Chapter five hundred and thirteen: Ye Yutong and the iron-eating beast
How to judge this, this, this is crazy?
You ask me, who should I ask?
Fortunately, there are not too many such questions, and most of them are multiple choice questions.
Otherwise, I'm afraid most of the candidates here will be driven crazy by the exam.
Of course, there are some very smart candidates among them.
When faced with such a question, they first had a look of confusion on their faces.
But soon, they began to think thoughtfully.
Then, after your own analysis, you give the correct answer.
Time passed by minute by minute, and not long after, an hour came.
The first exam is officially over.
When the bell rang in the examination room, there were many candidates who had just finished more than half of the questions and were still writing furiously.
However, under the stern warning from the invigilator, they had to put down their pens reluctantly and unwillingly.
After taking away the test paper, the next step is to cover up the name on the test paper.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was no name-blinding system for exams.
It is precisely for this reason that it is difficult for children from poor families to become officials.
Because no matter how good your answers to the test paper are, how outstanding your literary talent is, and how clear your organization is, but you are not from my family, I will not use you.
This also resulted in the fact that in the mid-Tang Dynasty, almost 70% of the officials were occupied by people with the five surnames and Qiwang.
It would be damned if the aristocratic family doesn't grow gradually.
The anonymous examination system can eliminate this phenomenon.
After filling in your name, the next step is to change the test paper.
Correct all the scores and gather together all the test papers of the first few people who need to be admitted.
All the examiners will open the names together and announce the results of the Ministry of Industry.
In this way, the examiner can be prevented to the greatest extent from being cunning and giving away favors when correcting the test paper.
After walking out of the examination room, many candidates were so embarrassed that they cried.
"This test paper is so difficult! It's a graphic question. The four shapes are obviously different! Choose the right one! I'll choose all four!"
"Huh? That's not right. Of these four figures, three are the same and one is different?"
"Are they all the same? The four of them are obviously different!"
"No, there are three shapes among them, they are all a square inside a circle. Only one is a square inside a triangle, isn't it different?"
"Ah? Can we divide it like this? What about the test question about who told a lie? As I say, pull them all up and give them a good beating. They will all be honest! Why bother?"
"Then when a case happens to you, you can't beat up all the insiders, right? That's the test question, this is how I solved it..."
This kind of conversation occurs among countless candidates.
Some candidates suddenly realized that these test questions had such solutions.
But what is the use of these test questions?
It seems to have no practical effect at all!
However, there are also some smart candidates who feel that these test questions seem to place more emphasis on people's ability to think divergently, associative abilities, etc.
Since the King of Shu came up with this kind of test question, there must be his intention in it.
…
After three days of examination, the first Jiannan Road Civil Service Examination was finally completed successfully.
Next, there is the busy work of correcting papers.
Li Min attached great importance to this exam.
I personally sat at the scene and paid close attention to the process of paper correction.
Five days later, all the test papers were corrected.
Then open all the papers and copy the list of pilot test personnel on a piece of red paper.
Posting in Yizhou City Center.
At the results announcement site, those mid-term exam candidates were overjoyed.
And those who failed were very depressed.
Of course, the most frustrating ones are those local officials who were fired from their original positions because they failed the exam.
Because the positions and jobs in these counties and townships are all controlled by these people.
And they are not alone, there are a group of people following them.
This is a huge group with vested interests.
But now, their jobs have been overturned.
…
Ye Yutong is a hunter from Yizhou who makes a living by hunting all year round.
Of course, Ye Yutong doesn't hunt much these days.
Because since the King of Shu came to Yizhou, the lives of the people have undergone earth-shaking changes.
Ye Yutong was very smart. He taught himself the Three-Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames and Thousand-Character Classic, and then he was successfully elected as a small boss while working.
The days are getting more and more prosperous, and the life at home is now much better than before.
The family house has been renovated, and he has married the most beautiful girl in the village. His son has just been born recently, and his life is getting more and more prosperous.
And just that night, Ye Yutong was just taking a dip in the water when suddenly the dog in the yard started barking desperately.
The barking of dogs woke up the whole family.
His son Goudan started crying loudly.
The daughter-in-law quickly picked up the baby and nursed him while coaxing him.
Ye Yutong cursed, put on his clothes and stood up, picked up the stick at the door and prepared to break the dog's legs.
But as soon as he opened the door, Ye Yutong saw two more figures in the yard.
These two figures, with their bodies black and white, are two animals in the mountains.
Isn't this an iron-eating beast?
Iron-eating beasts are so powerful that they can go crazy and fight with tigers. In the mountains, no animal dares to provoke them.
Ye Yutong was startled and involuntarily tightened the stick in his hand.
But soon, Ye Yutong discovered that these two iron-eating beasts were actually the two he knew.
And he is also his savior.
It turns out that many years ago, Ye Yutong once encountered more than a dozen wild wolves while hunting.
That time, Ye Yutong almost died in the belly of a wolf.
In the end, it was because they escaped to the territory of this pair of iron-eating beasts that the invading wild wolves were all slapped away by the pair of iron-eating beasts.
In the end, the wild wolf fled in fear, and Ye Yutong saved a small life.
Although these iron-eating beasts did not deliberately save him, they still saved his life.
Moreover, this pair of iron-eating beasts were very friendly to Ye Yutong.
From then on, Ye Yutong and the pair of iron-eating beasts became good friends.
Every time he went hunting, Ye Yutong would visit the pair of iron-eating beasts and sometimes bring them some food.
And these iron-eating beasts would sometimes help Ye Yutong.
After going back and forth, Ye Yutong and the pair of iron-eating beasts actually became good friends.
However, in the past two years, Ye Yutong has stopped hunting and has not seen his old friends for a long time.
Ye Yutong was very happy to see his old friend this time.
Ye Yutong first scolded the local dog at home and told him to shut up.
Then happily walked towards the two iron-eating beasts.
Did these old friends come here to see him on purpose because they missed him?
However, when he got closer, Ye Yutong realized that something was wrong. The pair of iron-eating beasts were actually seriously injured.
