Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

Another half hour later, the gong in the Imperial Examination Hall was struck again.

A group of ferocious clerks from the Ministry of Rites, accompanied by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, rushed in.

"Stop it all!"

"Put down your pen and paper immediately and leave the room!"

"Anyone who disobeys the order will have their test paper invalidated!"

Hearing this, the scholars dared not delay even a bit. Even though the test papers were not finished yet, they could only walk out reluctantly.

After they were led out of the Imperial Examination Hall, the clerks went to each room to collect the test papers.

According to the rules of previous years, these test papers have to be covered with names and copied, and the people responsible for covering the names and copying cannot be the same group of people.

After completing all this, the test paper will be sent to the examiner for marking.

After leaving the Imperial Examination Hall, the students gathered together and started complaining with bitter faces.

"Brother Liu, have you finished the test?"

"Don't mention it. I didn't understand the test paper until the gong sounded. Then I realized that I had to read it horizontally. The remaining time was not enough!"

"Me too, I only wrote less than half of it before the time was up, and I didn't even have time to read the rest of the essay!"

"Alas, we have studied hard for more than ten years, but now it seems that we have no chance of taking the palace examination!"

"I have to say that the questions His Majesty asked were actually quite easy. Most of them were passages from the Book of Rites, but... ah!"

The man said halfway through his words when he sighed helplessly.

The questions are simple, but I spend all my time figuring out how to read them. That’s really annoying!

Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted loudly.

"Everyone, your Majesty has never asked such a question before. I suggest that we go to the Meridian Gate and kneel down to ask for a re-examination. How about that?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place fell silent.

After a while, someone looked at him with disdain.

"Kneeling at the Meridian Gate to make a petition? I'm afraid you don't know what's going on outside the Meridian Gate?"

"Go! You go!"

"If you go there and kneel there for half an hour, you will be a role model for all scholars in the world!"

"If you don't go, you're just a mouth cannon!"

Chapter 243 What a pair of white and tender hands

While these students were complaining about the examination questions, Zhu Youxiao was racking his brains to prepare the next examination questions for them in the Qianqing Palace.

Out of 1,600 people, 1,000 filled in the test paper.

Not to mention that these one thousand people may not all get full marks, but for Zhu Youxiao, this number is indeed too many.

There is only one way, which is to eliminate as many people as possible in the next exams.

After thinking for a long time with his head down, he suddenly found that there seemed to be something under the feet of the imperial desk. He asked several eunuchs to come over, and together they moved the desk away and took out the thing.

is a book.

Strictly speaking, it is a book.

Beautiful illustrations with detailed text.

After flipping through a few pages, Zhu Youxiao was reluctant to put it down.

What a good thing!

Such a good thing is actually used as a table leg!

Damn it........

What a waste of natural resources!

But he didn't pursue it. Otherwise, if it was held against him, it would be nothing but embarrassment.

He flipped through the contents carefully, and suddenly one of the pages caught his eye.

He called Wang Tiqian to his side and asked, pointing at the illustration in the book.

"This, is there any left in the capital now?"

Wang Tiqian took a look and bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, there should be some left. I heard that it was brought back by eunuch Sanbao when he sailed to the West."

"Although so many years have passed, many offspring have been born."

Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction. He bet that this idea would definitely eliminate quite a few scholars.

This was what he prepared for the palace examination, so it was still too early to use it.

After deciding on it, I started to think about the questions for the last seven subjects.

In order to prevent the leakage of questions, it is not easy to ask others for help in this matter.

The more I thought about it, the more upset I felt.

Zhang Yan, who was standing next to him, happened to look over and, seeing his expression, she walked over and asked softly.

"Is there anything troubling your majesty?"

Zhu Youxiao sighed: "Ah, it's all because of the test questions!"

"There are still seven subjects to be taken, and each subject must be targeted."

"I've thought about it over and over, but I can't think of any suitable test questions."

After saying this, feeling the delicate hand on his shoulder, he suddenly turned around and stared at Zhang Yan with shining eyes.

Zhang Yan was startled by his look, her face turned red, and she spoke in a mosquito-like voice.

"Your Majesty, this is the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and it's broad daylight, you can't..."

Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, then he understood, and pulled Zhang Yan into his arms with a smile.

"What are you thinking? I want you to help me think about what questions would be more appropriate for the last seven subjects."

"Others can't help me with this kind of thing, but you can."

Zhang Yan was suddenly embarrassed, her cheeks were so red that blood seemed to be dripping out, and even her neck turned pink.

She lowered her head, not daring to look Zhu Youxiao in the eye, and replied in a hesitant voice.

"Then your majesty should just say it directly, why are you staring at me with that look..."

Zhu Youxiao originally just wanted her to help him think about the exam questions, but with Zhang Yan in this state, how could he concentrate on his work?

So........

"Everyone, get out of here!"

He waved his hand, and the eunuchs in the hall rushed out like rabbits and wisely closed the door.

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Three days later, March 12th.

The long-awaited four subjects of calculation, criminal justice, policy and military affairs finally kicked off.

Before entering the cell, the process is the same.

It’s just that this batch of candidates made sufficient preparations in advance.

I heard that in the previous class, when a maid was checking the bags of the scholars, one of the scholars' bag was stuck tightly, maybe because it had not been washed for a long time or what happened.

The nanny had not expected such a situation to happen, and she was a little too heavy-handed. The scholar is still lying in the clinic.

No one wants such a tragedy to happen to themselves.

Therefore, when this group of candidates came, they washed themselves thoroughly in advance, and there was almost no dirt on their bodies.

However, the test questions in these four subjects once again allowed the candidates to witness the sinister nature of human beings!

The contents of the mathematics examination papers cover classic questions from mathematics books such as "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art", "Sea Island Mathematical Classic", and "Sun Zi Mathematical Classic".

From a linear equation with one variable to a linear equation with three variables.

From fractions, to square roots, to cube roots, it has everything!

Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Yan spent a whole day together looking through ancient books to solve these questions.

When the scholars who came for the supplementary test saw the test questions on the test papers, most of them had their heads buzzing!

In previous exams, there would be math questions.

But it’s basically just a small part.

But now, what lies before them are two test papers filled with densely packed questions!

There are at least a hundred...

To borrow the words of a certain internet celebrity in later generations, if you can't write English, you can copy the reading comprehension, but if you can't write math, you can only write the "solution".........

Now, these scholars who are taking the additional test are facing this situation!

In complete contrast to them were the accountants who came from all over the place!

Although they have no fame, few people can afford to buy ancient books...

But this is what they eat!

Almost all of these accountants are middle-aged. They have been doing accounting for most of their lives and have their own unique sensitivity to numbers.

The difference between professional and amateur is completely revealed by this paper!

As for the other three subjects of criminal law, policy, and military, they are not worth mentioning compared to the subject of mathematics.

Most of the papers on the criminal law exam are about common knowledge about the law.

The policy subject is also okay. The test paper will provide some strategic layouts for the candidates to judge the pros and cons.

The military science exam questions are in the form of miniature sand tables, and the candidates who come to take the exam are divided into groups of two to perform deductions based on the sand tables.

The scholars watched the professionals writing furiously, fiddling with abacus, or making plans on the sand table. They silently looked at their own hands.

What a pair of white and tender hands...

But I just can’t write a single word, it’s so frustrating!

Just thinking about the three departments of agriculture, commerce and alchemy in three days, their mood eased a little.

Perhaps, by then, there will still be a possibility of a counterattack...

But they don’t know that facts will tell them that they are indeed thinking too much!

Chapter 244 Ping Long Recognizes

Three days later, the agriculture, commerce and Danish subjects were held as scheduled.

Those scholars who chose to take the additional test in agricultural science were once again at a loss when they entered the examination room and received the examination papers!

There were two small boxes in their cell.

In one of them, there are stalks corresponding to the five kinds of grains, one for each, and they are numbered A, B, C, D, and E.

Ask them to write the crop corresponding to each number on the test paper!

This is just the beginning......

After the identification, you also need to write down the habits of these five crops, as well as their selling prices in the capital in the past half month!

Finally, I have to write a method of making my own farmyard manure...

Fuck this young master!

Who the hell knows how to do this?