Not long after, a few neat test papers were sent over.
The eunuch of the Ming Dynasty was completely different from the previous dynasty in that his knowledge was not inferior to some famous scholars!
The famous Wang Zhen in history, the main culprit behind the rebellion of the Earth-Wood Fort, was actually a scholar. Later on, he couldn't stand being ostracized and wronged, so he castrated himself and entered the main hall.
Even Zhengde's Eunuch Liu was extremely knowledgeable!
Only Wei Zhongxian was special, a gambler castrated himself
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the test papers were very novel. He ordered someone to prepare two tables for Ning Qiwen and Zhou Guanzheng to sit on.
It really felt like the court examinations!
Isn't it just an exam?
Ning Qiwen did not take it to heart. The first question was about the meaning of the scriptures, explaining the way of knowing and doing.
Knowledge and action were the two most primitive questions of Confucianism. Ever since Zhu Xi explained that knowledge came first and constructed a complete set of worldviews, the scholars of Confucianism had become empty.
After all, according to Old Master Zhu's explanation, one could only act after understanding everything!
How could he understand?
It was even recorded in the Saint's Book!
Wouldn't the result be a poor family?
Ning Qiwen knew that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were both inclined to practical learning, so he wrote: "The knowledge of the world is not as good as practice and knowledge.”
"The world should follow the laws of motion to strengthen the body, family, country, and the world!”
"I'll be sure to know."
Then, he quoted the classics and wrote down the practical thoughts he found from the classics.
The second and third questions were still about the meaning of the scriptures. This was not difficult for him!
However, from the fourth question onwards, it became mathematics.
" A certain merchant passed through three cities. The first city levied half of his money as tax, the second city levied half of his remaining money as tax, and the third city levied half of his remaining money after the first two taxes.”
"When he reached his destination, he only had 11 strings of notes left!”
"Ask, how many notes did this merchant have?”
"This…"
Ning Qiwen was dumbfounded. He pinched his fingers and calculated for a long time. He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. In the end, he could only say,"Your Majesty ~"
"Please give me an abacus and a counting rod!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.”
The abacus was in his hands, but Ning Qiwen still felt that he had no idea where to start. He had no problem with the abacus, but if he were to do it the other way around…
"Forget it, next one!"
"Emptiness Dao is nothing!"
"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty decreed that the newly reclaimed land will not be paid taxes for three years after it is registered in the Yellow Book. A farmer in this county has a total of three acres and two plots of land, and each mu of land has a harvest of 313 catties of grain.”
"How much tax should this person pay this year?”
"This…"
Ning Qiwen knew the idea of this question, but the numbers were too complicated and he couldn't even use a counting rod to figure it out!
The next few math questions were all like this. They were not too complicated, but the questions were novel. If he used a counting rod, the amount of calculation would be very large!
Ning Qiwen gulped and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve pocket. Seeing Zhou Guanzheng writing with ease, he became even more anxious and hastened his speed.
However, in his fluster, the counting rods that had just been set up actually scattered all over the ground!
"This…"
"Mislead! It's a delay!"
Ning Qiwen didn't understand why Zhou Guanzheng didn't use counting sticks!
He planned to skip all of these and read on, but the style of the questions suddenly changed.
"In the 12th year of Hongwu, during the investigation of a theft case in Jiangning County, it was confirmed that the perpetrator was one of the four people, A, B, C, and D. During the interrogation, their confessions are as follows.”
"A: On the day the jewelry was stolen, I was in the countryside. It was impossible for me to commit the crime.”
[B: D is a criminal!]
"C: Ding is the criminal. I once saw him selling jewelry at the market!”
"D: C has a grudge against me, so he deliberately framed me!”
"Now we know that one of the four was lying.”
"Ask, who is the murderer!"
Seeing this, Ning Qiwen's mind was in a mess. What was all this?
Isn't torturing and investigating cases the business of petty officials?
He was the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Why would he do such a thing?
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this question, he immediately felt refreshed and thought to himself.
This question was actually testing a person's ability?
It had to be said that it was really brilliant!
"Father," Zhu Biao said,"after seeing this paper, I understand Liao Zhai's intentions!"”
"Understand what? Tell me!"
"Your son thinks that the content of this test paper is not very deep, but it is extremely tricky.”
"Arithmetic and this seemingly solved case question are all necessary skills for an official.”
"If you don't have this skill, you're just a mediocre official!”
"In the future, as long as the difficulty of the test questions is gradually increased, the students will naturally study practical knowledge in addition to the classics!”
"The idea of practical learning will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!”
"Also, this test paper has only one answer other than the classics. There won't be a huge difference in scores because of the chief examiner's preferences!”
"Wonderful!"
"This test paper is really wonderful!”
"Hahaha!" Zhu Yuanzhang pressed the test paper under the paperweight."This Liao Zhai is indeed powerful."
"No matter how difficult the problem is, he can always easily turn it into a miracle!”
He tapped his fingers on the dragon table. The imperial examinations had been suspended for six years since the sixth year of Hongwu.
However, most of the talents recommended by the directorates and the other chief secretaries were pedantic. The facts proved that the imperial examination was still necessary!
During this period of time, I've been thinking about how to reform, but now it seems...
With this test paper, he could reopen the imperial examination!
Ning Qiwen, who was offstage, was already dizzy from all the questions. He was dazzled by the questions, and his eyes were a little unfocused!
He skipped all the questions and jumped to the last question. It was an appreciation of an ancient poem.
Ning Qiwen was suddenly stunned after reading it. His hands and feet started to tremble violently, and he finally felt his stomach churning."Emperor…"
"I am not feeling well, please ~"
After saying that, he completely ignored the etiquette of the ruler and ran to a corner outside.
"Ugh!"
He was full of criticism!
Liao Zhai, this Wen Yao of yours, what kind of broken questions did you come up with!!
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