"Guys, do you know the solution to this problem?"

Wang Yuan looked at the deputy examiners around him and said loudly.

"Lord Taiwei, I don't know?"

"Perhaps, we can take a ruler and mark the length of the chopsticks and swing them...."

"Yes, that's the only way to get an answer."

"That's not right, there are several ways to place it like this.."

"You're stupid, as long as it's a right triangle..."

"That's right."

"I can't imagine how Your Majesty came up with such a complicated arithmetic problem..."

“......”

Not to mention the students, just the examiners this time, these two questions of the Pythagorean theorem aroused their curiosity.

Examiners can look for items such as rulers and chopsticks to measure.

But the students couldn't bring anything into the examination room except pen and ink.

Inside the exam room.

All the students in the liberal arts wrote the topics very quickly.

Learn to write and martial arts, and serve the emperor's family.

The pen moves terrified, and it becomes a weeping ghost and god.

The brushes in the hands of all the students are dancing, and they are quickly writing the topics of the strategy.

Huang Weiyin is in excellent form today.

He grew up in the capital since he was a child, and his father was a senior member of the court, so this kind of strategy was a piece of cake for him.

Of course, there are two more difficult strategies.

Huang Weiyin was also not sure if he could get a perfect score, so he could only write as much as he thought in his heart.

After answering the liberal arts papers, Huang Weiyin began to answer the science papers non-stop.

This time.

But Huang Weiyin was stumped.

He has made up for the rest of the topics.

There are several gentlemen in his family who have been teaching mathematics in recent days.

But...

The Pythagorean theorem, he doesn't have any relevant knowledge points in his mind?

Huang Wei meditated hard, and even drew on straw paper, but he couldn't get results.

"Damn..."

"Why is this question so difficult?"

"Is it nonsense?"

When Huang Weiyin was at a loss, a ridiculous idea popped up in his heart.

But soon, the idea was rejected by him.

Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing.

Having read the books of sages since childhood, he knew that it would not be far more upright than writing nonsense.

Thinking about this, looking at the sky outside the window, Huang Weiyin was ready to hand in the papers.

"Hello, I want to hand in the papers."

Huang Weiyin spoke to the guards at the window.

The guard turned to look at Huang Weiyin in the hut and said, "Huang Gongzi, your speed of handing in the papers this time is slow, there are already two people who have already handed in the papers before you." ”

"Huh?"

"So fast?"

Huang Weiyin's face changed, and he quickly calmed down, and said with a smile, "It's okay, send the examiner over." ”

Someone turned in faster than himself?

In the first two rounds, I was the first to hand in the papers.

"Yes, Huang Gongzi."

Soon, an examiner came over, took out the key and opened the lock at Huang Weiyin's door, and sealed Huang Weiyin's test paper after checking it.

Meanwhile.

In an examination room only fifty steps away from Huang Weiyin, Qin Yichuan also got up to hand in the papers.

After the two came out, they looked at each other and smiled, which was a polite response.

"What do you call this brother?" Huang Weiyin saw that although Qin Yichuan was dressed plainly, he had an extraordinary bearing, and he must also be a disciple of the Shi family, so he said hello.

"In Qinyichuan, Xiahebei Province." Qin Yichuan arched his hand and responded, "I don't know what Brother Tai is called?" And those two weird questions that you can answer? ”

"My name is Huang Weiyin." Huang Weiyin smiled bitterly, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I didn't answer those two questions." ”

"Hahaha."

"Coincidentally, so did I."

"If I had a ruler or something, maybe I could figure it out..."

Qin Yichuan shook his head and responded.

In the examination area, it is natural that you can't talk to each other.

The two walked on the periphery of the Gongyuan, chatting as they walked, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became.

Simply, the hospitable Huang Weiyin invited Qin Yichuan to sit in the house.

The rest of the students.

Still meditating.

Gu Qian, who had shined in the first two rounds of exams, also encountered problems today.

He was a student from a poor family.

And most of the time it's self-taught.

Those arguments alone stumped him.

He answered them one by one, and his strategy was more practical.

For example, the policy of enriching the country, he started from the basic point of the people and talked about how to enrich the country.

Some of the strategies are indeed almost meaningless compared to the majestic theories of Huang Weiyin and others.

When it comes to math problems.

Gu Qian was also stumped by this magical Pythagorean theorem.

Just as Gu Qian was meditating on the straw paper, the two incense sticks that were timed in the examiner's room had burned out.

"The exam is over."

"All candidates, put down the exam papers and leave the examination room in turn."

"If there is a violation, the test results will be invalid!"

The guards shouted in unison, and most of the students turned pale at once, and some even cried.

It's just because the exam questions this time are too difficult...

There are even people who have just finished the exam questions in the liberal arts.

You know, they have never written about the countermeasures of governing the country, strengthening the army, and enriching the country.

Although there is a lot of truth in the books of the sages I read in the past, it is difficult to compile an independent set of policies with my own words and opinions.

After the exam.

Most people know about their gaps.

Even Gu Qian, who scored very high in the second round of exams, knew that he still had a big shortcoming.

There is also arithmetic, which is broad and profound, and no one can answer the question of the Pythagorean theorem.

There are also people who write nonsense.

But if you write it blindly, the results are not much better.

Not even the most basic honesty.

Anyone who writes falsely will be deducted 10 points according to the fraud.

Although there were only more than 3,000 people in the third round of examinations.

However, the marking of the paper needs to be read three times, first by two doctoral officers, and then by one person.

Therefore, the process of marking the papers this time will be a little longer than the previous two rounds of exams.

3,000 test papers, and hundreds of people read them for 10 days.

The day of the release of the list is fifteen days later.

Throne room.

The focus of this morning is to discuss the matter of Enko.

"Your Majesty, this is the list of ninety people who have passed this exam..."

Wang Yuan was the first to stand up, and as the chief examiner, he handed over the compiled list to the dragon case.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are quietly watching His Majesty browse the list.

The results of this exam were a little different from Guo Tianyi's expectations.

Of those who reached 90, there were only three people.

Only 10 people who have reached more than 80 points are excellent.

The rest were all 60 to below 80 points, and there were 77 people.

The three people with 90 points all scored perfect marks on all the questions, and the two questions of the Pythagorean theorem were not answered.

Moreover, because all three of them have a high score of 90 points, the doctoral officers who participated in the marking of the papers quarreled about who was the first.

At today's court meeting, all the officials want to see how His Majesty decides.

The day after tomorrow is the day when the list is released.

The top three still can't be decided, so we have to discuss the results today.

"Your Majesty, the achievements and strategies of these three people are mutually reinforcing, and the test papers of the three have also been brought, and I ask Your Majesty to make a judgment."

Wang Yuan saw that Guo Tianyi was pondering, and continued to speak.