Daming 1805

Chapter 258 Last Exam
Dongyi Kingdom's imperial examination, the first round of examinations is over.

Candidates who have passed the examination are naturally in a good mood, and are immediately preparing for the next round of examinations that will begin soon.

Most of the candidates who did not pass left directly with regret and loss.

Of course, there are also a small number of people who don't want to leave right away, so they stay in Dongyi Country to continue playing, preparing to see the final exam results.

A large number of candidates left, and the originally tense and lively rental market immediately dropped by an order of magnitude.

In the house that Gauss rented, the other three companions failed the exam.

When Gauss returned to the residence, the three of them began to pack their things sullenly.

Gauss thought about it and began to pack his things.

The three companions were taken aback.

"Gauss, haven't you taken the exam?"

"Shouldn't be!"

Gauss doesn't hide either:

"I passed the exam, but everyone left, so I don't need to spend seven silver bills to rent a bed..."

After seeing off the three companions, Gauss went to a normal hotel on the street and asked about it.

The price of a well-equipped single room has dropped to ten yuan a month.

People kept leaving with their luggage at the door of the hotel. It was obvious that a large number of rooms had been vacated.

Gauss did not make a decision right away, but went back to the residence for another day.

In the four-person room that Gao Si lived in, after the three roommates left, the boss did not arrange any more people in it.

The main reason is that there are no guests, but Gauss still doesn't want to live here any longer.

Gauss is more confident about the exam, and he will live here for a long time in the future, so it is necessary to change the house.

After another day of waiting, Gauss came to the main street in the center of the county seat and found a mid-to-high-end hotel for the middle class.

After negotiating with the hotel owner, I rented a well-equipped single room at the price of eight yuan a month.

Free hot water, free showers, maids to wash clothes, and free food.

The simple rent is one yuan higher, but with value-added services included, the cost is now less than before.

But the overall standard of living has directly improved several notches.

From working class to middle class.

After living in the new house for two days and adjusting his physical strength to the best state, Gauss went to take the second round of exams.

Under normal circumstances, after the Renwu Dynasty, the distance between these two levels of exams is indeed only a few days, but there are two groups of people who take the exams.

Before the Renwu Dynasty, county examinations, government examinations, college examinations, and even township examinations and general examinations could be taken consecutively, but the distance between each two rounds of examinations could not be so close.

But now the situation in Dongyi Kingdom is special, so the three rounds of examinations will be held consecutively, so as to end the problem of the imperial examination as soon as possible.

The second exam is called the government exam, and the format and content are copied from the Ming Dynasty's college entrance examination.

Chinese two, total score [-] points.

Mathematics, 150 points.

One science course, 150 points, including physics and chemistry.

One natural history, 150 points, including geography and biology.

History one, 150 points, including history and politics.

From Zhu Jingyuan's point of view, Chinese is too important in this test, accounting for [-]% of the total score, and the test takes a whole day.

The other four exams, in Zhu Jingyuan's view, were actually seven, which only accounted for [-] points in total, and only lasted for one day.

This is equivalent to the score of English in the college entrance examination in the previous life was added to Chinese, and another third of the score was added.

But in the eyes of Ming scholars, the score of this language is still a bit low.

The ideal state is the same as going from elementary school to middle school, with half of it directly.

This standard was set by Emperor Shizu and the scholars at that time, and it is still relatively difficult to revise it now.

The difficulty of this second exam has risen sharply compared to the first one. After all, it is equivalent to the college entrance examination.

This time, Gauss finally felt that apart from mathematics, he probably couldn't get full marks.

The scope of the investigation is too wide. I have never taken a similar exam before, and many of the contents are unheard of.

When the rankings were finally released, there was not a single candidate with a perfect score.

In the end, 1000 people were admitted to the Lin County examination room, and the pass rate was almost one-third, which was three times higher than the first one.

In the entire Dongyi Kingdom, two Changshi Mansions, and more than a dozen counties, the total number of people who finally passed was almost 500.

Lin County accounted for two-thirds of it.

Lin County was originally the most populous county, with a larger population than all other regions combined.

Outside of Dongyi Kingdom, most of the candidates from the United States, Canada, and even the western continents took the exam in Lin County.

There simply aren't that many candidates elsewhere.

The third round of exams, the last round, was set a month later.

There were only two test locations left. Candidates from Lin County and Wei County, Chang Island and Dongyi Peninsula each went to two locations for the test.

A longer period of time is reserved for candidates to hurry and prepare.

The nature of the third round of exams is completely different from the first two rounds.

It is no longer based on knowledge, but on thinking, analysis, and political work ability.

In fact, candidates who have passed the two rounds of examinations are included in the modern high school graduates, and they also belong to the upper middle class.

Their knowledge level is enough to serve as grassroots officials in this era.

The last exam is to screen out those who are suitable to be civil servants.

The inspection requirements mentioned by Zhu Jingyuan will also be reflected in the last exam.

The location of the last exam was finally arranged indoors.

The Changshi Mansion expropriated a classroom in a middle school in Lin County.

More than 1000 candidates were scattered in more than 30 classrooms for the exam.

Gauss took the admission ticket, found his seat and sat down, and when he looked around, he found a familiar face.

I saw an Englishman on the boat from Tessie to Long Island, a young man who seemed to be called Byron.

However, Gauss did not intend to deal with others, so he sat in his seat and waited for the exam to start.

There are only two exams in the third round. In the morning, the administrative basic ability is examined, and in the afternoon, the political analysis and writing are examined.

Those who can come here are elites in the Taixi world.

But when the test papers were handed out this time, many people were still scratching their heads.

Smart people may not be suitable for politics, and people who can write may not be able to write arguments.

The internal logic of this kind of administrative-related test questions is still Ming-style, which is different from the way of thinking of many Thai and Western people.

Gauss, who didn't encounter any difficulty in the last exam, was a little confused this time.

In the afternoon, the comprehensive examination of writing skills made many people even more entangled.

Especially for the final materials and questions, they were required to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the cultures and systems of the Ming Dynasty, Thailand and the West.

Gauss frowned after reading the material.

How should this topic be written?
Gauss has an overall understanding of the culture and system of Ming Dynasty, the key is how to write it out.

This topic is too subjective.

If you write according to your own understanding and your inner judgment, can you get points?
If you write Daming as good as possible and Taixi as bad as possible, will you definitely get a high score?
Gauss hesitates here, but many others have already begun to write.

Not knowing what other people think, Gauss deliberated for more than half an hour before deciding to write according to his true thoughts.

Ming's culture and system have great advantages, but they are not without flaws.

As early as 2000 years ago, with the unification of the Qin Dynasty and the reunification of the Han Dynasty, the civilization of China had already entered the era of central monarchy.

The power of the entire Shenzhou was condensed by the emperor, and it was possible to quickly complete a huge project unimaginable by the Taixi people.

Once Shenzhou walks in the right direction, the whole world will be unstoppable, just like Daming after Emperor Shizu.

However, the central monarchy that lasted for more than a thousand years, the continuous strengthening of the concept of unity and the authority of the imperial court also restricted the diversified development of ideas and technologies.

If the powerful imperial court fails to find the right direction, and may even choose the wrong direction, it may become a shackle that restricts the development of civilization.

Because the Central Empire has only one direction, once this direction is wrong, it is difficult to correct it again.

The Western countries have been divided for more than a thousand years, and the enfeoffment system has also existed for thousands of years.

The scattered countries of Thailand and the West, or the feudal lords, could not concentrate their huge power to build large-scale projects.

Any reform measures are likely to be constrained by many parties, and the implementation of any decision may turn into a protracted quarrel.

However, it is this Western continent that can have countless possibilities.

A feudal lord made the right choice and made his feudal country stronger, and other lords may follow suit.

Venice, Spain, England, France, Germany...

None of them were great, and none of them made all the right choices.

But every one of them made at least one choice right.

So put them all together, and the whole of Tessie, of all the choices, someone got it right.

…………

Gauss wrote out all his thoughts.

After finishing writing, I looked at the article in front of me, but my heart was completely uncertain.

This kind of topic is too subjective.

And if there is no standard answer, the person who can see the question is thinking completely, and the person who sees the question wants to see the result.

Gauss didn't like this kind of exam very much, and didn't like this kind of uncontrollable questions.

Still good at math.

Finally, when the exam was over, the candidates left the exam room one by one.

Under the supervision of the patrolling guards, everyone walked obediently and quietly.

But when they got to the campus, no one was staring at them, and immediately started talking.

"The materials and title of the final article are too bad!"

"What's wrong? This kind of question is still cheating? This is basically a question for rewarding points!"

"Why are you giving points? No matter how you write this kind of comparison of advantages and disadvantages, it's wrong!"

"What does it mean to write it wrong? Isn't the answer to this question obvious? It's not asking us to compare the advantages and disadvantages of Daming and Taixi, it's asking about the advantages of Daming."

"This article examines our understanding of Ming culture and tradition, and has nothing to do with Taixi."

"Daming's culture and system have no shortcomings, and Taixi has no advantages at all!"

"This, is there still a little bit?"

There are noisy candidates arguing with each other in twos and threes.

Gauss observed for a while, and found that some people really thought that Ming had no shortcomings, but some people obviously only took this view as a strategy to deal with the exam.

Gauss vaguely felt that most of them were right, and he was probably about to fail the ranking.

(End of this chapter)