Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 122 Li Shanchang was plotted (third update)
You must know that when the disaster struck last year, it was not only the officials in the Sanjin Land who did not know what to do.

Otherwise, there would not be hundreds of thousands of displaced victims.

How to provide disaster relief is even more difficult for officials.

In the end, if Prince Zhu Biao and Divine Marquis Yang Xian had not stepped forward, the country might have been shaken in the end.

Jiang Yong looked a little ugly. Now that the disaster has passed, as a Beijing official, he knows more about the inside story of disaster relief and has a deep understanding of how difficult this question is.He put himself into the perspective of those candidates and could imagine how desperate they felt at this moment.

Jiang Yong took a deep breath. After all, this was the first Enke exam since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It was normal that the first question was difficult.

After making adjustments and mentally building up, Jiang Yong lowered his gaze and saw the second question.

How to quickly replenish the national treasury?
Jiang Yong's brows couldn't help but twitch.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty's treasury is in trouble, which is something that all officials know. Otherwise, the new administrative assessment method that has been formulated before has been delayed in implementation, and the salaries promised to their officials are also minimal.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang has spoken and asked the treasure banknote collection department to print the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, which finally solved the problem temporarily.

However, in the eyes of some discerning people, they all know that this approach treats the symptoms but not the root cause.

If he could figure out a way to quickly replenish the national treasury, he might be able to directly enter the Zhongshu Province.

Seeing this, Jiang Yong finally understood why there were so many candidates present and why they were still unable to write.

Only if the average person can answer these two questions is there a ghost.

He shifted his gaze and looked at the questions on another examination paper.

Then the whole person was completely stunned.

Grain, law, water conservancy, building bridges? ? ?
This, what are these topics?
Jiang Yong subconsciously glanced around to confirm whether he was really at the site of Ming Dynasty's first Enke Examination Institute.

Who am I and where am I?
Not to mention his little Jiang Yong, even Li Shanchang, the head of the Ming Dynasty's civil servants, was confused when he saw these examination questions.

You must know that Li Shanchang went through the imperial examination of the previous dynasty, and more than once.

He has never seen such novel and unique test questions.

You must know that the imperial examination topics in the Yuan Dynasty were also chosen from Confucian classics.

The content of the examination questions in front of Li Shanchang had nothing to do with Confucian classics, such as the Four Books and Five Classics.

It completely transcended the established imperial examination framework of previous dynasties.

From these test questions, Li Shanchang could see that the person who asked the questions didn't care at all about what the saints said, but he cared more about the candidates' ability to actually deal with the problems.

It is not just a general talk. What the questioner wants is a concrete way to solve people's livelihood problems and develop national strength.

At this time, Li Shanchang finally figured out why Zhu Yuanzhang appointed him as the examiner of this Enke imperial examination.

In Li Shanchang's view, this Enke is a reform of the old imperial examination system!

As a person who failed in the imperial examination system in Qianyuan, it was perfect for him to be the examiner.

Because this behavior itself means innovation!

But this change not only changed the imperial examination, but also directly challenged the status of Confucianism.

Letting him, as the prime minister, take up this position is more to show the court's attitude towards this reform.

At this thought, Li Shanchang's mouth was full of bitterness.

Zhu Yuanzhang sold him directly.

Push him out and attract the firepower of Confucian scholars all over the world.

Li Shanchang smiled bitterly.

This was revenge for Lan Yu and his group of Huaixi nobles who entered the palace and used their power to suppress others.

As expected, Zhu Yuanzhang was still the Zhu Yuanzhang he knew, the Zhu Yuanzhang who loved to hold grudges.

Thinking of some things that happened when I conquered the world, I felt a chill down my back.

The general examination lasts for three days. Although it will add some pressure to the candidates, it also gives them ample time to write.

But that was the past.This time the imperial examination may not be applicable at all. Not only the pressure has doubled, but also the time to answer the questions may not be enough.

Soon the first day will pass.

During the whole day, most of the candidates had not even started writing.

Exceed expectations, adjust your mindset, and accept reality.

After this whole process, I don’t know how long it will take.

You must know that even in normal times, it would take a long time for ordinary people to complete this psychological transformation, let alone the moment of explosive pressure at the Enke Examination.

This is the moment that truly determines the fate of life.

Even if these candidates have finally adjusted their mentality, they still have to face the test questions.

Facing Enke, they were naturally cautious.

So I thought about it again and again.

But dragging it on like this is not an option.

One-third of the time is about to pass. Even if I am no longer sure, I can only bite the bullet and write.

There is definitely no hope if you hand in a blank paper, but if you write it in, a miracle may happen.

In fact, in the first policy essay paper, candidates can still give a rough answer, it just depends on the level of the question.

Even if their answers may seem childish and ridiculous, at least they can fill up the paper.

The only thing they need to adapt to is changing the original answer format.

Just like the essay examination in later generations, you can still fill up the paper even if you don't know how to write.

Unlike the test, if you don’t know it, you just don’t know it, and you can only be blind.

As for the second paper, candidates can only resign themselves to their fate.

Although the questions are a bit biased, some people can still answer some of the questions. After all, everyone has different life and growth experiences, and not all of these candidates are born into scholarly or wealthy families.

A very few of them really come from rural areas. Although they may not have personally participated in specific work regarding agricultural knowledge, they have been exposed to it all year round and have at least a basic understanding of it.

If you have relatives at home who work in the water conservancy yamen, you can always answer the questions about water conservancy on the exam paper.

The same goes for merchants and businessmen.

As for those who do not have relevant knowledge reserves, asking them to answer the questions seems a bit overwhelming.

Make bricks without straw.

No, it just won't.

Many people can only rely on their impressions and write blindly.

In their view, no matter what they do, they must fill up the paper. Maybe the examiner who will mark the paper will give him a high score because of the large number of words he has written.

Sure enough, at this time, all candidates in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, have the same ideas.

Night falls.

The candidates lit the candles in the dormitory almost simultaneously.

By the faint light of the fire, I continued to write answers in the dormitory.

There was no way, the progress that had been lost during the day had to be caught up at night.

Silent night.

In the entire examination hall, there was only the rustle of candidates writing.

　It’s not easy to write part-time, and I really can’t get up to speed. Thank you all for your support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)