Hundreds of thousands of people began to take the intelligence test at the same time. The imperial party's traitors, who had never seen such a large formation, did not realize how absurd Chongzhen's decision was on the day of the test. From the Confucius Temple to the Meridian Gate, it lasted for ten years.
The temporary examination room in Yuli was packed with candidates who came to take the exam.
With such a dense crowd, let alone maintaining order in the examination room, if the entire street had not been declared under martial law two days ago, it would have been extremely difficult for the examiners to check the qualifications of the candidates. And Kong Yanzhi, who was responsible for presiding over this unprecedented scale examination, even
It was unlucky that with his old arms and legs, just one round trip would take this deceitful Yan Shenggong two hours.
What the examiners are worried about is exactly what the students are looking forward to. After all, no one expects the test questions to be less difficult than the provincial examinations they took that year, and a large number of them also know how much ink they have in their stomachs.
Therefore, such a simple and crowded examination room not only did not arouse dissatisfaction among the students, but actually made them cheer privately because they saw hope.
Although they were not familiar with those traitors of the Imperial Party and could not get through to get the test questions in advance, the students' ability to analyze intelligence should not be underestimated. They had already seen the clues from the test location announced by Kong Yanzhi, and they would never waste it.
Such a good opportunity.
As a result, a wide variety of cheating tools appeared. The students who had been prepared for a long time took out micro-carvings the size of rice grains and secretly wrote cheat sheets on various rare books. The wealthy children even bought them at high prices from a group of mysterious figures.
In order to stuff the sample essays into any place, even those poor students who are short of money have many copies of classics on their clothes... There are even some people who have specially prepared code gestures for this ridiculous exam in anticipation.
If you are really in dire straits, you can get help from your companions.[
It wasn't until the exam began that the students realized how wrong they were. The person in charge of invigilating the exam was not the court official they expected, nor the common government official.
More than thirty battalions of scouts were transferred from Lu Xiangsheng's department, which had been expanded into the Central Army Group.
Those students with splendid articles were the first to be caught out. The White Lotus sect's magic sticks also included some spices when selling the so-called answers. Although people couldn't smell it, those Tibetan mastiffs as strong as calves could.
The guys who could easily smell it and copied classics on their clothes were also found. If it were not for the social atmosphere, these unlucky guys would not even be able to leave their underpants.
What pleased the scholars was that the strict review seemed to end here, and the soldiers did not find any other way to bring the cheat sheets into the examination room. It was not until the test papers were handed out that the students' anger was ignited again. But this
This time they were not targeting the vicious proctors, but the profiteers who sold them cheating tools at high prices.
There were no historical theories that made people crazy, and there were no strategies that could make them anger the emperor and ruin his reputation. They just took the test on the Four Books and Five Classics, and this topic...
The first title is: "A filial husband is a person who is good at inheriting other people's ambitions and good at describing people's affairs."
"The technique says: Place four oxen, two horses, and one sheep, each in a row... Now A holds five hundred and sixty coins, and B holds money... The question is: How many coins do you want to draw out? How many are each?
"This is still the original question, and it's not difficult at all.
"Shu said: The number of steps out of the east gate is the law... Today there is a city ten miles from east to west and fifteen miles from north to south, with an open door in each center. There is a tree nine miles out of the east gate. How many steps can you take before you see a tree after going out of the south gate?" Which pit is this?
The Confucian guy copied the question? He actually changed the data of the original question? How can the students who have learned and memorized it copy it? Don't be afraid. In such a relaxed examination room environment, it is time for those hand gestures to work.
As the answer process progressed, more and more test takers began to scratch their heads, and even those students who came from Luoyang Academy gradually slowed down. Because most of the following questions came from "Elements of Geometry" which was not widely used in this era. Moreover,
None of the questions are original, all of them have been revised by the pedant Qin Tianjian and the treacherous people in the household department, and they are also required to write down the calculation process when answering the questions...
"This...which disaster is the question?" On the third day, even the always conceited Huang Zongxi couldn't help but curse. If it weren't for the thousands of words of explanation above, he wouldn't even know what acceleration is.
, not to mention the initial velocity of the cannon, but it has to break the impact point of an iron lump after being smashed from a fifty-foot-high cliff. Isn't this a trap? If someone fires a cannon, just run away. You are still stupid.
What does standing count? But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and Huang Zongxi finally came up with a relatively correct result based on the long list of dazzling data.
But Huang Zongxi really couldn't answer the second question. He figured out the motion trajectory of the object by taking into account the force in different directions. Pulling horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, this was like having nothing to do when he was full.
Anyone with this kind of problem should be given two pounds of croton and let him go...
"Haha... Have fun! Have fun! Come! Brother De Bing, let's drink this drink with Brother Yu!" Without the lengthy explanatory notes, it would be difficult for Song Yingxing to fully answer the two questions that Galileo asked. But after this
In this exam, he also found that although he had mastered a lot of knowledge, he had not yet formed a systematic theory, so that he was almost fooled by others.
"Brother Chang Geng, look at my sad face, can you still be in the mood to drink?" Huang Zongxi said on the verge of tears: "I remember that in the past, I used to boast that I was talented and learned, but after this exam..."
"Brother De Bing, why should you be so upset about today's small setback? Didn't Brother Yu fail to answer that question? To tell you the truth, I couldn't even guess at the first question, and I answered the question yesterday.
At least 40% wrong!" Xu Xiake was just an explorer, a geographer but not a mathematician, and he had very little research on mechanics. However, he was open-minded and did not despair completely because of this failure.
"Brother De Bing should still remember the question from the first session!" Seeing that his companions were unhappy, Song Yingxing put down his wine glass. "Knowing shame is almost courageous. The imperial court has already given us a reminder in advance. This time
The purpose of the exam is to make us see our shortcomings and then work hard..."
"But the institute..." Huang Zongxi's goal is not just to enter the Imperial Academy, but to gain access to the most advanced knowledge of the Ming Dynasty. However, his current performance seems to be getting further and further away from this dream.
"Have you forgotten what was said on the notice? The test results obtained in the past two days are only for reference. What will really determine our fate will be tomorrow, the last one held in Fengtian Hall." Song Yingxing said with full of longing:
"Perhaps we can't enter the institute, or even the gate of the Imperial College, but since the imperial court chose such a weird test question to let us find the gap, is there no solution? In Brother Yu's opinion, what about the new
I’m afraid the official school is…”
"There is still tomorrow and a future for us!" Song Yingxing's words made Huang Zongxi put down a lot of his thoughts. He was still young and only in his early twenties. If he really failed this time, he would have the shamelessness to go to the official school to accompany him.
Those little kids were studying. When he saw these two brothers who were over fifty years old in front of him... the more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he felt the advantage of age. (To be continued...)