The first round of the Dongyi Kingdom's imperial examination is over.
Candidates who passed the assessment were naturally in a good mood and immediately prepared for the next round of exams that would start soon.
Come and try it quickly. 】
Most of the candidates who failed to pass the exam left directly with regret and loss.
Of course, there are a few who don't want to leave right away, so they stay in Dongyi Country and continue to play, preparing to see the final exam results.
A large number of candidates left, and the originally tense and lively rental market suddenly dropped by an order of magnitude.
In the house Gauss rented, the other three companions all failed the exam.
When Gauss returned to his residence, the three of them began to pack their things glumly.
Gauss thought about it and started to pack his things.
The three companions were stunned.
"Have you not passed the Gaussian exam either?"
"It shouldn't be!"
Gauss did not hide it either:
"I passed the exam, but since everyone has left, I don't need to spend seven silver coins to rent a bed..."
After Gauss saw off his three companions, he went to the normal hotel on the street and asked about it.
The price of a fully equipped single room has dropped to ten yuan a month.
People kept leaving with luggage at the door of the hotel, obviously a large number of rooms were vacant.
Gauss did not decide immediately, but returned to his residence and stayed for another day.
After the three roommates left the four-person room where Gauss lived, the boss did not place anyone else in it.
Mainly because there are no guests, but Gauss still doesn't want to continue living here.
Gauss is relatively confident about the exam. He will live here for a long time and it is necessary to change his house.
After waiting for another day, Gauss went to the main street in the center of the county and found a mid-to-high-end hotel catering to the middle class.
After bargaining with the hotel owner, I rented a fully equipped single room for eight yuan a month.
Free hot water, free bathing, maids to wash clothes, and free food.
The rent alone is one dollar higher, but with value-added services included, the money spent now is less than before.
But the overall living standard has directly improved several levels.
From working class to middle class.
After living in the new house for two days and adjusting his physical strength to the best condition, Gauss went to take the second round of exams.
Under normal circumstances, after the Renwu Dynasty, the two level exams were indeed only a few days apart, but there were two groups of people taking the exams.
Before the Renwu Dynasty, county examinations, government examinations, college examinations, and even township examinations and general examinations could be taken consecutively, but the distance between each two rounds of examinations could not be so close.
But now Dongyi Kingdom is in a special situation, so the three rounds of examinations are held in succession to end the imperial examination issue as soon as possible.
The second exam was called the government exam, and its format and content copied the Ming Dynasty's college entrance examination.
Two Chinese exams, with a total score of 400 points.
Mathematics, one hundred and fifty points.
One science session, 150 points, including physics and chemistry.
One museum session, one hundred and fifty points, including geography and biology.
One session of history, one hundred and fifty points, including history and politics.
In Zhu Jingyuan's view, Chinese language is too important in this exam, accounting for 40% of the total score, and the exam lasts a whole day.
In Zhu Jingyuan's opinion, the other four exams were actually seven, accounting for only 600 points in total and lasting only one day.
This is equivalent to the English score of the college entrance examination in the previous life being added to the Chinese language, and another third of the score was added.
But in the view of Ming Dynasty scholars, the score of this language is still a bit low.
The ideal situation is that it would be the same as transitioning from elementary school to middle school, with half of it taken directly.
This standard was set by Emperor Shizu and the scholars at the time, but it is still difficult to modify it now.
The difficulty of this second exam has risen sharply compared to the first. After all, it is equivalent to the college entrance examination.
This time Gauss finally felt that except for mathematics, he would probably not get full marks.
The scope of the examination was too broad. I had never participated in a similar examination before, and many of the contents were unheard of.
When the results were finally released, there was not a single candidate with perfect scores.
In the end, Lin County Examination Center admitted a thousand people, and the passing rate was almost one-third, which was three times higher than the first exam.
In the entire Dongyi Kingdom, there were two Changshi Prefectures and more than a dozen counties, and the total number of people who finally passed was almost 1,500.
Lin County accounts for two-thirds of that.
Lin County is originally the county with the most people, with more people than all other areas combined.
Most of the candidates from outside the Dongyi Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and even the European and American continents took the exam in Lin County.
There simply aren’t that many candidates elsewhere.
The third round of exams, which is the final round, was postponed one month later.
There are only two exam locations left. Candidates from Lin County and Wei County, Changdao and Dongyi Peninsula each go to two locations to take exams.
More time is reserved for candidates to travel and prepare.
The nature of the third round of exams is completely different from the first two rounds.
It is no longer based on knowledge, but on thinking, analysis, and political work abilities.
In fact, among modern high school graduates, candidates who have passed the two rounds of examinations are considered to be in the upper middle class.
Their knowledge level is sufficient to serve as grassroots officials in this era.
The last exam is to select those suitable to be civil servants.
The inspection requirements put forward by Zhu Jingyuan will also be reflected in the last examination.
The location of the last exam was finally arranged indoors.
Changshi Mansion requisitioned a classroom in a middle school in Lin County.
More than a thousand candidates took the exam in more than 30 classrooms.
Gauss took the admission ticket, found his seat and sat down. When he looked around, he found a familiar face.
There was an Englishman I met on the ship from Tessie to Long Island, a young man who seemed to be named Byron.
However, Gauss did not intend to deal with others. He sat in his seat and waited for the exam to begin.
There are only two exams in the third round. In the morning, basic administrative skills are tested, and in the afternoon, political analysis and writing are tested.
Those who can come here are considered elites in the Thai and Western world.
But when the test papers were distributed this time, many people were still scratching their heads.
Smart people may not be suitable for politics, and people who can write may not be able to write essays.
The internal logic of these administrative-related test questions is Ming-style, which is different from the way of thinking of many Thai and Westerners.
Gauss, who didn't encounter any difficulty in the last exam, was a little confused this time.
In the afternoon, the comprehensive writing ability test made many people even more confused.
Especially the final materials and questions require them to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the cultures and systems of the Ming Dynasty and Western countries.
Gauss frowned after reading the material.
How should I write this topic?
Gauss had an overall understanding of the Ming Dynasty's culture and system. The key was how to write it.
This kind of question is really too subjective.
If I write completely according to my own understanding and inner judgment, can I get a score?
If we write about Ming Dynasty as good as possible and Taixi as bad as possible, will we definitely get high scores?
Gauss hesitated here, but many people have already begun to write.
Not knowing what others thought, Gauss thought about it for more than half an hour before deciding to write according to his true thoughts.
Ming Dynasty’s culture and system had great advantages, but they were not without flaws.
As early as two thousand years ago, with the unification of the Qin Dynasty and the reunification of the Han Dynasty, the Chinese civilization had begun to enter the era of central imperialism.
The power of the entire China was gathered by the emperor, and he could quickly complete huge projects that were unimaginable to the Westerners.
Once China moves in the right direction, the entire world will be unstoppable, just like the Ming Dynasty after Emperor Shizu.
However, the central imperial system that lasted for more than a thousand years, the continuously strengthening concept of unity and the authority of the imperial court also restricted the diversified development of ideas and technologies.
If the powerful imperial court fails to find the right direction, or may even choose the wrong direction, it may become a shackle that restricts the development of civilization.
Because the Central Empire has only one direction, once this direction goes wrong, it will be difficult to correct it again.
The European and Western countries continued to be divided for more than a thousand years, and the feudal system also continued to exist for thousands of years.
The scattered countries in Europe and the West, or the various feudal lords, were unable to concentrate their huge efforts on building large-scale projects.
Any reform measures are likely to encounter constraints from many parties, and the implementation of any decisions may turn into a protracted squabble.
However, it is this kind of continent that has countless possibilities.
If a feudal lord made the right choice and made his feudal country strong, other lords might follow his example.
Venice, Spain, England, France, Germany...
None of them were great, and none of them made all the right choices.
But every one of them made at least one choice right.
So put them all together, in all the choices in Tessie, someone made it right.
…………
Gauss wrote down all his ideas.
After I finished writing, I looked at the article in front of me, but I felt totally unsure.
This kind of question is too subjective.
And there is no standard answer. You can completely see what the person asking the question is thinking and what results the person asking the question wants to see.
Gauss disliked this kind of exam very much, and he didn't like such uncontrollable questions.
Still better at math.
Finally, when the exam was over, the candidates left the exam room one by one.
Under the supervision of the guards patrolling the exam, everyone walked honestly and quietly.
But after arriving on campus, no one was watching, and they immediately started talking.
“The final article materials and title are too confusing!”
"What's wrong? Is this kind of question really stupid? This is basically a question for giving points, right?"
"Why are points given away? This kind of comparison of advantages and disadvantages is wrong no matter how you write it!"
"What do you mean it's wrong no matter how you write it? Isn't the answer to this question obvious? It's not asking us to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty and Taixi. It's simply asking about the advantages of the Ming Dynasty."
“This article examines our understanding of the Ming Dynasty’s culture and traditions, and it actually has nothing to do with Thailand and the West.”
"There are no shortcomings in Ming Dynasty's culture and system, and there are no advantages in Taixi!"
"This is a little bit, right?"
There were noisy candidates everywhere, arguing with each other in twos and threes.
Gauss made a little observation and found that some people really believed that Ming Dynasty had no shortcomings, but some people obviously only regarded this view as a strategy to cope with the exam.
Gauss vaguely felt that they were probably right, and he was probably going to fail.
