Xiao Yu and Gao Shilian both know that a child of an ordinary people's family, unless he is really talented and intelligent, can become an official by reading, and being an official is not just a person who can only read to enter the court, although the imperial court now has a big exam every three years to select officials, among which there are also many civilians who come out, but in general, there are still very few people who can really be selected and those who are in the examination.

Except for this small part, what about the remaining large part? You still have to have the ability to survive, you have gone to school and read books, you are always better than those children in other Zhuangzi, at least you don't have to run around outside all day long to make a living, which is also the so-called skill is not pressing.

"How is Sejing going to find out if they are suitable for further study?" Gao Shilian asked.

"Let's take the exam......" Xuan Shijing said: "The teacher and Xiao Xiang teach in a fair day, they can be examined every month, in two years, there are at least 20 large and small exams, look at their comprehensive results in the past two years, suitable for studying, continue to stay in the academy to study, in addition to teaching the six arts of the gentleman, but also add some other courses, two years later, this academy will also be expanded, and the younger generation will also find other teaching gentlemen to teach them other courses." ”

"In that case, two years later, it will be a turning point in the lives of these children." Xiao Yu said.

Nowadays, the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is still proud of studying and becoming an official, maybe in the future, among this group of children, there will be those who will embark on this road, or perhaps most of them will still learn a craft and support their families after reading and reading in the academy.

"Yes, two years ......." Gao Shilian smiled: "This news also has to be written and posted in the academy, and those children will work harder after knowing the news." ”

After all, after two years, it is a matter of continuing to study in the academy or learning a trade to go home to support the family.

When the academy was completed, Xuan Shijing thought about this problem, not all children are suitable for reading, those who are not suitable for reading, rather than letting them waste time in books, it is better to teach them a craft, and they will not reach a certain age except for reading, so that sooner or later they will be delayed by the academy, and after going home, they can't even get the craft to support themselves, isn't this a mistake?

Xuan Shijing also didn't want these children to give up studying when they were young teenagers, but after all, this is the Tang Dynasty, not the afterlife, seventeen or eighteen-year-old children may be going to be fathers, and Xuan Shijing can't afford to delay.

"What is Shijing's plan to do with the children screened out in two years?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Look at what they mean, if you want, you will be sent to the College of Engineering, and you will be an apprentice in the College of Engineering for a few years, there are more subjects in the College of Engineering, and there are more choices, choose a craft, if you are proficient in it, you have talent in that craft, and you can stay in the College of Engineering in the future, if you still have no talent, you can only go home, after all, whether it is the academy or the College of Engineering in Dongshan County, you can't support them for a lifetime, as for those who don't want to go to the College of Engineering after coming out of the college, then you can only find a way out." Xuan Shijing said.

"That's the way it works." Gao Shilian said: "It's also embarrassing for you, thinking of a way out for these children, this teacher who takes care of students all day long, I'm afraid you are the only one Xuan Shijing." ”

"Heaven and Earth Monarch Teacher, although I haven't taught them anything for the time being, but after all, they are still a member of the academy." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "When I come to the academy to teach them in the future, I will become their teacher, in addition, these children are all children of Zhuangzi, and I am also their eldest parent, where can I not think about my 'family'." ”

"These people in Dongshan County are also blessed to have a master like you." Xiao Yu said: "After the development of the college, the old man is looking forward to it, so many years of ups and downs, the old man now sees it, and the old man will take root in your academy in the future, I heard that you said to Shi Lian back then, like Shi Lian, the place where you can give full play to your talent is not only the court, but also the academy, teaching and educating people, cultivating the next generation of talents for Datang, and the role of the old man in the court is greater. It is composed of this solid cornerstone, and the more it accumulates, the stronger it becomes. ”

"With the teacher and Xiao Xianggong here, the students will be relieved about the college, and the future of the college will be safe." Xuan Shijing arched his hand.

The three of them chatted around the table for a while before starting to eat, and after the meal, it was time for the students to rest in the schoolhouse.

The children on Zhuangzi rarely read before entering the academy, and they couldn't even write, but now that more than half a year has passed, Xuan Shijing looks at the students' schoolwork on the bookcase, and the regular words are just practicing writing, and you can see that there is a lot of effort in this.

It's not that some children don't want to learn, but they didn't have that condition before, and now that the conditions are there, it's not easy to get, how can they not cherish it so much?

Because the child who was seriously ill and stupid when he was a child was still in the academy, doing some cleaning work, eating and living in the academy, and sending some monthly examples every month, the child was saved up and sent home to his parents, whether it was Gao Shilian or Xiao Yu, he would also teach the child in his spare time, although the child was stupid, but now he still knows a few words, and occasionally can memorize one or two sentences from the "Analects".

Although this child is not smart, but it also made the two respected teachers see a pure heart, he knows what his responsibilities in the academy are, so he cleans the academy conscientiously and meticulously every day, and never slacks off.

Xuan Shijing walked to the courtyard and walked in front of this child, this child Xuan Shijing is the child of Zhang Erzhu's family on Zhuangzi, Zhang Erzhu has a child, two sons and a daughter, the eldest son has already started a family, so naturally he will not come to this academy, and there is such a young son left, but he was delayed in his illness at the beginning, and he became like this.

The boy was no more than eleven or twelve years old, and he was sweeping the fallen leaves from the ground with a broom in his hand.

For example, if this child is not at home in the academy, he is just working in the fields all day with the people in the family, and the scholar who cleans in the academy can be more relaxed.