Subsequently, many people also stood up to express their views, and most of them agreed with Song Zhen's view on the first issue. As for the second question, everyone has expressed their thoughts, no matter if he is unrealistic now, anyway, he must seize the opportunity to show it first.

Even, there are some relatively second-class guys, on such occasions, they also quote scriptures and knock on the side, implying that this is the emperor, your old man's virtue is problematic, as long as you obediently listen to us, the Yellow River is not a matter at all.

Of course, Zhao Zhen ignored these goods, and he asked Jia Xian, who was hiding behind, "Jia Xian, what do you think?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the students had just come from the south, and they had only seen the Yellow River water on the boat, and they had never paid attention to it, so they didn't know why there was so much sediment in the Yellow River. But the students have seen the Yangtze River, which seems to be bigger than the Yellow River, but the Yangtze River is clear. Although the students did not know why, they believed that as long as they could visit the two rivers and find out the differences, the results would not be far away! Jia Xian said with a straight look.

His statement was undesirable in the eyes of most other candidates, and as a scholar, and also a person who read the books of the sages, how could he use such a low-end method? Reading ancient books and finding the truth is what people of my generation should do!

In short, at this moment, because this low-end guy mixed in with his own group of high-end people, everyone felt very unhappy!

After listening to everyone's opinions, Zhao Zhen observed everyone's reactions, and did not comment on everyone's answers, but silently made some marks on the roster, and then raised his head and continued: "This question is over, I will ask you another question." As we all know, in recent years, I have been building a road connecting the capital and Chengdu Prefecture, and it has taken a lot of manpower and material resources to build this road. Because of the obstruction of some mountains, not only the road has become farther, but also the road has many curves and sharp. If you want to solve this problem and make the road wider and straighter, then there is only one solution, and that is to 'drill holes in the mountains and build bridges in the water'.

I want you, the proud sons of heaven who have read poetry and books, to come up with a way, how can you measure the height of a mountain? Or the depth of a canyon? If you want to drill a hole, in order to save time, you can start digging on both sides of the mountain at the same time, but how can you ensure that the holes dug on both sides of the mountain can match? ”

This question is almost speechless, it's not that everyone doesn't study hard, this Nima who is called a sage is not written in the book! Do you want everyone to take a bamboo pole and stab it?

Even because of Zhao Zhen's agitation, the champions of several sessions in the early years of Tiansheng in history came to get together, including Song Zhen, Wang Yaochen, Wang Gongchen (all near Kaifeng, it can be seen that being at home in the capital is a lot of benefits), and many other talents have no clue about this question.

In the end, it was one or two unknown guys who came out to answer the question, and the reason why these two people did it was because they were both poor children studying in the Royal Academy, and it was just the use of triangles. Because the foundation of the poor students is indeed worse than that of those from wealthy families, the top 130 students in the examination are the two representatives.

It is worth mentioning that the two of them also worked together to invent a rangefinder later, and they were even dug into their own hands by Zeng Gongliang.

And at this moment, the two of them were still trembling and waiting for the emperor's face, and when they saw Zhao Zhen and Zhao Zhen bowing their heads at him, they put the ding-dong heart back in their stomachs.

Then, Zhao Zhen asked: "The last question, all of you Jingjing students who are full of poetry and books, I want to ask you, how to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people of my court?" ”

This question is not simple, and someone immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, the sage has many words, the Son of Heaven has no loss, the wind and rain in the world are smooth, and the country and the people are naturally safe!" ”

This Nima is so bold, he dares to be so direct in front of the emperor, Zhao Zhen immediately put a big red cross under his name: "Next!" ”

Now that he came out of this, his eyesight was much stronger, at least he would not be so direct: "Your Majesty, the students think that the people in some places in my dynasty are short of food and clothing, and there are only two major reasons. First, the weather is bad, which leads to a decrease in grain production; Second, it may be that the people do not farm well, or the people are lazy. If you want to solve this problem, you can only start from these two aspects, pray to heaven for good weather and then teach the people to work diligently. ”

Although he said a lot of nonsense, it was finally much better than the one just now, Zhao Zhen nodded reluctantly: "It's okay, can anyone be more specific?" ”

To be specific? This question doesn't seem to be about our pride of the day! Isn't that what those mud-legged people do? I don't know which tendon is wrong in today's saint, a good temple test, ask some messy questions, and make people unprepared at all.

Since no one took the initiative to answer, Zhao Zhen had to name them one by one, and according to the results of the examination, Zhao Zhen was the first to point to Song Zhen.

Song Zhen is really capable of learning, or it is a genetic comparison of their family, his younger brother Song Qi's grades are not bad, and the two brothers are among the Jinshi this time, but if you want to ask him about farming, he can only quote scriptures and rhetoric, as for the specific details......

Asked all the way, Zhao Zhen didn't hear any substantive answers, most of them talked about him left and right, even if some individuals had done farm work, they didn't sum up any good experience, basically they were all in the clouds, anyway, the emperor said that if he didn't point to the champion, what did he have to do with so much brain.

"Jia Xian, what do you think?" Zhao Zhen had no choice but to ask this person who had been working at the grassroots level.

"Back to the emperor, the students also know very little about farming, but a few years ago in Jinling, I saw the queen mother to create a breeding center, so far, there are thousands of cattle, Jinling around almost all the use of cattle, greatly improved the efficiency of farming. The students wondered if it would be possible to open a similar farm in various parts of the country and raise more cattle to replace manpower! I don't know what the emperor wants? ”

Strictly speaking, this answer is not qualified, but it reminds Zhao Zhen: "This is deeply in line with my intentions, and when the queen's breeding center has trained enough people, I will order the opening of breeding farms in various roads to breed cattle and other domestic animals, firstly, to solve the problem of scarcity of cultivated cattle, and secondly, to guide the people to better breed livestock and improve living conditions."

Today's palace test is also the end of it, although I will not point the champion, but the top three still have to be separated, after careful consideration, the first class to take ten people, give the scholar and the first; There are 30 second-class scholars, and they are born as scholars; There are 100 people in the top three, and they are given the same Jinshi background. A total of 130 scholars were selected for the 'regular department' of this imperial examination, that is, all of you here, and a number of 'system science' jinshi will be selected later, all of whom will be given the same jinshi background.

I can see that some of you are very happy, and think that I am lucky to have so many people this year! But I tell you, don't rejoice too early, for I have chosen so many because I fear that before long many of you will be stripped of your reputation and never hired. Well, after hearing what I said, you can't be happy anymore!

I just want to tell you, don't think that everything will be fine after the imperial examination, you read the books of sages, learn to be sages, and apply what you have learned, serve the court, and bless all the people! If, in the future, I find that any of you violates the law and does not discipline yourself, you will be stripped of your reputation. Here, I would like to warn you that if you still regard the literati prostitute seeking flowers and asking willows as a romantic affair, you can stand up now, and I will directly remove you, so as not to be embarrassed when I go out with the title of Jinshi. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at them one by one, and there were a lot of blushing faces, but none of them stood up, thinking about it, standing up at this time, isn't that stupid!

"It seems that you all still care about this title of Jinshi, so please do it yourself in the future. Although I don't have the champion today, this champion is not absent, but it will not be selected until three years later, and I hope that you will be able to gather here in three years. As for the qualifications for this champion, I think so, in these three years, I will send you to various departments to work as errands, and after three years, the top three will be selected according to your performance.

Now, everyone, listen up, I'm going to start arranging the tasks now. Among the first-class people, Jia Xian can return to Jinling to assist in the preparation of the financial system of our DPRK, and I have ordered you to be the economic envoy, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households, and take full responsibility for this matter. The rest of the first-class people all entered the Hanlin to study and participate in the compilation of the laws of our dynasty. The second class, first enter the Royal Academy normal class for half a year, pass half a year later can set off to the various colleges, responsible for the teaching of liberal arts, with you to go with the Royal Academy to train the science teachers, in the future liberal arts and science side by side as my Song Dynasty studies, Wanger and other work together to create a beautiful era. The top three students also entered the agricultural class of the Royal Academy for half a year, and those who passed the test were assigned to various roads after half a year, and were responsible for the promotion of agricultural skills in various ways. Did you hear me? ”

"Back to the emperor, the students heard clearly!" Although this result made everyone very unhappy, the emperor still had to agree, the big deal was three years of hardship, and after so many years, he couldn't lose a big one because of a small one.

"I also have good news for you, if any of you know the answer to the first question I asked, you can do it at any time, and if it has been verified, I will be promoted to the top of this year!

Hey...... Are you happy to hear this, do you plan to go back and gnaw on books, if you think so, then I really feel a little sad for you!

You have read the books of the sages since you were a child, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book, but there are also many truths that are not in the book. I listen to what you like to shout on weekdays, 'self-cultivation, family, governance, and peace in the world!' If you only know how to read the books of sages and sages, and don't use your brains to discover new things, then I can only say that you can barely cultivate your self-cultivation and family, and you still don't think about governing the country and leveling the world. Based on the question I just asked you, I dare to guarantee that there is no such thing in the sages book, and that the sages have not experienced these things, so we can't expect the sages to give you an answer to everything. Society is progressive, human beings are developing, things are changing, I hope you can truly achieve 'three times a day'! ”

"Thank you for your teachings!"

"Xiao Shunzi, take them down to arrange!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xiao Shunzi answered in a low voice and left the main hall with one hundred and thirty people.

finally waited for these candidates to leave, and the ministers who had been holding back for a long time wanted to express their opinions, first in order to save some face for the emperor in front of the candidates, so that they could throw off their arms and do a big job.

But Zhao Zhen didn't want to give them a chance to express their opinions today, Yan Shu took the lead and didn't speak, Zhao Zhen said first: "You Aiqing don't need to say much, I know what you want to say, if you can also answer the three questions I just asked, then please speak freely!" ”

Yan Shu inked for a while, but still answered his position, and others also didn't want to show their bottoms on such an occasion, and no one wanted to admit that they couldn't do it in front of others.

Subsequently, Zhao Zhen started the "system" exam again, which is much simpler, just like selecting special students, as long as the basic knowledge meets the standard, the key is that this specialty must be long. The results are not ideal, most of the specialties in these years are piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and Zhao Zhen is not much interested in these.

In the end, it was a cripple who gave him a little surprise. (To be continued.) )