"PS: There was a naming bug in the last chapter. Zhao Hongzhao's son should be the great-grandson of his maternal grandfather Wu Yuan, not the great-great-grandson."
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At the second quarter of the hour, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun and the Minister of Rites Du You appeared in front of the Confucius Temple together, announcing that the examination had officially begun, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to distribute examination questions.
To be honest, Zhao Hongrun was not very happy to stand together with Du You, the Minister of Rites, in public. It's not that he had any objections to Du You. The key was that although Du You was a civil servant, he was tall, exceeding the average eight feet of the Wei people. About the same height as Mi Jiang. As for Zhao Hongrun, although his height has improved significantly in the past few years, it has not yet reached the average level of the Wei people, and is only about the same as Mi Jiang. (about 1.73 meters, 1 meter July 4.)
In this regard, Zhao Hongrun attributed it to his insistence on eating soybeans over the past few years, although his subordinates still could not understand why His Royal Highness King Su wanted to eat horse food. "Note: Soybeans generally refer to soybeans, and were called "shu" in ancient times. , it was first used as one of the staple foods for horses, and later it gradually became a staple food for the people."
The only regret is that although his height has improved significantly, it has still not reached the average level of Wei people. Especially the people around him, except for a few such as Mu Qing, are almost all over eight feet tall (one meter tall). A tall and handsome man with a frame of nearly nine feet (about one meter nine). Needless to say, Zongwei Chu Heng stood there. Just like an iron tower, the iron "husband" (more than two meters). "Note: The Su family measurement is used here, one foot is about 2.1 to 2.2 meters."
Zhao Hongrun could never hope to be as tall as Zongwei Chu Heng in this life. His only wish was to reach the average height of Zongwei. However, counting his years, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
While officials from the Ministry of Rites were distributing test papers, King Su Zhao Hongrun and Minister of Rites Du You made speeches to encourage candidates. While Zhao Hongrun was speaking, Jie Ziyu looked at His Royal Highness King Su from a distance and was inevitably a little excited. ——After all, that’s who he decided to be loyal to.
He still had fresh memories. During the "Four Kingdoms Campaign Against Chu", the army under Juyang Lord Xiong Li took away their food even though they were compatriots. However, the Wei army took away their food even though it was an army from a hostile country. The food from the army was distributed to them, the people of Chu.
That incident made Jie Zizi feel deeply.
Now, more than a million Chu people who moved to Wei State with him have settled in Shangshui City. Every household has a house that can provide shelter from the wind and rain and enough food to satisfy their hunger. Taxation is also "after removing the surplus food." "50%", so that many Chu people no longer have to worry about the embarrassment of not getting the next meal, nor do they need to worry about the army soldiers under the command of Yi Jun kicking open the door violently and forcibly snatching food.
Jie Ziu must admit that the general environment of Wei State is much better than that of Chu State. The domestic aristocrats will not force the common people to the point where the people are living in dire straits. But the most fundamental thing, Jie Ziu thinks, lies in the great aristocrats of Wei State like Su Wang Zhao Run. .
Jie Ziu inquired very much that Su Wang Zhao Run, as the commander of one hundred thousand Wei troops, participated in five wars in six years, and made more post-war profits than Ju Yangjun Xiong Li's life savings, but this respectable Wei The young master, however, had no intention of using the wealth to enjoy luxury. He invested it unstintingly in the development of the Metallurgical Bureau, the construction of Bolangsha, Xiangfu Port, and Lianglu Canal, or as a way to support his army. The reward for the pawn was such that the normal expenses of Prince Su’s Mansion had to be managed by the Lady Sheeptongue in the Prince’s Mansion.
This is very unbelievable in Jie Zigou's view - Zhao Run, the dignified king of Su, is not as rich as his sworn brother Wen Shaobo. Who dares to imagine?
However, this also convinced Jie Ziyu that Su Wang Zhao Run was a rare benevolent master in the world.
To assist this benevolent lord, to rule the world and conquer the Central Plains, this is Jie Zizi's long-cherished wish in this life.
Of course, the most critical step before this is that His Royal Highness King Su must become the monarch of Wei, otherwise, everything will be empty talk.
"Pa da." An official from the Ministry of Rites gently threw a paper bag like an envelope onto the table in front of Jie Ziu.
"finally……"
Jie Ziyu took a deep breath and secretly encouraged himself: In this meeting, he will pass the high school gold medal list, and then take advantage of his ranking to defect to His Highness Prince Su.
After encouraging himself, Jie Ziyu opened the paper bag with some excitement and took out several pieces of paper.
According to his observation, half of those pieces of paper were examination questions.
He had heard about the examinations in previous years. There were probably five examination papers in the Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi, and Spring and Autumn Annals. Students only had to choose two of the five papers to answer questions.
That’s it.
But this year, there is a slight difference. There are only two examination papers. One can be understood as a comprehensive subject of "The Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes", and "Spring and Autumn". It is the "A Volume" drafted by the Ministry of Rites.
”, and another one is said to have been drafted by His Highness King Su, and is called “Book B”.
According to the explanation of Du You, the Minister of Rites, all the students are only required to answer any one of the question papers. The difference is that the "A Volume" follows the path of the Ministry of Personnel, and selects and recommends officials through the Ministry of Personnel, just like in previous years; while the "B Volume"
Without going through the Ministry of Personnel, officials were recommended directly to the "Military Science", "Metallurgy Bureau", "Ministry of Industry", "Ministry of Punishment", and even to official positions in Xinhedong County and Shangshui County. The recommended officials were diverse.
After just a moment's thought, Jie Ziyu put the scroll back into the paper bag, picked up the exam questions drafted by a certain Prince Su himself, and looked at it carefully.
The first category of this examination paper is "Criminal Law". Although Jie Ziu does not intend to pass this examination paper and become an official in the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Daliang Mansion, this does not prevent him from taking a look at the test questions drafted by King Su.
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"Criminal law" can be generally divided into two categories: "criminal investigation" and "law". The former tests the ability to detect cases, while the latter tests the understanding and memorization of the law.
"Question 1: On a rainy night, a murderer broke into a house and robbed him. He was discovered by the owner and fled in a hurry. The owner of the family and his neighbors went to hunt for him in the rain all night. They chased him to a ruined temple in the city and found the suspect.
Three, one rough strong man, one
There was a rogue with no fixed abode, and a wandering monk. None of the three people's clothes had been wet by the rain. Since they could not determine who the thief was, the crowd took the three people to the government, but the county magistrate could spot the real culprit at a glance.
Let me ask: Who is the thief for?"
"..."
The meson owl opened his mouth and was stunned.
In fact, he was not the only one. At this moment, no matter in the open-air examination room or in the examination room, all the candidates who chose "Paper B" to answer the questions were dumbfounded after seeing this question.
Even those students who were familiar with criminal law were stunned.
How come the county magistrate in the exam question "sees through the criminal at a glance"? That county magistrate is simply divine!
They read these test questions several times, and at this moment they were still in a state of confusion.
"Is this His Highness Prince Su who asked the question?"
Swallowing his saliva, Jie Ziyu regretted choosing "Volume B" because he felt that the first question of "Volume B" gave him a disincentive.
At the same time, outside the Confucius Temple, Chu Shuli, the chief minister of the Daliang Mansion, Yang Yu, the young minister of the Dali Temple, and Wei Chi Fang, the chief arrester of the Ministry of Punishment, also got a copy of the examination paper and saw the first question on "Scroll B"
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"It should be the rude strong man, right?" Chief Catcher Chi Fang pointed to a line on the test question and said, "Look, you two, it says 'This strong man is unreasonable and trying to arrest'. This is clearly
There is something wrong in your heart!"
"I think he looks like that scoundrel with no fixed abode..." Chu Shuli of Daliang Mansion said with a frown.
It must be said that this old man has a very bad impression of rangers, scoundrels, and ruffians.
Among the three people, only Yang Yu, the young minister of Dali Temple, smiled and said nothing after reading the test questions carefully and repeatedly.
Seeing his expression, Yuchifang asked curiously: "Does Yang Shaoqing know the identity of the thief?"
Yang Yu smiled slightly and said: "If I'm not wrong, it's the wandering monk... Take a look, you two. The title says "heavy rain that day", which means that the thief was chased by the owner of the household and the neighbors.
He must have been wet all over. Wet clothes can be changed, but wet hair cannot be covered up, so the thief cut off his hair and pretended to be a wandering monk... Therefore, when the county magistrate in the title saw the three suspects,
It was immediately obvious that this fake wandering monk was the thief."
After hearing Yang Yu's conclusive analysis, Yuchifang and Chu Shuli were greatly impressed and praised him repeatedly: He is worthy of being the Young Minister of Dali Temple!
Yang Yu waved his hand humbly, then picked up the examination paper, smacked his lips and said: "Most of the candidates in the past have only memorized the criminal law. I am afraid that at least 70% of the candidates will fail on the question of His Highness Prince Su."
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After hearing this, Yu Chifang and Chu Shuli looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
After all, even neither of them could guess the answer to the test question. You know, they are also judicial officials, but they are not officials who focus on criminal investigation.
Just as Yang Yu, the young minister of Dali Temple, had guessed, those candidates in the general examination room originally chose Paper B because of the gimmick of "His Royal Highness Prince Su drafted the test questions himself", but as a result, the first question was given to them.
A heavy blow, even a student who is familiar with criminal law is stunned by this heavy blow.
If the first question is like this, can the subsequent questions still be passed?
As a result, a small group of test takers quietly put "Paper B" back into the paper bag and took out "Paper A" to continue answering questions.
Of course, there are also some candidates who do not believe in evil and continue to answer the questions out of stubbornness.
Just like the meson owl.
It has to be said that there is really nothing to say about Jie Ziyu's intelligence. Even if it was the first time he encountered such an unfamiliar topic, after some careful thinking, he deduced that "the wandering monk is a thief"
The truth, write the answers and the basis for your inference on paper.
After finishing writing, he suddenly realized: He didn't take the Criminal Division exam, so why did he answer this question?
But even so, Jie Ziyu still set his sights on the second question - he was very interested in the question drafted by a certain Prince Su.
Compared with the first question, the second question is even more brutal.
"Question 2: A man's mother passed away. At the funeral, he saw a woman who came to pay his respects and fell in love with her at first sight. After the funeral, the man killed his sister. What was the motive?"
"..."
Seeing this question, Jie Ziyu opened his mouth and was completely confused.
In the end, Jie Ziyu decided to give up the exam question on "Criminal Law" because he felt that a certain Prince Su had evil thoughts towards students like them - then it was not an exam question for students, even if they were experienced criminals who had been in office for many years.
The officer may not be able to answer the question.
He glanced at the subsequent questions, his expression becoming more and more solemn.
Even he couldn't understand some of the questions. For example, a family has two children, one of whom is a boy, and the question is asked about the probability that the other one is also a boy.
There are some questions that he can understand, but after writing the answers, he always feels something is wrong. For example: A man bought a pig for eight taels and sold it for nine taels. Then he felt that it was not worthwhile and spent ten taels.
I bought two more taels and sold eleven taels to another person. I asked him how much money he made.
Jie Ziyu answered "make two taels", but he always felt that something was wrong.
In comparison, the questions focusing on the Art of War and the Ministry of Industry are relatively simple.
For example, for the Art of War test, a map was drawn directly on the paper, and the candidates were required to lead a number of soldiers to conquer a mountain stronghold based on the landforms on the map, and were asked to write down the specific process.
The questions of the Ministry of Industry are similar to this. For example, one question also draws a map under the title, and the theme is digging canals to irrigate village fields.
Among them, there are two types of labor in the question, villagers and "hired workers". The difference between the two is that villagers are free but their mining efficiency is not high, while hired workers need to be paid daily but are twice as efficient as villagers.
Finally, the question requires candidates to calculate the number of villagers and employees, as well as the costs within the specified date and time, under the three guidelines of "fastest", "most economical (required within the time limit)" and "most reasonable"
Condition.
Even a talented person like Jie Ziyu feels dizzy when he sees this kind of question, because there are so many issues involved.
In contrast, Wen Qi, who was sitting in front of Jie Ziguo, was much more familiar with this kind of subject. After all, when he was in charge of the affairs of the city for King Su Zhao Hongrun in Shangshui City, most of what he was responsible for was this kind of thing.
Therefore, such questions are not difficult for Wen Qi.
But the problem is that Wenqi's main purpose this time is not to get a top ranking in this examination. His real purpose is to take revenge on the Ministry of Rites and win the bet between him and Su Wang Zhao Hongrun.
Therefore, while answering questions, Wenqi always paid attention to the invigilators walking around.
At first, Wenqi didn't take these invigilators seriously. After all, he thought these patrols were just soldiers borrowed from the Ministry of Rites. Until he saw an invigilator actually wearing a uniform under his sleeves.
Secondary sleeve arrow.
Does the military guard have a weapon such as the Hidden Arrow, which is manufactured in limited quantities? It is impossible!
As far as Wen Qi knows, in the entire Wei State, there are only two groups of hidden thieves under the command of a certain King Su - the Green Crows and the Black Crows, who have such hidden weapons as sleeve arrows.
No matter which branch they belong to, they are all hidden thieves who are extremely good at surveillance, and no disturbance can escape their eyes.
"...So cruel?"
Wen Qi raised his head and glanced at His Highness Prince Su who was sitting at the front of the examination room. By coincidence, His Highness Prince Su was also looking at him with a smile.