Chinese characters, aren't they? Without Shilin's predecessors making words, you are still eating in the mountains. ”

"Hmph, I don't know etiquette, I only know how to plan, how is it different from pigs and dogs?"

It seems that this controversy has also erupted from time to time, and Xie Niancheng just detonated it again.

As some people began to explode foul language, the students of the two factions fought over each other, and their voices became higher and higher, but the one who did not know the initiator hid in the corner and watched the excitement with a smile.

Xu Wenchang's upright and round voice, which he had practiced all year round, could still be heard clearly in the noise: "Hmph, Gong Yifeng, are you jealous of me...... Do your parents recognize the handwriting you write? What if you score 100 points in both miscellaneous subjects? Can you pass the national exam? When the time comes, I will write a poem and enter the room, what can you do with me? ”

Gong Yifeng in his mouth trembled with anger, but he was speechless.

Xie Niancheng's heart moved: "Xingxing, what is the origin of this Gong Yifeng?" ”

"Boss, his family has been craftsmen for generations, and now he has opened a blacksmith workshop at home, it is estimated that he is affected by genetics, he is very skillful, his brain is also easy to use, arithmetic and science are excellent, but Chinese is not good, and his grades will go to a science and engineering college at most."

Xie Niancheng squinted his eyes, this is a good opportunity to recruit talents!

Xie Niancheng immediately made a decision and asked Zhou Xingxing: "Are there many people like him?" It's good at arithmetic science, but not Chinese? ”

"There are still a few such people in the main class."

"Well, you go and invite these people, tonight in Huanhualou, I'll have a treat."

Zhou Xingxing didn't know Xie Niancheng's intentions, and asked in a low voice, "Are the iceberg beauties and rose beauties still here tonight?" ”

Xie Niancheng kicked Zhou Xingxing's buttocks: "Get out." ”

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