I live in Dayu Changsheng

Chapter 215, Exam
"Talk about ideals, know how to draw big cakes, and give both kindness and strength. This avatar of the land god is already a qualified capitalist."

Fang Rui sighed secretly.

He has no doubts about whether this avatar is capable of spreading the great cause of incense and gods.

"As the other party said, when the Temple of the Earth and the Temple of the City God are truly opened in the nineteen states, the Tao of incense, fire and gods will be accomplished, and that will be the time when the avatar ascends to the throne of Mingjun."

"The first step has been taken, and the follow-up is just a snowball. All I can do is to speed up the process."

Fang Rui thought about it, and looked at Yu Yunlan: "Friend Yu Daoist, let's go!"

"Go back to Jianye?"

Yu Yunlan suggested: "The system of incense and fire gods has expanded. Fellow Daoist Fang, you can consider candidates for Zixiao Pavilion."

As the mysterious head of Zixiao Pavilion, she did not forget to help her subordinates fight for their interests.

"I have this thought."

Fang Rui nodded slightly: "The pilot project in Songping Township has been successful, and the next step is to gradually expand the system of incense gods. High-level talents are urgently needed. Those upright people in Zixiao Pavilion are exactly what the system of incense gods needs."

"This is far from enough. If we want to cover Nanyu with the system of incense and fire gods, we still need more talents!"

"Fang Daoyou, are you preparing for the scientific examination?"

Yu Yunlan's bright eyes flickered.

At this moment, thinking about it, connecting the front and back, she felt a sudden connection, and she couldn't help secretly marveling at Fang Rui's profound layout, one ring after another.

"That's it!"

Fang Rui really had this in mind: "Over at Jianye, Li Zhao has heard the news, and someone is restless again. Scientific research is not only a national policy, but also related to the system of incense and gods, which must not be destroyed!"

As the two talked, they turned into streamers and returned to Jianye.

……

Jianye, a small courtyard.

Knowing that Fang Rui and Yu Yunlan had returned and that they were going to court that day, Li Zhao brought Xin Xueer over.

Under Li Zhao's suggestion, Yu Yunlan took Xin Xueer away, and she stayed with Fang Rui to discuss matters.

"My lord, is the incense and fire spirit system complete?"

"Let's say we have a prototype..." Fang Rui briefly described the course of his trip.

"It's a happy event."

Li Zhao imagined: "When the land temple is built in every village, the evil will be greatly curbed. However, to achieve this level, you need a lot of talented souls to join?"

She is worthy of being the emperor for so long, she has a unique vision and hits the nail on the head.

"Indeed, this is currently the biggest factor limiting the promotion of the incense god system."

Fang Rui had no choice but to kill the living: "Fortunately, it takes time for the evil to evolve, and it can be controlled temporarily. There is still time to pass the scientific examination to select scholars as the seeds of the future incense and god system."

"That's true. Speaking of scientific research,"

Li Zhao's voice turned cold: "Recently, many ministers have submitted memorials, saying that disasters will intensify in the future and endanger the transportation of various state capitals. For the safety of candidates, please stop the examination."

"This reason is high-sounding, but the thoughts behind it..."

Apparently, those officials don't want someone to compete and take away their irreplaceability.

Li Zhao has nothing to do with these people. After all, he can't be punished for his words. He can't show his anger in front of his face, but he is very angry behind his back.

"How did you handle it?"

"I suppressed these voices for the time being. My original intention was that I wanted to wait until the first scientific examination passed, and then deal with it according to the situation."

As Li Zhao spoke, his brows furrowed: "My lord, guess what's going to happen next? On the subject of scientific examination papers, those ministers started to write articles again, and the topics were all famous classics. Most of those selected in this way are afraid They are bookworms who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, do not work hard, and do not distinguish five grains, what use do I need these people?"

"I typed back the test paper, and asked the minister to re-issue the paper several times, but the results turned out to be the same..."

This is a game between monarch and minister.

In fact, what she said was already very restrained. In addition, many courtiers secretly resisted and did not cooperate non-violently.

"Not only courtiers, Zixiao Pavilion is also the same? Is this the reason why you let Fellow Daoist Yu avoid?"

Fang Rui knew those people in Zixiao Pavilion, their uprightness was true, and their protection of famous teachers was also true.

"Yes."

Li Zhao smiled wryly: "The people in Zixiao Pavilion are really good at using them in the right place, but they are also stubborn and stick to the rules."

Yu Yunlan is the head of the Zixiao Pavilion, so it's not easy to discuss what to do in front of the other party. It's not because he is afraid that the other party will inform him, but just to avoid embarrassment.

"There is no perfect person in the world, the key depends on how you use it, this is the way to control people. Of course, it can be seen from this that the resistance to scientific research reform is also huge..."

Fang Rui frowned slightly, but then stretched again: "Usually, this would have to go through a long game, but now, with the Incense and Fire Divine Dao, we might as well take a bigger step."

The essence of the reform is actually to allow the vested interest groups to carve out the flesh, give up power, and distribute it to other classes.

In the early days of a country's establishment, the division of interests has not yet saturated. This is a good time for reform. It is relatively simple, and the more difficult it becomes as it goes on.

In the middle and late stages of the dynasty, reforms must be bloody.

"Nanyu was first built. At present, the difficulty of reform is relatively small, but the specific implementation is also difficult. '

'However, there is another way to reform, which is to make the cake bigger and compensate those who lose interests in the reform, such as: expanding outward. '

'But now, my incense and Shinto system is a big cake, which can fully assist the implementation of the scientific examination reform. '

Fang Rui could see it clearly: the two strategies of incense and fire spirit system and scientific research can complement each other, the former needs the talents of the latter, and the latter can be implemented with the help of the former.

"What does the lord mean, to reward officials with scientific research background and reputation, to promise to become incense gods after death?"

Li Zhao's phoenix eyes narrowed: "In this way, the scientific research has a great attraction, and it is also a deterrent to the officials. They are under the jurisdiction of the court in life, and they will also be under the jurisdiction after death. It will make the officials feel awe and restrain their desires."

"It is foreseeable that in the future, the atmosphere in Nanyu's officialdom will definitely be cleared up."

This is of course a great thing.

Moreover, if most people are lured to defect, the scientific research reform will naturally come to fruition, and if the people in Zixiao Pavilion don't cooperate, it's okay.

"That's right. However, don't disclose this matter for the time being. Choosing an appropriate time is one of them. In addition, it is also a screening."

Fang Rui suddenly smiled playfully: "Let me write the test papers for this scientific examination!"

……

As the date of the scientific examination approached, there was an undercurrent surging in Jianye City.

Many ministers still wanted to stifle the scientific research, citing misfortune as an excuse, and kept making memorials.

Of course, they also know that at this point, the first scientific examination is imperative, but it doesn't matter, as long as there is no second or third scientific examination, it is a victory.

There are also courtiers who support the scientific examination, but recently they have also had disagreements with Li Zhao on the examination questions.

Li Zhao suddenly announced that there was no need to continue writing questions, which made these people subconsciously think that Li Zhao had already selected one of the previous test questions.

Immediately, they celebrated for a while, thinking that this was the victory of Mingjiao.

All these things always tug at the heartstrings of the candidates in the city. However, these candidates are just a speck of dust in the era under influence, and they can only look up to those big shots to stir up the situation for the time being.

……

Tingfeng Building, a private room.

There are three or five scholars gathered.

One of them was named Jiang Chen. Before, Fang Rui and Yu Yunlan met once when they visited Xuanwu Lake, and they were the queens of their old friends.

"Brother Wang and Brother Li are here!"

The person called 'Brother Wang', named Wang Chong, was acquainted with him when he visited Xuanwu Lake before, and they chatted and speculated afterwards, met each other late, and became a confidant.

The person called 'Brother Li' was named Li Shiwen, a native of Jianye City, a remnant of Dayu, who met Jiang Chen at a poetry meeting.

——In this world, three-character names are very important, and the middle character represents seniority.

Only a family of officials and officials, a family with a very high social status, can increase their seniority in the name after opening another line for ten generations.

Of course, there are also those who are boastful and put on facades, but in the eyes of others, they are mostly jokes.

Li Shiwen saw that Jiang Chen and Wang Chong were talented and wanted to make friends, so he invited them here; Jiang Chen and Wang Chong wanted to inquire about some news.

Therefore, it hit it off, and there was this party.

"The salted duck in Tingfenglou is a must. It's very good. Brother Jiang and Brother Wang, come and try it." Li Shiwen invited.

"Thank you Brother Li for spending the money."

"Brother Li, I wonder if there is any news about the scientific examination in the city?"

"Naturally."

Li Shiwen pinched and rolled the pancakes, rolled up the duck meat with the unique "duck eating etiquette" of the natives of Jianye City, took a bite, and said: "I heard that because the world is getting worse and worse, the scientific research may be canceled in the future. We are the first, and we may be the last."

His family is the old man of Dayu. Because of his safety, he escaped the previous attack on the old man and the young of Dayu, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, so he can still hear some news from the upper class.

"This is really..."

Jiang Chen and Wang Chong looked at each other with regret.

"Such a good strategy cannot be implemented due to the external environment..."

"Hey, we are lucky to be able to catch up with the first session."

Jiang Chen sighed and asked, "Brother Li, I heard that the examination questions were rejected several times, what's going on?"

"It's a simple matter. It's just a cabinet minister in the court. He wanted to publish a topic about famous religious classics, but the empress seemed to have a different idea, so she called back several times."

Li Shiwen smirked: "However, the empress finally chose to compromise and did not ask for revision of the test questions. The test of famous teaching classics is a foregone conclusion."

"Unless the Empress personally intervenes, otherwise...haha!"

He was joking, but obviously he didn't think this possibility would happen, because Fang Rui had already ignored the political affairs of the court and China, so how could he act for such a trivial matter?

"It's too good!"

Jiang Chen recalled Fang Rui's demeanor that day, and couldn't help but lose his mind.

"Exam famous classics?!"

When Wang Chong heard this, he had a bitter expression on his face: "I was poor since I was a child, and I could only learn the way of numeracy from my uncle, but I rarely read famous classics. It's hard, what should I do?"

"I have a lot of classics in my family, but I didn't bring many with me when I went to Beijing for the exam."

"It's okay, I'll lend some to Brother Wang." Li Shiwen said with a smile.

At this time, the day of the scientific examination was approaching, and he was not afraid to help the other party to increase the competition, but he was just selling a favor.

……

In Jianye City, similar to this, there are not a few candidates who talk about scientific examinations.

Either uneasy, apprehensive, or fortunate...they were in different moods, making their own preparations.

This is the first large-scale scientific expedition in the history of this world. While witnessing history, they are also participating in and writing history.

In the different moods of various people, the day of scientific research has finally arrived.

……

The first day of March.

Jiang Chen came to the examination room together with Wang Chong and Li Shiwen.

On this day, the weather was clear and the wind was breezy. Under the sun, the examination room built was shining with golden light, scattered and scattered.

At this time, many people had already arrived, and the flow of people formed a long queue. After verifying their identities, they entered one by one.

It is worth mentioning that there is no need for a manual body search, this world has its own magic, a golden light flashes, and it passes.

Of course, there were many people who tried to cheat and play tricks, but under the magic spell arranged by Fang Rui, they were all caught and deprived of their qualifications for the exam.

"Let's go, Brother Wang, Brother Li, let's go in."

"Congratulations to the two brothers on the gold list!"

"Haha, congratulations!"

The three passed the test successively, entered the examination room, and were taken to different examination rooms.

"Zhu Bayi, land number 36!"

"Zeng Ban, place number 72!"

……

"Jiang Chen, No. 120, number three!"

Jiang Chen was led into an examination room.

Click!

After entering, the big lock outside fell.

"It's near the toilet, this luck..."

Jiang Chen shook his head and smiled wryly.

Fortunately, his psychological quality is good. After taking a deep breath, he adjusted his state of mind and waited quietly.

Not long after.

At the window, pass in the test paper.

'coming! '

Jiang Chen spread out the test paper, and first glanced at the questions on it. After seeing it, even though he was well-informed and mentally prepared, he was stunned.

[-]. Multiple choice questions (please fill in the serial number of the correct answer in brackets)

No, who can tell him what the multiple-choice questions are?
Jiang Chen continued to look.

1. When is the ripening month of black potato? ()

A. December
B. March

C, September

Ding, June.

'Black potato ripening month? ! '

Jiang Chen grinned, and found that the multiple-choice questions involved a wide variety of knowledge, including famous religious classics, grain farming, even astronomy and geography...everything that one expects to find.

Then, next is...

[-]. Fill in the blanks (please fill in the correct answer in brackets)

1. Today there are chickens and rabbits in the same cage. There are 35 heads on the top and 94 feet on the bottom. How many are the chickens and rabbits?
chicken(); rabbit().

'Mathematics problem? ! '

Jiang Chen thought to himself, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he looked down again.

Three, short answer questions.

1. Please list the significance of the scientific examination.

'It's finally back to normal. '

Jiang Chen groaned, continued to mark the papers with a blank face.

[-]. Application questions.

The first question is probably a question of finding the most reasonable location for each village to pay taxes, that is, the optimal solution.

However, it is required to write out the thought process.

If you say, that's all, there are additional questions in the end, the difficulty and depth are not the same as the previous questions.

"hiss!"

After reading the test paper, Jiang Chen gasped, feeling that his eyes were wide open.

Although he couldn't quite describe his mood at the moment, he felt a kind of shock coming to his face.

'It seems that the imperial court is not to select people who are dead scholars, but to really examine our ability?Relatively speaking, I still have the advantage. '

Jiang Chen realized clearly in his heart, took a deep breath, and began to write.

……

'It's not a famous classic, so God help me! '

After Wang Chong finished marking the papers, he was secretly happy and answered quickly.

……

On the other side, Li Shiwen was dumbfounded, his face was extremely ugly, and he got stuck on the first question.

No, damn it, who can tell him when the black potatoes are ripe?Is this the god damn question that came up with this insane question? !
……

Jiang Chen, Wang Chong, and Li Shiwen are just representatives. There are many people like them in this examination room, and they have different moods.

Either she was so angry that she wanted to scold her mother, or she was secretly happy, or she had a black question mark on her face...

……

"My lord, the topic you gave is... really good." The corner of Li Zhao's mouth curled up, and he emphasized the last two words.

There was also a smile in Yu Yunlan's bright eyes like autumn water: "Now, I'm afraid there is already a lot of noise outside."

"Leave them alone!"

Fang Rui was lying on the activated rattan chair, his body swaying slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing that he was in a good mood: "Let's cross time and space, let people in this world feel the fear of being dominated by the exam!" '

"Um?!"

He seemed to sense it, and suddenly looked at one place: "You are here."

……

(End of this chapter)