I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 387 Careers
On the high platform, Liu She, Wei Wan, and Tian Shu, three "gentle gentlemen", are competing with each other for those stacks of cicada-winged white paper.

Under the high platform, more than 8000 scholars began to compete with the examination questions written on the wooden boards, waiting for the candidates to copy them down.

——Even if this is the first exam in China, or even in the history of human civilization, and the first time that low-level officials are selected through a "written test", there are always some things that candidates can "teach themselves without a teacher" just by relying on their instincts .

That is to say, at this moment, a wooden board has been erected in front of each sub-examination room, but it is no longer the previous seat number of '99 to [-]', but has become a series of examination questions.

And the first time they saw the test questions, even if the examiners hadn't had time to shout out "copy the questions on the answer sheet", the candidates still instinctively rolled up their sleeves, raised their heads from time to time, and copied the test questions on the wooden board.

There are ten questions in total.

The first four problems are all arithmetic problems of 'as long as you are a man of culture, you will be able to do it right'.

Just added some knowledge points related to taxation on the basis of arithmetic problems.

For example, the first question: Say a certain farmer, 39 years old, has [-] acres of land;
The wife is 36 years old, the eldest son is 21 years old, the second daughter is [-] years old, and the youngest son is [-] years old.

In a certain year, the family received [-] shi of grain from the autumn harvest, and the grain price set by the Shaofu was [-] qian per shi.

Question: After paying all the taxes and taxes that should be paid, what is the total value of the surplus grain of the farmer?

Such a question, casually placed in front of anyone who has been an official at the grassroots level, or even just an "officer", can be described as a complete bonus question.

Even farmers, regardless of their illiteracy, can also give their own clear calculation process for such a question.

——The harvest of three hundred shi of grain, the price of [-] qian per shi, is worth [-] qian in total.

For the agricultural tax of one thirty taxes, one needs to pay ten stones of grain, which is five hundred yuan;

The 39-year-old farmer, his 36-year-old wife, and the 21-year-old eldest son who has reached the age of "Shi Fu" need to pay [-] qian each.

Finally, since the 17-year-old second daughter is still at home, it means that she has not married yet;

If you don't marry at the age of 17, according to the laws of the Han Dynasty today, you need to pay a fine of 120 yuan for late marriage every year.

So the final answer is equal to: 120 minus 120 minus 260 minus [-], equals [-] coins.

Generally speaking, the difficulty of this question is not too high, and the part involving calculation only includes simple subtraction and multiplication.

If there is any difficulty, it is that some sons and brothers who were born in rich families and do not know the sufferings of the world may not even know that in addition to agricultural tax and oral tax, the Han family actually formulated a law for women who have reached the age of fifteen. 'Late marriage penalty'.

But on the whole, the difficulty of the first question has already made most of the candidates understand the intention of the test-compiler, that is, today's Zisheng.

"The first four questions are all arithmetic, which shows that His Majesty does not like to boast, or to be a 'talent' who quotes scriptures and speaks poems and books."

"Your Majesty, you should be a more pragmatic person..."

"The first question is about 'a farmer', and it also involves taxes, taxes and other expenses. Your Majesty attaches as much importance to farmers as Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xian Xiaojing."

"It also involves late marriage punishments for women that most of the high school students don't know much about..."

"Your Majesty, do you also like the words of the Fa family like the late emperor?"

In the No. [-] examination room, that is, the A-[-] examination room, Yan Yi frowned subconsciously as he looked at the blank paper filled with the exam questions he had copied.

This question, of course, is no problem to Yan Yi——to the tenth grandson of the restored saint Yan Hui.

What Yan Yi was thinking at the moment was not how to deal with the ten questions in front of him, but to find out from the lines of the ten questions about today's political leanings, or preferences.

Although he was born in Confucianism, Yan Yi was still working as the pavilion chief in Jinan County before he got the news that Chang'an was about to hold an examination.

For this kind of topic that is actually related to the survival of farmers, Yan Yi can be said to be at his fingertips.

But from the first question, Yan Yi frowned slightly after he came to the conclusion of 'the present day or the Xifa family'.

Even if the pen didn't stop for a moment, and quickly finished answering the first question, Yan Yi's frown did not show any tendency to relax...

At the same time, Zhu Fuyan also finished the first question in a position further inside the examination room.

Like Yan Yi, the master father Yan also saw from the first test question that today's Zisheng attaches great importance to Legalism, or the law.

But it is different from Yan Yi's frowning and worried look: after quickly completing the first question, the father only glanced at the first question, and then quickly focused on the second question .

——Different from Yan Yi, who was born in a famous family, was recommended by any acquaintance, and never worried about food and clothing.

Different from Huang-Lao, Confucianism, and Legalism, which are chosen by the vast majority of intellectuals in the Han Dynasty today, Zhu Fuyan's earliest academic choice was the vertical and horizontal art, which is extremely rare in the Han Dynasty today.

A hundred years ago, there were strategists and diplomats like Su Qin and Zhang Yi among the strategists, who traveled among other countries and obtained large tracts of land for the country they are loyal to by relying on their words alone and without a single soldier. , Countless cities.

But in today's Han Dynasty, in this unified regime, everything that the strategists are good at seems to have lost its use.

Today is different from the past~
At the time of Zong Zhou, the emperor Zhou's majesty was not there, and the princes and states were in constant dispute with each other. What the Zhou family could do was to adapt to the wind and survive in the cracks.

But in today's Han Dynasty, the Kanto countries don't say that they are fighting each other, but if the contacts are a little closer, they will immediately find the censor of Chang'an!
Especially after the Wu-Chu Rebellion, the exchanges between the princes and vassals were under the close attention of the Chang'an court.

Even Linjiang Wang Liu Rong and Hejian Wang Liu De, who are brothers of the same mother and compatriots, are now in the state of "no correspondence for non-important matters".

This is the case internally, but externally, there is no soil for strategists to show their grand plans.

——For Nanyue, or Lingnan Baiyue, the Han family adopted the old man tactics.

Try to stabilize Lingnan as much as possible, just wait for the Qin Longchuan order and the current Nanyue king Zhao Tuo to die, and then let the king grandson who is now in Chang'an return to the throne, and solve the Lingnan problem through gentle means.

As for the north, let alone.

diplomatic?

Pay an egg!
Between the Han and the Hungarian, it's either fighting or doing it!
What kind of tricks and tricks, what kind of glib tongue, are not as real as a strong crossbow or a long spear.

Especially after ascending the throne today and becoming the first emperor of Han who explicitly rejected the request of the Huns and refused to marry him since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Mao Dun between the Han and the Huns has also moved towards the direction of "undead and endless" visible to the naked eye. The direction is running fast.

Therefore, with a premonition that the art of vertical and horizontal has no room for display, Zhu Fuyan also tried to transfer his family to study "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn".

It's just that later, Zhu Fuyan "traveled around the world", but really failed to integrate into any circle of literati.

Maybe it's because the master father Yan has never been good at dealing with interpersonal relationships;
Perhaps the master father Yan was born in poverty, even if he has knowledge to support his temperament, it is difficult to cover up the 'poor' air on his body.

Or maybe, just like the nursery rhyme that has been deeply rooted in my mind by the master's father said...
"Father Yan, who governs vertically and horizontally, speaks long and short, and is famous in the family."

"I can't eat enough, I can't cover my body with clothes, I can't match the length, I can't make the size..."

"Humph!"

"Wait until I become famous, and then I will settle accounts with you and other children!"

Gritting his teeth and sullenly, Zhu Fuyan quickly began to write his answer to the second question.

Once upon a time, the strategists were as empty as a river, and the princes were afraid when they were angry, and the world rested when they lived in peace!

Although things have changed now, there are still some things that have been inherited by the descendants of the Strategist.

——A grievance must be repaid.

And the master father Yan, the descendant of King Wuling of Zhao, can be described as 'the best of the bunch'...

"This is the second question~"

"Hey;"

"Your Majesty, you really still have that jealous temper..."

A little further back, Zheng looked at the second exam question in front of him, but there was only a burst of emotion and sigh on his face.

Yan Yi is a descendant of Fu Sheng Yan Hui, and he still belongs to the "Scholarly Family" until now;
The master's father, Yan, is a descendant of King Wuling of Zhao. Although he is already slightly cold, he still has 'extraordinary blood' after all.

These two people who have been in the Kanto for many years and haven't made a name for themselves so far, Zheng Shi, who had been in Liu Sheng's womb, naturally couldn't be an 'ordinary' person.

——At that time, Zheng was the 22nd grandson of Zheng You, Duke Huan of Zheng, and the 23rd grandson of Jihu, King Li of Zhou.

Unlike Yan Yi who was familiar with poetry and books since he was a child, and his father Yan who traveled to other countries to study in the past: Zheng Dang, who was born in the Xingyang area, was a knight-errant.

Once upon a time, in the Liang and Chu areas, the hero Zheng was also the number one figure.

After the Wu-Chu Rebellion, Zheng even relied on his connections to rescue Liang Lieutenant Zhang Yu who was in distress, and his reputation further increased.

It is precisely because of this famous reputation that even though Zheng's ancestors at that time had served as Xiang Yu's generals, Zheng, a hero with an "unclean background" at that time, was still called into Chang'an by Emperor Xian Xiaojing. He entered Liu Sheng's womb and became Liu Sheng's prince sheren.

In the beginning, Liu Sheng was also somewhat interested in this hero.

After all, young people are hot-blooded, who didn't envy the knight-errant who was happy and vengeful when he was young?

But very soon, Liu Sheng gradually understood what kind of "Xia" in this era are.

——Write it as a hero, read it as a scum of the underworld!
Realizing this, Liu Sheng quickly lost interest in this group, and naturally, he gradually sorted out Zheng at that time.

In this way, Zheng also became one of the ministers of Liu Sheng's potential residence at that time, one of the few frustrated people who were "knocked out of the crown prince before Liu Sheng ascended the throne".

Since the dragon's merits were not obtained, and the minister of the hidden mansion was not made, it was because of his status as a ranger that Zheng could not return to his former residence at that time.

So I stayed in Chang'an until this exam, when Zheng finally waited for a chance to make twice-cooked pork...
"Your Majesty despises my generation to be a hero, but his temper is also jealous of evil;"

"Such a temper, but he doesn't like my rangers. Thinking about it, there is some misunderstanding..."

"Let me take this exam to tell Your Majesty: Heroes are not all fools who kill people, steal money, and oppress good people;"

"Heroes, can also be full of knowledge, good talents who can rule the world..."

Among the candidates, there are many people like Yan Yi, Zhu Fuyan, and Zheng Shi.

Most of these people have 'noble' bloodlines, but most of them are in decline—at least relative to their ancestors, the glory has long since faded away;
These people are familiar with the allusions of the sages, citing the scriptures and allusions, but they have no way to serve the country and have no way to become an official.

These people, whether rich in food and clothing, or lack of food and clothing, but without exception, cherish this opportunity very much.

——This time, you don’t need to rely on favors, entrust relationships, or ask someone to write a letter of introduction, you can rely entirely on your own ability to seek an official position.

In this atmosphere of anticipation, longing, and a little tension and seriousness, the first exam in the history of human civilization is gradually coming to an end...
Clang~~~
Clang~~~
Clang~~~~~~
"It's noon~~~!"

Clang~~~
Clang~~~
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"It's noon~~~!"

A gong resounded in the examination room, finally causing the examinees to raise their heads and look around following the sound.

Hearing the sound of the gong, the examiners who had already been "ready for battle" finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"Hold the pen."

"Get up."

The examiners sighed, and the candidates got up obediently and stood in front of their own test cases.

——It’s not that the examiners are enough servants, but that around the examination room, there are one army after another of the ‘invigilation guards’, who are already holding their hands on the hilt of the sword at their waists...
"Now, the examiner will collect your test papers sequentially."

"Every time a test paper is collected, one person leaves."

"After leaving the seat, do not talk to the people around you until you leave the examination room."

"No pushing, shouting, or arguing with others..."

It was another reading of the examination room discipline, leading the candidates to walk step by step towards the nearest entrance of the examination room, full of apprehension and a little excitement.

It wasn't until they walked out of the examination room that the examinees let out a long breath as if they had been covering their mouths and noses for a long time, and they were finally released at this moment.

"Whoo~"

"Success or failure is determined here!"

This is the exclamation of a person who has done well in the exam and is full of confidence.

"Hi~"

"That's all..."

This is obviously the lament of those frustrated.

"Ha~"

"Finally came out."

"My lord, should you be waiting at home in a hurry?"

There are always some young masters who don't care about the results of the exam at all. They just feel that they have just spent two hours in prison and have only now been released.

But no matter what, this exam finally came to a successful conclusion.

——At least there was nothing wrong with the part of the exam...

　I'm sorry, I haven't had enough sleep lately, I slept until this afternoon last night.

　　I'm coding today's update, today's will not be anti-theft

　　
　
(End of this chapter)