Although Qiu Tian's investigation report is shocking, it is expected by everyone, and it can be said that this kind of thing is inevitable in every dynasty. Although Zhu Yuanzhang rectified the country when the former Ming Dynasty opened the country, in the end, he still let these moths destroy the whole country, so even if Jiang Tian could predict that Zhang Tao was going to kill on a killing spree, he was not optimistic about the future direction of this matter, in other words, as long as the interests were attractive enough, there would always be people who took risks. But I have to say that Qiu Tian's performance is really not at the right time, and now the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs have attracted the attention of the Enke examination that began immediately, and no one has raised this performance to the level of the dead country, or even if someone sees it, they pretend not to understand it and deliberately do not provoke the emperor's murder.

"These people are confused when they should be smart!" Jiang Tian shook his head as if talking to himself, but Qiu Tian beside him didn't think so when he heard it.

He Qiu Tian is because he listened to Jiang Tian's hints, so he tried his best to carry out this investigation, during this period, he was naturally faced with all kinds of local temptations and non-cooperation, and even all kinds of threats, and it was precisely because he believed that Jiang Tian really got the emperor's secret order, so he gritted his teeth and persevered, of course, he didn't know that many people who threatened him didn't really do it, not that those people were fierce or didn't dare to start because of his status as a messenger, It's the seemingly inconsequential entourage around him who has blocked many dark arrows for him, and the identity of these entourages is self-evident.

It was precisely because he felt that his hard work had the possibility of being shelved, so Qiu Tian came to visit today with a light suit: "My lord, the cabinet seems to attach great importance to the advice of the lower officials, but it is ......"

Jiang Tian waved his hand and interrupted him: "Master Qiu, how old are you and me, and you are a serious Jinshi, it is said that I should call you a senior, but now is not as good as in the past, when today's son is a person who is determined to forge ahead and does not show favoritism, you are dedicated to his duties He sees it in his eyes, some people think they are clever little tricks, he also knows it, I can only say that he is waiting for this twist and turn but waiting for the eyes to wear, now everything is ready, I am afraid that in the future history books, your name will shine in the annals of history!" ”

Qiu Tian was confused by Jiang Tian's statement, he didn't think that his hard work might be appreciated, so that he could rise step by step from the pedestrian division, but as for being able to leave a name in history, he never thought about it. He is also well versed in history and knows that in the past dynasties in China, it is very rare for those who can change the law and get a good death, not to mention Zhang Juzheng of the previous dynasty, although everyone understands that he is saving the Ming Dynasty from the chaos of the world, but when the knife of reform cuts at himself, which official can calmly spit out the fat that he does not deserve? Originally, he dared to take this imperial order only because the places he inspected were all north of the Yangtze River, which belonged to the power of those bigwigs in the court, and just as he thought, although there were all kinds of chaos in the place, most of the officials involved did not exceed the level above the county order. This made him firm in his determination to write straightforwardly and speak out, and he also wanted to win a good reputation as a minister. I didn't expect that I still underestimated the emperor and his young junior brother, even if the current Emperor Zhang just used his twists and turns to make trouble, but the scope of the impact will definitely exceed the north of the Yangtze River, and as a southerner, he knows better that these things will only be stricter south of the Yangtze River, and there are all kinds of high-ranking officials and dignitaries entangled in it, you can imagine how he will be excluded by his colleagues in the future.

As for how the history books will write about his behavior today, he Qiu Tian does not dare to hope for it. Everyone knows that since the Spring and Autumn Period, there has been no more unyielding historians, and today he has moved the small treasury of the world's officials, even if the emperor values himself when he is alive, but when the emperor dies, there will definitely be a bunch of civil and military officials who will accuse the new emperor of their black state, even if they are already ancient at that time, I am afraid that their descendants will inevitably be implicated. Because of this worry, he was a little reluctant until he left Jiang Mansion, but he also knew that now that he was on the thief ship, there was no possibility of getting off the ship halfway, and he could only go all the way to the dark for today's plan, maybe he could find a way out for his family before he closed his eyes.

Jiang Tian's evaluation of Qiu Tian's merits is not actually nonsense, in fact, later generations did raise Qiu Tian's performance to an unprecedented height, this later generation called "Rural Land Status Survey" was crowned as a stepping stone to break the land pattern of two thousand years, Qiu Tian is also known as the first person in China to fire at the traditional unspoken rules, and later generations of historians believe that it is precisely because of the emergence of this twist and turn that Zhang Tao firmly broke the economic production mode that has lasted for two thousand years. It prompted the government to change the object of support to industry and vigorously promote the industrial revolution, thus establishing China's future hegemony in the world.

But well...... With only one recital, and under the premise that the cabinet tried to downplay its influence as much as possible, it was indeed impossible to achieve such a lofty purpose later, and the key was that when the examiners sat in the examination room, and when they got the exam papers, most of them were stunned. The proposition of the eight-strand essay is good to say: "Learning and Learning" is simple and simple, but it is not easy to write well, and in general it is decent. But the topic of the strategy is a bit maddening: "On the Relationship between Land Annexation and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty"! What exactly is this question trying to illustrate? If you really don't know the relationship between land annexation and the fall of the Ming Dynasty, of course, you don't know the relationship between land annexation and the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and even the term land annexation may not be able to understand the meaning, but those smart, or those from poor families, can only shake their heads and smile bitterly when they see this topic. This kind of question will appear, the main reason is that the proposition is long live today, Zhang Tao looked at those cows, ghosts, snakes and gods who kept their mouths shut about the land issue, and he was already eager to break them into pieces, but the reality made him suppress his anger, and turned to the black hand on the proposition of the scientific examination, for the purpose of confidentiality, the exam question was written by Zhang Tao himself on the same day, and then sent the inner guards to escort the whole process to the examination room, so when the question was announced, even the examiner was stunned, and a nameless chill was born in his heart.

Jiang Tian looked at the question and wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, as the deputy examiner, he also had to come to the scene and distribute the math test papers. This paper is also the first time in the history of China's scientific expedition to use lead plate cylinder mimeograph, and officially listed mathematics as a separate test subject, which is of course praised by later generations, because this has become the standard format of Chinese examination papers in the future. However, when the candidates saw this paper, there were still some people who were stunned, these people were all those who pretended to be in high school and did not go to the college entrance examination cram school, and those who participated in the cram school were glad that their choice was really correct, otherwise they would not immediately be blind when they saw such an alternative large-scale exam paper.

As the first assistant and chief examiner of the cabinet, Ning Jiao was also holding a math paper in a daze, and then looked at Jiang Tian beside him: "Why is Lord Jiang so questioned?" Wouldn't it be difficult for these acts! ”

Jiang Tian said disapprerovantly: "Lord Shoufu, don't worry, although this volume is not in line with tradition, it is very easy to answer the questions, and it leaves the edge of the candidate's name, so that I can bind one or two hundred papers together, and everyone can see the candidate's name, and it also eliminates the constraints of human relations, as for not knowing how to answer the paper, then I can only blame him for not going to my tutoring, and as long as you carefully review the questions, it is not difficult to pass." ”

Ning Jiao didn't say anything when he heard it, and he also looked at the exam paper carefully, although the paper is very large, but there are not a few questions in the big line, and then he himself feels that it is not too difficult, this time because it is the first time to test mathematics, in order to facilitate the candidates not to use a single Arabic alphabet, completely in Chinese to make the question, you can also completely use Chinese to answer the question, and even the application question does not need to write the operation process, as long as you can answer the final number. However, the heart he had just put down was raised to his throat because of the last application problem. This topic is written like this: A seven-grade county order earns 300 yuan a year, suppose his family has 1,000 acres of fertile land, the annual land rent is more than 20,000 stones, the market price is one round and four corners per stone of rice, and the county order consumes 1,000 yuan of silver for annual fire collection.

A simple math problem, but let Ning Jiao and the examiners sweat coldly, the world often says that three years of Qing prefect 100,000 snowflake silver, this is only a conservative estimate, and the reason why this Qing prefect has such a high income is because of the storage of such a thing as fire consumption, so the kind of 1,000 acres of fertile land in the question only receives 20,000 stone of grain, and the fire consumption only takes 1,000 county orders, which is definitely the Qing official in the world. However, even if you count the annual income of such a seven-grade county order, it also exceeds 30,000 taels, and as for how a small county order has 1,000 acres of fertile land, everyone in the world knows it in their hearts. Isn't this a deliberate eye medicine for all officials? Combined with the problem of land annexation in the policy theory, it can be seen that the intentions of the emperor and his junior brother are really difficult to predict, and if the candidates who answer the question want to be on the gold list, I am afraid they will not be able to get around this problem.

Unlike other examiners who frown, many candidates who are thoughtful, or who are a little worried about the country and the people, are also very difficult to think about after seeing these questions. Is it to denounce corruption directly? Or is it a roundabout way to talk about him? I am afraid that this depends not only on the courage and wisdom of the candidate, but also on the person's origin and moral level. Therefore, the eight-strand examination may not be able to take merit and ability, and it is completely possible to see whether the person who asks the question is patriotic, or he still wants to use the scientific examination to snar the protégé forces. In other words, no matter how perfect the system is, as long as it is operated by people, there will definitely be loopholes, and no one can guarantee that a candidate will be sprinkled with passionate words when answering questions, and he will definitely be able to stick to his moral bottom line when he becomes an official. As for Jiang Tian at this time, he sat peacefully on his Taishi chair, drinking a cup of tea and looking at the sky outside the window, feeling the grand occasion of the civil service examination in later generations, whether it was also a continuation of the official standard imprint left by the scientific examination in the heart of the Chinese nation, so that no matter how the times change and how the political system is reformed, the Chinese are still accustomed to seeing being an official as the ultimate way to advance in life.