"The young master called, it's high school, it's high school!"
"Old madam, the young master has entered high school!"
"High school!"
With the telephone communication from all directions in the Ming Dynasty, the scientific research situation in the capital was also spread to all directions at the fastest speed. In all parts of the Ming Dynasty, firecrackers were blasting and gongs and drums were noisy everywhere when good news was received.
Some of the wealthy families even started to set up banquets and hire theater troupes to sing big plays. If they could pass the high school exam, they would become official officials, and they would still have the opportunity to become the pillars of the country and the important ministers of the court. , of the Emperor's humerus.
This status is completely different. It is not completely unreasonable for the carp to jump over the dragon gate.
??Here in the Gongyuan, those who saw their names on the gold list were happily throwing money away, while those who came to join in the fun and grab the wedding money were happily grabbing the wedding money.
Only those students who have lost their names in Sunshan have no smiles on their faces at this moment, only endless disappointment, and at the same time cast envious and jealous eyes on the fellow students, classmates, and friends in high school around them.
¡°More than 50,000 people came to participate in the examination, and only a little over 700 people made it to high school. This means that the vast majority of people will fail. After all, there are only a few people who can go to high school, and most people can only envy others.
Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi's bookboys and servants carefully checked the names on the gold list, but they could not find their names, so they slowly came back.
Without the two of them saying anything, Sun Yun and Chen Maoyi already knew the outcome, because when the officials read the list, they were listening attentively and never heard their names.
The two of them looked at each other and saw endless loneliness in each other's eyes. They came to the capital several times to take the imperial examination. Each time they came with full confidence and high spirits, but in the end they came back with disappointment.
Three years and three years, in the blink of an eye, both of them are already in their forties, and they are about to enter fifth grade. However, they still have no high school. On the contrary, this Hu Xiwen is young. He passed the provincial examination last year and will take the high school examination this year. Still in second place, he is destined to have a bright future from now on.
There is really no way to compare people, and you can¡¯t compare them.
Some people have never been admitted to the Juren Examination all their lives, and even if they have been admitted, they have not been admitted to the Jinshi Examination for a lifetime. However, there are some people who have passed the Provincial Examination and the General Examination once, and they have already had it at a young age. Things that others cannot get after a lifetime of hard work.
"well!"
Chen Maoyi breathed gently.
¡°Brother Chen, don¡¯t be discouraged, we will fight again in three years!¡±
Sun Yun quickly comforted him.
"No, I will not take the imperial examination again."
Chen Maoyi thought for a while and said.
"Brother Chen, why do you have to say such angry words? You and I have only participated a few times. It is normal to fail. Many people have participated five or six times, and only seven or eight times in high school."
When Sun Yun heard this, he felt that Chen Maoyi was speaking angrily.
"I'm not saying any more angry words."
"You and I are already over 40 years old. We started taking the imperial examination when we were teenagers, and we didn't pass the imperial examination until we were in our thirties. It took us more than ten years to take the joint examination, but we still failed repeatedly. No."
"Are we going to spend all our lives on this?"
"What's the point of that?"
"Even if we can go to high school and become officials again, we are already in our fifties and sixties, how many more years can we live?"
"We are already in our forties, how much time do we have left?"
¡°I think I should do something I like.¡±
Chen Maoyi shook his head and said: "To be admitted to the Jinshi, you must be like Brother Hu. It makes sense to go to high school at a young age. Because you are young, you can make a big difference."
¡°I¡¯m too old, so I still won¡¯t stick to it.¡±
"But, Brother Chen, if we scholars don't take the imperial examination, we can only become petty officials. Are you willing to be a seventh-grade county magistrate for the rest of your life?"
Sun Yun still didn't understand what Chen Maoyi meant, thinking that Chen Maoyi was going to register as a minor official with the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
It is also possible to become an official after being promoted. Generally, you start from the eighth or seventh grade minor officials. Basically, you stay at this level for your whole life, and it is difficult to improve.
In the Ming Dynasty, if you really wanted to be a high official, you had to take the imperial examination and enter the Imperial Academy to have a chance to become a high official. As long as your ranking in the imperial examination is close, you can basically fly in the future.Bones, cabinet ministers, and six ministers are also possible.
¡° Such a huge contrast occurs between myself and the people around me. This blow is very heavy.
"Brother Sun, I'm not kidding."
¡°But I made a very serious decision on the path I will take in the future.¡±
"Actually, I have been thinking about the meaning of life. I wonder if I can spend my whole life like this?"
¡°Now I finally figured it out, the meaning of life is to do something that I like and find meaningful.¡±
"In the past, I was always confused. In fact, I didn't like reading the Four Books and Five Classics. I didn't think it was interesting at all. But that was a requirement from my family, so I kept reading."
"When I came into contact with the new content, I suddenly felt like I had discovered a new world. I found it very exciting and interesting."
"I am now over 40 years old, and I have come a long way in life. I am ready to do some things I like in the remaining time."
"Brother Sun, I'm leaving first. I'm going to study a new school. Then I'll take the exam for the new university."
Chen Maoyi finished speaking with a smile on his face, and then left directly.
At this moment, outside the gate of Gongyuan, countless people who have failed like Chen Maoyi and Sun Yun are thinking about the meaning of life. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com