Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 125: Even if you understand, you have to say you don’t understand. This is understanding (Third update)
on the main hall.

The 36 students who passed the examination looked at the three large baskets of rice in front of them, and their minds began to spin rapidly.

They frowned and thought hard about everything related to rice in the ancient books of the sages.

From the "Book of Songs", "Bin Feng July" writes, "Peel dates in August, harvest rice in October", all the way to Du Fu's "Cutting the Rice and Yong Huai".

From harvest to benevolence to farmers, in the end, some even directly spread their thoughts to war.

Because no one knew what questions Zhu Yuanzhang was going to ask, they could only think as best they could.

Among the 36 people, only Li Jin didn't think about anything. He was just observing the three big baskets of rice. This was also a simple truth in the world that he had learned during his several months of teaching in Yangzhou.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't let them keep thinking like this, otherwise some unlucky guy might have his head overloaded with melon seeds and be scrapped.

"You are the first batch of tribute scholars after the reform of the imperial examination in Ming Dynasty. It is not easy." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at all the students of His Highness, first expressed his praise and difficulty to them, and then continued to say. "In the future, you will definitely be famous in history. We are so happy to see you so young, so happy."

"But while we are happy, we are also a little worried. What are we worried about? I am worried about whether you will be able to become capable ministers in the future."

"Can you be a good official?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up as he spoke, and then said: "I believe that after this scientific examination and through those examination questions, you can also see what kind of talents our Ming Dynasty needs."

"There are some so-called talented men who sit down to talk about Taoism and practice, and are good at reciting poems and splashing ink. But they are at a loss about the folk land tax and the court's laws and regulations. Some people may have read poetry and books and read about ancient and modern times, but they are full of dullness. I can’t tell a common case clearly. How can I trust people like this and leave the people of Ming Dynasty in their hands?”

"So what we are testing today is not a collection of poems and books, nor is it the rise and fall of ancient and modern times. The Tao is God's will since ancient times. It is difficult to ask questions. Our test questions are not in the sky, but in the earth. These are the things you see in front of you from the ground. Three baskets of rice grew.”

"All you have to do is come forward and identify these three baskets of rice and tell their differences."

Identify the rice? !
All the candidates were stunned.

Hu Weiyong and other ministers who were in charge of accompanying him also had puzzled expressions on their faces.

What’s so easy to identify about rice? Isn’t rice just rice?

Is it possible that it can turn into wheat?

Only Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang were thoughtful.

Seeing all the scholars staying where they were, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Go and have a look. Have you all given up on taking the exam?"

Hear this.

The scholars then quickly walked up to the three large baskets of rice and began to identify them carefully.

Needless to say, these scholars have rich families. Even if their families are poor, they still have the hope of the whole family. From childhood to adulthood, they only know how to study and not do farming at all. How can you tell the contents of these three baskets of rice? What a difference.

In the eyes of most people, the three baskets of rice in front of them are almost identical without any difference.

Of course there are still people who can tell the difference.

Li Jin is one of them.

When he was in charge of managing Yangzhou National Primary School in Yangzhou, he was responsible for the purchase of food supplies for the school. In order to avoid buying low-quality food, he also specifically asked others for advice.

He walked to a basket of rice, first reached out and grabbed a handful, looked at it carefully, then brought it to his nose and smelled it, and then put it back.

Li Jin followed this method and inspected each basket of rice in turn.

By now, he already had the answer in his mind.

A basket full of rice.

A basket of rice is moldy.A basket of rice shriveled.

But even though he got the answer, he frowned.

Although he saw the problem with the three baskets of rice, he always felt that this test question was far from being as simple as he saw.

Seeing that the scholars had read almost everything, Zhu Yuanzhang asked them to go back to their seats and write down the answers.

While the scholars were answering questions, Zhu Yuanzhang waved to Li Shanchang and the others, and said with a smile: "Shanchang, Bowen, come and take a look at these rice."

The ministers took the order and stepped forward to identify it, but they all shook their heads.

"Your Majesty, I feel ashamed and I don't understand."

"I can't understand it either."

The only difference is that some of these people really don't understand, some pretend not to understand, and some don't dare to understand.

Time passed by minute by minute.

As the answering time ends.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry to read the exam papers of the students. Instead, he pointed at the three baskets of rice in the main hall and said, "Some people, although they dare not say anything about us on the surface, they must be thinking in their hearts that I have three baskets of rice." Daegu went to the main hall to test you students, why on earth did you do this?"

"Some people even think to themselves, we are here to be officials, not farmers, so why do we need to know how to identify rice."

"Wrong, terribly wrong."

Zhu Yuanzhang walked back to the Dragon Court, looked down at everyone in the hall, and then said: "Food is the most important thing for the people, and food is the foundation of our Ming Dynasty. Since you want to be an official, and you can't even distinguish this, why should you be an official?" ?”

Well, this scolding scolded everyone below.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang has attached great importance to agricultural production.

In his opinion, the Ming Dynasty relied on baskets of full rice grains to stabilize the hearts of the people in the world.

Thirteen rice seeds forced him out of Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the Ming Dynasty, he only wanted to see an honest Zhu Chongba who farmed the land, and did not want to see another Zhu Yuanzhang who rebelled.

"These three baskets of rice look the same. In fact, their origin, quality, weight, and age are different."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the Dragon Court and continued: "Those who have never planted the fields will look the same. But as long as they have planted the fields, they can insert their hands into the rice, pinch it, and smell it. Differentiated.”

Your Highness.

Hu Weiyong, standing next to Li Shanchang, whispered: "Li Xiang, even you can't understand?"

Li Shanchang glanced at Hu Weiyong and said without squinting: "What kind of occasion is this? You have to say you don't understand if you understand it. Only then do you understand."

Furthermore, these days, he is really frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang.

These days, there are often those who have failed the exam. In order to vent their grievances, they secretly throw stones at their mansions.

Not to mention whether you can catch it or not.

Even if he was caught, what could he do? He could seize those traitors and send them to the official. In order to show his generosity, he had no choice but to let those traitors go.

The dignified Prime Minister of a country, when he reaches this stage, he is already aggrieved enough.

(End of this chapter)