[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

The third test is about economics, history and practice. There are six questions in total, which are relatively many. What needs to be tested is not only the knowledge of candidates, but also a test of physical strength and mentality.

Practical policy originally focused on using the past to discuss the present. It was nothing more than discussing the history of the previous dynasty and considering the current issues in the court.Taking history as a mirror, nothing more than that.

So this kind of question can roughly talk about the historical events given in the question stem, but the ultimate goal is to implement how to solve the problem.

The name of the chief examiner for this exam is Zhu Qingying. He holds the position of Minister of the Finance Department in the imperial court. His biggest characteristic is that he pays attention to being pragmatic.

The emperor himself is a person who pays attention to doing practical things and does not put on airs. The officials he likes to appoint naturally have this characteristic, and Zhu Qingying is just one of them.

It is said that if the emperor likes it, the civil and military officials will naturally follow suit. Whether it is sincere or pretending, the court's atmosphere in recent years has become much more pragmatic.

This is already the case above the court, and when selecting new officials, it is natural to favor talents who can do practical things.

And when Zhu Qingying was selected as the main examiner, she made the most of the pragmatic word when she asked the questions.

Long before the exam, Lin Qing analyzed the situation of the exam for him. Although Lin Qing did not participate in the government affairs, he often went in and out of the palace because of his status as a son-in-law. He still knows a lot, so he knows everything about the important events in the court.

When he knew that the chief examiner was a doctor of the finance department, Lin Qing asserted that the topic of this exam must be closely related to the word "pragmatic", and he would never waste the questions on praising saints and emperors like other chief examiners.

After all, the test is very important, but in general there are only more than 20 questions in the test. The examiner will try his best to spend time on each question, in order to comprehensively test the ability of the candidates and select outstanding talents for the court.

But most Confucian scholars have the same problem, they prefer formalism, and they also prefer to praise saints. Therefore, one or two questions in the examination are reserved for boasting about ancient sages.

Zhu Qingying's topics are naturally different, no matter which one is closely related to the word "practice", but this is also what Wang Yue is best at.

Not to mention modern education, Lin Qing and Tu Hui have been of great help to him. During the period of preparing for the exam, Lin Qing has to find time to prepare a study plan for him and make up for his shortcomings. Checking for vacancies, and at the same time, with the help of his contacts, he asked the examiner's preferences for him and estimated the questions for him, so that during the entire Chinese New Year, Lin Qing was no longer as leisurely as in previous years, and lost a few pounds.

As the crown prince, Tu Hui had a lot of entertainment and was even busier, but he still found time to send someone to sort out the exam questions he thought were possible, and sort out some memorials that did not involve court secrets, and sent someone to Wang Yue , so that he can have references.

Under such conditions, if Wang Yue still fails in the exam, then he can really go to sleep!

The first topic is about farming, involving the introduction of potatoes and sweet potatoes.Potatoes and sweet potatoes were originally introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, and Daqi replaced the original Ming Dynasty. The founding emperor of Daqi was also a traveler. When developing agriculture, he naturally thought of introducing two high-yield crops, potatoes and sweet potatoes.

However, because of the tricks of that monk, the potatoes and sweet potatoes that had been successfully introduced were blown away by the wings of the butterfly, so that they had to start all over again.

It is always difficult to develop new things. Even if the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes is amazing, it is a good thing that can save lives, but most of the people in Daqi don’t know this kind of crops at all. When it comes to crops and fields, many people choose to act cautiously and prefer to be safe.

Although the imperial court knew that this kind of crop was beneficial to the people and the country, the imperial court could not promote it roughly because of this, otherwise a little carelessness would arouse public resentment.

What's more, it's a foreign crop, and it's not certain whether it can adapt to it. It needs to be continuously cultivated, and good varieties need to be selected, and it is also necessary to let the people see that this kind of crop is indeed high-yield, guaranteed, and there is no need for the court to urge it. will grow spontaneously.

But now that the initial preparation stage has passed, the imperial court has already stocked up enough well-adapted varieties, and after several years of publicity, most people already know these two high-yielding crops, like those in the south. They are not in a hurry in areas with developed agriculture, but in areas that are not suitable for farming, such as the Northwest, not only officials have written to the court many times to ask the court to distribute better seeds, but the people have also petitioned many times.

It’s just that even if the conditions are ripe, it’s impossible for the imperial court to distribute the seeds all at once, and let the people cultivate on their own. A plan is definitely needed, not only to give full play to the role of these good seeds, but also to prevent the people from being ignorant and turning good things into bad things. , but also to take into account that some people with unruly intentions secretly make trouble and sabotage the imperial court's plan.

How to promote these two crops is their test question.

But after all, it's in the examination room, and the time is tight, so it's impossible to say too much in detail, just a rough plan will do.

Tu Hui passed to him many memorials from ministers before. This matter is the most important thing in the imperial court this year. There are many memorials from ministers on this matter. Wang Yue absorbed the good points they proposed, and After adding some of my own ideas and polishing it, a question is considered complete.

The second question is about the relief of snow disasters. In fact, the imperial court has always attached great importance to matters related to snow disasters, which probably has something to do with the Ming Dynasty.

The end of the Ming Dynasty was the fifth Little Ice Age, Daqi replaced the Ming Dynasty, but apart from the different dynasties, even if this is an overhead history, everything else is the same.

That is to say, as expected, the climate will gradually become colder in a few decades.And Xiao Yan naturally noticed this, and Qin Tianjian was also very concerned about climate change under his orders.

According to what Wang Yue learned from Tu Hui, the current winter has dropped by five or six degrees compared to when the Great Qi was first built, and the difference will be even bigger in the next few years.At that time, I am afraid that the people will suffer.

The reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was the threat of Manchuria, of course, but the natural disasters brought about by climate change also played a great catalytic role. It is no wonder that the imperial court attaches great importance to disaster relief, and the examination questions related to natural disasters are no longer the first Appeared in the imperial examination for the first time.So Wang Yue answered very smoothly.

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