Kou Ji glanced at the students and didn't pay much attention to them.
Then, under the leadership of the government officials, we sat down in an empty space and started to do the questions.
But after he sat down and picked up his pen, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
"Am I being plotted by Mr. Li?"
Kou Ji held the pen and thought to himself.
Li Di acted well, but his purpose was so strong that Kou Ji saw through his intentions in an instant.
Guessing Li Di's intention of asking him to do the questions, he shook his head, smiled, and started to answer the questions.
He came up with the test questions, and he naturally had the answers in his mind, so after picking up the pen, he didn't need to think too much and just answered directly.
He not only wrote down the answer, but also wrote down the corresponding reasons.
He had gone through these test questions countless times in his mind. In order to meet the two conditions Li Di originally proposed, he had already thought of the answers and the corresponding reasons when he asked the questions.
Therefore, he did not need to think too much when writing, he could just write hard and quickly.
Even so, Kou Ji stayed in his seat for a whole day.
It can be seen that the amount of questions in the ancient imperial examinations was very large.
When night falls.
Kou Ji took the completed test paper and entered the hall.
Li Di was the only one in the hall.
Xue Tian went out for inspection.
Li Di looked at Kou Ji with a very unkind look.
Kou Ji didn't understand what he did wrong to make Li Di feel uncomfortable.
He took the test paper and placed it in front of Li Di.
Li Di didn't even look at the test paper and stared at Kou Ji with a gloomy expression.
He gritted his teeth and a complete sentence came out of his mouth word by word, "Do you know that when I patrol the examination room, I see what I see wherever I look?"
Hearing this, Kou Ji guessed the reason why Li Di looked at him unkindly.
Kou Jigan smiled and said: "Students can't answer the questions? In fact, the questions asked by the boy are not that difficult."
Li Di stared and had the urge to push Kou Ji to the ground and whip him.
Kou Ji hurriedly said: "I also saw that Grandpa Li was worried about the leakage of the imperial examination questions, so I took the risk to write the questions. Besides, I set the questions exactly according to your instructions, Grandpa Li.
If the students cannot answer the question, it only means that they are not knowledgeable enough and have nothing to do with the boys."
Li Di gritted his teeth and said: "I was also fooled by lard at that time, and I actually believed you and asked you to come up with the question. You are right, I am also responsible for this matter, and I admit it.
After leaving Gongyuan, the scholars in the scholarly community wanted to beat or scold them, and I accepted them."
When Kou Ji heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively: "How many people answered the test questions correctly?"
"Not many people?"
Li Di angrily laughed and said: "Everywhere I look, there is a gloomy and gloomy atmosphere. More than 300 people have given up on the scientific examination, lying in their seats and waiting for the end of the autumn period, preparing to participate in the next autumn scientific examination.
There are more than two hundred people writing blindly.
The remaining students all answered one or two questions, and the rest of the papers were blank.
I’m terrified when I see this, I’m really afraid that no one will pass the autumn science examination.”
Kou Ji said doubtfully: "It's not that serious, right?"
Li Di spread his hands, and Kou Ji quickly picked up the test paper and put it in Li Di's hand.
Li Di held the test paper and said, "You will find out after you go around the seat number yourself."
Kou Ji nodded and left the hall to inspect the seat numbers.
I bumped into Xue Tian returning at the door of the hall.
Xue Tian gave instructions to the yamen at the door and asked them to go down and light the lights in the Gongyuan. Then he looked at Kou Ji, sighed, said nothing, and returned to the hall.
Kou Ji glanced at him suspiciously and began to check the seat numbers.
Just as Li Di said, the students in the seats looked sad.
There are countless students who have given up on taking the autumn science and technology examination.
There are also many students who write blindly with their pens.
There are many people who cannot answer the questions and beat their chests in sorrow.
But there are also some students who occasionally write down their thoughts on the paper when they are studying the test questions given by Kou Ji in Jingsi.
When Kou Ji saw this, he nodded with satisfaction and returned to the hall.
Li Di seemed to have just finished talking to Xue Tian about the tragedy in the examination room. Both of them looked not very good. When they saw Kou Ji entering the door.
Li Di put down the test questions in his hand and asked, "How do you like it?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "I think it's very good."
Li Di's face drooped and he said, "You are talking sarcastically to me."
"No!"
Kou Ji said casually.
Li Di said with some annoyance: "You saw the tragedy in the examination room, how dare you say this?"
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said, "What am I embarrassed about?"
Li Di was really angry and wanted to get angry.
He felt that Kou Ji regarded the court's talent evaluation ceremony as a kind of child's play.
Seeing this, Xue Tian quickly stood up and stood in front of Li Di, trying to persuade him: "Li Shangshu calm down, calm down. Minister Kou may have some other reasons for his reaction. It's better to ask clearly before talking about it later."
Li Di gritted his teeth and said, "Then I would like to hear what Minister Kou has to say."
Kou Ji put away the smile on his face, stared at Li Di and said seriously: "You two saw that nine out of ten students could not answer the test questions correctly, and you felt that this was a huge bad thing.
But in the kid’s eyes, this is actually a great good thing.”
When Li Di heard this, he almost laughed out of anger.
"A good thing? You should tell me, what is this a good thing?"
Kou Ji nodded and continued: "Grandpa Li, you only saw the present, but not the future. Once the students in the seats are selected by the three of me, even if they fail to participate in the Spring Festival, they only need to survive three Spring Festivals.
You can also serve as an official.
In the future, even if he cannot govern a local area, he will still be in charge of local civil affairs.
Grandpa Li, you saw the students in your seat who couldn't answer the test questions given by the boy. You felt that the boy was wrong and disrupted the court's talent evaluation ceremony, so you felt angry.
But when the boy saw the students who couldn't answer the boy's test questions, instead of feeling guilty, he was secretly glad.
Why is this kid so happy?
Because the boy helped the court, the people selected a group of officials who did nothing."
Kou Ji spread his hands and said: "The kid just got a little trickier when asking the questions, but he did not deviate from the scope of the saint's teachings. Although it is a bit difficult, as long as you calm down and meditate carefully, you will get the right answer."
There are some questions in it.
But the students did not do this and chose to give up answering the questions.
Compared with the difficulties they will face after becoming officials, what are the test questions that the boy gave?
A little bit of pressure can make them confused.
If they are allowed to serve as officials and run the local government, and encounter difficulties and difficulties from the squires and evil officials, their situation will only become more chaotic."
When Li Di heard this, the anger on his face dissipated a lot, but his expression was still ugly.
Kou Ji bowed his hands to Li Di and Xue Tian, and then said: "You two were also promoted from local officials to Bianjing City step by step. You know much more about the local squires and evil officials than I do.
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You two know very well that when the local squires and evil officials make things difficult for them, they will only do more cruel and vicious things than the boy.
The boy just put a little pressure on them, and they gave up on themselves.
If I go to another place later, I will be in trouble by the squires and evil officials.
They will only become inactive officials, allowing local squires and evil officials to oppress the people.
You two have been officials for many years, and you should know that the inaction of local officials is far more terrible than corruption and bribery."
Xue Tian was a little convinced by Kou Ji, and he nodded in agreement.
Seeing Li Di staring at him, Xue Tian paused.
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, and then said: "You two should also know that I have checked the performance and style reviews of officials from various places in the Ministry of Personnel. According to my coordination, officials who do nothing in various places are far worse than corrupt officials."
many."
Xue Tian couldn't believe it.
But Li Di knew that what Kou Ji said was true.
He had served as a counselor for political affairs, and was about to serve as a counselor for political affairs. He had been at the center of the court and knew far more than Xue Tian.
He didn't need to think carefully to know that Kou Ji's words made sense.
Because he has rich experience as a foreign official, he knows the virtues of the local squires and evil officials.
But he still didn't want to give Kou Ji a smile.
Because he felt that even if what Kou Ji said was reasonable, what he did was still a bit nonsense.
Seeing that Li Di still had a gloomy face, Kou Ji knew that his words were not enough to convince Li Di, so he continued: "I have roughly observed the students in the class, and not all students give up on themselves.
Some of the students, even though they couldn't answer the questions correctly, still didn't give up and kept writing to answer the questions.
If this kind of students go to a certain place, even if the squires and evil officials make things difficult for them, they will not settle for being ordinary and will definitely try their best to do something.
Maybe they can't accomplish anything, but they will never give up easily and will always make some achievements for the people and the court.
There are also some students who, after receiving the questions, carefully review and analyze them and answer them calmly.
They may not get all the questions right, but they will definitely get some of them right.
If this type of students goes to a local area and faces difficulties caused by squires and evil officials, they will definitely analyze it carefully and find out the key to breaking the situation, so as to control the power in the local area, work for the people, and work for the court.
Let’s compare the three types of students and make a judgment.”
Xue Tian said unexpectedly: "Is Master Kou using this to test the students' character?"
Kou Ji slowly shook his head and said with a smile: "I didn't have this idea when I first set out the questions. It was only when I was inspecting the examination room that I discovered that this method is also a way to test the students' character."
Xue Tian nodded thoughtfully.
He was already impressed by Kou Ji's words, and planned to compile Kou Ji's practice of testing the students' character into a memorial and submit it to the inner court after the autumn examination.
Li Di just snorted coldly and said nothing.
When Kou Ji saw this, he smiled slightly. He knew that Li Di was also convinced by him, but he was still putting on airs and was not willing to give in to Kou Ji easily.
If he gives in to Kou Ji easily, where will his face go?
Wasn’t his hair gray due to his anger just now?
Li Di needs a step down.
Kou Ji smiled softly at Li Di and said, "Of course, Grandpa Li taught you the right lesson. This kid is indeed a bit ridiculous."
When Li Di heard this, he snorted coldly, "You know what's important? You have a good idea of using the Qiuwei scientific examination to test the students' character, but your approach is not right.
If you really want to test the students' character, you should report it to the imperial court and conduct the test openly, instead of doing these small tricks behind the scenes.
Not only is it annoying, but it can also easily lead to unnecessary trouble.”
When Xue Tian heard this, he was slightly stunned.
Didn't Kou Ji just say that he discovered that this method could test the students' character when he was inspecting the examination room?
Why did Li Di say that Kou Ji had already had this idea?
Xue Tian's eyes lingered on the two of them suspiciously.
After thinking about it for a while, he found that an old man and a young man were building steps for each other and chatting in a casual manner. He suddenly had no interest in paying attention to their conversation.
"I'm going to inspect the students in their seats to see if it's true as Minister Kou said..."
Xue Tian dropped these words and walked out of the hall.
Kou Ji bowed to Li Di and said, "Thank you, Grandpa Li, for teaching me."
Li Di's anger subsided and he hummed twice: "I'm going to do some inspections too..."
After saying this, Li Di also left the hall.
Kou Ji was left alone in the hall, dumbfounded as he watched the two people leave.
The two of them left quickly and came back quickly.
After I came back, I sat in the hall and didn't say a word again.
Li Di stopped complaining about Kou Ji, and Xue Tian sat alone in a corner of the hall, deep in thought.
The two of them walked around the seats, and in response to Kou Ji's words, they observed the situation of some students and found that it was exactly as Kou Ji said.
Although the two did not speak after they returned to the hall, they acquiesced in Kou Ji's statement.
A flash.
On the second day.
As soon as Kou Ji got up from the bedroom in the back hall, he heard the hurried footsteps of the government officials.
He left the bedroom, grabbed a yamen servant who ran to Li Di's room, and asked, "What happened?"
The yamen servant hurriedly said: "There is a student in the seat who is crazy..."
Kou Ji froze on the spot with a look of astonishment.
The yamen officer bowed his hands to Kou Ji and went to inform Li Di.
Not long after, Li Di appeared in front of Kou Ji's room. He glared at Kou Ji and said angrily: "Some students are driven crazy by your test questions!"
Kou Ji said dryly: "It has nothing to do with the kid, it's just that their character is not up to par."
Li Di snorted coldly: "I know... I also know that this kind of people are embarrassing for big jobs. But I just feel unhappy with you and want to blame you. Do you have any objections?"
Kou Ji shook his head helplessly.
"Why don't you go to the number hall with me?"
After saying this, Li Di walked to his seat.
Kou Ji followed Li Di and rushed to the number hall.
After arriving at the hall.
I saw four or five government officials restraining a student who was yelling and flexing his teeth.
Xue Tian anxiously beat his chest and stamped his feet on the spot.
After seeing Li Di, he hurried forward and said, "Mr. Li, someone is crazy, what should I do?"
Some students were also paying attention to this place secretly. When they saw Xue Tian talking to Li Di, they pricked up their ears and wanted to hear how Li Di would answer.
After all, every one of them had complaints about the test questions they got.