Regarding the fact that the protégé of the Son of Heaven also came to take the exam, it caused a heated debate in Chang'an City.

Many candidates think that this is unfair and unreasonable.

are all born of the Son of Heaven, will there be a lack of a way out in the future? Even if they don't pass the imperial examination, they can still enter the official career, and the official career is broader than that of them.

Now let the protégés of the Son of Heaven also come to the same exam with them, isn't it clear that they are bullying?

But they only dare to complain about this matter and really protest, and they don't have the courage to do so.

I can only pray silently in my heart, hoping that those protégés of the Son of Heaven will apply for different subjects from themselves, otherwise, the possibility of admission will be reduced a lot.

Some candidates who want to learn about the protégés of the Son of Heaven can only end up failing.

The gang rarely went out, and one by one they were even more nerds than nerds, although staying in the yard was not necessarily reading.

……

The imperial examination once occupied the reputation of Chang'an for a period of time, but then, public opinion in Chang'an was instantly occupied by another incident, which undoubtedly overwhelmed the imperial examination.

Li Yuanji's enthronement ceremony is scheduled for the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and there are less than 10 days to go.

The entire palace is busy sitting outside the palace, there are still imperial examinations to be held, and even the security in Chang'an City is stricter than before.

Being busy isn't necessarily a good thing, and it's not all bad.

For example, the current Li Yuanji is very happy in his heart.

"Instructions one by one, stability first, after a while, the orphan will send someone to send some dried fish over, and the states must do a good job of scheduling." The smile on his face is never there, and there is no news that makes people happier than the letters of nomination that have been handed in from all over the country.

Originally, I thought it would be a little troublesome, at least those areas controlled by Li Shimin's henchmen, and I wouldn't take them back so easily.

It's too much to think about.

The inferior group of people should see far more clearly and thoroughly than themselves.

Li Shimin is dead, the rest of the princes are not in the climate, Li Yuan has no intention of falling in love with power, and only Li Yuanji can carry the banner in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Maybe a new prince will stand up in a decade or two, but at that time, what can it represent?

It is an ordinary person who has been in this position for one or two decades, and it is difficult for others to get involved.

If you don't surrender, won't you still be able to die?

The domestic problems were solved bloodlessly, and Li Yuanji was most concerned about the next drought problem.

……

The first day of the fifth month has arrived, and a total of ten examination rooms have been set up in Chang'an City, which are located in different areas according to the different subjects.

A simple thatched hut for four people, with each table three steps apart.

Outside, there are examiners and patrol soldiers running back and forth, and in addition, there are also fixed sergeants standing guard.

In the middle of the aisle, there is a large plaque with the word "silence" written on it.

Before the start of the examination, the examiner has read out the discipline of the examination room, no one from the beginning of entering the examination room, not to look around, not to speak at will, if there is something should call the examiner or the sergeant on duty, after getting permission to move, violators will be punished as cheating, and they will be banned from participating in the scientific examination again for ten years.

There were three scrolls in front of him, and Shangguan Yi was a little big.

This kind of paper should not appear in the examination room at all, and the content on this paper is something that I have never seen before.

It is said that there are their own subjects, but in Shangguanyi's opinion, except for the last one of these three papers, which is a compulsory test, the other two have nothing to do with reading at all.

There is no poetry and songs, no scriptures and strategies, what is this?

A farmer has five acres of land, can harvest two acres a day, can go back and forth to his home five times a day, and it takes two days to transport all the grain home.

What is this subject? If you are crooked, even if you let the people from the household department come, you may not be able to calculate the answer.

Want to give up? If you look at the score behind the question, just such a question occupies five points.

Before the opening, the examiner also reminded that this time the 100-point system was adopted, and the number of points for each question was clearly marked on the test paper.

Five-point question, who dares to give up easily?

But there's no calculation, what's going on? Mental arithmetic? Or draw on the ground? Will it be used as a cheat?

If it's just one question, there are four questions of this type, which accounts for as much as 20 points.

Shangguan Yi, who was originally full of confidence, had a headache at the moment, and he was helpless in the face of such a test paper.

Lost the first volume and turned up the second one, well, it's still difficult, but the expression on Shangguan Yi's face has finally improved.

This paper is not a test of knowledge, as he has served in the government for several years, this paper is simply a score question.

I carefully recalled it in my mind, and then began to write hard.

The second paper examines several important edicts or decrees that have been issued since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

For example, the first question that occupies five points is to ask candidates to write the original site of the edict of Emperor Sui Gong when Emperor Taishang was located.

And the last question to send points, the answer is still hanging in the city, and the content of Li Yuanji's edict being canonized as the crown prince is still worth five points.

The first two papers occupy a total of 40 points, a total of 10 questions.

However, the third paper occupies the remaining 60 points, and the number of questions is ...... Together.

This question is not difficult, and almost everyone can come up with a countermeasure after a little thought.

But with years of experience, Shangguan Yi sniffed out some of the conspiracies in this question.

If you are the lord of a county, you have 300,000 yuan of money in the treasury, 500 stone of grain, a total population of 20,000 people in the county, and 1,000 soldiers, and you know that there will be a drought in a month, so that there will be no harvest, as a county honor, how will you deal with it for at least half a year?

This question is not only a test, just by reading the question, Shangguan Yi read out several meanings.

The first is the overall situation, the county is not big or small, but it is very important, it is the local parent official, and his decisions will affect the future of a county.

300,000 yuan, in fact, is 30 yuan, no different from not giving a penny, 500 stone of grain is a lot, but in front of 20,000 people, this bit of food can't withstand a few days at all.

This may seem like the simplest part and the most well-prepared part for candidates, but it can keep most people out of the door for the first exam.

In the past, the current policy will not be placed in the first exam, and only after the first time will the current policy exam be conducted, and after the current policy, it will basically have the qualification to be an official.

There are many pitfalls in this question, and Shangguan Yi can't help but put himself in the position of county honor in a certain county seat in Yangzhou, and constantly fantasizes about the possible situation in his mind.

After about half a moment, Shangguan Yi finally opened his eyes, sighed at this question, and shook his head with a wry smile on his face.

……

"Brother You Shao! How was the test? Jing Bo, who had already left the examination room, waved his hand with a depressed face and asked Shangguan Yi.

The two are in the same examination room, and the content of the exam is the same, Jing Bo already knows that there is no possibility for him in this scientific examination, and almost half of the questions on the test paper will not be available, and the rest of the current affairs are sure, but after leaving the examination room, he found that there were still several fatal flaws in his article that had not been filled.

While sighing, I was also speechless for this year's scientific expedition.

Once the son of heaven and a courtier, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, came to power, and completely subverted the content of the imperial examination.

Jingbo understands some of the meanings, but it's still okay, he can't, and it's useless to understand it.

Shangguan Yi shook his head and said regretfully: "Three or four out of ten will not, so five or six will rely on Meng, only the current strategy is still good, but I am not even satisfied with my own reading, it's just that, this can only blame us for our bad luck, go back and review it well, and prepare to fight again next year!" ”

"Aren't you leaving?" raised his feet and was about to leave, but found that Jingbo had no intention of leaving, and turned to wonder.

"Wait a minute, the candidates in Zhenbei haven't come out yet, I'm very curious, will those Tianzi protégés have the content of this exam paper." Although Jing Bo admitted defeat, he was still a little unwilling, and if it was feasible, he planned to go to Zhenbei to see if he could buy a set of books and come back.

There was a crowd outside the examination room, mostly frustrated candidates, looking at the examination room with a pair of eyes, eager to wear it, but they couldn't wait for the person they were waiting for.

There are not many students in Zhenbei Academy in this examination room, and only three people have been divided, but so far, these three have not come out.

"It's out......"

I don't know who shouted in the crowd, everyone immediately rushed up frantically, and the soldiers who were on guard outside the examination room had to break through the crowd in a furious manner, forming a tight separation wall.

Under the intimidation of the soldiers, these lost candidates finally stopped crowding.

"This brother, do you know all the questions on the test paper?" Immediately someone asked.

Xu Jing, who has seen the world, was not frightened by these people, thinking that back then, he also served as a reserve, always ready to rush to the head of the city to defend the north of the town, not even afraid of the battlefield, can he be afraid that these scholars will not succeed?

But in Zhenbei Academy, he developed a diligent and studious character that does not stingy with teaching, which still made Xu Jing smile slightly and responded: "Most of the first two test papers will be, basically a routine, but outside of this routine, the test is the candidate's awareness of people's livelihood, and the current policy is a little difficult, this little student is a little unsure, and I don't know how to answer?" ”

"And what's the answer to the first question?" Someone couldn't help but ask, with a hint of disdain in his voice, "It's the farmer who has five acres of land." ”

Seeing that it was the first question asked, Xu Jing almost burst out laughing, but he still patiently explained: "The first question is the simplest question, and in our academy, it is a child who has just learned to read." First of all, we need to extract some useful data, such as having five acres of land, which can go back and forth five times a day, and it takes two days. Being able to harvest five acres of land in two days is useless data in this problem, and it can be thrown away directly. Then it is about one stone of grain per acre, five acres of land is five stones, and five stones of grain have been transported ten times, that is, five divided by ten, and each time the grain is transported 0.5 stones. ”

"The title doesn't say that one stone of grain can be produced per mu......"

"This is common sense, but anyone who pays attention to agriculture basically knows this number!" Shangguan Yi couldn't help but explain to the person who asked the question.