194, see the location clearly
194, see the location clearly
On the third day after they returned to the Imperial College, the list of their monthly exam results for the previous month was posted.
"The monthly exam results are out!"
"Hurry, go and see!"
“…”
Someone shouted, and a group of people rushed to the place where the list was posted to see it.
Seeing that the other three were unmoved, Ye Zhuoran, who wanted to see the list, asked, "Should we go and see the list?"
"Let's go later, there are too many people now." After the experience of going to see the list a few times before, Lu Mingfei didn't want to go to the front and squeeze with the others.
It was noon now, and the four of them were going to eat soon. Lu Mingfei suggested, "How about my brother and I go get lunch first, and Ling Xuan and Zhuoran, you two just wait here for a while. We can check the leaderboard once there are fewer people ahead of us. We'll come back after we get lunch, and then we'll find you guys."
"Okay." Zhang Lingxuan responded.
So the four of them split up into two groups, two went to get lunch, and two stayed here waiting for an opportunity to look at the list.
By the time Lu Mingfei and Fu Boming came back with their meal, there were fewer people looking at the list, so the four of them came together to look at it.
Their monthly exam this time was ranked according to each subject, from high to low.
Lu Mingfei found his name on the first subject's literature rankings. He was only ranked in the middle, with hundreds of names above him and many at the bottom. Although he had expected his ranking to be low, he still felt a little disappointed when he saw that he had fallen below the top 100.
When they were studying at the private school, his exam ranking had never fallen out of the top three. Of course, this was also because there were fewer students at the private school. But when they came to the Imperial College, there were many more students.
Moreover, there were many people who had studied here longer than them, and naturally possessed more knowledge than them. In this monthly exam, many people's names and rankings were above theirs.
But this also told him that with his current grades, he still needed to work hard if he wanted to pass the next round of provincial examinations.
As for other subjects, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting, his music and calligraphy and painting ranked in the middle, while chess was at the bottom. His horse riding and archery also ranked in the middle.
What Lu Mingfei didn't expect was that he would be ranked first in the arithmetic exam. However, arithmetic only made up a small portion of the imperial examination, with the liberal arts accounting for the majority. So even if he could get full marks in arithmetic in the upcoming provincial and metropolitan examinations, if his liberal arts performance lagged behind, he would definitely fail the provincial exam.
When he saw his friend's name appear at the top of the list, Ye Zhuoran couldn't help but point at it, grabbed his friend's hand and said, "Ming Fei, you're at the top of the list!"
"I saw it. Have you finished reading it? Let's go back after that." Lu Mingfei asked the others. While he was looking for his own name, he also found the names of his other three friends.
In this monthly exam, none of the four of them ranked last, so they were not in danger of being expelled and sent home, and they were safe for the time being.
Although they were not at the bottom, this ranking was not very good, so after looking at the list, the expressions on the four people's faces were a little serious.
Ye Zhuoran looked a little disappointed, as his rankings in all subjects were very poor. This made him realize that if he didn't work harder, his ranking in the monthly exam would continue to decline, and he was worried that he would end up at the bottom.
Zhang Lingxuan noticed Ye Zhuoran's disappointment. He raised his hand and pressed Ye Zhuoran's head, then said to the others, "Let's go back first. We'll talk about it later."
"Okay, let's go." Lu Mingfei didn't want to stay here any longer.
***
The four of them returned to the courtyard where they lived together.
After returning here, the four of them talked about the rankings of this monthly exam and the content of this monthly exam while eating.
Lu Mingfei could hear everyone's frustration and worry, but the monthly exam was over, and their results were set. There was no point dwelling on their rankings. He was a forward-looking person, so he encouraged his classmates, "This is our first monthly exam. We'll have many more competitions to come."
"This ranking also tells us that we still have a lot of room for improvement, so let's work hard together and make progress together!"
"Yes, Mingfei is right. We have to work harder in the future," said Fu Boming.
This monthly exam allowed the four of them to clearly see where they currently rank in the Imperial College.
Seeing Ye Zhuoran looking like a wilted chicken, Lu Mingfei said to him, "Zhuoran, show some confidence. Don't lose faith in yourself just because of a monthly exam. The fact that we were able to pass the county exam, then the academy exam, and then the prefectural exam, at least proves that we are better than many of our peers."
"Don't be so cheerful outside all the time. When it comes to the critical moment, you have a gloomy face and lose confidence in yourself." He couldn't understand where Ye Zhuoran's habit of failing at the critical moment came from!
Ye Zhuoran, who was called out, quickly perked up a little.
"And Senior Brother and Lingxuan, you too, don't look so gloomy. We need to look forward and not dwell on the past." Lu Mingfei also saw the blow this monthly exam had dealt to Zhang Lingxuan and their senior brother. He looked at his three friends and said, "It's normal that you didn't do well on the exam this time."
"We have only been studying at the Imperial College for over a month. It is normal for those seniors who came here before us to score better than us. This tells us that we need to work harder to catch up with them."
"We will compete with them in the provincial examination three years from now. If we can't catch up with them in the Imperial College, we will be even less likely to catch up in the provincial examination."
"I'll make a detailed study plan later, and we'll strictly follow it and study."
"Okay." Zhang Lingxuan was the first to respond.
Fu Boming and Ye Zhuoran also said they would follow Lu Mingfei's arrangements.
Among the four of them, Lu Mingfei is the youngest, but he has become the soul of their small group.
After dinner, Fu Boming brought up another matter, which was about the selection of teachers at the Imperial College. He asked the other three junior apprentices, "Ming Fei, Ling Xuan, have you thought about which teacher you would like to study with?"
After attending classes here for about a month, they discovered that in addition to group classes, Taixue also offers individual and group teaching.
Group classes are their current form of free classes, while individual teaching and group teaching are classes where students take classes with a teacher of their choice.
This chosen teacher can be understood as a university advisor. The Imperial Academy had five doctoral students specializing in the Five Classics, each with a different research focus. This meant that if a student chose to study with a teacher specializing in the Book of Songs, they would specialize in it; if a student chose to study with a teacher specializing in the Spring and Autumn Annals, they would specialize in it, and so on.
If you choose a teacher and study with him, one advantage is that you will have a dedicated teacher to guide you and you will also choose a major.
Hearing this, Zhang Lingxuan and Ye Zhuoran subconsciously looked at Lu Mingfei who was sitting opposite them.
Fu Boming's eyes also changed direction.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Lu Mingfei rubbed the tip of his nose with his fingers and said, "I haven't really thought about this question carefully. I think I want to take advantage of now to learn a few more subjects and lay a solid foundation. If I'm particularly interested in a subject in the future, I'll put in the effort to specialize in it."
"Of course, you can make decisions based on your own circumstances. You don't have to do it like me."
"After all, if you try to learn everything, it will take up a lot of time and energy, and you won't be able to fully grasp everything." In Lu Mingfei's view, they are only freshmen now, so laying a solid foundation is more important. Choosing an advisor and research direction is the stage that graduate students enter.
So he wanted to spend the first two years learning more and laying a solid foundation, and then choose a particular direction to study later, or not choose at all, and just learning like this would be fine.
Of course, everyone's situation is different, and he doesn't recommend that his friends make the same choice as him. After all, everyone's energy is limited.
What makes him different from everyone else is that he has a lifetime of experience and memories. In his previous life, he had studied for more than ten years and went to college, so he had a foundation. Now he comes to learn what he is learning now. Although there are many subjects, he feels that he should be able to learn them well.
The four of them discussed this matter for a while that day. Seeing that Lu Mingfei had not chosen which teacher to study with, Fu Boming, Zhang Lingxuan, and Ye Zhuoran had not made up their minds on this issue either.
After dinner, Lu Mingfei went back to the room and wrote a reading plan, and then took it out to discuss with the other three people.
Zhang Lingxuan and Fu Boming both said it was no problem.
However, seeing that they were asked to get up so early to run, Ye Zhuoran couldn't help but ask, "Why are there still people getting up early to run?"
"After you finished the prefectural and imperial examinations, you needed someone to help you walk. Without a strong physique, how could you have survived the subsequent provincial and metropolitan examinations? Have you forgotten?" Lu Mingfei asked Ye Zhuoran.
"...Oh, you are right. I will listen to you from now on." Ye Zhuoran did not dare to protest.
So the four of them decided to get up early every morning to go running, and then come back to study. The morning and afternoon were the time and arrangement for them to listen to the teacher's lectures, and the evening was their free time to read.
From that day on, the four of them went in and out together, and studied more attentively and harder.
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