Since it is a competition, there must be certain rules. To choose a show, you also need to know how to sing and dance basketball rap, let alone to choose a national teacher.
So Hu Hai, who has always been good at playing, linked this matter with the imperial examination. The specific operation is as follows. As a national teacher, it is natural to make achievements in ideology, so he created a question with ideology as the core, and then made it an optional question.
It is placed at the end of the test paper. The more candidates choose to do this question, the person who asked the question will win.
Well, listen, isn't this rule very funny? But Hu Hai has his own logic, well, 'My students in Daqin must be the best students. They must not bother to answer questions that have no challenge or high level of thought.
!'.
No one in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty refuted him, because they had already agreed that the scores for the optional questions would not be included in the final assessment. Even if someone answered the optional questions well, it would only give the examiner a good impression.
Unless there are too many previous questions with the same score, there is no need to consider the last optional question.
As for the candidates for the Imperial Guard, the courtiers don't care. Even if they want to win over, they have to wait until the dust has settled. What's more, with Hu Hai's character, competition is nothing, and in the end it won't be you who has the final say.
Just like this, when the new imperial examination rules were promulgated, before the candidates for the National Examination said anything, the candidates went crazy!
They were already confused when they heard that there were a lot more objective questions in the imperial examination this time, because the answers to the objective questions were fixed, and those who could participate in the imperial examination must have a lot of confidence in their knowledge. If they really
There are objective questions, so most of the people’s scores will not be able to improve.
In other words, this optional question, which does not seem to be included in the total score, may very well be the straw that breaks the camel's back!
Damn it, I’m already tired of asking about the examiner’s style and philosophy, now I have to ask about the personalities of those masters?
There were two candidates in the General's Mansion. As soon as the examination rules were announced, Jiang Yufeng and Li Xunhuan returned to the General's Mansion, along with Jiang Yuyan and Lu Qinghou.
Zuo Zhou looked at those expectant eyes and suddenly became happy, "Are you too underestimated the difficulty of the objective questions?"
Everyone looked at each other and could see each other's confidence. Seeing this, Zuo Zhou sighed: "I won't test you on any chicken-and-rabbit-in-a-cage questions. I'll just ask you a simple one. I want to mix sulfuric acid and water.
Together, the correct step is to add water or sulfuric acid last?”
"…………………………" is not a still picture!
"Look, you all..."
Jiang Yuyan: "Add acid later!"
Zuo Zhou frowned, "You know?"
"There are only two options. If you choose one, you have half the success rate." Jiang Yuyan said quite proudly.
Zuo Zhou shook his head in disgust, "Rookie's luck!"
"This is the fact. You must know that the examiner this time is Li Si, and he will not write those poems and songs. Have you memorized the criminal law regulations? Daqin's laws have been improving, and they change almost every year. This is the latest current event.
question."
Seeing a group of people in silence, Zuo Zhou could only shake his head, "Does this count as a thorough question? Li Si has a strong legalist mindset. As the examiner this time, he must assess the candidates' understanding of the law.
Maybe there will be a topic like 'How to better popularize legal knowledge'.
"This...is it really possible to ask questions like this? This is an imperial examination after all, not to select servants or assistants for Li Si!"
Lu Qinghou was a little confused. In the past, the questions would be different due to different examiners, but basically they remained the same. The most they could do was to add some of their own governance concepts to the policy-making stage, and select some people who had the same goals as the examiners to achieve good results.
Ranking is a way to cultivate official connections.
Lu Qinghou has been coming to the imperial capital for a long time. In addition, his ancestors also served as officials, so he has been exposed to it since childhood, so the officialdom mentality is quite heavy.
"Times have changed!"
Zuo Zhou sighed. Ever since Emperor Qin turned into a dragon, the idea of unification has been deeply implanted in the hearts of the world. This also indicates that there will definitely be a war in the future. Nowadays, the selection of officials must be based on improving shortcomings and strengthening the national strength.
target as the benchmark.
Unfortunately, poems, songs, and the like can enrich people's spiritual lives, but they are of little use in resisting aggression or unifying the world, or in other words, they are not yet effective.
Who is the most lacking person in Da Qin today?
It helps to unify the upper and lower parts of the imperial court, and officials who work hard in one place and have their hearts in one place can have a stable rear when war breaks out.
The example of the Song Dynasty was not long ago!
Of course, if you can reach Li Bai's level by relying on poems and songs, then just pretend he didn't say anything.
In addition, due to the influence of the exiles, people in this world also know the importance of 'technology' to a certain extent. Although due to the rules of the world, you cannot plant technology trees according to the development process of the earth next door, but machine skills and voodoo skills,
Medicine and toxicology can be used, just like the physics, biology, and chemistry of the earth next door. If you learn it, you can really increase your attack power.
Therefore, the objective questions in this imperial examination are by no means simple!
In this way, Zuo Zhou sent away several candidates who were obviously a little nervous. Jiang Yuyan wanted to stay and ask Zuo Zhou for some martial arts advice, but she gave up because of the looks in her eyes from Qingping and others.
As a result, just after Jiang Yuyan left, Zhang Junbao came again.
"Hu Hai asked us to give a question, how should I give it?"
Zuo Zhou was amused, "The position of National Preceptor is actually Hu Hai's official position. You can do whatever you want, it's just to express your own ideas. If you are lucky enough to win, it will make Pudu Cihang nervous."
"Philosophy? What philosophy do I have, the unity of nature and man?"
"Why not?"
Zhang Junbao was amused, "Who can answer this kind of question?"
"So Hu Hai's move is just nonsense. If I were a candidate, I would definitely choose questions that would not waste time and are relatively easy to answer. Then spend more time checking other objective questions, so that I can at least ensure that I have a good answer.
After all, the imperial examination is only a necessary step to enter the officialdom. It is naturally better to get the top three. What kind of mix you can get depends on how you operate in the officialdom."
Zhang Junbao thought for a while, "Then come up with some questions that everyone is interested in, or that have to be answered."
Zuo Zhou burst out laughing, "How can it be so perfect? Don't forget, women are allowed to participate in the imperial examination this time. Men and women have very different thoughts and ideas. How can you make both men and women feel the same?"
Are you interested? Are you gossiping with them on the test paper? No one in the examination room has given me a piece of watermelon!"
As Zuo Zhou said this, he immediately fell into thinking, imagining the scene of everyone eating melon together in the examination room. Not to mention, if this was a nonsensical article about urban rebirth, it might even become a punchline!
Zhang Junbao scratched his scalp and felt that this matter was more troublesome than practicing martial arts. He had never learned much about poetry, songs, and theories of governing the country in the Shaolin Temple since he was a child. Even if there was an exam, it would only be about martial arts and Buddhism. But that's fine. At worst, he would just do it blindly. Anyway, he
I never thought about becoming the Imperial Master of Great Qin.
Thinking about it carefully, it was fortunate that the questions were about concepts. If it were martial arts, he really didn't know how to write the questions. After all, when he practiced martial arts, he just thought about it for a while and then came to a breakthrough. How should you teach and assess the candidates?
Zhang Junbao, who had put down some of his burdens, then asked: "How did Master Jianchi and Bachelor Huang Shang come up with the question?"
Zuo Zhou replied casually: "The topic given by Huang Shang is governance by inaction, and the topic given by Master Jian Chi is Buddha nature! Human nature!"
Zhang Junbao was confused, "They all... sound so high-class!"
Zuo Zhou curled his lips, "It's boring. Which candidate would spend precious time answering a question like this that requires a long explanation? Don't learn from these two people."
Zhang Junbao heard this and asked again: "Then do you know what questions Pudu Cihang asked?"
"How do I know where to go?"
…
Honglu Temple
This place is usually a place for foreign envoys to live, but now it is used by Hu Hai as a residence for national division candidates. It was still very lively a while ago, but because many people who were just pretending to be here were eliminated, it has become quite deserted now.
Pudu Cihang lived here. He did not use the maids and servants assigned by the court, but always used his own servants. Therefore, his pomp was always the largest in the entire Honglu Temple. This inevitably aroused the suspicion of many people.
He was dissatisfied, but after all, he was a master of the land rankings, so there was nothing he could do.
However, Xu Fu is obviously not among this ‘majority’.
"Pudu Cihang!"
"Xu Fu!"
"Long time admired!"×2
The two of them were silent. Although they were very enthusiastic when they greeted each other, they fell into a long silence after the simple greetings.
"Have you finished digesting the luck of the Kingdom of Jin?"
"Have you finished your experiments in Japan?"
"..."×2
This sounds like they are hurting each other, but they are not embarrassed at all.
"You want to fight with me?"
"The position of National Preceptor has never been exclusive to anyone. Besides, do you really think that the Qin Kingdom is the same as the Jin Kingdom? You can still control the entire court quietly? Even if it is the Jin Kingdom, you will be discovered in the end.
!”
Pudu Cihang's eyes narrowed slightly, and his face no longer had the kindness it had before. Similarly, Xu Fu's expression also became serious and cold.
"Help me become a national master, otherwise your experiments will be exposed!"
"Help me become a national master, otherwise your identity as a monster will be exposed!"
The two spoke in unison, and their cooperation was extremely tacit. Pudu Cihang sneered and said: "What about the identity of the monster? Great Qin values meritocracy, and it did not say that monsters cannot serve as national advisors. But your test is not certain.
, those cruel experiments are horrifying even to me when I see them. What do you think the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will think? Will they regard you as a heretic?"
Xu Fu sneered, "So what if it's cruel and terrifying? My goal is to find a way to live forever. As long as I succeed, I don't think Hu Hai will be very happy! But your identity as a monster is not necessarily certain. Yes, they may indeed not care about your identity as a monster.
But don’t forget, you are a monster who has absorbed the luck of the Kingdom of Jin. Do you think they can still tolerate you when they learn this?”
"Hmph!"×2
After hurting each other, the two separated, but in their hearts they were preparing for a second round of confrontation.