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

I only know that rice tastes good, but I have never paid attention to what the rice stalks look like when they are dried!

And the self-mixed farmyard manure...

Does pooping count?

On the other side, the business students were also confused!

【Topic: Please analyze the current economic situation of Ming Dynasty! 】

【Question: If you have one million taels of silver, how can you turn it into ten million? 】

【Topic: What qualities do you think a qualified businessman should have? 】

He has no ears to hear what is happening outside the window, and only reads the books of sages!

How could this group of scholars ever worry about these things?

In their perception, merchants are of low status!

Even if there is a business in the family, they will ask others to act as the white gloves. How can a family of scholars end up in business themselves?

In addition to reading, what they talked about most was what foolish decrees had been issued by the court, or which brothel had the most beautiful girls.

Let them do business?

Damn it!

It’s a miracle if I don’t lose my pants!!

Of course, there are miracles, such as Xue Zongzhou...

Perhaps it was because of the strong business atmosphere in Shanxi, or maybe he just had a talent in this area. In any case, when other scholars were at a loss, he had already finished the entire paper!

And only half of the exam time has passed!

Looking at Danko's side, this time it's not just the scholars who are having trouble!

Even some candidates who were Taoist priests looked at the papers in their hands with bitter expressions.

Throughout history, many emperors took elixirs in order to achieve immortality.

In the view of these Taoists, the current emperor might hold an examination on alchemy in order to find a hermit who could refine the elixir of immortality.

But the test paper in front of them told them that it was completely different!

Let’s look at the first question!

[Cinnabar, copper, gold, sulfur, arsenic and other materials are often used in elixirs. Taking this kind of elixir will definitely cause poisoning. Question: Why do people who take the elixir feel better? ]

The infinite Heavenly Lord!

This isn't about finding someone to make pills!

This is a blatant slap in the face!

The formula of the elixir has always been a secret of the Taoist sect, but the current emperor actually knows it...

If you dare to use this kind of pill to fool the emperor, you should feed yourself a hundred or eighty of them first to see if you will die, right?

Further down.

【Why can water put out fire? 】

[Why does wood catch fire when it is baked to a certain degree outside, but turns into charcoal when placed in a sealed pottery jar? ]

Faced with such a question, nearly 90% of the candidates were dumbfounded!

God!

How could Your Majesty ask such a tricky question!

Isn’t it common sense that water can put out fire?

But if you really want me to explain it in detail, where should I start?

Could it be that the answer is just common sense?

Such an answer is not an insult to His Majesty, nor to the imperial examination system, but an insult to myself!

I am so ignorant...

But strange things happen every year, and this year there are especially many!

Even with such a test question, there are still people who can answer it fluently!

Fu Shan took the pen and wrote down the answer fluently to the test questions that left others at a loss.

"Between heaven and earth there is rising qi, which is made up of yin and yang."

"Yin is never pure, but if it is burned with fire, it can grow from bluestone, saltpeter, and charcoal."

"There is also yin energy in the water, mixed with yang energy, and it is difficult to drive it away."

"Water can put out fires, but that's not the case for everything. For example, if tung oil or fierce fuel is on fire, it can't be put out with water."

"When objects such as charcoal, paper, and cloth catch fire, water can put them out because it isolates the objects from the negative energy, thus putting out the fire."

"Wood placed in a sealed pottery jar cannot burn without the nourishment of external Yin Qi. It is baked to dehydrate it and becomes charcoal."

"......"

While others didn't know how to answer, he had already written in tiny regular script on the test paper.

The exam ended with three gong sounds.

Danke's test paper was sent to the Qianqing Palace as soon as possible.

This was Zhu Youxiao's special instruction.

The other subjects were reviewed by Wen Tiren and Zhu Youjian, while the Dan subject was reviewed by him personally!

Therefore, even the step of obscuring the name is omitted.

He threw the test papers on the ground with a look of disappointment. Most of them were blank.

Even if there is a part that is not blank, it is just nonsense.

Suddenly, he found Fu Shan's paper.

When he saw the discussion about Yin and Yang, he was completely stunned.

The Yin energy mentioned above is oxygen?

Could it be that the knowledge I learned from chemistry books in my previous life has deceived me again?

Wasn't this thing discovered by Westerners first?

Zhang Yan was reviewing memorials nearby. Seeing that he looked unusual, she couldn't help but ask him a question.

"Your Majesty, which candidate's answer made you angry?"

Zhu Youxiao waved at her and said, "You are well-read. Come and show me where this passage came from!"

Zhang Yan quickly stood up and walked over. After staring at the paper for a moment, she couldn't help but frowned.

"I think I have seen it somewhere, but I just can't remember where it is at the moment."

Zhu Youxiao grabbed her hand and said excitedly, "Think carefully about where you saw it!"

Zhang Yan felt some pain from his pinch and couldn't help but yell, "Your Majesty, you hurt me..."

But before she finished the sentence, she stopped.

"people....."

"recognize!"

"Ping Long recognizes!"

"Your Majesty, I remember now. It comes from Pinglong Ren in the first year of Zhide in the Tang Dynasty!"

"What I saw was only a torn manuscript, so I don't remember it very clearly."

"But I can confirm that this passage comes from Ping Long Ren!"

Zhu Youxiao let go of Zhang Yan and stared at Fu Shan's test paper in disbelief.

Tang Dynasty, the first year of Zhide?

If I remember correctly, there was another reign title that year, the fifteenth year of Tianbao!

The reason I remember it is because the Anshi Rebellion occurred during this period of time!

In other words, oxygen had already been discovered in the Tang Dynasty nine hundred years ago...

Do not!

More than just discovery!

Yin energy is never pure, but if it is burned by fire, it can be grown from bluestone, saltpeter, and charcoal.

They even found a way to make oxygen!

But in later generations, this achievement, like other discoveries and inventions of China, was once again plagiarized by Westerners?

It’s his mother’s fault!

Shame on you, so damn shameless!

Chapter 245 I Gave Everything for You!

However, what surprised Zhu Youxiao the most in this imperial examination was not the discovery of oxygen during the Tang Dynasty!

What really moved him was another test paper!

The next day, Wen Tiren and Zhu Youjian submitted the test papers of the top 300 students in each of the eight subjects.

One of them shocked Zhu Youxiao the most!

The question is, if you have one million taels of silver, how can you turn it into tens of millions.

The answer given by this candidate was beyond his imagination.

"I have heard of a method that can control electricity and send messages."

"The method of making it is to use materials such as magnets and copper wires. It can transmit sound over a hundred miles in an instant."

"........."

"There is also a method of crossing a river without using wires. If the river is one mile wide, place an electric current storage device on this bank and add a wire on the left and a wire on the right. The distance between the two ends must be about two miles."

"Then the additional lines on this side must cross the river nearby and connect to the reduced lines on the other side. By analogy, it should be possible to lay a line of 100 miles to cross a river of 90 miles."

"........."

"If you get a million taels of silver, you can use this method to connect with the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and even abroad!"

"You can know the value and quantity of goods in different places!"

"........."

The candidate wrote hundreds of words of answers on the test paper. As if to prove what he said was true, he even drew a diagram below the answer!

The picture shows a book published in the Qing Dynasty, compiled by Wang Bing, Hua Hengfang, Xu Shou, Li Shanlan and others, based on the ancient books.

That is a diagram of a prototype of a telegraph!

After reading it, Zhu Youxiao stood up and pointed at the test paper and said to Wen Tiren with excitement.

"I'll give you one hour! Bring this candidate to me immediately!!"

His reaction scared Wen Tiren, and he immediately came over to take a look at the number on the test paper.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will do it right away!"

Before he finished speaking, he, who was already 54 years old, rushed out of the Qianqing Palace like a hound.

It only took the time of an incense stick to reach the Imperial Examination Hall, which was several thousand meters away from the imperial palace.

The results had not been announced yet, and the original test papers of all candidates were sealed in the Imperial Examination Hall. Liu Shuo, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the governor of the Western Secretariat, personally led his men to guard here.

Seeing Wen Tiren sweating and gasping for breath, he hurried over to him.

"Oh my Lord Wen, what happened to you?"

Wen Tiren supported his knees with his hands and gasped heavily. After a long time, his breathing finally calmed down.