Because the questions were too simple, the first exam ended quickly.
The last scholar who handed in his paper only waited two hours.
Liu De looked at the high-spirited scholars gathered in small groups to talk about the examinations, and he already knew that he had succeeded!
The question was so simple that almost all the scholars felt that they could pass the test smoothly - even those who were just trying to show off their skills were bragging about their awesomeness at this time, thinking that they were sure to advance to the next round.
"Now do you understand why?" Liu De said to Ji An with a smile: "All the heroes in the world will be put in my jar!"
Ji An also bowed sincerely at this time: "Your Highness has great foresight, I just want to bow my head!"
This examination was indeed an eye-opener for Ji An. It is no exaggeration to say that it opened a window to a new world for Ji An.
Before this, Ji An had never thought that it was so easy to win people's hearts.
Liu De did nothing, and thousands of scholars just remembered him.
Liu De laughed.
Regardless of ancient or modern times, human nature is the same, and they all desire recognition and respect.
What is the purpose of a bookworm who has been studying hard for decades?
Be an official? Or become rich?
Maybe a bit of both.
However, most of the intellectuals at this time were descendants of nobles, rich people, and landlords. To be honest, they basically belonged to the second generation of rich people.
Especially the children of Marquis Che, do they really care about the so-called official position of 100 stones?
For intellectuals, gaining recognition and respect from the world is a spiritual enjoyment that far exceeds all material things.
And Liu De simplified the questions, which was equivalent to giving the green light to all scholars. As long as they are not idiots and have a little bit of education, they can basically pass his first round of examinations.
In this way, they were equivalent to gaining the approval of the court.
Even if you are eliminated in the end, with this recognition, you can still brag when you return to your hometown and show off in front of your fellow villagers, right?
Even Xiang Yu said: Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, but they walk at night like fine clothes.
Not to mention this bunch of extremely vain literati!
In this way, Liu De kidnapped these scholars. From now on, anyone who dares to say that Liu De is wrong will be questioning their reputation.
The so-called unity of the party and the defeat of dissent, the power of thousands of soldiers, is simply a nuclear weapon-level trump card at this time.
Of course, Liu De had another intention in doing this.
Liu De looked at Ji An with a smile and took a few steps gently.
In the entire examination design, the second round is the key.
As a time traveler, Liu De naturally knows what mathematics is?
Mathematics is the king of science!
It is the basis of all technology!
It is the core of the wisdom of all civilizations!
The cruel elimination rate in the second round of examinations will make all scholars pay attention to mathematics. In this way, over time, mathematics will become a matter of concern to people of all schools of thought.
In this way, a great cause can be accomplished!
Because Liu De knows that other things can be promoted by genius, but mathematics cannot!
Without the quadratic equation of one variable, it is impossible to formulate the quadratic equation of two variables.
If you can’t solve for pi, how can you find the volume of a sphere?
"Let's go, go back and mark the papers..." Liu De waved his hand. His observation of the scholars during his trip out of the palace made him feel relieved to go back and prepare for the next round of mathematics exams.
Returning to the palace, Liu De saw that all the test papers had been sealed in wooden boxes one by one. Zhang Tang and Ju Meng led two groups of people to guard them to guard against any possible problems.
This examination is not only important to Liu De, but also to their small team!
"We can start grading!" Liu De ordered.
"No!" Zhang Tang and Ju Meng nodded, and asked his men to open the wooden box and take out all the test papers.
Because the examination was a preliminary examination, Liu De did not use any confidentiality methods such as anonymity. The names and place of birth on all papers were made public.
Zhang Tang, Ji An, and Ju Meng each led a group of educated subordinates and began to read one by one.
Liu De asked Wang Dao to prepare tea, and he sat down on a soft couch and closed his eyes to rest. During this time, Liu De was indeed a little tired.
After lying on the soft couch for more than an hour, Liu De got up, ate something, and then asked Wang Dao: "How did Zhang Tang and the others do with their marking?"
"Back to Your Highness, I've almost finished reading half of it!" Wang Dao replied. As he spoke, he gently lowered his shoulders to Liu De: "I think I should be able to complete the marking before sunset!"
Liu De nodded and said nothing.
Because the questions are too simple and Liu De's requirements are very low, the so-called marking, according to Liu De's requirements, is just to check whether the written article is smooth, whether there are many typos, and whether there are any taboo things.
Once the sentences are fluent, logically sound and no nonsense, then everything will pass!
In this way, the speed and efficiency of marking will naturally be greatly improved.
After thinking about it, Liu De ordered: "Go and tell them that every time a person passes by, write down their name and place of origin. Tomorrow morning, the list will be posted under the Chang'an Lubu..."
After thinking for a while, Liu De added: "Tell them to make it more beautiful and make the noise louder. It is best to go to the Shaofu to ask a group of people with louder voices to read out the names of the passers under the cloth!"
In the imperial examinations of later generations, Jinshi had to ride on horseback and parade through the streets, and the Donghua sect had a roll call.
Liu De does not have this condition, but he still has to find a way to take care of the face of those scholars and let them know that passing the first round is an honorable thing!
More importantly, the cost of doing this is small, but the benefits are huge!
"No!" Wang Dao nodded and went down to give the order.
Liu De, however, brought some pieces of white paper, spread them on the desk, and began to prepare for the next round of math questions.
"First, I'm going to ask five questions!" Liu De thought in his mind: "Only those who answer at least three questions correctly can advance to the next round of interviews!"
How to design these five questions is very important.
"At least one of them must give points!" Liu De thought to himself.
Scholars all over the world now care about face. If face is lost, they may choose some extreme measures.
For example, hang yourself, jump into a river, commit suicide, etc.
If something like this happens, it will inevitably affect Liu De's reputation.
Therefore, among the five questions, there must be one that normal people can understand.
"Let's just use the Pythagorean Law!" Liu De quickly made a decision, "Pythagorean Law". This is a common sense issue recorded in the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic. If no one even reviews this, then he will
You deserve zero!
"There has to be a question of medium or high difficulty..." The essence of this exam, Liu De thinks, is like the online games of later generations, where scores are divided into levels.
"We still need to set up two difficult problems at this time..." Now we have to read the book and ask Taishi Ling Sima for advice. After all, in terms of mathematics, no one is better than the historians who study astronomy and geography!
"The last one is the ultimate weapon - the sixth-grade math questions from Tianchao Primary School!" Liu De thought for a while. In order to prevent the questions from being too scary and frightening the children, he did not consider choosing those popular questions that would be uploaded on the Internet later.
Instead, he chose a topic that impressed him deeply in his memory - at least Liu De felt that he could still solve this topic... Well...
This kind of design can ensure that Liu De's examination is fair and just on the surface, and facilitates his black-box operation.
Otherwise, if there is only one question... what if the person he wants is eliminated?
It can't be like the drafts of later generations, with a resurrection session, right?
"All the questions are worth one point each. Is this design feasible?" Liu De thought.
This is to prepare and test for further reform of the examination system and the promotion of Arabic numerals in the future.
"That's it. Emperor Taizong of the Celestial Dynasty also said that you can cross the river by feeling the stones, and I will feel them too..." Liu De thought of this and decided.
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Ahem... Dian Niang's strong recommendation is indeed powerful. It has increased by at least 700+ since the ranking was changed and I estimate that it has 800 collections. It is really powerful!
Well, continue to code and save the manuscript~~~~~Now I have 4 chapters in hand~~~~
