Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 870

Convince people with virtue and reason.

Li Qinzai's good quality of reasoning is well known all over the world. The officials who disputed with him are obviously not familiar with him, so it doesn't matter.

From a professional point of view, Li Qinzai patiently explained to the officials why he came up with each question, what is the focus of this question, what is the focus of that question, don't talk about astronomy and geography with me, it has something to do with mathematics relation.

Calendar?You can add two more in moderation, just to give you some face.

I have already given you face, how dare you not give me face for the questions I asked?
Mingsuan is just the foundation, it is a tool for all basic subjects, and tools should not be taken too seriously, so, should there be two simple physics problems?

This year, the imperial court has increased the number of Jinshi scholars in the Ming and Mathematics Department by 50 people, so it doesn’t have to be too difficult to ask questions, and the candidates should be properly released. Regardless of their level, if they can solve a few questions, the acceptance rate will be higher.

When formulating questions, consider the limitations of students from poor families in acquiring knowledge, and the application of the questions must be more biased towards the common knowledge of the class of the poor family, so as to exclude those children from wealthy and powerful families who are pampered.

Li Qinzai's suggestions were very pragmatic, and most of the disputes with several officials came from this.

The officials of the Guozijian expressed strong opposition to Li Qinzai's proposal. From their standpoint, the selection of scholars for the country must be comprehensive and not biased.

Not to mention that he is now on someone else's territory, even if he is not, with his reputation as a dandy accumulated over the years, and the unfathomable and terrifying background that even the emperor backs him, the officials found that they really have no capital to compete with him.

It is a pity that after all, the scientific examination is mainly based on Ming Jing, and in the examination room of Ming Jing, those candidates speak freely with their pens and pens.

In terms of the total number of scholars in the Tang Dynasty, the scientific examination during the Zhenguan period was more like a formality. In fact, it still mainly recruited children from aristocratic families.

After confirming the exam questions, Li Qinzai handed over the freshly released test paper to the two supervisory censors. Of course, the censors would not talk too much. Send it to the Ministry of Rites of Chang'an City for engraving and printing.

Everyone entered the deliberation mode again, discussing each question one by one, discussing each question rigorously for a long time, from the original intention of the question, to the difficulty of the test question, and the knowledge involved, etc.

On September [-]th of the first year of Linde in the Tang Dynasty, the scientific examination began.

It wasn't until Li Zhi ascended the throne and decided to adopt a policy of suppressing the aristocratic family that scientific examinations were really taken seriously, and the scale of scientific examinations over the years has become larger and larger.

The gloomy face was a bit scary, the officials were all good at observing words and expressions, so they naturally saw that Li Qinzai's expression was wrong, so they shut up very tactfully.

This is to avoid suspicion, and to prevent the examiner from disclosing the questions for personal gain.

Li Qinzai and the officials began to write questions.

Li Qinzai was a little impatient. He wasn't very good-tempered at first, so he kept talking to them patiently for a long time, but in the end, he said it for nothing. Did he not give face to the pillar of the country?

Li Qinzai cooperated readily, and he didn't mind obeying the rules as long as everyone didn't violate the rules.

On the contrary, the examination room of the Mining Calculus Division was much quieter, and the number of candidates was far less than that of the Mingjing Division.

The exam questions had already been drafted, Li Qinzai wrote like flying, and soon finished a set of exam papers.

Li Qinzai and several officials who set the test also left Ganjingzhuang, and were arranged by the Ministry of Rites to sit in a side hall in the examination room.

Li Qinzai sighed, feeling slightly regretful.

Li Qinzai suddenly changed his face, laughed and said: "Don't get me wrong, I just killed a chicken to make up for you..."

So the face of the dude began to show his face, he was shameless and forced me to do it, right?

After unifying the understanding, the next thing will be much easier.

The officials were silent and their faces were ugly.

The officials changed color suddenly, and a doctor from the Imperial College trembled, "Li County Marquis, why are you here!"

The scientific examination started from Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, but it has been in name only over the years. It was not until the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty that it gradually became a formal scale. The scale is small.

I believe you a ghost!
The officials looked at each other, exchanged glances, and then, from each other's eyes, they saw their own compromises.

A set of examination papers was discussed very quickly, and this time the process was very smooth, maybe everyone was in a hurry to eat chicken.

Three days later, as the long bells of the Bell and Drum Tower in Chang'an City rang, the biennial scientific expedition began.

If I had known this before, I should have killed the chicken the first time we met, and wasted half a day of saliva, why bother.

As the chief examiner, Li Qinzai did not take a break after arriving at the examination room, but led several officials from the Ministry of Rites to patrol the examination room.

Li Qinzai turned his head and yelled outside: "Come on, get a chicken and kill it for them to see!"

With wry smiles, Dr. Guozijian saluted and said, "Just follow Li Xianhou's words and write the questions. After all, you are the examiner handpicked by the emperor, and I will listen to you."

Li Qinzai, who finished writing the questions, could not leave. Those who participated in the writing of the questions had to stay in the school, and everyone was still isolated from the outside world.

According to the practice of formulating questions in previous years, astronomy, geography and calendar accounted for a large proportion in the examination of clear arithmetic. This subject cannot be subtracted too much, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public, and no one can bear the responsibility of the candidates for causing trouble.

Li Shimin once stood in the Taiji Palace and said with a smile, "All the talents in the world are in my pocket", but in fact, in the year he said this, there were only a few dozen people in the imperial examination.

It is not a trivial matter to obtain talents for the country, and Li Qinzai also hopes to help Li Zhi discover a few talents from this scientific examination.

In the early days of the scientific research in the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City did not have a tribute courtyard dedicated to scientific research, and the Ministry of Rites temporarily recruited the Qinglong Temple in Xinchangfang as the test site.

The climate of the scientific examination this year was very different. Thousands of people who walked into the examination room were mostly poor children in old clothes.

"I'm the examiner, and I'm in charge of setting the questions. If you're sensible, just shut up and do as I say. If you don't, you'll get beaten up. In the end, you still have to shut up and choose by yourself." Li Qinzai said coldly.

Many candidates bit their pens and looked at the test papers as if staring at their father and enemy. What's more, some candidates' psychological quality was really fragile.

Seeing that most of the questions on the test paper were incomprehensible, he burst into tears immediately, and was rushed by the officers and soldiers patrolling the field. He slapped the examinee to shut up first, and then dragged him out rudely and threw him away.

Witnessing all this, Li Qinzai secretly sighed.

From ancient times to the present, this is the fairest way to cross classes. If this is not enough, it can only prove that you are not good enough. If you don't have the capital to cross classes, who can you blame?

(End of this chapter)