I'm so hard

Chapter 179 What I Want Is A Breakthrough General
In the vertical arch hall.

On Zhao Yan's dragon case, there are multi-axis files.

Wen Chan Xiao Jingye, Vice Chancellor Liu Chaotong, and two deputy examiners Shangguan Buyue and Cai You stood on both sides.

All the exam questions for this year's imperial examination have been listed.

Zhao Yan had no objection to Tie Jing, Mo Yi, and Poems. These three subjects, after Shangguan Buyue and Cai You's questioning of 36 common people's representatives, the test questions have been quite grounded.

Tiejing and Moyi are equivalent to the fill-in-the-blank questions and short-answer questions in today's world. Although they are all selected from the scriptures, the content is in line with the people's feelings and opinions, so that candidates can quickly see the thoughts of the court.

Poetry and Fu have also changed from focusing on rhythm and allusions in the past to focusing on criticizing current maladies.

But Zhao Yan was a little dissatisfied with the policy theory.

Policy theory is the last day of the exam, and it is the most important of the four subjects.This subject not only tests the knowledge of the candidates, but also their insight and courage.

In the previous imperial examinations, some policy articles have become classics, and some policy theories directly point to the shortcomings of the court, and even criticize the emperor.

This has become a trend in the Great Zhou. After all, the civil and military officials of the Great Zhou look down on the slaves who can only praise the saints.

While anyone can write in this way to gain favor, very few can speak with reason and write well.

Policy theory test questions, generally three to five questions.

Candidates can play freely, some write three to five hundred words, and some write five to six thousand words, but they only have one day.

Liu Chaotong once wrote a full ten thousand characters when he was examining policy theory, and he couldn't lift his arms when he left the examination room, but as soon as the article was published, he became famous all over the world, and became a good story in the anecdotes of the imperial examination.

It doesn't matter how much you write, the most important thing is to write uniquely and be the best in the world.

At this moment, what is placed in the center of the dragon case is the test questions of policy theory, there are five questions in total.

The content is all about economics and economics, involving land, coinage, taxation, camping, etc., which basically belong to the issues raised by Zhao Yan in "Two Hundred New Deals".

In order to ensure the accuracy of the content, Shangguan Buyue and Cai You also added notes of one or two hundred words to each question, so as to prevent candidates from digressing.

Zhao Yan frowned slightly, and said: "The court selects scholars, more important is the ability of the scholars and the ability to analyze and understand the affairs of the court. These five policy topics are too focused on the content, and they are already deliberately giving the scholars the guidance. Those who know this part can naturally answer quickly, but those who don't know, no matter how strong their logical reasoning and analysis ability are, they can rarely answer."

"What the imperial court needs is not a nerd who can memorize all kinds of scriptures, righteousness and etiquette, but a virtuous minister who can do things for the imperial court! All these topics should be abolished, they cannot be used!"

Tear!

After all, Zhao Yan tore off the scroll directly.

"Then Your Majesty... Your Majesty thinks, which direction should the policy theory test questions be biased towards?" Shangguan asked with displeasure. The imperial examination questions are related to the future of many students, and they really dare not play at will.

"What I want is open-ended test questions, and I can answer surprising test questions, understand?" Zhao Yan said.

Xiao Jingye and the others shook their heads at the same time, not knowing what kind of open-ended test questions were.

Zhao Yan looked at the bewildered ministers and said with a smile, "Don't think so complicated, the simple ones are the most effective."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yan picked up the imperial pen and began to write on the rice paper.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
In a short while, Zhao Yan finished writing, and then asked Xizi to pass it to the four people to check.

The four of them took the rice paper and looked down, they were all dumbfounded.

The content on the rice paper is:
If you are a king, how can you make the country rich?
If you are a prime minister, how can you govern an official?
If you are a minister, how can you enrich the people?
If you are a people, how can you be self-sufficient?
"This... this... this..." Liu Chaotong "this... this..." for a long time, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Because he found that if he used these four questions as a strategy, he didn't know how to answer them.

These four questions seem simple, and even a scholar who has been educated for two years in the village can answer one or two.

But as an imperial examination question that must be answered in one day, these four questions are too difficult because they cover too much content.

How to enrich the country and govern the government?How to become rich and self-sufficient?
These problems are too macroscopic and huge, and it is simply not something that can be explained clearly in one or two articles.

If there are too many directions to answer, the article will not be precise; if only one direction is answered, the meaning will be biased, or even inconsistent with the theme.

If it wasn't for Zhao Yan's problem, Shangguan would have beaten him away with a stick if he was displeased.

Xiao Jingye clasped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, these four questions are too empty, and it is difficult for the candidates to answer. Can you focus on the content of the test questions, or it will be difficult to comment!"

Zhao Yan smiled, and instead of answering Xiao Jingye's question, he asked: "Xiao Xiang, if you are asked to answer these four questions, do you think you can win the top spot?"

Xiao Jingye thought for a while, then shook his head.If the theory is comprehensive, he will do his part, but if the writing is wonderful, he can't do it, because he has too many things to consider.

"what about you?"

Liu Chaotong and Cai You also shook their heads at the same time. If it was the theory just now, they were almost [-]% sure, but facing this kind of situation, they were not at all sure.

Shangguan frowned displeased, and said seriously: "I think I'm okay!"

After he said this, the three people on the side were all happy, and Zhao Yan almost didn't laugh out loud.

Although Shangguan Buyue's talent is indeed good, compared with Xiao Jingye, Liu Chaotong and Cai You, he is the last one who deserves it.

Liu Chaotong rolled his eyes at him, and murmured in his heart: You look so ordinary, but you are so confident, I don't know who gave you the courage! "

Zhao Yan also laughed, then stood up and said: "Everyone, I already have a lot of officials in Dazhou, and there are still thousands of officials in Jixian Academy who have not yet confirmed their positions. Without your knowledgeable officials, we can continue to develop steadily in Dazhou, but we can’t let Dazhou’s New Deal go to the end. What I need are officials who dare to take risks and dare to break the rules.”

"For example, Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze, especially Xiao Zijie, everyone must know his literary talent. If it weren't for his military achievements, he would never have become a prefect in his life, but he has done a good job in the position of prefect. He has done a lot of things that the literati officials could not do, and Pan Wenyue praised him in the performance the day before yesterday."

"I use this kind of policy discussion topic to see the thoughts and unique thinking of scholars. Experience is indeed useful, but you have brought enough experience to Dazhou. What I need is a breakthrough!"

After Zhao Yan finished speaking, the four of them understood that the little emperor had already started planning for the New Deal.

Xiao Jingye originally thought it was more risky, but when Zhao Yan took his son as an example, he couldn't help blushing, and instantly remembered some political disputes between Xiao Zijie and him a month ago. It was done beautifully.

"Oh, it seems that I am old!" Xiao Jingye sighed in his heart.

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