In the Imperial College, there was a stone tablet in the courtyard with many names engraved on it. Deng Quan looked at these names and really hoped that his name was engraved on it. However, he stopped in the palace examination and failed to rank among the top three, so this was impossible.

The candidates are called juren in the provincial examination. The candidates can go to Beijing to participate in the examination chaired by the Ministry of Rites. Those who are selected as tribute students in the imperial examination can participate in the palace examination. Those who are selected into the third class in the palace examination are called Jinshi. Deng Quan failed the imperial examination and stopped at the imperial examination.

He is now a tribute student, and there are three options:

The first choice is to go home to review your homework and prepare for the exam three years later.

The tribute students in the last period can directly participate in the next period of the imperial examination. This is the preferential treatment of the tribute students by the court, but only once. If the next period of the tribute students fails to make the list, they will automatically be "relegated" to the juren. In the next period of the examination, they will be able to participate in the provincial examination as a juren.

If you are on the list in the next exam but stop in the palace exam, then you are still a tribute student. If you take the next exam, you will also go directly to the exam.

The second option is to study in the Imperial College. The school system is four years, and all food and accommodation are free, but you are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination. If you graduate successfully after four years, you will be directly waiting for the Ministry of Personnel’s selection as a graduate of the Imperial College and enter the official position as a genius official.

Or wait for the selection of the Ministry of Rites to become an official in the officialdom.

If a student fails to graduate on time, he or she must "repeat the grade" and pass the Imperial College until he or she passes the exam, but this has a deadline. If there is no special reason, the term of study in the Imperial College is seven years. If he or she still cannot pass the graduation exam after seven years, he or she will drop out.

Students who drop out of school can take the imperial examination, but will never be able to study in the Imperial College in the future.

The third option is to study in the military academy and to become a new military officer after graduation. This is to "put a pen to join the army."

It was too dangerous to join the army, so Deng Quan would certainly not choose. The remaining two options were placed in front of him. He was a little confused and couldn't make up his mind. He stayed in the capital for more than a month and wrote letters with his family several times to see what his father's opinion was.

But my father was also unsure of his mind. Now he was inquiring about it to study in the Imperial College. He would be better off as a cadet (studying the government) four years later, or would he go home to continue to review his homework and participate in the examination three years later.

For Deng Quan, he entered the imperial examination with the ranking at the end of the provincial examination of the Yuzhou General Administration, and then selected the imperial examination in the imperial examination. In fact, he performed well and was very lucky. He may not be sure to pass the imperial examination next time.

In this way, once he fails the next exam, he will be "relegated" from a tribute student to a juren, and then he will take the imperial examination, and then start with the provincial examination, which will increase the difficulty.

Perhaps, for many years to come, he would continue to study for the palace examination and would have no time to take care of him.

Deng Quan was completely unsure of passing the imperial examination in the next meeting, so he thought about it for more than half a month and felt that it was safer to study at the Imperial College. However, he knew that his father and his clansmen had high hopes for him, and he might not want him to enter the Imperial College and become an official with a skill.

Because it was the first time that the palace examination was held, the Ministry of Rites provided food and accommodation, so that those who failed the palace examination could live in the capital until the New Year. Before the registration deadline at the end of the year, they wondered whether they would go to the Imperial College for study, so Deng Quan was stranded in the capital, just like waiting for his father to make a decision.

He received the information issued by the Ministry of Rites. After reading it, he was very eager to study in the Imperial College because tribute students should be divided into "professional" for studying in the Imperial College, and one of the majors is "mathematics".

Mathematics is one level higher than arithmetic, and the content it has learned is naturally much deeper. Deng Quan read the introduction and found that this mathematics not only includes calculations of astronomical calendars, but also "applied mathematics", namely civil engineering, steam engine and boiler applications, and various calculations related to other industries.

Deng Quan liked arithmetic since he was a child, so according to his idea, he wanted to study in the "mathematics major" of the Imperial College. After graduation, he became a technician and worked with civil engineering, steam engines, and steamships.

Or study the "normal major" and enter the official position by studying for the government and teaching in the state or Imperial College.

But his father and his clan members were eagerly looking forward to his Jinshi as an official, and he was glorious about his ancestors. He probably didn't want him to give up the imperial examinations like this.

"Please give in, please give in."

There was a voice behind him, and Deng Quan came to his senses from his thoughts. When he turned around, he saw two men standing behind him.

One man is about thirty or forty years old and has a good appearance, while the other is very young, about fourteen or five years old. His eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to that of the older man, and it seems that he is a father and son.

The father and son were dressed in an ordinary manner, and they should be civilians. They thought they wanted to see the stone tablet, but they made Deng Quan feel something was wrong. He seemed to be a mouse who saw a cat, and subconsciously claimed the crime and gave in to the side.

"Is Lang Jun from Henan?"

The man with his father looked like a man asked, with a kind smile. Deng Quanxin calmed down and nodded, and then listened to the man's introduction: "A man surnamed Yu, Jingzhao, had been to Henan in the past..."

This Dongzhu Yu was very talkative and started talking to Deng Quan in just a few seconds.

When he learned that he was a tribute student in the imperial examination this year, he failed the palace examination. Master Yu gave a thumbs up and kept praising him, which made Deng Quan feel a little embarrassed.

During the conversation, he felt that this Master Yu felt an unquestionable majesty. He seemed to have a wide range of knowledge. Somehow, he expressed his worries. After hearing this, the other party pondered for a moment and said:

"Deng Langjun, Yu, thinks that Langjun should go home to prepare for the exam to fulfill his filial piety."

"Ah..." Deng Quan thought that this Dongzhu Yu would encourage him to study at the Imperial College to avoid risks, so he was a little surprised. The young man who looked like a son kept looking at him with fun, making him feel a little uncomfortable.

The Lord Yu then asked: "Does Deng Langjun know what does it mean to have an official in a family?"

"This...someone knows..."

"If the husband insists on studying at the Imperial College, although he is an official after graduation, he is a lie or a ruling official, but for Ling Zun, he is afraid that it will be a lifelong heart disease. How can a child make his parents feel depressed?"

Deng Quan was speechless when he heard this. He remembered the nagging of his father before entering Beijing, the gradually blurred figure of his father when he saw him off that day, and the many scenes he had when he was studying in the clan.

He is the only juren in the clan and the only hope. Everyone hopes that he can get a master's exam and pass the imperial examination and become an official. If he gives up the imperial examination, many people will probably be disappointed.

Even if my father couldn't resist him, he might have a heart attack and would not be able to let go until his death.

"Thank you... Thank you Master Yu for your reminder!"

Deng Quan bowed and turned around and walked quickly outside the Imperial College.

Yuwen Weixing looked at the departing figure and asked Yuwen Wen with some confusion: "Father, the child has something unknown."

Yuwen Wen, whose pseudonym "Yu Dongzhu", smiled and said, "You want to ask why your father didn't advise him to enter the Imperial College to minimize the risks and then learn the arithmetic they like, right?"

"Yes, my father specially set up several majors in the Imperial College to cultivate professional and technical talents. This candidate Deng is good at arithmetic, why..."

"Because he shoulders the hope of a clan, he cannot be willful because of his personal preferences. This is the responsibility that a man must shoulder!" Yuwen Wen said slowly, his tone unquestionable:

"This responsibility cannot be shirked away, and you cannot give up easily. Even if you have great grievances, you have to endure it!"

After Yuwen Wen finished speaking, he saw his son nodding thoughtfully, patted his shoulder and walked into the Imperial College.

He spent a lot of manpower and material resources to run education and promote academic administration. The education system established in the future will not only serve the imperial examination.

The imperial examination is a system for selecting talents, which corresponds to exam-oriented education. However, officials in a country cannot be all trained by exam-oriented education, so there must be another way to cultivate talents, which is also another way out for scholars.
Chapter completed!