The ranking of Ningbo College Entrance Examination undoubtedly concerns countless candidates.
Putting aside the qualification for the provincial examination brought by the top three, even the other rankings were decisive in many aspects.
First of all, the ranking in the academy examination directly determines the quality of a scholar's academic achievement.
During the Jiajing period, students were divided into three types: students on government stipends, additional students, and attached students.
The most special category was the students on the imperial stipend, who enjoyed the imperial rice stipend. Simply put, they were eating the "imperial grain." The number of students on the imperial stipend was extremely small, and only candidates who ranked high in the academy examination could get this position.
Slightly inferior are the additional students.
Although he did not enjoy the government stipend, he was still a scholar recognized by the imperial school.
The next few are the affiliated students.
There were no parasites in the early Ming Dynasty. They only appeared after the middle Ming Dynasty due to strong demand. It can be said to be a product of the development of the times.
Compared with the first two categories of students, the status of affiliated students is much lower.
This is a bit like the three-class Jinshi exam. The more you emphasize the similarities with the Jinshi, the more different they become.
Others will look at you differently.
Moreover, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for officials with the same Jinshi degree to enter the cabinet. Of course, there are exceptions, and Shen Yikuan is an example.
However, it is always a good thing to be able to obtain the title of scholar. The students attached to the school are also students, and are also recognized by the official school of the court.
In addition to affecting the "quality" of students, the ranking in the college examination also affects an important thing, that is, the choice of school.
Apart from the highest institutions of learning such as the Imperial College in the north and south, the official schools in the Ming Dynasty were the prefecture, state, and county schools.
From the scale, it can be seen that the prefectural school is larger than the state school and the county school.
Ningbo Prefecture does not have a provincial school, so the only ones left are the prefectural school and the county school.
The current rule is that the new scholars with higher rankings can choose first.
Generally speaking, they would choose the provincial school.
After all, the provincial school is not only large in scale, but also has excellent faculty.
The most intuitive point is that the county school officials are usually at most Juren. However, the prefectural school officials may be Jinshi, although they are ranked lower than the Jinshi.
Scholars in the Ming Dynasty were more concerned with academic performance.
If there are good options, people generally won’t choose county schools.
Of course, official schools are now in decline, and students basically just have their names on the list.
They basically study in private academies and rely on the help of famous teachers to prepare for the provincial examinations.
After all, the scholar was only the lowest level in the imperial examination system. To obtain many privileges, one had to at least pass the examination and become a juren.
If one really wants to change the fate of himself or even the entire family, passing the imperial examination is naturally the best choice.
Now they have only taken the first step, and naturally hope that this step will be more solid.
Xu Yan and Chen Maoli were relatively relaxed.
Although the specific ranking is still unknown, the two options of "students on government stipends" and "provincial school" should be stable.
The only other useful thing is the top three in the college entrance examination. This has a certain element of luck, so let’s not think about it for now.
But on the day when the results were announced, Xu Yan and Chen Maoli had breakfast and leisurely came out of Tailai Inn to see the results.
Because the list of Chinese candidates had already been determined through previous interviews, there were fewer people coming to see the list.
Xu Yan couldn't help but sigh that this was the correct way to look at the list.
Lei Li is a decisive person and naturally will not tolerate any form of procrastination.
The list was published very directly, without any frills.
The names of all students were written on a red list.
Xu Yan and Chen Maoli walked closer to take a look, and saw that two of their names were among the top three.
Xu Yan ranked first, Chen Maoli ranked second, and Fang Wenye from Cixi ranked third.
Zhang Yinian is not among the top three.
Xu Yan was not too excited. In the face of absolute strength, all these were natural outcomes.
But he felt a little strange, as he didn't seem to see Zhang Yinian?
"Brother Lu Qing, it seems that you haven't seen Master Zhang."
Seeing Xu Yan's teasing tone, Chen Maoli also cooperated and continued, "Perhaps Master Zhang felt that he was bound to lose the bet and was too embarrassed to face others?"
"If you look at it that way, it does make some sense."
Xu Yan smiled and said, "It seems that Master Zhang will be absent from the apprenticeship ceremony."
What he called the ceremony of paying homage to the teacher was actually a process in which the newly-qualified scholar paid a visit to the education official and expressed his gratitude.
Strictly speaking, these scholars could indeed recognize the educational officials as their teachers.
After the last provincial examination, Zhang Yinian was angry and did not go to see Magistrate Ma to express his gratitude. Magistrate Ma did not blame Zhang Yinian too much out of consideration for the power of the Zhang family.
Is Zhang Yinian going to do it again this time?
Some people are always selectively blind, always thinking that they are treated unfairly and are the wronged party.
In fact, he is inferior to others in every way. Why should he suppress others in this situation?
Zhang Yinian is obviously such a person.
He is used to being spoiled, and since others give in to him, he thinks that this is all his due.
In fact, there is no such thing as "should" in this world.
Others don't fight, either because they don't dare or because they don't want to.
Zhang Yinian's luck was really bad as he met Xu Yan.
Xu Yan hated those people who were arrogant and looked down on others the most.
Zhang Yinian's current situation was all his own fault, Xu Yan just gave him a push.
Soon, officials from the yamen organized the successful scholars to enter the provincial school to pay homage to Grandmaster Lei.
Xu Yan and Chen Maoli went there happily.
No matter what, today is a day worth being happy about. Those scholars who are ranked lower have also adjusted their moods and left a good impression on the grand master.
After all, whether or not one can participate in the provincial examination in the future depends on the Grand Master's opinion.
They entered the Minglun Hall one after another, and led by Xu Yan, the first in the academy exam, they bowed to Lei Li and said, "Students pay their respects to the Grand Master."
Lei Li was now sitting upright on the main seat. Seeing the new scholars arriving one after another, he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "You are all here today. You should be modest and calm, study hard, and strive to serve the court as soon as possible."
"Follow the Grand Master's instructions."
Everyone saluted in unison.
Afterwards, Lei Li said some words to encourage learning. Just as he was about to wave his hand to signal everyone to disperse, a clerk whispered something in his ear.
Lei Li's face changed after hearing this.
He frowned and said, "Zhang Yinian is so disrespectful and immoral. How can he be worthy of being a scholar? I will revoke his title."
Everyone gasped when they heard this.
Zhang Yinian was dismissed just after he got the title of scholar. It was too tragic.
But it was indeed his own fault, he couldn't blame anyone else.
The Grand Master certainly has this power. During his term of office, all students in Zhejiang must obey the orders of this academic official.
Lei Li did this to punish Zhang Yinian for his arrogance, but more importantly, to make an example of him.
He just wanted to tell the students in Ningbo that he was strict in his teaching and that they must not do anything inappropriate that was inconsistent with their status as students.
Otherwise, even if the national law does not impose sanctions, Lei Li will deal with those scoundrels.
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