In fact, according to the usual practice, the imperial examination questions should have been released a long time ago, and the person who wrote the questions should be "isolated from the world" from the beginning to prevent leakage of the questions.

However, the Ming Dynasty has been in power for more than 200 years, and this is the first time, from the Ministry of Rites responsible for the question to the Ministry of Industry that is actually more capable of asking questions, and at the same time, because of the busy affairs during the recovery of Beijing, these people are entangled in the government and politics, and they can't avoid others.

So Song Yingxing suggested that a "question bank" be drawn up for the most proficient person in Damingge Zhixue - when the emperor chose from it.

Zhu Linmiao then ordered all the courtiers to disperse, returned to the imperial study and began to sort out the test questions, almost staying up all night, and finally picked out more than 200 questions from thousands of questions early the next morning for the imperial examination.

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

The city of Nanjing is crowded with people, pedestrians laughing and talking, and roadside vendors shouting loudly, including many blonde and blue-eyed people. The goods are even more dazzling, and all kinds of rare things can be seen everywhere.

Just as the imperial court encouraged maritime trade, Wang Shi won a great victory in the north, and the new Gezhi Department was about to open the examination, and merchants and students from all over the world gathered, and it was very lively.

In order to ensure law and order, the police of Suncheonfu have also deployed a lot of manpower, and although the streets are more crowded, they are always orderly.

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

"Brother Du is too modest, although you have not entered the school, but you have studied under Mr. Mengge, you will definitely be able to go to high school this time!"

The Mr. Mengge he said is the author of books such as "Wubei Zhi" and "Nine Learnings and Ten Books", Mao Yuanyi.

The man surnamed Du hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Brother Qian has won the award, but he is just doing some copying under Master Mao, which is far less than what Brother Qian learned in Gezhi Academy." To be honest, if I had known that the imperial court attached so much importance to Gezhike, the younger brother would have entered the mansion to study. ”

Qian also sighed: "At the beginning, because my family was poor, I went to the school to provide food and housing, and I planned to learn some skills to make a living. How do you know that now Gezhixue also has to enter the hall of elegance......"

The two of them were talking, when they suddenly heard someone selling on the side of the road, "The high-quality refined fountain pen is comparable to that of Su Ji's treasures, only five dollars a piece!" Sturdy and durable, come and see it......"

Qian Juren stopped when he heard this, "We have a fountain pen in Jiangxi to sell it for two taels of silver, but Nanjing is so cheap!" ”

Du Juren said with a smile: "Brother Qian doesn't know, the imperial court has opened copper mines in Dongfan, Guinea and other places, and the price of copper has dropped several times. In addition, the number of pen-making craftsmen is increasing, and the price is naturally low. ”

He pulled his companion into the store with the student who had bought the fountain pen, and said to the shopkeeper, "Fetch one for Brother Qian." ”

Qian Juren took the pen and couldn't help but light up.

The brass nib is extremely well made, with tight seams that are almost invisible. The front half of the pen is also made of copper, with a clump of bamboo carved on it, and the barrel is made of moisture-resistant beech wood, which is extremely smooth.

Thanks to the popularization of various delicate measuring tools and scientific processing methods, the finishing ability of Ming craftsmen is extremely high, as can be seen in this fountain pen alone.

Qian couldn't put it down with a fountain pen, although the bamboo pen could also be used, but it was certainly not as good as this fountain pen.

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

"Brother Qian and I hit it off at first sight, a little gift, not enough to worry about......"

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

Someone next to the man chimed in, "It's just that I didn't think that the imperial court would build a new tribute courtyard for this purpose." ”

"Hmph, count on those guys who only know how to be obscene and skillful as officials, and the world will not be chaotic?"

Qian was furious, and was about to come forward to argue, but was grabbed by Du Juren and whispered: "The scholars of the history department hate us for robbing them of their shortcomings, and they just complain, and they can't be as knowledgeable as them." ”

But he didn't say that it is still the Imperial Examination of the Classics and History, that is, the imperial examinations of the traditional subset of the Classics and History, and they are still superior in numbers, and in case of a conflict, they will not be able to please them.

"But this guy!"

Qian Juren was still struggling, but he saw a person walking in outside the store, and said loudly: "What this brother said is different." Today, the saints have said, 'Character is the foundation of a strong country, and the importance of enriching the people should not be taken lightly'. ”

"Where is your turn to speak...... The person who had previously mocked Ge Zhike for his strange skills frowned and turned his head, but he was immediately stunned, and he knew that it was Lin Yaocen, who was the eighth place in the new science and technology jinshi.

"Lin, Lord Lin."

"The students have seen Lord Lin."

Lin Yaocen stepped forward to pick up a fountain pen and said with a smile: "Do you know that if you don't have the ability to learn, how can you make such a refined pen?"

"It was built, and if there was no Galen ship built by Yige Zhixue, it would be difficult for the imperial court to take over Dongfan and open mines on the islands of Guinea, and the price of this copper pen would be unattainable."

He pointed to the clock hanging in the shop and the four-wheeled carriage passing by in the street, "These objects are also difficult to appear." ”

"Well said!" Qian Juren responded loudly, "Gezhixue is rising, stainless steel has entered ordinary people's homes, and farm tools are a hundred times stronger!" With the improvement of looms, the price of cloth has dropped by seventy percent, and how many people are no longer clothed! Cloud cars and wooden rails make freight and travel faster and more convenient......

"It is the hundreds of cannons used by the imperial court when it recovered Ying Tianfu, and it also benefited from the study of Gezhi!"

Lin Yaocen arched his hand and said, "Brother Ren is very right. Gezhixue is really the top priority of Ming Zhongxing. ”

Those scholars who had studied history looked at him with great dissatisfaction, "Lord Lin is a scholar of sages, why is he helping these Gezhike speak?" ”

Lin Yaocen smiled slightly, "No, I have to enter the exam tomorrow, and I will take a good background." ”

Everyone in the shop was shocked.

Although they knew that the imperial court allowed people from the history department to refer to Gezhi, they did not expect that anyone would really do this.

This Lord Lin is already an official in the Hanlin Academy, what is the reason for retaking the Gezhi Course?!

Next.

To the east of the Confucius Temple, in the newly decorated Daming Gongyuan, the Gezhike Examination officially began in the later annals.

Lin Yaocen got the roll and read it roughly from beginning to end.

Sixty arithmetic questions, forty physics questions, forty chemistry questions, thirty geometry questions, twenty engineering questions, and twenty astronomy and navigation questions.

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

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

He took a deep breath, took out the ruler, compass and other tools and set them up, dipped his newly bought pen in ink, and confidently began to write the answer to the first question - assume: the speed of the car in front is X, and the total length of the road is Y......