The short video shows the ancient times, and the emperors cried with envy!

Chapter 855: What does a fly taste like? What is the difference between spring, summer, autumn and winter? Ancient students are confused!
Qin Shihuang was silent for a while, and when all the court officials below were looking at him, he somehow chose an answer.

"Maybe seventy-seven," he said casually.

Li Si and others looked confused, but Qin Shihuang showed no intention of explaining. The court officials did not dare to ask any more questions and could only rack their brains to figure out why His Majesty thought the number was seventy-seven.

When Tianmu released the answer, everyone watched eagerly.

[The answer to this question is 77. Isn’t it surprising? This is not a common sense question, but a fully open figure question.]

[Among the options, the opening direction is consistent with 33, and it is a fully open pattern, so the only option is 77]

[If this is a common sense question, the answer is 66]

[If this is a question about the figure judgment part, then the answer is 99, because the opening direction is the same]

Let’s put aside the fact that the Qin Dynasty’s ministers kept flattering Ying Zheng.

When the candidates taking the imperial examination saw this answer and explanation, they shuddered.

How can one choose among these answers?

Thinking that if the examination papers had been filled with such questions, all the students broke out in a sweat and could not help but feel fortunate that the examination papers at that time did not have such difficult questions.

……

【Diplomat: College Student】

[A food: crops; B cannon: toys; C Big Wild Goose Pagoda: glazed tiles; D: vegetables: green plants]

[The answer to this question is food: crops]

[Why? The two professions in the title are actually ongoing, that is, when you are a diplomat, you cannot be a college student, but after you graduate from college, you may become a diplomat.]

[Cannons and toys, Big Wild Goose Pagoda and glazed tiles cannot have such a relationship. The closest one is the first option.]

[When crops mature, they can become food]

[However, the green plants in the last option, regardless of whether the green plants are mature or have changed into other states, are vegetables, and those that are not vegetables are not vegetables. This is obviously inconsistent with the question.]

In the heavens, many people were staring at the sky in a daze.

As Tianmu released questions one after another, few of them could answer any one correctly.

The scientific examination questions in later generations are not only difficult, but also very tricky. Only a genius can think of this, right?

Some people recalled that when Tianmu was first launched, many people complained that the questions in the civil service exam were too weird.

He looked at the sky and wanted to nod in agreement, but he felt that he did not understand the situation in the future.

It can be seen from the sky curtains of the past that education was well popularized in later generations and ordinary people could read and write.

Well… since everyone can read and write, it should be normal that this kind of talent selection exam is more difficult, right?

[Which of the following dishes must Li Bai have never eaten? 】

[A. Chicken stewed with mushrooms; B. Braised lion's head; C. Scrambled eggs with tomatoes; D. Lamb in a basin]

"This question must be scrambled eggs with tomatoes!"

As soon as Li Bai saw himself appearing in the questions of future imperial examinations, he sobered up and said firmly with his eyes narrowed.

Among these four dishes, this was the only one he had never seen or heard of before.

as predicted.

[The answer is fried tomato and eggs. Li Bai lived in the Tang Dynasty, and tomatoes were not introduced until the Ming Dynasty, so he definitely had never eaten fried tomato and eggs.]

Li Bai was not surprised, but was a little curious. What on earth was this tomato? He also didn't know whether it was good to eat tomatoes with eggs, or whether it could be used as a side dish for drinking.

Besides, he felt very puzzled.

Why would future generations ask him which dishes he had never eaten?

Just to use it as an introduction, let's see if they know when that tomato was introduced?
"At least ask us if we are happy with it." Li Bai muttered to himself.

……

[Find different options in the options below]

[A Spring; B Summer; C Autumn; D Winter] [This question is a bit special. There is no single answer. The second and third options are both correct]

[If you choose the second one, among the four seasons, Xia is the abbreviation of the dynasty]

[If you choose the third one, it is because spring, summer, and winter are both top-to-bottom structures, while autumn is left-to-right structure, and the former's glyphs are all closed intervals, while the latter do not.]

Everyone in the heavens was somewhat numb. They could not answer any of the questions in the future imperial examinations.

Just looking at the title of this question, they don’t even understand what it is asking.

So the difference here is the difference between the shape of the characters and their meaning?

It's so roundabout that if you think a little slowly you won't know how to answer.

However, even though they had been tortured by several questions, they still couldn't hold it in when they saw the last question.

What do flies taste like?

【A sour taste; B sweet taste; C bitter taste; D smell】

[Many people probably can’t think of the answer to this question. The correct answer is sweetness]

[Because flies like sweets, so it tastes sweet]

"How on earth could people in later generations answer such a question?"

Li Yu's eyes were dull. He had done so many questions, but he couldn't get any of them right.

Although he was not a good emperor, he was considered a talented man. Li Yu boasted that in terms of talent and learning alone, there were not many people who could match him.

But even he couldn't answer such a question, so how many students could answer it?
In fact, students from all dynasties and generations were already trembling with fear.

In the past, they complained that the imperial examination was difficult, and some people failed after taking the exam for more than ten years.

But compared with these questions in later generations, what were their imperial examinations?
They would rather take imperial examinations throughout their lives than take the civil service examination of later generations.

"Fortunately, I was not born in the future, so I don't need to take this kind of test if I want to become an official in the court."

This exclamation immediately caused all the students present to nod their heads vigorously in agreement.

……

Comment area:
“To be honest, sometimes some questions do look very strange and like a quip, but they are not made casually.”

"This, first, tests your thinking, and second, tests your choice. There are some questions you should or shouldn't do, and there are some questions you should or shouldn't do."

"For some questions, everyone has their own logic that they think the questions follow, and civil servants must screen them out. Even if there are many possibilities when analyzing a task, only those who can accurately or guess the leader's unspoken intentions are qualified/dog head"

"A choice? Should I do it? Should I do it or not..."

Seeing the comments, many people who were tortured to death by the civil service exam questions presented by Tianmu could not help but fall into deep thought.

Does this mean that when they take the exam, they don't have to finish all the questions, but can just pick and choose the questions to do first?

That makes sense.

If you spend too much time on questions you don't understand, all the questions that come after will be wasted.

The students suddenly realized, that's what it is!

It turns out that these questions were asked in later civil service examinations so that they could learn how to make choices!

This art of making choices is profound.

The people who set the questions in later generations really had good intentions in order to make them understand the truth!

"That's a brilliant comment! Well said!"

Ruan Yuan clapped his hands and praised:

"No matter how good you are at taking exams or how much you know, it is not as good as accurately guessing your boss's intentions. This is the way to be an official!"

"I didn't expect that the exam questions in this future would contain such a way to be an official."

(End of this chapter)