The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 752 Rejuvenating the country through science (seeking monthly ticket)

In fact, according to the usual practice, the imperial examination questions should have been written long ago, and the person who wrote the questions should be "isolated" from the beginning to prevent the questions from being leaked.

However, in the 200-plus years since the Ming dynasty, this is the first time that the Gezhike has been done. From the Ministry of Rites who was in charge of setting the questions to the Ministry of Industry who was actually able to set the questions, they have no experience. At the same time, due to the busy work during the recovery of Beijing, these few people who made the questions are all government officials. Hunger, also can not avoid others.

So Song Yingxing suggested that a "question bank" be drawn up for the most proficient person in Daming Gezhi's studies - the emperor of the current dynasty to choose from.

Zhu Linming then ordered all the courtiers to disperse, and returned to the imperial study room to sort out the test questions. After staying up almost all night, she finally selected more than 200 questions from thousands of questions for the Gezhi imperial examination the next morning.

Then Xu Erlu brought a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites into the palace, received the test questions, and began to copy them in Wenyuan Pavilion, and finally prepared hundreds of test questions before dark...

The city of Nanjing is crowded with people. Pedestrians are chatting and joking, and roadside vendors are shouting loudly. Among them are some blond and blue-eyed barbarians.The goods are even more dazzling, and all kinds of rare things can be seen everywhere.

At the time when the imperial court was encouraging sea trade, Master Wang had won a big victory in the north, and the newly established Ge Zhi Ke was about to start the exam. Merchants and students from all over the place gathered together, and it was very lively.

The police in Shuntian Prefecture also sent a lot of extra manpower to ensure the law and order. Although the streets were more congested, they were always in order.

Two middle-aged men in green shirts walked along the street, chatting loudly from time to time.

"Brother Du is too modest. Although you have not entered a qualified school, you have studied under Mr. Mengge, and you will definitely be able to enter high school this time!"

The Mr. Mengge he was talking about was Mao Yuanyi, the author of "Wu Bei Zhi", "Nine Studies and Ten Books" and other books.

The person surnamed Du hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Brother Qian is overwhelmed. He is just doing some copying work under Master Mao. It is far inferior to the specialization that Brother Qian learned in Gezhi Academy. To be honest, if we had known the imperial court's respect for Gezhi Ke is so important, my younger brother has already entered the government to study."

Qian also said with emotion: "Because of my family's poverty, I heard that Gezhi Academy provided food and lodging, and planned to learn some skills for making a living. But now Gezhi Academy has to enter the elegant hall..."

The two of them were talking, when they suddenly heard someone peddling it on the side of the road, "A high-quality refined fountain pen is comparable to that produced by Su Ji Zhenpin, and it only costs [-] yuan a piece! It is durable, come and see..."

Qian Juren stopped when he heard the words, "A fountain pen in Jiangxi can be sold for at least two taels of silver, but it's so cheap here in Nanjing!"

Du Juren laughed and said, "Brother Qian doesn't know something. The imperial court opened copper mines in Dongfan, Guinea and other places, and the price of copper dropped several times. In addition, there are more and more craftsmen making pens, so the price is naturally lower. .”

He dragged his companions away from the students who bought pens into the store, and said to the shopkeeper, "Bring one for Brother Qian."

Qian Juren took the money and couldn't help his eyes light up.

The brass nib is extremely well-crafted and the slits are so tight that they are almost invisible.The front half of the pen body is also made of copper, with bamboo clusters engraved on it, and the barrel is made of moisture-resistant beech wood, polished extremely smooth.

Thanks to the popularization of various exquisite measuring tools and scientific processing methods, the craftsmen of Ming Dynasty have extremely high finishing ability, as can be seen from this pen alone.

Qian couldn't put it down while holding the fountain pen. Although the bamboo pen can also be used, it is definitely not as good as this fountain pen.

He gritted his teeth and took out half a month's living expenses, but seeing that Du Juren had already paid the bill, he hurriedly asked, "How can this be done?"

"Brother Qian and I hit it off right away, a little gift is not worth mentioning..."

He suddenly heard someone yelling behind him: "I really don't know why the imperial court opened such a Gezhike. Even the pen shop is crowded with so many people, but they are people who don't even understand classics and history."

Someone beside the man echoed, "That's right, I didn't expect the imperial court to build a new tribute courtyard just for this."

"Hmph, if you expect those guys who only know strange tricks to be officials, the world won't be in chaos?"

Qian was furious, and wanted to argue, but was grabbed by Du Juren, and said in a low voice, "The scholars in Jingshike hate us for stealing their vacancies, and they are just complaining. There is no need to be as knowledgeable as them."

But he didn't say that the Department of Economics and History—that is, the imperial examination of the traditional subset of the history of classics—has an absolute advantage in numbers.

"But this guy!"

Qian Juren was still struggling, when he saw a person walking in from outside the store, he said loudly: "What this brother said is different. Today's saints have said, 'Style is the foundation of a strong country, the key to enriching the people, don't take it lightly'."

"Where is it your turn to speak..." The person who had mocked Ge Zhike for his obscene skills earlier frowned and turned his head, but was immediately taken aback. He recognized the person who came, and it was Lin Yaocen, No. 8 Jinshi of Xinke.

"Lin, Master Lin."

"The students have met Mr. Lin."

Lin Yaocen stepped forward to pick up a pen, and said with a smile: "Everyone knows, if you don't have the knowledge of style, how can you make such a refined pen?
"Even if it is built, if there is no Galen ship built by Yige Zhixue, the imperial court will not be able to seize Dongfan and open mines on the island of Guinea. The price of this copper pen must be unattainable."

He pointed to the clock hanging in the store and the four-wheeled carriages passing by on the street, "These objects are definitely difficult to appear."

"Well said!" Qian Juren echoed loudly, "With the rise of Gezhi School, fine steel has become popular in ordinary people's homes, farm tools have become a hundred times stronger! Looms have been improved, cloth prices have dropped by [-]%, and many people are no longer naked! Cloud cars and wooden rails make freight and travel faster and more convenient...

"Even the hundreds of cannons used by the imperial court to recover Yingtian Mansion also benefited from Gezhi's learning!"

Lin Yaocen clasped his hands and said, "My dear brother, you are right. In fact, learning is the most important task of Ming Dynasty Zhongxing."

Those scholars who studied history looked at him with great dissatisfaction, "Master Lin reads the books of sages and sages, why do you help these Ge Zhikes to speak?"

Lin Yaocen smiled slightly, "Tomorrow I will have to take an entrance exam, and I will take a standard background."

Everyone in the shop was shocked.

Although they knew that the imperial court allowed those who had studied Shi Ke to refer to Gezhi, they did not expect that someone would actually do so.

Master Lin is already an official in the Imperial Academy, so what is the purpose of retaking the Gezhike exam? !

The next day.

To the east of the Confucius Temple, in the newly renovated Daming Gongyuan, the Gezhi Kezhi Examination, which will leave a strong mark in the later history annals, officially began.

Lin Yaocen took the test paper and read it roughly from beginning to end.

Sixty math problems, forty physics problems, forty chemistry problems, thirty geometry problems, twenty engineering problems, and twenty astronomy and navigation problems.

There are 210 questions in total, all of which are calculation and proof questions.

Although there are many questions, the whole test will last for three days and three nights, which is enough to finish these papers.

He took a deep breath, took out rulers, compasses and other tools and put them in order, dipped the newly bought pen in ink, and began to write the answer to the first question with confidence—assuming: the speed of the vehicle in front is X, and the total length of the road is Y ...

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