"Ziheng, I think this way of calling the era is particularly inconvenient when telling specific history, so I want to change to a new era, I don't know what you think?"

On this day, Zheng De, who had nothing to do, suddenly said this to Wang Tingxiang on a whim, but the latter didn't understand the meaning of the emperor's words when he heard this, "Emperor Taizu's one-life yuan is no longer frequently changed compared with the previous dynasties, but it is excellent to commemorate, so why should Your Majesty change it for no reason?" ”

Zheng De waved his hand and explained, "Although this method of chronology is easy to use now, it is quite troublesome in describing historical events, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people to remember clearly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info For example, if you say that you are now telling the events of the establishment of each dynasty, can you remember it clearly? For example, if you want to tell you the specific time of the Battle of Weishui, do you think it is better to use the era name of the former Qin or the era name of the Eastern Jin Dynasty? ”

"Especially when the two regimes coexisted and wars were frequent, due to the frequent changes in the chronology, some relevant records in the historical classics were even more confusing, and many histories were vague. The reason for this is that there is no unified time coordinate to narrate all history in a unified context. Therefore, I want to set up a unified time period for our Chinese dynasties, so that some of the things that happened in ancient times can be recorded in a unified and clear manner according to an era, and it is also convenient for future generations to study some of the things that have happened in our China for 5,000 years. ”

Thinking of the previous era of Christ in the world, the more Zheng De thought about it, the more he felt that it was indeed meaningful to do. It is a very embarrassing thing for a big country to have no way of its own era, maybe this can be regarded as a kind of big country psychology at work!

So he finally thought about it and said undoubtedly, "I decided to take the year of Qin Shi Huang's unification of China as the starting point, as the first year of the Chinese Era, referred to as the first year of the Middle Yuan Dynasty. The time before is called a certain year before the Middle Yuan Dynasty. In the future, I will use the Chinese era and the emperor's era in parallel with the chronological method, generally the Chinese era first, the era era later, and the future history books will be written in accordance with the Chinese era, what does Aiqing think? ”

Although it is really difficult to understand this strange idea of the emperor, if the history books are written in the future, they will be written in a unified way using this Chinese era. Wang Tingxiang couldn't help but nodded in agreement, after all, it has brought great convenience to the narration of history, and it is not that he has nothing to do.

"Weichen thinks it is feasible, but if His Majesty can order someone to rewrite the history of China from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the present in the way of the Middle Yuan Era, I am afraid it will be more convenient for people in the world to consult, and it will also be more convenient for the promotion of the Chinese Era." Wang Tingxiang finally put forward his own suggestions.

Zheng De thought about it and felt that his suggestion was indeed good, and nodded approvingly, "Then who do you think it is better to leave this matter to?" ”

"Your Majesty's teacher, Yang Tinghe, and Hanlin Scholar Liu Zhong are the best people to do this." Wang Tingxiang is not a flattering emperor, after all, things such as repairing history and classics were originally handed over to the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy.

"Wang Yue, bring me Wang Jing, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, Wang Wei, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Yang Tinghe, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Zhong, a scholar of Hanlin." Zheng De is also a resolute person, and after making up his mind, he directly ordered the outside world.

Seeing Wang Yue leave after answering, Zheng De thought about it and handed a piece of paper to Wang Tingxiang, "These are the four test questions for the third exam of this year's Ministry of Rites, what does Ziheng think?" ”

Wang Tingxiang took a closer look:

1. How should Confucius be positioned and evaluated in history?

2. Was Qin Shi Huang a tyrant or a Ming monarch?

3. Is the Ming Dynasty in a peaceful and prosperous era or a situation of decay and weakness?

4. How to distribute seven apples fairly between five people and seven apples without cutting?

When he finished reading these four questions, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at the great tomorrow in front of him.

Is this out of any kind of test? I can't help but have too much time span, and the scope involved is too wide. And some of them are related to some taboo and sensitive topics, so how do candidates answer? And the last question is really a bit nonsensical, right?

"Your Majesty, how should these four questions be scored?" Wang Tingxiang still couldn't help but ask.

"The first three questions are thirty points each. Each question can be discussed and answered from both positive and negative aspects, and if the candidate can do this, he or she can get ten points, and finally summarize ten points. The last question is only 10 points, and the total score is 100 points. As for how to give points, it is still necessary for the examiner and fellow examiners to make their own decisions, in short, that is, the candidate's answer is not limited to the number of words, but it needs to be answered from the two aspects of good and bad and make a summary at the end, do you understand? ”

When Wang Tingxiang heard this, he sighed that the emperor was so thoughtful, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel silent for the candidates who participated in the Ministry of Rites examination this time.

In the first scientific examination, it was only that the implementation of the 100-point system caused the three exams to become important together, and the questions personally written by the emperor encountered this time were extremely exaggerated and outrageous. In his opinion, the third exam is estimated to be no different from a waste for candidates who are almost all studying how to write Baguwen in the world, and there are not many scholars who can really answer it.

"Your Majesty, is this a little too difficult?" Wang Tingxiang finally said a little unbearably.

"Is it difficult?" Zheng De said disapprovingly when he heard this, "If someone can really answer the questions above for me, then I can be said to be a real talent." If no one can do it, there is no real loss for my Ming. After all, the scientific examination is not just one exam, at most the first scientific examination is the main one as before. ”

Wang Tingxiang also felt that what the emperor said did have some truth, if someone can really answer the latter's questions in a clear way, he is really a rare talent.

After that, Zheng De told Wang Tingxiang some things about the concert, and knew that Wang Yue led Wang Jing, Wang Wei, Yang Tinghe, Liu Zhong and other four people in.

Although Wang Wei finally moved out of the town of Nanjing instead of Xie, but because he was the chief examiner of the Enke examination this time, Zheng De authorized him to stay and wait for the end of the Ministry of Rites to take the exam, so it is not surprising that this person also appeared here.

"Let's sit down, everyone!"

Zheng De gave an order to the four people, and after the four of them sat down, he first explained the matter of preparing to implement the Chinese Era and the One Yuan Era at the same time.

The four of them were stunned when they heard this, and Liu Zhong couldn't help but speak, "Is Your Majesty's move a bit of a multi-faceted move?" ”

Zheng De raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and asked instead of answering, "When did I establish the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Emperor Taizu established the dynasty in the first year of Hongwu." Liu Zhong was a little strange why the emperor asked this, after all, this question can be said to be known to everyone in the government and the opposition.

"How many years has it been since Emperor Taizu established the dynasty?"

"This ......" Liu Zhong was a little hesitant when he heard this, after all, the emperors who have experienced the Ming Dynasty don't know how many they have, and under one life and one yuan, he really can't remember it clearly for a while.

"If it is according to the era name, I established the Ming Dynasty in the first year of Hongwu, and converted it into the Chinese Era, that is, I established the Ming Dynasty in 1589, and this year is 1727 in the Middle Dynasty, and the dynasty has been established for 138 years. Do you find it much more convenient to record history and count time? ”

"When the Yuan Dynasty revised the annals of the Song, Jin, and Liao Kingdoms, there was a debate for a while about which dynasty history was the official history, and finally had to give up by repairing the history separately, but it also led to too many and repeated historical materials in his period. If there is a unified era and time to revise history according to the distance of time, wouldn't it reduce a lot of work burden and the revised history is also clear at a glance, and there will be no need to consult a large amount of information because of entangled in time and other issues, what do you think? ”

Listening to the emperor's words, the four of them also nodded in agreement, what the emperor said was indeed reasonable, so it was indeed more convenient to sort out some literary and historical classics together.

"I decided to revise the chronicle of the five thousand years of my Ming Dynasty in accordance with the Chinese era, and the title of the book is tentatively "Five Thousand Years of China". According to the Middle Yuan Era, it was written from antiquity until the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, so please leave this matter to Mr. ”

Yang Tinghe and Liu Zhong glanced at each other when they heard this, but they didn't shirk it and agreed. After all, it is a very common thing to revise history in all dynasties, but the way of repairing history this time is a little special.

Having solved this problem, Zheng De was also relieved, and then handed the test questions of the third exam of Enke to Wang Jing, "This time, the Ministry of Rites will test the test questions of the third exam, Aiqing will see if there is anything that needs to be improved?" ”

After reading it, Wang Jing handed the note in his hand to Wang Wei with a pensive face, and the latter finally understood why the former had such an expression after reading it, "Your Majesty, this ......"

Due to the presence of Yang Tinghe and Liu Zhong, it was really inconvenient for the two of them to say something.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are leaving." Seeing this, Yang Tinghe reacted quickly, and pulled Liu Zhong to bid farewell to the emperor first.

After the two left, Wang Wei continued, "Your Majesty, is this exam too brief?" ”

"Although the questions are brief, there is no limit to the number of words, and candidates can play at their disposal." Zheng De then repeated the words he said directly to Wang Tingxiang.

When the two of them heard this, they couldn't help but be impressed by the emperor's whimsy, but they also felt a little sorry for the candidates of this year's Enke, and more lamented their bad luck.

"Your Majesty, what is the answer to the last question?" Wang Jing couldn't help but ask in the end.

Zheng De said with a smile, and everyone present was speechless for a while when they heard this, this is really too funny!