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Chapter 23 Sending the proposition

How could Wei Chenrui, who is on good terms with the military attache, not know what the military attache is like, and also know where their weaknesses are. The aggressive method should not be too easy for them.

Therefore, Wei Chenrui said to Lu Jinyang, the most powerful and mighty general, "General Lu, are you afraid?"

"Are you kidding, how could I be afraid, isn't it just a question, what's the problem!"

Being so provoked by Wei Chenrui, Lu Jinyang said this without thinking.

After finishing speaking, I realized that I was fooled: "Okay, you plot me!"

"It's in vain that I treat you so well, and you plan on me!"

Wei Chenrui didn't want to cause a rift between the two of them because of this, so he quickly explained: "How could it be, such a simple thing as an exam question, how can I plot against you!"

"Imperial examinations are nothing more than books like [The Doctrine of the Mean] and [University]. You just copy a few sentences in it, and a question comes out. It couldn't be easier, right?"

"Besides, those candidates are all going to be officials in the court in the future, and most of them are civil servants. Are you sure you want to miss such an opportunity to embarrass the civil servants openly?"

When Lu Jinyang thought about it, it was really true. In the past, civil servants often made things difficult for military officials by relying on their tongues.

It would be a pity to miss such an opportunity to get back on the field.

Then he nodded with a satisfied smile: "Not bad, not bad, it's a good idea!"

Lu Jinyang, the leader of the military generals, had no objections, and naturally the other generals also had no objections. Everyone wanted to embarrass the civil servants and vent their anger.

There is no problem with military officers, but there is a problem with civil servants.

After all, the imperial examinations have always been taken by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials in turn, and other departments have no way to intervene.

At this time, when I asked the question, I was suddenly confused.

Yu Shida, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who was acquainted with Wei Chenrui, was the first to raise a question: "Well, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, I have never presided over the matter of setting out questions, so I really don't know how many questions should be asked and what types of questions they are, so I don't know where to start ah!"

For this question, Wei Chenrui did not answer: "There is no rush for this, I will answer it later, does anyone else have any questions?"

Now that Wei Chenrui asked, one after another, people stepped forward and asked questions they cared about.

"His Majesty, I wonder how many questions will be asked? How long will it take? When will the exam be scheduled?"

"Although you are responsible for all the expenses of the exam, you cannot invigilate the exam, maintain order, and mark the papers alone. You will definitely need the assistance of other officials. How will this work be arranged?"

"The incident of cheating in the imperial examination just happened, how can you guarantee that it won't happen again?"

Seeing that the question was getting more and more tricky, the emperor couldn't bear it anymore, and was about to speak when Wei Chenrui stopped him with his eyes.

"My lords' questions are very good. Since this hall dares to say this, it is natural that it is not just talking about it, but is fully prepared."

"This hall considers the topic of the exam in this way. My lords, no one will give ten fill-in-the-blank questions, that is, give a sentence, but leave a paragraph at the beginning, middle, or end for people to fill in."

"These questions are all in the books. As long as the students study hard and memorize them, they can answer all of them correctly, and there is no problem."

"Of course, the exam must not be as simple as that. In this way, talents cannot be selected. Therefore, this hall calls this kind of question [Submission Question]."

"It's not enough to just have simple questions. There must be some more difficult questions, but they can't be too difficult."

"Then, the poems and songs commonly used by students in gatherings can be used as topics. One poem, one poem, one song, and one fu. There are four topics in total. This hall calls this kind of topic [Fengya Title]."

"After the students pass the Jinshi examination, they must become officials. According to the usual practice, they are all the parents' officials like county magistrates at the grassroots level."

"In this way, one must understand people's livelihood, know the law, and be able to resolve cases."

"Then, the third type of questions comes out. There are three questions in total. One is about people's livelihood, one is about laws, and the other is about judging cases. This hall calls this kind of questions [people's livelihood questions]."

At this moment, Lu Jinyang stood up and wanted to say something, but Wei Chenrui stopped him.

"Military officers, don't panic, it's really not easy for you to ask questions."

"But it's not difficult. You can rely on leading troops to fight."

"For example, which country to fight with, how many troops to send, how much food and grass they need to prepare, how to transport, etc., the people's livelihood issues come out."

"The grain and grass were intercepted on the way, so what laws were violated by the robbers, escort officers, and even the local officials who were intercepted, and how to deal with them. In this way, legal issues emerged."

"The last thing is to settle the case, which is actually very simple. There must have been spies in the army, so a case of finding spies came out."

After what Wei Chenrui said, not only the military officers had a clearer mind, but also the civilian officials had a clearer mind.

Seeing that everyone was following their own train of thought, Wei Chenrui continued, "Finally, this hall decided to add a [proposition]."

"What is [Send Proposition]? If you don't answer well, you will die."

"Of course, this question is considered a bonus question. Candidates can choose to answer it, or they can choose not to answer it."

"A good answer will naturally add points, and no points will be deducted if you don't answer. If you don't answer well, you may die."

"Your lords don't need to come up with this question. As an additional question, this question will be discussed and decided by the hall and the emperor."

"The examination hall has decided to adopt a scoring system. The total score is set at [-] points. [Submission questions] choose twenty blanks, one blank for one point, four [Fashionable questions], each question is ten points, and three [People's livelihood questions], [-] points for each question, [-] points for the test paper."

"In this exam, there is no specific quota, but it is based on scores. The total score is 60, and the passing score is [-]. As long as you get [-] points, no matter how many, you will all be admitted."

"Of course, the ranking is based on the score."

"[Send Proposition] is an additional question, set at [-] points, you can answer it or not."

"This question has a high score, if you choose not to answer it, you will definitely miss the top ten."

"I don't know if the princess can tell me, this [Proposition], what kind of question do you plan to ask?"

For the "send proposition" that Wei Chenrui said, the tutor with countless disciples was very interested.

Wei Chenrui smiled and said, "Of course!"

"The topic I came up with is【Where do you think the imperial court did not do well, and how should it be corrected? Please use specific examples to illustrate!】"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the court, this topic really deserves the word "death"!

If you don't answer this well, you will really die!

Taifu laughed a little: "Hahaha, it is indeed [Send Proposition]!"

"Can you tell me, what is your purpose for asking this question?"

(End of this chapter)