It's spring,

As the sun shone, the snow gradually melted, revealing black soil.

Song Jing has been speaking in Liangxiang for three months, and he is about to usher in his first science exam.

The children of the officials, the craftsmen and the homeless people were excited and worried, and they didn't know who would be admitted to the first batch of engineers.

"Have you signed up?"

"I reported it, I don't know if Master Song came up with the question, is it difficult?"

"It's good to be admitted to the engineer, like Master Xiao Song, the monthly salary is one hundred taels of silver."

Outside the Liangxiang Shipyard, the children of Xu officials, craftsmen and homeless people who came to sign up were in groups.

There were two thousand of them.

Jin Yiwei reported the matter to Mu Bin, and Mu Bin reported to Emperor Hongzhi.

Hearing the number of applicants for the examination, Emperor Hongzhi and Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, were a little surprised, and there were only more than 1,000 candidates in the capital in previous years.

In a small good township, there are more than 2,000 people who have signed up?

"There is a tendency to surpass the talent ceremony!"

Emperor Hongzhi remained silent: "Who will come up with the topic of this science subject?" ”

"Rumors...... It's Yan Chengjin. ”

Zhang Sheng shook his head and was a little disappointed: "If you don't learn the books of the saints, what can you teach." ”

Liu Jian and the other ministers nodded.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes rolled, looking at the floor under his feet, thoughtful.

……

Yan Fu,

In the study, Yan Chengjin was taking out the exam questions for science.

The test questions are divided into three subjects: mathematics, physics, and etiquette.

Physics is mainly mechanics, addition and subtraction and decomposition, as well as levers and pulleys, teaching craftsmen how to save effort in shipbuilding.

Mathematics, topics cover addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, trigonometric functions and area volume of a circle.

The Book of Rites is the Book of Rites in the Four Books and Five Classics, which teaches workers to have the spirit of craftsmanship.

Song Jing glanced at the exam questions: "Lord Yan, is math too difficult?" ”

"It's not difficult, let's send it to a good country."

In later generations, this is at the level of elementary and junior high school students.

Three taels of silver, probably a middle-income family in Daming, and the housekeepers of large families may not have so much wages.

Song Jinggang came out of the Yan Mansion, and a sack fell from the sky.

They lassoed him, and before he could react, he was thrown into the carriage.

The carriage galloped all the way into the imperial city.

When Song Jing woke up, he found Zhu Houzhao standing in front of him with a smile.

"Your Highness...... Down, here's ......"

"This is the dormitory of the main palace, but remember, you are a warrior of the main palace?" Zhu Houzhao's eyebrows danced.

Song Jing said ashamedly: "Of course I remember." ”

"That's good, you come and teach this palace, how to solve these questions, this palace takes the science exam." Zhu Houzhao dragged Song Jing to the bookcase.

Song Jing was surprised to find that His Royal Highness had done many arithmetic problems, and the manuscript paper was full of arithmetic.

His Highness has not listened to the class.

Can you understand just by looking at the formulas and explanations in the book?

"What are you still doing in a daze, quickly teach this palace, how to calculate the area of this circle?"

……

Liangxiang Shipyard, the yamen was blocked all over the line, and the yamen put up tables in it.

It is fully open-air, and there is no number room.

It seems that it is not as strict as the imperial examination, but there is an extremely strict rule that if you cheat, your children and grandchildren will be disqualified from taking the exam.

Outside the shipyard, there were craftsmen and homeless people preparing for the exam, standing or standing, all with books in their hands.

This is the only chance they can turn over.

Although it only started tomorrow, they stood early outside the exam room and waited.

Yan Chengjin ordered Wang Busui to print the test papers, and for the sake of prudence, the people involved in the printing were locked in the printing room, and they were not allowed to leave half a step before the end of the exam.

Before entering the examination room, candidates have to search their bodies three times, in a special small dark room, to check whether there are handwriting and formulas on their calves and arms.

"Hongu didn't bring anything." Zhu Houzhao stretched out a somewhat snow-white arm.

The new official didn't know him, and he didn't notice what Zhu Houzhao said about the palace, so he let him in.

After all the candidates entered, the officials escorted the test questions and distributed them to the craftsmen one by one.

Chai An touched the test paper, excited in his heart, he could become an engineer after the exam, three taels of silver per month, save a few years, and buy an acre of land in the capital.

I didn't expect such a day, like a dream.

I looked at the exam paper, and there were only ten questions.

He inherited the carpenter's craft from his family since he was a child, and he didn't read much.

Pick up the pen and quickly fall on the paper.

In the examination room, there is a post in five steps and a post in ten steps.

Zhu Houzhao looked to the side and was immediately happy, wasn't that the person who put his face up and made him slap him?

"Your Excellency is also here to participate in science?"

"yes."

Xie Yu picked up the paper scroll, looked at it carefully, and was ecstatic in his heart, as if everything related to arithmetic was extremely simple to him.

"I wonder who is the big owner behind the shipyard?"

The official on the side said sharply: "You are not allowed to speak in the examination room, and those who commit repeat offenses will be disqualified from the examination." ”

Xie Qian's face turned green, and he was almost expelled from the examination room, carelessly.

His goal is to earn a monthly salary of 100 taels of silver.

Yan Chengjin walked outside the examination room, and saw Zhu Houzhao happily, this guy looked at the test paper with a decent appearance, and was extremely serious.

"Why is Your Highness here?"

Zhu Houzhao was happy: "This palace has been a little short of silver recently, so it is better to take the exam as an engineer." ”

Donggong has ten taels a month, and one hundred taels to become an engineer, and fools know that they want both.

Yan Chengjin held his forehead, hid the silver in the urinal, and pretended to be poor? Pretending to be true, if it weren't for the Adventure House, I would have believed you.

glanced at Zhu Houzhao's scroll, this guy turned out to be a scholar......

Yan Chengjin secretly remembered the name of this test paper, Zhu Xiaoshou, and directly failed for a while, saving the imperial court from interfering in this matter.

It is estimated that after a few days, Zhu Houzhao will also forget about it.

Walking out of the examination room, Yan Chengjin saw an old Confucian student walking with his hands on his back, this old Confucian student was a little special, because he was Yang Tinghe.

There is also Wang Hua on the side.

At this hour, the prince should be studying in Minglun Hall, and as soon as he disappeared, Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua chased him out.

Yang Ting and this person are upright and serious, and they are strict with Zhu Houzhao.

"Lord Yang, Lord Wang is good."

Yang Tinghe looked at Yan Chengjin with deep meaning: "What about the prince?" ”

"Inside." Yan Chengjin looked at the examination room, and the two followed his gaze, and sure enough, when they saw Zhu Houzhao, they lowered their heads and were extremely serious.

Yang Tinghe was a little anxious, and shouted in a low voice: "Why don't you let His Highness come out quickly!" ”

"It's better to ...... Wait, Jin Yiwei is dispatched, I am afraid that it will affect the answer of others. Yan Chengjin estimated that Zhu Houzhao would not be obedient, and he would be smashed as soon as he made a fuss.

Do you still want to wait for Your Highness to finish the exam?

"Is Your Highness important, or is your fallacy important!"

Yan Chengjin can understand Yang Tinghe's mood.

What the emperor wants to learn is the way of the emperor, and even the Four Books and Five Classics are only one of them, which is not the main subject, let alone the heavenly books of "Mechanics" and "Mathematics".

This is the first of the science exams, and it is very important.

Many people are looking forward to changing their fate, and if they mess up, it will be difficult to do it in the future.

Yan Chengjin was serious: "The two adults look at the officials and people around them, this exam is related to their survival. ”

Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua turned around, and outside the grille beam, they were surrounded by people.

They looked at the exam room with expectant eyes.

"Why don't you let the prince come out later?" Wang Hua was a little soft-hearted.

"That's how you pampered! This official goes in and please! ”