Chapter 865: Strange Exam
readx; 300,000 people held the test in the open air in the same examination room, which is unprecedented and the difficulty can be imagined. In order to do a good job www.biquge.info in this exam, Zhu Youzhen also made careful preparations.
First of all, regarding the venue, in addition to the wilderness, Jingshi really can't find a second suitable place. It is not difficult to build those "examination sheds", bamboo poles and straw mats are building materials for building the city, you can take local materials, and after the exam, you can dismantle them and then use them in the construction of the city, which will not be wasted at all.
However, this kind of examination booth does not have the function of preventing cheating, and can only block the sun. As for the tables and chairs, Zhu Youzhen really couldn't get together hundreds of thousands of sets, so he had to make do by sitting on the ground and using the wooden planks used in the construction as the table.
Although the hardware is too rudimentary, in terms of staffing, the preparation of the examination room is exceptionally adequate. The entire examination room is blocked by ropes into square areas, and there are about a thousand examination booths in each area. Between the hundreds of areas, groups of heavily armed soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division patrolled back and forth, and if anyone dared to disturb the examination room, they would be immediately arrested and left the venue.
In each specific area, in addition to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, there are also military attachés of the Jinyi Guard who serve as invigilators. Of course, there are only a few invigilators in each region, and if you really want to cheat, there is still a great chance, but Zhu Youzhen has another trick to prevent cheating.
In addition to invigilating the examination, Zhu Youzhen also asked the women who were responsible for boiling water and cooking for the construction workers of the city to also take on the responsibility of delivering food to the candidates today. This is not an easy task, because the total number of workers, although increasing every day, is less than 30,000, and today there are 300,000 candidates! Even though they only need to take care of one lunch, these women have been busy since the middle of last night.
Before the hour, the candidates had already rushed to the examination room from the city one after another. Those who usually live in simple shacks are stained naked, and their dwellings are almost next to the examination room. There is no need to sit in the right seat, the invigilator of each area only needs to note the number of attendees, and the entrance will be closed when it is full. The strange thing is that the routine body search is also exempted, which makes many candidates who have the intention to cheat but dare not entrain.
Half an hour later, all the candidates had already entered the examination booth to wait for the examination. However, most people have a bit of a big head, because there is not even a table or chair in this examination room, so they can only sit on the floor and write on a wooden board, and calligraphy will definitely be affected.
At three o'clock, the examination room was all closed, and the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division on patrol guarded the periphery, and no personnel were allowed to enter or leave. Anyway, the entire examination room is in the field, and you can see it at a glance.
At the right time, the exam officially began. Originally, in the past, there were a series of ceremonies such as worshipping Confucius in the Gongyuan exam, but now there is nothing in the wild, and these ceremonies are all exempt.
The chief examiner, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came to Zongdao solemnly unsealed the sealed envelope and took out the exam questions personally issued by the emperor, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Because the past exam question was a sentence in the "Four Books and Five Classics", at least a few words, and at most twenty or thirty words.
But this time, the exam questions were densely written on a page, and when he came to Zongdao to look at it, he couldn't help but shake his head angrily, and handed the exam questions to Xu Guangqi and said, "Lord Xu, since there was a scientific examination, has there ever been such a question?" I won't judge this kind of paper! ”
Xu Guangqi took it and took a brief look and said with a smile: "The Holy Lord is an extraordinary king, and this year is also an extraordinary year. Since there are exam questions, Master Shangshu can just distribute them. All things have their own holy judgments, and we will do our part. ”
Lai Zongdao was angry and helpless, so he simply sat down on the chair and began to close his eyes and recuperate. Xu Guangqi instructed the examiners in each sub-examination room to read the exam questions to the public.
When the 300,000 people heard this, they were all dumbfounded. It turns out that this year's exam questions are divided into main questions and sub-questions, and there is only one main topic, which is still a test of eight strands, and the topic is "Threesome, there must be my teacher." Choose those who are good and follow them, and change those who are not good."
This sentence is from the Analects? But the meaning is too simple, and generally beginners will practice this kind of topic. In the actual exam, there will be some difficult and remote sentences, so as to open up the grade and show the erudition of the candidate.
But this question can even be done by **-year-old children, and there is no room for play, 300,000 people take the same exam, isn't most of the article the same?
What surprised them even more was the subtitle that followed. Zhu You's examination paper first stated that the main topic of the scientific examination is mainly used, and the sub-topic is only used as a reference. As long as you answer the main question well and don't answer the sub-questions, you can still pass the test, so that the candidates don't have a psychological burden.
The next step is to read out the sub-questions, and there are as many as twenty or thirty questions. These questions are not a test of eight strands, but practical questions, which candidates can answer according to their own judgment. Among them, there are not only common-sense issues such as history and geography, but also specific cases involving different fields such as military, agriculture, criminal litigation, and commerce.
And the most special are the last two questions, which are "Fang Jin's internal and external troubles are endless, how do you think to deal with it", and "What do you most want to discuss or suggest to the imperial court".
The examiner read out the questions three or four times in a row, and the candidates finally memorized the questions, and then entered the answering stage. Although the theme is too simple, there is no way, the emperor came up with this question, you can't just be too simple and not answer!
So everyone used their brains and tried their best to make this article colorful, not only not off topic, but also to write new ideas to attract the attention of the examiner.
As for the subtopic in the back, many people chose to give up directly. First, the exam paper has words first, and the sub-questions can not be answered, and these people think that it is better to put all the limited time on the topic. Second, a considerable number of people really "don't listen to things outside the window, and only read the books of sages and sages", except for the four books and five classics, they really don't know anything else, and they can't answer them if they want to.
However, there are also many people who think that since the emperor has so many sub-questions, it must be very useful, and the more he answers, the greater the chance of standing out, so he answers every question carefully. Especially the last two questions, let alone lifting, that is, ordinary people have their own opinions. Many candidates only spent an hour doing the topic, and most of the remaining time was put on the last two questions.
Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the sun is already falling, and it is time to hand in the papers. At this time, the candidates realized that no one had the idea of cheating. The theme is too simple to cheat; The subtitle is too unfamiliar, and it does not belong to the scope of the "Four Books and Five Classics" at all, and there is no way to start cheating if you want to.
The final hand-in session was also spectacular. Hundreds of thousands of answer sheets, each of which has several pages or even dozens of pages, and the answer sheets in a sub-examination room weigh dozens of catties. Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen had prepared early, so that Jinyiwei temporarily turned into a flat shoulder team and carried these answers back to the Ministry of Rites.
So far, the lifters have finished the exam and are looking for a place to drink and relax. But for Zhu Youzhen, the hard work has just begun!
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