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Emperor Chongzhen paid attention to this. He wanted to see what the level of this young man he had met once was like.

Of course, he also transferred over the papers that were tested before. However, among those who can pass the test, at least in terms of scientific and technical knowledge, there is not much difference.

Since this is the first examination involving science and technology knowledge, the questions are naturally a bit simpler. After all, this is the first time, so it’s hard to guess what the level is. If something goes wrong and all the examination papers for the Juren Master are handed in zero points, it will be a big joke and will go down in history.

But the test papers were too easy when they came out. In other words, they underestimated the IQ of the Ming Dynasty scholars. There were more than ten papers with perfect scores, and they could only be distinguished from political and ideological subjects, that is, the Four Books and Five Classics.

Compared with the Four Books and Five Classics, scientific and technical knowledge has standard answers and is very little affected by the marking officials. There were no scores in the previous examinations, but now that the exam has started, there are scores.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen had a bit of a bad taste in his heart. The score that future generations would sometimes dream about has now been passed down to the "ancestors".

In this palace examination, Emperor Chongzhen personally set the questions on science and technology knowledge. After all, he was considered the founder of the Ming Dynasty's science and technology knowledge. When he got serious, the questions he asked were divided into difficult and easy questions. difficulty. He even used a trick from later generations. After the paper was finished, he gave an additional question at the end. The full score is one hundred points. If you can solve the additional questions, I will give you one hundred and ten points.

Emperor Chongzhen personally supervised this palace examination and watched these new generation of Ming Dynasty tribute scholars working hard on the examination papers. He didn't pay attention to it in the past, because it was a normal thing. When Gong Shi started to answer additional questions, he started to observe it seriously.

As expected, the tributes below were a little surprised when they saw the additional question. Some people even secretly looked up at the emperor who had taken out the test paper. There is no other reason. This last question is about the calculation of friction that involves the lives of ordinary people.

Scholars in the Ming Dynasty have always felt that reading is superior to others, and that there is no difference between those who are knowledgeable and those who are not. In other words, knowledge is something that is very noble and cannot be achieved by ordinary people.

But now, the additional question asked by the emperor turned out to be a common scene. The question that I had always been accustomed to before was taken seriously, and the magnitude of the friction force had to be calculated. I have to say that this allowed these scholars to deeply understand for the first time that these knowledge is closely related to life!

The most critical thing is that it seems that they have not read much of the content of this additional question.

After the exam, the papers will be marked on the spot.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen alone would not do such boring work of marking papers. There were special officials who reviewed the papers and ranked them before he looked at the answer to the last question.

This last additional question is indeed beyond the scope. The contents involved are all in Emperor Chongzhen’s next physics book to be released. It was because of this that he wanted to see it for himself. Let’s see if these scholars in the Ming Dynasty were diligent in learning scientific and technical knowledge, digesting it and making it part of their own knowledge, instead of memorizing it by rote.

The final result was within Emperor Chongzhen's expectation, but also a bit surprising to him.

Originally, he thought that this was the first exam after all, and scholars like Ming Dynasty might not be able to answer this additional question. But he didn't expect that one person did it.

This person was the young man whom Emperor Chongzhen had paid attention to, Fang Yizhi, one of the four young masters of the Yuanfu Society.

In fact, Fang Yizhi has been interested in physics since he was a child. In the original history, he even wrote a book "Little Knowledge of Physics". He was considered a talent who specialized in physics at that time.

After Emperor Chongzhen inquired, he immediately personally appointed Fang Yizhi as the number one scholar in this subject.

Everyone was paying close attention to this National Ethics Ceremony, and as soon as the results came out, people started talking about it.

"Have you seen that this time, almost half of the candidates for Jinshi are from the north and the south, which is really unprecedented!"

"No, in the past, most scholars from the south became Jinshi. I didn't expect that this time, we northerners will also be proud of themselves!"

"Speaking of which, it's thanks to science, technology and knowledge. After all, we in the north were the first to popularize it. Otherwise, we would still be unable to compare with the south."

"But the top pick is from our south. He even answered the additional questions and got a perfect score on the paper. Are you convinced?"

"..."

The people in the north and south had their own prides during the discussion, and the discussion place was particularly lively.

Compared to them, the other four young masters of Fushe were even more shocked by this. They didn't expect that Fang Yizhi would win the top prize quietly. Usually a few people are competing with each other. This immediately stimulates them, and also stimulates those who originally returned to the society.

The customs of the Ming Dynasty have always been in the south of the Yangtze River. The people leading the trend here in Jiangnan are naturally the children of officials and scholars. And a large part of these people were once part of Fushe.

Nowadays, as a trend-setter, Fu She began to learn from Fang Yizhi and actively prepared for science and technology knowledge. After meeting each other, they also began to discuss science and technology knowledge. This made Jiangnan's luxury atmosphere begin to change unconsciously.

It has to be said that once state power begins to exert its power and regulate things, the social atmosphere will be greatly affected.

Emperor Chongzhen also expected this and was pleased about it.

In addition, while announcing the list this time, Emperor Chongzhen also decreed that the examination should be held every three years instead of every two years. If possible, it would be like the college entrance examination in later generations, once a year. However, this was in ancient times, and there were transportation problems. It was not easy to do it once a year, so we temporarily changed it to once every two years.

Of course, if you really want to do it, it's not impossible. After all, there is an omnipotent chat group. As long as Emperor Chongzhen sent the test papers to the test centers in the provincial capitals at the same time through the chat group, he could still save the trouble of traveling to Beijing to take the test.

While Emperor Chongzhen was rejoicing over the successful holding of the first examination covering scientific and technical knowledge, another king was worried. He was Zasak Tuhan Norbu, one of the Khalkha tribesmen who fled to Tsarist Russia. .

He was chased by the Ming army and fled all the way to the border of Tsarist Russia in the far west. He finally had a chance to breathe near Western Siberia. However, what he didn't expect was that Tsarist Russia, one of his allies, had not waited for him to launch an army to accuse them of escaping and face the shameless behavior of the Ming army. Tsarist Russia actually spoke first and asked Norbu to pay for protection. fee.

In other words, Norbu's tribe became a minority group in Tsarist Russia, with only about 10,000 prime-age herders. Of course, there are people from the other two tribes, but not many. Now, naturally he has become Norbu's subordinate.

If the defeated army is unconvinced and wants to resist, it will definitely end up being suppressed. But if he left here, Norbu wouldn't have the guts to go back east. The most distressing thing is that all the men in his tribe are still in their prime. If there are no women, they will not be able to carry on the family line and all of them will have to become gay.

When Norbu was forced to agree to Tsarist Russia's request, he began to use deception, abduction, robbery and plunder to balance the seriously imbalanced male-female ratio in the clan. The behavior of his clan suddenly caused a mess in the surrounding area.

No, Norbu had just sent the Russian envoy away humbly and sat in the ger to catch his breath. He has done this three times. Every time when envoys from Tsarist Russia came to investigate, he promised not to commit the crime, paid compensation, and then continued to do so. For the future of the tribe, why do you need your face?

"Give the tribe another eighteen years, and a new generation will grow up, and there will be hope for the tribe!" Norbu thought, "It is better than those two tribes. They have been exterminated by the Ming army, and there is no hope anymore. !”

Just as Norbu was thinking this, he suddenly heard the rapid sound of horse hooves coming from outside. This made him frown, not to mention that the Russian envoy was back again!

There is no basis for his thinking. Tsarist Russia itself was very poor, so its people were so greedy that they felt like a bottomless pit and could never be fed. This was his biggest headache.

Looking around at his royal tent, it was almost empty and there were no decorations. Norbu couldn't help but sigh. Everything that can be seen here has been taken away by the Russian envoy!

Norbu took one last look at his golden cup, which he used for drinking. He was a little worried, wouldn't it be that the Tsarist Russian envoy wanted this? When he was entertaining the Tsarist Russian envoy just now, he saw that the Tsarist Russian envoy glanced at the golden cup several times. Unfortunately, he pretended not to see it. Unexpectedly, he was definitely unwilling to accept it and wanted to ask for it blatantly. So is this to be given or not to be given? This is my most beloved and the only valuable item!

Norbu thought depressedly, wondering why he took out the golden cup to show off. At this moment, the sound of horse hooves stopped suddenly not far from the king's tent, and then the sound of hurried footsteps came towards the king's tent very quickly.

Hearing that he was so anxious, Norbu immediately felt something was wrong. He quickly stood up and was about to go out to take a look when the curtain at the door was lifted and a personal guard came in. He reported in a panic: "Great Khan, I came to report that a large group of Ming troops were not gathering at night not far to the east." traces!"

"What?" When Norbu heard this, his hair stood up for some reason, and he quickly asked, "How many are there in the large group? How far to the east is it?"

Thinking back to that time, being chased all the way by the Ming army, this memory would sometimes wake him up in his dreams. He was really scared!

In the past, it is not that I have never encountered the Ming army that refused to stop at night. But that was far to the east. Those who occasionally patrolled the grassland could just retreat. The Ming army did not stop at night and did not follow.

The personal guard didn't know, after all, he was just conveying it. This made Norbu a little angry. He did not let his messenger come in, but hurriedly walked out of the yurt. He looked at the sweaty messenger waiting outside and repeated his question.

"About two hundred miles away from here, a Ming army of about a hundred people stayed at night. They were spotted in many directions." The messenger replied anxiously, "Judging from their appearance, they will continue to go west. come over!"

This situation has never happened before. After hearing this, Norbu couldn't stand still and was a little angry. He kept saying: "What on earth do they want to do? What do they want to do? They are so far away and they still want to chase them? Do they want to kill them all? "

"Great Khan, it is reported that many of those Ming troops who were not captured at night turned out to be from the Oirat Mongolian tribe!" The messenger saw it, hesitated for a while, and finally said.

Hearing this, Norbu felt a chill in his heart.

To put it this way, it must be that all the Mongolians in the Oirat tribe defected to the Ming Dynasty, so many Oirat Mongolians became the Ming army. It’s no wonder that the Oirat Mongols were originally feuding with the Khalkha Mongols. Coupled with the raid a few years ago and the subsequent killing of the Oirat Mongols, it would be reasonable for them to continue to pursue them!

Thinking about it this way, he felt a little worried again.

In this place, Tsarist Russia is actually not very powerful. Therefore, he was doing all kinds of things in this area, and Tsarist Russia would at most send envoys to threaten him, but it was unlikely that he would send troops, which would be a waste of troops.

However, if he continues to flee to the west, Tsarist Russia will become more and more powerful. If he continues to engage in chaos, believe it or not, the Tsarist Russians will become impatient and immediately send troops to suppress it.

Also, most of the captured women were already pregnant, and in their bellies was the hope for the future of the tribe. It will definitely be inconvenient if we move again.

The most important thing is that Norbu has no idea. Even if he escapes to the west, will the Ming army composed of the Oirat Mongols let them go without pursuing them, or will they chase them to the ends of the earth?

All in all, it is not easy to migrate again. Norbu had no choice but to order more detective horses to go east to inquire about the situation. No matter what, he wanted some definite news.

After half a month, and at great cost, Norbu finally caught several Ming soldiers who refused to take them in at night. After some torture, the result was: "Let you escape to the ends of the earth, the Ming Dynasty will chase you." Go ahead and avenge Oirat Mongolia!"

Yeah, I can’t stay in this place!

Norbu was helpless. The tribe only had a few men, so how could they fight the Ming army? Moreover, in the previous battle, the Ming army had actually destroyed their confidence, and no one wanted to face the Ming army anymore.

At the same time that the tribes began to move westward again, Norbu also sent an envoy to Tsarist Russia, telling them that the Ming army was coming to take revenge. Anyway, you, Tsarist Russia, also had a share, give us a place to stay, and united with us to deal with the Ming army. Only then is the way out! If you don't agree, Norbu can continue to run with the tribe anyway. I believe there will be other countries willing to take him in. It's up to you, Tsarist Russia, to decide!

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