After experiencing the performance of cement, Bi Maokang is naturally excited about this magical building material, the most time-consuming thing to build roads and houses in ancient times is actually the mining and processing of stone, in the absence of any mechanical processing equipment, the irregular rock to be processed into slats, the difficulty can be imagined, if you can use cement to build roads and build houses, then you don't have to process stone again, how much time you have to save!

After he went back, he immediately ordered the machinery factory to produce cement processing equipment, and at the same time he also consulted with Qin Gongming and Li Mingfu, asking them to build the theme building of the cement plant as soon as possible, and with the joint efforts of both sides, the cement plant was officially put into operation in less than a month, and the construction speed of the new urban area was more than doubled.

This good news should have been celebrated, but Zhu Cijiong was frowning deeply at this time, and he was not happy at all, because the Ding Chouke palace exam was about to start, and he hadn't thought about the exam questions yet.

The examination questions of the palace examination are personally issued by the emperor, which is a rule that has been followed by all dynasties, because the purpose of the palace examination is to let the emperor select the ideal talent in his mind, what kind of talent is in line with the emperor's mind? This naturally can't be asked slowly one by one, to understand, in that case, I'm afraid that the palace test will not be completed in a month, and the emperor can only come up with a policy question himself, and the more the answer is in line with the emperor's wishes, the higher the ranking will naturally be.

Is it so difficult to say a policy? Just ask a few questions!

It would be good if you could ask casually, the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty could only test the meaning of the scriptures, that is, the understanding of the four books and five classics, and the emperor's questions must also be excerpted from the four books and five classics, and they cannot be asked casually.

For the Five Classics, as a science student, Zhu Cijiong is really not interested, and the reason why he can think of 'monarchs, ministers, fathers, and sons) during the Korean imperial examination. This topic, that is also because Confucius said this sentence is too simple, a total of four words, so he memorized it, as for the rest, he can really remember not much.

What is the topic, North Korea, Dongying, and Ryukyu all obey the "Ming Vassal State Decree System", and then the monarch, the ministers, the father, and the son are boring, and now the core of the Ming Dynasty and the three vassal states is economic construction, and there are sentences about economic construction in the four books and five classics?

He took the Four Books and Five Classics and flipped through them for a few days, and really turned to a sentence, but how to look at it is a bit too simple, the original text is like this: There is a way to make money, there are many people who are born, there are few people who eat, those who are sick for it, and those who use it are comfortable, then the wealth is enough.

This looks a bit like teaching people how to make money, in fact, the original meaning is to say how a country maintains sufficient wealth, vulgar is a little vulgar, but it is better to get on the side of the economy, Zhu Cijiong is too lazy to think about it anymore, he decided, that's it, I just want to test your views on economic construction, if you answer well, you will be a first-class jinshi and first, and if you understand, you will be born as a second-class jinshi, and if you can't understand it, you can even understand that I am asking you to say how you make money personally, then you will be born in the same jinshi!

On the day of the palace examination, Zhu Cijiong sat there like Maitreya Buddha like the last few times, and looked kind to the candidates who came forward to pay homage to the test papers, as if he was very satisfied with them, but he was struggling with a problem in his heart, that is, the problem of the champion.

This point champion can naturally only point to the Ming Dynasty's people, the vassal country said that there is no one he knows, even if there is him, he will not point, just kidding, the imperial examination held by the Ming Dynasty let the people of the vassal country win the champion, that is not a shame to throw to grandma's house, not to mention that the vassal country because of the problem of cultural customs, it is indeed not as high as the level of candidates in the Ming Dynasty, if it is not for the admission by region, it is estimated that they will not be able to pass the exam, when the champion, they do not have this ability for the time being.

The reason why Zhu Cijiong is entangled is not that there are no people he knows or has heard of in this subject, but because there are too many people he has heard of in this class of candidates, and there are three candidates in this field who have left their names in the history of the youth, and what is even more coincidental is that they all have the same names, they are all one of the 'five masters of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties', and they are all one of the 'three major thinkers of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties'!

These three people, I believe many people have heard of them, they are Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu and Wang Fuzhi.

If you want to say which of these three people is the most famous, it is naturally Huang Zongxi, he is the eldest son of Huang Zunsu, one of the "Seven Gentlemen of Donglin", and he is also one of the "three great Confucians in the sea" in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, but because he is the eldest son of Huang Zunsu, when he was in the Chongzhen Dynasty, he was trampled on by Wen Tiren and other traitors, and he actually fell to Sun Mountain four times in a row. The examiner's essay is not as good as him, and he will be famous in Sun Mountain, which can be seen in the darkness of the imperial examination in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

But also because he is the eldest son of Huang Zunsu, Zhu Cijiong hesitated, as mentioned earlier, he is disgusted with all friends, and he is also disgusted with the Donglin Party, of course, nothing is absolute, there are also loyal and patriotic virtuous ministers in the Donglin Party, like Sun Chengzong, Shi Kefa, Bi Maokang, who do not participate in the party struggle, and he will still reuse the virtuous talents who are dedicated to the country.

This Huang Zongxi is patriotic, and he also participated in anti-Qing activities after the death of the Ming Dynasty, but he is not the most famous for this, his most famous thing is in the Chongzhen Dynasty liquidation of the eunuch party in the criminal department of the trial, just when he appeared in court to testify, he directly took out the brocade guard hidden in the sleeve and tied it to command Xu Xianchun to cry and call his mother, and then beat the commander of the brocade guard in public Cui Yingyuanhai, and also pulled out his beard and took it back to pay tribute to his father Huang Zunsu, such a temper tantrum, Zhu Cijiong is really worried that he can't control him!

As for Gu Yanwu and Wang Fuzhi, they are all famous writers in history, and they have also participated in anti-Qing activities, and they are rare loyal and righteous people, but the imperial examination of the Chongzhen Dynasty is too dark, and these literary giants and loyal people generally go to participate in the imperial examination to fall to Sun Mountain, but those soft bones, flattering and bent on the knees, can be named on the gold list!

Of course, now it is the Chongzheng Dynasty, and whoever dares to do this among the officials below, Zhu Cijiong will definitely pick their skin!

The top three are easy to decide, just the three of them, who should be the champion, this question is really tangled, Zhu Cijiong is a little biased towards Wang Fuzhi in his heart, because Wang Fuzhi is only eighteen years old this year, only three years older than him, and can assist him until he is old, but Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu are only three or four years older than Wang Fuzhi, and Wang Fuzhi's age advantage is not so obvious, tangled.

If the following candidates knew that Zhu Cijiong was using age as the standard for the champion, it was estimated that he could spurt blood collectively, but this Wang Fuzhi is indeed a prodigy, everyone may not believe it when he says it, he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of thirteen!

Of course, these are all digressions, Zhu Cijiong struggled for a long time, and finally decided, look at their articles, whoever writes well, will be the champion, it is rare that he presided over the imperial examination four times and finally came to see the article once to point the champion of the fair move, not easy!

In the end, Zhu Cijiong pointed to Gu Yanwu, because his concept of 'applying learning to the world' in the strategy seems to be a bit of the style of his mentor Xu Guangqi, and at the same time quoted scriptures to explain how to use the 'learning of sages' to develop the economy of the Ming Dynasty, although it is a bit profound, Zhu Cijiong did not understand it at all, but the idea is the right way, so the champion is him.

As for Wang Fuzhi and Huang Zongxi, the articles are similar, and they both understand his idea of wanting to develop the economy, but Wang Fuzhi has an age advantage, so he is the eye of the example, as for Huang Zongxi, his temper is so explosive, he can only go to be a tanhua.