"Yes, the Minister of Rites means that you can receive a place directly."
The Rites Department official before him answered with a bow, his face wreathed in smiles:
"The remaining places will also be selected as appropriate from the Child Scholar Examination and Literary Examination. Candidates in the Scholar Examination will not be selected."
"This serves as both encouragement and recognition, but most importantly, it gives others a chance."
The Rites Department official explained it clearly and concisely.
Lin Ke wholeheartedly agreed.
In the Child Scholar Examination, anyone who answered the questions correctly could pass outright.
That was easy enough to handle.
But the Literary Examination and Scholar Examination were different. They had quotas.
Yet this year featured five examinations in one year. If people like Lin Ke kept advancing all the way from the Child Scholar Examination, how many places would they take up?
Thus, after discussions throughout the Rites Department, they had finally introduced this policy.
After all, five examinations in one year was a rare occurrence.
It also happened to coincide with the so-called age of great contention that everyone was talking about.
The Rites Department had devised this approach to give other candidates a chance.
Lin Ke had no objections. If he could skip an examination, he naturally would. That would give him time to do more things.
"Then this humble official will take his leave." The Rites Department official observed every courtesy, leaving once he had delivered the news.
Lin Ke continued reading.
He was currently at the Lin Residence, seated upright beneath a plum blossom tree beside the pond. The scenery was lovely.
The book he was reading was Discourse on Right Feather Selection, written by a Great Confucian of the current dynasty. Its contents were quite interesting.
Through reading, he could understand and