My Promotion Story Through Time Travel

Chapter 43 Prefectural Examination

After the preliminary examination, the time was drawing ever closer to the prefectural examination.

The teachers of the Preliminary Studies Academy seized this last opportunity, analyzing each of the final exam questions one by one, wishing they could cram all the knowledge into the heads of the students who were about to take the prefectural exam. They provided one-on-one professional tutoring to the students and also began psychological counseling to prevent them from being under too much pressure.

It was the eighth day of the sixth lunar month, already summer. Although it was morning, the weather was still quite hot.

Early on, Moshan Academy organized its students, including those in elementary, preschool, and preschool classes, to line up at the academy gate to see off the new students.

The teaching area is located in the back mountain area of ​​Moshan Academy, and it generally has little connection with the primary, junior, and senior levels.

This was the first time Lin Ziping had met the teaching staff. There were about a hundred people, all dressed in black academic uniforms, wearing headbands, jade pendants, and sachets. The age range of the teaching staff was quite wide, including energetic young people, middle-aged people with beards, and a few whose gray hairs could be seen through their headbands.

After an unknown period of time, Master Li, along with the other teachers from Moshan Academy, stood beside the students. The teachers wore white robes and small caps.

Although several hundred people were gathered together, no one spoke. The scene was inexplicably solemn, which reminded Lin Ziping of the oath-taking ceremony during his college entrance examination. It was just as solemn and dignified. He once thought that everything would be smooth sailing after the college entrance examination, but who knew that the college entrance examination would be the highlight of his life. He never felt that he was shining so brightly again.

“Dong...dong...dong…” Three drumbeats sounded, and everyone stood up straight.

The headmaster of Moshan Academy, dressed in a blue outer robe, wearing a crown and a sword at his waist, slowly walked in with his students.

Following behind the headmaster were the sixty young men who were participating in the prefectural examination.

Lin Ziping recognized several familiar faces among them: academic geniuses Fang Youzhi, Tao Ju'an, and Jia Daneng…

Hmm? Jia Daneng? I don't think I saw Jia Daneng's name last time. Lin Ziping wondered to himself, could I have seen it wrong?

The headmaster led the sixty boys to the academy's archway. At that moment, the sunlight shone brightly on the four large characters "Moshan Academy" on the plaque, and not far away was the long staircase leading to the academy.

"Gentlemen, you will have to walk the rest of the road on your own!" the headmaster said slowly and forcefully.

The sixty students bowed and said, "Thank you, Headmaster, Teacher, and fellow students!"

The boy's voice was loud and clear, full of confidence.

Watching the boys leave, Lin Ziping followed the students of the Elementary School. Although there were no extra words, the scene was still very moving, and the lingering emotions still flowed in his heart, still surging with passion.

For the next two weeks, the topic of conversation in various colleges and throughout Huaizhou remained the prefectural examination.

On June 13th, the prefectural examination ended, and all the candidates left Huaizhou Prefecture to return home.

On June 25th, the results of the prefectural examination were successively sent to the county government, and then to the academy and the parents of the candidates.

Moshan Academy is the same place where the results of the previous entrance examination were posted. The results of the previous entrance examination have not yet been torn down, and this time the results of the prefectural examination were posted next to it.

Last time it was with Tao Ju'an, this time it's just Lin Ziping.

Lin Ziping squeezed through the crowd with difficulty; the red paper was covered with names written on it.

The red paper also had a line of small print explaining that there were 629 people participating in the re-examination, 100 of whom passed, and 32 of whom passed from Moshan Academy.

Lin Ziping calculated in his mind that the pass rate of the prefectural examination in Moshan Academy was 53%, accounting for 32% of the number of qualified candidates in Huaizhou, ranking first in Huaizhou. The pass rate was indeed high, and the teaching quality was indeed good. It was indeed an academy that many people would do anything to get into. It was normal for the tuition to be high. Thinking of the famous schools in the past, the school district houses next to them could be speculated to sky-high prices. In this era, Moshan Academy in Qingyang County also boosted the local GDP with the strength of the academy.

Pulling his thoughts back, Lin Ziping finished reading the line of small print explaining that last time Lin Ziping and Tao Ju'an searched from bottom to top, but this time Lin Ziping started searching for Tao Ju'an's name from top to bottom.

Fang Youzhi was ranked first. I sighed in my heart, "As expected of a genius, he is in first place again. We mortals can only look up to him!"

second……

third……

……

The fifteenth is Huang Feiyan. Upon seeing this name, Lin Ziping was delighted. He wondered if Huang Feiyan had an older brother named Huang Feihong.

……

Lin Ziping continued searching for the name, but after searching once, he found that Tao Ju'an's name was not there. Could it be that he had missed it?

"Tsk, how come Jia Daneng can rank in the top 30? Is there some inside story?"

You can't say that here.

It was two students from the School of Preface speaking. Lin Ziping looked at the thirtieth place and saw that it read "Jia Daneng".

Lin Ziping suddenly realized that he had been mishearing all along; it wasn't "Jia Daneng" after all.

Whispers could be heard from the side.

"You've heard? There's been an uproar in the prefectural capital."

"what happened?"

"I heard that someone has requested that the exam papers be made public and re-examined!"

"Is this... this suspicion... suspicion of favoritism and corruption?"

"Yes, some students suspect cheating in this prefectural examination and are demanding that the exam papers be made public and that the examiner review them again."

"Since you're demanding the exam papers be made public, then there's no substantial evidence. This kind of thing has happened before. Huaizhou isn't the first place to have this happen, nor is this the first similar incident in Huaizhou."

"Oh, it seems Brother Tan knows quite a lot," someone nearby began to flatter the young man.

“Every year, every exam, there are students who say they cheated. It happens in the prefectural exam, the provincial exam, and the metropolitan exam. After all, everyone wants to pass, so it’s not surprising. Some may have just failed the exam, and others… well, who knows?” The man addressed as Brother Tan shook his head and waved his fan.

"This, this can't be, can it? The prefect and the heads of the various academies are all officials in charge of the prefectural examinations." The person next to him changed his expression drastically.

"I'm just saying. If you don't believe me, fine. You can see if the state government will check the exam papers, and what happens to the student who requested the check. If they're lucky, they might be able to take the exam again next year. If they're unlucky, they can do other things. After all, the academy doesn't just teach us how to take the imperial examinations."

"Wouldn't it be a waste if Du Xuxue passed the examination and then did other jobs?"

The man named Brother Tan continued, "If you are defined as having committed academic misconduct or fabricated articles, you will be unable to participate in scientific research for the rest of your life, and you will be burdened with the reputation of fabrication for the rest of your life, and you will become a completely useless person."

The others were probably frightened and remained silent.

"It's you guys, what do you choose?" Seeing that everyone around him was silent, Brother Tan laughed twice and left the crowd.

Lin Ziping stopped paying attention to others and continued searching on the red list, but after looking at the entire list no less than ten times, he still couldn't find Tao Ju'an's name.

Did Tao Ju'an fail the exam?

That's not right. Tao Ju'an got fifth place in the preliminary examination, so he shouldn't be able to do that in the prefectural examination.

Lin Ziping glanced at the rankings of the entrance exam next to him, his gaze settling on "Fifty-fifth, Jia Daneng." Recalling the scene of meeting Jia Daneng that day, he felt a chill run down his spine.

After leaving the crowd, despite the hot weather and the scorching sun, Lin Ziping still felt a bit cold in his hands and feet.