Chapter 33 disgusting imperial examination system

After Yuan Baoqing's death, his uncles Yuan Baoheng and Yuan Baoling took on the responsibility of raising Yuan Xiaosi. They were both officials in the capital at that time, so Yuan Xiaosi also came to Beijing. Why did they bring Yuan Xiaosi to Beijing?Of course, it is easy to take care of, and at the same time, he is strictly disciplined and forced to study.The Yuan family originally made their fortune by taking the imperial examinations, so the next generation should naturally start their careers by studying. Yuan Xiaosi's task now is to try his best to launch a charge against the second lowest level of the imperial examination, the provincial examination.

right?When did Yuan Shikai become a scholar?Yuan Shikai did not take the college examination, but he spent money and donated to buy a supervising student (who can enter the highest school Guozijian to study), and his education is equivalent to that of a scholar. Under the strict supervision of his two uncles, Yuan Xiaosi's studies have improved significantly, but his foundation is too poor, and his overall skills are still limited. At the age of 17, Yuan Xiaosi, a young man whose household registration was still in his hometown in Henan, went home alone to take part in the provincial examination, and he failed normally.A few years later, he took the exam again, and he failed the exam quite normally.

If you can't pass the exam, it can be regarded as a failure.However, this also proved from another aspect that the examination system at that time was not suitable for non-mainstream talents like Xiaosi, and most of the candidates were pedantic and mediocre. How could such a dynasty last forever. Neither Yuan Xiaosi nor the two later national giants Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong had any high academic qualifications. Even after Mr. Li Ao's research, Chiang Kai-shek held a fake diploma from a certain Japanese military academy.But none of this hindered these big figures from governing the country and the world in the future.

So this incident tells us: It doesn’t matter if you don’t have good grades, the most important thing is not to give up your efforts, there is definitely more than one way to success. However, Yuan Xiaosi at that time couldn't see so far, so he could only stare at the list without his own name, secretly ruthless: I must abolish this damned imperial examination! It is unimaginable that this idea has actually come true.Decades later, Yuan Xiaosi realized the revenge plan that some people dared to think about but no one dared to do for thousands of years. However, the lack of a formal education has always been a pain in Yuan Xiaosi's heart.Later, when Cixi asked about his resume in front of all civil and military officials, Yuan Xiao, who had no serious imperial examination achievements, was red all over.

Yuan Xiaosi was ashamed and annoyed by his lack of success in reading, but he did not despair. The vivid stories of his father and grandfather's success in the army were like an invisible giant hand, pushing him onto another road to promotion and fortune. Therefore, he burned the poems and essays he had written before, and swore: a man should serve the battlefield, keep the inside and fight the outside, how can he stay dirty for a long time?