The sun never sets in America

Chapter 136 Education and Imperial Examination

Xijing City in August is in the hottest season of the year.

This can be seen from the flow of people in Xijing City. During the day, especially during the hottest hours at noon and afternoon, basically no one wants to go out.

The hot weather has also given rise to a variety of ways to relieve the heat.

For example, ice cubes that can cool down quickly have become the first choice for many families.

In China, ice cubes are generally only reserved for the families of princes, nobles and wealthy businessmen...ordinary families are not eligible to enjoy it.

The reason is that it is not easy to harvest ice. For China, which does not have mature ice-making technology, ice cubes basically come from rivers that freeze in winter, and the storage of ice cubes requires ice cellars.

The repair of the ice cellar requires money, and this money is not something ordinary people can afford...

Without ice, ordinary people just take cold baths, enjoy the coolness in windy places, etc. However, it is still difficult to survive the harsh summer, and a large number of people die of heat every year.

Just like the heat that kills a group of people every year in India in the 21st century.

In the era before electrification and air-conditioning fans, it was too difficult to completely avoid the summer heat. Either rich people stored ice cubes in winter and kept them for cooling in summer, or they used various methods to cool themselves down. During this period, There must be people who couldn't bear it and lost their lives.

Due to the popularization of ice-making technology in Han, there are even small-scale ice-making rinks in many places, and the price of ice is only slightly higher than the price of tap water... Therefore, in Han, buying ice in summer is a very normal reason. .

Just like burning charcoal for cooking in major cities in Han Dynasty, buying ice in summer has become a necessity.

In major cities in Han Dynasty, there were some ice rink salesmen who rushed to make special carriages and sell ice cubes everywhere.

There is even a special name for these people, Ice Sellers.

"I'm selling ice..." The ice seller wearing a straw hat drove a carriage along the streets of Xijing City to sell ice. Because it was summer, not many people came out. There were only a few bare-chested men enjoying the cool under the big trees. There is also a chess set under the tree.

"General..." Du Laosan, who was fanning his cattail fan, punched the chess piece forward, directly into the opponent's death door.

"Ahem...this round doesn't count, this round doesn't count..."

When Mr. Lu, who had a big belly and was wearing a vest, saw his death, his expression suddenly changed, and he repeatedly waved his hands and regretted it.

"Hey, I'm talking about Second Master, don't you say what you say every day, every spit is a nail, why are you regretting it now..." Du Laosan saw the repentant look of Second Master Lu opposite him, with a sarcastic smile on his face, His mouth is inhumane.

"I'm selling ice cubes..."

"Hey, the ice seller is here. Second Master, what did you just say? If you lose, treat me to Hongbinlou's roasted whole lamb. Now I won't eat sheep. You paid for our family's ice this month. This Head office..." Seeing the ice cart behind him and the cry of the ice seller, Du Laosan teased Second Master Lu, "How about it, Second Master, you're polite enough, you can exchange ice for sheep, no matter what. You have always made a lot of money..." Du Laosan continued to smile at Mr. Lu, with an expression on his face that said you had made a lot of money...

"Isn't it just a month's worth of ice? What should I do... Is Mr. Qi a man with so little money?" Mr. Lu regretted at first that he didn't want to invite the roasted whole lamb from Hongbin Building. He wanted one. As for Hua Yuan, good guy, he works as an errand in the street and only earns four yuan a month. "Ice seller, come to a warehouse of ice." (The so-called "ice warehouse" is actually a small ice cellar built by the local people in Xijing. To store ice, it is about a dozen square meters. The thermal insulation effect cannot be compared with that of a large ice cellar, but it can still be used for a period of time)

Please, if you exclude the whole family, his work this month will not be in vain.

"Haoran..." After Du Laosan saw that Mr. Lu was willing to help their family pay for ice, he immediately asked his son Du Haoran, who was still studying in his yard.

"Dad...what's the matter??" Du Haoran, who was studying in a shady side room, ran out and asked when he saw his father, Du Laosan.

"I bought ice at home. You take this master and bring the ice home." Du Laosan pointed to the ice seller who was collecting ice cubes next to him and replied to his son Du Haoran, "Remember, keep the door tightly... ...Don't melt the ice." Du Laosan ordered as he looked at Du Haoran who was driving the ice truck to the yard.

"Just leave it alone..." Du Haoran opened the entrance to the cellar in the side room, and a burst of cold air came from inside, which chilled Du Haoran who was sweating a little from his busy work.

"How old is my little brother..." The ice seller asked Du Haoran while carrying ice cubes on a cart.

"Fourteen..." Du Haoran replied casually to Bai Binglang while leaning against the cellar, blowing in the cold wind.

"Brother is in middle school now?" After the ice seller finished a large piece of ice, he turned to Du Haoran and asked, "I see that the gentleman looks like this, he must be successful in his studies, and he may have to take the exam in the future. I'm going to take the imperial examination and become a high official!!" Bai Binglang didn't wait for Du Haoran to answer, then looked at Du Haoran's majestic appearance and praised, in his opinion, Du Haoran is still studying at this age, and he will definitely take the exam in the future. Imperial examination.

"Brother is joking. I'm only in the second grade in school now...let alone the imperial examination. Whether I can get into university is a matter of course." Du Haoran was a little embarrassed by the praise from Ma Binglang, and then he said modestly.

"I think the little brother is more handsome than the people in the books. After going to middle school, he will definitely go to high school in the future..." Bai Binglang still insisted on his previous idea and was very optimistic about Du Haoran's future.

"Then let me lend you your good words, big brother..." Du Haoran said in return with a somewhat embarrassed clasped fist.

In fact, he himself was worried about whether he could take the imperial examination, although his father told him to take it in the future.

What else can you say? From Liujiapu to now, their family has been a martial artist. The uncle is a captain. Your father, Mr. Du, can't even be a team deputy and can only be a squad leader. If Du Haoran passes the imperial examination in the future, he will be a middle school student. After finishing the list, I couldn’t say that I was going to blast the ancestral tablet! !
The so-called imperial examination is actually the civil service examination in the Han Dynasty. Most Han people may not understand it if they say civil service examination. If you change the name to imperial examination, everyone will understand it immediately.

Since the cabinet issued the decree to establish the imperial examination last month, the entire Han Dynasty, or the Chinese people have gone crazy, and running around to tell each other is not enough to describe the scene at that time.

Good guy, this is the imperial examination. What is the imperial examination? It is the imperial examination to become an official! !
Although the test is not about the Four Books and Five Classics, but geography, history, government affairs, foreign languages, mathematics, and science.

But it still cannot stop the Chinese enthusiasm for the imperial examination.

For a time, books on the subjects required for the imperial examination were expensive in Luoyang.

Du Haoran, who is still studying at Shangde Middle School, is one of the affected people.

There are currently two types of schools in the Han Dynasty: one is elementary school, which is similar to the schools of later generations, and the other is middle school (due to academic reasons, junior high school and high school are combined into one) university.

There is also a technical school. Most of these schools are subsidized by enterprises and are for students who have not been admitted to middle school. Most of the students studying there are mainly applied technologies...

(An exam is required to advance from primary school to high school in Han Guo)
Of course, this does not mean that these technical students cannot go back to middle school, but they need to retake the exam.

And this is also a hole opened by the Han government to these technical school students.

After all, you can't really decide your life in one test.

As for the universities in Han, there are actually only seven so far.

Two of them are military academies for the army and navy.

These five schools are Xijing University and Royal University of Science and Technology in Xijing.

Jinshan University in Jinshan City, Beimen University in Beimen City, and Hongshan University in Hongshan City.

It can be seen from here that almost all education in the Han Kingdom is concentrated in California, the city with the greatest development intensity and the largest population in the Han Kingdom.

These universities allocate a portion of scholarships every year to reward outstanding students.

After they graduate, they will also be eligible to take the imperial examination. (In the Han Dynasty, to take the imperial examination, either university graduates or middle school graduates were allowed, but college students had more advantages than middle school students.)
The imperial examination is also divided into rankings, but there are no scholars or Tongsheng in the past.

There is only one Jinshi and one opportunity for the top ten to join the Cabinet Secretariat, which actually means focused training.

Passing the Jinshi exam does not mean that you can become an official. You have to study in various ministries for a period of time before moving down to the next level.

The assessment is conducted every three years, and the local economic, public security, and cultural conditions are used as the basis for evaluation. The best ones are promoted and the weak ones are retained.

If after a few times, you are still standing still, then you will basically be like that for the rest of your life. Such people will just find a local government office, throw them in and become a petty official.Of course, this is just the beginning.

The original official selection system of the Han Dynasty was actually very primitive. Either it was like Yan Jun in the early days, who worked in Liujiapu for so long and was frustrated, so he used a piece of paper to open up a way out for himself, or else he was supporting each other. …

In fact, during this period, the Han Dynasty had a bit of the Eastern Han Dynasty's promotion of filial piety and integrity, and the system of recommendation.

For example, in the Far East, Hu Junding was the Minister of Immigration. Under the background of the current imperial examination system, it is open to question whether he could become a minister.

But at that special period, because he had stayed in Nanyang and had some money at home, Liu Peng thought that he should have some knowledge and connections in the Far Southeast Asia, so he gave the position of envoy of the first Han Dynasty immigrants to Hu Junding...

Later, after the founding of the Han State, he became a powerful figure in the Han State because of his immigration work. Even in the cabinet positions, he was acted by the Deputy Minister of Immigration, but no one thought that this credit would not fall on him. On Hu Junding...

In addition, Hu Junding was young and capable, so he managed the immigration work in an orderly manner.

In the minds of many people, after Zhao Wei retires in a few years, the phase may be decided between him and Yan Jun, who was driven to Tongshan City by Liu Peng...

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"Dad, I'm going to school..."

Early the next morning, Du Haoran shouted to Du Laosan who was making tea in the yard, and ran out of the house with Huibu's schoolbag on his back.

"and many more……"

Before he could run far, he was called back by Du Laosan.

"Dad, is there anything else??" Du Haoran looked at Du Laosan with some confusion and asked, not understanding why he stopped him.

"You brat, why are you running so fast?" Du Laosan said unhappily as he watched Du Haoran run back out of breath.

"Take it..." Du Laosan took out a dozen copper coins from his pocket and stuffed them into Du Haoran's hand.

"Dad...this??" Du Haoran looked at the dozen copper coins in his hand and wondered what his father meant. He was not usually so generous. ?
"I'm giving it to you, what's it called..." Du Laosan pretended to be unhappy and looked at his son Du Haoran and replied, "In a while, you will have your monthly exam, take it well, don't I'm embarrassing your father..." Du Laosan patted Du Haoran's shoulder and said carelessly. His face seemed nonchalant, but in fact he cared about Du Haoran's results more than anyone else.

"Dad, don't worry. You don't know what your son's grades are." Du Haoran thought something good would happen today, but he didn't expect it to be this. Then he replied carelessly, "Our grades are first-class, but outsiders say they are second-class." , Keep a low profile, pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, you taught me..." Du Haoran told Du Laosan what happened with the ice seller yesterday, with a proud look on his face.

"Good boy, you have the same cleverness as your father on the battlefield..." Du Laosan's face instantly lit up with joy after hearing what Du Haoran said, "Sure enough, you are my seed, remember... I am Du A man in the family should have his ambitions in all directions and high aspirations... Only then can he..." Du Laosan began to educate Du Haoran with his long speeches again.

"Dad, my school is about to start, I'm leaving first." When he saw his father Du Laosan starting the same thing again, Du Haoran shouted, then ran out of the yard and disappeared in an instant...

"Stinky boy..."

In the yard, there were only a few laughter and curses from Du Laosan, and the orange tree, with yellow-orange oranges on it, like golden beads, hanging among the green leaves...

Du Haoran, who was walking on the street, looked at the increasingly prosperous morning market on the street and couldn't help but spend a copper dollar to buy a red bean paste bun.

Chongde Middle School is one of the two middle schools in the northern district. It is also one of the few key middle schools in Xijing City. Those with average grades will not be admitted at all.

The four regular scripts of Chongde Middle School stand on the door. The entire school consists of four teaching buildings and a playground.

The playground is full of natural lawns. The biggest trouble with this kind of lawn is that it needs someone to mow it every month, otherwise it will easily grow taller.

In fact, in Han Dynasty, physical education is also an important course.

Liu Peng has repeatedly put forward the slogan of barbarizing one's body and civilizing one's spirit.

In the Han Dynasty, sports were also included in the examination scope. Even the imperial examinations had to test long-distance running, horizontal bar and other sports subjects.

These subjects, without exception, all test the physical fitness of the imperial examination candidates. After all, how can a sick man contribute to the Han Dynasty? ?

Naturally, physical education starts from an early age. There is basically a physical education class every day in primary schools in Han Dynasty. Unlike the physical education teachers in later generations who let students move freely, in Han Dynasty, this thing is really a subject...

Even in middle school, shooting and horse riding are included in the physical education subjects.

This is all to ensure that when necessary, the Han State can mobilize enough qualified soldiers to deal with possible crises in the future.

The physical education in Han Dynasty was serious.

When Du Haoran arrived at his third class, half of the class was already here.

Most of them are boys. As for girls, there are also a small number, but not many.

The reason is that the Han Dynasty is currently in an era where girls can receive education, which is actually considered advanced in the entire world, even in Western countries that are already industrialized.

What's more, studying in the same school or even a classroom with a boy.

This was unbelievable to many people at the time, even a bit deviant...

In fact, the issue of girls and boys going to school together once caused an uproar in various places in Han Dynasty. Elementary school was okay, everyone was still young, but in middle school, some parents even chose to let their children suspend school...

Just for the so-called ethics in their hearts, men and women are on guard! !

And this is not only true for the Chinese, but also for the white people. Most of the white Americans during this period believed in Catholicism.

And what is Catholicism? It is anti-abortion and anti-open. Otherwise, why would there be so many nun schools? It is not without reason.

For all this, Liu Peng could only slowly change, such as first letting the daughters of the noble family go to middle school (although some people objected, but their arms could not twist the thighs, so they finally agreed) and then encouraged those girls from wealthy families to go to school.

Then there is the promotion of the benefits of new schools and the encouragement of coeducation.

But even so, progress in this era is very slow. Only a few big cities such as Xijing and Jinshan have such a phenomenon.

Other places, especially some local towns, are actually resistant to such schools.

For these people, Liu Peng either educates or persuades them. If something happens, they will have to be punished.

After all, as a king, you must sometimes exercise your rights as a king. Otherwise, will others still be afraid of you? ?

The king is the dragon among men, the king is the leader among men, and the king holds the power of life and death.

Shepherd the people of the world and change the situation of the world! !

All in all, Han’s education currently has shortcomings, such as the quality of teachers’ teaching and the insufficient number of teachers in some subjects, such as science. However, Han’s education is still at the forefront of the world during this period...

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s talk about vocational education. In the West, most factory owners provide training to workers, unlike in Han Dynasty, where they teach you in a systematic way.

Although their education has improved, once these people enter the higher-level industrial system, or even the more rigorous industrial field, they will explode with huge potential...

By taking advantage of the first-mover advantage, other countries were left behind in one fell swoop... For a long time, Han's taillights could not be seen! !
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