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Chapter 16 Fifteen, the wind and flowers float unintentionally

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    When Sun Yuanqi finished writing the letter, it was still the end of June.  Then July came.  At this time, Chongshi Middle School and Capital University began their final exams.  This exam has different meanings for many students.

    For the students of the Capital University, they began to follow the original "Constitution", prepare to pass the examination, and divide subjects into different directions in liberal arts and sciences.  According to subsequent statistics, in the 25th year of Guangxu's reign (1899), "there were forty-nine people who were admitted to Gezhi, Chemistry, etc. from arithmetic."  In other words, there are 49 people studying science.

    For the first and second grade students of Chongshi Middle School, there are not many choices except upgrading.  For third-year students of Chongshi Middle School, they face a major decision in life: work?  Or continue reading?

    Those who come to Chongshi Middle School come from either relatively liberal or poor families. It is a more realistic choice to work in society, such as primary schools in counties and villages, factories, telegraph offices, etc. The jobs are stable and the remuneration is generally relatively generous.  , at least to maintain food and clothing.

    If you continue to study, you still have to choose: the first is the imperial examination, which is similar to the national civil service examination in later generations. After passing it, you can enter the ranks of civil servants.  In the Reform Movement of 1898 last year (1898), Kang Youwei called for the abolition of the eight-part essay, the imperial examination, and the regular examination of scholars, and replaced it with the policy examination. He also requested that the imperial examination be gradually abolished through the construction of schools.  examination system.  However, the New Deal implemented by the reformers only lasted three months before being overturned, and various measures to reform the imperial examination system were in vain.  For a time, all the old systems, including the Eight-Part Composition Examination, were restored.  This kind of imperial examination continued until the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 1905. Zhang Zhidong, Yuan Shikai and others petitioned for the immediate suspension of the imperial examination. Only under social pressure did the Qing rulers order the suspension of the imperial examination.  Between 1898 and 1905, the imperial examination was still the first choice for scholars.  But for students of Chongshi Middle School, this path almost does not exist.  In front of those competitors who were trained in private schools from childhood and made their careers writing eight-legged essays and reciting the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", students from church schools have no competitiveness.

    The second one is to go abroad.  Although at the end of the 19th century, Chinese people's understanding of the East and West had gradually broadened, the high cost, long distance, and difficult-to-spoken foreign language made most people regard it as a daunting journey.

    The third one is to go to college.  This path may become the goal of many students in the years to come.  But at the moment, I'm afraid there is still little interest.  why?  Because around 1899, China did not have a few universities in the modern sense.  In addition to the Capital University in Beijing, the only other famous ones are the "Western Learning School" founded by Daosheng Xuanhuai of Tianjin Customs in Tianjin in the 21st year of Guangxu's reign (1895) (renamed Beiyang University in 1903, the predecessor of today's Tianjin University) and the "Xixue School" founded by Guangxu II in 1903.  The "Nanyang Public School" (now the predecessor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University) was founded in Shanghai in 13 years (1897).

    Western schools are divided into two levels: first-class schools (high schools) and second-class schools (middle schools). In addition to "middle school" courses, special attention is paid to subjects such as mechanics and law.

    Nanyang Public School includes four new types of school education: first, the Normal School, the earliest new normal school in modern China, with a minimum of one year of study; second, the External School, which is an affiliated primary school of the Normal School, with students divided into four classes.  After three years, students are promoted to the Intermediate School; third, the Intermediate School is also called the Second Class School, which is a middle school-type school divided into four classes; fourth, the Upper School is also called the First-Class School, which is a university-type school that is also divided into four classes.  Four classes study, among which the top students are promoted to the Normal College.  The number of students is stipulated as follows: 40 students in the Normal College; each of the Foreign, Secondary and Upper Schools is divided into 4 classes, with 30 students in each class.  The funds for running the school were donated by businessmen and compradors from the Merchants and Telegraph Bureaus, so it was named Nanyang Public School.

    Looking at the 30 students in the third grade of Chongshi Middle School, the vast majority chose to work, and only a few chose to go to university; as for taking the imperial examination or studying abroad, none of them chose to do so.

    But none of this affected Sun Yuanqi too much. Apart from being responsible for attending classes and correcting homework, Sun Yuanqi could not give them good advice.

    The weather in July is already very hot, but the primary school in the courtyard is still open day after day.  Because Sun Yuanqi felt that these children were all older, some had missed the best period of enlightenment, and their receptive ability was gradually getting worse. Only by taking advantage of the last time to catch up on tutoring could they barely catch the last train.  This will be regarded as "make-up lessons" in future generations. Parents are not happy and the education department does not allow it.  But parents of students such as Lao Tong, Lao Zhao, and Lao Zheng don't think so: "Mr. Sun is really attentive! If they don't obey, they will be beaten hard!"

    "Yes, yes. Mr. Sun, don't be polite to them. Hitting is affection, scolding is love. If you don't hit or scold, you won't be successful!"

    "Yes! If they don't obey, beat them with a big stick!"

    "If Mr. Sun is reluctant to part with you, just tell me and I will hang him up."In a moment, I wrote five big characters. When I looked carefully, it was "Physics Institute".

    Sun Yuanqi was about to applaud.  But the old man shook his head, as if he was very dissatisfied with his work: "I am old, my wrist strength is no longer good, and the characters are all scattered" As he spoke, he dipped his hand in ink again, wrote it again at the bottom, and looked at it carefully.  After a few times, I seemed satisfied.  After that, he picked up the pen again, wrote the same thing below, and signed the name "Shouzhou Sunjianai". Then he put down the pen, picked up the rice paper, looked at it carefully, and blew gently from time to time to make the ink dry faster.  .

    He read it again, stamped it, and then handed the paper to Sun Yuanqi: "Take these characters and choose the ones you like most from them Originally, Weng Changshu was the first calligrapher in the dynasty, but it's a pity that he  I was dismissed and returned to my hometown Alas, now I can be regarded as 'paying respects in a place where there is no Buddha'" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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