Chapter 173 The sales of natural books are skyrocketing!
"oh!"
Liu Rushi nodded thoughtfully.
"Okay, make me a bowl of ginseng soup!"
"Yes, sir!"
Huang Zongxi frowned and looked at the newspapers in front of him, with a trace of hesitation flashing in his eyes.
To be honest, he felt that there was really no problem with His Royal Highness doing this.
But he always felt that His Highness the Crown Prince was a little too anxious in doing this. If this aroused opposition from scholars all over the world, then...
A hint of sigh flashed in Huang Zongxi's eyes.
He didn't know what to say. Although he quite agreed with His Highness the Crown Prince's plan, he did feel that His Highness the Crown Prince was a little too hasty in his reforms.
Now was not the right time, so he did not speak for Cheng Hao.
At this time, in the palace.
Emperor Chongzhen frowned tightly as he looked at the newspapers in front of him. He was not very angry like the previous times, but felt a little entangled in his heart.
"Have you got the papers for this exam, Prince?"
Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a moment, looked at Wang Chengen beside him and asked.
"Your Majesty, bring it! Here it is!"
With that said, Wang Chengen brought the test paper to Emperor Chongzhen, who took a look at it.
Arithmetic?
Chongzhen was stunned for a moment. He looked at the test paper in front of him with some doubts, a puzzled look in his eyes.
After looking at it for a while, I found that the test paper in front of me is of reasonable difficulty!
Chongzhen looked at it and saw that he could solve at most three questions. Some of the math questions that followed were too difficult for him.
Then comes nature.
After reading it for a while, Chongzhen remembered, isn't this the book compiled by his son?
He was a little curious. Is the content in the nature book compiled by his son true or false? How reliable is it?
There was a curious look in Chongzhen's eyes. If he saw the prince again next time, he would have to ask carefully.
Opening the subject of Nature at random, Emperor Chongzhen saw the title of an ancient text.
After looking at it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen showed a smile in his eyes. This question is very flexible and tests the students' understanding of ancient literature and classics.
This question can even be put directly into the imperial examination. It is also a very good question.
If Emperor Chongzhen guessed correctly, this must be the question given by Wu Di.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled.
He continued to turn.
The last test paper is a history test paper, which is also very good. It can be said that this test paper is very high-level.
“The questions are all very good!”
Chongzhen smiled slightly.
"If you want to use these test papers to select talents, the prince has done a good job! It's just that the reforms at this time have taken some advantage of some people!"
As he spoke, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes flashed with a sigh.
The imperial examination involves the most people's interests. This thing has been proved by the emperor a long time ago and must not be tampered with.
At this time of year, the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and the prince is trying to take advantage of the imperial examination cake...
Thinking of this, a trace of hesitation flashed in Emperor Chongzhen's eyes.
"Has the prince said, how will the imperial examination be after this examination?"
Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a moment, looked at Wang Chengen in front of him and asked.
"His Royal Highness seems to be saying that this matter is up to you to decide!"
Chongzhen nodded.
"Let's do this!"
Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a moment and said to Wang Chengen who was standing aside: "I will issue an announcement to be published all over the world, saying that the current academic level examination is limited to one province in Shandong, and the imperial examination system will never be abolished at present.
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Even if it is to promote the academic grade examination, we will never cancel the imperial examination system!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
After hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, Wang Chengen nodded respectfully.
"I hope it can calm the minds of the world's scholars!"
Chongzhen sighed slightly and murmured.
"With your words, the scholars in the world will definitely feel at ease!"
Wang Chengen smiled slightly, looked at Emperor Chongzhen in front of him and said.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt a slight movement in his heart. He looked at Wang Chengen in front of him and smiled slightly: "By the way, after the announcement is made, these test papers should also be announced! Let all these scholars take a look!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Soon, Emperor Chongzhen's announcement was sent out through the Huangming Bulletin. At the same time, the test papers for the Shandong examination were also sent out.
This statement from Emperor Chongzhen gave those scholars a lot of peace of mind. At least the general direction of the imperial court was still to focus on the imperial examination, and it would not change the pattern of the imperial examination.
As for the scholars in Shandong?
Anyway, the scholars in Shandong are not in Jiangnan now, so who cares about them!
Everyone reported their own thoughts of sweeping the snow in front of their own homes, and the public opinion of these scholars was finally calmed down.
As long as it doesn’t affect Jiangnan!
The previous issue of officials and gentry receiving food from one body also made these scholars in the Jiangnan area excited, but His Highness the Prince also made it clear that it only concerns the Shandong area and does not care about other places.
It can be regarded as calming public opinion.
It's okay now, naturally.
But the test papers released by the Huangming Bulletin made public opinion boil again.
"What kind of subject is this? The questions in it look so strange!"
"I know about natural science! It seems to be a book edited by His Royal Highness. The content in it is so absurd that it is unbelievable!"
"The content of this arithmetic is pretty good, I can do it!"
"The ancient Chinese essay questions are also very good! It is considered a good question in the imperial examination! The history is also good. In addition to some basic historical knowledge, the policy questions are also very sophisticated!"
Many scholars are basically talking about Cewen and ancient prose.
But Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu and other new scholars were very interested in the natural questions in these examination papers.
After learning that it was a book edited by His Royal Highness, they all asked their servants to go to the bookstore to buy the book.
The influence of this test paper was so great that all nature books in bookstores were basically wiped out.
Everyone is curious about what this nature book contains and why the test papers in it are so difficult.
Regarding the changes in the Jiangnan area, Zhu Cixiang knew very quickly.
After all, Zhu Cihong had many spies in the Jiangnan area.
"Natural books are selling like hotcakes? This is a good thing! If it's out of stock, let the printing factory increase the printing volume of this book! Try to make this book a best-seller!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly. This influence was beyond Zhu Cixiang's expectation.